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February 4, 2009
Finally, I have signed to take a fullPhotoshop course.
I've used Elements for a couple years and after taking InDesign, I can see I need to learn how to use the curves for editing Richard's pictures, especially for the book covers.
I have a new book press to squeeze the newly stapled, folded and cut books so they will be flat.
I also purchased a new digital projector to show our walking path pictures and possibly to do seminars on walking in Britain. This projector allows several ways to feed signals into the unit, (lap-top, USB Flash Drive, direct computer link, and wireless).
We have just bought our tickets for the UK for most of May and most of June. We are now working on our itinerary for walking various paths and updating the B&B list for our little guide books.
The Handbook is essentially done and is now being reviewed and edited for publication.
Please give me a call @ (206) 525-2466 USA if you are interested in walking in Britian.
October 29, 2008
I have now started my InDesign class. This graphics art class will help me tweak my 19 book covers.
Here is a list of the items I need to use InDesign to change or modify the covers.
1. As I near re-publication of all the modified books I have been working on for several months I will assign new ISBN's to them from those I received from Bowker.
2. The second issue is to use the bar code generator for these new ISBN's and place them as a white rectangle on the bottom of the back cover (look at most books).
3. Currently the old original "physical" paste up master covers for making the 19 books include a short descriptive statement by Richard Hayward. This I have modified to include the fact that Donna and me are continuing to walk and add our experience to edit, modify, correct and adjust the body of the text.
4. I continue to search the many thousands of slides, negatives, and prints for the "best" pictures and for those Richard had chosen for his cover photos. These I digitize with my new Epson scanner which makes very nice digital pictures available for pasting into the cover files.
5. The logo needs to be slightly adjusted to be the correct size. This logo designed by Richard was hand drawn and hand colored. Richard would hand color each logo on each information page he handed out in his seminars. He didn't have a color printer or copier and his images were not digitized. Richard would also hand color his business cards. Under close examination you can see the strokes of his colored pencils. The current logo used throughout the books and business cards, all faithfully capture Richard's color scheme and his subtle colored pencil strokes he used.
6. As I plow through the work of Richard and uncover the pictures and the various copyright editions I have discovered Richard was gradually changing his original theme on his back cover pictures. Originally every back cover picture centered on him walking along the path in a picturesque setting. In his later books and republished books he made some changes possible coinciding with his cancer, where he started changing the back cover picture to center on a clear distinctive path picture without him being centered. He would add a small insert picture in a corner of the cover picture. I have located the original of this small insert picture and I have carefully scanned to be added to the cover picture. There is a neat story that I will flesh out and add inside to help people understand the underlying meaning behind the pictures.
7. The background color of the current digitized covers all have a strong light green tint that needs correcting to a background of gray with a very light green tint. I also need to capture the embedded colored thread pattern in the Beckett Cambric Marble cover paper stock. I will carefully scan a correctly colored patterned paper and use as the wallpaper to build the covers.
8. One final thing is to add my name as author with Richard Hayward on the newly published books I have prepared. I am thinking of "Richard Hayward & Fred Austin" because of the great deal of work I have done to convert to digital format and the additional information I have added from walking these path myself.
Continue British Footpath Handbook
October 17, 2008
I continue to work on the Handbook for British Footpaths guide books. This has turned out to be significantly more work than I originally anticipated. Mostly I am adding and converting the book so there are as many website addresses as possible so things can be researched better.
I am adding information on sewing your own and to get linked to good sources. I have modified the Photography section for digital cameras. I have adjusted the costs for travel to reflect current prices. I have reworked the packing list to include a spread sheet for Donna myself and the one used by Richard Hayward. Like everything else I have incorporated websites for maps and guide books and added some wisdom on selecting a path for "you". I will eventually consolidate all the websites and place on my website and here in this Blog so people can copy and paste addresses easily.
Because of Donna's and my special diets I have tried to craft some information that we have gleaned from our walks in Britain.
We will see if I can add information about Northern Ireland and Ireland. This would help because of the published "Dingle Way" and the yet to be published "Giant's Causeway". This may have to wait until I get a chance to walk these areas first.
Good walking to all you folks.
Fred Austin
Starting to Convert Handbook
September 22, 2008
With the new conversion program I have been able to convert the old British Footpaths Handbook much easier and faster now.
This is the most important book in the series of 19 walking guides books authored by Richard Hayward. It shows how to handle money, locate B&B's, find pubs, and spend as little money as possible on your walking trip along the English waymarked pathways.
Richard was not able to switch to digital cameras due to the momentum of his large volume of pictures he had accumulated on film and due mostly to his advanced cancer. The number of good pictures he took between 1985 and 2006 might exceed 5000. I have just now started to review the prints from the film packages. I am mostly looking for the original negatives he shoot of the pictures on the back of each of his guide books. With my new high quality scanner I am able to scan his negatives, and photoshop them for and paste in the digitized covers I now have from Applied Digital Imaging in Bellingham. When done I am able to make a much better cover picture than he originally had.
At this time I have also nearly rewritten the PHOTOGRAPHY chapter.
The next chapter in the Handbook I need to focus on is PACKING and how to keep your small pack as light as possible. Richard was able to hold his pack weight to below 8 to 9 pounds and at times less then 8 pounds. I will lay out our packing list and why we take certain items and how we use them.
A New Conversion Program
September 9, 2008
I have been manually converting and reformatting each of Richard 19 books in preparation for re-issuing new publications. He typed each chapter (Sometimes each page) as a new page in a new folder so there are many files for each book. My goal is to convert his walking guide books to all electronic format so as new information is added (such as different B&B's, changes in the path, corrections Richard may have made in a path description) it would be easy to change the "Masters" for our desk-top publishing of these books. Also the covers are being digitized and modified to add flexibility for changing the cover and to allow uploading images to the website.
I purchased a conversion program and tried it out. So far I have learned how to install it and have tried it out converting "A Pilgrim's Way" and "The British Footpath Handbook".
In the past, it has been taking me 3 to 4 weeks to convert each book. So far after 2 days of work I have been able to convert about 80%-90% of theses two books. In a couple more days I should have these two books essentially finished.
To date I have converted 7 books in about a year. These two books look like it will take about 4 to 5 days. At this rate I should have all 19 books converted by the end of the year. I would like to re-issue them as new editions with a 2009 copyright.
My next goal is to get back to the website and finish installing and activating the PAYPAL buttons.
Pilgram's Way
September 3, 2008
Now that I have nearly finished with the Cornwall Coast Path, I have desided to start the conversion of the Pilgram's Way.
Although I have not walked this path, it is one of the older books of Richard's and it has not been republished since he last walked it in 1997-1998. There is a long process of converting each section from Richard's old 1996 MAC into a WORD document. Each of these separate sections are then combined into one file. I have scanned all of Richard's working master pages. These files give me the drawings and the maps saved as finals as JPG files for insertion into the WORD document. As I have said before it takes about 3-4 weeks for the conversion.
I am starting to slowly develop my skills at Photoshopping and have nearly matched Richard's cover for the Cornwall Coast Path. In fact I must say mine is a significantly crisper picture for the back cover. As with the later books Richard published or re-published he started to place a small insert of the photo from his Bibliography into the back cover picture (rather than a picture of him enjoying the path). With this spirit I may use one of his very pretty coastal pictures and insert his small picture. I think he would approved.
Cornwall Coast Path
September 2, 2008
I have been working on transmographying Richard's old hard copy (physical) paste up masters to complete WORD documents. This sound easy but I have not found an easy way to do this. It takes about 3-4 weeks to do this conversion. I am about ready to print the new cover with the sheets in "bookfold". Part of the reason it takes me so long to convert Richard's old 1995 MAC files is because he originally wrote all chapters and sections and in some cases almost every new page to separate files. The other reason it takes me so long is of course that I am not too computer savvy myself and I need do so much manually that possibly could be done directly by a hot computer geek.
The Cornwall Coast Path guide was published as a second edition in 2000. This will be the third edition and it looks like it will have a 2009 publication date.
I will try to upload a draft picture of this book as soon as I can.
Fred Austin (9/1/08)


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This week Hamilton Garden's are transformed from lovely and special public park by day into a contemporary art gallery by night for the Stations of the Cross, Easter Art Installations. A host of volunteers (90+) set up and pack up about 20 installations - some of them very large- every night for a week. The logistics are boggling. The presentation is museum quality: from the beautiful programme to the mini-host kit (test tube of wine and a wafer in a paper bag) to the little lamps lighting the footpaths to the free coffee and hot chocolate at the end.
The Stations of the Cross is a popular event in Hamilton, with crowds lining up to enter and then milling about in the early stations. As many of the pieces included sound (my favourite was Cooked, the Cook Islands Association drummers) so there was a lot of competing noises from different directions, especially at the beginning. The crowds and the noise made my dominant feelings at the first four or five stations harrassment and irritation.
The art itself was a mixed bag: some of it very powerful, complex and moving and some of it only superficially witty. Most of the strongest pieces were site specific, using the Gardens' features to great effect. For Mara Berzins' Power to the People we had to shoulder our way through a angry flashmob filling the narrow walkway to the Italian Garden; their t-shirts, and b/w photo faces screamed to save Barabbas when Jesus was condemned to death made for an intense experience at station five.
Down along the Road by Stu Barris in the little ampitheatre. Subtle film of clouds passing over the moon were projected on the Italian plastered walls below the real moon in a cloudy sky. A recording of slow bluesy guitar and plenty of room to sit allowed me to space for contemplation that the Zen garden had tried and failed to offer back at the second station (Jesus prays in the garden).
The 'wow' work was Liz Downing's Bonefide Death, a huge (3m? tall) tree/crucifix constructed out of bleached (bovine) bones. The scale and workmanship were stunning, the details of skull-like pelvises, and a couple of tiny sprigs of foliage gave me goosebumps. Installed in the centre of the sundial, one of the roaming poets arrived while I was there and read a verse that made me aware of the nail-like symbolism of the sundial's rod.
The station that resonated most for me was The Common Thread by Jackie Francis. Despite being located in the early chaotic crowd of the first station, it was simple yet sumptious, with luscious red drops reflected in the Cloud Pool. It's not just Jackie's beautiful work that makes the Last Supper station so significant for me, but that Jesus' Last Supper is generally assumed to be a Passover seder and I will be attending two Passover seders this week.
The Stations of the Cross experiential storytelling is similar to what happens at the seder, where the symbolic foods and ritual activities retell the watershed event of the Jewish Torah, Exodus. I have long nursed an ember of an idea that someday I would like to make an artist's book based on the Haggadah (the book that guides the Passover seder). Going around the contemporary art installations of the Stations of the Cross rekindled that thought, refreshing and inspiring me to consider again its possibilities.

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The euro held steady near a 14-month high versus the dollar on Wednesday, with market players focusing on whether it can breach resistance at $1.3500 and set itself up for further gains.
Some upbeat German economic data and signs European banks may have turned the corner have bolstered hopes that the worst of the euro zone's crisis has passed, boosting the euro more than 2 percent against the dollar so far this year.
For now, the focus was on technical resistance at $1.3500, where there has also been talk of an option barrier.
"I think there is a possibility of a euro overshoot on the upside," said Sim Moh Siong, FX strategist for Bank of Singapore, adding that a breach of $1.3500 could open the way for the euro to start heading towards $1.3900.
"It is a fact that things are normalising in Europe. But it is also a fact that the structural problems and issues remain unresolved and could come back to haunt the euro," he said, adding that the near-term outlook for the single currency looked positive.
The euro held steady at $1.3495, right near a high of $1.3498 hit on Tuesday, the single currency's strongest level against the dollar since December 2011.
Dealers were also looking ahead to the outcome of the Federal Reserve's first policy meeting of the year at 1915 GMT. The central bank is widely expected to reaffirm its commitment to a super-easy policy until unemployment falls sharply, which could ease concerns about an early end to bond buying.
In contrast, the European Central Bank seems disinclined to ease any further, and that contrast in outlook has helped to bolster the euro this month.
A trader for a U.S. bank in Singapore said that there may be scope for institutional investors to give the euro an added lift, judging from the way they seem to be positioned now.
"I think that their positions are not really built for long (euro) positions yet," the trader said.
News last week about euro zone banks' early repayments of three-year loans to the European Central Bank was seen as a sign that parts of the euro zone banking system may be on the mend, and has helped to bolster the euro.
A survey on Friday that showed improvement in business confidence in Germany, has been another supportive factor.
Against the yen, the euro rose 0.3 percent to 122.75 yen, hovering close to a peak of about 122.90 yen set on Monday, the euro's highest level versus the Japanese currency since April 2011.
The dollar edged up 0.2 percent to 90.97 yen, heading back in the direction of Monday's high around 91.25 yen, the greenback's strongest level since June 2010.
Selling the yen has been mostly a one-way bet since mid-November, based on expectations that Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe would push the Bank of Japan into more aggressive monetary easing to beat deflation.
Present BOJ Governor Masaaki Shirakawa, whose term ends in April, is expected to be replaced with a much more dovish governor, who could then bring forward any easing.
Aside from the Fed, investors are looking out for the first estimate of U.S. fourth-quarter GDP due later on Wednesday, a couple of days before the January jobs report.


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Former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum celebrates his biggest night on the campaign trail so far, winning contests in Missouri, Minnesota, and Colorado. Despite the losses, front runner Mitt Romney remained optimistic he'll emerge as the eventual party nominee.
Conservatism. Is alive and well in Missouri and this gentleman. I don't stand here to claim to be the conservative alternative to Mitt Romney. I stand here to be the conservative alternative to Barack Obama. And you listen to our message. And you found out that on those issues. Health care. The environment cap and trade in on the Wall Street bailouts. Mitt Romney has the same positions as Barack Obama. And in fact would not be the best person to get up and fight for your voices for freedom in America. So so I want to congratulate all of my fellow Republicans. Particularly senator Santorum and I look forward to the contest come. But we're gonna take our message of liberty and prosperity. To every corner of the country. And what we're gonna we're gonna stand united. As a party behind our nominee to defeat Barack Obama and restore the values that made America the greatest nation in the history of the year. Okay. Okay. That's the good news today maybe you have seen that there was a recent Reuters poll out Greece yesterday. Is the first time that we came in second in -- national poll and a Republican primary. Believe it or not we did very well tonight and have a very very strong second place -- it's going to you could eat you. It.


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The State Educational Technology Director's Association (SETDA) recently created a new website called EdTech Update and the name says it all – it keeps you informed and updated on all the latest EdTech articles and trends. The site features content from Steve Anderson, Scott McLeod, Digital Learning Now, and WJU EdTech! Yes, I am excited to participate in this association of EdTech blogs.
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In the view of Kansas doctor Milton Wolf, there might be an illness shared by his state's two Republican senators: They're not conservative enough.
Wolf has already once declared himself the cure: In 2014, he led an aggressive, but unsuccessful, primary challenge that placed him within 7 points of Republican Sen. Pat Roberts.
This year, he's focusing his attention on Roberts' colleague, fellow Republican Sen. Jerry Moran.
"I really do mean it when I say I'd rather be a doctor than a politician, but our country is in trouble and it's clear that Washington is failing us," Wolf told CQ Roll Call.
And while he said he has "not yet made a decision about 2016," Wolf – a tea party conservative – couldn't help but take a jab at Moran.
"Of course with Jerry Moran thumbing his nose at Kansas Republicans by voting for Obama's tax hikes, spending, debt, corporate welfare and by funding Democrat get-out-the-vote efforts in Mississippi, first we need to know whether Moran plans to run as a Republican or as a Democrat," he said, deriding Moran's work at the NRSC to defend Thad Cochran from a tea party challenge of his own in 2014.
In recent weeks, Wolf has re-upped his vocal dissatisfaction with the Sunflower State's GOP leadership. In a series of posts on Twitter, Wolf decried Moran's stance with Senate Republican leadership in the legislative drama that pitted them against conservatives Ted Cruz and Mike Lee.
When a Senate amendment that would have attached language to a transportation bill to defund Planned Parenthood failed, Wolf said , "When Kansans learn of Jerry's betrayal today, he may have to start renting a recliner in Pat Roberts' Virginia home just to hide out."
This much is clear… We must save the Republican Party from itself before we can save the republic from socialist Democrats.
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Alexis has started climbing up to the tree house every day to start to take a shot of the garden. We hope to be able to do an animation when we have enough pictures!
Spring of course brings lambs..... we have 16 of them and they don't look as tiny as they do in this photo any more! One ewe had 4 lambs, 2 had triplets, and the other 3 had twins. One lamb was rejected by his mother and we had to bottle feed him. His name is Barrel due to his waist line..... 2 of the quads had top up milk also. They have grown really well this year, the grass has been early and we have a much better system for feeding the lambs, but it involves bringing them back to the barn twice a day.
Lambs (some of them) in their side of the feeder with their own barley, pea and sugar beet feeding troughs. Some of them are struggling to fit through the narrow bars which stop their mums raiding the food troughs!
Inside the green house is looking great! Cucumbers back left, aubergines back right, then there are peppers, chillies, and melons and a few of the mini tomatoes.
This year we ate our first asparagus which was lovely. It is now really tall and in the foreground of this picture. Behind there are some more potatoes, sunflowers and peas poking their green heads up in the back by the barn. I have also planted about 100 hawthorn seeds, hazel nuts, blackthorn direct into the ground. I collected them in the UK when I was back there last autumn.
Onions, carrots, shallots, potatoes are all doing well in the new narrow bed system.
One narrow bed was covered so we were able to start some things off early.
Garlics are looking wonderful in the background with celery, spring onions and celeriac and leeks in the foreground.
Courgettes in their own tunnel and 2 are already flowering!! Only a few days until the first ones!! Then the endless supply starts.....
The tunnel which refuses to fall down is still growing some things. The excess tomatoes, extra garlics and one of the blackberry bushes has made it through the winter. In the autumn I got given a few cuttings from a neighbours bush. Next year we will have blackberries!
The bean area with the runner bean frame ready for planting, behind some broad beans, peas and cannelloni beans in their own tunnel. Because I want to dry them to make baked beans they need a longer season.
The tomato tunnel is taking off. There are many green tomatoes in amongst the leaves! We dug in lots of manure to this tunnel along with some peat that they use for horse boxes. It is VERY sandy in this bed and needed a lot of organic matter to improve it. We also put a thick layer of mulch over the top to help it stay moist. It so far is working! I have only watered twice and it have been very hot in the tunnel at times!
The rocket made it through the winter and is the dark green bits in the photo.
The brassica patch is doing really well. I have lots of different types of cabbage, cauliflowers, broccoli, romanesque and some other stuff I expect I have forgotten about!
Potatoes, spring onions, salad, pac-choi are all looking good. We grew green wave mustard this year and although it blows your brains out when you eat the leaf raw it is lovely fried up and put in quiche or omelette.
The first of the cucumbers have started, now this is early! I have finally got the timing right with planting seeds and keeping them in a pot for the minimum amount of time. It has also been so warm this year. This variety, Super Zagross, is also a very early one. It gives small cucumbers of about 15cm long. Just enough for 2 people for a day!
Being so ahead in many areas of the garden has meant that I could sew some herbs so we should finally be able to dry a years supply!
And, a first for me, water melon! The black thing in front is a reptile heat mat which is about 15W and gives just a little extra heat on the frosty nights we got a week ago. They have a layer of fleece over the top to keep the heat in.... And now I think I can even see the flower buds starting!!!


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Noted real estate trainer and speaker Jared James will kick off the first of a year-long Thursday series of webinars designed to help members sell more in 2013.
James will speak on "Three areas to focus on to rock 2013" at noon, Thursday, Jan. 24. James is a noted speaker who has presented before state REALTOR® associations and national real estate firm meetings.
The Thursday webinar series will feature prominent real estate specialists on topics ranging from marketing to emerging technology. They'll present for about an hour and then take questions.
The February speaker will be G. William James, a tech guru who can help you sort out the best ways to communicate with clients and your colleagues. He presented at IAR's Fall Conference, and is back by popular demand.
To learn more about the speakers and see the schedule as it firms up, go to www.illinoisrealtor.org/webinars.
Jared James' webinar is limited to 200 people, but if you miss it or can't get in, not to worry. IAR will archive the session for download Jan. 25.


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The Harmonium Project (Festival Square, Edinburgh)
The EIF kicked off on Friday with a late-night performance of John Adams's choral work ''Harmonium"
The Edinburgh International Festival opened on Friday night with a late-night free event, a performance of John Adams's 1980 choral work Harmonium and an accompanying spectacular light show projected onto the Usher Hall.
Ten thousand people gathered in Festival Square, converging from all corners of the city, spilling out of the nearby Traverse Theatre, bars and restaurants, in the most celebratory and popular event in the festival's history, and rightly so: the inaugural season of bright spark new artistic director Fergus Linehan - whose idea this event was - coincides with the fiftieth anniversary of the Edinburgh Festival Chorus.
The relayed performance was a recording of the concert given immediately beforehand - to an "invited" audience inside the Usher Hall - by the Royal Scottish National Orchestra and the Festival Chorus, conducted by Peter Oundjian. As the exciting, rhythmic, serial music spewed out of giant speakers - never has minimalism gone so large - the venerable hall was a kaleidoscope of visual, verbal and inflammatory projected images, laser beams and, at the climax, a Shard-like monumental tent of light.
The work of 59 Productions, in collaboration with the University of Edinburgh's School of Informatics and Edinburgh College of Art was, of necessity in so grandiose a display, less kind to the actual words of Harmonium, which are settings of three poems: one by John Donne, two by Emily Dickinson.
"I could not stop for death; he kindly stopped for me; the carriage held but just ourselves and immortality" is a snatch of Dickinson's "Wild Nights" but we got the general idea of love and death as the words vied on the hall's exterior with numbers, facial images and an amazing apocalyptic finale.


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Postulate 1 '[It is possible] to draw a straight line from any point to any point'.
Postulate 2 '[It is possible] to produce a finite straight line continuously in a straight line'.
Postulate 3 '[It is possible] to describe a circle with any centre and diameter'.
Euclid's theorems are still true and his methods are still admired. For millenia his books have been studied and referenced, though they are no longer used as a school text-book.53 He entitled his principal work Elements, and it was intended to be a foundational work in the subject, a starting point. The same Greek word (stoikheia) also means the letters in the alphabet, and Euclid's elements are to geometry what letters are to language: the building blocks or basic components.


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#2: Dreams and Nightmares
(Summer 2014)
Dreaming, wakefulness and all the limbic stages in between. Dream work, alternate realities, nightmares, night terrors and incarnations of the sunless state when we descend into the labyrinth of our own minds.
Issue #2 Contents
Insanity, Ellen Denton
Mother's Back, Gil Gidner
The Taste, Lucy Debussy
The Heart of the Labyrinth, Gary Budgen
Where I Choose to Wake, Phillip Irving
They Don't Move Like They Used To, Avital Gad-Cykman
The Dubious Apotheosis of Baskin Gough, Part Two
Patrick S. McGinnity
Lazarus Walks, Part Two, Jesse Caverly


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The Year in Trade 2002, released today by the United States International Trade Commission (ITC), provides a practical review of U.S. international trade laws, a survey of actions under U.S. trade laws, a summary of the operation of the World Trade Organization (WTO), an overview of U.S. free trade agreements and negotiations, and a review of U.S. bilateral trade relations with major trading partners.
ITC's Year in Trade is one of the government's most comprehensive reviews of U.S. trade-related activities, covering major multilateral, regional, and bilateral developments.
The Year in Trade 2002 includes complete listings of antidumping, countervailing duty, safeguard, intellectual property right infringement, and section 301 cases undertaken by the U.S. government in 2002. In addition, the 2002 report also covers:
Statistical tables highlight U.S. bilateral trade with major trading partners and trade under U.S. trade preference programs.
The Year in Trade 2002 (USITC Publication 3630, August 2003) will be posted in the Publications section of the ITC's Internet site at www.usitc.gov. A CD-ROM or printed copy may be requested by calling 202-205-1809 or by writing the Office of the Secretary, U.S. International Trade Commission, 500 E Street SW, Washington, DC 20436. Requests may also be faxed to 202-205-2104. The report also is expected to be available at federal depository libraries in the United States and at offices of the U.S. Information Agency abroad.


text: The Christchurch Club 154 Worcester Street And Latimer Square, Christchurch The Christchurch Club. Copyright: Heritage New Zealand. Taken By: Melanie Lovell-Smith. Date: 1/09/2001. List Entry Information List Entry Status Listed List Entry Type Historic Place Category 1 Public Access Private/No Public Access List Number 292 Date Entered 2nd April 1985 Locationopen/close Extent of List Entry Extent includes the land described as Town Secs 761, 763-765 and Pt Town Sec 759 City of Christchurch (CT CB368/36), Canterbury Land District and the buildings known as The Christchurch Club thereon. City/District Council Christchurch City Region Canterbury Region Legal description Town Secs 761, 763-765 and Pt Town Sec 759 City of Christchurch (CT CB368/36), Canterbury Land District Summaryopen/close The Christchurch Club was founded in 1856 by a group of wealthy landholders. This building, their clubroom, was erected in 1860-1862. It was the centre of social and political life for the Canterbury elite. Designed by Benjamin Mountfort, the pre-eminent Victorian Canterbury architect, it is built in timber and is very different from anything Mountfort had previously designed.Mountfort's design was based on the Italian Villa style, which had been introduced to England in the early nineteenth century and which, by the 1850s, had become an accepted style for middle-class housing. Ian Lochhead, in his monograph on Mountfort, points out that this style was probably chosen for the Christchurch Club as a compromise between the Italian Palazzo style associated with the two London gentlemen's clubs, the Travellers' and the Reform, (which the members of the club preferred) and Mountfort's predilection for Gothic. The Italian villa style was seen as comparatively informal and as both elegant yet rural, a suitable combination for a club basing itself on English upper-class institutions but establishing itself in the middle of what was still a swamp. The use of timber rather than stone also reflects Mountfort's adaptation of European styles to the vernacular building materials of colonial New Zealand. The building erected for the Christchurch Club has a central tower around which the two main wings are arranged. The arcades on the ground floor are notable and were later referred to by Samuel Hurst Seager in his design for the addition to his house in Armagh Street.Some of the prominent members of the Christchurch Club included J.B.A. Acland (1823-1904), the owner of Mount Peel Station; Samuel Butler (1835-1902), runholder, explorer and author; Sir Charles Bowen (1836-1917), resident magistrate and politician who introduced the 1877 Education Act; Sir Julius von Haast (1822-1887), explorer, geologist and driving force behind the development of the Canterbury Museum; Sir John Hall (1824-1907), runholder, politician and premier; and Sir Edward Stafford (1819-1901), another runholder and twice Premier, from 1856 to 1861 and 1865 to 1869. While the Christchurch Club attracted many runholders, the members of the Canterbury Club (established in 1872) were, by comparison, predominantly businessmen or professionals.Following the Second World War the government notified its intention to take the club's land for further government buildings. Consequently the club let the maintenance of the building slip. The government abandoned its plans some years later but by then the building was in such a state of disrepair that the club decided to demolish it. It was, however, reprieved and the building was eventually refurbished and extended.The Christchurch Club is significant as an example of the transplanting of British institutions to New Zealand, and as one of the oldest gentlemen's clubs in the country. Its membership ensured that the Club was an informal seat of power in nineteenth century Canterbury. Architecturally it is significant as an unusual example of Mountfort's work, who is more commonly known for his use of the Gothic Revival style. This commission was also important to Mountfort personally, as it put him in touch with many prominent and influential men, who, no doubt, influenced his subsequent career as the leading architect of public buildings in Canterbury. Linksopen/close Current use Civic Facilities - Club rooms/building Former use Civic Facilities - Club rooms/building Weblinks Construction Professionalsopen/close Mountfort, Benjamin Woolfield Benjamin Woolfield Mountfort (1825-98) trained as an architect in England, in the office of Richard Cromwell Carpenter, a member of the Cambridge Camden Society (later the Ecclesiological Society). He arrived in Canterbury in 1850.Mountfort was New Zealand's pre-eminent Gothic Revival architect and, according to architectural historian Ian Lochhead, 'did most to shape the architectural character of nineteenth-century Christchurch.' The buildings he designed were almost exclusively in the Gothic Revival style.During his career he designed many churches and additions to churches; those still standing include the Trinity Congregational Church in Christchurch (1874), St Mary's Church in Parnell, Auckland and the Church of the Good Shepherd in Phillipstown, Christchurch (1884). In 1857 he became the first architect to the province of Canterbury. He designed the Canterbury Provincial Council Buildings in three stages from 1858 to 1865. The stone chamber of this building can be considered the greatest accomplishment of his career. He was involved in many important commissions from the 1870s, including the Canterbury Museum (1869-82) and the Clock-tower Block on the Canterbury College campus (1876-77). He was also involved in the construction of Christchurch's Cathedral and made several major modifications to the original design.Mountfort introduced a number of High Victorian elements to New Zealand architecture, such as the use of constructional polychromy, probably first used in New Zealand in the stone tower of the Canterbury Provincial Government Buildings (1859). Overall, his oeuvre reveals a consistent and virtually unerring application of Puginian principles including a commitment to the Gothic style, honest use of materials and picturesque utility. The result was the construction of inventive and impressive buildings of outstanding quality. He died in Christchurch in 1898. A belfry at the Church of the Good Shepherd in Phillipstown, the church he attended for the last ten years of his life, was erected in his honour. Additional informationopen/close Construction Dates Designed1859 - Modification1966 - All service rooms etc demolished. New service block built in U shape around enclosed garden Completion Date21st December 2006 Report Written ByMelanie Lovell-Smith Information Sources Lochhead, 1999 Ian Lochhead, A Dream of Spires: Benjamin Mountfort and the Gothic Revival, Christchurch, 1999 pp.227-231 Other InformationPlease note that entry on the New Zealand Heritage List/Rarangi Korero identifies only the heritage values of the property concerned, and should not be construed as advice on the state of the property, or as a comment of its soundness or safety, including in regard to earthquake risk, safety in the event of fire, or insanitary conditions.


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Hi Scrappers! During the weekend I finished another layout for a sketch from Let's Get Sketchy, but I just hadn't the time to upload it. So here it comes! It's from the January Week 1 sketch.
I took this photo during one of our hiking trips. The forest floor just draw my attention to all its frosted leafs and foliage. I thought I'd be a great picture :) I wanted to create a vintage mixed media background and added a lot of subtle texture to it. First of all I used mask with small dots behind the layered photo. After that I misted the masking with different darker shades of glimmer mist and wiped away the excess for the dots.
I cut the title with my Cameo and added some white distress glitter on top (I couldn't catch the glitter with my camera :( ) Underneath the picture I stitched a chevron pattern with blue floss to the paper, and added my journaling above the floss.
I covered the snowflake with distress glitter to create this frosted and layered look. You can see it better than on the "December" title, but I'm still not super-happy with the result of the photo. I guess I'll need to buy a macro lens for my camera... :)
And this was the sketch I used:
Thank you for stopping by, I hope you like my newest creation :)


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The Nivea Lip Butter comes in a cute little tin , the same kind of tin the regular nivea blue-pot cream comes in, Basic , but nice ;) I do prefer sticks , though, since you always have to use your (dirty) fingers in tins like these.
The lip Butter smells like vanilla , which I love!!!!!! I can't stop smelling it !
But the most important question is of course : "Does it work?".
Well, it DOES! it is absolutely awesome!!!! it leaves my lips superdupersoft throughout the entire day!!!


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It has been a couple of weeks since an update. I could say we have been busy, and we have a little, but I have really just slacked off 🙂
Here are the major happenings in our corner of the world:
Kathy's residente temporal status has been approved. On Monday she will go into the immigration office to sign documents and get fingerprinted and she should have her card by the end of next week. This status is renewable after a year and is good for a maximum of four years. After that she can apply for the residente permanente status. Her application for temporal status was based on unidad familiar (family unity) and we had to sign a statement saying I would be responsible for her. She now jokes that she is an officially kept woman.
We are moving to a new house at the end of the month. The current one started out as a three month lease and the owner is willing to go on a month-by-month basis but, with the house on the market, we want something longer-term and more stable.
The new house is in the Santiago neighborhood, a couple of blocks from Parque Santiago and its market and not far from the Merida English Library. It is a very nice three bedroom, three bath two-story home with nice garden areas and a swimming pool. After a string of days near 100 degrees (it is the hot season here), we are glad to have decided a pool is a requirement.
Fortunately we made the decision to move before we unpacked all the boxes we had shipped down, so preparation for this move will not be a daunting task.
We have put down a deposit on a Toyota Avanza, a small minivan that is not available in the USA. Now we just have to open a bank account next week and transfer down the money to pay for it.
Kathy's Spanish Class
Kathy did a two week Spanish immersion experience at a language school – Habla is the name of the school. She was pleased with the experience and will be going twice a week now. We are doing some Spanish talk at home. Learning a new language can be a difficult task, but she is off to a good start.
That is the short update on the more significant hapenings in our lives. We have been here for close to three months and I continue to be very pleased with our decision to move here.


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The Scottish Greens' policy on Local and Community Government begins "The Scottish Green Party strongly favours decentralised government. Government should be carried out at the most local tier possible".
With only 32 councils for a population of over 5 million, Scots are more remote than anyone else in Europe from their own 'local' councils. Contrast this with 36,000 councils in France and you see what I mean.
We do, of course, have community councils. However, with most attracting insufficient interest to hold elections and with little influence let alone power to do anything, they are largely seen as platforms for people with particular interests, agendas or budding political careers. I know, I was one of them. And with turnout at all elections on a downward spiral, politicians need to do something fast to re-engage with people - and that engagement needs to be a two-way process.
Thankfully this has started happening. Edinburgh City Council, led by Labour council leader Andrew Burns, is endeavouring to make the city a Co-operative Council. Many councils across the UK are now webcasting their meetings, with Edinburgh currently running a pilot scheme. I have been promised cross-party support for a motion I will be presenting this month to Midlothian Council to do the same. Also the Scottish Government is consulting on its proposed Community Empowerment and Renewal Bill.
All of these measures will, it is hoped, give individuals and communities the information and tools to start influencing decisions - and more importantly, get involved in the running of some of the services which directly affect them.
We also need to change the culture inherent within the decision making process. Instead of asking what can be done, we need to ask why can something not be done. This week I managed to borrow a map of the Bonnyrigg ward showing land owned by the council. It's disturbing how little is still left in public hands - after discounting areas used by council housing, schools and public buildings there are a few parks and that's about it.
Also, with much of the ward already designated for housing (and currently being built on) and land towards the Borders Railway considered a high priority for housing, the future looks grim if simply left to the god of 'Economic Development' to make decisions for us.
With the Midlothian Local Development Plan up for renewal shortly, now is the time for communities to get organised and to say what they want before it's too late. I've already been speaking to the local Community Development Trust to see how we can work together to ensure as much land as possible is earmarked for green spaces and community use, but this needs to happen across the whole of Midlothian. If we wait until the plan is agreed, it could be 2032 before we get another chance.
I'm currently reading Andy Wightman's book The Poor Had No Lawyers, which gives a detailed history of why most of Scotland was essentially misappropriated by "legal" means. Today the same thing is happening but in a different way - land which should be available to communities as recreational space is being lost in the name of economics. When land is lost to development, the 'planning gain' always contributes towards further development - new schools and roads. That's not a bad thing in itself, but why shouldn't it also be in the form of protection from further development - park land, community woodland and the like?
Decentralised government does not mean stopping at Scotland's 32 local authorities. It means decision making at community level with everyone having a voice and those voices being listened to. Let's make sure this happens.


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Defiance after the attack in Tunisia
Residents of the Tunisian capital say they will not give into fear after a suicide bomber carried out an attack on a presidential guard bus. Deborah Lutterbeck reports.
THIS EDIT CONTAINS USER GENERATED CONTENT THAT WAS UPLOADED TO A SOCIAL MEDIA WEBSITE. IT HAS BEEN CHECKED BY REUTERS' SOCIAL MEDIA TEAM AND REVIEWED BY A SENIOR EDITOR. REUTERS IS CONFIDENT THE EVENTS PORTRAYED ARE GENUINE. An act of defiance in Tunisia, as people return to cafes in Tunis. A state of emergency has been declared a day after a suicide bomber killed at least a dozen people in an attack on a presidential guard bus. (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) TUNIS RESIDENT, EMNA, SAYS: "They declared war on nothing. Why? Why? They think that they are Muslims and that we are not? Who said that? May Islam be better than their Islam. These people hate themselves. If they felt that they belong to Tunisia, they wouldn't be killing its children, their brothers. The victims have children, a family, a mother. Why?" Some say living well is the best revenge. (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) TUNIS RESIDENT, CHAYMA, SAYS: "This is life, we should resist and keep going with our lives. If we stay in our homes and say that we are scared and we won't go out, how can we fight terrorism? If we did that, terrorism would go further in our country." Islamic State is claiming responsibility for the attack releasing a picture of the man who they say carried out the attack and a statement that says: "We will not rest until God's law will reign in Tunis.


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Nadia at Bodog asked me if I could remind all three of you that stop by regularly to consider signing up for the Weekly Bodog Online Poker Blogger Tournament. (Quite a title, that.)
But I don't mind reminding you, particularly since I've been so busy myself the past couple of weeks that I've literally forgotten to log on and join the fun. More's the pity party, at least for me, because there are some seriously schweet overlays here for what is a $10+1 entry fee and what has been, to date, and underattended event. And you can all play 'Guess Hoyazo's Alter Ego' too!
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Slightly Slower Brittany
In Instant Brittany, the last post that I shared, I presented, for your delight…well…instant pinhole shots from our holiday to Brittany. I probably promised there would be more to come, perhaps you need to go back and check on that. Even if I didn't though, here they are, the slightly slower Brittany shots!
We were really rather lucky to have generally decent weather, at least that's what you would assume from these shots. What they don't show is the incredible rain showers that suddenly descended at times. For example, just after I managed to capture A capturing an image in the rather wonderful megalithic landscape near St Just we were sheltering under trees wondering if we needed to start building a boat.
We didn't of course, which was probably just as well as I am not so handy and I'm not sure the local farmers would have appreciated us chopping down their trees. Just as well really. Oh, and of course I probably would not have been able to withstand the humiliation of my boat being simply substandard compared to the local's fleet.
The local craft were in evidence whenever we hit the stunning coastline near to Dinan, where we were staying. We found not only incredible sandy beaches, and buoys hanging out on those beaches (I guess they must be beach buoys), but a rocky coastline that in places has to be seen to be believed.
Set amongst these rocks are tidal pools, more sandy beaches, and some of the most isolated yet beautiful communities I have seen. Whilst life is probably not so harsh in those places now, I can only imagine what it would have been like before central heating, electricity and cars. Some of the houses are right next to the crashing ocean (and it can really crash) with only a little respite from the elements. There's really an incredible savage beauty to the place that I cannot really describe well, and I am not sure my photos do the area much justice.
With the clouds of course, come somewhat dramatic sunsets…most of which I admired over a bottle of wine (or the local beer, which is getting surprisingly decent now) and a galette, crepe or other such delights. Honestly, at the point when the waiter set fire to a tower of meat and fish at the table next to us (all part of the plan I should stress) I realised that I might never eat again…and there was a particular tarte tatin that nearly finished me off.
Anyway, back to the sunsets, as you can see they were kinda purty and made me feel all gooey inside as I waited for the trusty Zero 2000 (responsible for all of this goodness) to do her thing. I have often neglected my second Zero as I always seemed to reach for the 69, but since her little accident (more here on that joy!) I've defaulted back to Z2K. I have to say that I would prefer it if Z2K was a little sharper, but you know you have to love your children regardless…even if you then purchase other babies to play with (more on that bombshell soon). With that, I shall say adieu, and leave you with nothing but a magnificent viaduct for company. Happy shooting Pinholistas, happy shooting.


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By Leah Becerra | May 5, 2016
Carly Fleischmann is an author with autism who is also nonverbal. Her new YouTube series "Speechless with Carly Fleischmann" went live last month, and the first episode was an instant hit.
In it, Fleischmann confesses her love for guest Channing Tatum and then asks him the most hilarious and blunt questions, like: "Do you find it hard to be good-looking? When you first started out, did you find that people took you serious for the roles you wanted to act in?"
Of course, since Fleischmann is nonverbal, she uses a device for communicating. It's clear, though, that the nonverbal barrier is no issue for her. Fleischmann is smart, funny and charms the pants off Tatum — not literally; it's just a figure of speech.


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Cholesterol Levels for Women – How Does Menopause Affect Them?
Ah, menopause! It is the time in a woman's life when their bodies go through changes that no longer allow them to menstruate or bear children. It usually occurs to middle age women around the age of fifty, but it can occur as early as forty or as late as sixty on average. Many changes occur to the body during this time, with the majority of them being hormonal in nature. However, new evidence suggest that changes in cholesterol levels for women also occur during menopause, which can drastically increase the risk of coronary related illness following the change of life.
Bad cholesterol levels are not uncommon, particularly in the United States where diets high in bad fats and sugar are more prevalent than in other parts of the world. Bad cholesterol can occur for a multitude of reasons, and normally many factors present that contribute to higher than desirable cholesterol numbers. The National Cholesterol Education Program explains that lifestyle factors like smoking and exercise amounts in conjunction with dietary considerations play a role. However, aside from these external sources of bad cholesterol, the body itself can also be responsible for a raise in blood fats too. How much the body makes may depend on genetics and heredity as well. And, it is becoming apparent that another factor may play a role in cholesterol levels for women – menopause.
This revelation has finally provided a link between why post menopausal women are more prone to developing heart disease. Previously, researchers were not exactly sure why this was happening, but a new study has finally shed some light on the phenomenon. The study was impressive, following over a thousand menopausal women over a decade. It found that regardless of ethnicity, cholesterol levels for women increased sharply following the change of life. The results further indicated that the first two years following a woman's last menses contributed to a nearly ten percent rise in LDL cholesterol levels alone, according to CNN.com. While this may not seem significant, as these increases build over time, the risk for heart disease can be dramatically amplified.
So, how does menopause play a role in a woman's cholesterol levels? And, why don't these changes appear in cholesterol levels in children or men? Well, while the risk of heart disease does increase with age regardless of gender, it is thought that the hormone estrogen may play a role in why menopausal women are more affected later in life. Because of the importance of estrogen in a woman's body, it is logical that this connection was made and why cholesterol levels for men are not affected as significantly (although their risk also increases). Heart.org explains that estrogen is useful to keeping artery walls healthy and flexible; the changes that occur during menopause which include a natural decrease in estrogen may be responsible for an increased risk of heart disease. However, just how these hormonal changes actually affect cholesterol levels for women is still unknown, despite conclusive and large scaled studies.
With the scientific community certain of the outcome yet still unsure of the cause, menopausal women can take their change of life as an opportunity to proactively control their cholesterol before it becomes a problem. As early as three years prior to menopause, cholesterol levels may begin to rise. During this time, making healthy lifestyle changes like quitting smoking, making dietary changes and increasing exercise are all an excellent idea. There are also natural options to consider, like the best supplement to lower cholesterol, one based on plant sterols and stanols. These naturally occurring compounds have been shown to naturally lower cholesterol. In fact, they are so effective that they are added to foods like some margarines in an effort to promote heart health.
There are other natural options to help control cholesterol levels for women such as spices like turmeric and herbal options like garlic. The compounds found in these naturally occurring remedies have been shown in some studies to help reduce LDL and help achieve healthy cholesterol levels. However, one in particular is so effective that it is the basis for many medications to control cholesterol, red yeast rice. It is literally comprised of yeast that is grown on rice, and it is a mainstay of cuisine in some parts of the world. However, it is also available as a supplement, which is more convenient (although there are some risks involved so talk to your doctor first).
CNN.com references the study surrounding menopause and cholesterol levels and women and notes that an opportunity, rather than a hindrance, can come from this unusual physiological relationship. With the knowledge that cholesterol levels for women can sharply increase following the change of life, women can take advantage of the opportunity to get healthier for their second half of life by protecting their hearts with lifestyle changes, dietary considerations and the incorporation of natural choices for cholesterol reduction.


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A new event has been added to the Space Foundation's Space Symposium for 2017.
The inaugural Women's Global Gathering will provide a unique opportunity to hear about the accomplishments and opportunities for women in the space industry, and is open to Space Symposium registrants and non-registrants. Scheduled for the last day of the 33rd Space Symposium on Thursday, April 6, from 12:15 to 1:45 p.m., at The Broadmoor in Colorado Springs, the featured speaker will be Gen. Ellen M. Pawlikowski, USAF, Commander, Air Force Materiel Command, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.
The Gathering will include a luncheon, followed by a panel of senior leaders, sharing their insights into the important role of women in the exploration of space. The panel moderator is Dr. Alice Bunn, Director of Policy at the UK Space Agency and member of the Space Foundation Board of Directors. The panelists are:
- Maj. Gen. Nina M. Armagno, USAF, Director of Strategic Plans, Programs, Requirements and Analysis, Headquarters Air Force Space Command, Peterson Air Force Base
- Dr. Pascale Ehrenfreund, Chair of the Executive Board, German Aerospace Center (DLR)
- Maureen Ryan O'Brien, Manager, Strategic Alliances, Office of Communications, NASA Headquarters
- Susan Opp, President, Space & Power Sector, L3 Technologies
- Becky Yoder, CPA, Chief Executive Officer, Surrey Satellite Technology U.S.
Registration for the 33rd Space Symposium, and for Women's Global Gathering luncheon, is available at spacesymposium.org/register.


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Eilidh from Velvet-Winter
The short ones seem so nice i got a pair but have been undecided on how to wear them, thanks for the inspo! :)ReplyDelete
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Hair Color Trends
Peek-a-Blue: Blonde Balyage with Pastel Tones
Sharing this creative finish by @saripaints. The blonde is beautiful and the panels of soft blue underneath create a fun, unexpected dimension.
Full balayage toned with Redken Shades Eq.
Equal parts 9v+9p
Added Pulp Riot Fashion Tones in Velvet, Nightfall and Clear for 'peek-a-blue' pastel tones.