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MKG-Special Event Come Knit With Elsebeth Lavold! View Details
The Minnesota Knitters' Guild is having a Special Event and Classes on March 4, 2013
Have you ever knit with Hempathy or Silky Wool? Come meet the lady behind the yarn.
Elsebeth Lavold has spent the last 30 years as a professional designer, starting the Vikings
Knit Project in 1992. She experimented with cable patterns to create a new technique that
visually represents artifacts of the Viking age in knitting. She has 461 patterns on Ravelry,
such as Gudrid, Greip, Atle Beret, Menja and Swedish Thora, to name a few. Please go and
see how she integrates her unique cabling techniques into her patterns.
Workshop 1: - Monday March 4, 1:00 to 4:00PM (CLASS FULL)
Basic Viking Knits - 3 Hours
The focus is on the basic techniques needed to knit the wonderful Viking Patterns. Join Elsebeth as she focuses on the technical aspects of knitting Viking patterns and leads you to understand the grammar of cable patterns. How to read and understand charts. Learn how to cable without a cable needle.
Analyze Viking Interlace ornamentation and start designing your own cable patterns.
Students should know how to do basic cabling.
Workshop 2: - Monday March 4, 6:00 to 9:00PM (4 SPACES OPEN AS OF 2/20)
Basic Design with Cables - 3 hours - skill level intermediate
How to use the Viking Patterns in your own projects – designing
with cables. Basic garments shapes and calculation, cable and motif
placement. Details such as cuffs and collars and some finishing
techniques will be discussed. Students should know how to do basic cabling and have a basic understanding of garment design.
Registration Information:
The cost for each workshop is $45 ($90 for both). Workshops will be filled on a first-come, first-served basis. To register, you must provide a completed registration form and payment to Jennifer Williams at a guild meeting or by mail. Space in each workshop is limited, so register early. Priority is given to paid registrations. No class spots can be held with an email.
Click here for a registration form
To read more about Elsebeth Lavold, go to the following site: http://www.ingenkonst.se/textile.htm
We meet at the Textile Center, 3000 University Avenue SE, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55414
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Today we're talking about how to improve web videos in journalism. When is it appropriate to step back and do a little production vs. just uploading raw stuff? Also, ARE YOU STILL DOING TALKING HEADS? #becausecmonits2014. Bring your ideas, links and #realtalk.
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Monday/Late Friday High School Girls Roundup
ARKOMA — Thanks to a strong second half, the Arkoma Lady Mustangs ended the regular season in fine fashion with a 64-48 win over the Wister Lady Wildcats Monday night at the Arkoma Gym.Down 23-20 at halftime, the Lady Mustangs opened the second half with an 8-0 run to take a 28-23 lead.The Lady Wildcats cut the deficit to two points on two occasions, the last time at 45-43 with about four minutes left in the third quarter. But that was as close as Wister got.Arkoma went on a 15-0 run to take a 58-43 lead with 2:28 remaining in the period.Panama 48, Cameron 26: In Panama, the Lady Razorbacks jumped out to a 9-3 lead after one period and slowly pulled away from the Lady Yellowjackets from there.Bokoshe 37, McCurtain 35: In Bokoshe, the Lady Tigers rallied from a 14-9 first-quarter deficit to get the win. Bokoshe outscored McCurtain 28-21 over the final three periods to get the come-from-behind victory.Stigler 43, Heavener 33: In Stigler, after jumping out to a 3-0 lead, the Lady Wolves suffered a bout of cold shooting. The Lady Panthers, who are coached by last year's Heavener girls' coach, Jeff Walker, outscored the Lady Wolves 11-4 the rest of the opening period for an 11-7 lead. Then, Stigler outscored Heavener 10-2 in the second quarter for a 21-9 halftime lead.Wilburton 56, Heavener 28: Friday night in Wilburton, the Lady Diggers jumped out to a 17-6 lead after one period and never lost the advantage.


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Day cares see change in funding
Tackling childhood obesity, providing more nutritious meals for children - these are what you might call "hot button" topics right now. However, some caretakers of our youngest children are now trying to figure out how to provide those nutritious meals on less money.Several Broken Bow in-home day care providers received letters from the food program a couple of weeks ago, informing them that the reimbursement they receive for the meals and snacks they provide is being cut - drastically cut. For day care provider Heather Schmidt, learning she was being moved from Tier 1 to Tier 2 is a huge blow. She says providing quality, nutritious meals and snacks has always been a top priority for her. But with having to now drastically cut her food budget, she is left trying to decide just what changes she will have to make to make up the difference.For full story, see the Oct. 18, 2012 edition of the Custer County Chief.


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BOOM: It's Rick Renteria
And there you have it.
According to multiple – like, dozens – reports this evening, the Chicago Cubs will tomorrow introduce former San Diego Padres bench coach Rick Renteria as the newest manager of the team.
Renteria, 51, succeeds Dale Sveum, who was named manager just two years ago. He'll inherit a young, developing team, and an extremely solid farm system that should start bearing fruit shortly. The focus in this search was player development, a particular strong suit for Renteria. I am very excited to see how his era begins.
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Having a good credit score is like having the world's best coupon book for all of life's major financial transactions. Not only will it open doors for you to qualify for things like mortgages, auto loans, private student loans and credit cards, but the better your credit score is, the better the "deal" you'll get – and that all translates to more money in your pocket. Here are five ways to improve your credit score so you access the best deals on life's largest purchases.


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In a collaborative project between the RNAO IABPG research team and RNAO's policy department, a scoping review was conducted in order to create a comprehensive electronic database of registered nurse (RN) effectiveness.
Addressing Abuse of Older Adults: An RNAO Initiative aims to prevent and address abuse and neglect of older adults throughout various health care institutions and community settings in Canada. The foundation of the initiative—funded by the Government of Canada's New Horizons for Seniors Program—is Canada's first evidence-based best practice guideline for health-care providers, Preventing and Addressing Abuse and Neglect of Older Adults: Person-Centred, Collaborative, System-Wide Approaches.
The Long-Term Care (LTC) Best Practices Coordinator role was introduced to the LTC sector as a pilot project funded by the Nursing Secretariat in 2005. Many successes in LTC Homes have been achieved through this project, including improved quality of care for residents and the facilitation of an evidence-based practice culture by front-line staff through the implementation of best practice guidelines (BPGs).
The Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario is funded through the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long Term Care (MOHLTC), Mental Health and Additions Branch to implement the Mental Health and Addictions Initiative.
The RNAO, in partnership with Canada Health Infoway, has established a nurse peer leader network that will enhance patient-centred, evidence-based wound care management using advanced clinical e-functions (e-clinical decision support and e-clinical analytics) and patient e-services (e-views). The network will increase the use of International Classification of Nursing Practice (ICNP®)-encoded nursing order sets (NOS), an e-clinical decision support resource, derived from the RNAO evidence-based best practice guidelines (BPGs).


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Enjoy a visit with your family to the Red Apple Barn near Ellijay in the North Georgia mountains. Pick apples, pumpkins, flowers, play games or have a picnic. In our farm store, try our apple pies, fritters, bread, caramel and candied apples, jams and jellies, honey and apple cider. The farm has been in the family since 1927.
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YORKTOWN, N.Y. -- Students in Debra Haggerty's class at the Walden School put their lessons on empathy into practice by feeding homeless people.
As part of the lesson, Haggerty's students read the book "Bud, Not Buddy," which is about a homeless child.
In response, students made sandwiches for the homeless and gave them to two Walden staff members. The staff members brought food to homeless people at the Port Authority.
"There are people out there who have no food or shelter," said student Evan Torres. "We made sandwiches and included a cookie and a note with each one to make them feel better. It made me feel good to do this because we have empathy for people
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League of Arab States and UNICEF focus on teacher qualifications
The meeting at LAS also discussed means of establishing centers of excellence in for the professional development of teachers. Experts emphasized the need to build on existing national efforts to re-define the common elements required to achieve teacher excellence in school leadership and strategies for ongoing professional development and support. LAS Secretary General Amre Moussa said, We are facing an enormous development challenge in this region that can only be handled by reforming our educational systems.
The event took place in partnership with UNESCO, the Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO), the Arab League Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organization (ALECSO). At a later stage the World Bank, UNDP and the International Labour Organisation are expected to join the project.
Re-assessing the human rights angle
Aside from extensive research showing the links between developing teachers skills and improved student learning outcomes, the human rights aspect of quality education has been emphasized in several global and regional conferences such as the Dakar 2000 World Education Forum, the Beirut 2003 conference on quality education, the 2004 Education For All conference in Cairo and this year's Arab Summit in Khartoum. The UN Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) included the concept of quality education into their goals and international development targets.
Quality education supports a rights-based approach to all educational endeavours. It is indispensable for the exercise of all other human rights and for development, said UNICEF MENA Regional Education Adviser Dr. Malak Zaalouk. "Quality professional development is fundamental to quality teaching and learning. Good teachers form the foundation of good schools, and improving teachers' skills and knowledge is one of the most important investments our societies can make in education", said Dr. Zaalouk.
From a gender perspective, the lack or woman teachers in rural and remote areas in the region is discouraging girls' participation in the classroom and undermining their motivation to complete schooling. "Rural girls in many Arab countries do not have positive role models, such as woman teachers, who could stand as an example of the opportunities that open up to educated women and attract girls to school", Dr. Zaalouk added.
The experts meeting also agreed on the need to activate the propose Arab educational strategy presented by ALECSO and foster partnerships with regional and national bodies to expand capacity building for teachers and identify solutions to remaining challenges like teachers salaries, and the quality of curricula and didactic materials being made available in remote and/or conflict-ridden areas. UNICEF will be working on quality assurance mechanisms while UNESCO will create a portal for teachers in the region and complete studies on teacher education and development. All partners agreed to seek to build the capacity of institutions promoting and developing the teaching profession.
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Over-the-counter products can be used to plug a cavity until you see the dentist. Or you can make your own temporary filling by mixing 1 tablespoon of powdered goldenseal with 1/2 teaspoon of warm water until a smooth paste is formed; add 1 drop of clove oil and mix till smooth. Place the mixture in the hole with a rounded toothpick or the wooden end of a cotton-tipped swab.
Use a chamomile poultice or drink hot hops tea for relief of pain. Take Arnica 30X for a toothache that is worse at night. Use Plantago major tincture for a toothache that is sensitive to the touch and worsens in the presence of cold.
When the environment in the mouth becomes too acidic, calcium and phosphate ions are lost from the enamel crystals that constitute the surface layer of the tooth. If the acidity level remains, bacteria, especially Streptococcus mutans, and other organisms produce toxins from ingested sugars. These toxins form a sticky mass that allows food debris and bacteria (plaque) to stick to the tooth surface. The plaque acts as a direct application of acid to the teeth, further demineralizing the enamel and leading to cavities. The chances for cavity formation increase with increasing consumption of carbohydrates. Similarly, the more refined the carbohydrates in your diet, the greater the chances for cavity formation.
If the loss of minerals continues, the tooth surface begins to disintegrate and the cavity becomes deeper. If the loss of minerals ceases and new minerals are deposited, then the cavity stops growing and somewhat reverses. However, this reversal occurs only at the surface layer or enamel of the tooth. Once the bacteria have reached the dentin, or inner layer, the cavity usually continues to grow.
Cavities are more prone to develop in pits on top of the back teeth, in between the teeth, and near the gum area where the bristles of a toothbrush cannot reach. Soft root surfaces, exposed when gums have receded, develop cavities that spread to other surfaces of the tooth.
The rate at which a cavity progresses depends on the bacteria involved and the
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The first sign of a cavity is a white spot. Depending on the factors listed above, it will stay like this or progress to a brown color.
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The dentist uses a tool called an explorer (see Figure 3.6 on page 174) and x-rays to determine the extent and depth of the cavity. Usually, if the spot is in the tooth's enamel, no treatment is needed. If the spot has extended into dentin, which will be evident on the x-ray, treatment is required. Treatment depends on the size and depth of the cavity. A small cavity can be filled. Filling materials can be amalgam, composite resins, porcelain, or gold. (For detailed information on treatment for cavities, see Filling a Cavity in Part Three.)


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I don't believe it was mentioned before... Did you guys interpret it as an inside joke when Dick goes 'Wow, I've never had make-up before!' because we all know that Jim had PLENTY of make-up applied on him throughout his career. I dunno, just wanted to know if you too saw it like that, it gave me a giggle!
I heard him say that and thought about it for awhile and thought, "Wait a minute, Jim wears make-up." But I never thought of it as an inside joke.
One person's craziness, is another person's reality. ~ Tim Burton
I didnt really pay much attention to that line. I liked the one where the head of globodyne says to dick.
"Call me jack" and dick says "Likewise" Its probably my all time favorite line from Jim. I remember sitting in the cinema and laughing so much that people from other rows told me to be quiet. I was the only person laughing
"You Cant Stop Me No Matter Who You Are"
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Laura Jean Wappl, a resident of Colville, passed away on March 28, 2012 in Colville at the age of 67. Laura Jean was born on Nov. 20, 1944 in West Seattle, the daughter of Louis and Laura Louise (Knowles) Wappl.Laura Jean (Puddin) began her education in Arbor Heights and later attended the "Pacific" school for her Junior and Senior High School education. While in school, she participated in the Special Olympics as a swimmer and bowler. Through Special Olympics, Laura Jean was given the opportunity to travel to many events, including a trip to Louisiana. She began work at the Belshaw Brother's doughnut machine manufacturing company in Seattle and felt privileged to work for them over 20 years. While in Seattle, Laura Jean became quite the bus route and schedule expert, often offering her knowledge to visitors and guests in the area. Years later, she had the opportunity to move to Colville, where she resided with her sister, Nancy. While in Colville, Laura Jean was diagnosed with brain tumors and began a long battle with her health. After numerous surgeries and radiation ther¬apy, she required greater care and was welcomed into Pinewood Terrace Nursing Home. Throughout her struggles with her fail¬ing health, she always enjoyed the companionship of her family and close friends who shared her journey.Laura Jean enjoyed talking with people. She remembered when working at Belshaw Brother's she loved conversation so much she would sometimes be asked to refocus. She was a gifted crafter and enjoyed embroidering. Jigsaw puzzles and games with friends were welcome activities. The kindness she gave to others was well reciprocated and visibly evident by her many friends. Laura Jean had a wonderfully distinctive and infectious laugh that complimented her sense of humor. Laura Jean was preceded in death by her parents and by one brother, Louis Wappl. She is survived by her sisters, Nancy Cassel and husband, Ray, Colville; Gloria Wappl, Colville; nieces, Vicki Ryan and her husband, Jason, Colville; Dani Arnold and her husband Shawn, Colville; Tina St. Clair and her husband Mark, Seattle; nephew, Jeremy Cassel and his wife Erin, Spokane; a dear friend, Nancy Jenson, and a host of extended family and friends. A family gathering will be held in memory of Ms. Laura Jean Wappl. Memorial contributions may be given to the Special Olym¬pics. Please visit the on-line memorial and sign the guestbook at www.danekasfuneralchapel.com. Danekas Funeral Chapel and Crematory is entrusted with the arrangements.


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Commonly here at the SQLTeam forums, users seeking assistance explain in long detail their situation and mention how they have millions of rows of data to deal with or dozens of tables and how complicated it all is. Invariably, those of us offering help will be confused by the requirements (they often aren't stated very clearly or completely) and we'll ask for a small sample of data to work with.
It's funny, but the more I think about it, it's understanding how to generate that small sample set of data, and how to exclude trivial tables and/or columns, that is probably the difference between those who answer questions and those who ask the questions -- not knowledge of SQL or any specific programming technology. The skill of breaking down a problem into small parts, excluding all the "extra" stuff that is not important, and then clearly stating the requirements and testing on a small sample is probably the most valuable attribute you can have. Even the exercise of constructing a good set of sample data, ensuring that all possible cases are covered, is a process that requires you to think logically about the problem you are faced with.
It seems like most users really are not having trouble with T-SQL or JOIN syntax typically, but rather understanding their own problem. Nine times out of ten, if they can restate it more precisely and create a small sample set of data to work with, the answer is obvious and problem just about solves itself. It's amazing how many people try to find the answer when they can't even state the question.
What always gets me, though, is that there are a surprisingly large number of people are almost too proud (if that's the right word) to do this. They are professionals, used to working with huge amounts of data and complex SQL and all that. It is almost beneath them to put aside their 30 GB database and 10,000 lines of code to create a two column table with 2 rows, and another with 4 rows, to spend time testing out joins. If you aren't sure what happens when you do a FULL OUTER JOIN, don't test it on your General Ledger, create some sample data!
So, take the time to step back on occasion, think logically about what your specific problem is, and instead of trial and error and hoping that things "look" correct, focus on small samples and easily verifiable results. If you still can't solve it, come to SqlTeam with that sample data and the clearly stated description and I promise you that you'll get the assistance you need!
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UPDATE: These leaked images are confirmed.
EARLIER: A Chinese Website called DGtle landed a bunch of photos of what is either Apple's second generation iPad or a very thorough mock-up of what it might look like.
The site itself doesn't claim that this is the iPad 2. It's worth remembering that Chinese manufacturers are getting very good at making gadgets that, at first blush, have the look and feel of Apple gadgets.
We played around with one particularly good-looking fake iPhone earlier this year.
If this IS the iPad 2, that means Apple's new gadget will be thinner and have more severely tapered edges than the original iPad. It will features a front and back camera. It will be the same size.


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Russia denies reports a missing cargo ship has been found.
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The Star Tribune reports re-signing DE Fernando Smith is on the Minnesota Vikings' agenda. If John Randle and Tony Williams leave, Smith could have a strong opportunity to start in 2001. Agent Jeff Durand called any talks "preliminary." Durand said another of his clients, DL Jerry Ball, has indicated he wants to make a comeback after one year in retirement. As an update to a previously reported story, the Vikings signed CFL S Carl Kidd. Kidd could be a contender for a starting job next season if free safety Orlando Thomas is not back with the team.
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Patrick McManamon of the Akron Beacon Journal reports DT Jerry Ball was telling the WRs he could line up and jam them at the line of scrimmage when he accidentally poked WR Jermaine Ross in the eye -- oops! No WR went near Ball after that.
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The Cincinnati Enquirer reports the Cincinnati Bengals are closing in on a contract with DT Jerry Ball (MIN), according to Ball's agent. Bengals president Mike Brown is also hopeful a deal will get done soon.
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The Cincinnati Post is reporting the Bengals have agreed to a contract with Steelers Free Agent DT Oliver Gibson. The deal will be for three-years, $3.6 million and should be signed on Monday pending a physical by Gibson. "Oliver wanted to go there from the start,' Gibson's agent, David Levine, said. "He knows the system. He knows defensive coordinator Dick LeBeau. It's a good fit." The signing is expected to end the Jerry Ball to the Bengals talk. Ball will reportedly now look at Jacksonville and Baltimore. The Bengals are expected to once again focus on CBs Ashely Ambrose and Corey Sawyer.
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|Bengals | No Word on Ball
Thu, 04 Mar 1999 08:35:00 -0800
The Cincinnati Enquirer reports the Bengals have not heard back from DT Jerry Ball (MIN) since they presented him with an incentive laden two-year deal and they will now begin to look at other defensive linemen. "We get the message. He would rather not do it," said Bengals GM Mike Brown. "We'll keep our line open to him, but we'll put out feelers to other people." The team also plans to contact CBs Ronnie Bradford and Darrien Gordon as they wait for Ashley Ambrose to decide what he wants to do.
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|Bengals | Another Ball Offer Made
Tue, 02 Mar 1999 11:05:00 -0800
The Cincinnati Enquirer reports that agent Jeff Durand, who represents DT Jerry Ball said the Bengals made another offer to his client on Monday as the Bengals increased their two-year offer to $1.6 million a year. The agent felt the contract offer contained too many incentives. The Vikings had offered Ball a two-year contract at about $1.75 per season. Ball wants a three-year deal with the same annual salary. "There's no incentive to take less from Cincinnati than what Minnesota had out there," Durand said. Durand also says the talks are good and that Ball has a definite interest in the Bengals.
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|Bengals | Quiet in Cincy
Thu, 25 Feb 1999 09:35:00 -0800
The Cincinnati Enquirer reports that things are quiet on the free agency front in Cincinnati. They wanted Ken Irvin but he appears headed back to the Bills and they have not talked with Ronnie Bradford yet. They have made a two-year contract offer to DT Jerry Ball, and since it now appears he won't be going back to the Vikings, they are currently fighting the Ravens for his services.
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|NFL | Ball Note
Wed, 17 Feb 1999 23:15:00 -0800
The Minneapolis Star Tribune reports the agent for DL Jerry Ball says his client has received substantial offers from two unnamed teams.
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A natural outgrowth of the 1999 Surgeon General's Report on Mental Health has been the realization of the value of peer-to-peer support in the acquisition of real recovery. Certified Peer Specialists provide hope and role model that possibility to every peer they are partnered with. As paid employees of our public and private mental health providers, CPSs neatly transition ownership of the program into the hands of their peers.
A portion of the Georgia Certified Peer Specialist Project is funded through a grant from the Substance Abuse Mental Health Services Administration, Center for Mental Health Services. This federal grant is administered through the Georgia Mental Health Consumer Network, in collaboration with the State Office of Consumer Relations and Recovery.
Key to the successful implementation of CPSs in service delivery roles in consumer-operated Peer Centers, in Peer Supports, on ACT teams and as CSI providers is the understanding of what creates recovery and how to build environments conducive to recovery. This role is not interchangeable with traditional staff that works from the perspective of their training and status as licensed health care providers. Certified Peer Specialists work from the perspective of "having been there." Through their lived experience with recovery, they lend unique insight into mental illness and what makes recovery possible.
The training and certification process prepares CPSs to promote hope, personal responsibility, empowerment, education, and self-determination in the communities in which they serve. Certified Peer Specialists are part of the shift that is taking place in the Georgia Mental Health System from one that focuses on the individual's illness to one that focuses on the individual's strength.
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STILLPOINT Archive: last updated 05/06/2013
By Graeme Bird
My Jesus, I love Thee, I know Thou art mine; For Thee all the follies of sin I resign
My gracious Redeemer, my Savior art Thou; If ever I loved Thee, my Jesus, 'tis now
—First stanza of the poem "My Jesus, I Love Thee," by William Ralph Featherston, 1864
About 120 years ago A. J. Gordon wrote music for the well-known poem "My Jesus, I Love Thee." It became a much-loved hymn, one we still sing today.
More recently, my love of jazz piano improvisation led me to "play around" with the hymn. The original version has a "catchy" melody, but lends itself to alteration, both melodically and harmonically.(listen here)
New Places
At the heart of jazz improvisation is creativity, the delight that arises from coming up with a "new" version of a piece of music on the spot. My new version (www.gordon.edu/bird) is unmistakably still "My Jesus, I Love Thee," and yet it is being embellished, enhanced, re-created, in ways that reflect both the performer's love of the original, and also his enjoyment in taking the original to new places, musically speaking. These "new places" might shock a traditional congregation. For a Christian musician playing in church (and perhaps for Christian artists in general), there can be a tension between playing for the Lord and playing for one's own enjoyment. I used to struggle with leading and enhancing worship on the one hand, and on the other hand trying to play the greatest-sounding licks as I could.
Yet the two need not be contradictory. One's ego is not inherently a bad thing, and of course it is God who gave us musical and other artistic talents in the first place. The key in a worship situation, I think, is to keep in mind Who it is that I am primarily playing for.
The Shaper
When I am alone, improvisation is a way to relax, to enjoy making music for its own sake, to just sit down and create something spontaneously—either a brand-new piece of music, or else a new version of a song I already know. Either way, it provides a way for me to express my God-given creativity. In a humble way I am imitating God's own creativity.In fact, in the Old English poem Beowulf, lines 86–90, the singer is described as a "shaper" of his song, and a few lines down (106) God Himself is described as the "Shaper" of the world. What an evocative image of the singer/performer imitating his Creator!
If I really meditate on the words of this hymn while I am playing, I can express musically the joy and thankfulness I feel at the thought of loving and being loved by Jesus. This can lead to a feeling of exuberance that spills over into my playing, and I may go off into completely unexpected directions. This is more likely to happen when I am alone—it could be risky in a church service!
So, what does it mean to improvise "My Jesus, I Love Thee"? It means to take a great hymn, to internalize its melody (and if possible, its words), and then to explore it, run with it, use it as a springboard to jump off and express my creative energy and joy, to create something good enough to offer up to Him as a sacrifice of praise.
Associate Professor of Linguistics and Classics Graeme Bird has been described as "quiet, self-effacing, and perhaps a little mysterious." A native New Zealander, he is Gordon's resident polymath, an accomplished pianist and mathematician. He received the Junior Distinguished Faculty Award in 2011.


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Watch Out for the One Bad Job
Does this sound familiar? I have written tips similar to this. However, I don't think it sunk into a lot of contractors' minds. So, here it comes from another angle.
During my visits to contractors throughout the country, I not only like to show what my four companies do to prosper, I like to listen to what other contractors do that makes them successful. On a visit with Chandler Swope, a general contractor, I asked him what his secret was to making a profit.
He said, "All we focus on is not taking on 'the one bad job' as at 5% net profit, it takes 20 more jobs to get our money back." This really stuck in my head. So much so, I have repeated to my staff so many times, "Don't get us the one bad job." They are probably very tired of hearing it.
How bad is "the one bad job?" To drive this issue home to my estimators and project managers, I did some research on what Chandler told me before presenting the facts. Here is what I came up with: Let's say you take a job for one of these reasons: 1) to keep your people busy, 2) because it is close to home, 3) for pride to keep it out of a competitor's hands, 4) hoping you can get a change order to make up the difference, 5) or just due to a bad estimate.
You lose $100,000 on "this one bad job." Sound familiar? (It sure does to me as I have done jobs like this in the past for all the reasons mentioned above.) Wondering where Chandler got the 5 percent net profit figure, I researched to find what the average mason contractor earns. I found that during the five-year period of 2007-2011, net profit among mason contractors was 1.9 percent.
Using this historical data, you must do $5,263,200 in other work to get your $100,000 back. This $5,263,200 x 1.9 percent equals $100,000. Yes, based on this data, if you are a mason contractor doing $5 million a year, you must work more than a year for free to break even, since you took "the one bad job." All the while, you are donating your time. You are at risk of someone getting hurt, being sued, walls blowing over, and, among other risks, your health failing during the same period. So, are you still willing to work a year for free because you took "the one bad job?"
During my travels, over a drink with North Carolina mason contractor Freddie Koontz, he called me out on one of my articles on this same topic: "Damian, I have been reading your articles and I haven't been taking work under costs. Now I don't have any work! What do I do now?"
We have joked about this several times when we see each other. However, I don't think I ever gave you the answer to your question, Freddie. So here it is: During that slow period, you lost way less money than you would have if you took on the work under costs. On top of that, you did no work and had none of the job-related risks. It may not have felt like it at the time, but I am certain you minimized your losses in this case.
So, the next time you put a bid out and your customer offers you the job at less than your costs, go ahead and have a little fun running the many reasons through your head about why you would love to take the job. However, make sure you do your own math to see how many months or years you will have to work for free, because you took "the one bad job," and let me know how it works out for you!
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Submitted by tnjp on March 28, 2014 - 6:15pm.
Watch the hearing - Right to Heal Initiative for a People's Hearing on the Lasting Impacts of the Iraq War, Phil Donahue moderating Speakers: Yanar Mohammed is president and co-founder of the Organization of Women's Freedom in Iraq (OWFI). Falah Alwan is President of the Federation of Workers Councils and Unions in Iraq (FWCUI), one of Iraq's largest labor unions. Iraq Veterans Against the War.
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Submitted by tnjp on October 20, 2013 - 1:19am.
The U.S. Government has turned the Internet into something it was never intended to be: a system for spying on us in our most private moments. Out of control government surveillance is a dangerous form of censorship. Don't be intimidated. Share this video.
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Submitted by tnjp on August 22, 2013 - 6:39pm.
"...I will serve my time knowing that sometimes you have to pay a heavy price to live in a free society. I will gladly pay that price if it means we could have country that is truly conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all women and men are created equal."
The decisions that I made in 2010 were made out of a concern for my country and the world that we live in. Since the tragic events of 9/11, our country has been at war. We've been at war with an enemy that chooses not to meet us on any traditional battlefield, and due to this fact we've had to alter our methods of combating the risks posed to us and our way of life.
I initially agreed with these methods and chose to volunteer to help defend my country. It was not until I was in Iraq and reading secret military reports on a daily basis that I started to question the morality of what we were doing. It was at this time I realized in our efforts to meet this risk posed to us by the enemy, we have forgotten our humanity. We consciously elected to devalue human life both in Iraq and Afghanistan. When we engaged those that we perceived were the enemy, we sometimes killed innocent civilians. Whenever we killed innocent civilians, instead of accepting responsibility for our conduct, we elected to hide behind the veil of national security and classified information in order to avoid any public accountability.
In our zeal to kill the enemy, we internally debated the definition of torture. We held individuals at Guantanamo for years without due process. We inexplicably turned a blind eye to torture and executions by the Iraqi government. And we stomached countless other acts in the name of our war on terror...
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Submitted by tnjp on August 16, 2013 - 7:39pm.
The U.S. government threatens to put Edward Snowden behind bars for life for having dared to reveal to the American people that the government has been secretly spying on each one of us.
The politicians are trying to whip up hatred against Mr. Snowden.
"He's a traitor," stated Republican leader John Boehner on ABC. Not to be outdone, Diane Feinstein, Democratic chairperson of the Senate Intelligence Committee, called Snowden's truth-telling revelations "an act of treason."
We need to send a different message from the People of the United States to Edward Snowden and to the world at large: We thank you and we oppose the surveillance state.
Because of Edward Snowden's heroic action to tell the truth, a nationwide debate has finally opened up on the massive covert spying operation against the American people.
The American people have not given their consent to the government's mass dragnet operation to collect, store and analyze their emails and their telephone calls.
The Partnership for Civil Justice Fund has initiated a new advocacy campaign, www.ThankYouEdSnowden.org. The ThankYouEdSnowden.org website allows you to post your thanks, upload a photo of yourself with a handwritten message of thanks, download posters and petitions that you can circulate and collect signatures, or simply sign and click to sign on to the simple campaign message: #ThankYouEdSnowden....
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Submitted by tnjp on August 4, 2013 - 8:38pm.
PJ Harvey releases Guantánamo song for Shaker Aamer
No water for three days.
Four months hunger strike.
With metal tubes we are force fed.
Strapped in the restraining chair.
In camp 5, eleven years.
They took away my one note pad,
I can't think straight, I write, then stop.
The guards just do what they're told,
Like an old car I'm rusting away.
Don't forget.
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Submitted by tnjp on July 11, 2013 - 4:37pm.
Oliver Stone on NSA Spying
In a video produced with the ACLU, Director Oliver Stone shares some of his reflections on the NSA spying program and the disastrous legacy of unchecked government abuse of power. All Americans should stand up for our civil liberties at this critical moment in history, he says-- by asking our representatives in Congress to roll back the surveillance state.
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Submitted by tnjp on July 8, 2013 - 3:07pm.
Made by human rights charity Reprieve and Bafta-award winning director Asif Kapadia, the film shows US actor and rapper formerly known as Mos Def experiencing the procedure. You can watch it above, or online, here.
The video launches a campaign to rally support for Guantanamo prisoners who are on hunger-strike in protest against their detention without charge or trial. The campaign asks members of the public to undertake their own short-term hunger-strikes in solidarity with the prisoners, and donate the time to support them, while also raising the issue with their political representatives. The website [http://www.standfastforjustice.org/] consolidates the total number of hours of hunger-striking undertaken in this way.
Prisoners in Guantanamo have been hunger-striking since February this year, with the total number involved now well over 100. The strike is in protest against their ongoing detention, despite the vast majority of prisoners never having been charged or tried, and over half the remaining population having even been cleared for release by the US Government. However, their peaceful protest has met with an increasingly aggressive response from camp authorities, including force-feeding and violent procedures known as 'forcible cell extractions' (FCEs).
Commenting, Reprieve's Director and attorney for Guantanamo prisoners Clive Stafford Smith, said: "President Obama could take the steps needed to release cleared prisoners from Guantanamo any time he likes, but so far has lacked the political courage to do so. We hope that public solidarity with the hunger-strikers in Guantanamo will persuade him to change his mind."
Submitted by tnjp on July 3, 2013 - 8:46pm.
Today Is July 4th; And It's Time To Restore The 4th Amendment
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Submitted by tnjp on July 1, 2013 - 9:03pm.
The revelations about the National Security Agency's surveillance apparatus, if true, represent a stunning abuse of our basic rights. We demand the U.S. Congress reveal the full extent of the NSA's spying programs!
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With War Crimes Argument Banned, Manning's Military Trial Is Judicial Lynching
The military trial of Bradley Manning is a judicial lynching. The government has effectively muzzled the defense team. The Army private first class is not permitted to argue that he had a moral and legal obligation under international law to make public the war crimes he uncovered. The documents that detail the crimes, torture and killing Manning revealed, because they are classified, have been barred from discussion in court, effectively removing the fundamental issue of war crimes from the trial. Manning is forbidden by the court to challenge the government's unverified assertion that he harmed national security. Lead defense attorney David E. Coombs said during pretrial proceedings that the judge's refusal to permit information on the lack of actual damage from the leaks would "eliminate a viable defense, and cut defense off at the knees." And this is what has happened.
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Submitted by tnjp on June 10, 2013 - 8:08pm.
The 29-year-old source behind the biggest intelligence leak in the NSA's history explains his motives, his uncertain future and why he never intended on hiding in the shadows
• Q&A with NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden: 'I do not expect to see home again'
Glenn Greenwald, Ewen MacAskill and Laura Poitras in Hong Kong
The individual responsible for one of the most significant leaks in US political history is Edward Snowden, a 29-year-old former technical assistant for the CIA and current employee of the defence contractor Booz Allen Hamilton. Snowden has been working at the National Security Agency for the last four years as an employee of various outside contractors, including Booz Allen and Dell.
The Guardian, after several days of interviews, is revealing his identity at his request. From the moment he decided to disclose numerous top-secret documents to the public, he was determined not to opt for the protection of anonymity. "I have no intention of hiding who I am because I know I have done nothing wrong," he said.
Snowden will go down in history as one of America's most consequential whistleblowers, alongside Daniel Ellsberg and Bradley Manning. He is responsible for handing over material from one of the world's most secretive organisations – the NSA.
In a note accompanying the first set of documents he provided, he wrote: "I understand that I will be made to suffer for my actions," but "I will be satisfied if the federation of secret law, unequal pardon and irresistible executive powers that rule the world that I love are revealed even for an instant."...
Submitted by tnjp on June 1, 2013 - 2:34pm.
Bradley Manning Support – Tallahassee
Tallahassee will join international demonstrations in support of Bradley Manning, Whistle-blower accused of exposing US war crimes every Sunday until Bradley is free, along with decade long Tallahassee's Eternal Peace Vigil at the corner of Apalachee Parkway and South Monroe.
No demonstration in event of hurricane, snow, blizzard, or rain.
When: 06/02/2013, 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Submitted by tnjp on June 1, 2013 - 2:22pm.
Thanking Bradley Manning
Basir believes that the vast majority of Afghans are among myriads world-wide who have Manning to thank for information they will need in struggles for freedom, security, and peace. He wishes that more people would find the courage to stand up to military and government forces, especially their own, and act as "whistle-blowers."
Submitted by tnjp on May 26, 2013 - 3:52pm.
Why I Spoke Out at Obama's Foreign Policy Speech
Having worked for years on the issues of drones and Guantánamo, I was delighted to get a pass (the source will remain anonymous) to attend President Obama's speech at the National Defense University. I had read many press reports anticipating what the president might say. There was much talk about major policy shifts that would include transparency with the public, new guidelines for the use of drones, taking lethal drones out of the purview of the CIA, and in the case of Guantánamo, invoking the "waiver system" to begin the transfer of prisoners already cleared for release.
Sitting at the back of the auditorium, I hung on every word the president said. I kept waiting to hear an announcement about changes that would represent a significant shift in policy. Unfortunately, I heard nice words, not the resetting of failed policies.
Instead of announcing the transfer of drone strikes from the CIA to the exclusive domain of the military, Obama never even mentioned the CIA—much less acknowledge the killing spree that the CIA has been carrying out in Pakistan during his administration. While there were predictions that he would declare an end to signature strikes, strikes based merely on suspicious behavior that have been responsible for so many civilian casualties, no such announcement was made.
The bulk of the president's speech was devoted to justifying drone strikes. I was shocked when the president claimed that his administration did everything it could to capture suspects instead of killing them. That is just not true.
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ImpressArt's Stamp Enamel Marker in BLACK
US order ONLY!!!!
This is a liquid and will not be accepted to customs.
Acrylic ink used to darken stamped impressions so that your design will be clearly seen.
Marker features small tip for precise application. Water resistant when dry. Waterbased,
Directions: Shake well, Fill stamped impressions with paint, Blot the enamel into the impression, Let paint dry for 10 to 30 seconds, Wipe gently with soft cloth to remove excess paint. Use a Q-tip to make sure that the entire impression is covered with the stamp enamel. Before wiping excess stamp enamel, blot it until you see the outline of the impression. Use a toothpick to gently scrape away excess enamel near the edge of impressions. Stamp enamel is water resistant but will start to wash out if exposed to soap.
***If you are making bracelets, make sure to bend the bracelet before you add the enamel, otherwise the enamel may crack.
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I try to keep shipping as low as possible. If your shipping is more than what I pay - I will refund the difference. Refunds may take a few days during busy times.
My shipping charges reflect the cost of packaging, postage and fees.
I strive to mail out all items purchased within 4 business days(Monday-Friday). During the RUSH months of September through December it may take up to 10 days to prepare your order.
Please contact me if you need a rush order. We will do our best to help you out. RUSH orders are not guaranteed during the busy season.
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I SHIP TO THE ADDRESS ON Your Paypal Account! Please make sure it is correct. If you want it shipped elsewhere, please leave a MESSAGE in the INVOICE NOTES.
Tracking your Package - US Priority and Express Packages are trackable. First Class orders are inexpensive to ship, but will have very little tracking information.
International Packages are only TRACKABLE if they are sent EXPRESS MAIL.
*Note* I don't intend to make money from shipping. However, shipping costs vary from state to state and country to country, etc. I have tried to set up my shipping costs using an average of all places I ship to. It can be tricky to estimate shipping, especially out of the United States. Larger orders may be more expensive than your invoice states.
***WE ALWAYS REFUND ANY SHIPPING OVERCHARGES BACK TO YOUR PAYPAL or ETSY ACCOUNT.
In our experience, the following countries hold packages for 1-2 weeks in customs or commonly lose them in transport: I would advise requesting insurance for these countries:
If a package is lost, we do our best to help locate your package or send a replacement.
Please don't be afraid to ask any questions you may have in this regard!**
***I always send out invoices with orders, this helps us all keep better records and confirms that you've received the items you ordered.
We prefer PayPal as payment.
If you are local - a cash payment can be arranged.
All orders must be paid for at the time the order is placed.
Thanks for your understanding!
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1 - ONLY UNSCRATCHED blanks will be accepted for a refund. Make sure to wrap the blanks tightly in Saran Wrap and then in bubble wrap to prevent any bumping around in the package, this can cause scratches. Scratched blanks cannot be refunded because they cannot be resold.
Any packages, such as rivets, setter kits and some tools - in which the package is sealed at the factory CANNOT be returned if the package is open.
***We will only accept these items as returned if there was a problem with the product.
2 - Include your invoice and let us know if you would like a refund or exchange.
You will receive a replacement order much more quickly if you request a refund and re-order the correct item.
******REFUNDS will be made only after the items are returned in good condition and within ***30 DAYS from the delivery of your purchase.******
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Here's a run down of the different types of aluminum I have available:
Pure aluminum is FOOD SAFE and safe on your skin. A perfect choice for projects that will come in direct contact with your skin. There are less skin reactions with FOOD SAFE ALUMINUM, than with STERLING SILVER..
Metal Hardness is called Temper...
Very soft and great for metal stamping. Thick cuffs are easy to bend with the SOFT Temper. It takes a very clear impression and is very gently on your tools.
Stiff metal that will not bend out of shape. I use the HARD TEMPER for all charms and discs
3003 ALUMINUM - stronger but not as pure. THIS METAL IS MEANT TO BE COVERED OR FINISHED IN SOME WAY BEFORE BEING WORN.
***This is great for covering with fabric or as a BASE for POLYMER clay.
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Design Museum London, UK
2006 (not in production)
To celebrate the 2006 World Cup, the Design Museum London featured the exhibition Football Fever, exploring new interpretations of the humble football. Industrial Facility's design was to apply a luminous 'glow-in-the-dark' coating onto a Fairtrade football.
Football Fever, Design Museum London, 2006
Flower Pot Stand
SZ Magazine, Germany
2012 (not in production)
For the second edition of international DIY projects, commissioned by German national magazine SZ, Industrial Facility designed an elevated flower pot using affordable and locally available parts. Three garden stakes use the constrained tension between a terracotta flower pot and its base to keep the plant up. One stake is left longer as a place to attach a plant label. The stand can be used indoors and for outdoors, the terracotta base can be eliminated by pushing the stakes into a grass lawn.
The design raises the familiar flower pot from its negligible existence on the ground, to a more graceful eye height without requiring alteration to the parts themselves.
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Plinths I and II are made from Corian, a performance material usually associated with counter tops due to its durability, non-porosity and seamlessness. In this example the design uses the V&A museum courtyard as the context for the bench, rather than shaping material merely to make an isolated piece for visual interest. The two Plinths share the same design, but are of different heights and lengths; when placed together they create an opportunity for people to complete the sculpture.
Bench Years, Victoria & Albert Museum, London, 2012
Interieur, Kortrijk, Belgium, 2011
V Tent
Louis Vuitton
Originally developed for the Wallpaper Handmade project, the V Tent is a collaboration with Louis Vuitton whose origins were in the service of travel. In fact, in its early history Louis Vuitton provided tents for explorers with function and quality as prerequisites for their success. For this commission, Industrial Facility revisited the Tent by referencing early Viking tents, and early Louis Vuitton bags. Both shared simple fabric constructions with the tents often involving a roof attached to the entrance. With the V Tent, the entrance is on the long side that can be lifted up to extend shelter – supported by a wooden pole. The result is a traditional construction, but with small alterations and details that re-interpret the Tent typology.
Wallpaper Handmade, Brioni, Milan, 2012
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Cycle Shirt
Margaret Howell, London
2010 -
Cycle Shirt is a collaboration between clothing designer Margaret Howell and Industrial Facility.
The designers share a similar approach to design, paring away the inessential to find the purely useful, and shaping it with character through detail. Margaret Howell says 'Shirts are like people, a simple basic form, but with infinite variations of detail that make individuality. The life of a piece of clothing starts with its purpose, and its character lies in the details.'
The intention was clear from the start, that the shirt should reflect the busy and urban experiences of Sam Hecht, who spends most of his time on two wheels. The idea to create back pockets came up after investigating historic cycle racing jerseys which had a pocket for maps. This idea was translated into tailoring, turning up the tail of a classic shirt to create a divided pocket. The outcome was a pale blue cotton shirt, pre-washed, with minimal front detailing. An extra pocket on the left sleeve holds a travel card.
Margaret Howell plus Sam Hecht, A Cycle Shirt, Margaret Howell, London, 2011
Sam Hecht in interview with Disegno Magazine
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I've always suspected, to paraphrase an adage from evolutionary science, that the marriage replicates the wedding. The wedding's style is a germinal expression of the marriage to come, its strengths, vulnerabilities, and dreams.
Looking back, many of my marriage's resources and weaknesses were reflected in the design of my wedding and how we went about planning it. Although naturally I didn't notice that at the time, worried as I was about votive candles and cake.
To learn more I attended an annual gathering of wedding merchants in Arizona, when I was working on my book about marriage. This was at the start of the recession in 2008. The dire economics for wedding vendors (people who sell any kind of wedding service, from music to flowers) in a fiercely competitive, $40 billion a year business seemed to haunt the "Academy," as they named it. Several speakers and participants gravitated toward lethal metaphors of hunting and being hunted. They talked about nimbly stalking potential bride-customers in what insiders call the "engagement zone" ("being 27 and in love puts you in The Zone," explained one speaker); finding ways to "capture the bride that YOU want;" and gleaning that inscrutable and "elusive species": the modern, wired bride.
One of the speakers at the conference was Jennifer Fallon, the founder and CEO of Kate Aspen Favors. Fallon started her professional life selling medical software to physicians. She shifted over to wedding favors and other "life events" products after she got engaged in 2001. "I'm not a package kind of girl," she explained, and "I couldn't find anything unique," the "perfect venue" for her wedding.
When she finally found that exceptional venue, she financed its use by agreeing to market it for the owner to other brides for a year, and she managed to book every single weekend. Fallon roved from there to "unique and different" wedding favors. They were all "blah and predictable," so she sensed opportunity. After all, over 100,000 brides were typing in "wedding favors" on Google in a single month, searching restlessly for something no one had seen before.
So Fallon designed a topiary place-card holder for wedding reception tables and set up a Yahoo store in January 2004, at first taking orders only by fax. The business skyrocketed.
She built it from nothing to $1.2 million in one year, because she understood the core paradox of weddings today: Fallon mass-marketed items to create a unique, personalized and singular wedding.
It's a dramatic shift in weddings from fifty years ago, this quest for individuality. No more the conformity of my parents' generation, which married in obedience to orthodoxy and script. They gave out tulle-wrapped Jordan almonds as favors, and wore white veils. Weddings proudly displayed conformity, a bride and groom's willingness to get submerged in a social role. The wedding ceremony required only (not that it was a small task) the bride's mastery of seating arrangement and napkin-folding etiquette. She didn't have to invent or write a wedding script. She just had to perform one successfully.
There wasn't a wedding contingency that the Vogue etiquette guide hadn't covered for her. It's a formidably—or, seen another way, a reassuringly—thick volume.
Vogue advised that if a "girl hopes that a beau will become a fiancé," she must "refuse and return as tactfully as possible" any major gifts and, "definitely, any underclothes" offered by him as gifts. Meanwhile the fiancé can bring "wine or small delicacies" if invited to his fiancee's apartment, and "within reason, replenish her liquor supply, as a gesture of appreciation." At the ceremony, if the bride is wearing gloves, "the seams of the ring finger should be slit so she need not take off the entire glove" to receive her wedding ring. It's all spelled out for you.
Today, in contrast, a wedding is treated almost as a unique branding moment for our lives.
Often in my conversations I'd hear the phrase the "wedding industry," or the wedding-industrial complex, by engaged couples understandably beleaguered by the cannonade of manipulative, pre-nuptial consumerism. But it's not strictly speaking an industry at all. An industry mass produces the same homogeneous mass product according to the same assembly-line, homogeneously mechanical processes.
Weddings today aspire to the opposite. They display our customized views and taste. The more unique and reflective of the spouses' personalities they are, the better. A successful wedding consultant at the conference reported from the frontlines that brides are "jumping out of the box. They want to make the wedding their own, they want to make it different." Myself, I've been to everything from pig roasts, luaus, formal Catholic masses, and football-themed weddings.
At the Academy, a wedding consultant elaborated that she thought of herself as a "wedding author." She writes the bride's story in the living performance art of a reception. Another merchant commented that brides today are "personalized" (although it's hard to imagine that they were ever anything but personalized, to themselves at least). They conceive of themselves as in the "service business, not the product business." As vendors see it, they aren't selling things. They're "selling emotion. We're selling how the guest feels when they walk in, how the guest feels when they get a key chain" as a favor. More boldly, a wedding planner in the audience proposed, "you must find out where the bride is emotionally and where she wants to end up emotionally." Because ultimately, it's about "making the bride feel comfortable with herself… She's buying herself" in the wedding, she pondered aloud.
It's an odd business, to sell a bride her dream identity of herself to herself. But this did seem to be their mission.
I left the "Academy" feeling as if weddings are as eclectically improvised as ideas of marriage are becoming. The marriage replicates the wedding. For my parents the challenge was that they had almost no meaningful lifestyle choices. Most all were going to get married and, within marriage, the majority would follow the established gender roles, and achieve the same benchmarks. Today we have choices galore. One wedding consultant tried to group all these personalized brides into categories of "modern," "vintage," or "edgy" (and another added the "eco-bride" to the roster). It struck me that the main "types" of wifehood in the U.S. today could loosely be described in similar terms.
Every marriage era has its trade-offs, its upsides and downsides. Still, if I had to pick, I'd go for the unique over the ambivalent consolations of conformity in the tulle-wrapped Jordan almond favor-giving day of yore. It makes for a more self-realized marriage (and wedding). But it's not always easy, or better than what came before.


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Brickyard Plantation Golf Club & RV Park
Americus, GA 31709
Brickyard Plantation Golf Club is a semi-private facility offering 27 holes of golf and 48 RV sites in Americus. Brickyard Plantation is open seven days a week and welcomes everyone to experience the beautiful course.
Directly on the course, visitors are encouraged to stay at the RV park, which offers full facilities. Brickyard Plantation offers several packages, so you can "stay and play" in a very comfortable and relaxed environment. You can reach us at 229-874-1234 or visit us online at www.brickyardgolfclub.com.
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Hours of Operation
Sunday: 10:00AM - 4:00PM
Monday: 9:00AM - 5:00PM
Tuesday: 9:00AM - 5:00PM
Wednesday: 9:00AM - 5:00PM
Thursday: 9:00AM - 5:00PM
Friday: 9:00AM - 5:00PM
Saturday: 8:00AM - 4:00PM
Admission & Fees
Green Fees - 18 holes with cart $30.00
Green Fees - 27 holes with cart $37.50
Green Fees - 9 holes with cart $17.50
RV Rates $40.00
Course Type
Group Discount
Facility Amenities
Banquet Room / Clubhouse
Chipping Area
Driving Range
Free Parking
Golf Cart Rentals
Golf Lessons / Instruction Available
Meeting Space Available
Party Facilities
Pro Shop
Public Restrooms
Putting Green
Sand Practice
Shower Facilities
General Information
Miles from Downtown: 6
Number of Holes: 27
Open Year 'Round
Par: 72
Walking Allowed
Group Amenities
Internet Connectivity
Wi-Fi in Public Space
Near Interstate Highway
Payment Options
American Express
Setting & Style
Historic & Charming
Rustic & Natural
Site Information
30 Amp Elec Hookup
50 Amp Elec Hookup
Number of Sites: 48
Pull-thru Sites
RVs Permitted
Suitable for Ages
Adults (18+)
Seniors (55+)
Tee Information
Back Tees: Rating: 70
Back Tees: Slope: 129
Back Tees: Yardage: 6448


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This fine New Hampshire White Mountain oil painting was done by by contemporary American artist Lauren Sansaricq (1990-). Sansaricq grew up in Columbia County, New York, where from an early age she was exposed to both the beauties of the Hudson Valley and, under the teaching of Thomas Locker, to the traditional painting techniques of the Hudson River School. She received academic training in drawing and painting at the Grand Central Academy of Art in NYC. Her work has been exhibited in Manhattan at the Salmagundi Club and the National Arts Club. She has been awarded the Hudson River Fellowship three times and is a recipient of the Henrietta Reiss award. Oil on panel, signed lower left, as well as signed and titled on verso label "Pastoral Scene in the White Mountains," and housed in a gold gilt frame. Dimensions: 10" h x 16" w, actual; 16 1/4" h x 22 1/4" w, framed.
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