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This is where I was going to take a photo a day in 2012 but forgot to stop. I also write something random to give you an insight into the craziness that is Susan's mind.
Friday, January 31, 2014
January 31. Day 31. Relax!
Surprise 2 was later this afternoon when I walked to South Bank this afternoon. Gone were the twilight markets and in their place games. Families were playing mini golf, Connect 4, table tennis or just chilling on the pink bean bags and listening to the music. I wasn't expecting that.
Two very different experiences to book end the day and two awesome ways to relax (or one if you are a teenage male).
Thursday, January 30, 2014
January 30. Day 30 We'll cross that bridge
I admire that person but I almost never follow his or her advice. If preemptive bridge crossing was an Olympic sport, I'd be a gold medalist.
Yes it is true that forewarned is forearmed and there is real value to being a good little Girl Guide and always being prepared.
But worrying about things that might never happen is just a waste of emotional energy.
If I approach a metaphoric river, I am imagining how to deal with a bridge that has washed away, or is being guarded by trolls or is about to be blown up by invading tribes (it is possible I watch too many movies). And guess what? Never have I come to a bridge that is anything I couldn't safely cross. Who would have thought? This afternoon it was the Eleanor Schonnel Bridge and my passage was totally uneventful. And on the return journey I got to enjoy a beautiful sunset over the bridge. I might cross that bridge when I come to it more often.
Wednesday, January 29, 2014
January 29. Day 29. Trying to keep things in perspective
it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter heaven". Yep, even when I learned that the eye of the needle actually referred to some small pass in the walls of the city, that still seemed pretty hard. Trying to raise Stefan's Eye Needle with a crane would also be bloody near impossible. But look at the same thing from another angle and you realise that all in life is not as it seems. You were worrying over nothing. This is what I have been trying to tell Drama Teen who is approaching Year 11 with something near the 3am blind sweats thing. Give it time, sleep on it and approach it from another angle and you will see the blue sky in between.
January 28. Day 28. This is nuts
Yep, it's nuts.
Monday, January 27, 2014
January 27. Day 27. Last throw of the dice
After between six and eight weeks' holiday getting the house back can be a beautiful experience.
It is, however, not something I find any joy in for two reasons
1) My baby doesn't go back to school until Wednesday because after eight weeks you would need an extra day and
2) I really like school holidays
At this point you probably think I am either a) mad, b) a school teacher or c) lying.
Actually it is d) done of the above. I like school holidays because it means the biggest pressure points in our home disappear.
The arguments tend to be around homework, bed time, homework, getting out the door on time in the morning and homework. No school = no fights (well not quite but almost).
So I, for one, will be making the most of the final day of holidays tomorrow. And I sense I am not the only one milking the last hours of summer freedom for all it is worth. At 6pm, the pool at South Bank was still being well used by families making the most of the last throw of the dice. Now where is that shoe polish again ....
January 26. Day 26. Happy Australia Day
Sunday, January 26, 2014
January 25. Day 25. You've gotta laugh
You've gotta laugh especially at yourself if you can. Today a couple of things managed to turn my frown upside down. The first was this tree I pass whenever I walk to the University of Queensland. It always reminds me of a scene from Blackadder where a great deal of an episode in Series 2 was devoted to "a turnip that looked like a thingy". Who wouldn't laugh at vegetables that look like men's bits? Hilarious. This tree is heavily loaded with seed pods that look pretty rude. Again hilarious.As an added level of hilarity, faces had been drawn on a great number of the thingies. Of course they had. Who wouldn't see a tree full of hanging bits and want to get out their coloured pencils? I wish I'd thought of it. The second thing that made me laugh was Paul McDermott in concert at the Brisbane Powerhouse where once again men's bits came in for a fair amount of comedic attention. Paul described himself as having a voice like an angel and the mind of a devil and this show jumped between the two in a way that was at times dark and at other times just wickedly funny. The show was Paul's way of dealing with the death of a friend proving once again that laughter is the best medicine. Yep, you've gotta laugh (it's better than the alternative).
Friday, January 24, 2014
January 24. Day 24. Swimming in the Rain
While slogan T shirts are not my thing I reckon I would sum up today with the shirt that reads We Never Really Grow Up, We Just Learn to Act in Public.
So as a responsible adult I never choose to go into the pool when it's raining. I mean I might get wet, or something.
I also reserve the brightly coloured ice blocks for really, really hot days or for the children.
Kids, however, have no such rules. They go where the spirit takes them and no amount of rain was going to keep visitors Charlotte and Ruby out of the pool today. Charlotte's mum and I sat in the shelter of the deck and watched because that's what sensible adults do when it's raining. Perhaps I should have selected a different T Shirt, the one that reads I See No Good Reason to Act my Age. I'm not sure if it's on a slogan T Shirt or not (it should be) but Growing old is mandatory. Growing up is optional.
Thursday, January 23, 2014
January 23. Day 23. Happiness is ...
I pretty much never hand write anything. Shopping lists, appointments, letters, cards - almost all written communication is done with a keyboard or a touch screen. And yet I have an almost obsessive love of stationery. It fills my heart with joy (touch screens also deliver a fair amount of pleasure but that comes from a different part of the brain, I suspect). So while other back to school chores are just that - chores - the trip to the office supply shop is not. That is something to be savoured. Row after row of things you can write or draw on or with. It doesn't get much better than that. Today was stationery supply day for me and just about every other mother in Brisbane if the crowds in the carpark and at the checkout were anything to go by. Why every parent would choose the first day of bucketing down rain in about a century to undertake this task is anyone's guess but my ark joined those at Office Works this afternoon for what I shall call the pencil pilgrimage (as distinct from the pink pencil of pleasure which is how we refer to the dog's nether regions when he gets aroused although I'm sure the two are probably related in some way).
So that "chore" is now done. We are school ready. All I need to do now is keep Drama Teen away from the supplies until he walks through the school gate. That may be easier said than done. He may be a digital native but he shares my love of things that write. I mean, really, it may be old school but who doesn't love a colouring pencil or a highlighter?
* No new pencils were harmed in the taking of this image, which is my visual representation of the weather conditions when we did our stationery shop.
** The idea of submerging pencils in mineral water for visual impact is hardly my own. I stole it from others wiser than myself after seeing it on some photo blog some place. I would credit the creator if I knew who she or he was.
Wednesday, January 22, 2014
January 22. Day 22. Smelling the Roses
At this point, I would self assess my progress on that criteria as Epic Fail. There's been precious little stopping and in this heat all that I am really smelling is my own sweat (yes, that's a pleasant thought).
But this morning I did pause to sit by the pond at South Bank to watch the waterbirds getting full nostril (well beaks) full of the water lilies. Quite nice and peaceful it was too.
But clearly it was not a well thought through strategy. I estimate the temperature rose one degree for every minute I sat there and after contemplating the beauty of the day I had to face the reality of the walk home (to a suburb containing the words high and hill). By the time I arrived I looked like I'd actually swam in the pond and smelt NOTHING like the roses I crave. Oh well, people pay good money for a sauna ...
Tuesday, January 21, 2014
January 21. Day 21. Me and my big mouth
There isn't any other good reason why I would continue to put forward ideas, suggestions or observations which I know can only result in one outcome - more work for someone (that someone being me).
It's not that I am afraid of work - I'm not. However, being taken advantage of does get my beak out of joint rather badly.
I suppose it is just my nature and part of being a journalist - we are not a breed known for staying tight lipped. Some times there are just things you need to crow about, like it or not.
Monday, January 20, 2014
January 20. Day 20. Sprung
Guests at our house frequently find themselves playing a little game we like to call Find the Toilet Paper. For most, the rules are a little bit confusing because regardless of whether it's the hideous shiny stuff that smears rather than wipes, the stupid rolls you have to fight with to get more than one square or the patterned variety likely to be hidden under a crocheted doll, there's something pretty standard about toilet paper - it is positioned such that you can reach it while on the throne. Not in our house. Yes, we have toilet roll holders positioned near the loo but that's not where the loo roll lives. That position may be within easy reach of pooping people but, unfortunately, it is nicely placed for canine claws. Given that Rumple is almost one, he has outgrown many of his puppy bad habits but not his desire to steal toilet paper. Naturally, when caught in the act he looks all innocent and denies any involvement. But it appears that of late at least he may have been wrongly convicted. I'm not sure if he has an accomplice, or an apprentice or at the very least an alibi, but on the evidence recorded today it would seem there is another creature who sees toilet paper as a play thing. Cousin Fed was over again today and this time it was the Beagle pup caught red pawed. It wouldn't be so bad if he actually knew what to do with it. Then perhaps he could deal with a far worse puppy trait - that small matter of the wees and poos on the carpet.
That, at least, Rumple has grown out of.
Sunday, January 19, 2014
January 19. Day 19. Hello Sunday Morning
To be clear, I am neither a teetotaler nor a member of the fun police I have had more than my fair share of Sundays I either don't remember or wish I didn't. But not so much any more.
I also admit that the prospect of a 16-year-old's birthday party last night made me want to spike my own mocktail. But i did not. At my age, there are enough mornings where I wake up feeling crap without creating more of my own. And "do as I say not as I do" is really not a parenting style that appeals. If you are going to preach responsible alcohol use to a young person rapidly approaching the legal drinking age you really need to model correct behaviour. So it's everything in moderation around here - if you can ignore my food consumption or obsessive need to take photos of people jumping into the pool that is ...
January 18. Day 18. A Theatrical Touch
I often wonder where Drama Teen's drama gene comes from. I assume it must be recessive and have been hidden for generations because there is not much in the way of singing, dancing and acting in my immediate family. Having said that, I will have to confess to being just an incy, tiny bit theatrical and nothing warms my heart more than a theme party. So when Drama Teen said he wanted a party for his 16th out came the planning paper and the credit card. Just a few friends, he said. Out by the pool, he said. Something simple. Hawaiian, possibly (he wanted to call it a Get Lai'd Party. Yeah right.) So out went to invitations to the Lai'd Back party. There are a lot of really good reasons chips, dips and party pies with a few bottles of soft drink or even a Slushy Machine are such popular party choices for young people. These include:
1) They are very easy
2) They are credit card friendly
3) The guests are perfectly happy with that and probably don't notice the difference any way
But where's the fun in that? Why go simple when you can give yourself a hernia and damage your credit rating by going all fancy pants. Sot there were deck chairs and flaming torches, mocktails and water bottles with flashing lights in the bottom, rice paper rolls, prawn kebabs and fruit skewers. Awesome (of course the most popular food choices were the pizza and cocktail Frankfurts. Seriously, young people today).
In the end I think everything worked out a treat. My biggest dread (rain) didn't happen. Neither did my elderly neighbour's fear induced by watching too many commercial current affairs programs (a Facebook Party luring hooligan gangs of gatecrashers). So really not that much drama at all - just a bit of theatre for the Diva Mumma
Friday, January 17, 2014
January 17. Day 17. Music to my ears
I have been an abject failure when it comes to exposing my teenager to popular music to the point that I had to enlist my niece's assistance to come up with a music play list for Drama Teen's birthday party tomorrow night. Fact is, if it's not on the ABC local radio playlist or on a musical theatre soundtrack (or in my case released prior to 1990) there is every chance we've never heard it.
Yep, Epic Fail in Popular Culcha. On the other hand I award myself at least a credit when it comes to exposing the lad to a more diverse world of music. He'd get a high distinction in musical theatre knowledge. And I can't be all bad if I have raised a teenager prepared to spend a Friday night at the Powerhouse with his Mum rocking out to Amanda Harrison's one woman cabaret show (for those of you whose evil mothers let you listen to demon Pop Music her CV includes being the first Elphaba in the Australian version of Wicked).
So as long as the Worst Mother of the World still buys the tickets and the theatre is dark we can sing from the same song sheet.
Thursday, January 16, 2014
January 16. Day 16. Puppy love
Puppies on the other hand .... when I set my eyes on a cute little fur friend (the fluffy the better) I find myself taking in a cutesy high pitched voice and going all mushy. Any thoughts of wees on the carpet, chewed everythings and vet bills are wiped from my mind. They make my heart melt.
Will you just look at this Maltese/Pomeranian cross who was on her first outing to the dog park today? Isn't she adorable? That I could pick up and take home in a flash. Even the normally aloof Rumple didn't seem to mind this little lady, probably because she was no bigger than most of his chew toys.
Of course I am perfectly happy in a one dog family and have no plans of adopting any more canines but that doesn't stop me looking, does it? After all, I will almost certainly never get to take George Clooney home either ...
Wednesday, January 15, 2014
January 15. Day 15. Take a cold shower
The household has been struck down by what I shall call power bill shock. It's a particularly severe case. Our response to the recent oppressive heat has been to pump up the air conditioning and hang the cost. Well that attitude has come home to roost and let's just say it's not pretty.
So it's time to go all Survivor and get back to basics, where basics includes the use of the pool and the fridge but restricted use of AC. I know, that's hardcore but that's how it's going to be people. If you are hot, take a cold shower. That ruling is final and will not be modified, ever, or until the water usage bill arrives, whichever is sooner.
Tuesday, January 14, 2014
January 14. Day 14. Fur friends
*Yes, The Fed is named after a certain tennis player my brother thinks is awesome. His rationale is that like other Beagles he will be a hero when he is young and will continue to believe in this hero status long after his prime.
January 13. Day 13.My Little Ray of Sunshine
Today my Little Ray of Sunshine turned 16. My God, where did those years go? It all seems like it happened in the blink of an eye. It's true what they say. They are only young for such a short time and you should savour every minute. Having said that, not every year passes as quickly as the others and some minutes really are better forgotten. For many it is the terrible twos that seem like they will never end. I look back at those toddler years with great fondness. Perhaps time has healed all wounds but I think the truth is we sailed through those early years. Fifteen was not such a smooth ride and I know Mr O will be the first to admit that. It's not that I'd change it but I know we are all rather pleased to have come out the other side. So happy birthday to my sweet 16-year-old. May the next year bring you wonderful things and remember if you want driving lessons ask your father ....
Sunday, January 12, 2014
January 12. Day 12. A different view
I'm pretty much a creature of habit. If it worked out okay the first time, why tempt fate? I'll tell you why. Small risk equals small return. Go out on a limb and there's a chance you'll come crashing to the ground but there's also a chance the view will be great.
So today I decided to do something different for a change. I love the Story Bridge and have photographed it many times - but always from the City side. It never occurred to me that potentially it would be a far better shot with the city included. This is particularly odd as the painting of the bridge which has pride of place in my lounge room is taken from this reverse view.
So tonight with time to kill I decided to seek out a vantage point on the New Farm side of the river. And guess what? There was a fair line up of photographers in pretty much the same position. Kind of obvious if you think about it.
So there you go. Change your perspective just a little bit and you might just be surprised with the results.
Predictably, I think I will return to this spot.
Saturday, January 11, 2014
January 11. Day 11. Saturday Night Fever
WARNING. What follows is one of my father's worst ever (but favourite) Dad jokes. Read on at your own risk.
Q: Why does a dog lick its balls?
A: Because it can
Don't say you weren't warned.
While "Because I said so" is really a tragically bad reason which I vowed (mostly successfully) to eliminate from my personal parenting manual I do think "because you can" should at least some times be reason enough.
Unfortunately we (by which I mean "I") have a tendency to over think, over analyse and seek to justify and explain things.
Being spontaneous and acting in the moment because you can may get you into trouble in the wrong circumstances but throwing caution to the wind also unlocks a whole world of creative possibilities (or I imagine it would if I tried it).
Which brings me to the Treasury Casino in Brisbane tonight which was putting on quite a light show.
Perhaps this was the lighting director's tribute to Saturday Night Fever. Perhaps I forgot to read the memo and it is actually International Show Off Your Lights Day.
But I like to think it goes like this:
Q: Why did the lighting team at the Treasury Casino decide to use every colour in the lights' computer tonight?
A: Because they could
Friday, January 10, 2014
January 10. Day 10. Clouds
Rows and flows of angel hair
ice cream castles in the air
feather canyons everywhere
I've looked at clouds that way
But now they only block the sun
They rain and snow on everyone
So many things I would have done
But clouds got in my way
ice cream castles in the air
feather canyons everywhere
I've looked at clouds that way
But now they only block the sun
They rain and snow on everyone
So many things I would have done
But clouds got in my way
Are these not the most beautiful lyrics ever written? And so, so true. Some days we can see the magic in everything. Some days the storm clouds just seem to gather, no matter what the weather.
I've been seeing more than my fair share of storm clouds over recent months. I admit, anything approaching a sunny disposition has been horribly and uncharacteristically elusive. I hate that. It sucks.
But this year will be better. It has to be. Drugs and therapy and time and space and it will be better.
And for the record when I looked at the clouds from my back deck this afternoon it was an angel hair, ice cream castle, feather canyon type of sky I saw. That has to be a start, right?
I've been seeing more than my fair share of storm clouds over recent months. I admit, anything approaching a sunny disposition has been horribly and uncharacteristically elusive. I hate that. It sucks.
But this year will be better. It has to be. Drugs and therapy and time and space and it will be better.
And for the record when I looked at the clouds from my back deck this afternoon it was an angel hair, ice cream castle, feather canyon type of sky I saw. That has to be a start, right?
Thursday, January 9, 2014
January 9. Day 9. Colour my world
Quite simple the evidence is not there. For one there's the really, really obvious stuff like menstruation. That has to be the genius of a male. No argument. Period.
But there are other things such as clothing. Put a man - any man, any size, any shape - in a dinner suit and provided it fits he looks fabulous.
And look to the animal kingdom. The lioness is dull, colourless and boring. The lion is the king of beasts all mane and wonderful. Think peacock and peahen. Think bull versus cow. Doe versus Deer.
Sexual dimorphism is pretty much all strongly weighted in the boys' favour. Not fair. Totally not fair.
Females get the crap end of the bargain. Fortunately there are exceptions to every rule and that's one reason to love the rainbow lorikeet. Both the boys and the girls get to wear flashy technicolor dreamcoats. You have to love that. And not only that these birds remind me of summer holidays. Back in the day, the only place to get up and personal with these magnificent birds was the Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary and almost everyone who grew up in this part of the world made a summer holiday pilgrimage to the sanctuary to have a photo taken of the birds perched on plates eating milk and honey or landing on some terrified child's head. Such good times. This photo was taken much closer to home - at the Roma Street Parklands - still putting on a show like the good old days but without any need to pay an admission fee. God may be male but feathered friends like this beautiful specimen seem to me to be proof that he has a great sense of style.
Wednesday, January 8, 2014
January 8. Day 8. Barking mad
The phone rang before we were out of bed. "Happy Birthday to you
Happy Birthday to you
Happy Birthday dear Rumple
Happy Birthday to you" my mother sang to the birthday boy. My only hope is that my mother's singing voice is in a range out of the hearing of canines as singing prowess is not something that runs in our family.
Insanity when it comes to pets is, however, a strong family trait.
There was the diabetic dog injected with insulin twice daily for two years and that time my father performed CPR on a beloved pooch on the front lawn and the mouse we had treated for tumors. You get the idea.
So clearly, singing happy birthday was never going to be the end of it.
Off I went to the specialist pet bakery for the cake, then there was the party with sparklers, candles and party hats. And, of course, presents.
Yes, it's insane. But in my defence let me say this. While insanity is hereditary (you get it from the kids) pet ownership is among the sanest things I have ever done. Pets are a great contributor to positive mental health and well being.
My Fur Friend Rumple is
1) Always pleased to see me
2) A great listener
3) Never judgemental
4) Totally up for a walk whenever and wherever I decide
5) Loyal, loving and totally devoted
What's more he never had a bad thing to say about me. Ever.
So he may not know or care that it's his birthday.
He may have been just as happy with the car ride to the treat store as he was with the cake and if he has any brains he may wish no-one in the family had sung to him.
I fully accept that a birthday party for a dog is barking mad but I make no apology for recognising the loyal and dedicated service of my fur friend on his birthday.
Happy birthday dear Rumple. Happy birthday to you
|The Fed, Rumple's "cousin", tucks into the birthday cake
Tuesday, January 7, 2014
January 7. Day 7. It's mad
Now it is time for scientists to turn their attention to what I am going to call MAD short for Muggy Affective Disorder. Seriously, the oppressively hot and humid conditions of recent days have been enough to turn even the most passive creature into a prize winning, A Grade, grump puss. You would have to be a quite mad not to feel just a little bit hot under the collar.
Thank you weather gods for the storm last night which meant that this morning everything and every body was just a little fresher and more pleasant.
At Roma Street Parklands the birds had even taken to sunning themselves again, an activity which in recent days would have cooked their goose. Still, I don't think I'm sticking my neck out in saying this reprieve will only be short lived. There's a lot more MAD weather to come between now and the end of the Queensland summer. It;s no wonder birds migrate.
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July Metta Retreat - Cultivating a Loving Heart
- Spirit Rock
- 5000 Sir Francis Drake Boulevard, Box 169, Woodacre, CA 94973, United States
- Jul 11 - 20, 2018 (9 days)
- sliding scale, speak to venue for details
About us
We are very sorry, this retreat has SOLD OUT. Please submit an application if you are interested in being on the wait list. We do have cancellations, so the longer you're able to wait, the better your chances of getting in.
Date: Wednesday, July 11, 3:00pm – Friday, July 20, 11:30am
Cost: Sliding Scale $2550 – $1160, plus a donation to the teacher(s) and retreat staff. Code 374R18.
Retreat Description:
Metta is the Pali term for friendship, goodwill or loving-kindness. In this retreat we will develop metta as a meditation practice, which cultivates our natural capacity for an open and loving heart towards ourselves and all other beings. We will also develop the practices of compassion, joy and equanimity. Metta practice leads to greater acceptance of ourselves and others, revealing our fundamental connectedness to all life. The schedule will include regular periods of mindful movement, as we find this is a helpful complement to the loving-kindness meditation.Source: calendar.spiritrock.org
Venue HighlightsSpirit Rock's residential retreat accommodations offer comfort and simplicity. Located on 411 acres in rural west Marin, 30 miles north of San Francisco, we invite you to experience an ideal natural setting for reflection and contemplative practice, surrounded by gentle hills and expansive views.
Residential retreats are held in the upper area of the Spirit Rock campus with separate buildings for dining, meeting and sleeping. Most retreats are conducted in silence—and silence is honored by all in these buildings during a retreat. Although the buildings are a short walk from each other, there is a slope from the dining room to the residences and to the meditation hall. We have personal scooters available if the steep hill is a challenge.
Spirit Rock offers housing for 96 retreatants, teachers and the staff who support our retreats. No camping is allowed on the campus. Sleeping accommodations are housed in four, two-story residence halls, named for the Four Brahmaviharas (or Divine Abodes)—Metta, Karuna, Mudita and Upekkha. These simple, comfortable buildings house both single and double rooms. Room dividers are available for double rooms to allow for more privacy if desired. Each room has its own sink and mirror, electrical outlets, shelving and hangers for belongings, a nightstand, reading light and folding chair. Most rooms offer a pleasant view of the surrounding hills or forest.
AccommodationsThe weather in northern California is temperate during most of the year, allowing for comfortable sleeping and meditation. During the winter, the residential housing is comfortably heated.
A pillow, blanket and bedspread are provided. You may bring a sleeping bag or your own bed linens for a twin-sized bed, a pillow case, and towel set, if convenient. For those travelling from afar or by airplane, linens (sheets and towel sets) are available onsite for you to borrrow during the retreat at no charge.
Bathroom facilities—including toilets and showers—are shared on each floor. There are individual stalls for privacy. Spirit Rock does not provide rooms with private bathrooms, although a private bathtub is available on the 1st floor of each building for those with special needs.
DirectionsGetting Here Via Public Transportation
You would first need to get to the San Rafael Transit Center. From central San Rafael, take the West Marin Stage Coach to Woodacre in the San Geronimo Valley. Visit Marin Transit for their schedule or call 415-526-3239.
Getting Here from the Airports
Spirit Rock is accessible from both the Oakland and San Francisco International Airports. Please allow at least 2 hours to get from either airport to Spirit Rock. Please call the bus or taxi companies for up-to-date scheduling and price information.
Shuttle/Taxi option:
From the San Francisco airport (SFO), take the Marin Airporter. From the Oakland airport (OAK), take the Sonoma County Airport Express. Get off at the San Rafael Transit Center (3rd and Hetherton). From the San Rafael Transit Center, it is a 20- to 25-minute taxi ride to Spirit Rock (approx $25 - $30). The driver of the Airporter will often call a taxi for you during the drive. There are usually taxis waiting at the Transit Center (except between 7:30-9 am and 1:30-3 pm on weekdays).
For door-to-door service to Spirit Rock from either airport, you can try any of the following:
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The company has hired DDB Worldwide, New York, as its first U.S. agency after a quiet review that began early this summer. Sephora will break a $20 million campaign in October, pegged to the debut of its flagship store on New York's Fifth Avenue and the launch of its e-commerce site.
Peter Tate, DDB's New York president, declined to divulge details about creative but said it's "unusual."
The campaign is expected to be mainly print-based, with a few TV executions and online and radio components.
"Branding will be a critical part of the overall campaign," Mr. Tate said. "We need to take a well-defined brand concept and communicate it. We have to communicate what they do and how they do it."
Sephora, a unit of luxury-goods marketer LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton, is still an unknown entity to a vast majority of the country's consumers. But U.S. cosmetic marketers and retailers are already well-versed in the Sephora mantra. The French retailer is credited with overhauling the way high-end makeup is sold.
Unlike department stores that set up separate counters for, say Estee Lauder or Clinique, Sephora arranges all beauty products by category. The concept allows consumers to sample all varieties of, for example, lipstick, without having to jump from counter to counter. The "open-sell" floor allows shoppers to bypass the traditional white-coated department store salespeople.
Sephora -- a hybrid of the biblical Zipporah, known for her beauty, and "sephof," the Greek word for vanity -- brands itself as the "temple of beauty."
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But the France-based retailer isn't flattered by the imitations. When Federated Department Stores revamped its Macy's cosmetics departments in California, Sephora sued for trademark infringement.
In the lawsuit, Sephora complains Macy's makeup department and Souson house brand copy details of Sephora's design.
Sephora opened its first U.S. store in New York in July 1998; it now operates 29 outlets throughout the U.S.
Until now, its marketing strategy has rested largely on word-of-mouth and coverage in fashion magazines, as well as promotional events for store openings.
The company was established in 1993 from the merger of Boots Co. and Shop Huit, a French chain. It claims to be the largest cosmetics retailer in France and second-largest in Europe, with $250 million in annual sales.
LVMH drafted an ambitious expansion plan after it bought the chain from Boots in 1997. LVMH plans to nearly double Sephora's U.S. stores from 29 to 50 by yearend and operate 100 by the end of 2000.
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The second hall of the Museum; "The hall of Natural History and Prehistory" begins with three show-cases containing various fossils from different geological periods. The Karain Cave near the Yağca Village and 30 km. north-west of Antalya is the source of the majority of the artifacts here. The Karain Cave was first excavated by Professor I. Kılıç KÖKTEN from the University of Ankara in 1946. Only the portion of the fifty-meter cave has been explored so far. The cave consists of three large inter-connected spaces where finds from the Paleolithic, the Mesolithic, Neolithic, Chalcolithic, Bronze and later ages were discovered under deposits 11 meters thick. Apparently at one time the cave was used as a temple.
Displays in the Hall of Natural History and Prehistory contain examples of hand axes, scrapers made of flintstone, bone awls, burins as well as daggers and spear heads of horn. A skulls of a Neanderthal child and a number of skulls and skeletons of Homo Sapiens are displayed along with the teeth and bones of extinct animals from the Paleolithic Age. The head of a buffalo or of Elephanthus Meridionalis carved in a stone is a fine example of a small artifact.
A female fertility figurine unearthed at the Hacılar mound (in the province of Burdur), 150 km. north of Antalya, dates back to the Chalcolothic Period (5500-3000 B.C.) Hacılar originally attracted attention with the colorful, painted pottery it yielded. The highly polished handmade vessels are most striking. They are representative of the Chalcolithic Age. The decoration of these vessels (red on buff) displays a special effect, making it difficult to determine which forms the background and which forms the design.
The Bronze Age finds on display in this hall come from a site called Karataş-Semayük near Elmalı, 120 km. north-west of Antalya.
Karataş-Semayük is one of the major settlements of the Bronze Age (3000-1200 B.C.) in Anatolia. Earstuds, brush handles, bronze pins, and spearheads are some of the artifacts from Karataş-Semayük displayed at the Museum. At the end to the Hall of Prehistory there is a reconstructed pithos burial from Elmalı, as well as several decorated pots and pithoi.


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Celebrate hump day with these seven camels from the Cleveland Museum of Art collection.
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Leaving the Oasis repeats several themes in Gérôme's art-camel caravans, oases, expansive desert landscapes. As an academic realist, Gérôme painted everyday scenes in a meticulous and polished style. Here he carefully rendered the unique forms of the figures' dress and the camels' physical features, as well as the colors of the changing sky and the violet shadows cast by the airborne dogs and the legs of the camels.
Although the picture's smoothness and detail suggest a photographic image, Gérôme actually composed his paintings in the studio, basing them on memories and sketches from his visits to the Near East. Following his first trip to Egypt in 1856, he developed into a major figure among 19th-century "Orientalists"-artists who specialized in representing Near Eastern life, culture, and landscapes.
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Opportunity Snaps Gorgeous Vistas nearing the Foothills of Giant Endeavour Crater
The epic multi-year trek of NASA's Opportunity Mars rover to the gigantic Endeavour crater is nearly complete as the plucky rover blazes to within a football fields distance and first landfall at a spot dubbed "Spirit Point" – named in honor of her long lived twin sister "Spirit". Endeavour beckons because it may hold clues to a time billions and billions of years ago when Mars was warmer and wetter and harbored an environment that was far more conducive to the formation of life beyond Earth.
Opportunity is racing towards the western foothills of Endeavour's rim and is at long last transmitting stunningly clear images of portions of the crater ridges, revealing gorgeous vistas and intriguing details up the sloped walls. See our new photo mosaics above and below.
As of today, Aug. 8 on Sol 2680 of the mission, the Martian robot is less than 400 feet (150 m) away from Endeavour's rim at Spirit Point – which lies at the southern tip of one of the ridges known as "Cape York," on the western side of Endeavour (see map and photo below). The humongous crater is 14 miles (22 km) in diameter.
"Our primary goal is to get onto the older material at Cape York with the phyllosilicate signatures in CRISM," said Dr. Matt Golembek in an interview with Universe Today. Golembek is a Senior Research Scientist with the Mars Exploration Program at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, Calif.
The phyllosilicate signatures are based on observations by the Compact Reconnaissance Imaging Spectrometer for Mars (CRISM) aboard NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO). Phyllosilicates are clay minerals that form in the presence of neutral water and that are more far more hospitable to the possible genesis of life compared to the rocks studied from the more highly acidic aqueous environments examined by the rover thus far.
In mid- 2008, Endeavour crater was chosen as the long term destination for Opportunity by the rover science team because it offers access to older geological deposits than any Opportunity has visited and investigated before. These mineral deposits include phyllosilicates.
Opportunity has been sprinting across the plains of Meridiani since departing her last major science stop at Santa Maria crater in March 2011. See our APOD here.
Opportunity is now heading to a spot called "Odyssey crater" on the way to Spirit Point. See JPL route map below.
"In the end of drive Navcams [navigation camera] from Sols 2678-9, large ejecta blocks on the rim of Odyssey crater are clearly visible and that is our next target to see what those blocks are made of," Golembek told me.
"After that we will travel north into Cape York to better understand the older rocks in Cape York."
The rover team is being very careful to not over plan the science activities to far in advance and are keeping their options open.
Eventually, Opportunity will scale the ridge and become the 2nd Martian mountain climber. Spirit was the first Earthly emissary to climb to the summit of a mountain on Mars.
"As we explore we will make more specific plans depending on what we see," Golembek added.
Measurements from orbiting spacecraft like MRO allowed the science team to target Opportunity more precisely toward those ridges of older exposures of rock outcrops and phyllosilicates observed along Endeavour's western rim.
Given Opportunity's rapid progress, it's now almost certain that she will reach the phyllosiliocates before the Curiosity rover is even launched in Nov. 2011.
Endeavour's crater rim is discontinuous and divided into a series of segmented mountainous ridges – making it all the more beautiful and a bonanza for science. See the new photo mosaics above and below stitched together by Marco Di Lorenzo and Ken Kremer, illustrating Opportunity's current vistas.
The Spirit rover succumbed to the bitter Martian arctic-like cold weather during her 4th winter on Mars after roving nearly seven years across Gusev crater. In May 2011, NASA declared Spirit's mission had concluded after no further communications were received.
Opportunity remains healthy, generates sufficient solar power and has traversed an unbelievable 20.6 miles or 33.2 km since landing on Jan. 24, 2004.
Read my continuing features about Mars starting here
Dramatic New NASA Animation Depicts Next Mars Rover in Action
Opportunity Rover Heads for Spirit Point to Honor Dead Martian Sister; Science Team Tributes
Opportunity Rover Completes Exploration of fascinating Santa Maria Crater
Opportunity Surpasses 30 KM Driving and Snaps Skylab Crater in 3 D
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I hadn't realised there were all these Australian place names on Mars!
I think that's in keeping with the "Endeavour" theme, since Cook's vessel was the first European ship to make it to Australia. (And none of these names are official, by the way, just what the Opportunity team uses to communicate amongst themselves and with us.)
You're right in relation to the names relating to Cook's expedition (eg Cape Tribulation was where the Endeavour was holed on a coral reef). However Cook wasn't the first European to Australia by a very long shot. Look up Willem Janszoon and the Duyfken (1606), Dirk Hartog (1616), Willem de Vlamingh (1696) etc etc. To give Cook his due, he was the first to "claim" Australia as a European possession.
Ah, ya gotta love those Dutch explorers!
And their names!
how about a galilian place on mars?
kind of looks like around phoenix…only without the saguaros.
A larger version of the first image is NASA's Image of the Day at http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/image_feature_2032.html
The NASA image shows the light patches as being bright white. That can't be carbon dioxide frost, can it? It's most likely to be rock?
thats a different image from a different sol
to warm for co2
Not an expert, but it has been my impression that if it's white it's almost always overexposure. (Which in some cases are single pixels due to cosmic radiation impact.)
Some other cases may be coding problems, in transmission or (other) graphic processing. But then you see more distinctive patterns of color loss.


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23-year-old Gerald Shaffer Jr. is to be sentenced March 8.
Prosecutors said 54-year-old Mark Wallace crossed the street in front of an SUV driven by the defendant's father, Gerard Shaffer Sr., and was thrown to the ground in the ensuing April 2010 fight with both men. Shaffer's father, a Philadelphia firefighter, was also charged but died in 2011.
Defense attorney Coley Reynolds said his client was trying to stop the fight, and jurors apparently concluded Monday that Shaffer didn't intend to hurt Wallace. Assistant District Attorney Peter Lim says jurors apparently decided on a verdict "in the middle" between a murder conviction and acquittal.


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Lorna loves to write. Her first short story, written on a yellow legal pad when she was six, starred a family of mice. The next year, she wrote a poem about black roses, which caused her teacher to request a meeting with her parents. Lorna has been trying to cheer the hell up ever since.
She was a kid on a New York Island, and grew up in the Highlands of Scotland. While there, she couldn't wait to get off the mountain. These days, she spends a lot of time trying to go back.
Lorna left University twice. She wanted to stop reading other people's writing and concentrate on her own. These days, she spends a lot of time trying to go back.
Lorna is on wheels, and her day-job involves making the world a more accessible place. She walks up stairs on the promise of beer and conversation. She has been dragged up a hill backwards.
Lorna lives with her boyfriend and a cat who thinks she's a dog. Her Dad was her first best friend and he's still on the list. Sad songs and bad coffee make her cry. She cries when she's happy, too. This confuses people who don't know she cries when she's happy, too. She does not care.
Lorna loves to travel and then write about it. She once fell off a toilet in Pisa, Italy. She hasn't written about it. Ok, maybe she has, but only once. Twice.
Lorna cannot read maps. She doesn't care.
Closer to home, she and her boyfriend like to kiss (each other) in public. It's disgusting. They do not care.
Lorna is not normally known by her initials, nor does she like to talk about herself in third-person.
(Inspired by a new online writing community. Details can be found here.)


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Distance from Norvell, MI to Ferndale, MI
Driving distance between Norvell, MI and Ferndale, MI is 75.50 miles (or 121.51 kilometers). If you drove an average car (using about 3.6 gallons of gas per mile), the gas would cost you around $, since you would need about gallons of fuel.
Leaving from Norvell, MI you would reach Ferndale, MI in about 1 hour 27 mins if you keep an average speed of miles per hour, assuming you don't make any breaks or get stuck in traffic.


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Despite an apparent surge of voter unhappiness and near perfect weather, Marylanders trickled to the polls today in lower than usual numbers to elect officials ranging from sheriff to governor.
A check at about a half-dozen polling places in north and East Baltimore showed an extremely light turnout two hours after the polls opened. But in Baltimore County -- where a hotly contested county executive race and the tax-cap issue have stirred more voter interest -- lines were reported at several voting spots near Towson.
At the Harford Senior Citizens Center, in the 4900 block of Harford Road in Hamilton, an official said only 13 of 359 registered voters had cast ballots as of 8:30 a.m.


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Winning a state championship is always the ultimate goal. But for Louisiana's high school wrestling teams the Louisiana Classic is like the Super Bowl.
The 54-team tournament begins at 3 p.m. Friday at Baton Rouge's ExerFit and will feature 463 wrestlers. The two-day event resumes at 9 a.m. Saturday, with finals set for 4 p.m.
"It's always a big tournament, but I think this may be the biggest it's been in a couple of years," Catholic coach and meet coordinator Tommy Prochaska said.
"We have 32-man brackets in every weight class. And in some weight classes we have up to 40 kids entered, so we're going to have to set up some pig-tail matches just to get everybody in."
The annual tournament previously known as the Lee High Invitational will showcase virtually all of Louisiana's top teams and competitors, along with a three out-of-state teams, Alabama-based Hoover High, Mississippi's Ocean Springs High and Centreville Academy of Centreville, Miss.
Helping lead the New Orleans contingent is defending Division I state champion Brother Martin. Host Catholic was the runner-up a year ago and another New Orleans power, Jesuit.
The Louisiana Classic is not just about Division I teams. Lafayette's Teurlings Catholic, the defending Division II champion, is also part of the field along with New Orleans-based Holy Cross and a Baton Rouge area team, Live Oak.
Brusly, winner of the eight of the past nine Division III titles, is also part of the field.
"I think Brother Martin has to be the favorite," Prochaska said. "Some teams have changed their lineups since early in the season. You have guys who have come back from injuries and others who are still out.
"With so many lineup changes, it was more of challenge to do the seeding. You've got the potential for great competition before you get to the finals."
Prochaska pointed to the 122-pound weight class that features Brother Martin's Paul Klein (31-5) and defending champion Jacob Dale of Comeaux-Lafayette. Dale was the state champion in the weight class last season and Klein moved up after winning a state title at a lower weight class a year ago. Klein (31-5) has not lost to a Louisiana opponent and has beaten Dale once.
Comeaux's Tyrek Malveaux (27-0) tops the 154-pound division.
Baton Rouge competitors who garnered No. 1 seeds were Denham Springs' Christopher Marson (19-0) at 108, Live Oak's Cody Hill (47-2) at 128, Catholic High's Brandon Luckett (40-3) at 162.
Other New Orleans competitors claiming No. 1 seeds were Jesuit's Mitch Capella (31-2) at 115, St. Paul's Connor Campo (33-0) at 134, Jesuit's Manny Armour (33-2) at 195 and the Brother Martin group of Dominic Casadaban (18-0) at 140, Daniel Albrecht (33-4) at 172, Kyle Delaune (40-1) at 184 and Ross Brister (39-3) at 287.


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Today, version 1.15 beta testing of Euro Truck Simulator 2 is out with these new changes:
- New sounds for Scania V6 engines
- New Exclusive Interior for DAF Euro 6
- New sounds for Iveco Highway and Iveco Stralis
- Support for different dashboard computer black-light colors
- New showroom updates:
- New showroom interior
- New interface for showrooms
- New look for small truck dealers
- Significantly faster autosaving
- Gameplay improvements
- Interior camera motion feature – camera can now simulate movements of the player's body and motion of the truck seat
- Trailer brake
- Smart cruise control – retarder will now be used automatically
- Support for second reverse gear for custom H-Shifter layouts
- Support for Holiday Special content
Screenshots of ETS 2 v1.15:
You now can update your game to this beta version on Steam by following these steps:
- Go to your Library in Steam.
- Right click on the Euro Truck Simulator 2 then select Properties.
- Select BETAS tab.
- Select 1.15.x public_beta from the drop down menu.
- Click close and your game will be updated automatically.
- Enjoy!


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HHS program to pay healthcare professionals who e-prescribe
Starting in 2009 and 2010, physicians and other "eligible professionals" will receive a 2% incentive payment for successful use of e-prescriptions. In 2011, that incentive will drop to 1%, then to 0.5% in 2013. Eligible professionals who have not implemented a successful e-prescribing system by 2012 will incur a payment reduction, according to HHS. Some facilities can be exempted from the penalty if it is determined they will be adversely affected by the system.
E-prescribing could help reduce medication errors and adverse drug reactions among Medicare beneficiaries, according to HHS. Recent estimates place the number of adverse drug reaction at roughly 530,000 per year. Many of these lead to hospitalizations or admissions to nursing homes. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has said it spends up to $900 million per year treating adverse drug reactions (McKnight's, 5/27) and any money saved through e-prescribing can be put towards other beneficiary services.


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Sean Penn And Ramada From Hot Shots!?
Well, snatch away from chafing dish! It's Ramada from Hot Shots! leaving a restaurant in Rome with Sean Penn where they "canoodled" (I should have to canoodle with barbed wire every time I type that word) together during dinner. Valeria Golino dipped into the crazy by playing Tommy Girl's love interest in Rain Man and she swan dove into insanity by doing Hot Shots! with Charlie Sheen, so I'm pretty sure she's capable of handling Sean Penn. It takes a certain strong bitch to not get contact high from the hot toxic smoke clouds wafting off of the boiling coke boogers in Sean's nose.
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Sketch released in store robbery
Sketch released in store robbery
Deputies have released the sketch of a man after a convenience store was robbed Saturday.
Anderson County deputies said the 7 11 on Highway 29 was robbed between 1:20 and 1:30 a.m.
The man, seen in this sketch, is believed to be 30 and 35 years-old.
Deputies said at the time of the robbery he was wearing a long sleeve black shirt, black pants and a Chicago Bulls cap with a do rag underneath it.
Anyone who can identify the suspect from the sketch or anyone with information concerning this incident is asked to contact Investigator Gene Culbertson at (864) 231-2807 or Crime Stoppers at 888-CRIMESC (274-6372).