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Sunday 4th February
ISFA U18 3 Scotland Independent Schools 0
Last weekend saw the ISFA Girls U18 National representative travel north as they took part in their final match of the season against Scotland Independent Schools. It was also a moment of history as they became the first ISFA girls representative team to take part in an away international fixture.
The game started at a brisk pace with both teams looking to play on the front foot and get an early advantage and both teams creating early chances. It was ISFA who soon took control of the game with two quick goals in the twelfth and fifteenth minute. Firstly Ella Needham raced through following an excellent defence splitting pass from Izzy Coppel and neatly finished passed the Scotland goalkeeper to give ISFA the lead. Shortly afterwards Leilanni Nesbeth scored with a powerful finish following some excellent build up play to double the visitors lead. ISFA continued to create chances but found the Scotland keeper in excellent form, and when they were able to get the ball past her the assistant referees flag prevented them from adding to their first half tally.
Scotland started the second half much the better side as they tried to get the next goal that would bring them back into the match, and only some last ditch defending and the side netting kept the hosts at bay. Halfway through the second half ISFA wrapped up the win when Ella Needham added her second, and ISFA's third, with a smart finish from an Izzy Coppel cross. The final fifteen minutes saw both teams continue to create chances but neither side could find the finish to add to the scoring and the game finished 3-0 to the ISFA girls.
Wednesday 13th December
(St. George's Park)
ISFA U18 0 English College U18 11
ISFA U18s faced a tough English Colleges side at St George's Park on Wednesday. It was English Colleges who started strongest, going 1-0 up inside 7 minutes. A through ball saw Afuakwah, of ISFA, use her pace to get past the defender but a great save from the keeper kept the shot out. English Colleges went 2-0 up shortly after from a free header inside the box. Poor defending saw English Colleges through one on one with the ISFA Goalkeeper Heggs, who pulled off a fantastic save to keep the game at 2-0. English Colleges maintaining their form throughout increasing the goal tally. ISFA had a much stronger second half but were unable to match the quality of the English Colleges squad.
ISFA played 2 matches during the October half-term break
The recently selected U18 Girls ISFA National team met up in Cambridge for their first camp of the season. Following a training session in the morning, the girls faced a Cambridge City side under the floodlights at Huntingdon Town FC.
Both teams started strongly but it was ISFA who broke the deadlock after 20 minutes through Sophie Tudor, who produced a thunderous 20 yard strike into the right hand corner. Shortly after ISFA went up 2-0 when Lannece Hole scored a header from a bouncing ball in the box. Cambridge continued to battle across the park and were rewarded with a goal a few minutes later. In the closing minutes of the first half, a blinding run from Ella Needham down the right wing, saw her cross the ball straight into Lannece Hole's path for her to get her second. ISFA led 3-1 at the break.
Fresh legs at half time saw ISFA control the game for the much of the second half. Linda Afuakwah latched onto a mistake by the goalkeeper to make the score 4-1, before adding her second of the game, winning a 1v1 against the defender and powering a goal past the keeper, 5-1. Credit to Cambridge City who kept the ball moving and closed down throughout, and again they found success through their forward who made it 5-2. Olivia Syson and Ella Needham played some lovely one-two football down the right hand side and a direct ball into the box was met by Grace Perkins who calmly slotted home. Leilanni Nesbeth worked tirelessly for the entire 90 minutes and she was rewarded with a fantastic first time strike into the bottom corner to round of a very successful first game 7-2.
ISFA U18s came up against a physical Cambridge University side on the second day of their Cambridge Camp. Both teams started strongly, and it took a fantastic cross pitch ball from Blue Wilson, met by Olivia Syson who smashed the ball into the top right hand corner to put ISFA 1 nil up after 20minutes. The game was end to end for most of the half, with Cambridge City gifted a goal through an error on ISFA's part, 2 minutes from the end of the first half. ISFA responded with excellent character and a deflected shot from the keeper fell to Linda Afuakwah who slotted home to make it 2-1 on the brink of half time.
Fresh legs at the break put ISFA on the front foot from the start of the second half. A perfectly timed through ball from Leila was picked up by Olivia Syson who rounded the keeper with her first touch and poked the ball home with her second, making it 3-1 to ISFA. Shortly after this, an inswinging corner was floated in to the back post from Leila, was met by Lannece Hole who scored the 4th and final goal of the match to make it 4-1. Both teams battled for the final 15 minutes but no changes were made to the score line. The match rounded off a very successful first camp for the season for the ISFA girls, before they meet up against in December at St. George's Park.
Sun 23rd Sept 2018
ISFA Girls National Trials
(Queenswood School)
Sun 7th Oct 2018
ISFA Girls National Sevens
25th - 26th Oct 2018
ISFA U16/U18 Girls Cambridge Camp
11th - 12th Dec 2018
ISFA U16/U18 Rep Camps
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In 1962, Tod Papageorge began to photograph while studying at the University of New Hampshire. After living in Boston, San Francisco, and Europe, he moved to New York in 1965 and was quickly accepted into a small circle of photographers engaged in transforming the documentary "style" of the medium into a poetic form driven by subjective perception over journalistic literalism.
During the 1970s, Papageorge received two Guggenheim Fellowships in photography and a pair of National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship Grants. Following one-year appointments at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and then Harvard University, he was named the Walker Evans Professor of Photography at the Yale University School of Art in 1979; he also served as the Director of Graduate Study in Photography until 2011.
Papageorge is the author of Public Relations: The Photographs of Garry Winogrand and Walker Evans and Robert Frank: An Essay on Influence, produced in conjunction with exhibitions he guest-curated for the Museum of Modern Art in 1977 and the Yale University Art Gallery in 1981. In 2011, Aperture published Core Curriculum, a collection of his writings on photography.
Papageorge's photographic work has been widely exhibited internationally and is included in more than thirty major public collections. He has published three monographs: Passing through Eden: Photographs of Central Park (Steidl, 2007), American Sports, 1970, or How We Spent the War in Vietnam (Aperture, 2008), and Opera Citta (punctum, 2010).
In 2008, he was invited to the American Academy in Rome as a resident in the visual arts and, in 2010, was awarded the Rome Commission in Photography. He was the recipient of the Lucie Award for documentary photography in December 2012.
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Lena Dunham just can't win. Well, she can win when it comes to awards and ratings, but when it comes to getting a break from having to answer to controversy, there's no immediate end in sight. And perhaps that's fair.
But sometimes she doesn't even have to do anything to be called out as a privileged white girl. Case in point: Earlier this week, comedian Lisa Lampanelli tweeted a photo of herself with Dunham at the Writer's Guild Awards, wherein she referred to the GIRLS scribe as her "nigga".
Me with my nigga @lenadunham of @hbogirls - I love this beyotch!! say.ly/oKP5chO
— Lisa Lampanelli (@LisaLampanelli) February 18, 2013
Twitter pandemonium ensued, stories were written, apologies weren't made, and eventually, the whole steaming pile of to-do landed in Dunham's inbox.
People wanted to know why -- WHY -- was Dunham remaining silent on this hot button issue of what someone else said in reference to her. Was Dunham, in fact, Lampanelli's n-word? Does she approve of being Lampanelli's n-word? Would she refer to herself as Lampanelli's, or anyone else's, n-word? How does she feel about being called a "beyotch"? (Actually, no one asked that... no big deal.)
Dunham responded to the controversy on Friday after being excoriated on Twitter by writer and former fan (spoiler alert: now former former fan) Shayla Pierce, who said Dunham had shown "her true colors" by remaining silent on the issue. Rather than continue to "speak volumes" by saying nothing -- she didn't RT it, but that's apparently not good enough -- Dunham replied:
@shayladpierce That's not a word I would EVER use. Its implications are beyond my comprehension. I was made supremely uncomfortable by it.
— Lena Dunham (@lenadunham) February 22, 2013
Dunham went on to explain why she tends to avoid such twitter debates and Pierce did an immediate turnaround, proclaiming that she "<3" her again. You can read the entire exchange in Storify form at The Hollywood Reporter.
Meanwhile, Lisa Lampanelli is apparently having the last laugh.
@chefvilla714 @wendywilliams I know! Hilarious! But at least it gets -- and keeps -- people talking. Am I bad for loving the controversy?
— Lisa Lampanelli (@LisaLampanelli) February 21, 2013
What do you think? Does this kind of "controversy" distract from the real discussion of racism and sexism in popular culture, or does Lampanelli's use of the word bring up serious issues? Is her tweet just another example of social media glibness that mines controversy for free PR? Finally, in the end, what does Lena Dunham even have to do with this?


text: When listening to Human Eye it's not uncommon to feel like you are the cable that connects from the out of sync strobe lights, tinfoil skulls, oscillating veins, raw meat sculptures, freaky sea creatures & radioactive insects that inhabit Timmy Vulgar's brain to the fifteen or so mismatched and salvaged from trash day treasure hunt speakers sound the band scatters about. Side one of the Cass 45 "Spiders and their Kin" starts as a stadium blues-rock for people that don't give really give a shit about stadium blues-rock lumber, stumble across gurgling fluorescent green pond on Hawkwind's property and decide to take a swim. The flip's "Desperate Hands" hears it screaming for help as eyes melt and skin bubbles but doesn't offer help instead conjuring up some static rain by playing a copy of Amon Duul II's "Wolf City" that they pilfered from a mad, mad, mad scientists house.


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Aerial view of the Mount Polley tailings pond breach.
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A breach in a tailings pond from the open-pit Mount Polley copper and gold mine sent five million cubic meters (1.3 billion gallons) of slurry gushing into Hazeltine Creek in B.C. That's the equivalent of 2,000 Olympic swimming pools of waste, the CBC reports. Tailings ponds from mineral mines store a mix of water, chemicals and ground-up minerals left over from mining operations.
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Black Country Communion are playing two special UK shows in January 2018 to celebrate the release of their forthcoming new album 'BCC IV'.
The supergroup featuring singer/bassist Glenn Hughes, singer/guitarist Joe Bonamassa, drummer Jason Bonham, and keyboard player Derek Sherinian, play Wolverhampton Civic Hall on 2 January and London's Hammersmith Apollo on 4 January – the only two concerts the band will play in the UK and Europe.
Planet Rock will run a 48-hour ticket pre-sale from 9 am on 2 August at www.planetrock.com. Tickets will then go on sale to the general public on 4 August at www.ticketmaster.co.uk and www.eventim.co.uk.
The band, which originally came together after producer Kevin Shirley saw Hughes and Bonamassa jam together onstage in Los Angeles in November 2009, will release their first studio album since 2013's 'Afterglow' on 22 September.
"I just felt the time was right for Black Country Communion to go back into the studio and write and record a new album," says Bonamassa on the band's return. "When I contacted Glenn, Derek, and Jason, they immediately agreed to give it a shot. The timing was right."
With Shirley in the producer's chair, as he has been since their 2010 self-titled debut LP, the band assembled to record 'BCC IV' in December 2016, armed with songs Hughes and Bonamassa had specifically co-written for the new album.
"We had around 4 months to write this album, and I think the results speak for themselves," comments Hughes. "All four of us wanted to make a record that stood up to the first three albums.
"However, the new album is more of a progression, as we wanted to be careful not to repeat the previous albums. A lot has happened since we last recorded the 'Afterglow' album in 2013, so, in many ways, the new album shows BCC with a much harder, riffier and bigger and bolder sound.
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> So I have something more consistent, but I can really put it as a > patch as it involves copying from tags to trunk, so I guess I'll just > commit it for review. > The only problem I have comes from the commonj spec: the package is > java.commonj and it seems the felix plugin does not really like java.* > packages and consider them as reserved... So I doubt this one can be > OSGified right now. This is because bundles don't need to import java.* packages. They are boot delegated automatically. So you don't need to add them as an import. In this case, this presents a problem because you are trying to provide a bootclasspath extension. There is a way that this can be done in OSGi by making the bundle an extension bundle (see 3.15 in the spec). Basically, you would need to add the following header: Fragment-Host: system.bundle; extension:=bootclasspath for a bundle that exports java.* packages (extension bundles are not allowed to have imports so you would maybe need to split the bundle in two: one extension bundle with only java.* and one normal one with the rest). However, I don't think there are many OSGi frameworks that support bootclasspath extension bundles atm (neither Felix nor Equinox does). regards, Karl > On 9/21/07, Guillaume Nodet <email@example.com> wrote: > > For ServiceMix 4.0, which will be based on OSGi, I will need to have > > OSGified versions of some of the spec jars that geronimo provides. > > It's quite easy to do in ServiceMix (see > > http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator/servicemix/branches/servicemix-4.0/bundles/ > > for servlet, j2ee-management, jms mainly), but I think it would be > > more useful for other projects if the specs jars were bundles > > themselves. > > > > This is quite a simple process that can be done incrementally without > > any real side effect and low risk of regression. So unless someone > > objects, I'd like to start working on that. > > > > -- > > Cheers, > > Guillaume Nodet > > ------------------------ > > Blog: http://gnodet.blogspot.com/ > > > > > -- > Cheers, > Guillaume Nodet > ------------------------ > Blog: http://gnodet.blogspot.com/ > -- Karl Pauls firstname.lastname@example.com
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In photography, "style" tends to be a mushy, confusing term that can take people down the wrong path: Shooters try to be something they're not when asked to shoot "this style." Likewise, clients looking at images may pass over a photographer who might have been exactly what they're looking for because the portfolio shots or previous works "aren't the style we want."
"Style" actually means two things in photography (maybe more, but we'll say two for this point): the image's style and the photographer's style.
Image style refers to common technique: environment, lighting, angle, perspective, etc. It's not precise, but most people would agree that the first two of these three shots have the same (or at least similar) image style, and third does not:
Image style is a general look that applies regardless of who took the shot, where, etc. For example, the first two images reflect Rembrandt lighting, and this technique imparts an image look (style) that many photographers have used for decades. The third shot has an entirely different look; it has a different image style.
Photographer style is entirely different. It is that something that unifies all the works of an artist, regardless of image style. Take, for example, the works of the highly-acclaimed Annie Leibovitz. She shoots art, fashion, portrait and advertising in a myriad of image styles, yet her work is almost unmistakeable. There's something about her style that cuts across image style; it's what makes her images unique – something you will only get from her. Consider Gregory Heisler, and George Hurrell, both masters of the portrait. You'll find many different image styles in both of their works, yet there's something unmistakeable: a Heisler is a Heisler, and a Hurrell is a Hurrell. The same is true in classic art – a Monet is a Monet and a Picasso a Picasso.
Image style must change to fit the subject, or you're not doing your job as an image maker. Look at the shots below: I shoot a lot of training/scuba lifestyle images; the style I use for those is nothing like what I use for studio fashion or a portrait. And, those differ from the image style for, say, composited artistic work. Even within a genre, image style must change to fit the subject and to meet what the client needs. Shooting high fashion in a studio demands a very different approach from shooting casual fashion in the field. So, you use different tools for each of these needs. You shoot at a different pace with different lighting. You interact differently with subjects and models. You think differently because you must approach each differently.
But, across all these differences, the photographer's style doesn't change; it's the fingerprint that makes a Hurrell a Hurrell or a Leibovitz a Leibovitz. Photographer style may evolve, but one can't eliminate it or hide it. If you know my work, all six of these images are clearly my work, despite very different locations (studio, field), equipment (full studio light, run-and-gun reflectors & speedlights) and interactions (serious and methodical, quick & fun).
If you're a photographer or photographic artist, it helps to master many image styles, but your style is what makes your work singular and unique. You can't force your style into a mold, but you can help it evolve and grow by studying your craft and by shooting a lot, of course. But, don't try to shoot like Heisler or Hurrell. You can't; you just come across as a counterfeit. Learn from the masters, but shoot like you.
If you're a client who wants a particular look or feel for an image or series, don't let image style blind you to the photographer's style. That is, don't assume that because a shooter is great at a particular image style that that is the only image style the person is good at. Or, that that person can't shoot other image styles (that may be the case, but don't assume it without checking). Look at the photographer's style – the ineffable something that unites very different works from the same artist. If it works, chances are it works across many image styles. If it doesn't work for you, then you probably won't like it any better with different lighting.
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Here you can find information on both the area surrounding Icelandair Hotel Reykjavik Natura as well as the events that the hotel participates in.
Icelandair Hotel Reykjavik Natura is ideally located, in close proximity to nature spots, and is conveniently close to the downtown area. There is always plenty to see and do in downtown Reykjavik, no matter what time of year. Some activities include: shopping, museums, swimming pools, restaurants, whale watching and much more. In addition, Reykjavik Natura participates in various cultural events in the city.
The Pearl
The Pearl offers the best view of Reykjavik and its surroundings. Located just up the hill in front of Icelandair Hotel Reykjavik Natura, it's a great place to visit. The Pearl offers our hotel guests a special discount at the restaurant, café and the History Museum. Further information and coupons in the hotel lobby. Oskjuhlid's multitude of cycle and walking/running paths has made it one of Reykjavik's most popular natural sights. Almost 200,000 trees have been planted in the hills of Oskuhlid, making it one of the capital's most forested areas.
Oskjuhlid Hill
Nautholsvik Beach
In front of the service centre there is also a large rectangular pool with water that is about 38 ° C / 100.4 F. The city even keeps part of the sea warm for those who want to take a dip in the North Atlantic itself! It's a great way to spend a summer day in Reykjavik!
Iceland Airwaves
Iceland Airwaves is an annual music festival held in Reykjavík, Iceland in early November. The festival spans five days and its main focus is showcasing new music, both Icelandic and international.
City Central
Icelandair Hotel Reykjavik Natura is located within walking distance of the city centre. It is just a short walk to the Reykjavik Art Museum, where all Reykjavik Natura guests receive a discount on the entrance fee. The multitude of stores of Reykjavik's main shopping street, Laugavegur, are also in walking distance. It's also fun just to walk around and experience the city, take a look at the lake, relax on Austurvollur, visit the concert hall Harpa and The National Gallery of Iceland, where you are sure to find an interesting exhibitions.
Design March
Iceland's most significant annual design festival. From fashion to furniture, architecture to food design, the festival showcases the best of the local design scene alongside exciting international names, opening with DesignTalks, a day of lectures by internationally acclaimed designers and the foremost local design thinkers.
Rainbow Reykjavik
Rainbow Reykjavik is an annual international LGBT winter pride festival, open for everyone interested. Icelandair Hotels are sponsors for the festival. International guests are anticipated from countries all over the world, including the USA, Canada, Germany, France, the Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden and Norway. The program offers a great mixture of nature, activities, culture, cuisine, music & nightlife.
Art in Reykjavik - discount for hotel guests
Rent a bike
Bike rental is open from 1 May until 30 September and the bikes can be rented for 3 - 12 hours.
For further information please contact the hotel reception.
Laugarvatn Fontana - geothermal baths
Get revitalized and bathe on top of a hot spring. Laugarvatn Fontana is a unique place and the perfect stop on your tour of the Golden Circle. Here you come to relax and experience authentic Icelandic nature while relaxing in the warm geothermal pools and natural steam rooms. The baths vary in depth, size and temperature and the steam rooms have been built over natural hot springs that have been used in this purpose since 1929. Fontana is located by a beautiful lake, Laugarvatn, and you can enjoy the spectacular views from the sauna or the pools.
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Pope Absolves Jews Of Collective Guilt Over Jesus: Roman Catholic Church's Raping Priests Also In Clear
JUST as you think anti-Semitism is on trend, the Pope goes and says that Jews did not kill the Lord Jesus. Cancel the brown shirts.
In a book to be published next week, he concludes that those responsible for the crucifixion were the "Temple aristocracy" and supporters of the rebel Barabbas.
Dismissing the centuries-old interpretation of St John's assertion that it was "the Jews" who demanded Barabbas's release and Jesus's execution, the pontiff asks: "How could the whole people have been present at this moment to clamour for Jesus's death?"
Well, they can't be. Just as the whole Catholic Church can't be there when a child is raped in the cloisters. But that is, of course, not the Pope's point.
And didn't the Romans kill Jesus? And, er, if he didn't die how could he rise for our sins? Wasn't it all God's will to sacrifice his son? So. Any Jews around the place were doing God's will, so too the Romans?
Update: Had Jesus been around when the Pope was a lad, he'd have been gassed. Try wearing a crematorium on a chain around your neck for all time. It's not easy…
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Results recently published in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, published by the American Thoracic Society, reveal that allergens found in some nuts may increase the chance of the foetus being born allergy prone. Four thousand pregnant women participated in a dietary survey and their children were subsequently monitored for eight years.
Comparing women who ate nuts daily during pregnancy to those who ate them "rarely" consistently displayed results of increased risk, between 40% to 60% rise in the chances of wheezing and other asthma symptoms in general, reports the BBC.
The research also discovered a link between lower asthma rates and increased intake of fruit during pregnancy. This may be possibly due to the increased levels of antioxidants.
Dr. Saskia Willers, from the University of Utrecht, who led the study said:
While it's too early to make recommendations of avoidance, it is important for pregnant women to eat healthily and what is true for many foods is that too much is never good.
Professor John Heffner, a past president of the American Thoracic Society, said there was not enough evidence that the nut diet had caused the problem and he called for more studies.
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On Saturday July 4, 2015 Your Event Photobooths attempted a Guinness World Record of most people crammed in a photo booth at Westfield Tea Tree Plaza. It was also Giveability Day so it was a great way to draw attention to the Cora Barclay Centre and help them raise much needed funds.
The current record of 7 was set by Photo-Me at Kings Cross Train Station, London in 2012. So we were going for 8.
All participants had to hold their position in the Photobooth for at least 5 seconds with the curtains closed. They had to be over 18 years of age and taller than 1.25 metres (5ft). It was a tight squeeze but they did it and we have now submitted the evidence to Guinness World Records for verification.
The volunteers that crammed into the photobooth were all commandeered on the day and most only meet just before the attempt. They were a mix of passing by shoppers, Cora Barclay Centre volunteers, Westfield West Lakes staff and staff from nearby shop Betts Shoes. Considering the short amount of practise time they did a fantastic job and some were quite hot and flustered when they got out of the photobooth.
A crowd of shoppers was on hand to witness the strange scene and gave a big round of applause once they all streamed out of the booth like clowns from a Mini at the Circus. Once free they were interviewed by Steward and MC Scott Perry.
Emily was pleased to be a part of the fun. "It was a last minute decision for me as I saw how much people were laughing and smiling so I wanted to be in on the fun too. It was a bit squishy in there, I was curled up in a ball under the seat next to a complete stranger, but it was such a funny situation that all we could do was giggle, I didn't even think about how I was going to get out of there after which was probably a good thing as I may have panicked eek!
"I am sure we would have got the record, it was a real tight squeeze one we were all in. Everyone was just laughing and helping each other out holding on to each other and sucking everything in so everyone else could fit. It was loads of fun and I'll be proud to have helped get the record," said Emily.
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– A mentor is an experienced and trusted advisor –
– The mentoring relationship is one that works to take one to where they are to where they want to be
– A mentor is someone who can patiently assist with someone's growth and development in a given area. This assistance can come in the form of guidance, teaching, imparting of wisdom and experience
– Mentoring is a protected relationship in which learning can occur, potential skills can be developed, and in which results can be measured in terms of competencies and knowledge are gained
– Mentoring is a supportive learning relationship between a caring individual who shares knowledge, experience and wisdom with another individual who is ready and willing to benefit from this exchange, to enrich their professional journey
– A mentor should have the qualities of experience, perspective and distance
– A great mentor has a knack for making us think we are better than we think we are. They force us to have a good opinion of ourselves, let us know they believe in us. They make us get more out of ourselves, and once we learn how good we really are, we never settle for anything less than our very best". – The Prometheus Foundation
Take a moment to read an article in which I share my contributing view on mentorship -"How to Develop Women as Leaders" in the Huffington post


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It might be the most magical time of the year, but Christmas and winter, in general, has some hazards to be aware of too. When the streets are busy, the weather is bad and people are both celebrating and spending a lot of money the season can come with certain risks. Keep yourself safe this Christmas, here are a few things to bear in mind.
Take Caution On Snow and Ice
A white Christmas might look beautiful but where snow and ice are involved you should always take precautions. Whether you're on the roads in a vehicle or walking as a pedestrian, there are lots of risks. On the roads you should drive carefully, being sure to leave a good separation distance between you and the car in front as your braking distance will be significantly increased in wet or icy conditions. Make sure you are checking the condition of your tyres, they should at least have the legal tread depth of 1.6mm, but you could go a step further and invest in winter tyres designed for snow and ice. It's an added expense, but you can't put a price on your safety. As a pedestrian, you should wear shoes with a good grip to prevent sliding and accidents caused by slippy paths.
Don't Drink To Excess
Most people enjoy a tipple at Christmas, but it's important to know your limits and to drink sensibly. Being highly intoxicated on alcohol increases your chances of serious injury and could even lead to you making poor decisions that land you in trouble with the police. It could be anything from disturbing the peace to assault to drink driving. If you do find yourself in this unfortunate position then save yourself the heartache; a group like Scheiner Law can help alleviate your DWI. Although of course taking steps to make sure you don't do anything foolish in the first place is always best. Take it easy on your drinks, maybe limiting yourself to a certain number. Sipping a glass of water between each alcoholic drink can help to keep you from getting too drunk.
Be Wary of Social Media
The great thing about social media is keeping friends and family in the loop about what you're up to, sharing your day and generally keeping in touch. But be wary of advertising your whereabouts if your home is going to be unattended. Even if your account is private, you don't know who has access to any of your friends Facebook details. Some insurers will refuse to pay out if you're broken into, and it's been shown that you posted information online, as it means you didn't take reasonable care to protect your belongings. You can still take photos and share things, but avoid 'checking in' places showing your exact location at certain times. And wait until you're back home before sharing and talking about where you've been.
Are there any added precautions you take to stay safe at this time of year?
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Caress Kennedy, 51, was elected Appointee.
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My drawing Inhalation will be on the cover of Nature Inspired: Spring 2016 Shot Stories Edition.
The publication is looking for 10 – 15 short stories that speak of Spring, either literally or figuratively which could include stories of hope, growth, and new beginnings.
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It has been shown that delays, rework and missed targets in projects are frequently linked to lack of decision-making awareness and capabilities. The aim is to present a defined decision-making process allowing project managers to enhance the decision quality, resulting in a higher likelihood to deliver the project in line with plans and reaching goals/objectives. Furthermore, this increases the flexibility, as decisions are planned upfront and options are evaluated in a structured manner.
This work focuses on complex decisions which don't have easily calculated and simple solutions. Engineering organizations often use a rational approach for decisions, based on well-defined objectives, closed decision-making processes, optimization towards a firm target with all required information, etc. In practice, we face a bounded rational reality, with achievable (might change) objectives and aim for "good enough" solutions, based on limited information and inconsistency, in which decisions are based on judgement with an open decision-making process.
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every waking moment lately finds me so tired.
exhaustion. kind of overwhelmed. scratch kind of and replace it with super duper.
today at 2:35pm (estimated time, mind you) i looked down at my fingernails to check and make sure they didn't need to be clipped. tonight at 9:01pm (exact time, i'm looking directly at the clock on the laptop) my nails seem grotesquely long and are making it difficult to type.
i'm creatively stunted. growth hasn't happened in quite some time.
mint green and red together...so country, so comforting.
right now as i'm typing i'm looking down at my arms. they've grown in size an exponential amount in the last few months. but i lack the care of self motivation to do jack shit about it.
i've been stalking petfinder for a pug. and i won't stop until we get one.
i've been watching "felicity" again. and it reminded me that i used to lust after her expansive sweater wardrobe and hair. those feelings are still there. and i'm also adding "work as a barista" to my bucket list.
cory found old photos at a thrift store today for $6. and there are at least 2 dozen of them. these are the things that make me incredibly happy.
this post is for posterity. because obviously my future grandchildren will care about my meaningless dribble.


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Enjoy flexible storage options with our 21 cu. ft. Capacity, 32-inch Amana® Side-by-Side Refrigerator. The Deli Drawer keeps all of your sandwich staples right where you want them, while Adjustable Door Bins help favorites stay within reach. Plus, Gallon Door Storage Bins offer a special spot for larger items like milk jugs and juice cartons.
Adjustable Door Bins
Move these door bins up or down to fit the condiments you've got in stock or whenever you're in the mood to change things up
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Now there's a perfect place for those gallon jugs of milk and juice bottles–or whatever quenches your thirst.
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Store meats, cheeses and anything else you need to make your favorite go-to sandwich with our Deli Drawer.
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Huntsville Tops Lock Haven, 3-1
May 22, 2009
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SALEM, Va. - Whitney Hawkins pitched and hit #5 Alabama Huntsville (53-5) to a 3-1 victory over number two ranked Lock Haven (47-6) in the NCAA Division II Softball Championship at the James I. Moyer Sports Complex in Salem, VA.
The sixth game of the tournament was scoreless for the first three innings as Alabama Huntsville's Whitney Hawkins and Lock Haven's Kristin Erb put zeroes on the scoreboard. UAH had two runners reach base without a hit in the top of the first but could not score. Lock Haven also threatened in the first. Sarah Norris singled to lead off the inning and made it to third base before being stranded after a flyout ended the inning.
Hawkins decided to end the scoreless streak herself in the top of the fourth. After the first two batters of the inning struck out, Whitney Schrimsher singled to bring Hawkins to the plate. Hawkins homered to deep left center field to give Alabama Huntsville a 2-0 lead.
After posting a zero on the scoreboard for UAH in the top of the fifth, Lock Haven cut the UAH lead in half with a run in the bottom of the fifth. Nancy O'Connor led off the inning with a single. Julia Popovich sacrificed O'Connor to second. O'Connor then moved to third on a groundout by Sarah Norris. Kristin Erb walked before Ilia Lopez singled to cut the lead to 2-1. Hawkins got a pop up to short to end the Lock Haven threat.
Alabama Huntsville got the run right back in the top of the sixth. Beth Lawson led off with a single. Sam Deep pinch ran for Lawson. After a strikeout and a ground out, Whitney Schrimsher doubled to the right center field gap to score Deep and extend the lead to back to two at 3-1.
Lock Haven got the tying run to the plate in the bottom of the seventh with two outs, but UAH's closer Alex Lewis recorded the final out of the game.
Whitney Hawkins improved to 20-0 on the season. She went 6 2/3 innings, giving up 1 run on 6 hits. She struck out 6 and walked 1. Lewis recorded her 18th save of the season. Kristin Erb suffered her fifth loss of the season, falling to 46-5 on the season. She gave up 3 earned runs, 6 hits and struck out 10 while walking 2.
Alabama Huntsville advances to the finals of bracket two where they will play in game 12 at 2 PM on Sunday. Lock Haven falls into the loser's bracket where they will take on the winner of the Indianapolis/Dixie State contest in game 9 of the tournament on Saturday at 4 PM.


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Fairness and Accuracy in Media (Creative Commons 3.0)
President Vladamir Putin, Russia
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We're supposed to know by now that Russian President Vladimir Putin is a really bad guy--so bad that anything that he says is further proof of his screeching hostility to the United States.
The Washington Post reported (10/24/14) on a recent Putin speech with this blistering lead sentence:
Making clear that the Kremlin has no intention of backing down from the worst Russia/Western crisis since the Cold War, Russian President Vladimir Putin accused the United States on Friday of trying to "reshape the whole world" for its benefit, in a fiery speech that was one of the most anti-American of his 15 years as Russia's paramount leader.- Advertisement -
Fiery anti-Americanism!
It's not hard to believe that Putin was highly critical of the US foreign policy, but what precisely did he say? The Post called it "a bitter distillation of Putin's anti-American rhetoric." The Post Karoun Demirjian> and Michael Birnbaum reported that the address was an
unsmiling, straightforward worldview that blasted the United States as taking advantage of its powerful post-Cold War position to dictate misguided terms to the rest of the world. Putin faulted the United States for a rise in global terrorism, a resumption of a global arms race and a general worsening of global security.- Advertisement -
"It never ceases to amaze me how our partners have been guilty of making the same mistakes time and again," Putin said, accusing the United States of breeding terrorists by upsetting the established order in Syria, Libya, Iraq and Afghanistan.
OK, so fiery anti-Americanism is the belief that the United States desires a unipolar world where it calls the shots. Does anyone doubt US elites think otherwise?
And the US, he thinks, bears some responsibility for fueling the global arms race. The United States is, according to some less than fiery and not particularly anti-American news outlets, the leading supplier of arms in the world ("US Arms Sales Make Up Most of Global Market," New York Times, 8/26/12; "US Doubles Down on Foreign Military Sales," Defense News, 7/19/14).
On the subject of nuclear arms, a key issue in US/Russia relations, the New York Times (9/21/14) recently reported on the US plan to increase its nuclear arsenal--a "nationwide wave of atomic revitalization" that could cost well over a trillion dollars.
And it's hard to argue with Putin's critique of US foreign policy accomplishments in Iraq, Afghanistan and Libya; those countries have suffered extreme violence and instability due to US military actions. Would there even be an ISIS without the US invasion of Iraq?
None of that should be mistaken as an endorsement of anything Putin or Russia has done. But if the Post means to show us that a foreign leader is a fiery, bitter anti-American, it might want to make a stronger case.
The news article, though, was nothing compared to the Post's editorial (10/27/14). Under the Web headline "Putinoia on Full Display," the paper blasted Putin for his
poisonous mix of lies, conspiracy theories, thinly veiled threats of further aggression and, above all, seething resentment toward the United States.
Again, that's a pretty serious charge. It's not hard to imagine a politician telling lies; which ones did Putin tell?
Protesters violently overthrew the elected government of Ukraine--but if you call it a "coup," the Washington Post will call you a liar


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Wednesday, 31 July 2013
God often moves in ways I didn't think He would.
God often uses people that I never thought He would.
God chooses people you & I wouldn't choose in ways we wouldn't choose to.
Wake up to the God-soaked reality all around you.
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Equal Employment Opportunity Complaints and Adjudication
The Complaints Management and Adjudication Section (CMAS) leads processing for the Department's equal employment opportunity (EEO) complaints. CMAS prepares final actions on all formal EEO complaints filed by DHS employees, former employees, and applicants for employment who allege discrimination in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Equal Pay Act of 1963, the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008, and Executive Orders prohibiting discrimination on the bases of parental status and sexual orientation. Additionally, CMAS prepares the Department's No FEAR Act Reports and Federal Equal Employment Opportunity Statistical Report of Discrimination Complaints.
DHS EEO Complaint Statistics
In Fiscal Year 2011, DHS EEO complaint statistics were as follows:
- Number of DHS employees: 199,492
- Number of Counselings Completed: 2096
- Number of Formal Complaints Filed: 1283
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Donald Sutherland, Actor
"To whom? To me? To someone wishing they were Canadian? To someone waiting in line for a doctor? To someone listening to a loon out on the lake? To someone wishing that the flag had blue in it? Truth be told when you get right down to it, this is what it means to be Canadian. In 1954, coming back from Finland on my way home, I went through Holland. Through the Netherlands. They thought I was American. They were decent to me. Courteous. But when someone asked what part of the States I was from, I said, 'No, not me, I'm Canadian.' And they started to cry, the older ones, and they all ran and embraced me and took me inside and fed me and invited neighbours in to see me saying something like 'hij is een Canadees.' I've never forgotten sitting there proudly thinking this is what it is to be Canadian. This is what my cousin Lew, shot by a sniper not far from here two days after D-Day, was fighting for. For this, and for me."
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The UPEI Bookstore has upgraded its e-commerce website to offer a wider selection of clothing, giftware, textbooks, and local books available online, 24 hours a day. Panther fans, alumni, and current students will find the new site convenient and easy to use for their online purchases.
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The UPEI Bookstore carries locally published books including selections from the L.M. Montgomery Institute and Island Studies Press. Some notable titles are After Many Years and My Dear Mr. M from the L.M. Montgomery Institute and New London: The Lost Dream, Bird Calls, and A World of Islands from the Island Studies Press. Many have PDF versions available.
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June 23, 2013
Here, Bob Willard, thought leader on the ROI of sustainability and author of The New Sustainability Advantage, discusses the growing significance of social and environmental risks in the context of less-than-ideal corporate reactions. He suggests that we are facing a perfect storm of risks - including pollution, poverty, social injustice, climate change and food & water scarcity. He then goes on to explain how stakeholder expectations are changing, and that companies would find it in their best interest to improve their performance in response. "The time is right to figure out how to measure what matters and get on with it," he sums up.
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A little update on Isaac for you.
I just wanted to write a quick note to thank you to the Shenton Park Dog refuge for all you do, and let you know that Basil is doing great!
We adopted "TANGO" back in May of this year and we just thought we would drop you a line and let you know how things are getting on.
Just a quick note to say Pierre is doing great!!
Bethany came home with us a couple of weeks ago and we would just like to let you know she is doing well. We have changed her name to Tilly. She readily answers to her name. She has made herself right at home, checked out all the beds and sofas and they all meet her approval!
I wasn't with you for very long - I mean, really, who could resist my half-cute-half-ugly charm? I'm adorable for crying out loud!
I would like to say thank you to both Tracy and Meg, who steered us to Rivers, we have added an s. After a period, when she was not sure what she could do, where she allowed to go. A period of, when we lifted our hands, or shifted our feet, didn't mean getting hit, she settled. Now I have a shadow – about a nose half a step behind me.
I just want you all to know that I love my new home and my new family! I would like to thank all the lovely carers and staff who looked after me and gave me lots of love.
Simba came to us two weeks ago and I cant believe that this dog wasn't adopted sooner! - we are so lucky he wasn't.
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Not very exciting, just a couple of shots, one of my desk as work and the other a picture of what I see most mornings when I back out of the driveway.
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
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Ahhh how cute and what a tidy desk :):)ReplyDelete
Look at that, nice red desktop, flat panel monitor... is that wowwiki you are viewing while at work???? :DReplyDelete
Just kidding!
And look at the cats, surveying their domain, masters of all they see, heh heh.
Awww look at those kittycats! Good luck with the 2nd move, I hope it all goes well. Sounds like you'll be much better off in the new place! Give us a call again sometime, and we'll have to organise to meet up, when you're not so busy of course :)ReplyDelete
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A charter bus packed with about 40 children rode off Saturday morning on a trip to the Monterey Bay Aquarium organized by Fresno police officers.
Sgt. Mike Gebhart said donations for the trip came from officers who spent the day with the kids and also from the Police Activities League fund. The bus was paid for by Google and breakfast was provided by McDonalds, Gebhart said.
Over several months, the police officers paid several visits to the West Fresno Boys and Girls Club, West Fresno Elementary School and the Street Saints from Sunset Community Center in order to establish a relationship with the children.
Gebhart said the trip was filled with time at the beach and visiting the aquarium – many kids said it was their first time. The kids also took walks on Cannery Row, a waterfront street in Monterey.
The kids also got lunch and spent time with chaperones which included officers Fernando Rosario, Chris Clark, Vincent Bantayan, Ignacio Ruiz and Gebhart.
Gebhart said more trips like Saturday's are planned for 2017. Activities will be announced on the Fresno Police Southwest District Facebook page.
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This post was created in participation of Blog Action Day 2009, which is focused on Climate Change.
Bringing Change
In my opinion, the best way to help the environment is to change the cost and economics, so that it favors clean sources of energy. For example, people will start buying electric cars when they are priced roughly the same as gasoline powered vehicles. And, they will convert to wind and solar power when it becomes price competitive with utility power. Until then, people won't convert en mass to green energy, because most people can't afford to.
The Monopoly on Energy
Currently, our choice is limited to gasoline vehicles and utility-based energy, because they have a government sanctioned monopoly. Starting way back in the 1800s with Standard Oil, energy producers have always found a way to limit our choices and avoid competition. Even though Standard Oil was broken up by the Supreme Court in 1911, Exxon and Mobil have since merged again. Refinery capacity has been consolidated and this appears to affect gasoline prices, which no longer follow the prices of crude oil.
The monopolistic practices also continue on a local level. Oil companies are quietly taking over gas stations, so they can control pricing at the retail level. I know someone who has owned a gas station for decades who has recently been forced out by the oil company. They were told their contract won't be renewed, which allowed the oil company to take over their station. This has been happening quietly throughout the country for years, which is another reason gasoline remains expensive, even when oil prices drop.
Renewable Energy
The biggest problem with renewable energy is that it can't be sold, taxed and controlled. That's why we don't have it available. Energy providers cannot afford to lose control of their monopoly. The Government doesn't want us to have energy sources that are freely available and cannot be easily taxed. There are some issues related to cost, storage and efficiency. But these could easily be overcome by commercialization and mass production.
If you follow the development of electric cars, they are being created in partnership with utility companies. Utilities stand to make huge profits in our shift from gas to electric cars. The effect of these partnerships is that none of the electric cars under development contain a solar panel. (I don't count the Prius, which only runs a cooling fan.) If you ask auto makers why a solar option isn't available on their new electric car, they will give you a vague answer. The real answer is they don't want to lose funding from utility companies and the DOE.
Personalizing Energy
My vision of the future of energy is very positive. I foresee a revolution unfolding much like it did in the computer industry. Once people got their hands on a personal computer, it empowered them with innovative and creativity new technology. The Internet allowed virtually unlimited communication, connections and resources. Mass production of computers drastically reduced costs and improved technology. Most important, knowledge and power shifted from the few to the many.
Energy Independence
One thing holding back renewable sources of energy is a suitable energy storage device. People still need energy after the sun goes down and the wind stops blowing. And, battery technology is expensive, caustic and inefficient to run a business or a household. Fortunately, there is a lot of research being conducted in this area. One potential solution is being studied by Dr. Nocera at MIT. It is similar to a hydrogen fuel cell, but it mimics photosynthesis and uses non-toxic materials. This discovery could revolutionize the storage of energy.
The Bottom Line
The bottom line is that we have been manipulated, polluted and cheated for far too long. And, we are never going to get a fair break from energy providers, because their business model relies on keeping us dependent on them for energy. We need to seize control of our energy resources and demand products that are powered by nature. And, we must demand that our elected representatives respect our wishes for clean and renewable energy. Until we take control of energy, we are at the mercy of those who poison our world for a profit.
"Competition is a sin."
John D. Rockefeller – Chairman of Standard Oil
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The United States' Copa America Centenario was a mixed bag. They made the semifinals (good!), but struggled mightily against quality teams (not so good). However, there is one thing that they are feeling great about after the tournament -- they have a trio of budding young stars.
John Brooks, Bobby Wood and DeAndre Yedlin were among the Americans' best players throughout the tournament, and that's by any measure. It's not on a sliding scale for youngsters, or even in the sense that all three can improve going forward. They were just straight-up good.
While fans gnashed their teeth over Darlington Nagbe and Christian Pulisic's long spells on the bench, wondering when the new players were going to get their chances and why Jurgen Klinsmann wouldn't use them more, a trio of kids were on the pitch. Klinsmann did more than give them chances -- he leaned on them. And they delivered.
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Brooks was the United States' best player all tournament long. Whether it was winning every ball in the air, cutting out plays before they could get dangerous, distributing from deep, covering for his left back or single-handedly stopping a three-man attack, Brooks put on a masterclass. He did it all and, through the first four matches, had a claim to the best major tournament performance by a U.S. player in more than a decade.
.@j_brooks25 with a tackle-and-a-half to thwart a Paraguay counterattack. #USAvPAR #MyCopaColors https://t.co/9NjwlecZNA— FOX Soccer (@FOXSoccer) June 11, 2016
His physical attributes were never in doubt, as a big, strong player to go along with great mobility, but coming off the best club season of his career with Hertha Berlin, he now looks capable of reading the game and maintaining the consistency necessary to be the man the U.S. need. The Americans have been searching for a dominant, reliable central defender ever since Oguchi Onyewu suffered a debilitating knee injury in 2009, and the 23-year-old Brooks looks like he is ready to be that man.
Yedlin also did his part to make the U.S. believe they had the makings of a stable back line. While his speed never has been in question, it has been overlooked. Dismissing him as nothing but a speed demon is easy, and he did need more than pace to succeed, but it's also worth noting that Yedlin's speed is the only world class trait that any U.S. player has. And, thanks to a season playing for Sam Allardyce at Sunderland, Yedlin now knows how to play defense and use that speed.
Teams struggled to attack the right side of the U.S. defense and often shifted their attacks to the opposite flank or pushed through the middle. That's in part because of Yedlin, who used his speed to take away opponents' space and often pressed wingers so quickly that they didn't have the chance to turn with the ball. Steve Cherundolo is still the gold standard of American right backs, but Yedlin is already better than pretty much any other U.S. right back of the past 20 years, and he's only 22 years old.
While Brooks and Yedlin took care of the back line, Wood led the front line. It was the final sign of incredible growth from a 23-year-old striker, who often looked out of place at the international level just 18 months ago. But he scored 17 goals for Union Berlin in the 2.Bundesliga, showing better finishing ability in a season that saw him transform as a player. It earned him a move to Hamburg for the upcoming campaign and had Americans thinking maybe they had found a goal scorer. The reality is they had found so much more.
Wood proved to be a brilliant hold-up striker, winning balls in the air, keeping it with his back to goal and holding off defenders before feeding teammates. Clint Dempsey was the main beneficiary, but the entire team was better off because of Wood's work up top. And he still added a goal with a terrific shot against Costa Rica, then flashed his ability to get good shots away in the third-place match, rattling the bar on a good effort.
Wood was better at Copa America than any American striker has been in a major tournament since Brian McBride. And seeing as the U.S. have been struggling to replace McBride for 10 years with a productive but incosnsistent, limited and now injury-prone Jozy Altidore, the emergence of Wood is almost as important as the emergence of Brooks.
Whether you're happy or disappointed in the Americans' results and play, and whether you think Nagbe and Pulisic were given a fair shake or not, there's no doubting that the U.S. feel better about their team now than they did before Copa America. That's entirely because of Brooks, Wood and Yedlin, three youngsters who were nothing short of spectacular, and who now give the Americans some certainty -- maybe for the next decade -- at a time when the team is in desperate need of it.


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Andy Martin: "The Silver Sunbeam: Wet Collodion Photography in the 21st Century"
Your NewsBlogger's forecast was right! Andy Martin's story of his journey into the world of Wet Collodian photography (invented some 40 years before this club was formed in 1892) and the restoration of a derelict Wass plate camera into a functional object of great beauty, captivated from start to finish. The resulting studio portraits taken over five years in particular were outstanding, and who can forget the sight of legs sticking out of his ingenious portable darkroom?
To relive the experience and learn more about the wonderful world of Andy Martin, visit his websites:
The Silver Sunbeam project here
This is Sunderland project here
Online Portfolio Site for Andy Martin here
And more about the wet collodian tintype portraits of Royal Northern Sinfonia musicians created in a makeshift studio and darkroom at The Sage Gateshead and now on permanent display there as 40" prints is here
Assignment Beamish was on Saturday 9th April and was a great day out. Beamish is on a roll! link
The follow up print review night is next Tuesday 26th April, 7.00 pm at the Dunelm Club and the next Assignments outing, the 50th, will be announced. Meantime send your 8 PDI sized images for the Assignment Beamish gallery to David Forster latest by the 26th
Digital Nights
The next Digital Night 4th May will be at Alan Clarke's studio but spaces are limited. Then back to County Hall for 8th June. Enquiries to organiser Brian Blake
Coming soon: the all new DPS Memorial Summer School of practical photography and processing on Thursday nights through August.
Annual Exhibition
The DPS Annual Exhibition in the North Aisle of Durham Cathedral for the month of August will be a major showcase of our collective talent that will be viewed by thousands from all over the world. Put your name down on the notice board to be sure of a place as space is limited. The print box is already out on club nights.
Our permanent exhibition (prints changed quarterly) at Dryburn Hospital (UHND) on the first floor near ENT continues. Other exhibitions in the pipeline include Durham Town Hall and Locomotion, Shildon NYM
The Great Crystal Balls Challenge
The balls (there are two) are still being juggled between members. All members can take a turn for a week at a time. There will be an evening of looking at the pictures 8th December. It's not a competition but could be competitive! … to find out what it is all about see NewsBlog 2016 here we come!
Member's Galleries 2016
Currently has 51 galleries new this year including a section on themes or projects. All members can take part. Viewing numbers are at record levels. How to enter is on the Members Galleries 2016 page itself which is here
Lakes Weekend – October
Enjoy the Jeff Teasdale Experience – 2 nights, 3 days photography, 21st to 23rd October staying at the Blencathra Centre. Jeff can tell you more and book you a place. Highly recommended
Durham World Heritage Site competition
Postcard design photographic competition is now open for entries. Rules and Entry forms are available from Hon. Life Member Janet Thackray or the Durham World Heritage Site Visitor Centre link
Club Night 5th May
Due to St Oswald's Hall being a polling station, our Thursday night meeting will be in County Hall with an earlier start time of 7 pm for PAGB GB Cup 2015. It's also closing date for 2nd Progress Print entries
This Weekend
Plenty of cracking events to choose from – see previous NewsBlog. These and many more summer events are listed on the Hot Dates page here
Next Week
It's Results Night, Trio Print Competitions (the subjects are Landscapes, Portraits and, new this year, Architecture) with Judging by Dave Best from Hexham.
Plus: you can bring in your Annual Exhibition prints and shop at the DPS Emporium. If you have one, be sure to return your Crystal Ball so others can take a turn
Pictured: Andy Martin's wet collodian tintype portrait of Charles Eagles, WW2 veteran and founder of Charles Eagles camera stores, and part of the Royal Northern Sinfonia portraits exhibition at The Sage Gateshead


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These earrings are a traditional filigrana craft of Oaxaca, Mexico created by a family that has created traditional Oaxaca silver jewelry for three generations. I had the pleasure of meeting this family while visiting Oaxaca and I brought back some amazing earrings of theirs to share with you! Oaxaca is known for their outstanding traditional handcrafts of textiles, pottery and jewelry. These statement earrings are gorgeous works of art. It takes two to three days to create each pair.
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Inspiring a sense of serenity in a natural environment reminiscent of Old Florida, this custom-built oceanfront estate sits in a tropical oasis high above the Ocean Ridge dunes, where infinite blue waters glisten in the sunlight as the backdrop of the lush greenery. Approached from the quiet cul-de-sac on the property's west side, the five-bedroom Modern Mediterranean residence creates a sense of arrival with a monumental porte cochere at its entrance, where the ocean is seen through iron-filigreed glass doors.
Once inside, by the foyer's sculptural floating staircase, the enchanting oceanscape is the center of attention in the vast window wall of the two-story great room, where creamy sweeps of polished marble lay the groundwork for this impressive living/entertainment space with a palatial fireplace, wet bar, and media center defining the various seating areas. Glass doors bring guests outside to enjoy the resort-like realm of the soaring oceanside loggia and sprawling lounge terrace that surrounds the exotic pool and spa giving the languorous look of a meandering lagoon. Upstairs, the enormous oceanfront master suite creates its own private haven of comfortable luxury, indulging in a room-sized double bath and opening to a romantic balcony looking out over the pool to the idyllic ocean waters. Through the property's walled and gated entry on Old Ocean Boulevard, there is direct access to a private boardwalk that crosses the dunes, beckoning to a blissful stroll on the sands or a swim in the sea - all part of the alluring experience of this exquisite oceanfront estate.
Old Ocean Boulevard, Ocean Ridge, Florida. One of the Gold Coast's best-kept secrets, the exclusive oceanfront hamlet of Ocean Ridge is prized for its relaxed atmosphere and tranquil beauty on the barrier island between the Atlantic Ocean and Intracoastal Waterway. Centrally located, Ocean Ridge is within easy driving distance of fine shopping, dining, and entertainment in Delray Beach, Boca Raton, and Palm Beach. Palm Beach International Airport is just 20 /- minutes away.
Featuring 118 /- feet of oceanfront with a private dune crossover, this gated Modern Mediterranean estate is extremely well built on its elevated site - one of the highest in the county - and has been carefully maintained, held by only one owner. In an Old Florida atmosphere, lush naturalistic gardens give privacy to the resort-inspired outdoor entertainment space where the lofty loggia steps down by the meandering lagoon-style pool and spa. LED lighting makes this a romantic night-time setting.
Entered from the dramatic porte cochere, this custom-built residence provides a generous total of 9,103 /- square feet with five bedrooms, five and a-half baths, space for an elevator, laundry rooms on both levels, and a four-space garage. The windows include impact-rated glass and electronically controlled storm shutters. Creamy marble floors flow through the main living areas.
First Floor: Inside the iron-filigreed glass doors, the two-story marble foyer is set off by a sculptural floating staircase by an indoor garden. Right ahead, the blue ocean waters and lushly landscaped pool area are seen through massive window walls that brighten the soaring 22 /--foot-high great room. A stately wood-burning fireplace, walk-in wet bar, and built-in media center are featured in this versatile gathering space. Flowing off the great room in an excellent layout for entertaining, the large oceanfront dining room continues into the casual dining area which shares its ocean view with the open gourmet kitchen. Beautifully designed with sleek white cabinetry, granite counters, a large island/bar, and under-cabinet windows for added natural light, the kitchen offers stainless steel appliances including a Jenn-Air range and KitchenAid refrigerator. Across the great room, the custom-fitted media/club room with hardwood floors is served by a full bath that also adjoins the oceanfront bedroom. Another bedroom suite would be ideal for staff quarters.
Second Floor: Off the dramatic bridge hall, open to the great room below, the sprawling south wing creates the ultra-luxurious realm of the private oceanfront master suite, opening to a view-filled balcony with spiral stairs to the pool patio. Amply sized to include a sitting area, the airy master bedroom rises to a pavilion-style tray ceiling above the marble floors. Entered through a dressing area with two walk-in closets, the suite's room-sized marble bath features a jetted tub backed by a glass-block window, a separate glass-enclosed shower, two private water closets, and dual vanities. Across the bridge hall, the other wing contains a game loft plus two bedroom suites, one overlooking the ocean from inside and outdoor on its own balcony.
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- AC Square Feet
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- Garage Spaces
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- 1995
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- $36,124
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- 2017
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The Kinetic Museum Eureka has moved into a bigger better space just a few blocks away. We will be temporarily closed until our Gloriously Grand Opening during and after December Arts Alive! December 3rd.
Music, Kinetic Merch for sale, and the Queens' Bar!
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