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If you ever used a product and it hurt you or your family then you can call a personal injury lawyer to have them find the negligent party. Products liability is dangerous, because you'll often see large companies who look to decrease costs by using dangerous materials. This is prevalent in the toy industry, and because kids put toys in their mouths, these companies are required to use materials that won't hurt the children.
Common Problems with Insurance Companies
When working with insurance companies you might get frustrated because there is so much jargon in fine print that it's difficult to understand exactly what you are signing up for. This doesn't mean that you should let insurance companies take advantage of you just because you don't understand everything. It's normal to not understand everything that's in your insurance policy, but you should always have someone such as a lawyer or insurance expert look over your policy so that you don't get screwed in the long run. Let's take a look at some of the common problems that people have with insurance companies that might justify talking with a personal injury lawyer.
Common Places for Premise Liability Cases
Premises liability can technically happen anywhere you go. You might trip and fall while walking out of work or you might slip on a layer of grease at the local diner in San Antonio, Tx. Regardless of the accident, the owner of the premise is required to keep people safe while on their property. Keep in mind that all premises liability cases usually involve parties who are running a business, so you might end up fighting a team of lawyers. That's why it's important for you to get your own team of lawyers on your side.
Common Wrongful Death Cases in San Antonio
Wrongful death cases often combine various other personal injury cases, making them a little tricky to handle. Wrongful death cases are also painful and difficult because you have to deal with the death of a loved one. The top personal injury lawyers are trained to assist in wrongful death cases, allowing people to handle their funerals and mourning processes while the case is taken care of by the lawyers.


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A legendary circus act is paying tribute to the power of women with a sensational new show, coming to Warrington's Parr Hall later this week.
The Circus of Horrors is returning to Parr Hall on Wednesday 21 March with a jaw-dropping show that is brimming with girl power.
Voodoo Vaudevil is the latest show to come from the phenomenal Circus of Horrors, but this time it's returning with a difference.
Dok Haze, the undead ringmaster and creator of the show, said: "This year we're giving a bit of a nod to the power of women. All the really dangerous stuff is being performed by women: all the aerial work, the knife work and the crossbow.
"We're excited because this time we've got a female knife thrower – which is something that just doesn't really happen. It's always a guy throwing around a girl, but this is a husband and wife duo who are doing it the other way round. With it being 100 years since women won the vote, it's a great year for us to be able to do that."
"To get the chance to see these incredible acts right in front of your eyes really is just phenomenal."
With 2018 proving to be a year full of anniversaries, the Circus of Horrors is also excited to celebrate the 250th birthday of the circus.
This great art form began life back in 18th-century London, when showman and skilled equestrian Philip Astley created what is recognised today as the world's very first circus.
Filling a 42-foot ring with the very best acrobats, jugglers and riders the city had to offer, Astley's pioneering vision gave way to an astounding form of entertainment that very quickly began to enchant people right across the globe.
Fast forward 250 years, and the circus is now a worldwide craze that has not only survived, but adapted, grown and transformed over two-and-a-half centuries into a show-stopping phenomenon.
However, the circus hasn't been without its challenges, but Dok Haze believes the death of some traditional circus acts has made his industry stronger than ever.
He said: "Looking back over its history I think the circus has been forced to change. Things like animal rights forced circuses to change. If you think about a man in a ring surrounded by lions and tigers – it's very exciting, but when you don't use those animals, you have to replace it with something equally exciting, which brought about the new wave of circuses like Circus of Horrors and Cirque du Soleil."
Despite being in its 23rd year, The Circus of Horrors is performing better than ever before, with venues across the UK selling out and rave reviews being reported in the press and on social media.
Get your tickets for The Circus of Horrors now by clicking here, or by calling our Box Office on 01925 442345
Dok Haze is delighted to see his fans as enthusiastic as ever and believes the show's success is in its inherently daring nature.
He explained: "I think it's because this show is something completely different – there's nothing else like it and over the years we've built up a big following.
"We tour every year and from that we've built up this army of people who say it's brilliant. When we first started no one had heard of us, but it's just been building momentum all the way down the line. It's about taking the extreme to the mainstream: taking an extreme act and putting it in mainstream theatres."
Coming to Warrington's Parr Hall on Wednesday 21 March, The Circus of Horrors is offering people from across the area a unique opportunity to see a truly rare form of entertainment, steeped in tradition and guaranteed to take your breath away.
"See it now, or miss it forever," Dok Haze warns. "This is a great opportunity to see something live on stage that you would only usually get to see on your TV. For example, there are only around 80 sword swallowers in the world, so to see one – and to see the best one in the world – right on your door step is amazing.
"And we love coming to Warrington. We love the people and we love the venue. No matter where you're sitting, you always feel as though you're right in the middle of the action.
"To get the chance to see these incredible acts right in front of your eyes really is just phenomenal."
Check out this fantastic Circus of Horrors video now!

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View our Annual Report online
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Tripwire Theatre Inc's first Annual General Meeting was held at the Ballarat Steiner School on Saturday 23rd September 2017. Members past & present, sponsors, supporters and friends were in attendance to help us celebrate our first year in operation and launch our exciting 2018 program.
A number of our members volunteered to give others a quick and easy up-skill session in a topic that they know & love.


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Tuesday, January 15, 2008
On Garter Stitch Scarves
Blogs soon raised my expectations above that level and as I realised that I had the ability to learn and explore the craft more thoroughly I quickly left behind more basic items.
A bit over a year on I've made far more and more complex projects than I ever imagined; trying out techniques and yarns that I never even dreamt existed. Knitting became a full scale passion and my life has been infinitely enriched by the craft and this community in a way it just never could have been if I had only made garter stitch scarves quietly in my own living room.
As the new year has started I took a deep breath and looked at the unfinished presents and wondered why I hadn't knitted them or anything much else for the last couple of months of 2007. I remembered my initial aims in learning to knit and just stopped fretting about it all. I want to learn and develop as a knitter and I want to make wonderful amazing items for me and as gifts and I will, in time.
Enter a garter stitch scarf in Colinette Point5; this perfectly feeds my creating instinct without putting any demands on my brain. These won't be all I make this year but if garter stitch scarves are what my inner knitting mood dictates then garter stitch scarves it will be. It's whimsical knitting all the way here so it may well be I'll cast on for Venezia next week having just extolled the virtues of the brainless knit! Hurrah for knitting anything; infinitely better than knitting nothing.
12 comments:
- Charity said...
There is something special about classic, simple knits. And more complicated stuff, too. :0)
- 15 January 2008 at 19:36:00 GMT
- Glenna C said...
Aha - so that's what one does with Colinette Point 5! ;)
- 15 January 2008 at 19:42:00 GMT
- Janey said...
Your scarf is lookly very snuggly!
And like you said, you must knit what your inner knitter craves, complex or stunningly simple. xx
- 15 January 2008 at 19:52:00 GMT
- Rose Red said...
Oh yes, far better to knit something than knit nothing. And sometimes the simple things are the best. The scarf is a lovely colour, looks very snuggly.
- 15 January 2008 at 19:56:00 GMT
- StarSpry said...
The scarf is looking lovely!
I think this is a great attitude! The last few months I haven't knit much at all and I miss it!
- 15 January 2008 at 21:23:00 GMT
- Bells said...
That's the way. Go with what feels right. No point otherwise!
- 16 January 2008 at 01:03:00 GMT
- clarabelle said...
Totally agree! Despite having knitted most of my life, I always like to have a simple pattern on the go; in fact, the simple knits often equal the best ones. Knitting doesn't have to be a 'process', where you go from knitting simple things to knitting complicated things. You should knit want you want, and what gives you (and others) pleasure.
Venezia - baah!
- 16 January 2008 at 07:50:00 GMT
- Marianne said...
That's a Lovely scarf! and yes, sometimes the inner knitter just wants the simple, no brainer project :^) which btw, with the variety of yarns out there can be quite stunning and comforting at the same time, life is good, eh?
- 16 January 2008 at 13:45:00 GMT
- modelwidow said...
We spend so much time having to do things we don`t want to, our hobbies are the time to do what we want and will enjoy - and if that it garter stitch scarves - then great, do it.
Love the fluffy bears, they are so sweet, (hope you won`t mind if I borrow your idea and use fashion yarn next time).
- 16 January 2008 at 20:12:00 GMT
- Małgosia, the knitting sensei said...
Do not forget that enriching works both ways AND that you enrich all of us other knitters out there too! What an amazing start! You can knit anything with your powerful brain and agile fingers in your command :)
- 16 January 2008 at 21:12:00 GMT
- Queen of the froggers said...
Knitting is beautiful no matter how simple! Just enjoy!
- 17 January 2008 at 14:15:00 GMT
- Piglottie said...
And what a lovely scarf it is too. I totally agree. I find sometimes a bit of aimless stocking stitch is what I crave so that I can just relax with my knitting :)
- 18 January 2008 at 13:48:00 GMT


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Help for finding a pulse oximeter
The oximeters are a very important tool for doctors and patients with chronic diseases, since it allows them to observe the heart rate and the oxygen saturation in the blood, when buying an oximeter you have to take into account many aspects, from the durability of the batteries, resistance, and reliability, that's why we bring you the help finding a pulse oximeter.
In section, it is dedicated exclusively to personal health monitor devices. Exactly we are talking about Oximeters and Heart Rate Monitors, sections increasingly demanded by people with the concern for greeting status. Thanks to its already affordable price and its precision that nothing to envy to expensive professional devices. We are talking about a difference between 30-1000 euros in price. This small device can be called in several names. We can find names of portable pulse oximeters, portable pulse oximeter, also pulsioximetro digital oximeters or digital or some only mention monitor oximetry, I oximeter finger, digital pulse oximeter, etc.
What is an Oximeter?
An oximeter is a device used to measure the hemoglobin that is the heteroprotein that carries oxygen in the blood. This test is performed for different medical conditions that affect the lungs or the heart. See the help finding a pulse oximeter.The pulse oximeter is a device that consists of a thimble and a device that charts the saturation of oxygen in the blood. These devices monitor non-invasive oxygen saturation and can be expressed in percentage or decimals. The best pulse oximeter cannot miss in your home kit, a device designed to measure the oxygen level in a patient's blood, although the versatility of some models allows them to even monitor heart rate.
How does the pulse oximeter work?
The oxygen in the air is breathed with the help of the lungs. Oxygen passes into the blood, where most oxygen binds to hemoglobin (a protein located inside the blood cell) for transport in the bloodstream. Oxygenated blood circulates through the tissues. Pulse oximetry technology uses the light absorption characteristics of hemoglobin and the pulsatile nature of blood flow in the arteries to aid in determining the state of oxygenation in the body. First, there is a difference in color between arterial hemoglobin saturated with oxygen, which is bright red, and venous hemoglobin without oxygen, which is darker.
Second, with each beat or heartbeat, there is a slight increase in the volume of blood flowing through the arteries. Due to the increase in blood volume, even if it is small, there is an associated increase in oxygen-rich hemoglobin. This represents the maximum amount of oxygen-rich hemoglobin that pulses through the blood vessels. A clamp-like device called a probe is placed on a part of the body, like a thimble, to measure blood that transports or is saturated with oxygen. The probe contains a light source, a light detector, and a microprocessor, which compares and calculates the differences in oxygen-poor and oxygen-rich hemoglobin. One side of the probe has a light source of two types, infrared and red, which are transmitted through the finger to the light detector side of the probe.
The oxygen-rich hemoglobin absorbs more infrared light and the hemoglobin without oxygen absorbs more red light. The microprocessor calculates the differences and converts the information into a digital reading. This information helps the doctor evaluate the amount of oxygen carried in the blood and assess the need for supplemental oxygen. Other related procedures that can be used to diagnose lung and respiratory system problems include: bronchoscopy, chest computed tomography (CT), chest fluoroscopy, chest x-ray, chest ultrasound, lung biopsy, lung scan, mediastinoscopy, CT scan Positron emission (PET), pleural biopsy, pulmonary angiography, pulmonary function tests and thoracocentesis. We remind you that within our site you can find a wide variety of models of oximeters that best suit your needs, to see our catalog of products go to the sale of oximeters.
Help finding a pulse oximeter to evaluate to choose a pulse oximeter:
As all electronic equipment varies its capabilities, however, in the case of a health team, one must be even more cautious in terms of its efficiency considering the following factors:
The precision: Important! Your confidence in the value you give will depend on the accuracy of the product; some manage this measure by percentage, offering a variance of 1%, 2% or more. Others, in turn, issue warning signals that would alert the user that there is interference or that reading is inaccurate.
Durability: It is determined by the quality and frequency of use you give it. If it's for you, you probably do not need it that sturdy, but if it's for a doctor or nurse who thinks you can use it frequently, it's better to invest in a superior team trained for the same thing.
Battery use: Being small and portable, most of them use 2, 3 or 4 batteries, this being an additional investment in case the device does not include it. The good thing is that most oximeters have low consumption thanks to its automatic shutdown function after a few seconds of not detecting a pulse.
Legibility: The best for all is a large screen, with flashy numbers, where the information is read clearly and does not lend itself to confusion. On the other hand, there are models that, apart from numbers, show graphs to know and analyze trends.
Alarms or warnings: Some models are capable of emitting an alarm when the equipment detects a low level of oxygen saturation, this feature being especially useful for those unaware or not familiar with the normal range of the value. Considering help finding a pulse oximeter is the best for you!
Pulse Oximeter GHB
The most special feature of this is that you can use it during sports training, -some offer this particularity- and also its versatility and practicality make it indispensable in offices and in your health kit. The test will not hurt, and you do not need special knowledge to use it thanks to its simplicity and its unique button to use. A precision is 98% effective in the case of pulsations per minute and 99% accurate to measure the level of oxygen. It is the cheapest oximeter among our recommendations, but its quality and durability place it among the most prominent in the market. This is so far the best guide and help finding a pulse oximeter.6


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Why you need website security and how you can get it
Have you been noticing when you visit certain websites, they have the little "i" in a circle symbol next to the web address, or a padlock with a line through it?
Have you noticed other websites with the green padlock symbol?
In January 2017, Google started adding the "not secure" icon to indicate when you are visiting a website that is not hosted on a secure web server. If you click on the icon, you'll see a list of items in the drop down that may compromise your security or you may get a warning not to enter sensitive information such as passwords or bank info.
On the other hand, if a website is hosted on a secure web server, Google will indicate that it is secure using the green padlock symbol. You may have noticed the green padlock symbol when you visit bank or government websites, or eCommerce websites that take online payments.
How can you tell if your own website is secure?
If you look at the web address (or URL) of a website with the "i" symbol vs one with the green padlock symbol, you'll also notice a difference between the protocol. The protocol of an unsecure website is http://, whereas the protocol for a secure website is https://.
To find out if your own website is secure, simply add the https:// in front of your domain name and see if the green padlock symbol appears. If it's not secure, you'll get a warning message saying your connection is not secure, and if you proceed you'll likely be presented with a warning as mentioned above.
However, not all "secure" websites are equal. The level of security may depend on a number of criteria, such as host country, age of web server, whether your website is on a shared or dedicated server, the level of security measures provided by your web host, as well as the type of content management system you're using for your website, whether it's being updated regularly and the level of security add-ons you or your web developer have implemented.
Why is a secure website important?
Over the course of the next few months, Google will start to rank websites that are secure higher than those that are not. For this reason alone you will want to make sure your website is secure.
Many websites collect data, including your name, email address and/or phone number. Generally, even on "non-secure" websites, this information is usually passed through an encrypted page, which one might think is secure enough. However, unsecure websites are vulnerable to attack by hackers that could compromise your visitors' security.
Ecommerce websites or any website collecting payment are especially vulnerable if they are not on a secure server and it is highly recommended that such websites are hosted on a dedicated server and various security features are included on both the server and the website front end. Any website collecting personal information, such as home address, social security number, and financial information should also be hosted on a secure web server.
Even if you're not collecting data of any kind, your website is vulnerable to attack by hackers. An example includes injection of phishing code that creates links to nefarious websites where your visitors' information will be compromised and used fraudulently or worse still, their bank details may be compromised.
WordPress websites are particularly vulnerable to hackers especially if you do not keep the software and plugins up to date. It is imperative that at minimum you allow WordPress to perform automatic security updates which can be turned on during installation or later through your installation software or the WordPress dashboard. There are a number of other steps you can take to enhance the security of your WordPress website, including security plugins, login and email captcha, using hard to guess usernames and strong passwords, changing installation directory names and so forth.
In conclusion, for a regular website a minimum level of security through a shared SSL certificate offered by your web host and keeping the software and plugins up-to-date making it less vulnerable to attack is a good idea. If you are running a full blown eCommerce website and taking personal details and payment info, then you should consider obtaining full security being hosted on a dedicated server and using a trusted security provider.
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Image of the feature "III. Exterior Features: 1. Doorways: N aisle doorway" at Easington.
by Rita Wood.
Blocked N doorway to N aisle with a round-headed arch, but also small nailhead in the second order. It also has a curious broken chevron or baton pattern in this same order. The mouldings are keeled, and the sunken hollows very rounded and deep.
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We haven't found any digital download available at this moment.
No classic box available at the moment.
Games included in this package*:
- Battles of Napoleon
- Conquest of Japan
- D-Day: Beginning of the End
- Decisive Battles of American Civil War Vol. 1
- Gold of the Americas
- Panzer Battles
- Reach for the Stars: The Conquest of the Galaxy
- Sword of Aragon
- Wargame Construction Set 2: Tanks!
- Warlords
- When Two Worlds War
* Prices indicated when the game is sold as a separate unit.
Epic collection of strategy
That's a pretty bold title to give to any collection of games but in this case, it's actually warranted, seeing as this is a set of eleven wargames from the vaults of SSI and together stand as pretty fine examples of the genre. A complete rundown of what's included here would take too long, but you have a great mix of classics which span a number of historical periods, from Napoleonic times, to the American Civil War, D-Day and even the future, so even the pickiest of wargamers should find something of interest here. Starting with the future, you have the venerable Reach for the Stars, one of the earliest galaxy spanning 4X games, and while it's not perfect, it's certainly a fascinating excursion into a now popular genre and which laid down many of the rules which followed. Sword of Aragorn is a fantasy strategy sim which features a well developed world and extensive management and resource development alongside in-depth combat for a solid experience. When Two Worlds War is perhaps the weakest inclusion here, being another sci-fi game but one which is lacking in much that approaches fun, while D-Day is a bit middle-of-the-road but which should keep WWII fans happy. Battles of Napoleon is undoubtedly complex but is all the better for it, providing hardened fans with exactly what they want, while Gold of the Americas provides a slight change of pace, being a sort of four-player board game where you must conquer and control territory in the Age of Exploration. That's just a brief rundown on what's on offer here and while some games are better than others, it's hard to deny that for the right player, there's literally an almost endless amount of entertainment here so if you are a strategy fan, then take a good look here.


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Impossible choice Thursday 20th!
Kalabash Senegal : cutting-edge documentaries, live music from female Guinean-Senegalese singer N'deye (and kora/guitar Mosi Conde) and some wild tunes from DJs Springfield, Red Clay and Africathy on the decks, from Mbalax to Reggae, Hip Hop to Coupé D and lots more
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The Prekindergarten/Head Start Programs is seeking donations to provide students with new winter coats.
They are collecting coats for boys and girls in sizes 5, 6, 6x, 7 and 8, along with other winter wear, such as hats and gloves. Donations can be sent to Rocking Horse Road Center, 4910 Macon Road, Room 141, Rockville, MD 20852.
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I was slowly awakening, opening my eyes, orienting myself, closing them again then finally opening them and staring at the wall. I could feel Jake's body heat on my back. What the hell was I doing, I asked myself over and over. My finger was tracing small nervous circles on the sheet.
Then, I felt something on my back. Jake's finger was writing something between my shoulder blades. He was doing what I used to do with my children when I put them to bed when they were little—write or draw something on their backs and let them identify the word or picture I was making. So, I recognized immediately what Jake was doing: the long stroke at the top, the angle strokes in the middle separating an O and the dashes of the E at the end. He was writing "I love you" over and over. I didn't know how to react. I knew that I had loved him once years ago, and I probably did again. And I was dangerously close to being in love with all the problems that entailed. I thought that, maybe, the fact that he was leaving in a couple of weeks would make the whole relationship more workable for my life—short, sweet and done with. But the prospect of him leaving was beginning to make me sad. Shit!
I rolled over onto my other side and looked him in the eyes. He saw the warm sheen in mine, and we just gazed at each other in the dim morning light coming through the curtains. I moved my arm and put it on his hip. He moved his finger and let it drift through the hair on my chest.
"I love you, too," I said, and at that moment I meant it with all my heart. I moved my head toward him, and we kissed. We lay and gazed at each other as the light rose in the room, but my hesitancy and nervousness increased as the silence continued.
"What are we doing, Sawyer?" I asked finally. "What the hell are we doing?" I pulled the sheet up to cover my lower body.
Jake took his time, searching my face with his eyes. "We're completing what we almost started years ago, Robby. I…no… we need to play these final cards, to see what happens. Trust me. I'm as hesitant as you are about this." I looked him in the eye again, and I thought I saw the same thing in his eyes—a combination of lust, love, fear, uncertainty, questioning—that I'm sure was showing in mine. It was a decision moment. I sighed deeply, once, and then I sighed again. I indicated my assent when I moved my face forward for a long kiss. Afterwards, we pulled back and looked at each other again.
Jake placed his hand flat on my chest, and I pulled his hip toward my body. Our erections touched, sending lightning through my body to my lips and tongue which were locked to Jake's, then sent it back again to my groin. Lust (and love) were taking me over willingly—at least for the next couple of weeks, I thought. I decided I should cool it and enjoy life day to day.
We kissed again. I wondered what to do next, how to move forward. I moved my hand down between our bodies and grasped our two erections. I guess that was a start. They felt warm and soft and hard and lumpy all at the same time. Jake moaned softly. He broke our kiss and moved his lips to my chin and neck and shoulders. He kissed his way down to my left nipple and used the swirl of his tongue to bring it to full hardness. The circuit to my cock lit up. It lit up more when he moved to my other nipple. Whatever reservations I had about the relationship with Jake were being pushed into the background as his lips moved down my body. I moved my hands to the back of his head as his explorations continued. My fingers sifted through the auburn of his hair.
That day was a whirlwind that is imprinted on my memory to this day. It was a day of firsts. It was a day of sensuality. It was a day of physical discovery. It was a day of nonstop love and nonstop sex. It was a day of fantasy, an abandonment of the reality of my life up to that point.
We never were but a few feet from each other the entire day, rarely not touching or caressing each other. We could have been anywhere in the world that day and it wouldn't have mattered.
During that day I memorized Jake's body—with my fingers and hands and with my tongue and lips. By the end of the afternoon, I knew his long and short muscles, the soft and hard spots on his body and, of course, the part that was both hard and soft, depending on the moment. With my tongue and fingers I had felt the ridge of flesh on the scar on the inside of his thigh where he had impaled himself as a teenager with the blade end of a sickle. I knew the bristle of his eyebrows, the soft curls on his head, the hard curls of his pubic hair, the few stray hairs on his nipples and on his testicles. I ran my hands down the hair on his legs, and I felt the sensuous feel of my hair against his. After that day, I believed I would know his body even if I were blindfolded and put in a dark room and had to identify who was with me.
I will remember the feel of his erection, where the ridges and the lumps are, the incredible smoothness of the head of his penis when moistened, the surprise flood in the mouth and its saltiness and the surges and expansions that preceded the cum. I will remember the sounds of pleasure as I found the places on his body where my touches pleased him.
I will remember my first orgasm brought about orally and the feel of Jake's lips sliding down the outside of my erection and the feel of his throat constricting around its head.
I will remember also the degrees of softness when our groins pressed softly together in the post-orgasmic glow.
I will remember the happiness and the laughter and the devoted silences as we enjoyed merely being beside one another.
It seems like we made love a dozen times that day. At least I'd like to imagine it that way. And I know I've never taken more showers in one day—sometimes twice without leaving the shower stall.
We finished the food left over from Jake's dinner. We opened some fine bottles of wine. We raided the refrigerator and made omelettes and hot-fudge sundaes. We would have ordered something in, but neither of us wanted to get dressed even to answer the door.
At the end of that incredible day, we fell asleep totally sated and exhausted and in love. I embraced this fling, this affair, this time apart from my day-to-day life.
As I awoke the next morning, Jake's body was spooned up against me, his arm slung over my chest. I lay there fully rested and content for the first time in months, enjoying Jake's physical presence and reliving the day before in my mind.
I kissed Jake's neck. "That was incredible. Maybe we should do that day again some time." I whispered in Jake's ear.
"Are you sure? It was so unnatural," Jake replied.
"Fuck unnatural."
"Okay," he said as we laughed. Then Jake looked me in the eyes, ran his fingers lightly across the back of my neck, and said, "I love you, Robbie."
"Sawyer, I love you, too." I did love him. It was more than just living out my fantasy about Jake; I was fairly sure of it. If I was capable of full love for the first time since the early days of my marriage with Anne, it was probably with Jake. In the meantime I would enjoy this dream.
We lay there, arms and legs intertwined, as the morning sounds outside the condominium grew in intensity.
"I'm sorry this is going to end in a couple of weeks," I said. "Will you write me love letters—or send me dirty postcards, at least from the Combat Zone?" I wrapped my hand around his now-soft cock and balls as encouragement for the latter.
"No," he said very seriously. But he kept looking directly into my eyes, softly and warmly.
Did I hear that right? Were we going to have more years of separation?
"No, I won't" he repeated, shaking his head, finally breaking into a giddy grin. "The reason is that I don't plan to be in Boston long." I must have looked somewhat perplexed. "Nobody outside the company is supposed to know this yet, but our company has made the decision to relocate to Seattle, and my special project has been to find space to lease and get things set up. I go back to Boston at the end of the week, but I'll be back next month—for good."
This was not what I expected. This didn't fit into my fantasy. I was thrown off guard. I was shaken. I had accustomed myself to the notion that this affair would end in a couple of weeks. I didn't realize how much I was counting on the possibility that the fantasy would end so I wouldn't have to face all the complications in my life that a long-term relationship would cause—at least not right away. At the same time I was regretting an end. The turn of events over the last 24 hours had completely upended my life. "Shit," I said. "Shit, shit, shit." My tone was serious enough to shake Jake.
"What?" he asked. "What? What? I thought you'd be happy," he tried again, a real look of concern on his face.
"I am—I guess. Sawyer, I think I love you, so please don't take this wrong. I don't know how to say this right, so I'll just tell it to you honestly.
"You just burst into my life, and you've brought me more happiness than I've felt in a long time. And I am truly enjoying this wonderful feeling. But it has been in my mind all night and this morning that what we started the night before last was going to end soon, like a summer romance on the Riviera or on a Caribbean cruise. I assumed our affair would be short and wonderful. It would be a memory forever, but a reality for a week or so. But it would be done with, and I wouldn't have to deal with the consequences—at least not right away. That's how I constructed it in my mind. So when you say you're coming back for good, I'm not sure how to take it."
"A reality for a week or so?" Jake mimicked my tone voice. "Christ, I'm sorry I mentioned anything about coming back," Jake said with a bit of sarcasm in his voice.
I ignored his tone, but his comment cut to the quick. There was a big difference between these temporary moments and something permanent, with all the complications of permanency. "I'm really conflicted. I told you that. On the one hand, I guess I'm really happy you will be here in Seattle—in fact, I'm overjoyed. On the other hand, I'm terrified of the change."
Jake sat up on the side of his bed and stared at his feet. "Terrified of the change? All you wanted was a one-night stand or a one-week stand? That's not what I want. I want more. I want you. If you don't want more, it would be better for me to leave now."
"No, please don't."
Jake looked uncomfortable. "I do have to go back to Boston next week—for about a month. If, when I come back, you don't want to have anything to do with me..."
"That's not what I mean, Sawyer," I said, tears forming in my eyes.
"…then we can start over—or not. It'll be up to you." He said the last sentence with steel rising with each word Jake stood and went across the hall to Alec's room, closing the door firmly behind him.
Well, I really fucked that one up, I said to myself. I could think of nothing more productive to do than stare at the ceiling as tears welled in my eyes.
I finally stirred enough to go to the kitchen to make some coffee and heat up some fresh pastries. I put a thermos, two cups, two place settings and the pastries on a tray, went up the stairs and knocked on the door to Alec's room. I heard a muffled response that could have been "Fuck off", but it also could have been "Come in." I decided on the latter and opened the door. I set the tray down and went over to the bed. Jake was still naked, sitting on the bed, his knees pulled up and his hands wrapped around his shins. When he looked at me I could see red around his eyes.
I put my hand on Jake's golden back and started to rub softly. "Sawyer, I'm just not ready to make a commitment. Okay? In time, maybe. Soon, maybe. Let's go wild this week, pretend like we're having that love affair in Paris or someplace exotic, then let things settle out for a month. Then we can decide where to go from there. Please!" I was pleading.
Jake turned his body, looked me in the face, moved his hands to the side of my head and pulled me to him in a kiss, his eyes glistening. We settled back on the bed and made love softly and warmly, extending our earlier morning's mood into the late morning.
Afterward, we were leaning on Alec's bedstead, enjoying the afterglow, both of us with the hands behind our heads, foot caressing foot. I finally got up and poured some coffee from the thermos and put a pastry on a plate. I tore off a piece and fed it to the person I guess was now officially my lover for a while. He tore off a piece and did the same to me. We drank coffee, fed each other and quietly gazed into each other's eyes, wordlessly expressing our affection.
We were lying side by side on Alec's bed. My curiosity finally got the better or me. "So, Sawyer, how was it that you read my story?"
"What will you give me if I tell you?"
I rolled over, planted my lips on his, sent my tongue into his mouth in small darting motions, then pulled my head back and grinned at him. "Down payment," I said.
"I charge a high interest rate, and there will be many payments. So watch out." He paused, then went on, "It's kind of a roundabout story. One of our programmers was looking at this bulletin board of gay stories—he didn't care if everyone in the world knew he was gay—so, to make conversation and to learn something about computers, I asked him about bulletin boards and this one in particular. He told me how to log into it and gave me his password to try it.
"Well, later that evening, I tried the number and logged in and started to read some of the stories. I was just curious, and I was horny. I'd never done anything homosexual before. I've never had a sexual relationship with another male before, even during puberty when my friends would play around. Then, by sheer happenstance, I came upon your story, and I started to read it. I was stunned to say the least. Now I realize that maybe everything in life has some purpose. Then, I was just amazed at the coincidence.
"You know, your story was really good. It captured the feel of that summer for me. But it also exposed the sexual tension that you were going through. What you didn't know were the feelings I had on my side. I thought it was just me with unexpected feelings, but you were as torn as I was by what was happening sexually. After I read the story, I promised myself to look you up if I ever got a chance, and maybe we could take off from where we ended up 14 years ago. I knew you were probably living in Seattle, and maybe you were available—you had mentioned your divorce in the story—so when this special project came up, I jumped at it. It was a wonderful story you wrote, Robbie, even if it was supposed to be, er, porn." He grinned, then turned and kissed me.
"It's such an embarrassment, Sawyer; I wish I could retract it. And if I'd known that anybody I knew would read it, my face would have turned redder than a tomato." I started to turn redder than a tomato again. "But thanks, I guess, for the writing compliment."
"Rob," Jake laughed, socking me lightly on the arm. "Don't be so uptight about all this. Settle down."
"My story's probably out there on a bunch of bulletin boards. Shit." I said. Jake started laughing at my consternation, and his amusement became catching. What the hell! I thought to myself as I started to laugh with him. What was the probability of someone else I know recognizing me? Almost nil—except, I thought, it happened once.
It was just a week later as I was sitting in the living room when Alec stopped by to get some things from his room. A few minutes later, he emerged from his bedroom, his knapsack stuffed with whatever he had retrieved. "Dad, is Jake still staying here?"
"Yes." I wasn't sure of the drift of his question. "Why do you ask?"
"My bed hasn't been slept in for days. I put some clothes and stuff down on the bed when I dropped by last Friday, and they're exactly where I laid them. Nothing has been moved."
My face reddened. Oh, oh! So much for keeping this summer romance quiet. This was going to be complicated. Alec is 13 going on 25 but he's also 13 going on 10. It was major decision time. Could he be fooled by some hokey explanation that I dreamed up in the next 10 seconds—like Jake preferring the couch to sleep on? Or, would that be an insult to his budding adulthood. Which Alec was asking the question—the 10-year old or the 25-year old?
"Dad, if nobody's using my bedroom, I'd like to come back over here. Mom's been working long hours on a case, so I never see anybody, except Celly, and she's constantly on the phone with her friends—and I like being with you."
I took a deep breath, then exhaled slowly. "Sit down, will you please, Alec. We need to talk." The last thing in the world I wanted to do was hurt my son by deceiving him. I decided to treat him as someone old enough to understand.
I sat for a few minutes, trying to give words to my good intentions, then gave up—temporarily. "Can I get you some lemonade?" Alec nodded, and I went to the kitchen to pour two glasses of lemonade. For me, a stiff shot of brandy might have been better.
When I came back, Alec was sitting on one end of the couch, his mind obviously working in overtime. I handed him a glass and took mine to the other end of the couch as if distance between us was going to be the end result of this talk. I looked at my son for a full minute, tears starting to rise in my eyes. How was he going to react? I could only stare at him. God, he was a beautiful child, with long dark, almost black hair, a lean face emerging with his adolescence, dark brown eyes, intense sharp black eyebrows and long lashes. He had looks, talent and brains. And I would have to rely on his brains this time. "Jake is staying in my room."
Alec looked thoughtful, as if this was what he had deduced. We said nothing for a while. The subdued sounds of the apartment and muffled noise from the streets outside filled the room. Alec turned to the coffee table, ran his fingers through the condensation on the outside of the glass, raised the glass to his lips, set it down again then looked up at me. Then he went through the same sequence again before he was able to speak. "You are lovers?" he asked. He looked me directly in the eyes this time, and his gaze never wavered while I sat there contemplating my answer.
"Yes." I said finally. Simple is better. And I had answered the question for myself as well.
Alec looked down at his lemonade glass, now empty, then up to me again. "Are you serious lovers or is it just hormones?" I wanted to laugh, but I saw how serious this young man was. A perspicacious child had just put me on the spot. I wasn't sure of the answer.
"It's more than hormones."
"Are you gay, Dad?"
"I don't know. It's just with Jake."
Alec looked at me, nodded, then stood, came over to where I sat, wrapped his arms around me in a hug. I was immensely relieved that I'd passed one hurdle. "I've got to go," he said, "and I need some time to think. I don't know about all this. But I love you, Dad, and I want you to be happy." He picked up his knapsack and went toward the door.
"Alec," I said. He stopped and turned to me. "I realize that someone new entering my life—whether that person is named Jake or Alison or Marie—will inevitably affect the relationship between us. But I don't want our relationship to be changed for the worse. I want it to be better. Unfortunately, it will be different. Please consider that."
"Okay." Alec went out the door.I sighed and wondered what turns my life would take now.
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From Michael Barone at Townhall:
University of Missouri at St. Louis criminologist Richard Rosenfeld has had "second thoughts." Like many academic criminologists, he had pooh-poohed charges that skyrocketing murder rates in many cities in 2015 and 2016 result from a "Ferguson effect" — a skittering back from proactive policing for fear of accusations of racism like those that followed the death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, in August 2014.
Now, after looking over 2015 data from 56 large cities, he tells The Guardian that he has changed his mind. Homicides in those cities were up 17 percent from 2014. And 10 cities, all with large black populations, saw homicides up 33 percent on average.
"These aren't flukes or blips, this is a real increase," Rosenfeld told reporter Lois Beckett. "The only explanation that gets the timing right is a version of the Ferguson effect." More.
Reality check: If so, no real surprise. Other things being equal, law enforcement will benefit the non-criminal over the criminal. So reduced law enforcement in mainly minority neighbourhoods = advantage, criminal. Do the math.
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Employment Agreement - drugstore.com inc. and Jed Smith
DRUGSTORE.COM, INC. 2730 Sand Hill Road Menlo Park, CA 94025 June 18, 1998 Jed Smith c/o Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers 2759 Sand Hill Road Menlo Park, CA 94025 Offer Letter Dear Jed: On behalf of DrugStore.com, Inc. (the "Company", I am pleased to confirm in writing our offer to you of the position of Vice President of Strategy and Business Development at a monthly salary of approximately $10,417 that is equivalent to an annual salary of $125,000. Your salary will be paid bimonthly in equal installments in accordance with the Company's standard payroll policies. So long as you remain an employee of the Company and achieve certain agreed upon milestones, you will receive a $25,000 bonus at the end of calendar 1998. You will also be entitled to the benefits that the Company customarily makes available to its employees, including reimbursement for travel and relocation expenses. You will be entitled to three weeks of paid vacation each year. For the duration of your employment with the Company, you will devote your full working time, skill and attention to your duties and responsibilities as the Company's Vice President of Strategy and Business Development and will perform them faithfully, diligently and competently. As we have discussed, you will also serve as the Company's acting Chief Executive Officer and President and will participate in the recruiting and hiring of the Company's permanent Chief Executive Officer and President. Your compensation package will be reviewed annually by the Company's Board of Directors beginning on January 1, 1999. We hope that you and the Company will find mutual satisfaction with your employment. All of us at the Company are very excited about your joining our team and look forward to a beneficial and rewarding relationship. Nevertheless, employees have the right to terminate their employment at any time with or without cause or notice, and the Company reserves for itself an equal right. If the Company terminates your employment other than for Cause (as defined below), you will be entitled to continue to receive your then-current base salary and benefits (including medical benefits) for a period equal to six months following such termination. The Company, at its sole discretion, may elect to accelerate such payments and pay you in a lump sum. The foregoing severance benefits will be contingent upon your entering into an appropriate agreement at the time of your termination releasing the Company (and any successor, as the case <PAGE> Jed Smith June 18, 1998 Page 2 may be) from any claims relating to your employment, and pursuant to which you may agree to provide a certain minimum number of hours of consulting services to the Company during such six month period. The specific terms of the consulting services are to be mutually agreed between you and the Company at the time of your termination. In addition, if your employment with the Company is terminated as a result of your disability or death, you or your estate will be entitled to receive your then-current base salary and benefits (including medical benefits) for a period equal to six months following such termination, either from the Company or from the Company's benefit plans then in effect. 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The Company asks that you complete its standard form "Employee Information and Inventions Agreement" prior to commencing employment, a copy of which will be provided to you upon acceptance of this letter. In part, the agreement requests that a departing employee refrain from using or disclosing the Company's Confidential Information (as defined in the agreement) or any confidential information received during your relationship with the Company in any manner which might be detrimental to or conflict with the business interests of the Company or its employees. The agreement does not prevent a former employee from using his or her general knowledge and experience -- no matter when or how gained -- in any new field or position. If you should have any questions about the "Employee Confidential Information and Inventions Agreement," please call me. For purposes of federal immigration law, you must provide to the Company documentary evidence of your identity and eligibility for employment in the United States. Such documentation must be provided to the Company within three business days of commencement of your employment with the Company. This letter and the "Employee Confidential Information and Inventions Agreement" contain the entire agreement with respect to your employment. The terms of this offer may only be changed by written agreement, although the Company may from time to time, in its sole <PAGE> Jed Smith June 18, 1998 Page 3 discretion, adjust the salaries and benefits paid to you and its other employees. The Company will reimburse you for the reasonable fees and expenses of one legal counsel representing you in connection with the matters set forth in this letter up to $3,000. Should you have any questions with regard to any of the items indicated above, please call me. It is my understanding that your employment commencement date on the terms set forth above was on or before April 1, 1998. Kindly indicate your consent to the terms contained in this offer letter by signing and returning a copy to me by June 25, 1998. Very truly yours, DRUGSTORE.COM, INC. By: /s/ Brook H. Byers ---------------------- Brook Byers, Director ACCEPTED: /s/Jed A Smith -------------- Jed Smith June 22, 1998 ------------- Date


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There's a lot more of Colonel Tim Collins – the hero of the Iraq War – in Jude Law's Henry V than there is of Laurence Olivier, who essayed the role so famously on stage and screen.
In place of dear old Larry's flowery delivery, his grand gestures and that ridiculous pudding-basin haircut, Law's is a blokey, unassuming monarch who possesses an easy and natural affinity with his men.
He delivers the big St Crispin's Day speech with none of Olivier's theatrical flourishes, but a lot of the quiet, steely determination that characterised the inspirational eve-of-battle address that Collins delivered to his men in Kuwait in 2003.
The final production in Michael Grandage's impressive West End season has a raw, grainy, documentary feel to it. There are a lot of familiar old stagers involved – for instance, Ron Cook as Pistol and James Laurenson as Exeter, respectively and typically, comic and grand – but it is Law's no-nonsense Henry that sets the tone.
The actor doesn't feel the need for glamorous make-up, or indeed a hairpiece to disguise his rapidly receding hairline. He seems to understand that a lived-in face brings with it authority on a stage, if not a film set.
The action is played out against Christopher Oram's huge, weathered, wooden edifice, which opens up in the early moments to show the king in his candlelit throne room, and then, with a few shifts, propels the action to Southampton and on to Agincourt. There is a great evocation of the soldiers' encampment, with just a few soldiers huddling for warmth beside the St George's flag.
It is, however, the performances rather than the spectacle which make this production so special. Law is at the centre of it all, but Jessie Buckley's delicate, aristocratic beauty and lightness of touch make her Princess Katharine a joy to behold. She achieves with Law a strong chemistry, and their courtship – supposedly cementing a new peace with France – is played out with aplomb.
This is a fitting end to Grandage's season. Weary, on the one hand, of the vacuous venality of so much of the West End, and, on the other, of the subsidised sanctimoniousness of the National Theatre, Grandage has come to represent for me a most desirable "third way".
Like Henry, Grandage is "not covetous of gold," and I dare say his commitment to delivering over 100,000 tickets at £10 – that's more than a quarter of the house every night – has not made him or any of his backers rich men. Still, the fact 30 per cent of the bums he has put on seats have never sat upon such seats before speaks for itself.
A film will occupy Grandage's time at the start of the New Year, and then – not too long after this production closes in the middle of February – I am assured that the great man will be back in the West End with a further season.
In the meantime, the gentlemen of England (and their ladies, too, for that matter) shall think themselves accurs'd if they miss this great production.
Noël Coward Theatre, to Feb 14; michaelgrandagecompany.com 0844 482 5141
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Today we talk to Dr. Clarence Lee, medical director in Sacramento, California, about allergy season and how weather can affect it – especially in California, which has seen more precipitation than usual this year.
Q: This year has been an "El Niño" year in California. Will the increased amount of rain in the state affect allergy season?
A: High winds and thunderstorms have the ability to increase the amount of allergens in the air. Mold and pollen cause many people with seasonal allergies to experience worse symptoms. Winds can spread and disperse pollen more widely during thunderstorms or extreme weather conditions, which can lead to higher complaint rates in the community concerning allergy symptoms like runny nose, itchy eyes and cough.
Q: Are allergens different in climates where there is higher precipitation than climates that get less? How so?
A: Increased moisture in the air tends to lend more favorably to mold formation. This mold can then produce spores that can be released into the air. So, the more moisture in the air, the more likely there will be mold spores around. These mold spores can be allergenic and cause some patients to have various symptoms.
Q: Are allergy symptoms resulting from mold different than allergy symptoms resulting from pollen, grasses or ragweed?
They can differ from person to person, but fundamentally an allergic reaction typical follows a fairly common pattern. When it comes to seasonal allergies, symptoms include runny nose, itchy eyes, coughing, congestion, wheezing and even itching.
The primary difference is that some people may be allergic to pollen or grass, while others are only allergic to mold. Or, someone may experience allergic reactions to all types of allergens.
Q: How might allergy season be different this year for those who suffer from allergies in California?
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Victorian Day!
Date: 18th Jul 2017 @ 12:28pm
Today, we had a visit from Mr B, who taught us all about Victorian inventions! We had a look at Victorian cameras and discussed how photography was invented and improved in the Victorian age. After that, we got to have a go at dressing up like Victorians and having photos taken with a genuine Victorian lens!
We look grumpy because Victorians didn't smile in photos (ask your child why!)
I promise we were having fun really!


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Here's what I am doing right now in October 2017
- Contracting on a greenfield project in Sheffield, England.
- Enjoying the weekends at home in Aberdeenshire, Scotland with my wife, son and extended family.
- Working on Panzerkrieg. A Two Dimensional Eastern Front Tank Battle Game.
- Writing articles for this blog.
- Working on what will be my last freelancing project for the foreseeable future.
- Collecting Avios points (I've earned 11,000 since May 2017).


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EFF found guilty:
Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema and 19 EFF MPs have been found guilty as charged by Parliament's Powers and Privileges Committee.
Committee chairperson Lemias Mashile says the committee met until late on Monday night before what he calls "sufficient consensus" was reached on the guilt of each of the MPs.
Read more on this here. Keep following this story with EWN Parliamentary Correspondent, Gaye Davis.
Gearing up to conclude on Marikana:
Pic courtesy: City Press
The Farlam Commission of Inquiry has entered its final phase with closing arguments being heard today from evidence leaders about the purpose of the commission.
President Jacob Zuma appointed the inquiry to investigate whether police were justified in using lethal force when 34 protesting miners were gunned down at Lonmin's Marikana mine.
Read more on this here. Keep following this story with EWN Senior Correspondent Gia Nicolaides.
Wind technology to power up Cape Town:
Local initiatives are looking to launch Atlantis in Cape Town as the Western Cape's new green economic hub.
The town is earmarked for development to grow the province's green technology sector and promote the community's manufacturing potential.
Atlantis, chosen for its unused industrial tracts of land, has long struggled with a high unemployment rate.
Billions of rands in renewable energy investments have been projected for the region over the next few years.
Read more on this here. Keep following this story with EWN Correspondent Natalie Malgas.
This article first appeared on 702 : Morning Digest - EFF found guilty, Marikana final arguments, wind power for CPT


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Tokyo, Japan: Bentoware and the church of cute
Remember how in grade school, everyone knew the kid whose mom packed the best lunches?
In Japan, the same is true times a million, because there's an entire product niche around bento—the packed-at-home meal, usually lunch—alone.
At Tokyu Hands (which is to your average department store as Six Flags is to a playground slide), the bento section is something of a religious experience, especially if you worship at the altar of cute.
Pleated paper cups printed with tiny saucer-eyed cats. Mini plastic pig bottles that shoot soy sauce out their nose. Silicone teddy-bear dividers to keep your veg away from your meat. And plenty of cookie cutter-type shapers, so you can mold Junior's rice into the shape of a tiny car or bunny head.
And the boxes? Oh, honey. From traditional flower-etched lacquered sets to poppy, punchy Hello Kitty stackables, the only question is, what don't they sell a bento box in the shape of?
If you answered "A cheeseburger, where both the lettuce and the patty are separate removable trays," you lose.


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Remnants Series
Fabric of Freedom - Permanent Collection of Michigan Military Technical and Historical Society Museum
18 x 29
commercial and hand dyed fabric, ephemera including service buttons, bits of discharge papers, machine stitched
My husband, Armand Frocillo, proudly served in the Army and considered it a privilege to be an American. He was deeply saddened by the events of 9-11. This piece is not only a tribute to those who lost their lives, it also helped me work through my grief following his death. Bits of his service memorabilia are embedded in the ephemera.


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1 to of 20 Archival Collections shown
Aerial views of Chicago (Ill.), 1983.
Views south of the Loop business district area.
Boston Store photograph albums, ca. 1915-1935, bulk 1930-1935.
Includes window and merchandise displays, promotions, events, and sales at Chicago's Boston Store, a department store for clothing, food, liquor and household goods. Many photos are by F.A. Kuehn and Kaufmann & Fabry of Chicago.
Century of Progress Collection, c.1920s-1980
The Century of Progress International Exposition, Chicago's world's fair of 1933-1934, brought international modernism to the country's heartland. The foreign government buildings, the model houses and the corporate exhibits introduced many Americans to new, progressive architectural styles. Buil...
Century of Progress Records, 1928-1934
Collection consists primarily of souvenir booklets, brochures, pamphlets and guidebooks from the 1933 World's Fair. Additionally, the collection includes viewbooks, press releases from the Fair's publicity department, three scrapbooks and photographs. A unique component of the materials are pre-F...
Chicago aerial views album collection of photographs, [ca. 1923-ca. 1926]
Aerial views taken by various photographers: Kaufmann & Fabry Co., Chicago Aerial Survey Co., and Fairchild Aerial Cam. Corp. Views include the Chicago urban area south to Indiana Harbor, Calumet River and Whiting; the Chicago mid-town and north along Lake Michigan and the Chicago River as far as...
Citizens Schools Committee photographs, 1949-1979.
Black-and-white photographs relating to the Citizens Schools Committee, the Lane Bryant Award, and portraits of identified award winners and other CSC affiliates.
E. Edelmann & Company photograph album, 1944 Feb. 19.
Album with views of employees of the E. Edelmam company at a ceremony at which they recieved an Army ordnance award for productivity during World War II.
Gentry Printing Company photograph collection, ca. 1930-1939.
Factory operations at Chicago's Gentry Printing Company, formerly Gentry Graphics, Inc. Includes typesetting, proofreading, bindery and press operations.
George S. Isham house photograph collection, 1926.
Portrait of Dr. George Snow Isham and his wife Katherine Porter Isham and views of their house at 1340 North State Parkway in Chicago (Ill.), designed by James Gamble Rogers and built in two stages (1903 and 1914) in an ornate French style. Includes interior views of sitting room, dining room, ca...
Gerson Brothers postcard advertising album, ca. 1930.
Mounted postcard views of Chicago buildings, parks, skylines and streets. Several cards show night scenes. Artwork is stylized and highly colored. Some images credited to Acme Photo and Kaufmann & Fabry photographers.
Henry C. Grebe & Company photograph collection, 1940-1972.
Includes photographs related to the Henry C. Grebe & Company ship building business located in Chicago (Ill.) at 3250 North Washtenaw Avenue on the Chicago River. The company built approximately 200 boats at its Chicago location, including yachts, naval vessels, and commercial vessels. The photog...
Inland Steel Company collection of visual materials, [ca. 1950-2003]
Films, videos, and photographs related to the Inland Steel Company, founded in Chicago in 1893. Photographs, many by the Chicago firm of Kaufmann and Fabry, show construction of the Inland Steel Building at 30 West Monroe Street. Films show engineering and manufacturing processes of Inland Steel,...
International Eucharistic Congress album, 1926.
Events occurring at the International Eucharistic Congress held in Chicago and in Mundelein (Ill.) in June 1926, including a papal mass held at Soldier Field, a reception in the Coliseum, and a parade of clergy including John Cardinal Bonzano, Papal Legate of Pope Pius XI to the Congress. Also sc...
Kaufmann & Fabry nitrate negatives with copy photoprints
Images of Chicago buildings, parks, statues, fountains, streets and a few events by commercial photographers Kaufmann & Fabry. Buildings include the Coliseum, the Hamilton Club, Masonic Temple, the Field Museum, the Museum of Science & Industry, the Palmolive building, the Blackstone and the Selw...
Official Kaufmann & Fabry photographs of the Century of Progress, 1933-1934.
Official photographs of the Century of Progress International Exposition in Chicago.
Photographs of Japanese American gatherings, [ca. 1930-1946]
Includes group portraits of Japanese Americans at picnics, banquets, and other gatherings, mostly in the Chicago area. Includes dinner in honor of Japan's Envoys of Gratitude (Palmer House, 1930 May 2; Kaufmann & Fabry photographers #30-3233); dinner in honor of Prince and Princess Takamatsu (Dra...
Photographs of lunch and dinner parties in Chicago (Ill.), [ca. 1940-1949]
Includes images of the tables and participants at various lunches and dinners, probably held in Chicago (Ill.). Some images show Major Lenox R. Lohr, then president of the Museum of Science and Industry (MSI) and other MSI staff members. One image is identified as the Ranglers Club luncheon at th...
Photonegatives of Nauvoo (Ill.), ca. 1930-1939.
Includes images of buildings and a riverboat at Nauvoo (Ill.) taken by Chicago photographers Kaufmann & Fabry.
United States Government War Exposition photograph album, 1918 Sept. 2-15.
Photographs of advertisements, structures, events, panoramic views of crowds and grounds of the exposition held in Chicago's Grant Park. Includes scenes of booths regarding the American Red Cross and food conservation. One scene shows a Salvation Army facility in the trenches. Soldiers are shown ...
Ventimiglia Society of Chicago photograph collection, [ca. 1911-1959]
Primarily contains images of men who were members of the Ventimiglia Society of Chicago (VSC) shown in composite pictures of members who joined the armed forces during World War II and in photographs of the Society's presidents. The collection also includes larger group panoramas of testimonial d...


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Roanoke-Chowan Foundation was created originally as a public foundation, and in 1997 became an independent private foundation with a mission of meeting health and wellness needs of the Roanoke- Chowan communities.
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Through my support group that I attend, I "support" a family who has an eleven year old girl diagnosed with 38 degree scoliosis and who has worn a TLSO brace for the past two years. She began menstruating about 6 months ago and is almost at the stage where she needs a bra. The mother came to me and asked me for some advice on some problems that she is having managing her periods and wearing a brace and also on certain milestones. The questions frankly stumped me but I would like to find a variety of answers for her cause she and her daughter seemed very frustrated.
Here is the problem:
Other girls in her class are beginning to get a bra and the girl feels different not wearing a bra also (she needs one). And the boys are begining to tease her cause they know that she doesn't. the mother feels that she is missing an important milestone- the experience of buying her first bra. The mother wants to buy her a bra but is not sure if it is a good idea for her to wear one under her brace (which she wears 23/24 hours a day. What have peoples experiences been.
Second problem:
During menstruation the girl is experiencing quite severe cramps. To get relief she takes the brace off and puts a hot water bottle on her stomach. And then takes more time out of her brace cause it hurts her stomach. Her mother is not happy with this because it means time out of the brace. Has anyone successfully managed cramps in a brace.
I'm sorry that these questions are really personal ones, but they've stumped me, and stumped others in my support group


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I am moving along with my French braid quilt, and decided to tackle the backing this weekend. The instructions in the book had us cut way too many strips for the quilt. So, I wanted to use up those strips for the back. I got out my EQ and designed my first quilt. This is the plan.
Because I'm just learning EQ, it's not exactly how the quilt will look. But it's close enough to what I envisioned in my mind. The background will be plain white fabric, and you'll probably see a bit more of a white border than what the picture is showing. The binding is the red stripe fabric that I used on the front of the quilt, which I will cut on the bias so the stripes are at a 45 degree angle.
I got the 2 strip sets done this weekend. Other than the plain white fabric, which I purchased, everything else will be scraps from the front of the quilt.
Well, I'm off to make some Finnish pasties, which I love to make and put lots of extras in the freezer for those nights when I just don't feel like cooking. I will be taking next Wednesday off so that I can have a long 5 day holiday weekend. Can't wait for that!
Hope everyone has a great Thanksgiving!
Thanks for stopping by.


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from www.knoxnews.com – A Greenback teacher suspected of sending inappropriate Facebook messages to a male student faces charges, according to a joint release from the Blount County and Loudon County sheriff's offices.
Angela Gaye Masingo, 39, of Lenoir City, is charged with solicitation of aggravated statutory rape and solicitation of sexual exploitation of a minor, according to the release. She is being held in the Blount County Detention Facility on bonds totaling $80,000 pending a hearing in Blount County General Sessions Court on Friday.
Over the past few days, the Blount County Sheriff's Office Hi-tech Evidence and Technology (HEAT) Unit along with the Loudon County Sheriff's Office, as part of the Internet crimes Against Children Tennessee Task Force (ICAC), worked a joint investigation on Masingo, the release states, adding that it was discovered Masingo was sending messages by way of Facebook to a male student at another high school and Friday morning Masingo was taken into custody.