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Jan 2019 update.
Eurostar is to start a third daily direct service from London to Rotterdam and Amsterdam on 11 June, 2019. The existing two services a day have been selling well since they were introduced through the Channel Tunnel on 4 April, 2018.
Fares on the high-speed rail service will continue to start at £35 one way, with journey times from 3hrs 13mins from St Pancras station in central London direct to Rotterdam and 3hrs 52mins to Amsterdam.
Eurostar says a London-Amsterdam Eurostar journey emits 80% less carbon than the equivalent flight. The third service will bring Eurostar's capacity on the route to the equivalent of 12 flights a day.
The additional service will leave London St Pancras at 11.04 am, while the departure of the first daily train is advanced by 75 minutes to 7.16am, giving business travellers the opportunity of a longer day. The early train will reach Amsterdam at 12.11pm.
Rotterdam plans to build an artful floating solar park. 3,770 solar panels shaped like a concentric wave, will represent the 'ripples of change' needed to bring about a renewable energy revolution.
The panels will be a daytime feature; in the evening they will be enhanced by soft lighting. The designers want to create the semblance of breathing, strengthening the ripple effect. The expectation is that the floating solar park will be completed by the end of 2019 at the Rijnhaven or surrounding areas.
Rotterdam may not be able to compete on history with its near neighbour, Amsterdam. Yet Holland's second city is winning plaudits as one of Europe's newest and liveliest short stay destinations. There are dramatic, diverting and exciting pieces of architecture, such as the world's biggest, newest market hall, and a high and memorable walk over the water. Add to the list a transatlantic liner turned hotel, and a self-portrait of the painter whose Goldfinch inspired a literary hit.
The city's mediaeval core was flattened by German bombs in 1940. Since then it has been rebuilding itself with style and ambition. In the place of the lost tiny old churches and ancient, narrow ways, the rebuilt city offers sunken, pedestrianised shopping streets and striking high-rise buildings.
I connected some of the 70 examples of imposing architecture, sculpture and dramatic city sites, armed with the tourist board's Roaming Rotterdam booklet. Not everything in the centre was lost to the bombs. I found masterpieces such as the Laurenskerk. This church is the only survivor from the mediaeval city. And the Witte Huis, Europe's earliest skyscraper (1898). The seven mile Roaming Rotterdam route takes a leisurely day on foot, or a few hours by bicycle – rent from Bikes at Central Station. Another self-guided itinerary is the 17 stop Rotterdam Art Route.
Rotterdam is an easy city to navigate. At Central Station I linked into the comprehensive and user-friendly RET public transport system. Metro trains, trams, buses, and ferries buzzing around one of the world's busiest ports – they are all equally clean, smart and efficient. Buy a travel card (three days, €14.00) at Central Station, touching in and out as you would with an Oyster card.
Has there been an indoor market so huge, spacious and fabulously decorated since Istanbul's Grand Bazaar? Markthal, opened in November 2014. I'm not sure there is anything like it outside the movies.
High above the stalls are depictions of the produce of much of the world, which make this place unique. The ceiling is decorated with a clever and complex illustration, paying direct homage to the Sistine Chapel frescoes.
The Horn of Plenty by Arno Coenen is based on film studios' 3-D animation software. It combines market produce falling out of a sky of cauliflower clouds, alongside details from the city's history.
Across in the Bojimans Van Beuningen museum, art references literature. One self-portrait stood out to me. It was the not so well-known Carel Fabritius, the Dutch artist whose painting Goldfinch plays a big part in the novel of the same name.
The Bojimans Van Beuningen museum, in Museumpark, is one of Holland's many distinguished art collections. If the 1930s exterior suggests the stuffiness of just another stiff and formal collection, that is an illusion dispelled as early as the entrance hall.
I placed my coat on a hanger and hoisted it high into the atrium for safe-keeping. An imaginative break from cloakroom convention.
The gallery, too, goes beyond the normal staid presentation of old worksT. he curators provide refreshingly helpful commentaries on paintings and artists. There are some fine Rembrandts on display, alongside works by Picasso, Magritte, Hockney. Van Gogh and Dalí.
I also called next door, at the restored, and very advanced in its day, 1930s house of the Sonneveld family, Huis Sonneveld. The city's other major gallery is the newly-renovated Kunsthal.
One of the city's proud new structures is the half a mile long Erasmus Bridge. It opened in 1998 over the River Maas, uniting the city's north and south. According to your point of view, the elegant white tower supporting the bridge on a lattice of cables could be a kneeling man, or a swan reaching for the sky, The are several ways across. You could take a tram, or cycle over.
In the summer, it is worth walking across, in the dedicated pedestrian lane. Unless you are in a high building, this is the best overview of the city.
First building over the water is Renzo Piano's Toren op Zuid, built in 2001with a 6° lean to match the leaning Tower of Pisa. Just beyond it is the transformed docklands area. Here is the Luxor Theatre, the Netherlands Photo Museum, and the New York Hotel. And the SS Rotterdam. one of the last great transatlantic liners, built in 1959 for the crossing to New York.
In 2008 the redundant ship was turned into a stationary hotel and meeting centre. She is now moored grandly on a quiet dockside in her namesake city. To sleep aboard a stationary ocean liner is a rare pleasure – perfect silence broken only by the occasional Rhine-going barge sliding by. And free of the risk of sea sickness.
Frank Sinatra performed on this vessel. I suppose it is appropriate that he dominates the playlist on the piped music, although the repetiton was a touch tedious. They've kept as much as possible of the liner's original decor and furniture. There are guided tours, and they are open to non-residents too, taking in the many opulent corners once open only to first-class passengers. My favourites are the dance floor, with an inset star motif made of many kinds of wood, and a ceramic relief in the Odyssey Room, telling Homer's epic story of Odysseus.
All the memories of the Holland-America Line's voyaging coalesce in the splendid, restored to its golden age, New York Hotel. I recommend the restaurant.
I travelled courtesy of Voyages SNCF http://uk.voyages-sncf.com/en/ and stayed as a guest of the SS Rotterdam. http://ssrotterdam.com. https://en.rotterdam.info


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European derby was held from 23rd - 24th November in London, between four teams Enrgy Standard, London
European derby was held from 23rd - 24th November in London, between four teams Enrgy Standard, London
The innagural match of ISL was held from 4th - 5th October in Indianapolis and finished with winning by Energy Standard!
European Junior Swimming Championships was held from 3rd to 7th July 2019 in Kazan. Our Young Elite athletes showed them best!
Second leg of Mare Nostrum Tour was held from 11th - 12th June 2019 in Cannet. Our representatives from Foggy Albion side were bests on them main distance.
Second FINA Champions Swim Series was conquered by Champions of Energy Standard. Competition was held from 11th - 12th May 2019 in Budapest.
Kliment Kolesnikov took part on Russian Championships at 08 - 12 April 2019 in Moscow.
Long Distance Squad of Club Energy Standard participated in short meet Diamond Speedo Race in Antwerpen on 23 - 24 February!
14th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m), Hangzhou, 11 - 16 December 2018
Chad Le Clos participated in XLII Trofeo Mussi - Lombardi - Femino on 17 November 2018 in Livorno, Italy.
Kazan, 07 - 12 November. Kliment Kolesnikov and Maxim Stupin took part on Russian National Championships
Our athletes took part in the final stage of FINA Swimming World Cup was held from 7th - 9th November 2019 in Doha and showed the following results.
Junior Swimming Championships was held from 20th to 25th August 2019 in Budapest. Andrei Minakov and Anastasia Shkurdai totaly took a 9 trophies.
Florent Manauodu, Chad Le Clos, Sergii Shevtsov participated on 56th Sette Colli Trophy was held from 21st - 23rd June in Rome as last preparetion till World Champonships.
Young swimmer Anastasia Shkurdai took part on the XXXVIIth International Swimming Meeting Of Monte Carlo was held place on the 8th and 9th of June 2019 of the Mare Nostrum Tour.
Our representatives took part on first FINA Champions Swim Series was held from 27th - 28th April 2019 in Guangzhou.
Another members of Elite Squad of Energy Standard Team participated on Malmsten Swim Open in Stockholm at April 12 - 15, 2019.
Elite squad of Energy Standard Team participated on first race in new Season 2019 at 21st Euro Meet 2019 in Luxembourg on 25th-27th January.
Sarah Sjostrom claimed 2018 FINA World Cup title.
SwimSwam: 'Konstantin Grigorishin, the head of both the Energy Standard Group and the International Swimming League (ISL), sent a letter to athletes…
Beijing. 02 - 04 November 2018
Second match of ISL in 1st group was held in Naples from 12th - 13rd October.
18th FINA World Swimming Championships was held from 12th - 28th July 2019 in Gwangju.
Last leg of Mare Nostrum Tour is finished good way for our team with taking two golds and set a CR!
Sarah Sjostrom and Mykhailo Romanchuk took part on FINA Champions Swim Series #3 was held from 31st May - 01st June 2019 in Indianapolis.
Our representatives from the Foggy Albion participated on British Swimming Championships was held from 16th - 21st April 2019 in Glasgow.
Energy Standard Team took part in the 'FFN GOLDEN TOUR CAMIlLE MUFFAT' competition in Marseille on 22 - 24 March.
Young athletes of ES elite team participated in XII "Salnikov Cup" at 21 - 22 December 2018 in Saint-Petersburg last week.
Sarah Sjostrom particapated in last leg of World Cup in Singapore.
Tokyo, 09 - 11 November. Sarah Sjostrom, Mykhailo Romanchuk, Sergii Frolov.
6 – 12 October 2018, Buenos Aires

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I will try to review some of the strategies I use in social media.
They can be an excellent, relevant source of traffic. But that's something to be handled with care.
What kind of blog I'm working on
As a rule, a blog consists of a large number of articles. They are most likely to coincide with the niche I have chosen to work.
In other words, I would like to move in a forum that deals with the niche I'm writing.
This blog is about how to make money online.
It will not be relevant to post in groups such as lifestyle or health.
I have to find a target audience here who is interested in how to generate income online.
Like me, I can also put my smoking stop blog up in the same forums that deal. Make money niche.
The good thing is that almost all of the typical media have a way to get in touch with your target audience.
Here I know that my smoking stoppage does not have as broad a target audience as this blog has.
But on the other hand, I have a higher chance of working with the target group.
Yes, when we talk this niche, that's something everyone wants.
Yes, we almost all want to learn a right way to make money.
While my smoking website's website addresses only smokers, who will either stop or have just stopped.
I have chosen steam.
I also have to ignore those who use chewing gum and plasters.
Not to mention those who have stopped without aids.
Those I need to find are those who will stop and use steam for the purpose.
But believe me, once you're part of the target audience, you'll be drawn to it, no matter what media you're using.
Do you communicate with the target audience socially?
An important rule is that you should never just be a link.
Of course, you should be able to find your articles.
But post them in your stream.
When people ask for them, then refer to your power.
I have tested several ways; this works well for me.
In the past, I had a bright idea that I acted on three records before I sent my link into, for example, a group.
I've learned that no matter how much you communicate with the group before posting an article.
Then people do not click on it anyway.
They feel that's what you want them to do.
You, and it is not your purpose of spending time on social media.
Participate in relevant groups and participate in the debate there.
But you get very little return on your articles there.
Ok, what so? If I do not post articles in groups
Create a lively and robust profile.
You do not have to post multiple times a day.
But be active with it.
Use it to show your context.
Put videos on it a good idea if you produce some.
You can take of course also once in between share some of the popular ones. It takes a little attention in your direction.
Post them on your profile.
It is where they belong.
Then you move in the different groups.
Then you can much more easily use the knowledge you have about the subject in a dialogue.
If the other members of the dialogue feel that you bring something valuable to the debate, you can be sure they look at your profile and look at what you post there.
Of course, you have a real link that can cover your point of view, so you can rarely post it in a group.
What about other people's context
just an affiliate link or spam.
Can you, with a clear advantage, comment on what they are doing.
I think we can all agree that it's nice to get feedback on a thread we've started.
Everybody would like to have someone reading what we have made. Like it's nice to have a relevant comment on our blog.
Here you do not always have to be so sharp within the niches.
You can quickly act with them by asking extra for the topic. Here you can quickly look at your profile and get a relevant read for your articles.
Create a fan page and use it to find your audience.
As you've probably learned, it's the most traffic oriented traffic that your readers have searched for, the phrases and words that you'd like to rank.
But you can find your audience by making a facebook fan page. With a small budget, you can see relevant followers.
But you still have to keep in mind that it's something valuable that you have to pass if not, people turn your back to the side.
The internet is full of pages that promise a lot of free stuff and books.
In turn, it's always ok to use the net to give something away.
But the word for free means that something hides behind it.
Here you can very quickly create a second campaign that can help your fan page to be seen by your specific audience.
The important thing is just that to create an excellent, relevant fan page is that you have some superb context to fill it from the start.
Yes, have some articles that you can show before you start promoting the page.
A good fan site requires time to build up.
But the good thing is that it's easy to get into your target audience.
Social media is not always a safe and relevant source of traffic.
As you can understand, I'm not so impressed with the amount of traffic they can give to my articles.
Have you done your homework and found the right sentences to get more relevant traffic from the organic search.
Yes, over 90 percent of my traffic comes from there.
But if I use the media, it's easier to find someone to talk about my niche.
Keeping you can get relevant clicks from there, but if it's worth the work, it's an entirely different matter.
But you can easily via a robust website as you also point to your profile, few followers who will follow you in the same way as they do if you run a mail campaign. But it requires you to be very persistent here too
What's not that smart to do?
There are several thousand offers online, and many of them have partner programs.
But and I mean.
Do not post directly on the sales page.
It was a good idea some years ago. At least I have bought info products that way.
But honestly, when I look at this later, I will not do that again.
People who post their affiliate link directly seem very desperate and unprepared to move in the media.
Keep you can work on the link. Just not directly.
How did Steen see?
If you want to create authority online, you need to have a base.
Yes, it sounds a bit old-fashioned but where you are an authority.
It's when you own a website where you can give people the information they are looking.
You think it's hard.
That's also because it requires some work for you.
To be built up.
But it's not hard to get started as it sounds. And it's not too expensive either.
What I want to show you is where and how I build my pages.
You can do the same.
You can test if it's something you want to work.
Yes, free and free, there are two whole websites for you.
You also get ten lessons.
Cost a lot of money elsewhere.
You do not have to get the money out of your pocket when you walk past a business and look at their goods.
In the same way, you can test it, get your two pages.
No more talk read where and how.
Do you have a social tactic?
Let's find out more in the comments box.
PS just remember to press one or more of the social buttons before leaving the article.


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90 Minute Workshop Series
A spotlight on the dissociation informed aspects of a trauma informed program of service transformation
TEWV's trauma informed program of system change will be the context to a spotlight on dissociation related resources, systems and skills. There will be an update on the aspects of the program related to dissociation eg dissociation screening tool, online resources, the role of dissociation in medically unexplained symptoms etc.
Presenter: Dr Angela Kennedy
Angela has worked in the nhs since 1990 and developed an interest in complex trauma and dissociation in the 1990's. she is a past board member of ESTD and is current mental health lead for the North of England Clinical Network (a branch of NHS England). She is leading a trustwide program on tewv to support its services to become more trauma informed.


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Every year, LezVolley provides water, energy bars, and snacks to the players to help them perform all day without crashing.
This year, the event is proud to announce its partnership with Garuka Bars®, the only energy bar company that not only uses 100% recyclable packaging, but also donates 1% of all profit to help protect endangered mountain gorillas. Because partnering with brands is great, but partnering with good brands is much better!
What we love about Garuka Bars®
1. The bars are hand-made (yes, hand-made!) from simple, wholesome ingredients you can pronounce, like roasted peanuts, whole grain flakes, dried cranberries, and raw honey from Vermont.
2. The company helps to restore the mountain gorillas' chance at a better future by donating a percentage of their profit to support mountain gorilla conservation effort. And we love a company with a purpose!
3. They are the only energy bar using 100% consumer recyclable packaging. Oh, and did we mention that they are also hand-packaged, too? That's dedication.
Not to mention that eating one Garuka bar will provide you with great pre‐exercise energy for your volleyball games – and it's no secret your body performs better on real food ingredients than it does artificial and synthetic ones!
We've tried it!
It goes without saying that we wouldn't serve anything to our players during our Volleyball tournament on Fire Island without trying it ourselves!
Danielle, co-founder of LezVolley, discovered the Garuka Bars® through a friend and couldn't believe how natural and tasty they were. She felt like more people should know about them and asked the Garuka Bars® brand if they would like to partner with the LezVolley tournament so she could help them get their brand out there. Mike, the founder, generously accepted to donate over a hundred bars to the players!
We brought one of these Garuka Bars® to one of our volleyball practice session to see what the fuss is all about – and we were not disappointed!
Chewy and tasty, our only regret was that we only had one! Now we are all set for a great tournament in August, with free healthy and yummy energy bars for everyone. Thanks, Garuka Bars®!
LezVolley is also keeping the players caffeinated
The brands HEYDAY and FORTO are supporting the event by providing free coffee drinks to all the players!
Sticker Giveaway
The team will be giving away LezVolley stickers during the tournament to everyone who is following them on social media!


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CAT Crafter Interview with Ozlem @ring_beller
Where do you live? I live in Istanbul, in Turkey
What craft is your therapy?: Crochet seems to be my therapy these days, but I also love knitting and pottery.
How long have you been crafting for?: I started crocheting when I was five. My mum wouldn't teach me how to crochet since she was worried that it would damage my eyesight. However, I secretly learned it from my cousin. When my mum found out she was mad at me, but there was nothing to do. She was the one who taught me how to knit and I never stopped knitting since then. I wasn't into crocheting that much until I discovered amigurumi
Tea or coffee?: That might sound a bit weird, but neither. It's pretty much water for me
Favourite quote?: "Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." Samuel Becket
Is there a crafter that inspires you?: There are tons of great crafters that inspire me – Emma @steelandstitch, Funda @kikalite, Mandy @crochetbyredagape, Tine @littlehappycrochet, Yan @picapauyan and Sandrine @tournicote just to name a few
Why did you choose your IG name?: Ringbeller is a word which means "a really splendid dream, the kind that makes you wake up smiling and happy". It was made up by Roald Dahl. I chose this name since I wanted to do something that would make kids happy and Roald Dahl was one of my favourite authors
Your CAT story?: i used to work as a full-time translator until I quit my job two years ago. Once I quit, I had so much time but nothing to do. So, I decided to do pottery and sewing. It didn't take me long to give up on sewing and it is still my least favourite craft although I carried on doing pottery. I started crocheting again when I discovered amigurumi and it has become a way of turning my ideas into real things, things that kids can enjoy. I craft because it calms me and keeps me sane in our insane world.


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80CrV2 drop point
TheoRockNazz posted a topic in Knife MakingLast blade of 2018, woot! Happy new year yall! Forged 80CrV2 full tang drop point with hamon. The blade is blued for added protection against the elements. Handle is buffalo horn with 3D printed cast bronze fittings - I like to leave a bit of the casting texture on the bronze for character. See ya next year! Theo
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Collaboration blanks round 4
TheoRockNazz posted a topic in Knife MakingHeya guys, You know what time it is! Let me know if any of these blanks interest you and we'll get them into your hands. 80CrV2, already heat treated. Has a fun lanyard hole/loop that'll provide an extra challenge. A customer already has their eye on this one - I would need you to finish it and slap my provided micarta on. We will agree on how to divide profits privately. Email at [email protected] TheoRockNazz.com 1095 fighter, already heat treated. Can be bought outright or percentage of final sales (email for specifics) 80CrV2 cleaver/chopper... clopper?..cheaver? Already head treated. Has inverted distal taper. Can be bought outright or percentage of final sales (email for specifics) 1095 thick chef's knife, heat treated with temper line. Can be bought outright or percentage of final sales (email for specifics)
so apologies if there is a specific place to post this sort of question but i'm genuinely stumped on this anvil logo. i know that the shape is a double horned south german pattern anvil made in the year 1939.. but i cant quite make out the writing. for now these are the best photo's i have, but will post more as soon as i have them! any help in finding out anything about this would be immensely appreciated!
Nice gifts but......
Stitch posted a topic in Problem SolvingHaving an abundance of 1/4" H.R., I have been playing around in the shop making simple 2 piece Banana stands for the special ladies in my life. They love them but I cannot seem to come up with a better way to attach the legs. I have been Mig welding them and I really dislike the ugly welds. Anyone have any better suggestions? I am having a mental block figuring out this simple task. And I am no beginner. LoL! Thanks guys.
Hey guys, today I got a new anvil that I bought from a colleg of my father for just 25$. It was covered by thick painting but I removed it and was able to reveal some signs. I also made a video about the sound and the rebound. Perhaps one of you can indentify this anvil and say me what steel/iron it is made of and how much it actually is worth. Here it becomes interesting! I think that the top letters say "1824" -> if that is the production year this is almost antique o_o. And the middle ones seem to say 44 1/2... in kilogramms this would fit pretty good. And there is also a touch mark that looks like a square with two hashes on top. Here I marked the letters that I think I was able to recognize with Photoshop: I was actually impressed by the good rebound! You can also hear the sound (although it got a little scratchy from the microphone in real it is pretty clear!) Ok I would be glad if you can tell me something about this anvil. For me it is a nice little anvil I may take with me to demonstrations or other events that need a portable anvil. Yours - Daniel you may get more answers if you asked in the anvil section, I will relocate for you
MJI Wall Art "Remnant"
David Kailey posted a topic in Member ProjectsSo......I suggested "wall art" in the, what can I make page. 14 hours later this is what it got. I am calling it "Remnant" Because it was forges out of failed pieces and left over drops. We all have that pile of short steel that we hold on to because one time 9 years ago we needed a 3" piece and had to cut into a fresh 20' stick.....so now we don't throw anything over 2" away........but we never really use much of it.....well my hoard was growing and starting to attack my shop space with ill intent. I drew this project up about 3 years ago......and it was time to get it done. I wanted to have the assumption of a frame without the frame. I wanted tenons, drifted holes, dog boned flat bar, curves, upset corners, twists, hard and soft lines and lastly........some obnoxious riot gate rivets. this piece is about 21" across by 38' tall, weight is about 35lbs. The 3 frame pieces are 3/16" x 1 1/2" I upset the sides down the length of the stock down to 1" left about 1 1/2" untouched at each end, this gives the steel the appearance of being fullered with wide grove. I had some twist experiments so I forged a foot to mount them and riveted them on. I then forge chunks of 1/2"-3/4" square, 1"-2" x 3/16"/ 1/4" flat bar and a round bar scrap. At any rate several hours of forging later I have all my parts done and bolted the entire piece together and made some adjustments. Because of the theme of this piece and the fact that I wanted a dark steel piece I only wire brushed the pieces by hand while they were hot. I don't want any burnished silver metal on the piece. Here is my sketch which i altered a lot.......its art, and its mine.....so I can do whatever I want. lol. Anyway moving on. Here I have forged several pieces and decided on a rivet that i really like. Its in the top right corner.......I ended up making 11 of them but one had to be cut down. At this point a lot of thought and planning starts to slow down progress, each piece now is associating with not just 1 other piece but 2,3 and even 4 other pieces. Everything must work together. I use bolts to fasten the pieces tightly together so I can make small adjustments as I forge new pieces. this makes assembly must faster and I have less alignment issues. Due to the nature of the pieces I had to get creative with my ability to drill nice, centered, and useful holes. lol. I always wondered what that slot on the vise was for. At this point all the pieces are forged and bolted together. I really had to pay attention now so I could rivet and peen my tenons in the right order. With so many over lapping junctions and pieces if not assembled in the right order some of the fastening points would be unreachable. During assembly one of my tenons snapped of.......ah crap......I simply plug welded it the welded the tenon over the lug weld and peened it over like a normal tenon.......lol.....if I had not said anything you'd never notice...even if your got really close. But I learned a new trick........you "purest".... just relax its not the end of the world. lol Here is the completed piece. I used a torch to spot heat sections and make adjustments to bring everything back into alignment. It was a fun project and I learned a lot from it. If i do anything like this again it will be better and easier. I got to use 11 big, obnoxious, gody, rivets!!!! That really is the point of these monthly "what can i make" it to get you in the smithy forging. If your forging, your learning. Push yourself outside your comfort zone and see what happens.....there are no , knowledge being gained and that is what allows us to say......."I forge Iron" have a good time and make some wall art!!!!!!
"Knifemaking is in my DNA"
TheoRockNazz posted a topic in Knife MakingThis is a blade that's been in the work for months, finally I am happy to be able to show it off! This concept came to me quite some time ago, and it took me winning Forged In Fire to finally scrounge up to the funds to move forward on. The handle and general blade shape was waterjet cut from 1/2" thick 5160 spring steel, then forged to shape from there. Had to get inventive with some stuff - sanding the twisted areas was a nightmare - ended up leaving bits of forge finish some places because I wanted to allude to it's forged nature. I gently hot blued the handle to protect all the nooks n crannies. Overall I am very happy with this knife; it's sharp as the dickens and light in the hand. Let me know what yall think, Theo
Bridge Turnbuckle inspired bench base
David Kailey posted a topic in Member ProjectsSo Spokane has a bridge right over the Falls and a customer brought me a 4ft turn buckle and wanted some thing that looked "old Iron bridgey" but also wanted to be able to see the turnbuckle. So here it is....id have only used rivets but the customer wanted back up so it is welded.....even tho those old iron bridges where all riveted. lol. the most challenging part of this build was arching the 3" x 1/4" flat bar....the hard way.....it took a lot of work because the customer did not want a thinned edge.....from hammering the outside edge to help it curve....its hard to believe I know.... but it is 1/4" all the way across the arch.....As I forged I had to forge the extra steel from the inside edge across to the outside edge... this was a very painstaking task and those 2 arched took me over 3 hours to forge but....The arch is 3" x 1/4" all the way across. It don't look like much but it one of the best forgings i have produced with that level of difficulty.It was pretty tight arch because the base is only 14" across so and it took 20" of bar stock....so its pretty crunched up.... moved a lot of steel with the hammer and fire. I originally was just going to build a wedge to hold the turn buckle in place but the customer wanted the center strap to just pass thru the eyes on the turn buckle. So I removed the center strap and used a longer strap to pass thru and secure the turnbuckle.
Got an order for 5 corbels......then another for 20. I always post what I am up to on IG and FB......I have had people say so of its not worth posting, its to easy to make,........ bla bla bla.......it dosen't show case my skills.... Well these are about as simple a corbel as a guy can make......customer ordered 5 of them....easy $250 job. I posted them today at 1pm and then I got a call from a guy 450 miles a way...... he saw them cause his buddy follows my IG account.....he loves them and is putting in a set of wall shelves..... he ordered 20 of them at $50 each....... easy 12-14 hours of work maybe $50 in materials...... nice little payday to keep the lights on and the doors open.
What the heck is this?
Kutanra posted a topic in Anvils, Swage Blocks, and MandrelsMy grandfather bought this secondhand about 35 years ago, my Nana is now selling most of her things to move into a smaller house, this has been living in the garden as a patio ornament all that time. There doesn't seem to be any maker's mark, though it's exposure to the elements has left the surface pretty rough (it's obviously iron) I'm not sure how heavy it is but I regularly carry a 17kg dog and this thing I barely managed to get a cm off the ground for one second. All my Nana is interested in is what we should advertise it as (anvil or ASO) and how much we can get for it but I'd just like to know a bit more about it if anyone can help, a friend of mind believes it is probably cast but as I said, the weather has removed any seam lines that may have been present. Also I hit it with a hammer and it dings, on the middle, the horn and the back
W2 integral pig sticker with hamon, Impregg, and ebony
TheoRockNazz posted a topic in Knife MakingJust finished up this puppy. I had a lot of fun forging this blade; W2 high carbon steel blade with integral guard. Handle is my own cast Impregg handle material (sanitized crushed egg shell, mica powder, and G-Flex epoxy) and ebony. The Impregg material is translucent in the thinner areas around the guard. The hamon came out almost exactly as intended - a little closer to the edge in spots but still very serviceable. Comments and critique encouraged! Theo
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Hand Forged Knives with My Own Impregg Handle Material
TheoRockNazz posted a topic in Knife MakingSo I am experimenting with this new handle material I made up that I call Impregg. It's sanitized and crushed egg shell, mica powder, and G-Flex epoxy. It's got some really neat depth to it, you can see through the gaps between shells to the swirls of mica powder inside. The tang is left rough and the material is "cast" directly onto it. I feel it will work really well for my integrals especially.Please let me know what you think, I plan on using it in a little upcoming series.Hand forged S7 high carbon steel camp knife with integral guard. Impregg handle and wenge insert. This knife features a forged thumb rest that gives you wonderful control over the blade for most tasks.Hand forged W2 high carbon steel camp knife with integral finger rest. Impregg handle and 3D printed cast bronze medallion with my logo incorporated.
forged flowers Forged Flowers
Shwan posted a topic in Metal Sculpture & CarvingsThis video demonstrates one of the many ways in which flowers can be hand forged. and a couple photos....
2 tine roasting fork
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Making a compass
Matthew D posted a topic in Tools, general discussionA couple months ago, I watched the Peter Ross video on making a wood worker's compass (divider). This is my first pair. I made these for my neighbor and he will finish doing the filing work on them. I thought they turned out really nice. Also, this was my first attempt at fire welding and I was very pleased with how it turned out. I plan on making many more pairs of these and getting good at making them. One improvement I want to try is fire welding a carbon steel bit into the tip to begin with so the tip is more durable. The one mistake I made was bending the hinge a little when I set the pin. They still work just fine though. This compass is about 6 inches long and my neighbor was thrilled to get them. He spent some time showing me how he would use them to lay out a dove tail. I had no idea how useful they were. Anyhow... super fun little project to hone your black smith super powers. Matthew D Provo, Utah
Artistic Dragonfly Bar Truss Light
David Kailey posted a topic in Member ProjectsThis "bar light" was designed for a custom space and had a few key design elements that had to be achieved for the customer. 1) Had to light the bar, grill, counter,sink area well enough for a person to operate there safely. 2) No direct light can shine into the faces of people sitting around the near by fire pit. 3) Needed to be decorative but not block the view of the river that flows by the gazebo 4) Fit inside the log truss that forms the one of the 8 sides of this 40+ ft Gazebo 5) Have dragonfly's. Original conceptual sketch. The light would actually be a piece of art that hid with in it a light. it is 14 ft across and 5.5 ft tall. Design was approved, not having a fabrication table large enough the concept is drawn out to scale on the shop floor. Next I cut the broad leaves, and Dragonfly's from 3/16" sheet metal and forge them in to shape. The 3/8 round rod that will make up the vines gets hammer textured to give it a more receptive look to the human eye. Using wire I am able to measure the length of the vines, cut and shape them to match the drawing. The pieces are then laid on the floor in their respective places. Once all of the pieces have been cut, textured, forged, and descaled I weld them all in place. I moved the piece on to a table at this point, this made it easier to finish cleaning and removing the discoloration, and scale from the forging and welding process. The piece gets a final prep, clear coated, and wired for lights. Here is the complete piece installed
W-1 Bowie WIP
cliffrat posted a topic in Knife MakingI had been working all day yesterday on some art pieces for an upcoming show and toward the end of the day I just had to make a blade. It starts as a 1" x 3/8" bar of W-1. (shown on top in the photo) This is where I got to after about 65 minutes of forging. I still have to clean up the plunge cut area and shape the tang for a stag handle.
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Jim Poulmas posted a gallery image in Miscellaneous
sculptures with metal and wax
santisandreas posted a topic in Metal Sculpture & Carvingshello everyone, this is my final year at my studies in BA Fine Arts working with metal started from my desire to do a model of an abandoned factory that i used to paint. this has now advanced into blacksmithing and it is a very enjoyable experience with surprises on every corner. This year was my best work so far, i added wax to my materials which blends very well with metal. my inspiration for this project originated from visiting the Red Light District in Amsterdam which provided me with a very unpleasant feeling which has led to these sculptures. I don't want to say much as in order to leave you make your own thoughts about what you see. thanks for all the help from this forum and let me know of what you think. photos By Alexandros Hadjicostas. Andreas Santis
Onee-san (big sister)
TheoRockNazz posted a topic in Knife MakingRecently I wrapped up a similar W2 blade '?do=embed' frameborder='0' data-embedContent>> that the customer decided halfway through he didn't like the triangulated guard and pommel. SO the old fittings went on a smaller blade, and I reprinted a smoother guard n pommel (I was dead-set on 3D printing the fittings on this girl). Ebony scales and brass pins. 14.625" OAL, 4.75" handle, 1/8" at guard with distal taper, 1.8125" at widest The stepping on the printed components is quite visible on the curved surfaces. I flubbed up somethin good on the finish on two pins... at least they are both on one side so there's a pretty side haha The guard and pommel were printed with cavities to reduce weight. The color is an interesting mixture of the stainless steel powder and the bronze that is cast around it. Conveniently similar to brass. Went with a smooth gradient of hamon clay, which was an error in retrospect because the blade is so wide the grain transition/boundary was spread out resulting in a BORING hamon... so I took the sanding a step back for a satin finish with hint of hamon ("satin finish with hint of hamon" sounds like a food). Comments/critique encouraged :) Theo
Braided Handle RR Spike Knife
chandlerdickinson posted a topic in Knife MakingBeen playing with blacksmithing for a little less than a year now.... This was one of my first projects (only about a month in)... Alot has changed since then but still, given what I had at the time... pretty proud of this one...
Small Game
LastRonin posted a topic in Spears, Arrows, Pole arms, Mace/hammer etc.I needed ideas for small projects to do in my soup can forge while I work out of town. I was inspired by the posts about arrowheads. Here is my first.


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For the casual observer, it's pretty easy to admire a practice like yoga, though slightly intimidating, as well. Bliss Yoga Director Janelle Kroon reveals that behind those serene photos of stretched poses on tranquil beaches is a lot of dedication and practice, practice, practice. She and her team are committed to helping others deepen their connection with the spiritual as they dive into yoga's wide array of physical benefits. Kroon is an entrepreneur with a side of explorer and epicurean, and she has quite the passion for aviation, too.
Kroon was born and raised in Vancouver, though connections to Europe run deep. Of Dutch descent, Kroon spent her childhood Summers at the family's Summer home in Holland. Her parents both worked in aviation, and the family travelled extensively, a passion she holds to this day. She speaks English, Dutch and French fluently, and also a little bit of German.
Kroon's journey to the world of yoga began in her late teens. Growing up, Kroon played competitive volleyball, but decided to leave the sport at age 18. After nearly a year away from sports, Kroon was introduced to Bikram yoga, training alongside Ted Grand, who later created Moksha yoga. The commitment and consistency required for the practice resonated with her, not to mention all the health and holistic benefits. "It gave me the roots and the foundation to be able to breathe through the storms of life at an early age."
In 2002, with the encouragement of friends living in the Islands, and seeking new adventures, she moved to the Cayman Islands. Now a yogi with several years of experience, she noticed a lack of studios and an opportunity. A dream was born, though it would be several years before it came to fruition. Slowly, she was able to assemble a team, and, in 2009, Bliss Yoga finally opened its doors to the public.
Kroon emphasises the value of yoga, both on and off the mat. "Fitness is great to be fit, but yoga is really good for you to be totally healthy. Our organs are healthy. We choose better things to eat naturally, in the process of getting to know ourselves and the quality of our awareness being heightened."
Most of Kroon's mornings start before dawn, as she teaches a 6 a.m. class several times a week. In those early waking moments, she believes the key is to stay far, far away from anything digital. "The first thing I do is not touch my phone. I either pick up a book that I've been reading, or I make my bed. Then, one of my favourite things in the world is to have a cup of coffee. I'm such a European girl. I have a giant latte."
Upon arriving at the studio, she balances leading multiple classes with her responsibilities as director. She may teach as many as 14 classes a week and collaborates with her team on scheduling, accounting and marketing. She credits Bliss' team dynamic for maintaining the studio's soulful flow.
"I've always wanted to ensure that Bliss and our studio and their family were side by side," she says. "It's been a massive group and family project, where it feels like a home. You can feel it in the studios, because they've been so nourished."
Outside of Bliss, Kroon finds her joy in spending time with loved ones and cooking. She says London is one of her favourite culinary destinations. Grilling is always a crowd pleaser for her get-togethers, but for specialty dishes she draws on Indonesian influences, like chicken satay. As for aspirations, in addition to growing Bliss's endeavours, she's got her eyes on the sky, literally: Kroon's dream is to earn her commercial pilot's license.
Next up on the horizon for Bliss is a weekend event designed to help yoga enthusiasts disconnect and reconnect: a digital detox retreat at The Ritz-Carlton Grand Cayman from September 21–23. The three-day event includes workshops for all experience levels, and devices are kept to a bare minimum.
"It's so important for us to have face time, not just screen time," Kroon explains. "Space and stillness [are] as valuable… as eating and sleeping."
Author: Jessie Gilmartin
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Letting Go in Love
It goes without saying that relationships are very important in our life. We get used to having someone around, someone to rely on when we need them and someone to support us in everyday life. But what happens when we feel that that person no longer fulfils our relationship expectations?
Unsettling Times…
Feeling like love is slipping away in your relationship can be an upsetting and unsettling time. Many of us try and claw back what is left and to some degree often settle for what can be unfulfilling and can sometimes become destructive to other areas of our life.
Letting go of love is difficult. It takes over our thoughts, our actions and can become such an overwhelming situation that we feel completely lost and think life will never improve. However, letting go of a relationship may be the only option if you want to be happy. Do you often look at other relationships and hanker after the blissful union that you see? Do you wish that your partner could be more supportive, loving and understanding?
Sometimes people cannot change and so why would you want them to change if that wasn't the true person that would stay with you forever? It may be a question of put up or get out! We can only try for so long to improve relationships and this has to come from both you and your partner. If your partner isn't willing to try then you are losing a fighting battle.
Spiritually we are meant to know when it is time to let go, when our heart feels empty and our gut feeling knows that no matter what, there is no going back. Acceptance at this point becomes real and although may feel difficult, can often be a welcoming release that at last your head and your heart feel the same. Visualise this as the end of a chapter or a closing door, as another chapter starts and another door opens.
Bringing a relationship to an end for all the right reasons will release you into independence and new possibilities where you will be taking positive steps and getting back in control of your life.
Healing time…
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Scarlett Johansson threw some serious shade at James Franco one week after he was formally accused of sexual misconduct by multiple women. In her speech in front of a more than a half million Women's March attendees in Los Angeles, Johansson, who was one of the first 300 women to join the Time's Up movement which calls for an end to abuse and harassment of women, called out James Franco for supporting the Time's Up movement by wearing the organization's pin at the Golden Globe Awards. Franco was accused of sexual misconduct days after he was seen wearing the Time's Up pin.
"How could a person publicly stand by an organization that helps to provide support for victims of sexual assault while privately preying on people who have no power?" Scarlett Johansson said, before pointedly adding: "I want my pin back, by the way."
According to the Los Angeles Times, Scarlett Johansson's rep confirmed that the comments in her speech were meant for James Franco.
Actress Ally Sheedy, who spent part of Golden Globes night tweeting and deleting angry comments about James Franco, "liked" the Los Angeles Times' tweet about Scarlett Johansson's speech. Vanity Fair posted Sheedy's now-deleted tweets on Golden Globes night in which she hinted that she quit the entertainment business over men like James Franco. Ally also questioned why The Disaster Artist star was even allowed into the Golden Globes ceremony, let alone given an award.
"Why is James Franco allowed in?" Sheedy tweeted, before later reacting to his Golden Globe win with: "James Franco just won. Please never ever ask me why I left the film/tv business."
Yes, Scarlett Johansson was calling out James Franco in her Women's March speech: "I want my pin back" https://t.co/WqyKYGQfxG pic.twitter.com/nT8AbOGQaP— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) January 21, 2018
It is unclear what happened between Ally Sheedy and James Franco, or if Scarlett Johansson had her own personal experience with the actor. What is clear is that at least five women have alleged that they had experiences with Franco that included harassment and inappropriate sexual behavior.
While she did not name James Franco directly in her Women's March speech, Scarlett Johansson admitted that in the past she had professional relationships in which the power dynamic was so off that she "had to create a narrative that I was the cool girl who could hang in and hang out, and that sometimes meant compromising what felt right for me."
James Franco has not commented on Scarlett Johansson's Women's March speech. But Franco was grilled about Ally Sheedy's tweets shortly after his Golden Globes win, telling late-night host Stephen Colbert he had no idea what Sheedy's problem with him was. Days later, five women accused James Franco of sexual misconduct. The actor has denied all allegations.


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A couple of Saturdays ago, I took my eight-year-old daughter to Wal Mart. She'd been wanting to go, asking almost every day, because she wanted a particular "Littlest Pet Shop" toy.
She buys it. Then at checkout, she sees a roly-poly lantern she wants. She buys that too.
On the way out, I tell her, "You know you just spent all your money. You should keep some back, in case of an emergency, or something else you want to buy."
She gets real serious. "Daddy, I'm a kid." She waits a beat.
"I don't really have emergencies." Another beat.
"And if there was an emergency, you'd pay for it."
That was true enough. But she kept going on. "The only emergency I'll ever have is a toy I can't afford." "If I really needed something, you'd buy it for me." She said it several more ways, amounting to the same thing, until finally I said, "Stop, stop! I get it, okay?"
Then she said, "You lecture me, I lecture you!"
Sunday, September 07, 2008
You lecture me...
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That's pretty sharp on her part. And she's got the essential haranguing aspect of the lecture down pat. Now you will remember what she said, because she beat it into your brain. And because you blogged about it.ReplyDelete
I wonder if having the kids write down their impressions of a lecture afterward would help them retain the information at all? Or if it would just help them hone their cruel nicknames for their parents?
I don't think kids learn anything at all from lectures. They learn only from example. That's part of why I reacted the way I did ... laughing at her rather than getting annoyed that she turned the tables on me.ReplyDelete
Who has cruel nicknames for their parents?
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At the time of writing this post, I have only written six paragraphs in my current writing project, which I will not share much details until I've written about half of the story. Six paragraphs may not be much, especially considering the fact that I once wrote at a 1,500 words-per-day pace over two months, which is pretty incredible to me that I was able to accomplish that feat, even though I never finished the novel.
Nevertheless, I remain hopeful in my writing prospects. I still enjoy creative writing, and I may yet be able to publish something before Summer rolls along.
State of my Writing
I apologize for my lengthy absence. Other things have taken my attention away from writing. I doubt I will be writing a full-length novel anytime soon, but I will be doing some writing. Right now I am not sure if I will be publishing anything within the next couple months, but I do have a writing projects in the works that I will be pecking at when I am not busy with other things.
As for the newsletter, as well as short stories that I mentioned in my previous post, they will no longer be worked on.
My writing journey has been quite the up and down expedition, and I am not giving up on my writing. I'll write another update in a week or so when I can add more clarity to my writing direction.
A Special Announcement
Before diving into my special announcement, I will give a quick update on The Broken Barrier. In the last update I mentioned that the first draft will likely be completed in early January. I still have a long ways to go, so I think it is more likely that the draft will be finished in late January, and possibly published sometime in February or perhaps even March.
In the meantime, as for my announcement, once a week on Saturdays, starting on the 19th of January, I will be writing a posting another story on my blog. Each post will be like an individual chapter, so it will be like writing another novel, though it will not be as detailed as The Broken Barrier. In a few days I will be posting a "teaser" for what I will be writing.
I will also prepare a newsletter to coincide with the weekly story series, so keep an eye for another update for a newsletter. Thanks for checking in!
Writing The Broken Barrier has taken much more time than I had originally anticipated, but in the long run, it is for the best. I've learned some lessons along the way so far that I will share in a future post once I've finished my novel and publish it, but for the time being, the two biggest things that I have learned about writing a novel is that not only does it take a lot of time to do so, it also requires a lot of discipine.
One of the reasons that it has been taking so long for me to finish my novel is that I have revised the plot at least four times already. While the first two adjustments were frustrating, as it caused me to miss my original deadline of November 31st, the last two refinements, have made the story much more interesting.
The amount of plot changes has also led me to the decision to write a trilogy. The Broken Barrier will not be a single novel. It will come in three books. If all goes well, the whole series will be done by the end of next year, and I currently do not anticipate any more significant plot changes for the first book. Since there won't be any more significant changes to the plot, the first draft (if it could be called that after being rewritten several times already...) will be done in early January, and if everything goes well after the first draft and the meticulous editing process, I hope to publish the first book by the end of January.
I will also strive to update my blog at a more frequent rate. I've also created a twitter account (https://twitter.com/zkbooks). Thanks for checking in, and come back within a few days to see another update!
32,675 is my current word count for my upcoming novel, The Broken Barrier. Considering the fact that I had to completely restart my novel over Thanksgiving weekend, I am happy with my current progress.
As of right now I cannot realistically offer an accurate timetable for when the first draft will be complete. I would like to think that I will be able to finish writing the first draft within ten days, and while it is an obtainable goal, I am also adding more meat to the plot, so it is possible that finishing the first draft will take longer than I anticipate. The ability to churn out 20,000 words or more over a week or two hinges on how much new and captivating content I can write.
I can however, present some of my current goals. My original goal for the novel was 50,000 words by the end of November and publishing soon afterwards. Now my word count goal rests in the 60-75,000 word range, and if my creative juices are consistently flowing, achieving that goal is plausible.
Thanks for checking in!
A Short Break
Earlier this week I decided to take a break from writing my novel. That meant decreasing my chances of finishing my novel by the end of November, but I needed the mental rest from creative writing. Prior to the break, I made significant changes to the plot of the story. It needed more substance, and I believe I added more interesting details to the story. As a result, my writing has been setback, and I doubt I will finish The Broken Barrier by the end of November.
It is for the best, however, as it means that my novel will be better than just pushing through the original plot and writing a story that really needs more depth. I can still get most of the novel done by November 30th, but I doubt the first draft will be finished until sometime in early December.
This is my first real attempt at writing a novel, and though I wish I could finish it in time for National Novel Writing Month, I would much rather write a good novel and than an "okay" novel. I will be able to keep most of what I have written thus-far, so I won't need to do much re-writing, if any, until I finish my first draft.
Thanks for checking in, and please come back soon for another update!
The Broken Barrier - Day 19
It has been some time since my last update. But do not worry! I have kept up with my writing, and as of today, my current word count is approximately 28,689!
I'm about 3000 words short of the goal, but catching up will not be too difficult. For instance, this past Friday I wrote 3000 words, Saturday 4000 words, and yesterday 1000 words.
I'm also in the middle of reorganizing my outline, as plenty of new ideas came to mind while writing my novel. Though the goal is 50,000 words by the end of November, I suspect my novel will have more words than that.
I will provide another update by the end of the week, so please check back soon!
The Broken Barrier - Day 7
After seven days of working on my novel called The Broken Barrier, I have written a total of 10,020 words. My writing goal is 50,000 words by the end of November since its National Novel Writing Month, and I am technically behind schedule! It does not worry me, however, since two things have given me encouragement.
First, I have never written 10,000 words in a writing project before. I've tried to write novels in the past, but it was rare for me to ever get past 5,000 words. Sometimes I ran out of inspiration, other times motivations for writing dwindled and disappeared. Not this time! I feel like I can write 40,000 more words (maybe)!
Second, I've never sat down and and try to contribute to one writing project seven days in a row. There is nothing wrong with taking a break, but I am participating in a writing marathon of sorts, so any break will set me back.
I realize that I sound like I'm bragging even with a long ways to go yet, but if you're reading this post and following my progress as a writer, and if you yourself would like to write a novel someday, something as simple as 10,000 words is a great accomplishment.
Thanks for checking it, and come back soon for more updates!
The Broken Barrier - Day 3
Today has been the third day of the National Novel Writing Month. I am, of course, participating and hoping to complete a novel by the end of November. It will not be easy.
The general word-count goal for any participating is 50,000, and so far I have written 4,243 words. Although I am almost 800 words short of the target goal of 5,000 words by this point, I am pleased with my progress. I've never written a novel before, definitely not 50,000 words for any writing project. To be honest, I don't think I've reached 10,000. To go from never crossing the 10,000 word threshold to reach the plateau of 50,000 will be challenging, but that it why I signed up for the competition. I don't care about winning it, though it would be pretty great if I did. I will just be happy writing a novel from start to finish.
You can keep up with my progress by checking my blog, going to my Facebook page, or by taking a look at my goal tracker for my novel at the National Novel Writing Month website (nanowrimo.org). Thanks!
I am Zackery Kruger, and I am a Christian writer who is passionate about writing fiction. I hope that you will enjoy my work!


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The ever industrious Manchester is not only the home of SUB, but plays host to a whole realm of strange and wonderful things. Whether it be music, film, books or the very fabric of the city, Manc has gothic running through its veins and through its inhabitants.
This academic year, Manchester brings you another first - The Manchester Centre for Gothic Studies - and what a wonderful home this northern citadel will make.
To celebrate its arrival there is another first - Manchester Gothic Festival. Taking us on tours of its streets and artworks, watching and discussing films made in its environs, educating us about its music and encouraging us to be inspired and create, the new Centre gives us quite a lot to chew on and whets our appetite for what delights it has in store for those undertaking the new course. Our good friends over at ARA have also opened their doors to the festival (and others besides) for a boogie and a chance to reflect on the events of the week.
Please take your internet browsers over to the Centre for Gothic Studies to find out more and come find us navigating its activities.


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I Have A Lover
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A woman, who lost memory, meets her husband whom she hated. She falls in love with him. Separated twin sisters meet for the first time in 30 years.
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For the last week or so, the spring winds have returned with a vengeance, crapping out the western-exposure breaks, so the only choice today was sheltered Santa Cruz. I decided to have a funner drive in my new car by taking winding Highway 84 through the mountains and then 1 along the coast. We were having a blast on 84's curves until Skyline Drive, when a Chevy SUV pulled out in front of me. It was going at a respectable speed, but not as fast I could and would like to go. Unfortunately the jerk driver refused to use the turnouts though he damn well knew I wanted to pass. Yo, dude, maybe you're jealous, or pissed off that you have to be driving a stupid butt-ugly Chevy thing instead of a totally cute MINI with racing stripes, but why are you holding me back?!! After ten or so miles there was finally a passing lane and I left him in the dust.
At least I had nice drive in the new car, but to make the trip at least partly worthwhile, I stopped at a parking lot sale at the Surf Outlet and bought an itsy-bitsy teeny-weenie little pink Ripcurl bikini. I definitely won't wear it when I'm surfing in Hawaii in a few weeks. Pros can, but I'd run a serious risk of surfacing without it after a wipeout. A naked paddle-in would be entertaining for the lineup but not my idea of fun!


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If you're interested in discovering how to use digital marketing to establish a strong, personal connection with customers through social media engagement, this professional development course delivers.
The Certificate of Social Media Marketing will take you through the tools and techniques that will enable you to build a solid base of loyal customers and increase website traffic through engaging social networks online via Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Blogging, Instagram, YouTube and more.
Throughout this course you will discover emerging social media trends and learn how to enhance customer engagement through branding and social media platforms. You will also learn how to enhance social media profiles using social media design principles, how to avoid social media mistakes through effective social media management and increase brand awareness using proven digital marketing tactics.
On completion of this course, you will feel confident to create social media campaigns, identify social media marketing opportunities, track social media activity, navigate web analytics, create content and copy and understand web analytics, SWOT, PEST, and SMART goals. So, whether you want to acquire skills to market your own business, work in a freelance capacity or apply for positions in digital marketing, this course is perfect for you.
Course Structure
Unit 2 - Undertake digital marketing activities
- Effective market information
- Sources of intelligence
- Quality source materials
- Previous marketing activities
- Types of internal data
- USP strategies
- Segmentation
- Customer preferences
- A/B testing
- Multivariate testing
- Digital marketing trends
- Types of digital marketing
- Social media content designs
- Research reports / presentations
- Policies and procedures
- Review digital marketing plan
- Situation analysis
- Customer relationship management
- SWOT analysis
- PEST analysis
- Business tactics
- Measuring results
- Marketing objectives
- SMART goals
- Google analytics
- Digital marketing plan
- Efficiency and effectiveness
- Organisational policies and procedures
- Legal constraints
- Codes of practice
- Cultural expectation and influences
- Ethics
- Misleading advertisements
- Legislation
- Anti-spam legislation
- Do not call legislation
- Health and safety legislation
- Social responsibilities
- Web analytics
- Measuring engagement
- Designing elements and creating copy
- Rich media
- Marketing performance
- Tracking, evaluation and maintenance
- Digital marketing activity outcomes
- Return on Investment (ROI)
- Target audience
- Cost per response
- Report structure and distribution
Written assignments and exercises, including short-answer questions, reports/essays and projects. There are no examinations or due dates for assessment.
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When I was a kid, it seemed that whenever I needed my winter jacket or galoshes, the zippers would get stuck! Mom would get so frustrated! So would I cause I wanted to get outside to play! We have the solution to stuck zippers and stuck snaps! Bee's Knees Zipper Wax! Using it lightly up and down the zipper and just nicking the snaps keep all of the zippers gliding up and down their tracks!
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text: LP version. Mixed by Lawrence English. Recordings from 1978 by David Toop of Yanomami ritual songs, shamanistic ceremonies, and rainforest sounds. The voices of spirits and animal familiars, ventriloquial illusions of sound in dark spaces, secret spirit languages, the clap of thunder that links shamanic trance with the sleep language of Finnegans Wake… Out of these passages of the everyday, intensity flares like flames caught by a gust of wind. Skin burns or oozes blood, the wind blows up havoc as the spirits move about. Includes 40-page booklet with text and pictures telling the full story of Toop's fascinating journey in 1978 through the Amazon jungle to meet and record the last Yanomami shamans.


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RENEW YOUR 2019-2020 RESIDENTIAL PARKING PERMIT ONLINE OR IN PERSONTwo ways to renew online or come in person
Berkeley, California (Monday, July 22, 2019) - Use our new online portal to renew your residential parking permit or sign up for a new one.
There are three ways to get a permit:
Customer Service Center:1947 Center Street, Berkeley, CA 94704Mon-Thu: 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.Closed Fridays
Renew by Sept. 1, 2019, when we will start enforcement in those neighborhoods designated as residential permit neighborhoods. Your existing license plate will be the permit.
You can also use a new portal we've created to pay for parking citations.
For those who received citations before June 24, we had suspended timelines and they were not incurring fines. Those payments are live starting July 22, when the timelines for payment have started.
If you have questions, you can call 311 (510-981-2489) to get our general customer service line.
Parking enforcement officers have been using license plate recognition technology since 2016. Our privacy policy is that no data is kept for more than 30 days unless we take action, such as through a citation or violation found. Violation data is kept for 1 year. This database is a closed system, unlinked to any other database, such as DMV databases.
Please use our online portal for residential parking permits and as well our online portal for parking citations. Please contact customer service if you have any questions.
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Do you need to book a hotel for a few hours in Panama City? At BYHOURS we offer you the possibility of booking a room by few hours at the hotel of your choice during the day or at night. In addition, the prices include a double room with access to all hotel services and free cancellation. A hotel with a spa for three hours? A few hours working in a hotel room while you wait for your next flight? We have different packs in which we always guarantee the minimum price: 3 and 6 hours of hotel for short stays and 12 hours for longer stays. Book your first microstay with the code HOLAPANAMA and get 15 USD discount!
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Update: We've got our hands-on these tablets and so make sure you check out our full previews of the Xoom 2 and the Xoom 2 Media Edition.
Motorola has finally made official the Xoom and as
expected it will come in two sizes, the 8.2in Media Edition and the full-blown
10.1in version.
We've heard rumours, seen leaked images and even spotted promotional material for the Xoom 2, but Motorola has finally put us out of our
misery by announcing the second-generation tablet.
As expected the only difference between the two tablets is size, with both packing 1.2GHz dual-core processors, 1GB of RAM, 16GB of
storage, Android 3.2 (no Ice Cream Sandwich
at launch unfortunately), Gorilla Glass HD display, a five megapixel rear
camera, a 1.3 megapixel front-facing camera and a special splashguard coating
to help prevent accidents.
Both models will be available in Wi-Fi only versions in
mid-November in the UK and Ireland but
pricing has yet to be announced though the €399 pricing we saw earlier this week seems preety spot-on.
We're heading along to a Motorola event in London this afternoon
where we'll hopefully get some more details and hands-on time with the new
Xooms. No word yet on 3G models being available.
Both tablets include the new MotoCast app that lets you
stream all your music, photos, videos and documents between your PC or Mac and
tablet without any media tools, apps, or cords.
The 10.1in Xoom 2 will weigh in at 599g and will be just
8.8mm thick, with its smaller brother will weigh in at just 386g and measure
8.99mm thick.
While the Xoom 2 and Xoom 2 Media Edition are not massive
upgrades on the original Xoom, the slimmed down profile at least matches the
current crop of top-end models such as the Galaxy Tab 10.1 and the iPad 2 but
has Motorola done enough to differentiate itself from the crowd.
Let us know in the comments what you think of the new Xooms and as we said,
we're going to be getting some hands-on time with the new tablets later today,
so check back soon for our full preview.
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Imagine that despite everything horrible that you have ever done, God remains…
A Broken Spirit
"Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me."
I am Israel.
The purpose of this psalm is so that we will "set our hope in God and not forget the works of God" (vs.7)
How Can You Grow?
I think that at first glance the content of Psalm 72 seems…
God, Our Fortress
Imagine a soldier in a battlefield amidst a horrendous war, anxiously searching for a place of refuge.
Responding to Who God Is
In Psalm 63, he writer is overwhelmed by Who the Lord is
The Story of the Underdog
Ever heard a song that just spoke to you? That perfectly described…
Black and White
…but then I started to understand what was going on here; this isn't a statement…
A Short and Sweet Introduction
"Let everything that breathes praise the Lord. Hallelujah!" – Psalm 150:6


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According to Water Safety New Zealand, around 105 people die annually on the island, and 81 of these deaths are preventable. Many incidents involve young men swimming while drunk.
The humorous social media campaign featuring "the Swim Reaper" was launched in collaboration with the country's government and is aimed to promote water safety among men aged between 15 to 34 and to stop people from making fatal decisions.


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The WoM Projekt
Combining efficient manufacturing and quality materials with patented designs to meet our customers expectations for newness and innovation
- Stage Full Product Ready
- Industry Consumer Products
- Location Santa Monica, CA, USA
- Currency USD
- Employees 4
- Website thewomprojekt.com
Company Summary
From the creative mind of Parisian artist, Cyril Anguelidis, WoM is a company that designs art that aims to enhance the consumer's lifestyle. Our mission is to develop products that are innovative in design while improving function and quality to everyday products. Our line of products will range from non-electronic items such as decorative and functional pieces, shelves and tables to electronic items such as high quality audio products.
Kenhalo BernetCo-Founder and President
Mrs. Bernet managed animation Studios in Berlin, London and Vietnam where she produced over 100 hours of animation and visual effects. Managed the first Audio-visual Festival in St Petersburg linked with a TV market Marketskaïa in 1994. Worked on marketing of Albertville 1992 Olympic Games. Mrs. Bernet holds a MBA in Management Science from the University of Dauphine, Paris. Graduate of American University of Paris.
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Years ago when I was visiting Don Shadow, Paulus Van den Berk was in from the Netherlands visiting nurseries and looking for new introductions (where better to look than Don). He told me about there Nursery and what got my attention the most was their line of topiary (imagine that). European nurseries are far ahead of what we are growing in the US. With tighter land availability they have been forced to develop growing techniques and equipment that in my opinion far exceed our own.
The availability is also much more interesting to me. All of the pleached, clipped and trained plant material I am always looking for is readily available in Europe. Here are some examples of what Van den Berk has available in their line or Topiary. I recommend you have a look at the website to see their full product line.


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City of Mercer Island - City Council Regular Meeting
City Hall Council Chambers - 9611 SE 36th Street, Mercer Island, WA 98040
Click here to download the complete Council Meeting packet
7:00 pm: Call to Order & Roll Call
7:01 pm: Appearances
This is the time set aside for members of the public to speak to the City Council about any issues of concern. If you wish to speak, please (1) speak audibly into the podium microphone, (2) state your name and address for the record, and (3) limit your comments to three minutes.
7:15 pm: Minutes
Regular Meeting Minutes of January 19, 2010
7:17 pm: Consent Calendar
Payables: $846,811.21 (1/21/2010) & $118,006.69 (01/27/2010)
Payroll: $606,835.48 (01/29/2010)
AB 4506: Interlocal Agreement with King County for Waste Reduction and Recycling Grant Program
7:20 pm: Regular Business
AB 4504: Lakeridge Elementary Healthy Ways to School Project Acceptance (no presentation)
AB 4498: Sub-Basin 6 Stormwater Improvement Preliminary Design & Permitting (no presentation)
AB 4505: Emergency Well Facility - Operations Overview
AB 4503: Arts Council 2009 Annual Report and 2010 Work Plan
AB 4508: Temporary Encampments Ordinance (2nd Reading)
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Beano Enamel Mug and Socks Gift Set
This Official Beano Mug and Socks Set is a great gift for grown up fans of the classic Beano comics.
Re-join the Dennis the Menace Fan Club with this high quality, Beano branded enamel mug and red stripy socks adorned with embroidered patch.
This set includes 1 Beano branded enamel mug and 1 pair of Beano branded men's socks (one size).
Product dims: H 16cm x W 12.5 cm x D 10cm
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PřF:ZD111 Global climate and hydrology - Course Information
ZD111 Global climate and applied hydrologyFaculty of Science
Spring 2017
- Extent and Intensity
- 4/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
- Teacher(s)
- prof. RNDr. Rudolf Brázdil, DrSc. (lecturer)
prof. RNDr. Pavel Prošek, CSc. (lecturer)
Mgr. Monika Šulc Michalková, Ph.D. et Ph.D. (lecturer)
- Guaranteed by
- prof. RNDr. Rudolf Brázdil, DrSc.
Department of Geography - Earth Sciences Section - Faculty of Science
Contact Person: prof. RNDr. Rudolf Brázdil, DrSc.
Supplier department: Department of Geography - Earth Sciences Section - Faculty of Science
- Prerequisites
Subject is directed for students of the PhD study programme Geography - Physical Geography.
- Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
- Fields of study the course is directly associated with
- Physical Geography (Eng.) (programme PřF, D-GR4) (2)
- Physical Geography (programme PřF, D-GR4) (2)
- Course objectives
- The subject extends basic knowledge from climatology and hydrology obtained from MSc. study in the physical geography for the new actual scientific knowledge. It concerns, on the one hand, study of basic aspects of the global climate and its changes, on the other hand, selected problems of applied hydrology.
- Learning outcomes
- The student extends his basic knowledge from climatology and hydrology obtained from MSc. study in the physical geography for the new actual scientific knowledge. It concerns, on the one hand, study of basic aspects of the global climate and its changes, on the other hand, selected problems of applied hydrology.
- Syllabus
- Global Climate: 1. Multi-dimensional methods of statistical analysis of climatological series. 2. Instrumental, historical and paleoclimatological data. 3. Climatic system, basic climate-forming factors, hypothesis of climatic change. 4. Climate modelling. 5. Climatic scenarios and methods of their construction. 6. Impacts of possible climatic change. 7. Energetical basis of climatic system, mechanisms of energy exchange and their temporal-spatial changes. 8. Global atmospheric circulation - basic models and their comparison. 9. Recent anthropogenic impacts on the atmosphere and climate - primary and secondary components (smog), dry and wet deposition, acid rains, destruction of the ozonosphere Applied hydrology: 1. Characteristics of water regime. 2. Hydrological balance. 3. Natural and anthropogenic impacts on water system in the nature, runoff process. 4. Hydrological measurements and data procesing. 5. Legislation in hydrology. 6. Plans of sub-basins in Czech Republic. 7. Hydrological forecast - information and warning services. 8. Protection against floods.
- Literature
- Houghton, J. T. et al., eds.: Climate Change 2001: The Scientific Basis. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2001, 896 s.
- Říha, J.: Vodní hospodářství. ČVUT Praha, 1990, 239 s.
- McCarthy, J.J. et al., eds.: Climate Change 2001: Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2001, 1050 s.
- HOUGHTON, John Theodore. Globální oteplování : úvod do studia změn klimatu a prostředí. Praha: Academia, 1998. 228 s. ISBN 8020006362. info
- JONES, J. A. A. Global hydrology : processes, resources and environmental management. 1st pub. Essex: Longman, 1997. x, 399. ISBN 0582098610. info
- KŘÍŽ, Vladislav. Hydrometrie. 1. vyd. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1988. 174 s. info
- Teaching methods
- ectures, class discussion, group projects
- Assessment methods
- Type of teaching - lecture Type of exam - oral
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every other week.
Information on course enrolment limitations: pro studenty doktorského studijního programu
- Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2017, recent)
- Permalink: https://is.muni.cz/course/sci/spring2017/ZD111


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Upset Stockingstone Road residents are concerned for wildlife after creatures' homes were "destroyed".
Residents claim that the council should not have pollarded the trees last week, as nesting season does not end until July 31, putting birds at risk.
One resident said: "I am so angry I can't speak. The baby birds are still learning to fly!"
A Luton Borough Council spokesman said: "The trees (predominately lime trees), require regular inspection, and have historically been pollarded to ensure they do not obstruct the highway.
"We are also removing basal suckers (annually) which can obstruct pedestrians if not attended to.
"The trees were last pruned four years ago. At that time the pruning work was undertaken to encourage a better tree structure and framework to support a full pollard of the trees within a five year period.
"We received 16 service requests in the last 12 months from local residents asking to reduce overhanging trees in Stockingstone Road, so the pollarding was scheduled for 2017. It is undertaken in the summer due to distance from properties and soil type.
"Contractors undertaking such works first check for any signs of nesting birds."
But one resident argued: "When pollarding is done on a large scale it is beneficial to do it over a period of years, to give regular nesting birds time to adapt and use nearby trees, and to give any insect life a chance to reestablish!"


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Cow Skin Leather
When we talk about most durable type of leather used for making warm clothes and boots then cow leather will definitely take the lead. However, sheep hide is equally famous as these two types of leather boast of similar attributes like comfort, durability, high quality, environment-friendliness, softness and smoothness etc.
As Tirubala Leather is one of the leading suppliers of high quality and non-slip smooth leather, we continually strive to offer you the best-in-class leather results and meet the diversified needs of our customers. Cow hide is something that is known for its toughness and durability. We are the eminent supplier of very noticeable texture skin cow leather. The cow skin leather supplied by us is used to manufacture various products like rugs, belts, handbags, boots, saddles, wallets etc.
Our product range of cow skin leather includes Cow Eliza, Cow Ethnic, Cow Lining, Cow Mirage, Cow Magnet, Cow Fungi, Cow Sara, Cow Sara (Pearlised Finish). What make Tirubala Leather the first choice amongst our clients is top-quality leather products and reasonable cow leather price.
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Google's Gmail Labs has just rolled out a useful, but mildly creepy feature that gives you suggestions on who you should e-mail based on previous conversations. So, if you've had threads going with a group of people, it will recommend some of those folks once you've added at least two addresses in the recipients field. Best part is, they don't even have to be in a group of contacts you've created in Gmail's contacts manager.
I got this to work to an almost uncanny level. It handles things like family members without a hitch, but where it gets useful is in pulling up people you've recently been corresponding with and giving you a one-click link that adds them to the message. Short of organizing these people to a group (in which you may need to add or delete someone on a per-message basis), or doing a reply-all on an old message, this is a really fast way to get another thread started with the same group.
Now all Gmail needs is a quick way to take these contacts and add them to a sending group without leaving the message, something that can only be done in Gmail's contact manager.
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Trying to come up with just one word to describe the uniqueness of Orvis is difficult, since the brand boasts so many different products.
Perhaps the best way to encapsulate what Orvis does well is to center on its family owned approach to business in a very corporate, impersonal retail marketplace. You also can't overlook just how eclectic Orvis is in terms of what you can buy from them but also the knowledge they impart on their customers in a way that allows them to transcend sales and embrace service in a way that most brands can't emulate.
To the public, Orvis is a family owned company that does tremendous business online and is known for being the foremost experts and enthusiasts on fly fishing, and also hunting, sporting goods, and apparel.
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