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Love the last shot always good to see how things are put together. cheryl
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Great piece! Jim you always amaze. Did the piece come from elsewhere in the world as the Admission Price is odd ie: Adults 6D Children under 14 3D or does that actually mean dollars?
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What a beautiful piece of work. I agree with you most readily on snatching up something when you see it!... alas there seems to be never enough time to complete all the projects. Lots of materials on hand...
Would love to see the next completed project Keep us updated.
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Great project! I am also looking forward to retirement and have similar projects using silver filigree bowls as shades. Also making some from glass bowls & vases. happy retirement years!
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Nice ideas. You could always use the red rubber rings as a sort of foot to glue on the bottom(Top) of the lid to stop it from moving, or scratching-like a felt pad. thanks for showing them
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great project Did you remove the covers or just 'paper' over them?
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Hello Where do you find this Krylon Mirror sparay paint? Not yet in Canada?
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sorry about the previous post(no spaces) Keyboard screwed up.
Was this a kit from a hardware store? Or did you piece/stick build it from scratch? Looks great What size is it? Any interior pics. thx
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Just love your head board iron bed frame 'fence' I have also used them as 'flower bed' frames. And the coal bucket planters are very cute
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great score It would make a very nice countertop on an island or a coffee table top. Good luck!
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great spot! what is the name of the campsite? i would love to go there on this summers trip!
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Hi there first time posting for me!
I have just found a baby buggy in very good shape $20.
Just wondering how you got it to stop being 'springy'
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text: Share: Comments Print June 17, 2009 at 4:00 PM Nickelsville Posted by Seattle Times staff Oh the irony: homeless neglected while convicts cared for As a homeless person, I am frustrated after reading Nancy Bartley's article ["Homeless camp now on state property," NWWednesday, June 10] on the homeless encampment on state land just outside Seattle city limits. I am not "homeless" by the federal definition, since I have my pickup to sleep in, but I am homeless, nevertheless. I do very much resent all the money society spends caring for criminals in jails and prisons, while ignoring the basic needs of those whose only offense is the inability to afford a home. It makes me almost want to get arrested Of course, I would be trading my freedom for three squares and a pad, medical and dental care, perhaps even an organ transplant, along with TV and other amenities. Freedom loses some of its appeal when you're tired, wet, cold, hungry, maybe have a toothache and are broke to boot. The homeless group in the article has organized to try to obtain a little security and dignity, and they don't even have porta-potties, while convicted criminals have all their basic needs met. It makes you wonder about societies' priorities, doesn't it? — Gene "Sarge" Sargent, Milton Comments | More in homeless, Seattle City Council


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By the early 1970s, Mott was working with Hall of Fame trainer Jack Van Berg, but held his own head trainer's license. In 1978, Mott opened his own public stable.
Through 2012, Mott had trained six champions: Paradise Creek, Theatrical, Escena, Ajina, Royal Delta and his best known horse, Cigar. Mott conditioned the two-time Horse of the Year for 16 consecutive victories from 1994-96, including 10 consecutive races in 1995. In 1996, Cigar won the inaugural Dubai World Cup and retired as the sport's all-time leading money winner with earnings of nearly $10 million (since broken by Curlin).
Through August 2013, Bill Mott had saddled the winners of 4,335 races with earnings of $217,726,572. He has won 10 training titles at Belmont Park and nine each at Saratoga Race Course and Gulfstream Park, as well as five at Keeneland. Mott also set the record for number of victories at a single Churchill Downs meeting with 54 during the 1984 spring meet.
Besides his six champions, Mott has trained Fraise, Geri, Wekiva Springs, Banshee Breeze, Favorite Trick, Royal Anthem, My Typhoon and To Honor and Serve, Ron the Greek and Flat Out. Mott has trained nine Breeders' Cup winners, including Classic winners Cigar and Drosselmeyer, as well as Royal Delta, who won back-to-back editions of the Ladies' Classic in 2011 and 2012.
Mott has recorded multiple wins in a number of prestigious stakes, inclduing the Apple Blossom Handicap (3), Jim Dandy (3), Lamplighter Handicap (4), Turf Classic (2), Donn Handicap (2), Woodward (2), Diana Handicap (3) and Test (2). Other victories include the Man o' War Stakes, the Arlington Million, the Suburban, Hopeful, Alabama and Pacific Classic.
Mott won his first Triple Crown race in 2010 when Drosselmeyer won the Belmont Stakes.
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I recently listened to a friend talk about how she was made fun of as a child because she was extremely skinny. Today, that kind of behaviour is known as bullying but in those days you just took it as normal. Sadly it was her relatives who were the culprits and not school mates. Their ridicule left an indelible mark and wove a tapestry of low self-esteem, a damaged self image and an acceptance of a 'lowly state'. Thankfully, she no longer feels that way.
I recently blogged about my personal experience of feeling ugly as a child and as I listened to my gorgeous and super fit friend relay her story, it suddenly dawned on me that there is nothing anyone can do to protect a child from hearing negative things about themselves. There isn't any magnetic shield to repel abuse and negativity; at least not yet. Of course if all parents raised their children to treat others nicely and speak kindly to everyone irrespective of differences, then yeah, that might work. Although then, we would all live in Oz, Mary Poppins or Fräulein Maria would be our nannies and whilst we are at it, our parents would also be Bill and Melinda Gates wouldn't they? Alas, we don't have the luxury of such a peachy perfect life.
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In elementary mathematics, if you increase negative values you just keep getting an increment of negativities. Likewise, the more negative comments you hear about yourself, the worse you believe you are. The feeling multiplies just like when water was poured on a 'mogwai' in the movie Gremlins (for those young enough to remember 🙂 ). The only way to cross over to the positive bar line is to increase the positive values.
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Unless someone is ready to believe that they are beautiful or intelligent or capable or able or worthy or unique or special or deserving; there won't be a change.
What I can do is ensure that my children hear a million times more positive messages about themselves from me than any negative thing they may ever hear anywhere else on earth. It's not enough to do things for them, they must hear that positivity reinforced audibly because in its absence, there are too many other voices ready to tell them otherwise.


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Spanish Inquisition
The Spanish Inquisition was a tribunal started in 1478 in Spain. It was started by Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile, with the assistance of Torquemada. During the Spanish Inquisition many people were burnt in front of crowds in the streets. In practice, the Spanish Inquisition served to consolidate power in the monarchy of the newly unified Spanish kingdom, but it achieved that end through infamously brutal methods.
The rulers of Spain asked the Pope to start the Inquisition to catch Jews who pretended to be Christians. In 1492 they commanded all Jews to leave Spain. Many left, but many stayed and said they were Christians. The Inquisition became busy deciding which ones were lying. When Protestants appeared, the Inquisition said they were just pretending to be Christians. Most trials ended with the defendant simply giving up his beliefs and being let go. The Inquisition became less active in later years and was completely abolished in 1834.
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China faces the second default in its onshore bond market as a Shanxi-based construction firm has warned that it may fail to make a payment next week, Bloomberg News reported Thursday.
Huatong Road & Bridge Group Co. could miss a 400 million yuan (US$64.5 million) note payment due July 23, the company was quoted as saying in a filing to the Shanghai Clearing House Wednesday.
Chairman Wang Guorui is said to be assisting authorities with an official investigation. Wang was removed from the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference Shanxi Committee on July 9 for suspected violations of the law, media reports said last week.
Shanghai Chaori Solar Energy Science & Technology Co. marked China's first onshore corporate bond default when it missed a coupon payment in March this year.
Huatong Road would be the first to fail to pay both interest and principal, and would also be the first default in the interbank note market, the report noted.
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A major annual consumer satisfaction survey is out, and it's a mixed bag for the cable and telecom sector and all of us who use it. The bad: pay-TV, broadband, phone, and wireless companies still pretty much really suck, and most of us are very dissatisfied with them. The good: year over year, most of them are finally starting to suck less than they used to! [More]
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Stephen G. moved into a new apartment and decided to sign up for service for Mediacom Cable (not to be confused with the London-based media agency MediaCom). He called the local representative on an ad he'd been given, and was told he didn't have to sign a two-year contract, so he didn't. Later he found out his name was on a Mediacom contract anyway. Surprise! [More]
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Dr Swart is a sports physician and exercise scientist based at the Sports Science Institute in Newlands, Cape Town. In addition to an undergraduate medical degree, he has a Masters Degree in Sports Medicine and a PhD in exercise science. He currently divides his time between research, clinical sports medicine and high performance cycling. He has numerous publications in international scientific journals and his field of expertise include the application of training techniques specific to cycling, cycling biomechanics and the control of exercise by the brain. As a recognised expert in the field of performance cycling, Dr Swart was recruited to perform independent testing on multiple Tour de France winning cyclist Chris Froome. This data was later published in a leading scientific journal. As an athlete, Dr Swart won six South African National cross-country mountain bike titles at both elite and age group level and has won 1 national marathon championships at age group level.


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mytaxi Stage on a Boat
This year we have bunch of new things at UIKonf. One of them is the parallel stage hosted by our Platinum Sponsor, mytaxi.
This stage will be on a boat anchored in front of our venue, RadialSystem, and will feature a workshop and two talks held by the mytaxi team.
Rebuilding Technologies and Scaling Up Processes in the Passenger Tribe at mytaxi
Presenter: Ivan Morschel
Date: Monday (overflow on Tuesday same time)
Location: mytaxi Boat Stage, RadialSystem
Time: 11:50
Duration: 30min + 5min Q&A
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In 2018 we relaunched mytaxi's passenger apps introducing new user flows and rebuilding the technical implementation. This talk focusses on the changes on technologies (app and backend), agile processes and reshaping teams during this long-term project and how we stepwise launched the product, collected feedback and addressed bugs and improvements. Topics are: modularisation, agile project management and forecasting, scaling up architectures and product teams, testing and quality improvements.
About Ivan: Engineering tribe lead for the passenger app at mytaxi. Former positions at goodgame, AOL and Daimler. PhD at the University of Stuttgart.
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Presenter: Aya Akl
Date: Monday (overflow on Tuesday same time)
Location: mytaxi Boat Stage, RadialSystem
Time: 12:25
Duration: 30min + 5min Q&A
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Ever wondered how we can do test automation for iOS apps? What should be done in order to avoid flaky UI tests? is there any pattern and structure behind successful UI Testing for iOS Apps?
We will talk about tips and tricks for Test Automation for iOS and what we are doing at mytaxi Passenger App.
Sensor: How to develop apps with a state of the art architecture
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Date: Monday, 27th May & Tuesday, 28th May (repeat)
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Sensor: How to develop apps with a state of the art architecture
A good architecture like MVVM makes it easy to separate the view from the business logic. But how do you manage the state? Do your presenter, interactor or view model use unidirectional data flow? Do you have a single source of truth of your state? Is you code easy to test and refactor? What about Referential Transparency?
We would like to show case how we jazzed up MVVM by adding a state machine and ideas from Redux to solve all our state related troubles. In this workshop we will develop a simple rating screen, complex enough to demonstrate how easy and clean state management can be and we will answer all the questions we posed above.
Your conference ticket already includes this workshop.
In addition to these workshops, the last day of UIKonf will host an unconference-like get-together where everyone can share their knowledge in self-organized labs. If you want to offer a workshop as well, get in touch with us.


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The fox and raccoon doll softies are fun and simple to make! They are stitched entirely by hand, using a whip stitch around the felt edges and a stem stitch for the mouths. The body-head-ears-arms-legs are all together in one pattern shape – they are not attached separately which can be time consuming and difficult. The finished softies are 7" tall x 4 3/4" across. They are made from scraps of wool blend felt (acrylic felt can be used but wool or wool blend will be more durable). Enlarge or reduce patterns/diagram to make the softies different sizes. Safety eyes are used for samples – other options for the eyes are to make them using embroidery, paint or felt.
This five page PDF e-pattern includes full size patterns to make the fox and raccoon doll softies; a materials list; detailed instructions written in English; and clear step-by-step photos.
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Today, Old Don Tano is gonna provide you with all the details about what you can (and should) do to celebrate the upcoming New Year's Eve Palermo Festivities for 2019.
Here in Palermo, we just can't wait to participate in celebrations, so starting from December first, the question that weighs most heavily on every Sicilian's mind for New Year's Eve is «Cosa faremo» (What are we gonna do) to celebrate New Year's Eve?
And as the days tick by and New Year's Eve grows closer, the state of every Sicilian's anxiety grows. At the same time, however — for some unexplainable reason — the average Sicilian manages to wait until the last day (the 30th of December) to finally decide where to go and what to do. Figurati!
During the two suddenly frantic days before St. Sylvester's Day (December 31st), the hunt for the last tickets left begins. This is a time when many turn to friends "in high places" to be admitted to an outstanding party or restaurant dinner party. And they know perfectly well they could have bought the tickets easily only two or three days earlier.
As always, wherever you go, a few knotty problems always arise. Here, for some reason, clubs, restaurants, party planners and other event promoters don't take advantage of the Internet to do promotions.
Perhaps you'll see one here or there on Facebook posts in Italian, but almost none mention how to get your tickets. In Palermo, it's all done by word of mouth save for the official event organized each year by the Municipality of Palermo which takes place in one of the city's main public squares.
👉 For you, as a tourist arriving from abroad this means: If you want to visit the city during Christmastime and enjoy the New Year's Eve Celebration, you'll have a hard time finding something to do save for attending the aforementioned event organized the Municipality, or possibly, some touristy restaurant that serves mediocre food.
The Municipality of Palermo event is open to all and there's no charge to attend. Many famous, as well as emerging Italian singers, accompany the audience right up to midnight when the amazing firework show welcomes the arrival of 2019.
Aside from the fireworks show, etc. you may find it hard to know what to do, but fortunately for you, old Don Tano is here to help you find your way around and choose what to do while you're here in Palermo.
The 5 Best Things to Do in Palermo on Saint Sylvester's Day 2019
1. The Celebration in Politeama Square
First of all, the most coming thing. That would be the vast square Castelnuovo, known as Piazza Politeama. Every year the holds just about its biggest celebration. And if you book early, you can 👉enjoy a nearby bed and breakfast room with "camera matrimoniale" (double bed), for very attractive prices. Then the events presented by the Municipality of Palermo are close by.
After the fireworks show has ended not everyone has a lot of people don't have a party waiting, so these people — people of all ages — families with children, teenagers, middle-aged people, and many single guys and gals, all head for Old Town and the New City Center.
Unfortunately, I recommend the party locales just mentioned only if you can't find any other options. I'm pretty sure you come to Sicily to enjoy yourself. While having foreigners as guests for New Year's Eve might be fun for locals, it's not something I'd recommend to visitors the festivities in Old Town and the New City Center.
Go perhaps to the latter celebrations only if you're out of options. Unless you're deep into the study of Italian and want to have a genuine Italian experience, I don't think you're gonna get much fun out of listening to a lot of people talking in a language you can't understand.
2. Cenone di Capodanno (New Year's Eve Dinner)
The Cenone is a must in Italy for the New Year's Eve. It's not like a Christmas lunch when the main goal of the locals seems to kill themselves with an intestinal explosion. The feature of this dinner s the wine.
Not all restaurants organize a New Year's Eve dinner for la Notte di San Silvestro. In fact, the majority remain closed because so many locals prefer their own private dinners among friends. Having said that, many restaurants do set up a special cenone.
Two types of cenones:
- The classic Cenone. Here a restaurant offers a set menu at a fixed price with unlimited wine. This will normally cost each diner between €30 to €50 (somewhere between $35 to $60).
- The Veglione (Dinner and a party) This dinner comes with a set menu as above and after a toast to midnight, the restaurant turns into a nightclub with dance music. This dine and dance evening will cost around €70 to €80 (Approximately $80 to $115) per person.
While the cost may not seem too extravagant, these places seldom offer more than mediocre dinners. Perhaps understandably, many restaurateurs who have little interest in encouraging new visitors.
They choose rather to increase their cash register receipts as much as possible, knowing their patrons will be foreigners who are unlikely to return and certainly will never become regular customers.
‼Cenone is a must in the whole Belpaese, but it's not easy to find a place that really serves good food around the end of each year.
3. Hire a local cook/bartender
Without a doubt, this is the best way to enjoy great food and have fun in Sicily, especially if you plan to rent an apartment and spend a little time here. You can hire a local cook who will prepare dinner right in your residence.
You'll have not only the opportunity to try the best dishes of the variegated Sicilian cuisine but you'll become immersed in a total culinary experience while the chef prepares a dinner cooks right in front of you (if you want to watch). In the morning you may accompany your cook out to the historic street markets for the daily shopping while your cook explains the secrets of Sicilian cuisine.
This sort of service can cost some €200 to €300 (Around $230-$350) but it's well worth the expense.
If you come together with a group, for the same price of Cenone you'll have a local cook in your apartment and…you'll return home after having lived an unforgettable experience. Priceless!
You can also have a bartender who will prepare original Italian cocktails from Negroni to Aperol Spritz. Maggie Hoffman says a Spritz is a bit more adult than a soda but still sweet and friendly.
These services run about €150. Alcohol not included of course.
If there's any drawback to having private cooks and bartenders it would be that they're hard to find since locals hire most if not all of them well in advance. If you want to hire a cook, a bartender (or both), send an email to Old Don Tano (email@example.com) and I'll give you some contacts.
If you can afford it, the best way to enjoy real Sicilian food on New Year's Eve is the in-house cook. You'll enjoy real Sicilian food on New Year's Eve, as well as enjoying a fun culinary experience with a real cook preparing a sumptuous repast just for you and your guests. What a great Saint Sylvester evening, especially for a group. Great.
4. After-dinner party
For young locals especially, dancing is the definite epilogue to a long New Year's Eve night on the town. They're famous for their wild parties, with plenty of fun and plenty of alcohol to wash it down.
These parties, at least the organized parties, are generally divided into age and type. That means there are parties for teenagers, parties for 20 to 25 years old, parties for 25 to 32 years, and parties for 32 to 45 years old.
You'd have a hard time finding a 30-year-old dancing with 20-year-old students. And you wouldn't see stylish people dancing with rockers. Palermo is a city where different kinds don't mix well at all.
But no matter who you are, don't despair. Thee are parties for everyone and the only drawback is that if you're not a local it's not easy finding the right party. Besides, it's not like in other European cities where many clubs become famous but also plan the parties.
As I already mentioned, everything works with word of mouth and the only way to learn about the best parties is by talking with some of the locals. If you really intend to attend a party, just drop me an email at (email@example.com) and I'll try to propose some solutions based on your needs.
Parties in Palermo are really lots of fun but it's hard to learn the protocol here. It's hard to find the best parties for you and your group, and even harder to get a ticket on time. If you hope to get in some dancing on New Year's Eve, just email me at (firstname.lastname@example.com) and I'll give you all the details I can.
5. Barhopping
Barhopping or pub crawling may sound a bit desperate but I can assure you that it's anything but boring.
A lot of bars in the Old Town and downtown as well remain open until early morning and jammed with thousands of people who didn't make it to any party and with that number of people who prefer to raise their elbows for another while socializing with their neighbor next to them.
Special Events and Parties for the New Year's Eve to Welcome 2019
I've already told you that Sicilians are wait-till-the-last-minute people.
Organizers are — well, not very well organized — they're not at all market-oriented somehow always delay Promotions until the very last second. All the above applies equally to our great New Year's Eve Promotions.
As I write this blog, I'm trying to gather together all the events as I learn the details that I learn as I pick the brains of the local organizers around town. I'm gonna do my best to update this blog daily with every bit of new information as anything pops up.
But before we go any further, I want you to bear in mind a couple of things
- For any information and booking, you'll need to contact the organizers directly.
- From Christmas onward, you're unlikely to be able to find anything available.
- You have to pay in advance to book any event.
I have to stress that Wearepalermo.com is in no way tied to any of the upcoming events that I'm gonna list here. For anything you need or want that's related to an event, you have to direct your inquiries to directly to the organizers of the event.
Here is a list of events that have been scheduled for this year:
Host: Noche de Travesura and Popshock
Where: Mercato Sanlorenzo, Via San Lorenzo 288
See the event on Facebook
Organizers are gonna set up the New Year's Eve festival inside the Mercato San Lorenzo.
This is an indoor market that primarily hosts families with kids to dine and make lots of noise. That goes on here all year round.
A couple of details you should know about this location.
The Mercato is a large modern structure with some three or four huge halls that can be set up for dances. A huge outdoor area offers entertainment beneath the stars. There is nothing special to mention here but it creates a great party atmosphere.
Host: TNOS The Night of Sicily
Where: "La Suprema" cruise ship (Via Francesco Crispi)
See the event on Facebook
This one is aboard the cruise ship La Suprema of the GNV group fleet. For information and booking, you should send a message through their Facebook Page.
According to organizers, this promises to be something new and pretty cool.
The night starts off with dinner. A special menu will have been prepared by the award-winning Italian chef Natale Giunta. The menu should be something really special and full of surprises. All that remains to be seen.
A couple of words here about the ship.
La Suprema is one of those gigantic cruise ships that features ten decks. Although it lacks the most luxurious amenities, it does have spacious ballrooms, panoramic elevators. La Suprema is a 24/7 ship with bars, shops, terraces and a great many more.
3. CAPODANNO 2019 (#CASALESANLORENZO New Year 2019)
Host: Casale San Lorenzo
Where: Casale San Lorenzo, Piazza Stazione San Lorenzo, 17
See the event on Facebook
This promises to be a real 80s-style event in this historic and popular location for private events, the Casale San Lorenzo.
The structure is very large and is will offer everything guests might desire in order to properly celebrate this special event. Weddings are often held here as well as 18th birthdays (That's coming of age as debs here.)
The organizers promise a great New Year's Eve celebration with great food, drinks, and music but nothing too wile. After all, most of the guests here will be families with their kids.
A word about this location.
Casale San Lorenzo is a lovely venue with indoor as well as outdoor areas. The better half is the outside terrace featuring a large pool enhanced by a lush green lawn. But in inclement weather, it has to remain closed so it may well be closed for New Year's Eve.
4. New Year's Eve 2019 – Hotel Casena Dei Colli
Host: SideUp
Where: Hotel Casena Dei Colli, Via Villa Rosato, 20
See the event on Facebook
SideUp hosts this New Year's Eve event. SideUp is a group of local organizers who try to find a way to become a reference point for all the parties being held in Palermo.
I'm not so sure they're gonna make it, but this particular event should be a nice one despite perhaps lacking in bang.
Organizers expect between 600 to 800 guests in attendance. That's a lot of revelers!
This is an after-dinner party event where you can get in after 10:30 and if you book a room in advance, you can totter directly to your room.
We hear they speak of the booze flowing freely, but that goes on pretty much all over. And SideUp promises dancing till dawn. We'll soon see.
A word about this location.
This location offers easy access. It's a quaint 3-star hotel with a green lawn New management has recently taken over and made some changes. Even though this is in the middle of a throbbing city, once inside you'll feel as if you're in a country inn.
5. Capodanno 2019 al Cantavespri — "Studio 54" Party Disco 70
Host: Cantavespri Vini e Vinilli
Where: Cantavespri Vini e Vinili, Vicolo Valguarnera, 8
See the event on Facebook
The Cantavespri is a popular club located in the heart of Old Town. Ask anyone about a great place to party and they're gonna tell you it's the Cantavespri. This hotspot also has the added convenience of being near the city center and many hotels.
Every year organizers do their best to make the New Year's Eve party an event that will meet anyone's expectations, be they the locals or visitors. So far Cantavespri has never disappointed.
To celebrate New Year's Eve this year, the theme for Capodanno is New York in the 70s.
Organizers will recreate the magical atmosphere of that famous disco club, Studio 54. During its glamorous 3-year run from 1977 through 1980, Studio 54 was the innovator of disco dancing as exemplified in the wildly popular hit "Saturday Night Fever." With John Travolta burning up the dance floor.
Guests are encouraged to wear dress that recreates the clothing of the 70s, but that's not mandatory. Just wear clothes, that's all that's required.
Your evening begins with dinner, but that's not mandatory and you may join the party after dinner, and at less cost to you. This promises to be one of the most popular New Year's Eve events so if you plan to participate, you'd better see to your tickets soon as they sell fast and the club isn't really large enough to hold huge crowds.
A couple of words here about this location.
As to location, Cantavespri located in the heart of the historic City Center is always busy even during weeknights. The venue is not large and for this reason, it's always crowded, but it does have an outdoor area with tables where you can get fresh air along with your refreshments…sometimes.
For information and booking, just send a message through their Facebook page.
6. The great New Year's Eve 2019 – Villa Boscogrande
Host: BeFree
Where: Villa Boscogrande, Via Tommaso Natale, 91
See the Event on Facebook
Another great event for a New Year's Eve Celebration will be hosted by BeFree at the Villa Boscogrande.
BeFree is the name for a popular group of our local organizers. For this year's New Year's Eve Celebration the theme will follow along the lines of Cantavespri and go for a party that will evoke the magical era of the Roaring Twenties, the rise of Jazz and Swing and The Great Gatsby.
The party here starts of with a dinner and then the entire villa transforms itself into a huge dance floor. The organizers promise to provide the guests with dining, drinks of all kinds with no expense being spared.
I can't say whether the food and beverages will meet the expectations of guests, but I can assure you of one thing: You'll find that a night spent at the Villa was well worth your while.
In case you've never heard of it, I'm gonna tell you a little about the Villa Boscogrande.
Do you remember the Italian masterpiece film, The Leopard directed by Luchino Visconti? Well, when filming this story from the novel by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, il Signore Visconti chose to film some of the scenes at the Villa Boscogrande.
Villa Boscogrande was constructed during an era when Palermo was a center for architecture and splendor. This eighteenth-century villa represents an elegant example of the transition of the architecture from the baroque to neoclassical.
7. Unlocked will host the Capodanno 2019 al Perla del Golfo
Host: Unlocked
Where: Perla del Golfo, Contrada paterna, SS km.300, Terrasini
See the Event on Facebook
I don't know if this is gonna be the best event in all of Sicily, but maybe. I'm just sayin'. In any case, it's sure to be one that's gonna be sold out quickly.
Unlocked are serious organizers and they never stoop to trivial events.
This year they're holding the New Year's Eve party in Perla del Golfo Club and Resort, a beautiful and perfect location that has all the makings for a great success. Another plus is that Galati, renowned for being the finest caterer in Palermo.
After the dinner, a host of DJs hand-picked by Unlocked (That alone is a guarantee) will keep guests dancing through the night. You may possibly book a room at the resort. I think that's a great idea because the Perla del Golfo Resort is located some 30 km from Palermo.
Here's a little information about this location.
Perla del Golfo is a refined resort featuring great services in the seaside village of Terrasini. Outside, a large expanse of gardens with pools for strolling or rest.
Wonderful ballrooms and dining room. I understand that the gardens are gonna be open on the last day of 2018 unless it rains.
8. Capodanno 2019 °Le Antiche Mura°
Host: Loriano Eventi
Where: Le Antiche Mura restaurant, Via Mattei,1
See the event on Facebook
This may be an option for the Cenone, but I have to give you a word of caution.
It doesn't give me much pleasure to say that in the past, the New Year's Eve dinners (Cenone di Capodanno) have been rather disappointing. I don't know exactly why, but this time of the year seems to have a negative effect on most of the better restaurants in Palermo.
For some unknown reason, it always seems that these great chefs forget how to cook properly.
Worse: they want to charge you even more than usual for the lousy dinner.
Maybe the chefs start celebrating in the kitchen early in the afternoon with copious bottles of vino rosso.
Evidently, they think they're taking advantage of the celebration to make more money, but it's just a tactic that doesn't work very well. After one such experience, you're not likely ever to return again.
These places not only lose a customer but they're gonna lose other potential customers because that disappointed customer is gonna tell everyone about the bad experience.
For all that, I don't want to discourage you. If you want to dine out on New Year's Eve, go for it. I just want to warn you not to go out with high expectations.
Usually, you can dine in thousands of locations and enjoy really wonderful food, but for some reason, dates like New Year's Eve, Christmas and Easter, even locals have a hard time finding a good place to dine.
Having said all that, Le Antiche Mura may be a good choice anyway.
This elegant restaurant in Mondello (at the seaside and close to Palermo) turns into a splendid dance floor later in the evening.
The cost is 120€ per guest. That includes the dinner and the party to celebrate New Year's Eve.
Considering the all-inclusive dinner and party afterward, this is a pretty good value.
At dinner you're gonna have a complete dinner starting off with appetizers. Two main courses follow that and then two second courses. Dinner will be rounded off with a delicious dessert.
Le Antiche Mura is situated inside a very old villa close to the famed Mondello Beach. This restaurant features both inside facilities as well as an exterior area. Last year, with such lovely weather, guests dined outside in the garden. This year…maybe.
Whatever your plans, the main thing is to have a great time ringing in the new year of 2019.
I recommend you visit our tourist information page where you'll you'll find more valuable suggestions.
Ti auguro un felice anno nuovo! Ciao from your fidel unofficial guide to Palermo, Don Tano Bongiorno


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Forecast Last Updated at Saturday, December 14, 2019 at 4:36PM
Half & Half Weekend
The strong northwest wind that developed this afternoon ushers in modestly colder air. Flurries and snow showers are with us this evening into the nighttime hours. It's novelty level stuff other than the highest elevations where up to an inch or so falls before tapering off. Sunday has a good amount of sunshine, a diminishing wind, and seasonal temperatures.
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Hi: 39 Lo: 29
Mostly cloudy; Evening to late night snow showers and flurries; NW wind 10-20 mph, gusts to 45 mph
Hi: 40 Lo: 34
Variably cloudy; Chilly; NW wind 5-15 mph, gusty early but diminishing during the day
Hi: 47 Lo: 42
Cloudy; Rain develops late day or Mon. night; SW wind 5-15 mp & gusty
Hi: 46 Lo: 20
Early clouds and showers; Then decreasing clouds and turning colder
Hi: 27 Lo: 18
Mostly clear; Cold & blustery
Further Out
Thursday - Mostly clear; Less cold; High in the upper 30s; Low in the mid 20s
Friday - Increasing PM clouds; Seasonal; High in the upper 30s; Low in the upper 20s
Forecast Discussion
A cold front moved through this afternoon accompanied by a strong northwest wind, falling temperatures, and a transition to flurries and snow showers. Snow is light and fleeting but the highest elevations have minor accumulations of around an inch.
Sunday is a respite as sunshine returns and the wind gradually relaxes, par for the course in mid-December.
Low pressure moves northeast from Texas Monday to New England Tuesday. Clouds return Monday followed by rain developing Monday night. I can't completely rule out a front-running shower during the afternoon, but essentially this rain event is Monday night through Tuesday morning. Tuesday afternoon has decreasing clouds and cold invading quickly on a gusty northwest wind. A few flurries are within reason Tuesday night.
Canadian based high pressure nudges south Wednesday making it the coldest day of the week, sunny yet windy too.
Thursday and Friday are seasonably pleasant and uneventful. We'll have to watch and upper level system that moves through the Southeast next weekend that could bring some wet weather. There's a chance it stays far enough south that it isn't a talking point.
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On the heels of winning its third consecutive American League Central Division title, the Indians opted to shake things up by bringing in a familiar face. The team dealt veteran first baseman and designated hitter Edwin Encarnacion to the Seattle Mariners this past December in a three-team trade that also involved the Tampa Bay Rays. In return, the Indians received 32-year-old Carlos Santana, who spent the first eight years of his career in Cleveland. The Indians also received Jake Bauers from the Rays, while Tampa Bay received infielder Yandy Diaz and right-handed pitching prospect Cole Sulser.
A three-time All-Star, Encarnacion recorded 70 home runs and 214 runs batted in (RBI) through two seasons with the Indians. The 14-year veteran now has 380 career home runs and 1,156 RBI. Santana, meanwhile, played only one season with the Philadelphia Phillies after signing a three-year, $60 million contract with the team prior to last season. He managed a relatively productive 24 home runs and 86 RBI, but was dealt to the Mariners 10 days before being flipped back to the Indians.


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This has been quite the year for Dan Henroid, MS, RD, director of Nutrition and Food Services (NFS), and sustainability officer for UCSF Medical Center, and his staff. They've had a major operational expansion and made gargantuan adjustments to their services.
On February 1, 2015, 130 critically ill patients were moved to the new 289-bed UCSF Medical Center at Mission Bay from the main UCSF Medical Center campus and the smaller UCSF Medical Center at Mount Zion.
One of the world's newest state-of-the-art hospital complexes, the $1.5 billion UCSF Medical Center at Mission Bay focuses on patients' experiences every step of the way through their stay. The LEED Gold accredited facility — one of the first hospitals in California to achieve this honor — is the culmination of more than 10 years of planning and construction of the complex, which includes UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital San Francisco, UCSF Betty Irene Moore Women's Hospital, UCSF Bakar Cancer Hospital and the UCSF Ron Conway Family Gateway Medical Building.
The medical center also includes 4.3 acres of green space, including one acre of rooftop gardens. UCSF expects a smart irrigation system that automatically adjusts water output according to weather fluctuations and other water conservation innovations to save 4 million gallons of potable water a year. Designed with nontoxic materials, the hospital complex will use 50 percent less power than the average U.S. hospital.
The Mission Bay campus features several key new technologies not commonly found in hospitals. Examples include fully integrated communication systems, robotic transportation of food and supplies, and a bedside interactive patient care system.
"The integrated communications device allows for secure communications via text and voice over the hospital's Wi-Fi network," Henroid says. "The ability to use texting over a secure network allows for timely communication without having to answer the phone.
In addition to texting, NFS established an enterprise call center for the patient dining program. The call center allows patients from all UCSF Medical Center locations to communicate their meal selections and have the meal tickets print at the appropriate locations. The new automated call distribution system has the ability to monitor call center performance in real-time including the number and wait time of callers in the queue, and provides a callback feature to allow patients to request a call back, among other features. "The most important aspect of this system is providing the operations team real-time feedback to flex the number of call center agents to provide better customer service," Henroid says.
Robotic TUGs
One of the more exciting technologies is the use of talking robotic carts or TUGs to transport material, including food. UCSF uses 25 TUGs at the Mission Bay campus with 6 dedicated to Nutrition and Food Services. "These robots are essential to executing an on-demand patient dining program," Henroid says.
Due to the site design, the kitchen is on the north side of the 6-story complex where the loading dock is located. The children's hospital with a majority of the patients resides on the south side of the complex. "The task of expediting meals from the north side to the south side up to the patient care units on floors 3 through 6 would be very labor intensive," Henroid says.
Unlike robotic transport systems often used in large hospitals, these can function in public spaces and transport smaller loads. NFS sends TUGs on-demand with up to 12 trays per delivery. Using the integrated communications service, the kitchen notifies the unit-based foodservice assistant (FSA) that a delivery is en route. If there are dirty trays to be sent back to the kitchen, the FSA can exchange the clean cart with meals with the dirty tray cart. The TUG stops right outside the dishroom and drops off the cart while continuing back into the kitchen for another delivery. A flashing light and audible alarm usually notify the dishroom staff that a cart is ready for cleaning and sanitizing.
Based on the first couple of months in operation, Henroid says the NFS TUGs are "working out great." The overall TUG system is highly integrated into the facility infrastructure with the ability to open doors, call elevators, and move out of the way when a fire alarm is called in addition to navigating through the nearly 1 million square foot complex. The NFS TUGs make 125 to 150 trips per day averaging approximately 20 miles per day. Though the TUGs are used in 6 other departments, the NFS usage is approximately 20 percent of the total utilization of the TUG system.
"This time saved has resulted in avoided labor cost and allows the FSAs to spend more time on the unit in front of patients," Henroid says. The NFS team has made many tweaks to optimize the TUG system and plans to add such services as food and supply deliveries to adjacent medical office buildings, and pizza delivery.
Perhaps the most innovative change is the interactive patient care (IPC) system and its meal ordering capability. The IPC system is integrated into the electronic health record (EHR) and the back end meal ordering information system. Almost every patient room is private with a 65-inch display panel and a 10-inch tablet computer integrated into the room. After confirming the patient's identity, the system provides the patient with customized information including pictures of their treatment team, the ability to view education materials assigned to them by their healthcare team, pose questions to their providers, and order meals in real time in addition to television and on-demand movies.
An orientation video educates patients on how to use the meal ordering portion of the system. Patients have the ability to order off the restaurant dining menu for the current meal period and two additional future meal periods including the ability to select the time for future meal deliveries.
Preliminary results for the meal ordering are extremely positive. Almost 50 percent of the meal orders for the Mission Bay campus come from the IPC system, and the call center is fielding fewer calls. The NFS department has designed some custom algorithms to prompt patients to make meal selection adjustments for certain therapeutic diets such as carbohydrate controlled, which reduces the need for the call center to contact the patient to make meal selection adjustments.
Facts of Note
- Number of beds at UCFS Medical Center at Mission Bay: 289
- Number of meals annually at UCFS Medical Center Mission Bay: 750,000, including 150,000 patient meals, and 600,000 meal equivalents for retail and catering
- Annual foodservice budget: $12 million
- Foodservice staff: 110 employees, including 90 FTEs
- Website: www.ucsfmissionbayhospitals.org
- Dan Henroid, MS, RD, director of Nutrition and Food
- Services, and sustainability officer, UCSF Medical Center
- Ami Bhow, RD, associate director, Nutrition and Food Services, UCSF Medical Center at Mission Bay
- Leila Tabrizi, MS, RD, manager, Patient Food Services, UCSF Medical Center at Mission Bay


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Monday, 29 April 2013
Transfer class at The Craft Barn
I hope you had a great weekend. I did; spending some time just wandering with my wife on Saturday, exploring places and then yesterday I taught a class at The Craft Barn. We explored various transfer techniques using what I consider to be store cupboards essentials rather than having to get specialist stuff.
We spent the morning trying out and practicing the techniques before moving on to creating this
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- JoZart said...
Love your project Neil and all the special effects. Sounds like something good is in the pipeline! Now you've really got me curious!
Jo x
- 29 April 2013 at 10:09
- Sylvia/LittleTreasures said...
I would have loved this class. Your project is so unique and love the image. I've several "Vintage" cupboards similar to this, waiting for new life. I've done the paint/aged look so will have to decoupage some fav images.
Thanks for sharing, you always intrigue my fancy with your projects.
Have a fun creative week
- 29 April 2013 at 12:41
- Ria Gall said...
Hi Neil
this is a great little project and it does look very vintage with all the distressing and layers.
Is there any chance you could share the transfer detail with us here on your blog?
- 29 April 2013 at 14:48
- Shoshi said...
I love this, Neil. After we have moved house I am setting up a brand new ARTHaven studio and in it will be my parents' old music cabinet - it has quite a lot of narrow drawers whose fronts fold down when you open them - ideal for storing paper (12x12 included). At present it's rather plain and boring, with mid-brown polish, and I was thinking of painting and distressing it. Having seen this gorgeous project of yours, I think I shall do more than just paint it - adding some transfers and stamping will transform it! I love the soft, subtle, vintage look. Excellent work.
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Back in February when I started researching redoing/updating furniture, I was told about Dumpster Diva. What is a Dumpster Diva you might ask? Well, it's this neat lady that has an absolute gift for repurposing and redoing furniture. She has a shop in McKinney and she doesn't throw away anything. What she also does do is teach painting classes. So…I decided I would take one. I figured if I could learn half as much as her, I'd be off to a great start. I told my mom about it and she decided to join me. Later, a friend of hers decided to join us also. The problem was Dumpster Diva was booked til April. Since you have most likely read my other blogs, you know I didn't wait til this class to start painting 😉
So for $150 I signed up for a 4 hour painting class. Dumpster Diva (DD) provides all supplies except the paintbrush (she asked us to bring a Purdy Cub XL 2″ brush) and she even provided pieces from her "pickin' pile" that we could choose from.
My mom and I saw a photo DD posted a few hours before the class of the pickin' pile:
We got very excited and rushed right over to class. We were um, 75 minutes early 😉 but we wanted to know how the "pickin' order" of this class went. I had my eye on the brown dresser to the right. When we arrived, DD said pickin' order was first come so we rushed in the back and snagged our pieces. Success! The brown dresser was MINE ALL MINE!!
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I started out by painting the Bayberry Green haphazardly over the brown. Lets just say at that point I realized how industrious I was going to have to be to finish in the allotted time!
After the green dried I mixed up the buttermilk and went to town again quite haphazardly over the brown and green. Once all colors of all paint had dried I used a wet sponge to "wet distress" the piece and reveal more of the green and brown underneath.
I played with it a little to find the level of blending I wanted.
I used the same technique on the hardware and then I waxed the piece.
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In Tira Virte, art is prized for its beauty and as a binding legal record of everything from marriages to treaties. Yet not even the Grand Duke knows how extraordinary the Grijalva family's art is, for certain Grijalva males are born with the ability to alter events and influence people in the real world through that they paint. Always, their power has been used for Tira Virte. But now Sario Grijalva has learned to use his Gift in a whole new way. And when he begins to work his magic both the Grijalvas and Tira Virte may pay the price.
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The Silly and the Serious - The Rational versus the Irrational - Creationism & Intelligent Design versus Science and Reason in the UK
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The Skeptics Dictionary: A Collection of Strange Beliefs, Amusing Deceptions, and Dangerous Delusions by Robert Todd Carroll
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What is Responsible Online Credit?
Panelists include: Elisabeth Rhyne, Center for Financial Inclusion at Accion; Jerry Nemorin, LendStreet; Nat Hoopes, MLA; Tammy Halevy, AEO; Courtney Robinson, Center for Responsible Lending; Moderator: Luis Valdich, Citi Ventures.
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Corporate Volunteers
The sanctuary is thankful for the support of corporate volunteers and volunteer groups that often help accomplish short-term projects. Coca-Cola, Home Depot, and Walmart employees (just to name a few) have volunteered as a group to work on specific short-term projects, like painting chimps buildings, making chimp hammocks, or creating enrichment devices for the chimps. If you want to organize your staff, group, or co-workers to come help on a project, we welcome your support! Please e-mail email@example.com to learn more.
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|Hose2Habitat held a 3-day workshop focusing on creating enrichment items for the chimpanzees in our care out of recycled fire hose. Participants from Center for Great Apes, Disney's Animal Kingdom, Lion Country Safari, Brevard Zoo, Jungle Friends Primate Sanctuary, and the Florida Institute of Technology Animal Behavior Program joined the workshop, creating items for the chimps in our care while learning skills that will benefit their organizations' animals
|Animal Warriors came out to the Sanctuary for a one day volunteer project. They painted culverts and tires to be placed on the chimpanzee islands. Animal Warriors is a group of like minded individuals from all walks of life who share a common goal of helping animals with active volunteer groups in both Florida and North Carolina.
|Walmart employees from Fort Pierce Distribution Center volunteered painting chimpanzee buildings and creating enrichment for the chimps. They reached their team goal of volunteering a total of 250 hours earning Save the Chimps a $5,000 "Volunteerism Always Pays" grant from Walmart!


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Workers at a Wal-Mart store in Canada received permission from a local labor authority to form a union, which would make it the only organized store the world's largest retailer's chain.
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The labor relations board in Quebec granted the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union's request to represent the store's 170 employees on Monday after a majority of employees voted to become members. A hearing is scheduled for Aug. 20 to finalize the makeup of the bargaining unit to negotiate a contract, the union says. Wal-Mart has the right to appeal the decision.
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has been staving off advances from unions to organize workers for more than a decade, concerned that unions would boost labor costs and, in turn, prices.
The Arkansas-based discount chain received approval from the Chicago City Council in May to open its first store in the city after a contentious debate from labor leaders. Approval for a second store has yet to be decided.
Wal-Mart can appeal the labor board's decision. A Wal-Mart spokesman couldn't be reached for comment.
United Food and Commercial Workers has applications pending at five other Wal-Mart stores in Canada. A similar attempt to organize butchers at a Texas Wal-Mart in 2000 ended after Wal-Mart eliminated the jobs nationwide by switching to packaged meats.


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Last week, a group of volunteers from HSA Commercial traveled to Chicago Commons' Paulo Freire Family Center in Chicago's Back of the Yards neighborhood to help the 100-year-old non-profit organization in renovating an outdoor space that will be utilized for the facility's daycare and after school programs. HSA's Jeff Colon, Jason Klein, Craig Phillips, Brenton Schrader, Bob Smietana, Josephine Thomas-Hoytt, and Alina Zaj (pictured above with Eric Woods, Doris Brown and Jesus Oviedo from Chicago Commons) assembled to assist in completing the project. The Chicago Commons staff had already been hard at work over the past couple weeks in converting the conventional playground into a more open area where students could freely play and learn outside and teachers could conduct educational activities. HSA's SVP, Josephine Thomas-Hoytt reached out to special projects manager Doris Brown at Chicago Commons, a long-time partner of HSA, to see if the HSA team could help with projects that required "rolling up our sleeves".
The volunteer group, led by HSA Commercial CEO and veteran Chicago Commons board member Bob Smietana pictured above with Josephine Thomas-Hoytt, spent the bulk of their time hauling and spreading woodchips in the children's play area where a newly-constructed slide is certain to be used often by children at the daycare. The group also refinished old logs that will be repurposed as benches and stools for both teachers and students during outdoor lessons.
Alina Zaj (pictured above) of HSA Commercial worked with the Chicago Commons staff to locate and plant flowers and herbs in the facility's sideyard and garden areas. HSA Commercial's Jeff Colon (shown below) teamed up with the landscaping crew for Chicago Commons to roll out sod around the slide and the performance stage after refinishing some of the old benches.
The team from HSAwareness benefitted from beautiful weather in what was a very productive afternoon outside with Chicago Commons. We are excited to announce that the newly-renovated outdoor space at Paulo Freire Family Center will open for students this week. We hope that they enjoy the new park, and we look forward to assisting with similar projects in the future.
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