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Balance Color and Shine
For the impressionistic centerpiece below, Gill showcased his newest botanical obsession, 'Koko Loko' roses, whose colors change from mocha brown to mauve as they bloom. Peach and plum pansies, chocolate cosmos, bell-shape flowering maple, inky privet berries, and clematis vine round out the scene. Gilded walnuts also make an appearance, tucked into the arrangements and scattered along the table. "For a twist, you could fill the compotes entirely with nuts instead of flowers," says Gill. "I'd gild or spray-paint most of them gold and leave the rest natural."
Branch Out
"No matter the flower or foliage, when you group a single type together, it has a dramatic effect," says Gill. To create the eye-catching favor display below, he nestled varieties of oak in a copper container found at a flea market, grouped pansies in copper vases, and filled trays with takeaway mixed nuts. The setup would also make an enchanting ceremony marker or backdrop for a guest-book station or bar. However you use them, arrangements of branches can be economical as well as impactful. "A dozen garden roses may cost up to four times what five four-foot-tall stems of oak do," Gill says.
Pick a Palette, But Don't Be Afraid to Stray
"My favorite palette is lavender with chocolate and copper," says Gill. The below bouquet runs the gamut of his choice shades, with purple kale and salvia buds, black chervil, lavender garden roses, marbled coralbell leaves, and gilded acorns and oak leaves. Despite the large range of blooms, "the small clutch is special but not fussy," he says.
Search for What's in Season
Consider the following lovelies for an autumn affair:
- Chocolate cosmos
- Clematis
- Crab apple branches
- Dahlias
- Garden roses
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On a freezing and windy afternoon in beautiful Derbyshire two quick tries immediately after half time undid a great deal of preparation work that Mansfield had put into this game in the first half and in retrospect effectively ended the affair as a contest at that point.
Coach Wayne Robinson was unhappy at the frivolous way in which his team gave up a great position going into the second half having battled for the first half up a considerable hill and a crosswind that slightly favoured the home side. He said, "We were in a great position going into the second half just one score away but 5 minutes of careless defence immediately after the whistle cost us dearly in the end".
He is spot on, a well taken try after just two minutes looked like making the job harder but just three minutes later Ashbourne could not believe their luck as they waltzed through for a second try. So with five minutes played in the second half one score had turned into 19-0 and an unassailable lead. That said, even the most die-hard home supporters cringed a little in embarrassment at the manner in which the passing for the second try was allowed to continue but nonetheless it did for the visitors and the literal downhill became a metaphoric uphill in an instant.
The first half was well contested in many ways and to be fair to the visitors they had an awful lot of play at this point. The first quarter did belong to Mansfield but they just couldn't get over the line. On a very muddy pitch the home team appeared to cope with the conditions underfoot better as the visitors slipped and slid at crucial moments in attack rendering moves that hitherto looked promising redundant as the defence was allowed to position themselves accordingly.
With 25 minutes of the game played an incident saw the Referee send a player from each side to the sin bin. Towards the end of the period of banishment it was the home side who took full advantage of the man deficit by scoring a try.
Having been awarded a penalty close to the Mansfield line the home team eschewed the three points on offer and opted instead bravely for the lineout. It paid dividends as a perfectly executed catch and drive resulted in a converted try which as it turned out was the only score of the first half.
The final fifteen minutes was played out with both sides trying their best to gain the upper hand. Neither team really achieved this and it was down to who was best able to gain dominance in the second half that would determine the final outcome.
Mansfield's only score came from an ambitious attack on the half way line from the home side when a move became a little too complicated and the evergreen Rob Storey collected an interception pass. Despite the covering defence doing their best work it was not enough to stop the former Wing-Turned Centre showing them all a clean pair of heels!
Despite a second yellow card for the home team with ten minutes to go the blue & whites still couldn't improve on their tally. The final play of note saw a carbon copy of Mansfield's try as the home team seized upon a wayward pass followed by a dropped ball to collect the oval prize and race the last 20 metres to register the final score at 26-5.
Mansfield play travel to Melbourne this week in a game rearranged due to bad weather in December. You can follow the action on Twitter @MansfieldRugby.

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Photographed this misty, moody forest while exploring the Colorado mountains.
Let's remember to get out during the cloudy, rainy weather. Not only will there be less hikers to run into (although more photographers), but we'll get to see some gorgeous views!
Let's not be afraid to get wet, but remember to keep our cameras dry. There are affordable options on the market, but we can always just throw a bag over our gear to keep the rain out!
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How & Why PCF was established
The PCS Board of Directors has long known that a permanent site would ensure that PCS remains a sustainable, award-winning public school choice in Santa Cruz County. PCS's current lease with the Santa Cruz City Schools for the former Natural Bridges Elementary School required the lessor to give as little as two years notice. Ever mindful of a possible pending decision of Santa Cruz City Schools to exercise this right, the PCS Board of Directors worked steadily behind the scenes to roll out a viable strategy to meet this challenge.
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Altum Recap: What you missed at the 2017 Philippine International Furniture Show
From March 9 to 11, top designers and brands from all over the world converged at the SMX Convention Center in Pasay City, Manila for the Philippine International Furniture Show (PIFS).
The 2017 installment of the longest-running furniture show in the Philippines provided a platform to showcase the emerging talent of Filipino artists and designers on an international stage. As people who highly appreciate the finer points of design – from an object's aesthetics, to its functionality and sustainability, being a part of the PIFS showcase was something that we were really excited about.
Altum has always been about responsible design, and the materials we work with reflect that philosophy. Whether it is stone, wood, plastic or paper, we've gone through great lengths to ensure that the materials we use are responsibly manufactured and ecologically responsible.
An excellent example of this is this coffee table set made out of Naturescast, our award-winning patented material. Composed of forest debris like twigs, leaves, bark and shrubs, this versatile and biodegradable material is held together by an eco-friendly water-based binder.
All of the materials we use exude a rustic aesthetic that elicits a feeling of being connected with nature. With this idea in mind, Altum's team of design students (TEAM MORFOSIS) participating in the IDisenyo Design Competition 2017 decided to tell a story about the effects of recent natural disasters, and the struggle of the affected communities to rebuild their homes.
Titled "Aftermath", the 3-piece installation won 2nd prize overall and the award for Best Visual Design Story. The highlight of the installation was a rearrangeable, 3-piece table that captured the meaning and optimism behind the phrase "picking up the pieces". Together, all 3 sections formed a conventional table. But when separated and rearranged, it told the story of how building materials like wood (Naturescast), stone (Stonecast) and plastic (Marmorcast) can be recycled to serve new purposes. Separate blog on the collaboration soon.
In all, PIFS 2017 was a blast for everyone at the Altum Team, as we also bagged the award for Best Eco-friendly Designs. It was great to catch up with friends old and new and honestly, we cannot wait to see what innovations 2017 has in store – so we can make another splash at PIFS 2018.
Thank you for Jia Cabansag for the amazing visual and production design. Thank you for Plontur for the fresh plants.
Altum co-designed PIFS 2017 with Nature's Legacy (www.natureslegacy.com), a leader of material furnishing innovations.
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The state of Kentucky's attempt to block resident's access to 141 online gambling sites has proceeded to the next level, as a Franklin County Circuit Court judge refused Thursday to dismiss the case. Judge Thomas Wingate denied pleas by the Interactive Media Entertainment and Gaming Association and the Interactive Gaming Council. Arguments will be heard on November 17 before a ruling is made in this case that has been ongoing since September.
The civil action brought by Michael Brown, Secretary of Justice and Public Safety, and endorsed by Democratic Governor Steve Beshear, seeks seizure of 141 domain names of popular online gambling websites.
Even if you aren't involved in this sector, you should be extremely worried about this.
If this ends up going through, it will set an extremely dangerous precedent.
These domains are NOT registered in Kentucky, have no "physical" presence in Kentucky, and are owned by companies in other countries where their business is completely legal, taxed, and regulated.
If Kentucky can take away the domains of foreign companies in such a way, simply because they don't like it (Kentucky has no law specifically forbidding online gambling), what is to stop other states, other countries, from doing the same?
What a stupid...stupid case. I absolutely believed this would be thrown out. I am blown away that the judge allowed it to move forward.
I will repeat what was said:
These domains are NOT registered in Kentucky, have no "physical" presence in Kentucky, and are owned by companies in other countries where their business is completely legal, taxed, and regulated.
This is akin to me saying, this guy down the street has a nicer house than me. He's current with his mortgage and taxes and I have no claim to the house, but I like it, so I will take it.
This is truly insane!
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What is "consumer fraud" and could that result in State action against your domains?
Do you pay someone to post to your website? Is that disclosed? Might that amount to consumer fraud in some State? Forfeiture action to follow?
This is a wildfire in the making. Local politicians are forever looking for something to run on. Local politicians, including elected prosecutors, are forever prepared to take a stand on something that will get them publicity and give them something to say in their election campaign. Locals don't have to grasp the broader implications of their actions. They may not even begin to grasp the full scope of what they are entering into. They just need something - something they did - to run on. Forget that, in the end, the cost of any misstep will be borne by the taxpayers.
This is just the start. If other politicos are watching others will soon follow suit.
Add your voice, now, or be ready to be taken for fleece and mutton if the best you do is watch and worry.
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...the Defendant's 141 Domain Names transport the virtual premises of an Internet gambling casino into the houses of Kentucky residents.
From a skim-read through the court documents, it seems the issue is that the 141 websites allowed users from Kentucky to gamble (illegally) - it's noted that some other websites actually blocked access to users from Kentucky.
But even that isn't especially useful - how could a site owner be legitimately expected to know the detail of every law for every country there website resides in?
...the Defendants 141 Domain Names...have been "designed" to reach our state. According to the Commonwealth's counsel...if the...Defendants so chose, they can filter, block and deny access to a website on the basis of geographic locations.
If there is available technology...then having those filtering mechanisms should be a protocol that may be reasonably required in the "design" of their business plan and their doman name use.
[gpwa.org...] [Emphasis mine] (PDF)
Maybe Pageoneresults' plan to block the whole internet isn't so bad after all ;)
And if a domain name could potentially be legally classed as a "gambling device", what other definitions might be in the pipeline?
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Operators of sites in other Internet sectors - such as social networking, video gaming, adult entertainment, even political and religious sites - may soon find themselves the targets of jurisdictions seeking to control them or shut them down entirely.
"What Judge Wingate has done is to create the �ultimate weapon' to be used by the powerful and influential to attack content they oppose," said Joe Brennan Jr., chairman of iMEGA. "This will enable government to eliminate competition from differing ideas, beliefs and commerce. This decision today is where it starts, but where will it stop?"
Even if they win the case, is the decision enforceable? I just don't see how it can be.
If I were a company outside of the USA and got a letter saying by order of the state of KY you must hand over this property I would throw it out.
If the registrars don't have to comply then why would they because if they did they would lose most all of their clients.
I've never understood who owns the domain name. I guess the question is if .com is a property of the US Gov or any other US organization. If that's the case, then they can take all 141 domain names, regardless of where they were registered.
If the domain name is not owned by any US entity and yet the NoCommonSence of Kentucky still takes the domains somehow, what's stopping Antigua, for example, from hammering out a law against online reservations, play a little game a-la Kentucky Law and claim all travel reservation domain names - Hotels, Orbitz, Expedia etc.?
This approach resembles the activities of the RIAA and the MPAA to "fight rather than embrace". Although, just like music and motion pictures, there are most likely some unscrupulous online gambling sites litigating them will lend them more exposure (i.e. the "Streisand Effect") and just prolong the inevitable, i.e. changing marketplace due to a global economy.
The "seizure of Internet Domain Names" approach displays a complete lack of understanding of how Internet Name Registry works and the architecture of the Internet in general. This resembles the proposed legislation in Sweden (the FRA law) which purported to conduct e-mail surveillance on "just foreign bound e-mails, but not domestic", where anyone that understands e-mail routing knows that is very difficult to delineate.
Similarly to above, if state are allowed to control (or seize) domains of companies in other states or countries, just because it is accessed by individuals in that state, (and as Philosopher says) it sets a dangerous precedent and would undermine the fundamental principles behind the Internet.
Of course they could (try to at least) filter these 141 sites (What do you do when new sites emerge? Who decides then whether to add those?) for state residents, but we all know that there are many ways around that...
Hopefully they come to their senses and realize the potential for embracing the Internet to increase revenue instead of litigating to keep online gambling out. In other words "if you can't beat 'em, join 'em".
If they think this makes sense then KY should hand over the JackDaniels dot com domain to Saudi Arabia because it is illegal to consume alcohol there and they don't block the website to citizens of that country.
I just don't see how a registrar outside of the USA can be forced to comply with any judgment from within.
Even if they win the case, is the decision enforceable? I just don't see how it can be.
Pretty simple - Verisign is the end-all be-all arbiter of .COM, and it is most definitely US-based.
Pretty simple - Verisign is the end-all be-all arbiter of .COM, and it is most definitely US-based.
I think it all boils down to some in KY feeling their economic way of life threatened by these sites, and lashing out in the only way they think they can.
People want all of the benefits of a global economy, but none of the pitfalls. What if ALL non-KY websites should block KY (just to be safe). See how they like them apples.
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I think there are a lot of websites that offend someone, somewhere, and unwittingly break local laws. Almost any forum with a politics section, for instance. What you may consider to be acceptable to do every day, in another country will land you in the slammer.
I doubt this will succeed.
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If you have enough money and take it will way up there there's justice...or more justice than you and I would receive with 'Cousin Vinny' as a lawyer. This is broad, and in theory Saudi Arabia can file to take aol.com because of its videos.
While the government can seize the house if you grow pot in it, and NYC takes the car if you're caught drunk, this effects multi billion dollar businesses and million of employees, not a person or two.
Obviously, there will be appeals, but the sad fact is, for now, it has succeeded. I'm still shocked the judge actually ruled this way.
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They can take this on state appeal courts, federal court, and maybe even the Supreme Court sees it as a defining State vs Fed issue.
The problem is, if you have followed this sector at all, the minute these owners step foot on US soil, the DOJ will arrest them.
They've already done this with various other owners and execs of various gambling establishments. Some of them are still being held close to a year later.
Do you really think any owner is going to risk almost certain jail? Nope. Which means the domains will be confiscated unless an appeal is successful.
I still think, in the end, it will work itself out, but in the meantime, the judges ruling, because of the requirement for domain owners to show, is basically a win as no owners will show.
I'd be willing to bet, the DOJ is actually involved in this case if only in an advisory role.
It worries me that the internet is 100% based on the sensibilities and sanity of America, especially since American politics has been proving itself increasingly lacking in either quality. If the economy continues its downturn or the perceived terrorist threat intensifies, I wonder what will be next.
This should be thrown out at the first opportunity, and the web should start moving away from centralised US control of what is essentially a set of global TLDs. Either .com should be claimed by the US as a sign of US targeting and we should set up an international set of TLDs for companies targeting the world, or the US should set up a series of US-specific TLDs and .com should be set free.
What I struggle to get a handle on is:
1. There is no law against reading about online gambling (so the website should be safe)
2. Even gambling software is not illegal (so downloading and playing free should be safe)
3. KY users are going to the site, casinos sites are not forcing them onto KY based pc's
Seems with the above that KY should pass local regulation to restrict wagering within their borders anything beyond that is KY state law becoming a global edict!


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Let's get one thing out of the way: Even though it's called the 420, Olympus' latest camera has absolutely nothing to do with illicit drug use. We tried to find a secret compartment for storing your stash: No dice.
In fact, the Olympus Evolt E-420 doesn't have much room for stashing anything. It's the most diminutive digital SLR we've seen — and that's a good thing. Most SLRs are bulky, heavyweight beasts tipping the scales at two pounds or more. The E-420 is more of a bantamweight, weighing in at just 1.4 pounds with the included kit lens.
That included lens continues Olympus' trend of bundling inexpensive, lightweight, versatile optics with its SLR kits. This piece of glass is a 14-42mm, F3.5-5.6 zoom lens that goes from an unusually wide-angle film equivalent of 28mm to a reasonably telephoto 84mm equivalent.
The camera's 10-megapixel sensor holds its own against other entry-level SLRs, and offers the full complement of image quality, exposure, autofocus and other settings that photo geeks expect from an SLR. Like other recent Olympus cameras, it's even got a "live view" feature so you can compose shots on the LCD instead of the viewfinder.
But while we like the E-420's size, we're a little disappointed that it isn't even smaller. With Olympus' forthcoming ultra-compact 25mm, f2.8 Zuiko Digital lens, the E-420 comes close to being the ideal weapon for a photojournalist — a compact, high-megapixel camera with a low profile and a fleet footed lens.
But it's not quite there yet: At 3.5 inches from the front of the 25mm lens to the back of the viewfinder, the E-420 is still too bulky to fit unobtrusively in a jacket pocket. But it's definitely a step in the right direction. We're looking forward to the next next version in the series, even if it Olympus forgets to add that secret stash compartment. —Dylan Tweney
WIRED Light weight and small size make it far more portable than most DSLRs. Live view lets you compose on-screen instead of peering through the viewfinder. Speedy autofocus. No discernible shutter lag. Paging all photo geeks: RAW format support.
TIRED Fewer buttons means it takes more menu-surfing to adjust basic settings like ISO and white balance. Face-detection feature can be slow. Four Thirds lens compatibility is largely moot, as no manufacturers beside Olympus and pricey Sigma support the standard. No pop-up bong attachment.
$600 with 14-42mm kit lens, olympusamerica.com
For more on using the E-420, hit the jump to see Dylan's field notes.
(Photos by Jim Merithew for Wired.com)
Feature-wise, the E-420 holds its own against other low-cost SLRs. The
10 megapixel sensor produces good quality images with little noise up to and including ISO 800 (it maxes out at ISO 1600).
The camera is fast, squeezing off shots with no shutter lag, just as you'd expect from an SLR. Like other recent Olympus cameras, such as the E-510, it has a "live view" mode, which lets you compose shots on the LCD instead of peering through the viewfinder as you must do with most SLRs.
The 2.7-inch LCD is bright and has a wider viewing angle than most camera displays, but images update more slowly in live view mode than they do on most point-and-shoot cameras, making this mode more suitable to slow-moving targets than fast-moving ones.
The E-420 sports a variety of autofocus modes including one that automatically detects faces in the frame and focuses on them. That feature worked well in our tests but sometimes took as much as a second to locate a face. It also only works when the camera's live view mode is switched on.
In addition to the kit lens, we also tested the E-420 with a very trim
$250 Zuiko Digital 25mm prime (fixed focal length) lens from Olympus that drops the weight of the camera to a trim 1.2 pounds. The Zuiko lens is just 1 inch from front to back – much smaller than almost any other digital camera lens on the market. Its focal length corresponds to that of a 50mm lens on a standard 35mm film camera, which closely corresponds to the viewing angle of the human eye, and is a popular focal length for portraits and candid photography.
Unless you subscribe to the lens-size-correlates-with-penis-size theory touted by many tourists, this compact lens's miniscule dimensions make it quite appealing. It's especially good for unobtrusive "run and gun"
photography: shooting street scenes, political demonstrations, footraces, or crime scenes. Or, if you're less adventurous, it should work pretty well at the family reunion picnic or the county fair.
The aperture of f2.8 is not as large as we'd like in a small prime lens like this. One of the main reasons you'd use a fixed focal-length lens is to get the larger aperture it affords, so we're disappointed that this doesn't even offer f2.0, which would make it a true standout among low-cost lenses for digital cameras.


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TAMPA, Fla., Feb. 18, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Odyssey Marine Exploration, Inc. (NASDAQ:OMEX), a pioneer in the field of deep-ocean exploration, will implement a 1-for-12 reverse stock split of its common stock, effective during the after-market hours on February 19, 2016.
The reverse stock split will be effective for trading purposes upon the commencement of trading on Monday, February 22, 2016, at which point the company's common stock will begin trading on a split-adjusted basis on the NASDAQ Capital Market.
At the Annual Meeting of Stockholders on June 9, 2015, Odyssey's stockholders approved a 1-for-6 reverse stock split. On February 9, 2016, Odyssey's Board of Directors authorized an additional 1-for-2 reverse stock split, to be effective immediately after the stockholder-approved 1-for-6 reverse stock split is implemented. The two reverse stock splits have the combined effect of a 1-for-12 reverse stock split. The company's Articles of Incorporation have been amended to reflect the reverse stock split effective February 19, 2016.
At the effective time of the reverse stock splits, every 12 shares of issued and outstanding common stock will be converted into 1 share of issued and outstanding common stock, and the authorized shares of common stock will be reduced from 150,000,000 to 75,000,000 shares. All fractional shares of common stock will be rounded up to the nearest whole share. Immediately after the reverse stock split becomes effective, the company will have approximately 7,534,500 shares of common stock outstanding.
The company's transfer agent, Computershare Trust Company, N. A. ("Computershare"), will be issuing all of the post-split shares through their paperless Direct Registration System ("DRS"), also known as "book entry form." Computershare will hold the shares in an account set up for the stockholder. Stockholders who wish to hold paper certificates may obtain such certificates upon request to Computershare.
All book-entry or other electronic positions representing issued and outstanding shares of the company's common stock will be automatically adjusted. Those stockholders holding common stock in "street name" will receive instructions from their brokers.
All of the company's options, warrants, and any other convertible securities outstanding immediately before the reverse stock splits will also be adjusted by dividing the number of shares of common stock into which the options, warrants, and other convertible securities are exercisable or convertible by 12 and multiplying the exercise or conversion price thereof by 12, all in accordance with the terms of the plans, agreements, or arrangements governing such options, warrants, and other convertible securities.
Shareholders with questions about the reverse split may submit inquiries by emailing [email protected].
About Odyssey Marine Exploration
Odyssey Marine Exploration, Inc. (Nasdaq:OMEX) is engaged in deep-ocean exploration using innovative methods and state-of-the-art technology for shipwreck projects and mineral exploration. The company also maintains a Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/OdysseyMarine and a Twitter feed @OdysseyMarine. For additional details on Odyssey Marine Exploration, please visit www.odysseymarine.com.
Forward Looking Information
Odyssey Marine Exploration believes the information set forth in this Press Release may include "forward looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Act of 1934. Certain factors that could cause results to differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements are set forth in "Risk Factors" in Part I, Item 1A of the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014, which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 16, 2015. The financial and operating projections are based solely on the assumptions developed by Odyssey that it believes are reasonable based upon information available to Odyssey as of the date of this release. All projections and estimates are subject to material uncertainties, and should not be viewed as a prediction or an assurance of actual future performance. The validity and accuracy of Odyssey's projections will depend upon unpredictable future events, many of which are beyond Odyssey's control and, accordingly, no assurance can be given that Odyssey's assumptions will prove true or that its projected results will be achieved.
Liz Shows
Odyssey Marine Exploration, Inc.
(813) 876-1776 x 2335
[email protected]
Original Article: http://ir.odysseymarine.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=955758


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Should Handheld Devices Be Banned for Children Under 12?
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This is a great opportunity to see first hand how the Port of Poole operates and how Poole Harbour Commissioners run Poole Harbour. You will see how the Harbour Master keeps an eye on the commercial and leisure traffic in and around Poole Harbour and you will have a chance to ask questions.
There are two chances to go to this event, Saturday 9th February & Sunday 10th February. Both sessions start at 9am so arrival at the Poole Harbour Control should be 8.50am at the latest.
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Birthdays Change Age, Not Behavior/
Yes, the title of this blogs says it all. Typically, a blog post is all about creating the problem and offering the solution inside the blog. Let's get it all over with in the start. Age is not a sole factor to your children's behavior. Birthdays alone will not change your child's behavior for the better. We must get to the belief below the behavior to start to remedy poor behavior.
Yes, what I am saying is a not-so-secret secret. Poor behavior will continue to get worse with age, not better.
(I'm sure we all know poorly behaved adults.)
The number one mindset change that I work on with my parent coaching clients is that their children's behavior is a communication tool. If children are feeling connected, secure, loved and safe; positive behavior will follow. When children are feeling discouraged, disconnected, resentful, confused- often poor behavior will follow. The poor behavior will not get magically better without changing the environment and reinforces- uhh..subtly put…you.
"You can't teach children to behave better by making them feel worse. When children feel better they behave better." - Pam Leo
Children are absorbing everything in their environment. That is an amazing thing, in the terms of creating a family. Every family is different and able to create their own individual approach. When things are great, it's an easy job. When things get off track, it can create epic amounts of stress. I help my parent coaching clients learn new tools to help travel through that stress, getting things back on track. When we feel better, we do better. I equip my parent coaching clients to feel and do better.
Just this week, a student in my Keep Your Family Kind Virtual Parenting Class shared that after many months of thinking her 3-year-old was being bad during dance class, she realized that her child was actually feeling discouraged during class. Her teacher was using isolation, humiliation, and shame to try to motivate positive behavior during class. Her daughter responded by going limp noodle during class.
"It's like Weekend at Bernie's. She's a master of it. I always thought she was just misbehaving and being bad, it never crossed my mind to ask myself 'Why was she behaving this way?'"
When we unpacked a recent meltdown during dance class, we identified that her daughter was feeling hurt and disconnected to everyone else in class. The Mom shared a whole host of punishments that the teacher, and even herself, used during class; even taking notice that now some of the students were now emulating them. Punishments like picking up and moving her daughter's sitting dot away from the group. She also shared that it was now impacting her relationship with the other Mom's while in the waiting room. It was not getting better with passing time, but actually getting worse for everyone involved.
During this exercise she had a huge AHA moment. She realized that hurt was driving her child's behavior. It was no longer a mystery to the misbehavior. It was not because her daughter was three, but because her daughter was feeling hurt and disconnected from the class. She identified it as a trifecta of hurt. The Mom to the daughter, the daughter to the dance teacher and now the Mom to the dance teacher. She decided to send an email and schedule a meeting with the dance teacher and studio owner to talk about some solutions to help her daughter thrive in class. Which takes HUGE guts.
"No wonder my daughter was acting poorly, she doesn't feel like she belongs. Man, I'd Bernie too."
At the end of class the Mom shared that she just thought that because her daughter was three it would just go away. But, she had seen over the past months, the behavior getting worse and this exact problem was the driving force of registering for Keep Your Family Kind. She knew that there had to be a different way, and no longer relying on her daughters age as a scapegoat for the misbehavior she learned what was truly fueling the meltdowns during class.
Birthdays do not change poor behavior.
If you find yourself baffled by your children's misbehavior perhaps a chat with a coach (like me!) would help with some clarity. I offer online private coaching and online parenting classes! Check out all the events by clicking here!


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Tickets are $6 per person for pre sale or $7.50 per person at the Breakfast. Children under 3 may eat for free.Tickets are sold cash or check please.
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Sunday August 18, 2019
Facebook is one of the best ways for you to connect with people who will be interested in the type of products and services that you're offering. If you're wondering what exactly Facebook can do for you, keep reading to find out.
What Type Of Profile Should I Create?A lot of business owners start out with Facebook wondering whether they should create a business page or a regular profile for their business. The answer is that you should create a business page for your business, and a professional profile page for yourself in relation to your business as well. You'll be using these pages differently, however your entire Facebook campaign will have the aim of generating traffic to your business and your website.
The Business Page
Your business page will have the name of your business, its information (most importantly, website URL), and your business's logo. You can also add business-related photos into albums, such as winners of contests, or successful business events that your customers will be interested in. The primary strategies that you'll be using in your business page are:
1. Your Facebook business page will be used to update your followers with new and exciting business news and promotions.
2. You will also be using PPC marketing to supply ads to your targeted audience. Facebook has one of the best PPC marketing campaigns available on the web, only competing with Google's PPC campaign package.
3. Your strength in your business page lies in the number of "likes" you can accrue. In order to do this, you'll be supporting a number of contests and free giveaways that will only be available to your Facebook followers. This is important because of how easy it is to get the word out on Facebook. While other social networking sites require typing, Facebook only requires a click of one of two buttons (like or share) to let others know about your business. Your contests will be something along the lines of "Like if you want a sample of our new product! We have 7 to give away at random!" which takes only a few seconds to type and has the ability to have a huge impact on your business.
Your Professional Profile
Your professional profile will be used to develop more intimate relationships, directly connecting one-on-one with customers and prospective customers. Here are the specific steps that you should take to maximize the effectiveness of your professional Facebook profile.
1. Join as many niche-related groups as possible.
2. Start by simply conversing and being active in the groups. Have a leadership and expert mentality, offering advice and help whenever you get a chance. Be generous with the information you give.
3. Once you've spent about a month developing relationships, start to discuss your brand and business lightly. Let people who are looking for your type of help know what products/services you offer without letting it hinder the personal relationships you've developed with the group members.
4. Update your status on a weekly basis, mentioning business and niche related topics. Industry news is a big plus.
Facebook as a staple is any business owner's marketing campaign, because it offers cheap and free ways to connect with people that other social media sites are lacking. It's as quick and easy as Twitter, but allows you a much easier way to actively pursue your target audience by interests as well as traditional demographics. It is a necessity in order to have a successful web business.


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9 P.M. (HBO) PARADE'S END In the conclusion of this mini-series, adapted by Tom Stoppard from the novels by Ford Madox Ford, the brilliant aristocrat Christopher Tietjens (Benedict Cumberbatch) takes over on the front line in France and, amid the shelling of World War I, is stunned to learn from a corporal who lives near his estate that his wife, Sylvia (Rebecca Hall, above with Mr. Cumberbatch), is thinking of chopping down the Groby Great Tree. After General Campion (Roger Allam) arrives and assumes command, Christopher is sent to convalesce and ultimately returns home, where Sylvia makes a final effort to prevent him from pursuing a future with the willful young suffragist Valentine Wannop (Adelaide Clemens). " 'Downton Abbey' may be sweeter and easier to follow, but it's like a new desk stripped and distressed to look like an antique," Alessandra Stanley wrote in The New York Times. "Next to it 'Parade's End' looks like the real thing, less to modern tastes perhaps, but all the more distinctive."
5 P.M. (Fox Business) MONEY WITH MELISSA FRANCIS Ms. Francis goes on the road with Jamie Dimon, the chief executive of JPMorgan Chase, as he tours the company's operations. She also interviews Ryan McInerney, the chief executive of the company's consumer banking division, and Barry Sommers, the chief executive of Chase Wealth Management, about the housing market, bank regulations, the sequester deadline and the economy.
8 P.M. (NBC) COMMUNITY After being shut out of "The History of Ice Cream" during registration, the study group begins its European history class with Prof. Noel Cornwallis (Malcolm McDowell). Dean Pelton (Jim Rash), meanwhile, is dismayed to find that Chang (Ken Jeong) has returned to the campus. In "1600 Penn," at 9:30, President Gilchrist (Bill Pullman), befuddled over making a Supreme Court nomination, decides to take his family members to their ranch to clear his head. But Skip (Josh Gad) and Becca (Martha MacIsaac) are mired in relationship woes, and Marigold (Amara Miller) and Xander (Benjamin Stockham) can't get beyond the fact that the place is technology free.
8 P.M. (Weather) HACKING THE PLANET John Rennie, a former editor in chief of Scientific American, examines strategies proposed by scientists known as geo-engineers to prevent, weaken or redirect threatening weather conditions and natural phenomena — like deflecting hurricanes, manipulating rainfall, channeling lightning and harnessing the power of tornadoes. Cara Santa Maria, the "Talk Nerdy to Me" blogger for The Huffington Post, and Brian Malow, a science writer and comedian, help Mr. Rennie parse each plan and its plausibility.
8 P.M. (TCM) 31 DAYS OF OSCAR: EMBASSY PICTURES Turner Classic Movies continues its countdown of Academy Award-winning films by studio, focusing here on Embassy Pictures, initially founded in 1942 by Joseph E. Levine to deliver foreign films to the United States. In 1963 the studio struck a $30 million deal with Paramount to produce its own films, before being purchased by Avco in 1967. This tribute begins with "The Graduate" (1967), directed by Mike Nichols and starring Dustin Hoffman as Benjamin Braddock, newly returned to the California home of his wealthy parents after finishing college back East, and Anne Bancroft as Mrs. Robinson, the seductress who has a few lessons of her own to teach him. But it's Elaine (Katharine Ross), Mrs. Robinson's daughter, who gives him a real purpose in life. The evening continues with "The Producers" (1968), Mel Brooks's comedy about a Broadway producer (Zero Mostel) who decides to get rich by creating the biggest flop of his career, at 10, and with "The Lion in Winter" (1968), Anthony Harvey's film featuring Peter O'Toole and Katharine Hepburn (above) as King Henry II and his estranged queen, Eleanor of Aquitaine, as they battle over the choice of an heir, at 11:45.
10 P.M. (Comedy Central) THE BEN SHOW WITH BEN HOFFMAN Mr. Hoffman explores the randomness that is his life through man-on-the-street interviews and sketches. In this premiere episode he chats with the actor Todd Bridges ("Diff'rent Strokes") about drug use, auditions older women for a role as "Gangsta Granny," discusses with a therapist his desire to buy a firearm, and demonstrates the absurdity of celebrity tweets. In "Nathan for You," at 10:30, Nathan Fielder, whose faked video of a pig rescuing a baby goat recently went viral, helps real small businesses use humor in marketing campaigns. Here he creates an attention-getting flavor with a yogurt shop owner and devises a scheme that allows a pizzeria to guarantee delivery in eight minutes or less. KATHRYN SHATTUCK


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Miami-Dade County
Miami killer John Errol Ferguson executed
After a life of bloodshed on the streets of Miami-Dade, then 35 years lingering on Death Row, Miami murderer John Errol Ferguson's eyes darted to the execution supervisor looming over him.
"I just want everyone to know that I am the Prince of God and I will rise again," Ferguson mumbled.
Then, the jowly and grayed 65-year-old rustled his feet underneath the white sheet of the gurney, lifted his head and peered intently at the witness window of the death chamber. At 6:01 p.m. Monday, the lethal drugs pumped through his veins, his head rested down, his mouth gasped and life slowly and quietly slipped away.
Ferguson, a killer of eight and at one time responsible for the largest mass slaughter in Miami-Dade history, was pronounced dead 6:17 p.m.
His execution caps a legacy of violence dating back to 1977, as well as a high-profile legal fight over whether Ferguson's longtime schizophrenia and stated belief that he is the "Prince of God" made his execution a cruel and unusual punishment.
Michael Worley, whose 17-year-old sister Belinda Worley was raped and shot to death in 1978, said he believed Ferguson's insanity was "fabricated and coached" even until the end.
"Thank goodness justice finally prevailed and he was finally executed," Worley told the Miami Herald on Monday night. "I think he got off easy compared to what he did to the victims."
Ferguson's lawyers, who witnessed Monday's execution, had fought for years to spare Ferguson, saying the man had a 40-year history of mental illness dating back to well before the murders.
Lawyer Christopher Handman criticized the U.S. Supreme Court, which on Monday afternoon denied a last-minute appeal to stay the execution.
"He has a fixed delusion that he is the 'Prince of God' who cannot be killed and will rise up after his execution to fight alongside Jesus and save America from a communist plot," Handman said. "He has no rational understanding of the reason for his execution or the effect the death penalty will have upon him."
Ferguson was the fifth Florida Death Row inmate to be executed since December.
In May, Gov. Rick Scott also signed a death warrant for Miami killer Marshall Lee Gore, but his execution has twice been stayed as his lawyers seek to halt it based on claims he, too, is mentally ill and should not executed. In recent months, Scott has accelerated the pace of death warrants.
Ferguson was one of the state's longest serving Death Row inmates.
Prosecutors convicted Ferguson of the July 1977 shotgun murders of six people in Carol City during a home-invasion robbery. At the time, it was considered the worst mass murder in Miami-Dade history.
The dead: Livingstone Stocker, 33; Michael Miller, 24; Henry Clayton, 35; John Holmes, 26; Gilbert Williams, 37, and Charles Cesar Stinson, 35. Two survived: Johnnie Hall, 45, and Margaret Wooden, 24.
Ferguson was also convicted separately of murdering Worley and Glenfeldt, both 17-year-old Hialeah High students, in January 1978. The two had gone for ice cream, then parked at a field known as a popular lover's lane.
Police said Ferguson tried robbing the couple, shooting Glenfeldt behind the wheel of his mother's 1974 Pontiac LeMans, while Worley's body was discovered a quarter-mile away; she had been raped and shot.
Michael Worley, who was 13 when his sister was killed, choked up when remembering her Monday night: "She was a good girl. I looked up to her. She had a lot of plans for life and she didn't get a chance to see them through. He took it away from her." Worley, who now lives in Broward County, did not attended the execution of his sister's killer.
Ferguson was also convicted of attempted murder in the robbery of another couple at a lover's lane. And he was a suspect, but never charged, with the robbery and killing of an elderly couple at a Miami motel.
Monday's execution date came 10 months after Ferguson was originally slated to die by lethal injection at Florida State Prison in Starke.
After months of legal wrangling, the U.S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in May rejected his appeal, upholding a trial judge's ruling that Ferguson was competent to be executed.
"That most people would characterize Ferguson's Prince-of-God belief, in the vernacular, as 'crazy' does not mean that someone who holds that belief is not competent to be executed," according to the federal appeals court's 65-page opinion.
His lawyers insisted that the state courts and the federal appeals court applied the wrong legal standard, set by the U.S. Supreme Court years ago, in determining Ferguson's competency.
The federal appeals court's ruling set the stage for Monday's new execution date.
Just hours before he was killed, Ferguson dined on standard inmate fare: a meat patty with white bread, steamed tomatoes, potato salad, diced carrots and iced tea.
The convicted killer also met with two of his attorneys, Handman and Patricia Brannon, as well as a spiritual advisor: Sister Marina Aranzabal, according to a corrections spokeswoman.
Several unidentified relatives of the dead sat in the front-row of the death chamber, which has a one-way window facing Ferguson.
In the stuffy and eerie silence, the relatives sat stone-faced until a mocha-colored curtain rose to reveal Ferguson, strapped into the gurney, IVs discretely inserted into veins on each arm.
They sat stone faced but clearly apprehensive. One woman clasped her hands, prayer-like, resting them just below her nose as she watched. Next to her, a man cupped his mouth and chin, tapping his fingers on his lips.
As the minutes ticked away, the drugs took effect.
At 6:17 p.m., a doctor walked in, slid Ferguson's eyelids up with his fingers and shined a flashlight into his pupils. No response. A stethoscope confirmed: Ferguson was dead.


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Fort Worth
Designation would put Texas trails on the national map
Two trails that shaped the history of Texas and the nation in the days when great herds of cattle were driven through Fort Worth could gain national historic designation under a draft plan supported by cowboy heritage enthusiasts.
The recognition of the Chisholm and Western trails would be a first for the National Trail System, said Aaron Mahr, superintendent of the National Trails Intermountain Region in Santa Fe, N.M.
"This is the first time we are looking at the cattle trail routes to be considered as eligible as components of the National Trail System," he said. Mahoney said the trails would be included on national historic trail maps.
Sylvia Gann Mahoney of Fort Worth said proponents of the designation want to see the name Great Western Trail used as the official name. Both have been used, but an environmental assessment currently calls it the Western Trail.
National Historic Trails honor historical routes in U.S. history. For example, the Trail of Tears — the route taken by about 17,000 members of the Cherokee Nation when they were forced out of their homeland — is recognized by the federal government.
The Chisholm and Great Western trails from South Texas to Kansas and other destinations were taken by cowboys driving about 10 million cattle in 1867 and the 1880s, according to the National Parks Service.
As National Historic Trails, the Chisholm and Western would start in the Kingsville area about 400 milies south of Fort Worth and move north in parallel. The Chisholm Trail passes through or near Austin and Fort Worth, then goes to Oklahoma and ends in Kansas. The Western Trail stretches north through San Antonio, Altus, Okla., Dodge City, Kan. and on to Nebraska.
Maps of the route are included in the study.
National historic recognition of the two trails would culminate grassroots efforts that have united members of Rotary Clubs and history associations in communities that were once stops on cattle drives.
Public comment period ends Friday
If the trails get the designation, the National Parks System would likely work with willing landowners and communities along the historic routes to help display historical landmarks, Mahr said.
For example, a ranch or general store that was used during the cattle drive days could be included in historical materials and open to the public.
"There is no land acquisition involved in this," Mahr said. "It is strictly a partnership-oriented development."
Mahr said the project is in its early phases and still requires approval from Congress.
The feasibility study is made possible by the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 passed by Congress and signed by President Barack Obama on March 30, 2009.
A draft of the study and environmental assessment has been available for public review since Jan. 5 at parkplanning.nps.gov. A public comment period closed Friday. But supporters can still contact lawmakers with their opinions.
"Contacting our Congressional representative and senators will be critical then," Mahoney says in a statement. "It is a win-win situation; however encouragement to move the bill forward will be needed. Our voices matter."
Effort started in 2003
Efforts to recognize the cattle drive heritage started years ago in Oklahoma by Chisholm Trail scholar Robert Klemme, Mahoney said.
Supporters of the designation have also been involved in a project called "Marking the Great Western Trail. As part of that effort, about 200 historical posts were placed in communities along the Great Western Trail. Started in 2003 as a joint effort between Altus Historical Association and the Vernon, Texas, Rotary Club, it spread through Rotary networks from Mexico across nine U.S. states and into Canada.
"We think it is pretty important," said Jeff Bearden of Vernon. "The cattle drives were what rescued Texas from depression after the Civil War."
In the Fort Worth region, the Chisholm Trail is already honored on schools and roadways. For example, the Chisholm Trail Parkway was named after it. The Chisholm Trail is displayed on a mural in Fort Worth's Sundance Square.
"Everybody loves the cowboy," Mahoney said. "Everybody who comes internationally wants to see a cowboy."
Diane Smith, 817-390-7675


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My reading has been at an all-time low lately. The last book I read before the one I'm about to introduce you to was Paris Letters by Janice Macleod, a travel memoir that really hit home for me. I was on a reading kick, having just read several books in a short period of time and then I started reading Nanavut and things just took a downward dive. There's no correlation between the book and the slow period. Most of the time it's just life getting in the way or the wrong book at the wrong time. A perfect example is The Casual Vacancy by J.K. Rowling. I absolutely hated that book but managed to read it in record time. However, when I read Accidental Happiness by Meredith Rachek, a book I loved, it took me months. I was asked to read Nanavut and provide an honest review by the publisher and generously provided a free copy to do so. It has embarrassingly been sitting on my bookshelf since late last summer. So, here we are, almost one year later and I have my final thoughts. Check it out below.
Under the vast frozen tundra of the northern territories of Canada lie untapped natural resources. There is a fight brewing for control of these profitable resources between the native population and outside interest. In the middle is a revered veterinarian who becomes the unlikely leader of her people after her father's murder. Can she preserve the soul of her ancestral home and solve her father's murder?
There are a lot of pros and cons to Nanavut. The mystery element was welcoming. I hadn't read a mystery in a while and I was looking forward to it. I enjoyed several of the characters, especially Nils, a law enforcement officer who takes things into his own hands. It was also interesting to learn about a new culture that I had never even heard of before reading this book. Nanavut is a real territory in northern Canada and this was my first glimpse into its people. When it came to the story, I was intrigued to find out how things would play out with the murder and consequent election. I won't reveal details but I will say, Herst didn't disappoint when the truth was released in the end.
When it came to reading Nanavut, I found the writing to be a bit dry. Instead of reading a story, I felt like I was reading a documentary. It was lacking in personality and passion, almost as if Herst was not interested or invested in what he was creating at all. In regards to Leetia Quilliq, the main character, I found her to be pretentious, stiff and lacking in spirit. She had a few moments of notable character but overall she lacked gumption. Finally, one thing that really bothered me was the topic of Leetia becoming a mother. Several of the male characters proclaimed themselves good mates for her since she'll most likely want to be having children soon and Leetia considered each of them as good mates as well. It was an unattached way of discussing starting a family. It was also made to sound as if her biological clock was ticking and she better start having kids soon. And in full disclosure, there's just something about the word "mate" that rubs me wrong.
In the end, I give Nanavut a mediocre review. I don't want to be too harsh because ultimately this was not the right book for me. However, the mystery element was well done and intriguing and I genuinely did enjoy getting to know a new culture. With that said, I'll give Nanavut 4/5 stars. Unlike many other books I've read, you are 100% satisfied with the ending which earns many points in my book. I won't give any details away but character arcs are complete and the plot comes full circle. The end is complete and you can put it down without feeling like you need more information.


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Group Services
Groups Currently Being Offered by the PWC
Group for Teens with Anxiety and/or Depression
The UNB Psychological Wellness Centre offers a therapy group for teens with symptoms of anxiety and depression. The group uses Cognitive Behavioural Therapy strategies to teach teens (and their parents) skills for managing emotions and behaviours, and reducing anxious and depressive symptoms.
There are no costs associated with participating in this program, and all teens will be provided with necessary materials.
When will the group take place?
We are currently taking referals for a group starting in Spring 2019. Two-hour sessions will occur weekly for approximately 10 weeks (cancellation dates may be added if necessary). The group will occur on the University of New Brunswick Campus. Additionally, parents of participating teens will be given the opportunity to take part in parent group sessions, which will occur separate to, but at the same time as, the teen sessions. Parents are not required to participate, but it is strongly recommended.
This group is offered twice a year (fall and spring sessions) and referrals can be made at any time. Eligible teens who are not able to participate in the current group can be put on the waitlist for a subsequent group.
Who is facilitating the group?
The groups (teens and parents) will be facilitated by advanced graduate students in the doctoral program in Clinical Psychology at UNB and Dr. Christina Jones. Supervision of student facilitators will be provided by Licensed Psychologists at UNB, including the Director of the PWC, Dr. Meghan Richards (L.Psych).
Who is eligible?
We are looking for teens aged 14-18 with mild to moderate symptoms of depression and/or anxiety to participate.
This group may not be appropriate for teens with certain severe mental health problems (e.g., psychosis, bipolar disorder, severe trauma), or more acute symptoms (recent hospitalization for mental health problems, severe suicidality/self-harm, extreme behavioural problems) or some other symptoms (intellectual disability, autism spectrum disorder).
How do I refer myself or someone?
If you think you may benefit from this therapy group and are interested in participating, please contact us at the PWC at 452-6301 or email firstname.lastname@example.com to set up an intake interview. You can also fax us your contact details at 452-6306.
If you are eligible we will contact you to arrange an interview. The interview, which will take approximately 1 hour, will allow us to get some background information and determine whether the group will be an appropriate fit for your current needs. Parent(s) are also invited to participate in the interview.
PLEASE NOTE: Depending on your age, parental consent may be required to participate. If you, or your parent(s) have any questions about your eligibility to participate or about the group in general, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Thank you
The PWC would like to thank the Thomas Keats Foundation for their generous support is helping this group become a possibility. For more information about the Thomas Keats Foundation please visit their Facebook Page.
Groups That Have Been Offered by the PWC
Social Skills Group
In the summer of 2013, a six week Social Skills Group for youth with a diagnosis of Asperger's Syndrome or another Autism Spectrum disorder was offered at the PWC. The group focused on building conversation skills such as initiating, maintaining and terminating a conversation, having a conversation with multiple people, discussing a range of topics of interest to oneself and a conversational partner, shifting topics in a conversation, and asking and responding to a variety of questions.
Autism Spectrum Disorder Cool Kids Program: Child Anxiety Treatment Program
In fall and winter of 2015, the Cool Kids ASD program was offered at the PWC. This program was focused on teaching children with ASD and their parents skills they could use to manage anxiety in everyday situations. For the children these skills included understanding anxiety, relaxation, identifying and using helpful thoughts and facing fears, building independence and increasing confidence through stepladders. The parents were shown strategies that could be used to encourage the child's brave behavior.
Self-Care Workshops for Graduate Students
Student clinicians will be offering brief workshops on Self Care/Stress Management to graduate students. Please check back for updates about registration and upcoming dates.


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First, the online flower delivery service failed to deliver gifts to the mothers and loved ones of 158 customers last weekend. Then it sent an email to all the customers involved, but in doing so, it exposed their email addresses.
1-800-Flowers spokesman Ken Young said the company "messed up" and is trying to make amends. "We are in the process of reaching out to those people to make right what went wrong," he said.
But several customers said they have yet to hear from 1-800-Flowers--and they are getting impatient.
Cassie Glessner, of San Francisco, said she both emailed and called the Westbury, N.Y.,-based company after her mother did not receive the Fiestaware pitcher she ordered. But, the company did not respond until this afternoon. "It makes me a little bit distrustful about the whole process," Glessner said.
The Mother's Day mess at 1-800-Flowers mirrors the problems other online companies had during Valentine's Day. Keystone Systems reported that many customers were unable to order electronic greeting cards for Valentine's Day, and few of the online gift sites delivered all of their orders on time.
When 1-800-Flowers sent out its email to customers, it put their addresses in the "to" field, meaning that each customer was able to see the addresses of the other customers. This type of mass mailing follows similar gaffes at Seagate Software, Nissan and AT&T last year.
The problems at 1-800-Flowers started when a number of customers ordered the Fiestaware pitcher with Rhumba spray roses the company offered for Mother's Day. Many paid extra to ensure they would be delivered on Saturday, the day before Mother's Day.
The company ran out of the pitchers, but did not notify consumers until 9 p.m. ET Saturday that it would not be able to ship the orders on time. Although the company asked customers to contact it immediately to get a replacement order in, many customers said they have had trouble getting through to the company's customer service department.
Young said the unfulfilled orders represented a small fraction of the Mother's Day orders placed on the site. 1-800-Flowers received more than 750,000 orders for the holiday and averaged more than 100,000 orders per day last week, he said.
Still, the incident was "disastrous," said Forrester Research analyst Seema Williams. The large majority of the customers affected will never shop at 1-800-Flowers again, and they will likely warn their friends and family not to use the service, she said.
"This is going to be pretty damaging," Williams said. "Consumers tend to forget small things like errors on a company's home page, but this is not the kind of error people are willing to forgive."
Already, the affected customers have used the spam email from 1-800-Flowers to band together. The email essentially created a mailing list of upset customers, which they have used to contact each other and give updates on their experiences with the company.
Through the mailing list, some customers have reported that the company is offering different deals, with some customers receiving a full refund and others only getting partial discounts on their orders.
Fulton, N.Y. resident Cheryl Read, who ordered two of the Fiestaware pitchers, said 1-800-Flowers has agreed to refund her money and has already sent out replacement flowers and apology notes in place of the pitchers. But Read, who has helped organize the upset customers, said everyone should get the same deal.
"It's patently unfair for them to make a different deal with each person," Read said.
Young said the company was trying to address each customer's concerns. "We're trying to work with each customer on an individual basis," he said.
But that might not be good enough for many of the affected customers. Glessner, for instance, said the pitcher she ordered for her mother from 1-800-Flowers was her first online gift purchase. She said she definitely will not use 1-800-Flowers anymore and might not order gifts online again.
Read echoed Glessner's sentiments. "This is my first and last experience with 1-800-Flowers," she said. "Mother's Day--you just don't blow that."


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Deathmatch Made in Heaven DLC for Max Payne 3 available January 22nd
We reported last week that the final Max Payne 3 DLC will be available tomorrow, January 22nd, for all platforms (Xbox 360, PS3, PC). Rockstar has released more information and said that the DLC Deathmatch Made in Heaven is an action-packed release featuring four new multiplayer modes, which includes the highly-anticipated 'Dead Men Walking' two-player co-op mode. This mode will have you and a buddy taking on endless hordes of enemy adversaries, which looks to be featured in the artwork above.
The other multiplayer modes included are 'Run & Stun', where a random player is assigned to play as Saci, Captain Baseball Bat Boy's arch nemesis, who attempts to convert all the players to his team, while the rest of you try to resist his Stun Gun and heavy melee attacks. 'Marked Man' adds vendettas that reward player with point multipliers by taking out marked opponents, adding some spice to deathmatch matches. 'Time Attack' will reward players in deathmatch with fast kill streaks, so the less time spent between each kill awards bonus points for the next.
Rockstar posted an interactive guide on their Rockstar Newswire that breaks down each mode available in the Max Payne 3: Deathmatch Made in Heaven DLC pack. The pack will be available starting tomorrow on Xbox LIVE for 800 MS points, or $9.99 for PS3 (via PSN) and PC gamers. European PS3 players will have to wait until January 30th to grab the new DLC. Rockstar Pass owners will of course get this pack for no additional cost.


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Ah, where does one start? One wants to get ripped….and fast.
You've been hitting the internet. It's a godsend of awesome, relevant, interesting, and factual information, even though there is much chaff to sort through and sometimes you are not too sure just what exactly the truth is and how reliable the information you are consuming is. When I was a young gym rat, we didn't even have Internet. Whenever we heard about various and sundry formulas, we could only take the world of the manufacturing label for the truth and pray to God it was. And we only ever heard about a new product through word of mouth in the gym locker room. No, there was no information at the touch of a button like there is now. I'm getting old.
But I digress.
There is no reason now for you to jump blindly into any performance enhancing supplement without doing your due diligence. The information is out there and there is no shortage of the writings and publications real experts in the field of sports medicine and physiology who work tirelessly to produce trustworthy and timely data that you, the consumer and Gold medal hopeful, can use to your benefit and safety.
Fact is, you have stumbled upon this site because you are seeking real answers about Nandrolone, or any of its sibling products. You want results, extreme and FAST. What to choose?
Fact is that purchase Nandrolone and its family of related products have gained popularity for providing positive results for athletes who want to put on massive amounts of muscle and get shredded definition in the shortest amount of time possible. Nandrolone has earned quite the reputation for delivering these two end goals for weight lifters. This product actually helps the body to manufacture much needed proteins naturally. We all know that proteins are crucial if you want muscle of any amount to be added to your rack. Proteins occur naturally without this supplement anyway, but studies have shown that this supplement increases the natural production of proteins in your body.
A second beneficial result of taking this supplement is the generation of additional red blood cells by your body. You know that red blood cells are crucial if you are an athlete (they carry the oxygen throughout your body). They're even crucial if you are not. You can't live without red blood cells. They are crucial to how your being able to breathe. Nandrolone has even been linked to enhanced strength and more restful sleep.
These are the good side effects of taking this product. There are negative results as well, the large majority being well documented by independent organizations that exist to put a stop to illegal doping and protecting the integrity and safety of competitive, endurance based sport or activity. As with any laboratory produced chemical, this product will change your body. The changes could be for long term or permanent. Permanent changes could include liver or kidney damage, hepatitis, some forms of cancer, mental disorders, and death. It is important to consult with a physician or other health care professional before beginning a cycle of this or any performance enhancing supplement. Do your research available to you through internet search engines and don't treat your health and well being in a cavalier fashion. No competition or physique enhancement is worth your long term health and well being. You owe it to yourself to follow manufacturer guidelines, use caution, and always listen to your body.


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Home > Marketing Coordinator
A leading distributor of Farm Machinery in Ireland is currently seeking applications for the position of Marketing Co-ordinator. Reporting to the Marketing Director this role would best suit somebody living in the Dublin, Kildare, Meath counties.
Experience/Education in Marketing and an interest or background in Agriculture are essential.
Our client is a market Leading organisation suppling 30,000 different lines of parts through a dealer network of 450 in Ireland.
Job Location – Office based from Dublin (75% office based and 25% on the road around Ireland).
Job title - Marketing Co-ordinator
Job type - Full-time permanent
* Responsibility for helping draw up and implement a marketing plan. This includes but is not limited to newspaper, social media and online for machinery and parts side of business * Communicating with agri. journalists and writing press releases on new machines and products * Working with a designer to create effective advertisements * Communicating with sales team to establish marketing focus * Helping dealers with specific campaigns for open days, demonstrations etc. * Helping to organise trade shows, open days and promotion of demonstrations * Build and execute social media strategy through competitive research, platform determination, benchmarking, messaging and audience identification. * Working with photographers and videographers to create strong farm user testimonials that can be used online and in native advertising * Harnessing Microsoft CRM system to create direct mail campaigns and qualifying leads for the sales team * Collaborate with other departments to help with marketing campaigns * Responsibility for updating the website with supplied copy, imagery and other media * Scope and freedom to develop the website design alongside the Marketing Director in order to keep the brand at the forefront of the industry * Some travel to our European suppliers will be expected but this should not be more than 7 days per year
Candidate profile
* Experience or relevant third level degree in business/marketing * Excellent organisation skills * Knowledge of farming and the farm machinery industry * Experience in creating marketing campaigns and implementing them * Strong social media advertising skills * Outgoing, energetic and willing to take own initiative and drive internal business growth, by communicating with future and current clients. * Excellent consulting, writing, presentation and communication skills. Editing photo/video content desirable but not essential. * Full clean driver's
Other info
* Salary 32 – 40k * Monday- Friday 08.30am- 17.30pm (Summer), 08.30am-17.00pm (Winter)
To apply
Please email your cv through the attached link
Phone calls to Gerry on 086 4648449
Please note FRS will never disclose your details to your 3rd party without your prior consent.
FRS guaranteed 100 % confidentiality at all time.
N.B. Due to the High Volume of applications only candidates that meet the requirements will be contacted
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The Cookie Party is Exclusive Now
Gary came in to report that Lisa G had angrily refused his attempts to attend her cookie party on Saturday night. Lisa followed Gary in to explain that she was hiring a bartender and spending money on the event, so she had budgeted specifically for the people who'd RSVPd. Lisa said she was hurt that Gary forgot about the party and wouldn't allow any late RSVPs. Ronnie then came in to say Lisa usually invited too many people anyway - he had to stand in the hall outside her apartment at last year's party because it was so crowded inside.


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The Painted Veil is a 2006 American drama film directed by John Curran. The screenplay by Ron Nyswaner is based on the 1925 novel of the same title by W. Somerset Maugham. Edward Norton, Naomi Watts, Toby Jones, Anthony Wong Chau Sang and Liev Schreiber appear in the leading roles.This is the third film adaptation of the Maugham book, following a 1934 film starring Greta Garbo and Herbert Marshall and a 1957 version called The Seventh Sin with Bill Travers and Eleanor Parker.PlotOn a brief trip back to London, earnest, bookish bacteriologist Walter Fane (Edward Norton) is dazzled by Kitty Garstin (Naomi Watts), a vivacious and vain London socialite. He proposes; she accepts ("only to get as far away from mother as possible"), and the couple honeymoon in Venice. They travel on to Walter's medical post in Shanghai, where he is stationed in a government lab studying infectious diseases. They find themselves ill-suited, with Kitty much more interested in parties and the social life of the British expatriates.
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Prepare Your Plants for Winter
We all know that winter's blast will soon be upon us. Every year we get out our winter gear, make sure the furnace is working, and winterize the house. We also take extra precautions to take care of our animals over winter, but sadly we often forget to "winterize" our outdoor plants.
A small amount of extra TLC for your plants in the fall will reward you greatly in the spring.
Allowing plants to dry out in the fall and go in to winter unprotected often results in winter burn or winter kill. Here are a few steps you can take to help your plants get through winter.
Protect plants from wildlife. Add tree guards, fences, or whatever it takes to protect trees and shrubs from rabbits and deer. Rabbit or deer damage that goes all the way around the trunk of a tree will kill the tree.
When possible mulch the base of plants with mulch or leaves. This will help hold in moisture and keep them from drying out over winter.
Water plants once a week through Thanksgiving. (An inch of rain counts as a watering.)
Protect some trees from "sunscald". Younger trees, especially some varieties of maples, are susceptible to sunscald on the bark. This later leads to cracking of the bark and a weak spot susceptible to breakage. To protect from sunscald, put tree guards on your younger trees over winter.
· If plants are in above ground pots, they are very susceptible to winter kill as roots freeze and thaw throughout the winter. If possible, move pots to a shady, protected area and make sure plants are well watered before ground is frozen. Even these precautions may not be enough to protect from winter damage.


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International Dialogue on Migration took place in New York
The first of two International Dialogue's on Migration (IDM), scheduled by IOM in 2018, as part of IOM's commitment to helping Member States address the various aspects of migration governance and policy-making was held in New York on 26-27 March 2018.
Over two days, there was important participation from the UN Member States, civil society, and international organizations. IOM DG William L. Swing stressed the importance of partnerships in addressing challenges related to the global governance of migration and keeping the rights of migrants and their families at the forefront. The five main takeaways from IDM 2018 in New York were: 1) Global dialogue and cooperation among all actors on migration governance are paramount, 2) Migration data must be available to orient effective policy-making, 3) Regional groups and Consultative Processes on Migration are critical to forging understanding and cooperation on migration between States, 4) Participants must double our efforts to eradicate forced labour, and 5) Migration is not a crisis, it can be managed and governed. Successful governance of migration depends on the relationship of trust between all States and actors involved.
For more information on International Dialogue on Migration please visit the following webpage.


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So I guess it's back to base training. Or actually, with only 10 weeks til Cabo, I guess we're already back to build. The weeks following recovery, I was very good about getting in the pool and doing my weight training. Then my car got stolen. (Meh, LA.) Car was returned, sans battery, and sans gym bags. Weirdly enough, my thieves left certain items, like my water bottles and Polar heart rate strap, but stole my rock climbing shoes and chalk bag (left the chalk... why?) and, while leaving my towels, took my beloved Mdot workout suit, which is now out of print, ergo I am very sad. Really, who steals a used two-piece Ironman bikini?? Gross. So that sort of stalled swim training for a few weeks while I was trying to regroup all the goggles and suits and that mess. But as of today, I'm back on schedule. And the good news is, I used time away from the pool to kick some hill-ass on the bike.
The newest member of my family is Sojourner Truth (Ain't I A Woman-Specific Design?) That is the unabridged name for my road bike, a Trek WSD Madone 6.5. It. Is. KILLER. Weighs in at nary a 15 lbs. I fly up mountains and soar back down. (Well, soar for me... it's certainly better than previously... I PR everytime I descend something I've descended before.) As I am totally in love, I've been putting in a lot of bike miles and am keeping up with the fellas during rides (hence the naming of the bike for an iconic figure of women's equality.) I kind of wanted to take a family portrait for a Christmas card of me and my two bikes. They are totally my children. I love them so. I wouldn't put it past me to sing them to sleep.
As I stayed in LA for Christmas, I took part in the Strava challenge, the Rapha Festive 500, where I and some other insane people without lives biked 500km over the course of 8 days. It seemed like a good idea at the time, since many of us were doing a metric century on Christmas. It was actually a great way to spend Christmas, since I wasn't at home, and biking for hours up giant hills with cool people is better than sitting alone gently weeping to Christmas songs on the radio.
Getting in the miles was fun, so long as I got to ride with folks. Three days I biked alone, and it was crappy monotonous ass. One of those days it poured rain and was 44 degrees, and my Garmin turned off, so I only added 14 miles. That was not worth it. But with the 90 miler, I got my 500k by Sunday, and did a victory lap of a New Year's Day ride with the Fortius folks. In all my triathlon days, I have never biked so much... generally I'll have at least one day off, and this was a minimum of 30 miles a day. According to Strava, I biked for over 20 hours. That's major. Needless to say, my butt hurt. But wow, the next 50+ ride I did was such a cake walk. So I'm feeling good about that.
I'm going to get an actual plan set out to see if I can maximize gains before the next race, and am talking to a nutritionist. I have vague Paleo plans, but when I become ravenously hungry at the Pub and want to shove any and all food in my face, best intentions go awry. So I'm trying to get an expert to tell me what I should bring to assuage the hunger without harming the health, planning out meals and timing thereof, et cetera and so forth. Nutrition is truly the missing link to take another step up in my game, and I'm kind of excited to tackle it. 'Cause I'm totally gonna. And it's gonna be awesome. I'd like to figure out some kind of life approach that's sustainable instead of a "diet". Diets mean deprivation, and that sucks. But if I have a way of life, let's say, 5 days on Paleo, 2 days flexible, that could work. I just like beer too much to go full Paleo forever. I'm happy to report that, in my extremely nonPaleo holiday break, I did not gain too much Christmas cookie weight, even though I had cookie breakfast at least four times. I made some unbelievably tasty Mdot gluten-free shortbread cookies, all crumbly buttery nomnom, which were giant and prone to lose their dots/heads. Obviously, if they were headless, I had to eat them.
Holidays are the time for eating things you'd never eat normally. Even though I wasn't home, I did it up. One time I even had a cookie AND cheese breakfast. (That was a hungover day after Christmas, and no, I am not proud of that.) I'm back to mostly Paleo now, thanks to a local grocery store with fresh young coconuts for $1 a piece. Hydration AND a delicious snack? Don't mind if I DO! Yesterday my breakfast was roasted kabocha. It's weird times in my kitchen.
I think I have biking 350 miles in 8 days to thank for a lack of fatness. My race weight was about 141.5, and right now I'm at 143.5. Plus, as of this morning, I'm leg pressing 360lbs, so we know I've not lost muscle. Go gurl.
It's a new year, with new goals, and a whole lot of vast undertakings to tackle. Of course, I want to further expand My Body, My Pace, My Choice, too. One thing at a time... one of my resolutions (other than to have actual friends) was to finish projects as I go, so I'll need to check things off the list before moving on to the next thing. And there are so many things! But I'm feeling very positive about where I am, and where I'll go. 2013, baby. Let's do this thing.


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Title: Petition of Ann Roberts, 20 June 1862
Date: June 20, 1862
Source Text: A microfilm reproduction of the original document held at the National Archives and Records Administration, Microcopy 520, Reel 5. The original document is held in the Records of the Accounting Officers of the Department of the Treasury, 1775–1978, National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 217.6.5. Within the National Archives' Archival Description Catalog, see ARC Identifier 4644616 / MLR Number A1 347 (http://arcweb.archives.gov).
Civil War Washington ID: cww.00723
TEI/XML: cww.00723.xml
To the Commissioners under the act of Congress approved the 16th of April, 1862, entitled "An act for the release of certain persons held to service or labor in the District of Columbia."
Your Petitioner, Ann Roberts of Washington City by this her petition in writing, represents and states, that she is a person loyal to the United States, who, at the time of the passage of the said act of Congress, held a claim to service or labor against four persons of African descent of the names of Harriet Gordon and her son David—Lilly Tibbles and her daughter Lucinda for and during the life of said persons respectively and that by said act of Congress said persons were discharged and freed of and from all claim of your petitioner to such service or labor; that at the time of said discharge said Harriet was of the age of about Forty Six Years, David of the age of twelve years, Lilly of the age of forty three and Lucinda her daughter of the age of Eighteen Years—and of the personal description following:(1)Harriet is a dark mulatto, about five feet, three inches in height David is a mulatto, about four feet eight inches high—Lilly is black, about five feet six inches high, and Lucinda her daughter is a bright mulatto about five feet five inches in height—None of their persons have any particular marks, none recollected.
That your petitioner acquired her claim to the aforesaid service or labor of said persons in manner following:(2) She purchased Harriet from her brother Thos. Loker about twenty years ago, and no bill of sale was executed—The mother of Lilly was inherited by Petitioner from her Father's Estate and Lilly was born while Petitioner owned her mother—David Brown and Lucinda Tibbles were born while their mothers were respectively held in servitude by petitioner
That your petitioner's claim to the service or labor of said persons was, at the time of said discharge therefrom, of the value of Thirty six hundred dollars in money.(3) Harriet is a first rate cook, washer and ironer—honest, willing capable and obedient—David is a very promising boy and exceedingly useful as stable boy and outdoor servant—Lilly is a first rate nurse cook, washer and ironer—Lucinda is a valuable house servant, chamber maid, washer and ironer—Each and every of these servants is perfectly sound and healthy and has no moral mental or bodily defect or infirmity which should impair the value of petitioner's claim
Your petitioner hereby declares that she bears true and faithful allegiance to the Government of the United States, and that she has not borne arms against the United States in the present rebellion, nor in any way given aid or comfort thereto.
And your petitioner further states and alleges, that she has not brought said persons or either of
them into the District of Columbia since the passage of said act of
Congress; and that, at the time of the passage thereof, said persons were
was held to service or labor therein under and by virtue of your
petitioner's claim to such service or labor.
Your petitioner further states and alleges, that her said claim to the service or labor of said persons does not originate in or by virtue of any transfer heretofore made by any person who has in any manner aided or sustained the present rebellion against the Government of the United States.
And your petitioner prays the said Commissioners to investigate and determine the validity of her said claim to the service or labor of said persons herein above set forth; and if the same be found to be valid, that they appraise and apportion the value of said claim in money, and report the same to the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States, in conformity to the provisions of said act of Congress.
Ann Roberts
[Form of the Oath for the Verification of the Petition.]
Washington County, ss.
I, Ann Roberts being duly sworn, do depose and say, that all the several matters and things which are set forth and stated in the foregoing petition, as of my own knowledge, are true in substance and in fact; and that all the several other matters and things therein set forth and stated, as from the information of others, I believe to be true in substance and in fact.
Ann Roberts
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 19 day of June A.D. 1862
N. Callan J.P.
Dr. J M Roberts
Note (1.)-- Here describe the person, so as to identify him or her; and if there be more than one slave, describe each one separately.
Note (2.)-- Here state how the claim was acquired, when, from whom, and for what price or consideration; and, if held under any written evidence of title, make exhibit thereof, or refer to the public record where the same may be found.
Note (3.)-- Here state such facts, if any there be, touching the value of the petitioner's claim to the service or labor of the person, as may enhance the same, and also such facts, if any, touching the moral, mental, and bodily infirmities or defects of said person, as impair the value of the petitioner's claim to such service or labor, and conclude such statement with an averment that the petitioner knows of no other infirmities or defects of said person which impair the value of petitioner's claim to such service or labor, and that he believes none other to exist. If the petitioner specify no such infirmity or defect, then his statement touching the value of his claim should conclude with an averment that he has no knowledge of any such infirmity or defect.


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Andrew Curtis, Geoff Whitty, Sally Power, Sonia Exley, Tony Edwards | May 20, 2009
Category: Open access, Schools
Category: Open access, Schools
The experience of being an Assisted Place Holder – Report by academics from Cardiff University, the Institute of Education and Newcastle University.
Amanda Sasia, Andrew Curtis, Geoff Whitty, Institute of Education, Sarah Tough, Sonia Exley | December 1, 2008
Category: Academies, Schools
Category: Academies, Schools
A report looking at the academies programme.
Amanda Sasia, Andrew Curtis, Cardiff University, Geoff Whitty, Institute of Education, Sally Power, Sonia Exley | May 1, 2008
Category: Schools, University, University access and admissions
Category: Schools, University, University access and admissions
Institute of Education Study looking at the characteristics and practices of state schools with good track records of entry into prestigious UK universities.


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Jan Fabre | La Biennale di Venezia 2017
Joseph Beuys Tallow, 1977 Installation detail . . 29°C "This is the first sculpture that will never get cold, and if it gets cold it will never get warm again." J.B. . This work is aesthetic wizardry. If you don't believe in the power of objects then this work needs to be seen. Cast directly from a derelict architectural space in an underpass, formwork built in situ and 20 tonnes of molten fat produced to fill the moulds. It took the 3 month duration of the Münster Skulptur Projekte 1977 to cool. This was Beuys' response to 'outdoor sculpture'.
Below is a list of works from the series Images of very small things, 2016, adapted from Creative Commons licensed images and the public domain. These works were originally exhibited in the exhibition No Feeling Whatsoever at CCAS City, Canberra, from 17 August – 17 September 2016.
Please feel free to use, adapt and distribute the below, under the same licence conditions: Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0), Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0) or Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) as listed below.
|By A2-33 (Own work)
[CC BY-SA 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons
|SVG file conversion by Jay Kochel
|By Picturepest
(Diatoms (Diatomeen) - fossile (fossil) - 250x)
[CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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|By Picturepest
(Diatomee : Diatom (fossile) - 250x)
[CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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|By Picturepest
[CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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|By United States Department of Agriculture [Public domain]
via Wikimedia Commons
|SVG file conversion by Jay Kochel
A podcast series on the immaterial forces affecting people.
The first installment is challenging and a heavy trigger warning for those sensitive to discussions of violent acts. The episode discusses two case studies on the theme of thoughts and their significance. The first looks at OCD thought behaviours and recurring violent images that began for one man. The second involves the story of Martin Pistorius who, at the age of 12 was diagnosed with an unknown degenerative illness leaving him conscious but immobile and unable to communicate. Under care for many years and silent to those around him, Martin began to slowly communicate that he was indeed awake to the world.
NPR: Invisibilia Podcast
Invisibilia (Latin for all the invisible things) is about the invisible forces that control human behavior – ideas, beliefs, assumptions and emotions. Co-hosted by Lulu Miller and Alix Spiegel, Invisibilia interweaves narrative storytelling with scientific research that will ultimately make you see your own life differently.
Part of my research in Japan has been to capture and map space, namely conceptualising air. Air as a material but also as a metaphor for something immaterial; energy or spirit. Japanese Shinto conceptualises many forms of the 'unseen' through Kami (神). I read Kami as an energetic and immaterial force and it seems broad enough to incorporate ancestor worship, nature spirits, animism and even aspects of Buddhism. Ritual processes often materialise concepts of the invisible by connecting them to our bodies and senses.
Two months since arriving in Japan I have opened my studio to the public and presented work in progress to date. With the invaluable help of Yuki my translator, I hope that some of my time here became a little more coherent to my Japanese colleagues, and hopefully to myself. Yuki's translations left me inwardly grinning as they seemed to range far beyond any equivalent word count to my english. Yuki later told me that she was known for her enthusiastic style of translation, I felt lucky to have had the opportunity.
Artist Talk
Date:December 20, 2014[Sat]17:00~18:00Open StudioDecember 20, 2014[Sat]- December 26, 2014[Fri]10:00~20:00VenueKyoto Art Center Studio 4
Progressing towards more experimentation with mapping air, I have been testing the 3D scanner on some of these inflated and suspended objects. Ideally the object to be scanned should not be highly reflective or translucent. The golden 'space blanket' fails on both counts but the results were still useable. The initial scanning results, with a bit of mesh patching, can be seen below. The 3D model below is of the pictured object. The image is work in progress of an installation for an Open Studio to the public. The installation included a projection of the rendered 3D model taken from the interior golden object. The video can be seen below.
The video below is a rendering of the above scanned object. Referencing the 'dry landscape' gardens (karesansui 枯山水) found in many zen Buddhist temples throughout Japan. This was projected onto the windows of my second story studio space, and best viewed from the building's exterior.
At the time this work was being produced, the spaceprobe Rosetta was making a rendezvous with the comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko (67P) and along with its lander module Philae, was producing mapped images of the surface of the comet. These images of the comet, along with the stone garden at Ryōan-ji, Kyoto, work as inspiration for the work.