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REVIEW / Profound, pretentious all in Lines Ballet
Alonzo King is not the kind of choreographer who can operate on autopilot with passable results. His concern is nothing less than the transcendent possibilities of the human heart, which his sleek, eminently rubber-jointed dancers explore in intensely allegorical, New Age-tinged encounters.
In a King pas de deux, the man doesn't support the woman as she twirls through perfectly centered, regal pirouettes. Instead, he folds her limbs like elaborate origami, she presses her hands against his chest as though pleading for emotional distance, he bends her at the waist until she's on all fours, she throws herself upon his back, spasming with vulnerability. When King is on, such a duet can leave you in awe of its profundity. When King is going through the motions, it can look like the world's most pretentious game of Twister.
Both effects are on display now at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Theater, where King's Lines Ballet opened its fall home season Friday with two recent pieces new to San Francisco. "Migration," a commission for Germany's Wolfsburg Festival, is a heavenward journey laced with virtuosic dancing and tender, touching moments -- King at his best. "Sky Clad," which uses live music by Hindustani vocalist Rita Sahai, is a soulless trudge through half an hour of vague exoticisms and empty symbolism. The contrast is fascinating.
Lines dancers rarely look like ordinary people and usually more like alien creatures, or members of some primal tribe. In "Migration," they're birds, and the imagery works gorgeously. King's torqued, deconstructed ballet vocabulary is too strange and wondrous for him to resort to wing-flapping cliches. Instead, the full company begins stomach down on the floor, limbs flailing toward the sky.
They pair off and cling desperately to each other; they preen on half-pointe; they walk pigeon-toed before snapping up into a perfectly turned-from-the-hip retiré; they breeze through in a dazzling flock. But never do they do anything that feels extraneous to King's way of moving, anything that feels like King saying, "Here is a ballet dancer acting like a bird." They are both fully human and fully birdlike at once, in a way that perhaps only King could achieve.
King is a broadly metaphorical choreographer, and it's tempting to argue that "Migration" succeeds because of his collaborators. The recorded score, by Miguel Frasconi and Leslie Stuck, gives King swathes of crashing waves and bird whistles and synthesizer surges without demanding musicality. Axel Morgenthaler's glowing lighting design rearranges the stage in grids, halos and beams, giving "Migration" a sense of structure.
But the extraordinary central pas de deux for Meredith Webster and Brett Conway is pure King, a cathartic meeting that begins with softly sweeping legs and climaxes with Webster pulled like taffy into some of the most unlikely and exquisite curvatures I have ever seen. That duet would be pungent and moving without Morgenthaler's lighting, without Robert Rosenwasser and local couture designer Colleen Quen's spare but flowing costumes. The only accounting for it is King's inspiration.
Inspiration was clearly missing from "Sky Clad," which premiered just over a month ago during the company's tour to Southern California. Perhaps King received Sahai's music at the last minute, or perhaps he never connected with it to begin with.
Sahai sang from the pit with Rachel Unterseher on a very sitar-sounding viola, and Debopriyo Sarkar on tabla, while King's eight dancers did their best to invest themselves in a series of increasingly pointless episodes. Benjamin Wardell assumed the lotus position, Ashley Jackson adopted some faintly Indian postures and a blindfolded Laurel Keen stumbled among a grove of company members.
It all looked like an escalating attempt to make something from nothing. Robert Wierzel's barren lighting design and Rosenwasser's burgundy, yellow and green costuming scheme didn't help.
But not even half an hour of King simply filling up time could eclipse impressions of the program's first half. In "Migration," Conway spun his silken line through whirlwind turns, Webster responded to his partnering with a gut-wrenching mixture of defiance and surrender, and tall newcomer Magdalena Jarkowiec presided over ensemble moments with stately authority. Former New York City Ballet member Aesha Ash, now every inch a Lines dancer, seems to be ably filling the void left by recently retired Chiharu Shibata.
The final image of "Migration" -- a ladder leading presumably to some higher state of consciousness -- is ham-fisted, but John Michael Schert climbed the prop with admirable earnestness. But mostly "Migration" gives the dancers movement worthy of their sincerity, and the dancers rise to meet it.
Lines Ballet: Through Saturday. Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Theater, 700 Howard St., San Francisco. Tickets: $20-$50. Call (415) 978-2787 or go to www.linesballet.org .


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Rhys I disagree with you but respect your knowledge and opinion. Like I said, my opinion wouldn't be popular. That's alright, and it's what makes these discussions interesting. By the way Dee Gordon, and Segura wouldn't be permitted on the field during that time.
Evolution in sport does happen rapidly. Jesse Owens in1936 ran a 9.4 100yd Dash (World Record). A scant thirty nine years later Houston McTear sets the HIGH SCHOOL 100yd dash record set at 9.3.
I get the romance of the good old days but disagree that those players could compete at the same level today. However I do agree that the best players of any generation could play at any point in time. Nonetheless, their numbers wouldn't be the same facing today's players. Thier numbers were bolstered by comparatively less talented overall competition.
I am 5'5" on a good day and love Jose Altuve. However, size does matter. Jimmy Foxx was considered so large they called him the Beast and Double X. As the legend goes he was trapped not scouted. Mr. Foxx was 6ft 190 lbs. Today the average middle infielder is that size. How many pitchers sat at 90+ mph in Ruth and Cobb's day? Today the average fastball is 93 MPH. Today pitchers regularily light up the gun at 100 mph. Players do strike way too much today but the pitching does have some effect on those punchout totals.
As I said, I too am a dyed in the wool romantic. Why else would I collect this silly stuff? However, I am also a realist. A model T will never compete with a Ferrari, and a Sopwith Camel will never compete with an F-18. You can have Tris Speaker. I'll take Trout. You can have Honus Wagner I'll take Manny Machado. You can have Christy Mathewson I'll take Clayton Kershaw. These discussions are why I love baseball. No one argues for Bob Cousey over Stephen Curry or George Mikan over Labron. No one compares Johnny Unitas to Steve Brady. However in baseball we do exactly that.
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If I am putting together a greatest team from the 1960s. I dont have Roberto in my starting outfield. Mantle, Mays and Aaron.
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Imho, one must remember that while the international talent pool of players has greatly increased, we are losing a large number of elite talent to the NBA, NFL, NHL and soccer. I also personally agree that the players of yesteryear, given the advantages of nutrition, training, etc. that current players enjoy, could certainly compete quite well today, even at an elite level. Pitching wise, the slider was the big development and detriment to hitting between the early 40's and today, when it came into widespread use after WWII. Interestingly, when it did, Ted Williams' walks went up into the stratosphere: 156 in 1946, and 162 in his second triple crown year in 1947 (giving him an OBP of .499!!!) because with his 20-10 eyesight and reflexes, he could detect the spin (a small circle is seen at the center of the spinning slider), gauge where that pitch would end up, and take it for a ball. Joe DiMaggio, on the other hand, according to Ted in his book, "My Turn at Bat," had trouble with the slider, and his post WWI stats seem to largely verify this conclusion.
And I believe the poster above is entirely correct regarding human evolution or the lack of same over the last hundred years. I often faced off against one of the best pitchers I had ever seen (he lived just a few houses away) in games of "strikeout" in the late '60's, and played with him on many summer league teams (they were good teams, with 8 guys going on to play in college), and he was F-A-S-T for any era, clocked just a year or so later in college at 94 mph. He was 5'9" and 170-175 pounds, and never worked out! Just think what he would have been with modern training methods--97 or 98 mph almost certainly.
I personally think that those who say Walter Johnson threw about 90 mph are absolutely nuts--human anatomy and coordination haven't changed since then, and if the neighbor/teammate I's talking about could hit 94 mph in the late '60's, Walter was dead solid certain to have thrown significantly faster than that. Walter had greater size and strength in general and his notoriously long arms would have given him greater leverage. Nolan Ryan was clocked at 102 mph in the '70's in the 9th inning, likely after having thrown 200 pitches. Jay Jaffe, in his recent book, "The Cooperstown Casebook," states at p 361 that Bob Feller was timed at 107.9 mph in 1946 (his 348 K year) in a test using two photoelectric cells. Even allowing for some reasonable margin for error given the methodology, I think we can rest well-assured that Rapid Robert was easily over 100 mph on his good days with his fastest pitches. IMHO--and it is just that--my personal opinon--most if not all of the greats of yesteryear would be among the elite of the elite today, given their adaptation to better training methods and so on.
Thanks again Gentlemen, for a most lively and interesting discussion. And yes, I think Jackie ranks well up with the all time greats at second, especially with (by recollection only) a .409 OBP. What a tremendous table-setter for Snider and Hodges! Hornsby is the highest ever for a right-handed hitter, just 24 points higher, .433. Jackie's performance would indeed have been even better had he been given his chance earlier, rather than 28. Both he and Roberto are to be truly treasured (and Kaline too, as he is in and around Detroit).
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I think Cobb, Ruth, Wagner etc. would do fine in today's game.
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I have always thought the best of the best and maybe even just the average major leaguer was far more talented in the dead ball era than they are today. So many more people played baseball in the dead ball era. Every single boy in every single town, and you had to be better than all of them. Now you only have to be better than the kids who decide to play baseball, which the news tells you is a smaller and smaller pool every year.
Owens actually set that record in 1935 at the Big 10 championships during a 45 minute span in which he set or tied 4 world records. One of those records was a long jump of 26 8 1/4. That random jump would have placed him 6th against a field of modern athletes concentrating on one event, using modern equipment and modern training methods at the 2016 Olympics. Athletes aren't that different.
In Baseball, the greatest players run chronologically from Wagner and Cobb through the guys who debuted in the 50s. In the NFL, the greatest players start after that, from Unitas and Brown through today with Brady and Manning. In the NBA, the greatest players start after that, starting with Russell and Chamberlain through Jordan and to today with LeBron James (Durant, Curry, etc.).
I don't think it is a matter of today's Baseball players being better or worse athletes. I see it as Baseball going from the #1 sport to #3 and the best athletes choosing other sports. If Jackie Robinson graduated from UCLA this year, would he choose to play Baseball? In my opinion, no.
As for Owens, it's not only a matter of technology changing, it's quantum differences in training sophistication and focus. I don't think Owens had a Bobby Kersee or similar type planning 6 hours of his day all devoted to squeezing out that last bit of speed.
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Until the end of the 19th Century, because there was no refrigeration, it was difficult to keep meat for any length of time before it started to go bad. Butchers shops had to be dry and cool with as much fresh air as possible. Large windows fronted the shops and these would be opened onto the streets to ensure that the meat did not rot. It was thought that in winter meat, if kept correctly, could keep for 10 days in Winter and for 5 in Summer. This butcher is advertising his turtle soup, which would have been sold as 'fast food'.


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I get the giggles this episode as we cover Iole, Omphale and an assortment of murders that means Herakles in the area. Herakles finds he is at a low ebb of his popularity, which might have something to do with all the random murder and conquering he has been up too. He kills a guest and ends up a slave.
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Steed have been visiting Nashville for 4 years, with the Loews Vanderbilt being their Tennessee home since the original trip in 2012. Steed are the only Savile Row firm that visit Tennessee, catering for clients with three trips per year. It's not just the residents of Nashville that make up the customer base here, with clients travelling from surrounding States such as South Carolina, Alabama, Florida & Georgia due to a distinct lack of Bespoke Tailors both locally & internationally that visit Nashville.
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Savile Row's own Steed Tailors recognised that many of their refined clients were from across the pond in the USA, and as such, decided to make things easier on their American friends by creating a unique experience from within their own cities, a handful of times per year.
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Altidore's 24 goals set mark for U.S. player
Jozy Altidore broke Clint Dempsey's record for most goals by an American in a European club season, scoring his 24th Sunday in AZ Alkmaar's 2-1 loss at RKC Waalwijk in the Dutch Eridivisie.
The 23-year-old tied the score in the 69th minute, running onto a pass into the penalty area and chipping goalkeeper Jeroen Zoet with a left-footed shot from about 12 yards. Altidore has 17 league goals to go along with seven in the Dutch Cup.
Dempsey scored 23 goals for Fulham last season, including 17 in the English Premier League, three in the FA Cup and three in the Europa League. He transferred to Tottenham in August.
Mart Lieder scored his second of the game for host Waalwijk in the 76th.
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Today's competitive business environment is pushing companies towards a greater emphasis on innovation of product and processes. Project management offers a highly structured approach to managing change effectively and is capable of being adapted to fit a diverse range of applications. Managing projects is a highly complex job. If today's project leaders are to cope with complex projects, they need to think of themselves as change agents – aspiring individuals who implement change by gaining the commitment and action of key people both inside and outside their organisation.
Through the acquisition of a range of tools and techniques, this elective will aim to provide students with a basic understanding and knowledge of the key concepts and analytical skills underpinning the effective management of projects in any industry sector.
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Are You Having Trouble Understanding Diabetes?......This May Help You!
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Yvette Woodruff-Perez, Mayor (Term Expires - April 2020)Mayor Woodruff-Perez was elected to the Vernon City Council in April of 2015, and is serving a 5-year term. Her election to the city's five-member council established the first-ever female council majority as well as the first-ever Latina majority in the City of Vernon's 109-year history.Read More
As a Registered Nurse, Mayor Woodruff-Perez specializes in Critical Care and Emergency Services. She works in a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit for an underserved population, and is certified in Advanced Life Support and Public Health. For over a decade, she has worked in Public Safety Communications as an Emergency Medical Dispatcher and 911 Operator. Mayor Woodruff-Perez is also a professionally trained dancer, with artistic skills in a variety of dance genres. Since the age of 17, she has organized dance and music programs to benefit the youth in her community.
Her educational background includes a Bachelor's Degree of Science in Nursing from Mount Saint Mary's University. In 2016, she was inducted into the prestigious honor society for nurses, Sigma Theta Tau, for leadership and academic excellence. Mayor Woodruff-Perez is currently pursuing a Doctorate in Advanced Nursing Practice.
With a strong dedication to public service, Mayor Woodruff-Perez is proud to serve the residents and businesses who have made this city their home. She is honored to work alongside individuals who have a commitment to good governance and a prosperous Vernon.
William "Bill" Davis, Mayor Pro Tempore (Term Expires - April 2023)
Mayor Pro Tempore Davis was born in Manila, Philippines and came to the United States in 1969, becoming a resident of the City Vernon in 1970. Mayor Pro Tempore Davis was appointed to fill-in a vacant seat of the City Council in May of 1981, and was elected to his first four-year term in April of 1984. Mayor Pro Tempore Davis retired from Southern California EdisonRead More in 1996 after completing 28 years of service. During his tenure at Southern California Edison, one of the largest electric utilities in the nation, Mayor Pro Tempore Davis held numerous positions - working as a lineman, then a foreman and finally as a service planner.
Mayor Pro Tempore Davis has not only served the industrial community of Vernon as a City Council Member since 1981, but he has also represented his community by serving as a Board Member of area organizations:
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- Gateway Cities Council of Governments – since 2003.
- Southern California Assoc. of Governments (SCAG).
Luz A. Martinez, Council Member (Term Expires - April 2019)
Council Member Luz Martinez has been a resident of the City of Vernon since 2009. She was elected to the Vernon City Council in a June 5, 2012 Special Municipal Election. As a sitting council member, Council Member Martinez represents the City of Vernon as an appointed member of the Board of Directors to the Los Angeles County Sanitation District.Read More Council Member Martinez was born in Mexico where she attended primary school. She came to California in 1965 at age 12. Her family settled in East Los Angeles where she attended middle school and high school. In April 1971, she proudly became a naturalized United States citizen. She graduated from Montebello High School with the Class of 1971.
Following high school graduation, Council Member Martinez worked 16-years in private industry as an administrative assistant. In April 1987, Council Member Martinez was hired by the City of Vernon as an administrative assistant in City Administrator's office. In October 1987, she transferred to the Vernon Fire Department. She worked 23 ½ years as Department Secretary to the Fire Chief. As a Vernon Fire Department employee, Council Member Martinez received Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) training and obtained her CERT certificate.
Council Member Martinez is a mother of three children and a grandmother to four children.
Leticia Lopez, Council Member (Term Expires - April 2021)
A resident of the City of Vernon for almost two years, Council Member Lopez was born and raised in the neighboring City of Huntington Park. She was elected to the Vernon City Council as a write-in candidate in April of 2016. Read More
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Council Member Melissa Ybarra was born and raised in the City of Vernon. She is the daughter of the Honorable Michael A. Ybarra, a former Vernon City Council Member who died in office in September 2014. Council Member Ybarra was elected to the Vernon City Council in a Special Election in February 2015 and served the remainder of her late father's unexpired term. Read MoreShe was re-elected to serve her first official term in office in April 2017 and appointed by her fellow Councilmembers as the City's first female Mayor in 2017. She represents the City of Vernon as an appointed member of the Vernon Housing Commission and serves as a delegate to many boards outside the city.
Council Member Ybarra has worked for over 19 years as an Operations Manager for a printing company in West Los Angeles.
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The Chattahoochee River's Summer Festival will take place Saturday, August 27th from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Sunday, August 28th from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Rain or shine! The festival will be at the Chattahoochee River Environmental Education Center, with all parking at Barnwell Elementary School, located at 9425 Barnwell Road in Alpharetta, Georgia.
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Hormone boost lets mice live longer without fasting
TALK about having your cake and eating it. Fasting might not be the only route to a longer life – a hormone seems to work just as well, in mice at least.
We know that some animals can extend their lifespan by consuming fewer calories. Engineered mice can get the same effect by simply pumping out high levels of a hormone normally produced during a fast, says Steven Kliewer at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas. His team found that mice engineered to make higher levels of the hormone, FGF21, increased their lifespan on average by over a third.
"What we are seeing is the benefit of caloric restriction without having to diet," he says.
Humans have the hormone too, and Kliewer believes FGF21 has the potential to extend the human "health-span" – the time we live healthy lives (eLife, doi.org/jj5).


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Having a movie shown at a film festival is no small feat, but imagine being a fledgling filmmaker still in college — or even younger.
The Newport Beach Film Festival gives the next generation's Woody Allens or Francis Ford Coppolas their start with dedicated screening time during the festival's week-long celebration. The festival hosts a youth film showcase that screens short films made by students 18 or younger, a "teen screen" for filmmakers older than 14 and a collegiate showcase featuring student shorts.
The last category included submissions by Orange Coast College called OCC Shorts, featuring seven films by 11 students.
"It's very awe-inspiring to have it happen already," said Matthew Harreld, 27, a film and video major at OCC.
Inclusion in the festival gives students the chance to hobnob with famous actors, directors and cinematographers, network and put the achievement on their résumés, said Bob Lazarus, chairman of OCC's film and video department.


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Byron's poems of 1816 would be the next logical post, but I need to reread them. It was a big year for him.
So, to something different, something I just read, a book from a century later, Thomas Hardy's Moments of Vision and Miscellaneous Verses (1917). Maybe I should stick to badly remembered Byron, though, because I do not feel I read Moments of Vision well. The poems are, in general, too good. Good poem after good poem, page after page. The verse forms vary, the subject matter varies, the tone varies. Yet some bad poems would have helped me see the better ones.
A code contains a bundle of political poems, tossed off for the war effort or refugee relief, with titles like "An Appeal to America on Behalf of the Belgian Destitute." These poems are weak enough that when I came to "In Time of 'The Breaking of Nations'" I could see it for what it was:
Only a man harrowing clods
In a slow silent walk
With an old horse that stumbles and nods
Half asleep as they stalk.
Only thin smoke without flame
From the heaps of couch-grass;
Yet this will go onward the same
Though dynasties pass.
Yonder a maid and her wight
Come whispering by:
War's annals will cloud into night
Ere their story die.
And I call Hardy a pessimist! This is about the cheeriest thing I have ever seen from him, an "earth abides" sentiment.
The main body of poems include a number about the courtship and early years of Hardy's first marriage, a look back to the 1870s, but not in a way that creates a narrative, but rather a lot of movement in time. Plenty of poems could be versified bits of theoretical Hardy novels. "The Head above the Fog," for example, is exactly the kind of image I most enjoy in his fiction:
Something I do see
Above the fog that sheets the mead,
A figure like to life indeed,
Moving along with spectre-speed,
Seen by none but me.
The approaching woman, "[m]ere ghostly head as it skims along," is either the woman the poet loves or her ghost – with just a head, and "hat and plume above / The evening fog-fleece" it is hard to tell. Scene, or memory of a scene?
"Midnight on the Great Western" is another vivid poem:
In the band of his hat a journeying boy
Had a ticket stuck; and a string
Around his neck bore the key of his box,
That twinkled gleams of the lamp's sad beams
Like a living thing.
Why it's Little Father Time from Jude the Obscure! Run for your life! No, here he is just a boy taking a train trip by himself, "[b]ewrapt past knowing to what he was going."
I was struck by "He Prefers Her Earthly" in part because I had just read Shelley's "Alastor," where a real woman is rejected for an ideal. The narrator of this poem knows that is foolishness. He sees a lost love in a sunset – presumably she is dead:
This after-sunset is a sight for seeing,
Cliff-heads of craggy cloud surrounding it.
– And dwell you in that glory-show?
You may; for there are strange strange things in being,
Stranger than I know.
But however beautiful or perfect she may be as a "firmament-riding earthly essence," he wishes she were here, now, "as the one you were."
If I were serious about Hardy, I would write a squib about each poem, as my only hope at remembering them.


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Now I could work on long pending work, design a dress with patchwork. I had bought the patches in an exhibition , and I was lucky to find exactly matching lace for those patches.
The cloth is Maroon Khadi silk, attached the lace on the border and patches on the middle. And some motifs around the patches.
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Ladybird Wildflower Center
The only thing better than visiting in the Wildflower Center in the Spring is visiting in the Spring with good friends. Mike and Shawn were with us recently and aside from being the easiest guests we could possibly ever have, we got to show them around our go-to outdoor wonderland early one morning. Just in time too, since the nasty hot summer weather is definitely upon us!


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In speaking with a local Brooklyn scooter reseller, think Vespa, this past week I discovered that India is starting to face some of the same challenges and growing pains that more established job markets face - union strikes. LML has a scooter and motorcycle plant in Kanpur, where Genuine's Stella scooter (see photo), among other scooters and motorcycles, are manufactured. LML declared the lockout in response to "external rowdy elements... disrupting the peaceful atmosphere and working of the factory." LML management failed to pay employees full wages and has suspended production in response to financial losses and restructuring.
In speaking with the local Brooklyn reseller he is seriously concerned about how and what he is going to sell this summer. Asked to withhold his name he commented, "I have 12 Stella's left and I'm going to be extra particular about who I sell them to. I want a client that is going to be a long term customer for aftermarket parts and maintenance and not someone that is going to take the scooter out of state. He added, "without Stella's I have to find another scooter to sell."
Thousands of contract workers are demanding more reasonable benefits from the plant that produces 6,200 motorcycles a day. A highly-publicized strike at Honda Motorcycles and Scooters of India, several months ago, resulted in police beatings, and many strikes have followed, including the State Bank of India and a Bangalore Toyota plant. I'm sure China and other emerging markets aren't too far behind.
What does this mean for global sourcing in the near future? Do the benefits still outweight the risk? These are the questions procurement managers are going to have to start considering as they look at emerging countries.
Whenever I tell a friend, colleague or family member about my job as soon as the words "supply chain" are muttered I immediately see glassy eyes followed by a yawn or two. Little do they realize that every time they discard or recycle a carton of milk they are completing the end of the supply chain cycle. Without supply chains consumers would be stuck using products that they had to make or grow with their own two hands. Still not excited, well visit often and eventually you will be.
Friday, April 28, 2006
Union Strikes in India
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Cal Poly gives Bromley extension
San Luis Obipso, CA (Sports Network) – Cal Poly and head men's basketball
coach Kevin Bromley have agreed to a contract extension through the 2010
Bromley guided the Mustangs to a 19-11 record this past season and an
appearance in the Big West Conference Tournament championship game.
"This extension demonstrates a commitment to our men's head coach," said
athletic director Alison Cone. "Kevin has worked hard to develop this program
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Have you taken a good nature walk lately? Have you taken a few moments to look at the world around you with the "eyes of a child" - full of curiosity, wonder and joy? I hope you have. I'd love to see your surroundings through your eyes, and to read your thoughts about connecting with nature.
Please join me today for a Sunday Stroll. Even a few photos from the back deck will do, if you s.l.o.w. d.o.w.n. to a Sunday Stroll pace, breath deeply, and notice what nature has to offer late in the month of January.
If you do snap a few photos of nature in your neck of the woods today, please share a link in the comments, and I will add you to a list of strollers so that we may all share the beauty of this world, one little bit at a time.
Check out Steve's icy Sunday at Out on the Prairie.
And, Pom Pom at Pom Pom's Ponderings.


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English and Serbian with English subtitles.
funny, philosophical road-trip comedy bounces from the screen as two vibrant
characters take twisty turns in a world full of unexpected possibilities.
Varnie (Iman Crosson) is a cynical San Francisco ideas man in search of a big
break (a venture capitalist who's all venture but no capital). Nena (Angelina
Häntsch) is a wide-eyed Austrian tourist in search of her favorite band. When
fate plops them together, the dynamic duo take off for the Southland on an
eccentric road trip to a music festival and enlightenment, whichever comes
first. As the contrasting heroes grow closer, their conversations and
encounters resonate with real emotional truth and unpredictable energy.
Writer-director Zoran Lisinac fuels this bent buddy-comedy with thrilling
visual flourishes and a magical musical soundtrack perfectly in sync with the
mood and settings, including plenty of Bay Area spots. The result is an offbeat
story filled with profound messages about love, longing and cross-cultural connections.
See the film's composer Cole Bonner at our ASCAP Music Cafe
Zoran Lisinac's (1983, Serbia) creative spirit was in full swing even when he was just a child. At the age of 9, Zoran's comic books were published weekly in the local magazine and at 19 Zoran became a student of filmmaking full time when he was one of 7 students to be accepted at the prestigious film school in Belgrade called Danube Film Academy. After finishing film school, Zoran then made the move to Los Angeles to further pursue his dream of filmmaking. Since 2005, Zoran started writing behind the front desk of a Holiday Inn hotel in Santa Monica and since then has written six feature length screenplays with full support of his managers. In mid-2007, Zoran formed Metakwon Filmworks with his brother, and immediately started writing Along the Roadside, an original story for his award winning directorial debut in 2012. Zoran has said goodbye to hotel but has kept the fascination with the cultural diversity and integration to which the Santa Monica's tourist hot spot exposed him and which will find a way in all of his later works.
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Project Detroit: Custom Windows Phone and Tablet Car Integration
Cars are a big part of being mobile. Only recently have we started seeing mobile phones and computers really begin integrating with the automotive experience. Microsoft and West Coast Customs, tricked out a 2012 Ford Mustang with the aesthetic of a 1967 fastback as well as high-tech custom Windows Phone apps, Windows 8 in-dash touch tablets, Xbox 360, Azure, Ford Sync, Bing and external Kinect sensors never before used in automotive applications.
The Windows Phone app connects remotely to the car's computer systems in order to allow remote control over horn "ringtones", locking/unlock, activating the projector screen, changing the color of the accent lighting, or displaying a message on the rear of the car. You can also stream video and audio from the front and rear Kinect sensors as well as broadcast audio over the car's PA system (if you want to make it talk.)
Inside the car there's a touch screen computer on the column which presumably is part of Ford Sync, and a secondary touch screen Windows 8 tablet PC embedded in the passenger side dashboard. The Windows 8 touch screen can do most of the same things that the Windows Phone app does when it comes to controlling the car, but of course you can also do anything a Windows PC can do as well.
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For the past few days, I've been pondering on and debating with myself about doing a "Highlights of 2013", "Best of 2013", or even "New Year's Resolution" post. It seems like every person on every social network is doing a list, post, pic, or tweet about it. But am I like every other person? (Hint: misfit)
Here's what I will say about the new year.
1. Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can. -Arthur Ashe
2. Choose positivity. It's nice.
Happy New Year! 🙂


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A factory-built home is a housing unit that is constructed almost entirely at a factory facility and shipped to the lot location where it is erected or installed. Manufactured, modular and mobile homes are distinctly different in their construction.
Manufactured homes comply with the Title 6 construction standard of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's code. A modular home is factory-built to a specific state code, and mobile homes are not constructed to a uniform standard. The classification of a factory-built home can affect where the home can be located, the type of financing for which it is eligible and tax liabilities.


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Just in case you were wondering, yes - we are house hunting...
so I'm a bit obsessed with houses right now!
Of course, when they are cute and teeny tiny they make me squee! just a bit more :)
This is aDORable:
You have to check out the other things in her shop too...
As my friend would say, "So Stinkin' CUTE!" ;)
Thanks for being so talented, thelittlereddoor!


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Admission of students with foreign qualifications
Each year the Faculty offers a small number of places on its MBBS degree programme, for students with foreign qualifications. Such places are on a self-financing basis, and subject to admission criteria and tuition fees stipulated by the University Grants Commission of Sri Lanka. Prospective students are advised to refer to information published on the UGC website (www.ugc.ac.lk) regarding Admission of Students with Foreign Qualifications to Undergraduate Courses in the Universities of Sri Lanka.


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The ongoing rhetoric emanating from the global media and the various national administrations remains optimistic even against a plethora of information to the contrary. One glaring example, and the latest in a list of debt crisis victims, is Spain where the unemployment rate is 25% and where austerity programs are causing protests. It was recently announced that Great Britain has fallen back into recession. We have not heard anything lately on Greece, Italy or Portugal, where problems will soon re-appear in the media headlines. The International Monetary Fund and the European Central Bank cannot possibly finance the ongoing debt crisis and a global recession is unavoidable.
The continuing exclusion from the U.S. media of the disparity between the jobs created and jobs lost is a source of consternation. A creation of 120,000 jobs in a month, where the quality of those jobs is in question, against the weekly loss of 350,000 jobs continues to elude recognition. An unemployed worker applying for first time benefit must have, in my opinion, lost a job so we have a monthly job "creation" of 120,000 against a monthly loss of 1.4 million based on a four-week month where each week 350,000 or more applications for unemployment are made. What is wrong with this picture?
Four more U.S. bank failures were reported last week, bringing the total to 21 so far this year. The current mortgage situation is another problem that we feel is being ignored. Potential home buyers are reluctant to purchase as long as they feel there is an overhanging default and foreclosure condition. The inability or reluctance of banks to foreclose is apparent because mortgages, whether being serviced or not, are carried on their books as an asset and to foreclose would mean the move from the plus column to the minus column would mean the necessary addition of reserve funds. Something they do not want to do on a large basis so they are only foreclosing on a small amount of their bad loans in order to avoid the haircut required by the Federal Banking regulations. The only answer I see is the immediate foreclosure on all bad loans to form a base from which to finally start a new housing boom. Yes, prices will decline but they will decline to an actual bottom and then we can expect to see buyers flowing into the housing market.
How long can the recognition of an economic crisis in the U.S. be disguised as prosperity or economic improvement? We continue to urge investors to maintain a conservative approach to their investment analysis bearing in mind that an economic contraction could result in severe market reaction and impact their financial health.
Now for some actual information to hopefully assist our readers with their ability to make financial decisions…
Interest Rates: June U.S. Treasury bonds closed at 142 23/32nds, up 14/32nds on continuing concern over U.S. economic data such as the weaker than expected first quarter GDP. A veto threat by President Obama of a federal loan doubling for college students along with women's issues and his health care overhaul was also a consideration. Both political parties agree that student loan interest payments should not increase but Republicans want spending cuts and Democrats want higher revenues. Republics would keep interest rates for subsidized Stafford loans at 3.4% for another year rather than an automatic increase to 6.8% on July 1st as would occur under a law enacted five years ago by a Democratic Congress. So another stalemate exists which in most cases provides for gains in treasury prices and resulting lower yields. A credit rating downgrade by Standard & Poors for Spain and additional easing measures by the Japanese Central Bank also led to demand for U.S. Treasuries. Another report that Democrats voted earlier this year to take money from the preventive health fund to help keep doctors Medicare reimbursements from dropping also led to partisonship in the Congress leading institutions to wonder if an agreement would ever be reached on the budget. The confusion led to addition influx into the U.S. treasury market from other avenues of investment. We continue to view the Treasury market as within a range between 135 and 145 and at nearly 143, we are fast approaching the higher end of our projected range. We favor the strategy is employing "strangle spreads".
Stock Indices: The Dow Jones industrials closed at 13,228.31, up 23.69 and for the week gained 1.53%. The S&P 500 closed at 1,403.36, up 3.38 and for the week managed a gain of 1.8%. The tech heavy Nasdaq closed at 3,069.20, up 18.59 and gained 2.29% for the week. Better than expect earnings reports and an improved consumer sentiment report offset the disappointing U.S. GDP data and the downgrade of Spain's credit rating. We would caution our readers against expectation of continued market gains predicated on earnings from corporations while labor conditions remain in flux. As we have indicated in previous commentaries, "an unemployed consumer does not consume" and sales figures are not as good as resulting net earnings would imply. We strongly urge the implementation of strategic hedging programs which we have developed and provide to clients.
Currencies: The June U.S. dollar index closed at 78.77 down 23.1 points against most major currencies including the Canadian dollar on economic gains and an expected increase in its key lending rate. The June Canadian dollar climbed 27 points to close at $1.0184. The June Euro closed at $1.3262, up 21 points. Other gains were posted for the Swiss Franc 24 points to $1.1045, the Japanese yen 86 points to .12445, the British pound 72 points to $1.6264, and the Australian dollar 73 points to $1.0416. We continue to favor the U.S. dollar not on a U.S. economy but relative to the deteriorating Euro zone debt situation.
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for those
...keeping count, 5 out of 12 shows are done for the weekend.
...who love comedo, my first SC PatchCo shows are tomorrow
(a "Best of" in the Black Orchid Theatre at SC), at 3:30, 8, and 11.
if you have noth to do, come to the 8pm!
also, bunny breakfast starts tomorrow. yep. more on this later.
i am playing a bumblebee.
spring has sprung.
work-ing ac-tor (clap, clap, clapclapclap)!


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'Flower,' 'Kater' share Bavarian film prize
Best director nod awarded to Juraj Herz for 'Habermann'BERLIN -- Sherry Horman's fashion biopic "Desert Flower" and the political drama "Der Grosse Kater" (The Big Tom-Cat) from director Wolfgang Panzer tied for the top prize as Best Film at the Bavarian Film Awards this weekend.
"Flower" producers Peter Herrmann and Dietmar Guntsche and "Kater" producer Wolfgang Behr will share the €200,000 ($287,000) award that comes with the honor, cash that has to be invested in new film projects.
Acting legend Barbara Sukowa added a Bavarian best actress trophy to her trophy cabinet, taking the honor for her portrayal of Medieval nun and proto-feminist Hildegard von Bingen in "Vision" from Magarethe von Trotta.
Best director went to Juraj Herz for his period drama "Habermann," with lead Mark Waschke taking the best actor prize for his role as a mill owner whose life is transformed with the onset of World War II.
Benjamin Heisenberg received the best newcomer nod for his sophomore effort, "The Robber," which will premiere in competition at the Berlin International Film Festival next month.
"Vicky the Viking" from Michael Herbig won the best family film prize while best screenplay honors went to Simon Verhoeven for his script to comedy hit "Men in the City."
Success seems to have bred success at the Bavarian awards this year. While not all the winners have been released in cinemas yet, those that have are among the year's top performers. "Vicky" has earned some $40 million for distribution Constantin; "Men in the City" more than $20 million for Warners in Germany; "Desert Flower" around $10 million for Majestic and Concorde has ticked up close to $5 million in ticket sales for "Vision."


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Hellooo everyone!
Hope you all had a lovely Christmas, I sure did! Not much time to craft though, but tonight I found some time and created this card! I coloured up this beautiful stamp by Wee Stamps called Iris a while ago and now I decided to make a light and colourful card with her after making so much Christmas related cards and crafts! I love how it turned out and hope you like it too :)
Copics used:
Hair: E57, 55, 53
Skin: E04, 11, 21, 00, 000, R20
Purple outfit: V09, 06, 04, 01
Aqua outfit: BG18, 15, 11, 10
Wings: B99, 97, 95, 93, 91
Scarf: E18, 15, Y17, 15, 11
Posca pen for white dots
Card recipe:
Wee stamps Iris digistamp
Crafts and me design paper
Magnolia Heart Swirl die
Marianne Designs Craftables Clock die
Cottage Cutz Balloon die
Inka Gold
Frantage Enamel Shabby White
Marianne Designs Collectables stamps Vintage Alphabet COL1380
Memento Ink Gray
Heart rhinestones
Paper flowers
Butterfly made of Martha Stewart clay and mold
Stickles Crystal
Shimmer spray
Thank you so much for stopping by!
Happy crafting!
xoxo Madeleine


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Appointments are one of the things that define a company in the escort dating industry. A general escort agency will have a large number of full-time escort ladies on call, to provide for last-minute meetings. An elite introduction agency will only offer upscale escort ladies and travel companions who pursue all the career and opportunities that life affords them. As such, their schedules are not wide open, and they are available by appointment only. Mynt Models® operates on the latter pattern.
The kind of clientele for whom we cater are generally refined and high-end businessmen or VIPs; in our experience their lives are quite well organized. They take their leisure time as seriously as their business time, and they schedule all their engagements, including their dating and entertainments. :) These are affluent, successful men who work hard, and like to spoil themselves. Not that they schedule every single detail of a vacation for example, but they are on a vague mental itinerary at all times. Organization is just part of successful business.
Like everything in their lives, they seek out the best, and they indulge in style. This is a very different situation to the gentleman who simply feels lonely that night and decides to call for some company. The upmarket VIP clientele will plan the evening to be something beautiful. Obviously if he is arranging a travel companion booking, this requires even more lead time. Preparation time allows things to go super-smoothly. Ideally. ;)
It is true that most of these high-end gentlemen book someone for the evening or the weekend, as opposed to a brief dinner date, in order to truly savor his personal time. However whether he is an extremely busy man and only has an occasional evening free for a quick dinner-til-breakfast date, or whether he is taking the week or weekend off to relax with a beautiful woman, they will always ensure the model and the date is booked well in advance, at the time when he knows he will be free. This allows him to meet the woman he wants to meet. He may re-schedule occasionally, but appointments are part of his daily life. One cannot run multinational corporations or even one company and its employees efficiently, without being organized. ;)
As mentioned above, our models are also accomplished, VIP caliber individuals in their own right. They are also generally running to some kind of schedule. A successful commercial model has regular shoots and castings, cabin crew run to a very tight schedule, professional businesswomen and other professionals are all unavailable at some point.
Whether captivated by their business and career engagements, or with personally enriching activities; music lessons, dance classes, gym, friends, travel, shows, having beauty treatments, reading, working on some project. Even the committed college academics are studying and enhancing their lives with investments in themselves. So their leisure time with you needs to be arranged when she has a window. And she thoroughly enjoys that chance to escape every day life and float away with you!
As such, considering the caliber of high-quality people we are working with, appointments are absolutely necessary. You can make a reservation, and the model who agrees to accept your date makes herself available for you. She will book a hairdresser and makeup artist at her own expense, and plan an afternoon of beauty and grooming, so she is physically and mentally prepared & refined, to meet with you for a mutually enjoyable and magical engagement. There are very few models at this level who are available without notice, although occasionally it can occur if one of her regular callers happens to need her for a last-minute business dinner or such.
In any case, hopefully this outlines what "Appointment Only' entails, and will allow our potential new clients to conduct themselves with that in mind.Take advantage of our well-kept scheduling, to ensure your date is always ready for you when you require her on your arm. :)
To add a further note, it's very often about respect also. One makes appointments to meet with most other professionals, respecting their time and expertise. You probably appreciate and respect business people making appointments with you, and perhaps even appreciate friends booking time with you, not just calling you and saying 'I want to see you for lunch in 20 minutes'. We all ruin our lives to some kind of schedule and all have commitments; time is more often than not rather short for the successful individual, and things need to be planned wherever possible. If you're the fly-by-the-seat-of-your-pants kind of person, who just goes with the flow and follows his whims, it's unlikely you'll be the kind of caller for whom we can cater. A gentleman will always defer to a lady's preference within reason, and our ladies prefer a proper invitation to a date. Given her quality, we think this is a reasonable request, and most of our gentlemen have no problem honoring that; in fact most of them prefer it! ;)


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6 awesome paid iPhone apps that are free for a limited time – Yahoo News
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6 in the Cavs' wine-and-gold duds . That, however, contrasted with the Instagram post in which James proclaimed his homecoming , which showed him in a No. 23 jersey. One week later, apparently, LeBron's mind still isn't made up, so he's seeking the wisdom of social media crowds. Get to work, #influencers. When he switched jersey numbers for the 2010-11 campaign, James said he was forsaking the 23 he wore through the last three years of his prep career at St. Vincent-St. Mary High School in Akron and for the first seven years of his professional career out of deference to Michael Jordan and that he'd chosen to go with 6 for several reasons he wore No. 6 with the U.S.
Original article here: http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nba-ball-dont-lie/lebron-james-asks-via-instagram-which-jersey-number-he-should-wear-when-he-returns-to-the-cavaliers-171927278.html
I've always had a pretty big work ethic. I'm on myself harder than anybody could be on me. Same old Skylar – just Skylar 2.0 or 3.0 or whatever you want to say." One can better understand Diggins' all-around drive by examining her life in the hours surrounding the ESPYs. On Wednesday, she scored 19 points in Minnesota against the Lynx before flying three hours to Los Angeles for the Drake skit. She returned to Tulsa for Thursday afternoon's game against San Antonio and had 19 points and eight assists in a victory just before flying to the All-Star game. Diggins, 23, is well aware of the importance of marketability – her degree is in management-entrepreneurship. She didn't play overseas after last season like most women's stars because she and Jay-Z's Roc Nation agreed it made more sense for her to stay in the United States and focus on building her name. "I saw I had a lot of opportunities off the court, building my brand," she said. "I know I can't play basketball forever. I don't like being put in a box of just being an athlete.
Original article here: http://sports.yahoo.com/news/diggins-star-off-court-215552186–wnba.html
Diggins an All-Star on, off the court – Yahoo Sports
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I look forward to sharing more with you in 2013. May your New Year be blessed!!!
Sunday, December 30, 2012
My 2012 FAVorite 6 Cards
I look forward to sharing more with you in 2013. May your New Year be blessed!!!
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- Beebeebabs said...
Beautiful work thanks for sharing!
- December 31, 2012 at 2:18 AM
- Donna Hanley said...
Sharron, Each card is more adorable and beautiful that the last, if at all possible. What a wonderful collection of memories and card you have shared with us. Thank you for all of that. Happy New Year to you and your family.
- December 31, 2012 at 4:56 AM
- Linda Palmer said...
The cards are all beautiful. Great job on all of them. Wishing you a Happy New Year!
- December 31, 2012 at 4:07 PM
- Tracy said...
Love your choices GF! I'm especially fond of that gorgeous SC with the huge yummy black bow. So glad you put it in your line up. Happy New Year sweetie!
- December 31, 2012 at 6:24 PM
Happy New Year! :) Wow!! All of your creations are just amazing here!! I especially love the SC images!! Thanks for sharing!! Have a happy day! Smiles and Hugs - *Vicki*
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- January 1, 2013 at 11:37 AM
- Rebecca Deeprose said...
WOW! Beautiful work Sharron~ as always, such gorgeous coloring and fabulous layouts and embellishing! So glad you share your talent with all of us! Hugs, Rebecca
- January 1, 2013 at 8:50 PM
- Lynn's Place said...
wowzers lady this work is wonderful and your color combos are fabulous...tfs...and Happy New Year
- January 3, 2013 at 8:35 AM
- Hazel said...
Hey sharron
These are all just stunning - love them.
Thank you for your support and comments during 2012, they are so very much appreciated and I would like to wish you a HAPPY, HEALTHY, PROSPEROUS AND CRAFTY NEW YEAR!
I hope you have a great weekend.
Take care
Hazel xx
- January 4, 2013 at 3:09 PM
A wonderful collection of cards, I love the Saturated Canary images, just beautiful
Hugs julie P
- January 6, 2013 at 9:07 PM
- Sandy Trefger said...
Beautiful cards Sharron! I so love your style and fabulous details!
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- January 8, 2013 at 8:45 AM
- Lori said...
Enjoyed your favorite cards - they're all wonderful and they do have such sweet little girls!
- January 8, 2013 at 6:05 PM
- Molly Smith said...
Love these adorable cards, Sharron! I am trying to get back into blogging, etc. and going through my blogroll. Seeing your name makes me smile every time! a belated Happy New Year to you from Texas!
hugs xo
- January 12, 2013 at 3:47 PM
- Wendy Nicola Jackson said...
Love that line up! Gorgeous cards. Love the last two in particular. That black and white with the SC image is divine! Love the nutcracker card too. Big hugs, Wends xxx
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Beautiful work here!!! Love all the colors, makes me happy :-) And the last one with Lucas ? with his bike, gorgeous!!! In fact our Arvid looks a bit like your sweet Lucas I think! Sweet boys ♡ReplyDelete
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Awesome layouts Lizzy! I especially love the last one with the pops of red!ReplyDelete
Lucas is getting so big! And I really needed a Wally page! Nice job with all your challenges and getting lots done while you were at the scrap fest! hugs!ReplyDelete
Your layouts are always adorable and gorgeous! I love to read the journaling you include!ReplyDelete
These are gorgeous! LOVING the stars on the first two and LOVING the photos on the last one!!!!!!!!!!!!!ReplyDelete
Fun pages! I want Wally's job - dream job! :)ReplyDelete
You are killing me with all the cuteness!
Love them all, they all tell a story. Gorgeous Grand baby ! and love the story of Wally hard at work :) Your journalling is always a treat .Lucas always looks like he is having the best time, lucky boy to have such lovely Grandparents, he is going to have wonderful memories of his childhoodReplyDelete
Such super projects Lizzy! That little rugger is too sweet and love the pop of red around the photo! ;-) Wally's page is toooooo funny and such a great design too! And the last one too cute, with that little series of photo's and again, the little pop of red! Gorgeous work! ;-)ReplyDelete
I'm loving all your pages - there is something special about each one, that little sportsman, the beautifully placed journaling, the pops of red - but I also can't help wondering how you got them all done when you were at camp. Didn't everyone want to keep you talking?! and asking about your pages?!ReplyDelete
Oh! Such great pages! They really got your mojo going! I love the photo series in Lucas' page, and the journaling about Wally. And the baby in football gear is so sweet.ReplyDelete
Bridget went to (what she calls) Stamp Camp. Is it the same camp or are there more?
Ah Lizzy - you seem to be latched into all the great challenges. Love both the sketches you've used and the sweet layout about Wally. I must say the boy's photos always melt my heart. How wonderful of Grand Dad to fix the bike and take on the role of instructor. We've done a similar thing here. Thanks for the inspiration :DReplyDelete
Well if I need any more challenges I will be sure to pop over to a couple of these, be lucky if I have time for any the way I am going!!! They all look great! Lovely photos, poor wally looks exhausted from his busy life! Lucas is enjoying riding his bike! And always go Gaga over cute baby photos! Have a good Friday! Where has this week gone??ReplyDelete
What amazing layouts! Loved everyone of them! Thanks for joining us at Sketch N Scrap!ReplyDelete
Wow!! These are awesome Lizzy!! You rocked all of these challenges (as you always do) and I love the colours in each of them. Love all those gorgeous photos too .. poor old Wally looking exhausted from all his hard work, and your adorable grandies, one barracking for his fave team and the other learning to ride his bike .. just wonderful!! Don't know how you find the time to do all these Challenges but your layouts are simply gorgeous!! xxReplyDelete
Wow, these pages are also awesome. I love your Wally page. Great take on our color challenge. Thanks for joining us at LCOM.ReplyDelete
Lizzy, you made such fun and heartwarming layouts chronically these amazing family moments!! Including Wally, too, of course!! Hugs, DarnellReplyDelete
Wonderful layouts and awesome take on the GCC sketch! Love your page! Thank you for playing along!ReplyDelete
The layouts are all super! Loving the way you documented each and every story - great photos too.. Thanks for joining us at Sketch N Scrap!ReplyDelete
Awesome layouts!! Love the journaling!! Thanks for joining us at Sketch N Scrap!😊ReplyDelete
That first page - I have to tell you that it left me with such a big old grin! The repetition of the polka dots, the adorable little story - I couldn't stop smiling. And then i kept scrolling and all of your designs just came to life with your amazing talent. The eclectic bits and bobs that you do oh-so-well, the swell of stars creating beautiful design lines... Lovely!ReplyDelete
Super fantastic pages Lizzy, I particularly love the one of Wally with all the journalling and stars. Also the last one is fabulous showing the progression through photos.ReplyDelete
Wonderful layouts! Love the plaid and the red polka dot papers on the top one. Thanks for sharing with Sketch-N-ScrapReplyDelete
so great layouts Lizzy! this time I love all of them! the colour combo on the first one is so bright and fun with different polka dots, and Wallie at work makes me laugh so much! )))) and the compositions and details on the last onw is wonderful!ReplyDelete
Camp Mojo has been good for your, Lizzy! All of your layouts are absolutely and perfectly amazing, my friend! Each an every one is so creative and full of awesome details! You go girl!!!! I love how you took on each challenge and made a wonderful memory page for yourself in the process! And I also want to thank you for always stopping by my blog and making me smile! HUGS!!!!ReplyDelete
Great layout! Thanks for joining us at Sketch N Scrap!ReplyDelete
All of these are gorgeous layouts! Thanks for joining us at Sketch N Scrap!ReplyDelete
Absolutely beautiful layouts! Adorable photo on the first one and great colors! Thanks for playing along with Sketch N Scrap! Also love the papers you chose for the Scrappy Friends challenges! Great pops of red and fun journaling on the photos! Thanks for joining us this month! :)ReplyDelete
fantastic take on our sketch at Sketch N Scrap this month! I love the details and all the details of the other layouts as well. everyone is wonderful!ReplyDelete
Lovely layouts Lizzy. I need less time at work and more time playing with paper and glue xxReplyDelete
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Whether one perceives the merits of Arizona SB 1070 as good or bad, one should not prompt a cause of action against the hospitality industry. I am not taking a position on the merits of the law – my only position is that again our industry is chosen as the whipping boy for all political recourse. The travel industry didn't take a position one way or another, for or against this legislation; but again the attacks begin with an industry that has historically embraced the involvement of foreigners.
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Finishing the bathroom, visiting family, a hurricane, back-to-school--yes, it has been a busy several weeks. Blogging was not a priority. I'm looking forward to catching up on what y'all have been doing!
I have managed some small things I didn't photograph, a doll quilt for a swap, and this set for Kal-El--(can you believe he is almost 2?? And his sister will arrive in just a couple of weeks!)
Quilt top, pillowcase, and throw pillow sham:
The start of the doll quilt: nine patch blocks cut and rearranged:
<--- The top before quilting. Yes. I forgot to photograph the finished quilt. *hangs head*
Oh, and here's something I've been wanting to do for a long time. My sewing chair digs into the back of my legs and my side shelf that holds my serger just looks bad---see?
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Another new choice with the warm months is the third location of Bandana's, which opened the week of May 17 in the old Hooter's location at 14141 Manchester Rd. We've always been fond of the original Bandana's, which opened in Arnold in 1997 and features most meats smoked first without sauce, with a choice of Carolina-, Texas- and Missouri-style sauces to be added thereafter, according to the diner's taste. A second location opened last year in O'Fallon, Mo., and it will be interesting to see how they handle the sheer volume at this fairly large third outlet.
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Sunday, February 13, 2011
Take a Word #16 - Romance
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Yay, love the sample Eila.ReplyDelete
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Fabulous sample Eila....Happy Valentines day to you all..ReplyDelete
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I was finishing a doll this weekend and she ended up all Romantic w/ her little heart and red. Thanks for looking. http://theredtin.blogspot.com./ReplyDelete
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Hi, friends. Gourgeous elegant sample, Eila. Mine is anything but elegant :)ReplyDelete
they were truly the epitome of romance!!!
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My Romance picture is on my blog. Happy Valentines Day everyone.xxReplyDelete
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Oh My Gosh!!! This has been the busiest week I have ever encountered so far! My mom went on vacation, therefore, I was in charge of her business this whole week. Plus I had to take care of my own little business, I had my own clients to attend in their organization needs. And to top it all off, my hubby had to leave out of town for his training. With my little one never being left in a daycare before, I had the craziest week ever!!! Man oh man! Did it hurt? Yes, my back!! Luckily, I was still able to keep record of my projects. That being said, this is my latest project!
Last Wednesday I had the sweetest privilage to help Lisete with her super Pretty N' Pink Bedroom! Lori wanted Lisete's bedroom to be ready before school started, so this was the day to get it all done.
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Such a cute room, all it needed was a little bit of TLC. That's where I came in!
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I thought I'd give myself props for this idea, underneath the socks, there is a seperate little "Catch all singles". Pretty cool no?
A place for all her bears, aww...
Aren't her shoes so cute?
And a little bit of organization for her cute desk.
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Denice was a lifetime member of the Central Virginia community until recently. Denice's work experience is vast and varied. She has served clients of all ages with speech-language-hearing-cognitive-swallowing disorders for over 35 years in private practice, hospitals, skilled nursing homes, outpatient rehabilitation, university, telepractice and home health settings. Denice enjoyed supervising graduate students develop clinical skills in the Department if Communication Sciences and Disorders at Longwood University.
Denice received her Bachelor's of Science degree in Speech Pathology and Audiology in 1974 from Madison College and her Master of Science degree in Communication Sciences and Disorders in 1992 from Radford University. Due to her academic achievement, she was inducted into the Phi kappa Phi Honor Society in 1992 and became a lifetime member.
Denice became a licensed Speech-Language Pathologist in Virginia in 1992, California and Arizona in 2016. She received her Clinical Certificate if Competence from ASHA in 1993. After receiving her certification in Auditory-Verbal Therapy in 2003 from Auditry-Verbal International, she met the certification requirements for the AG Bell Academy for Listening and Spoken Language when they became the accrediting institution in 2006 and has continued to maintain her certification via continuing education each year since 2003.
Denice is passionate about helping children experiencing speech-language-hearing disorders reach their maximum potential and empowering their families in ways to help them reach their goals at home. She is constantly inspired by her clients as they work to acheive their communication goals.
Denice enjoys donating her time to organizations who promote concepts near and dear to her heart such as Special Olympics and animal welfare groups. In her spare time, Denice loves to play with her Saint Bernard, Dante, read, practice her Spanish and travel the Americas. Most of all, she strives to live a life full of peace, love and harmony.


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Mel Powell, Pulitzer Prize-winning composer and founding dean of the CalArts School of Music in Valencia, died Friday. He was 75.
Powell, who began his long career as jazz pianist for Benny Goodman, died of liver cancer at his Sherman Oaks home, California Institute of the Arts officials said.
The educator and composer won the Pulitzer in 1990 for "Duplicates: A Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra," which had been commissioned by music patron Betty Freeman for the Los Angeles Philharmonic.
"I am positively ecstatic, especially since it comes as a total surprise," Powell told The Times from his CalArts office the day of the announcement eight years ago. "Being out here on the coast, far away from the whole Eastern establishment to which the Pulitzer is connected--that made me a remote prospect. I just didn't expect it."