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Civil Design Engineer, Bristol - Take a look!!
- Recruiter
- Penguin Recruitment
- Location
- Bristol
- Salary
- £30000 - £40000 per annum + Benefits
- Posted
- 03 Jul 2018
- Closes
- 31 Jul 2018
- Ref
- Ref SH45673
- Contact
- Steven Hill
- Specialism
- Infrastructure
- Function
- Civil Engineer
- Job Type
- Permanent
Civil Design Engineer
Ref SH45673
Up to £40,000
We have a fantastic opportunity for an enthusiastic Civil Design Engineer to join a growing Structural and Civil Engineering Consultancy in Bristol. You will join an expanding team where you can develop a long-term career, in a very supportive environment.
The organisation will offer you the opportunity to work on a wide range of infrastructure projects across the residential and commercial markets. This will include, but not be limited to, roads and drainage design.
The successful Civil Design Engineer will be;
- Fully conversant with WinDes software for drainage design
- Familiarisation/experience with consulting with Water Authorities
- Fully conversant with PDS software for highways design
- Familiarisation/experience with consulting with Highways Agency
- Experience of Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS)
- Construction detailing of drainage and roads/pavements etc
- Experience in converting designs into drawings using AutoCAD
- Experience of liaising with construction site operatives
The organisation are offering you the opportunity to work in a forward thinking, growing team where you can genuinely develop your career. They offer a very competition basic salary and a full benefits package to match. Beyond this they will encourage you to learn and develop and are happy to fund training throughout your career.
Interested in this or other Civil Engineering positions? Please apply now or contact Steven Hill at Penguin Recruitment for more information.


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This is one of the most creative proposals and it's sooo cute! You have to check it out:
They are also Minnesotan and I heard about this in the Pioneer Press
so check out the story if you want to read more about the couple.
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
iPhone iDo! Super cute iPhone Proposal in Movie Theater
Posted by love jenny xoxo at 12:53 PM
7 comments:
- Signe said...
Very creative indeed :)
- October 05, 2010
- Fashion Meets Food said...
what a cute and creative idea
- October 05, 2010
- MJ said...
Oh my goodness, this was such a good idea, I don't know how I'd feel about all the strangers in the audience but it's so spontaneous and creative!
Thanks for sharing!!! Your dogs are cute by the way!
- October 05, 2010
- Jess said...
OH MY GOSH - this is ridiculously creative!! I love it!
- October 05, 2010
- Bringing Pretty Back said...
That is a great idea!
Have a pretty day!
- October 05, 2010
- Jenn @ West Sac Honey said...
OMG that guy loves his iphone lol. That is so cool!
- October 06, 2010
- Kelly said...
What a unique idea! Cute story! It looks like it took a lot of time to put that together!
- January 23, 2011
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At O'Gorman High School involvement in activities is a hallmark of our campus community which is why student organizations and clubs are an important part of our school culture.
Our students, faculty, staff and parents are involved in many different activities and events all of which are integrated with each other, support our mission and provide a welcoming and faith-filled atmosphere.
A school's culture doesn't just happen. A school's culture takes a lot of work, care and attention. At O'Gorman, we have a long history of tradition and an amazing culture where our families, guests and students are welcomed and cared for. This approach represents the core of who we are, and it is the hallmark of everything we say and do!
Our students are given numerous opportunities to be engaged and to practice leadership. Organizations ranging from Academic Quiz Bowl to our Student Ambassador Program provide students with opportunities for involvement and community.
On this page you will see a sample of the many ways that student organizations and clubs are integrated into the life of our school.
Supervisor: Gary Siska
Overview: The Art Club offers a unique opportunity for students who have an interest in the visual arts to devote time outside of the usual school day for self-expression, personal exploration, and group service projects within the school and the Sioux Falls Diocese. Any interested student is welcome and encouraged to join the Art Club. Participants do not have to be in an art class and do not have to attend all sessions. The club meets after school twice a month throughout the school year.
Supervisor: Jessica Fauteck
Overview: Boys' and Girls' State are week-long leadership experiences held in late May or early June on the campus of Northern State College (boys) and the University of South Dakota (girls). Applicants are selected by faculty nominations based upon academics, extra-curricular and community involvement.
Supervisor: Deborah Jorgensen
Overview: Everyone is welcome and encouraged to join. No previous chess experience is required. While the group meets after school once each week, players are able to come and play as their schedule permits. Typical meeting times/dates: Wednesdays 3:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Learn the game of chess
Teach others how to play
Explore strategies for consistent wins
What we do:
Have practice games against other chess club members
Assist Cub Scouts in obtaining their chess badge
Organize and hold some type of tournament during the school year (per member interest)
Students are encouraged to attend regardless of their experience level. If you do not know how to play chess, even better. Our existing members are waiting to show you the ropes.
Make your next move by joining chess club today!
Supervisor: Jeff Gordon & Doug Lindner
Overview: The Close-Up History trip provides an opportunity for students who are interested in US history and government to spend a week in Washington, DC. The trip is open to students in grades 10 – 12. The trip costs approximately $1,500 including air fare. Fundraising opportunities are offered to defray the cost.
Supervisor: Jonathan Konz
Overview: FCA is a great way to meet students from all classes and be unconditionally accepted. Anyone interested in athletics and in growing in faith is encouraged to attend. Participation in other athletics is not required. FCA is a national organization that exists to give students an opportunity to come together in Christ. At O'Gorman our students have this opportunity constantly, so our FCA huddle may be slightly different than that of a public school. In addition to Christian fellowship, we stress current teen topics (self image, eating disorders, chemical awareness, stress management), service opportunities (Children's Care Hospital and School, nursing homes, family to family), Christian role model speakers (alumni, seniors, community leaders), and good old-fashioned fun (game night, music night, Christmas caroling, movie night).
Supervisor: Jeff Gordon
Overview: All students who are interested in history are encouraged to join. The club meets after school several time times throughout the school year.
Supervisors: Beth Odenbach & Carol Vaca
Overview: HOSA is a national student organization recognized by the U.S. Department of Education and the Health Science Education (HSE) Division of ACTE. HOSA's two-fold mission is to promote career opportunities in the health care industry and to enhance the delivery of quality health care to all people. HOSA's goal is to encourage all health science students to join and be actively involved.
HOSA provides a unique program of leadership development, motivation, and recognition for secondary, postsecondary, adult, and collegiate students enrolled in health science education and biomedical science programs or have interests in pursuing careers in health professions. HOSA is 100% health care!
Supervisor: Kristin Kuchenbecker & Chad LeBrun
Overview: The purpose of the International Club is to help the international students become more familiar with the US and OGHS while providing an opportunity for the traditional students to learn about the world and become global citizens. Individual customs & traditions of the various countries represented are shared. By participating in discussions, games and international food, students are encouraged to learn about other cultures and languages. The club meets once a month on a Thursday after school. Everyone is welcome and encouraged to attend.
Supervisor: Doug Basche
Overview: The Knight Legend is the school yearbook. The staff is selected each spring from those who express interest. Preference is given to students with a strong writing background; photography skills are helpful. While work is generally done during the school day, other meetings may be required when production deadlines dictate. All yearbook staff members must have access to a digital camera.
Supervisor: Jason Van Engen
Overview: The Knight Scroll is published monthly. Approximately ten students are selected for the newspaper staff each year, but this number can vary depending upon interest. An attempt is made to get a mixture of sophomores, juniors, and seniors. Journalism class is a prerequisite. While the newspaper staff generally meets during the school day, some nights may be required each month for layout and proofing, especially as deadlines approach.
Supervisor: Julie Benson & Heather Nohrenberg
Overview: National Honor Society (NHS) exists to recognize and encourage academic achievement while developing other characteristics essential to good citizenship. The four pillars of NHS include character, service, scholarship and leadership. Juniors and seniors with a cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 3.6 and above (weighted or unweighted) are eligible to apply for membership. Students meeting the 3.6 or above GPA will receive an invitation to apply during the spring semester of their junior or senior year. Selection into NHS will be made based on the student's ability to demonstrate how they have fulfilled the requirements pertaining to the four pillars of NHS (scholarship, leadership, service and character).
Supervisor: Jeff Gordon
Overview: Quiz Bowl is an academic competition. While all interested students can participate, try-outs are requested for team placement. Competitions occur after school throughout the year. Students compete against area schools in groups of 4 to 6 students to answer questions pertaining to all school subjects.
Practice Dates & Time: Varies
Supervisor: Jane Schnell
Overview: O'Gorman has participated in the Team America Rocketry Challenge (TARC) since it began in 2002 and has reached the National Finals for the past four consecutive years. TARC requires each team of ten or fewer students to design, fabricate and fly a rocket that meets contest specifications. The process begins, after Labor Day, by using RockSim software to design a rocket to specifications. Many hours are spent in designing, flying and perfecting the simulated rocket. Once the rocket performs within specifications, parts are ordered and the building begins. The rocket must be built from scratch by team members with only the aid of the software results. Eventually, the rocket is born and is ready for actual test launching. After numerous hours and launches, two "Qualifying Launches" will be attempted and scored. The best score is submitted to the TARC office for National Finals consideration. If the score is one of the top 100 scores, the team is invited to attend the National Fly-off, near Washington, DC, as a Team America Rocketry Challenge National Finalist.
TARC Background: The Team America Rocketry Challenge (TARC) is the world's largest rocket contest, sponsored by the Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) and the National Association of Rocketry (NAR). Approximately 7,000 students on 750 teams from across the nation compete in TARC each year. Teams design, build and fly a model rocket that reaches a specific altitude and duration determined by a set of rules developed each year. The contest is designed to encourage students to study math and science and pursue careers in aerospace.
The top 100 teams, based on local qualification flights, are invited to Washington, DC in May for the national finals. Prizes include $60,000 in cash and scholarships split between the top 10 finishers. NASA invites top teams to participate in their Student Launch Initiative, an advanced rocketry program. AIA member companies, such as Lockheed Martin and Raytheon have sponsored additional prizes such as scholarship money and a trip to an international air show.
Meeting Times and Dates: Rocket Team meets after school twice per week from Labor Day through the end of the school year. Days will be determined based on participant schedules.
Supervisor: Nancy Carpenter
Overview: Student Ambassadors help with a wide range of activities throughout the year including eighth grade visitation and registration, new student orientation, open houses, etc. Ambassadors commit themselves to a highly visible position as a representative of OGHS. An application and interview process is used to select approximately 40 student ambassadors in the spring of each year.
Supervisor: Katie Kerkvliet & Rhonda Booth
Overview: Teens Against Tobacco Use "TATU" & Students Against Destructive Decisions "SADD" is a group that is active throughout the school year. Special activities focus around events such as Red Ribbon Week, 4D Month, Awareness Day, the Great American Smoke Out, Kick Butts Day, and No World Tobacco Day. Students also do prevention activities in the elementary schools. To become a member, students must submit an application and are required to attend training. They must also follow the guidelines listed in the code of conduct and be passing all classes. In order to participate in activities that take them out of class, members cannot have excessive absences. TATU/SADD students are placed in the position of "role model" for their peers and the youth they serve. Any behavior that does not reflect this may be grounds for dismissal from the program.
What do I need to know about quitting?
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O'Gorman Students Against Destructive Decisions – December is 4 D month. It is our hope to bring awareness to the dangers of Drunk, Drugged and Distracted Driving.
O'Gorman SADD students record a holiday PSA: SADD Holiday PSA
Every day, almost 30 people in the United States die in motor vehicle crashes that involve an alcohol-impaired driver. This amounts to one death every 48 minutes.1 The annual cost of alcohol-related crashes totals more than $51 billion.Thankfully, there are effective measures that can help prevent injuries and deaths from alcohol-impaired driving. Get the factsDistracted Driving Safe Teen DrivingNew Video: Parents Are The Key to Safe Teen DrivingParent-Teen driving agreementResource: http://www.cdc.gov/
Supervisor: Angie Lynch
Overview: Calling all students to a party of FIT FUN! We meet once a week for 45-60 min. to provide students with an alternative and enjoyable method to exercise with Zumba, aerobics, and cardio. All students are welcome! Participants need absolutely no experience and are able to take part whenever their schedule allows.


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Dynamic pitching has been the staple for New Bern�s baseball team the past few seasons. But, with a few new bats in the lineup, the Bears feel good about their ability to drive in runs.
Dynamic pitching has been the staple for New Bern�s baseball team the past few seasons. But, with a few new bats in the lineup, the Bears feel good about their ability to drive in runs.
�The last couple of years, we�ve had good defense. This year, we have to hit,� said senior infielder Austin King. �We have to back our pitching up with our bats.�
The Bears, coming off a 17-win season a year ago, return their top three hitters in the batting order � King, catcher Chandler Seagle and outfielder Colin Schmid.
�All three of us got on base last year, and we are going to do the same this year, but we have to have people drive in runs,� King said.
Duncan Musselwhite smacked two doubles in a scrimmage game last week. Victor Spellman, Xander Vizcarrando and Thomas Clemens are other solid hitters.
New Bern only scored 3.6 runs per game last season.
�The kids we got from our JV team, five or six of them are pretty good offensive players,� New Bern coach Gary Smith said. �I feel like we can put out a pretty strong lineup on the field.�
New Bern lost sluggers Josh Taylor, Kyle Gaskins and Trent Wynn off last season�s squad.
While the offense appears promising, Smith said he has nine pitchers capable of getting varsity hitters out.
Bailey Jones, who recently signed to pitch in college at Mount Olive, will replace Whitman Barnes as the ace.
The senior will be joined in the rotation by William Peace signee Cole Green, and Schmid.
Seagle, an Appalachian State recruit and New Bern catcher, will be key out of the bullpen, along with Chase Swisher.
Nine pitchers combined on a no-hitter in last week�s scrimmage against Tarboro.
�The plan is to pitch by committee and try not to run our starters too deep into the game,� Smith said.
The Bears have six seniors, and 15 juniors filling up the roster.
�They can be very very good. Our last couple of years, our pitching and defense has spoken for itself,� Smith said. �We just haven�t been able to score a lot of runs, and we�ve won a lot of 3-2 ballgames.
�This year, we have the potential to put up some runs.�
New Bern will compete in the 3-A/4-A Eastern Carolina Conference this season against D.H. Conley, South Central, Eastern Wayne, Southern Wayne, J.H. Rose and C.B. Aycock.
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Having completed up the NRPA Congress that was held in St. Louis from October 5-7, I spent the 2 hours on the flight residence occupied with what I experienced and learned whereas attending this annual gathering of over 8,000 professionals. The Recreation HQ has fired up its alert system with reference to yesterday's House Subcommittee on Federal Lands hearing on two essential OHV-related legislative initiatives. We ran an RV outlet on the backside of the storage from its breaker box and plugged proper in. For a first timer, things have gone pretty darn smoothly. This weblog is a community useful resource and RECREATION CONNECTION for folks with disabilities and their families, buddies, and supporters who enjoy the open air, are on the lookout for new recreation prospects, or need to share their expertise and expertise with others. As more emphasis is positioned on the importance of exercise, extra recreation workers will likely be needed to work in native authorities parks and recreation departments, fitness centers, sports facilities, and camps specializing in youthful contributors.
Regardless of your favourite outdoor activity one factor is certain, recreation enriches people's lives. Spring weather is coming, and it is once once more time to register your baby for T-Ball OR Coach Pitch by means of the Williamsburg Recreation Commission! The RV shower is similar to a navy shower Owners of smaller automobiles seldom use the shower within the van, preferring to use the campground showers.
Although the grant is now officially over, we continue the mission of connecting folks with disabilities to recreation alternatives all through New England and beyond! Whether you're a health skater, racer or simply recreational skating, both K2 and Rollerblade have a lot to offer. The ECHO Lake Science Center and Aquarium is part of Burlington's Waterfront revitalization. Recreation directors and supervisors, nevertheless, sometimes spend most of their time in an office, planning packages and special occasions. Yes, residents needs to be asked to vote for bonds to help funding of parks and recreation services which are wanted by their group. Never be lulled into pondering that should you purchase a cheap coach you'll get monetary savings as a result of recreational vehicles all are bottomless monetary pits.
We have tried many things from levying special taxes and establishing special districts the place funding has been profitable (see Illinois for profitable Park Districts) to the use of Corporate Sponsorship for parks and recreation facilities. This Step Up To The Plate project is a collaborative effort of the Town of Pendleton, Pendleton Recreation Association and Friends of the Park. I'm sharing a hyperlink to the National Recreation and Park Association publication, Parks Build Health Communities, which gives further examples of successful parks in smaller communities as properly.
Owned and operated by the California State Railroad Museum part of the California Department of Parks and Recreation. In reality, there are multiple examples the place communities voted to extend their taxes to help specific recreation activities reminiscent of golf course growth and preserve conservation lands (which also enable for low-influence recreation). The championship video games at Pine Camp and the Siegel Center might be free to the public and events will tip off at 6 p.m. U-14 and U-17 division video games will be played on Tuesday at Pine Camp. This recognition is a good accomplishment as we continue to grow and spotlight the abundant recreational opportunities accessible in Richmond. The recreation impairment listing joins an impairment for fish consumption for the Susquehanna River. Sports, leisure, and recreational exercise within the United States are commonplace.


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When the house was built, it was also wired for an alarm and had an alarm system installed. This was a perfectly capable GE Concord system, but there were still a few reasons to replace it.
One of the main reasons I wanted to switch alarms was the cost. The wiring sub-contractor that had installed all of the low voltage wiring also installed the alarm. They also were conveniently an agent for ADT Alarm monitoring systems. They scheduled a special trip to meet me at the house and show me all of the features of the system as the build neared completion. The features were basically the different arming modes (away, stay, vacation, etc...) that pretty much any alarm has, along with all of the different monitoring options available from ADT (along with lots of talk about how you NEED to cover yourself for every possible contingency). The monitoring plans started at somewhere around $40 per month, and once you added a few more options like cellular monitoring (theives could cut your phone line!!!) it got closer to $80 or more if I recall. "Well sir, which plan are we going to go with today?" That guy was not impressed when I said, "None."
Well, knowing that there were cheaper options out there, like NextAlarm which will monitor your system for $15/month if you pay for a year at a time I couldn't really get on board with paying ADT's prices. So, this is no big deal, you just reconfigure your alarm to use another monitoring company's number and have it dial them. Which requires the Installer code for the alarm. Which DataSmart (the subcontractor) would absolutely not give me under any circumstances (understandable - they use this same code on everyone's systems I assume). Nor would they come out and change it (not understandable. It's MY alarm system, right?) So that's the hustle - with that alarm you use their overpriced monitoring, or no monitoring.
Secondly, the GE system supported only a limited number of zones, about 6 or 8 I believe. The installers actually wired every single window and exterior door in the house with it's own wires back to the alarm location. But then they just chained groups of them together to fit in the limited number of zones the alarm panel supported. So we had all of the downstairs windows being on one zone, for example. Unfortunately, an upstairs bedroom window was also included in this zone and when my mom came to visit and left it open, it wouldn't let us arm the alarm. I did not know that window was in the zone, and I checked the downstairs windows (which I thought made up the entire zone) about 6 times before I resigned myself to walking around the entire house checking. I decided the next alarm would just support all of the zones independently (more reasons for this later).
Another feature I wanted was to be able to connect the alarm system to my home's automation system (of course!) There are several alarms out there that have the ability to connect to the home automation system, but I wanted to choose one that was common enough that I could expect someone to write the appropriate plugin to connect with Indigo.
So, I bought an Elk M1 Gold, which fit all of these requirements and more. The Elk supports 16 zones out of the box, and with expansion boards can support up to 208. There are a few choices of keypads to use with the Elk offering slight variations in looks and functionality. There are expansion modules to connect the alarm to other inputs (like the doorbell, or a telephone ring detector which might have varying uses). The Elk is also a very powerful automation platform in its own right - something which I'm not really using, because I'm using Indigo as my automation platform. Plus, the alarm can be controlled by a direct serial connection or, with the addition of an expansion module, a direct connection to your home network.
Installing the alarm was surprisingly easy. It was almost plug and play. Just be sure to mark all of the wires going into your old alarm before you disconnect them. There are simple things like power, telephone, all of the zones, sirens, etc... The manual was pretty thorough, so it really wasn't that bad. With options for for all of the individual zones, I was able to disconnect all of the zones that were tied together and connect each one individually.
The biggest challenge was the keypads. The installer installed 2 keypads with the original alarm (but I had them wire for 3.) They also usually connect them with a 4 conductor wire, but I also had a Cat5 wire run (as I noted in the Pre-Wire). I had this Cat5 run because I had read up on the Elk M1G previously and noted that Cat5 is required for their keypads (well, they CAN be connected with 4 conductor wire, but it's much easier with Cat5.). So I hooked up 3 keypads (The installer had only done two - master bedroom and the garage door. They were literally 10 feet from one another. You can read the screens on both at the same time. They left the one at the front door uninstalled. Stupid.) So I had to find the third one on my own. Once again, taking pictures of the wired framing before sheetrock paid off. Not only was I sure the wires were there, I knew where to cut to find them. Although the installers ran the Cat5 wire, they actually just used 4-conductor wire for the panel. This left me with a spare wire reaching from the alarm to the keypads. Elk provides an option to mount a speaker behind the keypad if you flush mount it with their back boxes. So I connected a speaker behind each keypad, which is pretty good to have the feedback come directly from the keypad as you use it.
The alarm can be configured from the keypads, but that's kind of awkward and time consuming. Since I had it hooked up to the network, I just downloaded the configuration software, connected to the system and set it up in there. You can name each zone individually, which is very handy. Now, when the alarm won't arm because a window is open, instead of a light blinking by 'Zone 2', it says, "Fault, Upstairs Bedroom Window 2" or whatever. (A quick note: The 25 zone wires were all unlabelled. So when I hooked it up, I had no idea what each zone was, or how to name it in the software. You can set the M1G to speak each zone violation even when the alarm is disarmed. So I set that up, walked around the house opening doors and windows, and listened to the response. When you open a living room window and it says Zone 13, then you can just rename Zone 13 to that window. Easy.)
Some of the alarm's features solved a simple problem for us right away. The doorbell in our house is located upstairs (there's only one) and I often don't hear it if we're downstairs when it rings. So I used a doorbell detector expansion, and set the M1G to beep at all of the keypads when the doorbell rings. Simple, now I hear it easily.
The alarm is also connected to Indigo through a plugin that someone wrote. So the automation system CAN arm and disarm the alarm, but I usually use it to simply take inputs from the alarm. Since each window and door is connected independently as it's own zone, they are also available to Indigo as triggers. You could have any number of things happen in the automation system contingent on the state or activity of windows and doors as detected by the alarm. I also have the automation system trigger off of alarm arming and disarming events. For example, when armed, the system turns on the lights in the garage (so you can leave - and turns them off 5 minutes later) and then turns off all of the other lights in the house. When disarming, it turns on the kitchen and hallway lights.
A final footnote. In the event anyone notices, the 'old' alarm system shown in the picture gallery on this page is a DSC - not the GE unit mentioned above. Although I planned to replace the GE unit with the M1G, it would be some months before I was prepared to do so, and was going to pay up for the ADT service in the meantime, but they wanted a 2 year agreement. So I declined, and found another company who actually came out and replaced the GE with a DSC for free (and no further commitment) and a slightly lower monthly rate. So I ran that DSC system for several months before I was ready to install the M1G.


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Ottavio Missoni, who has died aged 92, was the co-founder of the Italian fashion brand Missoni and the patriarch of a dynasty.
In 1953, with his wife, Rosita, he set up the company that became known around the world for its brightly coloured geometric knits and zigzag patterns.
Ottavio, known as Tai, and Rosita began with a few knitting machines, making designs for other brands.
The first Missoni collection appeared in 1958 and included two striped dresses that sold out in the Milan store La Rinascente. Adapting the Raschel knitting machine (which was usually used for shawls) in 1963, the Missonis created the distinctive zigzag lightweight knits which became their signature.
Their first fashion show was in 1966, and the brand began to grow in the 70s, with a colourful, bohemian aesthetic. Supporters included the influential fashion journalist Anna Piaggi and the American Vogue editor Diana Vreeland, who reportedly commented, on seeing the vibrant knits: "Who said that only colours exist? There are also tones."
Sixty years after its foundation, Missoni, based in Sumirago, in the countryside outside Milan, continues to be successful - it had a turnover of £59m last year, with 40 stores around the world and celebrity fans ranging from the Duchess of Cambridge to Jennifer Lopez. It has also expanded into homewear and hotels. This suited Ottavio perfectly. "I've never done what was fashionable," he said in 2011. "Going against the rules comes naturally to me."
The son of a sea captain, Vittorio, and his wife, Teresa De Vidovich, Countess of Capocesto and Ragosniza, Ottavio was born in Dubrovnik and grew up in Zadar - now part of Croatia but then Italian territory. He fought with the Italian army in the second world war at the Battle of El Alamein and was a prisoner of war in Egypt for four years.
He was also a talented athlete, who had competed in track events before the war. A member of the Italian national team at 16, he was a champion at the World Student Games in 1939. He continued exercising regularly into his 90s, and had a swimming pool and gym installed at his home. In an interview with Women's Wear Daily in 2011 he said: "Running was a natural gift. They called me 'son of Apollo'."
Sport turned out to be his unlikely entry into fashion. He represented Italy in the 400m hurdles at the 1948 Olympic Games in London, and made knitted tracksuits that were worn by members of the Italian team. Sixteen-year-old Rosita Jelmini was a student spectator at the event and the couple met at a lunch organised by the Italian team.
Married in 1953, they turned out to be a formidable fashion force. The Missoni brand combined Ottavio's burgeoning design skills with Rosita's background in textiles - her family had owned a shawl-making factory. They began with a small factory in Gallarate, Lombardy, where Rosita had grown up.
As with other Italian fashion houses, from Versace to Ferragamo, family has been central to the Missoni brand. Although Ottavio and Rosita continued to preside over its progress, in the 90s they handed over the day-to-day running of the business to their three children, Vittorio, Luca and Angela. Angela has designed the ready-to-wear collections since 1996. The couple continued to live near Sumirago and Ottavio devoted more time to painting and tapestry, also writing an autobiography, Una Vita sul Filo di Lana (A Life on the Woollen Thread, 2011).
Ottavio saw the evolution of the Missoni dynasty as a natural choice rather than something expected of the second generation. "I never pushed for them to pursue this career," he said, "but I'm happy because they chose the company themselves. And we all agree it's a family firm and it must remain as such."
Three generations are now involved in the business - Ottavio and Rosita's granddaughter, Margherita, designs accessories - and rather than using models, the photographer Juergen Teller has captured the family at home for ad campaigns since 2010.
Ottavio is survived by Rosita, their children and grandchildren. Their son Vittorio and his wife, Maurizia, have been missing since January, when their plane disappeared over the coast of Venezuela.
• Ottavio Missoni, fashion designer, born 11 February 1921; died 9 May 2013
This article originally appeared on guardian.co.uk


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Momentum in 2009
2009 is already in its second months but but life is like still lagging behind in 2008. A lot of things started in 2008 that suppose to gain momentum in 2009…. but somehow fizzle out. Maybe it is the proximity of the festive seasons (Xmas & CNY) and from having too much fun in between, that the old engine is having problem restarting now.
I will try harder and let me start with updating my blog. Here is the first post for 2009. It was an event that i witnessed at a neighbourhood mall near my home. The feats that these acrobats performed were so out of this world, i held my breath every times a dangerous stunt was performed. I didnt have my camera that day but luckily the show was on multiple days.
i went back the next day with my camera to record it…
cant seem to upload the photos but if you visit my flickr account you can see it there. really awesome.
Void Deck
The empty space below lil dot public housing is called void deck. If you die, you can hold your wake there, if you are getting married, you can hold your kenduri (wedding dinner) there, if you want to get rid of your old fridge, you can dump it there too, not too openly cos it is illegal….
Don't know why it is called "void deck"? There is always something happening in the void deck. It is never void nor empty. Don't believe me, lets take a look….
Study – a good place for some peace and quiet
Passageway – short cut for the neighbouring auntie
Runaway – planning a quick getaway
Thought of buying a DSLR camera lately but after reading about William Tsoi and kenrockwell exploit with their compact cameras, i am not so sure. That DSLR buying decision can wait. William and Ken website are full of very wonderful pic taken with their compact cam. There are also tips on how to achieve the same effects by adding some simple accessories to your compact camera.
Their recommendations:-
- get accessories like tripod, wide angle and macro lens to extend the capabilities of your camera
- learn to use the P, Av, Tv and M mode of the camera
- understand the physic of light
and voila!, you can shoot like pro too, with just your compact cam. but some scenarios just cant do with compact cam like event and sport. so, unless you are photojournalist and wedding photographers, you are better off with your compact cams.
i bought an adapter, a tripod and a wide/macro lens for my Canon A80 and tried out a few shots from my living room. One of the better one is the "sunrise" shot taken this morning.
Technical data for the "sunrise" shot
- setting: Av, 1/50s, f8 handheld
- manipulation: none
- post production: noise reduction and some sharpening
Do you like the "sunrise" shot?
Horny man & massage parlour
During CNY, my blog counter went crazy with referal from international sex guide. The most read posts?
"Chang Ping – the place" & "Married man go to massage parlour singapore"
Either Chang Ping, a rustic industrial town is now the new "Bangkok" of the east or the police raid in Geylang during the Chinese New Year had driven the regulars to the massage parlour for a quicky?
Where did all these horny people came from? Someone must have laden all the cny goodies with viagra or something….
Naughty, naughty….
Santa Claus full time job
I think Santa Claus full time job is a computer programme who write "LOGIC"sub-routine for God to input into the puny little brain of this group of people called "BOSS". Once, every year, God dedicated programmer will take leave to play Santa Claus, so we earthlings can feel merry and go shop and shop and more shopping.
This conclusion is derived after some deep thought and observing the behaviour of my boss during the last two weeks. The boss is normally a very reasonable character the whole year round but without fail, come December, the logic circuit in his brain will go kaput.
Workload had doubled during the last two weeks. Eating out of a polyfoam box is fast replacing my daily TV-dinner routine. Yet, the boss is expecting me to finish my extra workload in a double quick time. With a much shortened month of December due to Hari Raya Puasa and X'mas holidays, it is totally ABSURD. The boss is going away for his annual holiday soon and rubbing it in….
"Please finish before i go on leave, can?"
It is as if the boss is going to take all my work on his holiday, read through them, analyse the findings, tabulate the $$, do a ROR and roll out the project first thing in the morning when he come back to the office.
"God, if YOU are cost cutting, keep the programmer. We need logic and less shopping. Amen!"
Good Deals in Town
With inflation creeping up and prices of stuff going up, especially petrol which had surpassed the S$2 mark for 95 octane grade, some belt tightening measures are inevitable. Never one who take too much notice of advertisement screaming freebies, i have a change of heart recently. I never like freebies because i felt the givers are not really sincere as ALL freebies are inevitable inferior and cheap stuff with big company logo on it.
Recently i noticed there are some deals that are really good and attractive. I have made a short list of the deals worth going for. My grandfather doesn't own these shops and this is not a paid post if you have not noticed by now, so read on and check out these deal for yourself!
POSB Bank is offering a S$150 Kenneth Watch for opening "save-as-you-earn" account. Catch: minimum monthly deposit of $300 over 6 months. Still on.
OCBC, S$180 timex watch for tranfering $8000 to its OD lines. Still on.
Singtel is offering Niitendo Wii game set with three games to new subscriber to its broadband. Catch: S$65/month subscription with a minimum contract period of 2 years. Deal ends on 2 Dec 07 Sunday.
Buy a home theater system at House Audio at Liang Court and get 60% discount. Catch: to qualify you must pick a number 0-9. if you number come out as the first digit of the Wednesday 4D draw top price, you will get the discount in voucher form. You chance of winning is 10%. Not too bad an odd. Deals end 31 Dec 07.
If you are already saving $300 or more a month, have an outstanding OD worth more than S$8000, intended to get a game set and/or buying a new home theather, why not check out these deals. Of course, you have to be in little dot to qualify.
Deal or No Deal?
Massage or Tui Na?
The shopping centre that I always go for my massage was raided by the vice squad two days ago. I didn't know until I went for a rub this evening. Not that I am counting but I find the concentration of massage parlour in this particular shopping centre is rather high. Except the food court and basement level there seems to be at least one massage centre at every floor and I am sure some are offering more than massage services.
The massage centres raided was on a higher storey than the one I usually patronize. From my personal experience the girls at the centres are rather aggressive. I remember after one session at my regular place, I went to collect my car at the carpark which is located at the same level of the raided massage centres. As I passed by the centres, the girls from the one of the centres approached me and started to grab my hand. Despite saying "NO" several times, the girl keeping asking me to give her shop a try. Feeling a bit embarrassed I quickly walked towards the multi-storey carpark entrance door. I was "chased" by the massage girl all the way from the front of the massage parlour right to the carpark entrance. She gave up after I slipped through the door….
When I related this story to my masseuse she laughed! She asked me why I didn't try and give her a competitor report. Her shop and business was not affected by the raid, but thereafter, she receive some funny phone calls. As her shop serves mostly regulars like me & my wife, incoming phone calls are usually for booking. But yesterday she received a mysterious call asking specifically for massage services with emphasis on the phrase "massage services".
She replied that they only do "TUI NA" and not massage. The caller asked what was the difference between "massage" and "tui na". She replied, "…massage gives you pleasure and "tui na" gives you pain."
"So MR, if pleasure you are seeking, you should call the shop upstair!"
The caller hanged up after that.
High Oil Price
My pocket is hurt cos….
Oil reached US$90 a barrel last week! Petrol went up 5 cents a liter two weeks ago! Paying more for my right to ride.
Rig maker, Sembawang Marine share price went up from 99 cents to $5.60 because of increase oil exploration activities. But niamah! one stupid Sembmarine manager lost S$272 million playing the forex and the share dropped 86 cents today after halting trade yesterday. Another China Aviation Oil in the making? How do u feel if your stock dropped 15% in a single day? Buy more or dump?
The courier service that we used in the office just increased their fees from $4 per trip to $10 per trip. Reason – higher oil price! I am sure electricity, bus, taxi & other utilities will follow…
Biofuel as oil substitute? Palm oil? Plantation share… maybe it is time to load up on some palm oil share like IndoAgri, Golden Agri or the very
expensive popular Wilmar.
Beside rising sea level which will have a direct impact, i think the escalating oil price and scarcity of sand will make little dot a very expensive place to live in the future.
Cheap & Cheaper
Just got myself a Acer Extensa 4620 notebook with the XP Pro OS Window. Price S$1498 but i got $58 discount after paying with cash. So far, none of my two notebooks last longer than 18 months without major breakdown like motherboard problem, hence i paid for a 2-year service warranty just in case, for another $199. The rest of the money go to Mafia Bill for the homeoffice software. Short of making coffee in the morning, this gizmo comes with all the latest bell & whistles like wifi, bluetooth, webcam, dvd player/burner etc.
I am extremely happy with the price and the performance of this machine. But i wonder how long and low computer price will go? I bought my last machine, a Toshiba satellite at S$2580 with home office & 1 year warranty two years ago. In two years, the price has gone down by 20%. Unless technology has improved so much over the last 24 months, i cant help but feel that somehow, somewhere some poor workers or suppliers in Taiwan or China got suckered. The margin must be so low that giants like IBM sold away their PC dept lock stock and barrel to what is known as Lenovo today.
My notebook is "cheap" relatively and i am sure its birth place is in China. Amidst the latest global outcry on inferior china-made product, i am not concern. Lead poisoning? Give me a break. I consume supposedly produced-in-China lead-laden century egg every morning. But hei, i still dont turn green when i am angry!
This wifi function that come with the notebook really open up my "social" circle in my block. I see a lot of my neighbours in the wifi network. Unfortunately, these are just faceless names. How nice if there are identifiable? I would sure like to get to know the "Amanda" and "Belinda" that i "see" in my network. Maybe Mark of Facebook can work something up like linking up all friendly neighbours in the same block or precinct using the existing wifi network. Until then, i will just try to pin the "Amanda and Belinda" to the faces i that i meet in the lift on a daily basis.
I dread to work in an industry where the price of the products i made drop 20% every two years but as a consumer, i am delighted. Cheap & cheaper seems to be the mantra of business everywhere. The general consumers may benefit but the suppliers and business owners may suffer to bring us these cheap prices. I am sure there is a balance somewhere as dictated by market forces. Maybe sometime something is best not left to market forces…. and no more cheap computers?
I am confused…..
No time to think
I am throwing nike "just do it" slogan into the dustbin. do & do without thinking is getting me going but always, i ended up at destination that i had no intention of arriving. redo, rework and most of the time got to retrace the whole route. "back at square one" is not a feeling i like a lot.
i am saying this cos i am still in the office on a sunday evening due to some screw-up that was my own doing. I wont have wound up in this state if i had given the work the attention and ya, some thinking before i started.
well, i must think more. or get more colleagues to involve in this thinking thingy. if i screw up again, at least i will have more company to share a wonderful sunday evening like this!! for the new project just landed in my "IN" tray, i think i better email the boss tomorrow to get more resources!
""Boss, i need a
helper committee to get this project going !!!""


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To Water
Katrina Knebel
In the park across the street, there is a lake bursting like a dilated pupil within a square iris.
The lake is staked in the middle with an aerating fountain, giving the effect of having a belly button.
Running down on one of the lake's hilly sides is a faux waterfall, sculpted of pink concrete and river stones (purchased by its creator from Joe's Garden Kingdom).
The water that runs down the flayed walls is turned off at night and in the summer months when there are water shortages.
The park is a gathering place: Kids and mothers feed the ducks stale Wonder bread. Pre-adolescent boys with acerbic faces and puppy limbs catch fish with canned sweet corn and hot dog coins
The park is bordered by four streets lined with mid-century bungalows. On one street of the perimeter, in one of the bungalows facing the park, Tom and his mother perfect the art of observing.
They watch: the cracks in their dishes, the bubbly rust on the charcoal grill, the hummingbirds draining their red feeder-water, the wrinkles on each other's faces.
In the late afternoon on the front porch, Tom and his mother watch the children in the park and fluttering leaves of the sycamore tree at the edge of the lake positioned like a diving board over the water
its hanging branches growing a few inches every year closer to the lake's surface, reaching (but not reaching) for a mouthful.
In the words of Barbara Reimensnyder Duncun* and several thousand years of fieldwork:
Water can speak and give answers.
In July, 2014, the family traveled to Indian Boundary, TN, a state campground located one hour away from Smokey Mountains National Park, down roads that wind up and down hills like tributaries.
The family got lost (a lot) since it is common for the locals in the area to steal road signs.
Indian Boundary had a gate at their entrance. At 5:00 A.M., the campground host opened the gate.
At 10:00 P.M., he locked campers in and late-night visitors out, opening it for no one (except for) in the words of the campground host:
You-all are lucky because I have an ambulance coming to pick up an old woman who's sick; I had to open the gate anyway. Otherwise, I wouldn't have let you in.
Each day in TN, they got lost and the pressure of the locked gate hung like a yoke of heavy water.
There wasn't always a gate at the entrance to the family-oriented campground. In the past, (according to some locals at the beach) Indian Boundary was overflowing in rough characters, each night howling across campfires and (in one incident) knife-fighting.
In response, the park rangers erected a gate, a curfew, and brown signs reading, No Alcoholic Beverages. TN state troopers agreed to parole camp sites and subjugate rule-breakers.
Twenty years later, having broken curfew, the family was regarded as rule-breakers. The cops showed up the next night at dusk, four officers in black.
They said: Don't hang your trash on the lamp post
She said: I'm sorry. We didn't know.
They said: There was a complaint. Someone reported that you were loud last night.
She said: I'm sorry. My 5-year-old daughter was throwing a fit as were getting ready for bed.
They said: Someone also reported that someone was peeing in the woods.**
She said:
He said:
They said: There's no alcohol allowed. Do you have any alcohol?
She said: No sir.
They said: You-all are from Illinois. Where-abouts?
She said: Thirty minutes from St. Louis.
She wanted to say: Get the fuck off our campsite.
Over the course of the next four days that they stayed in TN, the incident was like bitter tea in the mother's mouth.
She felt the kind of pissed-off that results from being humiliated, from having kids on their pink and red bicycles stop and stare.
Water can be a pathway to another world.
Tom's mother is dying. Tom watches for seven months the minute bucklings of his mother's body. Until she becomes still like a dry pebble.
At his mother's funeral, Tom watches the line of visitors like a creek in a forest, the words flowing from the priest's mouth, the casket dissipating like flood waters.
…usually at each recurring new moon…it is customary…for the whole family to go down together at daybreak, and fasting, to the river and stand with bare feet.
The family goes to Smokey Mountains N.P. Driving on the Cherohola Skyway, they stop at the scenic overlooks and read the signs, the information barely discernable under yellowing, crackled epoxy.
One sign tells about "The Long Man," the Cherokee river spirit. The sign says:
The Cherokee believe that rivers are inhabited by a river spirit named 'Yunwi Gunahita', or 'The Long Man' who is always murmuring to us, trying to teach us lessons, if we would but listen.
The family passes Joyce Kilmer National Forest. They have heard about this place. It is supposed to have spectacularly big trees. The family decides to stop.
The family goes on a hike, a 2-mile loop, according to the map in the visitor parking lot.
The rhodendron maximum dominate the forest scene, their fist-sized, white flowers dangling over the streams of water and moss-covered rocks. They are impressed but not by the majestic poplars. In Illinois there are lots of big trees.
The family doesn't realize that the trees in the Kilmer Forest are big by Eastern standards.
It is difficult to verbalize in another language, for another culture, exactly what makes a place sacred.
The sun stretched out over the lake like a body on a rack, Tom sitting on his front porch content as a brook.
The families in the park stop their motions to look at Tom: why doesn't he sit inside and watch TV, what is the thing wrong with Tom that produces his aloneness.
Tom is looking at the sycamore tree and the ripples on the lake.
There is something, human-like but not human, on the lake. No one else in the park notices.
Tom watches it like a disciplined sentry, like a dog on point. For minutes.
For hours sinking away.
It is growing out of the water, sliding over the lake's surface at the rate of the full moon above.
It is making its way to the sycamore, its spumescent form slipping like a finger across ice.
Tom does not go to bed that night
The thing comes to rest on the lap of the trunk, lying inside a shallow cup, barely discernable except for its head in the mountains and its feet in the sea.
…the use of going to water for newborn infants; for people who have had a family member die; for various kinds of conjuring; for people who have bad dreams; and as part of traditional preparations for the stickball game.
At an unmarked fork, the family follows two hikers down the wrong trail. Having no children, the two hikers are soon out of sight.
Assuming that the trail is a loop trail, they continue walking for two hours. The trail goes up and down mountain ridges covered in bright button mushrooms and dead leaves.
The girls are tired. They are not enjoying the moss-covered rocks, the rhodendron blooms, or the mushrooms anymore.
The family is running out of water. There is only half-a-bottle left.
The mom and dad are afraid: the same afraid they felt when the oldest daughter was a baby and couldn't nurse and was losing weight.
The way to the visitor parking lot like a drop in the forest mist, they argue:
Dad: God-damn-it-we-should-turn-back.
Mom: No way. It's a loop trail.
Mom: How long did it say? In the parking lot. On the map.
Dad: I don't remember.
Mom: Oh, my god.
The matter was decided when the two hikers who turned around, pass the family, and tell them that they were lost.
The family turns around. The mom carries the tired youngest daughter on her back for a mile. Unable to carry her further, she makes her walk the rest of the way back.
The youngest daughter goes silent. She staggers. The mom worries that she is dehydrated. She holds her hand.
The mom picks wild blackberries and gives them to both her daughters.
The family eventually makes it to the visitor parking lot. In their car, there is water in the cooler and a feast of unsalted almonds and organic granola bars in the daughters' travel bags. The youngest perks up.
On the way back to Indian Boundary, they stop at a gas station and buy more food.
A cigarette bucket in the middle of the picnic table ornaments their meal of chili-dogs, Fritos, salt-water taffy, and orange soda.
On the drive back, the mother revisits her fear on the trail, dripping wet in uncertainty.
If somebody's lost, it's up to the Creator to point the direction.
When Tom wakes up the next morning, the thing is no longer there.
Tom leaves his front porch and walks to the sycamore tree.
Tom should be getting ready for work: brushing his teeth, making his coffee, those sorts of things. Instead, he takes his shoes off and walks into the lake, till the water covers his ankles.
He doesn't mind the mud or the filamentous algae, which continues to grow despite treatments of algaecides and inert dyes (also from Joe's Garden Kingdom).
When somebody's sick, you take him to the creek, wash his face by dipping with your hand, and wet his breast by the heart.
It feels to Tom like the navy-dyed water is filling him with strength. His body like a swollen
plastic water-jug, anticipating release.
…the spirit gives strength like Baptism.
Here is what the family knows about the Joyce Kilmer Forest:
It is named after a poet.
It is located in North Carolina off the Cherohala Skyway, on the left.
It is a place where they got lost in the woods for 4 hours.
Here is what the family doesn't know about the Joyce Kilmer National Forest:
Joyce Kilmer was a man (not a woman). He was a religious man and a veteran of WWI. His poetry, including his famous work, "Trees," is not regarded as good poetry by critics.
More hikers have gotten lost in the 18,000 acres of the Joyce Kilmer-Slickrock Wilderness than in any other place in North Carolina.
Kilmer is an old-growth forest. The Cherokee believe the link between medicine and magic is deepest in old-growth forests.
Kilmer is a remnant: In the middle of the 20th century, an estimated 3 billion American chestnut trees succumbed to Cryphonectria parasitica, an Asian bark fungus.
25% of the trees in the Joyce Kilmer Forest used to be American chestnuts.
Now the hemlocks in Kilmer are dying, downed by the woolly adelgid (another Asian pest).
The U.S. Forest Service used dynamite to fall 150 dead hemlocks. In their view, it was a matter of public safety.
Chainsaws are not allowed in Kilmer.
The Cherokee believe that little elf-like creatures, the yumwi, live in the oldest trees. Though they like playing tricks on humans, they protect the very young and the very old.
Cherokee legends speak of yumwi guiding lost children out of the forest back to their clay houses.
There are connecting trails in Kilmer Forest: extending far north and west of the memorial loop trail to the Tennessee state line into the Cherokee National Forest where the campground, Indian Boundary is located.
…it is important to look…not in its cultural context but in its physical, ecological context
Families in mini-vans and black Tahoes, pulling boats and pop-up campers, bicycles and Thules
are going to water
muddy water, salt water, hot-spring water, dammed water, pool water, sacred water,
water churned by ski boats, water warmed by cooling turbines, water stocked with rainbow trout, speckled with blue herons and duck blinds, pierced with bridge tresses,
infested in e-coli and zebra mussels that slice pink toes
…religion is never disconnected from the physical natural world.
So too, does Tom and this family go to water, a driblet in the assembly,
to water that has been paid homage to
with plaques, peach-hued condos, information and park rules
a swim beach, fishing pier, boardwalk, parking lot and steel trashcans,
activities and amenities.
Water that has been made accessible
that has been garlanded with rope threaded in red buoys and an aerating fountain
It was the water that brought the family to Indian Boundary and the facilities (nicer than Smokey Mountain N.P.)
the lake surrounded in spectacular Appalachian mountain views and a 3.2 mile biking trail
offering glimpses of wildlife and a peaceful setting,
which the family drank till dusk.
*A collector of Cherokee stories. Resides on Camp Creek, a tributary of the Tuckaseegee.
**The six-year-old daughter had, in fact, popped a squat in the woods earlier that morning.
Katrina Knebel is an English teacher in the St. Louis region and director of her high school's Writing Center. She has earned an MA in English and is looking to pursue her doctorate in Creative Writing. You can find more of her work at Spry and After Happy Hour Review or follow her here.
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Subject: I have found a DVD that I think you would enjoy
|Slayers - 5 movie box set
Actors: Megumi Hayashibara, Maria Kawamura, Kikuko Inoue, Seizô Katô, Takehito Koyasu
Directors: Hiroshi Watanabe, Sandra Krasa
Genres: Action & Adventure, Comedy, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Television, Anime & Manga, Animation
PG 2005 4hr 45min
In the annals of fantasy there is o mage so feared, no sorcerer so powerful, as the fiery redhead Lina Inverse. And when the exceptionally well-endowed Naga the Serpent accompaniejs her, the forces of evil will find there... more »
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R. Tordsen | Sioux Falls, SD USA | 10/10/2005
(4 out of 5 stars)
"I Had not yet puchased any of the movies/specials and when this set came out I was delighted! Lets first start by saying this set includes: Slayers The Motion Picture, Slayers Return, Slayers Great, Slayers Gorgeous, and Slayers Premium. All Movies are in Widescreen Presentation Except for Slayers Great. Slayers The Motion Picture, is the Essential Anime Disc release so it comes with commentary. Slayers Premium Also has a behind the scenes interview and Commentary. The other DVDs only come with it's trailer and ADV previews.
My only regret in this set is that while this box includes most of the Movies, it still did not come with Slayers Excellent, and The book of Spells DVD. I don't understand why it didnt come with Excellent, but The Movies it did include are great to watch! I reccomend this if you have bought the series, but havent gotten around to purchasing any of the Movies yet, just remember to purchase Excellent and Book of Spells to complete your Collection!"
Titles for the films....
Brett D. Cullum | Houston, TX United States | 09/29/2005
(4 out of 5 stars)
"Ask, and you shall receive. Here are the ADV titles for all five films...
They are in slim packs, and looks like they have no extras like they did when originally released. So definitely do not double dip, or sell off the old ones to buy these. Other than that, you get all US released movies in one shot at a reasonable price."
All the Lina and Naga you can handle!
trashcanman | Hanford, CA United States | 04/26/2007
(4 out of 5 stars)
"My favorite Slayers is the television series, but the OVA/movies are mighty fine entertainment in and of themselves with no larger stories or arcs to follow; just a string of hilarious episodic mayhem and slapstick comedy. Slayers is among my favorite anime series' and Lina is a fantasy anime icon that all should know well. This is a nice little set that compiles the 5 films of this classic anime series which take place before the first season of the television show. My only complaint is that the awesome OVA's "Excellent" and "Book of Spells" aren't included. Personally, those are my favorites of the non-television releases and with them, this set would've gotten 5 stars easily. On to the review. "Slayers: The Motion Picture" is a really fun flick and a decent introduction to Slayers. It features a younger Lina Inverse, sorcery genius and master of the dreaded Dragon Slave technique (which she often has used to lay waste to entire cities) coming across co-collaberator/rival sorceress Naga the Serpent and the excessive fanservice that always accompanies her. As usual with the two of them, chaos ensues. The story features the best villain in all of Slayers anime lore in the demon Joyrock and is the longest and most epic of this bunch. "Slayers: Great" is my favorite of the films. The plot revolves around feuding father and son golem makers. It features first a duel between the two (anti) heroines with hilarious results and then a duel between Lina and Naga golems with even more hilarious results. "Slayers: Premium" is the odd duck of the series since it features the cast of the television series and is a very short 30 minutes. That's not to say we don't see a glimpse of Naga in the closest we'll ever get to a crossover between Lina's two lives, but let's just say it's an underwhelming affair. Not worth much on it's own, but as part of this set, I'd take it. "Slayers Return" is a fun little romp that introduces a lot of cool characters who share very little screen time. The story is about a village enslaved by an organization consisting of two people who seek world domination. You've gotta aim high, right? When an ancient weapon is unearthed the madness tht ensues is pure Lina and Naga. "Slayers: Gorgeous" is more derivative then the rest and seems to have slipped into a creative rut as we see a lot of the same gags and plot devices Slayers fans have seen before, but that doesn't mean it isn't worth your while. After all, this one features a dragon army. That's a good start to any fantasy flick, wouldn't you say? The set as a whole is incomplete in my eyes without the aforementioned OVA's, but if fantasy anime and slapstick comedy are your bag then you should buy this set along with "Book of Spells", "Slayers: Excellent", and the television series and get ready for countless laughs. If you're unsure about this series, give "Excellent" a try as it's probably the best of the OVA releases. If you likey, there's plenty more where that came from right here!"
Fun, good, but not great
Darcy Pryciak | Detroit, MI | 04/21/2006
(4 out of 5 stars)
"I'm a long-time fan of Slayers and would recommend the three main series "Slayers" "Slayers Next" and "Slayers Try" because they are phenomonal in creation, story, and design. These OVAs, with the exception of The Motion Picture, are not as great, and do not use the original voice of Lina for younger Lina.
These, for the most part (except for Premium) take place prior to the main series, although Lina's exact age isn't revealed (15 in the trilogy). They are fun, zany, and Lina and Naga get into all sorts of scrapes.
Premium and The Motion Picture are the best of the set...and anything with Ghourry is good."


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Brussels, 6 July 2011
Digital Agenda: Commission proposes more competition, more choice and lower prices for mobile phone users abroad – frequently asked questions
A proposal for a long-term solution to the continued high cost of using mobile phones and other mobile devices whilst travelling in the EU (roaming) has been presented by the European Commission (see IP/11/835). The directly binding Regulation proposed would for the first time introduce structural measures to boost competition by allowing customers from 1 July 2014, if they so wish, to sign up for a cheaper mobile roaming contract, separate from their contracts for national mobile services, whilst using the same phone number. The proposal would also give mobile operators (including so-called virtual mobile operators, who do not have their own network) the right to use other operators' networks in other Member States at regulated wholesale prices, and so encourage more operators to compete on the roaming market. To cover the period until structural measures become fully effective and competition drives retail prices down, the proposal would progressively lower current retail price caps on voice and texting (SMS) services and introduce a new retail price cap for mobile data services. This MEMO answers questions on issues arising from this proposal.
What is roaming?
Whenever you travel abroad and make or receive a mobile phone call, send text messages (SMS – Short Message Services) or download data from the Internet using a mobile connection (for emails, surfing the web, or downloading photos, music, or films), you are roaming.
What would the proposed new roaming rules mean for EU consumers and businesses?
The proposed rules would increase competition on the roaming market in two ways:
The combination of these two structural measures would allow customers to benefit from a choice of competitive pan-European roaming offers, and so make the most of the potential of the Single Market. For instance, a virtual mobile operator established in Member State A will be able to offer cheap roaming services to consumers in Member State B, even if it does not provide domestic mobile services in the latter Member State.
What about retail price caps?
As a 'safety net' for customers to cover the period until competition drives retail prices down, the Commission proposes to introduce a new retail price cap for mobile data services and to progressively lower current retail price caps on voice and text (SMS) services as follows:
How much data do I typically download when accessing the Internet?
1 MB is equivalent to roughly 100 emails without attachments, less than an hour of Internet browsing time, one minute of downloading music in MP3 format or a few seconds of video download.
How long would the price caps stay in place?
The Commission has proposed that consumer price caps would stay in place until 30 June 2016, until the structural measures become fully effective. They could be removed before that point if there were evidence that competition had developed sufficiently and delivered prices lower than the caps. Following a review in 2015, if necessary, the Commission could propose to extend the duration of any of the retail caps.
The regulated prices do not correspond to domestic prices and are of limited duration - why so cautious?
The Commission has proposed a long-term solution to the continued high cost of using your mobile phone and other mobile devices when travelling in other EU and European Economic Area (EEA) countries. The Commission is confident that long-term structural solutions (separate consumer roaming contracts and opening up networks to other roaming operators) will create more competition, more choice and lead to much lower and sustainable consumer prices below the level of the retail caps, which provide a mere safety-net for consumers until such structural measures become fully effective.
Why is the Commission proposing new rules?
The current Roaming Regulation expires on 30 June 2012. After a thorough review, and extensive consultations, the Commission concluded that the roaming market is not yet competitive enough and that consumers are paying too much. For this reason the Commission has proposed a new Roaming Regulation that would apply until 30 June 2022 and would tackle in a durable way the underlying problem of the lack of competition in the roaming markets.
How would people buy a separate mobile phone roaming contract?
As of 1st July 2014, all EU customers would have the option to sign up for a mobile phone roaming contract, which would be separate from their contract for national mobile services, while keeping the same phone number. Consumers would not be obliged to do this; but some mobile phone users may find that a different operator for roaming would offer more interesting prices or deals.
Mobile phones operators would have to inform their customers from 1st July 2014 that they had the option to buy a separate roaming contract.
From that date, if you took out a new domestic mobile phone contract, you would also at the same time be able to select a separate mobile roaming provider.
The additional competition brought through this measure would generally bring prices down, so that consumers who do not choose to buy a separate roaming contract would also benefit.
What would happen if someone was in the middle of a domestic mobile contract?
People would also have the option to immediately choose an alternative roaming provider as of 1st July 2014. If you subscribed to a package which included roaming prices other than the Eurotariff, Euro-SMS tariff or Euro-data tariff, your mobile services provider could delay the switch from the old to the new subscription (for the roaming services) for a period not exceeding three months.
How would people know about the different deals on offer?
The proposed Roaming Regulation would oblige mobile operators to inform customers that they had the option to buy a separate roaming contract as of 1st July 2014. Operators would not be obliged to inform customers about different types of contracts available from other operators, but the Commission expects that alternative roaming operators would advertise their deals in order to attract new customers and that customers would be able find an overview of the different offers available in print, broadcast and online media.
Would people keep the same number when choosing an alternative provider for roaming calls/SMS/mobile Internet?
Yes, people would keep their original phone number.
Would I need to use two different SIM cards when choosing an alternative roaming provider?
No, you would not have to change the SIM card every time you crossed into another Member State. If you decided to choose a different provider for your roaming services, you might have to be given a new SIM card, which would work for both domestic and roaming services. In this case your domestic services would be provided by your original operator, and your roaming services would be provided by an alternative operator using the same SIM card. Once you entered the territory of another EU Member State, your phone would recognise that you were abroad and switch automatically to your roaming provider.
How can I find out how much I pay for data roaming?
The existing rules require this information to be included in the mobile contract, but in practice it is often difficult to identify and compare as - for the time being - roaming is offered as part of a wider mobile bundle. Under the Commission's proposal this would no longer be the case. Roaming service providers are also obliged under the current rules to send this information to the user's mobile via SMS, an email or via a pop-up window to the computer. This free and country-specific information must be provided when the consumer enters another Member State. This would continue under the proposed new roaming Regulation, but customers would be able to easily opt out of receiving this information every time they crossed into another Member State.
What if I do not want to receive text messages on roaming charges when crossing the border?
Under the new proposal, if you do not wish to receive these messages, you would be able to easily opt-out.
Why is the Commission not dealing with the high cost of roaming in other parts of the world outside the EU? This is a very real problem for many travellers.
The EU cannot apply its legislation to countries outside the EU. However mobile operators could use the Roaming Regulation price caps as a benchmark in negotiations with operators in countries outside the EU. Moreover, the new roaming rules would, like the current rules, apply in the countries of the European Economic Area (EEA).
What would the Commission's proposal mean for the telecoms industry and mobile operators?
The proposed new rules would create more competition in the roaming market. They would help smaller operators without their own networks (virtual operators) to enter the roaming market by giving them the right to use other operators' networks at regulated wholesale prices (i.e. prices that allow them to offer commercially-viable roaming prices to their customers). This would help the development of alternative pan-European roaming offers, in particular from smaller operators and mobile virtual network operators, which in turn would increase the variety of offers available to consumers.
What about industry price caps?
Under the proposal, caps on the prices operators charge each other would be retained and would fall annually until 2014, reflecting the declining costs of providing roaming services.
After 2014, they would remain stable until the proposed Regulation expired in 2022. Wholesale price caps could be removed as from 2018 if market data indicated that competition had developed sufficiently.
The revenue operators lose from lower roaming charges will have to be made up elsewhere. Won't this lead to higher prices for domestic services and hamper investment in broadband infrastructure?
Given the current high level of retail roaming prices, operators are benefitting from excessive profit margins. There is no justification for the claim that domestic prices would need to increase to compensate for a reduction in roaming prices as a result of EU regulation. Pricing in domestic mobile markets is established by the workings of market mechanisms, especially competition.
Nor does evidence from the past support these arguments. Since the existing EU roaming rules came into effect, domestic mobile prices have consistently fallen.
What is the size of the EU Roaming Market?
In 2009, the retail EU roaming market accounted for nearly €5 billion in revenues. This is around 4 % of the total EU mobile market.
What is an EU Regulation? Does it have to be implemented nationally?
EU Regulations are legal acts that are directly applicable in the 27 EU Member States the day after their publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. Unlike an EU Directive, an EU Regulation does not need to be implemented into national law, but is the law throughout the EU from the day of its publication.
EU Regulations are thus instruments for achieving swift and uniform solutions in the interests of the EU's Single Market, legal certainty and concrete consumer benefits.
What happens now?
The proposed Regulation will be sent to the European Parliament and EU Council of Ministers for adoption. Once adopted, it would have direct effect in all EU Member States. The current Roaming Regulation expires on 30 June 2012.
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Shells, this week's word at Every Inchie Monday, are so interesting. They can be so beautiful. And it's fascinating to think that a creature once lived inside the ones you find on the beach. I've drawn just a pretty pink shell:
My quilled inchie was a lot of fun to make, although quite difficult to fit in one inch!
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A very long glyph palette can be clumsy and tiring to use, and switching text direction and keyboard layout is more time consuming than switching fonts. This is especially true when the scripts are combined within single paragraphs.
If the work at hand is typesetting, say, food contents labels, working with a clumsy overloaded font is a chore you can live with, but with more extensive work, such as a book, it can be a curse. Having a Latin set along with another script is often a necessity, but you needn't use it as your primary Latin. In a structured document, in which good use is made of paragraph and character style sheets, switching fonts is no problem at all, and keeping the fonts separate makes editing much easier and faster.
Moreover, I find that most makers of multi-script fonts make decisions regarding relative character height based on ignorance or convenience (e.g., hinting zones), not on what more knowledgeable people might consider best typographic practices, and so the purported advantage of equal weights by size (which is not always desirable) becomes a false one in the end.
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x-height + descender = cap height
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It seems that the account has been indeed deleted because of censorhip issue on this video http://youtu.be/PAkECAJmk_4 by instructable? Oo (surprise face)
Why can't I publish my project? Answered
I'm desperately trying to publish my video but it does not publish. :(
I don't know what it is the problem , can someone help me please?
Here's the link : https://www.instructables.com/id/EI6QJ8RHSPP6236/
Thank you
I like your video, I was born a Czech and lived in your country.
I went to school long enough to speak French and came back in my twenty's for a marvelous summer holiday in Nice.
married an wonderful American lady. She and her Midwestern large family
are in my way of thinking hopelessly terrified of discussing what you
are talking about in the video.
I do hope that you get published but in my experience the HQ editors who have censored one of my ibles because of a Burning Man picture are just well meaning American prudes.
@Iceng : it's always a pleasure to read nice feedbacks following a hard work.
N.B. Your last paragraph made me really laugh
It is published in that it is available to you or others that you send the link to. It is not on the new page yet and that is usually because there was something that caused it to be flagged for review first. It has to be checked for objectional material before it is made openely available to everyone. It can take a day or 2 for them to review it.
Actually, you can send folk the link to any unpublished project.
You can tell that project us not published, because the URL has a bunch of random letters instead of actual words (look at the URL of this question to see the difference).
@Gorgeousvoyager - if you still can't publish, drop a line to firstname.lastname@example.com and ask them to sort it.
Thanks Kiteman. I will drop them a line and let you know how it goes.
Thank you Vyger for your detailed answer. I will wait for the review.


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Every August Washington's finest wines take center stage for three days of celebration, which brings together wine makers and wine enthusiasts alike. Known as the region's most prestigious and largest charity wine event, the 27th Annual Auction of Washington Wines weekend takes place Thursday, August 14 through Saturday, August 16, benefitting uncompensated care at Seattle Children's Hospital and Viticulture and Enology Research at Washington State University.
Picnic & Barrel Auction – Aug. 14
The weekend kicks off next Thursday with the Picnic & Barrel Auction, located on the beautiful lawn of Chateau Ste. Michelle Winery in Woodinville. More than 60 Washington winemakers will be on hand to pour tastings paired with delicious bites by the talented chefs from Tulalip Resort Casino. No picnic is complete without lawn games – which include a wine bottle ring toss, among others.
Guests will also enjoy bidding on some of Washington's most coveted limited-release wines during the Barrel Auction. This year's auction will feature a "Pop Up Barrel Room" with 22 exceptional wineries pouring samples of future releases.
Attendees also have the rare opportunity to buy the wines before they're released and taste what could be the next award-winning wine. For example, last year five attendees won the bidding on cases of 2011 L'Ecole Ferguson Vineyard which just won Decanter's International Award for best Bordeaux Blend in the world. This blend is sold out and no longer available for purchase, but Picnic & Barrel Auction guests received some of the first cases of this award-winning wine.
Tickets for the Picnic & Barrel Auction cost $125 per person and are still available for purchase at www.auctionofwashingtonwines.org.
Those looking for more of an intimate experience can take part in the Winemaker Dinner Series, held at private estates throughout the Puget Sound Friday, August 15. Patrons can experience the company of Washington winemakers whose wines are paired exquisitely with a gourmet meal created by some of the region's renowned chefs. Seating at these dinners is limited. Tickets are $250 per person and are available at www.auctionofwashingtonwines.org.
Columbia Winery Charity 10K Run and 5K Run & Walk – Aug. 16
In between the weekend of wining and dining, get your blood pumping with a run through Washington wine country. The 8th Annual Columbia Winery Charity 10K Run and 5K Run & Walk welcomes participants to join 1,400 other runners and walkers at 8:30 a.m. at Columbia Winery in Woodinville. For more information visit www.runforchildrens.org.
The Wine Gala – Aug. 16
The weekend closes with the 27th Annual Wine Gala, held on the grounds of Chateau Ste. Michelle. Guests will enjoy a six-course meal prepared by some of the area's finest chefs. Each table will be hosted by a Washington State winemaker who will pair and pour wines from their collection. Entertainment will include nationally renowned auctioneers Ursula Hermacinski and Fritz Hatton and performances by composer, director and performer Rich Gray, plus live and silent auctions. Seating at the Wine Gala is limited. Tickets are $500 per person and are available at www.auctionofwashingtonwines.org.
For more information on the weekend of events, "like" Auction of Washington Wines on Facebook and follow them on Twitter @AuctionWAWines and #AWW14.
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