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Another national title for Clodagh Macra
One victory and one runner-up position was Tipperary's return from four appearances in the National Final of the Macra National Talent Competition in The Helix Theatre, Dublin on Saturday night.
It was the 29th final of the competition which comprises eight entirely separate events namely Disco Dancing, Solo Instrumental Music, Solo Singing, Novelty Act, Mastermind, Set Dancing, Comedy and Pop/Folk/Ballad Group.
The first Tipp performer on stage was Patrick Kennedy of Clodagh Macra who was attempting to emulate his brother Rory's feat last year by winning the Solo Instrumental Music title. In an event of very high quality Patrick, from Addane, Dolla and playing the piano, finished outside the top two. The winner was flute player Cian Farrelly from Collinstown Macra in Westmeath who had been runner-up to Rory Kennedy last year. Second place went to fiddle player Sheryl Corrigan from Redcross Macra club in Co. Wicklow. The fourth finalist was pianist Kate Thompson of Waterford City Macra.
Nenagh Macra member Michael Kirwan also finished out of the top two in Solo Singing despite his fine rendition of the Ed Sheeran song 'Give Me Love'. The winner was Seamus McWeeney of South Leitrim Macra club with Ann Murphy from Kilcloon Macra in second place. The fourth finalist was Anne Murray from Crookstown Macra in Cork.
The second half of the Final proved to be a much more successful period for Tipperary. Con McGrath of Devil's Bit Macra club got runner-up position in Comedy, losing out to a duo from Bantry Co. Cork who had a hilarious piece about a new calving jack being demonstrated on 'Dragons Den'. The other finalists were from Redcross Co. Wicklow and Enfield, Co. Meath.
One of the highlights of the Macra National Talent Final is always the Pop/Folk/Ballad Group event which is the last item of the night. This year there were four excellent groups in the Final and a very close battle was expected.
Clodagh Macra had previously been runners-up on two occasions in this event, in 2008 and 2011. They had made a big effort to secure victory this year to go with their great double of Solo Instrumental Music and Solo Singing last year and Martin Ryan's Mastermind success in 2009. The Clodagh group, comprising last year's Solo Singing winner Anne Marie Kavanagh and her sister Claire from Rathmoy, Borrisoleigh, Karen Ryan from Cooleen, Templederry, sisters Maria and Laura Ryan from The Glebe House Borrisoleigh and Becky Prior, were the last performers of what was a fantastic National Final and they gave beautiful and excellent renditions of their two songs 'Easy and Slow' and 'Ho ! Hey !' to secure a great victory over Athboy, Co. Meath, winners on Clodagh's previous two appearances in Ballad Group in the National Talent Final. The other two groups were from Fanebridge Macra in Co. Louth and Freemount Macra in Co. Cork.
The victorious Clodagh Ballad Group sextet and Comedy runner-up Con McGrath were presented with their respective engraved winners and runner-up trophies by Macra President Kieran O'Dowd on stage at the end of the night.


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text: Off-Pump CABG Surgery Reduces Systemic Inflammation Compared With On-Pump Surgery but Does Not Change Systemic Endothelial Responses: A Prospective Randomized StudyJongman, Rianne M.*†; Zijlstra, Jan G.‡; Kok, Wendelinde F.*; van Harten, Annemarie E.*; Mariani, Massimo A.§; Moser, Jill†‡; Struys, Michel M. R. F.*; Absalom, Anthony R.*; Molema, Grietje†; Scheeren, Thomas W. L.*; van Meurs, Matijs†‡Shock: August 2014 - Volume 42 - Issue 2 - p 121–128 doi: 10.1097/SHK.0000000000000190 Clinical Aspects Abstract Author Information ABSTRACT Coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery can result in severe postoperative organ failure. During CABG surgery, cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) with cardiac arrest is often used (on-pump CABG), which often results in a systemic inflammatory response. To reduce this inflammatory response, off-pump CABG was reintroduced, thereby avoiding CPB. There is increasing evidence that the endothelium plays an important role in the pathophysiology of organ failure after CABG surgery. In this study, 60 patients who were scheduled for elective CABG surgery were randomized to have surgery for on-pump or off-pump CABG. Blood was collected at four time points: start, end, 6 h, and 24 h postoperatively. Levels of inflammatory cytokines, soluble adhesion molecules, and angiogenic factors and their receptors were measured in the plasma. No differences were found in preoperative characteristics between the patient groups. The levels of tumor necrosis factor-α, interleukin 10, and myeloperoxidase, but not interleukin 6, were increased to a greater extent in the on-pump CABG compared with off-pump CABG after sternum closure. The soluble endothelial adhesion molecules E-selectin, vascular cell adhesion molecule 1, and intracellular adhesion molecule 1 were not elevated in the plasma during and after CABG surgery in both on-pump and off-pump CABG. Angiopoietin 2 was only increased 24 h after surgery in both on-pump and off-pump CABG. Higher levels of sFlt-1 were found after sternum closure in off-pump CABG compared with on-pump CABG. Avoiding CPB and aortic cross clamping in CABG surgery reduces the systemic inflammatory response. On-pump CABG does not lead to an increased release of soluble endothelial adhesion molecules in the circulation compared with off-pump CABG. *Departments of Anaesthesiology, †Pathology and Medical Biology, Medical Biology Section, ‡Critical Care, and §Cardiothoracic Surgery, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands Received 14 Feb 2014; first review completed 3 Mar 2014; accepted in final form 3 Apr 2014 Address reprint requests to Matijs van Meurs, MD, PhD, Department of Critical Care, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, P.O. Box 30.001, 9700 RB Groningen, The Netherlands. E-mail: email@example.com. Conflict of interest: None declared. Competing interests: The authors declare that they have no competing interests. © 2014 by the Shock Society


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Serbian court says Princess Elizabeth of Yugoslavia, together with her brother, is entitled to get back her family's confiscated Belgrade villa, which is serving as an embassy.
Serbia's Agency for Restitution has ruled that a villa confiscated by the Communists after the Second World War should be returned to Princess Jelisaveta (Elizabeth) of Yugoslavia and her brother, Prince Alexandar Karadjordjevic, children of the former Regent of Yugoslavia, Prince Paul.
This is the first property returned to the former royal family since Serbia in September 2011 adopted a law on the restitution of property nationalised between the Communist takeover in 1945 and 1968, or payment of equivalent compensation.
The Princess filed a request for the return of the property on November 8, 2012.
Montenegro is currently using the villa as an embassy on the basis of a contract signed with the Serbian government.
Gordana Jovanovic, of the Montenegrin Foreign Ministry, said that Montenegro and Serbia were discussing the issue as part of their talks on succession matters related to the former Yugoslavia.
"This and all the other issues Montenegro and Serbia will address in a spirit of good will and best diplomatic practices," Jovanovic told the Serbian broadcaster RTS on Tuesday.
The villa contains 875 square metres of space and also has a yard and garden of 6,846 square metres, besides a small pool and fountains.
Prince Paul assumed the Regency of Yugoslavia in 1934 after his cousin, King Alexander, was assassinated in Marseille, France.
During the Second World War, the British government kept Prince Paul with his family under house arrest in Kenya, Africa. Banned from returning to Yugoslavia, he spent the rest of his life in exile.
The villa was bought in the name of Paul's wife, Princess Olga, in 1940. The Communist authorities in Yugoslavia confiscated it in August 1947 after which Edvard Kardelj, the chief ideological theoretician of Yugoslav Marxism, moved in.
Last December, the Higher Court in Belgrade rehabilitated Prince Paul and quashed the 1945 verdict that had pronounced him a war criminal.
The remains of Prince Paul, who was deposed in a coup in 1941, were returned to Serbia on October 4, 2012.
Elizabeth Karadjordjevic, who was only four when she left Yugoslavia, visited the villa for the first time in the 1990s, when she first returned to Serbia.
She said back then that the house did not look like she remembered it as it had been renovated and modified in the meantime.


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Venom Movie Swinging Into Cinemas In 2018
Spider-Man: Homecoming is heading to the big screen this summer and it looks like a solo movie based on Venom is being released by Sony on October 5th 2018. The release date has opened up following many movies shuffling dates including DC's Aquaman into December, following Avatar 2 being delayed.
Venom will be written by Scott Rosenberg ("Jumanji") and Jeff Pinkner ("The Dark Tower"), and Avi Arad and Matt Tolmach will be producing the picture. With Alex Kurtzman directing.
Sony had been planning solo Spider-Man villain movies for Venom and the Sinister Six, after the Amazing Spider-Man 2, but the movie didn't go as well as planned, resulting in Sony making a deal with Disney to include Spider-Man in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
The new movie is set to focus on the anti-hero and isn't connected to the Marvel Cinematic Universe and will be its own franchise.
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Being totally honest, not having Venom as part of the MCU sounds a bad idea, Venom's powers and look require some interaction with Spider-Man at some point. I'd love to see Venom done properly and a solo movie after Venom's introduction could be awesome but I'm worried this is weird side project.
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2 Digital Art Tools Your Competitors Have But You Don't
Before we start, I'll take a moment to let you know that the featured image art above is a digital artwork made by me and is available with a wide range of Society6 decor, fashion & lifestyle products here. Do check it out!
Being a digital artist, one of the many challenges I have faced over the years has been finding the BEST way to vectorize a photo or an image art that's in a quality/resolution lower than that needed for printing large posters and lifestyle items.
I am a Adobe Creative Cloud customer, until now Illustrator was the only tool I was using to vectorize my images. And even after going through hundreds of articles online, Adobe's own help index and several trial and error sessions, Illustrator still gives me images that look pixelated when zoomed to a 100% or even lower. Even though these crooked edges might not seem too prominent on a computer screen, they're a big problem when you actually print the design.
This is where the first tool I recommend comes in.
1. Vector Magic
I like designing stuff in Photoshop more than I do in Illustrator. It's my personal preference. If you're like me, Vector Magic is perfect for you.
This exceptional tool converts any image into Ai/EPS/SVG/EMF/DXF/PDF. In addition, it also lets you remove white background from your images. AND, get this, does the job BETTER than Adobe Illustrator. Below are images that will help you compare the best possible results from Adobe Illustrator Image Trace with the impeccable auto vectorization quality delivered by Vector Magic. The difference is unmistakable.
You can download and install the demo version to confirm results. The demo version however does not let you save your converted vector art.
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2. Aquarella
The second tool I was looking for was a good photo editing & enhancement software that would let me add paint/watercolor effects etc. to my existing artwork. Since I need to deliver most of my designs for printing, The tool needed to be powerful enough to output my art work in the same high resolution that I input it with. This feature is extremely rare.
There are several photo editing programs like Fotosketcher out there which I have personally tried working with but all of them, while applying effects, compress your images. For example, if you open a 300 DPI high resolution image in the software & apply an effect, the program will export it in a 72 DPI resolution. This was a bummer because 72 DPI is not nearly enough for printing.
And then I found Aquarella by JixPix. This marvelous little tool comes packed with hundreds of paint effect variations and delivers the final image in the exact same size as the one you start out with, thereby maintaining its high resolution.
Cost: $20 | Buy/Try here
Further Reading
In case you are not ready to invest in a vectorizing software just yet and want to know how to get the best possible results using Adobe Illustrator Image Trace with minimum pixelation, use the following settings while tracing your image.
Over to you
As a digital artist, what are the biggest challenges you face when it comes to creating and delivering art? What tools do you personally use and recommend? I would love to know about them and add them to my list. So please go ahead and post a comment below!


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I've been doing this little quilting podcast for seven years as of October 17, 2017! Time certainly has flown, and I wanted to host a little celebration, which of course means a giveaway!
The fine people at Windham have donated this fabulous bundle of 17 fat quarters from the new Flourish line from Mia Whittemore (who got her line produced by winning a context with Uppercase magazine – fun!), which comes in lucious purples, yellows, and botanical prints.
I would show a picture of the actual bundle, but I forgot to take a picture of it before jetting out of town, so here is Windham's graphic and a link to ogle it on their website.
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Stylish Contemporary Home Style Applied in Australian Home
Contemporary house design can be created by using wooden material construction that is applied in contemporary home style such that is developed by Tim Stewart Architects. It has sustainable architecture design created by using wooden construction which is applied well in this house building project. This house style is reflected perfectly in contemporary Australian house project located in Storrs Road Residence which modern architecture style is also brought perfectly to design this building.
Wooden material construction style is designed perfectly to decorate front side of house building in order to look more stylish. Concrete house construction combined with the wooden construction actually will make an Australian home modified in this project to be more stylish. It is as contemporary home style design that can be applied to modify simple concrete building in order to be more special and stylish in its application concept.
Natural wooden deck designed in house exterior will be a suitable decoration that will support stylish wooden material application that becomes main design in this project. Natural wooden material with natural wooden feature becomes main material that is used to create exterior wooden deck in this house design. It looks more natural to be decorated by using natural plant design applied surrounding the deck. In addition, natural back yard design is also made perfectly by maximizing design of exotic redwood material to design deck in back yard space.
Glass window design that also modifies exterior appearance of this building architecture style actually also becomes main characteristic to create stylish building concept that is modified by using reclaimed wood construction. This glass window application will make condition of house building to be fresher and more comfortable. Natural environment surrounding house will also help to create fresh impression of house building condition. This design is as application of modern home style design for natural and fresh house living.


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Workin' It Wednesdays: New Year's Goals
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Unringing His Bell
My mother has a desk calendar that's called Life's Little Instruction Calendar. Today's "instruction": offer no apologies for your convictions.
Not even when your convictions are highly offensive? I can think of a few former dictators who held some pretty strong opinions that led to a few genocides. Are you sure they shouldn't apologize?
This comes on the same day that my mother handed me a clipping from the Washington Post about the apology Tom Cruise gave to Brooke Shields:
He came over to my house, and he gave me a heartfelt apology, and he apologized for bringing me into the whole thing and for everything that happened. And
through it all, I was so impressed with how heartfelt it was. And I didn't feel at any time that I had to defend myself, nor did I feel that he was trying to
convince me of anything other than the fact that he was deeply sorry. And I
accepted it."
— Brooke Shields on "The Tonight Show" Friday, describing Tom Cruise's apology for his criticism of her use of antidepressants.
In another article on the topic, Cruise's spokesperson, Arnold Robinson added their camp's opinion on the apology. "It is true that his friendship with Ms. Shields has been mended.
(But) he has not changed his position about anti-depressants, which as evidenced by the black label warnings issued by the FDA on these types of drugs, are unhealthy."
Looks like someone over in Hollywood has my mother's Life's Little Instruction Calendar.
Because in the end, he's standing by his convictions. He still knows more about postpartum depression and vitamins than Brooke Shields, but he apologized for using her name during his rant and bringing her into the fallout from his comments. It's sort of like slapping someone and telling them that you're sorry that it hurts. You're not sorry that you hit the person, but you're sorry that they're feeling pain from it. If only you could hit them and not have their skin smart.
And it all goes back to two things: (1) why I actually care about his opinion (yes, you read that correctly)–when he shouldn't be expressing an opinion at all and (2) he forgot that even celebrities can't unring bells.
Last week, we were talking about celebrities and being out about infertility. And people defended their right to privacy. And I'm all for their right to privacy–they are a private citizen first and foremost. But what about when their quest for selective privacy (and I'm talking about celebrities who pick and choose what they share–not celebrities who are notorious about protecting their privacy) is creating a skewed view of reality? The seemingly hyper-fertility of Hollywood creating a lower sense of self-worth in women who are struggling to conceive? They have great hair, great abs, great skin, AND easy breeding? It creates a fine layer of bright astroturf on land that may not truly be greener. As someone said in the comments, they may have the money to pay for treatments, but if they're going through infertility, they're experiencing the same emotional pain. So come stand by your sisters.
Which brings us to both points with Tom Cruise. I care about what he says not because I think he has any clue, but because I know other people are listening to him and it's shaping their views (in the same way other people are listening to these seemingly hyper-fertile celebrities and forming ideas about infertility based on their withholding or lying). Someone who had no opinion on PPD now has an opinion on PPD, and it's not a very sound opinion. Think back how often you've parroted something you heard when you didn't have a strong conviction in place already. The times you said a restaurant sucked when you had never had a meal within its walls (but you had heard about it from a review or through a friend). The times you've argued with your spouse about which brand is the better brand–even when you had yet to try the product!
And you can't unring a bell.
He can apologize and try to do a little P.R. spin on the whole incident, but his words shaped opinions and you can't undo that damage with an apology. And he did a huge disservice to women everywhere because…well…united we stand, divided we fall. Never say never–PPD can strike on the first pregnancy or the second pregnancy or the third. It can strike women who adopt or women who do fertility treatments. In fact, women who do fertility treatments are MORE likely to experience PPD (4 times more likely according to a study in Fertility and Sterility). Even if you have not currently experience PPD, you have an obligation to support other women who have PPD because you never know when it may be you on the other side of that line.
Which brings us back to Life's Little Instruction Calendar. How about this for a little instruction: if you hold a conviction, take it out every once in a while and examine it. Make sure you understand why you hold it. Make sure your internal argument is sound. Especially before you speak it. Since you can't unring the bell.
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- 1 Mandy { 09.04.06 at 9:20 pm }
Upon hearing about his apology I thought "maybe he's starting to see ppd first hand and has gotten a small clue." After reading more, I doubt even if that were true that he's found any clue at all. It appears to be an attempt at bettering his image. I think it's great Brooke Shields feels the apology was sincere, but really it was the LEAST he owed her. It doesn't begin to touch the fact there are thousands of women who struggle with ppd, feeling ashamed and afraid to seek help.
Thanks, btw, for the comment on my blog!
- 2 Bea { 09.05.06 at 1:28 am }
Yep. Like your version better.
- 3 aah0424 { 09.05.06 at 6:44 am }
In total agreement!
- 4 Katie { 09.05.06 at 8:48 am }
HERE HERE! Regular self-examination includes more than monthly self-breasts exams.
It appears to be a PR move but I am interested to see if this little experience will open up Mr. Cruise's awareness to PPD in general.
- 5 Southern Comfortable { 09.05.06 at 9:24 am }
I can't remember– has he said PPD doesn't actually exist, or that he things anti-depressants are not the best way to treat it? I don't think there can be any legitimate debate that PPD exists, and that we should do whatever we can to help those women who have it. But if he just wants to question the merits of SSRs as treatment, he *might* have a point.
I haven't gone through PPD or any sort of depression, and I haven't taken SSRs. But I do recognize from a prior job of mine that they can have tremendous negative effects for some people.
I certainly don't think that Scientology is the solution to depression (though I'm sure Mr. Cruise would disagree!), but I do get the heebie-jeebies a little bit about the fact that we're so quick today to prescribe a pill for mental and emotional problems. BOTH of my parents have been on anti-depressants at one time or another, and at least one doctor has wanted to put my little brother on Ritalin. Perhaps pills are necessary for some folks, but shouldn't we try other treatments, such as counseling, first? Then we can figure out who really needs medication, and who can (hopefully) be aided by non-chemical means.
I think a lot of insurance companies would rather someone take a pill than have counseling, because a pill is much, much cheaper. But given the risks, I'm unconvinced that medication should be our first-line defense for mental and emotional issues.
- 6 Zee { 09.05.06 at 10:58 am }
First point: I think Tom Cruise is an idiot. Second point: I believe that PPD is a serious problem and that treatment of any sort of depression with medication is valid and helpful. Although I've never experienced PPD, never having had a child (not that I'm bitter or anything), Prozac was a huge help for me during a dark time in my life, and I would highly recommend it to anyone who needs it.
All that said–and not to mention the fact that I haven't read either article you mention–I have to say that I don't find as strong a contradiction in Tom Cruise's apology for personally attacking Brooke Shields and the later statement about his continued disapproval of the use of anti-depressants.
You CAN disagree with something personally–and even disagree passionately!–and still say, "But you know, if it's what you want to do (say, be, wear, etc) maybe I should shut my yap and not criticize you PERSONALLY for it."
Again, I'm not defending Tom Cruise (heaven forbid!) but I don't think that sticking to his convictions, however absurd they may be, invalidates the fact that he did go back and acknowlege that he had no business saying what he did about Brooke Shields and her personal choices.
- 7 GLouise { 09.06.06 at 6:17 pm }
At first I thought- How nice for TC to FINALLY apologize.
But then I thought, How tacky- TC apologizes, and then his spokesperson essentially "takes it back."
Anytime an apology is followed by "but" it doesn't count.


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I was referred by my GP on 3rd may 2016 for acute stomach pain. I arrived at ward 6 19.30 where I was put in the waiting room and told to sit and wait for a doctor. The nurse took my referral letter.
I then sat and waited for 2.5hours no pain relief despite asking multiple times and being doubled over in pain. Once seen by one doctor who got my name and sex wrong and lost my ref feral letter I had to then sit and wait a further 2hours to find out my bloods did not work and had to be done again. This meant an over night stay of which the first pain relief wad given 2am then despite asking and once again doubled in pain was not given anymore until 7am.
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We will ensure your comments are shared with the team on Ward 6.
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They will be able to take further details and advise accordingly.
Thank you once again for taking the time to provide us with your views on local NHS services.
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Great tute and can't wait to try it.
Welcome to the Quilting Board!
Great tute and can't wait to try it.
That is amazing!! Thank you very much for sharing your binding with us.
I really love this!! & I started (some time ago!) to do a cathedral quilt! so on that one or any other I MUST try this! THanks for showing & explaining!
Thank you so much. I have seen this done before, but I just didnt get it. You made it so easy to understand, even for a real thick head like me. LOL
I cant wait to try this.
I never met a quilt I didnt love.
Thanks for the easy-to-understand instructions. And that binding technique really added to the beauty of your quilt.
First time I have seen that type of binding. Awesome. Thanks for the tute!
I have never seen this technique before - really like it! Thanks for posting.
Gorgeous! I can't wait to try it! Thanks
What a terrific binding, thanks so much for the tutorial on how to do it.
What a beautiful binding idea. I also like the quilt design as am looking to use the colors of Oklahoma spring (redbud trees, brandford Pear ivory, willow green leaves, the extra deep dark green of evergreens coming out of winter and the clear blue of the spring sky) so maybe could use this strip idea to get all the colors in. Thanks for the tute. It was very clear.
Thank you so much for going to all the trouble of doing this tute. It's fabulous!!! Love the look of this method of binding and will certainly keep it in mind for a future quilt.
Thank you so much for the tutorial on your cathedral edge. I can't wait to try it. YIPEEEEE!
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GREAT TUTE ! NOW! how do I "bookmark" it in this new system. I may be the ONLY one who hasn't figured it out yet! Thanks!
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Great technique and very clearly shown. You did a wonderful job. I have a 10-minute block UFO and this binding would be perfect for it. Thanks so much for sharing
This is beautiful. I've never seen this type of binding.
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Very cool effect, I haven't seen this on a binding before. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you for the great tutorial. I love this unique binding.
I've had a request to have this tute converted into a PDF and here it is.... I hope....
Great tutorial and it makes a beautiful finished edge! Thanks for sharing.
Thanks so much for doing the PDF....anxious to give this a try!
Thank you! Will definitely try this out, hopefully before too long.
I love this! When i first saw this on another thread, the first thing that I thought was all that hand sewing! Ugh! Thank you for using your machine. I'm going to try this on a smaller project first. Great job!
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COVINGTON, Ky. - Police in Covington are hoping to avoid a repeat performance of last year's St. Patrick's Day mess.
The annual drinking holiday is expected to draw a large crowd to restaurants and bars in MainStrasse this weekend. Last year, there was a serious assault, unruly behavior and piles of trash left for residents to pick up.
Covington Police Chief Spike Jones says a plan is in place for this year's festivities. More officers will be added to the mix throughout the times of the events, which start as early as 6 a.m. Saturday.
Jones says the police department is communicating with the MainStrasse business owners and asking them to cooperate by monitoring their tables and customer's alcohol consumption.
Despite the extra police added to monitor the event, Covington leaders aren't discouraging people from attending the annual St. Patrick's Day events -- only asking if you do participate, do it responsibly.
For more information about the Mainstrasse St. Patrick's Day celebration, go to http://www.mainstrasse.org/2013/03/celebrate-st-patricks-day-in-mainstrasse-village.


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Bifana (Portuguese Pork Cutlets)
Luci Vieira
My mom used to make these Portuguese sandwiches all the time. So yummy on fresh Portuguese buns and sauteed onions
- 1 1/2 lb
- boneless pork cutlets, cut very thin
- 1 1/4 c
- dry white wine, divided
- 1/4 c
- white wine vinegar
- 3 clove
- garlic, minced
- 2
- bay leaves
- 2 Tbsp
- pimento paste, divided (available at portuguese food stores) *only 1 tbsp if using the "hot"
- 1/2 tsp
- spanish paprikka
- 1/4 tsp
- piri-piri sauce (or tabasco if no piri-piri)
- 2 Tbsp
- lard
How to Make Bifana (Portuguese Pork Cutlets)
- 1Place pork cutlets in a large heavy plastic ziptop bag and place in a large bowl.
- 2In a mixing bowl, combine one cup of the wine, vinegar, garlic, bay leaves, 1 tbsp pimento paste (1/2 tbsp if using hot), 1/4 tsp paprika and piri-piri sauce. Pour this mixture over pork, making sure all meat is covered and seal bag.
- 3Refrigerate for severl hours or overnight, turning bag frequently.
- 4Bring meat to room temperature before cooking; to cook, heat skillet over med-high heat and melt lard, cook pork in batches. When pork is sauteed, drain off the fat and add remaining wine (1/4 cup), remaining pimento paste (1 tbsp, 1/2 tbsp if using hot), remaining paprika (1/4 tsp) to the skillet, as well as salt and pepper to taste.
- 5Bring to a boil, stirring and scrapping up any brown bits. Return pork to the skillet, reduce heat to low and cook for a couple minutes.
- 6Serve pork on fresh Portuguese buns (Papo Secos) topped with sauteed onions and about a tsp of cooking sauce.
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We, the Sparky Army, decree 2008 to be the Year of the Spark. We pledge to post a new sparky story or chapter of a sparky story every day from January 1, 2008 to December 31, 2008. Though the Powers that Be have removed Elizabeth Weir from the regular cast of Stargate Atlantis, we feel that she remains an integral part of the show, and that the relationship between her and John Sheppard is too obvious to be ignored. We hope that you, and anyone might happen to read these works, agree.
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Authors Note (Hannah554): So I think this is mostly gonna be a bit of humour, with Romance thrown in there of course. Enjoy!
By Hannah554
Chapter 1
Elizabeth stared at the invitation in her hand; it had arrived on the Deadalus with the last shipment of supplies and mail from earth. She'd been staring at it on and off since she'd opened the envelope it had been in three days ago. Part of her wanted to throw it in the bin now and never think of it again, looking back on that part of her life was something she avoided, another part of her wanted to accept. It was that little part of her that had prevented her from screwing up the small piece of card and throwing it in the bin in the corner of her office.
"What's that?" John questioned as he entered the office, startling Elizabeth out of her thoughts and back to reality.
"Nothing," she said putting it on the pile of papers in the corner of her desk as though it really was nothing. Ever observant John narrowed his eyes at her knowing - probably from the lingering look she'd given it - that it was not nothing. "It's an invitation, it's not important, I'm not going."
"Going where?" he questioned and she sighed at the curious look on his face.
"My high school reunion," she told him in resignation, she knew already the matter wouldn't be dropped until she fessed up, even if he had to revisit the conversation at another time.
"Why don't you want to go?" he asked her.
"Just don't have the time, I'm not all that interested in going anyway," she half lied; she really didn't have the time. As well as the mountain of paperwork she'd tried to hide the invitation in, she had three teams off world on long missions, two of them wouldn't be back by the time she'd have to head to earth. It was really that short notice but then given that the mail had to make it all the way to another galaxy she couldn't really complain, she didn't think 'next day delivery' covered inter-galactic post.
"I'm sure you can make time," John stated with a frown "When is it?"
"This weekend," she told him, it was unlikely they'd be able to request a trip back to earth and get everything done that would need to be done by then.
"Well that's short notice, gotta love intergalactic post," he stated and it hit Elizabeth for probably the millionth time in the last few years that she spent way too much time with John, she was starting to think like him and that was a scary thought in itself. "Look it'll take some extra effort but I think we can manage to shift everything around so that you can go, these things don't come along very often."
She sighed inwardly, the man was infuriatingly caring, especially when it came to her and while she usually loved that about him at that moment it made her want to strangle him. "To tell you the truth John, I don't really want to go."
"Why?" he questioned and this time she let her sigh show on the outside.
"I wasn't really the most... popular girl in high school," she told him, choosing her words carefully, he gave her an expectant look and for reasons beyond her she actually continued. "I was a loser okay," she admitted, not her usually choice of words but adequate to explain how she'd felt back then.
"It can't have been that bad," John stated when he saw the look on her face; she glared at him obviously making him reconsider.
"The popular girls used to torture me... everyday," she said with emphasis. "They used to hide my things, push me into trash cans, cut holes in my clothes during Phys Ed, trip me over in the cafeteria so that I'd end up on the floor with my face in my lunch, stick signs on..."
"Alright, alright, I get it," John cut in and Elizabeth realised she'd gotten so caught up in the torturous memories that she hadn't realised she'd still been listing them.
"I hated high school and it really, really hated me," she told him sighing and dropping her head into her arms on the desk.
"Okay, so maybe it wasn't... a particularly fun time," John said carefully "But look at you now, you're the gorgeous leader of an advanced alien city in another galaxy with friends as high up as, let's see, the President of the United states."
"Most of which I can't tell them," she told him without looking up from the desk, the sound muffled by her arms but John had clearly gotten the gist of it. Her mind was still stuck on the word 'gorgeous' which was part of the reason for keeping her head down, blushing wasn't something she did often.
"True, but a lot of it you can," he tried and she finally lifted her head up and stared at him pathetically.
"Yeah, I can tell them I'm married to my work, have the social life of a hermit and no man to speak of but I do have a few nice friends," she stated and then dropped her head back down to her arms.
"That's it, head up," John ordered.
"Why?" Elizabeth half whined without moving.
"Because Elizabeth Weir is not a self depreciating cynic, now get up and go get your jacket while I find Teyla, we're going shopping on the mainland," he informed her and she looked at him incredulously. He raised an expectant eyebrow.
"Do I have to drag you out of that chair myself?" he questioned. "If I do I'll be throwing you over my shoulder and carrying you to the Jumper Bay," he told her and there was just enough threat in his voice that she knew he'd actually do it so she stood up. She didn't know what it was about high school, about the people she'd known and the person she'd been back then that made her feel so inferior. She could face down, Wraith, Replicators, Genii, the military, the IOA, but stick her in a room full of people she'd known in high school and she was fairly sure she was going to crumble.
"Fine," she grumbled as she left the room, she usually enjoyed shopping with Teyla anyway that still didn't mean she was actually going to go to the reunion.
"And..." John continued as she walked through the door, she stopped and turned back to him. "If you want someone to go with you... I'd be more than happy to," he said and there was so much awkwardness in the way he said it that it actually made him more adorable.
"I'd like that," she told him, smiling at the gesture and then turning to walk through the control room.
What the hell did she just do, she hadn't even been planning to go?!


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Joining a drug rehabilitation is perhaps the best thing you'll do. Live right and register, thereby leaving the inmost darkest times of your entire life. Drugs aren't worth the effort. You can enhance with a treatment and care, which you'll get after signing up with a drug rehabilitation center. Don't put it off – select the proper way, today.
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However the problem is that dependency is not simply a personal issue. It is a social issue since an individual's addiction has an influence on his or her friends, family, and those who live with the individual. Therefore, it frequently causes an issue for them as well. It needs to never be ignored, and the person ought to never ever be making the decision alone. But, naturally, above whatever else, it is important that the individual recognizes that there is an issue, and he or she need to be psychologically inspired to look for treatment.
Private investigators believe the teens "never ever saw it coming," said police spokesperson Laura McElroy. Both were killed with a.38-caliber handgun. The arrest affidavit said the weapon was purchased five days earlier, WPTV news reports.
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At good and reputable inpatient drug rehab retreats and centers, the drug user will be medically and psychologically assisted to get off drugs. Clinically, he or she will be offered drugs that will help the body regain its typical state or activities. The body of an addict has actually been accustomed to taking drugs or alcohol and the body is either compromised or harmed while doing so. For that reason, altering the body's system will not be easy. A well experienced health expert will be able to help the victim's body adjust by taking great and body enhancing drugs. Likewise, psychologically, the addicts have to understand about the evil impacts of substance abuse. For this reason, she or he will be counseled on the best ways to stay off drugs. She or he will be geared up mentally to prevent any regression to the old lifestyle.
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Lizzie, Gordo, and Miranda may have been best friend goals on Lizzie McGuire, but it's safe to say their time at Hillridge Junior High wouldn't have been the same without the company of some of their most memorable classmates.
While it was always fun to check in on Lizzie's pal, Ethan Craft, and her friend-turned-foe, Kate Sanders, we can't deny that it was equally fun whenever Hillridge's resident nerd, Larry Tudgeman showed up.
Larry might not have been the most popular guy in school, but one of the best things about him was his self-esteem never wavered regardless of who was making fun of him. We gotta give it up for a guy who's so comfortable in himself that he doesn't care what others think!
And while sometimes Larry's superiority can be a bit much, we think Lizzie, Gordo, and Miranda would agree that Hillridge Junior High just wouldn't be the same without him!
Since bringing Larry to life on Lizzie McGuire, actor Kyle Downes has been lucky enough to land a few guest starring roles on some of our other favorite series including Life As We Know It, CSI: Miami, and The L Word. The actor has even taken part in a few short films, including one called Dice, which he wrote and appeared in.
We can't wait to see what he does next!
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The company has earmarked a £1 million spend on Lambrini, including a national TV advertising and online video on demand campaign which will run throughout December across ITV1, Channel 4 and satellite channels, with 20-second slots in Emmerdale, Coronation Street and Gordon Ramsey's F Word.
Halewood has also created a new consumer-facing website and launched a "major consumer promotion and PR programme".
Senior brand manager Sue Beck said: "We have worked during the last two years to give Lambrini a more contemporary and relevant positioning for our core consumers. This initiative represents the latest push to cement this image."


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You can find plenty of choice of vehicles these days whether it is sports utility vehicles, minivans, luxury sedans, land rovers, station wagons, and even light trucks. These vehicles seem to have flooded the US market like never before with a sharp increase in sales volume. There is severe competition among car dealers including car financiers and carmakers. As a result, the choice becomes even more difficult for the consumers among numerous brands and models.
Here are some tips that can probably help you in making an informed car purchase decision:
- Evaluate your options
It is essential to get all the important facts and information on the car based on the price range and the different features that are offered. It is a good idea to attend auto car shows where you get the opportunity of viewing different car models at the same time. You can have a look at the variety of cars with their different sizes and specifications. It is important that the car fits into your garage well so that you do not end up buying something that is does not fit into your space.
- Analyze the cost factors
As an owner of the car, you need to consider the costs associated with the vehicle. You need to pay regular insurance premiums for which you need to set aside a budget. And if you are planning to buy a car on a loan basis, then it is better to choose good finance options even before you consider buying a car. However, you also need to take into consideration the down payment, monthly installment and interest rates that will have a huge impact on your finances.
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It always pays to have a sound knowledge about the vehicle that you are planning to purchase. You can have a list of options that best suits your needs and requirement with a bit of research on the current market price of the models. It helps to get a price quote of the car from different dealers. However, you can also check the resale value of the car from various car dealers to gauge the popularity of your vehicle.
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What Was Behind The Boom And Bust In House Prices?
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The causes behind the boom and bust of house prices over the past decade or so are generally boiled down to three possible culprits.
Recent research points more strongly to one in particular: that people's beliefs about house prices had changed.
Greg Kaplan, an economics professor at the University of Chicago, discussed this finding in his paper "Consumption and House Prices in the Great Recession: Model Meets Evidence," presented at the St. Louis Advances in Research (STLAR) Conference on April 7-8. In the video above, he discussed his work in an interview with St. Louis Fed Vice President and Economist David Andolfatto.
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Quad News at Quinnipiac Goes Dark in Protest of SOPA
The Quad News, an online student news outlet at Connecticut's Quinnipiac University, went symbolically "dark" yesterday in protest of the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA). While many college media pubs. wrote about yesterday's wide-ranging web shutdowns, it appears the Quad News is the only student 0utlet to actually join the fight by also shutting down.
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The May 22nd bombing of Manchester Arena during a concert by Ariana Grande was a major atrocity and should be resoundingly condemned by anyone morally sane.
As ought to be the case whenever major atrocities occur on the soil of Western powers, especially when enacted by official state enemies, our anger is better to yield to our grief; since we are all in general unaccustomed to glimpsing, on our own streets or those of our friends, the violence we routinely inflict on vast portions of the world, the brisance of Monday night's bombing should hopefully provide space for reflection. These actions cannot be forgiven or excused – but perhaps they can be understood.
Reflections are not all equally or equivalently valid or useful – to say nothing of factually sound – however. Among the latest of the "hot takes" is a theme of wearying, propagandistic moralizing and pro-Western liberal jingoism best summed up as: the Ariana Grande concert bombing was an attack against women and feminism by primitive, misogynistic Muslims.
These narratives represent nothing new; they are identical in character, if not in content, to the hardline propaganda deployed by the Bush Administration throughout the naughties – they hate our freedom. In fact, this kind of pseudo-feminist language was integral to fueling the war machine in both Iraq and Afghanistan; Laura Bush and Cherie Booth both made speeches in 2001 in order to "kick off a world-wide effort to focus on the brutality against women and children by the al-Qaida terrorist network[.]" This was concomitant with State Department propaganda, including the November 17, 2001 "Report on the Taliban's War Against Women," which draws upon the wisdom of, among others, Russian President Vladimir Putin, and normalizes the US invasion of Afghanistan as a pro-woman mission of liberation. The public were asked to believe that the US and its Allies – including my own Canada, and Manchester's UK – were embarking on some proto-feminist crusade to improve the lives of Afghani women, and that the best way to manage this would be, for instance, to cut off the supply of civilian food aid from Pakistan, a tactic that brought some 2.5 million additional civilians to the brink of starvation, a condition they could now share with another 5 million of their countryfolk. It should hopefully go without saying that in a society which militarizes its male population, as the Taliban did in response to the invasion, it is overwhelmingly women – mothers, wives, and their children – who bear the brunt of this suffering. Since this was known to be a likely consequence of US action – in what way did this not constitute an "attack on women and girls"?
Perhaps I digress. The fact of the matter is that the rhetoric of feminism, human rights, and liberation has a lengthy and revolting history of being co-opted into the service of violence, colonialism, exploitation, and hatred. If we are serious about learning lessons from history, we would do well to treat accusations against official enemies that use this language with skepticism.
We don't know what motivated the Manchester Arena bomber, Salman Abedi, when he decided to murder 22 people and maim some 120 others. We don't even know – as of this writing no evidence has been provided yet – that he was affiliated with the organization to which he is claimed to belong: the self-described Islamic State, properly known as Daesh. Still, given what we do know about his background, I propose that it is possible to make some reasonable guesses.
It was widely known by Coalition governments and intelligence services long before now that the invasion and destruction of Afghanistan and, especially, Iraq, would lead to an uptick in violence from jihadists domestically. As early as 2003, the UK's own Joint Intelligence Committee released a report indicating that "[t]he worldwide threat from other Islamist terrorist groups and individuals will increase significantly" due to military action against Iraq. It is known further that Daesh, which has claimed (to reiterate: with thin evidence) responsibility for Manchester attack, was a direct outgrowth of the aftermath of Iraq War, a conflict which saw the use of illegal chemical weapons by US forces, the near-total decimation of the country, and the butchering of nearly 200 000 civilians; measured against these crimes, the Manchester bombing seems to wane apace.
Contrary to the standard hawkish line – that the Islamic State is huddle of violent, religious fanatics – Daesh was founded by the secular leaders of the former Iraqi Baath Party. As Der Spiegel reported in 2015, Daesh was designed from the very beginning to be a wide-reaching political force that would cynically use religion to legitimize its attempts impose itself on an unwilling population. Religious clerics would be named as the "official" leaders of the organization, while Daesh's primary architects – particularly Haji Bakr, Saddam's former head of intelligence – maintained control in the safety of the shadows. Though unarguably different in degree, it is not much different in kind than Bush's invocation of Jesus Christ when he tried to provide religious cover for his own wars of aggression.
As study after inconvenient study is published indicating that suicide bombers are in fact overwhelmingly not motivated by religion, it would be wise for us to consider the political realities that may underwrite the violent and regressive ideology of the groups and people we consider "Islamist." We know that the UK drone program, along with its American sister program, has flown thousands of missions and unleashed thousands of deadly ordinances in the Levant over the past two years and killed thousands of people. Both the US and the UK claim minimal to no civilian casualties, a lie so obvious even their most hawkish champions refuse to believe it. Even members of the US's own air force acknowledge that the drone programs create exactly the conditions of desperation and terror that organizations like Daesh exploit in their recruiting efforts.
Salman Abedi himself is of Libyan descent, a nation torn apart in a brutal civil war which was in part fomented and exacerbated by the intervention of the imperial triumvirate, the UK, US, and France. The war displaced an estimated 400 000 people. We can all remember the children who drowned in shipwrecks as they fled their home across the Mediterranean to Italy. The UK's own Foreign Affairs Select Committee issued a report in which it put responsibility for Libya's post-Gaddafi chaos in the hands of the imperial powers, condemning their reckless rush to military force and refusal to meaningfully consider non-violent, political means of regime change or reform:
Political options were available if the UK Government had adhered to the spirit of Resolution 1973, implemented its original campaign plan and influenced its coalition allies to pause military action when Benghazi was secured in March 2011. Political engagement might have delivered civilian protection, regime change and reform at lesser cost to the UK and to Libya. If political engagement had been unsuccessful, the UK and its coalition allies would not have lost anything. Instead, the UK Government focused exclusively on military intervention.
Today, Libya is barely a nation, riven by tribal and sectarian conflict, a battle ground for innumerable and unknowable warring militias, each struggling to renew some sense of order – however bloody. This, too, is where an organized group like Daesh can find foothold, promising a dispossessed and ravaged people some manner of meaning to their lives. Vengeance and war have provided meaning to the lives of many millions of such people, since before history can recall.
The narrative that the Manchester Stadium bombing was a misogynistic "attack on girls" and "feminist music" is an overwhelmingly simplistic and reductive explanation that plays handily into the dominant neoliberal doctrine, a doctrine that wants to frame this conflict as one between an Uncomplicatedly Evil Enemy driven by primitive and inherently sexist religious fanaticism on the one hand, and a Benign and Enlightened West (which presumably has no problems with misogyny and sexism of its own?) on the other. The pretense that this attack can only be understood, or is even best understood, as a vindictive slaughter by a woman-hating religious lunatic is an erasure of Western crimes against many, many Muslims, including women, girls, and children, and an abrogation of our moral responsibility for the uptick in violence from groups like Daesh and those who find solace in it.
This is not to say that Daesh is not a misogynistic organization, or that the ideologies which underlie are not deeply regressive; they should disgust anyone with a conscience. But refusal to understand or contextualize this misogyny and these ideologies is less than lazy – it is stupid, not serious, ahistorical, and it contributes to exactly the kind of fear- and warmongering that perpetuates violence on both sides.
My heart is with those who mourn their loved ones in Manchester, Yemen, Libya, Somalia, Iraq, Afghanistan…


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What forest are you on?
First of all, my moniker is not a reference to you or what I am saying.
What do you expect them to do? There are very few qualified candidates. Your forest isn't the only one with the lack of qualified candidates.
Blame IFPM authoritarian requirements. (we should have evolved past this by now) BC may as well become DC's as soon as they get time in grade. The requirements are the same. Blame past travel (training) restrictions. Blame the unwillingness of other regions to accept trainees. Blame lack of COLA in rural areas. Blame lack of adequate housing and medical care in rural areas. I could go on… Try talking to your Chief, maybe there is a training opportunity.
When I was Division Chief on the Los Angeles River Ranger District I manage the largest district fire management program in the nation. I had 12 Engines, 2 Hotshot crews , 2 Water Tenders, 1 dozer 4 Battalion Chiefs and 5 Fire Prevention Technicians. August 1, 2009 I had 4 Engines Un-Staffed
53 Vacancies, both suppression Battalion Chiefs left to go be crew Captains with Cal Fire, Cha Ching $$$$! No one seemed to care till the Station fire Initial Attack! When its crunch time on a Intial Attack expierence matters!!!! This is the short and sweet version. I am formulating writing the Station Fire Initial Attack book. Which will be titled the Station Fire a test of Leadership Principles and Values!
You didn't include a link to your product you're selling. Is this for your app or for your book? Can't tell. Are you going to offer an answer or be a sales rep?
No crap ! Getting so sick of Will's self advertising of his crap.. Everywhere you go on line he's trying his BS.
Will get the hint !
Will is correct. The forest service doesn't care about staffing or retaining experience folks. They continue to say the staffing is adequate and there's no problem. The agency is more concerned about Aglearn completeness then staffing and retention. Looks what's happening on the BDF with the storage of chief's vehicles and night call.
The night call and chief vehicle issue is also affecting the CNF chiefs. This issue coupled with chief officer vacancies is linked together and will get much worse if not fixed. If line officers had duty officer qualifications we wouldn't be having this conversation because they would be taking their vehicles home and no one would ask any questions. Because they don't have required qualifications they will complain about fire personnel who are only providing a much needed and critical need for a advancing fire program in R5. An effective and timely night time response is essential for proper oversight of FS personnel and is a direct link to safety. So much for all the safety journey talk, time to back up your safety journey talk line officers and support your fire program.
I wonder if the R5 FAM Director is asking the right questions to her staff, and reviewing the data provided by her staff? Something is not right. If the majority of Forests in R5 can't fill Chief Officer positions due the position requirements, lack of training opportunities, and lack of not even trying to fill them before fire season, why doesn't someone ask questions, report this to OIG, provide information to the press, call Congress, tell Randy Moore, tell Tom harbor, call an LA Times Staff Writer. This community, this webpage is our voice, our tool for rapid reporting of problems. The Great Recession is over, hiring is picking up and we are losing current and potential employees to other careers/departments and we are crushing ourselves by creating new requirements. Its time for each of us to speak up about IFPM/FS-FPM, retention, hiring, leadership, pay and benefits. These individuals that run the show in Vallejo and Sacramento are not smarter than us, many have lost the connection to the field. Keep them honest, and call something out when you know its not right. We fought the system from 2003 to 2010 and won many battles. Lets get back in the fight. As the BOD asks of themselves, Speak the Unspeakable. This applies to us as well.
Let the groundswell of They Said begin anew!!! So good to see real issues coming to light again.
This is enlightening. The Issue, however is far wider than just region 5. I believe it seems to be most prevalent in R5, but several other regions are struggling to fill critical overhead positions as well, from Engine captains up. The amount of emails we get promoting temporary details is astounding. good to fill spots, but temporarily is not the way to handle it, and it's not promoting leadership within the organization. It's not 1950 anymore, but the FS thinks it is. we are going to continue losing good people to other places until something changes, I've petitioned, we have all tried, and we will continue to push forward, but it's a long stretch….be safe.
I agree with The Dude This is much more than R5 and even if it wasn't we are all in this together. DZ is right, bout time! First up on the hit list should be changes to FS-FPM. I am not one to recommend lessening the requirements for key fire management positions. However all of these jobs should be multi-graded. You reach the target grade when you meet FS-FPM requirements. Secondly, we need to fix the FS-FPM requirements for Battaltion Chiefs. Using your email (annonomous if you like) email Randy Moore, Tom Harbour to start with and ask for an immediate evaluation for changes to FS-FPM requirements and implementation to processes.
August 1, 2009 when both my Battalion Chiefs left for Cal Fire the IFPM standards were not in place, they both left for money reasons to make the Big Bucks. When I was Incident Commander on the Station fire, it hampered command and control, by not having expierenced leadership to draw from. Like I said in a previous post expierence matter the most in crunch time on an incident!
This has been an age old problem that the Forest Service refuses to address. So supporting FWFSA is one way to have a voice, in this case the Pen is Mighter than the Sword. Rally the troops and write Congress!
I'm sad to hear people jabbing at FS-FPM and FS-FPM as the reason it's hard to fill chief officer positions in USFS R5. In my opinion the lack of qualified personnel to fill these jobs is more related to an age/experience gap that is playing out where many long-time chief officers have been or are soon retiring. Many of those beneath them have not done their due diligence in preparing themselves for promotion through attending training classes and working hard to elevate their fire and fuels management qualifications. The Apprentice Academy graduates many young firefighters with a boatload of the basic training necessary to start their career, it doesn't provide the experience required to move up and attain the qualifications needed to be a chief officer. Hate to say it folks but nothing trumps experience in wildland firefighting. Granted, over the past few years there are some forests in R5 have squashed the ability to attend necessary developmental training due to the fire budget, travel cap and in some cases lackadaisical supervisors, thus helping to create this problem. While it is understood that there are sometimes roadblocks in people's way, it's up to the individual to set solid personal goals and take it upon themselves to work as hard as they can to get the training they want/need and also take every fire assignment offered them to gain the necessary experience.
I'm also sad to hear that the home vehicle storage issue for chief officers is playing out once again. When will national, regional and forest leadership recognize the importance and necessity of providing work vehicles for their on-call duty officers. Should a delayed after-hour emergency response by an on-call chief officer really be acceptable in today's world? There are too many complexities, safety, political and cooperator issues involved to do anything other than provide this necessary tool for on-call duty officers. But then it just goes to show how out of touch most line officers are when it comes to the fire program and preparedness. I have to wonder why Cal Fire and other cooperators who are first to respond to USFS incidents haven't made an issue about providing "free" initial attack coverage of USFS lands while the USFS fire personnel just get there when they get there.
I can only wish the chief officers the best when it comes to seeing this issue resolved. There's been lot's of work to come up with a solution in the past, so I say it's time to bring the issue forward in a big way and make some noise. Never Give Up!
I have to agree with R5 Pilgram, FS-FMP is a good thing, it requires chief officers to have certain qualification which I think is needed to provide proper oversight and guidance on complex wild fires. The bigger issue is that most long term captains don't have a incentive to promote. Why would they want to promote when they have to take the night call but not have a vehicle to respond in? The difference in pay between a GS-9 and GS-8 is not worth all the headaches and stress that comes with being a chief. After you make it to Battalion Chief you move to a Division Chief and then you get to work for a line officer that doesn't have any fire qualifications and you spend most of your time trying to educate them on why you make the decisions that you make.
Correct. I too agree FS-FPM is the right way to go for many reasons. It is the implementation of the FS-FPM program and how it us currently designed is flawed. Greater flexibility options such as multi-grade entry levels with qualification targets and proper oversight. There is a better way that will maintain a high level of requirements. It comes down to having applicants or not.
Remember the USFS will not have a retention problem until it has a recruitment problem…. We are now feeling the effects of loosing so many people for so many years between the GS-5 through GS-8 and 9 levels to fill in the blank Fire Departments, Law Enforcement Agencies or what ever is paying better which could be burger flippers pretty soon. They gobble up mostly our great outstanding employees. But hey at least we get to see the sunsets…..
I have been with the Agency since 1986 and during that time i have seen good firefighters get used up and burned out… Female firefighters get mistreated and driven put of the Agency…i have seen the good ol boy system make it impossible for good people to promote into leadership positions… I have seen firefighters and law enforcement personnel who get on the job injuries get tossed aside like an inconvenience to the agency. I have seen more and more work load get dumped on all employees and other employees have to do the work of unfilled positions with unrealistic expectations and no compensation, the compensation that has been given as a cost of living adjustment lately has been a slap in the face.. But most people stay because they simply love the work and the people they work with on the fireground. Somebody tell me where is the incentive to promote ? As someone stated above, why promote to position higher than a Captain ? Where is the incentive ? Forest Fire Planners know who will be retiring and when but imploy no training or position mentoring or shadow program… You just wait for the other guy to leave then get the keys to his truck and go figure it out for yourself… One thing i have learned in my career which is six more pack tests from coming to an end is " The Forest Service doesnt love you like you love your job". I am actually thinking of going to BLM to finish my Federal Service time… Or maybe even CalFire.
Its a sad situation to know that in a 34 yr career not much has got better . But on a good note we do now get credit for sick leave and a boot stipend !
Mendocino just posted temporary promotion outreaches for 8 critical positions. Once we get them filled with detailers, 8 other positions will become vacant. I wonder who the genius was that decided to only fill dispatch and air attack positions at spring fire hire. I also wonder who the genius is that recommended that.
Get will the program R5. Or give us back our hiring abilities.


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Ubi Soft announces Great RPG Giveaway
Ubi Soft Entertainment announced today its Great RPG Giveaway that allows gamers to buy two of their RPGs for the Playstation 2 and get the third one free. The three PS2 titles available are Grandia II, Jade Cacoon 2, and The Legend of Alon Dar. Any combination of game titles can be used to take advantage of this offer as it runs from 12/1/01 to 3/31/02.
  With the purchase of two Ubi Soft PlayStation 2 RPG titles, (Grandia II, Jade Cocoon 2 or The Legend of Alon Dar), a completed redemption card, original proof of purchases and original or photocopied register receipts enclosed in a self-stamped envelope, Ubi Soft will send the third free game to the addressee.
  Considering the individual quality of each of our games, the value of this offer is excellent and RPG fans will not be disappointed, says Laurent Detoc, President, Ubi Soft Entertainment. Our role-playing games are carefully selected and we take great pride in the quality of our localization. These innovative and compelling titles feature expansive worlds to be explored and immersive storylines that will draw players into their extraordinary universe."
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The SNA aims to help fill the gap between the mainstream Japanese-language media, which is often well-resourced but burdened with a tendency to avoid investigative journalism and an unwillingness to communicate effectively with the outside world; and the foreign international media, whose presence in Tokyo is far weaker than most people realize, especially when it comes to video journalism. The net result is that Japan becomes a poorly understood nation both in its positive aspects as well as its negative dimensions.
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What: 2011 Community Marketing Challenge
When: Starting Thursday, February 17th through an 8-week challenge.
Where: CommonSenseMarketing.net (and updates here).
Who: Sarah Russell of Common Sense Marketing, me (Jon Alford), and you!
Why: Fun, transparency, a challenge, potential to earn money, have questions answered, and collect market research.
How: ok…enough with this invitation stuff
Here's the scoop. Sarah and I are going to run a community challenge where we stand up our own niche sites (or minisites) from scratch.
You'll see us both report everything from hosting to traffic strategy and even the mistakes and tweaks we'll make along the way. The idea is to work out the kinks in our own game and show people that it isn't impossible to bolt these sites together.
It's taking action that's perhaps the biggest hurdle.
Affiliate Marketing vs. Community Building
I'm more from the community building camp. Clients I've worked with typically focus on one site and a product mix in a single industry. I've also worked to develop paid communities around a single theme.
Sarah has a solid affiliate marketing background (she now blogs consistently at her home site and is also a community builder in her own right). So she'll be the lead on this project with me contributing by employing her strategies (and some of my own) as well as me publicly sharing my minisite journey.
I'll also answer questions from participants along the way and I plan to lead at least one of the web conferences. Our two different approaches have a lot of overlap so it isn't really much of a stretch for me to give this community challenge a go.
The main purpose of this is to create a quality website that we aim to monetize in the shortest amount of time possible.
What's In It For You
Live weekly web conferences for those that opt-in and participate. Check out Sarah's site on Thursday the 17th so you can sign up to watch us as we broadcast weekly web conferences. The conferences will move along quickly and the meetings will be short and value-packed. Only people that apply as participants (building your own site) will receive emailed invites to the web conferences.
This is all FREE. That's zero dollars. If you plan to participate by building your own site(s) along with us then it'll probably help if you have some experience with WordPress and a basic understanding of internet marketing and terminology. However, you're welcome to just watch as this goes underway since we'll share updates publicly.
Community support and accountability. You're free to connect with other participants in this challenge. The whole idea is to help each other out so let's learn from each other! The limitation is we'll only allow up to 10 people as active participants (note: participants will build websites and join our Q&A; the tentative plan for spectators is to have you sign up to receive recordings but you won't have the live Q&A).
We'll keep each other honest and held accountable to our projects as this unfolds over the 8 week challenge. Sarah and I ask that if you participate by creating a site then please share your results with the community as well.
Let's have fun while we learn and develop our community. Think you're ready to finally take action? Feel free to ask questions and make suggestions below!
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Cruise your way around the islands of the Andaman Sea
Several companies, based locally and in Phuket, offer short cruises around the uninhabited islands of the Andaman Sea. There are varying levels of luxury on board and various types of craft from small yachts to replica Chinese junks. Large cruise vessels are actually banned from approaching Krabi's coastline and are anyway not a practical way of visiting the islands as you will end up only watching the beautiful beaches pass by, while you must stay on deck.
The main benefit of cruising with a smaller boat is that they can arrive at the islands before the day crowds and stay after they leave for an unforgettable sunset dinner. Some dive schools in Krabi also offer so-called 'liveaboard' packages, a sort of 'dive cruise' with the similar advantage of avoiding the crowds by being the first boat at the dive sites in the morning.
For those with their own yacht who wish to go sailing in Krabi, please see the marina information on our Getting to Krabi (by boat) page.
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Salt Lake Children's Choir 35th Anniversary Concert
- First Presbyterian Church
- Weekly on Friday and Saturday
- Starting on: May 01, 2015
- Ending on: May 02, 2015
- Adults $10, Students/Children $6
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The Salt Lake Children's Choir, under the direction of Ralph B. Woodward, will celebrate its 35th Anniversary Friday, May 1 and Saturday, May 2 at 7:30 PM in the First Presbyterian Church (South Temple and 'C'Street).
Advance tickets available from choir members, at Day Murray Music or online at www.childrensing.org Tickets can also be purchased at the door on the nights of the concert.
Please note that admission limited to those over age 6.
* Also noted that the choir is currently scheduling auditions and a sign-up sheet for an audition appointment will be on hand at the concerts.Visit Event Website for More Info


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Since it's getting colder out, I thought I'd do a survey of soups in our area. What's your favorite?
La Unica in Huntersville might have my favorite soup lately. The Sopa de Tortilla is a large bowl (very large!) of flavorful chicken stock with large chunks of chicken, carrots, celery, tomato, rice, avocado and tortilla chips. At lunch, it's a smaller bowl but served with a cheese quesadilla. Ask for the spicy "green" and the "brown" salsas and you can avoid the drab salsas they normally bring out.
I've mentioned it before but you really must try this soup. You'll try it for lunch or dinner and you'll try it for a couple other meals -- it's that big of a bowl.