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The mortgage servicing unit, which was initiated in 2011 to service delinquent and risky mortgages, suffered a setback due to the decline in loan portfolios triggered by the financial crisis. Owing to this, the loan portfolios decreased from 1.6 million to 667,000. This lessened the demand for workforce as fewer employees were required to service those accounts.
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Thyroglossal Duct Cyst
The cyst is usually located at the midline of the neck. The duct extends upward from the cyst with varying numbers of branches and secretory glands. These ducts or branches merge into a single duct at the level of the hyoid bone.
Thyroglossal duct cysts result from the dilatation of a remnant at the site where the primitive thyroid descended from its origin at the base of the tongue to its permanent location, low in the neck. Failure of subsequent closure and obliteration of this tract predisposes to thyroglossal cyst formation.
CausesIt most often occurs before age 20, but may be found in the older population as well.
SymptomsThyroglossal duct cysts most often present with a palpable (able to be felt) asymptomatic midline neck mass at or below the level of the hyoid bone. The neck mass moves with swallowing. Some patients will have neck or throat pain, or dysphagia (difficulty swallowing). The spectrum of clinical symptoms may be as varied.
Since the persistent duct or sinus can promote oral secretions, such cysts can become infected. Up to one half of thyroglossal cysts are not diagnosed until adult life. The tract may lie dormant for years or decades until some stimulus leads to cystic dilatation. Infection sometimes causes transient appearance of a mass or enlargement of the cyst, at times with periodic recurrences. Spontaneous drainage occurs in some instances.
DiagnosisDiagnosis is usually made clinically.
TreatmentAntibiotics are indicated if there is infection. Definitive surgical management requires excision not only of the cyst but also of the path's tract and branches. The intimate association of the tract with hyoid bone mandates simultaneous removal of the central portion of the hyoid bone to ensure complete removal of the tract (Sistrunk procedure). Recurrence is unlikely after such an operation except with skin involvement and intraoperative cyst rupture.
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You don't expect to see rainbows on a clear day, but on this bright afternoon at Church and Wellesley it's impossible not to notice them: Street signs, "shop local" stickers and flags all flaunt the downtown neighbourhood's iconic stripes. The chromatic motif could translate to tacky Technicolor, but instead it feels more like an accoutrement fit to pep up even the dullest days.
But there's no doldrums today — at the Vic Public House, on the north end of Church-Wellesley Village, both guys and gals kick back, sharing pints on the large, sunny terrace; the street-front patio is a prime people-watching spot.
Across the street, locals pop into Ladybug Florist in the Village to scoop up purple hydrangeas the size of cantaloupes, before heading home to preen their gardens.
South of Wellesley, Church is lined with gourmet food stores, such as Pusateri Fruit Market. At the long-standing independent grocer (not to be confused with the Pusateri's Fine Foods chain), shoppers fondle bell peppers and handpick snow peas. For those with endless to-do lists, Pusateri offers home delivery and ready-to-pick-up services.
At Cumbrae's, a few doors down, you can snag a sirloin or handmade burgers for the back yard grill. About Cheese by Provincial Fine Foods, next door to the butcher, crafts a Provincial Plum fruit-and-nut log that's a fine match for the Colston Bassett stilton. Now hop across the street to The Stag Shop for a studded thong and you're all set for a very interesting night in.
This used to be very much a gay area, but it has become much more inclusive
Church-Wellesley Village is the hub of Toronto's gay community, but the neighbourhood has seen tremendous changes over the past 10 years. "This used to be very much a gay area, but it has become much more inclusive," says Philip Nazarak, owner of Salon One, a unisex hair salon at Church and Alexander streets. "The neighbourhood is a mix of straight and gay people. It's not just about wild partying anymore. It's safe, clean and central and that's what a lot of people are looking for."
On this afternoon, parents gather across the street from the salon at Church Street Junior Public School, anticipating the end of the school day. When the bell rings and children scramble onto the playground, the scene is anything but the stereotypical picture some people still equate with the 'hood.
"A lot of the older gays who were party boys have settled down and bought real estate, myself included," Mr. Nazarak says. (He tells me he's 65 and I figure he's pulling my leg, but he's not.) "Before, you either rented an apartment or you bought a dumpy house and fixed it up, but there is so much more opportunity now with condos in the area. People are interested in nesting."
Mr. Nazarak hunkers down with his Himalayan cat, Charlie, in a two-bedroom, 1,500-square-foot loft nearby, where he has a skyline-and-sunset view. "Walking to work and back is a relaxing part of my day. Everything I need is close by, so I can do a bit of shopping along the way. It's a very liveable area." (However, the one improvement he'd like to see in the neighbourhood is more twinkle lights.)
Indeed, Church-Wellesley Village is ideal for those without a car. The Financial and Entertainment districts are close by, as well as Yorkville, The Distillery, Cabbagetown and the Eaton Centre. Riverdale Farm is also not far, and the Wellesley subway station makes it easy to access the rest of the city.
"A lot of new people are moving into the neighbourhood and the lifestyle is more upscale," Mr. Nazarak says, over the hum of a hair-dryer in the salon. "The Village is home to professionals and families with young children and tons of people with pets." (A stroll east, along Alexander, leads to Mutual Street — a mix of high-rise condos, luxury townhomes and Victorian row houses — where earlier, a tawny Boxer, a French Bulldog and a West Highland Terrier made pals on the sidewalk while their owners chuckled over take-away coffees.)
A block south, at Church and Carlton streets, the former Maple Leaf Gardens has undergone a massive transformation. The building houses Ryerson University's Mattamy Athletic Centre, a 222,970-sq.-ft. facility accessible to the community, as well as a medical clinic, an LCBO and one of the swankiest supermarkets in the city. The sprawling Loblaws, finished in glossy black-and-white subway tiles and polished concrete, has ACE Bakery and Tea Emporium kiosks, plus its own Canteen offering freshly prepared foods. It's worth popping by just to see the giant wall-mounted art installation constructed from reclaimed blue stadium seats arranged in the shape of a maple leaf.
While the area is packed with domestic conveniences, it's still a top spot for a night out. "The neighbourhood really comes alive on Thursday nights," Mr. Nazarak says. "We sometimes work until about 8 p.m. and you can feel the excitement picking up. There's a great vibe here." When the gang works late, they like to pick up dinner from Just Thai or Kawa Sushi, both on Church, before heading out for a night cap at their favourite watering hole, Hair of the Dog, a few doors down from the salon.
"This neighbourhood is so cool," says Craig Knorr, a Salon One stylist who lives nearby. "I'm from a small town in New Brunswick where everyone knows each other and I feel the same way living here. It's a very close-knit area."
Tired of commuting from his previous home in the west end, Mr. Knorr moved back to The Village last year. "I moved away so I could experience other parts of the city, but then I realized how much I missed this place."
Though Mr. Knorr likens Church-Wellesley Village to his rural East Coast hometown, there are, no doubt, differences between the two locales. On a recent morning walk to work, he encountered a man in full drag, dressed as Cher in her If I Could Turn Back Time video, wearing a skimpy, mostly see-through get up.
"His dog was wearing a pink tutu," Mr. Knorr says. "It wasn't shocking to me, though. We greeted each other the way friendly neighbours do. I think the weirdness of people in a city is what makes it interesting." This might be the only place in town where you can expect to find a whole spectrum of colourful folks, certainly befitting a rainbow.
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Friday, 4 September 2009
Isabella McGuire Mayes - back to St Petersburg for a new year
Isabella at the Queen's Birthday Party at the British Consulate in St Petersburg - as the only British girl at the Vaganova Ballet Academy. Met the British Ambassador to Moscow and some very interesting Russians. June 2009
We first met Isabella McGuire Mayes in July, when she had been short-listed in the Great Britons competition run by British Airways. Thanks to your generosity in voting, Izzy won the competition. Izzy's transport costs to and from the school will now be fully met, and becoming a Great Briton has rewarded Izzy in other ways, as she talks about in this interview.
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On the eve of Izzy's return to Russia to continue her training at the legendary Vaganova Academy in St Petersburg, I caught up with her to talk about Darcey Bussell, making films and training just the same as an Olympic athlete.
What made you audition for the Vaganova Academy in St Petersburg ?
I knew that the school had a reputation going back nearly three hundred years. I was inspired by its history and the fact that Swan Lake, The Sleeping Beauty and The Nutcracker were all created there.
But when you know a place has produced generations of really wonderful dancers like (Anna) Pavlova, (Rudolf) Nureyev and (Mikhail) Baryshnikov - so many. Well it is inspiring. You get a buzz wondering if some of it will rub off on you.
You know the training works and that you have every chance and that it's up to you. I was first taken to see the school when I was only 13 by a Vaganova teacher who had been giving me lessons in England since I was 8. I loved the atmosphere in St Petersburg from the very beginning.
I was offered an audition just as I was about to go into the Upper School of The Royal Ballet School. It seemed such an honour to be offered the chance to go there. I still feel like that.
With fellow students in the Vaganova Academy Nov 2008
What have you enjoyed so far about your Russian training ?
I have always loved them and admired the way they do things and always wanted to take in every word of wisdom they give. I love just being near them and getting the benefit of their experience.
Which professional dancer/s do you most admire and why ?
(Uliana) Lopatkina who I saw in London this Summer, but I have also seen her on stage at the Mariinsky (Theatre – home of the Mariinsky, formerly Kirov, ballet company). I admire her because of her amazing artistic performances and abilities. (Diana) Vishneva because she is now superb and I know she had to work really, really hard to get to where she is now - one of the best ballerinas in the world. Sylvie Guillem because she is very distinctive and independent - and because my physique is quite similar to hers I look up to her. Darcey Bussell because I've watched her since I was a child and she's a great British role model.
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How do you fill your time when you are not dancing ?
I make films and love watching films, swimming and seeing friends.
Do you have a 'signature step' – one that you find comes more naturally to you ?
No, they are all hard work. Some things are easier than others like pirouettes - but generally speaking it's all very difficult. You've got to work hard all the time to get things right.
Have you had the opportunity to dance on stage with the Company yet ?
No not with the Company but the school does various shows at the Mariinsky Theatre during the year and they are open to the public which is very exciting. They are with the Mariinsky orchestra and the same costumes and scenery as the Company which is fantastic. The next one is The Nutcracker for a few days - everyone looks forward to that.
What is a typical day for your when you are training ?
My ballet class is at 9.20 until 11am. Russian language class follows. Then lunch. Then maybe pointe class, solos, character, & then possibly a rehearsal.
Isabella in school portrait. Nov 2008
What difference will it make to you now that you have won the Great Britons competition ?
The biggest difference is that you can concentrate on your work without worrying so much. The total cost of my training in Russia is about the same as an Olympic athlete in training - so support from others becomes crucial after a while. Winning Great Britons with its bursary for my transport to and from school - was just fantastic. Winning Great Britons also attracted other sponsors and my training in school is now supported by The Slater Foundation who supported Tim Henman at the start of his career. A gentleman from the Worshipful Company of Scriveners in the City of London has also been in touch because he loves St Petersburg and the ballet and he is going to keep me in pointe shoes during my training. The support from people, and all the encouraging comments I got during the Great Britons competition, is wonderful and gives you extra energy for what you are doing.
What is your dream role once you have graduated ?
My all time favourite role I would love to dance one day would be Odette/Odile Swan Lake. I also absolutely adore La Bayadère. Nikiya (the Temple Dancer).
Resting after rehearsing the principal variation from Paquita
March 2009
In the first of her regular diary entries for us, Izzy writes :
Tomorrow, Saturday September 5th I go back to St Petersburg. I have got a new rug for my room in the hostel in Rossi Street and I am feeling pretty excited about getting down to work again in Russia and meeting friends.
There's going to be a Highlife Magazine photographer at Terminal 5 Heathrow - from the British Airways Great Britons competition - because I am now one of their winners. It's going to be pretty early and so looking reasonable is going to take an extra effort!
It will be a very tough year ahead. Let you know how it goes.
Izzy's early morning depature for St Petersburg
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Hi Elise! Thank you very much for your kind comment on my blog! It made me blush... :)
I was so happy to discover your blog because you write about ballet and this post was about Russia and I am Russian who adores ballet, so now you've got yourself a new follower.
Have a wonderful day!
xxxHello Elise
Thank you for the really sweet message you left on my blog. You are clearly a beautiful writer. I admire that, and wish I could be more poetic with my phrasing, instead I am cheeky with a dash of quirk. I'm sending this to my frined who has a daughter who has been dancing all her life and is now 20. I think she will love it.Thank you for the incredibly lovely comment on my blog. :)
I've been fascinated with the Mariinsky since I saw the documentary The Children of the Theatre Street. It's the kind of documentary that makes you want to abandon everything and devote your life to ballet even if you have no connection to it, which I think is the most a documentary/film can give you.Hello Elise!
I'm so happy that you found my site. I danced for many years, and ballet will always hold a large part of my heart. Infact, when I was very young, I had hoped to dance with the Royal Ballet! I had a facination with Margot Fonteyn.
I just recently discovered that an old dance instructor I took lessons from has started a small dance company. I think you will find his school and dancers interesting. I have left links below.
Please check out their wonderful youtube videos too.
Kind regards,
NancyHello Elise! I just had to come visit you after the kind comments you left for me on my blog. Thank you for your visit! My heart twirled when I saw that your blog had a ballet focus...ooooh how I dreamed of being a dancer when I was a little girl. Your beautiful blog gave me a smile and a sweet remembrance. Have a wonderful weekend ~ xo Joy
ReplyDeleteHello Elise. I'm a cat. Hope you don't mind I stopped by. I saw your name on Fin's blog.
My human Tommy--loves dance and got teary when she looked at Isabella's photos. Was something Tommy always wanted to do--dance on her toes Never got the chance! Tommy was told little black girls weren't built 'right' to be ballerinas. Broke her heart, so instead of pointe shoes, she got a hula skirt because she looke 'authentic'. Tommy knows that's not true NOW--but back then...
Tommy says we're gonna follow you. And I like that.
Have a great weekend!
Noir in Texashello! thank you so much for your very kind comment you left on my blog. i really appreciate it! your blog is simply beautiful! i love ballet and it is nice to see a blog all about ballet. ballerinas are so beautiful! i love the art of ballet dance. i remember this book i would read often as a child about this ballerina named Maria Tallchief, i loved that book so much. since than i have always been fascinated with ballet, so i truly appreciate this blog. i will visit to read more interviews. thanks again and have a wonderful weekend!
God Bless,
CharmaineYou are so very sweet to stop by my blog and leave such a sweet comment.... You sure know how to make people feel wonderful... I am having a-give-away to celebrate my 1 month Blogoversary.... so come on over and check it out... We will be picking a winner Late Monday night , and posting the results then...Have a wonderful Pink week and I hope to see you next week...
JulieHello, Elise -
Thank you for stopping by my blog and leaving such lovely comments. That meant so much to me! Also, I'm thrilled to learn of your blog. My daughter has just started ballet (age 4) and my husband and I subscribed to our local ballet's season and will see "Don Quixote" next weekend. Looking forward to reading more of your blog.
JenThank you so much for leaving us a comment over at Art Dolls Only! we very much appreciate the support. I personally love ballet, and one of my first clay sculpts was of a ballerina (Stravinsky Violin Concerto became the inspiration for the completed project!)Your blog is stunning and inspirational....and it goes without saying, the dancers are incredible!
Thank you
AbiHello dear sweet Elise,
I do not know how you find the time to blog with all the traveling you must do.But I'm glad you do. Thank you for one of the sweetest comments I have ever recieved.
I love your blog also.I also love the ballet. I think it is the most beautiful form of dance. I was shopping today and almost bought a Ballerina Christmas ornament.I will go back and get it next week. Your interviews are wonderful and full of detail. Isabella is so beautiful and you can see how gracefull she is. I also love your photos. The dancers in midair are just gorgeous.What a fantastic job you have. I've really enjoyed my visit and I hope to see and visit with you again. Please keep safe and be carefull in your travels, May God bless and keep you safe, XXOO Marie AntionetteHi Elise,
Thanks so much for stopping by my blog and leaving such a lovely comment for me, it made my day!
I love to paint ballet tutus, and sometimes I'll paint a ballerina in them, but I am as graceful as an elephant, and admire these girls and their strength, stamina and grace! Thank you for introducing Isabella to us :)Hi Elise...
It was SO SO nice of you to visit my blog and leave such wonderful comments...that was so sweet and I appreciate it so much!!!
You blog is just amazing...I took ballet for 15 years when I was younger and just reading about it all brought back so many memories... :)
I am a follower now and I cant wait to continue reading...
Thank you again and have a great day!!!Thank you so much for your generous comment the other day. How lovely of you! While I don't follow the ballet specifically, I do spend an inordinate amount of time putting my three girls hair in ballet buns for their own ballet classes. They at one time or another have each expressed that "Mum, dance is my life!!". So dramatic...Hope you've had a lovely weekend. Meredith xo.
ReplyDeletethanks so much for stopping by my random world, and leaving me such a sweet message! i'm so happy that you enjoyed my little blog.. and do hope to see ya in the neighborhood again! :)
p.s. loved this post! ballerinas are beautiful artists, and i appreciate the sacrifice & dedication each lovely lady represents. [my daughter took a bit of dance while a member of the jr/high school dance teams.. and just that minor participation was enough to exhaust even the best of athletes!! so kudos to the real thing & to you for celebrating them!!
many blessings,
-TracieElise, oh my. I followed you here from my blog to say thank you for your lovely and elegant comment...so of course, your blog is lovely and elegant as well. But no, I was not expecting this. I'm always surprised by dancers, how they move and how they still look like dancers EVEN when they are motionless, even when they are still.
As in photographs. Is that not an amazing thing? Is it an aura? Or a stance? I don't know but it is lovely.
Thank you for your kind words and your visit to me...
Tracyphonelady - thank you as ever !
andrea creates - you are welcome !
ninneta - thank you so much for your comment, I hope you continue to enjoy !
Yelena R - thank you for such a lovely comment. Welcome !
Vintage to Victorian - welcome and thank you for browsing and commenting !
Couture Carrie - thank you so much, and welcome
Little Rus - how wonderful - great to hear that you enjoy the site. Maybe you will see Izzy dance and you will let us know about it ?
caroline - thankyou for your lovely comment and welcome !
Farmgirl Paints - I know what you mean ! Welcome
Heather Cameron - thankyou for your lovely comment and for passing details of my site to your friend - and welcome !
Eva - welcome and thank you for your comment. I don't know the film you speak of, is there a clip on the internet anywhere ?
CelticWoman - thank you for your lovely comment
Taylor Sterling - well, I think Izzy is 'resting' after an exhausting solo but I know what you mean...
solomi558 - I think you need to see The Nutcracker !
Bunny - welcome and thank you
Fete et Fleur - welcome and thank you for such a lovely comment & the links
Barbara - I can't be sure which region you are in, but I think you might be referring to Natalie Carter, who is off to the Bolshoi's school ? Izzy has been training at the Vaganova Academy (the Mariinsky company school) for some time already, so this is a return rather than a new beginning for her. I hope to bring you an interview with Natalie at some point though !Christy - thank you and welcome
Ellen - thank you and welcome
Rosanne - you are welcome !
A Thought is the Blossom - thank you for your comment. There is a wealth of information about costumes on the internet so good luck with your post
Joy at Cupids Charm - lovely choice of words there ! "My heart twirled". I think I'll use that sometime in a future post.... Welcome and thankyou !
Tattered Goods - welcome and thank you for your comment
Lilla - Aloha to you ! and thank you
marah johnson - I don't know your sister Chebar unfortunately, who does she dance with ?
vikki - thank you and welcome
Nanna - thank you so much for your lovely comment - I'm delighted it has that effect on you ! Welcome
Kristin - thank you so much and welcome
florence and mary - you are welcome
CHIC - thank you !
Vanessa - thankyou so much for your lovely comment and welcome !
Judy - welcome and thank you for your comment
whishwithme - thank you ! and welcome
Gabbi - I know what you mean ! welcome
Marina Capano - thank you and welcome
Noir in Texas - I don't mind at all - cats are good luck aren't they ? I hope Tommy is dancing now ?
Mrs G I Joe - so do I ! Welcome
Heather Moore - welcome and I hope you continue to enjoy learning
charmaine - I know the book ! Thank you for your lovely comment and welcome !
Guide - 2 - lucky you ! I hope you are still dancing now ? Welcome
Julie - thank you and welcome
Fin - thank you for your comment. I guess it depends on how far you can travel... Welcome !
JMW - How lovely that you can subscribe to a season - how does that work ? How was Don Q ? Welcome and thank you for commenting
rika - thankyou and welcome
Timi - I'm delighted that you are interested and want to know more ! Welcome and please let me know if there is something specific you want to read about...
Bobbi Jo - thankyou for your lovely comments and welcome !
yigin - welcome and thankyou for your comment.. it's never too late !
Martha - thank you and welcome
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Tales from My Empty Nest - thank you so much for your sweet comment & compliment to my writing. Welcome !
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BrnEyedGal - 15 years is almost vocational - did you stop because you wanted to ? Welcome and thank you for your comment
count it all joy - Good luck to your three girls and welcome !
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The Crazy Suburban Mom - I know what you mean. All dancers are incredibly photogentic and their posture lends itself to photography as well. Maybe that is what makes the photo's stand out - it's not something everyone can achieve. Welcome !
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Cincinnati, Ohio, circa 1908. "Mount Adams Incline." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
I am suprised that no one has spotted the stowaway riding on the superstructure of the trolley carriage. Perhaps he was an employee, or is just hitchhiking.
I rode the Mount Adams Incline many times as a child in the 1940s growing up in Cincy. It was one of many inclines there until they got buses powerful enough to climb the seven hills.
In the summer, they used open air cars with names like the "Maketewah." Riding them up to Mount Adams at night gave passengers quite a view of lit up downtown Cincy, the Ohio River, and northern Kentucky.
Rookwood Pottery is still there and has a restaurant. Mount Adams was a fascinating place with narrow streets and great views. It had the "artsy" crowd for many years and is now home to many popular nightspots. I still have a poster framed on my wall that I bought there in 1970.
I am 44 years gone from Cincinnati but will always remember Mount Adams.
SteamBoomer, bet they had access to the street behind too, wonder what floor, second or third, depending on how you count
The trolleys on the incline elevators were regular streetcars -- they rolled off their tracks onto the incline platforms then rolled off at the top and continued their trip, and vice versa. The suspension went below grade to make the tracks level with the ground, the passengers never left the vehicle. Also horse and wagons were allowed on some of them in between trolleys, and we today think we are so smart, they were ingenious and no computers either.
Is this person under the trolley operating something or is it someone sneeking a ride?
long enough to appear on Google Street View. It appears many homes in this photo had direct basement access from street level. If the bunker walls are still there it certainly would be an interesting place to visit.
Midafternoon on a sultry summer day. It's hot, a bit of a breeze however, enough so that some folks are opening the front (or back) door to let the breeze blow through their house.
People are busy, the rag and bone man is making his rounds.
What a time machine Shorpy can be.
May be an ice cellar. It has the thick walls for insulation, and the door may lead to steps.
I have been inside one from the 1700s. They are basically really small free-standing basements and they do stay cool, even on a hot day (though they are no match for today's refrigeration. They are cool, not really cold).
Given that this is Ohio, it may also double as a storm cellar.
I see this photo was taken before that concept was created.
Whenever I see a cityscape such as this I can only imagine how cold some of these homes had to be in the winter months. It's hard enough to heat my 100 year old home now, and I can't imagine how they did it in the pre-insulation days (but then again, coal was pretty dirt cheap back then too).
I like the carriages they built to keep the coaches in a level position, not like some other inclines where the coaches were built to the slope of the hill, with steps inside. Entrance was from multiple small platforms along the side.
[There are no entrances along the side; passengers would have gotten on at either end of the incline, or at streetcar stops along the route. - Dave]
What an interesting mix of architecture in this photo. everything from brick buildings to that great Tudor type place on the hilltop. I can't forget the 5 cent Coca-cola sign on the right.
There is a house right in the center with what looks like a bunker built in front. The "front yard" is raised and sits atop a stone wall with what looks to be a heavy iron door built into it. I wonder what that is.
The large building at top left is the home of Rookwood Pottery founded around 1880 by Maria Longworth Nichols Storer. The building was built in the early 1890's and is still standing, used as a bar and restaurant.
[There's more on the pottery here. - Dave]
But Cinci still has those long, narrow houses decorating its hills. I think it's the most interesting-looking city in Ohio.


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"Now when all the clowns that you have commissioned/Have died in battle or in vain/And you're sick of all this/All of this repetition...."
10 comments:
- FullMoon said...
God said you can do what you want, Abe, but...
Any Dylan line makes me think of another, randomly. - 11/7/13, 9:36 PM
- betamax3000 said...
"Now when all the clowns that you have commissioned/Have died in battle or in vain/And you're sick of all this/All of this repetition...."
Naked Bob Dylan Robot is Repetition. Suffer Suffer Repetition. I Hate Myself and Wait for a Post on "Slow Train Coming." Insert Train Whistle Here.
Rome: The Obvious:
"and handed it to me
Written by an Italian poet
From the fifteenth century
And every one of them words rang true
And glowed like burning coal
Pouring off of every page
Like it was written in my soul from me to you
Tangled up in blue"
Sidestep to Japanese Plagiarism, Perhaps: Love and Theft Indeed.
Bob Seger Robot says:
"I woke last night to the sound of thunder
How far off I sat and wondered
Started humming a song from 1962
Ain't it funny how the night moves
When you just don't seem to have as much to lose
Strange how the night moves
With autumn closing in"
1962 Dylan Robot:
"I swung on to my old guitar
Grabbed hold of a subway car
And after a rocking, reeling, rolling ride
I landed up on the downtown side
Greenwich Village"
Sing That to "Night Moves."
I so Want to Take This Farther, Introducing My Dylan-Sprinsteen-Seger Leaning Triangle of Truth, But Those Days May Be Gone. Fade, Fade, Magnetic Tape.
- betamax3000 said...
Regarding the Dylan-Sprinsteen-Seger Leaning Triangle of Truth, Here is the Dylan Quote I Was Thinking Of:
[on Bob Seger] "Some people think Bob is a poor man's Bruce Springsteen, but personally I always thought Bruce was the rich man's Bob Seger."
Springsteen Started With His Best Dylan Imitation by recording the following in 1972 (that Year Again):
"Madman drummers bummers and Indians in the summer with a teenage diplomat..."
Then Has Spent the Following Decades in an Ever-Descending Spiral of Clenched Self-Righteousness and Smug, Snug Working-Man's Jeans: When You try to Climb Dylan Mountain the Gravity Brings You Down Hard. I Mean; Sleeveless Jeans Jacket over a Leather Jacket? I Will Gladly Rather Take David Lee Roth in Spandex: at Least He Was Aware That He Was a Cartoon.
In the Travelling Wilburys Dylan Sent Up Springsteen with the Song "Tweeter and the Monkey Man":
Tweeter was a boy scout before she went to vietnam
And found out the hard way nobody gives a damn
They knew that they found freedom just across the jersey line
So they hopped into a stolen car took highway 99
Dylan Wrote the Joke That Springsteen Lives. - 11/8/13, 7:20 AM
- betamax3000 said...
Bruce Springsteen Has Made a Career Out of Attempting To Simulate Authenticity, But the Seams Still Show. Consider This:
Mike Reno and Loverboy sang:
Everybody's working for the weekend
Everybody wants a new romance
Everybody's going off the deep end
Everybody needs a second chance, oh
Springsteen Could Never Attempt Something So Straight-Forward; We'd Probably Get Something Like the Following:
Frog-Boy the Mechanic's working for the weekend
Waitress Rosie wants a new romance
Everybody's going off the deep end in Jersey
Frog-Boy and Rosie need a second chance, oh
Don't get Me going on Springsteen in Relation to Grand Funk Railroad.
- betamax3000 said...
Grand Funk Railroad:
We're an American band
We're an American band
We're comin' to YOUR town
We'll help YOU party down
We're an American band
See? One of US. They Are Willing to Hang Out With You, Party a Bit: They Are Like You, and Just Want to Help You and Your Friends Have Some Fun.
Simulated Springsteen Robot:
Oil-Can Johnny's in an American band
Oil-Can Johnny's in an American band
He's comin' to Jersey town
He'll party down with Those Who Lost the American Dream Out on the Dark City Streets
Oil-Can Johnny's in an American band
I Think You See the Difference.
- betamax3000 said...
The Rock Constipation of the Mid Nineteen Seventies Strained Hard: Critics Could Give No Love to Foghat -- They Were Waiting for a New Dylan, Their Generation's Dylan. Then Along Came Springsteen: He's Like if Dylan Was Also Marlon Brando! They had the Butter Ready.
- SomeoneHasToSayIt said...
True to my handle, his current 'singing' sucks big time.
- betamax3000 said...
When your Fans sends back all your invitations
And your Agent to your Manager he explains
That Everyone is tired of yourself and all of your Tired creations
Won't you come see me, Sprinsteen?
- betamax3000 said...
Springsteen Quote:
I have spent my life judging the distance between American reality and the American dream.
That is the Taffy in the Nutshell, the Pistachio in the Pudding: Distance. I Will Hide Behind Rosie and Frog-Boy and Oil-Can Johnny and Tell You of America, For I Am Still One of Them, Despite My Money and Mansion: I Still Wear Jeans to Funerals.
- Kirk Parker said...
"Oh the streets of Rome are filled with rubble..."


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[Disclosure: The Barclaycard US Air offer targeted to Chairman's Preferred members is much better than my referral link to the US Air credit card.]
There is a new public Barclaycard US Air credit card which offers 40,000 US Air miles and which earns me a commission if you're approved for the card using the link on the blog. This is a different offer than the existing one for Chairman's Preferred members which doesn't pay a referral.
Link: Barclaycard US Air Card (targeted to Chairman's Preferred members)
Link: Barlcaycard US Air Public Offer
But it is a much WORSE offer than the US Air offer which I wrote about last August and which is supposed to be targeted to US Air Chairman's Preferred elite members. I often get asked in the comments and email if you get the full 40,000 US Air miles after the 1st purchase if you're not a Chairman's Preferred member.
The terms say:
Offer good only to current US Airways Dividend Miles Chairman's members. Members must currently have Chairman's Preferred status with US Airways.
In my experience, and of other folks in the comments and on this FlyerTalk thread, you do get the full 40,000 miles even if you're not a Chairman's Preferred Member. Emily and I have also both received the 40,000 miles through the offer, but as always, this could change anytime.
There is a field to enter an "Employee number" in the application. Some readers ask if this means that only US Air employees are eligible for the better Chairman's Preferred offer. But many airline employees don't earn elite status or redeemable miles when they fly on free tickets on their employer's airlines, so it is unlikely that there are many US Air employees with Chairman's Preferred status.
I suspect that this field is for the agents who market the offer to US Air Chairman's Preferred members so that they can get a commission or credit for a successful application.
This is similar to the "Employee Number" at the bottom of every Chase credit card application, so that Chase employees in branches can get commissions for recommending credit cards.
You don't have to fill in the "Employee Number" field and readers have submitted their US Air card application with the "Employee Number" field blank.
As always, do what you're comfortable with. If you don't want to apply for an offer for which you're not targeted, the public offer could be useful to you.
But there are 3 big drawbacks to the public offer.
Drawbacks of "New" OR PUBLIC US Air Card
1. 15,000 to 40,000 miles. The biggest drawback to the public offer for the US Air credit card, which also pays me a commission, is that you could end up with only 15,000 US Air miles instead of 40,000 miles.
That is because you may instead receive the World MasterCard which offers only 15,000 US Air miles after the first purchase if you do not qualify for the Premier World MasterCard.
The terms say:
Applicants who are approved for the World MasterCard will receive 15,000 bonus miles after the first use of your account for a Purchase or Balance Transfer (that are not later returned or rescinded) and have paid the Annual Fee on the account (and such fee is not rescinded).
I hate this type of bait and switch wording in the fine print!
And the terms don't spell out the condition needed to get approved for the better Premier World MasterCard. They just say:
In order to be approved for a Premier World MasterCard or World MasterCard and all of the benefits featured here, you must meet the credit and income criteria previously established for this offer.
Yeah, right. Barclaycard won't tell you what the credit and income requirements to get the better offer are, so that you can make an informed decision about which card to apply for! On the other hand, Chase and Citi will give you the full bonus regardless of which type of card you get approved for.
However, the Chairman's Preferred version of the US Air card does NOT have this bait-and-switch language. I suspect that US Air does not want to annoy their top-tier customers who fly 100,000 or more miles a year with a bait-and-switch credit card offer, so they offer the 40,000 US Air miles regardless of which version of the card you get approved for.
2. $89 Annual Fee. The new offer has a $89 annual fee if you're approved for the Premier World MasterCard with 40,000 US Air miles and a $49 annual fee if you're approved for the World MasterCard with 15,000 miles.
The Chairman's Preferred version has NO annual fee for the 1st year and you get 40,000 US Air miles regardless of whether you get approved for the Premier World MasterCard or World MasterCard.
3. 10,000 Anniversary Miles. The new offer doesn't give you 10,000 US Air miles each year when you renew your US Air card. The Chairman's Preferred version does give you 10,000 miles each year on renewing the card.
Some readers have commented that they didn't get the 10,000 miles, but I got the miles on my card. It is still prominently advertised in the credit card application page, so I don't see why it shouldn't be honored, though I wouldn't call up about my missing 10,000 miles if I wasn't a Chairman's Preferred member.
Bottom Line
The new public offer for the US Air card is nowhere as good as the targeted offer to US Air Chairman's Preferred members. But as always, do what you're comfortable with!
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You will need a glue gun (or fabric glue), one bendy clip, two felt heart pieces (mine are around 3" x 3"), and about a half yard of sequins. These are from Joann's and come threaded - they are very pliable, which is perfect for this project.
Step 1: lay the clip on one heart and mark two small lines about a half inch in from the ends of the clip. Snip these lines. Put the clip aside for now.
Step 2: put the two felt hearts together and sew a simple seam around the entire edge - mine is about 1/4".
Step 3: start gluing the sequins down. Use a THIN layer of glue and work in sections. Follow the outside of the heart, curving the line of sequins as you go. Overlap the sequins a bit. When you get to the almost-end, you may need to go over some sequins a bit to even out (see how my bottom left photo just had a little space to fill in? I went up to the right (see bottom right photo) to even out the last two lines.) Cut the thread between sequins and glue down the end - try to tuck the thread under, into a dab of glue.
Step 4: open up the clip and slide through the two slits you cut. That's it!
Now, go make a bunch and surprise your little Valentine! (Little E. likes the white one best - she says it looks like a cookie with frosting. YUM!)


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Another display of mistaken governance in the sugar industry
Dear Editor,
Very briefly the sugar industry's current governance structure constitutes of a board, with chairman; a chief executive officer; an executive management team, of which general managers of estates should be members.
Normal organisational arrangements anywhere would expect that the chairman and board are individually and jointly responsible for formulating policy, monitoring implementation, evaluating performance, and eventually accounting for final production and productivity of every operational component of that organisation.
For decades now organisations have also embraced the acknowledged approach of participative or collaborative decision-making, as it has proven to be most beneficial in that the policy implementers are fully involved in the process, and therefore can take ownership of delivery of the intended outputs.
GuySuCo, and its predecessor organisation, has been well known to adopt this management philosophy, recognising how effective 'collegial' decision-making energises the management team as a whole. Its acceptability was founded on the explicit fact of compliance with relevant laws, regulations, agreements (including those with unions), established systems, and set procedures – even for the necessary review process, which must take into account the attendant financial, industrial relations, and social implications, amongst others.
In this connection a landmark agreement between the two major players in the sugar industry at the time – Jock Campbell and Cheddi Jagan – resulted in the formal institution of a cane-farming component of the sugar industry. It was developed through the establishment of a number of Cane Farmers cooperatives, well before that of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana. The largest number of cooperative societies was formed around Wales Estate, in West Demerara, whose production is still substantially bolstered by farmers' canes. Albion/Port Mourant Estate also saw large cane-farming societies being formed. Then there was Rose Hall Estate; while new farmers in the Skeldon Estate area consistently led the way with the highest cane yields.
There were of course good individual cane farmers in the Canje area of Berbice, as of course Diamond and Leonora in Demerara. All of these developments were funded through a special finance window called the Cane Farming Development Corporation – subscribed jointly by Demerara Co (Leonora/Diamond), Bookers Sugar Estates, Barclays Bank DCO and Royal Bank of Canada. The parties agreed with the government that cooperative societies had the appropriate legal status to negotiate the financing available.
By the end of 1969 cooperative cane farmers supplying Bookers Sugar Estates alone totalled 1,746, with 3,574 acres under cultivation. The following particulars may be of interest:
The financing structure was complemented by the passing of the National Cane Farming Committee Act, a particular feature of which were the Regulations to the Act which constituted the actual contract to be executed between the cane farmer and manufacturer, in order to ensure that both parties executed their respective undertakings, basically: a) the farmer to supply canes; b) the manufacturer (the estate) to provide (technical) support services, materials, plant, transport (punt), etc. The following quote refers:
Rules of the Contract
Cost to be taken into Account and Method of Computing Charges for Drainage and Irrigation Facilities. r. 4(7)
Rules of Contract
Cost to be taken into Account and Method of Computing Charges to Farmers for Cane Transport by Water. r. 8(2)
"8. (2) Except as hereinafter provided, all cane shall be transported through the navigation canals, and the cost of the transport shall be charged to the Farmer and paid for by him at the relevant rates calculated in accordance with the provisions set out in Appendix B to the Second Schedule."
In Demerara a significant proportion of transport was by road and farmers increasingly acquired their own vehicles. Generally, however, the estates' services and materials were supplied at agreed costs entrenched in the respective contracts, along with the critical formula for pricing the sugar produced from farmers' canes.
All of these elements were part of a regular agenda for meetings of the National Cane Farming Committee established by National Cane Farming Committee Act, Cap. 69:04. The committee was to be composed, as provided by Section 3 of the Act, members appointed by the minister, including its chairman and vice chairman, as follows:
"a) "a) eight persons chosen by the Minister from among farmers who have been recommended for appointment by District Associations:
Provided that until such time as District Associations have been established under section 8, the Minister may appoint any farmer for any district;
b) three persons chosen by the Minister from a panel of seven nominated by the Association;
c) five official members; and
d) one person nominated by the Development Corporation."
Section 6 of the Act deals with meetings of the committee, its membership and proceedings. Examination of this and other sections shows no reference to the minister's involvement other than the power to appoint the National Cane Farming Committee and the creation of district associations.
It would be interesting therefore to learn from the relevant authorities to what extent the NCFC Act and related Regulations are currently being observed, not only in respect of district representation, but also in relation to the following matters listed in Section 11 of the Act:
"a) the general conditions which shall be deemed to be incorporated in every contract;
b) the registration of farmers;
c) the registration of contracts;
d) the records to be kept by farmers and the furnishing of reports and returns by them to the Committee; and
e) exemption, in special circumstances, of contracts from the application of the general conditions provided for under paragraph (a) of this subsection."
It is a fair conclusion that not only has any of the parties read the Act and its Regulations, but more importantly no one seems to care. Were the relevant provisions being observed it would have long been patently obvious that there is need for amendments thereto, appropriate to existing conditions in the sugar industry.
So that it is hardly mind-boggling to learn of decisions being made between the non-statutory chairman (the subject Minister) and selected farmers as members of a 'virtual' NCFC; and then of directives being sent to the Chief Executive Officer, critically bypassing the Chairman and Board of GuySuCo in the process. In the clear absence of any consultation, particularly with regard to the final implications, the decision has provided substantive discomfort for GuySuCo's executive team. However subject these managers are to the inanities of political wisdom, they must suffer the continued emasculation of what professionalism remains, without leave for effective response. They must abide one more display of mistaken governance, and muddle through the mire of non-principled organisational practices and behaviours.
Yours faithfully,
E B John
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