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Medical marijuana dispensary security planning in Michigan
Medical marijuana is becoming more accepted and open to growers and distributors in the State of Michigan, with the local townships passing licenses for more dispensaries to open their doors.
With the expansion of these grow facilities and dispensaries there will be security planning issues to be addressed such as…
A grow facility or dispensary security plan is mandated by the State of Michigan.
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Many facilities are relying on their employee's to create and strategize a security plan, these individuals do not hold the experience to secure your building or your product.
PRMG trained professionals in safety, monitoring and securing not just your product but also your facility, will have pro-active planning in place to address any potential dangers.
MMJ cash and cannabis business theft security dangers.
PRMG recommends not to arm your employee's at all costs. What if during a theft your employee pulls out a gun and hesitates to shoot..? Or what if that employee misses..? Ending up on being shot.
These are serious questions to consider before letting individuals without experience in the matter to implement facility security plans.
Don't arm your employee's its not worth the risk, let them go home and have dinner with their families at the end of the day. Grow and dispensary employee's are experts in their marijuana fields.
PRMG security professionals are trained individuals on theft and robbery prevention, our goal is to prevent these scenarios from coming to fruition. Anyone with the intention on robbing your facility with PRMG's presence will have to think long and hard…
A good monitoring system will provide security and compliance.
A monitoring system is the core compliance for the State of Michigan.
This system needs to be running 24/7, keep in mind you're not a convenience store. If the system goes down the risk is limited, however with a grow facility or dispensary the stakes are much higher!
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THE Indian government last week approved a new national civil aviation policy, introducing a slew of changes that encourages more connectivity and enables carriers to expand operations faster.
"The long-awaited civil aviation policy has some changes that should unlock regional connectivity as well as open up opportunities for carriers entering India," said Sharat Dhall, president, Yatra.com.
India's national air carrier, Air India
"(The policy) should really drive growth in the hugely under-penetrated domestic air market and catalyse economic growth in the secondary and tertiary destinations."
Agreeing, Kousik Bhattacharya, head of marketing and B2C at VIA, said: "We predict an increase in airline bookings and a spurt in flight movement from tier 2 and 3 cities. This clearly spells better business opportunities for OTAs as well."
One of the major changes is the abolishment of the 5/20 rule, where a domestic airline is allowed to operate internationally only after flying for five years domestically and operate at least 20 aircraft.
The new formulation allows airlines, both new and old, to commence international operations if they operate 20 aircraft or 20 per cent of total capacity, whichever is higher, for domestic operations.
"The move from 5/20 to 0/20 is a focussed initiative aimed at encouraging fresh entrants and infusing fresh blood into the aviation industry, ensuring a catalysing effect for travel and tourism as a whole," commented Indiver Rastogi, president & country head – corporate travel, Thomas Cook India.
Also positive with the changes is Amber Dubey, partner and head, aerospace and defence, KPMG India, who said: "If the government and the industry work together keeping national interest in mind, there's no reason why India can't achieve its vision of becoming the third largest aviation market by 2020 and the largest by 2030."


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Many will say the moral of the story of Collin Clark, a competitive bodybuilder with Down Syndrome, is that "you have no valid excuses for not incorporating your passion into your life." And that is how I came across this remarkable and inspiring story; via the stereotypical; righteous rhetoric of those who identify as bodybuilders and love to shame the world for not having the same work ethic as themselves. Collin Clark's passionate pursuit of a competitive bodybuilding physique is the latest rallying cry for those who think everyone ought get off their ass simply because "Collin has obstacles and he did it, so why can't you?"
Well, I can't say that interpretation is entirely unfounded. We all need to better incorporate our passions into our lives. Collin's example of bodybuilding is apropos to the rallying cry of "put down your excuses." Yet I can't help think there is another, less personal and more profound perspective that this example offers us as the story travels around the internet and pops up on sites everywhere.
The approach Collin Clark makes towards bodybuilding is a compelling example of how we all may be seeing bodybuilding all wrong. When compared to his perspective, the way we commonly represent the sport seems more a result of spoon-fed marketing concepts than a satisfactory definition of the pursuit.
Commonly, we see bodybuilding as the pursuit of a specific ideal; of an image. We see bodybuilders (generally) as those people aggressively morphing their physical shape to best match a set of standards based on an imaginary vision. While we individually all hold that we are exceptions to this rule, there is no denying that the general gestalt of bodybuilding – especially in it's competitive form – is about people trying to become something other than what they are, at least in shape. It's a commonly exemplified as a denial of what we are, not as an embracing of what we love. But that is how Collin embraces it; as an expression of things he loves, and in no quote I have yet heard has he suggested it is about not being who he is.
Collin is not trying to "not have down syndrome" by pursuing competitive bodybuilding. He is not trying to transform into something he is not or gain some shape he doesn't yet possess. Should change happen, it is ancillary to why he loves the work. He is just being a bodybuilder. And he has down syndrome, too. He is just Collin Clark. And there is nothing about how he understands bodybuilding that suggests he should do any more than pursue the work of his passion.
Think about that for a sec. This all suggests that "successful" bodybuilding may not be what we all typically believe it is. There is nothing about dedicated work of bodybuilding that suggests we ought be seeking something else. That is just not in the definition of the practice. Through Collin Clark we can see that fact clearly and vividly; he is showing us how his "gains" and "transformations" are not the result of pursuit of something beyond him, but rather the result of celebrating something within him. The sport of bodybuilding, apparently, is not about a quest for an ideal shape after all, it seems. When boiled down to it's practices – the way Clark represents it – bodybuilding becomes something far less about self gain, and far more about self giving.
And we have to stop making excuses for bodybuilding, and just accepting that "it is what the world says it is." Collin Clark did not let that excuse halt him, and instead makes the pursuit his own. He finds passion in having a purpose, and that purpose happens to be the work of bodybuilding. The challenges Clark may face as a bodybuilder with Down Syndrome are not represented as obstacles which deteriorate his progress towards achieving some ideal. And that fact says a lot about Collin, but perhaps says much more about bodybuilding. When we look at this sport through the filter of Clark's work, bodybuilding becomes something about your character, not your physique.
Collin proves that, in truth, bodybuilding is not about who gets the best results, but perhaps about who finds the most joy in the practice.
But, of course, we are far down the rabbit hole; we can't change the widely held idea that bodybuilding is about "getting something else other than what you got." It will continue to be seen as a quest for an external ideal rather than a practice of personal fulfillment. Not to mix metaphors, but we just can't put that genie back in the bottle. Especially because there is an industry that relies on bodybuilding maintaining that idea, and works hard to promote this version. We are stuck with an idea that this sport is about the destruction of one identity for the hopeful acquisition of another.
But Collin is not making excuses; he is not letting what the world says define him or his passion. Collin is just not doing what we all typically consider bodybuilding.
He is doing something better.
And it is something we can all do, too.
Collin's version of bodybuilding seems to be about honoring himself, without prejudice and vain comparison. It's about being proud and excited for what he is, no matter what that means. He is thrilled to be a bodybuilder, and he is fulfilled by engaging his passion. And he makes no excuses about that. It is not about whether he has met a standard set by an industry. For Collin, it is all about welcoming passion into his life. And that is what "makes him" a bodybuilder.
Maybe we can all learn from this other lesson taught by watching bodybuilder Collin Clark. Specifically, that no matter what your goals are, do not let them steal from your love of the work; do not let the pursuit of prizes rob you from he riches of the journey. Being who you are is not the result of what you are, but the result of what you do.
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Boost for Government as PwC report shows corporation tax rate is 12.4pc
Ireland's business tax system is the "most effective" in Europe, with a real corporation tax almost identical to the official 12.5pc rate.
A report from accountants PwC and the World Bank found that the real corporation tax rate in Ireland stands at 12.4pc, while the red tape associated with paying tax in Ireland compares favourably with just about every other EU country.
The report will likely be welcomed in Government circles, given the pressure the State has been under to increase its corporation tax rate.
The study - 'Paying Taxes 2015' - looked at how countries manage their tax regime and the overall burden companies face when complying with tax law and the frequency of payments a company has to make every year.
According to the study, a typical Irish company spends nearly half of its total commercial profit in taxes, spends two weeks dealing with its tax affairs and makes a tax payment nearly every six weeks.
Globally this compares to the typical company paying over a third of its commercial profit in taxes, spending over seven weeks dealing with its tax affairs and making a tax payment every two weeks.
As well as that, the report also shows clearly that Ireland's official corporation tax rate is the closest to the "real rate" out of all Eurozone countries.
There is a difference of just 0.1pc between the official 12.5pc rate and real rate of 12.4pc.
That is in stark contrast to the likes of France, which has an official rate of 33.3pc but an effective rate of 7.4pc, and Luxembourg, where the official rate is 21pc but the real rate is only 4.2pc.
"Ireland is a strong, transparent, open, rules-based system," said PwC Ireland head of tax Fergal O'Rourke.
"That means that no matter who you are, what you do and where you do it in the country, you get the same tax answer."
Meanwhile, European Commissioner for Agriculture Phil Hogan has said the Union's plans for harmonising corporation tax rates is likely to be revisited next year.
The common consolidated corporate tax base has been discussed regularly by the EU since the financial crisis, but has never been followed through on because of difficulties agreeing the basic tax rate. However, after revelations about Luxembourg's tax regime it is now likely to move back on the agenda.
"The college of commissioners will be anxious to have it on its work programme," he said.
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GIS for Facility Management - Introduction
We have been honored to be asked by the International Facility Management Association (IFMA) to write a white paper entitled "GIS for Facility Management". This is the second chapter in the series. A full copy of the paper can be downloaded from the IFMA web site. We would like to thank Manhattan Software and ESRI for their support of the white paper.
Chapter 2 - Introduction
Our world is growing smaller by the day and, as a result, business processes that just a few decades ago involved only a relatively small business footprint now span campus, regional and national borders. This phenomenon is increasingly evident in the realm of facility management. Yet the tools and applications that professional facility managers use to manage buildings, capital assets, maintenance, infrastructure – and a dizzying array of business processes – were not designed to be truly scalable. Thus, these tools and applications are not ideally suited to meet the requirements for managing broadly geographically dispersed portfolios of physical assets and business processes.
Out of necessity, the facility management application industry has adopted architectural floor plans as the common denominator for viewing the built environment. This is understandable because architectural floor plans, and by extension, computer aided design (CAD), historically represented the only media available for understanding and interacting with buildings and their contents and associated workflows. The progression from hand-drawn floor plans to CAD drawings, and now building information models (BIM), is essentially a progression from single floor plate views to whole building representations. To be truly effective across geographies the tools used to manage these distributed and disparate assets and workflows need to be able to scale far beyond individual buildings and individual site maps.
CAD was conceived as a set of tools and applications for design and construction. By contrast, geographic information systems (GIS) were conceived of and developed as a technology for managing information related to entities across the landscape. The value proposition for utilizing GIS for facility management business processes is not as a replacement for CAD and other enterprise facility management applications, like integrated workplace management systems (IWMS). The true value of GIS to facility management is as a complementary technology that, when integrated with the myriad facility management technologies and applications already in use, provides much greater benefits than the sum of its parts.
While CAD traditionally was concerned only with buildings and building interiors, GIS focused on what is referred to as the landscape or exterior environment. Neither technology crosses the boundary of the other, yet business processes do not have such artificial boundaries. There are many examples where facility management processes cross these boundaries:
• Utilities – Power and water would not be of much use if they stopped at the outside of the building.
• Maintenance management – Maintenance workflows require work both inside and outside buildings and across the entire supply chain.
Before GIS, there has not been a single technology that provides a holistic view and supports integrated workflows that place the material components of these workflows into their real world, landscape-level context both inside and outside the built environment. Only GIS can do this effectively because it is the only technology that has the ability to scale across any expanse, from the individual asset within a building to a virtually global context. This is not to say that GIS can replace CAD and, more importantly,
BIM. When a workflow calls for interaction with extremely detailed construction and engineering information within a structure, these tools are by far the appropriate choice and can be accessed (integrated) from the GIS, similar to any other application. When the workflow calls for managing assets simultaneously inside and outside of the built structure, GIS is the only option for a
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"Bright Eyes"
Here's an unlikely recipe: Take classic emcee skills coupled with evolving lyrics, add pop sensibility with a dose of rock dynamics and stir. What you get is something the literary legend surely never thought he'd be a namesake to. Vonnegutt.
Taking to form in early '07, the band quickly began generating a buzz for their refreshing and unique blend of hip-hop & rock. By the summer of 2008 they earned a coveted spot on the Vans Warped Tour in Atlanta. By 2010 they were recording with Big Boi, of the Grammy award-winning duo Outkast, performing with the likes of The Clipse, B.o.B., Chiddy Bang, and DONNIS, joining Big Boi on stage for late night television appearances, becoming part of Manchester Orchestra's Favorite Gentlemen Artist Community, and being invited to perform at Lollapalooza and Austin City Limits.


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Refine your search for walks in Bedfordshire
This walk takes in a variety of the landscapes of Central Bedfordshire: heathland, woods, meadows, arable land and even a short stretch of market gardening. It starts and finishes in the RPSB nature reserve. Lunch time refreshment is available at the Thornton Arms in Everton.
This is a thoroughly enjoyable walk with lots of variety, all on the more elevated parts of Bedfordshire. The fields are open so there are plenty of views, but there are stretches of woodland, three interesting villages and plenty of wildlife. It is no more than a guess, but I would think keen bird watchers might find it worthwhile to tote field glasses. At worst it will give them a closer look at the aerobatics over Biggleswade airfield.
A fairly level Bedfordshire walk starts from Woburn and passes through the extensive grounds of Woburn Abbey to reach Eversholt. The return route includes the opportunity to have lunch in Milton Bryan and a further section of walking through the Abbey's extensive parkland.
This is a pleasant walk through the Bedfordshire countryside with a variety of scenery and some interesting points of interest along the way.
Only a short distance from Bedford, this is really a delightful rural ramble in the home country of John Bunyan, starting on open uplands, descending to the plain surrounding Bedford and finishing through a stretch of woodland reserve. (The latter only in spring through autumn; in winter a longer alternative must be taken.) There is opportunity for refreshment near the end of the walk. It could be combined with walk 1130.
This fairly level Bedfordshire walk starts from Woburn and passes through the extensive grounds of Woburn Abbey to reach Eversholt. The return route includes a further section of walking through the Abbey's parkland.


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28 Sep Love Legend – "Mahmud and Maryam"
On 25 September 2013 at 28 Cinema the pre-premiere screening of the film "Mahmud and Maryam", cinematographed by eponymous novel by Elchin Afandiyev. The event was organized by Nargis magazine. The sponsor of the event was RETEMS AQUACompany.
Elchin Afandiyev, Abulfaz Garayev, the Minister of Culture and Tourism , Nargiz Pashayeva, the Rector of Baku branch of MSU, Alper Joshgun, the Ambassador of Turkey Republic in Azerbaijan, Mehmet Ada Oztekin, the Film Director , Sevda Kaygisiz, the Producer, including participated in the event.
The leading parts in this extremely beautiful movie were performed by Aras Bulutynemli, Turkish actor and Yeva Dedova, actress from Kazakhstan, who appeared at the party in dress of exclusive collection by Jan Atelier. It was nice to see in the movie perfect Azerbaijani actors – Fakhraddin Manafov and Malahat Abbasova. The event was opened by Ulviya Rahmanova, Chief Editor of Nargis magazine. She greeted guests and thanked everybody, who contributed their force to make this showcase.


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Fast-developing organisations have a range of business objectives that provide a direction for their actions and drive them forward, particularly in markets that are prone to change and innovation. In recent years few market areas have changed quite as much as that of hotels, where there has been a general recognition that consumer groups have different and changing requirements.
This case study outlines how Travelodge quickly established itself as the leading brand in the budget hotel market and how it is now consolidating this position through embracing the Internet technologies needed to create competitive advantage in the 21st century.
Many leading businesses have gained their positions of prominence by identifying consumer needs that are poorly provided for and then presenting business solutions to satisfy consumer requirements. Having provided the solutions to customer needs, the intelligent business will then seek to improve its product in line with ever-rising customer expectations.
Travelodge is an example of a leading brand which has been created in a relatively short space of time. Today, nearly everyone has heard of Travelodge, yet the first lodge only opened in 1985. Travelodge recognised the need for budget accommodation when it created the sector in the UK, with the opening of the first lodge at Barton-under-Needwood, a 20-bedroom property on the A38 near Burton.
Today Travelodge has over 200 properties in the UK and Ireland providing more than 10,000 bedrooms. Travelodge now has properties in most major towns and cities. The 200th site opened in the city of London in July 2000. This was a 140 bedroom Travelodge just off Liverpool Street in Harrow Place.


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Situated in the picturesque village of Murrick, County Mayo, at the foot of Ireland's holy mountain, Croagh Patrick, Bertra House is a 3- star, family-run farmhouse with free parking. Blue-flagged Bertra Beach is a 5-minute walk from the property.
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John 5:19-30, Hebrews 9:24-28, Malachi 4:1-3
Christ returns at the end of time to judge all people, which brings fear to those who do not believe, but peace to those who believe and have waited for his return. The lilies and sword symbolize Christ's divine mercy and judgment upon the innocent and guilty.
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Kerry Washington gives powerful speech about equality at GLAAD Media Awards (VIDEO)
Kerry Washington received the Vanguard Award at the GLAAD Media Awards on Saturday and her speech was simply stunning and passionate.
"We can't turn a blind eye to the reality of each other's existence and the truth about each other's hearts. We must be allies. To be represented is to be humanized," she said.
Kerry Washington is my hero!
GLAAD Media Awards
• Vanguard Award: Kerry Washington
• Stephen F. Kolzak Award: Roland Emmerich
• Outstanding Film – Wide Release: The Imitation Game (The Weinstein Company)
• Outstanding Drama Series: How to Get Away with Murder (ABC)
• Outstanding Comedy Series: Transparent (Amazon Instant Video)
• Outstanding Individual Episode (in a series without a regular LGBT character): "Identity Crisis" Drop Dead Diva (Lifetime)
• Outstanding TV Movie or Mini-Series: The Normal Heart (HBO)
• Outstanding Music Artist: Against Me!, Transgender Dysphoria Blues (Xtra Mile Recordings)
• Outstanding Daily Drama: Days of Our Lives (NBC)
• Outstanding Comic Book : Rat Queens, written by Kurtis J. Wiebe (Image Comics)
• Outstanding Digital Journalism Article: "31 Days of PrEP" [series] (Advocate.com)
• Outstanding Blog: Autostraddle (autostraddle.com)
• Outstanding Daytime Program Episode: "Cementerio homófobo" Caso Cerrado(Telemundo)
• Outstanding Television Interview: TIE: "En cuerpo ajeno" Un Nuevo Día (Telemundo) and "Intolerancia familiar" Realidades en Contexto (CNN en Español)
• Outstanding Documentary: "Identidad sin fronteras" Panorámica (Univision/Pivot)
• Outstanding Local TV Journalism: "Cobertura de Spirit Day" [serie] Noticias 34 (KMEX-Univision 34 [Los Angeles])
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I am inspired by Japanese ink paintings, which look upon not what is seen, but what is not seen. Sumi ink paintings emphasize that the white empty space of an image is symbolic of that which is unexpressed: the perfect imperfection. My work incorporates the notion that negative space is not merely an inactive, stable support for solid objects, but rather represents a dynamic force both within and around objects we refer to as solid. More than a passive background for the real subject, the negative space is as much a focal point as the positive subject.
The writer Goethe once wrote, Good and evil are two sides of the same coin. Static and dynamic, positive and negative, beautiful and grotesque: I believe that all things are interconnected. With this body of work, I have expressed an approach to seeing objects in a context beyond dualistic mechanisms in order to show that dualities are not separate but inherently connected.


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With the expectation of a big rise in the market for 'sensitive toothpastes' in the near term, GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), the largest company in the health food sector, has forayed into this category in India with its biggest global brand, Sensodyne Toothpaste. This has been launched across all metropolitan and Tier-I cities.
'Sensitive teeth' is a condition where one feels a sharp, short pain in the tooth while eating or drinking anything hot, cold or sweet. Most consumers are unaware of this as a problem.
The incidence of sensitivity in India is currently estimated at 17 per cent, as against 25 per cent globally. And, only four per cent of all sensitivity sufferers visit a dentist.
The toothpaste category in India sees Rs 2,720 crore (Rs 27.20 billion) of annual sales, sub-segmented in 'economy', 'popular' and 'premium' categories.
Of this, urban India comprises about Rs 1,850 crore (Rs 18.50 billion). While 'economy' includes Babool, Cibaca, Anchor, etc and is estimated at Rs 530 crore (Rs 5.30 billion), 'popular' includes the Colgate Herbal, Promise, Pepsodent and Close-up brands, with Rs 1,930 crore (Rs 19.30 billion).
Sensodyne is placed at the premium category, with others such as Colgate Sensitive, Vicco, Colgate Total, Meswak and Pepsodent Sensitive, and is estimated at about Rs 260 crore (Rs 2.60 billion), or about eight per cent of the total toothpaste market.
In this eight per cent, Sensodyne would be in stiff competition with many strong regional players like Warren Pharmaceutical's Sensodent and Sensoform, with two per cent, majors such as Colgate Sensitive with 0.9 per cent and JL Morison's Emoform with about 0.6 per cent.
Industry experts say the sensitive toothpaste segment will grow to 12-15 per cent of the total toothpaste market in the next three to five years.
GSK India expects Sensodyne to be the number one player in this category and achieve about five per cent market share over the next three years.
It will be available across all major dentists' clinics, chemists, modern retail outlets and independent retailers, in two variants - Fresh Mint Toothpaste and Fresh Gel, priced at Rs 42 and Rs 45, respectively, for a 40g tube.
Sensodyne Fresh mint will also be available in a bigger 80g pack, for Rs 75.
Sensodyne posted Rs 3,405 crore (Rs 34.05 billion) turnover globally last year and is reportedly the fastest growing toothpaste in the world, with a 17 per cent annual growth rate.
GSK's launch into oral healthcare would be the third phase of the marketing strategy of GSK India, wherein they are trying to bring in global brands to the Indian portfolio.
Earlier moves were with Lucozade, an energy drink, and Breatheright, nasal strips for snoring and nasal congestion.
The 2005-08 strategy focused on improving the brand equity of original brands and adding new sciences to the traditional ones.
From 2008-2010, the company focused on diversifying the existent nutritional category brands such as biscuits, instant noodles and cereal bars.
The company plans to create awareness about tooth sensitivity, through print and TV advertisements, by endorsement through dentists and making consumers experience sensitivity problems themselves at certain outlets.


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A Message from White Buck owners, Allen & Carla White:
Welcome to White Buck Vineyards & Winery. This is an abbreviated version of our story. Allen grew up on a farm here in Union Co and guess the farming never got completely out of his blood. After leaving Union Co after high school in '76 and after 12 years of "education", he returned here in '88 to practice medicine. We had a few acres that were just pasture and weeds, and a bit hilly. Didn't like just paying to have it mowed and tried to think, "what would that be good for?". Started reading about grapes and one thing led to another.
We discovered Kentucky used to be a leading grape producing state and even had the first vineyard society and commercial vineyard in the United States (it sold some of its wine to Thomas Jefferson). After several months of study and talking/visiting other wine growers and specialists at the University of Kentucky, we joined the other grape growers that were establishing themselves in the state.
In April 2009, we planted our first acre and a half of vines. We wanted to plant a variety of grapes as there were many we had read about that sounded good for this area. Almost all are French/American hybrids. The best of both "Worlds". European genes that have good flavor with American genes that provides resistance to diseases and hardiness for the local climate.
We planted 3 varieties each of red and white wine grapes (Marquette, Chambourcin, Cabernet Franc, Frontenac Gris, Vignoles and Traminette). We wanted to experiment with some table and juice grapes and we also planted 4 varieties of those. Since then we have added 3 more varieties (Norton, Diamond and Sunbelt) and around 5.5 acres giving us about 7 total acres at our two vineyards.
In our first planting, we were aided by "Buck" White, Allen's father who continues to have an interest by helping us both bottle wines and harvest grapes. As you have probably figured out, our winery is a derivative of his name. We also have a lot of deer in this area as noted by the deer crossing sign located in front of the winery. For this reason, we have named several of our wines using our deer theme such as "Blushing Buck", "Dancin Doe", "Buck Wild", and "Buck Naked".
Members of the 2008 state wrestling championship team helped plant that first year and we have a tradition of good wrestling in Union Co, hence one of the wines is called "Wrestlers Red". In respect to our local coal mining community, we have named one of our wines "#9"
White Buck is blessed with an awesome staff that enjoys visiting with our visitors! Cheers and thanks for your patronage!
Location & Contact Information:
- 1800 U.S. Hwy, 60 W
Morganfield, KY 42437
- (270) 389-1285
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11:00 am - 6:00 pm Tuesday-Saturday
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You know the drill. You are at a cocktail party. The idle chitchat. The inevitable "So what do you do for a living?". Invariably, when I tell people I am an architect, they follow with, "So what do you specialize in?". I'm always somewhat at a loss on how to answer this. Because I don't specialize.
I'm a generalist. A generalist who's worked on a lot of really different types of building projects. From really simple to mind numbingly complex. From very small to pretty damn big. From straightforward to convoluted. From easy peasy to bureaucratic nightmares. From tens of hundreds in cost to tens of millions. From residential to commercial to institutional to government projects. I've worked with couples and corporations. Non-profits and very much for profits. Little old ladies and captains of industry.
So if I don't specialize, I can't be good at what I do, right? Because if I were good at something, I would keep doing it again and again and become an expert, right?
Niels Bohr, the physicist said, "An expert is a man who has made all the mistakes which can be made, in a narrow field." Frank Lloyd Wright famously said, "An expert is a man who has stopped thinking."
I choose to keep thinking (and occasionally making a mistake), because the projects we do are enriched by the knowledge and wisdom we've gained over the years doing all these different kinds of projects. In the end, they are all architecture. While projects can have components that are unique to them, a door is a door, whether it is in an airport or a church or a home. The first may need to be automatic opening, the next commodious, but easy to open, and the last warm and inviting. If all I had ever done was airports, I might think bi-parting automatic doors were just the thing for the entrance to your home.
An you know what? We like variety. We like new challenges. Doing the same thing over and over is one of the conditions of insanity. And we like to think of ourselves as sane. So our practice has resolutely focused on doing different kinds of buildings.
But we have specialized one thing about our practice. Service. You see, working with all these different projects and clients clarified the one thing that matters to all of them, the quality of the service the architect provides. That's why we stress things like listening well to our clients; doing our research; checking and re-checking codes, ordinances and documents; clearly conveying information to contractors; and building effective design teams. I'm proud of the service Gorman Architects provides its clients. Service its clients love, right along with their building.


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Some say you should bring an umbrella with you even on a sunny day. You'll never know when it's going to rain. Although I hate carrying one myself, I do understand the need to prepare for the unexpected. Life has it's ups and downs, so no matter how smooth things seem to be, there's a chance something might go wrong. And according to Murphy's Law, if can something can go wrong, it will.
I guess the best way to lead your life would be to hope for the best and prepare for the worst.


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AME presents two world premieres by Keene State College faculty members Heather Gilligan and Christopher Swist, as well as works by Robert Paterson and New Hampshire-based composer Spencer Topel at Redfern Arts Center at Keene State College, New Hampshire. AME's residency at Keene State College will also include readings of student works, lectures and masterclasses.
Heather Gilligan: One Mountain*
Robert Paterson: Hell's Kitchen**
Christopher Swist: Cities at Twilight*
Spencer Topel: Vox Nihili
*World Premieres
**New Hampshire Premiere
Robert Paterson, conductor
Gina Izzo, flute
Benjamin Fingland, clarinet
Matthew Ward, percussion
Erika Dohi, piano
Esther Noh, violin
Dave Eggar, cello


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My Fiona just started Preschool and it is fall so that means germ fest!! She used to be sick at least once a month. She has not been sick now in 4 months! How did this happen you ask? Four Theives is a powerful essential oil that boosts your immune system and helps you fight off viruses, bacterial infections, it energizes and uplifts you, and it smells like Christmas! How can you beat that! On kids you want to dilute it with a carrier oil, I love Coconut Oil, it is antiviral itself so that always helps. But you can use Almond oil as well. Costco has a great big tub of organic extra virgin coconut oil for $14. It will last you a long time! So with my daughter I rub coconut oil on her feet first, then I put ONE DROP of Four Theives on my hand and then rub into her feet. You can put cotton socks on them after the oil if you can't get them to stay put long enough for it to absorb. If they are wiggle worms like my Fiona, you will need to! It includes Cinnamon and Clove which are hot oils so you want to make sure you are always diluting this oil especially on kids skin. It also is good to to a small test area first to make sure there is no reaction.
On yourself or other adults, you can do a couple drops, and you can repeat a few times a day when you are sick, and I recommend twice a week during cold season for preventative. The essential oils will build up in your system and help keep your immune system strong all year long.
P.S. I am not a doctor and can not diagnose or treat your illnesses, I am just sharing what works for me. :)


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Faith. Family. Football.
Maybe it's been a long time. Maybe it's your first time at a church. Either way, you are welcome here.
The summer is coming to an end - maybe you are looking to make some final memories with your family before school season takes over. Perhaps you've been looking for the right time to invite your neighbors, your friends at school, co-workers and family - this is your chance.
Join us for church, football games on a 20-foot LED screen, food, family activities, and giveaways - bring your lawn chairs.
Free is always good! - We are offering free popcorn Saturday night and free shaved ice Sunday morning.
At all weekend services September 12 & 13 at our Anaheim campus.
- Football games on a 20-foot LED screen
- Free Donuts before Sunday 9:30 service
- Free kettle corn bag (one per family) Saturday night
- Free small-sized shaved ice on Sunday
- Games: cornhole, life-sized Jenga, trash can pong, small ball, lawn yatzee, and lawn dice
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A name like 'An Epic Label' necessitates music bold enough to justify it. I first became aware of the label with 'Pathways', a striking EP from neo-minimalist producer Martin Thompson. At the time, this marked a conspicuous departure from Thompson's earlier work. The early forays on his own label, SM-LL, are intense and difficult. But this was melodic, layered, accessible. An Epic seems to be the place in which artists can do this — to express a hitherto undisclosed side of themselves.
Over the past few months, Japanese artist Durusin has been pushing his sound into faster tempos under a new moniker: Soo. These experiments are much darker, closer to the murky world of Hidden Hawaii than the HD sheen of SM-LL. But his latest release contains yet another departure, this time into some wonky, lopsided experimental hip-hop. And when musicians digress, 'An Epic' accommodates.
Take the opener, 'Cut'. The beats on this are constantly wrong-footing. They clamber forward with uncertain determination, like a toddler's first steps. There's also 'Lp38' and 'Wan': snapshots of atmosphere overdriven with cassette-tape crunch. One thing that's refreshing about this release is its brevity. Someone like Vladislav Delay or Jan Jelinek may have stretched these jams out to ten minutes or more. But Durusin makes his peace and moves on with haste.
This is what romantic composer Eric Satie would have deemed 'furniture music'. Though not in contempt. It isn't 'furniture' in the sense of being superfluous or decorative. But in the sense that it doesn't impose itself on your personal space. It creates instead a landscape that you can belong to. It exists not to grab your attention, but to colour the air.
Label : an-epic
SM-LL is very pleased to welcome back artist 'Durusin' for the second release on the 'Batch' format, Batch 0001.
Durusin has sculpted a refreshing combination of dub-electronic and modular sound, balancing between melodic moods and minimal rhythmical pattern. From the more energetic pace of 'Kivo' to the calm tones of 'Wazzld', we feel both the 12" and digital offer a unique listening experience specific to its format.
The beautifully cut clear 12" vinyl comes as a 3 track release + 5 track digital extended package.
There is also the option for a 5 track digital only version available for the more digital listener.
Label : SM-LL (UK)
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Default 0001 is brought to you by new SM-LL artist Durusin, providing us two versions of 'Sk'. 'Sk' is a uniquely minimal yet a classically haunting dub sound, that we believe marks the beginning of something rather special.
Default 0001 features a third version of 'Sk' reworked in a slightly more aggressive direction, provided by SM-LL label owner and techno/dub artist Pokk!
22/11/2013 Release
Tracks 1 and 3 dubbed and reworked by Durusin. Track 2 reworked by Pokk!
All tracks mastered by Martin J Thompson. This is Default release No.2 on the label SM-LL 2013.
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APPLICATIONS ARE CURRENTLY CLOSED FOR OUR 2017 Working Farm Program. PLEASE CHECK BACK LATER THIS YEAR FOR THe 2018 Working Farm Program.
"SPACE is one of the few places on Earth where I have felt genuine inspiration happen over and over again; out on the lake or alone at a desk, watching the sky change colors over the Bowling Green or in conversation with fellow artists, sitting around a bonfire or the dinner table deep into the morning, long past the plates being cleared. There is something magic in the air up there."
- Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, member of The Working Farm '14
About the Working Farm
The Working Farm, SPACE's resident playwrights group, offers eight playwrights five fully-subsidized residency weeks on Ryder Farm during the course of the season. While in residence, playwrights each focus on developing a single new work and are strongly encouraged to structure their days and weeks to best suit the needs of their project.
The Working Farm playwrights are in residence together during the first and final weeks of the season (May 30-June 4 and September 12-17, 2017). The remaining residency weeks are scheduled at times of each individual playwright's choosing. During these additional stays, Working Farm playwrights may invite a collaborator (e.g. a director, designer, dramaturg, actor) to join them in residence at the farm. Collaborator stays are also fully-subsidized by SPACE.
During their time on the farm, The Working Farm playwrights are housed in in Ryder Farm's historic buildings, served three daily farm-fresh communal meals, and provided artistic and administrative resources.
While at SPACE, the only requirements of Working Farm playwrights are that they share their work-in-progress at the culmination of their residency and join in the three communal meals daily.
The Working Farm culminates in The Roving Dinner, which takes place during the final week of the group's residency. During this celebration of The Working Farm playwrights, excerpts of the eight developed plays are paired with an eight-course farm-fresh meal at eight historic locations around Ryder Farm.
Following their residency at Ryder Farm, The Working Farm playwrights will be offered the opportunity to have a public reading of their SPACE-developed play at Playwrights Horizons in New York City. These readings customarily take place in the winter or early spring.
Additionally, please note that applicants cannot apply for both The Creative Residency and The Working Farm.
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2016: Eliza Bent, Adam Bock, Alex Borinsky, Cusi Cram, Daisy Foote, Ryan King, Basil Kreimendahl, James Tyler
2015: Heidi Armbruster, Rob Askins, Jeff Augustin, Clare Barron, David Cale, Sam Hunter, Boo Killebrew
2014: Rachel Bonds, Suzanne Heathcote, Dan Lefranc, Max Posner, Jen Silverman, Mfoniso Udofia, Joe Waechter
2013: Sarah Burgess, Madeleine George, Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, Justin Kuritzkes, Greg Moss, Erika Sheffer, Mat Smart


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Ohio State earns high marks in two national surveys
COLUMBUS – The Ohio State University has been recognized as one of the nation's top public universities in two recently released national surveys.
Ohio State is again ranked 19th among the nation's top 50 public universities, according to the U.S. News & World Report's 2008 edition of America's Best Colleges released today. And Ohio State is rated 10th among national public institutions in the Washington Monthly College Guide, released yesterday.
The third annual Washington Monthly College Guide, which measures what colleges are doing to benefit the country, rates Ohio State 12th in the nation and 10th among public institutions.
Ohio State interim president Joseph Alutto said the rankings reflect ongoing progress at Ohio State. "Ohio State is about access to excellence and these rankings reflect our commitment to become one of the world's greatest public research and teaching universities. The rankings are the result of the dedication and hard work of university faculty, staff and students," he said.
The Washington Monthly guide considers three indicators: how well a school performs as an engine of social mobility, its success in fostering scientific and humanistic research, and its achievements in promoting an ethic of service to the country. Scores include the percentage of students on Pell Grants, which is considered a measure of commitment to educating lower-income students; total research expenditures; the percentage of alumni currently serving in the Peace Corps; and the percentage of students enrolled in ROTC.
U.S. News & World Report rankings are based on peer assessment, retention, faculty resources, student selectivity, financial resources, graduation rate performance, and alumni contributions.
Among public institutions, Ohio State ranks alone at 19th this year (last year the university was tied at 19th with the University of Pittsburgh). The publication also ranked Ohio State 57th among all national universities, both public and private, unchanged from last year.
U.S. News rankings, which are based on 2006 statistics, note improvement in several categories. The percentage of freshmen in the top 10% of their high school class increased from 39% to 43%; and freshman retention improved from 89 to 90%.
The publication also lists three Ohio State initiatives as outstanding examples of programs linked to student success. The university's First Year Experience (FYE) program is recognized for helping connect first-year students to the university and the larger community. The publication also cites Ohio State's Learning Communities, residential programs which allow students to take courses as a group. And for the first time ever, Ohio State's Undergraduate Research program is noted among programs that allow students to do intensive and self-directed research.
In addition to the overall institutional rankings, the magazine also annually ranks undergraduate programs in business and engineering. Among both private and public universities, Ohio State's Fisher College of Business was rated 12th in the nation, up from 18 last year. Among public universities, the program is rated 7th.
Among Ph.D.-granting private and public colleges, Ohio State's College of Engineering is rated 25th overall and 14th among publics in the category.
Founded in 1870, Ohio State University is a world-class public research university and the leading comprehensive teaching and research institution in the state of Ohio. With more than 50,500 students enrolled at its main Columbus campus, 18 colleges and 170 majors, the university offers its students exceptional breadth and depth of opportunity in the liberal arts, the sciences and the professions.
Below are the top public universities according to each survey:
The Top 20 Public National Universities
(U.S. News & World Report)
1. Univ. of California–Berkeley
2. University of Virginia
3. U. of California–Los Angeles
3. Univ. of Michigan–Ann Arbor
5. UNC–Chapel Hill
6. College of William and Mary (VA)
7. Georgia Institute of Technology
8. Univ. of California–San Diego
8. University of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign
8. Univ. of Wisconsin–Madison
11. University of California–Davis
11. University of Washington
13. University of California–Irvine
13. U. of Calif.–Santa Barbara
13. University of Texas–Austin
16. Pennsylvania State U.–University Park
17. University of Florida
18. Univ. of Maryland–College Park
19. Ohio State Univ.–Columbus
20. Rutgers, the State Univ. of New Jersey–New Brunswick
20. University of Georgia
20. University of Pittsburgh
The Top 10 Public National Universities
(Washington Monthly)
1. Texas A&M University
2. University of California, Los Angeles
3. University of California, Berkeley
4. University of California, San Diego
5. Pennsylvania State University, University Park
6. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
7. University of California, Davis
8. South Carolina State University
9. University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
10. Ohio State University, Columbus
The Top 20 Public and Private Universities
(Washington Monthly)
1. Texas A&M University
2. University of California, Los Angeles
3. University of California, Berkeley
4. University of California, San Diego
5. Pennsylvania State University, University Park
6. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
7. Cornell University (NY)
8. University of California, Davis
9. Stanford University (CA)
10. South Carolina State University
11. University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
12. Ohio State University, Columbus
13. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
14. University of Washington
15. University of California, Riverside
16. University of Virginia
17. University of Pennsylvania
18. University of Wisconsin, Madison
19. University of Texas, Austin
20. University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill


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When I started out, I felt like it was a lot more work than I was sure I wanted to take on. But as I got more into it, I learned ways to make things easier. And I'm still learning, but here is my blogging process. This is how I find time to blog.
First things first, decide on a schedule. I usually blog at least 3 times a week, but sometimes I try to blog Monday-Friday. You can count on a post for sure Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. The other days are what I call bonus days.
(I'm working on another little project on the side of this blog. Which, hopefully, you'll be able to start seeing more about soon. Until then, you can enjoy what I have here.)
I got a calendar and started scheduling specific posts. I look at my calendar every day and, if I need, I do some switching around or adjusting posts. I schedule new post ideas and then I write notes at the bottom for things I need to do, check into, or anything else I need to remember for blogging.
I brainstorm things to write about. Sometimes this can be the hardest part for me. Since my blog is a pretty broad niche (things that I love an want to share) I have a lot of things that I can write about. One way that I found that helps to come up with these ideas is to look through magazines. A lot of them have articles like "10 ways to have the best yard" so when I see those it always helps me come up with my own "10 ways to..." posts.
But for most of the things I write on my blog, I come up with them during my day. There are a lot of things that I think of during the day and that I like enough that I want to share with all of you. When I think of something I want to post, I write it down on my list and then it gets scheduled.
Writing the post is the fun part, but sometimes I struggle with the way I want to write it. I usually write it all, then let it set until the next day, when I go back to it and revise it. Then I start adding pictures or graphics. I let it set another day and then go back to it again to make sure I'm still liking the flow. If not, I change it. If I am feeling good about it. I schedule it on Blogger to post on the day I want it to go live.
The day before it goes live, I check over it again. Make any last minute changes that I need. Fix spelling and grammar errors and then save it. It goes live the following morning.
That's not the whole process though. I still work on that post by advertising it. The day it goes live, I share the link twice on Facebook and Twitter and sometimes on Pinterest and Instagram. The more people who see those posts the better. I think that's my least favorite thing about blogging though. I've never liked posting my own stuff on social media. I feel like I'm being pushy when I do.
Then through out the day, when I have a few minutes here and there, I will answer to comments, or emails from readers.
Blogging can take a lot of work. It's definitely a big hobby and It is definitely something that, when possible, you should be paid for. But it's more than that for me. I've really loved being able to put my thoughts down someplace and share my favorite things with my readers. I've also loved getting to know other bloggers who comment on my blog or that I read from regularly.
Do you have a creative routine?


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Be a fanboy or be a skeptic, but there's a working fixed-lens RED Scarlet on this very planet.
Interesting times, these. We've got inexpensive 35mm-ish cameras rife with artifacts, acouple of reasonably-priced not-quite-35mm camera with great features, and a 35mm PL-mount camera with a price perhaps not befitting its consumer codec. Add to the mix a 3K raw-shooter with RED's impeccable codec and the promise of some juicy frame rates, but a 2/3" sensor that seems positively tiny these days and a conveniently-cybernetic, but love-it-or-leave-it lens. Will Scarlet find love from folks more concerned about frame rates, latitude, and gradability than with depth of field so shallow you have to choose which eye is sharp? Will such shooters be content with a finite set of focal lengths, in exchange for a presumably reasonable price-point?
Sometimes even remembering that last year's Academy Award winner for Cinematography was shot on 2/3" sensors and the Best Picture winner was shot largely on Super 16mm isn't enough to quel that nagging feeling that bigger is better, even if it's bigger, softer, and sizzlier.
RED is betting that you like some sanity with your cinematography. Do you?


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Designed by renowned architect Lash McDaniel and built impeccably by Kitchell, this more than 7,000 square foot estate rests on the west side of coveted Mummy Mountain; a highly sought after location. What an opportunity to move into this exclusive neighborhood! This home is the best value opportunity you will find on the market in this area.
Highlights include: hand-plastered curved walls, soaring ceilings, clestory windows, views from every room, a gourmet kitchen, a rich wood wrapped library, a backyard paradise with pool and spa and one of the most spectacular guest casitas in all of PV; offering 2 bedrooms, 2 baths and 2 kitchens!
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On 22nd October, Federal Environment Minister Tony Burke announced that he will allow Australia's 2 largest Coal Seam Gas projects to proceed because he believes that they will not 'adversely impact upon the environment' . The conservation sector firmly disagrees and is calling for an overhaul of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act) to ensure that mining activities are subject to a greater level of scrutiny. It is simply unacceptable that our governments continue to approve mining activities that have not been proven to not impact up the Environment, Agriculture and Community health. The fact that both farmers and environmentalists now stand side by side opposing CCG and UCG projects in the Surat Basin is a strong indication that these types of project should not go ahead and the State and Federal Governments should take heed of that. Cougar Energy's Underground Coal Gassification (UCG) project near Kingaroy was shut down 2 months ago due to the discovery of carcinogenic chemicals Benzine and Toluene in Department of Environment and Resource Management (DERM) Monitoring Bores near by. Kingaroy is the 'Peanut and Navy Bean Capital of Australia' meaning a large proportion of Peanut Butter and Baked Beans sold around the world have ingredients sourced from the Kingaroy region. If these chemicals are present in the groundwater, even in minor amounts, there is a risk that they may have contaminated both food items that are sold and consumed all over the world. The truth is, even though these CCG projects might create 10,000 jobs, they threaten food security in Australia as the Surat Basin produces vast amounts of Australia's food for both domestic and export consumption. You decide, what's more important, profit in the pocket of greedy offshore investors or food in the tummies of Aussie kids?
Federal Environment Department gives green light to CCG in Surat Basin, what's next?


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Friday, April 24, 2009
At Last~Enfin~
The daffodils are resplendent!
The Scillas are bluetiful!
It's all coming together nicely this year..slowly..but surely...
Another little busy day..But outside small miracles are happening..and inside ..miracles brighten the days..
We ate a very light dinner.. we are going out for dinner tomorrow and we both wanted to KISS tonight..
In La Presse..a Montréal French newspaper we get.. last week... the food section featured..Escargots:) They are back IN with a vengeance here..
One of the recipes featured "Escargots Nests"..
Well I just had to:) They became "Le Must" of the week..
Delicious little marinated morsels baked in Kataifi nests..
Not only are they pretty. enough to eat:) But they are very good also..
IF you love escargots like we do..
La Recette~
You can always simmer your rinsed escargots in a bouillon..
But I have found lately that marinating them long enough in the marinade of choice is sufficient.
1 Tbsp Olive Oil
1 Tbsp finely grated ginger
1 tbsps Soya Sauce
1 tbsp freshly squeezed lemon juice
Melted Butter
Take some Kataifi and cut in pieces..
Add melted butter to form small nests and place in mini muffin cups.
Add your marinated escargots and bake for ap 12 mins at 350 F.
Until the nests become slightly golden.
Place on serving dish and drizzle some marinade.
They would have been perfect for Easter also.
Nests..I love them..I have finches in our birdhouses and they are bringing me great joy .They are so so cute!
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Monique, I'm so happy Spring is in the air for you. Oh, I think I would like your esargot nests. All your pics are lovely and cheerful.ReplyDelete
yum yum.....so many beautiful photos in your blog !!!ReplyDelete
I haven't had escargot in ages! I remember loving them in garlic butter - not nearly as 'au courant' as yours!ReplyDelete
Whenever I think of escargot now I am reminded of the scene in Pretty Woman where the escargot shell goes flying across the restaurant :)
I am so happy your garden has awakened. It makes your heart sing!
When in Canada, my husband rates a restaurant on the onion soup. I rate it on the escargot. (I'd probably have them for breakfast if they were offered.) I've never seen them in the 'nests', but I'm sure I'd love them served this way. What a unique presentation! NancyReplyDelete
What beautiful little nests - I haven't had escargot in ages. I'm so glad spring has come your way.ReplyDelete
J'aime votre printemp les fleurs! Your photos are so gorgeous. I haven't had escargot in a very long time - yours looks delicious!ReplyDelete
Monique...simply gorgeous!ReplyDelete
As always!
Glad that Spring is there for you, at your place. Love the daffodils.ReplyDelete
We had four finches years ago and they were such fun little birds to watch ~ always so lively and happy.
Enjoy your weekend


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For over 55 years the Stylmark showcase rolling doors has been recognized as the finest in the industry. These doors move effortlessly at the touch of a finger, while adding security to your showcases. These security doors feature anti-jump, rolling door hardware, which engages the door bottom to flanges on the track and prohibits removal of the door when it is locked. Should your design require hinged doors, be assured that Stylmark can provide these with the same level of quality.


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Enterprise is a crucial engine of economic growth. Without enterprise and entrepreneurs, there would be little innovation, little productivity growth, and few new jobs.
Entrepreneurial success does not take place in a vacuum. Entrepreneurs exist in the context of their particular geography – be that their local, national, or even supranational economy and society.
This mix of attitudes, resources, and infrastructure is known as the entrepreneurship 'ecosystem'. The Global Entrepreneurship Index is an annual index that measures the health of the entrepreneurship ecosystems in each of 137 countries. It then ranks the performance of these against each other. This provides a picture of how each country performs in both the domestic and international context.
The GEDI methodology collects data on the entrepreneurial attitudes, abilities and aspirations of the local population and then weights these against the prevailing social and economic 'infrastructure' – this includes aspects such as broadband connectivity and the transport links to external markets. This process creates 14 'pillars' which GEDI uses to measure the health of the regional ecosystem.


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Documentarian Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy on Her Oscar-Winning Film About Honor Killings
Before presenting the Oscar for Best Documentary Short, Louis C.K. explained why the award was his favorite of the evening. "This is the one Academy Award that has the opportunity to change a life, because, I'm happy for all of you, but you came here winners and you're leaving millionaires," he said. "This is Best Documentary Short. You cannot make a dime on this. These people will never be rich as long as they live. So this Oscar means something, because all they do is tell stories that are important."
That Oscar, of course, went to filmmaker Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy for her documentary A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness, which looks at honor killings in Pakistan. The short film, which premiered this week on HBO, tells the story of Saba, a 19-year-old Pakistani woman who was shot and left for dead by her father and uncle after she eloped with a man her family considered inferior in class.
Remarkably, Saba survived the murder attempt, and her father and uncle were brought to trial. In Pakistan, there's a law that allows "honor" murderers and attackers to be released from prison if they are forgiven by the victim's family, or, in the case of Saba, the victim herself. Though Saba wanted them brought to justice, she was pressured by her family and the town's male elders to forgive her father and uncle. They were released, like hundreds of other men who have killed "dishonorable" female family members. (According to the Aurat Foundation, in 2014, over 700 women were victims of honor killings in Pakistan.)
After Obaid-Chinoy walked on stage to accept her second Academy Award—her first was for her short documentary Saving Face, on acid attacks in Pakistan—she gave one of the most moving acceptance speeches of the evening. "This is what happens when determined women get together," she said. Obaid-Chinoy thanked "all the brave men out there, like my father and my husband, who push women to go to school and work, and who want a more just society for women."
We spoke by phone with Obaid-Chinoy about her Oscar speech, the prime minister of Pakistan's reaction to the documentary, and what comes next for the activist filmmaker.
How did you stumble upon Saba's remarkable story?
I've been wanting to do a film about honor killings for a long time. But the problem with telling the honor killing story is that the victims never survived. I really wanted to tell it from the perspective of someone who was living through it. We looked for a number of stories and a number of people who could tell this story effectively, and we had a lot of starts and stops. One day I was reading in the newspaper and saw that a girl had been shot and she had been thrown in the river, in what had appeared to be an honor killing, and she survived miraculously. She was taken to a local government hospital, so we tracked down the hospital and called them. The head of the hospital knew who I was, had heard of my work, and encouraged me to come down. My team and I went out there and met Saba, and she was just made for the camera. She was made to tell the story. She was very angry and passionate. Her family, her in-laws, were very open with us filming, so we literally got on the ground running.
Did Saba ever have any reservations about being filmed?
Her in-laws wanted her story told. And she said that she wanted to be an example so that what happened to her didn't happen to anyone else. She wanted her father and uncle to also be made examples of. She said she wanted to make sure that everyone in the country understood that this was a horrible crime. The only resistance we faced initially was from her mother and sister, who, because her father was in jail, were not willing to speak with us. But the mother after a while decided that she too wanted her side to be told.
How long did you film?
We filmed off and on for about a year.
Are you still in touch with Saba?
Yes, I'm in touch with her. I just spoke to her yesterday. She's just had a son. She's very excited that her story has ignited a massive conversation in Pakistan and has moved the prime minister to make a commitment to change the law. She told me that if the law does get changed she would like to go to the capital and thank the prime minister herself. For a young woman who is barely literate—she only studied until grade five—to have galvanized the country to rethink honor killings is a testament to her, to the power of storytelling, and the power of the film.
How has her family reacted to the film?
Well, many members of her family have not seen the film. Of course, the Oscar nomination and win are everywhere in the papers. And we are beginning to screen the film in schools and universities and community centers. And then it will eventually be on television here in the next couple of months.
In your Oscar speech you said: "This is what happens when determined women get together." Who were the group of women who helped you along the way to tell this story?
My co-producer Haya Fatima Iqbal is a young Pakistani woman, she did a lot of heavy lifting with me on the ground. Sheila Nevins and Lisa Heller from HBO, who green-lighted the project from literally the minute I emailed them about finding this young woman. Tina Brown, who came on board and gave a lot of support on the project—it was Tina who ignited the conversation about wanting to do a film on honor killings. She had heard a story in Pakistan about a young woman who had been killed. At the same time, I was looking to do a film on honor killings, so it all kind of worked out very well.
What I wanted to say with that statement is that when women get together they can seriously kick ass. All of the decisions were made by women. If you think about it, Saba told her story, Haya and I were doing the heavy lifting on the ground. Lisa and Sheila at HBO opened the doors for us, and Tina was the one who gave us a lot of material support. All of us coming together just made that happen.
I'm sure that was incredibly rewarding for you, since you were making a movie about a country that in certain areas treats women like second-class citizens.
Look, I'm a Pakistani. I was born and raised here. So Pakistan can produce women like myself. If you look at Malala, she's very outspoken. Of course she's had many setbacks because she's so outspoken, and I too have had many setbacks because I'm outspoken. But the truth is that we come from Pakistan; our ideas, the way we think of the world, the way we approach things, it all comes from being here. So I always think Pakistan is schizophrenic, because it produces people like us but then it also has people like Saba in there, and that has a lot to do with opportunities and education and awareness. You know I had the opportunity to have an education. My parents allowed me to work.
You made a point to thank your parents in your Oscar speech for always pushing you to get an education. Was that uncommon for women where you grew up?
It was not uncommon, but I was the first woman in my family to go to college abroad. Everyone went to college in Pakistan. My parents took to the decision of sending me to America. I went to Smith and Stanford. I have five sisters and one brother. We're a unique family in Pakistan because all of my sisters work; they run companies; they run Internet start-ups. They encouraged us all to go to college in America, and then we all came back to Pakistan. [My parents] said we could do whatever we wanted to do, and it didn't matter if we were born a girl or a boy. My father would always purposefully call us "his sons." That shaped the way that we are and the opportunities that came our way.
The reason that I also thanked the men who champion women is because we often look at women and what they achieve as the singular thing. But the men in our lives have a huge impact on who we are. There are so many men working, who desire a more just society for women. The prime minister of Pakistan, who has watched the film, was moved by the film, even asked for the laws to be changed.
How has the prime minister vowed to change the law?
Right now the law allows for forgiveness. The film shows you why forgiveness should be off the table completely because there are many societal pressures and the law is manipulated. It's a great disadvantage for women. The government is drafting laws now and we are hoping they are taking forgiveness off the table.
Your previous Oscar-winning short documentary, Saving Face, was about acid attacks in Pakistan. Are there other countries you would like to make films about?
I've made films all over the world! I've made films in over 10 countries. I just recently finished a feature that premiered at Toronto film festival, which was about a woman from Bangladesh, who formed the world's first all-women all-Muslim peacekeeping unit in the U.N. They were stationed in Haiti and Congo and I followed them for two years. The film is called A Journey of a Thousand Miles: Peacekeepers. There was a CNN film in Afghanistan called Lifting the Veil. I've done films in Iraq, Jordan, Syria, South Africa, the Philippines, Saudi Arabia.
Are they mostly about women?
They are mostly about marginalized communities, refugees, women. In the Philippines I did a film about access to contraceptives and how the Catholic Church has frowned upon giving access to them and that's led to an underground abortion industry. In South Africa I made a film about xenophobia and how black South Africans feel like Zimbabweans and Nigerians are coming into the country and taking resources away from them. I did a film in Iraq, Jordan, and Syria about the bombings and how they affected children. I did a film in East Timor about gang violence.
I also saw you directed and produced the most successful animated film in Pakistan's history. That sounds like such a departure from the rest of your work.
One of the things that is severely lacking in Pakistan are heroes for young children. We are a country that has one of the youngest populations in the world. And we don't have original programming for children at all. We don't have television shows for children; we don't have movies for children. Everything is borrowed from Hollywood or Bollywood from India. So a few years ago, I decided to create animation for children because I wanted our kids to have their own heroes, and that's how this film came about. Now we're working on part two.
Other than the sequel to that movie, what comes next?
I'm actually writing a book. It's a travel book across the country that looks at grassroots change in this the country. I'm plowing through the first draft now!
You don't stick to just one medium. You do documentaries, cartoon movies, and now you're writing a book.
At the end of the day, I'm a storyteller. It doesn't matter what medium I use, whether I'm using animation, or documentaries, or writing a book, I'm telling stories. And I realized the power of storytelling is enormous.
This interview has been condensed and edited.
A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness is available on HBO Go and HBO Now.


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Race Against Pain
When Boston Scientific needed a way to attract viewers in pain to their site, we created a behind the scenes video with one of their patients. When one writes a check to spread a message, the natural instinct is to "get their money's worth" by showing the brand too much or fill it so full of corporate platitudes the viewers disengage and the message with the check goes in the wood chipper. In medical marketing, less is always more.


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The New York Times says curls are back in style. So, it's time to bust out the mousse. Also, commit these 10 curly hair hacks to memory.
What happens when you actively go out of your way to speak to strangers for a week? (The Science of Us)
When runway shows are considered performance art, it actually leads to more diversity in race, body type, and culture. (Washington Post)
Finally, here are three simple tricks to keep you from drinking too much. Have a safe Labor Day, everyone.
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Steamy sexual education class goes quite wild
Teacher, can I lick your pussy for a better grade?
Cock sucking is always followed by pussy pleasing
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Bombshell in class fucks her horny teacher
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Busty teacher Ava Addams sucks a thick dick
Cheerleader teasing a jock with her incredible tits
Can his cock handle these hot middle aged pussies?
Hot blowjob during a sexual education class
Nerdy Noelle Easton has a naughty side too
Happy girl gets dominated after class by her professor
Two busty teens share one throbbing cock
Lesbian schoolgirl having fun in the bathroom
Wizard nailing a luscious redhead with his stiff wand
Bending Ivana over and smashing her cunt
Who said prom nights have to be boring and dull?
Tattooed guy fucks a ravishing professor
Tantalizing brunette gets bent over the table and fucked
Amazingly slutty college student loves cock
Salacious student doing her dirty professor
Tattooed MILF fucked by a lucky young hunk
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Beautiful blonde gal Nina gets a sexy treatment
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Horny brunette gets penetrated in the school bus
Hot slutty teacher giving the punhisment
Jelena has a wet pussy in need of a fucking
Superb titty-fuck and deep throat blowjob
Hot babe gets her twat penetrated by the teacher
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Beautiful schoolgirl will happily eat her principals dick
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School girl receives an extra blowjob lessons
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Its a really hard way if you want to get an A
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Worldwatch Paper #151: Micropower: The Next Electrical Era
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Author: Seth Dunn
Publication Date: July 2000
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Electricity is returning to its origins: generating power on a relatively small scale, close to where it is actually used. Technological, economic, and environmental trends are turning a family of "micropower" devices into increasingly viable choices for meeting electrical needs. Use of these generators can avoid expensive investments in large central power stations and transmission and distribution systems, provide greater reliability, and leave a lighter ecological footprint.
Micropower is emerging in two niches. In industrial nations, where aging grid equipment causes costly flickers and outages, growing dependence on digital, computerized processes is creating demand for highly dependable power. In developing nations, where centralized supply is even more brittle and has yet to reach 1.8 billion people living in power poverty, small-scale electrical services are often already the most economical option.
Despite its benefits, micropower must currently compete in an environment of policies and regulations that favor the central model. Failure to reform these market rules may result in another generation of marginally improved, large-scale technologies. The risk of lock-in to last century's model is especially great in the developing world, where most new electricity demand will occur.
Notwithstanding these obstacles, the potential of micropower has begun to spark innovative financing and institutional reforms among governments, businesses, and nongovernmental organizations. Further changes may transform the way we generate and use electricity in the twenty-first century
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"If you haven't done so already, begin to make your way into Shavasana. Lying on your back, arms either open and receptive at your sides or else one hand finds your heart, one finds your stomach. Eyes close. Release any control of breath you may have maintained throughout your practice. Relax your body.
"Once you've established this quiet, relaxed space, try to stay present. Feel the mat, or the floor, underneath your body. Feel the air circulating around your skin, entering and leaving your body with breath. Be present."
My breath releases in a sigh as I turn my attention from my students to my smartphone.
I check my email, then glance up and look around. Everyone is still relaxing, so I check Facebook, then look up again. My students twitch, shift, and breathe, struggling with the difficult task I've set them: remaining present, relaxing, trying not to fall asleep. Occasionally they don't succeed and gentle snores fill the studio, but at least they're trying – unlike me.
Over the last several weeks an embarrassing irony has grown in the back of my mind: I tell my students to remain present and then immediately check out myself.
How did this happen? I wonder and, perhaps more importantly, What can I do about it? Do I want to do anything? Do I need to?
Your first response might be an eye roll and a disgusted, "Easy – leave your phone with your shoes. Phones have no place in the yoga studio anyway."
Generally, I agree with you – for students anyway – but here's the thing: I (and easily 75% of the yoga teachers I know) use my (our) smartphones for music during class.
Now, your next response might be, "Well then, just don't look at it."
Yes, obviously, I've thought of that. I've even been a bit better about not looking since I've noticed myself doing it, but I haven't stopped completely. Like many modern smartphone owners, I'm accustomed to checking my email every 10-15 minutes (at most) and going an entire yoga class without can be challenging.
Not only that but, as a self-publishing author, I have so much that might be in my inbox. It could be correspondence from that author I emailed last week, it could be my cover artist with a new sketch for me to look at, or it could be any number of, if not vital, then at least vitally interesting things demanding my attention.
Plus, my students all have their eyes closed. It's not like I'm giving dialogue. I'm not taking away from their experience, I'm just decompressing from a solid 50-60 minutes of being "on," fully present, in the moment, engaging my students. It's hard to understand how tiring this is if you haven't done it. It's like giving a lecture for an hour, except you are moving, walking, adjusting.
It's somewhere between a class and an improve performance. After all that work, I deserve a little break right?
Well…maybe, and maybe not.
It's true that my students are supposed to have their eyes closed (and many may be mortified when they read this), but what if they didn't? What if they glance up at the front of the room and see me there, on my phone – what kind of message does that send?
Or, worse, what happens when I press the center button on my phone too long and Siri's beeps shatter the stillness (oh yes, that's happened). Or I forget to turn the sound off on my phone and the letters from Words with Friends bubble onto the screen, "Boo-boo-boo-bup." Yep, that has happened too.
Those are the worst things that have come of my consumption.
Here are some of the good things:
1) As mentioned, it helps me decompress for class, which is especially important if I'm going to teach another one in 15 minutes.
2) It helps me get through shavasana.
This is an entirely new aspect of the problem. I like giving long shavasanas.
When I was a Teacher Trainee, I was told that yoga classes should warm up, culminate in a peak pose (like half moon, or full bound side angle), then begin to slow down, and end in shavasana. However, for me, the peak pose is shavasana. It's the culmination of all the work my students just did and I want to give them plenty of time to absorb that work – particularly because many teachers only leave a few minutes at the end.
I have absolutely nothing against that style. As a student, I frequently appreciate short shavasanas and grow frustrated and antsy when an instructor leaves me there "too long." This is precisely why I hold my students there. It's hard, and it's work, but I think it's important work that I want to share with my students…I just don't want to do it myself apparently.
Here's another thing: it's even harder for me to sit quietly in shavasana as an instructor than experience it as a student, probably because instead of putting my body through a demanding asana practice I've just spent the last hour focusing as hard as I can on my students. I've become hyper attentive to their every twitch and movement, and I feel self conscious as I watch them struggle to remain still. I begin to have doubts.
Am I leaving them in the pose too long? Should I say something? Offer something to focus on…What else can I do?
However, the best thing I can do for them is set them up then say nothing. Using my smartphone may be a crutch, but it helps me shut the hell up and let my students have their own experience in shavasana.
The answer, I think, is one familiar to most yoga practitioners: I'll have to make it a practice.
In an ideal world, I would like to be able to use my smartphone to play music (aka as a tool), then sit with my students through a beautiful ten minute shavasana without resorting to the distraction that my phone provides. However, it's a bad idea to walk on a broken ankle without support. Sometimes we all need crutches.
The trick is recognizing when it's time to let the crutches go.by


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Pit Bulls & Parolees: Cleveland Edition
minus the whole parolees thing... Pitbulls & Parolees is a show about an A-freaking-MAZING woman who takes pitbulls in, and rehabilitates (with the help of recent parolees) them for adoption. When I saw the name of the show I thought, 'great, this is really gonna put the pit in a good light.' Turned out it actually does. The spotlight is on the pitbull and his general good nature. The show focuses on the abuse but also highlights the fact that the dog can get better. The parolees help rehabilitate and they seem genuinely affected by the mistreated dogs that they come upon. Some even seemed ashamed like the abuse is something they could have done. The beauty of the show is that pitbulls are seen in a positive light, they are not seen as the monsters they are often portrayed as. Tia Torres, the owner of the Villalobos Rescue Center is saving the pitbull, one at a time. What a woman.
Potato, our pitbull, has given us so much life and happiness. He is an amazing dog and I truly wish I could adopt 10 more pitties. Someday. Someday.
How could we not love this guy? All he does is cuddle and sleep.
Sleeping w/ Chef
Sleeping w/ the boy
Sleeping w/ the boy (again)
Sleeping w/ Michaela (Biggie's baby doll named by Catcher after Meghan Fox's character in Transformers)
Disclaimer: the Chef may have been was drinking all day at the schvitz before this video was filmed.
If you are in the market for a Potato pitbull I suggest checking out For The Love of Pits. Shana Klein runs the joint and has been doing amazing work with pitbulls adoption. She is currently seeking a home for Moses, an abused pit that was found chained up with a dead dog in a basement of someones house. Disgusting. Please contact her if you can help out, fostering, adoption, donation, anything.
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