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Feagin Leader Valentine Esposito Receives Wilburt Davison Award
Valentine Esposito (FL '17) recently won the Wilburt Davison Award at Duke Medical School. Each Advisory Dean presents one award to who they feel is the best all around medical student. Congratulations, Valentine!
Feagin Leader Valentine Esposito Receives Forever Duke Student Leadership Award
Valentine Esposito - Feagin Leader and President of the Feagin Alumni Network - won the Forever Duke Student Leadership Award in recognition of her contributions to the Duke community. Congratulations, Valentine!
Feagin Leaders Match into Residency Programs
Feagin Leadership Forum Agenda Announced
We are thrilled to share this year's agenda for the annual Feagin Leadership Forum!
Feagin Leader Aarti Thakker Reflects on Work in Eldoret, Kenya
Feagin Leader Aarti Thakker was recently featured in The Albert Schweitzer Fellowship news blog to discuss her research as a Doris Duke International Clinical Research Fellow in Eldoret, Kenya. She sough to figure out what happens to patients when they are referred between the various facilities within the Academic Model Providing Access to Healthcare (AMPATH) program. To read more about Aarti, her research, and her observations, read the full story here.
2017-2018 Annual Report Released
The Annual Report for this past year was just released! We encourage you to peruse highlights from a wonderful year, including publications by our scholars, the annual Forum, the creation of the Feagin Alumni Network, and more.
Feagin Leader Aarti Thakkar Selected as 2018-2019 Doris Duke International Clinical Research Fellow
Aarti Thakkar (FL '18) was selected by the Duke Global Health Institute (DGHI) to be one of three Doris Duke International Clinical Research Fellows for this upcoming academic year. She will be conducting research in Eldoret, Kenya with the goal of strengthening referral systems of hypertensive care.
To read more, visit: https://globalhealth.duke.edu/media/news/dghi-welcomes-three-new-doris-duke-fellows-0
We are Thrilled to Announce the 2018-2019 Feagin Scholars!
Anna Burke, Healthcare Team Lead at Amazon, Discusses the 2018 Forum
Spontaneous Meeting in the Feagin Community
With the Feagin community expanding every year in size and reach, it was perhaps inevitable that a spontaneous meeting would occur. Feagin scholars Krystina Quow and Avionna Baldwin were celebrating their 5th year reunion at Duke University when they recognized a badge that said "Feagin" at an event. Sure enough, the men were Dr. Feagin's sons, Rob and Randall! The group had a great conversation about their experience in the program, as well as how excited they all were for this year's upcoming forum. We look forward to many more surprise reunions within the Feagin community for years to come.
Feagin Leader Valentine Esposito Receives Scholarship to Attend Duke Alumni Women's Weekend
Feagin Leader Valentine Esposito was selected to receive a scholarship to attend the 2018 Duke Alumni Women's Weekend in February. This event, sponsored by the Duke Alumni Association, draws over 450 alumnae, administrators, faculty, and students for an engaging weekend of collaboration, engagement, and networking.
We hope Valentine will be able to share some of the leadership skills she learned through the Feagin program with other women in the Duke family, further disseminating the lessons and ethics of our curriculum.
Feagin Scholar Aarti Thakker featured for Schweitzer Fellowship Project
Feagin Scholar Aarti Thakker was recently featured in the Duke School of Medicine blog for presenting what she learned from her Schweitzer Fellowship project at Duke Medical School's annual Consortium of Longitudinal Integrated Clerkships Conference.
Her project focused on the program Duke Hotspotting Initiative (DHSI), through which teams of medical students work with patients from diverse socioeconomic backgrounds, particularly with complex medical needs, to ensure that appointments are both set and attended. Conference attendees were inspired to start similar projects at their own schools.
We invite you to read the full blog post here: https://medschool.duke.edu/about-us/news-and-communications/med-school-blog/durham-singapore-sharing-strategies-improve-patient-health.
2017 Feagin Leadership Fall Newsletter Released
We hope you enjoy browsing recent news and highlights from the Feagin program and our scholars in the 2017 Feagin Leadership Fall Newsletter:
Registration Now Open for 2018 Feagin Leadership Forum!
Registration is now open for the 2018 Feagin Leadership Forum, Influencing Others: Leading Effectively Without Authority. To register, please visit https://events.duke.edu/feagin2018. Please note that attendance is by invitation only. Thank you.
Feagin Scholars Attend General H. Hugh Shelton Leadership Forum
The Feagin Scholars were privileged to attend the 16th Annual General H. Hugh Shelton Leadership Forum at North Carolina State University. This forum, an annual seminar series, highlights the importance of leadership development and aims to create a more dynamic dialogue about values-based leadership. To learn more about the center, event, and speakers, visit: https://sheltonleadership.ncsu.edu/shelton-leadership-forum/current-form/.
Feagin Scholars Meet Surgeon General West
A group of our scholars were given the opportunity to view a Duke Men's Basketball practice alongside Surgeon General Nadja West. The outing was part of a COLE/Coach K conference hosted by the Duke Business School.
Feagin Leadership Team Wins Shelton Leadership Golf Tournament
A Feagin Leadership Team won the Shelton Golf Invitational Tournament hosted by the NC State Foundation for the fifth straight year in a row on Thursday, October 12. The tournament supports the General Hugh Shelton Leadership Center's educational programs and scholarships. The tournament theme was Honoring Those Who Serve, and the event recognized veterans, National Guard, Reserve, and active duty military personnel, as well as those who support our troops and their families.
Feagin Leaders and Alumni Explain the Positive Impact of the Feagin Leadership Program in the International Journal of Medical Education
Kevin Anderson, Mary In-Ping Huang Cobb, Rathnayaka M. Gunashingha, Nathan H. Waldron, Andrew Atia, James R. Bailey, Joseph P. Doty, Jane H. Boswick-Caffrey, and Dean C. Taylor published the article, Improving Medical Leadership Education through the Feagin Leadership Program, in the International Journal of Medical Education to describe the Feagin Leadership Program and how it has addressed the dearth of physician-leaders in the American healthcare system.
We invite you to read and shrae the open-access article: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28817379
Rizwan Ahmed, FL '17 Awarded Best Research Presentation by ASPS
Rizwan Ahmed, MD, FL'17 was awarded Best Research Presentation at the 2016 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) for his presentation, "Here Comes More Sun Shine: Industry's Payments to Plastic Surgeons." Dr. Ahmed's presentation was selected out of more than 100 other presentations.


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More than a third of users have downloaded apps in the build up to the royal wedding, which goes ahead on the 29th April.
Users on average downloaded two Royal Wedding apps each and 53 per cent said they were planning to celebrate the wedding in another way aside from the app.
Nearly one in five smartphone users paid for their apps, with the average price being 79p, while 23 per cent downloaded the apps because they were free.
The poll, conducted by discount website My Voucher Codes, suggests that the wedding has captured the imagination of the public, over a billion of whom worldwide are expected to watch the couple's special day on television.
Earlier this week it was announced that the wedding would be broadcast live on YouTube meaning it has the potential to be the most interactive event ever.
The poll, which surveyed 1,653 smartphone users over the age of 18, also discovered the apps had commemorative value with two thirds of users downloading them because they wanted 'something to remember it by'.
It marks a huge shift in the way the public celebrated Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer's wedding in 1981, when plates, coins and tea towels were common commemorative purchases.
"I am quite surprised at the number of people that have downloaded Royal Wedding apps," said Mark Pearson, chairman of My Voucher Codes. "I didn't think that many smartphone owners would be all that interested in them.
"It would seem that many people are downloading them in order to have virtual memorabilia of the day. There are so many apps out there dedicated to the impending Royal nuptials; they add another level to the celebrations."
Further data released this week revealed that the Royal Wedding is being mentioned every ten seconds online on news sites, forums, blogs, Twitter and Facebook.
Research by search marketing specialist Greenlight found that there had been 158,00 Royal Wedding related posts since the start of March with 60 per cent of those coming in the past week.
Popular topics of discussion include Kate Middleton's long-awaited dress design, the guest list and the possibility of Prince Harry, William's best man, forgetting or dropping the ring.

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It's not everyday you get to spend your morning in one of the most beautiful mansions in Illinois! What an amazing way to start the day, let me tell ya!
I could already feel the love in the air when I stepped inside Vrooman Mansion for the first time. The scent of old books greeted me as I took in the rich wallpaper, a different deep shade in every room. I could hear laughter from upstairs and turned my attention to the grand staircase. I travelled up and settled in the pink room, where the gorgeous bride sat beaming- smiling through the swishing and the dabbing of makeup being applied. If you know Natalie at all, you know she is too excited to sit still. The most sweet and charming young woman you could ever meet.
You could say she is quite loved, too. After spending some time with the girls, a couple of the bridesmaids pulled me aside to fill me in on a BIG surprise. I could hardly keep the silly grin off of my face when I learned that the groom, Kyle, had gotten his bride the ultimate wedding gift...I'll let you scroll through the photos to see if you can figure out just what his special gift was!
Now, mind you, this was only the beginning of my day! After so much fun already, I parted with the girls to meet the guys. They were dressed and anxious, rehearsing a dance the entire wedding party had planned for the reception. Their laughter was contagious! And as the day went on, so many more laughs were shared...and maybe a few tears, lots of hugs, and a couple smooches here and there!
Just check out those dance moves! <3


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by Jeremy Harris
Black History Month is the perfect excuse to celebrate the Harlem Renaissance, a flourishing of African-American culture that lit up the creative landscape of the 1920s with its epicenter firmly located in New York City's Harlem neighborhood.
Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B. DuBois :: The sociologist and activist W.E.B DuBois was in many ways the father of the Harlem Renaissance, and in this, his most important work, DuBois made a claim for the re-thinking of African-American identity that was to resonate with a generation of African-Americans. DuBois was himself a remarkable figure—the first African-American to receive a Ph.D. from Harvard University, he wrote many books, founded the Niagara movement, which opposed Booker T. Washington's policies of conciliation and fought for the rights of African-Americans to vote and enjoy the same privileges as other Americans, Souls of Black Folk memorably and movingly describes DuBois' dawning awareness of his "double consciousness" as an African-American, "this sense of always looking at one's self through the eyes of others, of measuring one's soul by the tape of a world that looks on in amused contempt and pity. One ever feels his twoness,—an American, a Negro; two souls, two thoughts, two unreconciled strivings; two warring ideals in one dark body, whose dogged strength alone keeps it from being torn asunder."
"The Negro Artist and the Racial Mountain" by Langston Hughes :: One of the central debates of the Harlem Renaissance was over the question of what art, specifically African-American art, was meant to do. Should the concern of black artists be to counter white stereotypes or simply to portray black life as realistically and authentically as possible? While DuBois thought the former, a younger, more militant generation of black artists, most prominent among them the poet and novelist Langston Hughes, aimed to show all of black life in their art. In this essay, published in the Nation magazine in 1921, Hughes criticizes those middle-class blacks who are ashamed of their race and calls on African-Americans to embrace their own heritage and "indigenous" art forms, such as jazz.
Cane by Jean Toomer :: Blending poetry with sketches of black life in the South and North, Toomer's Cane is one of the literary masterpieces of the Harlem Renaissance. Toomer was a racially mixed man who could pass as white and, according to Henry Louis Gates and Rudolph P. Byrd, often chose to.
Every Tongue Got to Confess: Negro Folk-Tales From the Gulf States by Zora Neale Hurston :: Though best-known for the classic (and staple of high school English curricula) Their Eyes Were Watching God, Hurston began her career carrying out anthropological field work in the South. This collection of her sketches from her travels in Florida, Alabama, and New Orleans show how central the African-American experience in all parts of the United States, not just in Harlem, were to members of the Harlem Renaissance.
Carl Van Vechten :: Van Vechten was one of the most unusual figures of the Harlem Renaissance. A prototype of what Norman Mailer would later call the "White Negro," Van Vechten saw himself as a champion of African-American culture, and though his involvement in the movement was controversial, he was instrumental in bringing the work of African-American writers and artists to a wider public. A novelist, dance critic, and Gertrude Stein's literary executor, he also photographed many of the Harlem Renaissance's prominent figures, including DuBois and Zora Neale Hurston.
Aaron Douglas :: The visual arts were central to the Harlem Renaissance, and Douglas's African-influenced modernist murals caught the attention of the leading intellectuals of the movement like Alain Locke and W.E.B DuBois. Douglas's best-known work were the illustrations he created for James Weldon Johnson's books of poetic sermons, God's Trombones.
"T'aint Nobody's Business if I Do" by Bessie Smith :: More than any other singer, Bessie Smith embodied the spirit of the Harlem Renaissance – its emphasis on race pride, its uncompromising view of the value of African-American lives.
"Black and Blue" by Louis Armstrong :: Originally written by Fats Waller for the musical Hot Chocolates, "Black and Blue" became, in Louis Armstrong's hands, a defiant statement on what it was like to be black in America (Ralph Ellison riffs poetically on the song in his great novel Invisible Man.)
The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross :: Henry Louis Gates' sweeping survey of African-American history provides a good general background to the movement and his section on black popular arts and film of the 1920s is particularly helpful.
Against the Odds: Artists of the Harlem Renaissance :: Focusing mainly on the visual arts, this documentary shows how art and politics were inextricably linked for members of the Harlem Renaissance. Interweaving still photographs and archival material, the documentary traces the history of the movement from the 1919 race riots through the 1920s and 1930s. .
Langston Hughes' "The Weary Blues" :: Jazz cadences and rhythms can be found throughout the poetry of Langston Hughes and in this spoken reading, Hughes reads his own poetry to jazz accompaniment, from a broadcast of "The 7 O'Clock Show", 1958.
This article originally appeared in the winter 2015 issue of home/school/life magazine.


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Stumbled across the great erotic scandal du jour? Man in his late thirties seen in the company of three different companions – one of them a blonde, one a redhead, and one of them Stephen Fry – shocker!
The details of this outrage have been a source of fervent tabloid joy: the redhead the possessor of "vampish" scarlet nails; the blonde going under the Twitter epithet of "long legs, blonde hair, I love kittens"; Fry… Actually, no one seems to care about Fry's manicure or penchant for felines.
However, the really corking aspect of the tale is that the Lothario in question is none other than Benedict Cumberbatch, serious actor and seriously unconventional object of the nation's girlish lust.
If you are yet to get with the programme on this, then come to terms with matters now: Cumberbatch, 37, may be skinny, geeky looking and possessed of a head whose dimensions he himself compares to Sid the Sloth in Ice Age, but he is universally deemed hot as Hades.
A throbbing sea of female fans greeted him when he landed in Tokyo earlier this month, all politely hysterical as if he were five One Directions rolled into one, and despite the fact that he has the world's most awful hair. Grown women greet him with posters proclaiming: "Benedict, I'm pregnant and it's yours".
The most embittered cynics swooned when they saw him officiate at a friend's civil partnership ceremony in Ibiza recently. Type the letters BEN into Google and up Cumberbatch springs. And let's not even go there about the dubious fan fiction (think Sylvie Krin goes porn).
Oh, and the man can also act, as those fortunate enough to have witnessed him on stage in the flesh (flesh!) can testify. Celluloid appearances include War Horse and Star Trek into Darkness, although it has been his mastery over the small screen that has made his name.
Arguments abound as to which of his heroes is the more coruscating, the more intrinsically "him". His celebrated stint as a postmodern, tight-buttocked Sherlock Holmes? Or his turn in the Stoppardian drama Parade's End, in which he played stiff-upper-lipped Christopher Tietjens with such poignancy that the nation's womenfolk never quite recovered? "I just wanted to take him home and give him a good bath," gushes a friend. "Well, and the rest."
Such ardent enthusiasts have even coined a name for themselves: "Cumberbitches", aka "The most glorious and elusive society for the appreciation of the high-cheekbones, blue-eyed sex bomb that is Benedict Timothy Carlton Cumberbatch, 221B Baker Street."
Its hero dismisses the term as demeaning. And there lies point number one in the inventory of Benedictine appeal: niceness. Not Tim Nice But Dim banality, but affability with edge, which, in another age, might have been referred to as "charm".
Female crushes can prove rather mystifying to the unfair sex, and Cumberbatch provides the consummate opportunity to watch and learn. In a mass observation exercise on the subject of his hotness, I unearthed the following:
BC's quirkiness makes you feel that he would also be "rather interesting" – no deathly pauses over the dining table, no desperate recourses to weather talk. On and off-screen he seems witty, not least modestly so at his own expense – modesty and manners being the two qualities "most perilously underrated by the modern male". He also appears pleasingly discerning, meaning that you would feel suitably aglow to be on his arm. His intensity could be, and I quote, "put to excellent use". And he is: "Slightly reptilian – in a good way." OK, this latter one makes no sense whatsoever, but, whatever it translates as, Ben's got it going on.
The result is a man who gets mobbed. As he remarked on the site Cumberbatchweb, his recent birthday saw him deluged with: "Hundreds! And hundreds and hundreds! [of] cards, paintings, foods, clothes, cups, fans, bags and hundreds and hundreds of amazing letters and messages of love and best wishes."
The sainted one added: "Could you please put the time and energy, money and effort you put into those gifts… to me into doing good for someone else? I simply think if the number of people who threw love my way did so to people that need it far more than me, that would be a wonderful feeling for us all… All my love, Benedict X."
When you then learn that his answer to being asked his greatest achievement was a plaintive: "I wish I could say 'children'," you begin to suspect the man of the most shameless manipulation.


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Winesolution Wine Shop
Bringing you a fresh approach to wine
A family-run wine shop which has it's own range of wines. Also with wines from all over the world and a range of English wines and beers. Just come along and have a chat with people who know their wine...
Visit our shop where we supply over 100 different wines from around the world, a fine selection of spirits and of course our own ever popular brand of wine: The Dulce range. We also have a little wine boutique where we sell anything wine related and more. We also offer 15% discount on a case of any six wines.
Winesolution is small independent wine merchant & wholesaler owned by the Elliott family located near Taunton in the English rural county of Somerset.
We believe wine should be fun and enjoyed by everyone. That's why when you visit us you may find you linger longer than you would in other shops. Whether to marvel at our fantastic array of wines or simply chat, if you're not careful you'll find yourself transported back in time to an age where the customer mattered and life was a little less rushed. We only sell wines we drink ourselves. Fine wine and plonk sit comfortably together on our shelves, waiting patiently for you to discover them.
You will find us respectful and ready to answer any questions you may have, no matter how daft you may consider them. Of course we don't always have all the answers but we won't pretend we do, we can always learn together.
So come and visit us, take the stress out of buying your wines and take advantage of our unique pricing structure.
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Water safety Water safety
Aucklanders love getting out on the water and new rules designed to keep people safe throughout Auckland's coastal and inland waters are now in place.
Auckland Council's Navigation Safety Bylaw came into effect in 2014. Know the rules and be prepared with the right equipment on board.
- Lifejackets.
- Be a responsible skipper.
- Speed restrictions.
- Avoid excessive alcohol.
- Jet skis and personal watercrafts.
- Water skiing.
- Windsurfers and kitesurfers.
- Divers.
- Moorings.
- You must carry a suitable lifejacket for every person on board your vessel.
- If your boat is 6m or smaller, everyone on board must wear their lifejacket unless the skipper says it is safe to remove it.
- Lifejackets must be worn on all vessels in times of increased risk.
Be a responsible skipper
- Every boat must have a skipper.
- The skipper is in charge of the safety of everyone on board and should know the
- Check the weather forecast first – if in doubt, don't go out.
- Carry a means of communication: mobile phone, VHF radio, flare or beacon. Communication equipment is an essential part of safe boating - if you can't contact someone on shore to say you're in trouble, nobody can rescue you.
- Tell someone before you go out on the water.
Reduce your speed: around people, vessels and the shore
The speed of all vessels must be no more than 5 knots when the vessel is:
- Within 50m of any other vessel.
- Within 50m of any person in the water.
- Within 200m of the shore, any structure or vessel flying a dive flag.
Speed-restricted areas
A permanent speed restriction applies in the following areas:
- Bon Accord Harbour (Kawau Island) – 5 knots.
- Waitemata Harbour (Harbour Bridge to North Head) – 12 knots.
Avoid excessive alcohol
Alcohol can affect your ability to react when something goes wrong on the water:
- The skipper in charge of a vessel must not be intoxicated.
- Drinking alcohol could increase the likelihood of you ending up in the water by accident.
- It can change the way your body reacts when entering the water.
Search for the nearest boat ramp, access tide times and get local information.
Jetskis and personal watercraft
- You must observe the
5 knotspeed limit as for all other vessels.
- You must register your personal watercraft and display the registration number clearly on the vessel.
- Jetskis and personal watercraft must be registered for Auckland, Northland, Waikato and Bay of Plenty regions. Find out more about registering your jetski or personal watercraft.
- Enjoy your personal watercraft but please show consideration for other water users.
Water skiing
Access lanes for water skiing are marked by orange and black posts on shore and/or orange and black buoys.
Use these access lanes when departing or approaching the beach if your vessel is travelling at more than 5 knots.
Important water skiing rules:
- You must observe the
5 knotspeed rule at all times.
- All ski boat drivers must be over 15 years of age.
- Any vessel towing a water-skier must have on board an observer in addition to the driver.
Windsurfers and kitesurfers
- When using your windsurfer or kiteboard you must keep clear of any person in the water. Minimum 50 metres if travelling at more than 5 knots.
- Enjoy your sport but please show respect and consideration for other water users.
For your own safety always:
- Dive in pairs.
- Avoid diving in areas where there is a lot of boat traffic.
- Display the International Code "A" Flag from your dive vessel (this must be a solid replica of the Code"A" Flag and be a minimum of 600mm in the hoist).
- If diving without a vessel, please make your location conspicuous by using an appropriate buoy and dive flag to mark your location.
There are a number of mooring zones around the Auckland region. If you wish to permanently moor a vessel anywhere in the Auckland region you will need to first obtain a mooring licence. Find out more about moorings in Auckland.
For full details on how to be safe on Auckland's waterways, please consult the Navigation Safety Bylaw (PDF 4.8MB, 88 pages).


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"Listen, I won a championship. I've been a Finals MVP. I've had All-Star games. I'm on every commercial you see. My life is good. But you have to keep going and keep going. You need things to push you, and I found them. There are always guys that are going to push me. LeBron and Kobe are two of the best talents this game has ever seen. If you want your name to be right there with them, you've got to continue working hard."
Wade's quote reminded me of a book I read last year. In it, professionals from various fields and walks of life talked about who had pushed them to achieve success.
The great Morgan Freeman (pictured above), one of my favorite actors, said he "was not allowed to quit when things got tough. I was not allowed to give up acting and try something else. I was just not allowed. There was always somebody there who gave me encouragement or help."
Several people credited their mothers or fathers with providing the support and positive reinforcement they needed to press on. According to Pablo Picasso, one of the world's great painters, his mother told him, "If you become a solider, you'll be a general. If you become a monk, you'll end up as Pope." He continued: "Instead, I became a painter and wound up as Picasso."
Early in his cycling career, Lance Armstrong wanted to quit a race, telling his mother that he simply couldn't go any further. His mother replied that she wouldn't allow him to quit, even if he had to walk his bike across the finish line. "So Lance walked to the finish line."
Then there's Derek Hatfield, who was in a Trans-atlantic sailboat race when his mast broke. When he finally made it to land, he called his father to tell him he was quitting. "Bring the trailer, I'm dropping out of the race," recalls Hatfield.
His father was having none of it, saying, "I'm not bringing you the trailer. You get back on the boat and go to the finish line."
Hatfield "finished the race and became one of the few people who have ever sailed around the world alone."


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8bandEQ3.0 now for mac!
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Here you go all you apple-heads an update to 8bandEQ3.0 for launchpad now on MAC OSX
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Isn't it great when a series just gets better and better with each installment? That is definitely the case with the Kat, Incorrigible series by Stephanie Burgis. The third, and final, book is the best and that is saying something when the first two were so good. There is so much to love about Stolen Magic.
just days to go before her sister Angeline's long-delayed wedding to
Frederick Carlyle, the impetuous Kat Stephenson has resigned herself to
good behavior. But Kat's initiation into the magical Order of the
Guardians is fast approaching, and trouble seems to follow her
First, Kat must contend with the wretched
Mrs. Carlyle's attempts to humiliate her sister; the arrival of the
mysterious Marquise de Valmont, who bears suspicious resemblance to
Kat's late mother; and Frederick's bewitching cousin Jane, who has
Charles Stephenson tripping over his feet. But when a menacing boy with
powerful magic starts hunting Kat, a dastardly villain tries to kill
Angeline, and the Guardians face a magical robbery that could spell the
end of their Order, propriety becomes the least of Kat's concerns.
Can Kat save her sister's life, the Order of the Guardians, and England itself before it's too late?
Let's pause a moment to admire how gorgeous this cover is. That expression on her face is absolutely perfect. So much of Kat's personality is conveyed in her face there.
I loved the Regency house party set up of Kat Incorrigible (my thoughts) and I loved the mystery and political aspects of Renegade Magic (my thoughts). Stolen Magic combines both of these so it's not surprising how much I adore it. There is more than one mystery going on here and the plot is full of action, adventure, and, of course, magic. I don't want to say much more than that about the story. If you enjoyed Kat's other adventures you will enjoy this as well.
My favorite part of this series is the characters and how they grow and change. Kat is far more disciplined even if her family hasn't quite realized it yet. Lady Fotherington continues to be as vindictive and mean as ever, but watching Kat foil her is one of the most fun aspects of each novel. Charles really comes into his own in this story. The events in Bath forever changed him and watching Kat contend with this new and improved version of her brother is just wonderful. Two new characters are introduced in this book as well and they are both amazing (and that's all I can say about that).
The twists and surprises at the end were delightful, but they definitely had me wishing for more to come. The story definitely comes to a close, tying up the loose ends and story lines begun in the trilogy. It is satisfying, but I just don't want to let go of these characters. I love them all so much. I can only hope someday there will be more.


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Simon Cowell Worried That One Direction Will 'Burn Out'
One Direction are going full-speed ahead -- and it has Simon Cowell worrying about them.
The guys have been working pretty much non-stop for the past few years -- and particularly within the past few months, releasing their fourth studio album mere weeks after concluding their worldwide Where We Are tour. And of course, with 'Four' comes even more promo and another worldwide tour in 2015, aptly named the On the Road Again tour. We're exhausted just thinking about it!
"They can't carry on doing the amount of stuff they've been doing for long because they'll burn out -- it's a high-class problem," Simon told the Sun (quote via Sugarscape). "But they don't complain about working hard." In fact, they pretty much seem to enjoy it.
In a recent interview, the guys tease their upcoming 'New Year's Rockin' Eve' performance and reveal why the holiday is so important to them. (Psst: it's because they're psyched about the future, obvs.)
"You can reminisce on the year and look onwards," Liam explained about their love for New Year's, literally looking, well, onwards. "Into the future. Happiness. What's around the corner?"
He went on to add that the band will be performing "a host of older songs" on NYE, as well as some newer tracks as well. Specifically, the guys will be singing 'What Makes You Beautiful,' 'Story of My Life,' 'Night Changes,' and 'Steal My Girl.' Eek! You can watch them reveal this in the video below.
While the guys are basically running around like five Energizer bunnies right now, the big boss ultimately has faith in the longevity of their career.
"They're going to be around as long as they want to be, because they're talented and good writers -- and they understand their fans," Simon explained.
YAS. 1D forevs.
Swoon City! See One Direction Throughout the Years


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New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc., 1996. B&W half tones. First Edition, First Printing. Boards. SIGNED by Author & Co-Author on half title, 8vo, black boards with gold lettering on spine, Foreword by Louis Henry Gates, Jr., illustrated with several B&W half tones of black figures treated, archival mylar-protected..... More about BLACK PROFILES IN COURAGE; A Legacy of African American Achievement / by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and...
New York: St. Martin's Press, 2003. First Edition, First Printing. Boards. SIGNED by the physician Author on front endpaper, tall 8vo, black boards with silver lettering on spine, Mylar-protected red-black photographic dust jacket (unclipped), [xii] + 323 pages. New York Times Bestselling Author.About the struggle to identify the brutal psychopathic... More about PSYCHOPATH
New York: Brentano's, 1920. First Edition. Decorated cloth. 8vo, olive green quarter linen over white buckram with white paper label & "Non Sans Droict" escutcheon of Shakespeare stamped in green on cover, limited to 550 copies, deckle edges, 261 pages. Useful discussion of Shakespeare's "lost years" and likely early involvement... More about SHAKESPEARE'S LOST YEARS IN LONDON 1586-1592; Giving new light on the pre-Sonnet period; showing...
New York: J. S. Redfield, Clinton-Hall, 1851. Numerous illustrations. First Thus. Decorated and gilt-stamped cloth. 8vo, decorative bind-stamped & gilt-embossed green cloth, illustrated with numerous depictions of insect life, 320 pages. Superb decorative edition of a charming, amusing, and informative mid-19th century American overview of insect life.Author's pseudonym adopts the... More about EPISODES OF INSECT LIFE
New York London: W. W. Norton & Company, 1998. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. Thick 8vo, black quarter cloth over brilliant red boards with gold lettering on spine and front cover, Mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) with painting of lovers kissing by Francisco Hayez, xxxiii + 827 pages... More about THE BOOK OF LOVE; Edited by Diane Ackerman & Jeanne Mackin
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1995. Photographs by & about Wm Blake. First American Edition. Cloth and boards. 8vo, black quarter cloth with gold spine lettering over apricot boards, profusely illustrated with 33 full color & 30 B&W glossy plates with many in-text B&W illustrations, Mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped)..... More about BLAKE; A Biography
New York London Toronto Sydney Auckland: Nan A. Talese / Doubleday. First Edition. Cloth and boards. Small 8vo, black cloth with gilt spine lettering over beige boards, half-tone foggy frontispiece, Mylar-protected photographic dust jacket (unclipped) using man's upper torso by Theodore Gerricault, [viii] + 353 pages + [2} A Note... More about THE CASEBOOK OF VICTOR FRANKENSTEIN; A Novel
New York London Toronto Sydney Auckland: Nan A. Talese / Doubleday, 2006. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. 8vo, light beige cloth and mottled beige boards, Mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) depicing a small Shakespeare portrait within a broken heart against a beige background, [viii] + 213-[214] deckled pages + [2]... More about THE LAMBS OF LONDON; a novel
New York: Collins, 1833. Second Edition. Quarter leather and marbled boards. 8vo, tan quarter leather and marbled boards, 508 pages. Important Collection of Primary Sources and Notes on Ancient Rome. Interesting facts that are well documented.Second Edition expanded with notes from Niebuhr; therefore, highly useful compendium.Alexander Adam (1741 – 1809)... More about ROMAN ANTIQUITIES; An Account of the Manners and Customs of the Romans
New York: The Devin-Adair company, 1962. Photos by Alexander B. Adams. First Edition. Cloth. Small 4to (9 1/4" x 7"), beige cloth with pale blue-green lettering on spine, illustrated with 32 glossy B&W photos and "Points of Interest," map endpapers of Cape Cod, x + [xi-xii] + 148 pages. An... More about THOREAU'S GUIDE to CAPE COD; (Based on Cape Cod by Henry David Thoreau) Edited and illustrated by...
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1896. Second Printing. Cloth. Small 8vo, brown publisher's cloth with gold lettering on spine, xiv Preface by Adams + 393 pages (including an Index). Peter Brooks Adams (1848 - 1927) was an American historian, political scientist, and critic of capitalism. Adams was a great-grandson of... More about THE LAW OF CIVILIZATION AND DECAY; An Essay on History
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1987. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. 8vo, black quarter cloth with gold spine lettering over black boards, Mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) designed by Paul Bacon, [xii] + 247 pages. Douglas Noel Adams (1952 – 2001) was an English author, scriptwriter, essayist, humorist... More about DIRK GENTLY'S HOLISTIC DETECTIVE AGENCY
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1974. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo, beige buckram with gold lettering and brown embossed "Shardik" bear motif on front cover, colored map endpapers of the "Belkan Empire," 604 pages. An attractive copy of the author's second novel.Richard Adams (1920 – 2016) was an English novelist who... More about SHARDIK; A Novel
New York, N.Y. HarperBusiness, 1996. First Edition. Glossy pictorial cover. Small square 8vo (8 3/8" x 8 1/4"), glossy pictorial cartoon boards, profusely illustrated with cartoons and accompanying text by author-cartoonist Scott Adams, protected with a quality archival clear plastic cover, unpaginated [~ 225pp.]. Scott Adams (born 1957) is the... More about DOGBERT'S TOP SECRET MANAGEMENT HANDBOOK; as told to Scott Adams
London: George Routledge and Sons, N.D. First Thus. Decorated & gilt-stamped cloth. Small 8vo, decorative red cloth with gilt and black embossing, title page tissue guard, all edges gilt, xvi + 400 pages. A fun-filled collection by English and American wits in lovely, bright, clean condition. Among the many witty... More about THE COMIC POETS OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY; Poems of Wit and Humour by Living Writers / Selected...
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New York: Random House, 2004. First American Edition. Cloth and boards. 8vo, light tan cloth over beige boards, Mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) with collage of the liner "Leviathan," a man wearing a Derby, a golden Shiva, and an X-ed out photograph of a man standing by a ship railing... More about MURDER ON THE LEVIATHAN; A Novel
New York: Dutton, 1994. First Edition. Cloth and boards. SIGNED by the Author, 8vo, black cloth over powder blue boards, Mylar-protected dust jacket, [xiv] + 110 pages. Winner of the 1994 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. "Three Tall Women" premiered in 1991.SIGNED by the AUTHOR and in Exceptional condition internally and... More about THREE TALL WOMEN
New York, N.Y. Flatiron Books / Macmillan, January, 2018. Jim Tierney. First Edition printed exclusively for OwlCrate. Boards. SIGNED by the Author in gold on special publisher's page, 8vo, illustrated with more than 31 B&W in-text chapter heads & other images by Jim Tierney, gray boards with black lettering &... More about THE HAZEL WOOD; A Novel
New York: HarperCollinsPublishers, 2008. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. INSCRIBED by the Author on the half title, 8vo, black quarter cloth with silver lettering over deep blue boards, Mylar-protected dust jacket (unclipped) with photograph of Medeleine Albright by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders, [viii] + 328 pages. INSCRIBED and in EXCEPTIONAL... More about MEMO TO THE PRESIDENT ELECT; How We Can Restore America's Reputation and Leadership
New York: HarperCollinsPublishers, 2006. First Edition. Cloth and boards. SIGNED by the Author, 8vo, black quarter cloth over burgundy boards, Introduction by President Bill Clinton, Mylar-protected dust jacket (unclipped) with photograph of Medeleine Albright, 339 pages. Exceptional condition! Previous owner's ink signature on free front endpaper.SIGNED by the distinguished former... More about THE MIGHTY & THE ALMIGHTY; Reflections on America, God, and World Affairs
Boston Toronto: Little, Brown and Company, 1913. B&W Photographs. Player's Edition. Cloth. Three volumes published as One, small 8vo, green cloth with gold lettering on spine and cover, frontispiece and 11 B&W photographs from the drama as illustrations on glossy stock, Mylar-protected pictorial cloth with inset photographic panel from the..... More about LITTLE WOMEN; or Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy / Player's Edition Illustrated from Photographs of Scenes...


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My grief has taken some strange twists and turns this past week. I feel like Alice chasing the white rabbit down a winding and elusive hole. It feels like I am falling and I have no idea where I will land.
My father's death has brought up some strange reactions in me. We weren't exactly estranged. Our relationship was more like a distant veneer than the messy truth of human connections. When I remember simpler times from my childhood, I miss him. Many times, though, I forget about his death. It simply becomes lost in all the minutiae of the day. I'll be fixing lunches, brushing my daughter's hair, or matching socks from the laundry when I suddenly remember. Who forgets a parent's death in a week? What kind of a person does this make me?
Other times I am bombarded with confusing and seemingly unrelated feelings. At my son's football practice last night I got caught up watching the older team of kids. Adolescent boys (and one girl) grumbled and groaned and generally proclaimed their angst to their coach. They were made to run extra laps because of their argumentative nature. Two of them commiserated together in a sweaty huddle after the practice. As I watched these teenagers doing what teens do best, I felt an almost palpable kick to the stomach.
In that moment my longing for my teenage boys sucked the breath right out of my lungs. I missed them with a startling ferocity that unnerved me. All of the sudden I was reminded of washing sweaty practice clothes for Marcus. I could almost hear Sean whining and complaining about wanting chinese food for dinner. I was thinking of my foster sons. The foster sons I had hoped to adopt. One of the boys on the field started teasing his mother with that cracking adolescent voice so common for boys in the throes of puberty. That sound can be like nails on a chalkboard. It's awful. And I missed it so badly!
With utter astonishment I realized that I had begun to cry behind my oversized sunglasses. I was staring at this mother-son interaction and crying for the boys I had lost. What was wrong with me? They moved out a year ago. They were long gone. It's a loss I thought I had come to terms with months ago.
And the loss of my father? It is somehow eclipsed by this improbable longing for boys that gleefully tortured me and trampled my heart. Boys who itched to shed the uncomfortable skin of "family," and try things on their own. Boys I thought I'd long since let go of.
Where is my traditional grief? Where are the tears for the parent I've lost? I've shed some, of course. But shouldn't there be more? Where are the feelings I just cannot access? Am I so cold-hearted that they don't exist? Are my emotions so confused that I am grieving the wrong person? Are my true feelings so far down the rabbit hole that they are lost in Wonderland?
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While water damage can be devastating to a home's structure, there may also be a number of hidden, equally devastating effects such as mold, poor air quality, odors and insect and rodent issues. As a water damage restoration technician, you'll need to be able to quickly identify and rectify the cause of the water damage and the devastating effects. Additionally, your business may service homes damaged by fire and smoke and take care of general contracting issues.
Identify a need within your community. If another business within your area provides water damage services, compete by offering additional services not covered by the competition. Other services you might provide include mold remediation, flood work, fire damage restoration, water emergency services, cleaning, smoke and odor elimination, dehumidification, sewage cleanups, debris removal, repairs, water extraction, sanitization, crawl space drying, carpet cleaning and structural drying. Additionally, offer 24-hour service.
Obtain certifications for each specialty that you and your contractors will provide. Dri-Eaz offers a number of restorative drying certifications and is approved by the Institute of Inspection, Cleaning and Restoration Certificate (IICRC), a non-profit certification body. Other certifications to consider are the Water Damage Restoration Technician, the Fire and Smoke Damage Restoration Technician, the Odor Control Technician and the Upholstery and Fabric Cleaning Technician.
Contact your county clerk to obtain a business license and a construction permit, if necessary. Obtain liability insurance and bonding coverage.
Purchase fast dryers, commercial carpet cleaners, dehumidifiers, deodorizing fogger, air scrubbers, water extraction tools for walls and floors and moisture detectors. Dryers range from about $400 to $35,000 for trailer mounted systems. Some dryers come equipped with dehumidification, spot cooling and heating. Purchase safety goggles, gloves, steel toed boots and uniforms.
Purchase a commercial vehicle. On it, paint your company's name, logo and telephone number, as well as the fact that you are insured and certified.
Build contacts with insurance companies and brokers to help ease the claims process for your customers.
Join a water damage network such as Dryout, Inc. to garner more business referrals.
Learn how to bid on contracts in your county.


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Mystics make it six in a row, Atkins has 26 in win over Dallas
The Washington Mystics and Dallas Wings were on two different types of streaks coming into today's game. Washington had five game win streak while Dallas was on a seven game slide. Both of those streaks continued by the end of this one, Washington is now 20-11 on the year after a 93-80 win this afternoon. The Mystics were led by… Read More


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The World's Biggest Gambling Hub Is Adding Facial Recognition to Its ATMs
Macau plans to add security features to ATMs to monitor withdrawals, authorities in the world's largest gambling hub said as the Chinese territory seeks to further tighten restrictions on cash flows out of the mainland. Macau is a special administrative region of China and the announcement of the plans coincides with a visit by Zhang Dejiang, the head of China's parliament and its third-most powerful leader.
Users of China's UnionPay bank card will have to scan their identity card at ATMs, which will use facial recognition technology to verify the user, the government said in a statement.
The statement did not say when the changes would be implemented, but specifically mentioned ATMs around casinos.
Zhang is visiting Macau from May 8-10, and over the past nine months, Macau's gambling revenues have rebounded as more mainlanders take advantage of an easing of President Xi Jinping's campaign against shows of wealth by public officials.
In a bid to support the yuan, China's government has since late-2016 put in place capital controls that make it harder for individuals and companies to move money out of China.
A 2014 Reuters investigation found that many mainland Chinese use state-backed UnionPay cards to circumvent cash withdrawal limits of 20,000 yuan or $3,200 a day, and either use that money to gamble or transfer it abroad.
Customers open multiple bank accounts, and then withdraw cash from each, or use pawn shops in Macau to make fake purchases, the investigation found.
The planned ATM measures come as Macau is proposing changes to its anti-money laundering laws which will strengthen current regulations. The gaming authority is also conducting additional audits on the lucrative VIP gambling sector and more vetting of individual junket operators.


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Windows Ribbon for WinForms library now supports working with the ribbon quick access toolbar.
The result of this post is a yet another sample, "17-QuickAccessToolbar", found on the project site.
What is Quick Access Toolbar (QAT)?
Quick access toolbar resides on the left of the window title. The user can save there common ribbon commands he wants to easily access. A user can add a ribbon button (or toggle button or checkbox) to the QAT by right clicking it and select "Add to Quick Access Toolbar".
The application developer can specify a set of "default buttons" (In the above image: new, open and save). This is done using ribbon markup. Also the application developer can add commands dynamically using code.
One more feature of the ribbon is the ability to save and load the list of commands. Using this feature to save and load the settings between application sessions provides the user with a consistent UI experience.
More details can be found at Quick Access Toolbar on MSDN.
Using QuickAccessToolbar – Ribbon Markup
Following is an example of a views section that uses QuickAccessToolbar:
<QuickAccessToolbar CommandName='cmdQAT' CustomizeCommandName='cmdCustomizeQAT'>
<Button CommandName="cmdButtonNew" ApplicationDefaults.IsChecked="true" />
<Button CommandName="cmdButtonOpen" ApplicationDefaults.IsChecked="false" />
<Button CommandName="cmdButtonSave" ApplicationDefaults.IsChecked="false" />
<Tab CommandName="cmdTabMain">
<Group CommandName="cmdGroupFileActions" SizeDefinition="ThreeButtons">
<Button CommandName="cmdButtonNew" />
<Button CommandName="cmdButtonOpen" />
<Button CommandName="cmdButtonSave" />
As you can see, the QuickAccessToolbar element defines two command names. The first, identified by the attribute "CommandName", is the command for the actual quick access toolbar. The second, identified by the attribute "CustomizeCommandName" is the command for the button "More Commands…" which you can see in the image above on the menu. The "More Commands…" button is optional, but if specified, can be used to open an application defined dialog for selecting more commands into the QAT.
Another thing you can see in the markup is the use of QuickAccessToolbar.ApplicationDefaults element which let the developer specify which items will be in the QAT popup menu. Every item can be marked with IsChecked attribute, in which case the item will appear on the QAT.
Using QuickAccessToolbar – Code Behind
private RibbonQuickAccessToolbar _ribbonQuickAccessToolbar;
public Form1()
_ribbon = new Ribbon();
_ribbonQuickAccessToolbar = new RibbonQuickAccessToolbar(_ribbon,
// register to the QAT customize button
_ribbonQuickAccessToolbar.OnExecute +=
new OnExecuteEventHandler(_ribbonQuickAccessToolbar_OnExecute);
Note that the customize QAT button is optional so if you didn't declare it you should use the other constructor of RibbonQuickAccessToolbar class.
Handling the customize QAT button ("More Commands…"):
MessageBox.Show("Open customize commands dialog..");
The application developer should probably load a dialog that allows the user to select commands and then set them by manipulating the commands list.
Manipulating commands list:
// changing QAT commands list
IUICollection itemsSource = _ribbonQuickAccessToolbar.ItemsSource;
itemsSource.Add(new GalleryCommandPropertySet()
{ CommandID = (uint)RibbonMarkupCommands.cmdButtonNew });
itemsSource.Add(new GalleryCommandPropertySet()
{ CommandID = (uint)RibbonMarkupCommands.cmdButtonOpen });
itemsSource.Add(new GalleryCommandPropertySet()
{ CommandID = (uint)RibbonMarkupCommands.cmdButtonSave });
This code is very similar to the code for manipulating the command list of a gallery.
Saving and loading ribbon settings:
void _buttonSave_OnExecute(PropertyKeyRef key, PropVariantRef currentValue,
IUISimplePropertySet commandExecutionProperties)
// save ribbon QAT settings
_stream = new MemoryStream();
void _buttonOpen_OnExecute(PropertyKeyRef key, PropVariantRef currentValue,
IUISimplePropertySet commandExecutionProperties)
// load ribbon QAT settings
_stream.Position = 0;
You can save the settings in any .NET stream object, usually it should be saved into a file or the registry.
The settings which are saved are: QAT commands list, ribbon QuickAccessToolbarDock property and ribbon Minimized property.
That's it for now,
Arik Poznanski.


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Just joined us? Jump in where you are. Don't feel you have to catch up, or to go back and start at the beginning. Just work on today's assignment. For more information about the challenge, read this post.
In your adolescent years, what were your hopes and dreams for your future? How do you feel about those ambitions now? Did you fulfill any of your dreams as an adult?
- Don't like today's topic? Not everything in the challenge will fit your life or circumstances. Pick something else from thearchive, this question list, or write more on something you wrote earlier.
- Don't judge yourself. Don't edit. Just write. You will edit later. Now it's just about getting it down, for your eyes only.
- If you want to keep going after the 15 minutes are up, go for it!
- Have a question or challenge or triumph to share? Feel free to comment below.


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Day Five/
As days go, this one was pretty unique!
Morning: 7:20 AM
Boy, Gym Leader Erika sure is tough! The team and I continued our assault on the gym. But I'm still experiencing strange blackouts in my memory. One minute I'm caught up in the heat of the battle, the next thing I know I wake up in the Pokémon Center with no recollection of how I got there. I will definitely have to consult the Helix fossil on this matter.
Noon: 12:00 PM
I was successfully able to Defeat Erika for my RAINBOW BADGE! I don't know what we would have done without Dux, relentlessly hacking away at those trees. I was so enthralled with Dux's tree cutting abilities, I may have spent a good few hours exploring Celadon City to find more trees.
After defeating Erika, I ran into a nice man while rummaging through his house, he gave me a special Pokémon! An Eevee I think he said it was called, he went on to explain that Eevee could evolve into multiple types of Pokémon! He also explained to me that soon I will need to cross a lot of water to continue my journey. He directed me to the Celadon City PokéMart, where he said I could find a Water stone to evolve my Eevee!
Mid-Afternoon: 3:30 PM
Well... I had every intention of buying that water stone... but just as I was about to check out... Water stone in hand, a faint red glimmer caught my eye and something just told me I needed to buy a fire stone instead. It may have cost nearly every dollar I had, but I think it was money well spent. After consulting the Helix fossil, I took my remaining money and went up to the rooftop and bought what was probably the most delicious soda pop of my life.
Afternoon: 5:24 PM
Oh JOURNAL, What have I DONE!? How could I be so careless? There were so many buttons, UP, DOWN, LEFT, RIGHT, A, B, START There were JUST SO MANY BUTTONS! How was I to know what to press?!! Before I knew it, I had released my beloved Rattata Jay Leno!, and to make the situation even more catastrophic, my Charmeleon, Abby, was also released in the madness. Have I done something wrong? Did I anger the Helix? Maybe buying that fire stone wasn't the best idea after all? At least I managed to pull Eevee out without incident…
Late Afternoon: 7:32 PM
I'm okay. I'm okay, Journal. I've calmed down a little bit. I consulted the Helix, and I know this is just a part of his plan. Helix will guide me to be the best Pokémon trainer of all time! The loss of Jay and Abby will not be forgotten, but I will persevere!
Also, I evolved Eevee, but something's just not right . . . Every time I let Flareon out of his ball, he just stares at me with those black, empty eyes. He gives me the creeps! Even the rest of my Pokémon seem on edge. I'll be sure to keep a close eye on him.
Night: 10:15 PM
Well after several more hours of exploring, a few more Pokémon caught and a few more seen. I decided to take a break at the Game Corner in Celadon. I was minding my own business and went to the back to find a restroom when I noticed the coolest poster on the wall. But as I was heading up to it, I tripped, and Blam-O! I fell right through a SECRET entrance.... But really, who hides their secret base behind a poster? I'll be sure to thoroughly check this place out.
Late Night: 11:41 PM
Well it seems like this place belongs to Team Rocket! I should have known! I wonder if they have any relation to that Missile gang? It will be a bit harder to get through than I thought. This place has these crazy floor tiles. I get all tingly and spin wildly in every direction every time I step on one. To make things worse, Digrat keeps popping out of his Pokéball and digging a way out. One time, Flareon spooked Digrat when we were almost through and I again had to start from the beginning. At least Digrat knows his way back to the Pokémon Center!
Well, I'm off to find my way through this base. I'll update you tomorrow, Journal. Good night!


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Retailer Carrefour's unions call for March 31 strike over job cuts
PARIS, March 13 (Reuters) - The main unions at Carrefour called on Tuesday for a nationwide strike on March 31 to protest against job cuts at Europe's largest supermarket retailer.
Under pressure to increase profits, Carrefour boss Alexandre Bompard announced in January cost savings of 2 billion euros ($2.47 billion) by 2020.
Those cost savings proposals include a voluntary redundancy plan for 2,400 employees at its French head office, and plans to sell or close 273 underperforming Dia stores, which employ up to 2,100 people.
"The CFDT and FO unions at Carrefour call for all workers in all the group's companies to participate in a joint action on March 31," the CFDT union said in a statement.
The unions are also opposed to a sharp fall in employees' profit share payout to 57 euros from 600 euros per worker.
The planned March 31 strike comes after a walkout at the start of this month at the company's Massy headquarters near Paris.
Last month Carrefour, France's largest private sector employer, announced a 34 percent cut to its annual dividend.
This followed a 14.7 percent fall in 2017 operating profit, which Carrefour blamed on the poor performance of its French operations.
($1 = 0.8087 euros) (Reporting by Dominique Vidalon and Caroline Pailliez; Editing by Sudip Kar-Gupta)
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|Photo by Midge Frazel, 2016
Planner and Notebook Accessories
When I decided to buy an Erin Condren planner, I spent a lot of time investigating the accessories that are used with the planner and the notebook system. I went to two Staples and discovered some of the accessories in the clearance section and a display of the current planners. I was lucky to find two clutches and two notebooks marked down (for the 7x9 size). The accessories were not marked down so I looked them over and found some of them at Amazon and purchased them.
Once I decided that I did not need the large Life Planner (TM), I went to online store and ordered the Deluxe Monthly planner and some accessories that you see here. It was enough to make my order come UPS instead of the mail where items like this get mangled. My plan worked. I kept the packing box. Other than being pink, it is a great box for storing items.
I have put one notebook into use and put the other away for next year. This way I will only have to make a planner decision next year.
The markers seemed too expensive but since I am worth it (😁) I bought a set. They are wet based (not dry erase), so I opened and tested them. The company makes other colors but I liked the bold ones. You need water and a tissue to erase them. Here are all of the photos I have taken so far.
Happy Planning!


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Data Center Growth in emerging markets is hot, and one of the regions growing fast is the Middle East and Africa. It can be difficult to understand those markets and I was quite excited to hear one of my data center friends has relocated to Dubai to be a local resource for the market.
Syska has made a press release announcing their office in Dubai with VP Greg Jasmin running the local office. I met Greg years ago as he was one of my early followers on this blog. We have had many great conversations about green data centers and how sustainable approaches can be applied, and I am sure we will have many more interesting conversations as he services one of the high growth data center markets. Connecting with great people makes my day. :-)
Syska Hennessy Group Establishes an Office in Dubai
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Syska Hennessy Group, Inc. a leading global consulting, engineering and commissioning firm, is underscoring its commitment to clients in the Middle East/North Africa (MENA) region by opening a permanent office in Dubai's Internet City, United Arab Emirates (UAE).
Syska Hennessy Group's global presence is continuing to expand with the formation of Syska Hennessy Group MENA. The new entity is the result of a joint venture between SH Group, Inc., the parent company of Syska Hennessy Group and LZ Technologies Middle East FZ-LLC. The new company will be led by Greg Jasmin, a vice president of Syska Hennessy Group, and Bassem Hariri, of LZ Technologies Middle East FZ-LLC. Mr. Jasmin will serve as co-managing director of the firm's Dubai office, overseeing operations and assuming technical leadership of the enterprise, while Mr. Hariri, also co-managing director, will oversee client relations and business development.
Syska Hennessy Group has enjoyed long term success in the region with signature projects throughout Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the UAE. Jasmin commented, "Syska has been active in the Middle East for more than 30 years but we've never had a permanent presence. Now we both live and work here, elevating our commitment to this strategic region. Being in the region will certainly help Syska Hennessy broaden its array of platinum-level clients, as these clients seek out the experience and technical expertise that we bring from the U.S. to help solve the challenges these clients face in building exceptional buildings."


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Here is the 3 day detox plan that will guarantee weight loss. This recipe is making waves on the Internet, so we thought you may give it a try.
Day 1
– Breakfast: Three scrambled eggs with a cup of oats, almonds or berries.
– Snack: A small bowl of nuts.
– Lunch: A small serving of turnips, carrots, butter nut squash, beet, beans along with poached chicken breast.
– Dinner: Boiled fish, green beans, mushrooms and broccoli.
Day 2
– Breakfast: Three scrambled eggs with a cup of oats, almonds or berries.
– Snack: A small bowl of nuts.
– Lunch: Zucchini with yellow and red peppers with lemon dressing, thyme and vinegar, or a red or green shredded cabbage salad and carrots, and lemon juice and chopped parsley.
– Dinner: Steamed vegetables or bok choy with baked cod, bean soup, vegetable casserole, roasted turnips and Brussels sprouts.
– Breakfast: Three fried eggs with a cup of oats, almonds or berries along with walnut salad and shrimp.
– Snack: A small bowl of nuts.
– Lunch: Roasted chicken with black olives, thyme and onion or roasted chicken thighs with lemon and rosemary.
– Dinner: Vegetable broth with garlic, onion, bay leaves, carrots and thyme with mushroom heads or penne pasta with basil, mushroom and tomato sauce.
The beverages that you are allowed to have:
– Detox water: Grab some blueberries, grapes, oranges or strawberries and chop them up. You can add mint for added flavour and then mix them in a jar filled with water. Keep this jar in the fridge, and drink every day.
– Tea: You can drink green or herbal tea as many times as you want, but it must be without sugar. Try to drink it at least thrice every day.
– Coffee: You can drink only one cup of black coffee every day, and no sugar must be added.


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Wale drops off the second installment of his "Simply Nothing" tour vlog.
Although we still don't have a solid date for Wale's Album About Nothing, the DC rapper's similarly-titled tour, "Simply Nothing," is still going strong. Today, he delivers the second edition of a tour vlog to us. Whereas the last one took place in Boston, Philly and NYC, this one takes us to Cleveland and Detroit.
We see Wale meet Ohio State quarterback Cardale Jones backstage at the Cleveland show and link up with Fat Trel for a video shoot for Festivus cut "Loyalty." The two DMV natives turn up on-set, seemingly bringing the whole block with them.
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Check out this week's Carnival of Personal Finance, where you'll find a collection of articles from variouis PF blogs. Some interesting ones are:
- Living Almost Large: A New Retirement Plan
- Broke Now, Rich Later: You Don't Need an Emergency Fund
- Frugal Zeitgeist: Early Payoff: The Great Mortgage Debate
- My Open Wallet: Rule 16: Who Do You Think You are?
- Clever Dude: 5 Ways Balding Gracefully Can Save You Time, Money and More
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Innovative marketing and packaging
In the business environment, there are the Davids and the
Goliaths. Occasionally, we read inspiring stories about how one
small startup company can gobble up a large share of the pie
and surprise the older boys. More often than not, they are not
about David killing Goliath, but about the two of them forming
strategic alliances and capitalizing on each other's strengths. It
boils down to understanding one's niche and learning how to
distinguish oneself from the pack. Business dealings need not
lead to brutal slaying and destruction of opponents. Smaller
players can do well to avoid head-on collisions with the big
corporations and find innovative ways to fill the service gaps
or consumer needs.
The Two Pots
(Illus by Arthur Rackham)
Two Pots, one of brass and the other of clay, stood together on
the hearthstone. One day the Brass Pot proposed to the Earthen
Pot that they go out into the world together. But the Earthen Pot
excused himself, saying that it would be wiser for him to stay in
the corner by the fire.
"It would take so little to break me," he said. "You know how
fragile I am. The least shock is sure to shatter me!"
"Don't let that keep you at home," urged the Brass Pot. "I shall
take very good care of you. If we should happen to meet anything
hard I will step between and save you."
So the Earthen Pot at last consented, and the two set out side by
side, jolting along on three stubby legs first to this side, then to
that, and bumping into each other at every step.
The Earthen Pot could not survive that sort of companionship
very long. They had not gone ten paces before the Earthen Pot
cracked, and at the next jolt he flew into a thousand pieces.
The strong and the weak cannot keep company.
Equals make the best friends.
A small difference can lead to major consequences.
Kidding me:
Here are some pics I received in my email long ago. They should
tickle your creative tastebuds.
Quotable Quotes:
"The driving force for the development of new
products is ... the imagination of people."
... David Packard
"Don't sell the steak; sell the sizzle." ... Elmer Wheeler
"The creation of something new is not accomplished
by the intellect but by the play instinct."
... Carl Gustav Jung
"If it doesn't sell, it isn't creative." ... David Ogilvy
"If you want creative workers, give them enough
time to play." ... John Cleese
"Nobody can claim to have a monopoly over
creativity." ... Narayana Murthy
[browse collection of quotes and quotations]
Lessons in life:
I read a saying that goes something like this: "If a jug falls on a
stone, wo to the jug! If a stone falls on the jug, wo to the jug!"
How aptly put. When your competitor is clearly the stronger
party, would you want to take him head on with exactly the
same products and packaging? There is a restaurant around
my neighbourhood specializing in vegetarian and organic
cuisine. Business is good, due to its interesting menu items and
loyal customers. Recently, a young entrepreneur bought the
shop space next to it, and set up another restaurant serving a
nearly identical cuisine. Needless to say, this new restaurant
is now almost on the brink of collapse. There is clearly a
demand for such food items. However, their mistake is not
putting in enough effort to package their products and services
differently from their competitor's. For example, the food
mix can be more varied, the pricing can be differentiated, free
drinks can be included, or service by the counter staff can be
more personalized.
Packaging yourself is equally important if you intend to stand
out from the crowd, impress the bosses at job interviews, or
have head-hunters scrambling to present you with cushy deals.
Afterall, if you put two persons with same educational and
professional qualifications together, the one you would
eventually employ must be the one who is able to market,
promote, and present himself better. Needless to say, if you are
an "earthen pot" type, it is all the more paramount that you
dress yourself up, both in form and in substance, to be able to
match up to the "brass pots".
Stay connected with the powers that be, keep yourself well
informed of industry news and updates, groom your talents by
attending training and development courses, and market
yourself at every available opportunity. People get promoted
based on how visible they are, and how they present themselves.
It is a case of "out of sight, out of mind". If you are always
skipping company functions, or important speeches by your
big bosses, the day will come when your bosses don't even
know you exist in the company. Hard work alone will get you
nowhere if you are not even seen or recognized.
The market can often accommodate many players in a given
industry. If you happen to be a smaller player, try to be
creative in your branding, and in differentiating your products
and services from the bigger players. Look at how Creative
Technology packaged its Zen MP3 players to compete with
Apple's Ipod. Although both started out looking almost the
same, the new range of MP3 players have now incorporated
functionality and features that are distinctly different from
each other. One is beginning to look like a mini TV, while the
other maintains its sleek design and remarkable user interface.
On a side note, Microsoft had unveiled a new Zune player,
which was incompatible with its own newly released Microsoft
Vista platform. Could it be a case of "try hard it may, but an
earthen pot will always remain an earthen pot"? Probably so,
but in the era of genetic engineering and Harry Potter, an
earthen pot may one day take on all the attributes of a brass pot.
Related Articles:
Do not fear competition
Focus on your proven strategy
Turn Adversity into Opportunity
Books worth reading:
An excellent book that those in the marketing and advertising
field may want to check out is Pat Fallon and Fred Senn's Juicing
the Orange: How to Turn Creativity into a Powerful Business
Advantage. It looks at some of the most successful ad campaigns
over the last 25 years. There is a lot to learn from the creative
approaches undertaken to change and mould customer behaviour.
Kate Wendleton, a career coach, wrote a book Packaging Yourself:
The Targeted Resume (Packaging Yourself) comprising sample
resumes and case studies to help job hunters and anybody thinking
of a career change.
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Working with Stakeholders
Hey product, your salespeople know something you don't - Jo Johansson
A good set of recommendations for how both sales and product can work better with their counterparts, particularly applicable to SaaS businesses.
Companies overspend on marketing, underspend on product - Spenser Skates
Makes a strong case for investing in product for retention over marketing for acquisition.
How to stop pissing off your designer - Andrew Littlefield
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On Saturday, March 26, 2016, USC Traditional Chinese Dance held their showcase of the year. This year the group took a more traditional approachable with their dances. USC APASA intern Aimee Xu writes more about the show. This past Saturday, USC Traditional Chinese Dance provided the USC community with a delightful conclusion to the first week back of spring break with their 11th annual showcase, 'Interwoven.' The theme of TCD's 2016 showcase focuses on their encounters with those whom have profoundly changed their lives.
The show opened with color, as the dancers in 'Springtime' showcased vibrant green scarves and pink and purple fans. The first half of 'Interwoven' featured a variety of dances, many of which incorporated both Eastern and Western elements. In 'Against All Odds,' the dramatic choreography by Jessica Koe bridged Chinese and Western cultures through traditional Chinese dance elements and music by Lorde. 'Jade Dolls,' also incorporated multiple cultures, as traditional Chinese dance met traditional Korean percussion, as performed by USC Haneulsori.
The second of half of the show featured the dramatic plot of the ancient Chinese tale, "The Cowherd and the Weaving Maiden." The Cowherd, Thinh Nguyen, and the Weaving Maiden, Jessica Koe, fall in love, but the Ruler of Heaven, Jade Shi, forbids the two from being with one another. In 'Battle in the Heavens,' a dramatic fight scene featuring members of Wushu Nation ultimately concludes in the separation of the two lovers, as the Ruler of Heaven forges a river between earth and heaven. In 'Celestial Ties,' birds flock together to create a bridge and reunite the lovers as a romantic conclusion to 'Interwoven.'
Thank you to all the TCD performers and USC Haneulsori and Wushu Nation! The performance was done with such grace and beauty! We look forward to your showcase next year!
Aimee Xu
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Jim and Mike Ring, cofounders of world renowned custom car build shop Ringbrothers announced that they will be undertaking an ambitious project to transform a 1972 AMC Javelin AMX into a one-of-a-kind Ringbrothers build in a only 12 months during a joint press conference with Prestone Products Corporation in the Prestone booth at the SEMA Show on November 2, 2016. The AMC Javelin build will be completed as part of a partnership with Ringbrothers and Prestone and will be unveiled in the Prestone booth at the 2017 SEMA Show.
Assembled in Mike and Jim's home state of Wisconsin, the AMC Javelin AMX was, like many AMC products, something of an odd-duck in its time. Created as an answer to the Chevrolet Corvette, with its shorter wheelbase and available 401 cubic inch engine making 255hp, the second generation AMC Javelin was a real performer and one of the sportiest American cars available for purchase. Because of its sportiness, the Javelin was utilized in dragstrip and Trans-Am Series racing beginning in 1968 and in 1971 and 1972, the Trans Am Racing AMX won back-to-back championships in the Trans-Am Series. While it never reached the levels of popularity that other pony and muscle cars did, the AMX represents a great jumping off point for Ringbrothers to truly flex its creative muscle.
The Rings have a long history with the Javelin they will be cutting up and transforming into one of their signature customized rides. When the Rings first laid eyes on this 1972 AMC Javelin AMX in their hometown, it was love at first sight. They were awestruck to see such an iconic car that had been dominating the short track, roll down the street of their small town of 600. On weekends, Mike Ring would wash the car for the owner and he was the last one to perform an oil change on the car before the Rings purchased it from the original owner.
"Jim and I have always wanted to build an AMX," said Mike Ring, co-founder of Ringbrothers. "We've seen this particular car driving around our home town of Plain, Wisconsin since we were kids and we always loved it. The AMX was such a neat car, unlike anything else at that time."
"Mike and I are thrilled to work with Prestone on this AMX build," said Jim Ring, co-founder of Ringbrothers. "We always love to do things differently and it is tough to get more different than an AMC Javelin. Getting it built in a year will be a real challenge, but it is one that we're looking forward to."
The Ringbrothers AMC Javelin AMX will be unveiled in the Prestone booth at the 2017 SEMA Show.


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In the first video from this new series - The what, why and how of insuring pension liabilities - we answer "how can you reduce longevity risk".11 October 2017
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Jesse Walker Stutts & His "Eas-It" Elixir
If you walked down Court Street in Florence exactly 100 years ago, you would encounter the pharmacy belonging to Jesse Walker Stutts. The small business was located where a sandwich shop now sits on the northwest corner of the Tennessee Street intersection.
Born on December 12, 1875, Jesse passed away on December 1, 1960. He's buried in the Florence City Cemetery on Tennessee Street in a plat that includes his wife Virginia Lull Johnson Stutts, his son Jesse Jr., and daughter Margaret E. Stutts.
The early 20th Century was an era when most drugs were compounded. Often physicians opened their own apothecary shops; however, whether these druggists had a doctorate or not, they were often addressed as "Doctor." Some documents refer to Jesse as Dr. Stutts, but records show that Stutts received the Ph.C. degree from Vanderbilt University in 1902, making him a Pharmaceutical Chemist.
Many also confuse Jesse Walker with his brother, Dr. Henry Lee Stutts, a prominent Greeehill physician. Both were children of John Ritter Stutts and his first wife Margaret Jones Stutts.
Over a 35 year span, Stutts marketed several medicines, including Ivago for poison ivy, Scratch-No-More for pruritus, and Germ Death, an antiseptic. Yet it was his pain medicine Eas-It that put his pharmacy on the local and regional map.
The Eas-it Chemical Company was established in December 1913. State records show that initial shareholders were J. F. Brown, R. W. Stribling, and M. S. Hansborough. Stutts proudly marketed his pain relief liquid as "non-narcotic;" however, it was formulated in an elixir base indicating the popular product contained a large percentage of alcohol.
Stutts conducted what could be called an innovative marketing campaign, utilizing both print ads and signage:
When current owner of the former apothecary building Delana Darby Blake began remodeling, she found one of Stutts' ubiquitous signs:
By 1940, Stutts' place in Florence history was cemented. He and son Jesse Jr. and daughter Margaret incorporated the Stutts Laboratories. For whatever reason, perhaps the uncertainty produced by World War II, the company was dissolved after a relatively short time. One of this company's most popular products was Nervine, recommended for both humans and horses.
By 1960, the year of Jesse Walker Stutts' death, his once famous drug store had become home to Kreisman's Men's Wear:
What would Stutts think of the building's current incarnation as a sandwich shop? The entrepreneur in the noted pharmacist would undoubtedly want to buy stock and initiate a new advertising campaign.
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Greg Reinacker (NewsGator CTO and Founder): Using a Mac... why oh why?:
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Serge Jolimeau (Croix des Bouquets, Haiti)
Recycled steel oil-drum (23 1/2" x 35"), c.2015
Born 1952 in the village of Croix des Bouquets. Croix-des-Bouquets is home to such great Haitian sculptors as the late Georges Liautaud and Murat Brierre, the brothers Louisjuste, and Gabriel Bien-Aimé. Jolimeau worked for two years as apprentice to Seresier Louis-Juste after he finished high school. Today he is one of Haiti's two (along with Bien-Aimé) leading metal sculptors.


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No, it's not perfect DNA or boob jobs. The secret to the Victoria's Secret Angel's perfect cleavage is a lot simpler (and sneakier) than that.
According to a photo retoucher who works on the models, getting the perfect boobs starts on the set of photoshoots.
Going by the pseudonym 'Sarah', she revealed to Refinery 29 that the secret to the model's gravity defying boobs are chicken cutlets and breast pads, the Huffington Post reports.
She said: "If you hold up the bathing suit in your own hand, it's so heavy because they have all this shit sewed into it."
Ever wondered how they get amazing boobs in strapless bras? When the straps aren't there to pull everything up and out, the brand puts push-up bras underneath their bikini tops.
Sara explained: "They put a push-up bra under the bathing suit. And we retouch out the bra."
Apparently this trick isn't just used by Victoria's Secret, Sarah refers to it as 'routine practice' and the reason 'why we're used to seeing anti-gravity breasts everywhere'.
What probably comes as the biggest shock though is that, despite popular belief, Sarah said the VS retouchers don't actually Photoshop the models to look any slimmer.
Instead, 'nipples are erased' and breasts are made 'rounder' and 'larger'.
Want to really ruin your view of the perfect models? Sarah said many of the VS Angels turn up to shoots without having shaved – sporting bikini line and armpit stubble. That's obviously edited out as well.
Now you know.