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Lindsey Mask has a day job running communications for a division of the Department of Health and Human Services and a rest of the time job as head of a nonprofit, Ladies International Foundation. This is a day in the life of a woman helping other women.
What keeps you busy? I run communications for a division within the Department of Health and Human Services. We provide health and wellness services for federal employees.
Then I have the nonprofit which started as a ladies dinner club. On my long drive from Texas where I'm from to DC I wanted to figure out how to work with women, otherwise it's a slippery slope. I wanted to create a group where I would have five women who would always stand up for me. At the end of the first dinner I asked them if they wanted to do it again.
LDC – Ladies Dinner Club (which became known as Ladies DC) was born. Now we have seven active chapters across the country. I have learned so much not only about women growing an organization but about myself. I never sat down and thought, "let's start a dinner group." I started it based on my own needs and then I saw the impact that came out of this unified group of women. I turned around and there were 700 people and I saw that we had the potential to change the world together.
I often work as an aggregator of women's initiatives. I share that with others - "Let's become a clearinghouse to get you access to what you need." I wear a bracelet that says women helping women.
Today I woke up at 5:15 am.
The first thing I did was I told my two kitties good morning.
My morning ritual includes... I make half of the bed – because my boyfriend sleeps later than I do – all the decorative pillows and everything. I listen to Christian music in the morning. When the alarm came on I just started dancing around the room with my cat who was purring. I love the mornings. I love all the time. I'm a morning person and a night owl. I love to be awake. Some people mistake little sleep as being anxious and I'm not, it's all really positive.
Then I shift over and listen to NPR. Then I go to the gym and to work. I also do calls for the nonprofit in the mornings, evenings, and weekends. I don't have children so this is my baby. I work on it mornings, evenings, and on the weekends, and I think about it sometimes during the day just like parents do with their kids.
I started working at 8:55 am.
My biggest challenge was I did not have one.
I celebrated… I also keep a prayer journal on the seat of my office chair so that I write down a minimum of three things I'm grateful for or praying for. I am always celebrating life. I think the whole journey is fun – the good times and the hard times.
What I love most about my work is I love the ability to be creative. Even though we're in government we compete against the private sector so it forces me to be more creative within the limitations of government. I also started an internship program here and it's become one of the favorite parts of my job – watching my interns grow in 15 weeks – grow in professional maturity and accomplish so much while they are here. It has caught the attention of senior leadership.
On the nonprofit side there is a daily reward of watching it grow. It is stunning to see everyone work together and beautiful to see the outcomes of that.
My favorite part of the day was when I was dancing around and giggling. Second, I have a room for a new hire and I brought in a candidate to meet with my team and it went really well.
Least favorite… One of my team members had a doctor's meeting I didn't know about so I had to reschedule a meeting. I let her know about the importance of sharing conflicts in advance. Part of being a supervisor and manager is to provide honest feedback and set standards. It's not always easy but I get better and better at it all the time. It really comes from a place of love and for raising peoples standards.
I am so glad that I got to work out this morning. I didn't have much time last week and then yesterday I was taking care of my friend's dog so I skipped my workout. It helps me clear my mind and gives me a chance to listen to music.
I wish I had found the headphones that don't fall out of my ears. And I wish I had left a little bit earlier but I was spending time with my boyfriend and it's okay because we were giggling.
Something that surprised me was someone showed up late for a meeting we had at 9 am. Based on their facial expression I get the sense that person forgot.
Did you have a plan for your day? Did it go as planned? Just a few years back I was feeling so overwhelmed by having calls every morning and every night and pulled in every direction. I was working with a coach and learned to be present. I had a breakthrough moment when I met with someone and was completely present instead of worrying about where I needed to go next. After really hearing this person I looked down at my watch and it had been three minutes. Time just slowed down and the person got what she wanted from the conversation. That is when I realized that rushing was taking away from my ability to get things done.
I want to recognize Monique Smaby who helped develop our outreach program for the women's organization. She just stepped down as she is starting her own business.
How do you commute? I drive and I wear this ridiculous little headset.
For lunch I run downstairs to the convenient store and grab a peanut butter sandwich and try not to eat it at my desk.
A personal activity I do just for myself is everything. There's nothing I do that I don't want to do. Maintaining my journal, exercise, listening to music, working late when it's quiet. Everything I do, I do for me.
I most enjoyed spending time with friends and family obviously but also my interns, the women in the organization – learning from them, and complete strangers – I can be completely tired and then put me around new people and I get a burst of energy.
For dinner I don't cook. I most often go out or order pizza or make microwave meals. I'm a vegetarian.
My favorite technology that I used today is I'm a huge advocate for a variety of apps on my phone that help manage my schedule and my email. One is Priority Matrix. It s away of scheduling your life using the Eisenhower matrix.
I am inspired by a variety of people like the Maya Angelou's of the world; I am obsessed with Martin Luther King, Jr. and listen to his speeches a lot; and Gandhi who inspired people and made change in a non-violent way. I am pretty sure Mother Teresa never sat down and wrote out her business plan. I have a huge vision that I know will come to pass.
Did you meditate? Did you exercise? Yes, a mix of both.
One strategy I use to make my time more effective is... definitely scheduling emails to come back to them and getting down to a zero inbox. It is the most amazing feeling because it frees you up so you can plan for something else.
I am passionate about fighting for basic human rights, in particular human trafficking. I've been doing it for 10 years (sometimes at the expense of my relationship, my finances, my time, my health) and I can see how it's all going to play a huge role. People who live on this planet have basic human rights to live free of slavery.
Something I wanted to get done but didn't get to do was… I have four books that I've been wanting to write for a while. I know someday the time will come and I will focus on writing.
A dream I am currently focused on fulfilling is to scale the mentorship program for our women's organization. We have a scalable model of our program in DC and it looks like Northern Virginia is going to launch right after the summer. It is also important to me that we launch internationally this year and get our foot into some other country now that we have a great foundation. We are working to support women in Nepal through the local bamboo industry.
I can't live without my pets.
Today I felt exuberant.
I went to sleep at (looking at my Fitbit) 11:38 pm and woke up at 5:09 am.
Tomorrow I am looking forward to… at work we have a creative meeting for our next campaign. After work I am hoping to surprise our Northern Virginia chapter by stopping by their event. They have new leadership and it's going really well.
By day, Lindsey Mask is the Director, Center for Health Communications, Federal Occupational Health (FOH), Program Support Center, U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services.
Connect with Lindsey on Facebook and Twitter.
Lindsey Mask is the Founder and Executive Director of Ladies America, a national network of professional women connecting to advance one another personally and professionally, following the motto "Women Helping Women". The group focuses on connections, an annual "Women Leading the Future" conference, national mentorship program and education in technology, advocacy & business. The original group formed in 2006 in Washington, D.C. and has expanded to a network of around 3,000 top-tier professional women in D.C., NYC, North Carolina, Texas, Pittsburgh, Los Angeles, Virginia Beach, and San Francisco. The work of Ladies America is leading to international outreach through Ladies International Foundation, an effort set to launch in 2013. In 2011, the group collaborated with the United Nations Foundation to host its inaugural "Women Leading the Future" women's conference, drawing in hundreds of attendees and speakers from across the country. Then in 2012, Ladies America partnered with the Center for Women in Business of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and Microsoft hosted the event.
Lindsey was most recently the CEO of Mask Media Co., a public relations, marketing, branding & social media consultancy business for individuals, non-profits, businesses & women's initiatives with services available in DC, NYC & Los Angeles.
In 2013, she was featured on the cover of Washington Life Magazine for being selected as a top thought leader under 40 and was highlighted in Worn Magazine as an aspiring woman in Washington, D.C. In 2012, she was honored as a finalist by Women in Technology as top female entrepreneur and was nominated for the Lady Godiva Program, celebrating inspirational women around the world. She serves on the founding Board of the 2012 G8 Young Leaders; is a co-founder of DC Entrepreneurship Week; an Ambassador for Availor Investments, a social impact investment fund in NYC and is on the Board of the Women Under Forty Political Action Committee (WUFPAC), aimed at helping women under 40 secure seats in federal office. She lectures regularly on media, public relations, branding, networking & communications for the Leadership Institute, Women in Public Policy's WeLEAD program at American University, the Public Leadership Education Network and the Women's Congressional Staff Association. Believing in global business, innovation, the positive impact of women, and social change, Lindsey has spent a great deal of time overseas, most recently in 2011 on a mission trip to Haiti.
Lindsey has been featured by National Journal, Power Women Magazine, ABC7′s "Let's Talk Live" & Washington Business Journal Sunday program on Women CEOs, local ABC Ch. 8′s "Capital Insider", The Hill Newspaper's The Washington Scene, Broadminded (Sirius-XM radio), ION's Metro Magazine (a national television network), WUSA9, NBC Nightside, The Broad Perspective (radio), Capitol File Magazine, Networking News and HerExchange online magazine. She was a select speaker in 2012 for the inaugural Heels & Helmets Career Training Day at USA Today and helped run "women's media" at the national political convention in Tampa, Florida. Ladies America has partnered with such organizations as Womensphere's Global Summit in NYC, Global Woman Summit of DC, the United Nation's Foundation, Fair Fund against human trafficking, Becky's Fund combating domestic abuse, Newsbabes for Cure, DC Entrepreneurship Week, Do It in Person, StreetWise Partners, Women's Congressional Staff Association, Luke's Wings, and Bisnow's programs for Women in Business, Technology and Journalism.


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I enjoy playing with all sorts of mediums. I'm always inspired by the pencil colouring of Yana Smakula.
Today I'm playing with no-line pencil colouring with my Polychromos pencils. The beautiful leaf images were stamped with Ink on 3. It's the perfect ink for any no-line colouring!
All my blending was done with just the pencils, no other mediums or tools involved. It's not bad for a first try, but like anything else…practice, practice, practice 🙂
I recently treated myself to the new Tim Holtz Glass Mat. Oh how I love that mat! And I found it perfect for colouring on as there are absolutely no lumps and bumps underneath.
Paper: Simon Says Stamp Smoke Gray
Ink: Ink on 3 and Ranger Archival Ink in Tree Branch
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As a corporate entertainer I'm hired to perform at a wide variety of events in very different industries. Every event is unique with its own set of challenges. Some nights I might be performing my full stage show for several hundred people, and other nights I may be performing a very intimate show for a group of ten people. Luckily, I enjoy the diversity of performances, and I welcome the challenges that come with delivering a performance that meets and exceeds the expectations of my customers.
Yesterday I had the opportunity to perform a 30-minute close-up magic show for a group of twenty CEOs from several Los Angeles based companies. This was a group of very sophisticated, intelligent, and successful people who were incredibly receptive to my performance. The show consisted of sleight-of-hand magic with small objects combined with a mind reading showpiece. The reaction was fantastic with everyone talking about what they had just witnessed long after I was done.
Sometimes these small shows end up being my favorite (probably because of the ease of interaction and engagement with the attendees) and this event was no exception. My client was thrilled with the response, and one of the attendees offered his thoughts in the accompanying video.
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Dad will be lucky to get a tie this year
In a pair of polls conducted by Pricegrabber.com and the National Retail Federation, Americans are cutting their spending on Father's Day gifts even more drastically than they did for Mother's Day.
Pricegrabber found that 34% of shoppers plan to spend less for Father's Day, a higher percentage than those who said they were scaling back their Mother's Day gifting last month. Some 7% of survey respondents said they weren't going to spend anything on a gift for Dad this year. One quick reminder to those seven percent: You can only get away with giving him a Play-Doh ash tray -- especially if he doesn't smoke -- until you're about eight or so.
According to the National Retail Federation's annual research, Dad's getting the short end of the stick. While we spent an average of $123.89 per shopper on Mother's Day gifts this year, we'll only be spending an average of $90.89 on Father's Day gifts, down about three and a half bucks from last year. The NRF survey also discovered another way we're cheapskates when it comes to the men in our life: While most of us buy Mother's Day gifts for sisters, aunts and grandmothers, over half of us only buy a Father's Day gift for our father or stepfather.
What are we buying for our fathers? Taking him out to dinner or to a sports game accounts for the highest amount of Father's Day spending. Other popular categories include clothes (more ties!), electronics, home-improvement items and sporting goods. Apparently a lot of us also have my particular problem; we never know what to get the old man, so we throw up our hands and get him a gift card instead -- to the tune of an expected total of $1.2 billion this year.
So, whether you're buying him a cordless drill, fishing rod or just a burger at the ballgame, let him know the recession hasn't changed how you feel about him. It might not be a bad idea to put something heartfelt in the card (you are giving him a card, right?) about how he did such a great job teaching you the value of a dollar.


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Rarely do I like to procrastinate, so, actually I waived goodbye to summer one day early. This was for the practical reason that we needed to be in Portland today, wash our clothes, and repack our bags for the next trip beginning tomorrow, the first of the fall season. Also, I can justify cutting off a day of summer because my first post for 2010 was the day before summer started.
This summer will go down in my history as the summer of visitors. Last summer I travelled to Minneapolis, Chicago, and Southern California to visit people dear to me. This summer, loved ones came this way.
My leisure and nonwork goals have been interrupted, increasingly, by the demands of a law practice that is growing, almost against my will. I am facing a slew of fights beginning next week. As a hired gun, that's what I do. I will put my free-lance sheriff hat on when we return from the wedding Sunday.
On that last morning in Oxford, Maryland, the innkeeper left a basket of breakfast food and coffee at our door, which led to a totally relaxing morning on the balcony overlooking the gracious, tree-shaded lawn out to the water. Weather remained perfect. So, with the traditional Nixonian waive, we concluded Summer 2010, and Carpesummer.net is officially on hiatus.
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Monday, September 20, 2010
Just in Time, A Vacation Day.
We managed to squeeze in a vacation day during our vacation.
Who knew that Oxford, Maryland even existed, much less that it has existed and has a ferry since 1683? Who knew it was the home of Robert Morris, the financier of the American Revolution. Unfortunately for the local economy, the Revolution was successful, and the bustling port went into a long slumber after defeating its biggest trading partner, the British. But Oxford arose again after the Civil War, when the railroad came to town. It was during those boom years, in 1875, when someone built the first part of what is now the Sandaway Bed and Breakfast.
We were able to snag a room with a screened-in porch overlooking the water, considered part of the Eastern Shore of the Chesapeake Bay. Thanks to another period of economic slumber after the 1970s, the town remains a collection of very quaint old houses, many of which are on the water. Better still, because several homes are now Inns, the small community supports an excellent restaurant at the old Pope Tavern.
Oxford was not on our itinerary, but it turned out to be the highlight of our trip. Our room provided a most serene, beautiful setting. I hope to keep the view in mind as I prepare to dive into the conflict of new lawsuits over the next couple of weeks.
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Escape from the District.
We blew out of DC on Sunday and drove to Mt. Vernon, George Washington's home on land settled by his great grandfather in the 1650s. Later, we drove to Annapolis, MD, where Geo. resigned as the nation's general in what was then the Nation's capitol (1783-4). It's a quaint, touristy town.
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Blessings of Liberty
Saturday in DC found us at the Smithsonian's American History Museum. That's the one that displays Julia Child's kitchen as well as First Lady Gowns. The curators are very good at taking an item and using it to illustrate larger things. For example, it has a 200 year old house. Then, through the stories of some of the families who lived in the house, it covers our history from 1700s through 1960s, when it acquired the house, piece by piece.
The subway provides us freedom to get out of the downtown. We made it to the Eastern Market area and then on to Alexandria. Both interesting and mildly fun excursions.
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Article II, Executive Branch
The Executive Branch dominated friday in DC. We visited the memorials on the National Mall, including the Lincolon Memorial. The Department of Interior has hosted an indian trading post since about 1938, so we stopped by the store and enjoyed the crafty art. A good tip for those who visit DC is that the Dept of Interior has a cafeteria for its workers, which is open to the public once inside.
The highlight of Friday, and perhaps of all the time in DC, was walking around the Tidal Basin in the moonlight. We started at the FDR memorial, from which one can see the nearby Jefferson Memorial all lit up and reflecting in the water. Also, the Washington and Linclon memorials are beacons after dark.
It's somewhat comforting to see the memorials and be reminded of the difficulties we, as a country, have overcome over time. Too often, I worry about all of the garbage that spews forth from political commentators and others who have no responsibility for actually making things work. They tend to pick at the scabs and open wounds of the day, get their ratings or speaking fees, then move on to the next paycheck. Unfortunately, too many people in Congress who actually have responsibility do not exercise it with earnest goodwill, substituting spin for substance. When I see that and when I know that so many Americans are too dumb to discern falacies behind the rhetoric, I worry. Lincoln reminds us, however, that "you can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you cannot fool all of the people all of the time."
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Sunday, September 19, 2010
Article I, Legislative Branch
I met Jeff Merkley when I was Chair of the Multnomah Democrats and he was working to become the leader of the Oregon House of Representatives. I like Jeff a lot. He worked very hard then and works very hard now. He is very smart and public-spirited. Now that he is our United States Senator, I was very pleased to see him in his office on Thursday Morning.
Then, Allyson and I visited the Capitol and Library of Congress along the the Botanical Guardens and other sights. Seeing Jeff was one of the reasons I wanted to visit DC. I wish all of our "leaders" actually tried to do what is right for people.
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A Full Day in DC
Our first full day in DC was a full day indeed. We started at the beginning, at the national archives, to see the Declaration of Independence, Constitution and other foundational documents. Later, it was on to the Museums of Natural History, The American Indian, Air and Space, and a quick cut through the art museum. The good thing about all of these museums is that they are FREE. So, even if you only spend 5 minutes in them, that's okay. You do not have to commit to see everything.
After cleaning up, we enjoyed small plates of middle eastern foods at Zaytina before going to the Kennedy Center for the play Shear Madness. .
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Wednesday, September 15, 2010
What were they thinking?
Just off the National Mall is a monument to the Boy Scouts of America. It's not on the maps, but we sat down near it yesterday evening, our first in DC. When we approached, it looked kinda like a big oval hot tub, with four jets going. Marching toward the water feature is a naked man, a woman, and a boy in a scout uniform.
The sad irony of a statue of a naked man offering guidance to a boy was not lost on this Portlander, in light of the verdict in Portland finding the Boy Scouts responsible for the sexual abuse of a boy to the tune of $1.4 million for damages plus another $18+ million to punish the organization.
Even without knowledge of pedophilia, what were the artist and organization thinking when they created this statute?
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Sunday, September 12, 2010
Post-Hip Nightlife
Friday, Ken & Ann treated me to dinner at Kincaid's Restaurant, the new restaurant in a stately old location. Dinner was delicious, and it's good to sit down for conversation across a table. The place was empty, and we wandered over to the rooftop bar / restaurant above Macy's.
"Departures" is the name of that place. The ultra modern décor made it look like some kind of space ship. Outdoors on a clear night, the music was bumpin', and the young folks strolled in to check each other out. A very hip place, which made me feel post-hip.
Saturday afternoon brought clear, blue skies and 70-some degrees. I drove out to the Newberg, Oregon wine country to pick up a case of Gamay Noir, which we reserved during Pat's visit. In the evening, I joined some of the people from my coffee group for a breast cancer fundraiser at a downtown sports bar. It was a very unhip place where I fit right in.
"Departures" is the name of that place. The ultra modern décor made it look like some kind of space ship. Outdoors on a clear night, the music was bumpin', and the young folks strolled in to check each other out. A very hip place, which made me feel post-hip.
Saturday afternoon brought clear, blue skies and 70-some degrees. I drove out to the Newberg, Oregon wine country to pick up a case of Gamay Noir, which we reserved during Pat's visit. In the evening, I joined some of the people from my coffee group for a breast cancer fundraiser at a downtown sports bar. It was a very unhip place where I fit right in.
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Thursday, September 9, 2010
Java Town
In the late 1970s, Minneapolis developed a reputation for good bands. Prince and Husker Du came out of that milieu. I recall $1.25 vodka tonics at First Avenue, which went down so easy that it did not take long to have a pyramid of empty glasses on the table. Today, I spent $3.00 on a about an ounce of coffee. Although, I'll bet the coffee had more drug value than even 3 of those skimpy vodka tonics.
Portland is developing a reputation for competing against the giants with Lilliputians. Food carts and individual restaurants instead of the Olive Garden. 100 microbreweries blossomed in Portland to provide options to Coors or Budweiser. Today, I began exploring the microroasters.
Like the brew-pubs, some microroasters roast the beans on the premises where they sell coffee and roasted beans. I started at Water Avenue Coffee. It looked like a typical coffee house, except it had the roasting operation behind the wall behind the counter. The El Salvador coffee beans, roasted, brewed and poured was very good. I think it lit up a part of my brain that coffee typically misses. Or maybe I was imagining things.
An hour later, I tried Heart Coffee and Roasting, pictured above. The establishment definitely looked slicker and played hip music. The roaster is front and center, not in the back. I tried an espresso made from some African bean. It looked like drippings from Jiffy Lube and was about a viscous. It was very bitter, yet had some sweetness to it, also. Honestly, I would not have wanted more than that one shot.
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Sunday, September 5, 2010
Hike in Mt. Adams Wilderness
To qualify as wilderness, an area must be at least 5,000 acres and roadless (among other things.) So, in the Gifford Pinchot Forest, Road 23 skirts along the edge of the Mt. Adams Wilderness Area, which comprises over 47,000 acres on the east side of the 12,326 foot high mountain. We drove around to Tahk Lahk Lake, then on to the trail head for the Divide Camp trail, which leads hikers into the wilderness. We worked our way up through forest and meadows full of lupine in bloom. Then, we hiked past fields of rocks where torrents of water at some time in the past had washed out the all of the dirt and vegetation. Some gray glacial water still flows in other areas.
Our goal was the intersection with the Pacific Crest Trail, pictured above. But then we went a little farther and found a glorious overlook with a 180 degree view that included Mt. Baker.
Gorgeous day. Temp in the 50s, but it felt warmer with sun and exertion. More photos on flikr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/39474118@N06/sets/72157624759307497/
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Saturday, September 4, 2010
Jump Start on the Labor Day Weekend
I broke out of Portland Thursday morning for the Labor Day weekend. That does not mean, of course, that I escaped from phone calls from current clients and wanna be clients. But, when Mary tells them I'm out for the weekend, then, if I answer or return a message, they are pleased.
It's interesting what we notice when we slow down. I've ridden my bike around the valley dozens of times. Thursday, I noticed the above, nondescript barn as something that makes the ride what it is. There are many more dramatic views: Mt Adams, Mt Hood, the two rivers, the cows, and more picturesque barns. For some reason, the above barn got me to stop and snap a photo. One day, this valley will probably be carved up into lots and homes. The "planning commission" just rubber stamps whatever the landowner dares to ask for. (Change the comprehensive plan to rezone for you? Sure thing, friend.) What a different ride it would be if it were not a rickety barn here, a barn-full-of-cows there, massive irrigation systems, and outlaw (unpermitted) irrigation ditches there.
In the evening, I just sat by the marsh for about 45 minutes as the sun set. A solitary Spotted Sandpiper, teals, and grebes kept my attention, as well as the changing light. At times, there was the mountain, a dark space in between, and reflection in Trout Lake Creek. For a time, the light struck the trees in between.
Friday morning, I joined the other 3 dozen door-busters for was the big rummage sale to benefit the local scholarship fund. Who could pass up a bunny with big eyes and a smile asking for a new home? Friday evening, Allyson & I reunited.
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- Grand Theft Auto IV (10 pics) ... The Crowd of Liberty City voice, as David F. Gandy
David James Gandy (born 19 February 1980) is a British model. After winning a televised competition in 2001, Gandy became a successful model. In an industry dominated by extremely thin men, Gandy's muscular build caught the eye of Italian fashion designers Dolce & Gabbana. For several years, the duo featured him in their campaigns and fashion shows, ultimately leading other designers to move to a more masculine standard. Gandy has been the face of D&G's Light Blue fragrance since 2006, shooting multiple campaigns and touring internationally as the brand's ambassador. The increase in his popularity and name recognition resulted in a broad portfolio of clients, magazine covers, editorial photo shoots, interviews, industry awards and television appearances.
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I've been thinking a lot lately about the art of having a blog and what I want to convey to you, the friends who visit this space. We all have influence; our number of Instagram followers might be small (compared to 50K!) but that doesn't negate the fact that someone is listening to the words you choose to share. I desire for all my words to be sprinkled with honesty and hope.
Here are a few thoughts that have been swirling around my mind. These are my words...
Community and friendship are important to me. My body literally craves deep, meaningful conversations. I will always choose to sit on the grassy lawn or front porch talking about how beautiful life is and how, at 28, it isn't what I imagined when I was 19. I am not always the best with spontaneity and want to be open to unplanned opportunities within my friendships.
Life is hard and beautiful simultaneously. Receiving reports that my body isn't working quite like it should is frustrating, but I get up, greet the sun and go about my day. Hopefully, I am able to be a great friend and loving spouse.
Joy is found in "thinking of you" cards and wine given by friends when my period comes again. Joy is rejoicing in the birth of my friends' babies despite my lack. Joy is backyard parties with friends. Joy is traveling and getting lost in a new city. Joy is watching Gilmore Girls while baking brownies and laughing at old jokes with Jordan.
I worry sometimes I'm getting accustomed to extra everything (sleep, freedom, time, energy) that when I finally get a positive pregnancy test, it'll be a major shock to my system: like living alone for 20 years and suddenly having to share a bathroom with an entire sorority house.
The only thing that I really know for certain is God is for me...for us. This is true. But that certainly doesn't mean life is without heartache or suffering. I can quite literally choose to look for joy in my life.
I will continue to step forward towards the light that is JOY, embracing it with everything I am.


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There's been plenty of debate over what Google Me will be when it launches - and I've certainly not read all of it. I do however believe that Google is in the best position to create a killer and yet open social network.
My idea of a perfect social network at this point would be
- Open identity - to allow me to login with my OpenID
- Ability to create and share status updates, photos, videos, and links to any of the social networks that my friends are using
- Ability for my friends to comment and interact with my activity streams such that I get the comments back on my original item - back in my preferred social network
- One list of contacts that I can segment into groups and transport between social networks and my email/phone
- Location based checkins, with my locations available to a select group of my friends
Here's why I don't think facebook, twitter or foursquare will win this in the long run:-
Facebook has the first-mover advantage of having a the largest number of users (over 500 million in July 2010), and it's also great for supporting conversations - but only between your Facebook friends within the system - which of course serves to pull in more users.
I think Facebook will continue to be closed in spirit - because they want to control the world's social information. They're spreading tentacles into site across the web (including this one) in order to be able to aggregate a huge amount of data about your likes, and those of your friends - that they can then use to build up an very detailed picture of each of us for their advertisers. They seem to be working with the open social movement, have committed to activity streams and positioned facebook connect as open, but I get the impression that they're only going as far as it suits them.
Twitter is open in that messages are public by-default, and through twitter search or one of the many clients like hootsuite, you can listen in on the conversation and jump in when you spot a key-word you're interested in. One of the major downsides of the platform though is that conversations are terribly hard to follow between more people than just you and one other. There's no concept of the threaded conversation.
Twitter have also so far not agreed to provide their 'firehose' or full feed via PubSubHubBub - so that other sites may interact with it, probably because adding their support (and users) to this open real-time publishing mechanism would serve to threaten their particular differentiator.
Foursquare and GoWalla
Foursquare and Gowalla have great location-based capabilities, but they're not that useful to me as standalone applications - because the effort required to sign into yet another application or web-service is too much for most people to use. Only 4% of my facebook friends are on foursquare. Foursquare only has around 2 million users, vs Facebook's 500 million (or 0.04%).
Diaspora is a wild-card which could indeed provide an open and de-centralized social network, but they're going to have a really hard time competing with facebook's dominance - even with the fact that it's a distributed network. I suspect that it will turn out to support a group of open-social-network-chimps, rather than a gorilla - and won't come close to toppling Facebook or Google. I hope they succeed in at least pushing Facebook to be more open and honest… and I'll certainly be joining Leo in creating an account when they open the doors.
Google's stated aim is to organize the world's information… Note that they don't want to own it, they just want to organize it (and sell ads against it). I think you get an understanding of this when you look at Google Places on android. They do allow you to add your own business directly to Google places, but they also grab data from independent review sites like qype - and integrate the information seamlessly into the Places app. I've often spotted my qype reviews popping up in response to a Google Places search.
If you think about how they might extend this concept to integrating activity streams from all of your online presences into Google Me - they could build a central hub that supports innovative niche services such as foursquare - rather than trying to replace them. I think this is how they're going to start anyway - because it will make it much easier to kick-start the network effect by hooking into our existing social services and social graph.
Photos and video are of course the things that people share the most, after links on social networks - and Google have Picasa and YouTube - which they've (eventually) tied to your Google account. These services are pretty well designed with all of the capabilities a photo and video sharing site should have - putting them one step ahead of facebook.
Google have gmail, mobile, and voice - all of which provide a great understanding of who my real friends are (people I talk to on the phone, and send emails to on a regular basis) and is something that twitter and facebook don't. Combine this with a good understanding of my social graph via the XFN tools - and a little bit of clever user-experience design work - and Google could easily help me to build a set of friend-groups that would be much more effective than facebook's friend lists.
Google Buzz, whilst not being a particularly social network to date - is probably one of the most open - especially since they've added the firehose capability - publishing feeds in real-time via PubSubHubBub. If you also consider that something like 200 million people have a gmail (and therefore potentially a Buzz) account - they certainly have a good foundation to build from.
Nick O'Neill asks the question - Will Android Trump Facebook as the Social Operating System?, which is an interesting one if you think about it. The most sensible place for your social network to run from is the smart-phone - because it's always with you - knows your location, and is also the device you probably make most of your voice calls on these days. I've been very impressed at the way that Android pulls together all of my contacts from Outlook/Exchange, Facebook, Twitter and Gmail into one unified contacts list - which checks of one of my ideal social network requirements.
The rate at which Android is growing is somewhat staggering - with 200,000 devices being activated each day (Aug 2010), making Android a significant part of the Google Me platform.
With the Google Profiles and Buzz as the foundation, with the promise of Android, I'm really excited about the potential of Google Me.


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Sex tapes may have worked wonders for the careers of Kim Kardashian and Paris Hilton, but Hulk Hogan wants his to stay under the covers. The pro wrestler-turned-reality star has fired off a cease-and-desist letter against Gawker.com after the site posted a grainy 90-second clip of a 30-minute sex tape purported to be Hogan (real name: Terry Bollea) and Heather Clem, the ex-wife of Hogan's best friend, radio disc jockey Bubba the Love Sponge. If Gawker does not comply with the request, Hogan plans to sue.
"This tape was made secretly without Hulk's knowledge or permission," Hogan's lawyer David R. Houston tells media. "We are going to do everything in our power to figure out who did it. Anyone displaying the tape will be held accountable to the fullest extent of the law."
It doesn't appear that Hogan, 59, was aware he was being taped. The video starts off with Hogan, Clem, and an off-camera man (who some believe is Bubba the Love Sponge) making small talk. "You guys do your thing," the man tells them before exiting the room. "I'll be in the office if you need me." The two then get down to business, engaging in both oral sex and intercourse – and yes, they used a condom. At one point, the action gets interrupted when Hogan's phone rings (the ring tone being his daughter Brooke's song, "About Us"). Hogan looks to see who's calling and retorts, "F--k no," and returns to the naked woman in bed.
After the deed is done, Clem heads to the bathroom as Hogan lies on the bed and loudly exhales, "Oh my god, can't believe I have to drive back home. F--k." He then explains he has to go meet his son Nick, whose girlfriend's twin sister wants to get together with the elder Hogan if it's true that he's getting a divorce. It's unclear which marriage he's referencing. Hogan, who divorced first wife Linda in 2007, has been with Jennifer McDaniel since early 2008 (the two married in November 2010). His son Nick, now 22, was in prison (reckless driving involving serious bodily injury charge) for eight months until October 2008, so presumably it was made after then. The existence of the sex tape was first reported by TMZ in April of this year.
On his way out of the room, Hogan tells Clem to "be cool" and "you're awesome."
Although the interaction between Hogan and Clem appears to be very polite and cordial, his ex-wife sees it as anything but. Linda Hogan – who was arrested for suspicion of DUI in Malibu on Thursday morning – tells Radar Online that she thinks the sex tape is "a little twisted." Still, she adds, "I wasn't really shocked about it."


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The Marquette collection combines both French and English styling to create a collection of elegant lines mingled with a touch of Tudor styling. Hand forged extra-wide arms, a pillow-back cushion on the deep seating, and spring steel seat straps gives this collection added comfort.
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We were pretty stoked about this one. The Brew Enthusiast loves Vermont beer, and Rock Art Brewery is Vermont beer at its finest. It embodies the flavor and originality worthy of representing the great state it resides in.
But it's odd. They don't sell a lot of beer (by volume), they sell it one of the most rural states in the nation, and they sell most of it one size only. How has Rock Art Brewery, one of the nation's finest small breweries, managed to create a larger-than-life brand and a rockstar portfolio of amazing beer? We sat down with Matt Nadeau, founder and owner of Rock Art, to chat with him.
This is Matt Nadeau. He started his brewery 17 years ago in a basement.
TBE: Hey Matt. Great to meet you.
Hey there. Right off the bat, I want you to know that I've recently been working on building fireworks. Nothing illegal or dangerous. Just to have fun.
TBE: Uhh…ok. Fair enough.
I'm a scout master and den leader for the boy scouts, and I was building rockets with the boys (I have two sons). I started reading about rockets, and then I started reading about fireworks. That's been taking up my time over the past few months. So far we're working on just making some colors in the sky, but we might graduate to Disney characters eventually.
Other than that, my wife Renee and I have two boys. We love hunting, fishing, mountain biking. All the Vermont stuff basically.
TBE: How did you get into brewing beer?
I love beer. My grandfather took me out to eat when I was younger, and while everyone else was ordering Budweiser, I was venturing out and trying new beers. I used to go to Canada for heavy metal concerts, and the beer up in Canada was just better back then. More flavor. Much like fireworks, once I started reading about it, I realized I could make my own beer. Within months I started cultivating my own yeast in test tubes.
TBE: When did you start brewing beer?
I've been brewing about 22 years now. We started the brewery 17 years ago in my basement in Johnson, VT. When I first got going, I sat down with the ATF (that's the bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms), and they ask me all sorts of questions about my funding source. They told me there was a federal regulation that didn't allow me to "live" in my brewery (which was my basement). I applied for a permit to get around that and managed to get by. After 4 years of brewing 14 hours a day, 7 days a week, I threw out my back and almost ended the brewery. It was physically exhausting. We decided to move the brewery to our old location in Morrisville, where we brewed for almost 10 years. We have been in the new brewery for the past 3 years and it's been great.
TBE: What's with the Kokopelli logo on all your stuff?
My wife Renee and I love the cultural history of the Kokopelli image, which we learned about when we lived out west. The Native Americans were making these symbols to communicate across wide stretches of territory. The Kokopelli figure is seen through a bunch of the tribes of the native peoples of north and south America. It has a rich history, and tells an amazing cultural story. When we moved back to VT, the figure reminded us of the fond times we had out west and we decided to use the figure for our logo.
TBE: What inspires you to make the flavors that you do? How do you come up with some of these recipes?
Most of the beers are just based on the "let's try it" attitude. I love to cook and combine flavors. I'll taste some grains and smell some hops, ferment them, and see what happens. I'll small batch brew a lot of beers to try them out. I hardly ever use recipes when I cook at home, and I usually try to put together flavors with a reasonable expectation of a good outcome, but you never know. I base new beers on previous successful recipes most of the time. Obviously quality control is important to putting out consistently high product. I have to constantly check the yeast hasn't mutated, the temperature control is good, and make sure the pH of the incoming water supply is consistent. Basic stuff to make sure the beer tastes good. The ingredients (hops and grains) have to be consistent, and it's based on the information I get from good suppliers.
TBE: How do you source your ingredients for your beer?
Our whole philosophy has been based on local. We try to buy from around Morrisville as much as possible. Obviously it's hard to get a lot of the malts and hops year around, just because of Vermont weather. We do a Vermont hop harvest series of beers, but sometimes we need pelletized hops to help with consistency. We get the ingredients from all over when it comes down to it (U.S, Europe, etc). The store at the brewery here in Vermont is all local though. We have cheeses, meats, syrups, woodcrafts, pottery, all from Vermont.
TBE: When did you get the idea to bottle your beers in 22 oz bombers?
About 12 years ago, craft brewing was coming along nicely, and we were constantly trying to get a fair price for the beer on the shelf. We needed a unique way to do it, so we started doing 22 oz bottles. Less packaging costs, which is why a lot of small breweries do it. Makes it accessible, and I don't incur a lot of costs around 6 packs, 12 packs, etc. It's our thing, and we love it.
This also freed up income for us to try new beers and really push the needle. Our fans love that we try new beers. Bigger beers and more flavorful beers. The "extreme" label that we use is a great example of this. Our reputation allows us to make great products.
TBE: How big is your capacity?
We do about 3000 barrels a year. Depends on the mix of beers. Some beers take longer to brew.
How do you market your beers?
We've got a really loyal base of people here in VT and New England who love Rock Art. Since we're such a small brewery, we don't really do a lot pure "marketing". We've got enough distribution and our name really carries us for the local crowd.
TBE: Have you ever wanted to get bigger than you are now? You've stayed relatively "small" for quite a while now.
Most of the beer we sell is sold within 50 miles of the brewery. There's a lot of demand for our product, but we've decided to hunker down and stay relatively local. Distributors have approached us from all over the country, wanting to distribute. But we don't want to dilute our brand or just head into another state for the sake of it. We've seen so many beers hit VT shelves, stay there for a case or two, then leave forever. There's a lot that goes into growing your brand successfully, and we don't want the hassle right now. We can't match up with the giant distributors, and they don't sell our product the right way.
TBE: If you could give any advice to the up and coming craft brewers out there, what would you feel like saying to them?
Let's see here. Secure your hops sources. They're getting extremely hard to find. The ingredients have to be quality. Don't try to fudge the beer. Live and love the passion of craft, but this is a business at the end of the day. You need to pay attention to your numbers. Stick with it as well, because some can have a rough ride. It's a capital-intensive business. But make sure you enjoy it. It's fun, it's growing, and it's a great way to join your community. The pie is still growing for everyone right now.
TBE: What's your favorite VT beer that isn't a Rock Art beer?
The one that's in my hand. The flavors of VT craft beers are all over the place, and I enjoy them all. I love that we live in a time where I can try hundreds of great beers and they're all so accessible.
TBE: What's your favorite flavor of Ben and Jerry's ice cream?
The ones with the chocolate base, the brownie chunks, and the nuts. When I was in school, the Ben and Jerry's heath bar crunch factory seconds would get distributed to stores. The pint was a buck or two less than the normal pints. The pints would have giant chunks of heath bars in it. I used to love that.
TBE: Anything else?
Gosh. Talk to me another time and I'll certainly have more to say. I hope craft beer continues to grow. We look forward to brewing new and exciting beers in the years to come!
Thanks Matt!
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that said, a while back julie over at fabric mart contacted me about doing a guest post on their blog—fabric mart fabricistas—if they sent me some fabric. sign me up! she pointed me toward some new rayon fabrics and the darling ranges instantly came to mind. it was a match made in heaven if i do say so myself.
so here she is... new favorite dress! head on over to the fabric mart blog to see my write up there, then come back and see how i made the bodice adjustments!
much discussed over here is how wonky i am proportioned. i'm 5'8" which is certainly taller than average. in fact i have four sisters who are all 2-5" shorter than me. however, most of my height is in my legs making it so that i'm rather petite on top. i have a high bust, spindly arms, and have always had trouble finding necklines that aren't indecent and armholes that don't gape wide open. side boob is just not a classy look for me. i've finally come to the conclusion that, more often than not, i need to do a petite adjustment above the bust, then re-add the length under the bust. if you happen to need a similar adjustment, it's very easy to do. here's how...
pick a point above the bust (about 1/3 the way up the armscye) and fold out the amount you need to shorten by all the way around (i took out 3/4").
|obviously this is a not-to-scale drawing
then, smooth out the armscye curve and you're good to go!
once i pinned out the room and tried the bodice back on it just fit and felt right; the neckline hit in a good place, the darts were in the right place, the arm hole wasn't gaping. success! a few tweaks here and there, okay a lot of tweaks... and i had a bodice i was happy with. i decided to leave this fitted but still everyday comfortable. i left off the back ties and added darts, and i lengthened the bodice to hit my high waist. mostly i'll wear the dress belted so i left about 2" of ease at the waist. i did add lining to the skirt portion; since the fabric has a white background i didn't think i could get away without it on a sunny day.
i am loving how this dress came out and i have ideas for a few more... sleeveless, short sleeved, scoop-necked... i really need to get more megan nielson patterns!
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Success in 8 easy steps? Why yes!
TED Talks are brilliant - and this is my current favourite. Quick, sharp, to the point, and easy to understand and implement, Richard St.John's 8 Secrets of Success is a fantastic watch!
Keep an eye out on my blog, there will be a Ted Talk favourite to watch every week.
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It's been a long time since my husband and I last had a date night. So when the circus came to town – we couldn't resist the opportunity to grab a night to ourselves. But this isn't any ordinary circus. This is Circa! Think circus feats mixed with vaudeville and burlesque, and you are starting to understand the awesomeness behind this most unusual circus. This is circus for the grownups!
The performance didn't disappoint. It was unbelievable and I know the rest of the audience was with me on this because at the end, there was a standing ovation. It's been a long time since I've seen a standing ovation. What can I say? Canberra can be a really tough crowd. Circa managed to blend circus beautifully with both theatre and humour. They didn't need clowns because the humour was subtly woven throughout the entire performance. The things they could do! There was a lot of collective gasping and breath holding, not to mention the applause was deafening at times. But the performance was not flawless. Robbie, who can squeeze himself through a tennis racquet (seriously – we all were holding our breath, but he did it – while juggling), managed to drop quite a few of his juggling balls. But you can forgive him quite easily if only because it reminded you of how difficult what they were trying to do is. Perhaps it was because I did gymnastics for so many years, there were certain times during their performance where I felt like yelling out to the audience, "You should be applauding here because what they're doing is so difficult." But that was half of Circa's problem. They were so good at making everything look so easy, through the fluidity of their movement and their incredible strength, that as my husband put it, you end up thinking, "If I was a little more fit, I bet I could do that." But let's be realistic. There is no way you could remotely do any of what they do.
Bridie Hooper, pictured above, was my favourite. She joined Spaghetti Circus when she was only 11 years old. Her passion for the craft took her all the way to the Montreal National Circus School where she, not only completed her studies, but also performed at the Vancouver Olympics opening ceremony. Then she had the good sense to join Circa. This woman must be made of rubber. I seriously doubt she has any joints. Let me sum up her performances by this – when Bridie comes on stage, you know there is going to be some impossible bending of the human body involved.
I don't know about you, but when I get the chance to meet people with a rather unique career – I'm always interested to know how they wound up there. How exactly does one become a circus performer? I was lucky enough to sit down with some of the Circa ensemble and find out. As you can imagine, the majority of this incredibly flexible (and strong) crew started out with one of the circus schools. Spaghetti Circus, Circus Oz, Fruit Fly and Canberra's own Wharehouse Circus tend to be the favourites. But if you dig a little further, you find out that quite a few of them were also athletes before pursuing a career in the circus. Makes sense considering the enormous amount of strength and flexibility they need to make these remarkable feats look effortless. For those who are truly serious about escaping to the circus, you can attend the National Institute of Circus Arts to gain a degree. The age range of Circa's ensemble stretches from 21years to 47years! I find it difficult to imagine being able to do acrobatics at any age, let alone when I'm over
forty thirty. And if you thought the idea of running away with the circus couldn't get any more exciting – Circa has toured in over 30 countries! Maybe don't tell your children that… they probably don't need any more encouragement.
Those of you who live in Brisbane are really lucky, because Circa has their very own circus school, which doesn't only train children – it also has fitness classes for adults. Now that is the kind of fitness that would see me walk into a gym!
But for the rest of us who struggle to touch our toes, just grab a ticket to Circa's next performance. If you're in Canberra, the Canberra Theatre still has dates available. With tickets starting from only $30 – you'd be crazy to miss it. Your best bet is Saturday's matinee because there are quite a few of the good seats left.
Should you take your children? So long as they can sit still for 80mins (there isn't any intermission), I would. I know this is a performance targeted towards adults, but so long as you don't mind them seeing people in their underwear (don't be prudes), you really wouldn't want them to miss out. The only thing your children won't get, is some of the humour… Nor will they appreciate some of the fine music used either, such as Bonnie Tyler's "Total Eclipse of the Heart." But we can forgive them for that.


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I sent these little beauties out to Patricia Steglinski of P.S. Photography to photograph them for our Etsy shop. I just love how they came out! Clean and crisp. All of the earrings are ready to ship except for the cascading clear rhinestone earrings, that particular pair is made to order. If you are interested in giving them a home, or if you just want to browse our shop, you can check out our items here.
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Obama hits the road to lay out his economic vision
By this fall, Washington could once again find itself embroiled in a debt limit debate, with lawmakers negotiating dollar-for-dollar over government spending. This week, before those negotiations start, President Obama will deliver to the nation his opening argument for a more progressive economic agenda.
Rather than focus on the looming fights with Congress, Mr. Obama this week will in three speeches lay out a broad economic vision that focuses on building up the middle class.
"I'm going to talk about where we need to go from here, how we need to put behind us the distractions and the phony debates and nonsense that somehow passes for politics these days and get back to basics," Mr. Obama told supporters at a Washington event Monday night. "It's going to be the kickoff to what is essentially several months of us trying to get Washington and the press to re-focus on the economy... but also for us to start exploring some big and bold ideas."
- WH to Congress: Don't use debt limit to hold up economy
- Bernanke: Fiscal policy is stunting the recovery
With 1,200 days left in office, the president said he planned to use "every waking minute of every one of those days, thinking about, and then acting upon, any good ideas out there that are going to help ordinary Americans succeed."
The president's economic tour starts Wednesday at Knox College in Galesburg, Ill. -- a small liberal arts college where Mr. Obama in 2005 gave his first major economic speech as a senator. Later on Wednesday, the president will speak at the University of Central Missouri in Warrensburg, Mo. On Thursday, he travels to Florida to deliver remarks at the Jacksonville Port Authority.}
The president's speeches come amid mixed economic reports. Earlier this month, the White House reported that thanks to a slowly improving economy, the significant "sequestration" budget cuts and new tax revenue, the 2013 deficit will actually be $214 billion lower than previously projected. At the same time, economists are predicting that the economy may only grow by a weak rate of 2 percent this year. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke has called the sequester a drag on the economy.
White House spokesman Jay Carney on Tuesday characterized the economy this way: "Strong, but not strong enough; growing, but not growing fast enough; creating jobs, but not creating enough jobs."
The president on Wednesday, Carney said, will say "that we have to keep our eye on the ball here -- what the North Star is when it comes to moving our economy forward. And it's built around the basic notion that a thriving middle class that feels secure and is expanding has always been the driving force behind the American economy at its best. And that was the case in the last century. That condition began to erode over the course of several decades."
The argument revives the case Mr. Obama made during his re-election campaign for government investment in an economy that serves more than the "top 1 percent." Republicans, however, insist that they're focused not only on growing the economy and jobs but also responsible government spending.
"This is all about a big setup that's coming in this speech," House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, told reporters Tuesday. "The president wants to raise taxes so he can do more stimulus spending and the fact is, it's his sequester and if we're going to get rid of his sequester, we're going to have to look for smarter spending cuts in order to do that."}
Boehner said that if the president were serious about the economy, he would work more closely with Congress rather than giving more campaign-style speeches. A major part of Boehner's agenda, however, is delaying -- if not repealing all together -- the Affordable Care Act, illustrating how fundamentally different Mr. Obama's vision for building up the future is from the Republican vision.
Carney stressed Tuesday that Mr. Obama this week isn't trying to find any quick answers, but start a "long-term project."
"It's not enough just to see the stock market bounce back," he said. "We need to make the right policy choices so that the middle class feels like they're getting their interests addressed here in Washington, as opposed to ignored through policies that only do harm to the middle class."


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Saga Communications has launched CHR "Hits 99.7" W259BG/100.3 WIXY-HD3 Champaign, IL.
The station is launching jockless and commercial-free going up against SJ Broadcasting's "Q96" WQQB for the CHR audience in the home of the University of Illinois.
The translator has previously been Rock "Extra 92.1/99.7" which continues to broadcast on 92.1 W221CK/WIXY-HD2. Saga also owns Variety Hits "92.5 The Chief" WCFF, Adult CHR "Mix 94.5" WLRW, "True Oldies 97.9" W250BL/WLRW-HD2 Classic Country 99.1 WYXY, and Country 100.3 WIXY in the Champaign-Urbana market.


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Ilkeston Rutland dented Langley Mill United's promotion hopes with a two wicket victory at Rutland Sports Park on Saturday.
The victory saw Ilkeston move up to fifth in the Division One standings while Langley Mill are now 12 points behind second-placed Rolleston.
Ilkeston won the toss and put Langley Mill into bat first, removing opener Kiegen Wing with 11 on the board and George Brandrick soon afterwards.
Tom Brandrick steadied things a little but Jamie Salmons fell for six and then Brandrick himself for 25 to leaveu Langley Mill 60-4, Rob Green having taken three of the wickets and Page bowling Salmons.
Langley Mill couldn't get a firm hold on proceedings and wickets fell at regular intervals, no partnerships making more then 20 runs as Akhil Patel arrived on the scene to take 3 for 17, Harry Page 3 for 36 and Green his fourth wicket to ensure the Millers were all out for 116, Danny Hanson not out on 20 at the end.
In reply, Ilkeston got off to a bad start, losing Ahsan Tariq to his first ball and Shaun Levy to his second to leave them 6-2, with Mohamed Dilshad enjoying a fine afternoon having taken both wickets.
Things only got better for Dilshad as he went on to take six of the eight wickets to fall to finish with figures of 6 for 48, Simon Lacey and a run out accounting for the other wickets.
However, Patel's 42 would prove key to Ilkeston's success although at one point they were 79-7 when Patel departed, the tail of Tom Windley (17), Sam Moulds (20*) and Green (19) helping their cause as they eventually passed the target in the 39th over to claim 22 points.


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Interview - Tony Perfect of Long Tall Shorty
Guitarist Tony Perfect -aka Tony Morrison- was a member of Long Tall Shorty (one of the bands that played most regularly at the club at the time) and Angelic Upstarts. He was a witness of a time in the history of the Marquee Club when riots were a usual business, bottles would fly onstage, bands would get banned to play and club managers would run away from menacing drummers. It was also a time for new and fresh sounds, much excitement and lots of adrenaline. Tony talks to us about his memories on the mod and punk scene at the Marquee club.
- What is the first image that springs to mind when you hear the words "Marquee Club"?
Same as everyone else, the sticky floors and cheap beer!!
- Do you remember the very first time you ever visited the club?
Yes, it was when I played there in January 1979. I had been at school and my mother said there had been a phone call from the Angelic Upstarts manager. I was in Long Tall Shorty although at the time the band was called the Indicators. Jimmy Pursey from Sham 69 called us Long Tall Shorty after he saw us supporting the Upstarts in Surrey and invited us to record a 45". The Invaders were supposed to be playing that night with the Upstarts but had pulled out of the tour and we were offered the last few dates. This was the first one we did. The gig is billed on this web site as "Purseys Package", Angelic Upstarts and The Invaders.
- Was Long Tall Shorty originally formed with ex-members from The Tourists, who had a residency at the Marquee in 1978?
Ah no, Long Tall Shorty was formed from a band called Ben E Dorme and The Tourists. It was a school band, not The Tourists with Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart.
- In 1979, you joined Angelic Upstarts and you played at the Marquee just two days after your last show at the club with Long Tall Shorty. Is that right?
Nearly. I joined the Upstarts in January 1982 and yes, my first ever gig with them was two days after my last gig at the Marquee with Long Tall Shorty.
- The Invaders and you played at the Marquee in February 1979. They were also supposed to tour UK with you but they decided to drop it. What happened with them?
You are talking about the tour I mentioned above before I joined the Angelic Upstarts. They were getting a lot of abuse every night and decided not to finish the tour. My band the Indicators did the rest of the tour!
-You are considered one of the most important bands of the mod revival in the late 70's. At the time, do you remember feeling like being part of a mod scene?
Yes, we were unashamedly a mod band, I was one of the first mods in the UK. We really thought it was going to be more important than the punk scene!!
-As a member of the audience at the Marquee, which bands or gigs do you remember especially?
I used to go to the club 5 or 6 nights a week and I saw some fantastic bands there, Generation X, The Alarm, Slade, UK Subs, The Chords and the Purple Hearts, Nine Below Zero, etc...
- Which are your personal memories about London's punk scene during the late 70's?
Lots of violence and being very poor!
Long Tall Shorty at the Marquee Club
- In February 1980, Long Tall Shorty headlined the bill at the Marquee and soon later Mark Reynolds and Jimmy Grant left the band. Can you remember that particular gig?
Yes, we just had our first 45" out on Warner Brothers and we really thought we were on the verge of super stardom, LOL. It was an odd night, lots of fights and two people got stabbed as well. I remember our manager saying the sound was terrible too.
- In August that same year, Long Tall Shorty played at Reading Rock festival, which was organized by the National Jazz Federation and the Marquee club. During your show there was a celebrated riot in the audience. At the time riots seemed to follow you wherever you played. Did the riots happen spontaneously or is something that you would provoke?
On this occasion, we did promote it because the Reading festival was very rock orientated and we were a mod band therefore the audience were never going to like us so we thought we might as well have some fun instead!
- You were also banned from the Marquee club because of a riot at the club. Do you remember how it happened?
Our drummer had an argument with Nigel (Hutchins), the club's manager and chased him out into the street. All I remember is Nigel running past shouting, "Tony, this is the last time you'll play here".
- So, is that your wildest memory from the Marquee days?
It was certainly the worst time, I used to play there every month, about 25 times in total and lots of my friends went there so being banned was very upsetting!
- In February 1982, Angelic Upstarts returned to the Marquee club for the last time. Can you remember that particular gig?
Yes, this was the first gig I did as a member of the Angelic Upstarts but we did play there a few months later. There was a riot at the second gig when about 300 skinheads who weren't allowed in, tried to break the doors down.
-You also played other important clubs from London's punk circuit, such as the 100 Club. How different was the atmosphere between these other clubs and the Marquee?
The Marquee was the best place by far. It had a great layout and Everybody used to go there whereas the 100 Club wasn't as important.
-Some punk artists such as Siouxsie Sioux and the Sex Pistols used to claim that the Marquee was "a stinky place" because it was "just a business place stack in the past". What do you think about it?
I just think it was a really great club, I had many good nights down there both playing and watching. The only problem was it used to close at 11 so you were always looking for somewhere else to go afterwards.
-What did you do after the split of the band in 1982? Did you play at the Marquee with any other group?
No unfortunately.
-Do you remember drinking with other bands at the Ship pub?
Yes, the Ship was another hang-out for bands and I spent many nights there but don't ask me to remember who with, there were far too many people around.
-The dressing room of the Marquee was legendary for it's graffiti welcomed walls. Did you ever leave your signature on it?
Yes I did, many times. I would also like to mention, even though the dressing room was really small and dirty, it was always a great buzz to hear the DJ announce your band, open the door and step out onto the stage to a huge cheer.
-Did you ever visit the Marquee club or keep in touch with people from the club after your last concert there?
No, I did see a few of them when the club moved to Charing Cross Road but I only went there a couple of times as it didn't have the atmosphere of the old club.
-What did you think when you heard about the demolishing of the original building at 90 Wardour street in the 90's?
I thought it was a national disgrace to be honest. It should have been preserved for eternity.
-Have you ever told your children about the Marquee club days?
Not really, they like rap music and watch videos and listen to CDs. They wouldn't understand how important it was to someone like me.
-If you had to define the effect that the Marquee club had in your life or in your musical career, how would you put it into words?
Well, because I loved all the bands from the 1960's it used to amaze me that I was playing where Jimi Hendrix, The Who and The Yardbirds had played because it was pretty much unchanged from those days. I'd say during the 1960's and '70's, it was the most important club in England for a band and I am honoured to have played there so many times.
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About the emergency support scheme
The emergency support scheme was set up by the Royal Borough of Greenwich to provide discretionary support to local residents in difficult times, for example, after a house fire or flood.
There are two types of support available:
- Community support awards
- Emergency support payments.
Find out more about community support awards
Find out more about emergency support payments
Who can apply
To qualify, you must live in Royal Greenwich and be both of the following:
- aged 18 or over - or aged 16 to 17 and living with parents or guardians
- eligible to receive benefits in terms of your immigration status or residency, for instance you don't require leave to enter or remain in the UK.
Please note that - You're unlikely to be awarded support through the scheme if any of the following apply:
- your benefits have been stopped (sanctioned) - apply for a hardship payment instead, ask your local Jobcentre for a JSA10 form (or call 0800 328 9344 if you are claiming Universal Credit)
- you're waiting for the first payment of a benefits claim - apply for an alignment payment called a short term advance instead by calling 0345 608 8545
- you're a student - except in the case of a disaster such as flooding.
Additional criteria for community support awards
To get a community support award, you also need:
- to have savings of less than £500 or less than £1,000 if you or your partner have reached the Pension Credit qualifying age
- to be in receipt of qualifying benefits.
Qualifying benefits are:
- Universal Credit (housing element included)
- Income Support
- Income-based Jobseeker's Allowance
- Income-related Employment and Support Allowance
- Pension Credit.
Additional criteria for emergency support payments
To qualify for emergency support payments, you also must not have enough resources to meet your essential short-term needs in an emergency or after a disaster, such as a fire or flood.
You must have no other means of preventing serious risk to your health and safety or to the health and safety of a member of your family.
Please note - You don't need to be in receipt of a qualifying benefit to get an emergency support payment.
How to apply
You can only apply for the emergency support scheme online. If you need help completing the form, call the Emergency Support Scheme team.
Apply online for the emergency support scheme
What happens next
The Council will assess your claim and decide if it can help you and if so, whether a community support award or emergency support payment would be most suitable.
How quickly you'll get help depends on what type of support you're awarded - emergency support payments are usually awarded on the same day while community support awards can take up to three weeks to be awarded.
If you're not happy with the decision
You can ask for a review of your decision if you're not happy with the decision on your claim.
You must do this in writing within one month of the date you get your decision notice. Write to the Emergency Support Scheme team.


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Pastor Jenny writes . . . .
Posted by Ps. Jenny | Labels: journaling | Posted On Monday, August 24, 2009 at 11:16 PM
Hi guys!
Our journaling today brings us to Song of Solomon 3: 1-5. I thought I would write something about this passage so that you can understand it better. After commenting on this passage, I will write down what I have written in my journal for today.
The Song of Solomon, also known as Songs, is a love song written by Solomon and is full of metaphors and oriental imagery. As we look deep into The Song of Solomon we see a depiction of life finding its highest fulfillment in the love of a man and a woman, so spiritual life finds its fulfillment in the love of God for His people and Christ for His church. As we read The Song of Solomon we see the book is arranged like scenes in a drama with three main speakers: the bride (Shulamite), the king (Solomon) and a chorus (daughters of
The words of the Shulamite girl to King Solomon's court ladies continues in this chapter. She is relaying things about the search for her true love.
This short and sweet little passage is often misunderstood.
We must remember, the Shulamite girl and the shepherd boy
are only betrothed to one another!
Let's take a closer look at what she is saying.
1. On my bed, I sought him.
Song 3:1
By night on my bed I sought the one I love;
I sought him, but I did not find him.
The Shulamite girl and shepherd boy were engaged.
Verse 1 does not teach that they were in bed together…
nor had ever been in bed together.
It teaches very simply, while she was separated from her betrothed:
She thought about him at night while lying in her bed.
* She missed him terribly.
* She deeply desired to be with him.
2. I will rise now, and go about the city.
Song 3:2
"I will rise now," I said, "And go about the city;
In the streets and in the squares
I will seek the one I love."
I sought him, but I did not find him.
She told these other women that she could not sleep!
- She got up and went looking for her shepherd.
* Her great desire for her shepherd is seen in this verse.
· She even asked for help in finding him!
Song 3:3 The watchmen who go about the city found me; I said,
"Have you seen the one I love?"
- Unfortunately, she could not find him!
- At least, not yet.
Her heart was truly broken.
Remember, she is vividly telling this story
to the rest of the women in Solomon's harem..
She could not have that desire fulfilled now.
3. I found him the one I love.
Song 3:4
Scarcely had I passed by them,
When I found the one I love.
I held him and would not let him go,
Until I had brought him to the house of my mother,
And into the chamber of her who conceived me.
- It wasn't long, though, that she did find him!
- She only passed by the watchmen a few times.
- She kept looking until she found the shepherd!
- Notice these facts about this meeting:
#1 She found him.
· If you are not looking carefully enough,
you won't find what you're looking for.
#2 She held him.
This is an interesting word.
When we read it, we think "hug."
It's much more than that!
It means, "to grasp, to take hold, to seize, to catch, and to fasten."
She looked for him so long and so hard
that when she did finally find him,
she wasn't going to let him get away!
She latched onto him and would not let go.
#3 She brought him.
The "chamber" here is not a bed chamber!
It was an inner-parlor in her mother's house.
4. I charge you, O daughters of
I charge you, O daughters of
By the gazelles or by the does of the field,
Do not stir up nor awaken love until it pleases.
These are the same words she used in chapter 2:7.
It is even spoken of in the same way.
- She strongly urges these harem women…
not to try to excite or entice her
to change her affection from her shepherd
to the king or anyone else.
- This shows her deep commitment to the shepherd boy!
This ends this part of her story to the rest of the harem.
No matter what they had to say or offer her,
her mind was unwavering and sure.
Her heart was fixed. She turned her desire into action.
She didn't just stay in the bed and wish to find her shepherd.
She got up and did something about it.
She wanted her shepherd, not the king.
The Song of Solomon is about our relationship to our Betrothed, Jesus.
Many Christians just sit and think about what it might be like
to have a sweet relationship with the Savior.
Others love Him enough to actually do something about it.
- The Shulamite girl did what it took to find her betrothed.
What are you willing to do
to have that kind of relationship with the Lord Jesus,
the Lover of your soul?
My journal entry (SOAP)
Date: 24.8.09
Title: My Soul longs for youScripture: Song 1: 2: I got up and went around the city, in the streets and squares looking for the one I love. I looked for him, but I could not find him.
Observation: The Shulamite lady longed so much to find the shepherd boy that she could not sleep at night. She got up from her bed and went out in search of him. She looked around the city, in the streets but she could not find him. The city and the streets represent the world and all its distractions, like the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes and the pride of life. But as soon as she left all these, she found the one she loves. Likewise, there should be a longing in our souls for God, the lover of our soul. We look in the wrong places to satisfy our longing. But as soon as we leave those things or places that distract us, we will be able to find Jesus who is the One who can really satisfy us. So there must be a longing, a searching, a finding, a holding on and not letting go.
Application: My soul will long to have fellowship and communion with Jesus. I will search for him and once I have found him, I will not let him go.
Prayer: Dear Lord Jesus, my soul longs for you, as the deer thirst for the waters. You alone can satisfy the longing and fulfill the desires of my heart. In You will I find true happiness, joy and peace. Amen.


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