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In an exclusive all girls' secondary school, they become friends. They choose the same university, and through smoke-filled nights, lectures, sexual encounters and first loves, their bond deepens: a friendship which seems like it will last for evermore.
But then, at an end-of-year party, something happens which changes everything...
Afterwards, they drift apart. Now, Stella, a lawyer in New York, lives for her work; Laura, a struggling journalist in Dublin, is still waiting for the scoop to kick-start her career; while Amanda, broken and beautiful, lives a life of slow decay in London.
Then the phonecall comes which brings them back together, to the friendship they swore would never end, and the night when it all went wrong.
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Stella's mobile rang at the same time as the white button on the phone in front of her began to flash. Everything was always urgent, a world of people striving, driving hard. She stared at the button, gathering her thoughts for the seven-way conference call.
'Hello.' She answered her mobile by instinct, conditioned by the 353 area code to respond. Whoever it was, and only those closest to her had that number, she'd tell them to call back. The white button was still flashing.
'Stel, it's Amanda. Something bad.'
Laura, God bless her, so sweet and hesitant about herself, got straight to the point where everyone else was concerned. Her years of training as a journalist meant that she didn't waste time on the unimportant.
'What now?' Stella tried, failed, to keep the weary note from her voice that made her sound so much older than twenty-eight. With Amanda, it was always something. Usually something big, dramatic.Noisy. Sometimes she felt as if she and Laura had been picking up the pieces for years. For ever. When had she and Laura last talked for any length without Amanda hijacking the focus of their conversation? As if, even now, fifteen years on, they were still in the shadow of her considerable glamour?
And if Amanda was with them, it was always all about her. A room with Amanda in it felt like a room with a vortex into which everything, eventually, would fall. Still, it must be pretty bad or Laura wouldn't ring so early. Stella checked her diamond-studded Tag Heuer, a gift from Sean – barely eight am.
'There's a story in one of the papers. No names. It's one of those "guess which former society beauty has been spotted" but it's obviously her. Apparently she and Huw have locked themselves into the house in Knightsbridge. Boarded up the front door and shut off all the downstairs rooms. They're living on the top floor. Barnes and his wife have been turned out. No one is allowed in except that rat Jake. I don't think anyone else much tries any more. Barnes went to Huw's family to get help, and someone's leaked it to the papers. They aren't eating or sleeping or talking to anyone. The place is filthy ‒ they're filthy too. Seems it's been going on for months. It's really bad this time.'
Amanda filthy? Amanda, with her effortlessly shiny hair, golden skin and natural elegance, with her faint aloofness, sharp wit and deep laugh. Amanda O'Hagen, social queen from the age of thirteen, locked into the wedding-cake-white four-storey Knightsbridge house, where she and Huw had lived in the five years since they'd got married, seeing no one? Stella had been to the house just once, right before the wedding. It had been an interior designer's dream, the kind of thing that got full-colour photographs in glossy magazines for the rest of the world to drool over, with its impeccable grey interior walls, original stuccoed ceilings, and fireplaces big enough to stand in. There was a Picasso sketch or two, a Bacon in the dining room, a small Turner onto which the light from the first-floor windows fell at evening, making it glow with a golden fire all its own. Amanda had told Stella how much she loved that painting, joking that she would have married Huw for it, even if he hadn't been the handsomest man on earth. What must the house look like now? Stella wondered. How filthy was filthy? And why was it anything, now, to do with her?
'So what's different?' Again, that weary note.
'They packed Dora off a few months ago, back to Mrs O'Hagen.'
'Right.' Stella, lawyer now before friend, considered the implications. 'And if Amanda is sending Dora back to her mother, that can't be good.'
'Not good at all, I'd say, when you think how long she spent keeping the two of them apart. Apparently Dora thinks she's on holiday. She's due to go home in a couple of weeks, but Mrs O'Hagen's been talking about trying to get her into St Assumpta's, so she can keep an eye on her.'
'Oh, for Christ's sake, Laura. Isn't that where this whole mess started? Mrs O'Hagen and St Assumpta's?' Stella found she was shaking, her breath coming unevenly.
'If they must go giving boys blow-jobs, at least this way we know they're St Augustin's boys …' Laura drawled.
It had been their catchphrase for years, ever since Amanda had heard her mother say it to her father, while Amanda was getting ready to go to Dargle's, the rugby-club disco, where all the boys and girls from smart Southside schools went on a Friday night. Amanda had been fourteen. Now, it no longer seemed funny, even though the three of them had screamed with laughter over it for years. It had been the one thing guaranteed to break the ice between them when they met up after a separation, with increasingly little in common.
'Laura, I'd better go. I'll call you back, right?' The little white light was still flashing. Her assistant had put her head round the door twice already, looking slightly panicked the second time. Stella reached out to push the button that would bring up a huge digital split-screen showing the seven participants in the conference call. Two were down the corridor, in their own huge twenty-seventh-floor offices, but the rest were in Tokyo, including Sean. Beautiful Sean, with his strawberry-blond hair, his white-white teeth and the one drop of west-of-Ireland blood from which he had forged a complete identity. A man in the mould of John F. Kennedy, Stella thought, now seven thousand miles away from her. Also seven thousand miles away from his two perfect children and blonde WASP wife.
The white light was still flashing. They were all waiting for Stella, who had – as always – every possible fact relating to the case neatly categorized in her mind. She had read the depositions and documents with such meticulous attention that even the Japanese clients were impressed. She had a talent for hard work and fact-retention, which meant she was being fast-tracked through one of New York's oldest, most established legal firms. Push the button, Stella, she thought. Deal with Amanda later. But she hesitated. Mrs O'Hagen and St Assumpta's. Where it had all started. Amanda, at fourteen, the most beautiful girl she'd ever seen.


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20 Tips for a Successful Laundry Room
Does your laundry room need a redo? We have laundry room ideas that will make your space more efficient and inviting.
Most people spend five to seven hours a week in their laundry rooms, yet these spaces are often drab, dull and uninviting. Make yours part of the home by taking tips from three successful setups. You may find yourself a little less hesitant to do the wash.
Here's how to make your laundry room more inviting!
Tip 1: Evaluate your laundry room and ask if a new floor plan is needed. One homeowner was dissatisfied with the efficiency of space in her galley laundry room and adjacent pocket bath, so she decided to combine the two rooms. Removing one wall created a more functional space. A knee wall offers privacy for the bath while also serving as a shelf for folded laundry.
Tip 2: When rethinking space, evaluate your current appliances. Consider the longevity of your washer and dryer. Today's models conserve energy and time, including dryers that eliminate the need to pretreat laundry and that adjust cycle lengths to compensate for dampness.
Tip 3: Choose between open or closed storage. Laundry rooms need storage because they often act as a household's drop-off point. Include adequate storage in your planning. Items can be concealed in floor- to-ceiling wall cabinets. Cleaning agents and other accessories are easily accessible in cabinets above the washer and dryer.
Tip 4: Continue your home's decorating scheme into the laundry. Once the wall cabinets were chosen, the homeowner used the rich, natural tones of wood and the warm hue of Laura Ashley Home, Brick 6 in satin. This combination transforms the laundry room into a seamless continuation of the home.
Tip 5: Add ample lighting. The homeowner replaced one fluorescent overhead unit with four recessed lights, bringing a remarkable amount of brightness to the room.
Tip 6: Ceramic tile stands up to high traffic. With damp and dirty clothes in the area, a tile floor was the perfect option for this homeowner. Not only do ceramic tiles offer resistance to damp clothing or towels on the floor, but they also help conceal dirt. Leftover tiles were even used to create the sink's countertop and backsplash, completing the vanity area.
Tip 7: Spruce up small areas with bold color. Wallpaper hides scuffed walls while adding pattern.
Tip 8: Bring outdoor lights in for an interesting twist on lighting. The pendant lights, durable enough for outside, were placed in the closet area for a modern look. Other accessories, echoing the chrome of the fixtures, contribute to the contemporary feel.
Tip 9: Add an open shelf. A quick shelf was crafted out of a panel board bordered with scalloped trim and painted purple. Three wooden brackets provide support.
Tip 10: Conceal the unsightly with corrugated aluminum. Try wrapping a sheet of aluminum around the front of an insulated water heater. Leave the back open to allow air circulation. The silvery aluminum makes a nice counterpoint to the chrome lights.
Tip 11: Give the laundry room a new floor. You can floor a laundry room in one afternoon with a single box of self-adhesive vinyl tile squares.
Tip 12: Step up the laundry hamper. A steel trash can corresponds nicely with the other silver accents and serves as a hamper for the first floor of the home.
Tip 13: Install a hideaway ironing board. When space is an issue, think about including a wall-mounted ironing board. You can even paint it to match the trim.
Tip 14: Hang small garage racks. Small racks on the wall keep clutter out of the way.
Tip 15: Paint the walls. Paint is the quickest way to change the look of any room, especially a basement or garage. To paint concrete, clean walls with soap and water, and rinse completely; let walls dry. Apply a waterproof sealer to the entire area, and let dry. Paint walls the desired color, and enjoy the quick results.
Tip 16: Conceal concrete walls with tile board. Basement laundry rooms often feel dark, damp, and scary. To make your room seem more inviting, attach pressure-treated 1 x 4s with 11/4-inch nails along the top and bottom edges of walls. Vertically place 1 x 4s every 16 inches. Cut tile board to length of wall with a jigsaw, and attach board to 1 x 4 stripping using galvanized 3-penny nails. Nail at 6-inch intervals along the top, bottom, and edges.
Tip 17: Hang wire shelving on concrete walls. Covering concrete walls with wire racks not only offers more storage but also disguises cinder blocks. To hang shelving, make a horizontal line at desired height using a level. Cut metal horizontal support to desired length. While holding the support in place, mark holes on the wall. Remove support, and drill holes with a 5/32-inch masonry bit. Attach support with 3/16- x 2-inch concrete screws. Follow manufacturer's instructions to install horizontal brackets.
Tip 18: Make a movable folding table with a vanity and casters. Turn a vanity cabinet upside down and attach a 3-1/2 x 3-1/2 x 1-1/2 inch wood block in each corner with 2-inch drywall screws. Attach casters to the center of each block. Turn cabinet right side up, and attach a prefabricated countertop 1 inch wider than the cabinet top. Secure using 1-1/2 inch drywall screws from the back side. Seal the ends with a preglued end-cap kit. Follow manufacturer's directions. Rough cost estimate: $190
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Tip 20: Add window treatments. Construct a window treatment out of indoor/outdoor fabric. Cut fabric to the window's length plus 6 inches and cut width to the exact measurement of the window. Fold the fabric over the top 6 inches, and install grommets 1 inch from the folded top to form a sleeve. Add grommets down each side, and run rope through the grommets. Cut a jagged pattern on the front side of the top folded edge with scissors. Slip a small tension rod through the top fold, and hang in window frame.

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Proposition 42: Open records ballot measure wins
Voters approved Tuesday a measure to give greater protection to California's open meeting and public records laws by putting them in the state Constitution.
Born of a political faux pas and placed on the ballot without opposition, Proposition 42 had 61 percent support with 92 percent of precincts reporting.
The measure also requires local governments to pay the cost of complying with the records and meetings laws, an expense the state previously was required to pay.
Last year, Gov. Jerry Brown approved suspending about four dozen mandates on local governments so that the state wouldn't have to make the reimbursements – including those for public records. In exchange, local governments could have decided whether to comply with open-information laws for which they weren't paid.
That included some aspects of complying with public-records statutes, such as assisting with information searches, telling individuals whether records can be provided and requiring adequate notice of public meetings.
News outlets and watchdog groups roundly criticized the cost-cutting plan as sacrificing a pillar of government transparency for fiscal expediency.
Lawmakers quickly backed away from cutting public-record reimbursements for the local agencies and came up with Proposition 42. The Legislative Analyst's Office estimated the change would save state government tens of millions of dollars each year by shifting those costs to local governments.
Legislators in the Assembly and the Senate voted a combined 115-0 to place the measure on the June 3 ballot.
Political contributions were similarly lopsided. Supporters, mostly unions, gave nearly $560,000 through late May in cash and non-monetary contributions to the Yes on 42 campaign.
There was no formal opposition to the measure, although the League of California Cities said it was "concerned" that shifting the costs of complying with public-records laws will hurt agencies that are already struggling to make their budgets.
"It has to be acknowledged that this could have an impact on them," said Dan Carrigg, a league lobbyist.
It was not lost on local agencies that Proposition 42's preamble extols government transparency, but that some aspects of the public records and open meeting laws don't apply to the Senate and the Assembly.
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Cordially Invited is Zoe's first work of non-fiction following the phenomenal success of her fiction series. This full colour lifestyle book will be Zoe's blueprint for making an event and a memory out of each day. Divided into seasons, and woven through with her own stories, the book reveals Zoe's favourite events – big and small – throughout the year and how to celebrate them in style.
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Alien At Her Door contains two short stories, and one full book. The first two stories serve as a prequel to the last. The stories Passionflower and Keeper of Tomorrows are about 50 pages each, and were written and previously published in multi-author print anthologies. These stories will give you a fun peak at how Nancy and M'ike, then Raine and Talon…meet.
The book Guardian Alien starts on Earth, where Hawken finally convinces his Keeper, Tawny…to accept him. It ends on the planet Lah'cee'Vus, where all three couples come together to save the planet…
Previously published in 2006, in a multi-author anthology, this story has been edited and enhanced.
What happens when you combine passionflower wine, a gorgeous foreign man who's understanding of the English language seems to short-circuit occasionally—with a nightclub specializing in private booths?
You wake up the next morning with a screaming headache. A suspicion the mattress beneath you, just might be flesh and blood instead of memory foam. And a view out the window that seems to be the planet Earth, as seen from space.
All Nancy wanted to do, was put some social interaction back into her very secluded life…She ended up with something out of this world.
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Raine opened her door late one night to a tall, dark haired man. A man from another dimension, who swears he's waited centuries just for her. Will a passionate night of show and tell…convince Raine that Talon is her destiny?
Talon needs his Keeper to accept him as the man he truly is. Their worlds, all worlds, need a matched Guardian pair in order to save mankind from untold evil. This may be his last chance to persuade her of what a life together could entail. He offers her adventure, love, and his body for eternity. Will it be enough?
Guardian Alien
New, never published. This book includes characters from Passionflower and Keeper of Tomorrows.
Hawken is a Guardian in search of his Keeper. Tawny is a small town Kansas girl, looking for possibilities. The kind that can't be found in Kansas. Hawk wants to take it nice and slow, and give Tawny time to except him.
But she wants a bad boy, er...alien...to sweep her off her feet, and carry her out of this world.
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Highlights and Lowlights From April's Jobs Report
At least we're not Europe, you might say. The U.S. economy created 115,000 jobs in April, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported on Friday. That's slow and disappointing, but it's progress -- something most of the developed world knows nothing about these days.
What should you make of the numbers? It can't be repeated enough that initial reports need to be taken with a grain of salt. Statistically, the margin of error in monthly jobs reports is plus or minus 100,000, so April may have been much better or worse than it looked. Friday's report showed February and March's jobs numbers were revised up by 53,000. April's numbers will likely be revised one way or another in the coming months, too.
More meaningful is a six-month average. The economy has created an average of 197,000 jobs a month since last October, with the private sector generating 207,000 jobs a month (declines in government jobs lowered the overall average). That's actually pretty good. The average job-creation number in any given six-month period over the last 50 years is 119,000 a month. Over the last decade, it's 11,000 a month. The economy added an average of 85,000 jobs a month during the 2002-2005 recovery -- and many were government jobs as the private sector continued to languish. If this were a normal economy, the kind of jobs growth we've seen over the last six months would be healthy and happy.
But this isn't a normal economy. So many jobs were lost from 2008 to 2010 that today's normal growth rate feels downright awful. There are still 4.9 million fewer jobs today than there were at the end of 2007. Add in population growth during that period, and even with decent jobs growth lately the hole in our labor market is perhaps 7 million jobs deep. If we continued growing jobs at 200,000 a month, the unemployment rate wouldn't fall to 6% until 2021. That is probably the most important job statistic you can know these days.
And many of the new jobs created lately are in low-paying industries. One-third of new jobs created in April came from food services and temporary services. "Administrative and waste" contributed another third. Average hourly earnings among all employees are up 1.8% over the last year -- below the rate of inflation. Part of the loss in earnings has been made up with an uptick in the average number of weekly hours worked, but that's a tough way to get ahead in life. There is no question about it: It stinks for tens of millions of Americans.
Now some technical stuff. The unemployment rate fell to 8.1% in April from 8.2% in March. Using a broader unemployment rate that includes those who have given up looking for work or are involuntarily working part time, the unemployment rate held steady at 14.5%.
The difference between those two figures underlines the fact that millions of Americans have simply stopped looking for work, and thus aren't counted in the traditional unemployment rate. The trend has become so bad, some say, that the best measure of unemployment is the labor force participation rate, or the percentage of the working-age population that is either employed or unemployed but looking for work.
Sure enough, the labor force participation rate has dropped big time in recent years, suggesting that legions of Americans who used to be active participants in the job market have given up. The participation rate in the 1990s was often near 68%. Today it's about 63%.
But economists had been predicting most of that decline for years, well before the recent recession began. How did they foresee it coming? A lot of the decline has nothing to do with a weak economy. It's about demographics and education. As the baby boomers age, retirement rates are rising. And as higher education becomes more necessary, more are spending their teens and 20s in school instead of working. Those two facts combined would cause the labor force participation rate to fall even if the economy were booming. The finance blog Calculated Risk recently showed the actual labor force participation rate compared with a 2002 projection by sociologist Robert Szafran, which tells the story:
Indeed, the Bureau of Labor Statistics keeps track of not just how many people drop out of the labor force, but why they dropped out. It does that the old-fashioned way: It asks them if they want a job or not. Even though the number of Americans not in the labor force has increased by more than 10 million since 2007, those who left the labor force and claim to want a job has increased one-fifth that amount, or 2 million. In the last year, the number of Americans age 16 and up not in the labor force increased by 2.7 million, yet those claiming to want a job declined by 140,000.
But those are small wins and clarifications amid what is clearly a painfully weak jobs market. People worry about politics and deficits and education and the environment, but without a job, little else matters. Right now, there just aren't enough.
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This is a question I've thought about several times, including on the occasion several years ago where I did ride a camel through the Sahara desert.
I'm going to make this a short post, because I'd love to hear from you guys what your thoughts are on the issue.
So where do I start debating this with myself then?
Well my current views are, I agree with riding horses, because on the most part, I feel they are trained in a welfare friendly manner to accept a human passenger.
I disagree with riding elephants, because on the most part, I feel they are not trained in a welfare friendly manner, to accept passengers.
So I suppose my first stumbling block is not having a clue how a camel is trained to be ridden. A quick google and the process appears rather similar to breaking in a horse, so on the face of it the training seems fine.
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I suppose my next issue has to come down to equipment. I felt when I rode a camel that some of the halters were too tight and made of harsh material that could easily cut into the animals face, and that the saddles, large metal frames with multiple blankets, luggage and overweight tourists strapped to them, looked uncomfortable.
The surprising thing is camels can carry at least 200kg, as the humped nature of their back allows better weight distribution, allowing them to carry more weight than a horse of similar size.
Equipment is however, a very subjective and case specific issue. I doubt every camel being ridden is doing so in poor equipment, but it is one of those things I would advise you looked at yourself before deciding whether to ride that camel.
So in conclusion? Yes, I do think it is ethical to ride a camel, so long as you look at the situation in front of you, much like with riding horses – if the animal looks in good condition and is comfortable, in well fitted equipment then there is no issue. If on the other hand, something doesn't feel right, the saddle digs in, there are sores around its muzzle from a poorly fitted halter etc., then this probably isn't the animal you want to be riding, or the agent you want to be giving your money to.
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Since I've been out of town for a couple of days and have gotten no work done, I thought I'd post a how to instead of new work.
Here's what you will need:
1. Blank Paper 2. Glass tray 3. Shaving Cream 4. Stamp pad re-inkers or calligraphy ink. 5. Fork 6. Scrap piece of cardboard.
Start out by putting a layer of shaving cream in the glass dish.
Put dots of color into the shaving cream.
Using the fork spread the color around making a marbled pattern.
Put the paper face down and press it into the shaving cream. Don't be afraid to use good pressure.
Remove the paper from the shaving cream. Using a scrap piece of cardboard scrape the remainder of the shaving cream off in one big sweep using good pressure.
And viola! You can re-use the shaving cream a couple more times before it gets too muddy.
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I always avoid this shaving cream technique because it just seems so messy... but you make it look so neat and clean! Thanks for reinspiring me to try it!
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Nestled in the foothills of the Los Picachos mountain range, just minutes from downtown San Miguel de Allende, lies an equestrian ranch that at one time was home to high-quality thoroughbreds. Now a luxury resort, guests are invited to stay in elegant, well-appointed, modern rooms and suites named after the mares, stallions, and geldings that once roamed the pastures.
Stroll the walkways lining manicured lawns leading to a pond in the courtyard flanked by an outdoor events area, perfect for weddings, reunions and parties. Spend afternoons poolside with cocktails in the brand new swimming pool area with full bar service and a sushi bar. Other fine amenities include a barber shop, temazcal, and the upscale Yo restaurant serving delicious farm-to-table, locally-grown cuisine daily for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Allow our wait staff to cater to your every desire. Once you arrive, you will never want to leave … Hacienda Los Picachos, the place with the perfect mix.


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Deploy Microsoft Virtualization and VDI solutions using real-world Hyper-V configurations
About This Book
Who This Book Is For
This book is aimed at IT admins, consultants, and architects alike who wish to deploy, manage, and maintain Hyper-V solutions in organizations of various sizes. Readers are expected to have a working knowledge of managing Windows Servers and a fair understanding of networking and storage concepts.
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I kind of really want a Power Rangers daemon fic, based after The Movie (Phaedos & switching of powers). The six daemons all settle as their spirit animals - and now how in the world do they keep their identities a secret?
(I imagine Adam just tucks his frog away, he's never been showy about his daemon before so no one thinks anything of not seeing her anymore. Billy might be able to get away with saying 'husky' instead of wolf. Rocky & Aisha would have issues trying to hide a bear & an ape. And the two birds might need to swap humans in public to fake changing.)
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Places in Nampula
Nampula is located in Nampula Province and is the third largest city in Mozambique. The coastline 150 km away is basically untouched with small villages and beach lodges dotted here and there. This is a part of the country which is quite off the beaten track.Mozambique
There are a few tourist attractions in Nampula so if you are interested in the culture and the history you must include a visit to Ilha do Mozambique (Mozambique Island). This island has a small population and the Portuguese built a naval base here in 1507. The town is made out of coral rock and most of it is still standing today.
Fort Sao Sebastiao is on the northern part of the island. This was built from limestone and imported from Lisbon. Other interesting sites in Nampula include the dilapidated but still running hospital, built in 1877 and of course the Chapel of Nossa Senhora de Baluarte, built in 1522. Nampula accommodations are at luxury Mozambique lodges on the beach. See below for Nampula lodges offered in Mozambique.
Coral Lodge 15.41, Veranda, Provincia de Nampula, MozambqueYour Mozambique beach holiday at Coral Lodge combines rustic beach living, sumptuous Mediterranean cuisine and an abundance of water activities


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A green oasis of peace directly in the hotel
Summer garden and lounge are marvellous places to spend your free moments during the summer months. The summer terrace has a capacity of up to 25 places and lounge is the right place for relaxation with good wine or cocktail. This place is absolutely unique and unmatched in Benešov, thanks to its intimacy. From some of our rooms, you will have your own private access to a small terrace, which is situated directly close to them.
The elegant garden, particularly in summer months, is the perfect place for picnics or outer teambuilding activities, which can help bound your team together. You will be stunned by the breath-taking view of the Benešov town and its wide surroundings from the stony terrace. The terrace is often used for barbecues with our chef in the evenings and as a children area.


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The motorcyclist brought in 30 minutes earlier had been stabilized and was sent to interventional radiology to have his bleeding pelvic veins threaded with tiny coils that cause clots and prevent shock.
The motorcyclist brought in 30 minutes earlier had been stabilized and was sent to interventional radiology to have his bleeding pelvic veins threaded with tiny coils that cause clots and prevent shock.
The plan was to then take him to the operating room, where surgeons would insert rods and screws through his pelvic fractures, essentially building an erector set around his crushed hip bones.
That was the third man I had treated that spring day with broken bones suffered during a motorcycle ride. Trauma, even in modern times, is largely a disease of men.
In emergency medicine, we see trauma in the acute phase, just minutes or hours after initial injury. But the care of these patients can extend for weeks and even months.
After I left that trauma patient, I saw a man who had been treated six months earlier for the same fracture, also suffered in a motorcycle crash.
He had been treated with external fixation, one of the most-effective methods to fix a smashed pelvis. The difficulty, however, is that the metal rods embedded in the bones protrude through the skin and can act as a firehouse pole for bacteria. Infection is a worry.
That is what had happened to this patient. As a result, doctors removed his external fixators, prescribed low-dose blood thinners and put him on bed rest. But the trauma and orthopedic teams had a difficult time regulating his blood-thinning levels.
One week, he was peeing blood, which necessitated cutting out the blood thinners. The next week, his blood was too thick, and clots formed.
A clot that had formed in his pelvis had broken off and traveled to his lungs, creating a pulmonary embolus. Over two months, this large blood clot had caused the right side of his heart to strain significantly against the impeded flow, resulting in a drop in his oxygen level.
His doctors had debated giving him clot-busting medications but decided that the risk of subsequent bleeding was too great.
This previously healthy man was now debilitated and down for the count because of complications of a pelvic fracture. On that day in the emergency department, he said, �I just wish modern medicine could be more, well, modern. You know, wave a wand over me and be done with it. Fixed."
He explained that with his engineering background, he spent a lot of time thinking about how to approach clinical problems. In his field, engineers approach research differently from doctors.
It got me thinking about innovation and how we frequently are bound in medicine to walk in the footsteps of the medical giants who came before us; how we tend to be sub-specialized and how that, in and of itself, can limit us.
Innovation in nature does not follow set pathways. It does not rely solely on chemistry or physics or biology to solve problems. Yet that is frequently the pathway of academic inquiry within medicine. We tend to have isolated experiences and traditional ways of approaching problems.
Forcing academics to philosophically approach problems differently is difficult, but asking them to be observers of natural systems and their evolved mechanisms of solving complex problems is much less of a challenge.
Biomimicry borrows solutions from nature to solve complex human problems. I couldn�t help but wonder how biomimicry could apply to this patient�s case.
Velcro is a great example of biomimicry. The natural example of the �sticker� burs that we find all over the meadows of central Ohio in the fall led to the loop-and-hook design.
There are so many possibilities for biomimicry to improve this patient�s condition. And many of those possibilities are on the cusp of reality.
For example, we are close to using sandcastle-worm secretions to glue broken bones. This ocean-dwelling worm lives in a mineral shell that it makes by gluing bits of sand together. The glue it secretes is strong and fast-acting and can be used in wet environments, all features that would make it an ideal bone-mending adhesive.
My patient�s secondary bone infection, caused by exposed metal rods in his pelvis, might one day be prevented by using a synthetic analog to sharkskin. The microscopic plates that make up shark skin resist the accumulation of slimy biofilms and help prevent bacterial infection. This would be ideal to use around external-fixation devices.
The difficulties we had thinning this patient�s blood might one day be eased by using hirudin, a powerful anti-coagulant secreted by leeches. And the significant blood clot that traveled to his lung might one day be treated by a derivative of the saliva of vampire bats.
Perhaps taking new and innovative cues from nature will help push medical research further faster.
Dr. Diane Gorgas is an emergency physician at Ohio State University�s Wexner Medical Center.


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"Everything that you put into your body and mind matters."
~ Anonymous
Recipes by Ivy Stark, executive chef at Dos Caminos
12 corn tortillas
12 teaspoons cucumber pico de gallo (recipe below)
12 ounces refried white beans (recipe below) OR store-bought refried beans
12 spears grilled asparagus
2 ripe hass avocados, grilled (oil them AND the grill really well to prevent sticking) and cut into twelve slices
12 teaspoons queso fresco
1. Warm the corn tortillas by placing them on a warm griddle for 30 seconds.
2. Place 1 ounce beans into each of the tortillas.
3. Cut asparagus in half and place on top of beans.
4. Place 1 slice of grilled avocado in each tortilla.
5. Top avocado with 1 teaspoon of cucumber pico de gallo in each taco.
6. Sprinkle with queso fresco. Serves 4.
2 kirby cucumbers, ends trimmed and then peeled
1/2 small red onion, finely diced
2 roma tomatoes, finely diced
1 jalapeno pepper, finely chopped
1 serrano chile, finely chopped
1/4 cup freshly squeezed lime juice
2 teaspoons extra virgin olive oil
1 teaspoon lemon olive oil
1. Finely dice the cucumbers, combine with the remaining ingredients, and season with salt.
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Probably one of the best times I had at E3 was checking out Dungeons & Dragons: Sword Coast Legends. If you like D&D and like me have no one to play with because all your friends are scattered across the globe, then this is the game for you. There are a few options on how to play or what to play in this game. There's the story mode in which you and three others can team up and go through the campaign or in Dungeon Master Mode you can go through someone else's story.
So you already pre-ordered your copy right? Because you read "Dungeon Master Mode"
Dungeon Master Mode is no joke. After some strong arming the developers convinced me to try out the mode for the demo and I didn't regret it. It's probably the only thing I would do with the game because it was that fun.
You create everything in DM mode. You create the person that gives the quest, the location of the quest, the item that triggers the next part and everything in-between. You set up the rooms of the dungeon and pick the monsters and bosses; even the layout and the decor. Yes, the decor!
There's also two ways to play this mode in which you can set it up and leave it for people to go through or you can play with the people in real-time and even take over certain characters, like bosses and such. When you play in real-time you can demote and promote NPC's based on how the players are doing. If they're kicking ass, you'll be given more DM bucks (not the actual name) to spend on bigger traps and danger and drop them in to the room in real-time.
But that's not it. You know the dialogue you read for the missions in a normal RPG? Yeah you can write that… you can even record your voice saying it… you can basically do everything that you would do for a D&D game, but then set it and leave it for others to play.
I can't stress just how cool the DM mode was. It basically sold me on the game instantly once I heard about it, but then to actually play it and use it… loved it. Nothing like planting a dead body in a room suddenly followed by a ton of blood.
The character customization is also pretty intense. You can pick a ton of stuff from accessories to the color of every spec of clothing to the hat they're wearing. The level of customization that this game has is tremendous.
The game is due out on PC, Mac and Linux on September 8th, with a console release on the Xbox One and PS4 sometime fourth quarter. Usually I'm a console guy, but something tells me that I'm really going to dig this on the PC. If you like or love D&D then this is the D&D game you've been waiting for.


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The organization decided this week it won't endorse either Howard Berman of Valley Village or Brad Sherman of Sherman Oaks as they compete in one of the most watched and costliest House races in the nation this year.
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Journey to Tibet Namtso Lake
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We are hosting a Cookie Exchange Open House on Monday, December 17th from 11:00am-1:00pm inside the Club House. Please bring some cookies to share (or just come help us eat them!), while we provide the drinks!
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Artistic collaborators Peggy Baker and Michael Healey first met on a blind date. Well, actually it was a fundraising evening at Toronto's Theatre Passe Muraille in 2003 that brought the contemporary dancer/choreographer and the actor-turned-playwright together on-stage.
The title, however, was Blind Date, the concept improvised artistic pairings, and Healey figures the other artists involved cheated, got together beforehand and planned stuff. Not Healey. Not Baker. They were going to wing it.
"We literally met for the first time on stage," Healey recalls.
"When our turn came, we stood up and went...," Baker continues.
"Oh, that's you...," Healey interjects.
" ... and shook hands." Baker said.
Baker improvised movement in four areas of the stage while Healey simultaneously told three stories about himself.
"There was something fun about the accidentalness of it," Healey recalls. "Just due to proximity or a mutual pause, something accidentally would look like something planned, or resonant."
"It was strange and scary. I was dancing super, super close to you and we didn't know each other," Baker tells Healey. "You didn't know what I was doing and I didn't know where your stories were going. It was exciting."
"You could feel it in the room that something worked, " he replies.
From that night, a partnership was born, a partnership that brought together a leading playwright ( The Drawer Boy) and amiable stage presence with an award-winning dancer known for performing her own expressive choreography. If they share an aesthetic, it is a kind of angular honesty: On Friday in Toronto, the two will unveil their first fully planned collaboration at the Factory Theatre where Peggy Baker Dance Projects is producing Are You Okay?, a dance by Baker and monologue by Healey on the subject of creation in midlife.
It's the first time, Healey, 47, has written for Baker, 58, interviewing her about the realities of aging for a dancer to help shape his monologue about doing and being. But it's actually the third time he has performed with her: after their blind date, he appeared with Baker in Radio Play, another dance-theatre piece she created in 2008, featuring a confrontation between an impoverished modern dancer and a guy with a real job. Healey was filling in for a dancer who had created the role for its first outing but was unable to reprise it because of an injury.
"I thought, rather than look for another dancer who is pushing himself into the acting realm, I'll look for an actor and that way I can learn a bit more," Baker says. Healey, however, turned out to be a very slow learner on the cross-disciplinary front. He watched a video of the original performance and worked two hours a day, five days a week for more than four months to learn the moves.
"I am not a dancer," Healey says.
"You became a beautiful dancer," Baker corrects him.
"But this is a whole new thing," she continues. "Michael has written a play. Michael is the playwright and actor; I am the choreographer and dancer: I do not speak."
Instead, Healey will speak - about getting through the labyrinth of life, about getting things done, about running out of time, and about cartilage, a substance he describes as somewhere between gummy bears and car tires in its consistency. Like Healey, cartilage is a slow learner: It takes all your life to learn how to move, and just when you achieve grace, your cartilage begins to decay. There's a hard metaphor there for a dancer over 50.
"I'm in middle age in my personal life, but I am elderly as a dancer," Baker said, pointing out she no longer performs full solo evenings and that any appearance she makes is always accompanied by the observation that she is still dancing. She knows she will have to retire at some point but doesn't want anyone planning the gala yet. "I am still extremely engaged and I see examples of people like [62-year-old choreographer]Pierre-André Fortier who inspire me to keep going with the creative act."
Healey, on the other hand, is a decade younger and an actor who took up playwriting early in his career. "I don't feel a clock ticking," he says. On the contrary, he feels he has achieved the right - or perhaps it's a luxury - to clearer focus in middle age. "I am spending my time on the things I want to spend my time on."
The result, the pair say, is a dialogue about the artist's control - of material, of the body, of life.
"I think for some people there will be poignancy," says Baker. "But for some, they won't have had any physical issue yet with their body...."
"It might be comic," Healey offers, finishing her thought.
Are You Okay? runs from March 4 to 13 at Toronto's Factory Theatre.


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Low Pey Sien is a first-time filmmaker from Kuantan. Graduated with Architecture degree from Universiti Malaya, her works mainly revolves around relationship of human and space. She works predominantly in medium of photography and drawing, currently exploring filmmaking for creative self-expression.
Synopsis: This short film is made for 'Tracing Calvino' literature/ arts exhibition curated by Booku Reading Space with given theme 'Invisible Old Klang Road'.
I was simply exploring Old Klang Road with Italo Calvino's writings from 'Invisible Cities'. In this series of moving images, I imagined old flats as cities with marked individuality. Through recorded images and sound, I reconstructed my memory of Old Klang Road, trying to capture its essence of place.


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Our parties are for children ages 4 years old and up. Each party has a structured party plan including gym games, relay races, obstacle courses, trampoline and pit activities, zip line and net climbs. Ribbon awards and a coloring page will be given as party favors. In addition, the birthday child will receive a birthday medal award.
Due to the overlap in our party times, the start and end time of your party must be prompt! No one will be allowed in the gym before the start time of the party and no party will be allowed to run late. All guests should be picked up at the conclusion of the refreshment/gift-opening. Please include this on your invitations.
Prices include the facility, hostess and helpers. Three eight-foot tables (more if necessary) and chairs are set up in the party room. The host needs to bring table cloths, plates, napkins, candles, utensils, cake and other refreshments (if desired). We have a refrigerator with freezer space which may be used for refreshments. Refreshments are served in the party room only. When the party is over, you and your guests are free to leave. We take care of all of the clean-up.
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- Offered at 3:00, 4:00, 5:00, and 6:00 and last for 1.5 hours.
- Cost is $185 for the first 12 children and $5 for each additional child with a max of 18 children.
- 55 minutes of games and gym activities with the party room available for cake and refreshments the last 30 minutes.
- The first and last party,2:30 and 6:00 time slot, can book a 2 hour party, cost $215 for the first 12 children.
Food and drink are not allowed in the gym area.
If you wish to put up decorations, please choose ones that will not damage the walls.
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In order to book a party, please contact the pro shop regarding availability. A contract must be assigned along with a $50 non-refundable deposit. The balance is due on the day of the party. We only accept cash or checks.
A "hold harmless" agreement is required for every person attending the party including your child. These agreements will be given to you when you sign the contract and pay the deposit. Directions to the gym are included on the reverse side. Please enclose one with each invitation. The helper will collect these forms on the day of the party.
Any activity going on within our facility on the day of your party will not be allowed to interfere with your guests.
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Freemasonry begins with the personal improvement of every member.
Put simply, the goal of Freemasonry is to "Take Good Men and Make Them Better".
From this nonspecific goal, precise requirements are drawn for applicants.
Any Applicant Must:
Be a man of legal age (18 in Massachusetts)
Believe in a Supreme Being
Be of good character and sound morals
Apply of his own Free Will and Accord
These requirements deserve some explanation
A belief in a Supreme Being is required; no specifics of religion or form of worship are necessary. Freemasonry is not a religion, nor a substitute for religion, but rather focuses on a shared belief in a Supreme Being to bring good men of different faiths, as well as backgrounds and opinions, together in fraternal harmony.
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John Lydon is reportedly planning to record a new Public Image Limited album.
The former Sex Pistols singer said that he will use money raised from the band's reunion tour to fund the new LP, reports Contact Music.
Lydon revealed that PiL would enter the recording studio once they complete their current American tour, which kicked off in Los Angeles on Tuesday.
The 54-year-old said that he was displeased that the band has not received any financial backing to record a new album.
"The lack of record company involvement or interest has been utterly appalling," he said.
"But I must say that comes as no surprise to me, because when I first started PiL, right from its outset, the record company was amazingly distant and quite negative about it all. Public Image for me has always been a financial struggle to make ends meet."


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On the 5th of June at the Brunny there will be some raw unfiltered talent flooding through the room. 4 dudes will be taking the stage without the safety of their usually quite loud bands. There will be no pedal boards or drum kits to hide behind, they will have nothing but the beautiful and honest acoustic guitar at their disposal and a bunch of songs. Kicking off the arvo will be the radiant Pug Williams bringing his own brand of folk punk that will bring you to your knees while he bellows his way to happiness. Following Pug is Dec McKinnon, combining his honest lyrics, with his unique guitar style he will be sure to have you smiling. Then comes thewonder dream himself Mr. Tom Stevenson who is an all rounder in the songs department, he will have you laughing hysterically one minute and leave you breathless the next. Last but most certainly not least, is Alister Turill. This hairy beautiful soul will take you on a blues experience that will walk away feeling like you could take on the world, he has a real talent for feeding the soul.
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I am now celebrating my new kidney transplant, but for six years I had lots of extra time to use during my three-times-a-week Kidney Dialysis treatments. When I re-connected with long-lost girlfriend Linda Ferreira seven years ago (after 45 years from a past life), I started making illustrated envelopes during dialysis to send to her. I've done about 450 originals and mailed them to her in Portland, Oregon. Some of the more interesting ones are color Xeroxed in editions of twenty, then numbered, signed and sold in museum shops around the United States, and in Greenland. The copies have gone all over the world. I hope the recipients, and the postal clerks, enjoy them!
NOW AVAILABLE! The new envelope art collection THIS IS ME AT DIALYSIS DRAWING ME AT DIALYSIS DRAWING ME AT DIALYSIS, featuring 140 color illustrations. Pick up your copy here!


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Dear all, I have great news to share to you all today. Finally I am able to make the secret project going public - www.runwayunicorn.com. You can check it out here. I have been working on the project since April and carefully curated the collection for FW2016. I am very excited and hope you guys enjoy the site! Let me know your thoughts and suggestions for improvement.
Today's outfit is white lace cropped top paired with lace midi skirt and a pair of black pointy heels. If you like the lace midi skirt modeled in the pictures you can find it in store through the picture link below. Hope you guys all enjoy the rest of your evening and be safe.


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Like most photographers, I started using my camera to capture scenes: nature and slices of everyday life that I found beautiful. As I evolved, I started to capture the unconventional or unnoticed elements and focus on them, creating a finished photograph that would challenge the viewer's perception of the world around them. I am now at the stage where I create the image I want to capture in my head; I then use physical multimedia techniques and live models to bring it to reality in a photograph that aims to challenge and intrigue the viewer on many levels. My latest work does this with a figurative element, using the body as the canvas and light as the paintbrush.
"Most artists struggle their whole lives to create something new, something that makes them stand out, and never achieve that goal. With his latest series of work, Emrich has achieved just that, a new take on the photography genre that could cement his place in art history."
Vincent Harrison, Castle Fitzjohns Gallery, New York City
"Some of the most creative and imaginative photographs."
Henry Buhl (prominent photography collector and philanthropist)
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Castle Fitzjohns Gallery 98 Orchard Street New York, NY 10002
Castle Fitzjohns Gallery, New York (2013-Current)
NAC Gallery, Miami & Fort Lauderdale (2011-2013)
Salamatina Gallery, New York (2010-2011)
Artist Interview: Ed Emrich, The Gloaming Magazine (January 10, 2011)
MONTsurREAL: Through the Eyes of a Stranger, The Gloaming Magazine (November 2010)
Ed Emrich's World Without Rules, The Gloaming Magazine (October 27, 2010)
- Castle Fitzjohns Gallery, New York City, group show, March 2015
- Castle Fitzjohns Gallery, New York City, group show, August 2014
- Castle Fitzjohns Gallery, New York City, Fall opening show, September 2013
- inMotion Photography Auction (annual charity gala), Sheraton Hotel, New York City, April 2013
- NAC Gallery, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, group show, July 2012
- ACE Photography Auction (Henry Buhl annual charity gala), Sotheby's, New York City, June 2012
- Herald Towers, New York City, installation, May 2012-March 2013
- inMotion Photography Auction (annual charity gala), Sheraton Hotel, New York City, April 2012
- ArtPalmBeach, Palm Beach, Florida, January 2012 (NAC Gallery)
- MIA Art Fair, Miami, January 2012 (NAC Gallery)
- LMNT Gallery, Miami, Art Basel Miami group show, December 2011
- Red Dot Art Fair, Miami, Art Basel Miami, November-December 2011 (NAC Gallery)
- Yankee Stadium, New York City, solo show (Hofstra Law School 40th Anniversary event), November 2011 (Salamatina Gallery)
- Henry Buhl Collection reception for Artist's photography, Soho, New York, November 2011
- ArtHamptons, Bridgehampton, New York, July 2011 (NAC Gallery)
- Wynwood Art Fair, Miami, October 2011 (Salamatina Gallery)
- Salamatina Gallery, Manhasset, New York, solo show, September-October 2011
- ACE Photography Auction (Henry Buhl annual charity gala), The Waldorf Hotel, New York City, May 2011
- Wirth Art Advisory, New York City, group show, November 2010-January 2011
- The New York Mercantile Exchange, New York City, solo show, May 2010
- 250 Mercer Street, New York, installation show, June-September 2008


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This program has been specifically designed to provide a comprehensive program to urban Aboriginal children between the ages of 7-12.
Providing Life Journey Support Services
To develop a sense of Native community in the City of Thunder Bay with opportunities for involvement and control by community members in addressing the issues that affect their lives.
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The goal of this program is to provide urban Aboriginal children with the support, tools and healthy activities which will build upon and foster their inherent ability to make healthy choices. This program has been designed on a fundamental principle: to improve the quality of life of urban Aboriginal children through the delivery of culturally appropriate programs and services.
- Children's Cultural and Recreational Program
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- Youth Drop-in
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- Life Skills Group for Children with FASD
- Educational Support for Children With Parents Recovering
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- Father and Family Group
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A message from Manish: What makes a fair wage fair?
One of the key promises of Fair Trade is Fair Wages for producers. This is something consumers can relate to and get behind. With consumers making more conscious decisions, supporting products where the supply chain is fairly compensated is key. The big question is determining what "fair" is. Who should decide the fair wage for a woodcraft artisan in a small village in rural India?
From an Indian perspective, where every region and every community is unique in its socio-economic context, I would argue that no one but that individual artisan can determine what is fair for him/her. Ask yourself this: "Would I find it offensive if someone else told me what I deserved?"
We believe fair wages are wages that allow for an artisan to provide for her family the basic amenities, food, security and a small amount of saving.
However, when it comes to ensuring Fair Wages, simply having the artisan determine their own wages is occasionally not sufficient. Many times I hear the argument: If a buyer does not negotiate down with artisans, is it fair wage? Not always.
The determination is whether the artisans are empowered enough to stand up for what they really think is fair. Oftentimes, they have been "market conditioned" to agree to low wages. Local traders can take advantage of them when they are out of other trade options. Most times we find these "market wages" exploitative, leading artisans to poverty in the long term. This is a symptom of a community being marginalized.
Artisans themselves realize that these "market wages" are unsustainable. However, it's a long process for them to gain confidence in their art form, feel empowered, and stand up for what they believe is fair. Sometimes we are able to support them in the process by:
Asking for high-quality artwork where they feel they can ask for higher wages.
Doing a cost analysis for them so they can see what the actual costs, helping them better determine their selling price.
Entertaining negotiation for higher wages.
As craft importers, we are usually the first enterprise in the region to agree to higher wages. Over time, we see artisans negotiating with other buyers in the region and soon the "market wages" get fairer from the artisans' point of view. We've realized that we have to be close to the artisan community in order to observe their socio-economic context and understand what a sustainable wage should be. Having our own team (SETU) in India allows us to support the community in achieving this key promise of Fair Trade. I need to mention here that it is not a blind agreement but an informed and rational decision balancing sustainability and marketability.
One of the best examples of this process is the bell artisan community we work with. Over the last few years, their wages have gone up by 30%-40%. The artisans are gaining confidence in their work and the art has gained respect in the community based on the new wages. For us, Fair Trade is about artisans gaining a voice, and negotiating with confidence is surely a sign of that.
Would you like to add to the conversation? Comment below. If there are topics you'd like us to explore in a future blog, comment or send an email to firstname.lastname@example.com. It is our goal to inform people on Fair Trade, our mission, and the global artisan community.


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3Dexter - Among Top 3D Printing Companies in India
3D Printing has the potential to revolutionise the way we create physical objects. The technology is making headway into a number of industries and is the future of prototyping. 3Dexter envisions this technology to be at the core of higher education and an enabler of innovation. We at 3Dexter undertake the responsibility to assist educational institutions to develop 3D Modelling and Printing as a skill in young minds through curriculum-based setup.
With the introduction of 3Dexter in our school children got an opportunity to learn about a new and transforming technology which is going to shape the future. They were able to experience everything they were learning in their classrooms and hence apply those concepts in a much better way in their regular studies. These mini factories bring innovation at the center of the education."
Alka Rampal
From Principal, Himalaya School, Rohini
3Dexter gave an opportunity to our students to actually innovate at the grassroot level, enabling a curiosity driven process in our students where through monthly and quarterly projects they are able to solve real life problems."
Shalini Bajaj
From Principal, The Maurya School, Gurgaon
3Dexter: Empowering 3D Printing Service in India
3D printing is the crusade of technology in recent times. We live in an era of technological evolution, where every step we take brings us closer to the future. The students of our nation represent that future and hold enormous potential for developing it. 3D printing holds immense use in the educational sector. It is in fact, the most favorable choice for smart curriculum in educational spheres. Scientifically proven to enhance creativity and original development skills, 3D printing in education is a venture that not only interests students but also educates them. The ability to print a 3-D object may sound like science fiction, but it has been around in some form since the 1980s. Also called rapid prototyping or additive manufacturing, the idea is to take a design from a computer file and forge it into an object, often in flat cross-sections that can be assembled into a larger whole. While an ordinary printer uses ink on paper, these printers usually take powder or plastic that they mold into thin layers of material. This can be a very easy yet innovative method for students to give life to their dreams, to create them in real form. Subjects like History, Geography, Science, Art or Computers can all be made interesting using 3D printed models, artifacts and prototypes.No longer would they restrict their imagination within 2 dimensional sheets of paper. Education is all about learning and empowering, and what better way could we have for that other than 3D printing education in India?
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How well do you know the Code? Think you can spot violations the original installer either ignored or couldn't identify? Here's your chance to moonlight as an electrical inspector and second-guess someone else's work from the safety of your living room or office. Joe Tedesco, who has a knack for finding shoddy electrical work, did the dirty work and found this mess. Now it's your turn to identify the violation.
Find the Answer
The following individuals correctly identified the Code violations shown in the December column: Cari Korstad, Code inspector, Electrical Inspections, City of St. Louis Park, Minn.; Jim Budke, director, electrical engineering department, Toltz, King, Duvall, Anderson & Assoc., St. Paul, Minn.; Danny Cribbs, electrician, facilities management, University Medical Center, Tucson, Ariz.
Each winner noted the following violations. The installation violates Art. 314. Conductors and equipment are acceptable only if approved by an authority having jurisdiction (90.7 and 110.2). Using a smaller conduit body to tap into a larger conduit body violates 110.3(B) because listed or labeled equipment must be installed and used in accordance with any instructions included in its listing or labeling requirements. It's clear that this product is being used for a purpose other than its intended use.


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How's this for a menu of dream cars?
Aston Martin V8 Vantage? Check. Maserati GranCabrio? Of course. Mercedes-Benz SL63 AMG? Yep. Porsche 911 4S Cabriolet? Why not. Lamborghini Gallardo Spyder. Oh yeah. Ferrari 458 Italia? What's dinner without dessert!
Driving even one of these sublime cars would make for a exhilarating day.
But I got to sample all 6 of them in the span of about 6 hours.
"What," you might ask, "was the auspicious occasion?"
A friend of Business Insider invited me to join him on a " Dream Car Tour" that a colleague had won in a charity auction. The Tour was conducted by Gotham Dream Cars, a company that rents high-performance luxury cars and, for $895, will put you behind the wheel of 6 different hot, hot, smokin' hot cars in a single day.
The Tour — conducted at legal speeds and carefully supervised by Gotham Dream Cars' expert, experienced staff — took us through the highways and byways of the New York-New Jersey area.
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Another week in the books, and we are now one week away from the fantasy football playoffs. Hopefully for you, you've already clinched a playoff berth. If not, chances are you're in the thick of things in the playoff race and desperate for a win in week 13. You likely need a boost to your lineup so fret no more as week 13's 'waiver wire gems' list boasts some guys who can be valuable assets during your playoff run.
Leading the pack this week is Colin Kaepernick who is still available in over 75% of ESPN leagues – he led all players this past week in fantasy points. Kenneth Dixon is the premier RB to add this week, especially for PPR leagues. Chances are you saw Tyreek Hill put on a clinic this past Sunday Night against a strong Denver defense. A handful of other WRs appear on this week's list as well.
*Percentages based on ESPN leagues
QB Colin Kaepernick (San Francisco 49ers) – 22.6% owned
What a turnaround it's been for the 49ers signal caller. From preseason dunce to late season stud, Kaepernick has seen arguably the biggest improvement of any player in the NFL. Since taking over as the signal caller in week 6, Kaepernick has averaged over 20 fantasy points per game – over the past 4 weeks he's eclipsed that mark 3 times.
It's apparent that the old Kaepernick we saw in 2012 and 2013 is back – back then he was a fantasy stud. With the playoffs forthcoming, he is a must add if you need help at the QB position. Even though the 49ers remain one of the worst teams in the league, Kaepernick is the centerpiece of that offense. He could be the guy to lead you to a fantasy football championship.
RB Rex Burkhead (Cincinnati Bengals) – 4.7% owned
Just a week after losing Giovani Bernard for the year, the Bengals suffered another injury in the backfield as Jeremy Hill was forced out of the week 12 matchup against Baltimore after a scary hit – his status for this week is still uncertain, this makes Rex Burkhead even more valuable on the waiver wire.
The former Cornhusker isn't an ideal fantasy RB, but any ball carrier with a chance to assume starting duties is at the very least a viable FLEX option based on volume. While I don't expect much from Burkhead, he could notch a solid 8-10 point performance this week if Hill is unable to suit up. Regardless, he's a decent addition even as Cincinnati's spell back.
RB Kenneth Dixon (Baltimore Ravens) – 25.1% owned
Since Baltimore's bye in week 8, Dixon has been more heavily utilized in the offense – he's coming off his biggest workload of the year where he was given 13 carries and caught 4 passes for a total of 80 yards. While he has yet to break off the big play this season, he's flashed the ability. With Terrance West cooling down a lot since the bye, Dixon will only get more and more opportunities to shine.
Dixon is a must add in PPR leagues and serves as a viable FLEX from here on out with an expected increased workload. I would expect double-digit carries and 5 catches per week the rest of the season.
WR Taylor Gabriel (Atlanta Falcons) – 3.4% owned
If you want to talk about unsung fantasy heroes, Taylor Gabriel tops the list. Since week 8, Gabriel has posted at least 12 fantasy points in every game – while also scoring a TD in each game as well. While Gabriel doesn't get a high volume of targets, he makes the most of his opportunities and is deadly in space.
While a guy like Mohamed Sanu may get more catches and targets, Gabriel is just simply more effective and the fantasy play with more weekly upside as he has the ability to score on any given week. I've been hyping him up for weeks now – I think this is the week he finally sees a skyrocket in owned percentage, get him while you still can.
WR Ted Ginn Jr. (Carolina Panthers) – 10.1% owned
Over the offseason, the hype was real for Devin Funchess, but instead it's been a different Carolina receiver who's been making the big plays as of late. Ted Ginn has put together consecutive weeks of double-digit fantasy points – including an 18 point performance this past week against Oakland where he hauled in 115 yards and a TD.
The seasoned vet isn't an ideal play this upcoming week against Seattle. However, he has a decent matchup in the opening week of fantasy playoffs as he goes against San Diego – a game in which should see a lot of points. Not a priority guy to add this week with the other WRs on the list, but if he continues to build off his recent success, he should get that label.
WR Tyreek Hill (Kansas City Chiefs) – 26.5% owned
If you tuned into Sunday Night Football this past week, you had the pleasure of watching the show put on by Chiefs' rookie Tyreek Hill. The rookie WR had a hat trick of TDs – all of which came in a different way (rushing, receiving, return). He did so against a strong Denver defense. With Maclin dealing with nagging injuries the past few weeks, Hill has emerged as the biggest playmaker on that Kansas City offense.
Hill has been way more than advertised as a 5th round pick out of West Alabama. He very well could be the fastest player in the league – mix that in with a strong catch percentage, you have yourself a great WR. Over the past 6 weeks, Hill has averaged 11 fantasy points per game. He's the priority add of the week – get him on your team as he has a favorable ROS.
WR Marqise Lee (Jacksonville Jaguars) – 6.5% owned
As bad as the Jaguars have been this season, in large part due to the regression of Blake Bortles under center – a guy like Marqise Lee could be a valuable asset down the final stretch. Allen Hurns just hasn't produced this season, and Lee has taken full advantage and has emerged as the #2 option for Bortles behind Allen Robinson. Lee has turned it up in the past couple weeks with consecutive games with TD catches.
With a guy like Hurns underperforming and potentially missing time with injury, Lee becomes a tempting waiver wire target. While he has a tough ROS, the Jaguars will be playing from behind most weeks which will force more passing attempts.
WR Malcolm Mitchell (New England Patriots) – 2.6% owned
The 4th round pick out of Georgia has come out of nowhere in recent weeks with consecutive performances of at least 15 fantasy points. Mitchell was a guy I really liked coming out of college, and a WR who reminded me a bit of Sterling Shepard. Mitchell has proven in the past couple weeks to be a tremendous fit in New England.
Mitchell has emerged as a reliable option for Tom Brady in the passing game. He has 3 TD catches in the past 2 weeks with a favorable ROS. This week he goes against a Rams defense which just got shredded by New Orleans.


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Busy, Busy, Busy
So after all the gardening of last week we have had a week of Siberian winds to keep us all safely tucked in doors. Over on the Quiltsy Team discussion thread there was some talk about the way we all work. I have to admit to being a bit of a flitter. Perhaps I have ADHD; I do and have always become easily distracted.
This week I have finished (well almost) a quilt that has been on the go since last summer (it's the one above). It has changed quite a lot during that time. It was originally intended for my MIL who wanted something with mexican type colours so I found some hand dyed charm squares that fit the bill and thought they would work well with white. She wanted it as a wall hanging that could double as a bed quilt. Anyway when she saw the part pieced quilt she didn't like it and now I have free reign to go and do something else for her. She's a bit of a fuss pot so I'll probably do my own thing instead of trying to work out what I think she'll like.
Anyway, it is, like I said, almost finished. It is called Prairie Charm and has a red woven gingham backing with a printed white daisy on it and a chambray border. It's quite simply quilted. I love the colours and would be inclined to keep it for myself but my quilts have to work for their living.
I also pieced a little blue and white one with charms called Spa by Deb Strain; it is the baby brother to the star bed runner. I'm waiting on a delivery to finish it. I was going to quilt it with celtic motifs but might change my mind about this, hoping to get it done tomorrow or Friday.
Anyway, being at a loose end I decided to start the special quilt for Arty Daughter and her beau. Not sure what I'm doing wrong but perhaps someone will pop along and let me know.
I am using layer cake squares to make 2.5″ strips to make 4 patch blocks and then cutting other layer cake squares into 4 5 inch squares to make HSTs with. My HSTs are bigger than my 4 patch blocks: is this right?
I sewed them together and got this:
And most of you will recognise it as one block of a Jacob's Ladder quilt – if I am doing it wrong or the HSTs should be smaller, please let me know as the Maths of it all slightly frightens me.
Anyway, I'm off to post this on the Quiltsy Team blog in their Work In Progress Wednesday bit; it's my first time – I hope it's okay to ask stupid questions.


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1. Speed
Android apps can only be written in Java*, a language that compiles to bytecode. iOS runs machine code directly like a desktop computer. While a big strength of Java bytecode is that it can run on multiple CPU architectures, machine code is typically faster in practice, even after the Java bytecode is JIT** compiled into machine code, because of all the safety checks*** that must be injected into the resulting machine code to fulfill all the rules of Java.
While this checking makes bugs easier to track down during development, it takes a severe toll on the CPU's ability to perform instruction pipelining, something that was of little concern in the 1990s when Java was developed, but is now a crucial source of speed gains on modern CPU's.
Google was probably trying to encourage a diverse ecosystem of devices by picking Java, but in reality, almost every manufacturer is using some kind of ARMv7-compatible CPU. All in all, using Java doesn't make much sense.
* C code can be embedded in an Android app via the NDK and RenderScript API's. But this just proves my point: Even Google realizes that Java doesn't always cut the mustard.
** Just-In-Time
*** Bounds checking for arrays being the primary culprit, since it involves a compare-and-branch operation every time an array element is accessed. Branch prediction in the CPU can mitigate this somewhat, but it's still extra work.
2. Memory
Another innovation of Java is that unused RAM is freed automatically by a garbage collector, instead of having to be managed more actively by the application. The drawback of this becomes apparent when one attempts it: A memory scan is necessary to discover unused areas, and the app must be momentarily halted while it happens, causing those momentary glitches you see so often on Android devices.
Android tries to limit how often that happens by giving each app a memory allowance that it must use up first. The net result is that every Android app uses as much memory as it can all the time. Not good.
iOS uses a much simpler system called Automatic Reference Counting, the idea being to embed memory management into the programming language (Objective-C or Swift) on a fine-grained level. An object in iOS memory is freed immediately once no code can hold a reference to it anymore. In practice, this leads to smoother-running apps.
3. Programmer-friendliness
Android was originally developed by Google as a competitor to Blackberry OS. When Apple unexpectedly released the iPhone, Google scrambled to refashion Android as a competitor to iOS. The Android API* reeks of being a rushed job. The multi-touch feature was unceremoniously tacked on without a redesign. Even years after introducing a feature, documentation tends to be minimal at best, lacking at worst. To use a car analogy: The engine compartment is badly designed and the service manual is incomplete.
The iOS API is, comparatively speaking, downright beautiful. Everything the programmer might want to do is explained in clear English in voluminous pages of easily searchable documentation. High-performance algorithms for various types of data processing are built into the operating system for the programmer's convenience. With the addition of the elegant Swift programming language, the clunky Objective-C programming language, a major drawback of iOS, can be retired.
* Application Programming Interface
4. Cost
An argument commonly heard from fans is that you get more for less when you buy Android devices. Can you guess why Android always gets the apps later than iOS? It's because Android users are less willing to pay up. That's why they bought an Android phone in the first place, because it was the cheaper option.
Almost all the good apps out there cost money to develop, and startup companies are looking for a return on their investment. They're far more likely to get that with iOS users, who are willing to pay for things. Reason #3 above seals the deal.
5. Lifespan
Even quite old iOS devices receive new versions of iOS. Apple has a slow release cycle. Product series and models are often supported for years. The resale value for Apple product is therefore high.
Most Android device manufacturers abandon their devices shortly after releasing the next flagship in the line, and users must resort to rooting their phones to try out newer Android releases.