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Last month I had the pleasure of working with Rove Concepts to create a simple gathering using their new dinnerware collection. I was inspired by the simplicity and natural textures of the dishes, and asked my friend Jana Nixon to help create a seasonal menu to highlight them.
With any project, I love involving as many people as I can to enjoy it with. My talented friend Skylar Gee helped style the table setting and the flowers were from Celsia.
Here's to many more evenings like this one.
The pieces featured are:
Ceramic Plates
Concrete Tray Black
Concrete Tray Grey
Acadia Wood Tray
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Chelsea Yarns/
We are very excited to welcome Chelsea Yarns and Red Bank Mike to Knitty City this Saturday, April 14 from 11-6pm. They will be showcasing their gorgeous hand dyed yarns Chelsea Luxe and Big Kahuna. We have been closely following both Chelsea Yarns and Red Bank Mike on Instagram as they prepared for their trunk show at our shop.
We simply screamed with excitement when we found out about an exclusive color way in Chelsea Luxe called "Knitty City", and we fell off our chairs when they introduced another exclusive color way called "West 79th Street". For those who do not know, that is our address!
Chelsea Yarns is a delightful yarn shop located in Red Bank, New Jersey. The owner, Christina, decided to dye her own yarn and named it "Chelsea Luxe". Soon after, another yarn line called "Kahuna" came into existence. We wanted to know a bit more about how this all came about and we did an Q and A with Christina. Enjoy!
Q and A with Christina
Who taught you how to knit/crochet?
I have been a maker since early childhood and was always involved in some type of creative pursuit. My mother taught me to knit in my teens and following the birth of my son 19 years ago, my interest intensified.
Do you remember your first project?
My first project was a huge garter stitch scarf using Rowan Big Wool. It was an easy, very fashionable project which I enjoyed making and I was instantly hooked. I was living in London at this time and was thrilled to shop for yarn at Liberty, Peter Jones and Harrods where I found an extensive selection of Rowan, Debbie Bliss, Noro and many other British Yarns.
When did the idea come up to open up a yarn store?
I thought about opening a yarn shop in 2012 with the intent to create a friendly community of knitters and crocheters. Initially, my business was online. Positive response led me to the opening of a brick and mortar shop in March, 2013.
What is the most fun part of owning a yarn store?
The best and most fun part of owning a yarn shop are the customers. We built the yarn community I envisioned and I never tire of seeing the wonderful projects being created with yarns purchased at Chelsea. So many people have learned to knit here and now produce advanced projects.
When did you decide to dye your own yarn and how did this come about?
I began dyeing yarn 3 years ago for The NJ Wool Walk because we wanted to create something special, local and exclusive to Chelsea Yarns. I dyed 50 skeins which were sold during the first day. I was thrilled by this positive response.
Where do you get your color inspiration from?
I have always been inspired by art, color, design and fashion. I now study color wheels, paintings, photos, landscapes and nature. Instagram is another source of my inspiration.
Who is Red Bank Mike and how did he get into dying yarn?
Red Bank Mike is my husband, Tad who adores the yarn shop and its community. He assists in the shop whenever possible. He, too, is very creative and started combining yarns and colors resulting in the creation of the Kahunas. He doesn't knit or crochet but is totally obsessed with creating Kahunas.
I dye the yarn for him to use for the Kahunas.
What's in store for the future for your hand dyed yarns and yarn shop?
My vision for Chelsea Luxe would be to fill the entire shop with it and create a dye studio.
Thank you so much for answering our questions, Christina, and we hope you don't mind we are being so nosey!
Also, we wanted to congratulate Chelsea Yarns with their 5th anniversary which they celebrated last March! We are so incredibly happy for you and here's to many more years!
Come on over this Saturday, April 14 from 11-6pm to admire Chelsea Luxe yarns and Big Kahuna yarns. We are sure that you will not be able to resist.
Find Chelsea Yarns online: Chelseayarns.com
Chelsea Yarns on Instagram: @chelseayarns
Red Bank Mike on Instagram: @redbankmike
Chelsea Yarns also has a podcast on YouTube: The Chelsea Purls Podcast

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Last night I awoke from a dream with the answer to a problem that had been plaguing me for a few weeks were a friend was concerned. I tried to make a note on my iphone but my fingers and mind were not fully cooperating. The more I woke up – the more the answer seem to fade. It made sense at the time of course. I am trying to piece the thoughts of it back together. I have been really frustrated trying to figure out how to get through to them things that I see clearly that they are struggling with. The dream's message was that rather than let myself get isolated by my lack of understanding, I need to embrace them and support their journey. ESPECIALLY since, I have walked in similar shoes.
In other news, I started a class last Sunday. I was a little apprehensive of what I was getting into and pleasantly surprised that while we all had different words for things, we were basically on the same page. When he picked me up and I told him how nervous I was, Mark told me that I did well to get out and go meet a bunch of new people AND talk in front of them. He is right. It was hard, especially considering the obstacles that I have had to overcome to be able to do so…
We were asked to explain a little about ourselves and why we were taking the class. I touched on the psychic attacks/mental abuse I underwent from 2002-2009. How do you explain that to people who do not know you without sounding completely insane? "Excuse me, I was brainwashed by someone I trusted and only found out after the fact that everything I believed to be true was completely fabricated soooo I had to throw everything I know away and peel my beliefs down to the beginning much like the layers of an onion and start over. Oh, and when all of this happened, my higher self decided to close out my conscious self so that I was protected from my other worldly encounters and workings."
Yeah… Not so much an easy task. but I did manager to get out that I went through a bad divorce and had underwent psychic attack and felt like the crazy lady when I said it. I think my cheeks were red and I was flushed for the entire time I was there once I spoke.
Part of the exercises we are working on is daily journaling. It is one of the reasons, I decided to start this blog. It is easier for me to type in my downtime at work than to actually journal in a notebook. The first couple of exercises I have read all appear to be games that we played at Tapestry meetings and when we would have get togethers at the house. I really hate Erin cannot take the class with me. I remember us playing build the ball of energy and pass it around the room when I still lived at the condo in Brandon. Hard to believe that was over 12 years ago and here I am again.
I am trying hard not to let my ego get in the way of learning but it is hard when I have been actively studying shamanism, witchcraft, divination, dreams and spellwork for 23 years. I am just trying to keep an open mind and recognize this as an opportunity to learn a new way of doing what it is i do. There appears to be a lot of details in the work that I am not use to but I think that it is like switching gears to learn how to shoot a bow after years of throwing knives.


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Weekend Walkies
Feeling grateful to be able to walk the dogs to this lovely spot not far from our place. They have room to run and there is almost always a marmot or two to chase. I felt severely limited by my iPhone camera, but thought I'd share a few wildflowers with you anyway. My D200 is hooped so I'm trying to decide what to do about a new or newish camera. I will be visiting the Maritimes soon, with an itinerary that includes a visit to Cape Breton and a tour of the Cabot Trail. A good camera will be essential!


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Liturgy & Prayer
"Pray without ceasing." 1 Thes 5:17
Prayer is nothing short of being in relationship with God. It anchors our spirituality, scholarship and service in a life of deepening wisdom and reflection. Prayer unites us in Christ, brings us closer as a community, reminds us that we are part of a bigger plan, that we have great worth, and allows us to live our lives with greater discernment, peace and understanding.
Weekly Friday Adoration
"When you look at the Crucifix, you understand how much Jesus loved you then. When you look at the Sacred Host you understand how much Jesus loves you now." --St. Teresa of Calcutta
Each grade has the opportunity once a month to spend time with Our Lord in Adoration. In our mission to grow in spirituality and closer to Christ, time with the Eucharist allows for a personal experience of reflection, prayer and peace in the midst of our busy lives.
Reconciliation is offered frequently throughout the school year. During annual class retreats, Reconciliation services in Advent and Lent, the Kairos Retreat and on Mission Trips, students can avail of this beautiful sacrament of healing.
Eucharistic Ministry
Seniors have an opportunity to serve as Eucharistic Ministers for All School Masses and for Class and Daily Masses. Interested students should contact the School Chaplain or Campus Minister who are responsible for the coordination and training of Eucharistic Ministers. Students who participate are inducted at the first All School Mass held annually in September.
Daily Mass Schedule
All celebrations are held in the Rhodora J. Donahue Chapel in Honor of St. Joan of Arc
Celebration of Mass
7:20 am - Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday
Request a Mass
Memorial Mass or Special Intention Mass requests are available for a $10 donation. To schedule a Mass, please contact the President's Office by calling 412.682.6884.
Once the Mass has been scheduled, a Mass card will be sent to the recipient's address from Oakland Catholic High School and will indicate the designated date and time of the Mass.


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Make the most of your storage space in the kitchen or laundry. This video will show you how to easy it is to install a broom cupboard.
How to install a laundry cabinet
Learn how to measure and fit a laundry cabinet. We'll show you how to cut holes for pipes and drainage and attach the cabinet to your wall.
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Clean up your laundry and all of your linen. In this video we show you how to install a simple linen chute cupboard.
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"If My Sim had a Bullet Journal Challenge" was mentioned in the official Bujo Newsletter!/
My new Sims challenge that I'm currently beta testing with Edith got a mini shout-out in the form of a link in the most recent (July) official Bullet Journal newsletter!!!!
So exciting!!!
It wasn't a link to my blog, but to the Sims forum post I made. However, we did get quite a few new readers from it! (Welcome!)
If you haven't read Edith yet, you can start at the beginning here: If My Sim Had a Bullet Journal.


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Two of boxing's best-kept secrets are Adam Bailey and his Fuerte Gym on Fuerteventura in the Canary Islands.
The preferred warm weather training base of Ingle Gym fighters Kell Brook, Billy Joe Saunders and Kid Galahad (Barry Awad), the Fuerte Gym is a truly outstanding facility, located in the heart of the resort town of Caleta de Fuste a mere five minutes from the beach. In fact given the facilities and location, it is no surprise that in addition to the aforementioned fighters, the likes of Jamie Cox, Lee Selby, the GB Olympic squad, and too many others to mention have enjoyed training stints out here.
The gym boasts two rings, one championship size, an abundance of heavy bags, plenty of floor space for circuits, skipping, etc., along with a fully equipped array of weights, Olympic bars, machines for resistance training, treadmills and other cardio equipment.
It also boasts a large studio and sports clinic downstairs, thus providing a full spectrum boxing and fitness experience.
The benefits fighters gain in basing their camps out here are self-evident, what with year round heat and sun, and what with the fact that Caleta, though a resort town, is the preferred destination not of youngsters looking to party day and night, but of couples, families, and in the main older people seeking a quieter time while on holiday. The location also offers great runs in the mountains located further inland from the coast, which loom up over the town as if challenging you to try them.
Yet, facilities and location aside, the Fuerte Gym would not enjoy the reputation it is rapidly gaining within the sport if not for its owner and manager, Adam Bailey.
Originally from London, Bailey arrived in Fuerteventura in 2005 on holiday and never left, embracing the change of pace and the opportunity to start anew, after a period of personal and professional turbulence. Boxing back then was a serious hobby, nothing more; something he'd enjoyed in his younger years and kept up to stay in shape and keep sharp. Not in his wildest dreams did he foresee a future in the Canaries as a gym owner and manager.
I first met Adam while on holiday in Fuerteventura around ten years ago. I came across him in the original Fuerte Gym, a much smaller and more basic facility in another part of Caleta. Adam didn't run this place, merely trained a few local fighters there. I recall, back then, him taking me on the pads for a few rounds prior to sparring. I think it was the closest I ever came to experiencing decapitation since making the mistake of sparring a bear of a Russian at Wildcard a few years before that. But that's another story.
Adam's technical knowledge of the science of boxing is unsurpassed in my experience, which includes, as mentioned, a stint out in LA at Wildcard – where I used to workout regularly when I lived in Hollywood. You will be hard pushed to find a trainer as rigorous when it comes to focusing on a fighter's technical and biomechanical foundations, upon which everything else depends.
For Adam it is not enough to simply teach a fighter how to through a certain punch or combination. For him it is essential a fighter understands why it is necessary to throw his shots a certain way. This he does by studiously breaking down a given punch and/or combination into its component parts; much like a mechanic stripping down the engine of a car before putting it back together again.
The word is 'deconstruction', a method of teaching that while painstaking and laborious in its attention to every small detail that goes into a given construction – whether of a building, machine, or even a work or art – is absolutely necessary when it comes to imparting knowledge.
Everything from the placement of the feet, hips, and shoulders is analysed and broken down, to the point where even pros will find themselves, under Bailey's tutelage, in danger of being left feeling like novices, forced to address the biomechanics that go into generating maximum power and speed in the most efficient way.
During my most recent trip over to Fuerteventura, after a workout I sat down with Adam for a coffee and a catch-up.
JW: Adam, I have to say, your method of training is probably the most exacting I've encountered in my time. Breaking things down as you do really forces you to concentrate. How did you come to develop this method?
AB: It's my personality. I'm one of those pain-in-the-arses you come across that's never satisfied with being told how things are. I need to know why. It got me a few clips round the ear growing up, I can tell you (laughs). Used to piss off my old man, no end.
JW: And now you've brought this trait to boxing?
AB: Yes, but it's crucial. Velocity x mass = force. It's an iron law of physics which translates to the ring. A fighter's power is a product of generating the maximum amount of velocity behind the maximum amount of mass. This is why the placement of the feet and hips – the alignment of your body with your opponent's – is key. Everything starts with the feet. If you're feet aren't right it throws everything else off.
JW: Where did you come by this stuff? Were you taught this stuff as a kid in gyms in London?
AB: Most amateur coaches, even the decent coaches – and I mean no disrespect – either don't have sufficient knowledge to teach kids properly, or they're just too busy to strip things down the way it needs to be. They've got too many kids to deal at any given time with and so can't. I only ever take a maximum of four in the ring at the same time. More than that and you can't watch them all closely enough to correct mistakes.
I learned this stuff, as I said, through my obsession with knowing why things are done a certain way. Boxing is a prisoner of convention in many ways. I wasn't satisfied with what I was being taught, the fact my coaches couldn't answer the question why, so I set out to re-learn the basics myself.
I worked on construction sites after leaving school and was fascinated by the way a pneumatic drill works. It's the same concept when you throw a punch: short sharp snapping movements over and over. It's the most efficient way of breaking someone down.
JW: I'm also intrigued by your views on how the feet should move through the punch. I was always taught to focus on pivoting and lifting the hell off the floor when punching, but you disagree with that. Why?
AB: Think about a Formula One racing car. How does it generate its speed?
Here there's a pause as I struggle to come up with the answer.
AB: It's generated by the car's down force. By forcing its weight down onto the tarmac it generates kinetic energy and minimises wind resistance. So translating this principle to the ring, if you lift your foot off the floor while you're throwing a shot you actually remove your power. Instead you should press your foot down against the canvas. This then transfers the kinetic energy generated from the floor through your body into the shot.
This is where our discussion came to an end. Adam had a gym to run and I was in desperate need of some food and nourishment after training. That said, we only touched on the breadth of knowledge Adam possesses and which I was privileged to glean from him during my time out here.
The good news is that despite being the preferred training base of world champions like Kell Brook and Billy Joe Saunders, the Fuerte Gym is open to the public and Adam is the most approachable guy you could hope to meet.
Do yourself a favour and take a look. You won't regret it.


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Alfie Allen Talks Theon's Future and Jumping Ship
The actor discusses the challenges and joys of playing Theon in the latest season and why the young Greyjoy can't just let go of the past.
HBO: What does the Daenerys alliance mean to Theon?
Alfie Allen: The Daenerys alliance means he has a new goal in life. There's new leadership happening, and he can see that Yara and Daenerys get along pretty well, so there's definitely some shard of trust back in his life that he can rely on.
HBO: Theon is no longer identifying as Reek, but he seems to still be struggling with his past. What were the biggest acting challenges playing that?
Alfie Allen: Going back to the imagery of what he saw back then, and allowing that to flood back in. Also, as an actor, having to delve back into something that was so long ago in his arc is pretty crazy. But it's always been there throughout; it's just gauging what brings him back, how much is created in his own head, and how much is an effective threat. I would say he's in a better place, but he's still definitely harkening back to those memories.
HBO: What was it like filming the scene where Theon jumps off the ship?
Alfie Allen: It was a great thing to shoot. We had an amazing set up. It was all this crazy s**t out in a parking lot, and then they use a blue screen for the ocean stuff. I'm always excited to shoot the stuff between me and Gemma [Whelan, who plays Yara] because she's fantastic to work with and we've built up a relationship over the years. We definitely feel like we are siblings. It was a heartbreaking moment.
HBO: Can you explain that moment from his perspective?
Alfie Allen: There's conflicting emotions for him, because he's sort of back in battle mode, which he hasn't been in for a long, long time. The sight of blood is going to remind him of physical pain or mental torment. It brings him back to that place, and he's torn as to what to do. The reptilian part of his brain just takes over.
HBO: Did you actually have to jump into the water?
Alfie Allen: I didn't have to jump into the water then, just a load of cardboard boxes. That was the second time I've had to do that in Thrones. It was fun. I could do it over and over again. But there was a part where I did have to get in the water tank. It was freezing when they shot it, but the actual water was alright. There's another scene [in the premiere of Season 6], where [Sophie Turner and I] went into a real river, and that was very, very cold. This was a bit warmer, so it was nice, but the weather was definitely freezing at that point.
HBO: Kit Harington and John Bradley said Theon's storyline was the one they were most excited to watch unfold this season. What can we expect?
Alfie Allen: He's dealing with decisions that he made a long, long time ago. Now he's having to face up to those decisions, and the people who it really did affect.
More from "Stormborn":
- Pilou Asbæk Is Creating a New Type of Villain in Euron
- Thrones Throwback
- Get a Closer Look at the Red Keep Dragon Skulls
- Look Over the Letters and Pages Featured in 'Stormborn'


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When I ventured into the world of smartphones one of the first things I researched was Natural Family Planning, Sympto-Thermal based, charting apps. To be clear, as a NFP instructor and longtime user, I don't put exclusive trust in any computer based program to analyze my cycle and define my fertile time for me, however I DO like the convenience and ease of digital charting and on-the-go symptom recording.
Trying a number of online apps I found myself repeatedly disappointed. Not only were the charting option not as in-depth as I'd like but the analysis was often WAY off. Even though I wasn't following the analysis myself, I always had a hard time getting excited about recommending something that was so clearly sub-par.
After several weeks of exploring options I discovered the Ovuview Period and Fertility Tracker.
I used their free version for several cycles and decided to upgrade to their pro-version at their normal price of $5.00. For people who know me…that was no small matter. I think it's only one of two paid apps on my phone right now. And I was pleasantly surprised at its analysis accuracy!
What you'll see in Ovuview:
With the free version, you will see (per their Google Play account):
14 fertility awareness methods
Various rules that are found within a number of NFP methods some Sympto-thermal, some mucus only, some temperature only
Tracking many symptoms, taking notes
Note: as with all other Sympto-Thermal charting apps I've seen, the Ovuview app does NOT appear to include the charting of sensations. Because my method includes sensation in determining the fertile time, I've always just recorded, within the app, the most fertile mucus sign available when I have ANY peak type/more fertile/etc mucus qualities and do so also when I have any fertile sensations. You may want to keep a more detailed chart for an instructor if you are working with one.
Calendar view
This shows a prediction of when you will ovulate and when menstruation and the fertile time is likely to begin and end. For your first cycles it's a pretty generic input and if you aren't "textbook" it won't be accurate. However, as you record more and more cycles this works off of analyzing your cycle history so generally becomes more accurate with time.
Cycle statistics
Shows your average, minimum, and maximum cycle length, menses length, mucus episode length, luteal phase length, and estimated ovulation day.
Automatic morning notification to record basal body temperature (BBT)
LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this feature! I can set my alarm clock on my phone and when it goes off it automatically pops up a shortcut link to adding my temp for that day.
Other features in the free mode
- Advanced chart showing temperature and symptoms
- Guiding hints
- Educational tips and information about your menstrual cycle and your fertility signs
- Data backup/restore
- Data import from 'My Days', 'WomanLog Calendar' and 'Fertility Friend'
- Color themes
- Demo mode (giving you a glimpse of what the app is capable of in the long run)
Why I upgraded Ovuview
If you upgrade to the pro version it will disable all ads and unlock:
Cycle and method management
They allow you to select which rules, from varying methods, you'd like to apply. You are also able to remove a cycle from being included in the statistics if it's abnormal due to stress or illness
Emailing spreadsheet data and chart images for doctor review
This feature is really nice for anytime you need a quick jpeg of your chart)
Backup to email or Dropbox
Thank goodness for this feature! When I dropped my smartphone this past week and had to transfer everything over to a new one, my first concern was my charting histories. I love having the backlog of info accessible on my phone
User-defined custom symptoms
This is a great place to record any sporadic meds or create more specific charting options such as a sensation option though it wouldn't be included in the programs analysis.
Other upgrade features
- Password protection
- 2 widgets (discrete + cycle wheel) – LOVE THIS!!
- Multicolor symptoms
- Notifications (menses, ovulation)
- Temperature chart coverline
- Fullscreen mode in chart
- Pregnancy mode
Promotional Code
They also have an online discussion group for any questions you may have about the app and how to use it.
For the next two weeks (August 8-22, 2012), they are offering our wonderful readers a promotional code reducing the price for the pro-version to only $1.99! Just download the free version of Ovuview here and then within the app, go to the "Paid Features" screen and enter the promo code TECHTALK.
If you have any trouble at all don't hesitate to comment and we'll figure it out together!
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Copyright 2012 Kristin Detloff


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Do you like to listen to tunes when you are on the box?
Pandora is a site that lets you add artists and songs you like to the play list, then it adds artists/songs with a similar sound, thus exposing you to new music that you may like. If you don't like the tune, you give it a thumbs down and it never plays again! Coolie!


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What Our Clients Say
"We got the opportunity to buy the apartment we were renting in the Palm Jumeirah for 6 years and decided to have it redecorated and personalize it by bringing some natural colors on the walls. So I googled for a Color Consultant and found Shailaja who partners with Benjamin Moore paint. From start to finish it was a great experience. She listened to our wishes, advised on the colors and made a color map for each room. Shailaja also provided the painters who are specialized in painting with BM paint. Further in the process we decided that instead of buying some new furniture we paint it instead, which worked out very well and a lot cheaper too.
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Farewell but not goodbye to our brother, Donkyu Lee aka Q aka Mr. Confident Plan.
We didnt know what to expect when you arrived but to the say the least, I think you've affected everyone here and the people you have in Canada immensely.
It's been a blast teaching you English, partying with you, playing Call of Duty and Fight Night and teaching you our great Canadian ways. You've grown so much since you've arrived and I'd like to believe you've done the same for us. Thank you for everything you have been to us.
We hope to see you back here soon brother.
Safe travels back to Korea. It will not be the same without you.


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Receiving the Offering during Sunday services is an important part of our Worship. And we also understand that for a growing number of us, lifestyles have changed and so has the handling of money. You may or may not carry much cash, and checkbooks are also rapidly becoming a thing of the past. Or maybe you're frequently out of town but a quiet voice is calling you to still be involved! For many of us these days, electronic or digital transactions have become a way of life.
We hope that you are "plugged in" to our digital giving alternatives, but if not, here are the options:
For those who want DIGITAL CONVENIENCE WITHOUT ANY HASSLE – the church offers the option to set up a once or twice-a-month automatic transfer from a bank account for you – no cell phone or PC needed, and there are absolutely no fees involved for anyone! Simply pick up a Bank Transfer Giving Authorization form at the Connect Center and drop it in the offering plate or return it to the office. If you have already been taking advantage of this capability, you do not have to switch to one of our other options!
Our SimpleChurch APP
MOST USEFUL FOR MOBILE USERS along with lots of other church information - Download our SimpleChurch App on your phone or tablet (look for the leafy green tree). Our "domain" is the same as our church website, faithepc. If you haven't previously set up a SimpleChurch web account, click the link at the bottom to do so. Otherwise, log in and you should see a "Give" link in the lower right once your account has authenticated. You can choose one-time or automatic recurring gifts using a credit card or bank account. Let us know if your desired ministry is not currently listed!
FASTEST FOR MOBILE USERS – Text-to-Give! Set up a contact such as FECGIVE with the phone number 970-364-4483 (970-DoI-Give, dedicated to Faith Church). Simply send a text to FECGIVE with the amount you want to give, and optionally designate to which ministry. The first time, you will need to enter your information to link your phone to your giving account. If you text "50", $50 will go to the General Fund. If you text "20 World", $20 will go to the World Missions fund. If you add something to your amount that is not recognized, like "20 ?" you'll get a numbered list of available ministries to select from.
Give through the Church Website
Click "Give Now" at the top of the page. A new window will open with to simplechurchgiving portal. If you haven't previously registered, you can select the "Quick Give" option without setting up an account, or select the "First Time" link to set up an account for easier future access and to set up scheduled recurring gifts using a credit card or bank account.
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On January 13, 2011, Mark A. Satawa presented along with attorney Joe Simon of Simon & Geherin PLLC for the Institute for Continuing Legal Education seminar on Proven Defense Strategies for Challenging Criminal Sexual Conduct Cases. The seminar was moderated by attorney Novia M. Gonzalez-Nichols of Gonzalez-Nichols & Nichols.
The seminar was described by ICLE as a "fast-paced, entertaining webcast featuring leading criminal defense experts discussing their tried and true practical tips for defending criminal sexual conduct cases." The seminar covered a wide range of practical topics and practice hints on defending child sexual assault cases, including:
- Master the elements of CSC offenses
- Set the tone for a thorough client interview
- Determine the best defense strategies for your case
- Take your discovery to the next level
- Conduct an effective preliminary examination every time
- Effectively bargain during plea and sentencing negotiations
- Assess a witness from a jury's standpoint
- Develop a persuasive theory of the case for trial
These topics were discussed for several different types of CSC cases, including internet sting cases, date rape allegations, and false accusations child molestation.
Mark A. Satawa practices in the area of criminal defense, specializing in forensic DNA, sex crimes, and federal crimes. Prior to joining his present firm, Mr. Satawa served as an assistant attorney general for the state of Michigan and as an assistant prosecuting attorney for Wayne County. He is a member of the board of directors of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and the board of the Criminal Defense Attorneys of Michigan. Mr. Satawa is a frequent lecturer on criminal law topics, and has presented for the State Bar of Michigan, ICLE, NACDL, CDAM, the Oakland County Bar Association, the Wisconsin State Public Defender's 2010 Annual Conference (www.wispdtraining.blogspot.com/p/materials.html), and the Arkansas Association of Criminal Defense Lawyer's. He is AV rated by Martindale Hubbell, a Michigan Super Lawyer, a Top Lawyer by dBusiness, and one of the Top 100 Trial Lawyers in Michigan by the American Trial lawyer's Association.


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We are an established old school stickburnin' family who takes pride in our smoked meats. While most BBQ joints are at home sleeping we are on the pits smokin' it up and burning more wood in one night than most do in days. Cooking on site everyday and pulling to order is where our wonderful mouthwatering flavors come from. There are no ovens or fryers so everything is cooked on our pit from the brisket beans to our baloney.


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Eve Milady is an American romance novelist and illustrator. She currently works a day job as a graphic designer/children's book illustrator at a stationary company in Nashville, Tennessee.
Eve has participated in the National Novel Writing Month of November every year since 2004 and her debut publication, The Clockwork Captain's Bride, is shiny version of her 2011 project. Her favorite things in the world include: her family, her Kiwibums, reading, drawing, writing, big Italian family dinners, texting, cooking, video games, watching movies/period dramas/comedies, costuming, spending time with her dashing beau Ben, and playing with their cats Edmund and Stewart.
In a place of airships and steam-powered machines, where electricity is the finest commodity and education determines the shape of a family's entire existence, a ruthless warlord has assassinated the king. He sits on the throne in the magnificent Citadel of Aelstron as he orders the rightful heirs hunted down and eliminated in secret. Gail Cowell enjoys the quiet, predictable life of a hat maker, locking her heart away to spare herself an agony like her widower father's never-ending grief. When her father is suddenly arrested and charged with treason, the nameless sailor they sheltered for a night is revealed to be Marcus Declan, the world's most wanted sky captain! Brought into his dangerous world of airships, pirates, and stolen thrones, Gail fights to reunite with her father - even if she must offer herself to Captain Declan to do it. Captain Marcus Declan sails the Aether's Damnation, battling to exact vengeance on a betrayer that delivered him to a frozen hell. When his quest goes awry, he is rescued from the brink of death by a hat maker - leaving him honor bound to help his beautiful, well-bred daughter when he discovers her stowed away on his ship! Although her graceful presence kindles an irresistible desire and long-buried dreams, duty and rage compel Marcus to continue his blood-drenched efforts for justice. The Clockwork Captain's Bride. From Pro Se Productions.


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Uterine (Endometrial) Cancer
Diagnosis and Staging
Endometrial cancer is often detected at an early stage since abnormal vaginal bleeding, the most common symptom, prompts women to visit their doctor soon after it begins. If a doctor suspects endometrial cancer, several tests can help confirm the diagnosis, including (Amant 2005; Kawana 2005; Lentz 2012; A.D.A.M. 2012; MayoClinicStaff 2013; NCI 2010; Denschlag 2010):
- A procedure called dilation and curettage (D & C), which involves widening of the cervix and scraping the endometrium to retrieve a sample of cells
- Biopsy of the endometrium
- Examination of endometrial fluids
- Pelvic examination (although results are often normal in early stages of endometrial cancer)
- Transvaginal ultrasound
- Hysteroscopy (a procedure that allows for examination of the inside of the uterus)
Although abnormal test results from a Pap smear may raise the suspicion of endometrial cancer, Pap smear results are not sufficient for a definitive diagnosis of endometrial cancer. Pap smears are not screening tests for endometrial cancer, and when they show abnormal results additional tests are necessary (A.D.A.M. 2012; NCI 2010).
If endometrial cancer is discovered, then other diagnostic tests are used to determine the stage of the disease. Currently, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans of the abdomen are an important non-invasive diagnostic imaging approach to obtain an accurate evaluation of the extent of the disease (Shweel 2012; Tong 2012). The first stage of endometrial cancer refers to cancer that is still confined to the uterus; the second stage involves cancer spreading to the cervix; the third stage involves cancer spreading beyond the uterus but not outside the pelvic area, which may also involve spreading to the local lymph nodes in the pelvis or near the aorta; and the fourth stage of endometrial cancer involves spreading to other organs in the abdominal cavity and beyond, including the bowel and bladder (Wright 2012; Amant 2005; NCI 2013).
Seventy five percent of endometrial cancer cases are diagnosed in stage I, where cure rates as high as 75-90% have been reported. However, 5-year survival rates are only 50% in stage II and up to 30% and less than 10% in stages III and IV, respectively (Emons 2000).
In addition to staging, endometrial cancer is scored by a numerical grading system (grade 1-3). Grade 1 is the least aggressive, while grade 3 is the most aggressive. Higher-grade tumors grow faster and are more likely to spread (metastasize) than low-grade tumors (NCI 2013; A.D.A.M. 2012).


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As we know, trauma increases blood flow to the amygdala while decreasing perfusion to the hippocampus with the effect that procedural, emotional and sensory memory take place without the benefit of symbolization in language and without contextualization (one physiological explanation for dissociation). This phenomenon informs how clinicians can work with experience that has no words. The narrative approach assumes that symbolization is already present. Trauma, including the trauma of chronic misattunement, can cause chronic autonomic nervous system activation (affecting respiration, heart rate, perspiration, muscle tension, etc) with its emphasis on sensory not symbolic representation.
Bucci proposed a multiple code theory of emotional processing, three systems of emotional schema: the subsymbolic (perceptual, sensory), symbolic imagery – both non-verbal— and the symbolic (verbal). These three systems are separate, but through the relational attunement and secure attachment with caregivers, who use their own emotional and cognitive schema to help children name, accept and regulate their emotional states, connections between the three are forged. In somatization, subsymbolic somatic schema are activated but are dissociated, never linked, or have lost their link to symbolic representations.
Taylor contrasts conversion disorder with somatization disorders. In the former, symbolization is intact and emotions are represented, and symptoms are the result of repressed (by an active ego), conflictual fantasies. On the other hand, somatization, writes Taylor, lacks underlying fantasies, and emotions are poorly representable, sometimes called alexithymia. (The ego is made helpless by dissociation.) Two different therapeutic aims ensue. For conversion symptoms, Freud made conscious the unconscious conflict through interpretation, but with somatization symptoms, says Bucci, what is required is a strengthening of connections between the subsymbolic and symbolic.
Gottlieb gives a nice history of the way different psychoanalysts have conceived of psychosomatic symptoms. They argue causality, meaning, and treatment. Students might enjoy contrasting Janet, Freud and MacDougall, as well as distinguishing la pensee operatoire from alexithymia. Many agree that somatization involves dissociation. Where does a child turn when the very people who are to help regulate distressing feelings are also their source? Hopefully, we will, in class, add from our clinical experience the relational intersubjective component of psychosomatic disorders, with the understanding that caregivers powerfully affect one's ability to symbolize, mentalize, and see the other as an equal center of subjectivity.
Gottlieb, R. (2003). Psychosomatic medicine: the divergent legacies of Freud and Janet. J. Amer. Psa. Assoc., 51:857-881.
Taylor, G. (2003). Somatization and conversion: distinct or overlapping constructs? J Amer Acad Psa, 31:487-508.


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*NEW DATE* Tailwaggers 2016 Singles
April 2, 2016 @ 9:30 am - 3:00 pm| $15
*NOTE* – We've moved to Apr 2
The Charlotte Disc Golf Club in cooperation with Mecklenburg County Park and Rec. presents the 2016 Tailwaggers fundraiser for the Humane Society of Charlotte & Disabled Animals.
Sign-ups at 9:30; start at 11am @ Idlewild Park
Saturday March 26 – $15 Singles
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Textile Notes related to fiber, yarn, fabric knowledge, spinning, weaving, processing, projects, knitting, Indian Traditional Textiles and denim manufacturing
Sunday, 17 May 2009
Some Online Resources in Silk
These two websites - one of which is a commercial exporter's and the other is about hand painted silk, provide some valuable information about silk.
First of all, definitions. One can go through the definitions here. However, I was always looking for the definitions of the following types of Silk.
1. Mulberry Silk
I was not particularly looking for this definiton. Silk produced by silk worm (Bombyx Mori) fed on Mulberry Leaves.
2. Tussar Silk
I was particularly looking for this:
Larvae of several species of moth such as Antheraea mylitta, Antheraca proylei, Antherea pernyi and Antheraca yamamai produce this silk.The insects mostly live in the wild on bushes and trees on which they feed.
3. Katiya Silk
A big one for me.
The portion of Tussar cocoons leftover after about 60% reelable silk is spun into Katiya yarn.
4. Balkal Silk
The peduncles (silk that anchors the cocoon, it is very weak) are utilised for production of Balkal yarn.
5. Muga Silk:
It belongs to same family as Tussar. It is popular for its natural golden colour, glossy fine textures and durability. Muga silk is produced by Antheraea assama westwood which is an endemic species prevalent in the Brahmaputra valley and adjoining hills.
Muga silkworm is a polyhageous insect which feeds on leaves of Som, Soalu and other plants which grows abundantly in Brahmapautra valley.
Eri Silk :
The word Eri is a derivative from Sanskrit nomenclature for Castor Plant, eranada. Castor leaf is the main food for the Eri silkworms and so named as Eri. This is the only completely domesticated non-mulberry variety. Its silk is spun as it can not be reeled.
Spun Silk:
A Silk yarn made of short lengths of silk obtained from silk wastes, pierced cocoons or floss which gives yarn its characteristic brilliance. There are two grades of yarn Schappe and Bourette. It is spun on special machinery which in some ways is akin to cotton and worsted.
Noil Silk:
Noil Short fibres removed in combing operation of yarn making of Spun silk is spun into Noil yarn. Noil is mostly produced in Karnataka and Madras.
Dupion Silk:
An irregular, rough silk reeled from double cocoons or cocoons spun side-by-side which are interlocked, making it necessary to reel them together. The unevenness of the yarn confines its use.
Filature Silk
A raw silk which is reeled by machine as distinct from silk prepared by hand in cottage industry.
Matka silk
Another Big One.
Matka Silk is obtained from waste Mulberry silk by hand spinning without removing the gum (sericin). Cocoons required to produce Matka are mainly obtained from Karnataka and Kashmir but spinning is mostly done in the villages of Malda and Murshidabad districts in West Bengal by women by hand spinning.
Filaments of the cocoons of this silk from Bihar were originally unwound and plied together on a mud pot, or Matka ( Today, they are alikely to be reeled on a woman's thigh)
Though not a silk fabric yet very important from the point of view of traditional textiles. It is a veg based fabric. A satin weave with rayon warp and cotton weft, creates a high glossy surface.
Gajji Silk is satin weave done on silk fabric. Used in Tie-Dye Sarees in Gujarat state of India
Care of Silk Fabric: This site gives it comprehensively among other resources.
such as Interesting Facts about silk Fabrics and Scarf Tying Techniques
I am still looking for the following definitions of Silk
Korean Silk
China Silk
Kora Silk
Desi Silk
Some other Snippets
* All tussar is wild silk which is produced from an unraptured cocoon.
* Ghicha and Matka are produced from Raptured cocoon.
* Korea Silk is also known as 33/37 fiber. Generally we have fabrics of korea x korea , korea x china and korea x desi. Korea x Korea can be made on powerloom. The other two qualities are not possible to make on powerloom because of their marked evenness.
* When a supplier talks about 2x1 Korea x China, it means he has taken two threads of Korea together in warp (not twisted, but just taken together) .
* Generally reed in these fabrics is always 72
* China silk is also known as 50/70 fiber. It is paler and coarser in appearance than Korea.
* Desi is a raptured silk from India. Very uneven yet brilliant when worn.
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- Devika Ramarathnam said...
Ruptured or raptured? Both mean totally different. I think you mean Ruptured silk, as in the cocoon breaking open by itself? Please clarify. Very good blog. And I am not correcting your English I am asking for clarification. Raptured means, when you are fascinated by something.
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I have a serious FrostIron problem - as regular readers of this blog may have noticed. I can't help it, ok? I ship the ship.
I ship. The ship.
(Fangirl translation for the non-fangirl/fanboy fluent:
A ship is a wished-for romantic, often sexual, relationship, between two characters. Usually, these are characters of the same gender.
Occasionally there's a straight relationship in fanfiction - but it's not common.
'I ship the ship' means that I have bought into this relationship to what is probably an unhealthy level.)
So, yeah. FrostIron is Tony Stark and Loki's fandom relationship. I read far too many fics of this ship. It may even be my otp.
(Translation: 'One True Pairing' - that one (or many) ship(s) that you will defend and obsess over to your dying breath - melodramatic, yes. But this is fandom.)
I also read far too much Omegaverse for my own good/sanity/chances of not losing my soul to the fandom (yay!) I've explained Omegaverse before, so please read that post if you want to know more.
I am not explaining that again.
This week's fic then isssss (dramatic pause...)
of hormones and tinfoil hats by Arvensis5 and plumadesatada
This (oddly enough, given what I've been harking on about for the majority of this post,) is FrostIron Omegaverse. It is also excellent.
Given that my definition of 'excellent' when it comes to fanfiction has become a little blurry (you try reading this much warped fanfiction and not becoming just a little lenient and/or lightheaded!) it is still very good by any standards.
Seriously, this has been thought through, carefully executed, and well-written (barring the odd typo.) And it definitely makes you want to give Loki a big ol' hug!!! (Sigh, the feels.)
It also includes some pretty rockin' corresponding fanart.
Given that it's Omegaverse (and fanfiction in general,) there's a refreshing lack of explicit sex; there are a few depictions of the aftermath of torture though, so reader beware.
Given the title, I really would've loved if there were more tinfoil hats involved. But oh well, beggars can't be choosers and all that jazz (yay, mixed clichés!)
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Nov. 6 (Bloomberg) -- Barack Obama, the post-partisan candidate of hope who became the first black U.S. president, won re-election today by overcoming four years of economic discontent with a mix of political populism and electoral math.
Obama defeated Republican Mitt Romney, according to television network projections that show the president winning the electoral votes needed for re-election.
Beginning more than a year ago, Obama and his advisers cast the president as a champion of middle-class opportunity pitted against an opposition party more determined to protect preferences for the wealthy.
"After all that we've been through together, we can't give up now," Obama told a crowd of 18,000 in Madison, Wisconsin, a day ahead of the election as he made his final campaign swing of the year.
Throughout a volatile Republican nominating contest, Obama's political team never wavered from the view that its eventual opponent would be Romney, a former private equity executive whom they would portray as an out-of-touch embodiment of moneyed privilege and heartless capitalism.
Identifying Romney
Even before the Republican primary contest ended, as the public was still forming impressions of Romney, Obama and his allies began a campaign to define their opponent.
By summer, they inundated battleground states with commercials featuring layoffs at companies purchased by Romney's former firm, Bain Capital LLC, as well as his Swiss banks accounts and tax returns showing how he took advantage of breaks not available to most middle-income taxpayers.
Romney didn't counter with his own aggressive effort to establish an identity with voters as he focused his campaign on turning the election into a referendum on persistent high joblessness. The unemployment rate under Obama exceeded 8 percent for 43 months, the longest period of such high joblessness since the start of monthly records in 1948.
The negative tone of the campaign on both sides was reflected in their advertising. Between April, when Romney clinched his primary victory, and Oct. 28, nearly nine in 10 of all campaign ads -- 87 percent -- were negative, according to New York based Kantar Media's CMAG.
Changing Electorate
The incumbent started the campaign with an advantage on the electoral map. The ethnic composition of eligible voters shifted in favor of Obama in many critical states since his first election in 2008.
The portion of adult citizens who are members of racial or ethnic minority groups grew by 4 percentage points in Nevada, by 3 percentage points in Virginia, by 2 percentage points in Florida and by 1 percentage point in Ohio and Iowa between 2008 and 2011, according to an analysis of Census data by William Frey, a demographer at the Brookings Institution in Washington.
That put states with more electoral votes in the safely Democratic column than in the safely Republican one, and left Romney with fewer potential paths to the 270 electoral votes needed to win election.
Obama's team took advantage by organizing to motivate supporters in the remaining states considered electoral battlegrounds. In some cases, Obama's campaign never disbanded its 2008 efforts and early in the 2012 contest it built more field offices and hired professional staff.
Voter Registration
By Election Day, the Obama team claimed to have registered 1.8 million new voters in the battleground states, nearly double the number of new voters the campaign registered four years earlier. By last weekend, 28 percent of those new voters had cast ballots through early voting, the campaign said.
"Don't wait" to vote, Obama urged a mostly black crowd of 13,500 voters packed into Cincinnati's Fifth Third Arena Nov. 4. "Who do you trust?" the president asked the crowd, which shouted back "You!" Saying he knows what "real change" is, Obama added: "I delivered it; I've got the scars to prove it."
The geography of the economic recovery also favored the president in the eight swing states that received the most attention from the two campaigns: Colorado, Florida, Iowa, Ohio, Nevada, New Hampshire, Virginia and Wisconsin.
In five of those states, joblessness was lower than the national average by September, the most recent month for which state-level unemployment data is available.
Ohio Recovery
In Ohio, a state won by every Republican who's claimed the White House, unemployment dropped to 7.0 percent by September. The Obama campaign promoted the comeback of the auto industry, which was boosted by a government bailout the president backed. One in eight Ohio jobs is directly or indirectly tied to the auto industry, according to a 2010 report by the Center for Automotive Research in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
And while Romney was traveling in Europe, $1.2 million worth of attack ads played 1,947 times on Ohio TV stations.
The Obama campaign hammered relentlessly at Romney's opposition to the federal bailout, memorialized in a November 2008 New York Times opinion article the Republican candidate authored entitled "Let Detroit Go Bankrupt."
A tough anti-immigration stance Romney took in the Republican primaries also contributed to lopsided support for Obama among Latino voters.
As the national economy improved during the election year, it weakened the central theme of Romney's campaign. A slowdown in job growth in the last spring and early summer kept Romney close; hiring accelerated again as the election approached.
The 7.9 percent October unemployment rate was a full percentage point lower than a year earlier, the biggest 12-month improvement in joblessness over the period during any election year since 1948 except President Ronald Reagan's 1984 re- election, when unemployment dropped 1.4 percentage points.
The Conference Board's Consumer Confidence Index surged from 61.3 in August to 72.2 in October, showing consumers in the most optimistic mood since February 2008. Through Nov. 5, the benchmark Standard & Poor's 500 stock index was up more than 12 percent for the year and more than 66 percent since Obama took office in January, 2009.
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This is some lovely Viking jewelry Kathrin and Julia made from brass, copper and silver wire in Viking knit technique.
"Amulett", and it turned out they were actually fond of coming, and it seems they liked it a bit...
I should say there was a friendship forged, there, beside the campfire and under the mighty oak. Look at their website to listen to some samples of their music. I found it extremely cool that there was no huge combat bagpipe that was last tuned in the factory nor a big fat drummer clothed in drumsticks in sight, and they made some actual music. I had little time to listen, but what I heard was really pleasing my ears that are a bit sore from listening to that bagpipe mayhem that´s nowadays tauted "medieval folk music". Way cool! ;-)
Now anyone know Bill Moran? Yeah, THAT Bill Moran, as in founder of the ABS-Bill-Moran. Now Bill Moran learned a trick or two from the "Reichsschmiedemeister" of the 3rd Reich Paul Müller. Now Mr. Diefenthal was apprentice together with this guy and thus shares the same knowledge. But while Paul Müller was a Nazi, Mr. Diefenthal was not. I had the outright privilege to talk to him, and he agreed to tell us what he knows, and I hope to be able to persuade him to make a blog post about him later on. Anyway, Jan would very much like to keep up the family tradition, and we will try our best to contribute to that!
Schlenkerla" Frankish smoked stout. That beer is one of the best I tasted, and one of the most unusual to boot. We drank gallons of it and it´s just one step short of becoming the official ironforge beer! Tina, the "landlord´s black-eyed daughter" all the while has a laughing fit. Laughing fits were easy to come by... :-)
More axe-smoking....
Erich came over with his vintage Ford van. We hid it behind the re-enactment tents, but it certainly did not deserve to be hidden.
Pics from the camp...
If you want to join in the next International Hobbit Day Event from Friday, the 22nd of September to 24th of 2017, please apply to the Ahlhauser Hammer site on facebook or at www.retzgen.de/hammer. We welcome any traditional craftsmen, bushcrafters and reenactors with the one limitation in the re-enactment camp that we want to concentrate on early, high and late medieval re-enactment (and high quality LOTR enactment) and do not want to put on a "common" LARP or MPS event, because there are enough of them around. We will also dispatch sensibly and make clear which is which.
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I am a creature of habit. My penchant for scheduling and list-making is known far and wide; my devotion to routine is borderline disturbing. With the exception of my (increasingly infrequent) sample reviews, I generallly stick to the same skin care routine with very little deviation. Therefore, each product in my arsenal goes through a rigorous vetting process and, once added to the upper echelon of Nikki's Medicine Cabinet, tends to stay there for quite some time. These are products I use, trust, and return to time and time again.
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Sigmund Freud is considered the father of psychoanalysis. But does he deserve this reputation? Louis Breger, Professor of Psychoanalytic Studies at the California Institute of Technology, doesn't think so. In A Dream of Undying Fame, Breger contends that it was Freud's mentor, Josef Breuer, who actually conceived psychoanalysis as a theory and therapy. Following Freud's medical training he and Breuer developed a close professional relationship, culminating in the 1895 publication of their book, Studies in Hysteria. Hysteria, Breger writes, was a condition diagnosed in women during the nineteenth century, which by contemporary standards would qualify as post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), bipolar disorder, borderline personality disorder, and possibly, schizophrenia. Breuer pursued hypnotism and "catharsis" as the cure for "hysterical psychosis," methods Freud embraced and practiced routinely. But over the years, Freud split from Breuer and the psychoanalytic approach that has been forged. More and more, "Freud emphasized his view of repression as a willful pushing of ideas from one's mind, whereas Breuer argued for his concept of 'hypnoid state,' which occurred automatically and unconsciously in cases of severe hysteria."
But the difference between the two men did not stem solely from divergent theorizing. Instead, Breger suggests that Freud was consumed by fame and recognition, leading him to re-cast psychoanalysis and the psychotherapeutic techniques he had honed under Breuer's tutelage. Freud eventually formulated a universal explanation of neurosis and hysteria that he attributed to sexual and oedipal conflicts. Breger finds fault with Freud's motives and behavior, concluding that, "The baleful effects of shaping psychoanalysis as a cult-like movement or cause grew out of Freud's need to be a great man."
This is not the first time a scholar has accused Freud of disingenuous practices (see, as one example, The Assault on Truth by Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson). In A Dream of Undying Fame, we learn about the cultural and societal forces that shaped his thinking about psychopathology and his search for prominence within the medical community. Breger's own "analysis" of Freud is equivocal: a creative and perceptive man who nonetheless, was untrue to the scientific method and made many mistakes along the way. Whether you agree or disagree with the thesis of the book, Breger takes an intriguing look at one of the most influential thinkers in the history of psychology.
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Super Pet-Friendly Fort De Soto Park in Florida/
Fort De Soto Park is one of my favorite places in the Tampa Bay area because it is super pet friendly and the dog beach is absolutely beautiful. Fort De Soto is located in St. Petersburg, Florida and has three miles of gorgeous white sand beaches that are ranked among the best of Florida's beaches.
Fort De Soto Park is made up of five islands anchored by the main island, Mullet Key, and is accessible via bridges and toll roads. Make sure you have at least $10 in cash with you as you have to pay about $1.25 in tolls and $5 for entry into the park, which covers the daily parking fee.
The old military fort in the park was named Fort De Soto after the Spanish explorer Hernando De Soto and was constructed in April 1900. The United States became involved in a conflict in Cuba, which led to the Spanish American War and this led to the citizens of Tampa demanding military defenses for Tampa Bay. It was officially a subpost of Fort Dade, located on Egmont Key (where you can take a ferry to the island to see the remnants of the fort). These two forts never saw combat. Interesting fact: Fort De Soto has the last four 12-inch M 1890-MI mortars remaining in North America (the only others remaining anywhere in the world are in the Philippines).
My corgi, Kuma, and I had a fun time exploring Battery Laidley which was the primary defense fort of Fort De Soto. We went first thing in the morning while the temperatures were still cool and before all the visitors arrived. You take a self guided tour and there are some signs and pictures around the building. You can go inside some of the rooms and it gets a little eerie when you reach the rooms that are completely dark.
You can go up the stairs to the roof of the building where you'll see a nice view of Gulf of Mexico. There are a couple of tower viewers there to see further out to the Gulf Pier. You can walk along the beach that's in front of Battery Laidley but most visitors go to North Beach, East Beach or the Dog Beach.
Of course, me and Kuma went to the dog beach. This is one of the most beautiful dog beaches you'll see in Florida. The water is usually bright blue and clear, the white sand is pristine and there's plenty of room for all the visitors and fur babies. Dogs can run freely at this beach and they also provide dog waste bags.
After the beach, you can stop by the large fenced in dog park, a.k.a. Paw Playground, and rinse off your pooch. There are also dog water fountains for your thirsty pets after a fun day at the beach. I absolutely love this beach and would visit more often if it was a little closer to home.
There are plenty of other activities you can do here with your pet like kayaking and walking through the nature trails as well. I'm hoping to take Kuma kayaking with me next time, so we'll see how that goes! If you are visiting Fort De Soto without a pet, you can also go camping, picnicking, biking, fishing, birdwatching or take a ferry to Egmont Key. So much to do at this beautiful park!


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R. Scott Alagood has built an impressive commercial and residential real estate practice throughout the State of Texas, with particular attention to the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex and Denton County. Although real estate matters, including condemnation and eminent domain are his specialty, Scott has extensive experience in Civil and Business Litigation, and Small Business Consulting. Clients often seek his expertise when forming corporations, limited liability companies, and limited partnerships. Scott also handles a wide variety of serious and complex issues involving governmental entities. His knowledge, reputation, and experience has earned him appointments by the Probate Court of Denton County, Texas, as a Commissioner in Condemnation and Eminent Domain cases, as well as appointments as Attorney Ad Litem by the District Courts of Denton County, Texas. Scott is also a trained mediator and offers his services in both the mediation and arbitration arenas.
He is a 1985 graduate of Denton High School, and received his Bachelors of Business Administration in Finance from Texas A & M University in 1989. His interests led him to attend law school, and in 1992 Scott received his law degree from Texas Tech University School of Law. He returned to Denton to practice real estate law at a few select law firms in the Denton County area before forming Alagood & Cartwright, P.C., in 2003 with his law partner, Brian T. Cartwright.
Scott Alagood received his board certification in Residential and Commercial Real Estate Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization in 2001 and has been honored by his peers and legal publications throughout his legal career. Scott was named a "Texas Super Lawyer" as published by Thomson Reuters for Texas Monthly Magazine in 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2004, and 2003. In 2012, 2011 and 2010 he received the prestigious AV Preeminent rating (Top) by Martindale-Hubbell and was awarded a 10.0 Superb AVVO rating. The law firm of Alagood & Cartwright, P.C., was voted one of the Best of Denton 2012, Best Law Firms, by the readers of the Denton Record Chronicle. Scott is a past President of the Denton County Young Lawyers Association.
In addition to his thriving law practice, Scott is involved in the local Community. Scott currently serves as Chairman of the Denton County Lake Ray Roberts Planning Commission, and serves on First State Bank's Advisory Board for Denton County, Texas. Scott is also a member of the State Bar of Texas, Denton County Bar Association, and Denton County Bar Associations Real Estate, Trust and Probate Law Sections, and the Denton Chamber of Commerce. Scott also authors a monthly column in the Denton Business Chronicle published by the Denton Record Chronicle.
"I strive to address my client's needs quickly and efficiently in order to achieve optimal results. I believe that by exploring and explaining available options in a straightforward manner, my clients can then make informed decisions and reach their long term goals."
Scott and his wife Dawn reside in northern Denton County, Texas, in close proximity to Lake Ray Roberts with their two sons, Ryan and Jack, and dog Sofi.
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Residential Real Estate; Commercial Real Estate; Litigation; Business Law; Construction Law; Small Business Law; Eminent Domain; Limited Liability Company Law; Landlord and Tenant Law; Partnership Law; Business Enterprises; Corporate Law; Real Estate
Admitted: State of Texas – 1992; U.S District Court, Northern and Eastern Districts of Texas – 1993
Law School: Texas Tech University, J. D., 1992
College: Texas A&M University, B.B.A., Finance, 1989
Awards: Recipient, 2012, 2004 and 2003 Texas Super Lawyer, Texas Monthly Magazine; 2012, 2011, and 2010 AV Preeminent Rating by Martindale- Hubbell in both Legal Ability and Ethical Standards; AVVO 10.0 Superb Rating; 2012 Best of Denton Readers' Choice Awards, Denton; Record Chronicle, (2nd), Denton Law Firms
Associations: Member, Denton County Bar Association 1992-present; Member, State Bar College – 1996-97; Member, Denton County Bar Association Real Estate, Trust and Probate Law Section; President, Denton County Young Lawyers Association – 2001-2002; President, Denton County Young Lawyers Association – 2002-2003; Member, Denton Chamber of Commerce 2001-present; Member, Denton County Lake Ray Roberts Planning; Commission – 2009-present; Chairperson, Denton County Lake Ray Roberts Planning Commission – 2010-present; Board Member – First State Bank Advisory Board for Denton County, Texas 2010-present
Speaking Engagements: Texas Advanced Paralegal Seminar "Pearls of Wisdom" – 2011 – "10 Questions Concerning Residential Leasing in Texas"; Denton County Paralegal Association – 2010- "10 Questions Concerning Residential Leasing in Texas; Denton County Paralegal Association Seminar "The Effects of the Barnett Shale on Denton County" – 2008 "Drafting a Mineral Deed"; Denton County Trial Lawyers Association – 2005 – "Residential Construction Defects – Following H.B. 730"; Denton County Bar Association "Practice Skills Course" – 2005 – "New and Interesting Things in Texas Real Estate Law"; Denton County Bar Association, Family Law Section -2004- "Real Estate Transactions and Documentation."
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Primp & Pamper Bathroom Remodel: The Reveal
3 days ago
were, um, not great.
Hopefully these give a better idea of new color, decor, etc.
(sorry about the blinding white light. Just imagine a really big window with sun streaming through -yah!)
If anything, these pictures scream "hang pictures on your walls!" Someday.
I love concrete counter tops. This is what I'm currently leaning towards for our counters. Except darker.
Have I mentioned our counters? They are currently a very cheap green-blue laminate. Ugh. They match the green in the cheap ugly linoleum. Lucky us. An added bonus, I hadn't noticed until we cleared everything out for painting, is the counter has a very jagged cut against the fridge. I'm not talking slightly crooked. I'm talking what-kind-of-blindfolded-drunk-cut-this- counter crooked? My husband. Sober. Practicing with a new jig saw. I think it was his subtle (or not) way of promising me new counters sooner than later :).


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A: We cannot make exceptions to the rule because if we do it for one guest and not another this can be quite unfair. However, we will allow children and infants during our after hours private parties (not special themed events) with management approval.
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William Singer
BFA, University of Michigan, 2004 - 2008
VSUP Study Abroad Program, Prague, Czech Republic, 2007
MFA Painting, SCAD, 2011 - 2013
RAW, Lane Meyer Projects, Denver, CO
Freshman Class, Roan and Black, Saugatuck, MI
Printed Pattern Paintings, MAX, Boulder, CO
COMM[UNITY], Inaugural Group Exhibition, Playground Detroit, Detroit, MI
From the Depths Above, Solo Exhibition, SCAD Museum of Art, Savannah, GA
William Singer, Solo Exhibition, Boulder Creative Collective, Boulder, CO
The Artist's Black House, Detroit, MI
"THEM", Butter Projects, Royal Oak, MI
Robert Schefman: Body of Influence, Grosse Pointe Art Center, Gross Pointe, MI
The Body Eclectic, Lawrence St. Gallery, Ferndale, MI
Playground Detroit, Holiday Recess, Detroit, MI
Red Bull House of Art, Cycle 11, Detroit, MI
Dead Animals and Drapes, 2739 Edwin, Hamtramck, MI
Untitled Detroit, Salt and Cedar Letterpress, Detroit, MI
Untitled Detroit, Practice Space, Detroit, MI
The Newspaper Project, Installation by Wan Hung Sun, James Jackman, Kalin Allen, Four Hundred Project Space, Boca Raton, FL
The Newspaper Project, Installation by Timothy Callagan and Royden Watson, William Busta Gallery, Cleveland, OH
Went for a Walk, MFA Thesis Exhibition, Alexander Hall, SCAD, Savannah, GA
Open Studio Exhibition, Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, New York, NY
4 AM, Non-Fiction Gallery, Savannah, GA
Can We Talk?, Gallery Le Snoot , Savannah, GA
Open Studio Exhibition, Alexander Hall, SCAD, Savannah, GA
Pop Up Shop, Non-Fiction Gallery, Savannah, GA
Neo-Bathaus, Non-Fiction Gallery, Savannah, GA
Seen and Unseen, CoRK ArtSpace, Jacksonville, FL
Happy Medium: a group show, Ashmore Gallery, Savannah, GA
Moneyshot, Irving Projects, Savannah, GA
Beauty Debate, Art Effect Gallery, Detroit, MI
Harbinger: Shifting Culture and New Art from Detroit, Studio Couture, Detroit, MI
Open Studio Exhibition, Alexander Hall, SCAD, Savannah, GA
Governors Island Art Fair, New York, NY
Pop Up Detroit - 5800 Cass Avenue, Detroit, MI
Open House Gallery, Movember Fine Line Exhibition, New York, NY
R&R Gallery, Movember Fine Line Exhibition, Los Angles, CA
Woodbridge Pub, Detroit, MI
Pop Up Detroit - Shops in the Kresge Building, Detroit, MI
Stella International Café, Detroit, MI
Boulder Creative Collective, Boulder, CO, 2016
Red Bull House of Art, Detroit, MI, 2015
Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, Summer Resident, 2013
Boulder Barrel Project, Open Studios, Boulder, CO, 2016
Trade Secrets, JVS, Detroit, MI, 2014
SCAD Scholarship Gala, Atlanta, GA, 2014
Public Commissions
Korotkin Insurance Group, Southfield, MI, 2014
Studio Visit Magazine, Vol. 28, 2014
Artpulse Magazine, No. 20 Vol. 6, "The Newspaper Project", 2014
Downtown Birmingham/Bloomfield Newsmagazine, Artist Interview, 2014
Knightarts.org, "'Harbinger' provides a refreshing vantage point," 2011
The Metropolitan Detroit, "Why Detroit," 2010
Savannah College of Art and Design Permanent Collection, Savannah, GA


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Why care about a new Apple Bluetooth keyboard showing up at the FCC? Besides the fact it's even more midget-sized than before, combined with rumors about a multitouch Mightier Mouse and fancy iMacs, it suggests a whole new kit's coming.
And, you gotta figure it's soon, since Apple takes the FCC's leaky, leaky ways into account when it launches products. Word was that the new iMacs could drop anytime in the next month, so it all kind of adds up: new iMacs, with fresh aluminum multitouch mice and keyboards.
Or it could all be a bunch of rumor poo. [FCC via Engadget]


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Archive for January 2010
CA State Sen Intros 'Religious Protections' Bill
Out Gay California State Senator Mark Leno this {last} week introduced legislation that would exempt members of the clergy from having to perform any marriage ceremonies they choose not to, for any reason. Read the rest of this entry »
'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Expert Responds to Military, McCain
People on both sides of the issue of gays in the military spent most of Thursday reacting to Wednesday Night's State of the Union speech, in which President Obama pledged to work to end the Don't Ask Don't Tell policy this year. Many of gay activists noted that Obama has made similar statements before, did not lay out a concrete blueprint, and called the comments 'more of the same.' Read the rest of this entry »
Prop 8 Testimony Ends With Tough Cross Examination
The last of just two witnesses for the defense completed his testimony Wednesday, ending the trial phase of this case.
Supreme Court Campaign Finance Ruling: Gay Impact?
Gay rights supporters across the country are fretting about how last week's US Supreme Court ruling on campaign finance could doom LGBT equality efforts, and other progressive causes.
Judge Denies Restraining Order Against Courage Campaign's 'Yes on 8' parody logo
A US District judge on Wednesday threw out a request for a temporary restraining order – against a group that supports gay marriage, for using a logo that opponents say is too similar to their own. Read the rest of this entry »
Man Forced Into Ex-Gay Program Testifies Against Prop 8
The ongoing federal trial to challenge proposition 8 continued with taped depositions from two experts. Both were supposed to testify on behalf of supporters of prop 8, but dropped out at the beginning of the trial. Read the rest of this entry »
NY Court Keeps Mother of Gay Son on Child Abuse Registry
A New York court has rejected an appeal by a woman who was put into a Child Abuse Registry – because she pulled her gay son out of school. Read the rest of this entry »


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Setting goals during a travel photoshoot, or any photoshoot for that matter is very important. It can really increase your chances of creating amazing images. But, travel photography is so spontaneous sometimes. You might ask "How can I set goals?" You can. You already do. However you should do it more consciously and with more purpose. I'll tell you why.
NOTE: This article will give you a good idea of just some of the stuff you can expect from my course Behind The Scenes Travel Photographer Of The Year.
Every shoot has a goal
Everyone's overall goal during any shoot is to make a great photograph. This is extremely general, but a goal nevertheless.
Above is the result of a simple, but slightly more specific overall goal during a travel photography shoot. This is a place where I happened to camp. My overall goal was to show the dramatic beauty and the power of nature through my image. Even a slightly more specific overall goal like this leads you to set other, smaller goals to achieve it. Those smaller goals here were:
- To take advantage of the light. It definitely makes everything look dramatically beautiful.
- To find the best framing that combines the most distinct of the triangular peaks (power of nature) and that light.
Specific goals
Goals can also be very specific. I had a few such goals in mind in the case of the Romanian Shepherd photo in my Travel Photography Course, which I mentioned in the beginning. I needed to fulfil most of those goals to make the image work.
You'll see the explanations of all of my decisions in depth in the video version of the course. (You can learn more by clicking any of the links to the course on this page)
Below was a similar situation, in terms of needing to fulfil several goals. I saw boys doing backflips at sunset in a lagoon in Vanuatu. The overall goal here was to communicate the incredible beauty of that split moment. In that place.
But, to make the image really work, I had to fulfil the list of the smaller specific goals below.
- Find a perspective very close to the water, right amidst the action.
- Take advantage of the setting sun, golden light.
- Silhouette the figures. This would add a strong graphic sense to the image (more visually appealing this way).
- Capture the boy mid-flight, as he's doing a backflip. Much of the magic is in that frozen action.
- Catch the splashes. They make the shot look more dynamic, more fun.
So you see, there are always goals when we shoot. Whether it's a very short and general list, or a longer and very specific one – all photoshoots have goals. Even if you're not fully aware of those goals.
How do you set goals during a travel photography shoot?
As you might have already gathered, the goals are always dependent on what you want to communicate. The overall goal is basically what you want to communicate.
Sometimes you might want to communicate a sense of a literal story. Other times it might be more about the mood, the atmosphere.
A sense of a literal story
Here's an example of setting goals to communicate a more literal story. It's a scene of boy climbing a tree during a hunt in the forest. That's what I wanted to tell the viewer about. To create that sense of story is my overall goal.
Here are my smaller, specific goals.
- Find the right perspective. Emphasise that he is climbing. Getting above really did the trick here.
- Capture the moment where it's clearly visible that he's climbing. The way his hands clasp parts of the tree communicates this well.
- Make sure the slingshot can be seen clearly. This is the clue that he's hunting.
- Get the intense, focused expression on the boy's face. I want to show that his task isn't an easy one.
While I was shooting, I was constantly thinking of these goals. I'd mentally tick them off when things would fall into place. The story would be communicated most effectively when all the smaller, specific would come together.
A sense of mood and ambience
Even if your goal is not to communicate a sense of a literal story, the idea behind the goal-setting is still the same. Think of what it is you want to communicate first. Then, the goals come from that.
In this case, I had driven to a mountain village. It was foggy and getting dark. For me, there's always a sense of mystery with fog. And darkness can feel a bit eerie.
My overall goal was to communicate the atmosphere, the mood that I felt – mystery, eeriness.
My more specific goals were:
- To find a subject. I couldn't just shoot fog and darkness. I drove around and found this scene, which, was potentially perfect.
- Stay at a distance and hide the details. This enhanced the sense of mystery.
- Choose a perspective that allows me to keep the subjects separate from each other. If the people in this photo were close together, forming one large mass, it wouldn't have been as visually interesting.
- Include the cross into the frame. For me, it adds a little to the eeriness. There are crosses for the dead along roads and of course, in cemeteries.
Again, as I'm shooting, I'm mentally ticking off the goals. A new goal came to mind when I saw a child running. I wanted to capture the moment of the child in the middle of the run. This was a bonus and added a bit more life to the image.
How to Increase your chances of making great photos
It should be getting clear that setting the right goals is a big step to great photos. To set the right goals, it's important to identify what it is you aim to communicate. What's the story? What's the mood? What's the atmosphere? In some cases, you might want to communicate one of these things more than others. In other cases, you might want to communicate all of them at once.
Your intentions should be clear to you. You need to be purposeful and conscious of what you are doing. Very, very rarely does leaving things to chance produce an amazing image.
So, know what you want to communicate. Set your goals to achieve this. Be intentional and purposeful about them. Find the angles. Wait for the moment. Take advantage of a lighting situation. Etc.
A fluid process
Life would be simple if everything always went to plan. But, travel/documentary photography, or photography of real life is a fluid thing. When you're not setting up a shoot, you're at the mercy of your circumstances.
An important ingredient to getting great photos in travel photography is the ability to adapt. The story behind the following photo is a good example of this.
A drive through the desert in Mauritania led me to a group of nomads. I thought they were family. They were transporting water containers with donkeys through a small sandstorm. Epic scene. As soon as I saw it, I instantly set goals for myself.
- Show the sandstorm, the tough climate.
- Communicate the feel of discomfort caused by the sandstorm.
- Show humans and animals battling through rough conditions.
- Portray human–animal relationship/dependency.
I asked the man if I could take a photo. I could. But, he asked if I'd be able to take him, his son and some water containers to his home. It turned out that the group wasn't his family. He was simply using their donkeys for transportation.
I agreed. However, unexpectedly, some of my goals went out the window. The group split up. The man quickly unloaded the water containers, grabbed his son and started to walk towards my car. A totally different scenario from what I anticipated. I needed to quickly adapt – to reset some of my goals.
- I could no longer show anything to do with animals, but I could still show the sandstorm and the tough climate.
- The feel of discomfort could still be communicated too. The boy is looking down to avoid the sand blowing into his eyes. The turban of the father is moving with the wind.
- It's visible that there's sand in the air. It was clear that here were humans battling through rough conditions.
- Instead of the human–animal relationship, I could show the bond of a father and son, as they faced the elements.
You see, some of the key elements remained. But, I had to adapt and to reset some of my goals on the go. If I didn't, I'd probably just end up frustrated and empty-handed. As I've said, when you're dealing with real life – you're at the mercy of your circumstances. You need to be fluid, flexible, ready to adapt and to reset your goals.
How to improve your goal-setting
Since setting the right goals is often the key to a great image, can you improve your ability to do this? Absolutely – with experience and a deeper level of understanding. Experience and level of understanding that comes from shooting is one thing, but that's not the only way.
Experience and understanding can also come from looking at photos. Even more so, from closely analysing them. I do it all the time. I look at my own photos and analyse what I did right and wrong. I also look at the photos of my favourite photographers, and I analyse them too.
The importance of learning from the work of others is why I've created the course I've been talking about. In it I show you my photos and I analyse them in great depth in front of you. Every little detail and decision is explained.
Even if you don't do the course, make a habit of closely looking at the work you like. But, look at it with a critical eye. Try to figure out what the photographer aimed to achieve, based on what you see and feel in the image.
Goals during a travel photography shoot are very important. When you gain the experience and develop a deep level of understanding, you know the right goals to set. If things change, you're capable of resetting those goals and adapting, to still make the most of a situation. Ideally, you want to accumulate enough in the knowledge bank to handle as many of different situations as possible.
Ultimately, setting and resetting goals effectively means that you can communicate better through your photos. Those images that communicate something strongly are usually the ones which we remember. They're often the ones which we consider strong, great, even amazing.