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Knack Workshop
Do your friends complain of feeling overwhelmed by stuff that needs a new life but that they are unsure how to recycle—or upcycle? Do you know people who want to become more creative and more comfortable with crafting? Are there people on your gift list who'd prefer an experience in lieu of a physical object? The folks at Knack: The Art of Clever Reuse (knack.org) offer an inspired solution: give a gift card for a Knack workshop.
Knack's workshops cover a wide range of projects, and there are always new ones on offer. At workshops it's possible to learn embroidery or to make a mosaic mirror. Workshops cost around $30. For $8 an hour, open studio time is available—the chance to use the space, "tons of tools," and selected materials. There's a dollar discount if you bring a friend. In fact, you might just buy a workshop for a friend and treat yourself to one, too. Think about it: to learn a craft with a friend or loved one is even more fun for the person receiving the gift, and for you. There are also drop-in activities on the schedule. For that matter, you might just go there and make your holiday gifts.
Knack is on the first floor of Easthampton's Eastworks, Suite 126, 116 Pleasant Street. For more information, call (413) 529-0126 or email email@example.com.
Keyboard Earrings
L ocal and geeky with a nod to the plugged and unplugged lives we lead, these earrings are fashioned by artist Emily Weir—Geek Chic—from old Mac computer keys, a reuse practice called "upcycling."
These witty and cheeky earrings retail for $20 and are available at the very crafty spot, Knack (knack. org), in Easthampton's Eastworks building, 116 Pleasant Street, first floor (phone 413-529-0126). Along with other already used items/materials just waiting to become part of your next crafty endeavor, Macey Faiella and Amber Ladley have chosen some locally made crafts like Weir's earrings to make holiday shopping easy, local and geeky chic.
Meat CSA
What's cool about buying locally raised meat? Well, it's neat to know—or at least meet—the guy that raised the chickens, cows and pigs, right? It's even nicer to know that your meat has been humanely raised, and that it hasn't been dosed with hormones or antibiotics or other unsavory things you would not like to ingest—as Mockingbird Farm's brochure promises, "no weird stuff."
Here's a way to offer good, fresh, not-weird meat as a gift to friends or family: give a share in Mockingbird Farm's Meat CSA (mockingbirdfarmma.com) this year. Available through Mockingbird Farm are Kosher King chickens, Tamworth, Berkshire, Large Black and Red Wattle pigs, and beef. The animals are grass- and forest-fed.
Each shareholder receives a Share Card, good for six months, which can be used to pay for available items at any farmers' markets Mockingbird Farm participates in. Or shareholders can pick up their meat during the regular on-farm pickup hours from 12 to 2 on the first Sunday of the month. Small shares are $300, large shares $600. To reach Pete Solis, the farmer at Mockingbird Farm, call (413) 219-0588 or email email@example.com. Mockingbird is located at 15 Torrey Street, Easthampton.
Greenfield Farmers' Market Tokens
This year there will be four chances to buy local food and goods in Greenfield at the Winter Farmers' Markets at Greenfield High School, 1 Lenox Avenue. Winter Market dates are December 14, January 4, February 1 and March 1. So how about this for a way to keep gifts local, support farmers and have a great destination one Saturday this winter? You can buy wooden tokens—i.e., market dollars—at the December 14th market as stocking stuffers (rumor has it that there will even be some small stockings for the first buyers). Need more information about this? Contact Winter Market Manager Katia Williford at (413) 824-0806 or firstname.lastname@example.com for details on the tokens.
More than 17 vendors will participate in this year's markets, and the range of goods on sale runs from vegetables to eggs to meat to cider to honey and much more. There will be coffee, bread and prepared food, too. There's a list of participants at farmfresh.org and more information on the Greenfield Farmers' Market site (greenfieldfarmersmarket.com). Along with goodies to nibble, there will be live music at each market.
BerkShore Gift Certificate
If you know someone in Western Massachusetts' hills or valleys who's pining for fresh seafood, consider the splash you'd create with a tasty gift from the sea. Wes Malzone began his company, BerkShore (berkshore.com), with high ideals. His hope is to provide a conduit between dayboat fisherman and distributors around Boston's South Shore and restaurants in Western Massachusetts and the Berkshires. To honor the hard work done in fishing communities, Malzone intends to support those communities through reliable demand at fair prices, fostering exchange of the freshest and highest-quality lobsters and seafood available in the state.
BerkShore offers gift certificates. What a pleasure to ensure a seafood lover access to "ultra-fresh lobsters, scallops and fin fish as the seasons dictate"! Among the company's offerings are striped bass, flounder, cod, lobsters, scallops and Bay scallops. Malzone is based in Northampton; contact him at firstname.lastname@example.com or phone (413) 336-7795.
Intervale Farm Wool: by the Skein
Don't just buy wool; buy local wool from a diversified small family farm like Intervale Farm (intervalefamilyfarm.com). For the knitter in your life, you can get yarn from Intervale Farm's sheep, processed without chemicals by Green Mountain Spinnery in Putney, Vt. And you can do it just off Route 66 in Westhampton: Intervale Farm is at 106 South Road.
Each four-ounce skein of this three-strand bulky wool of natural white and brown fleece is 152 yards long. The yarn sells for $13 a skein. For more information, contact Maureen Dempsey at firstname.lastname@example.com to arrange a pickup, or call (413) 527-5440.
Deans' Beans
Okay, Dean's Beans (deansbeans.com) aren't everywhere, but they're in many places all over the country. Their first marketplace was in Montague at the "dearly departed World Village Café," says the Dean's Beans website. Roasted in Orange, produced by a company founded on fair trade principles, a cup of (organic, kosher) Dean's Beans coffee should taste great and help the world. That's a lot of promise to start the day.
The company only buys shade-grown coffee, to protect the working environment for growers and to preserve migratory bird habitats. Rather than large farms, Dean's buys from small farms and cooperatives, most run by "indigenous peoples working hard to maintain their culture and lifestyles." Dean's is a founding member of Cooperative Coffees, Inc.
Dark, medium and light roasts, green coffee and decaf as well as cocoa, are available for purchase by the hot-beverage drinker who wants not just good as in delicious, but good as in good for the world, coffee (or cocoa). You can even purchase your own blend, and have your own label made for special occasions. A Dean's Beans fundraising program is also robust; if you are involved with a school in the Valley, you may be buying beans each month from Dean's. In Springfield, find your Dean's Beans at Better Life Whole Foods, 1500 Allen St., or call (413) 783-9424.
Kenyan Yoga Animal Ornaments
Commerce can help people: that's what Edna Ruth Byler realized over 60 years ago, when she first sold handcrafted products from Puerto Rico out of the trunk of her car. Her goal was lofty: to help eradicate poverty. At Ten Thousand Villages (tenthousandvillages.com), the initial spark has turned into a series of stores and an online business where "a global network of social entrepreneurs works to empower artisans in developing countries," says the TTV website. Four tenets of fair trade are fair prices and cash advances; the nurturance of long-term relationships; design collaboration, and environmental responsibility. Not many businesses can boast such a track record of ethical practices as fair trade since 1946.
Don't let those ethics get in the way of a silly ornament for your holiday tree, though. The yoga lover in your life would smile at a zebra or giraffe in a seated yoga pose. Handcrafted in Kenya, this and other ornaments are available at Ten Thousand Villages, 82 Main Street, Northampton (413-582-9338, email@example.com).

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Hello strangers. :-) Question JB about the Form App. First question is...can I format the date picker to where it displays the date to be mm-dd-yyyy instead of yyyy-mm-dd? Second question is...how do I produce a page to show the results of the entries? I need it to be in a tablular style format with the headings on top the columns. (pretty much like an excel sheet). I want to use it to where the person logs in to the site and only sees the home page and the listing page. I don't want them to be able to access the form entry page. It's a medical web app I am working on for my cousins business. Other than my lack of knowledge...the app is great!
The dates are stored in yyyy-mm-dd format, so once selected that's how they end up in the field. You would have to edit the source to change the format then convert it back behind the scenes.
If you want to read the results of a form, you'll want to look at the
form\Results class. For example:
// Get all results from form with ID 1 from newest to oldest
$results = form\Results::query ()
->where ('form_id', 1)
->order ('ts desc')
->fetch ();
foreach ($results as $entry) {
echo $entry->results->name . ' - ' . $entry->results->email . '
';
Just change the form ID, and the field names in the loop correspond to the names of the fields you've created in the form.
Do I use this on a view page? Kind of how the blog app is built and setup?
So what is the results.html file for thats in the /app/form/views folder? Is there a way to get it to be a dynamic object that I can select from the menu like the blog feed or post does? Or do I just point the page to the url /test/myresults?
To better explain what I am doing is...eventually I need this to be multi user. Here is the scenario....
A person enters jobs into the form. She selects the facility the job is for. The results get put onto a list page that has a menu item. The facility that the jobs were completed for only get to see the home page and list page and it will only show the results for their facility based on what was selected in the drop down box of the form. It then displays the results in an excel like format on the list page to those who work for that specific facility.
Hope that clarifies the overall application I am trying to do.
One other thing...I don't want it to email to anyone. I just need it to display on the page. I tried what you said but it doesn't show me any results. The url /form/results?id=1 shows me the listing of all the results and then if I click on details...it brings me to url /form/result?id=1 and says Browsing Result:1 and then list the results in an almost bulleted style list minus the bullets.
If you want to publish the form results to a page on your site, you'll need to make a custom handler for that. The results list in the form app is an admin-only screen. But
form\Results is a Model object, so it's just a matter of querying it for the results you want to show, and displaying them to the user.
Afterwards, to make your custom handler available in the wysiwyg editor, you would follow the steps here:
Reading it now and trying to make sense of it. I will let you know if I am successful or not. Thanks
I see there are 2 files in the handlers folder. I am assuming those both are for result views in the admin section of the site.
If I create another handler named listresults and style it like I want using:
; <?php /* [appname/myhandler] label = My Label columns = 8 ; */ ?>
Am I remotely close?
If you create a handler named
apps/appname/handlers/listresults.php, your embed file would be named
apps/appname/conf/embed.php and would look like this:
; <?php /*
label = List form results
; */ ?>
The label is the name the handler will appear under in the Dynamic Object menu, and the
[appname/listresults] part points to the handler itself.
I would also recommend creating a separate app for your own code, and not adding this to the form app. That will help keep it separate and make it easier to upgrade things down the road. If these are handlers that are only for one site, then you can even just name the app after the site name, for example on www.mysitename.com I would name the app "mysitename".
So is it safe for me to copy the forms app and then just rename the folder what I want as well as the places needed inside the files as well?
If you rename it, most of the links will refer to the original. But if you just need a piece of the functionality, you can leave the app as it is and just copy the handlers you want to customize into your own app then modify those. For example, you could take the results.php handler and modify it to output in the way you need it to for your site.
Got ya. Well...I have the dynamic object appearing in the menu and was able to add it to a new page. That part works...so now I guess I need to modify the handler to output the data in the table format I want.
Here is what I have for my handler /form/listresults but I get a completely blank white page.
The first line should be changed to this:
$res = new form\Results ($_GET['id']);
Let me know how it works from there.
Alright...when I changed that line as you said....I get the following error
Error 310 (net::ERR_TOO_MANY_REDIRECTS): There were too many redirects.
A couple things going wrong here:
$res = new form\Results ($_GET['id']);
if ($res->error) {
$this->redirect ('/form/listresults');
First, you need to supply an
?id=1 in the URL or the redirect is going to happen every time. You could also just replace
$_GET['id'] with a specific ID if you're trying to limit it to results from one form.
Second, the redirect is simply sending you to the current page, so it's creating an endless loop. You may want to change it to something like this instead:
if ($res->error) {
$page->title = i18n_get ('No results found.');
printf ('
%s
', i18n_get ('Home'));
Hope that helps.
So would I use $_Get['id=1"] to set it to a specific form? It is only one form that entries get added to and shows the results on the results page. Seems like it should be an easy process but for some reason I cannot figure it out.
I like the no results deal now...thanks for giving me that. Its perfect solution for errors.
You would actually want to say this instead:
$res = form\Results::query ()
->where ('form_id', 1)
->order ('ts desc')
->fetch ();
This creates a query for all the results with form_id=1, basically the equivalent of this SQL:
select * from results where form_id = 1 order by ts desc
The other way (
$res = form\Results (1);) would be more like this:
select * from results where id = 1
Then you would say:
if (! $res) {
// error code here
Instead of checking for
That gives me a page with just the page title on it. I have 2 entries in the db but nothing displays on the results page. My handler is called listresults.php. Any other ideas?
What's your current handler code and view template look like? I can try to recreate and see what's up from there.
On the road right now but will send it ASAP.
Here is the handler code http://pastie.org/5037431
Here is the view template code http://pastie.org/5037467
Using ($res = form\Results (1);) or this $res = form\Results::query () ->where ('form_id', 1) ->order ('ts desc') ->fetch ();
gives me a blank white page.
The only thing that display no results (even though there are entries) is
I've put together a working example with comments explaining it here:
I did use the new looping syntax in the template that's only in the beta releases though, but otherwise this should work. The looping change just eliminates hard-coding the fields into the template. Hope that helps!
Will check it out as soon as I get done working. Thanks J!!!
That's brilliant J! It works like a champ. Now I just need to modify it so it doesn't show ip address and date submitted. Also..in the admin section, if I press on the 1 under results, it gives a page could not be found error. Which file would I need to modify the link so it brings up the results for that entry?
So I went in listresults.html and removed the lines about the submitted and ip labels as well as the entry lines regarding the date and ip address...so now I have it showing exactly what I want it to show.
Now if I can fix the admin section where clicking on the number of the entry under results not working...that would be good.
Also...I want to add a drop down to the form called facility. This is so when you click on a facility name, based on the user logged in...I want it only to bring up the results for that particular facility. Is there a simple way to do this?
I have added a Facility field to the form so that way the query can be done based on user connection to facility. I need to see how I would set it to where when I add a user to the system and specify which facility they belong to...they access the joblist and it runs a query and list only the results that are related to that facility.
It sounds like you may be trying to do more with the results than the form app was built to handle. Form results are stored as a JSON object in a text field in the database, which means it can't index by any given form field.
Usually, for something like this you would want to create your own database table and have the form write to that instead of using the form app, which is more for one-off forms like a contact or feedback form. From there you would create a Model object based on your database table and query that in the listresults handler, which you could then easily add a couple lines to limit by a "facility" field, for example:
// Fetch the results
$q = myapp\MyModel::query ();
$q->order ('ts', 'desc');
if (isset ($_GET['facility'])) {
$q->where ('facility', $_GET['facility']);
$res = $q->fetch ($limit, $_GET['offset']);
This assumes a model class defined like this:
// apps/myapp/models/MyModel.php
namespace myapp;
class MyModel extends \Model {
public $table = 'my_database_table';
That's probably a better bet for a page requiring more complex output based on the form data.
My problem is that I am not sure how to write it to be secure. I tried writing a form one time in php that wrote to a database table and a developer I know was like I can intercept your information. So...are you saying I should write a add.php file that adds to the database...then take the listresults file and use it to query the information? I am really not a developer so its hard for me to understand.


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Max Rothschild has spent much of his career looking at the DNA of pigs.
His work at Iowa State University has won numerous awards, including the American Ag Editors Association's Distinguished Service Award, which was presented to him at the Ag Media Summit in Ft. Worth, Texas, Aug. 4.
Rothschild, responsible for numerous inventions such as three gene tests that are leading to significant increases in pig litter size, says changes in technology have made it possible for scientists to determine the DNA sequence of all major livestock species.
"The ultimate outcome — and this may take many years — will be to produce animals that are healthier and grow better and faster," he said. "We will be able to make specialized products for the consumer, which will provide more income for the farmer. All of these genetic developments will continue to make the farmer more productive and to help feed the world."
The latter is a familiar subject to Rothschild, who has made several trips to work with the Center for Sustainable Rural Livelihoods in Uganda over the last four years. His is one of several projects being conducted by ISU scientists in that country. For more information, go to Center for Sustainable Rural Livelihoods.
"Over 1 billion people in this world make less than a dollar a day, and their food security is nonexistent," said Rothschild, who holds an endowed chair at Iowa State and is also coordinator of USDA's National Pig Genome Project. "We in the developed world need to do more to help these people emerge out of poverty and have a secure source of food."
He harbors no illusions about the challenges agriculturalists face in making those changes, particularly when it comes to winning acceptance for the biotechnological innovations that have occurred so rapidly in the U.S.
"There is a crisis in our country relative to science, and there is plenty of blame to go around," he told attendees at the Ag Media Summit, which was billed as the largest gathering ever of agricultural journalists under one roof. "As much as our discoveries will change the face of animal agriculture, they will require the efforts of all of you.
"We, the academics, need to do a better job of explaining science and its applications to the public and people like you. We need those in your profession to actively try to translate science and its implications to readers, and we need the public's help in seeing that their children are trained in science. This will allow us to continue to be a strong and vibrant society, allowing us to make discoveries that help feed ourselves and the world around us."
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The Volcanic Legacy Scenic Byway yawns languidly for 500 miles from the southern reaches of California's Cascade Range to lower Oregon. The landscape is at once harsh and ridiculously beautiful, crafted by the alchemy of volcanic eruptions and the splendor of arboreal wilderness.
But that's not why my family and I chose to vacation here. Rather, we wanted to get off the grid, connect with nature and prove to our preschooler that there is life beyond "Dinosaur Train," traffic and Thai food delivery. What we didn't expect was how easily we would embrace the intoxicating slowness of California's far north.
This least populated part of California quickly erases most stereotypes of the Golden State. Here people hunt, fish and prefer to speak face to face instead of electronically. Waitresses ask about your day and really want to know the answer; lumberjacks and hunters wave as they pass you in their pickups; and bears outnumber humans (at last count, 80,000 bears to 40,000 people).
To firmly plant our feet in nature, we began our journey in Lassen Volcanic National Park, at the southern end of the byway, just 40 miles east of Redding, but worlds away from civilization. The park houses one of the world's largest plug dome volcanoes, not to mention the last mountain to blow its top in California (though that was in 1915), so it was surprising to find so few people in this dynamic landscape. Unlike California's other national parks, Lassen features gurgling mudpots and boiling pools of aquamarine and white water, hugged by hissing steam vents.
After a short stroll through the park's most famous attraction, Bumpass Hell (aptly named for explorer Kendall Bumpass, who lost his leg after falling into a boiling mud pot), we returned to the parking area and found a stunning panorama. Snow-capped mountains, covered in whitebark pine and mountain hemlock, stretched in all directions. "This is beautiful," my son said, before yawning and asking, "Are we there yet?"
Heading north on California 89, we next stopped at Subway Caves, where we traveled underground a third of a mile on a spooky route carved in the earth by a lava tube. Native Americans believed that this lava tunnel housed an evil man-beast; today tourists don their warmest jackets regardless of the season and carry bright torches deep into the wet cave along a path of pumice.
We bypassed the one-street town of Burney and, thanks to the advice of some locals, stumbled on McArthur-Burney Falls Memorial State Park. This park was crafted by volcanic activity, which showed evidence of its power in the steep crags and the 129-foot waterfall with its unchanging flow of water, no matter the season. Standing in the mist as the water pounded a thunderous roar, we found it impossible not to consider the smallness of our day-to-day lives and, like all good travelers, wondered why we didn't enchant ourselves this way more often.
When we finally tore ourselves from the waterfall, the kayaking at nearby Lake Britton and the hiking, we motored farther north on the byway to the historic town of McCloud, a proud mill and lumber town huddled in the shadows of Mt. Shasta.
Graced with a working tourist railroad and historic buildings, picturesque McCloud doesn't have to roll out the red carpet to invite travelers to slow down and stay awhile. When we stopped for an ice cream at the 1930s White Mountain Fountain, strolled through the classic McCloud River Mercantile Hotel (a lovely old property renovated with plenty of TLC and well worth the cash to stay overnight) or explored the McCloud River Mercantile Co. shop, the town showed us kindness unequaled elsewhere in the state.
Because we had reservations at the Mount Shasta Resort, we finally broke free of McCloud's charm and continued on to Mount Shasta, a town that has its share of crystal-wearing, tarot card-reading hippies. Native Americans believed that the nearby Mt. Shasta peak, a volcano, was so sacred that visitors had to be purified before ascending above its tree line.
Today, folks of all persuasions gather to revere the mountain's power. In town, you'll find quaint houses inhabited by galleries, cafés and those famed crystal shops. Worn out, our son didn't even ask to watch TV after dinner. We all passed out on the bed, listening to the charming sounds of nothing that suddenly seemed louder than city living.


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Nic Holt needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 114 designs submitted by 39 freelance designers.
"Haulton" - please see http://www.haulton.com.au
Haulton Constructions is a family based construction company working in the Water Industry. The company has been in operation for 17 years and has grown to be a leading supplier to all the water boards throughout Victoria (Australia) and further afield. What makes us special is we are able to supply 99 percent of our product/service 'in-house' using our civil, electrical, mechanical, process, structural and service divisions. We pride ourselves on delivering a high standard in design, construction and installation and providing a family friendly environment to our employees.
We want Haulton's logo enable our clients to clearly differentiate us from our competitor. The majority of our clients are large water board companies and while they know who we are, we want to create a fresh impression. Each board consists of hundreds of people and we want them to see us embracing change and providing leading technology solutions.
We would like a logo focused around our name - Haulton.
- It needs to be professional but not too complicated.
- It needs to show clearly who the company is.
- It needs to stand out on multiple mediums. (eg. car, a jumper and letter head)
- - It needs to incorporate both the construction and water elements of our company.
You will find our current logo at.
- http://www.haulton.com.au
Till today, red has been our company colour. Whilst it would be nice to continue this tradition, although anything else would be considered.
Many companies in our industry (water boards included) use a tear-drop or other clichéd water images in their logo. We like something more original but still symbolic of water and our industry.
Obviously no stock images, cartoons or clip art.
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We've adopted a child – how do we bond? Ruth: "It's not uncommon for some adoptive parents to find that they do not easily bond with their new child. It does take some time to get to know a new person. Here is how some parents have coped with the transition. Parents: "Alice was just 10 months old when she moved in, so it was easy to have a lot of physical contact with her, because she needed to be carried everywhere. But I think that high level of physical contact really helped her to bond with me and Jake, my partner. When we first met her, we got down on her level straightaway and tried to play with her toys and her things. When you say "getting down to their level" it sounds so basic, but it really does matter actually being down there amongst the Lego or whatever they're playing with. Yes. My daughter, she likes toes. So she'd play with her toes. Being at home, no socks on. She'd want to play with mine. At first I thought, "No." But I found that she found it a comfort and it enabled me to believe that she really does trust and love me as her mum. We felt fairly instantly that the boys were bonding well with us during introductions and particularly our elder son was really keen to move on from foster care. But even with that, you still have to, I think, be mindful that the children need to remember and have the past acknowledged, as well as having a chance to try and forget some of the things, to help that transition from one life, as it were, to another. My little girl, she was abandoned. They found her at four hours old. So her history pretty much is a blank. What I've chosen to do is just immerse her in my culture, which is a Jamaican culture, so she can identify with that. So as she gets older and has an understanding of the adoption process, and even the fact that she was abandoned, so finding birth parents may be impossible, she'll still feel like she can say, "Well, this is where I came from," in that sense.
My younger son was only two-and-a-half when we adopted him. He already had such a personality. He had possessions. He had tastes. And even more so with our elder son. So, if your child is a little older, you need to be able to make that whole person feel welcomed. When our daughter moved in we had a routine straightaway. I thought that really helped. It really helped me. When you're not so sure about what she needs emotionally... Because I didn't know her that well for the first couple of weeks, but I knew that she slept at midday. I knew that she has her dinner at five o'clock. I kind of hung on to that routine more than she did, at first. I've joined an adoptive support group where we meet every three months. And all of us are adoptive parents. And I find it really good, because we can go and we meet in this forum where we can just voice everything we want to voice. It's all confidential. And I get a sense of happiness, as well, that my girl, while I'm up there, discussing what we're discussing, she's downstairs with children, that are like her and come from a same type of situation, and making friends. I've got to say that psychological services that are there to help families like ours are really important, not just for us, but for so many families. It's really important to discuss this with your agency at the beginning, I think, isn't it, to know that there's going to be something there to help you in professional ways that family members can't possibly. We've heard from some parents who have adopted a child, how they coped with the transition. My advice would be to seek support from your health visitor or GP or local support groups where parents who have been through the process can share their experiences with you."
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A Mississippi man is dead after a diving accident at Vortex Spring in Ponce de Leon on Saturday.
The timing is eerie, because it's coming as the cold case of a missing cave diver is re-surfacing, and getting national attention.
Two days before the "Discovery Channel" was scheduled to air a documentary about the local case of missing cave diver Ben McDaniel, tragedy seems to have struck at Vortex Spring again.
McDaniel was from Tennessee. He disappeared after apparently making a dive alone into the underwater cave at Vortex Spring in 2010.
According to the Holmes County Sheriff's Office, this past Saturday 43-year old Biloxi resident Larry Higginbotham also went diving alone and never re-surfaced.
Higginbotham's body was recovered Sunday evening by a group of volunteer divers.
"He just got himself in a pinch and couldn't find his way back out" said Chuck Corbin, a member of the recovery dive team.
Expert cave divers like Corbin are very familiar with the park and the underwater caves. Some of these men were even on the recovery team assigned to try to find McDaniel's body.
He was presumed to be in the cave after making a dive and leaving decompression tanks behind. There's only one known way in and out of the cave and to this day McDaniel's body has never been recovered.
That has lead some to believe the accident may have been a hoax.
"I say there's a percentage he could be there but it's very minute. It's such a small and narrow place, but anything is possible" said Corbin.
Higginbotham's death is still under investigstion and comes about a year and a half after McDaniel's strange disappearance.


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"Massacred for Gold, The Chinese in Hells Canyon,"
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The massacre was the worst of the many atrocities committed by whites against the tens of thousands of Chinese who immigrated to the American West in the 19th century to mine gold and build railroads. Nokes examines the once-substantial presence of Chinese laborers in the interior Pacific Northwest, describing why they came, how their efforts contributed to the region's development, and how often mistreatment and abuse were their only reward.
Nokes discloses previously unknown details of the massacre, told against the background of the Chinese experience in the American West. He also includes the history of the Wallowa country, once the homeland for Chief Joseph and the Nez Perce until they were forced to leave in 1877, igniting the U.S.-Nez Perce war.
"This is an important book. Meticulously researched and engagingly written, "Massacred for Gold" should be required reading in the American West. Sadly, it took more than 100 years for someone to give this massacre the relentless attention and indignation it has always deserved, but Gregory Nokes has finally done it.''
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You really are crazy. Even an almost blind one can tell that he looks accurate. 1. the size on the slayer is accurate it's just the angle of the photos and besides you really can't tell in generally, you have to stand before it. 2. Of course they can't do the cape as the same as the headlong statue. 3. The Legs are accurate. IMo Headlong's legs look as if he skipped Legday, one hit and they'll break. They have to be more muscular
That could be an endless discussion. Yes IMO the Upper body should not be that straight but if I compare with the manga the sculpt is accurate.
Not about the attitude and rigid aspect of the body.
I don't understand this line. Prime 1 can really nail likenesses down, but they're having trouble here. Did anyone see the face of the Gal Gadot on horse statue? They even beat out Hot Toys for likeness there. They dropped the ball here, but I really do like Zodd.
For Guts the base isn't accuracy and the face likeness is not perfect but goodFor Zodd Human Form the likeness is just so bad, for me it isn't Zodd at allFor Guts Berserker, the pose, the base, the helmet, the legs are not accurateI prefer Headlong sculpt because it's much more accurate to Miura design, Prime 1 seems to chose "realistic" way and don't care about the details of Berserk fan (legs, helmet, demon on the base doesn't correspond to the scene).So for now it's just more expensive and bigger but definitely not better that Hedlong or AOW
I have check the video and I would say that you are right there are looking good and beautiful, I agree with that In terms of sculpt and paint I have no problem at all I just have some trouble with the likeness and accuracy of Miura original design because it's really important to me and I prefer a statue accurate I'm a huge fan of Zodd and if the face was accurate it would be an instant buy for me I will wait for the Apostle form
I know there have been complaints, and none of the 4 revealed statues so far are perfect, but you gotta admire them a little bit... Check out this video of them: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0Kd7Jl3kmgI also saw the Guts one in person at San Diego Comic Con 2 weeks ago. The size truly is enormous. You have to see it in real life to really get a grasp. And judging by that video ^ Zodd is even bigger. Glad they took that into consideration for his sculpt.I've already ordered both the Guts & Zodd myself. And you can be damn sure I'll be ordering all the others!
I just found a comparison between guts face over the years. And the faces from the fantasia arc are much more near to the P1 Guts face than the other, so the face is accurate but not for the black swordsman arc.
I will buy them too =). I just found a comparison between guts face over the years. And the faces from the fantasia arc are much more near to the P1 Guts face than the other, so the face is accurate but not for the black swordsman arc. Maybe they chosen it cause we'll get an alternative head for Berserker Armor and it should not look too different.
Given the variations between individual panels I'd say this has little value. And by the way, that image contains no faces from the Fantasia arc or from the Black Swordsman arc.
I'm not sure about that but maybe Prime 1 take directly the 3D sculpt from new anime without any modifications ? If I'm correct it could be a reason why it's not accurate to manga and Miura artwork


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by Sue Ann Rybak
Where can you find stainless steel baby bottles free from bpa, phthalates and other toxins, or a natural organic latex mattress?
This May area residents will be able to find a variety of environmentally-friendly products at Green Design, a new eco-friendly general store that will open at 8434 Germantown Ave., the former Byrne Fabric store, which later became Chestnut Hill Fabric store.
When Tim McNulty and his wife, Chi Park, decided to have kids, they began researching what products would be the healthiest for their children.
"We wanted to get the most natural and environmentally friendly items," McNulty said. "We started to do research on what foods to eat, what clothes to wear and what toys to buy for our children."
McNulty credits their motivation to live a more eco-friendly life from living in Germany and the Netherlands.
"In general, people in those societies are much more green in their way of thinking than in the United States," McNulty said. "It helped to drive some of our earlier thinking to discover better ways of living."
But after the birth of their two children, they decided to move east to be closer to family. And that's where the inspiration for Green Design came from.
"After doing all this research we realized why not make use of it," McNulty said. "One of the things we found from doing our research was that there were not a lot of brick and mortar stores that carry these items. While you still can buy them on the Internet, most people at the end of the day still want to see the items before they buy them."
In 2008, McNulty opened his first store in Princeton, N.J. The store was a huge success. McNulty chose Chestnut Hill as the second location for his store because people in Chestnut Hill tend to be more "environmentally-conscious and want quality products for their family."
Both stores feature a variety of products such as organic baby clothes, bamboo furniture, organic latex mattresses and pillows, stainless steal water bottles, organic and wooden toys and much more.
"Its not just that something is environmentally friendly," McNulty said. "From the design aspect everything is beautifully designed. Someone put a great deal of thought into the design and practicality of the item. The side benefit is that it's also environmentally friendly."
Thanks to a partnership with Terracycle, a company that collects items that are not normally recycled and turns them into useable items such as tote bags, purses and coasters, the Chestnut Hill store will be a collection point for consumers to drop off items such as ziplock bags, chip bags, drink pouches, flip flops, cell phones, cookie and candy wrappers.
It's just one more way McNulty is helping to make the world a better place for his kids.


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Apple, Samsung Start New Round in Koh's Courtroom
Apr 1, 2014 5:00 AM PT
Jury selection began Monday in the latest lawsuit between Apple and Samsung, being heard before Judge Lucy Koh in a United States District Court in San Jose, Calif.
Apple is seeking about US$2 billion in damages from Samsung for infringing its patents on smartphone and tablet technology, while Samsung is countersuing for about $7 million for two patents it claims Apple has infringed.
However, the case has ramifications extending beyond the patent disputes.
It can be seen as the old guard -- as represented by Apple -- against the new, embodied in Google, whose Android operating system is used by Samsung.
Or, it could be seen as us versus them -- us being Americans and them being Samsung -- which is one on a long list of foreign companies whose technologies threaten U.S. businesses.
Or it could be seen as a money grab by Apple, although why the richest company in the world would want even more money might be difficult to explain.
The Heart of the Matter
Apple claims Samsung has breached its patents for data tapping, unified search, asynchronous data syncing and slide-to-unlock.
Samsung contends Apple has breached its Organizing Media and Remote Video Transmission patents.
The data-tapping feature brings up options users can invoke by tapping on them, such as when a phone number is displayed in a contact file on a smartphone.
Unified search lets users search from a single interface for information stored in various applications on a device.
Asynchronous data syncing allows the use of an app while it is syncing with other information.
Anyone who has used an Android tablet is familiar with the slide-to-unlock feature.
Samsung's Organizing Media feature lets users view and organize collections of photographs. Remote Video Transmission compresses video so it can be transmitted across low bandwidths when users make video calls.
Fighting Yesterday's War
"The big question for me is, is Apple late to the game in terms of pursuing litigation when Samsung for the most part has already moved on?" asked Jeff Orr, a senior practice director at ABI Research.
"Samsung is No. 1 in smartphones worldwide, they're No. 2 in tablets, and they're making a big splash in the hot mobile topic of the day -- they've come out with the second generation of smartwatches," Orr told the E-Commerce Times. "And they've announced other products to round out that portfolio. Where's Apple?"
Companies should pursue their intellectual property rights, but "there comes a time when this becomes either a loss leader or a distraction to the company's core values -- which include innovation, in the case of Apple," Orr said.
The patents at the heart of Apple's dispute are utility patents, meaning they offer functions that are necessary to operate a device but not essential to it, Orr remarked. "There are other ways to unlock a device than slide-to-unlock, for example."
Putting the Squeeze on Google
Some see Apple's lawsuit as an attack on Google, whose Android OS contains the features disputed by Apple.
"Google wants to break the economic model supporting both Apple and Microsoft," Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, told the E-Commerce Times.
Or perhaps Apple just wants the money.
"This is not much different from Microsoft's having gone to Android handset vendors and requesting payment for its patents," ABI's Orr pointed out.
Samsung "generates a higher per-device revenue than what Google generates per copy of Android over time through mobile advertising," Florian Mueller, who writes the Fosspatents blog, told the E-Commerce Times.
Nationalism may play a role in the hearing.
Koh on Sunday overruled Samsung's objection to a video Apple wants to show the jury. The video has been criticized as being too pro-Apple.
"There are strong indications of U.S. juries being biased against foreign companies," Mueller said.


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Of course you do. How could anybody forget the pitcher with the million dollar arm and ten cent heart and brain? A nickel for both.
On this day in 2001, Benitez, pitching for the Mets, gave up three runs to the Braves in the ninth inning, with two coming of Brian Jordan homer. Jordan would later homer in the 11th inning as Atlanta won, 5-4.
I had pleasure of covering Benitez twice, first with the Orioles and then with the Yankees.
Was talking to one of the Oriole catchers one day about Benitez, and he told me he didn't think he'd ever become a great closer because, "he doesn't really want the ball." When things were well, Benitez was dominant, but he would unravel at the slightest thing, whether it be bloop hit, an error or not getting an ump's call.
Sure enough, once Benitez would blow a save, two or three more would follow.
My favorite Benitez story isn't from 1998 when he plunked Tino Martinez after giving up a homer to incite a brawl, but several years earlier and it wasn't even game related.
The Orioles were in Milwaukee at the end of the season and this was the rookie hazing day when the veterans would take their clothes and make them wear things from consignment and thrift shops. Could be women's clothes. Could be anything.
It is supposed to be a bonding gesture, kind of like in a fraternity.
Benitez was having none if it and held up the Orioles team bus for 45 minutes. It got to where Rafael Palmeiro had to get off the bus and persuade him to get with the program. Benitez wouldn't and ended up wearing his uniform pants with his dress shirt.
The next day, we were talking about it with manager Ray Miller, who gave us this song-and-dance about Benitez being so sensitive because he was a Latin player. Miller then asked me what I would have done. I told him, "Benitez has a credit card and I would have left without him and told him to make his own way to the next city."


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In recent years, Birthday presents have been a problem in our large family. We lived so far from our children and grandchildren, and saw them rarely. It was fairly easy when they were preschoolers to find something suitable, but as they developed their own personalities, we didn't really know what they liked or what they already had. We solved the problem by giving them all money to go buy their own presents! The grandchildren especially seemed to enjoy being able to go to a shop to get something they really wanted.
How was I supposed to tackle this assignment??? No patterns either .... Armed with newspaper, scissors, tape measure and sticky tape, I did lots of measuring over all the protuding bits and tried to draw up patterns that would fit. Newspaper mockups, stuck together with sticky tape, were quite good at seeing whether the prospective cover would go off and on easily, and if the gussets would fit the curved shapes. Daughter lives nearly 3 hours away, so the covers were going to have to be made blind, with no opportunity to check and measure as I sewed, which is my usual method!
Last week I plucked up the courage to attack the project. First of all I had to allocate the placemats so that each cover would have some fabric in common and to make sure that I didn't run out. Then there was a lot of unpicking of the placemat hems, as I really needed that extra inch of fabric. It was amazing how I was able to fit quite a number of the patterns after that, without having to add any extra fabric, particularly for the fronts.
They came together fairly quickly, apart from sewing lots of binding down by hand which took for ever, and I managed to get five of them finished in two days.
I was quite pleased at the results, and daughter thought they were fabulous when I handed them over to her yesterday ... and they all fitted!


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She's known for being a health nut, so it's a bit shocking to see Gwyneth Paltrow stuffing her face with sugar.
But she did indeed do just that on a recent episode of the British reality show "Jamie and Jimmy's Food Fight."
Co-host Jimmy Doherty challenged the 40-year-old actress by saying, "You eat a marshmallow, hold it in your mouth, I eat one, and we continue until our mouths are full and whoever gives in first is the loser."
Miss Paltrow seemed confident with the task at hand, replying, "I embarrassingly tend to eat more than the men that I eat with."
Making matters even more interesting, co-host Jamie Oliver added, "Every time you put a marshmallow in your mouth, you have to say, 'chubby bunny!'"
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Town Council could lift ban on electronic signs
Town Council could lift ban on electronic signs
CUMBERLAND – For the moment at least, electronic signs of all types are banned in Cumberland, a regulation that went into effect in 2009, just weeks after J.A. Appliance erected its controversial message board on Mendon Road.
Still, that wasn't stopping Supt. Philip Thornton from pushing forward last week with plans for a "stagnant" electronic message board at the high school.
Thornton told the School Committee's fiscal management subcommittee that he confidently expects the ban on computer-controlled signs lifted by the Town Council on Sept. 4 and wanted a new sign ready to light up soon after that.
His optimism was based, he said, on a Town Hall meeting where he and Business Manager Alex Prignano came away assured by Mayor Daniel McKee that the Town Council would be amending the town's sign regulations to allow the electronic signs in town, provided the messages aren't constantly moving.
Prignano told the subcommittee that both the mayor and Planning and Community Development Director Kelley Morris told them, "We're going forward with this."
Prignano also said the mayor assured them, "legislatively they'd take care of this for us."
The proposed sign, about 36- by 120-inches, would be installed by Dion Signs of Central Falls, but manufactured by a major electronic sign maker, Watchfire, the company called for in the bid specifications. The plan is to use the poles of the existing sign and run new wiring from the school. Lighting along the driveway would be replaced at the same time.
Watchfire's website cites 80 years of experience with LED style signs beginning with the time and temperature indicators that banks began using decades ago. Schools are a major customer of Watchfire, but it also makes the giant signs capable of moving pictures.
The design of the proposed sign wasn't shared with the school board subcommittee and the Breeze was unable to secure a copy.
Thornton says the messages for Mendon Road drivers can reflect upcoming school events such as football games and SAT testing as well as community notices such as Amber Alerts or parking bans.
Prignano told the subcommittee the $22,600 tab will be paid for with accumulated activity funds left behind by graduating classes over the years. Representatives of each class have been contacted by the business office and permission given.
"A lot of people volunteered the money. I can't believe the town wouldn't approve it," he said.
On the books now, Chapter 13-5c of the Cumberland zoning ordinance says:
"Prohibited in all districts: Electronic message signs. A sign that produces computer generated variable messages or another electronic means of changing sign copy. These signs may include displays using LED's, LCD's or a flipper matrix."
Also prohibited are all types of internally lighted signs.
Jeff Mutter heads the fiscal management subcommittee. Initially, he was willing to approve the purchase.
He suggested that if the council rejects the new sign ordinance, "the exposure is to the school department. You're going to be left with a sign you can't use. You're holding the bag on the sign. It's unlikely but possible."
His subcommittee gave it a 3-0 approval, but prior to a vote of the full school board, he had a change of heart and recommended overriding the superintendent's wishes and tabling the purchase until the Town Council has time to act.
The move may prove prudent.
Town Council member Bill Murray, on hand for the school board meeting, told The Breeze later that although he understands the benefits of such a sign for the high school, he expects the Town Council "will really have to look at" the proposed changes before approving.
Both Morris and McKee are convinced electronic signs can be an improvement over the current collection of commercial signs. She's moving forward with the informal support of a citizen committee Morris put together in advance of proposing changes.
One member, conservationist Frank Matta, said the group was generally supportive of the electronic replacements, provided they don't move.
One business that's expressed interest in a new remotely-controlled sign, say officials, is Angelo's Palace Pizza on Mendon Road.
A copy of the ordinance was expected early this week but wasn't available at press time.
But Morris told the Breeze, "There'll be no animation and it will change at a limited speed. It's all about new technology. You want to keep up with existing technology."
Morris adds that amendments have been worked on for months and the school sign proposal comes as a coincidence.
McKee, who counters that he offered no promises to Thornton and Prignano, does say he support the lighted signs, pointing out that they would be neater than the varied changeable letter signs around town.
On the other hand, he calls the J.A. Appliance sign "a psychedelic experience" that would be continued to be outlawed.
"We don't want it out of control, we want to control it, but reflect the times we're living in."
Signs that substitute letters when one letter is missing "look pretty pathetic" he said. "It will clean it up. It makes sense."
He also notes that gas stations in town have already been permitted to change advertised prices electronically because the manual numbers were outlawed as dangerous on a federal basis.
The School Department was forging ahead on this sign plan this summer when an application for a permit by Dion met with a flat refusal by Building Commissioner Neil Hall.
Hall, who hasn't seen the proposed sign ordinance but opposes electronic signs whether fixed or moving, said he worries Cumberland "will look like Las Vegas. It gets out of control," he said. "You drive the street, and it just looks ridiculous." Especially, he said, compared to a town "with some class" that bans them, he said.
Morris, too, used the Las Vegas comparison, but said Cumberland's plan will avoid that look by not allowing them to move.
The new ordinance will also address the question of temporary signs that spring up around town to advertise baseball and Cub Scout sign-ups, festivals, pumpkin farms, Christmas tree sales, and the like. They would be allowed on private property for a limited number of weeks, under the new rules.
Ironically, Cumberland's current sign ordinance was recommended by a committee headed by Morris, when she served on the Town Council, that revamped the entire zoning code.
It was adopted in October of 2009, putting an end to any new electronic signs.
Councilors are expected to get their first look at the proposed ordinance at their Aug. 21 meeting. The soonest they can vote on an ordinance is the following meeting, though few ordinances fly that quickly.
Generally, the council's own ordinance subcommittee, as well as the Planning Board, review proposals like these. In this case, however, Morris, working a step ahead, has already distributed an outline of her suggestions to the Planning Board, which meets again on Aug. 28, in time for the Sept. 4 council meeting.
I would like the committee to uphold the ban on computerized signs, including stagnant one. . They are very distracting and dangerous for anyone with night vision. The Anchor Nissan dealer on Rt 146 installed one last year and I hate driving by it every night as I cannot see the intersection. I wrote them several times but of course, money is king, not safety or peoples "comfort".
I thank you for voicing our opinion at the next council meeting.
Not a fan
Let's be cautious about making this change. These signs are ugly and distracting. They may be a good idea for the high school. But, I do not think businesses should be allowed to use them. In fact, we should be working to reduce the signs in general.
About those promotional signs. The town is the biggest offender. Do we really need hundreds of signs (8 at some intersections) advertising things like Cumberlandfest or the July concert? No. We do not.
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Towns and municipalities have affirmed that digital billboards can play an important role in their communities. Digital boards are utilized throughout the U.S. to display Amber Alerts, Silver Alerts, emergency weather alerts, Homeland Security bulletins and public safety messages. Digital billboards have been instrumental in helping the FBI and other law enforcement agencies catch dozens of criminals after their profiles have been publicized. These benefits can assist operators in the zoning and permitting process, as communities increasingly see tangible benefits to digital billboards.
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First up, I layered sparkle, paper, and fun to make this simple gift become something really special.
Other notable details on this package - I coated the doily with perfect paper adhesive (gently!) then placed onto a piece of plastic and covered with crystal clear glitter. Oh my - I am definitely going to be glittering more doilies in the near future! Finally, because I just needed a third level of sparkle, on both the tag and the wrapped box I misted with perfect pearls mist for more sparkle that I'm sure the girl this package is going to will love.
Now, I want to add a bit of glitter and glamour to a simple hostess gift that I'll be bringing to the holiday party we're attending next week.
glitter) as well as a layered die cut (with some parts accented with glitter) to create this simple yet totally unique topper. This would be great on sparkling cider, some bath products, even wrapped around a candle! The best part is because you're adhering everything to the loop of paper, you're not damaging the product in any way, nor do you leave sticky residue that has to be dealt with by the recipient.
Before I go, I want to leave you with this glitter tip: Place scraps of paper all over a sheet of double sided tape mosaic style, leaving a bit of room in between the pieces.
Then, die cut the sheet and press glitter into the cracks for custom mosaic die cut stickers! In the example you see above, I coated the front with glossy accents once finished for a shiny finish and so that the glitter would all stay firmly in place.
I wish you happy (glittery) holiday crafting!
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Moving Drug Manufacturing from Good to Great
Pankaj Mohan, U.S.-based management leader for global process engineering at Eli Lilly, shares strategies that can help more drug manufacturers move from good to great.
In order to minimize costs and optimize product quality, drug company leaders must focus on the forest rather than the trees, suggests Pankaj Mohan, U.S.-based management leader for global process engineering at Eli Lilly. In this exclusive interview with Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Editor in Chief Agnes Shanley, Mohan shares strategies that can help more drug manufacturers move from good to great. He also discusses his book, "Pharmaceutical Operations Management: Manufacturing for Competitive Advantage," coauthored with Jarka Glassey and Gary Montague of the University of Newcastle, available through McGraw-Hill (books.mcgraw-hill.com).
[Editor's Note: Whereas in most of our Q&A-formatted articles, we use P.M. as an abbreviation for Pharmaceutical Manufacturing, in this interview, A.S. stands for Agnes Shanley and P.M. stands for Pankaj Mohan.]
A.S.: What made you write the book, and what message do you want people to draw from it?
P.M.: I've worked in both sides of pharma: commercialization and manufacturing, and also taught as an academic. To date, there has been no comprehensive work that considers the entire drug manufacturing life cycle or presents a systematic framework of pharma's new paradigm, based on productivity and quality. My coauthors and I wanted to help people see "the big picture," and focus on issues such as quality by design, reducing speed to market, and reducing cost. We felt that, as the pharmaceutical industry moves toward a new paradigm, it would be very important to show how that paradigm will look.
A.S.: The book seems to follow the structure of the pharma value chain.
P.M.: We start with commercialization, focusing on the late stage, then move into new plant construction and process capability analysis, asking, once you operate a plant, then what are the operational concerns you have, especially regarding variability.
We then delve into discussions of productivity and the change in mindset as the drug industry evolves to a new system incorporating the concepts of Lean and Six Sigma.
We finish off with a discussion on the kind of leadership needed to transform pharma's existing system into its new paradigm, focused on reducing cost and speed to market, to ensure quality medicine to the customers. [Editor's Note: This chapter of the book is available on this website at "Three Keys to Productivity Improvement."]
A.S.: We've been surprised to notice that some pharma companies are still very reluctant to embrace the principles of "operational excellence." Some have stated out right that Lean just isn't for them. Can the industry afford to reject transformative programs, and is the key to change hiring people from outside pharma, to bring in fresh ways of thinking?
P.M.: First, we find that many pharma companies are embracing op ex. Lilly has always encouraged it and is at the forefront of implementing Six Sigma and so forth. When companies don't see the value in such programs, it's usually because their leadership fails to see the "big picture."
I've known some pharma CEOs who have come from other sectors and done very well. However, I personally feel that pharma leadership should have some domain expertise. It's a very long value chain, and having some knowledge and experience of this sector is very important. There's no black and white answer. More and more, industries are thinking about training their leadership to think out of the box, and they're collectively brainstorming to move to the new paradigm.
A.S.: We've noticed a "technology divide" in pharma — not only huge discrepancies between large and small companies, but major variations among plants operated by the same company. Some plants are paper based, others automated. Are standards for technology and IT needed to move industry forward?
P.M.: Two different questions come into play here. First, what is the optimal technology solution? Second, what is the business case for implementing it? I'm not a very big fan of driving one standard throughout any corporation. You have to balance new technology considerations against local needs.
Consider, for example, a case where you want to introduce more advanced control system to an existing process. We present such a case history in our book, examining an actual plant that was producing with factory losses due to quality issues and product nonconformance.
We knew that introducing a more sophisticated process control technology would resolve some of the problems, but we implemented it in stages. First, we did a cost/benefit analysis to understand what the financial return would be from each piece of the investment.
Then, we also looked at modern tools such as Real Options. [Editor's Note: For an example of how some pharma companies are using Real Options, see the unrelated white paper "Using a Real Options Approach to Achieve Manufacturing Flexibility."] We broke down the project into smaller chunks and analyzed the risks entailed in each so that we could mitigate the financial risk as we took the project forward.
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Hello Mrs. Lewis!
This is Stanley reporting back to you from Fort Campbell, KY. My friend Chloe sent me here to visit her cousin Kylie and I have had a great time! Fort Campbell is a military base located on the state line dividing Kentucky and Tennessee, however, since the post office happens to be located on the Kentucky side of the base, Kentucky is the official "address".
The weather here right now is COLD! There is snow on the ground for winter time, although flowers start peeking through the ground for spring very soon. Summers are very HOT – sometimes over 100 degrees. Fall is beautiful with colorful leaves falling from the trees and breezy, cool weather.
Being a military base, there are many different cultures. Families move in and out of the area often too. Kylie wanted to make sure I felt right at home while I was visiting, so she made me my very own Army uniform to wear!
She took me to see a memorial on the Army post and we spent time checking out old military aircraft too. She even let me "fly" an old helicopter!
Next, she took me to meet some HEROES that live at Fort Campbell! They were very nice soldiers that wanted to meet me and take a picture with me. I made sure to thank them for volunteering to serve in the military and protect our country too.
Kylie wanted to introduce me to a few of her own favorite people too. We met the local Girl Scouts selling yummy cookies. They wanted to meet me too! We took a picture, donated to help wounded warriors, and I got to pose with a GIANT girlscout "cookie".
Last, but not least, Kylie gave me my very own "scout" patch for serving at Fort Campbell for the day!
I had a wonderful time visiting with Chloe's cousin, Kylie and I hope to come back soon! Maybe next time, I could bring Chloe with me. I know Kylie would love that the most.
Thank you for letting me explore Fort Campbell, Kentucky!


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Date: June 8, 1933
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Hi, I'm totally new to this and would like help please on making a 'Stay of Proceedings'. I believe I must use Form N244 as my claim is in the Small Claims Court in Northampton. They told me that but I would appreciate help on finding out how to fill it in. I am fighting a Major UK PLC Bank with over 1000 lawyers by myself and it's not easy!
just posted today for the first time, I know its a long road ahead when things are difficult, but felt a sense of relief that ive started a couple of threads and look forward to fellow members comments. Maybe one day I will be able to give advice?
I'm keeping great mate thanks, love the look of the new site, sorry not been around much this last year, duno where the time goes, it just fly's, I get up on monday mornings then turn around to find its sunday night again, hope you Nat and kids are keeping well
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Hi Stephen
I am having a little trouble posting in the right place. I do have a thread in Halifax credit cards but I did notice that when I ask a question in my thread, it doesn't show up as a new post for answering in the 'new posts' section. I last posted on 18/4 and haven't had a reply yet. Am I doing this correctly? Thanks Sindbad
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Good evening Stephen
Quick question regarding CCA 1974 (as amended). You state that the amendment to CCA1974 where s.140 was replaced with s.140A and s.140B means that it cannot apply to charges levied before (April?) 2006, in other words the current act is not retrospective.
Does this mean;
1. That I can't claim my charges back from before 2006
2. I can use the Act's contents before it was amended covering the period of my claim (1996-2001)
3. Does this current Act still apply to my claim period?
Many thanks in advance Stephen and keep up the tremendous job you're doing.
had a letter from bank of scotland on 13.01.10 basically telling me that they wont be upholding my complaint or be providing a refund
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My bank decided to settle out of court, and then approximately three weeks later the remaining claims were stayed. That was fortuitous I must admit!
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danssoslow wrote:As far as the euro hinges, two probably wouldn't do, but you could throw in a row of them. Probably cost prohibitive, though.
As far as the wires, here's an idea:
It looks as if there is enough room inside of that "lid" to fit any slack you'd need to allow it to lift. You could cut a hole on each side of your enclosure, front and back into the amp space; and mount a pvc pipe "sleeve" into the holes. This way you can get the wires from just behind the rear seats into the enclosed part without any wires showing.
hmm... good idea, thanks, I'll prolly do it.
damnit... now I gotta take out the damn sub again...


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I have this funny thing about tomatoes and salads. I love tomatoes and tomato salads, but I don't like tomatoes in salads. Does that make sense? It makes perfect sense to me. I find that tomatoes leave my salad greens a soggy mess. Perhaps I've been a victim of one too many soggy restaurant salads, or maybe I just take after my mother who is the consummate "on the side orderer"***, but in our home tomatoes are served separate (I'll usually make one tomato salad and one green salad…which C will eventually mix together on his plate).
Good tomatoes are fantastic on their own anyway, and it is one of my great pleasures to enjoy them this way (and if they are not so brilliant? slow-roast them and watch them transform!). It starts with buying the best tomatoes you can – cheery organic ones, big buxom hydroponics, interesting varieties and colors…let your tastebuds be your guide. Then bring them home and place them in a pretty dish in a cool place (you can even use this as a centrepiece of sorts and not have to buy pricey flowers). Do not place them in the refrigerator! This will destroy their texture and flavour.
In celebration of the tomato and my funny habits towards them, I am sharing my three favourite tomato salads (along with variations and such) over the course of three posts…a tomato series 🙂 I must warn you…they are extremely simple! No elaborate techniques here…
This first salad is the simplest and also the one I have been enjoying the longest. Taught to me by a cousin from Spain, it is too easy to even warrant the writing down of a recipe…but too good not to.
Tomato Salad 1
- A very good tomato
- The best extra virgin olive oil you have
- The best finishing salt you have (I like the flaky kind so there is more of a salty crunch)
– Slice the tomato into medium slices (you can go thinner but I like a meaty bite for this salad). Spread on a plate. Drizzle with olive oil. Sprinkle with salt – be generous, the salt makes the tomatoes shine.
– Serves 1.
Because this salad is so simple it is essential to use the best ingredients you have or are available to you. The combination of the tomatoes' flavour and natural sweetness, with the fruity olive oil, punctuated by the salty crunch is really nothing short of magic. There is no fancy cooking or flavourings to hide less than stellar ingredients. Times are tough though so don't go breaking the bank to get the most expensive olive oil or salt you can find! Work with the best you have or can afford – that is what I do and the gourmet cops haven't come knocking yet 🙂
– Add some basil and fresh mozzarella and you have an Italian Caprese salad!
– You can also add an acid, like balsamic or red wine vinegar if you prefer. For this salad I like it just the way it is 🙂
– Experiment with different tomatoes, oils, and salts (try smoked salt!).
– Add procuitto and omit the salt.
Stay tuned for my next two tomato salads!
This is my entry for Weekend Herb Blogging. This event was originally created by Kalyn and it is now in the care of Haalo. This week it's being hosted by one of my favorite bloggers, Anh 🙂
To those of you who watched my little tv interview on Studio 23 on Sunday: Thank you! I hope you enjoyed it and I hope you didn't count my "ums"! I'm not the most tv-savvy person…I'm usually behind a laptop and not in front of a camera 😉 To those of you who have asked about a video: I'll see if I can get one! 🙂 To those who have asked if the Rogue magazine write-up will be available online, I will keep you posted on that too (it should be online once their September issue is on the stands)!
***People who order their dishes with every speck of sauce/dressing/garnish/whatnot "on the side".


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Thanks Todd for another great race day on The Robe. Thanks everyone for showing up, twas good to see and meet many of you (some of whom I haven't seen since last Robe Race). Hope to see you again before Robe Race '12.
I don't have much else to add, but here's batch one of my photos. Hope you enjoy.
Calling all boaters. A good turnout for Robe Race '11.
The three B's: Beer, Blondes, and Brock.
Racer's Meeting.
The coveted Robe.
The possibly more coveted Leif ... er, Gnome.
Time for some racing. Brian Fletcher - Hole in the Wall.
The Robe Race: Lost in the Rapids, Won in the flats. AJ and BF.
Repeat after me: Lost in the Rapids, Won in the flats. Rob and Ben cranking.
Rob and Ben trying to reclaim the robes.
Louis Geltman & Andrew McEwan coming into Hotel California.
Textbook drafting.
Little D, leading his team through Hotel California.
Fred Mercury Norquist & Jure Poberaj
Lane Jacobs. Despite lower water than last year, times were fast and competitive.
Jamie Wright @ Glory Boof #3.
Barton and Totten.
Jonathan Ehlinger & Scott Waidelich
Jon Dufay
JP and Jon
Team Canadia. Steve and Matt.
Chris Tretwold.
The Safety Boaters. Thanks Team!
The Fans.
Stay Tuned for the after party pics. Coming soon ...
Tuesday, May 03, 2011
Robe Race Imagery
Posted by Shane Robinson at 8:48 PM
Labels: Northwest River, Robe Canyon, Robe Gnome, Robe Race, Seasons, Spring, The Robe, whitewater kayaking
3 comments:
- Brett Barton said...
Great photos, Shane. Definitely will be back next year.
- Wednesday, 04 May, 2011
- Sean Bozkewycz said...
Yep nice pics. Thanks for putting this on again fellas, those shots made me feel like i didn't miss it completely.
Hope it happens again in 2012
- Thursday, 05 May, 2011
- Shane Robinson said...
Thanks guys.
- Friday, 06 May, 2011
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Diva Rule No. 1: Know how to make a big entrance. Diva Rule No. 2: Know how to make a big exit.
Diva Rule No. 3: Do these things as often as humanly possible.
The return earlier this month of ABC's "Once Upon a Time" marked the end of the midseason premieres. By the end of the month, the premieres of the midseason replacements should also have concluded, giving us a few blessed weeks of "normal" television viewing before the actual season finales begin.
If you're confused about the difference between a midseason premiere and a midseason replacement premiere, the answer is increasingly "not much."
Technically, a midseason replacement is a brand new series held from the fall lineup to be debuted after the first of the year. But with all the pomp and publicity surrounding the return of fall shows from the winter hiatus, they might just as well be new shows.
Certainly, the writers are happy to hit the reset button, often using the opportunity to shift narrative focus and tone. Instead of a broadcast season of about 22 episodes and a cable one that is roughly half that, viewers these days are often being served up two miniseasons — a change in both form and function that amps up TV's already high diva quotient.
The winter hiatus has always been with us. But now, with television's newfound star status and the Internet-driven demand for recapping, it isn't surprising that networks have turned this once irritating necessity into a full-blown marketing event.
Where once a series might produce a "special" holiday episode before slipping quietly into reruns from mid-December to January, it has now become de rigueur to double-down on drama with midseason finales and premieres. All of which results in the sort of hypnotic roller-coaster relationship many of us have spent years in therapy learning how to avoid.
Love me? I need some alone time. Miss me? I'm back, but it's only a few weeks to finale, when I will possibly kill off another beloved character.
In the Dec. 1 midseason finale of "The Walking Dead," for example, virtually every major character either wound up dead (Can we ever forgive Hershel's death? Discuss.) or missing in action (Should infants be used in such a manner? Discuss.). Fans had to wait until Feb. 9 to find out who exactly survived and/or where they ended up.
And it isn't just established shows that now gleefully manufacture major midseason crises to keep viewers hooked. NBC's "The Blacklist" was just a few months old when its lead character, Red (James Spader), was abducted from the FBI and then escaped, allowing that show's midseason premiere to promo the tagline "He's back."
Agent Coulson (Clark Gregg) also went missing in the midseason finale of "Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s" — the follow-up midseason premiere "finally" explained how a character could die in a movie and be resurrected on a TV show. Meanwhile, Fox made fans of its 13-episode sleeper hit "Sleepy Hollow" wait almost a month between the revelations of Episode 10 (Ichabod will sell Abby's soul!) and Episode 11(He swears he won't!) before airing the remaining two as a double-hour finale a week later.
So, a premiere and a finale within a week of each other? Because a resurrected Colonial soldier and the four horsemen of the apocalypse aren't dramatic enough.
The new "diva" model seems to be working. Media outlets, including this one, dutifully drum up anticipation for midseason farewells and returns, while fans use the time between one and the other to speculate via social media on the shocks and reassurances that await them. "The Walking Dead's" midseason premiere drew almost 16 million viewers and beat even the Winter Olympics in the coveted 18-49 demo. Even ABC's "Scandal," which had hit a ratings plateau, saw a sizable bump for its midseason finale.
But this choreographed season interruptus is changing the very nature of television. A season bifurcated by a finale and a premiere requires two sets of climaxes, and subsequently two episodes designed specifically to hook the audience. Which sounds and increasingly plays like two separate seasons.
For shows on the Big Four networks, this seems like a natural and welcome development. As the Emmys race makes abundantly clear, the 22-episode broadcast network show has a difficult time competing against its sleeker nine- to 12-episode cable counterparts for artistic cred, a coin that has become almost as valuable as audience size.
Although the writers rooms must still valiantly produce those 22 episodes, it's easier to tell compelling uber-narratives when the season is sliced in half. And during the holiday doldrums, when everyone is presumably too busy DVR-ing "It's a Wonderful Life" to keep up with CBS' "The Good Wife," much less darker dramas like "The Walking Dead," it seems natural to leverage the form for the function.
Shows like "Walking Dead," meanwhile, are chopping narrative into even smaller portions — AMC's "Breaking Bad" strung its "final season" out for two years; the same network's "Mad Men" is poised to do likewise. These prestige divas offer the limited-edition feel of BBC productions like "Sherlock," airing in the U.S. on PBS, or BBC America's "Luther," which air in trilogies or quartets and prove that absence can indeed make the viewer heart grow fonder. Or at least more obsessive.
What defines this new age of syncopated television is neither the technology nor the quality. It's the variety. Stories come in all shapes and sizes now, unlike the traditional mold, where television was committed to either the short-short (the television movie) or the serial (the open-ended series).
New and multiple platforms may be a headache for chief financial officers everywhere, but they are catnip for writers, directors and actors who now have the freedom to experiment in a way that hasn't been allowed since TV's earliest days. The increasingly lush biosphere created first by premium cable ("Sex and the City," "The Sopranos") and then basic cable ("Mad Men," "Breaking Bad") is now ablaze with tonal poems like "Rectify," brilliant oddities like "Getting On" and irregular bloomers like "Sherlock."
Once the most important season in the TV calendar year, fall, though still chockablock with new shows, is slowly losing its grip. Series debut year 'round now, and even those that begin in the fall regularly renew their vows come winter.


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Have Six Seconds? Vines Debut at Tribeca
The Tribeca Film Festival is hosting its first Vine competition where filmmakers submitted six-second works via social media, Jackie Bischof reports.
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Regardless of where you stand on the Israel-Gaza conflict — and how you feel about Russell Brand — there's no denying the comedian makes some good points about how Fox News host Sean Hannity handled a recent "debate" on his show.
Brand took to his web series "The Trews" on Tuesday to have a go at Hannity for "behaving like a terrorist" during his interview earlier this week with his guest from the Jerusalem Fund & Palestine Center, Yousef Munayyer.
"One of the definitions of 'terrorist' is using intimidation to reach your goals," Brand said. "Who in that situation was behaving like a terrorist, using bullying, intimidation? Sean Hannity. That is where the terrorism is coming from."
The use of "terrorist" to describe a talk show host might be heavy-handed, but after watching Hannity try to berate an answer out of Munayyer, Brand points out it seems "Sean's not interested in truth", but only in "pushing a particular perspective."
That became clear when, after Munayyer refused to play ball and say "Hamas is a terrorist organization", Hannity essentially hung up on him.
Later, Munayyer tweeted Hannity was "unhinged" and "came off as a total belligerent loon." He also noted Hannity invited him back and that he'd be happy to debate him "in a public forum where he can't hide behind his mic and mute button."
Throughout his takedown of Hannity, Brand tried to position himself in a neutral way, but he still made plenty of controversial statements.
"Even if everyone was carrying around children literally strapped to wooden boards, using them as shields — they still wouldn't die if it weren't for the missiles. The key ingredient in the death of those children is the missile," he said.
Brand wasn't done.
"There's no objective terrorism, there's just different perspectives of violence," he said. "No-one should be using violence, but if you're going to judge violence pejoratively and negatively, and God knows we all should, then the people doing the most and the most effective violence surely are committing the greater crime?"
For fear of straying too far away from his day job, Brand also said Hannity looks like Ken from "Toy Story 3" and that he relies on incendiary words, such as "'Rockets!' 'Kidnapper!' 'Murder!' 'A little baby duckling kicked in the face!'"
Hannity would burst a vein having to listen to that. But he'd surely never give Brand the opportunity to get it all out. Not on his show, anyway.
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