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Happy Wednesday!
I hope everyone had a Merry Christmas and wonderful time with friends and family! We spent it with our neighbors who have become like family :)
I have another card for you this week using the Woodsy Wonderland Collection! So much fun creating these cute forest scenes!
I used the Woodsy Critters and Woodsy Treescape Sets and matching dies for my scene. The deer and grass are all one piece and the trees were cut apart from a tree border piece.
All the images were colored with pencils and mineral spirits. The background for the scene and the outside panel are from the designer papers and are placed on a green card base and brown mat.
Be sure to visit the Heartfelt Creations' Blog to see the wonderful inspiration from the designers this week!
I'm submitting this to the following challenge:
Word Art Wednesday #262-263 - Anything Goes
Thank so much for stopping by to visit!
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HCPC 3766 - Woodsy Treescape Set
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HCD2 750 - Cut Mat Create 1B Die
HCDP1 273 - Woodsy Wonderland Paper Collection
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Instructions: Card measures 4 1/4" x 5 1/2". Cut green cardstock 8 1/2" x 5 1/2", score at 4 1/4" and fold to make card base. Cut Espresso 4 1/16" x 5 5/16" and add to base with Scotch Mounting Tape. Trim card panel (pictured) from designer paper, die cut center with Medium Rounded Rectangle from Cut Mat Create 1B Die and ink edges with Mocha Mama. Find card panel in designer paper with small sentiment in top left corner, trim to fit inside "window" as shown. Tape behind mat to secure in place. Glue to Early Espresso mat.
On Solar White with Onyx Black, stamp 3 deer (Woodsy Critters Set), birch tree and tree border (Woodsy Treescape Set). Color 3 deer, birch tree and the far right tree from the tree border with pencils and mineral spirits. Die cut with matching dies from Woodsy Critters Die and Woodsy Landscape Die. Trim single tree from border. Inks edges of die cuts with Green Tea and Mocha Mama. Add trees as pictured using pop dots under foliage and glue under tree trunks. Add deer using pop dots under deer and glue under grass on bottom.
Add adhesive pearls. Make multi-loop bow with Brown Burlap String using Bow-Easy Tool. Add as pictured using glue dots. Thread button with string and add to bow center with glue dots.


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Series: RID '15
Name: Shinobyte
Allegiance: Unaligned
Function: Stealth Warrior
Bio: Shinobyte used to fight with the Autobot Cyber-Ninja Corps, and was really good, too. With more kills to his name than any other fighter in the corps, he was on the fast-track to greatness, until he became disenfranchised with the cause after rejecting the notion that the entire Decepticon race was evil. Following this, he became a vigilante and bounty hunter, before being arrested and contained on the Alchemor.

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The best regular-season matchups make the worst preseason matchups. Fans have known this for years. Television programmers are finally starting to figure it out.
Everything that makes a regular-season NFL game thrilling to watch -- established powerhouses, superstar players, stable coaching staffs with proven schemes -- makes preseason viewing a bore. The powerhouses have nothing to prove and no new strategies to test-drive. The superstars wear baseball caps after the first quarter. The unknowns on the field fight for toeholds at the bottom of depth charts, not chances to start and star. Worst of all, the commentators spend most of the game waxing poetic about the superstars congregated at the Gatorade cooler or musing about the (oh no oh no oh please no) controversies and scandals making news around the league.
Preseason should be about quarterback controversies, teams with a dozen new starters, coaches sneak-peeking the latest strategic fads like J.J. Abrams Instagramming an X-wing fighter and third-string longshots with collegiate stardom and name recognition. Preseason is for hardcore junkies and early adopters who want a long look at Devonta Freeman or Bishop Sankey before adding them to their "fantasy sleeper" lists. Give the inveterate football addicts what we crave; let mainstream humans enjoy their karaoke talent shows.
The major networks and ESPN, which for years promoted Steelers-Giants preseason games with images of Ben Roethlisberger and Eli Manning, have dialed back on the playoff contenders this August. No one will have to pretend that the Patriots or Broncos will be putting on an exhibition in their exhibitions. The network matchups are quirkier. There are also fewer of them, with none during preseason Week 1 (all the fourth-stringers come out to play) or Week 4 (at some point, coaches are just going to take turns making the backup quarterback kneel for three hours). The NFL Network offers a wider menu of exhibition choices throughout the month, but that is what the NFL Network is for.
Fewer games and careful game selection should make this the best preseason viewing season ever. But that doesn't mean all preseason games meet the Sharknado 2 standard for acceptable late-summer entertainment (some laughs, lots of excused sloppiness, a Michael Strahan cameo). The following Watchability Guide will help you plan your summer viewing. A few of these games will be downright compelling, at least for a half. Several will be tolerable. The rest may leave you with that stale, unfulfilled feeling, but don't worry: I will watch them so you don't have to.
Preseason Week 2
Jaguars at Bears
Thursday, Aug. 14, 8 p.m., ESPN
A rebuilt defense can be more interesting to watch in the preseason than even a new quarterback or rookie running back. The Bears have lots of new faces on defense -- Jared Allen, Lamarr Houston, rookies Kyle Fuller, Ego Ferguson, Will Sutton and Brock Vereen -- coupled with well-known returnees like Lance Briggs and Charles Tillman. There will be players of interest on the field well into the third quarter, and after a season during which the Bears run defense put up as much of a fight as dandelions against a weed whacker, every series will feel important.
The Jaguars offense represents a good first test for the Bears defense, and vice versa. This is your chance to watch Blake Bortles again for the first time. Sure, you have read and heard dozens of draftnik breakdowns of Bortles, including mine. You may even have a fully-formed opinion on Bortles. But have you ever sat and watched him play a live game? Maybe you're a Central Florida junkie. More likely, you will get your first real sense of him in the second quarter of this game, when he replaces Chad Henne to the delight of viewers everywhere. Watchability: B-plus.
Chiefs at Panthers
Sunday, Aug. 17, 8 p.m., Fox
If you subscribe to the theory that the Panthers are more interested in publically humiliating Cam Newton than winning a Super Bowl, here is another nugget of evidence. Newton gets to unveil his all-new receiving corps and offensive line on national television during the second full preseason week, when even a well-oiled Peyton Manning machine can look rusty. First-round receiver Kelvin Benjamin has gotten little practice since suffering a minor knee injury, so Newton may be throwing to Jason Avant and Jerricho Cotchery, neither of whom can get separation from a museum volunteer on a Segway at this point in his career. Meanwhile, a Panthers offensive lineman retires every three days or so. Newton is bound to look silly, and it is bound to be a talking point, but a quarterback running for his life and overthrowing receivers from the late-2000s does not make for great television.
The Chiefs' roster was gutted almost as badly as the Panthers roster, and Jamaal Charles will probably spend the whole evening in a pillow fort. This is exactly the kind of matchup that looks great to people who don't plan to watch preseason football: two winning teams (that will not be nearly as good this year) and two big-name stars (who will barely play), instead of interesting new faces, systems or camp battles. Watchability: D-minus.
Browns at Redskins
Monday, Aug. 18, 8 p.m., ESPN
Some preseason games are meant to be watched with the sound down. Whatever your opinion of the Robert Griffin saga, you have to be curious about what happens next. Jay Gruden is implementing a new offense, Kirk Cousins provides a competent backup to get you through the second and third quarters, Colt McCoy is kicking around and there are all manner of other preseason delights (kicker and punter battles!) to keep the Redskins entertaining.
Having spent two days at Browns camp, I can confirm that the Browns are interesting, even to those who pretend to not be interested in Johnny Manziel. Kyle Shanahan and Mike Pettine have all sorts of tactical goodies in the oven, there are lots of skill-position guys fighting for real roles and the secondary could be great.
But ugh, you can hear the broadcast commentary already. Endless recaps of the Griffin saga, with Griffin and Shanahan on split screen from the opposite sidelines. Manziel musings. The weird "Brian Hoyer as Tom Brady/Richard the Lionhearted" meme. A long, dark, fourth quarter of the soul discoursing on the ethics of saying the word "Redskins." All of this is made worse by the fact that ESPN is doing it. Hmm, there seems to be so much chatter about this young quarterback. And expectations were so high for that Griffin fellow. If only there was some way to pinpoint exactly WHO blows these things so far out of proportion, say with endless repetition of yammering daytime talk shows. It's simply an unsolvable mystery. Watchability: A-minus (sound off), D (sound on).
Preseason Week 3
Raiders at Packers
Friday, Aug. 22, 8 p.m., CBS
Part preseason game, part old-timers game. This is the nation's first chance to see the 2010 Dream Team the Raiders assembled: Justin Tuck, Maurice Jones-Drew, Matt Schaub, LaMarr Woodley and on and on. It may also be the last time you watch or even think about the Raiders all year.
Early reviews of Schaub have been mixed at best. Raiders camp runs later than most camps, so following live tweets from Napa became a fun drinking game while I was decompressing after Browns camp. There is nothing like kicking back with a draught and reading a steady stream of dispatches like this:
Schaub's pass is batted down at the line.
Schaub underthrows Juron Criner badly.
Schaub's pass is blown back into his face by a slight breeze.
Schaub sacked during a special teams installation.
After reading my timeline, Brian Hoyer started to look like Richard the Lionhearted.
This game gets by on its "dress rehearsal" value; it's a chance to see Aaron Rodgers and Eddie Lacy work for a half or so. By the fourth quarter, Scott Tolzien and Matt McGloin will take the stage, and we saw quite enough of them last year. Late-game babble may focus on a potential Raiders move to San Antonio, CBS turning a national broadcast into an infomercial for the misappropriation of taxpayer dollars. Watchability: C-minus.
Saints at Colts
Saturday, Aug. 23, 8 p.m., CBS
It's going to be a while before you can watch a Saints game without focusing on where Jimmy Graham lines up like some forensic scientist trying to crack a case the DA considers closed. Brace yourself for helpful graphics charting where Graham lines up on each play; meanwhile, Coby Fleener could play free safety without notice. Sean Payton isn't the spiteful type, but he could place Graham in the backfield a few times just to prove a point. HAHA, NOW YOU ARE A RUNNING BACK, JIMMY. YOU GET WORKED LIKE A STUMP GRINDER UNTIL YOUR ACL SNAPS, THEN GET THROWN ON THE SCRAP HEAP AT 27, JUST AFTER YOUR FIRST CONTRACT EXPIRES. PORNO STARLETS HAVE BETTER JOB SECURITY! YOUR EARNING POWER IS GONE! GONE!! MUAH-HA-HA-HA-HA.
Graham dissection and dress rehearsal for Drew Brees and Andrew Luck aside, this game is all about Trent Richardson rubbernecking. The Colts aren't going to risk giving backup Ahmad Bradshaw many preseason carries, so Richardson should get a ton of playing time. National preseason telecasts are sugar-high optimistic about slumping players. The commentators happily pass along the talking points coaches provided in prep interviews; it would be impolite to question Pep Hamilton's honesty when he called Richardson "a cross between Frank Gore, Jim Brown and Alexander the Great" in such a candid setting. So look for one yard runs followed by excuses: a good description of the Colts running game last year.
After Luck and Brees warm up, we get Matt Hasselbeck and \, 71 years of backup quarterbacking glory. In fairness, that means the late-game offenses should function properly. Watchability: C
Chargers at 49ers
Sunday, Aug. 24, 4 p.m., Fox
Few teams have second and third strings as deep or interesting as the 49ers. Blaine Gabbert and Jonathan Martin bring a curiosity factor to the second halves of preseason games, albeit a morbid one. Martin provides a preseason warm-up opportunity to gauge color commentator readiness for Michael Sam: if he gets through a fourth quarter of Martin without uttering a phrase like "limp wristed whiny-heiny," he may be ready to make off-the-cuff remarks about a gay player.
Brandon Lloyd is lurking on the depth chart, as is Stevie Johnson. Gabbert could have a better receiving corps in the third quarters of preseason games than he ever had in Jacksonville. Heck, judging by the names at the bottom of the depth chart -- Tank Carradine, Shayne Skov, LaMichael James -- the Niners team that finishes preseason games could probably go about 6-10 against a neutral schedule of NFL regulars.
This game also offers a chance to get familiar with the Chargers bench, which is not very helpful when you are barely familiar with their starters. Watchability: B-plus.
Bengals at Cardinals
Sunday, Aug. 24, 8 p.m., NBC
The Bengals are the worst possible preseason team. Their starting lineup does not provide enough sizzle to get out-of-town fans to tune in for the first quarter, but just about every starting position on the roster is set, so there is little drama. They made no free agent splashes, and their No. 1 pick is a cornerback, so there goes the "what's new" factor. Jason Campbell is Andy Dalton's backup, and he may be the last quarterback in the NFL you would voluntarily sit and watch: at least a seventh-round rookie from Prairie Dog State brings novelty. This broadcast could devolve into a 210-minute referendum on Andy Dalton. If Dalton were interesting enough to merit a 210-minute referendum, we would not need one.
Logan Thomas could get a long look in this game, which will be a little like watching someone's first skeet shooting lesson. The bottom of the Cardinals roster is more anonymous than the Bengals bench. These may be the NFL's two least-interesting winning teams when they have something to play for. As a preseason matchup for television, it looks like a computer malfunction. Watchability: D-minus.
NFL Network Games
49ers at Ravens, Thursday, Aug. 7, 7:30 p.m. Three-and-a-half hours of trying to tiptoe around the Ray Rice incident? What can possibly go wrong? Craft your indignant tweets and blog postings now, then just insert the exact quotes later: the news cycle is not over until your reaction to ESPN's reaction to Mike Mayock's reaction to the ovation Rice will inevitably receive from Ravens fans says it's over. Watchability: D.
Cowboys at Chargers, Thursday, Aug. 7, 10 p.m. Two words: Brandon Weeden. Watchability: F.
Saints at Rams, Friday, Aug. 8, 8 p.m. Michael Sam records his first preseason sack midway through the fourth quarter against Logan Kilgore. DON'T WORRY YOU WILL GET A CHANCE OR TWO TO SEE THE HIGHLIGHT. If you think Drew Brees will play more than one series against the defense that turned him into hash browns last year, you are crazy. Also, Gregg Williams faces the Saints, if you are straining for two-year-old storylines. If the Sam story is not your fourth-quarter bag, you can watch the Kenny Britt comeback unfold. It will end with a pass bouncing off his chest. Watchability: C-plus.
Browns at Lions, Saturday, Aug. 9, 7:30 p.m. Johnny Manziel, the new Lions offense, etc. If my Twitter feed is any indication, some fans are itching to see Kellen Moore and Connor Shaw duke it out in the battle of college quarterback heroes who are going to prove all of us scouts, coaches, writers, statisticians, analysts and people who observe carefully and objectively wrong by earning starting jobs by the sheer force of will. Because quarterbacks are Green Lanterns. Watchability: B.
Eagles at Patriots, Friday, Aug. 15, 7:30 p.m. According to legend, whenever DeSean Jackson went deep for the Eagles last year, he took seven defenders with him, leaving Riley Cooper and the others (who can be timed in the 40 with the Mayan Long Count) covered by nose tackles and coaching interns. Also, as soon as Jimmy Garoppolo completes two passes, the Patriots can safely trade Ryan Mallett to the Texans for a package of picks that makes the Herschel Walker deal look like a conditional sixth rounder. Eagles-Patriots preseason games are usually dreary, but the game within the game within the runaway imaginations of hometown fans is always fascinating. Watchability: D.
Chargers at Seahawks, Friday, Aug. 15, 10 p.m. Marshawn Lynch's return spares us hours of late-night speculation: trying to determine Lynch's motivations is like trying to figure out why the cat chases the laser pointer, but "make more money while you can" seems pretty straightforward. The Chargers are this preseason's designated undercard, the Unpredictable Johnny Rodz of late-night exhibition football. I am glad to have multiple opportunities to check out the rebuilt secondary and up-tempo offense, but then, I do this for a living. Watchability: C-minus.
Packers at Rams, Saturday, Aug. 16, 4 p.m. Your second gander at Michael Sam's attempt to make history. You will notice that the networks have shown Sam restraint: Rams games are relegated to NFL Network, and this one is buried at midday on a Saturday. You probably have friends beating the I AM SO SICK OF MICHAEL SAM COVERAGE drum, even though he has been nearly absent from the news cycle since the start of camp (the Dungy story blew through during the run-up). Some folks see Sam stories the way the rest of us see hornets at a picnic: one is more than they want, three is a weekend-ruining swarm. So watch this game, and think of all the people watching this game instead of watching baseball or barbecuing or going to the beach simply so they can be outraged by all the attention. Watchability: C.
Ravens at Cowboys, Saturday, Aug. 16, 7 p.m. The Cowboys printed playoff tickets and sent them to season ticket holders. There was also a printout of the team's salary cap spreadsheet with the word "Suggestions???" scrawled in thick red sharpie across the bottom. Come back in January, when Jerry Jones sends all season ticket holders an invoice for the duplication costs. Watchability: D.
Broncos at 49ers, Sunday, Aug. 17, 4 p.m. Proof positive that times have changed: none of the major networks are pretending that Peyton Manning is going to do anything in the preseason. This is the most likely Super Bowl preview on the preseason schedule, so take copious notes so you know how Brock Osweiler will attack a 49ers defense anchored by Corey Lemonier. Watchability: D.
Steelers at Eagles, Thursday, Aug. 21, 7:30 p.m. Tune in to determine the exact moment the Steelers abandon their offensive philosophy. Watchability: C-minus.
Bears at Seahawks, Friday, Aug. 22, 10 p.m. Terrelle Pryor could be on the Seahawks roster bubble for this game. Pryor is a welcome friend in the fourth quarters of preseason games: he scrambles for highlight-reel yardage, gets fans juiced, then loses his job because all it turns out all five receivers were open. Pryor has rushed for 252 yards and two touchdowns in the last two preseasons; it's not unusual for him to complete three or fewer passes yet still rush for 30-40 yards during his cameos. You take what you can get while announcers are fawning over Russell Wilson in a baseball cap and psychoanalyzing Marshawn Lynch. Watchability: C.
Buccaneers at Bills: Saturday, Aug. 23, 4:30 p.m. Forget Sharknado 2: this is the Casablanca of preseason games. The Bucs are this preseason's most interesting team. They have a new coaching staff, quarterback controversy, 20 or 30 talented young running backs competing for three jobs, Johnny Manziel's bestie at wide receiver and new faces just about everywhere. It's a travesty that they only appear on live television once, in Week 3, when the quarterback battle may be over. The Bills bring a wide-open, up-tempo offense to the party, plus some of the most exciting young receivers in the NFL. At least they might: all we saw in the Hall of Fame game were incomplete bombs and a bunch of passes batted at the line. It does not matter, because you know who the topic of conversation will be, right?
Either mute the sound or drink a shot whenever the Springsteen-turned-Ralph-Wilson wannabe is mentioned, and you will have a grand time.
Jets at Eagles, Thursday, Aug. 28, 7 p.m. It sure looks like NFL Network is saving some cash by driving the video crew over the Walt Whitman Bridge from Mount Laurel, N.J., doesn't it? The Mark Sanchez-Michael Vick prisoner exchange is scheduled for halftime. Watchability: F. (Week 4 preseason games are graded on a harsh curve.)
Seahawks at Raiders: Thursday, Aug. 28, 10 p.m. Texas A&M is playing South Carolina at 6 p.m., Boise State at Ole Miss at 8 p.m., Rutgers-Washington State at 10 p.m. You are welcome. Watchability: F.
Five Games That Should Have Been Broadcast:
Jets-Giants, Aug. 22, 7:30 p.m. Usually an ugly game, though a certain insurance company goes to great lengths to make it appear that the battle for a Snoopy statue is very, very important. That company just did not go to great enough lengths this year. We got our only look at the Giants in Sunday's Hall of Fame game. It was not pretty, but it will have to do.
Rams at Browns, Aug. 23, 8 p.m. Manziel and Sam? How did they miss this one?
Raiders at Vikings, Aug. 8, 8 p.m. The Raiders get a lot of television time this preseason, but the Vikings are shut out, despite a compelling quarterback situation, interesting new coaches, a pitched backup running back battle and the Kain Colter community interest angle. Teddy Bridgewater and Derek Carr provide two well-known rookie quarterbacks for the price of one, with Khalil Mack and Anthony Barr seeking to regain the spotlight by sacking them. This is preseason football for the connoisseur.
Dolphins at Buccaneers, Aug. 16, 7:30 p.m. As mentioned earlier, the Bucs are an awesome preseason team this year. The Dolphins aren't too shabby either: new offense, running back competition, a redemption angle to mercilessly flog. They were shut out of preseason telecasts. It's like the league is embarrassed by them for some reason.
Texans at Broncos, Aug. 23, 9 p.m. Who does Peyton Manning draw in the traditional dress rehearsal? Why, J.J. Watt and Jadeveon Clowney, of course. The Texans were shut out of the preseason telecasts, so we don't get to determine Clowney's work ethic based on 20 snaps, we don't see Bill O'Brien's spin on the Baby Belichick routine, no Tom Savage, no speculation about what meaningless title Andre Johnson will inherit upon retirement, nuttin'. The Texans even have a kicker controversy, for heaven's sake. Nothing is cooler in August than a kicker controversy. C'mon guys, flex the schedule. Replace that Colts-Saints mess with this. I promise to watch and tweet like a one-man Sharknado 2.
And Finally: Are you cool enough to drink at a bar Johnny Manziel drinks at? I am. Let me tell you what it's like to sit on the still-warm barstool of America's favorite bon vivant, socialite and quarterback-about-town.


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Blue Jays plan second Tournament 12 showcase
Canada's top college-eligible ballplayers return to Rogers Centre in September
TORONTO -- The Blue Jays Baseball Academy's annual Tournament 12 baseball showcase, which exposes college-eligible Canadian-born players to professional scouts and university recruiters, will return for its second installment at Rogers Centre from Sept. 16-20.
The tournament includes eight teams from across Canada that will represent their region and play at least five games on the big league diamond. A champion will be crowned at the end of the week, but these games are more about getting exposure for some of the country's top athletes.
"The idea for a tournament of the best of the best had been discussed in baseball circles for a while," Blue Jays senior vice president of business operations Stephen Brooks said. "We, the Blue Jays, came to the conclusion that we were in a position to make it happen and to make it happen relatively quickly.
"We were in a position where we could gather information from multiple sources, players, coaches, scouts and MLB, and then make an objective decision about who were the best players, regardless of team affiliation, association affiliation or any other association or relationship."
The tournament made its debut in 2013, and it was considered an overwhelming success. Scouts from more than 20 universities in the United States attended the event, and right-hander Andrew Case left the tournament with a contract to join the Blue Jays organization.
Case was relatively unknown until he jumped to the forefront with an impressive week at Rogers Centre. He threw a no-hitter during the semifinals to lead the Maritimes into the championship game. Case featured a 90-mph fastball with a mid-70s slider that he threw for strikes.
It was a heartwarming story for the native of Saint John, New Brunswick, and while most of the players will be competing for the attention of college scouts and not necessarily professional teams, it's still a perfect example of what a tournament like this can do for exposure of athletes.
"I have to say that I was personally very moved by the story of Andrew Case," Brooks said. "The story of him and his father waiting by the phone and then to hear that he had been signed to a Major League organization was very satisfying for all involved in the tournament. I'm a dad of two young boys, so I can understand the emotion of that moment for a proud father.
"If one Canadian kid gets the chance that they otherwise would not have received to further their education or to play professional baseball, then this tournament has achieved its goal. The encouraging part is that other kids have also received opportunities, invites to other showcases and second looks from scouts as well."
Hall of Famer Roberto Alomar is set to return as the tournament commissioner and has joined forces with JaysCare to help provide funding for the teams that will be traveling from outside of Ontario. A financial contribution of $100,000 will be made to assist with the costs of travel and also to provide accommodations for the duration of the tournament.
In addition to Alomar, there will be several other big names lending their support. Sandy Alomar Sr., Paul Quantrill, Duane Ward, Lloyd Moseby, Devon White and Jesse Barfield have already signed on, while Baseball Canada will continue to be at the forefront.
The first 10 roster spots for each team will be announced on May 28. Seven additional spots will then be named on Aug. 15, with the final tournament rosters being declared on Aug. 29. All players will be selected by the Blue Jays Baseball Academy with assistance from the club's scouting department, Baseball Canada and the Major League scouting bureau.
"We have an opportunity to give back to the city and the country a game that has given us so much," Brooks said. "The roots of baseball in this country go back to the early 1800s. Frankly, much of the game of baseball we know today originated in this country. There are more Major Leaguers from Canada than ever before, the national-team programs are very strong and the grassroots game is strong.
"Everyone who participates in baseball in this country, in whatever way, is to some degree a steward of the game in Canada. As the only MLB team in this country, our profile in the game is obviously significant; therefore, how we give back to the game should be significant as well."
Eligible players will be evaluated throughout the 2014 season at MLB Scouting Bureau tryouts, major tournaments, the Canada Cup and provincial roster selection camps. There will also be a series of invitational final evaluation camps in July and August. Exact dates and times will be available at BlueJays.com/t12.
As for the future of the tournament, it appears as though the Blue Jays are in this for the long haul and the event will only get bigger with each passing year.
"I would say the most likely next step is to add an element of foreign competition to the tournament to allow the Canadian best to prove themselves against either the best in the United States, or the best in Latin America, or the Caribbean," Brooks said. "That would add an interesting element to the tournament and gain even more interest from scouts. We have to balance that of course with our goal, which is to get exposure for our best Canadian kids. These are all things that we are discussing."


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955 73rd Ave. NE, Carrington, ND
Dakota Sun Gardens and Winery
Dakota Sun Gardens and Winery has many wines made on site available for tasting and purchase. The wines are also sold at many North Dakota bottle shops. We use as much locally and regionally grown fruits and grapes as possible. The winery is always interested in fruit purchase from other growers. Our extensive gardens and water features exhibit flower and shrubbery displays using natural rock, driftwood, and metal sculpture as accents. Meetings, groups or individuals may be arranged, with prior reservations. Beautiful garden wedding venue. The nominal per person charge includes guided garden tours and wine tastings.
Top Features
- Family-Friendly
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- Dates of Operation: may thru sept
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- Admission: $10 per person
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Local: 701-674-3316
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For example, in September 1985 when four Russian diplomats were kidnapped in Beirut by Hezbollah, the then USSR responded in kind by first abducting a family member of an Hezbollah leader and then killing him very very gruesomely. The hostages were given back right away and Russia was never targeted in Lebanon again.I remember this well as I was working for DoD in those years and traveling overseas. Casper Weinberger had given us our rules of conduct if take hostage. He called it survival with dignity. Now it's called survive with honor. An AID auditor who was held hostage in Iran and gave us our training told me you forget about your honor real fast.
Will Russia do the same today?
Anyways, as I recall, the Russians sent the family member's head back to the Hezbollah leader and our fellow Russian Military auditors worried less about terrorism then we did.


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Third Coast Percussion, an ensemble that melds the energy of rock music with the style of classical chamber works, will perform Wednesday, March 26, at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College.
The performance is part of Music at Noon: The Logan Series and takes place at noon in the McGarvey Commons of the Reed Union Building. Admission is free and free reserved parking will be available in the Reed lot.
Third Coast Percussion, the ensemble-in-residence at the University of Notre Dame's DeBartolo Performing Arts Center, is known for its strong percussion repertoire. The ensemble enhances its performances by encouraging the audience to use free iPhone and iPad apps that take a deeper look at the group's music.
In 2012, Third Coast Percussion collaborated with composer Augusta Read Thomas for the album "Resounding Earth." The recording has been lauded by critics.
"In 'Resounding Earth,' a constellation of singing, ringing and chiming bells, gongs and other metallic implements, representing cultures and traditions from around the world, serves to honor nine venerated 20th-century composers," Steve Smith wrote in a November 2013 New York Times review. "Bliss out to Ms. Thomas' transfixing shimmer on the immaculately recorded CD, and marvel at the ensemble performing the intricate work on the accompanying DVD."
Music at Noon: The Logan Series receives major support from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Kay Logan Trust, and receives additional funding from the Penn State Behrend Student Activity Fee, Pennsylvania Partners in the Arts, the Erie Arts Endowment of ArtsErie and Target.
For more information about The Logan Series or the Third Coast Percussion concert, contact series director Gary Viebranz at 814-898-6289 or email firstname.lastname@example.com.


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To date, more than half of the total funds for the project have been raised through significant donations from several contributors. The local group behind the project, led by the Monticello Elementary School Community Council, seeks to raise an additional $20,000.
The kick-off event for the community is a Fall Feast Dinner and Raffle sponsored by the Lions Club. The event is on October 18 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Monticello Elementary School cafeteria.
Proceeds from the event, which will include dinner and a raffle, will benefit the fundraising effort.
The raffle will include dozens of items with a total value worth thousands of dollars.
The Lions Club has a long history of making contributions to community projects.
In addition, proceeds of cupcake sales from One Sweet Slice will also be donated to the effort.
One Sweet Slice owner Janell (Randall) Brown, winner of Cupcake Wars, is a Monticello native.
Flights of Learning, by Monticello sculptor Bryce Pettit, represents a young child reading a book. The sculpture features six beautifully crafted birds bursting from the book.
Pettit, who owns the Pettit Wildlife Art Studio, explains that the owl represents science and math; the falcon, history; the jay, literature; the meadowlark, music; the hummingbird, fantasy; and the tern stands for the arts.
Pettit's daughter, Lydia, is the model for the female version of the statue. She is a sixth grade student at Monticello Elementary.
Other versions of the sculpture have occasionally been displayed in Veterans Memorial Park in Monticello. The latest sculpture at the park is now displayed at a permanent home at a library in Hawaii. Pettit reports that the statue can be found in locations across the country.
The San Juan School District Education Foundation will handle the funding for the project. Tax deductible donations can be sent to the foundation at 200 North Main St, Blanding, UT 84511. On the donation, identify MES statue as the project to be supported.


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Picture this year's crop of ballot issues as a mass of nasty gunk clogging your kitchen sink.
At least that's how the Colorado League of Responsible Voters wants to think about the numbered issues: Amendments 60, 61, 62 and 63 and Propositions 101 and 102. The organization, made up of labor unions and liberal groups, is running a radio ad titled, "Joe the Plumber," which, unlike Samuel Joseph Wurzelbacher, offers political advice that is not exactly Tea Party gospel.
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Plumber here, ma'am.
"Clogged sink, uh? Well, let me take a look.
"Jimminy! You've got the ugly three in here. 60, 61 and 101.
Jimminy. My gosh, you know what they do? They make a mess for our schools and roads and cut over 70,000 jobs. Stay away from that stuff.
"Holy moley! You got a 62 in here too. See the folks at the shop want that one stopped because it bans some birth control methods. You need to get that one out of here now!
"Oh, and there's a 63 in here too. Your husband's not a lawyer, is he? Too bad, 63 is a lawyer's dream. It's so misleading, it'll clog up our courts for years. And it's costly for you and me. We'll have to pay for all those lawsuits, and we'll get stuck with the higher health insurance costs.
"Well, listen, I think I got 'em all. But do me a favor, stay away from the numbers. Too many unintended consequences. Got that? Vote 'No' on all the numbers.
"Paid for by the Colorado League of Responsible Voters."
Note that Proposition 102, which would make more low-level offenders post bail, is not mentioned in the script, but voting "no on the numbers" would necessarily include defeating the measure, and liberal groups – as well as some not so liberal – are urging that the measure be shot down.


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Portrait bust, togate. of Dr James Manby Gully (1808-1883) the hydrotherapist
Carved white marble on its original socle, and black serpentine wrythen column, size (from socle) 78 cms
Signed "I LAWLOR SC. LONDON 1852" on the reverse (see photograph below)
Exhibited: London, Royal Academy 1853, number 1485
Provenance: by family descent until 2014
Forced to make a living Gully moved to London and set up a practice in Leicester Square, Soho. In 1831 he married a family friend, Fanny Court (d. 1838); between 1832 and 1837 they had four children (two boys and two girls) and to supplement his income Gully also established his journalistic career, as co-editor of the London Medical and Surgical Journal and the Liverpool Medical Gazette. In the former he published in 1834–5 a condensed account of Broussais's 'Lectures on general pathology', and in the latter F. Magendie's 'The rationale of morbid symptoms'; both were well received, as had been his 1834 translation, with teaching notes, of Tiedemann's Physiologie des Menschen. About this time Gully was also elected a fellow of the Royal Medical and Chirurgical Society of London, and a fellow of the Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh.
In 1836 Gully moved his practice west to Sackville Street in Piccadilly, where he became a neighbour to his future collaborator, Dr James Wilson, with whom he shared the radical medical view that much of current medical practice was 'effete, inefficient, if not positively harmful' (Gully). Gully was a moderate Liberal in his politics. In 1838 family tragedy struck again when his wife, Fanny, died of smallpox; Gully managed to continue to write and socialize and his adaptation of Dumas's The Lady of Bellisle opened at the Drury Lane Theatre on 4 December 1839. But in 1840 his youngest daughter, also named Fanny, died of croup, and shortly afterwards, on 14 October 1840, Gully married a widow, Frances Kibble, who was seventeen years older than himself. The marriage was a failure from the start since Frances refused to undertake care of the children, and they separated shortly afterwards. During this period Gully was still active in the medical field, producing a tract on nervous diseases in 1837, and his first exploratory work on physiology, The Simple Treatment of Disease Deduced from the Methods of Expectancy and Revulsion, in 1842.
That same year James Wilson came back from Graefenburg in Austria, 'filled to the brim' (Gully) with the hydropathic water cures practised by Vincent Priessnitz and determined to introduce them into England. The two friends joined forces, and finding Malvern, Worcestershire, an 'appropriate locality for the practice of hydropathy' (ibid.) Wilson at once settled there, followed a few months afterwards by Gully and his family. Malvern was a small old spa town, and Wilson was able to purchase a bankrupt hotel while Gully took on two large houses in Wells Road. Wilson's book The Water Cure (1842–3), published immediately on his return, brought the first patients in, and from then on both practices flourished, bringing a new 'health industry' to Malvern. Acting as both partners and rivals, Gully and Wilson were quickly able to re-equip their houses as 'sanatoriums' with all the requisite indoor and outdoor baths and douches. The outdoor regime was strict and invigorating, but not gruelling (donkey rides were a speciality), and throughout the 1840s and 1850s Malvern attracted a stream of celebrated visitors, including royalty. Gully wrote his most popular work, The Water Cure in Chronic Disease, in 1846, and from 1847 onwards he treated, among others, Alfred Tennyson, Thomas Carlyle, Bishop Wilberforce, and Charles Darwin. He became editor of the Water Cure Journal in 1848. Gully continued to be intellectually radical in his therapeutics, and later developed an interest in mesmerism and homoeopathy; he also wrote a popular Guide to Domestic Hydrotherapeia in 1863. Wilson's was the larger hydro, but Gully was more involved in the development of the town. Between 1856 and 1866 he was chairman of the Malvern Improvement Commissioners, he started the Malvern News, and he supervised the building of a new railway station, a luxury hotel, gas works, and a new school, Malvern College—not without some resistance from local inhabitants. For relaxation, Gully spent three months of each year on the continent, and in later life he became a fervent believer in spiritualism, acting as the friend and protector to the spiritualist medium Daniel Dunglas Home and his family. He also edited Drawings Descriptive of Spirit Life and Progress. By a Child Twelve Years of Age (1874).
In 1867 James Wilson died and, though he had been estranged from Gully for many years, it was the end of an era. Five years later in 1872 Gully resigned his practice to his partner Dr W. T. Fernie, with full public honours. His retirement was blighted, however, after 1876, when his name was linked intimately with a woman friend, Mrs Charles Bravo, who was accused of murdering her husband. The Bravo case caused a popular sensation and ruined Gully's professional reputation. He withdrew from public life, and died on 27 March 1883 at Orwell Lodge, Bedford Hill Road, Balham, London. His last work, A Monograph on Fever and its Treatment by Hydrotherapeutic Means, was edited posthumously in 1885 by his son, a future speaker of the House of Commons, William Court Gully.
Gully's publications include:
A systematic treatise on comparative physiology, introductory to the Physiology of man. Vol. I / [Friedrich Tiedemann]; translated, with notes, from the German, (with J. Hunter Lane, 1834)
Formulary for the Preparation and Employment of Several New Remedies, such as morphine codeine, prussic acid, strychnine, veratrine, hydrocyanic ether, sulphate of quinine (etc) "(1835)
Lectures on the moral and physical attributes of men of genius and talent, 1836
An exposition of the symptoms, essential nature, and treatment of neuropathy, or nervousness. London: John Churchill. (1837)
The simple treatment of disease deduced from the methods of expectancy and revulsion. London: John Churchill. (1842)
The Dangers of the Water Cure, and its Efficacy Examined and Compared with those of the Drug Treatment of Diseases; and an Explanation of its Principles and Practice; with an account of Cases Treated at Malvern, and a Prospectus of the Water Cure Establishment at That Place. London: Cunningham & Mortimer. With James Wilson M.D., (1843)
The Water-Cure in Chronic Disease; An Exposition of the causes, progress, and termination of various chronic diseases of the digestive organs, lungs, nerves, limbs, and skin; and of their treatment by water, and other hygienic means London: John Churchill. (1846).
A guide to domestic hydro-therapeia: the water cure in acute disease, (1869)
Drawings descriptive of spirit life and progress. By a child twelve years of age, (ed. James Manby Gully, 1874)
A Monograph on Fever and its Treatment by Hydrotherapeutic Means. London: Simpkin, Marshall & Co. (1885. Posthumous publication of unfinished work)
John Lawlor (c1820 Dublin –1901 London) was an Irish sculptor and medallist, elected to the Royal Hibernian Academy in 1861. He spent most of his career working in London, specialising in poetic subjects and portrait busts. He is noted for various statues in London, his 1881 bronze statues of Patrick Sarsfield in the grounds of St John's Cathedral in Limerick, and the 1889 statue of Bishop Delany at St Mary's Cathedral in Cork.
Lawlor received his art training at the Royal Dublin Society's Schools, studying sculpture under John Smyth (c1773-1840). In 1843 the Royal Irish Art Union purchased his "Cupid pressing Grapes into the Glass of Time," and was won as a prize by the Countess of Ranfurly. He exhibited a "Boy and Dog" at the Royal Hibernian Academy in 1844, and was one of eight artists commissioned to produce the plaques on the corners of the Albert Memorial in Kensington Gardens, also executing the large group "Engineering."
In 1845 he moved to London, soon being recognised as an accomplished sculptor, first living in Wyndham Street, then moving to Stanhope Street, Hampstead Road, where he was still staying in the 1880s. After his arrival in London he worked for a period with John Thomas, helping to create some of the figures adorning the exterior of the Houses of Parliament, though it is difficult to attribute individual figures to one or the other. In 1847 he joined the Royal Academy schools on Thomas's recommendation. His first exhibition at the Royal Academy was in 1848: the present sculpture was exhibited there in 1853, as "Bust in marble of J.M. Gully MD" one of some 62 works shown between 1848 and 1879. His other RA exhibit of 1853 hints at his profound belief in Irish Republicanism: "The Emigrant – so loath to part from all we love, etc"1
From his first contribution in 1844 he continued to exhibit at intervals with the Royal Hibernian Academy. His "Bather" was exhibited there in 1851, and at the Dublin International Exhibition in 1853, and was later rendered in marble for the Prince Consort and placed at Osborne in 1856. His statuette, "Solitude," and the group "Suffer little Children to come unto Me", were purchased by the Art Union, and appeared in the London Exhibition of 1851.
Other works by Lawlor which received acclaim were "Titania," a marble statue in the Royal Academy in 1868, the "Emigrant" of 1853 and "Clio". He visited America in 1886, and received a number of commissions, remaining there until the autumn of 1888. On his return he stayed in Cork for some time, finishing the statue of Bishop Delany which was placed outside the Cathedral, and some statues for the Queenstown church in Cork. He did quite a number of busts including that of "Daniel O'Connell," "Smith O'Brien," "O'Connor Power" and "James O'Kelly, M.P." He was a popular figure in London's artistic and literary circles, his tall, striking appearance, ready wit, genial manner and fine baritone making him a sought-after guest. He did not produce a steady output, but rather worked only when the inclination took him or when obliged by financial necessity, and thus did not provide for his old age. He remained a bachelor his entire life.
His sister Bridget had married John Kelly, a blacksmith and draymaker, and remained in Dublin. When her husband died in 1861, she herself in poor health, moved to London with her 5 children. Aloysius, the youngest boy, would eventually become an accomplished painter under the name Aloysius O'Kelly. In London, John Lawlor had become a loyal supporter of the secret Irish Republican Brotherhood or Fenians,2 and was careful to keep his political affiliations out of his public life as an artist. His home was regarded as a safe house by the movement.
View of the reverse of the sculpture showing the signature and inscription.


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Family vacations can be fun, exciting, and an enormous headache. Conflicts about interests, how to get there, and finances can get in the way of your good time. Finding the right balance of planning and spontaneity will reduce the chances of unwanted surprises. Here are some tips to help you get the most of your vacation relaxation.
Plan Ahead
Deciding where and when to go on vacation is often the most difficult challenge. Sometimes spontaneous decisions work out great, but more often than not planning for a family trip will make things easier, even though it can take many months. How can you start that process? Here are some ideas:
- Sit down with the family and discuss what type of vacation you are looking for. Relaxation? Culture? Adventure? Beach? Maybe a combination of all of them?
- Do some research or enlist the help of a seasoned travel agent. They usually know the ins and outs of a particular destination and will think of things you will not.
- Starting early will give you wider options for airline, hotel, and car rental deals.
- Get everyone involved. You may not accept all ideas, but it will give you a good start in knowing what members of the family are thinking about.
- Decide on land, air, or sea? How are you getting to where you are going?
- If you fly, familiarize yourself with the US Transportation Security Administration regulations. You will avoid a lot of problems if you know what to expect.
Be Flexible
Planning is important, but whenever you travel, flexibility is a must. Many things can occur that will cause you to change your plans. There will always be things that you have no control over, such as traffic, bad weather, sick children, and delayed or cancelled flights. Adapting to change is important for you and those you travel with.
Auto Travel
If you choose the car, getting there may not be half the fun. Think of safe car games to help pass the time. Discuss landmarks like state welcome signs, historic sites, mountains, and oceans that will be passed each day. This gives everyone something to look for.
Some other tips to help make the road a happier place include:
- Get your car serviced before you leave the driveway.
- Map out your trip and highlight the attractions along the way.
- Wear comfortable, but seasonally appropriate clothing.
- Make your car a home on wheels. Pillows, blankets, games, and music can help keep your non-drivers comfortable and occupied.
- Involve everyone by giving them a job. There is plenty to do before you go, so divide up the chores and make a game out of it.
- Take breaks. Moving around helps keep you alert. This is where flexibility comes in, especially if someone needs to stop for a restroom frequently.
Air Travel
Be aware of rules and routines that you will encounter before you go to the airport. Here are some other tips that will help make the trip to the airport a bit smoother:
- Know your airline's baggage rules. You may be charged extra fees for bags if you do not know their policy.
- Avoid peak times, especially during the holidays.
- Book seat assignments as far in advance as you can so you can all sit together.
- Print your boarding passes at home to save time at the ticket counter.
- Get to the airport early. It's better to have too much time than not enough.
When You Get There
It is wise to plan extra time for all activities. If one activity does not take as long, you can always opt to go somewhere else or just stay and relax a bit. However, if you are constantly aware of the time and feel pressured to make it to the next destination, you are not truly vacationing.
When you make your plans, create some free time each day so each member of your family can enjoy some activities they may want to do. It is okay to split up and meet later on. Then you can talk about your daily adventures over breakfast or dinner.
Pack Appropriately
Planning ahead for packing is a great idea. When you do, keep these tips in mind:
- Make a list, modify it if necessary, but stick with it.
- Check the weather and plan accordingly. There are many online weather services that can give you an estimate of what the weather may be during your stay.
- Bring clothes that are comfortable for traveling.
One of the greatest stresses of a family vacation is spending too much money. Decide ahead of time how much money you can comfortably spend on the vacation. You may need to postpone some activities for another vacation.
Rest stops, gift shops, restaurants, and hotel lobbies can be tempting places to spend money. Set aside a certain amount of money for different categories, such as hotel, food, gas, entertainment, and miscellaneous.
It is natural for children to want to buy things that will remind them of their vacation. Give your children a certain amount of money to spend. This works well for children over 5 years old. In addition to taking the pressure off every time you pass a souvenir display, your child is learning the value of money and wise decision-making.
Make Wise Food Choices
It is easy to resort to an unhealthy diet on vacation. Try to maintain good eating habits, allowing some opportunities to splurge. Here are some ways to keep you eating right:
- Research the safety of food and water at your destination.
- Research food handling at your destination.
- Avoid the hotel mini bar.
- Eat only when you are hungry.
- Try to eat smaller meals throughout the day.
- Eat healthy snacks to curb hunger and cravings.
Pack healthy snacks and keep them handy. They are also useful if there is a long wait to be seated at a restaurant.
Deal With Health Issues
If you travel with a chronic disease, make sure you know what you need so you do not have any health-related setbacks.
- Allergies—Healthy traveling with allergies
- Cancer—Traveling with cancer
- Diabetes—Taking care of your diabetes when you are away from home
- Heart disease—Traveling with heart disease
- Pack your medications in your carry-on so you have them if your luggage gets lost. Get them refilled before you leave so you will not run out. Find more information here.
This is probably the most important rule for enjoying your vacation. Your sense of humor may be the most valuable item you bring along. Do not let the vacation be the time you discuss all the things that irritate you about the other family members. This is a time for you to enjoy your family, so take advantage of the relaxed schedule to talk, play, and laugh.
- Reviewer: Michael Woods, MD
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A global, nomadic approach to personal and professional life is a key factor to the success of millionaires around the world.
Eighty-eight percent of millionaires who left their birth country in search success rated quality of life as important and 79% family cited needs, while 67% said business interests were a key factor, according to a new research report.
Wealth Through the Prism of Culture and Mobility, released Monday by RBC Wealth Management and The Economist Intelligence Unit, investigated the investment, wealth transfer and charitable-giving behaviors of individuals who lived, worked or spent more than half their time outside their country of origin and had investable assets of at least $1 million.
The report examined how their global paths influenced the key wealth decisions of internationally mobile wealthy individuals.
"As globalized economies converge, high-net-worth individuals have increasingly international footprints, with personal and professional interests in multiple geographies," George Lewis, group head of RBC Wealth Management & Insurance, said in a statement.
"Our experience working with high net worth clients around the world shows that their success is often strongly influenced by a global perspective about building, protecting and ultimately transferring wealth to future generations."
The survey found that 60% of internationally mobile wealthy individuals generated the majority of their income from their country of residence, and 48% invested the majority of their income back into that country; 32% invested primarily in their country of origin.
IMWIs took a similarly global approach to what they invested in, with 36% favoring global equities, compared with 25% of millionaires who had stayed in their home country.
Real estate topped the list of preferred asset classes for the internationally mobile wealthy, with 53% having it as a high or very high proportion of their portfolio. Those living in the Asia/Pacific region in particular invested heavily in real estate compared with their counterparts in North America and Western Europe: 31% versus 7% and 10%, respectively.
Mobile millionaires were also more likely to invest significantly in precious metals compared with their home-based wealthy peers (21% versus 13%).
The most common approach to wealth transfer, for 33% of respondents, was to leave enough to their family so they would be comfortable but still have to work for a living. But again, regional differences were telling.
Forty-one percent of those from Asia/Pacific were the most likely to leave all their assets to their families, compared with 27% of IMWIs from other regions. For their part, North Americans were the most likely to leave assets to charity, with 29% planning significant donations compared with just 11% of IMWIs from other markets.
Despite these varied plans, 37% of respondents did not have a will and 34% admitted to not fully understanding the tax regimes their assets were subject to, factors that might affect what their families and charitable causes would inherit.
Birth country influences charitable giving as part of an estate plan, but country of residence affects current donations among mobile millionaires, probably because of levels of government social spending and charitable tax benefits.
Seventy-six percent of North American respondents preferred to give where they lived, while 48% of those in Asia/Pacific were more focused on their birth countries, 38% to causes where they resided and 13% to causes in other countries.
Children's charities received 27% of total donations from respondents followed by 13% for health, 12% for education and 11% for poverty reduction causes.
The study provided the following "fast facts" about internationally mobile wealthy individuals:
- They are generally self-made, having earned their wealth as professionals (29%), entrepreneurs (17%) or executives of public organizations (12%). Thirty percent grew up with wealthy parents.
- Millionaires aged 40 and under generated wealth through more diverse means, with only 17% earning wealth as professionals, compared with 26% of those in the 41-to-50 group and 41% of those older than 50.
- Respondents born in Asia/Pacific generated wealth at a younger age, with 46% aged 40 and under, compared with just 19% of those from other regions.
- Twenty-nine percent of residents of Singapore and 28% in the U.K. were most likely to have three or more personal residences, compared with 18% of those in Canada and 9% of those in the U.S.


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Roskelley learns to zero in on slim window for climb
Sun., Feb. 24, 2013
Ten years ago, a 20-year-old Jess Roskelley had all sorts of modern technology at his fingertips when he seized a moment of fame as the youngest American to climb Mount Everest.
Music on his iPod helped soothe the Spokane climber, as did his father, John Roskelley, through long periods in tents as they waited for better weather. A satellite phone and laptop allowed them to blog and communicate around the world.
But not until last year did Jess embrace another way to approach climbing using the information high-tech tools could provide.
It's called "smash- and-grab" climbing, a concept, perfected by Alaska climber John Frieh, that helps alpinists zero in on the perfect window of conditions, Roskelley said.
Smash-and-grab calls for monitoring weather, snowfall, snowpack, ice conditions and other factors in a certain area to peg the best moment for getting in fast, climbing quickly and getting out just as fast while conditions are prime.
Other necessary factors include being fit, packed and ready to go and having an equally committed partner.
"The benefits dawned on me last year as I was doing a typical alpine climb in the traditional manner," Roskelley said. "I was sitting there on Mount Hunter (near Alaska's Mount McKinley). I was sitting there for two weeks waiting for the right weather window – and I never got it."
Roskelley said he made a point to contact Frieh, who has made a mark in climbing circles. Since his first trip in 2009, Frieh has climbed at least one significant first ascent or first winter ascent each year in Alaska using smash-and-grab techniques.
"John is a climber, but he's also a father with a job," Roskelley said. "He's especially successful because he's extremely good at figuring out weather and snowpack and when good ice will be on a route. He figures it out by monitoring how much snow's fallen, what systems are coming in and going out, things like that.
"He picks the right time and he's ready in a moment's notice to go. He's climbing mountains that have taken good climbers two or three weeks with all their sitting around and doing them round-trip in, say, three days."
Frieh offered to include Roskelley in a significant smash-and-grab climb when the opportunity arose.
Roskelley, a pro climber, also works on Alaska's North Slope, where he's logged many significant climbs taking advantage of his two-weeks on, two-weeks off work schedule. He's well-versed in Alaska transportation and dealing with the weather, such as the 47 degrees below-zero temperatures he was enduring when this interview was conducted last week by phone.
"Knowing how to get around is part of the trick to smash-and-grab," he said. "Alaska is well set up for it because of all the air services that can land you on remote glaciers with little notice if the weather is good."
Indeed, Roskelley was pheasant hunting south of Spokane in October when he got Frieh's call on his mobile phone.
"He said he had the weather window and I said, 'Let's go,' " Roskelley recalled.
"I immediately booked a flight to Alaska. I left the next day. We got a shuttle flight to a glacier, made the mixed rock-and-ice climb of Mount Wake in cold but perfect conditions and I was all the way back home in Spokane a few days later. It was awesome."
Frieh and Roskelley named the route The Cook Inlet and rated it Grade 4, Alpine Ice 4 Mixed 4, elevation 9,100 feet.
"I'm hooked on smash-and-grab," Roskelley said.
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We all love any frozen dessert we can get our hands on, but how much do we really know about their history?
Do you ever wonder what early ice creams tasted like, or how people managed to make them before the invention of the ice cream maker? We did. And would you ever consider using a microwave to make your custard base? One of us might. Today, we're taking a historical look at ice cream.
1768: Fromage aux Eplngles ou à l'Anglois: Pin or English Ice Cream
Back when anything in France referred to as "L'Anglois" was considered fashionable, a funny little recipe popped up in the cookbook L'Art de Bien Faire Les Glaces d'Office by a man mysteriously only known as M. Emy. Instead of emphasizing smoothness and creaminess -- historically the two most appealing qualities of ice cream -- this recipe called for milk, sugar, and cream, frozen solid. This allowed large ice crystals to form -- on purpose! The crystals melt immediately as you eat the ice, giving a tingling sensation on the tongue (hence the "pin" reference in the title). It was considered a novelty back then, and we'd have to agree.
Don't let the name "fromage" in the title fool you, however; cheese ice creams didn't pop up until 1817.
1778: The Oldest Sorbet
The oldest sorbet recipe we could find also dates back to the 18th century -- a time when frozen treats were only made for royalty and aristocracy because ice and cream were rather expensive. In a cookbook called Il Credenziere du Buon Gusto, Vincenzo Corrado included several recipes for sorbets, but the one that really that stuck out to us is his Sorbetto di Candito d'uova, or Egg Candy Sorbet. The recipe calls for thirty (30!) egg yolks and thirty-six ounces of sugar syrup. He suggests flavoring it with cinnamon water or oil, but that's optional. We usually think of sorbet as fruity and egg-free -- but back then super sweet and super rich were all the rage.
1885: Mrs. Marshall's "Cheap" Ice Cream (and Cones Too)
Let's jump ahead to Victorian England and take a look into the life of Mrs. Agnes B. Marshall, a prominent ice cream monger who did a lot to bring ice cream to the masses. Mrs. Marshall patented her own ice cream maker, and tinkered with using liquid nitrogen to make ice cream. Her Book of Ices includes a recipe for "Cornets with Cream," which may be the first publication of the ice cream cone.
But our favorite recipe is the ice cream Mrs. Marshall gave the title of "Cheap." It consists of four ingredients: cornstarch, sugar, whole milk, and vanilla extract. The exclusion of eggs and cream makes this recipe not only "cheap" but easy to make too, since there's no need to worry about overcooking a custard base. Thanks to Mrs. Marshall, cooks of all skill levels and economic standlings were able to enjoy frozen desserts made in their own homes. For that, we raise our ice cream cones to her.
1880s: Alice B. Toklas's Treasured Ice Cream Recipe
The Alice B. Toklas Cook Book was published in 1954, but includes recipes from much earlier. There's a chapter called "Treasures" -- we think everyone should think about recipes this way -- and naturally, ice cream and other desserts appear early in the chapter. Her explanation for this is simple: "My collecting of treasures began with Sweets ... For when one is young, that is what interests one most; the rest follows. So this is one of the earliest."
Toklas grew up in San Francisco in the 1880s and her treasured ice cream recipe came from her mother's cook, Nora. Nora's recipe requires no cooking and no churning, just some whisking and folding, and it's only four sentences long. Want to see it? Here it is:
1 quart whipped cream sweetened with 3/4 cup icing sugar. Add 1 1/4 cups raspberry jelly slightly melted. Fold in the beaten whites of 5 eggs. Freeze.
We made this recipe in the test kitchen and are happy to report that it tastes great, but its texture is more like mousse than ice cream. It's also very rich, almost buttery, and "coats your tongue the way custard coats a spoon" as Kenzi put it. We'll attribute the heaviness to the whole pint of cream (which is fun to whisk by hand). Nora's ice cream tastes old-fashioned, and if you're interested in that kind of thing, we suggest you try it.
1929: Rocky Road Ice Cream
Toasted almonds and marshmallows mixed in with chocolate ice cream? Genius, we know. The combination of chocolate, almonds, and marshmallows was born first in a Rocky Road candy bar -- and was later adopted by William Dreyer, the Professor of Advanced Ice Cream Manufacturing at the University of California in Davis, in 1929 (yes, that profession existed). The flavor has been an American bestseller ever since. Since cutting up marshmallows was such a pain for Dreyer, a supplier began developing mini-marshmallows solely for the purpose of being mixed into ice cream -- and yet another American classic was born.
1980s: Microwave Ice Cream
Remember when microwave cooking was all the rage? People even found a way to make ice cream -- yep, ice cream -- in the microwave. You make a custard base in the microwave, just like you'd make on a stove, then cool it and freeze it. If you watch your base like a hawk, you can even make it with eggs, but cornstarch is usually the safer option.
Be honest, have you ever tried this? Would you ever try it?
Want more ice cream history? Check out our favorite book Ice Creams, Sorbets, and Gelati: The Definitive Guide by Caroline and Robin Weir.
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Sunday, October 2, 2011
Fairytale Finish
Remember this one? I began it back in April by joining two lovely fabric lines together...Heather Ross's Far Far Away II and Denyse Schmidt Hope Valley.
Combining the cotton Hope Valley with the heavier linen base Far Far Away worked out really well and they sewed up beautifully together.
Having the gorgeous fairytale fabrics like Rapunzel, Sleeping Beauty and Owl and the Pussycat, I decided I must find a castle to hang this quilt off. Not too far from me is the gorgeous Manyung Art Gallery that looks just like a miniature castle don't you think?!
To go along with the fairytale theme I wanted to quilt this one in a bit of a fanciful manner, so I did a curvy zigzag over every seam...
and then used stipple stitch in the fairytale blocks only (click on the photo's to get a better look!).
The back of the quilt was designed by using leftovers from my stash piles plus an extra yard of orange and purple.
I'm really happy with how it turned out.
A finish always feel great! xo
51 comments:
- Chookyblue...... said...
looks great Cathy..........I love this fabric you have made a super cute quilt.........
- October 2, 2011 at 3:09 PM
- Shocking Hocking said...
looks fantastic - not too cutesy - just perfect.
- October 2, 2011 at 3:28 PM
- Jan said...
Lovely finish Cath. Those two fabric ranges mix well. I like the squiggly quilting over the seams I did this on one of my recent quilts to. Well done. I do like trying out the fancy stitches on my Janome.
- October 2, 2011 at 3:47 PM
- Andi said...
Gorgeous work (as always)!
I never liked the Hope Valley range but you have given me a new perspective ;-)
- October 2, 2011 at 3:50 PM
- Unknown said...
Sure Do Cathy...Great use of 2 fabric ranges your quilt looks Great...Love the Back Drop too.
- October 2, 2011 at 4:34 PM
- bec said...
those 2 lines together look like they were made for each other!Gorgeous!
- October 2, 2011 at 4:55 PM
- Peg - Happy In Quilting said...
Wow just so cute Cathy....you have once again done an amazing job...
- October 2, 2011 at 5:08 PM
- Donna~~ said...
A lovely finish, and such an appropriate setting for your photos! Your fabric lines certainly played well together!
- October 2, 2011 at 5:16 PM
Just gorgeous Cathy - love it! And what a great setting for your photos.
- October 2, 2011 at 5:37 PM
- Karen @ Pieces of Contentment said...
Your quilt is lovely and your setting for the photos perfect Cathy.
- October 2, 2011 at 5:48 PM
- Oops-Lah said...
Great quilt and I just love the way you took the photos. Very clever indeed!
- October 2, 2011 at 6:08 PM
- Catherine said...
I love how these two fabric collections go together and your quilting design is very effective! I wish I had that wavy zig-zag on my machine.
- October 2, 2011 at 6:26 PM
- antique quilter said...
just adorable!!!! great finish.
what a photographer :)
- October 2, 2011 at 7:02 PM
- Lynne (Lily's Quilts) said...
Oh Cathy, this is so beautiful - you make such a huge variety of quilts and they're always wonderful. It's my birthday tomorrow so perhaps you could pop this one in the post to me ... :-)
- October 2, 2011 at 8:15 PM
What a great place to take a picture of a beautiful quilt, love it
- October 2, 2011 at 8:49 PM
- Lurline said...
So lovely, Cathy - your backdrop ... just divine!
Hugs - Lurline♥
- October 2, 2011 at 9:44 PM
- Lurline said...
oh, Cathy - your stash has me fascinated - one day you must write a looong post on it!
Hugs - Lurline♥
- October 2, 2011 at 9:45 PM
- Cardygirl said...
Looks great Cathy...love the fabrics together...love the setting for the pics too!
- October 2, 2011 at 10:04 PM
- Lisa said...
Those two lines work so well together and I never would have thought so, great idea to mix them. Your quilt is lovely and I really love that you had a castle to photograph it on! Hahaha. Perfect!
- October 2, 2011 at 10:44 PM
- Unknown said...
The perfect place for a photo shoot with your perfect quilt! It just looks gorgeous! The quilting is just right too.
- October 2, 2011 at 11:29 PM
- Brianna said...
Your quilt is gorgeous Cathy, I need to use my pieces of that fabric up too so I can buy more! Thank you for your well wishes too. xox
- October 2, 2011 at 11:36 PM
- Nedra said...
Great place for a photo shoot for your quilt! The fabrics look beautiful together, and as always, you've done a wonderful job.
- October 2, 2011 at 11:50 PM
- Barb said...
What a lovely quilt!
- October 3, 2011 at 12:00 AM
- fiberchick said...
What a fantastic marriage of the two fabric lines. As usual, your quilt is lovely!
- October 3, 2011 at 12:02 AM
- West Michigan Quilter said...
What a beautiful quilt. Love those fabrics. I never would have thought to put those two different lines together. Great idea.
- October 3, 2011 at 12:44 AM
- Sheila said...
Two cute quilts in one! Beautifully quilted! Great job. LOVE IT!
- October 3, 2011 at 1:25 AM
- Helen in Switzerland said...
Really nice Cathy - simple but extremely effective - and the back is gorgeous!
- October 3, 2011 at 1:44 AM
- Julierose said...
Those purple flower blocks are my favorite--it does look like it should be hung in a castle...Julierose
- October 3, 2011 at 3:38 AM
- Ruth said...
That quilt is beautiful! And I love the fairytale castle photo setting! Genius!
- October 3, 2011 at 5:35 AM
- Clair said...
This quilt is fabulous! Great use of two different weight fabrics, and don't the two ranges look like they were just meant to go together.
- October 3, 2011 at 8:13 AM
- meli B said...
How did you ever get that quilt to hang up so high?
Best combo of two fabric ranges. I love everything about the quilt. The quilting, the design, the backing, just everything. It would be a great one to send off to a publisher.
- October 3, 2011 at 8:52 AM
- Tatkis said...
Adorable and really fairy quilt! Fabrics are just lovely together!
- October 3, 2011 at 11:25 AM
- Brenda said...
- October 3, 2011 at 3:55 PM
- Red Pepper Quilts - Rita Hodge said...
Beautiful Cathy! Amazing photos ...
- October 3, 2011 at 5:25 PM
- Michelle @ the quilted tortoise said...
Soooo pretty Cathy! Let me know if you ever need a partner in crime for interesting photo shoots!!
- October 3, 2011 at 8:00 PM
- Sarah said...
Gosh, you should be happy - it's bloody gorgeous! Your stippling is so good...wow! Aren't the yellows and oranges beautiful too? I'm really keen to use yellow in a project in the near future and you have motivated me to find some beautiful ones. Xxx
- October 3, 2011 at 8:13 PM
- Abby and Stephanie said...
A perfect setting for a Fairytale Quilt.
- October 3, 2011 at 10:46 PM
I love this and what a perfect marriage of the linen & cotton weight fabrics! Do you mind sharing what sized blocks you used?
- October 4, 2011 at 12:01 AM
- mieke said...
I love this quilt, Cathy, and since there is a grandbaby coming ( in december!!!)...I might be inspired!!! I don't know if it will be a boy or a girl, but your colorsheme is perfect for both!x
We have our last warm days here ( 27° C is really exceptionnal for october, by the end of the week, it will only be 13° C!) and I have started a christmas project with Lynette Andersons gorgeous "skandinavian christmas"- line...
x Mieke
- October 4, 2011 at 4:40 AM
- Hi! My name is erica. Would you be my friend? said...
Wonderful! This one is still my favorite. The back is great! :)
- October 4, 2011 at 2:34 PM
- MulticoloredPieces said...
I must say, the fabrics you use are so fun! Really liked your appliqué flower block too.
best, nadia
- October 4, 2011 at 8:36 PM
- Marit said...
Congratulations! Love how you mixed two of my most favorite lines in a beautiful quilt.
; )
I might have to cut into my most precious stash? Funny how some fabric seems to pretty to use. You are an inspiration!
- October 4, 2011 at 9:12 PM
- myBearpaw said...
I love that gorgeous colour palette - sigh. And the simple design really shows off the beautiful fabrics. I finally started that all Liberty EPP star quilt, but now my blog has broken and won't update so I can't share it with anybody!! Double sigh.
- October 4, 2011 at 10:54 PM
- Susie said...
I've been watching the progress of this one as I have some Far Far and Away also and not sure what I will do with it. As always you are inspirining and this quilt is gorgeous! Happy Stitching, Susie
- October 5, 2011 at 1:39 PM
- Paula Hensley Murphy said...
totally awesome. I love this quit. You put so much thought into your pictures of it also. Thanks for the inspiration.
- October 6, 2011 at 9:28 PM
- Julia said...
Beautifil Cathy...What a great backdrop setting for the quilt..
Julia ♥
- October 7, 2011 at 11:17 AM
- Cate - Urban Quilts said...
Lovely quilt Cathy. Well Done. The colours look good in a plain square setting. You are an amazing professional quilter to be able to put the colours together, piece it so carefully and precisely and then quilt it on your own maching. Amazing work. Fantastic.
- October 10, 2011 at 10:28 AM
- Ailsa (Cape Pincushion) said...
The colours and shapes are so harmonious, its perfect!
- October 13, 2011 at 5:51 PM
- imquilternity said...
Oh, I love this quilt Cathy. The colors and fabrics are just wonderful and your photos and photo locations are perfect to highlight it.
- October 17, 2011 at 3:22 PM
- Cynthia said...
This is so cute and I love your castle pics!
- October 24, 2011 at 10:47 AM
- Helen @vintageglorybox on Insta and FB said...
Oh my!! This is just gorgeous!!
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It's amazing how quickly a person's life can change in this day and age. And for Tyson Smith, who is quickly rising the ranks of Ring of Honor as Kenny Omega, it changed for the better.
Smith grew up with the dream of one day working for the WWE. But he never expected that dream to have a fairytale ending. He remembers watching wrestling with the men in his family and cheering for his hero the Ultimate Warrior. He would point The Warrior out to his father and say he wanted to be like him. As Smith reflected on his childhood memories, he wondered where the time went.
It seems like one day he went to sleep as Tyson Smith, a scrawny 16-year-old kid, stocking shelves at an IGA supermarket in Winnipeg, and woke up the next morning as a professional wrestler named Kenny Omega.
Smith began taking his goal of being a professional wrestler seriously in his pre-teen years, and remembers asking his father for a weight set one Christmas.
"I always liked the Ultimate Warrior, but I knew that because of my size, I was never going to be as big as him," Smith said. "So I started setting realistic goals for myself and it wasn't until I reached the age of 12 or 13 that I started to respect the technical side of wrestling and I became a fan of guys like The Rockers and Bret Hart, because they were closer to my size."
Smith might have been labeled a hardcore fan on more than one level. He started doing some backyard wrestling with his friends before ever being trained professionally. Eventually he realized that in order to make it to the WWE, he would need some professional training. He signed up for a school in Winnipeg, where he would meet his first great mentor.
"After training for a little while, the school was taken over by a man named Bob St. Laurent, who competed as Bobby Jay," Smith said. "Bob actually recognized me from the IGA. He used to shop there regularly and it was great to see him again, but I didn't expect it to be there."
Smith was also heavily into hockey at the time and because of that athletic background, he was able to endure a lot more than the average 16-year-old and he had the full support of his family.
"As long as my grades didn't slip and I continued with hockey, my parents had no problem signing the waiver," Smith said. "When you grow up as a wrestling fan and dream of being in the business, sometimes it feels like an eternity, so me turning 16 didn't come soon enough."
So it was now time for Tyson Smith to become Kenny Omega. Probably the hardest decision a wrestler has to make in the early stages of his/her career is to decide on a name. The name can come from seemingly anywhere, but sometimes, it's taken from the most unique places.
"I was playing Final Fantasy 8 one day and there was this really hard super boss called Omega Weapon," Smith said. "I know Omega means the end, and I thought it would be cool to call myself Omega, signifying the end for my opponents. I really can't say where I got the name Kenny. A lot of people ask me why I don't just use my real name Tyson and I really don't have an answer for that. I just think that Kenny Omega sounds better because it rolls right off the tongue and Tyson didn't really click for me."
Another concern for Smith was his gimmick. Originally, he was to be a Hawaiian surfer. The problem with that is that when it came to surfing, Smith was a novice. Needless to say, there aren't many surfers in Winnipeg.
"I was really down on wrestling at the time. Being a surfer wasn't me and I really didn't do anything surfer-ish," Smith said. "Besides wrestling, my other major passion is video games and I decided to go for a gimmick from a video game. I was a fan of Streetfighter and I tried to use some of the moves from the video game. I felt much more confident being myself and it showed in my performance."
In 2006, Smith was in for the shock of his life. He didn't know it at the time, but his dream was just about to come true.
"I was wrestling on a lot of independent shows and before I started training, I didn't even know that indy promotions existed. I thought if you wanted to be a wrestler, you had to go to WWE and either you made it or you didn't," Smith said. "I was wrestling in Japan at the time for Pro Wrestling NOAH and we were told there would be a surprise guest in attendance one night. It turned out to be Johnny Ace, who is one of the scouts for WWE developmental. He told us he'd be bringing some of us to work for Deep South. I was excited, but I didn't think I had a chance of being called up, because of my size. I thought they would just sign some big 300-pound guy, but to my surprise, I actually ended up being one of the guys called to the territory."
"I knew that wrestling in Winnipeg was kind of dead end and you can only be a big fish in a little pond for so long. WWE was really the only way to have a legitimate career in the wrestling business and I learned a lot when I was at developmental. Dave Taylor was probably the biggest help," Smith said. "But it didn't take long for me to realize that I really wasn't in it for the money and it started to feel like a dead end job or a chore. It took the fun and purpose out of my life a lot of the time, because you really have no friends in the wrestling business. Everybody there was just trying to kiss ass and was willing to stab you in the back just to elevate their own career. It just wasn't the environment I wanted to be in."
Having worked for both companies, Smith is happy where he is right now and would not change a thing. He believes that Ring of Honor is the future of pro wrestling.
"I believe there are some ROH wrestlers who can wrestle the WWE style and some WWE wrestlers who can wrestle the ROH style," Omega said. "But ROH caters more towards fans who want more bang for their buck. They are not as heavily into the theatrics as WWE is. ROH fans come to the shows, expecting great matches and that�s exactly what they get. ROH does not try to insult anybody�s intelligence."
Omega had the opportunity to work a six man tag when Ring of Honor made their return to Toronto April 18. Despite all the bodies flying all over the place, the match may have stolen the show last night and Omega was very pleased with his performance and is only concerned with making his fans happy.
"No matter what, I always give 100 per cent of what I am and work to the best of my abilities to show all that I can show. I�m happy that I�m given the opportunity to show a different wrestling style to the fans," he said.
At 25, Smith finally feels comfortable in the wrestling business. He's wrestled all over the globe and is now doing shows for Ring of Honor. He's only 6'0" and 200 lbs, but has a giant-sized heart and he strongly believes the Ring of Honor is the best place for him to be, because it feels like home.
Blaine van der Griend scored a Roderick Strong interview at the recent ROH show in Toronto as well. Watch for that story soon. Email Blaine at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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