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Do you crate your adult BC when you leave for work?
AK dog doc replied to wildo's topic in General Border Collie DiscussionThanks, guys! I don't know about I-rod coverage... I'll try (if Tranq isn't available, since I think he does a better job), but it'll depend on available time. We currently have a new-grad Doc, which means there's a certain amount of slack to pick up, so it's hard to say how much time I'll have. Now, everyone cross your fingers that I don't do something stupid, like get pneumonia....!
Do you crate your adult BC when you leave for work?
AK dog doc replied to wildo's topic in General Border Collie DiscussionI think you have to decide on a per-case basis. I think it's much worse to leave a dog loose if it will harm itself (by, say, eating things that might take it to surgery or kill it) than it would be to crate it. I also think that if you have a dog that OTHER dogs might injure (as in Julie's example with the epileptic dog), crating is smarter than taking a chance on coming home to a gruesome disaster. Of 4.5 Bc's I've had (one a BC cross, hence the 0.5) I could leave 3 out without worrying TOO much (although one day I came home and on entering my bedroom wondered how it had managed to snow INSIDE my house... Oh, wait, that's DOWN FROM MY COMFORTER, thank you very much for that $150 replacement cost). Two I would not trust - one, an inveterate ingester of toys, the other an epileptic who has severe pica following her seizures. For like 8 to 10 hours. Non-stop. (This has actually turned out to be an excuse to take her every place I go, because I have to, you know, monitor her for seizures and pica. Really. That's my story and I'm sticking to it.) So she is either in my truck, at home with me, at work with me, or (if it's not appropriate to leave her in the truck), at work without me, stashed safely in a run. That mainly only happens if the weather is extreme or I have to be someplace for a long time that she can't go (like a veterinary meeting or something.) Since I am down to one BC right now, that works out fine. When I had more, I generally took them in the truck. I had a capper on the bed and would fill the bed with straw if it was cold (although there is obviously a temperature limit, and once you pass that, dogs stay home.) I could also segregate a dog into the cab if needed. That said, there is one other thing I tried to be aware of: My 0.5 BC and my male BC didn't always get along. Because I had to crate the male to keep him from suicide by ingestion, and he was already jealous of the 0.5 BC, it would have been a Bad Idea to leave the 0.5 BC loose to wander tauntingly back and forth in front of his crate. So if one was crated, they both were, or I excluded the BC cross from the crate area. This was in order to prevent death, destruction, war, devastation and horror (and also incessant cheap shots and sniping), and it worked pretty well. If I had more than one BC right now I'd re-make the decision based on the dogs and dynamics that evolved with those dogs. I don't think crate training is cruel - in fact, it has been a Godsend at times - but I'd just rather have my dog(s) with me. They're social, I'm social, we need our hanging-out and doing-stuff time. But I am responsible for making the decisions to keep them safe, and a crate can be a giant help with that, so long as it is a bedroom, and not a prison.
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She is great.
She is beautiful.
Shen is smart.
Shen is funny.
She is beautiful.
She is a great writer.
If I was an dog, (no, not that kind.)I would move to Alaska so she would be my vet.
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Prancing- Neurological disorder?
AK dog doc replied to jasper7777's topic in Health and GeneticsIt's possible it's cerebellar abiotrophy (a defect of the cerebellum, which controls rate, range and force of motion). However, A) I am NOT a neurologist, but a general practitioner, and B ) without more history and/or workup, I can't even speculate as to whether or not it will get worse. If she was born like that, it may not progress at all. If it's an acquired disorder, it could - or it might be treatable and/or curable. Can you have a neurologist look at her?
Eileen at the Iditarod
AK dog doc replied to juliepoudrier's topic in General Border Collie DiscussionNo - my boss is, and we can't spare us both. I met Eileen and her husband at Martin's open house (where I found moose #1 for them and a little gang of other people who had never seen a moose.) That one was browsing among the naked birch trees up on a ridge and admittedly didn't look musch like a moose from down at the house. It kind of looked like a big brown rectangle. At first the ghirl from Switzerland looked at me like I was high when I pointed it out and claimed rashly that it was in fact a moose. But eventually it moved and people could see it was browsing. From where I was standing, I took it to be a big bull, but it might have been a huge cow. Still, it was a bit of a distance away, so not as impressive as it might be despite its size. (I had passed another, "better" one on my way to the open house, perfectly posed against blue sky, but hey - a moose is a moose, right?) Moose #2 was in my neighborhood, handily displayed on the corner of my street, up close and personal. She was still there on the way out again, bedded in. I also cannily tracked down Hobo Jim (Alaska's State Balladeer). Hobo's website is rarely updated with his tour information, but he always sings for I-rod, so I knew he'd be here somewhere. He was at the Willow Trading Post, a little dive of a bar with great food and a floor so uneven that you don't have to wait to get drunk to feel like you are. He is SO much fun live. He's an excellent showman, and has tons of little anecdotes and Alaskan and I-rod history that he slips in between songs, so it's quite an education - and very funny. Also, certain of his songs are a) politically incorrect, so perhaps not on any of his CDs, and MUCH more entertaining in person, either from audience particpation or Hobo's antics on stage. I've seen him play so hard that he breaks a guitar string mid-song. Rather than stopping, he keeps singing while he yanks the old string out and puts in a new one (with the audience carrying it when he needs to bend his head away from the mic.) At any rate, Willow is a bit of a trip (as they say) this year: The TP is buried snow about 3/4 of the way up its windows, and the sign that says "Willow: Dog mushing capitol of the world" is only about a foot above the snow (the sign is normal street-sign height). There was moose #3 in the parking lot while we were eating diner, but I could not be torn away from my excellent steak to go look at it. Anyway, Hobo Jim did not disappoint (me, at any rate). He never does. He sang all my favorites except Mackinaw Mush (and may have sung that one, but we had to leave around 10 or 10:30 because Eileen had Iditariding to do, and I had to work the next day.) It was a great evening for me, but you'll have to ask Eileen for her impressions. I don't want to try to tell her stories for her - and I'm sure I couldn't do them justice anyway.
Eileen at the Iditarod
AK dog doc replied to juliepoudrier's topic in General Border Collie DiscussionShe's not done having it yet! She's flying up the trail all the way to Nome and the finish with my friend Lori (who owns SkyTrekking Alaska). I was able to find her two moose - three, if you count the one in the parking lot at Willow Trading Post - and Hobo Jim. We all should cross our fingers that she gets to see some good Aurora activity so her trip is complete. I'm going to TRY to do I-rod updates in the Coffee Break section - but you'll have to rely on Eileen for the accounting of her own adventures.
Rabies, its definitely rabies.
AK dog doc replied to Ooky's topic in General Border Collie DiscussionThanks, Julie and Ruth! @Julie: I will tell her that. Right now she thinks her name is "Raven-Raven-butt-needs-shavin'" because we had some unfortunate matting issues (her tail now looks like a comb with half the teeth missing), so she's had a lot of practice with "be-still-GOOD-dog!". Also the ever-popular "get-in-the-back-GOOD-dog!" since it's winter, which, as everyone knows, means COFFEE DRIVE-THROUGH KIOSK SEASON!!! EVERY 40 MINUTES!!! AND GIMME A BISCUIT FOR MY OXIOUS OBNOXIOUS DOG OR I'LL STAB YOU WITH MY STRAW!!! (accompanied by wild-eyed slavering). Raven is fairly certain the way to guarantee the dog-biscuit portion of the program is to lean over my shoulder with her front feet perched on the door at the open window, or possibly to actually attempt to enter the kiosk through ITS open window, all whilst looking freakin' adorable. After all that effort, she'll be excited to get just a plain old "Good dog!" without having to work for it. @Ruth: Many of my patients suffer from an acute version, which consists of just such antics as you describe, usually occurring while I am attempting to listen to their chests with my stethoscope. I hear it can cause headaches, fat lips and black eyes (in the owner, of course). This can also lead to embarrassing questions and remarks (such as: "Well, I know you didn't get that black eye from a man, because you'd be in jail for murder" and "Date with OJ Simpson?") so there should be some sort of insurance compensation you ought to be able to claim from your insurer, IMO. I'd be willing to write you a doctor's note, but those people have NO sense of humor.
Rabies, its definitely rabies.
AK dog doc replied to Ooky's topic in General Border Collie DiscussionThis whole thread is cracking me up. I think the "whelping" thing must be a semi-common misconception; we have clients every so often who are sure that "whelping" means "some form of vocalization, regardless of species, and often indicating pain or distress." Sometimes clients come up with misnomers that they don't realize are misnomers: they want to get their dog spaded (spayed); one time their dog had a nostalgic gaze (nystagmus); their dog had leprosy (epilepsy) and Noxema (eczema); their dog is a tomb-lilly (cryptorchid). Other times they've forgotten the word and know it. I had a client once tell me a sheep expert had told her her sheep had some disease... some disease called... called... she exclaims in exasperation: "Oh, drat, I was SURE I'd remember it! It's something like 'oxious naseous'." Er...? I rack my brain. I can think of nothing whatsoever that sounds like oxious naseous - nothing that sounds even close, in fact. But in the weird way of brains (or at least MY brain), words pop into my head. "Actinomyces pyogenes?" I ask her hesitantly, thinking: That is not even CLOSE, you dork, why are you even mentioning it? Imagine my surprise when she goes, "YES! That's it!" It's my favorite disease now. Every diisease that I'm having trouble diagnosing, every nebulopathy and mystery complaint, every obscure disease, is oxious naseous. I should point out that Raven sometimes has a variant known as "oxious obnoxious", characterized by repeated attempts to sit in my lap while I am driving or trying to eat, knit or read. It occasionally causes seizure-like activity - in the owner, mind you, not the dog - in which she slides her muzzle under my chin and then shoves it abruptly upwards, evidently in an attempt to make me pet her - or ditch my truck, whichever. Fortunately it can be cured my means of judicious swearing, although if you laugh while applying this treatment, it inactivates the cure. Maybe I should start working on a vaccine...
Cyst on leg?
AK dog doc replied to a topic in General Border Collie DiscussionTake her in. If it's nothing, you'll rest easy. If it's something, earlier is better for treatment. If cost is a concern, ask about costs before diagnostics. Just my opinion... my medical opinion, in this case.
Deciding to change vets
AK dog doc replied to Belleview's topic in Health and GeneticsFWIW - and speaking AS a vet - I'd rather know if there's a problem. For the most part my time is involved with doing patient and client care one-on-one, and I would not know about things that happen at the front desk unless someone tells me. I typically don't charge out my clients - that's the reception staff's job, and I usually have another case I need to get to. I also don't answer the phones very often, so unless someone mentions to me they had a bad experience or noticed a problem, I'm usually not going to know. Even if you decide to change vets, I'd let them now what the issues are. And, if they are responsive, you may not NEED to change vets. JMO.
Labradoodle Pioneer Regrets Fashioning 'Designer Dog'
AK dog doc replied to njnovice's topic in Politics and CultureI don't get it either. It's a HUGE marketing success, really... being able to sell mixed-breed dogs for two or three times what either papered parent would go for. (Although maybe that in itself is a bit of a marketing ploy, as well, in certain hands.) Regardless, I just do not get it how everyone and their brother suddenly could charge these massive fees for what are (however nice the individual dogs may be) basically mutts. Unfortunately there is a major "ka-ching!" factor in these dogs. I had a client a few years ago who had paid over $2000 for a labradoodle. She told me during the exam that she was going to get another one and breed labradoodles. It took me a while to make her understand that if she wanted to breed labradoodles, she needed to get a lab and a poodle; the whole F1 cross and independant assortment of genes thing was a bit over her head. Eventually, however, I got through to her that two F1 crosses when bred together would NOT produce a uniform puppy crop that all resembled the F1's. She was pretty disappointed to hear that. She DID, however, decide not to breed labradoodles, which was the most important part of that communication.
milk thistle and Sam-E
AK dog doc replied to juliepoudrier's topic in Health and GeneticsAlso on the sam-e, it should be given on an empty stomach and followed with food an hour later (the amino acids in the food aid in the metabolism of it, and the empty stomach increases the chances of it a) exiting the stomach before breaking down, and b ) hitting a more alkaline pH in the stomach than in a fed animal, also in the interest of having the pill exit the stomach before being broken down.) FWIW, I've had pretty good results with that protocol (although I generally use Denemarin, a combined product; Denosyl is the single-product sam-e).... my assessment of efficacy being based on clinical response and repeat bloodwork.
A very small bit. Hormones act in tiny amounts, so it doesn't take much tissue to potentially create an issue. If the remnant is ectopic (as in, was not originally part of the ovary proper, but was instead a little nub of renegade ovarian tissue located elsewhere), it might be tough to find. If it's a little bit remaining on the ovarian stump - well, that's in a known position so there's a reasonably good chance of success there. As for the argyria, a couple of things: One, not all people appear to be equally susceptible to that effect; Two, it may have something to do with the specific product used; and Three, it may be dose- and duration-related, and may or may not involve combination with other products. However, argyria is apparently irreversible, and I personally prefer not to take a chance that I'll spend the rest of my life looking like a 3-day-old corpse (it may not be much of a face, but I like it the color it is now; I'm vain that way). I'd also prefer that I am still able to assess color on my patients' gums, scleras, (etc), so I'd prefer not to have THEM have it, either. Since (at the moment) there do not appear to be good predictors of who will and who won't be affected, I'll pass. That's just me, though. You should of course do as you feel best, and your vet can see your animals and I cannot, so I'm in no way advising you what to do there. I'm merely reporting my results on testing. So far, I've had 100% failure on colloidal silver. I have, however, been able to affect the bacterial lawn with water (in what appears to be a simple matter of dilution). I of course do not know if that was a factor in the cases of which you speak; nor do I know if your vet has run any objective tests to assess efficacy. If you and your vet want to use it, I can't object to that. I'll hold my dissenting opinion in view of MY results with it, but when it comes to what your vet advises you to do or what works in their hands, I have no dog in that fight. Do as you think best. Anne, wiht the amount of pus you're describing, I seriously doubt it's a vaginitis. I don't think that amount of pus would be likely to occur without uterine involvement. JMO, of course.
If it's an open pyo (stump or otherwise) you absolutely can treat it with antibiotics (I'd advise systemic, personally). If you're trying to get through a trial or something like that and it's an open pyo (is showing discharge), then using AB's til you get past your trial (or lambing, or whatever event(s) you need the dog for at the moment) seems quite reasonable, so long as the dog is repsonding. If it IS in fact a pyo and not some other process, then yes, they should be looking for an ovarian remnant. You would definitely expect a recurrence in 6 months or so. Pyometra happens AFTER the dog goes into heat, which requires some remant ovarian tissue, so the next time the dog goes into heat would be the next time you'd expect to see a problem. Recurrence rate on pyometra approaches 100% on the subsequent heat(s) UNLESS the dog is bred and achieves a pregnancy (obviously not going to happen in a spayed bitch). Unfortunately when the pyo signs occur it would generally be too late to do a vaginal cytology or check hormone levels since the estrus would already be over. If you were to note signs of estrus (vulvar enlargement, males being "romantically" interested in her) in about 4 to 5 months from now, you COULD do a cytology then and see if she looks like an estrous bitch. One problem: even if this pyo is open, the next one might be closed, so it might be hard to tell she has it at first; that would mean she'd be at risk of getting pretty sick before you figured out what was happening. I'll have to dissent on the colloidal silver. I know a lot of people believe in it, but - apart from the argyria risk, which is enough to put me off it, regardless - I've twice run tests on it here. I plated out a bacterial lawn, applied colloidal silver, and assessed response. Both times I had ZERO inhibition with it. Zero. Distilled water is as effective. I also did a test once with lavender oil; this was on a really nasty, multi-drug resistant ear infection containing at least three and possibly four different bacterial populations. No antibiotic I tested killed all of the poulations. Some killed nothing, some killed one or two poulations, but nothing killed all of them... except the lavender oil. That wiped out everything - and the incubator smelled really good! (Unfortunately, the dog wouldn't tolerate the lavender oil topically, so it ended up going to surgery anyway.)
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AK dog doc replied to MaryP's topic in Health and GeneticsWell, I have access to one such professional board. AK is not a big HW area (lowest incidence in the U.S.), so it's less of an issue for us (although I have treated 2 HW positive dogs in the last year, and another doc at our clinic has treated one.) In ALL of the above cases, the infestations occurred in dogs who were NOT on appropriate HW prevantative. One was a stray found by clients who were vacationing in AR; the other two were compliance failures. I don't have followup on all of them as not all of them are my own patients, but where I do have followup, treatment has been effective (as in, patient doing well, with no further evidence of infestation.) There are a couple of threads about "resistance" of heartworms, both to preventatives and to treatment in HW positive dogs... but if you read the threads in question, it is NOT clear that there is resistance actually occurring. There are several issues being brought up, including compliance failures in dosing the prophylactics, differences between various treatment protocols for adult HW, differences in type of testing used to determine if the dog is HW positive, differences in the FDA reporting guidelines since 2003, and the fact that exposure may be significantly different recently than it has been in the past (in part due to the number of hurricanes and the resultant shift in mosquito populations and associated epidemiology.) What that indicates to me - and several of the boarded experts responding to the thread - is that more reporting is going on, which may be part of the PERCEIVED increase in cases; and that patient exposure to HW is different (and increased) in recent years, in effect "overburdening" the meds as normally given in the standard protocol. This is not proof of "superworms" that are resistant to the meds (to prove that, specific studies would have to be done; in one thread on HW, a study was said to be underway at Auburn, but no results were posted, and it will probably be another year before publication). One point to bear in mind: If you have a drug that is 99% effective, there are ALWAYS going to be the 1%-ers who fail the protocol. Even if the drug is STILL 99% effective, if you have higher exposure rates and parasite burdens (because of a change in mosquito population dynamics), there is going to be a larger total # of animals who are not cleared of the entire parasite burden. This has nothing to do with drug resistance. It has to do with parasite burden and exposure. As a BTW, the threads on this subject are from early to mid-2009 or before. I found nothing in 2010. I will not be attending the sympsium in Memphis (I know! Shocking!) - but I'll be interested to see what the final data are when the dust settles.


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his past summer two handmade sock monkeys from IndyAndCleo went to the fair . . .
"CA Poppy" and "Fern" were entered in the Crafts/Toys and Dolls category at the 2011 Orange County Fair this summer. Thousands of people must have stopped to look at these adorable, lovable sock monkeys ~ and they never even blinked an eye or stopped smiling!
A Participant ribbon was awarded to both monkeys, and Fern was awarded a 3rd Place ribbon within the category! YAY Fern!
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Both sock monkeys have been sold and gone on to their forever homes ~ San Diego, California and Australia, respectively.
More sock monkey friends are available in my Etsy shop ~ IndyAndCleo, please stop in for a visit!
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Astana. November 26. Kazakhstan Today - The Ministry of Finance of Kazakhstan is carrying out tax inspection of Agip KCO Company. Vice Minister of Finance of Kazakhstan Daulet Ergozhin said in the interview today. "As of today the inspection of Agip KCO Company, an affiliated company of the consortium, has been completed," D. Ergozhin said. D. Ergozhin recognized that "there are claims." "The sum of the claim can not be discussed now, but up to the end of this year the inspection will be completed and the report will be handed over according to the legislation of Kazakhstan," vice Minister emphasized. "I think that one of these days we will receive the answers to our inquiries, another week will be spent on drawing up the report and we will be basically ready to hand it over to Agip KCO," the representative of the Ministry of Finance said.
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Good evening, gentlemen. How are you doing?
Johnny Adger: Very good, thank you very much.
Are you enjoying your tour so far?
Johnny: It has been unreal already. There has been a moment of realisation that we're heading back out, because we had so long off with the recording of our new album and other things that were happening in our lives. We were asking ourselves if we could still go out there and survive, but everybody is feeling super fresh and excited and no one has killed anyone yet, so that's good [laughs].
Right now, you guys are on quite a big tour across Europe and the United Kingdom. What are you excited about the most?
Johnny: This might sound a bit cliché, but for me personally it's having the privilege of playing the songs that we spent almost a year on putting together on stage, and the time we get to interact with the crowd. There isn't one show or country in particular that I'm looking forward to.
Chris Wee: The last five years we toured so extensively, that this last year was the longest time we've had off of the road, except for a handful of festivals and a couple of small tours. From August last year until the end of April, we had no shows at all, so we were just itching to get back to it.
Niall Kennedy: We get to do the thing that we love for a living and we don't have to work a shitty job that we hate. That's really nice. And like Johnny said, playing our songs to people and seeing that the thing you do and love makes other people feel happy, it makes you feel like you're doing something worthwhile. To make another human being happy is great, and to make lots of people happy every single night is probably the best thing for me.
You guys have some very devoted fans and it's remarkable to see a number of them get your triangular logo tattooed on their body. Does it still surprise you when you see a tattoo like that?
Johnny: It's very flattering. We come from a very small town in a very small part of the world and then we go to these faraway places and somebody comes up to you and shows you their tattoo. It's mind-blowing to see that people there care at all about what you do, and for them to care so much that they essentially get scarred for life with the band logo is unbelievable. It's still weird thinking that there are a lot of people out there that have our logo or a song title tattooed on them for life. It's amazing and really cool, but it's also slightly scary I think [laughs].
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You have already done some tours in the United States. We were wondering if there are any major differences between playing shows in the US as compared to Europe.
Chris: I wouldn't say there is one particular type of American crowd and one particular type of European crowd. You can go somewhere in America and the whole crowd will just stand there and clap at the end of each song, while the next night you'll have a bunch of kids kicking each other's shins. And the same goes for Europe. I suppose the big difference would be the level of hospitality. In Europe, it's crazy good. Here you get amazing in-house food, whereas in the US, it's a bit more basic. Over there you have to be a bit more hardened to it.
When you tour the summer festivals, do you ever still have the time to go and see other bands? Can you still be overwhelmed by their performance?
Johnny: Whenever we get into the festival season, it usually involves a weekend of travelling, playing, and travelling back. But if time permits, we always try to go and see someone that's playing that we know or want to see. It's hard not to get caught up in the whole customer side of festivals, as well. Just because you're playing yourself doesn't mean you're not excited to go and see other bands you look up to, even if that's right before or after you were on the stage. Also, the beauty of festivals is that you may by accident hear someone play and find another band to get into.
I've read in another interview with (fellow member) Rory Friers that you spent "almost every waking moment" of the first half of 2014 in your rehearsal room writing the new album. Now you're on this tour across Europe and the UK, how do you combine your busy band life with your personal life?
Johnny: If you're the right type of person and you know you want something to happen, you just have to make it work. I can only speak for myself, but in my personal life I have been really fortunate to make a lot of things work by accident; for example that family life coincided with time we set aside to be writing. So there were days I got to go hang out and spend the maximum amount of hours writing music with the guys in the rehearsal room, then go home to be a husband and father.
Niall: You have to have people in your life that understand. Your friends and people you have relationships with have to be very understanding that you're just going to be away a lot of the time.
Chris: That did take a bit of time when we first started touring. We had never really done a lot of time away, and then suddenly we were gone for months and months at a time, and that did have an impact on relationships and families. But it's good to look back on that now after almost seven years, with all the experience we have. With the amount of touring we've done we have been able to work out how to manage all that, so when we go away, we're well equipped to deal with issues like being homesick and keeping in contact with our families.
You guys have just released your fourth studio album Heirs. When you compare the work in the studio for this fourth album to the work you did to record your first, has your approach changed?
Chris: Well, we certainly have got a lot better ourselves, both with our instruments and at performing well in a recording environment. On the topic of putting together a record, on the self-titled we just threw an album's worth of songs together. In the past years, we went from doing that to writing almost the entire third album in the recording space, to writing this fourth way before any of the tracking happened. So by the time we got to the proper recording, we had a very clear vision of what the album had to become.
We also noticed that there seem to be more vocals on every consecutive album. Is that something that happens naturally?
Johnny: Initially it was just four friends playing music together. At that time, there was no desire to make it more than what it was. It was never deliberate to not have vocals, or to add more each record. However, if we felt a song would work better with another part, even if it happened to be vocals, we would do it. Then it got to the point where we just weren't as scared of using our voices as another instrument.
Chris: That goes for other instruments as well. There's an especially big jump on the last album, All Hail Bright Futures, where a lot of music that was written on the guitar ended up as a bass line. I think the same thing goes for the vocals. If they're the best instrument to do a specific melody, we'll end up doing it that way.
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We've got a question for Niall. You've been in the band for nearly three years now, but Heirs was in fact the first record you fully participated on. Do you think that your input changed the end result?
Niall: I hope so [laughs]. I played a little bit on the last album, but when I joined the band they already recorded most of it. This time however, Rory and I wrote it together from the ground up. It's fun to listen through the album and remember where and when I wrote some part. I hope I contributed – I feel like I did. It probably wouldn't have been the same record if I hadn't been there.
Chris: I would say there's definitely a lot of Niall's personality as a songwriter in the record. While writing the last album, it was Johnny, Rory and myself in a studio together saying we needed to make an album. It was fun, but it was also a struggle at times to write all the songs. This time around we had Niall on board, who is a very gifted songwriter, and we had all this time in the rehearsal room without pressure and we got to work on ideas all day, every day. I think all that reflects very clearly in the album.
A while ago, over at the Arctic Drones mansion, we were looking for films, games, television series, etcetera, that had post-rock music in their soundtrack. If you could pick a movie to do the soundtrack for, what kind of movie or which specific movie would that be?
Niall: Interstellar or Gravity. Something huge and space-themed.
Chris: We were kind of on that sort of vibe in the writing process of Heirs. We had this idea of making a very grand, very large-scale-sounding album.
Johnny: Or maybe the next Jurassic Park? Something like that – a small indie film [laughs].
Niall: In fact, that's a big ambition of mine. I would really love us to do a soundtrack. We'll keep our fingers crossed. You set it up, we'll do it [laughs].
After four records, your popularity seems to be largely untainted. Where do you see And So I Watch You From Afar in a couple of years? What's the big dream? Apart from soundtracks, that is.
Chris: We're quite proud that the band has been going for 10 years and that we're still edging up. We're happy with that noticeable progression we get every tour. Some bands get their big break and they're gone in 18 months after that, but we're still chipping away. If it continues like that for the next couple of years, we'll be really happy. Anything extra is a bonus.
Johnny: Just to be still doing it in two years would be good as well, even if it doesn't get much bigger. I'd be happy if we were still able to say we're a full-time touring band in two years' time.
Niall: We're gonna be huge. Huge [laughs].
Johnny: Playing football stadiums. That's basically what we're trying to say in a nice way.
Well, you do have the sing-along chants for it. Thanks a lot for the interview and good luck with the show. We're looking forward to it.
And So I Watch You From Afar released their fourth full-length album, Heirs, on the 4th of May on Sargent House. It's available in all digital formats on their Bandcamp page. Order the album on CD or Vinyl here for people who live in Europe and the UK, and here for people who live elsewhere.


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Are you ready to set up your own home gym? Here's our quick guide to buying the strength training equipment you need to work out at home whenever it suits you.
1. Set up for strength training: barbells, weight plates and benches to make it happen
Before you start, do some research and make a list of the weight lifting and other fitness equipment you need to make your workouts effective. You don't need lots of pieces of equipment to have a functional home gym. Starting off with a decent barbell and plates set and a bench gives you scope for variety in your strength training. There are plenty of free programs around (like this one as an example) that show you how to get a full body workout with only a barbell. Anything extra that you decide to purchase allows you to extend from there.
2. A strength training power rack: the home gym equipment that does it all
If you're a serious lifter, it might well be worth making the investment in a rack. Whether you go for a compact model or go all out, put some serious thought into the versatility that comes with a rack. A power rack doesn't just exponentially increase the range of exercises in your routine; it also provides safety as it can act as your own personal spotter. This can give you the confidence to up your game and push the envelope with weights that you might think twice about lifting without the safety net of spotter arms on a rack. This can open the way up for you to extend your lifting capacity by safely pushing weights and reps that will really empty your tank.
With accessories like weight plate storage options, chin up bars, dip handles and land mine attachments, you can really go to town and turn a power rack into the hub of your gym.
3. Cardio machines are not required
If you're training for strength, cardio won't be your focus. However, you can still get your cardio fix through high-intensity interval training (HIIT) workouts with weights to increase endurance, burn fat and build muscle. HIIT style workouts are also time-effective, with a complete HIIT workout usually taking less than 30 minutes to complete, compared to a more traditional 45 to 60 minute steady state cardio workout. We'd suggest saving space and money on cardio machines, and if you do want to go for a run, take it outside to mix things up.
4. Home gym flooring
A sometimes overlooked, but very practical consideration is the type of flooring you use in your home gym. It's important to choose a non-slip surface that will absorb noise and protect your property from any damage from dropped weights.
We sell commercial-grade rubber gym tiles that absorb both sound and vibration, which makes them ideal for both noise reduction and absorbing the impact of dropped weights and heavy equipment. The flooring comes in tile form, with each tile 1m x 1m in size, with a thickness of 15cm. Buy a few for the area where you lift and are more likely to drop weights; or tile your whole floor space for an impressively clean and professional feel.
5. Create a home gym atmosphere that keeps you coming back
To help keep your motivation high, think about what you really want out of a fit out (and treat yo' self). Set up some awesome sound, install a mirror, or improve the lighting to make your home gym feel like a place you really want to be. Spend a little time mapping out the floor space. Think about the different spaces you'll need for different exercises, practical considerations such as the locations of power points and storage, and any creature comforts – whether it's a wall-mounted television or ample room to get up close and personal with your foam roller at the end of a session.
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Keep retirement in mind during property division
Ending a marriage has the potential to make things a little tighter financially, at least for a little while. Trying to maintain the same lifestyle after a divorce can be more challenging, since the individual has only one income to draw from instead of two. Recent changes in tax law can also affect strategy for individuals during property division in divorce. Individuals in Illinois who are contemplating ending a marriage may also want to consider how their long-term retirement needs will be affected.
Households that have been through a divorce face a higher risk of being unable to maintain their current standard of living in retirement. The reason is simple: sharing household expenses makes life more affordable. However, careful planning and management of assets can aid individual households after divorce.
Divorces that are finalized after the new alimony rules take effect next year may see changes. Since the lower earning spouse may find him or herself in a much lower tax bracket due to not having to claim alimony as income, it may be to his or her advantage to receive investment assets rather than the marital home during the settlement of the divorce. These assets, if they come as traditional retirement assets, may be more easily converted into a Roth IRA that can offer additional tax benefits.
In Illinois, individuals considering divorce may also be concerned about the impacts of property division. Each case is unique and will depend on the individual's circumstances. An experienced and knowledgeable family law attorney may be able to provide additional guidance.


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4 Reasons Why to Start Home Garden
If you are looking for ideas on how you can improve the design or value of your home, you are in the right place. When you start a stunning garden at home, nothing will stop people from falling in love with it. That is not all that you should expect nonetheless. Once you learn to follow the right home gardening tips, you will be prepared to benefiting from your effort.
1. Versatile Venture
Home gardening does not require anything special from you. The fact that you have a home is enough. Many people desire to venture into it but fear that they have no spacious land. These individuals need to appreciate that they can find a room for a few plants. It is not about the number of plants but the benefits.
Many home gardeners make great use of their backyards. Some of them are tiny, for the lack of a better word. Despite the limitation, they grow bumper crops of amazing veggies, climbing peas, tomatoes, and much more. They buy and properly use the right gardening tools. Besides, they are highly creative and do not give up easily because that is all they need.
For that matter, do not allow fear to rule you. It does not matter whether you have a large piece of land or a small backyard. This practice is versatile. Therefore, once you get the basic concepts at hand, you can start right away without hesitation.
2. Beneficial Family Activity
Home gardening is a soothing hobby that allows you to bond with all members of your family. Obvious, this means it is one way your family can rely on to release stress.
When you ask your children or spouse to join you in your family garden, you will be surprised how much fun you will enjoy. You can find many fun activities for everyone. If need be, involve your dog as well to make the experience more rewarding.
In case you are worried that your dog may disturb your neighbor with constant barking, seek advice from a credible company on the best bark collar to use. Canineclub Getaway is excellent in pet industry, so visit their site for help.
Remember that all members of your family, including your dog, need opportunities to engage in exercise. Other alternatives are extra expensive. Note that you can control your dog to ensure she does not destroy anything. By involving them in your garden, you will be able to save lots of money and create a unique familial bond.
3. Green and Sustainable
The demand for natural organic food has skyrocketed in the last few years. Most people have resorted to the popular alternative of buying the ones that have gone through the processes of generic altering and are full of dangerous chemicals. They may expose you to many health hazards and are unfriendly to the environment. As such, you can only be safe from these by starting your home garden at a low cost.
You can also save more money if you create your compost at home. If you choose, you can worms. The cost of doing all this is very low. However, once you use this system to break down the food remains into thick, rich compost, you will be able to get free fertilizer for your garden. This way, you will produce healthy crops without breaking the bank.
Remember, gardeners who buy the same type of compost at the store are forced to dig much deeper into their pockets that many ordinary people think. It is the same case with liquid fertilizers. If you can have the worms, you will get all these items free. Possibly, all you will invest in a little of your time to learn the basics. In the end, you will be friendlier to both yourself and your neighborhood.
4. Easy to Manage
Once you know about the availability of the sun, you will be able to decide on the type of plants that can thrive in your area. Some crops do well in shady yards, while others need a slightly high amount of sunlight.
Consider your watering needs. Ensure your garden is located in a place where water will not be a major problem.
Lastly, plant your garden and wait for harvesting time. Water the garden at the right time and protect it from parasites and pests.
Final Word
You can start planting your home garden once you complete analyzing the light, choosing the right location, and preparing the land. Water it either early in the morning or later in the evening. When you wake up, this is the first thing that you should do. It can also be one of the last things.
Therefore, you can start your home garden anytime and save a lot of money, relieve stress, and enjoy the entire experience of working with your family.
How to Choose Quality Gardening Tools
These days, it is unfortunate that when you are considering buying most products on the market, you find yourself faced with many choices to make with limited time. There are plenty of models and brand names that appear to be just the real thing but are not. This is not different with gardening tools. Nevertheless, you can save your precious time, money, and avoid the problems by following the right hints. Here are the essential tips that you need to be able to buy the right tools.
Choose the Right Weight
The best tools are neither too heavy nor too light. You want something that you can carry around in your garden with ease. But you also surely desire to buy a tool that will help you to achieve your goal.
Many quality gardening tools have some weight that enables them to cut in the garden. In many ways, reasonably heavy ones are made of durable materials and designed with your needs in mind. Too light ones, on the other hand, are hollow plastics that will not serve you and can break at any time. As such, ensure the tool is relatively lightweight if weight is an essential factor but never go for what is uncomfortable to use.
Consider the Joints and Hinges
Inspect these parts of your preferred tool before you buy them. In the process, be sure you verify whether there are cracks, lose crews, or dents, if applicable. Ask yourself whether the tool feels solid, or there is a jiggle on the location where the handle is attached to your gardening tool. Are you looking for hand pruners or loppers? Squeeze them a few times to see if there is resistance or friction in the hinges, springs, or blades.
Usually, gardeners buy tools that have these signs of damage from shipping but fail to notice it due to lack of this piece of information. If you see anything suspicious, trust your instinct.
Assess Material and Craftmanship
The right tools are designed with your own needs in mind. Consider the amount of work that has gone into the machines. If the device comes with a handle that appears your hand can grip with ease, move on, and try it in your hand.
Also, assess if the materials used make the tool right for the job. If you want something that can easily slide through the soil and is easy to clean, the device should be made of stainless steel. However, there is a variety of these materials, and you should have that in mind as you continue with your evaluation. If possible, choose the traditional solid forged steel over the modern ones. They are the strongest. That is not all. These types of steel will last much longer.
If you are one of those gardeners that prefer lightweight materials, consider aluminum and carbon fiber. Carbon fiber is durable, lightweight, but it should be used for handles. Aluminum is excellent but is weak and can break at any time.
Ensure you Get Quality
Some manufacturers use materials that only resemble the original ones and do not follow the approved production rules and end up with substandard tools that appear genuine. This is often the most difficult to determine, especially when choosing between different products and brands. Many gardeners will advise you to decide after considering whether you want a tool that will last longer or you are happy to replace. That is often a fine tip. However, it is not the right way to determine the Quality of what you want to buy.
You are safe when you buy your tools from credible sellers that want to protect their image and offer extended guarantees. When you buy your gardening tools on https:nazflora.org or other reliable stores, you will increase your chances of getting high-quality products. These companies want to protect the value of their business names. They appreciate that the only way to remain in business is to stay trustworthy and do the due diligence to mitigate losing you.
Final Thoughts
As a gardener, you will need the best gardening tools to be able to dig your lands, manage weeds in your yard, and grow healthy plants. For you to get the tools that will help you to do all these important things with ease, you should use the tips that most experienced gardeners have relied on for years. Consider the weight of the tools, the materials used to make them, whether there are any defects, and the likes. Also, be sure to work with a trustworthy seller so that in case there is any problem, they will be able to return your money or replace the tool at no additional cost. Follow these tips and buy the tools that you need without wasting much of your time or money.
Tips To Remodeling Your Kitchen
So you are moving into a new house or apartment. The kitchen probably doesn't suit your taste and remodelling is one of the things you plan to do. If this is you, then you have found the right place.
Any kitchen is pretty significant to a home. Without food, the household wouldn't survive, and without a household, there wouldn't be a home, to begin with. This is putting it quite crudely, but you get the picture. A kitchen is quite significant.
In that same vein, then, any kitchen should look its best at all times. Besides keeping things neat and tidy, the kitchen's design elements should allow it to look and feel spectacular.
So if you are remodelling your kitchen, then this article is a must-read:
What Do You Need To Keep In Mind Before Remodeling?
Now before you set about designing your cooking space, you need to have a few things in mind beforehand. These items will dictate the extent of your remodelling. Also, they will make the place comfortable to work around. These factors to consider are:
Probably the most crucial factor to consider, how much money you have set aside will regulate the quality and amount of material that you can avail. Also, it will mean the difference between an expensive state-of-the-art kitchen and an otherwise dull one.
However, have in mind that money isn't always everything. You can still get a fantastic looking kitchen for a fraction of the price of other expensively designed ones.
What's Your Style?
Different people like different things and everyone has their own styling preference. For some functionality is king while others would instead add a little extra something to make things interesting.
Whatever class you fall in; you are still entitled to your design as you remodel your kitchen. If you are fun-loving, you might love bright colours and funky design prints on your walls and other implements around your kitchen space.
There are tons of kitchen designs on the internet. And if you do not know exactly what you want, then Homify might just help with that.
Choice Of Color
For the most part, the kind of colour you will apply is often dictated by your style preference. Nevertheless, you can also decide on the paint job from the mood you want in the kitchen.
In general, bright colours give off an aura of excitement and fun. Red, orange and yellow give off that kitchen-like aura; because this is where god food is made.
Other dull colours like grey mean business. They are like office colours and make the kitchen a pretty straightforward place with just a single purpose, cooking food.
There isn't a reliable formula to follow when choosing your colours. It all boils down to your desired projection.
Now that you know these crucial factors that affect your kitchen designs, there are several points in any kitchen where these aspects go onto.
Crucial Points In A Kitchen
Before designing your kitchen, you should know that a lot of the work will be concentrated in a few spots. These places magnify the remodelling effort greatly because they are crucial to any kitchen. They are:
Kitchen Cabinets
Modern kitchens have cabinets adorning their walls. These help hide away appliances and other kitchen paraphernalia. They tend to add a sense of organization to the whole place because you can easily store kitchen supplies inside them. If you do not have them, then it would be wise to get some fitted.
Work Surface
This is another crucial kitchen region because almost everything around the kitchen happens on this surface.
The surface should be spacious enough for you to work with. The actual size depends on your kitchen size and personal needs as a chef. For the material, go for something long-lasting and easily cleaned.
Your kitchen floors are as crucial as the work surface. Kitchen floors also take significant abuse from the day-to-day routine surrounding cooking and food preparation. Spillages are rampant and if you have poor flooring material, then get ready to replace it.
The choice of floor material has a significant impact on your kitchen. For instance, if you opt for ceramic tiles, then your floor will be easy to clean. Wooden floors, on the other hand, give off warmth and a natural atmosphere.
There you have it, a guide on kitchen remodelling and design. Check these points out and see where you can apply your changes. Remember to keep within the guidelines of operation. You do not want to consider a costly design element, while cheaper alternatives are available.
How To Get The Most Out Of Your Turkey Fryer
We recently read tons of reviews of the best turkey fryers in the market. We, however, realize that even with the best equipment, when the skills are not there, you can't get the most out of them. This is especially true with your turkey fryer. If the turkey isn't prepared just right, you'll still end up with bland, dry turkey meat. Don't blame the fryer though. In this article we share with you some tips that will see you turning out the best turkey your friends and family have ever tasted. Keep reading to find out more. If you like the content share the webpage https://best4.reviews/ with your friends!
Choose The Right Bird
It has happened to the best of us. You find the best-looking turkey in your local grocery store- plump and fresh- only to find out it doesn't fit in your fryer. What a waste. Make sure you understand your fryer's dimensions before setting out to buy a turkey. Moreover, account for displacement once you place the turkey in oil. When your fryer is full of oil, turkeys that just fit will displace a lot of oil, which in turn could be a recipe for disaster.
Besides that, for economy and efficiency reasons, don't be quick to go for the largest bird you can find. No one wants to have left-overs after a party. Be conscious about the number of people that will attend your party. As a rule of thumb, two small birds are better than one large one. They absorb the rub much better and as such are tastier too!
Read Your Fryer Instructions
As you probably so in our review of the best fryers on the market, not all fryers are the same. Even though you're a seasoned chef, as long as you've bought a new fryer, you'll need to familiarize yourself with it. Each fryer make has its nuances and character too, so you may need to adjust your recipe accordingly. Understanding your fryer begins with actually reading the manual!
Test Your New Fryer Before Hand
You may be impatient to start cooking, but it is very important to test your fryer before using it. Remember you will be dealing with hot oil and gas- both of which are recipes for disasters. Moreover, practice makes perfect. By testing your fryers beforehand, you ensure that there are no surprises when you need to use it for an important event!
Test Your Thermometers
Your thermometers are so important when making a turkey. Don't assume that they are calibrated as they should be. Make sure you do so before frying your turkey. For those of you that have never done so before there two ways in which you may calibrate your thermometers.
The first is known as the ice-point way. Fill a container with a mixture that half water and half ice. Submerge only the sensitive point of your thermometer in the mixture making sure that the tip has no contact with the container's surface. Once stabilized the thermometer should indicate a temperature of thirty-two degrees Fahrenheit.
The second method is the opposite of the first. Fill a container with boiling water, and as before place the tip of the thermometer in, making sure it doesn't come into contact with the container's surface. Once stabilized it should indicate a temperature of approximately 211 degrees Fahrenheit.
Understand Your Cooking Oil
Some will say that oil you use doesn't matter, but we disagree. Certain oils are great for deep frying and others will produce disastrous results. There are two considerations to have when choosing what cooking oil you'll use for your turkey- health and burning point.
You cannot ignore the fact that deep frying isn't exactly the healthiest way of cooking. That said, you want to use the healthiest oil available. The oils are mono-unsaturated, the worst are saturated and trans. Avoid those. Peanut oil is largely recommended for deep frying turkey because it has a high burning point and is healthier than most oils. However, your normal vegetable oil and canola will do the trick as well.
Choose Fresh, Not Frozen
Besides health reasons, choosing fresh turkey as opposed to frozen turkey is particularly important when your deep frying. The reason is simple, you never know if the turkey will fully thaw out before you cook. That and its time consuming to thaw out a whole turkey.
As you might know, it's extremely risky to fry wet ingredients. You don't want to end up with scalds or worse, to burn your house down! With frozen turkey, you may not know if there are still parts of the bird that are not quite thawed out.
Safety First
As aforementioned, always remember that you're working with two very dangerous ingredients – cooking oil and gas. As such you must take every precaution necessary to prevent disaster. Always make sure you have a fire extinguisher on hand before frying.
4 Ways You Can Use To Improve Your Living Room Design
Your living room is a crucial space in your home. Not only is it situated in the center of the house, but it is also a room that experiences the most traffic. So, in essence, this place sees a lot of people going in and out of the house.
Also, any living room forms the main section of the house. This is because a lot goes on here. You definitely watch your TV here, relax, play some games, host guests and at times take your meals from the living room.
Being one of the important rooms, your living room needs to look its best. There are certain design elements that you can incorporate to bring out the best of the place. Normally, you should consider your furniture, flooring and a couple of accessories when designing your living room.
If you are looking to make the best of your living room, then I suggest that you check out the following ideas and see what works best for you.
1. Decorative Pillows
Whoever invented pillows probably had comfort in mind. However, you can still incorporate these items in your living room to make the place look better than before. Besides the aesthetic aspect of things, your guests will surely appreciate the comfort that accompanies living room cushions.
Usually, pillows go on your bed. Nevertheless, you can still get some lovely cushions for your living room seats. Their color and design are two elements that you should totally consider when upgrading your living room.
Go for colorful pillows if your living room has a bold coloring aspect. Matching color accents is crucial to the general outlook of your living room. For example, if your sofa is grey colored, throw in a refreshing yellow cushion or two to spice things up.
2. Work On Your Floor
If you are not very careful, your living room floor can be a bit dull. If you don't have anything to cover the bottom, then rest assured your guests will be less than impressed by your efforts.
There are a couple of ways to play around with your walls and other interior accessories like furniture pieces. But floors often get neglected. That is why you should consider carpeting.
Leanne Ford Interiors make some impressive carpets that will add a splash of color to your living room. Also, their stylish rugs will delight anyone who decides to just relax in the room. The coziness is unmatched whichever way you want to view it.
3. Go For A Bold Wallpaper
Now wallpapers are undoubtedly the best way you can lighten up your living room. These pieces of art are the first thing anyone will see when they enter your home.
Everyone got a preference when it comes to interior design. With this in mind, there are a ton of wallpaper options to choose from. You can opt for mono-colored wallpapers or floral print. However, the former can be a bit dull and unexciting.
Contrast is key to any art form. That is why you should try and mix up your wallpaper Vis a Vis your living room components. Try combining classical wallpaper elements with modern furniture. Or even the other way around.
4. Consider Artworks
Nothing livens up your home more than art. Granted, there isn't an exact piece that gets the job done. This will all build down to what you like.
With your living room, you can use some modern art pieces to make a statement. Frequently, a lot of people will mistake art as some expensive way to decorate your house. But this doesn't really have to be the case.
Tappan collective hosts some trailblazing art forms that will definitely stand out anywhere in your home. Hang them on your living room walls and watch as your guests marvel at your design acumen. You can never go side-ways with an excellent piece of art.
Because of the significance of any living room in your home, you must make the best out of it. These are some excellent ways to bring out the best in your living room's design.
When designing your living room, you should consider what you like and what you don't. Thereafter, know that colors are essential to the whole setup. Throw in some rainbows in there as well. And as always, work within your budget.
Designing your living room doesn't have to be an expensive affair. For instance, artworks can be a bit costly to buy. But there are plenty of places like flea markets where you can nab something exciting. So check on these items and watch as you living room comes to life.


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Thank you so much for all your comments on the new look website! So far, so good. Give or take a few little tweaks I really couldn't be happier. Now I want to talk about something that is available on the new website that I am so pleased to finally be able to offer online ( just in case I haven't raved about it enough already !)
Create Your Own Handbag ...and other goodies!
Since very early doors I have had customers ask to switch up a product lining, change to a different leather in the range or simply swap from silver to gold hard ware in a product. We have always happily customised any of our products which has been largely thanks to our made to order business setup and the important fact that we manufacture totally in the UK. However it is not something I had easily setup on the website and was an area I was keen to change within RedMeg. I work on so many custom and bespoke commissions yet there was no where for customers to easily sit and select these options online. So that's where our new feature comes in...
So what is it all about?
We have identified the key areas that you guys ask time and time again if we can switch up for a product : Leather, Lining and hardware. Our new 'create your own' feature allows you to really easily select what RedMeg product you want to customise, what leather you want it made in, what lining you want us to use and what colour hard ware you want. So you can order our products to your specifications making it unique to you! Select your choices on the relevant design and order ... simple!
Can you send me some samples?
Another important question we get asked is about samples. We send out samples of leather and lining to help you to visualise the final idea as well as get a real feel for the materials. After all they are so tactile and hugely important to each design. It's also really handy if you are trying to colour match to an outfit, or shoes etc! To order samples for a 'create your own' product add the sample option and leathers directly into your basket. There are step by step instructions in the sample pack option if you get stuck. You can also easily order samples for a product we already have online. Each handbag has in the product description the specific leathers and linings that it is made in so you can easily order the correct samples. For a sample pack and for the postage you will be charged a total of £3. Unfortunately as a small business it is becoming increasingly difficult to send out the amount of samples we currently do for free. However the samples will arrive with a redeemable code that can be used against your purchase if you order within a month so you don't actually pay any extra!
We hope you find our new feature easy to navigate but of course if you have any trouble then do drop us an email to firstname.lastname@example.com and we will happily be of help. Initially we have had to launch a selective range but we will be adding more products very soon! We will also add new leathers and linings throughout the seasons so there will always be lots to choose from and more designs will be added as i develop our ranges.
Go check out our 'Create your own' feature for yourself and me know what you think!
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The Scratch
Our resident hip-hop blog that offers interviews and glimpses into the Montreal hip-hop/rap culture.
Billy Eff Le Chef: "Recovery"
Billy Eff Le Chef is a rapper now, but his background is in punk rock, emo, poetry, and expensive sounding food. He's actually a chef, if you didn't know. They're all uncomplicated and happy memories that bring a smile to his face. His eyes light up as he lists off his favourite poets, artists, and potential dishes he could serve to guests if he ever felt compelled to host a party for 20-odd guests.
A polenta dish with seven-year old cheddar, a 65 degree poached egg and Albert truffles shaved on top. Mizuna micro-greens and sherry vinegar. Beef wellington as part of a main course and a St. Honoré cake to finish off for dessert. There's obviously way more to his dream menu, if given the opportunity, but the lavish and decadent items may have already caused one to drool on their plate prior to service.
"I'm a big fan of simple things that are just very well executed," Le Chef said, an approach that he feels also applies to his music.
After spending time as a hypeman and performer for the band Ragers, who fuse hip-hop and electronic music with synths and rock music, Le Chef is about to drop his solo EP, Why I'm Not Where You Are, jumping feet first into hip-hop as a solo act for the first time.
"I'm done taking this shit as a joke," he said. "I'm never going to take myself too seriously but this isn't a joke for me anymore.
"I'm going to try to be a rapper now, to the best of my ability. This shit's going to happen."
The journey to rap began as a kid, dancing to Michael Jackson and Spice Girls songs with his sisters, but around the age of nine or ten, a friend's older brother introduced Le Chef to Jawbreaker, a punk rock band set in New York City. Le Chef began as a lover of punk rock and emo bands such as Screeching Weasel, The Promise Ring, and American Football, which helped him with songwriting and poetry, amongst other influences.
"I got into Bukowski when I was very, very young," said Le Chef. "I was a big fan of Poe and E. E. Cummings, so that's really what shaped my career as a lyricist."
After taking part in numerous punk rock bands, Le Chef admits he didn't get into hip-hop until he joined Ragers, where he brought his screaming and energy from his punk rock days, while developing his ability to rap, to the group.
Soon after, he went from looking at rockers to rappers. He found newer contemporaries such as Chance the Rapper, Pusha T— Le Chef even spat his own version of Pusha T's "Millions—"and Action Bronson, who also began as a chef before becoming a rapper.
Why I'm Not Where You Are will feature "Tribes," a track that will be on Ragers' forthcoming project as well. Le Chef says most of the album was recorded over the span of a few months in Los Angeles, but trouble disturbed him, stemming from a breakup with his longtime girlfriend.
"It's kind of like the soundtrack to what those few months were," said Le Chef. "Starting from [having] the best girl in the world and ending, 'what the fuck, what do I do now? I'm alone, I have a pretty great life but I still have all these problems that I need to deal with.'"
The breakup ate him up from the inside. Le Chef resorted to drugs and alcohol, and suicidal tendencies that he initially believed were behind him, returned. Not long after, he tried to commit suicide for the first time in five years.
Le Chef's material for the EP could have primarily focused on the depression he fell under, but he removed some tracks because he didn't want it to be "too heavy." It's still an underlying theme, however, along with recovery and rising above those dire situations, throughout the project.
"I don't think that's something that gets talked about enough until the rapper kills himself like we saw with Capital Steez," said Le Chef. "You never get to hear it from someone who actually came pretty close to dying.
"By the time we had started recording the album, I was definitely at rock bottom," he continued. "As we kept working on it, I was gradually getting better."
Suicide is a touchy topic for most people, but Le Chef isn't looking to run away from it, and he's open to discussing the subject and his own personal setbacks. It's a subject that matters to him.
He visits a psychiatrist and takes medication to treat his depression. He's told friends about his situation and he was surprised at the amount of friends who confided in him about their own personal stories. While depression hasn't completely left him, most of the darkness is past him, and he's become appreciative of the people around him.
"I have to move because I have obligations, I have responsibilities that I have to deal with," he said. "I'm very happy that I have an outlet, a lot of my friends who suffer from depression don't have that outlet."
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THe LYONZ: Open Space
The Link sat down with Montreal duo THe LYONZ to talk their origins, music and more in this episode of The Scratch.
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Green Hypnotic - Bangin' [The Link Exclusive]
A Link exclusive to our Montreal hip-hop blog, The Scratch, Green Hypnotic lets go of a track, "Bangin'"
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Taigenz: Old School Paved The Way
"I'm Taigenz. I make art because that's what's going to grow my reaches and enable what I'm going to do with my life."
Taigenz was born Tamfu Terry Ngala in Côte-des-Neiges, the son of Cameroonian immigrants. His childhood was normal, his parents a banker and a government employee.
Reserved but funny, he played basketball and hung out with friends, until music became a focus. Initially, his interest was in techno, and some alternative punk—until he discovered Eminem at age 8.
"[Eminem's] performance of 'Forgot About Dre' with Dr. Dre, that was the first time I really sat down to watch a rap performance," Ngala said. "From then on I was just on it. Ask any of my friends—when I was eight, nine years old, I was just memorizing all of his lyrics."
Today, Ngala is a full-fledged rapper. His music plays like a mix of Yung Jock and early Ye; hard gospel influences infused with flowing jazz, contemporary classical, and electronica, with beats alternating between trap bangers and grimey soulful ballads.
His flow is thick with Montreal's accent, a staccato sense of rhythm that starts and stops without breaking stride. With 5 full-length releases and a litany of videos under his belt, Taigenz is definitively on the cusp. His beginnings, though, were humble.
"I started writing when I was 11. My first performance, I was 13 years old," he said. "At the end of the year, there was a variety show put together by the school. I figured I'd try my hand and see what it'd give me."
Ngala says this sentence often: "see what it'd give me." Throughout his life, the Montreal rapper seems to take what's on his plate for the sake of the experience.
He's excited to learn, never trying to put himself into a box as one thing or another. Even when asked to describe himself, he shuns words like "rapper" or even "artist." Instead, he simply "[makes] art because that's what's going to grow my reach."
So, at age 13, he tried his hand at music, crushing his variety show with an original track he had written just days before. Despite a dodgy opening, punctuated with some awkward silences and forgotten lyrics, he got more comfortable quickly. By the song's end, he was dancing around, commanding the stage.
"It was a go since then," he recalled, laughing.
By the time Ngala hit Concordia University, he was hungry for more. Looking for new insight, he enrolled in FFAR 398B, Hip Hop: Past, Present, Future.
Taught by Yassin "Narcy" Alsalman, better known as The Narcicyst, Ngala credits the class, and the professor, as a huge encouragement for his work.
"I took the class, and it engaged me in a way that creatively got me better. He himself is just an amazing artist, out of this world in terms of what he does," Ngala said of his professor. The class may have allowed Ngala to tap into his own style and energy.
"A lot of artists, when they start off, sort of emulate their influences," Alsalman explained. "But [Taigenz's] project resonated as genuine, it was definitely him."
By 2014, Nagala had joined the Concordia Student Union. Though this form of public service might seem unrelated to an interest in music, for him, it was a natural progression.
"Already what I do is kind of public service, in terms of music. You're serving the public by helping them escape their world and enjoy what you have to offer," he said. "[But] I decided to try my hand at the CSU and see how things worked."
After a year and a half as a councillor, though, Ngala left university to pursue Taigenz full time. Now, making it is his fulltime job.
"In the next year or so, I see myself at a higher level in terms of where my brand and name are perceived, and the art just getting better. It's a process."
Green Hypnotic & High Klassified: LVL Ou Rien
It's Friday night at the skatepark, a graffiti-littered hotspot called TRH-Bar, and there's loud music blaring. A few skaters congregate near the skate bowl.
There's graffiti, marks of paint, and tags on almost every wall and crevice in the establishment. The event is at a bar in Montreal, but the city of Laval is largely represented.
The night is dedicated to Laval rapper and producer Green Hypnotic, who is celebrating his then-yet to be released album, Emotions.
He is accompanied by High Klassified, a 22-year-old producer signed to Fool's Gold, a record label headed by Montreal native and legendary DJ A-Trak. He's a young producer, but he's already received high praise.
"High Klassified is the Drake of Laval," said fellow producer and Laval-ite VXNYL during the party.
Both artists can be perceived as gatekeepers for the Laval music scene for different reasons.
High Klassified has the star power, with his connections to artists across the world, despite his age. Green's rise has been a "slow grind", but he's well respected within Laval, and even wants to be involved in more executive producing gigs with fellow Laval artists. Following the release party for Emotions, Hypnotic was seen having a lengthy conversation with another Laval rapper, Jei Bandit, about producing future material.
Klassified, born Kevin Vincent, is regarded as one of the more notable faces of the LVL Ou Rien movement, which looks to put Laval on the map as a veritable destination for hip-hop. But he admits Green was the reason he got involved in the first place.
Hypnotic, born Oliver Oray, has been rapping since he was a teenager and has released a number of projects including 2012's INC.O.A.S.T.NITO and 2014's COASTAR. He also doubles as a mixing producer and has been jumping at any opportunity to produce material. The rapper was only 16 years old when he began rapping alongside Klassified's brother, Chibbi, just for kicks. Klassified's cousin also got involved with their music and he simply joined because he didn't want to feel left out.
"They started doing music and I really wanted to be involved," said High Klassified, who originally took up rapping before downloading the Fruity Loops software and got into beat making.
"We were just freestyling and trying stuff and we were just having fun," said Hypnotic. "I wanted High Klass to be involved in something with the team so I just showed him the basics on how to produce and he just took a little bit of that knowledge and blew up."
Klassified has blown up, collaborating with a number of artists including 2 Chainz and Mick Jenkins. He's done tours across North America, Europe, and Asia, all the while documenting his touring and life experiences on Snapchat for the world to see. He's also just released a new EP called Kronostasis, released this past October.
All the while, he's still taking classes at College Montmorency in computer science. He almost didn't continue pursuing music because he wanted to focus more on school, but his manager, Didier Hilaire, kept pushing him to continue. Soon enough, his profile raised, and he caught the attention of many DJs and producers, including Montreal producer Lunice, who played a track of High Klassified's during a set. Then one day, he received a fateful email.
"[It was] some random email I got by A-Trak [that said] 'I really fuck with your shit,'" he said. "He's like a hometown hero."
It's been a slower time for Green, as he sees artists such as Klassified find success at a younger and faster rate, but he's more than happy to see them thrive. Plus, he feels he's closer to a breakthrough now than ever before.
"It's motivating, man," Green Hypnotic said. "I'm not a jealous guy, I like to see people win.
"It's good energy, especially when you're in a crew," he added. "Everybody motivates everybody, so it just kept me moving and it kept me focused and it's a slow grind but i'm good with it. I'm patient with it."
It's the afternoon after the party and both artists are sitting, waiting for a ride home from Montmorency metro. Klassified's phone buzzes and he answers. He's talking to his brother, Chibbi— also a rapper—about when he'll be picked up. The two engage in conversation for a few moments before Klassified ends his conversation with "Laval," as if it were custom to end discourse.
The setting soon switches to Klassified's basement in Fabreville, a district in Laval. Green and High Klassified take seats in chairs as we're surrounded by red walls, speakers, a laptop, and gym equipment. Chibbi is on a large black sofa in the basement playing video games just a few feet from where they're sitting, not too far from a large plate of chicken wings—mostly devoured by Green.
While some rappers may discuss the lack of unity between Montreal rappers on the island, there's seemingly far more togetherness on the northern island of Laval, which was once seen as a corny land with virtually no street cred. Now, one can now purchase "LVL ou Rien" apparel at streetwear boutiques such as Off The Hook.
The slogan "LVL ou Rien" was supposed to be a sarcastic and funny statement from Klassified, before Chibbi loved it and it soon took off, and a brand, hashtag, clothing apparel, and movement was born.
"We made it hot," Green Hypnotic said bluntly.
Unlike Montreal, however, Laval doesn't have a popular club where rappers can congregate and enjoy themselves, which explains why bars and clubs in Montreal are often the scene for Laval rappers—although Centropolis is a spot you can go if you want to be fancy. However, Laval has another alternative.
"We make house parties," said High Klassified. "Everything happens in my basement."
Klassified has played host to parties in his basement on numerous occasions. He reminisced on a time when Laval taxis "cashed out" by driving around most of his party goers, some from Montreal, to another time where people danced and gyrated on white walls at another party, to the point that body sweat and colour of people's jeans dirtied and stained them by night's end.
While Laval doesn't possess as many venues as Montreal, and the two will still hold parties in there, they acknowledge there's a certain magic in the parties they take part in their home city, a place that they will represent above all else.
"People from Montreal want to come down to Laval and feel the chill vibes," High Klassified said. "Laval is about good vibes."
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|I live across the Cook Inlet directly across Chugiak AK. I looked out and saw a bright light almost thought it was an incredible bright star, but thought, too low, too bright. I watched it stay in one place for at least an hour or so wondering what it could be. Satellite maybe?
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Keywords: SuiteCRM - Microsoft Azure - How to - OtherDescription: I have a question regarding applying OS Updates to the VM that has Suite CRM on it from the azure marketplace. The VM is running Ubuntu 16.04LTS. So i am wondering if i ever updated the server to 17.04 or something by mistake if it would break the program. I hope this question makes sense. Feel free to ask questions, if it is no clear.
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The safer procedure, in this case, is booting a new SuiteCRM VM and moving your current data and configuration to it. Once it is up and running properly, you can delete the old VM, change the DNS (if set) to your new IP, etc.
This section from our documentation will guide you to create and restore a backup for SuiteCRM.
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Sorry for not being specific. I am not talking regarding restoring from a backup. I mean is it safe to do OS updates currently the marketplace image is 16.04 Ubuntu. Will the program stop working if the server was update to 18.04 by mistake?
To be honest, I don't know if something is going to break in this case. I suggest you creating a backup first. Then you can upgrade and let us know if you run into any issue.
I will try that thank you.
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