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Mets induct Franco into team's Hall
John Franco has been inducted into the New York Mets' Hall of Fame.
The former closer and team captain was honored in a 35-minute ceremony before Sunday night's game at Citi Field against the St. Louis Cardinals. Franco, who grew up in Brooklyn, says his dream came true when he got a chance to play for the team he rooted for as a kid. The pitcher's family and several former teammates from the Mets and nearby St. John's University were on hand for his big night.
Franco is the club's career leader in saves (276) and games pitched (695). He joined the Mets in 1990 after a trade from Cincinnati and stayed in New York until 2004, making him the second-longest tenured player in team history, behind Ed Kranepool.
The four-time All-Star finished his career with 424 saves, the most by a left-hander.


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This was a quick one. I knocked it out after making breakfast for dinner and cleaning the kitchen up last night after work.
Thursday, April 16, 2015
Waxed Canvas Lunch Bag
2 comments:
- callsign222 said...
So it looks like the fabric is waxed post fabrication-- is that correct? How do you go about this?
- April 16, 2015 at 9:07 AM
- Trevor said...
You can use a number of wax options, the better ones having bee's wax mixed in. I went for oldschool simplicity and used plain ol' canning paraffin from the grocery store. A box runs about $4.
I melted a block of wax in a coffee can set in a pot of lightly boiling water. When it was melted, I painted it on the canvas until it became an opaque waxen mess all over. When it's completely covered, you take a heat gun and melt all of the wax covering the project. As it becomes liquid again, it's absorbed into the fabric. Then you let it cool. I covered a cookie sheet in parchment as a work surface to paint on the wax and then used shop rags under it when I heat gunned it.
You can also tie your project up inside of an old pillowcase and roll it in a hot clothes dryer to melt in the wax. http://www.instructables.com/id/DIY-Brown-Bag/?ALLSTEPS
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Assisting Students Struggling with Mathematics: Response to Intervention (RtI) for Elementary and Middle Schools
Abstract"This guide provides eight specific recommendations intended to help teachers, principals, and school administrators use Response to Intervention (RtI) to identify students who need assistance in mathematics, and to address the needs of these students through focused interventions. The guide also describes how to carry out each recommendation, including how to address potential roadblocks in implementing them."
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Replaced LCD Has Vertical Lines - "HELP!"
I dropped my MBP a few months ago and I've just bought (for the second time) a new LCD for it. When I installed the new Lcd panel I got colorful vertical lines on a white background across the whole screen. I tried reseting the PRAM to no avail but some change in the vertical line's position on the screen with a 1 and half inch white gap between the lines on one part of the screen.
I know the logic board is okay, because I have it plugged into a desktop monitor and everything is fine. Do I need to send the panel I ordered back and get a new one? Or is this now a problem with my cable?
(also there is no going to a genius bar because the warranty is out on this laptop)
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The Hollywood Reporter's 35 Most Powerful People in New York Media 2015
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Roger Ailes
Chairman and CEO, Fox NewsWHY HE MATTERS The dominant cable news network for more than a decade, Ailes' Fox News funnels billions into the coffers of Rupert Murdoch's 21st Century Fox. SNL Kagan estimates the channel will earn $2.18 billion this year, the bulk of it from ad revenue and subscriber fees, dwarfing the potential of CNN ($1.16 billion) and MSNBC ($509 million). In fact, Ailes, 74, no longer views those networks as rivals. "We're competing with TNT and USA and ESPN," he says. Indeed, in February Fox News was the most-watched network in all of cable in primetime. And for the first quarter of 2015, the net jumped 10 percent in primetime among viewers 25-to-54, the demo most desired by advertisers.CAREER HIGH POINT "When we finally beat CNN [January 2002], that was good because they had made fun of us along with The New York Times and other people. So it's always good to actually land the airplane."CAREER LOW POINT "When I was [producing] The Mike Douglas Show, I knew every star in the business. I had a room in the Beverly Hills Hotel. I was living pretty good and was 28 years old. When I left the show, I couldn't get people to return my phone calls."SURPRISE TV PICK "So You Think You Can Dance. I flip to MSNBC occasionally to make sure their blind pig didn't find an acorn. But they never have once. I tell you who I do like at MSNBC — I like Joe and Mika. I don't watch much CNN, they got out of the news business in primetime. But I look to see if they have a good documentary or movie. If they do, I'll watch that."PEOPLE IN HOLLYWOOD ... "are hopelessly misguided. Amy Pascal said talent is a bottomless pit of need, and that covers everybody out there. They think they'll stand out and do better by criticizing the institutions and values that made the country great. I like Hollywood people. But they need a history lesson."
Jesse Angelo and Col Allan
CEO/publisher, New York Post and the Post Digital Network, and editor-in-chief, New York PostWHY THEY MATTER In the wake of News Corp.'s 2011 phone-hacking scandal and the shuttering in 2012 of its tablet newspaper, The Daily, Rupert Murdoch's news holdings looked to be on rocky footing. Enter Angelo, who segued from the top job at The Daily to publisher of Murdoch's New York Post — and wasted no time turning the 214-year-old tabloid into a nimble digital brand. (The paper, with its Page Six, also remains a must-read for the city's media, Wall Street and showbiz power base.) Under Angelo, 41, Post Digital Network sites have seen triple-digit increases in traffic — 29 million monthly uniques — while Allan, 62, keeps print humming with a stream of carnage and celebrity scandals. The paper's ad campaign — its first in a decade — trades on that reputation. Reads one taxi-top display, "If this were the Post, there'd be a body in the trunk."FAVORITE POST HEADLINE THIS YEAR Angelo: "'DELETER OF THE FREE WORLD,' written by Josh Tanzer, was a classic, for sure, but there were an awful lot of good ones."FAVORITE PLACE TO CONDUCT BUSINESS IN NEW YORK Angelo: "On the newsstand!"
Stephen Colbert
Future host, 'Late Show With Stephen Colbert'
WHY HE MATTERS The man CBS CEO Leslie Moonves anointed David Letterman's "only logical successor" signed off from Comedy Central's The Colbert Report in December after nine years (to a series high of 2.5 million viewers) and is set to launch Late Show on Sept. 8. Colbert, 50, will ditch his satirical blowhard persona as he enters a cutthroat broadcast late-night arena armed with a coveted commodity: youthful fans. At an average age of 42, Report viewers skewed almost two decades younger than Letterman's core.
Anderson Cooper
Host, 'Anderson Cooper 360'WHY HE MATTERS The face of CNN is reaping the benefits of his network's ratings rebound. Cooper's 360 telecast is up double digits from 2014 for an average 619,000 viewers (209,000 of them adults 25-to-54) during the first quarter — where he was second only to cable news king Bill O'Reilly in the 8 p.m. hour. Cooper, who remains a regular contributor to 60 Minutes, also enjoyed rare and decisive victories over Fox News Channel on several occasions for his coverage of the unrest in Ferguson, Mo.WHAT TIME I WAKE UP "I stay up till about 2 a.m. so I like to sleep until 9."WHERE I ORDER LUNCH AT MY DESK "I eat the same thing every day: Acai Bowl from Juice Generation and a salad from Fresh & Co. It's one less decision I have to make."GROSSEST THING I SAW IN THE SNOW THIS WINTER "I shovel the snow outside my [renovated] firehouse. There's two bars next door and I see quite a bit of frozen vomit."
Dean Baquet
Executive editor, The New York Times
WHY HE MATTERS Pulitzers are nice, but Baquet, who stepped into the top job at the nation's most prestigious news outlet in May — around the same time a report about needed innovation at the paper was leaked — will be judged by a less tangible and even more crucial metric: how the quality of the paper's reporting is preserved as digital advances. "Ten years ago, who would have thunk the phone and watch are where people would get their news?" says the 58-year-old New Orleans native. "Some of the best stuff this paper does, like ISIS or Ebola videos, doesn't even appear in print."
Jeff Fager
Executive producer, '60 Minutes'WHY HE MATTERS 60 Minutes' ticking stopwatch may be iconic, but the series shows no signs of winding down — it remains television's most prestigious newsmagazine, scoring world leaders from Barack Obama to Syria's Bashar al-Assad for headline-making sit-downs. It's also the most watched show of its kind, by a large margin, averaging 12.93 million weekly viewers this season, up 2 percent from last year. Fager's challenges: maintain that momentum while extending the brand's digital reach with web series 60 Minutes: Overtime.CAREER LOW POINT "We once did a segment about Poland after the collapse of communism. What didn't [60 Minutes creator] Don Hewitt like about that segment? Everything."DREAM INTERVIEW "The pope. Or Vladimir Putin. Maybe together."
Jimmy Fallon and Seth Meyers
Host, 'The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon'; and host, 'Late Night With Seth Meyers'WHY THEY MATTER The Saturday Night Live vet turned Tonight Show frontman has done the near impossible for NBC: reinvigorate the late-night format, with a snark-free show heavy on talent-packed bits that routinely go viral. Who else could get first lady Michelle Obama to demonstrate mom dancing (22 million views on YouTube) or Brad Pitt to breakdance (nearly 11 million views)? Since moving Tonight back to New York two years ago, Fallon has owned the late-night launchpad for Hollywood, and studios increasingly have shifted premieres from L.A. to New York. The show averages 3.9 million viewers and bests David Letterman's and Jimmy Kimmel's shows in every key demo. Now, Fallon, 40, has turned "Lip Sync Battle," a viral Tonight segment, into a hit show on Spike; 2.2 million watched the April 2 debut, making it the network's biggest unscripted bow ever. Meyers, 41, Fallon's fellow SNL alum, consistently outrates his 12:30 a.m. competition in the all-important 18-to-49 demo. He also is a producer on Hulu animated comedy The Awesomes and is a go-to host whose recent gigs include the NFL Honors and the 2014 Emmys.GROSSEST THING I SAW IN THE SNOW THIS WINTER Meyers: "Half a Croc sticking out of a snow drift."
James Goldston, Tom Cibrowski and Barbara Fedida
President; senior vp programs, newsgathering, special events; and senior vp talent and business, ABCWHY THEY MATTER The ABC News machine continues to roll over its broadcast competition, not skipping a beat during Ben Sherwood's transition from news chief to Disney-ABC Television Group president. Goldston's first year in Sherwood's old gig saw a third consecutive season of ratings dominance for a.m. flagship Good Morning America and a successful handoff on World News Tonight — where David Muir stepped in for Diane Sawyer Sept. 2 and has since topped NBC's perennial No. 1 Nightly News 14 times in the demo race (with and without Brian Williams).CAREER HIGH POINT "Beating the Today show," says Cibrowski, 47.CAREER LOW POINT "I was sent to Ohio to book Jeffrey Dahmer's prom date for a show called Day One," recalls Fedida, 47. "This was before the Internet or cellphones, and when I got there, she wasn't home. I needed to get on a flight because I had to have my wedding dress fitted, but my producer said absolutely not. I remember having tears in my eyes thinking, 'My wedding dress isn't going to fit because I can't find Jeffrey Dahmer's prom date.'"DREAM INTERVIEW Goldston, 46, covets Charlie Rose's recent get: Syrian president Bashar al-Assad; Cibrowski: Ray and Janay Rice; Fedida: Pope Francis.PEOPLE IN HOLLYWOOD ... "are brilliantly creative and fun to have a drink with," says Goldston.FAVORITE SHOW ON A COMPETING NET "I love me some CBS Sunday Morning," says Goldston, seconded by Fedida: "It is a symphony."
Lester Holt
Anchor, 'NBC Nightly News'WHY HE MATTERS It's tempting to call Holt the accidental Nightly anchor, sliding as he did into the desk of the nation's most watched newscast (averaging 9.3 million viewers a night this season) amid the mushrooming Brian Williams scandal. But Holt, 56, long has been a key player at NBC. He's a seasoned live anchor and has ably led multiple broadcasts (weekend Today, Dateline). Many of his colleagues are openly pulling for him to keep the evening anchor job even though ABC's newscast with David Muir snapped NBC Nightly News' 288-week winning streak for the week that ended April 3.WHERE MY PHONE IS AT NIGHT "I'm one of those throwbacks who still has a house phone, so if anyone needs to call me in the middle of the night, they shouldn't bother with my cell. It's firmly in the off position."
Arianna Huffington
Chair, president and editor-in-chief, Huffington Post Media GroupWHY SHE MATTERS Everyone from President Obama to Prince William and Amal Clooney have blogged for The Huffington Post — a testament to the power and reach of this vast digital brand (214 million global unique visitors each month) and its charismatic leader. Ten years after the mogul founded the influential portal, it continues to expand, with upcoming launches of Australian and Arabic sites that will bring HuffPost's international edition tally to 15. At 64, the mother of two daughters, who lives in Soho, is slowing down — a little: "I have made many changes in the way I live my life, including getting eight hours of sleep a night."CAREER HIGH POINT "Launching HuffPost Greece last November was the ultimate homecoming."IDEAL NYC TEMPERATURE "There's no ideal temperature. All that matters is that New Yorkers have the chance to complain about the weather. Now we're complaining about the never-ending winter. But eventually it will end and we can transition to complaining about the heat."BEST MEAL FOR BUSINESS MEETINGS "Afternoon tea, with scones — did you know you can get gluten-free ones? — clotted cream and cucumber sandwiches. And walnuts, pistachios, cheeses, berries, Juice Press juices. I inherited my mother's love of feeding people. She honestly believed that if you didn't eat something every 20 minutes, something terrible would happen to you."
Andy Lack, Deborah Turness and Phil Griffin
Chairman, NBC News and MSNBC; president, NBC News; and president, MSNBCWHY THEY MATTER With NBC News and MSNBC in a period of transition and the fate of exiled anchor Brian Williams still a question mark, 67-year-old Lack — who stepped in as chairman April 6 — has his work cut out for him. "You only learn from the hard stuff," he said in a 2011 interview. The NBCUniversal brand is still formidable; even as the No. 2 morning show, Today is a money-minting machine, earning nearly $600 million in ad revenue last year, according to Kantar. And despite a ratings slide, MSNBC is expected to make $509 million in revenue this year, according to SNL Kagan. "We have a strong brand, we believe in our brand, and that's not going to change," says Griffin, 58. "Andy is a content guy. He's really engaged and curious. I worked with him for eight years. So I get him."CAREER LOW POINT "After working as vacation relief for the Today show in 1984 for six months, there was no head count to keep me. I was devastated," says Griffin. "I walked out of the building and I saw [NBC News correspondent] John Palmer on Sixth Ave. and I couldn't stop to talk to him. Five months later, they called me with a permanent position (as producer, writer)."INTERVIEW I WISH I HAD "Osama bin Laden," says Turness, 48.MOST ADMIRED LEADER "Coach Taylor on Friday Night Lights," says Griffin. "He's rational, he's direct, he's calm, and he's got heart. I love the guy."
Matt Lauer, Savannah Guthrie and Hota Kotb
Anchors, 'Today'; and host, 'Today'WHY THEY MATTER The longest-serving anchor in morning TV, Lauer, 57, is the smooth glue that's held Today together for more than two decades amid ratings and personnel turmoil. He signed a two-year deal in 2014, and all signs point to the married father of three remaining a Today staple alongside co-anchor Guthrie, 43 (who herself signed a contract in January that will keep her in the co-anchor chair for at least three more years). Emerging as a key player is Kotb, 50, who co-hosts Today's fourth hour while effortlessly pinch-hitting on hard news and contributing to Dateline NBC.CAREER HIGH POINT Guthrie: "Anchoring seven hours straight during Boston Marathon bombing coverage." Lauer: "First day at Today."DREAM INTERVIEW "Anwar Sadat and Menachem Begin," says Kotb. "They figured out how to make peace — we need a refresher."SURPRISE TV PICK Lauer: Modern Family; Guthrie: Top Chef; Kotb: Girl Code on MTVPEOPLE IN HOLLYWOOD... "are not in need of Spanx," quips Kotb.GROSSEST THING I SAW IN THE SNOW THIS WINTER "[Al] Roker's autograph in yellow," says Lauer.
Mark Lazarus
Chairman, NBC Sports Group
WHY HE MATTERS Lazarus, 51, has his hand in some of NBC's greatest successes, from scoring NFL rights, which resulted in a 2015 Super Bowl with the highest-ever audience for a television program (114.4 million viewers), to taking a chance on NHL rights, which paid off when teams from the No. 1 (New York) and No. 2 (L.A.) markets delivered the Stanley Cup Final's highest ratings in two decades. This summer, he'll welcome NASCAR back to the NBC fold in a 10-year, $4.4 billion deal. "It's a major focus for the entire organization," he says. "We're very bullish on NASCAR."
CAREER HIGH POINT "Melding Comcast and NBC, two different companies with a lot of sports properties, into one brand was a high."CAREER LOW POINT "Telling my kids I had to move them from Atlanta when they were in high school."
Megan Liberman
Editor-in-chief, Yahoo News GroupWHY SHE MATTERS Since joining Yahoo 18 months ago, Liberman has turned the heavily trafficked portal into a breaking-news destination. The 47-year-old former deputy news editor at The New York Times has been on a hiring spree, building up newsrooms in New York and Washington with a roster of seasoned journalists such as politics guru Matt Bai and investigator Michael Isikoff. "We did not have a breaking-news organization here at all before I got here," says the born-and-raised New Yorker of the portal's home page, which draws more than 800 million viewers a month. "We want to be known as a destination that you turn to when big things are happening." After years overseeing digital initiatives at the Times, Liberman, who lives in Brooklyn with her husband and their two children, relishes Yahoo's tech-first environment. "[Yahoo CEO] Marissa Mayer says … 'We're the world's biggest startup,'" she adds. "I love that energy and sense of possibility." But she still reads the Times. "And yes, I still get it in print."CAREER HIGH POINT "Editing and working with Nate Silver through the 2012 election was quite a ride."DREAM INTERVIEW Katie Couric's interview with Sarah Palin in 2008. "It's a classic. It's a high bar for political interviews going forward because there are few that have been that revealing or consequential," she says. "A good Hillary Clinton interview where she really wants to talk would be great. And all U.S. news organizations would love to get the pope. Everyone wants to talk to the rock-star pope."
Sean McManus
Chairman, CBS SportsWHY HE MATTERS Managing the biggest attraction on the most watched network puts McManus in a power position. With the NFL and NCAA Tournament locked in through 2022 and 2024, respectively, he focused this year on building CBS' new Thursday Night Football, which averaged about 16 million viewers — a bit lower than expectations, but many of the games were blowouts and the NFL renewed the one-year deal for a reported $300 million. Ratings for March Madness (shared with Turner) were up this year, and McManus, 60, has high hopes for golf's The Masters, airing April 9 to 12. Still, cable property CBS Sports Network is still a work in progress. "We haven't chosen to spend hundreds of millions of dollars [on rights fees]," he says of the net's conservative approach. "We're trying to build it organically and slowly."MEMORABLE SPORTS MOMENTS "Being with my father [sportscaster Jim McKay] at the 1972 Olympics in Munich and presenting Tiger Woods' 1997 Masters victory."
Lorne Michaels
Executive producer, 'SNL,' 'The Tonight Show' and 'Late Night'
WHY HE MATTERS Never was Michaels' power more evident than on Feb. 15, when he assembled comedy's biggest stars — Will Ferrell, Eddie Murphy and Chevy Chase, to name just a few — for Saturday Night Live's 40th Anniversary Special. With 27.3 million viewers, the three-hour-plus show was the net's top-rated entertainment program, save for post-Super Bowl shows, in more than a decade. On a weekly basis, the weekend stalwart still lures A-list hosts, including Jim Carrey and Chris Rock, and more than 6 million viewers. During the week, Michaels' back-to-back late-night shows regularly outrate their competition. At 70, he has no plans to slow down: "I'm going to keep doing it as long as I possibly can because I love it and because it's what I do."
Rand Morrison
Executive producer, 'CBS Sunday Morning'WHY HE MATTERS While CBS Sunday Morning scores its share of big gets (President Obama was on to talk about the anniversary of the Selma march), most weeks it offers an eclectic mix of serious-minded and entertaining topics that scores with audiences. The March 1 episode delivered 6.63 million viewers, marking the show's sixth-biggest audience since 1987. "Our challenge is always making ends meet," says Morrison, 65, who feeds his staff ice cream on Fridays to get them through the weekend slog. "We don't enjoy a lavish budget."MOST ADMIRED LEADER "I would've loved to spend more time with Charles Kuralt. He was nearly out the door when I got here. You get the sense that the pioneers of early television had the best time on earth."SURPRISE TV PICK Newsroom for the entertainment, not the journalism. "I'd love Jane Fonda to be my news director."
David Muir
Anchor, 'ABC World News Tonight'WHY HE MATTERS The 41-year-old, who inherited the anchor desk from Diane Sawyer in September 2014, snapped NBC Nightly News' 288-week winning streak for the week ending April 3. Averaging 9.1 million viewers this season, Muir's World News also has won the evening news demo race for 14 weeks. "Not a day goes by when we're not grateful to see that viewers seem to be responding," he says, especially in light of the public's distrust of news media. "I wouldn't wish it on anyone or any organization, and I probably would say it wasn't great for the industry as a whole," says Muir of the Brian Williams scandal. "But we try to earn that viewer's trust every single night." Muir's broadcast is the only one to significantly grow its tune-in this season, adding half a million viewers on average and recently closing its most watched quarter in eight years.DREAM INTERVIEW "Kim Jong-un. I'd ask him, 'Where have you been? Why so secretive?'"FAVORITE SHOW ON A COMPETING NET "So we're gonna do a promo for the other network? (Laughs.) 60 Minutes. I've always watched and still do."IDEAL NYC TEMPERATURE "Anything above freezing."GROSSEST THING I SAW IN THE SNOW THIS WINTER "I don't look down."
Sheila Nevins
President, HBO Documentary FilmsWHY SHE MATTERS After arriving at HBO in 1979, Nevins built the network's storied documentary division from the ground up. Going Clear, Alex Gibney and Lawrence Wright's Scientology expose, pulled in 1.65 million viewers, making it HBO's most watched doc premiere since Spike Lee's 2006 When the Levees Broke. Andrew Jarecki's The Jinx made national news when, the night before the premiere of the Jinx finale — in which Robert Durst was recorded saying, "[I] killed them all" while in a bathroom — Durst was arrested in the 2000 slaying of his friend Susan Berman. "If fish are dying in the Hudson, that's not the same as someone confessing in a toilet," says Nevins. "But in terms of what's going to change the world, a story about pollution is a greater story for humankind. I'd like to be able to make noise and also nudge the world at the same time. I'm not sure they always go together."CAREER LOW POINT "I have high points and low points every day. I have a bipolar career; I have a lot of low points. I'm a chronically dissatisfied person."WHERE HER IPHONE IS AT NIGHT "Plugged in by my bed. When its battery runs down, I take it as a personal insult."IDEAL NYC TEMPERATURE "I don't like my arms, so I would have to wear something that has sleeves. 64 sounds about right."SURPRISE TV PICK "I like late-night sex shows."
John Oliver
Host and executive producer, 'Last Week Tonight'WHY HE MATTERS In the year since HBO introduced his weekly comedy show, Oliver has achieved a cultural cachet with hot-button interviews (he traveled to Moscow for a sit-down with NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden that aired April 5) and an ability to turn boring or impenetrable issues into comedy gold (witness his 13-minute dissection of net neutrality). "It's his ability to express disbelief and outrage while remaining sort of idealistic and human [that] makes him so good," says Jon Stewart, Oliver's former Daily Show boss, "and a finely tuned meter for knowing the difference."CAREER HIGH POINT "I was a voice on The Simpsons last year. Seeing my name in that yellow writing was an out-of-body experience."CAREER LOW POINT "I once did a college gig in England as the middle act between Mr. Methane, a man in a green suit who farted into a microphone, and Stevie Starr, who billed himself as The World's Only Professional Regurgitator. I was the audience's third-favorite act that night, by quite a margin."ADMIRED BUSINESS LEADER "Anyone who can honestly say, 'I am the opposite of Donald Trump.'"GROSSEST THING I SAW IN THE SNOW THIS WINTER "There is always a particular day each year in New York where the snow melts to reveal the collected horrors it has contained and you can't help but feel like Rutger Hauer at the end of Bladerunner: 'I've seen things you people wouldn't believe …' I can't talk about what I saw this year yet. I'm just not ready."
Bill O'Reilly
Host, 'The O'Reilly Factor'WHY HE MATTERS No one comes close to O'Reilly's winning streak: the most watched cable news program for 15 years; the most watched program in all of cable at 8 p.m.; No. 1 for 172 consecutive months; and up nearly 20 percent in the critical 25-to-54 demographic (503,000) and 6 percent among total viewers (2.87 million) for March. He even saw a ratings bump when he became part of the news cycle, vigorously defending his record covering the Falklands War as a CBS News correspondent. And, of course, he had the full support of his boss, Roger Ailes: "Typical Bill, full steam ahead, man the torpedoes. And I admire that."CAREER HIGH POINT "Raising millions of dollars for vets by having the five living presidents sign 10 photos of themselves at the opening of George W. Bush's library. We auctioned them on the Factor and sold replicas for donations."SURPRISE TV PICK "Rizzoli & Isles. The ladies are great."ADMIRED BUSINESS LEADER "Roger Ailes is a genius, but outside of my tent, I admire Jeff Fager, who runs 60 Minutes. Honest, creative and a stand-up guy."PEOPLE IN HOLLYWOOD ... "overall suffer from lemming-itis. My Hollywood partners, the Scott Free folks (who recently did Killing Jesus), are tremendously talented."
Megyn Kelly
Host, 'The Kelly File'WHY SHE MATTERS Since its October 2013 launch, Kelly's 9 p.m. show has been second only to fellow Fox News personality Bill O'Reilly's, pulling in 2.37 million viewers a night and beating the offerings on CNN, MSNBC and HLN combined. The 44-year-old married mother of three displays an independent streak (she pushed back hard on Rudy Giuliani for questioning President Obama's patriotism) and a sly humor that has made her a favorite among the network's politically independent viewers. "So much of the news is so dark," she says. "I try to make people laugh when I can."CAREER HIGH POINT "That moment with Karl Rove [on election night 2012]. I knew that would be a big moment. People always ask me if it was scripted and planned. It was neither. That turned out to be a pivotal point in my career."DREAM INTERVIEW "Hillary Clinton. I respect her accomplishments. I see the glass ceiling that she shattered. So it would not be some slugfest, but it would not be any thrill up the leg either. If you just keep talking to the leg thrillers, I don't think you're going to persuade anybody."
Scott Pelley
Anchor/managing editor, 'CBS Evening News'WHY HE MATTERS With a game of musical chairs going on at rivals ABC (planned) and NBC (unplanned), CBS' Pelley now is the time period's longest-tenured anchor. Since he joined Evening News as anchor and managing editor in 2011, the newscast has added more than 1 million viewers, with 7.4 million regularly tuning in this season. The 57-year-old was the only anchor to broadcast from Cuba the day President Obama announced U.S. plans to normalize relations, and he followed up with an eye-popping report for 60 Minutes. As a full-time correspondent on the Sunday evening stalwart, Pelley reported from the front lines in the fight against ISIS in Iraq and snagged FBI Director James Comey in his first major television interview to talk about the threat of Americans joining ISIS and the dangers posed by cybercrime.DREAM INTERVIEW Pope FrancisLAST MOVIE I SAW "Nightcrawler. I knew people like that."
Jonah Peretti and Ben Smith
Founder/CEO and editor-in-chief, BuzzFeedWHY THEY MATTER February was a big month for BuzzFeed. Smith, a Brooklyn father of three, landed an interview with President Obama, and a subsequent video starring the commander in chief has garnered more than 51 million views on Facebook. Days later, a post about a blue-and-black (or was it?) dress broke BuzzFeed traffic records with 29.4 million views in less than 24 hours. "BuzzFeed sprouted from the depths of web culture, and began its life as a place to find delightful things on the Internet," Smith, 38, wrote in an email to the staff the day after #TheDress went viral, adding that the spontaneous phenomenon "is a reminder that while we now do so many more things, we've never moved away from our roots." In the nine years since Peretti, 41, founded his viral content lab while still at The Huffington Post, the company has become a digital media powerhouse, churning out listicles and breaking-news posts that attract 200 million visitors a month. Peretti, who lives in Brooklyn with his wife and twin sons, now also has his eyes set on Hollywood with BuzzFeed Motion Pictures.DREAM INTERVIEW Smith: "Tom Lehrer, the musical satirist who rose to fame in the '50s and subsequently disappeared from public view. And of course, the pope."WHERE I GET MY NEWS Smith: Twitter
David Rhodes
President, CBS NewsWHY HE MATTERS With Jeff Fager focused on 60 Minutes, Rhodes, at just 41, now is firmly in charge at CBS News and reporting directly to CBS Corp. CEO Leslie Moonves, who recently extended Rhodes' contract into 2019. Although CBS ranks third in mornings and evenings, both CBS This Morning and CBS Evening News With Scott Pelley are up in viewers this year (to 3.5 million in the February sweep and 7.7 million for the first quarter of 2015, respectively). And Rhodes, a Bloomberg and Fox News alum (and the youngest person to ever lead a network news division), scored a coup this year bringing in Steve Capus from NBC to produce the evening broadcast.CAREER HIGH POINT "Still to come, I hope — I'm 41."SURPRISE TV PICK "City Drive Live. It's hypnotic. An endless streaming loop of New York City traffic cameras on channel 72 in Manhattan."
Kelly Ripa and Michael Strahan
Hosts, 'Live With Kelly and Michael'WHY THEY MATTER Morning standard Live is more relevant than ever in its third season pairing Ripa with Strahan. The syndicated talker, one of the few that doesn't tape in L.A., is on a ratings hot streak — it most recently averaged 4.4 million viewers and hit seven-year highs in the targeted demographic of women 25-to-54 — and nabbed Daytime Emmy nominations for both the show and hosts. Perhaps most important, Live remains a booking must for anyone whose promotional tour heads to the East Coast. Recent guests include Oprah Winfrey, Amy Adams and Channing Tatum.BEST MEAL FOR A BUSINESS MEETING Ripa: "Coffee over the phone."WHERE MY IPHONE IS AT NIGHT Strahan: "My iPhone is plugged in by my bed because it's my alarm — but I don't really need it because I automatically wake up and only sleep about five hours a night."GROSSEST THING I SAW IN THE SNOW THIS WINTER Ripa: "Dog shit. Everywhere!"
Robin Roberts, George Stephanopoulos and Lara Spencer
Anchors, 'Good Morning America'WHY THEY MATTER What's the secret behind TV's top-rated network morning show, which for three years has outpaced NBC's Today in both total viewership and the 25-to-54 demographic? Look to its winning trio: Stephanopoulos, Roberts and Spencer. Throw in a lively mix of stories ranging from the quirky (a profile of a 175-pound pit bull named Hulk) to the newsmaking (Stephanopoulos' exclusive sit-down with Darren Wilson, the Ferguson cop acquitted of fatally shooting Michael Brown), and it all adds up to one of the most impressive media success stories of the decade: It's GMA's robust ad revenue — which rose 12 percent in 2014 to $260 million, according to SNL Kagan — that keeps the rest of ABC's news division afloat. Stephanopoulos also has made waves with his Sunday morning public-affairs program, This Week — his interview with Indiana Gov. Mike Pence was a tipping point in the backlash against the state's religious freedom law.DREAM INTERVIEW "I always wanted to interview Nelson Mandela," says Roberts, 54. "I admired how he was about reconciliation and not retaliation."WHAT TIME THEY WAKE UP "3:15 a.m.," says Roberts. "I meditate for 20 minutes, watch the overnight news, and I'm out the door headed to the studio by 4:45 a.m." Stephanopoulos, meanwhile, wakes 45 minutes earlier, at 2:30 a.m. "I get about six hours of sleep a night," he says.ADMIRED BUSINESS LEADER "Bob Iger, for his affable rigor," says Stephanopoulos. "And he's my boss."
Charlie Rose, Gayle King and Norah O'Donnell
Anchors, 'CBS This Morning'WHY THEY MATTER It might trail Today and GMA, but CBS' more cerebral morning offering is the only one that can claim an uptick of 7 percent in total viewers this year. And as other shows pepper their lineups with reality-show cast interviews, CBS has leaned into hard news. Which is not to say the show shies away from Hollywood fare. In fact, King, 60, still is holding out hope she'll snag a Bruce Springsteen interview. "Smart and fascinating," she says of the media-shy rocker. Rose, 73, who also hosts his own PBS show, and O'Donnell, 41, a rising star at the network, both pop up on 60 Minutes as well. O'Donnell calls the latter a career high: "I've been watching every Sunday since I was a kid."DREAM INTERVIEW "Kim Jong-un," says O'Donnell. "My father served for 30 years in the U.S. Army, and our family was stationed in Seoul for a couple of years. North Korea is still the most reclusive and secretive country in the world." Says Rose: "I'd like to interview Pope Francis and Jack Nicholson, together."SURPRISE TV PICK Rose: "Formula One Racing."FAVORITE TV SHOW King: "I drank the Empire Kool-Aid big time! So ghetto and fabulous, not to mention brilliant."HOURS OF SLEEP I GET King: "I wear one of those Jawbone bands to remind me of the sleep I am not getting. It's basically four to five hours a night. If I get six, I am doing the hula!" Rose: "I wake up at 4:30 a.m., and I generally get about six hours of sleep each night. I also take two naps each day."
Diane Sawyer
Anchor, ABC NewsWHY SHE MATTERS Since she gave up the confines of the 22-minute nightly newscast last summer, Sawyer, 69, has notched a series of primetime specials that have taken her to Austria with Julie Andrews for the 50th anniversary of The Sound of Music (7.3 million viewers — 20/20's most watched hour this season) and to the seedier corners of New York City for an investigation into sex trafficking. And on April 24, ABC will air what is sure to be her next blockbuster: an intimate interview with former Olympian Bruce Jenner about his decision to undergo a sex-change operation. "It's this great gift of evolution. Arriving here, back where I started in a way [at newsmagazines] with the freedom from the tyrannies of a schedule every day. Ben Sherwood [current head of Disney-ABC] calls us the pirate navy. And that's who we are. We just sort of show up and then set out on these different adventures."PEOPLE IN HOLLYWOOD ... "are the great explorers," says Sawyer, whose husband, director Mike Nichols, died in November. "They're the Magellans. They remind us that art is such a gift and not just the class you go to to get away from calculus."WHERE MY IPHONE IS AT NIGHT "It takes a village every night to find my phone. I have two. I can never find them."
Joe Scarborough, Mika Brzezinski and Rachel Maddow
Host and co-host, 'Morning Joe'; host, 'The Rachel Maddow Show'WHY THEY MATTER Though MSNBC has seen ratings slide, Morning Joe and The Rachel Maddow Show remain key brands for the network, serving as tentpoles at the opposite ends of the day (Joe at 6-9 a.m. and Maddow at 9-10 p.m.). With Scarborough, 52, and Brzezinski, 47, at the helm, Joe remains MSNBC's most valuable asset with one of the wealthiest, most educated audiences in morning news (Maddow, 42, boasts the same demo). Still, Joe is falling behind CNN's New Day, which rankles Scarborough. "I'm really competitive. I like to win, but given the choice of having the most important news show to the influencers or beating CNN by a couple of points, that's not even a close call," he says.CAREER HIGH POINT Scarborough: "Having Tim Russert bust into our Iowa caucus show in 2008 and asking if it was all right for him to sit in with Mika and me."DREAM INTERVIEW Scarborough: "As always, Paul McCartney. Everybody else is a distant second. If he's not available, I guess the pope will do." Maddow: Dick Cheney.SURPRISE TV PICK Scarborough: South Park; Brzezinski: "Modern Family reruns with my daughter on her laptop. I am totally Claire Dunphy, except not as cute." Maddow: "River Monsters. Is that surprising? That's probably not surprising."LAST MOVIE I SAW Scarborough: "Cinderella. I loved it!"MOST ADMIRED LEADER Maddow: "I admire everything about how Andrea Mitchell does her job."WHERE THEIR IPHONES ARE AT NIGHT Brzezinski: "Laying beside me in bed, and it's phones, not phone." Maddow: "Banished."
John Skipper
President, ESPN, and co-chairman, Disney Media NetworksWHY HE MATTERS Skipper holds the crown jewel in Disney's TV empire — the No. 1 cable network in advertising revenue, affiliate fees and viewers (topping perennial champ USA in 2014), according to SNL Kagan. The flagship network is said to be worth more than $50 billion, with ad revenue projected to hit $2.2 billion by 2016. Skipper, 59, who splits his time between New York and ESPN's Bristol, Conn., headquarters, cites the network's World Cup coverage and a nine-year, $24 billion extension of its NBA deal (shared with Turner) as recent highlights. But he raised eyebrows when ESPN was included in Dish Network's new Sling TV over-the-top offering aimed at younger viewers. He says he's not interested in killing the traditional cable-bundle cash cow. "We're buttressing the bundle, not dispensing with the bundle."CAREER LOW POINT "Mowing lawns as a kid. The grass stain on my white Chuck Taylors was devastating."SURPRISE TV PICK "Da Ali G Show. Booyakasha!"WHERE HIS IPHONE IS AT NIGHT "It sleeps and charges in a little fur-lined basket underneath my bed."
Shane Smith
CEO, Vice MediaWHY HE MATTERS In 2014, Vice sold 10 percent stakes to both A+E Networks and venture capital firm Technology Crossover Ventures in deals that valued the business at more than $2.5 billion, leaving Smith with a $500 million war chest for expansion. "What I'm most proud of is that we have experienced such tremendous growth and have maintained our independence," says the gregarious, uncensored Smith, 45, who lives in Tribeca with his wife and two young daughters. "We're allowed to do whatever the hell we want to do because we run the company." Vice, which reaches an audience of 500 million a month and could reach $1 billion in revenue this year, has pacted with Rogers Communications for a $100 million studio and 24-hour Vice TV channel in Canada; with 20th Century Fox to release two feature films a year; and with HBO to re-up its show for another two years and expand its footprint with a daily newscast (the largest content deal the cable network has ever struck). The company also has a deal with Snapchat for its new Discover platform and recently pacted with Live Nation on a music site set to launch later this year.DREAM INTERVIEW "I have three: Vladimir Putin because he doesn't really talk to the press unless it's his press; the pope because he is probably the most dynamic political, religious, cultural figure the world has seen in the past 50 years; and Fidel Castro, to talk to him before he dies about his vision of the revolution and where he thinks it's going to go."MOST ADMIRED BUSINESS LEADER "I model myself after [former Viacom CEO and Vice consultant] Tom Freston, not only in my business style but also in my life. He's definitely an example of that saying, 'You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.' He's a good guy. Everyone loves him. He's a lot nicer than I am, and I try to always be nicer every day. I think he was one of the last charismatic media executives."SURPRISE TV PICK "I like a Sunday afternoon Downton Abbey on the couch. It's relaxing."BEST MEAL FOR A BUSINESS MEETING "A boozy lunch. There's a study that says you should always do business when someone has eaten because when you're hungry or thirsty, the natural human reaction is to say no. So if you have a boozy lunch, the reaction when you're fully satiated is yes."
Howard Stern
Radio personality, SiriusXM
WHY HE MATTERS He's an essential rainmaker for SiriusXM, where his audience makes up a sizable chunk of the company's 27.4 million listeners. His show has become the first stop for A-list stars including Bill Murray, Bradley Cooper and even Madonna, who willingly serve up intimate revelations (Madonna revealed details of her rape at age 19) in return for massive exposure. Since 2011, he's served as a judge on America's Got Talent, and produced a host of TV projects. But while he earns $95 million a year — $50 million from Sirius alone — the restless Stern, 61, is hinting he may leave the company when his contract runs out this year.
Jon Stewart and Larry Wilmore
Host/executive producer, 'The Daily Show'; host/executive producer, 'The Nightly Show'WHY THEY MATTER Stewart's Feb. 10 announcement that he would leave The Daily Show this year made international headlines. Through more than 16 years behind his faux anchor desk, Stewart, 52, transformed the show into a cultural arbiter that skewered both the hypocrisy of Washington and the selective outrage of the media, lifting Comedy Central's fortunes in the process. "I've come to value comedy in a way I didn't before," says Stewart. "The more I learned how to do it the more I wanted to utilize it to express what I really thought." He's also launched myriad careers: Steve Carell, Samantha Bee, John Oliver, Wilmore and, most recently, Trevor Noah, who will inherit the Daily Show desk. Stewart has yet to reveal what he'll do next — besides have dinner with wife Tracey and their children — but could claim just about any perch he desires. Wilmore, 53, launched The Nightly Show in January (Stewart serves as executive producer). Since then, The Daily Show's former Senior Black Correspondent has become a brutally funny debunker of America's supposed post-racial culture, commenting on everything from the racist chant at the University of Oklahoma ("I'll stop talking about race when you stop being racist") to Bill Cosby ("He was never a hero of mine"). Wilmore maintains an executive producer credit on ABC breakout Black-ish, and saw his HBO comedy with Issa Rae ordered to pilot earlier this year.CAREER LOW POINT Wilmore: "Getting fired from The Bernie Mac Show, the show which I created."DREAM INTERVIEW Wilmore: "The pope. I want to see if he would keep it 100 [a reference to Wilmore's segment that challenges guests to give 100 percent honest answers]."
Anna Wintour
Artistic director, Conde Nast, and editor-in-chief, Vogue
WHY SHE MATTERS She oversees 20 Conde Nast titles and has ruled Vogue with a manicured hand since 1988 (current circulation is 1.2 million, but the style bible claims 12 million eyeballs). She also created the Vogue/CFDA Fund to encourage new designers; nurtured talent like John Galliano and Zac Posen to the top of the designer heap; often casts the deciding vote when an international luxury brand is hiring for the top job; and has raised over $125 million for the Metropolitan Museum's Costume Institute — renamed in 2014 The Anna Wintour Costume Institute. To the outside world her image is still shrouded in mystery, just as her eyes are frequently hidden by oversize shades. But among her inner circle, Wintour's intelligence, taste — and loyalty — are renowned and superlatively praised. "Anna is a great friend first and foremost," says producer Harvey Weinstein, whose wife is Marchesa designer Georgina Chapman. "In 2008 when my company was having a rough time, she was the most loyal. When you know her, you know that she truly loves what she does — and on top of that, she's so stylish and so smart. She's made Vogue bigger than life. She's it. And what's interesting is, her stamp on Vogue is her sophistication, yet there's no one who can't read it." Says designer Michael Kors, "In the over three decades I have known Anna, she has never wavered in her curiosity about what's new and next. She understands better than anyone I know how different worlds intersect, from fashion to Hollywood to sports to big business to politics. To be powerful and relevant in today's world and to combine experience and curiosity is the best possible combination, particularly in the media."
Jeff Zucker
President, CNN WorldwideWHY HE MATTERS Give the man his due: CNN's morning show New Day has been a bright spot, beating Morning Joe for three quarters in a row. And competitors might poke fun at CNN's nonstop Malaysia Airlines coverage, but Zucker has no regrets. "When there is breaking news, we go all in," he says. "The formula is proven." While some point out that the deal for Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown was put together before the 49-year-old stepped into his role, Zucker notes it flourished on his watch. "Clearly, this has all worked."DREAM INTERVIEW "The pope. No pope has ever sat for an extended interview, but there hasn't been a pope like this one."
FAVORITE SHOW ON A COMPETING NET "The O'Reilly Factor at 11 p.m. I just find Bill very informative and entertaining. Make sure it's noted I watch it at 11, not 8."


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Yesterday I was at a media event at George The Salon getting a vegetarian hair conditioning treatment. You can't make this stuff up…I know. Anyhow- while sitting under the dryer I was reading Glamor Magazine and a nail trend caught my eye.
According to the magazine- nail art is *done*, and creative takes on the french manicure are *in*. Now, mind you I have no idea what month the mag was so this trend may be *out* by now…but it's new to me and since I always do a french manicure these days I thought I'd give it a go.
During fashion week the manicurists were using real fishnet tights and nail glue to create an awesome edgy look, so today I tried my own take on the style.
First I applied press- on nails with a rounded tip in french manicure.Yes, I use press-on nails. A lot. And I get lots of compliments on them, plus they save me time and $$.
Next I took the new Sally Hansen Salon Effects in "Misbehaved" and trimmed them to match the tip of the press-ons and then stuck them on the nail. Trimming the sticker to match the nail was tougher than anticipated, so I began to try different techniques. I found that taking the sticker and applying it horizontal then stretching across the tip and filing it down to match the curved edge of the nail worked best. You may have a new and even better method- so I say give it a go.
Found these nails on Pintrest, love them as well.
As for the conditioning treatment? Loved it.
George, the owner, did my blow out after and my hair looked shiny and bouncy. The best part? It lasted thru hot yoga this morning and is still going strong.
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Exhibition on the history of Chorley's war effort opens
An exhibition charting the military history of a Lancashire town has opened.
Chorley MP Lindsay Hoyle officially launched the Chorley Remembers Experience in the Coach House at Astley Hall.
The exhibition features a collection of artefacts and activities including items donated by members of the public.
Historian Stuart Clulow said he was very proud to see his granddad's World War II medals on display.
He said: "I'm immensely proud of the collection we have got as a family because I know so many items have been sold out of families or thrown out.
"To see them on display is very humbling."
Mr Hoyle, chairman and co-founder of the Chorley Remembers Project, said the exhibition provides a "fascinating insight".
He said he was delighted so many families had donated artefacts to the exhibition.


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I was going to begin this post with "I've had a crazy few weeks", then I thought for a moment, took a sip of my tea followed by a slice of reality, (I'm off cake) and decided, "I have a busy life", would probably be more appropriate.
Having a full on job as a Brand Manager, which on any given day can see me wearing more hats than I have in my closet, (and I have a lot of hats), followed by a blog which I intend on growing, combined with planning a wedding (among other stray projects that I have a habit of adopting ) my life is only going to get busier.
While I really am happiest when I have so many things going on I feel like pulling my hair out, one of the things that grates on me about the daily grind of busy busy busy is the effect it can have on my personal appearance. Literally my nails have been doing the naked dance for the last two weeks, my skin is sick of telling me that it needs a face mask and I'm all for full brows but I'm probably giving Cara Delevingne a run for her money at this stage. I just count myself lucky that all hell could freeze over before I stop taking care of my hair – everyone has their thing, right?
Now believe me, I know how absolutely, utterly and insanely ridiculous this sounds and I can hear the b**** please spats hurdling in sound waves towards my head, and of course in the grand scheme of things these are just mere frivolities, but I have to be honest and say that not putting the basic time I need into my appearance on any given day can have a direct impact on my mood. Ok ….I feel more eye rolling coming on but seriously I've had some shockers over the past few weeks including turning up to a fitting with a client with my top on inside out – cringe city – and just this Monday, arriving in Cork and realizing that there was more wool on my leggings then on my wayward woolly jumper.
Not surprisingly, these are not looks that I'm wishing to recreate any time soon, despite the fact that I am building up quite a bit of material for a bestseller on the effects of getting dressed in the dark.
Ok back to my point, obviously I am not saying that we all need to slay it like Kylie Jenner every day of the week but making time for the little things that make you feel good about yourself are worth it. Genuinely, the days when I'm dressed to kill, my make-up is semi on fleek and my nails are actually painted, I feel like I can take over the world and all of its ruling planets.
Whether its spoiling yourself with shopping or going for a spa day with the girls or even just having the time to have a long hot soak in the tub, feeling good isn't just about exercising and eating well, this is the kind of soul food I'm talking about!
I shot this look on a Saturday a few weeks back and getting all dressed up and having my hair done after a crazy week, really made me feel good about being me again – we can all lose ourselves in the monotony of daily life. I could feel myself releasing endorphins just entering the doors of the hair salon – who needs Pilates – and in my book someone washing your mane has to be one of the best presents you can give yourself.
Coming out of the salon at Sean Taaffes an hour later, I felt instantly transformed and whilst it wasn't one of the most important, productive or ground-breaking things I've done all week, I felt more like me again and that my friends, is most important.
So don't forget to treat yourself, book that hair appointment, those nails you don't really need, the shopping trip you can't afford and for god's sake buy those shoes!!
Happy Saturday
Laura XO
P.S Keep an eye on my facebook page over the next few days for a little competition treat that should help with one of my orders, I'm not usually this bossy I swear!
Up-style: Sean Taaffe Hair & Beauty, Killarney
Jumpsuit: River Island – purchased in store
Heels: Primark
Clutch: Dunnes Stores
Tassel Earrings: H&M – purchased in store
Photos by Pawel Nowak shot on location at the Europe Hotel & Resort.


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1. Paper
2. Scroll or normal envelope?
You can also just use an ordinary piece of paper and an envelope, and with a wax seal - see prior entry - it can look just as great.
3. Font
There are plenty of websites where you can find a fitting font for the text. I always use Dafont.com and they even have an explanation if you don't know how to add a new font to your writing program. Some examples could be these:
4. Decoration
When it comes to decorations you have very free reins. It can be an illustrations of a castle or flowers in dusty colours and gold and maybe a French lily. There can be a picture of a knight and his maiden or you can just let the first letter of the text be a big beautiful and detailed picture in itself.
5. Text
You have a great opportunity to make some fun with the text and give the guests a little taste of what is to come.
Hear ye, hear ye
Lady - bride's name - and sir - groom's name - are to be wed on the blessed day of - date - and pray that you, - guest's name - will honour us with your presence on this joyful occasion. Finally the knight won his maiden and they shall be bound to each other in the ritual of hand fasting on - location - with a glorious feast to follow.
Come merrily and gay to our wedding day!
You can also write it as a little fairy tale.
Remember to write the link to your wedding website if you have one, so they can get the rest of the information from there and do remember also to write if you would like them to come in medieval clothing - this you should tell them as early as possible because not everybody will like the idea.


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I know I don't post on here often, but look, it does happen sometimes!
I've been in MN this week, doing some work and training in our corporate office. I love it here a lot! I love the cold, the snow, etc. I'd stay here in a heartbeat!! I was hoping to get to visit with Cheeky, but that just isn't happening. It's impressive how busy one remains on a business trip! Well, maybe next time!
On Friday and Saturday before we left for our business trip, my boss and I took her son and my daughter to both nights of Jingle Ball. We saw Fall Out Boy, Avril Lavigne, Sean Kingston, Natasha Bedingfield, One Republic, Gym Class Heroes, Plain White T's, and CuteIs What We Aim For (not in that order). We all had so much fun, and it was the first concert (and 2nd) for both kids! Yeah, I know, we're cool moms 🙂 If you're my friend on Flickr you can see the pics there, along with some snowy MN pics 🙂
I've been dreaming about my Uncle the past couple of nights. The dreams are always scary…someone trying to hurt me, but then I see my Uncle and I feel calm, but then something happens, I don't know what, and I'm terrified and yelling for my Aunt. It's been the exact same dream both times, and last night I woke myself up yelling for my Aunt 😦 I have no idea what these dreams mean or why I'm having them. I mean, my first thought would be that I just miss him because this is my first set of holidays without him, but the scary parts make me wonder…who knows. I just hope I don't have them tonight! Or ever again for that matter!
I'm second guessing surgery, which actually happens a lot lately. I'm worried that it's going to make it worse, or just not help at all. I don't know. Part of me thinks it's the best thing I can do for myself, and part of me thinks that it may just be something I have to learn to live with, and going under the knife won't do anything for it…I'm open to opinions.
Alright, I think that's it. I need to get some work done now!


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03-24-06 Local woman recalls world travels
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ROCKFORD -- Lois Koch has worn many hats in her 87 years: farm wife, great-grandmother, teacher, world traveler and saffron dealer. In 1970, Koch and her late husband, Morris, left Celina for a few weeks' visit with their son, Dan, a Peace Corps teacher in Afghanistan. Although they made visits along the way to Rome and Istanbul, they did not expect to see Damascus, Syria. "Two small airplanes came up on either side of our plane and forced us to land in a little airport near Damascus. As we taxied down the tarmac, there were rows and rows of soldiers," she told The Daily Standard on Wednesday morning in the dining room of Maplewood at Shane Hill, where she is a resident. All the passengers were forced to leave the plane but, after a wait in the terminal, they were all herded back on the plane, which soon took off for Afghanistan. "No, we were never able to find out what was going on, and I still don't know to this day," she said, playing with one of the many beaded bracelets she has made for many years from imported beads. The couple wasn't in Afghanistan long before Koch fell down a flight of marble steps in the house where they were staying and broke her foot. "My son took me to the local hospital, which was a little mud and brick building with no glass in the windows. People were sitting on the floor and leaning against the walls. There was only one chair and a little old woman was sitting there," she recalled. The woman got up and indicated Koch should take her seat. At first Koch declined, but her son said the old woman's feelings would be hurt if Koch didn't sit down. The x-ray technician was a Muslim man who would not touch Koch's foot. "It was probably because I was 'the infidel' in his mind and, I imagine, because I was a woman. So my son moved my foot around for the x-ray," she explained. The x-ray was small, about 4-by-6 inches, but very clear. When she learned there was no one at the hospital who could set the bone, she decided to buy the x-ray and keep it with her. "I paid 38 cents for it," she said. Koch was "not about to return home just for a broken foot" and proceeded to wrap it in an elastic bandage. The next day, she, her husband, her son and four Afghan men spent the day riding in a small Russian taxi over the mountains to the town of Mazar e Sharif. "The scenery was beautiful, lovely waterfalls, but the road was a primitive two-lane. I wondered how they got that road to hang on the side of the mountains," she laughed. The next day they rode 14 hours through the dessert in 120-degree heat. The vehicle was a Russian truck with two long board seats in the truck bed and a one-piece canvas overhead. "There are no roads in the desert, so the driver's guide stood in the back of the truck and yelled out where to turn," she said. After a stay in her son's adopted village, the couple went on to India to visit the family of their former exchange student. Koch's next trip to India came 14 years later, this time in search of a missing shipment of saffron, the world's costliest spice. At that time (1984), its value was $1,500 per kilo (about two pounds), according to Koch. While visiting her son Dan, by then an importer living in Portland, Ore., she learned he was trying to chase down two kilos of saffron that were long overdue from a small supplier in India. Just casually Dan remarked that this would be a good trip for his mom -- she could visit the exchange student's parents and then sort out the saffron deal. Later, back in Ohio, she decided she would go to India even though she would be making the trip alone. "My husband had died not long before and I was just recovering from hip replacement surgery, but I thought a trip like this would be a good change for me," she said. "By the time we were flying over the ocean though I really missed having my husband with me and thought 'what am I doing going off to India by myself." But she kept to the plan and her exchange student's family met her in New Delhi, where she spent some time before setting off for Kashmir where the saffron farmer lived. The family's son Bonu accompanied her and together they made the cold November trip. "At night the government turned off the electricity and, believe me, it got cold. We both slept in our clothes and Bonu wore a wool cap and gloves," she said. She got word to the saffron farmer via a local airport worker that she wanted to talk to him. "He was a small operator and said he just couldn't get a large amount of saffron to ship. Well, we arranged for him to bring in every night whatever saffron he had harvested," Koch said. He dutifully brought the harvest to town, still wet from the fields. Koch laid the threads on her dresser to dry them. She remembered the purple fields of saffron plants, a crocus-looking flower. At night the village women would carefully pull off the purple flowers leaving the two-inch stamens, three to a flower. The stamens are the saffron. Finally the farmer brought in enough to make a shipment worth while; however, there was yet another glitch. Koch had to arrange for a spice broker in India as she was not legally permitted to handle the transaction. "That broker was a slick-operator kind of guy who complained constantly about the United States. Finally I told him I couldn't do anything about my government just as he couldn't do anything about the poverty in India," she said. After that the broker calmed down and later invited Koch to dine with his family in his affluent neighborhood. "We had a very nice meal and then celebrated with a pot of saffron tea," she said.
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Don't Use Social Media Or Blogs? You Can Still Build Your Business Without Them
It has become the common belief that the only way to develop your business is with a blog, social media, a YouTube channel or Tweeting to your fingers hurt. While they are all excellent tools and I personally recommend them as part of your overall strategy, you can do very well without them too.
Hard to believe that it wasn't that many years ago that folks actually talked to one another face to face to generate new clients and expand their business's. While it's not the latest way to do things, it's not a lost art and continues to be the way a significant part of business is conducted.
I'm not suggesting you throw your computer away, just use it for researching options to develop your business as opposed to your relationship building. There's a lot to be said for meeting people in person and looking them in the eye before you start attempting to sell them anything.
Build Your Business Through Networking Events
One of the best methods to still create new business is by attending networking events in your community or vertical niche. Here's where research can truly help you. There are websites like Meetup.com that will let you know where every event of every type is being held, how many people are attending the events plus they even have a list of members you could contact. You could even sponsor these groups for greater visibility.
One note of caution here, don't focus too much on the business groups. Try and find a group that fits with your specific products and services and better yet, with something you like to do. At the end of the day the best business relationships come out of personal relationships. So when you have a common thread of interest, you will have a greater chance of building a business relationship out of that thread.
Another great place to go is trade associations. It is easy to join a local chapter and attend their events. More important would be to get involved with their committees. Many times people tend to be slow to get to know you just from the social events, but when you get involved with a committee, you will have the opportunity to get to know people better and they can in turn refer you to others who might need what you have.
You can become involved with the local chambers of commerce, Rotary, Optimist Club (etc) as well. The same things apply, go to their events, and become involved. Also, if you do meet people don't start out by attempting to push your business, get to know them and when you have a relationship, ask them for referrals. In many cases they may not be your potential customer, but, if they trust you, they will know someone who might be your customer in the future.
Use Your New Relationships To Grow Your Business Over Time
There are many other places to go and meet individuals who might be your targets like non-profit organizations and more. Do your research and check out several types of groups that can be a fit, many of the local papers publish business type events as well. I would even suggest that when you are at an event that you ask people you meet, who seem to be good networkers, "where else should I go?"
But even more important, you need to make sure that you do more with the folks you meet then try and push your products. You want to build relationships and become known as the local business match maker. There are some rules to success with networking that a lot of people violate.
If you are successful at your event in getting lots of contact names, try and write something down about each person you meet at an event. Then as soon as humanly possible, you want to send them an individual note, thanking them for chatting with you, bring up something about the conversation from your note you took and offer to get together with them for a cup of coffee to find out how you two can assist each other.
As you get to know more people you will be able to build many cross referrals. The better you get at that, the more people will come to rely on you as the individual to go to when they are looking for something. As you become recognized for that, you will have more and regular contact with people and slowly but surely you will see referrals coming your way as well.
So without Facebook, Twitter, YouTube or any type of social media, this is a great offline way to develop your business and it still works extremely well.


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Monday, December 24, 2012
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I take pictures of everything Makai creates. I make sure to write his name and year on each thing. Someday my plan is to make a blurb book with all of the pictures of his creations in it. I do save some of them that have his hand/foot print, etc. on them.ReplyDelete
Making a book is a great idea- Shutterfly is so handy for that!ReplyDelete
So fun! I really need to do more art projects with Bailee.ReplyDelete
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The InterCHARM Beauty Expo Korea, a global cosmetics and beauty trade show, was held at the Convention and Exhibition Center in southern Seoul for three days from November 23. Co-hosted by Beauty Expo Korea and Eastern Europe's largest cosmetics fair InterCHARM, the international trade event served as another bridgehead for Korean beauty products to advance to the world market. The 330 companies that participated in the fair caught the eyes of buyers with their unique materials and ideas. This week and next week, we'll meet with companies that present a bright future for K-beauty. Today, we'll introduce MEDIANS, a manufacturer of so-called cosmeceutical products. Let's hear from company president Yun Gu-young.
The predecessor of MEDIANS is Histolab, which was launched in 2008. We changed the company name to MEDIANS in 2012. We're making special cosmetics products, namely medical cosmetics. We're highly confident about this area. At present, more than 10-thousand dermatology and plastic surgery clinics are using our skincare products. We believe countless medical doctors have verified the effectiveness and safety of our products.
The hot topic in the cosmetics industry these days is "cosmeceutical," a mix of "cosmetics" and "pharmaceutical." It refers to cosmetics that contain medically verified ingredients. With the air quality here affected by the fine dust problem, Korean consumers are looking for products that help reduce skin irritation. It therefore comes as little surprise that the cosmeceutical market is growing. The market in Korea is estimated to be worth 500 billion won, or about 450 million US dollars. It is forecast to be worth 1.2 trillion won or 1 billion dollars in Korea alone by the year 2020. MEDIANS is known as the frontrunner in this market, which is emerging as a new growth engine in the cosmetics industry.
Our main concept is plant stem cells. Located in the meristems of plants, the stem cells have the ability to regenerate cells. We apply this ability to our products. We obtained a patent on a special substance called SRGF, which stands for skin, regeneration, growth and factors. It is a complex of various factors that affect cellular reconstruction and soothing. When a person is hurt, for example, one of our products helps heal the wound and regenerate skin.
The company produces cosmetics based on plant stem cells, which are similar to human stem cells. They contain growth factors to restore the weakened functions and help form new cells. But plant stem cells cannot be used directly as cosmetics. Those extracted from plants are cultivated, stabilized, filtered, frozen and dried before being made into the cosmetics ingredient. The company has invested a lot in research and development in order to contain the infinite cell-regenerative power of plants in its cosmetics. In 2009, it released a product with plant stem cell extracts. In 2014, it developed a composite that includes a complex of growth factors and new peptide. With the patented composite, the company introduced a new concept of "scientific skincare."
The most distinctive part of our products is to generate the maximum effect of combining cosmetics and skincare equipment. This part has received an enthusiastic response from many Korean doctors. For example, a vitamin C infusing device opens pores to allow cosmetics ingredients to penetrate into the skin. Another device is designed to remove dead skin cells so the ingredients can permeate into the skin more easily.
The firm manufactures cosmetics to be applied on the face, but it also develops beauty equipment that helps cosmetics work more effectively and a management program that uses the equipment efficiently. More than 10-thousand clinics in Korea are using MEDIANS' products, as they fully meet the needs of doctors. When the company was launched, it hired a group of dermatologists who have taken part in the entire process from product development to performance verification and safety tests. That's why MEDIANS is called a genuine "cosmeceutical" company. It is also drawing attention from overseas as well.
We have exported products to the U.S. and Canada since we first signed an export contract with Russia in 2014. Now, our products are shipped to 25 countries across the world, including most countries in Southeast Asia. We have confirmed that our products clearly stay competitive in the world market. We're confident that MEDIANS will grow as a global brand if we continue to highlight our distinguishing features.
MEDIANS is approaching the world market with four different brands. "Histolab" is a brand of cosmetics that are mainly supplied to hospitals and clinics, and "Proud Mary" is a homecare version of Histolab. Also, the company has the aesthetics cosmetics brand called "Ahohaw" and the scalp treatment brand, "Histemo." Thanks to its unique ingredients and technology, the company is aggressively expanding into new markets overseas. The company is focusing on China, in particular.
China is recognized by everyone as the largest market in the world. We set up a branch in Shanghai last year. Local skincare clinics prefer our products, and more importantly, they badly want to learn our technology and system. So we have created training institutes in 20 Chinese provinces to provide training to local people who are working in the skincare industry and to nurture them as experts. Last year, 500 people completed the training course. I'm sure they will play a role in smoothing the progress of our successful advancement into China.
Currently, MEDIANS is operating academies in 20 provinces in China to offer training in product and beauty equipment management. The company is planting the seeds in the Chinese cosmeceutical market, which grows 20 to 30 percent each year. We're looking forward to the rich fruit that the company will bear.


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In a recent blog interview, I shared that when my high school English teacher asked me why I write, my answer was "because I have something to say."
I seem to keep stumbling across a writing-related theme recently: does writing require talent? If so, what is it, specifically? If not, why do we keep torturing ourselves with it?
I think writing is about finding, then refining and amplifying your voice.
On finding your voice:
Finding your voice takes serious guts. Not everyone is going to like your voice, or even understand it, and some will positively detest it. Writing in your own voice, and then sending the piece to be read, and critiqued, by (gasp) others is a people-pleasers' worst nightmare.
It also takes time and hard work. I was told that most people who start a story never finish. Finishing your story is your voice is very, very difficult. I've lost count of how many times I almost deleted my first draft of CYRION and THE BURNED BRIDGES PROTOCOL.
It's too difficult, I told myself. People hate it. Novellas/MG is out of fashion – no one will even look at it. It's too complicated. It's too dark. It's been done to death. I can't do this.
Then, I walk away from my laptop, spend some time to collect myself, and dive back into my WIP. Repeat, until the tale is complete.
On refining your voice:
This is where things get really tricky. On one hand, it has taken a lot for me to find my voice, so compromise is not an option. On the other hand, I want to become a better writer.
I suggest the following experiment for illustrative purposes. No, no one else has to know but you. Find the busiest, noisiest street corner you can find, and then sing something into your phone/recording device. Sing the verse/line/song with your normal volume. Repeat song in your bathroom/any room with reasonably good acoustics. Finally, if you can, repeat in a recording studio.
Study the results.
The irritating background noise obscuring your song when you were at the street corner? That's what poor grammar, typos, and miscellaneous line errors are doing to your prose. The bit of the song where you were a little flat/sharp/off key? Those are conceptual missteps in your prose. Notice how you can't even hear those details when they were still buried under traffic noise? Refining your writing means removing the 'noise' and then reinforcing your melody, so your voice comes across strong, clear, and beautiful. That's it.
Safely delete any critique failing this purpose.
On amplifying your voice:
I was recently reminded that pace and descriptive prose have an inverse relationship. When a burning plane is about to crash land on the roof of your MC's house (for example), your MC is not going to spend time studying the sunny sky, the fluffy clouds, the spring breeze ruffling his/her hair and the clean scent of fresh-cut grass. No. S/he is going to be groping into the pockets of his/her dressing robe, praying that the pocket lint his/her questing fingers has found thus far would somehow materialize into a cellphone, so s/he could call 911. Or so s/he could record the whole thing for YouTube purposes.
Unless, of course, your MC is the antihero who masterminded the entire plane-on-fire-landing-on roof debacle. In which case, the descriptive prose might work exceedingly well. The YouTube bit would also make a lot more sense.
My point: there is a time and place for descriptive prose. In the right time and place, descriptive passages can amplify your voice – which is what you want. This applies to all the rules of writing. Well, they're really more guidelines, aren't they? Use them if they help. Otherwise, feel free to toss them away.
Any thoughts to share? Do feel free to comment below 🙂


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Dr S Rajan, India's candidate to the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf, was re-elected on Wednesday to the Commission for a five-year term from 2012-17 in a meeting of the State Parties to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.
In the first round, Rajan obtained 112 of the 161 valid votes cast. The election was keenly contested in the Asia-Pacific group with eight candidates in the fray for five seats.
An eminent scientist, Rajan is presently working with the National Centre for Antarctic and Ocean Research, a premier organisation situated at Goa.
He has been a member of the Commission since June 2007. He brings with him extensive expertise in matters related to marine geophysical surveys and related issues and has been deeply involved in the implementation of the programme on Delineation of Outer Limits of Continental Shelf.
Rajan has also taken keen interest in developing national and international collaborative programmes, including in Polar Sciences and Integrated Ocean Drilling Program.
Rajan has to his credit several technical and professional papers, which have been published in various journals relating to Marine Geology, Geophysics, Geo-dynamics, Geo-magnetics, Oceanography, and Hydrography.


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Hearthstone Interviews
Inside a professional player's mind
by VampAurora
Hello, my name is Dionysis Bogdanos, mostly known as VampAurora. I have worked in many positions, including but not limited to: Player, Manager, Administrator, Editor, Writer etc. Nowadays I am conducting interviews with pro players from many different eSport scenes, with a main focus on Hearthstone and Overwatch.
For the past 2 months or so, and while conducting my interviews, I had the chance to talk with many professional players and see what they think about the game. How it should be played, what they'd like to see changed between others. What do they all have in common though?
Adrian "Lifecoach" Koy is a Hearthstone player from Germany. He is currently playing for G2 Esports.
I think that the argument that I have encountered the most is concerning RNG. Of course it's a card game and luck will always be a factor, but they do think that it should be limited. This will help the skill cap to not be cropped to the bottom. I have to say that I totally agree with that. Blizzard should distinguish Hearthstone into two different but equally important communities and modes; the competitive one and the casual one. Each one of them has its own needs, and even though both sides play the very same game, they actually approach it on two whole different levels.
I understand that Hearthstone is meant to be easy and fun to play, and a piece of cake for anyone to learn. And I am fine with that. Create new content, such as the amazing Karazhan, an adventure that was the best one so far, in my opinion. They can keep delivering new fun cards to play and have fun with, even if they require RNGesus himself to come down and help you win that game. But keep them on a different aspect of the game, because this is not healthy for the competitive scene. There have to be restrictions and limitations in everything that's considered competitive. Take that Yogg-Saron out of the tournament card pool, stop nerfing complex decks that require you to think more before just swinging cards around, and give players more playable cards.
Esteban"AKAWonder" Serrano is a Hearthstone player from Spain, currently playing for SK Gaming.
One great example of how Blizzard should approach the tournament scene was BatStone. In BatStone, the community banned by vote some card. Then, the participating players banned a card of their choice as well. This tremendously increased the skill-cap of the tournament, as the banned cards were RNG-heavy cards like Yogg-Saron, Tuskarr Toremic and Barnes, and the pros banned cards that they probably didn't feel comfortable to play against. So they all had to improvise, bring new innovative decks and practice with them in time. This way, they could compete in a more skillful environment. That's the way that it should be done. With that move, they were able to give a breath of fresh air to the competitive tournament scene.
With the latest nerf of Yogg-Saron, many pros complained that Blizzard ruined the fun they were having, mostly on their streams. This card was used to make an entertaining show out of. By leaving the card as it was and banning it from the tournament you would have kept both sides happy. Both the competitive players that want to rely less on luck, and the casual players that just want to have fun by watching Yogg do his thing. Nerf the Patron Warrior archetype but don't completely waste it, or even leave it as it is and make a card only available in a "tournament mode", that way excluding it from casual play. There are a lot of ways to address that issue, and Blizzard definitely has to think over them.
All in all, I think that we should keep both sides happy, by creating a game environment that will be versatile and will allow everyone to have fun in the way they enjoy. Whether we like it or not, Hearthstone will always be divided in those two communities, competitive and casual. Either you are the guy that comes back from work and just wants to have fun by dropping down Yogg-Saron to do all the work for them and not have to think about anything, or you are the guy that strives to be the best at the game. Trying to calculate everything in your reach, have fun your way, and that's how Hearthstone should be formed around.
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What you should know...I'm sure I've mentioned somewhere on this blog before that I buy things secondhand. I am a very frugal person and I do most of my shopping in thrift stores. I recently had the opportunity to buy some fabric (on bolts) from a massive lot. The fabric was originally owned by an older lady but was now being sold by her daughter. The individual bolts were not priced and I couldn't tell how much fabric was on each them. I ran into some difficulties which lead me to this post. I want you to be extra careful when buying materials secondhand! Not everything is as it appears; you should always inspect the fabric and stand your ground when it comes to prices.
Firstly, if you're going to be buying used fabric you better go do it in person. I usually don't recommend buying fabric online whether it's new or used. I've purchased new material on Ebay and I've always been shocked somehow by what I receive. For example, I purchased one yard of Hello Kitty fabric from Japan. I was expecting it to be cut differently but I ended up with a long skinny strip of fabric that I can maybe make a waist cincher out of...maybe. I'm not sure where I missed that it would be one yard and 15" in width. So again, I recommend buying fabric in person. I've read many stories about people ordering fabric online and getting far smaller pieces than described, misprinted, damaged or smelly fabric. It's just too sketchy.
The biggest reason you should see fabric in person is to inspect the material for damage. Not all damages can be photographed! You might not see that it's covered in something sticky, that it has wear or small runs in the material or that it smells bad. Seeing fabric in person is hugely beneficial. A good seller will allow you to muck about and open things up. Sometimes this is not so easy, as in my case where the lot was far too immense to spend all my time unraveling bolts. If you find yourself in a similar situation, judge the material by what you do see and try to offer less for the fabric.
Things to consider in regards to condition
- Is it sun faded? Or misprinted?
- Is there damage like runs, stains, tears or burns?
- Does it have an odor to it?
- It's it partial (has it been used and cut into pieces)?
- It's it on a roll or a flat bolt? (Rolled fabric fares better over time because it doesn't crease)
My ExperienceI purchased about ten bolts of different fabric from this lot. I already knew that I didn't want to pay a lot for this fabric because the designs are dated and I didn't know exactly what condition the material was in. To my surprise she wanted far more than what she posted in her advertisement. Originally she wanted fifty dollars for a box of thirteen bolts. I remember I calculated each bolt to be about four dollars. That's great if you want all thirteen per box but if you don't want to be stuck with extra fabric it's really quite a lot of money to be spending. She offered to sell the fabric individually and "work out" a price for each. When I selected the ones I wanted she asked for a hundred dollars. I was floored. Where the hell did that come from? She doesn't know much about fabric but she wanted the retail value. The fabric is from ten years ago and I didn't know what kind of condition it was in. I stated quite firmly that the best I would do is forty dollars. She kept trying to bargain with me going from eighty to sixty and I just stared at her. I kept my ground. I was not going to spend more than what she stated in the ad, because that's bullshit. You don't say here's this Camaro for $20,000 and then when I show up to see it in person bump the price to $60,000. That's ludicrous. To make matters worse she mentioned after the transaction that she'd probably just give the fabric away any how. Well that's just peachy, isn't it?
I'm happy I didn't pay the insane amount of money she wanted for this material because when I got home I found that one piece of fabric had been sewn into something and has nail polish spilled in the middle. Another bolt is cut apart in places. And yes, they smell of cigarettes. *grumble* Man, smoke is the hardest smell to get out of fabric.
I think my counter offer was more than fair when you consider some of the materials were damaged and I couldn't see them in full or measure amounts completely. If I paid more for these I would have been screwed!
Lastly...If you're looking to purchase used notions and hardware for your machine it's best to thoroughly inspect them as well. If the notions are sealed ask if it's alright to open them up to look at them. Even if they're older but new in package they can still be damaged, either from factory or simply from age. For example, I found a zipper once that was rusting inside the package. I also found one that smelled of cat pee. It's better to know that what you're buying can actually be put to use.
If you're looking at sewing machine hardware you should have a good knowledge of your particular machine and its needs. For example, all my machines are Kenmore and require vertical attachments with a low shank. If at all possible try out the new attachment before buying it - this is especially important for the walking foot, the ruffler foot and various quilting attachments. I will not buy larger, more expensive attachments unless I know that they're in working order.
Hopefully you will have success when shopping secondhand! : )
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My Long-Term Payments Are Running Out
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If you believe that you may qualify under the Social Security disability standard and that you will be disabled for twelve months, consider applying for Social Security disability benefits immediately. Otherwise, if you watch your payments for work comp run out, you may not have income while your SS claim is in the application stage.
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