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A major challenge of modeling past climate change - and predicting the possible future patterns of the current climate warming - is that the data sets we have on Holocene climate changes in the polar regions are few and that existing ones are often hampered by noise, making comparisons between the two hemispheres difficult. New datasets are urgently needed in order to provide a firmer basis for modeling and understanding dynamic interactions between important components such as polar ice, atmospheric circulation patterns, sea-surface temperatures, sea-ice, and also for predicting potential consequences associated with regional climate changes. Without acquiring a better knowledge of the true natural climate variability of the Polar regions, it will be extremely difficult to assess the future importance of such underlying trends.
This cross-disciplinary proposal seeks to address these major limitations by launching a research programme that will collect and produce data on glacier variability throughout the last 10 000 years, a research effort that will be carried out in the polar regions of the World. Alpine glaciers represent natural systems that are particular sensitive to climate change (this we know from modern observations) and the sites chosen for this purpose are also located in areas that are witnessing rapid ongoing change including Spitsbergen and Sennalandet in Arctic Norway (northern hemisphere) as well as South Georgia and Kerguelen (southern hemisphere). Comparable datasets on glacier variability will provide new high-quality proxy-data on spatial, temporal, and scalar climate change through the Holocene. By doing so we will be able to construct accurate reconstructions of past shifts and trends in the major polar atmospheric circulation systems, as these are intimately linked to the physical activity of alpine glaciers.


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Sainsbury's led the UK's stock market higher amid reports it is in talks to buy convenience store chain Nisa.
That made Sainsbury's the biggest riser on the benchmark FTSE 100 share index, which was up 41.07 points, to 0.6%, at 7,504.61 shortly after midday.
In the FTSE 250, Ocado jumped 8.6% on talk that it could become a bid target.
Credit Suisse said last week's announcement that Amazon was buying Whole Foods increased the likelihood of Ocado being a takeover target. Separately, analysts at Exane raised their rating on Ocado to "outperform".
Shares in womenswear chain Bonmarche fell 2.6% after it reported a 40% fall in annual profits.
The retailer admitted that the past year had been "more challenging than we had expected", with the market hit by a combination of rising prices and wages, uncertainty surrounding the Brexit referendum, and unseasonal weather.
On the currency markets, the pound rose 0.2% against the dollar to $1.2796 and was 0.1% higher against the euro at 1.1428 euros.
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Y. Behzadi, T.T. Liu. An arteriolar compliance model of the cerebral blood flow response to neural stimulus. Neuroimage, 25(4):1100-11, 2005.
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Although functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) is a widely used and powerful tool for studying brain function, the quantitative interpretation of fMRI measurements for basic neuroscience and clinical studies can be complicated by inter-subject and inter-session variability arising from modulation of the baseline vascular state by disease, aging, diet, and pharmacological agents. In particular, recent studies have shown that the temporal dynamics of the cerebral blood flow (CBF) and the blood oxygenation level dependent (BOLD) responses to stimulus are modulated by changes in baseline CBF induced by various vasoactive agents and by decreases in vascular compliance associated with aging. These effects are not readily explained using current models of the CBF and BOLD responses. We present here a second-order nonlinear feedback model of the evoked CBF response in which neural activity modulates the compliance of arteriolar smooth muscle. Within this model framework, the baseline vascular state affects the dynamic response by changing the relative contributions of an active smooth muscle component and a passive connective tissue component to the overall vessel compliance. Baseline dependencies of the BOLD signal are studied by coupling the arteriolar compliance model with a previously described balloon model of the venous compartment. Numerical simulations show that the proposed model describes to first order the observed dependence of CBF and BOLD responses on the baseline vascular state
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Author = {Behzadi, Y. and Liu, T.T.},
Title = {An arteriolar compliance model of the cerebral blood flow response to neural stimulus},
Journal = {Neuroimage},
Volume = {25},
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Soo, im uncut, and yesterday while i was masturbating with my skin back, and i looked my penis bigger, i just have maked two times my routine exercise, i just started PEing two weeks a go so im still a newbie in this, so what i was saying is that i measured my penis with my skin back(my head out), and i measured.
20.1 Cm(7,9inch) NBPEL
But with the skin normally, i mean covering my head, i just measured.
19.5 Cm(7,7 inch) NBPEL
So im doubting right now, what should be the correct measure, and im just confused, on how that skin can take away almost .3 inch.
Thanks for advanced.
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It was probably just your eq which affected the different measurements. If you measured with skin retracted to begin with, then i would carry on measuring like that from now on. As long as you measure the same way each time, you can be certain that you're gaining or not whereas measuring differently could give you differing results and thus making you believe you're gaining when you're not.
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Fanny (band)
Fanny on the cover of their 1972 album Fanny Hill (clockwise from left: Jean Millington, June Millington, Alice de Buhr, Nickey Barclay)
|Background information
|United States
|Rock, hard rock
|Years active
|Reprise Records, Casablanca Records, Blue Elan Records (2017)
|Past members
|June Millington
Jean Millington
Alice de Buhr
Nickey Barclay
Patti Quatro
Brie Brandt
Cam Davis
Fanny was an American all-female band, active in the early 1970s. They were one of the first notable rock groups to be made up entirely of women, the third to sign with a major label (after Goldie & the Gingerbreads and the Pleasure Seekers), and the first to release an album on a major label (in 1970).[1] They achieved two top 40 singles on the Billboard Hot 100[2] and released five albums.
Sisters June Millington (born April 14, 1948, Manila, Philippines) and Jean Millington (born May 25, 1949, Manila, Philippines) moved with their family from the Philippines to Sacramento, California in 1961. In high school they formed an all-female band called the Svelts with June on guitar, Jean on bass, Addie Lee on guitar, and Brie Brandt on drums. Brandt was later replaced by Alice de Buhr (born September 4, 1949, Mason City, Iowa). When the Svelts disbanded, de Buhr and Lee formed another all-female group called Wild Honey. The Millington sisters later joined this band, which played Motown covers and eventually moved to Los Angeles.[3]
Frustrated by a lack of success or respect in the male-dominated rock scene, Wild Honey decided to disband after one final open-mic appearance at the Troubadour Club in Los Angeles in 1969. They were spotted at this gig by the secretary of producer Richard Perry, who had been searching for an all-female rock band to mentor. Perry convinced Warner Bros. Records to sign the band, still known as Wild Honey, to Reprise Records.[3] Prior to recording their first album, the band recruited keyboardist Nickey Barclay (born April 21, 1951, Washington, DC).[1] The band was then renamed Fanny, not with a sexual connotation but to denote a female spirit.[4] The initial lineup consisted of June Millington on guitar, Jean Millington on bass, Alice de Buhr on drums, Nickey Barclay on keyboards, and former Svelts member Brie Brandt on lead vocals and percussion. Richard Perry dismissed Brandt in an effort to downsize the band.[5] The Millingtons and Barclay all assumed lead vocal duties on alternating songs, while de Buhr sang lead occasionally on later albums.
Perry produced the band's first three albums: Fanny (1970), Charity Ball (1971), and Fanny Hill (1972). Shortly after the release of the first album, Barclay temporarily quit the band to join Joe Cocker's Mad Dogs and Englishmen touring ensemble; Cocker advised her to return to Fanny.[6] The title track "Charity Ball" from the second album reached #40 on the Billboard Hot 100.[2] The members of Fanny also worked as session musicians, most notably on Barbra Streisand's 1971 album Barbra Joan Streisand.[1][7][8] Their fourth album, Mother's Pride (1973), was produced by Todd Rundgren.[3] With young engineer Leslie Ann Jones as their road manager and live sound mixer,[9] Fanny toured worldwide, opening for Slade, Jethro Tull and Humble Pie,[10] gaining widespread popularity in the United Kingdom. A 1971 article in Sounds remarked of the group, "seems that they are the support group to everyone these days".[11]
After Mother's Pride, June Millington and Alice de Buhr left the band. Patti Quatro (sister of Suzi Quatro) joined on guitar, and Brie Brandt once again returned on drums. This lineup signed with Casablanca Records and released the final Fanny album, Rock and Roll Survivors, in 1974.[3] Brandt left the band shortly after the album's completion when she married composer James Newton Howard, and was briefly replaced by Cam Davis. However, the band soon disintegrated even as "Butter Boy" became their biggest single, reaching #29 on the Billboard Hot 100 in April 1975.[2]
In a 1999 interview with Rolling Stone, Fanny fan David Bowie revealed his respect for the band:[12]
One of the most important female bands in American rock has been buried without a trace. And that is Fanny. They were one of the finest... rock bands of their time, in about 1973. They were extraordinary... they're as important as anybody else who's ever been, ever; it just wasn't their time. Revivify Fanny. And I will feel that my work is done.— David Bowie
After Fanny[edit]
After the breakup, in 1975 the Millington sisters put together a new line-up of Fanny for a short tour, though no older Fanny material was played. This group ultimately morphed into a new all-women band called the L.A. All-Stars, which generated some interest from record labels, but with the stipulation that the band tour as Fanny and play only old Fanny songs, which June Millington opposed.[3]
June Millington, described by Guitar Player as the hottest female guitar player in the music industry,[13] released three solo albums in the 1980s and has had a career as a producer for artists including Holly Near, Cris Williamson and Bitch and Animal. June now operates the Institute for Musical Arts, a non-profit organization supporting girls and women in music.[14][15]
Jean Millington was married to Bowie's guitarist Earl Slick for a time and is presently an herbalist.[1] The Millingtons continued to record together after Fanny as well, most recently on the 2011 album Play Like a Girl on June's label Fabulous Records.[16] Nickey Barclay released a solo album titled Diamond in a Junkyard in 1976[17] then withdrew from the music industry. Alice de Buhr later worked in marketing for several major record labels[18] and presently runs the Fanny website.
Patti Quatro continued to work as a session musician for her sister Suzi Quatro as well as Electric Light Orchestra on A New World Record in 1976, Keith Moon, and France Gall, and recently has been involved in the reissue of material by the Quatro sisters' early band the Pleasure Seekers. Brie Brandt, later known as Brie Howard-Darling and currently as Brie Howard, had an active post-Fanny career, touring and recording with Electric Light Orchestra on A New World Record in 1976, Carole King, Jimmy Buffett, Elton John, Robbie Nevil, and Jack Wagner. She fronted the bands American Girls, which released one album in 1986; and Boxing Gandhis, which has released four albums since the mid-1990s. She's also had an active acting career starting with the 1982 film Android and is the mother of Playboy Playmate Brandi Brandt.
In 2002, Rhino Records released the deluxe, limited edition 4-CD box set First Time in a Long Time, which collects Fanny's first four studio albums plus live recordings, outtakes, and promotional items. A classic lineup reunion concert featuring the Millington sisters and Alice de Buhr (Nickey Barclay declined to appear for health reasons) was held at Berklee College of Music on April 20, 2007,[19] where the band members received the Rockrgrl Women of Valor award for their achievements.[20] The first four original Fanny albums are available on Real Gone records, with updated liner notes, pictures, and new mixes.[21]
In 2016, Brie Howard joined a live performance by the Millington sisters. This inspired the formation of a new band called Fanny Walked the Earth.[22] An all-new album also titled Fanny Walked the Earth was released in March 2018. The album marks the first time June, Jean, and Brie all recorded at the same time in nearly 50 years.[23]
Original line-up[edit]
- Jean Millington: bass guitar, vocals
- June Millington: guitar, vocals
- Nickey Barclay: keyboards, vocals
- Alice de Buhr: drums, vocals
Later members[edit]
- Patti Quatro: guitar, vocals
- Brie Howard: drums, vocals
- Cam Davis: drums
- Wendy Haas: keyboards, vocals
- Padi Moschetta: percussion, vocals
Album discography[edit]
- Fanny (1970; Reprise Records, re-released on CD, 2013, Real Gone Music)
- Charity Ball (1971; Reprise Records, re-released on CD, 2014, Real Gone Music)
- Fanny Hill (1972; Reprise Records, re-released on CD, 2015, Real Gone Music)
- Fanny Live (1972; Slick Music)
- Mother's Pride (1973; Reprise Records, re-released on CD, 2016 Real Gone Music)
- Rock and Roll Survivors (1974; Casablanca Records; re-released by Cherry Red Records, 2009)
- First Time in a Long Time (box set, 2002; Rhino Records)
- Fanny Walked the Earth (2018)[24]
See also[edit]
- ^ a b c d [1] Archived May 15, 2008, at the Wayback Machine.
- ^ a b c "Chart Awards: Fanny". Allmusic. Retrieved July 1, 2011.
- ^ a b c d e "How It Began |". Fannyrocks.com. Retrieved 2014-07-25.
- ^ "A Band Called Fanny". Fannyrocks.com. Retrieved 2016-02-27.
- ^ "Brie Howard Darling - From Rock Star To Cake Diva". Riveting Riffs. Retrieved 25 February 2018.
- ^ Unico, Grethcen (October 3, 2016). "Rock Photographer Linda Wolf at Home With Fanny and on the Road With Joe Cocker". Rebeat. Retrieved 25 February 2018.
- ^ Anderman, Joan (20 April 2007). "Rocking the Boat". The Boston Globe.
- ^ "Barbara Joan Streisand: Credits". Allmusic. Retrieved January 31, 2012.
- ^ Gaar, Gillian G. (2002). She's a rebel: the history of women in rock & roll (2 ed.). Seal Press. p. 142. ISBN 1-58005-078-6.
- ^ "Rocking the boat - The Boston Globe". Boston.com. Retrieved 2014-07-25.
- ^ "Military Madness". Sounds. Spotlight Publications. 28 August 1971. p. 3.
- ^ Edwards, Gavin (June 11, 2015). "20 Rock Albums Rolling Stone Loved in the 1970s That You Never Heard". Rolling Stone. Rolling Stone. Retrieved 25 February 2018.
- ^ The Guitar Player Book: 40 Years of Interviews, Gear, and Lessons from the ... - Google Books. Books.google.com. p. 61. Retrieved 2014-07-25.
- ^ Roberta Russell, "June Millington's Attitude of Fearlessness", Expository Magazine (3 August 2004) www.expositorymagazine.net/2004/june-millington.php
- ^ Elizabeth Hinkle-Turner, Women Composers and Music Technology in the United States: Crossing the Line(Ashgate Publishing, Ltd., 2006):213.
- ^ Bryan, Beverly (2011-08-18). "Play Like A Girl By June And Jean Millington". Mtv Iggy. Retrieved 2014-07-25.
- ^ http://www.allmusic.com/album/diamond-in-a-junkyard-mw0000836813
- ^ http://globegazette.com/news/local/former-resident-part-of-pioneering-female-rock-band/article_b34dd8d7-f430-57d7-8e37-eb5994e71365.html
- ^ "Jean Millington of Fanny". Bramfoto.com. Archived from the original on 2012-02-19. Retrieved 2014-07-25.
- ^ "ROCKRGRL To Present Women Of Valor Award To Fanny, The First All Female Band To Release Major Label Album". Music Industry News Network. January 31, 2007. Retrieved 25 February 2018.
- ^ "Real Gone Reissues Fanny's Mother's Pride". That Devil Music. June 17, 2016. Retrieved 25 February 2018.
- ^ Giles, Jeff (2018). "Rock Pioneers Fanny Return with a New Album and a New Name". Ultimate Classic Rock. Retrieved 25 February 2018.
- ^ Powers, Ann (February 14, 2018). "Songs We Love: Fanny Walked The Earth, 'Lured Away'". NPR Music. NPR. Retrieved 25 February 2018.
- ^ https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/mar/01/fanny-behind-the-reunion-of-a-groundbreaking-all-female-rock-band
External links[edit]
- Official website
- Kickstarter Project: Play Like A Girl
- Fan forum and portal: Fanny Seven Roads (F7R)
- Metalmaidens' general history on the band
- Boston Herald article touching on 2007 reunion[permanent dead link]
- Berklee press release announcing the Rockrgrl award
- NY Daily News article on new album Play Like a Girl


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My first ever home-made ice cream was a success and I had to try to make another flavour.
This time it was a lighter version, ice cream of yoghurt and raspberries. The yoghurt is Greek and raspberries from my garden, one-third of yoghurt and two-thirds of raspberries. Added just a dash of agave syrup to sweeten it up. Mixed in a kitchen aid until smooth and froze for half a day.


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Would you like to know what happiness is?
Happiness is receiving an e-mail on a Friday afternoon at work saying, 'Well done guys and dolls. Have your yearly bonus a few months early. All the best, CEO.'
I'm lucky in my job that I get a yearly bonus. I'm also lucky that I have a very small commute and that it's the least stressful job I've ever had. Well, apart from when I worked in a bookies at University and only did the evening shifts, which meant watching soaps and ITV dramas for 4 hours and getting paid £7 an hour for the priveledge. Oh University.. I miss you.
As I'm away from my University days and a partial fully functioning adult. I'm going to do the sensible thing and save all of my bonus to make my house deposit fund look a little brighter. Or a deposit for a new car if the hospital say I'm going to go blind. I'm coming for you Audi A3, you'll be mine one day.
But, if I already owned my own house and wasn't being a boring adult. Here's what it would definetely be going on:
I've come to the conclusion that I'm quite happy to give my beach holiday a miss. Instead, I really want to explore different cities and experience different cultures. When I say explore and experience, I mean getting drunk with my boyfriend in a bar, eating some local cuisine and people watching with the odd tourist attraction. At the moment, I've got a real craving for Rome (and New York obviously). I think Rome would be my ideal city as Italian food is my favourite food, I love wine and I've always loved Roman history. However, I've always said I'd have to loose a stone to gain a stone if I was ever to visit.
If there's one piece of furniture I really hate in my house is this crappy old shelf in my living room. When the Geek and I moved into our home we literally had no furniture except a TV and a bed. Luckily with us both being the youngest our families donated and bought us the essentials and bits they no longer wanted. We live in a bit of a miss match house but I'm not buying anything nice until it's my own house. I eyed the Kallax shelving unit in IKEA and it would replace the crap shelf perfectly. It'd also hide all the crap I have on the crap shelf and just make it look a little nicer.
Happiness also equals a new Radley handbag. The Geek bought me a gorgeous one for my birthday back in October but with eye drama, I'm now having to carry around a lot more in my bag. Unfortunately, my blogger planner has been replaced by a glasses case and eye drops. I've been eyeing up the Essex Road bag for ages and still haven't taken the plunge to buy one. I just think they'd be fabulous for popping all my bits and even my laptop!
My Mac book is slowly dying. I say my Macbook but it's actually The Geeks, but still, it's dying. I had to pray to the computer gods the other night because it kept shutting itself down every 5 minutes the other day. Luckily, I think it pulled through and we're A-OK now. I think it will be fast approaching to buy a new one. It's sad but I do prefer the Macbook to a normal PC. I'm sorry world, I have become one of those people!
I know the blogging world has gone a bit crazy over Ted & Muffy boots but they are seriously beautiful. I love boots; they are my favourite type of shoes and I'm always sad to say goodbye to them as the weather gets warmer. But, I'd save these bad boys until September as they are gorgeous and would look fabulous come September/October!
I really need a new watch. I've been without my watch for a while now and my wrist has felt bare ever since. I really want a statement watch and I love this Radley one. My watch before was Radley but was very dainty. Now, I want the complete opposite. I'd be happy with it in either the Rose Gold or Stainless Steel but at the moment, I love the Rose Gold!
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• A local, slice-of-life story from a Monitor correspondent.
Cashing in on an oil and aid boom was probably not what his Cuban professors of communist economics had in mind for Bona Bol Bol. He has made a small fortune selling sport utility vehicles to the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM), the former rebel army-turned-government in this nascent nation.
In the mid-1980s, at the invitation of Fidel Castro, the SPLM sent about 600 children to Cuba to be educated, with the aim that they would one day return and help develop a communist southern Sudan. As a 14-year-old, Mr. Bol was plucked from a refugee camp in Ethiopia and deposited on Isla de Juventud (Isle of Youth), where Castro's government had built a school for about 25,000 students.
Bol says he is grateful to Cuba for the opportunity, and he has fond memories of families who hosted him on weekends and holidays. "I like the way people there were very social," he says. "We started eating and dancing like them. It was easy because we were young."
The students' repatriation was delayed as the war in Sudan stretched on, eclipsing the global fall of communism. But many of them finally returned after a peace agreement was signed in 2005, which led to last month's independence referendum.
Bol said peace has brought a flood of business opportunities as the SPLM struggles to build a state from the ground up, financed by oil revenues and international aid. "What I did in Cuba in economics is different than what I am doing now," he says with a smile.
Although it may not be in the way envisioned by his communist professors, he is literally helping to build his country: Tapping Juba's lucrative real estate market, Bol is now constructing and selling apartment blocks.


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I know a big part of it is work. I understand that, but it reminds me of a guy i met in Thailand. He was working a job he hated 9-5 style and genuinly hated the work. But he told me that he would not quit his job and try for a new one because he lived in Phuket - he would step out of the office and see a beautiful place. When i go on an outing for the weekend or something i find it rains, meaning spending my time off stuck in the car by a stoney polluted beach. I have wanted to learn to kayak for about 3/4 months but the weather has been so dodgy there is a high probability that it will rain rather than be sunny or even grey on my days off. And these are the sunniest months of the year - ive spent a total of 3 or 4 days this year wearing shorts.
If i lived in Canada id at least know that i could go to the rockies for a vacation - i mean wow, the rockies. Id also go nuts over the skiing in winter - something that in the UK you pay up to £50 to do an hours worth of (and thats after driving for over an hour to a dry ski slope). As for the chances to kayak, well as far as im concerned that would be amazing.
I wouldnt mind scraping by with a crappy job if i was living a couple of hours from the rockies, or could do outdoor activities without having to sit in my car for hours at a time hoping the rain would stop.
If you want to swap places id be up for it.


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Some Day the Lord will give His Blessing
Hogarth, William (1697 London 1764). The Industrious Prentice performing the Duty of a Christian. During the service side by side with the daughter of his wealthy master, jointly holding the gospel book. Engraving by Thomas Cook (c. 1744 – London 1818). Inscribed: Designed by Wm. Hogarth. / Engraved by T. Cook. / Plate 2. / Published by T. Cook Islington; and G. G. & J. Robinsons, Paternoster Row, February 1st. 1796. 11⅞ × 14⅜ in (30.2 × 36.5 cm).
Industry & Idleness II. – Marvelous impression on strong paper. In its downright luxuriously wide white margin a few weak foxing spots and upper right slight tidemark. Beyond that – contrary to all later Hogarth editions – in the original size. – Cook "made his mark as Hogarth engraver, too" (Thieme-Becker).
" Whereas the industrious apprentice has the honour, too, to attend church with his master's daughter and he sings devoutly with her from the same gospel book … Once they will surely become a pair … our Goodchild and Miss West, his lord's and master's only daughter! "
(caption of a lithograph).
The master's famous, most popular suite, showing by example of two apprentices in a weaving mill as one of the main branches of industry in his days the chances of their life as well as the temptations detrimental to their career :
Calculated for the use & Instruction of youth
w(h)erein every thing necessary to be known was to be made
as intelligible as possible
(Hogarth in his Autobiographical Notes).
" The scenes should be as easily intelligible as possible for which the engravings had not to be worked in all fineness. It was rather important to keep costs low so that even apprentices could buy these sheets. Hogarth designed a frame-like border around each picture – supposedly he assumed that the boys would pin up these engravings directly at the wall. In this border below every scene he had added a characteristic verse from the Bible to the idle and (or) industrious apprentice … at top on the one hand a cat-o-'nine-tails, a pair of fetters, and a halter as emblems of the tragic end of the idle apprentice and on the other hand golden chain, sword and mace as hints to the career of the industrious one "
(Bachofen-Moser, William Hogarth in the Art Gallery Zurich, 1983, p. 98).
Offer no. 7,529 / EUR 220. (c. US$ 266.) + shipping
– – – The same, but with timemarked, tiny paper margin. Above in the title brown, on the right in the lateral lining weak foxing spot. On the back purchase note by old hand.
Offer no. 14,433 / EUR 184. (c. US$ 222.) + shipping
– – – The same in Hogarth's own etching in an impression from the plate retouched by the royal engraver James Heath (1757 London 1834) about 1822 ("Even these impressions have become relatively rare today though", Art Gallery Esslingen 1970; and Meyers Konv.-Lex., 4th ed., VIII [1888], 625: "A fine edition", esteemed also already by contemporary collectors of the rank of for instance an A. T. Stewart [Catalog of the Stewart Collection, New York 1887, 1221, "fine plates"]). Inscribed: Design'd & Engrav'd by Wm. Hogarth. / Plate 2 / Publish'd according to Act of Parliament Sepbr. 30th. 1747. 10½ × 13¾ in (26.6 × 35 cm).
Illustration Hogarth Catalogue Zurich, 1983, 54. – On wide-margined sturdy paper.
Offer no. 7,685 / EUR 50. (c. US$ 60.) + shipping
– – – The same in Cook's smaller repetition, but without the verse and the marginal symbols and with the series title as caption. Inscribed: Pl. II. / Hogarth pinxt. / T. Cook sculpt. / Published by Longman, Hurst, Rees & Orme. May 1st. 1807. Subject size 5¼ × 6⅝ in (13.2 × 16.9 cm). – Trimmed within the wide white platemark.
Offer no. 8,881 / EUR 37. (c. US$ 45.) + shipping
– – – The same in engraving by Ernst Ludwig Riepenhausen (1765 Göttingen 1840, university engraver there). Inscribed: 28. / W. Hogarth inv & pinx. 1747. / Pl. 2. / Riepenhausen del & sc. 8⅞ × 11 in (22.5 × 28 cm). – Impression on especially strong paper, supposedly about 1850. – Riepenhausen's engravings after Hogarth ("very estimable", Nagler) belong to his chief work and are partly even preferred to Hogarth's own engravings.
Offer no. 7,686 / EUR 50. (c. US$ 60.) + shipping
– – – The same by Riepenhausen as before, but on slightly toned minor paper.
Offer no. 14,434 / EUR 40. (c. US$ 48.) + shipping
– – – The same in lithography by Ludwig Blau (Lauchstädt, Merseburg, 1808/10 – Leipsic 1899). (1833/36.) Inscribed: 20. / L. Blau. lith. 8½ × 10⅜ in (21.5 × 26.3 cm). – Title – Der fleißige Lehrbursche in der Kirche – and extensive caption à la Lichtenberg in German.
Offer no. 7,687 / EUR 61. (c. US$ 74.) + shipping
– – – The same in steel engraving about 1840. 5⅛ × 6¼ in (13 × 16 cm). – With title in German + English, but without verse and marginal symbols.
Offer no. 7,688 / EUR 24. (c. US$ 29.) + shipping
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"Antifuse OTP, an ideal eNVM forIoT Applications" to be Presented by Kilopass' Bernd Stamme
SAN JOSE, CALIF.–– September 23, 2015–– (reminder September 27)
WHO: Kilopass Technology, Inc., the leading provider of semiconductor embedded non-volatile memory (eNVM) intellectual property (IP)
WHAT: Will exhibit at the Leading-Edge Embedded NVM (e-NVM) Workshop, demonstrating its antifuseeNVM IP's ultra-low power and high-performance features, fast access speed, megabits of capacity, more than 10 years of data retention and flexible programming options.Bernd Stamme, vice president of Field Applications Engineering, will present a talk titled, "Antifuse OTP, an ideal eNVM for IoT applications."
WHEN: Monday,September 28, through Wednesday, September 30. Stamme's presentation will be held Tuesday, September 29, at 11:10 a.m.
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Kilopass Technology, Inc., is the leader in embedded non-volatile memory (NVM) intellectual property (IP). Its patented technologies of one-time programmable (OTP) NVM solutions have boundless capacity to scale to advanced CMOS process geometries. They are portable to every major foundry and integrated device manufacturer (IDM), and meet market demands for increased integration, higher densities, lower cost, low-power management, better reliability and improved security. Trusted by today's best-known brands, Kilopass' technology has been integrated by more than 170 customers, with 10-billion units shipped in over 400 industrial, automotive, consumer electronics, mobile, analog and mixed-signal, and internet of things (IoT) chip designs. For more information, visit www.kilopass.com or email Email Contact
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I've always wanted to start a summer program in Hawaii, so I visited a camp there recently. I'm afraid the director forgot to include "facility maintenance" in his list of marketing activities.
Facility upkeep is as much a part of marketing as your camp's website or brochure. It's all part of your image.
Even if chipped paint and broken door handles don't matter to you, others will make decisions to attend -- or not attend -- your camp based on its appearance.
If I were a parent, I'd have been turned off by the Hawaii camp's unkempt premises. I had the impression the directors were careless. If they couldn't take care of their own place, how could they take care of my kid?
Message here? Simple.
Even though you might not notice your run-down equipment and torn-up archery targets because you see them everyday, they send a negative signal to parents.
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Roberta. A 1935 RKO musical starring Irene Dunne, but long since more famous as the third screen pairing of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. Rediscovered after languishing for decades in a studio vault, it becomes a favorite of a young couple in Torino, northern Italy. They love its classic Jerome Kern songs: "I Won't Dance," "Yesterdays" and especially "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes." When their daughter is born in 1972, there's no question as to what her name will be. Roberta. Roberta Gambarini.
Fast forward to 2006. Gambarini's American debut, Easy to Love, has been released to unilateral raves, and will go on to earn her a Grammy nomination for Best Jazz Vocal Album. Among the all-star players who crowd its 14 tracks is her mentor and friend James Moody. "Remember this name," Moody has said, "R-o-b-e-r-t-a G-a-m-b-a-r-i-n-i. She'll be the best jazz singer around for quite awhile." Revealing a multi-octave range, crystalline intonation and immaculate phrasing that elicit comparisons to Ella, Sarah and Carmen, she skims the cream of the Great American Songbook-Porter, Gershwin, Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne, Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh, Burton Lane-and also brilliantly recreates the landmark treatment of "On the Sunny Side of the Street" from 1957's Sonny Side Up, vocally replicating its triad of solos from Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Rollins and Sonny Stitt. But the album's most personal cut is a Kern medley, blending "All the Things You Are" and "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" to shape a tender expression of gratitude to her ever-supportive mom and dad.
Four years later, Gambarini is still singing her parents' praises. "They are the coolest imaginable," she enthuses. It is the morning after her intimate but triumphant appearance at the 2010 TD Toronto Jazz Festival, where she performed with bassist Neil Swainson, drummer Montez Coleman and pianist Jonathan Batiste for a SRO crowd of 200. Though the diminutive singer's recordings contain nary a hint of an accent, her rich speaking voice fully reveals her Italian roots as she traces her colorful journey from Torino to her place as, in the words of the late Hank Jones, "the best new jazz vocalist to come along in 50 years."
Her love of jazz is hereditary; both parents are ardent fans, and her father played saxophone. "[He] used to gig around a bit, but just for fun," she explains. As a family, they would attend as many concerts and jam sessions as they could. In those days, Torino played host to a JVC festival, where, Gambarini recalls, the family saw the likes of Count Basie, Elvin Jones and Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers. Northern Italy was also home to a wide assortment of jazz clubs, and such stellar soloists as Dexter Gordon, Harry "Sweets" Edison, Art Farmer and Zoot Sims would regularly travel the circuit. Singers, too, were frequent visitors: As a youngster, Gambarini witnessed living legends Jimmy Witherspoon and Alberta Hunter. Later, when Carmen McRae had a weeklong stand at Umbria, Gambarini caught every performance. But the majority of her jazz indoctrination came from endless hours of listening to her parents' jazz records. "That was the music in our house," she says, "and my dad had friends who were serious record collectors. They would travel all over Europe to auctions and come home with rare Woody Herman recordings and things like that."
At age 12, Gambarini took her first step toward a musical career with clarinet lessons. Later she also studied classical composition and piano, but had no formal jazz education because none was available. Records became her teachers. Her infatuation with the great singers began with Ella and Louis, and then progressed to Billie Holiday, Sarah Vaughan and McRae. "I am not the product of a school like Berklee," she says. "I was never taught 'how to.' I grabbed everything from what I heard, and I always had the perception that, for me, that was the best way to learn."
By the time she'd completed high school, Gambarini knew she wanted to pursue a career as a jazz vocalist. She'd scored a few gigs in and around Torino but didn't know a soul in the music business. Still, she steeled her determination and set off for the nearest major jazz center, Milan. There she was afforded the opportunity to perform with several of Italy's top jazzmen, but the circumstances for an inexperienced newcomer proved enormously difficult. "The music scene was very political," she says. "Since I had absolutely no connections, I was like a lone dog trying to make it. The opportunities were not there. But even when things were roughest and I was calling my parents to say, 'I don't think I can do this,' they supported and encouraged me."
Fed up with the dead ends she was continually encountering, in 1998 Gambarini made the bold decision to relocate to the U.S. "Rather than grabbing a minute in a dressing room and saying, 'Hey, Mr. Gillespie, I really liked your playing,' I longed to spend more time with the greats, to establish disciple relationships with them." To do so would, she knew, require a transatlantic move. As luck would have it, an opportunity arose for Gambarini to compete for a two-year residency at the New England Conservatory. She entered and won. Three weeks after her Stateside arrival, she shocked the jazz cognoscenti by placing third in the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Vocals Competition. (Jane Monheit came in second.) "I met a lot of important people there," she recalls, "and started getting invitations to play in New York." Her first Manhattan dates were with Billy Higgins, Curtis Fuller and Ronnie Mathews. Word quickly spread. Soon after, Gambarini was introduced to Larry Clothier, McRae's former manager, and he agreed to represent her.
Before long, Gambarini was building the sort of professional relationships she dreamed of with the giants of the music. "The first of the greats who offered me his support and friendship was Benny Carter," she says. "It was one the greatest encounters of my life. He gave me lots of suggestions about repertoire and helped teach me how to navigate the business. Then there was James Moody. He is like a father to me. There are no words to describe how wonderful he's been to me. He is a natural teacher who opened up my ears and changed my way of singing. I have only scratched the surface of all the things he showed me. I have enough to last at least five reincarnations!"
From Moody's perspective, he and Gambarini are "musical soulmates. My wife, Linda, and I love her like a daughter. When she visits our home, we sit at the piano together and work on music. She has a very keen ear and picks up things from every musician she is around. She is always learning. She is completely at home singing in any style. I think the sky is the limit for her."
But Carter and Moody are just two of many legendary figures Gambarini counts as mentors. "There are so many others who have given me so much," she says. "Dave Brubeck, Clark Terry, Slide Hampton, Michael Brecker and, of course, Hank Jones. They provided precisely the kind of education I was after. I think it was the greatest university I could possibly have attended."
Gambarini's kinship with Jones, who would serve as the lone accompanist on You Are There, her 2008 sophomore release, was fortuitously facilitated by Lionel Hampton. She was booked into the Jazz Gallery with Mathews, Walter Booker and Jimmy Cobb. Unbeknownst to any of them, Clothier had invited Hampton to attend one night. Hampton was impressed enough to invite her to participate in his annual festival at the University of Idaho. The event boasted its acclaimed mix of workshops, student groups and professional performances, and featured Hank Jones as pianist in the house band. After the two hit it off in Idaho, says Gambarini, "we did the North Sea Festival and then went on tour and ended up recording You Are There together. I was just talking about him with Joe Lovano, and he agreed how extremely lucky I was to have the chance to work so extensively with Hank."
The rest of this article appears in the December 2010 issue of JazzTimes.


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Event showcases fast-paced TEDx-style presentations on sustainable energy ideas
Denver, Colo. - May 12, 2015 - On Thursday, May 14, Yvette Alley, an Ecotech Institute graduate, will join ten other speakers at Denver's second annual switch event, highlighting sustainable energy ideas. This event gives energy change-makers a few minutes each to present their ideas for social change and industry innovation. Yvette will present on a topic she first wrote a paper on while attending Ecotech Institute, intelligent recycling and vehicle sustainability. She wants companies to start thinking of ways to build a truly smart car, one that uses recycled metals. One idea for this is using the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group near Phoenix, the site of many miles of retired military aircraft.
"These lightweight defense grade metals can be repurposed for a breed of high sustainability electric and hybrid vehicles minimizing body weight and elevating their value and appeal," said Yvette. "These metals can be repurposed for a premium line of small footprint vehicles. Cleaning up the 'Bone Yard' would also free valuable real estate for military training grounds, plus solar and wind farms for energy production."
Yvette says she first thought of this idea during a sustainability class at Ecotech Institute, where students were required to submit an idea for Ford Motor Company on how to become more sustainable in production. Through this process recycling and repurposing has become a passion for Yvette. She has served on a sustainability planning committee in Lakewood, Colo. and now she wants to move to the next great "gold" mines within the landfills, scrap yards and junk yards around the world.
"I do not believe we need to extract raw materials any longer, and I believe it prudent to look at the materials that have already been extracted and produced that are lying in waste around the world," said Yvette. "The materials have already been produced, and can be reproduced into other things. It seems ridiculous to be extracting any more materials from the earth. Recycling can be a big booming and very lucrative industry, if it is done correctly."
Yvette graduated from Ecotech Institute in the fall 2014 with a degree in Energy Efficiency. Today she's working in the energy distribution sector where she currently designs systems for distributing gas and electric systems to customers. Long term she has dreams of helping multiple disciplines recycle and repurpose materials.
To hear her, and others, speak at the switch event tickets are available now and did sell out last year.
Switch~ at The Alliance Center
Thursday, May 14, 2015
Doors open at 6:00 p.m. Showtime at 7:00 p.m.
The Alliance Center 1536 Wynkoop Street, Denver
To watch a highlight video from last year's switch event click here. For more information on Ecotech Institute, visit EcotechInstitute.com. For more information about a career in energy efficiency, download Ecotech Institute's eBook at EcotechInstitute.com/eBook.
About Ecotech Institute
Ecotech Institute is the first and only college entirely focused on preparing America's workforce for careers in renewable energy and sustainability and is accredited by the Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools. Launched in April 2010 in Denver, Colorado, it offers eight highly practical renewable energy degree programs that provide graduates with skills valued by today's alternative renewable energy employers. Classes start once per quarter and applications are always accepted. Financial assistance is available to those who qualify. Ecotech Institute is a division of Education Corporation of America. For more information about Ecotech Institute, visit ecotechinstitute.com or call 877-326-5576.


text: Bunchin' clothes for baby Give your favorite mother-in-waiting the look of flowers that reveal a bunch of practical baby clothing. The "bouquet of flowers" by The Baby Bunch is actually a bunch gift set of onesies, T-shirts, hats, socks, bibs, burp cloths, mittens and sleep suits -- all folded to look like a gorgeous bouquet. Each bunch comes in small, medium and large sizes, all in 100 percent cotton in pink, blue or yellow. Organic cotton bunches also available in apricot, blue and pink. They are sized for infants ages 0-6 or up to 16 pounds. $49.95-$69.95 per bunch. Available at www.thebabybunch.com or call toll free (877) 456-2229. Control weeds naturally You protect your lawn against invasive weeds and help the environment at the same when you use Woodstream's Concern Weed Prevention Plus, a granulated corn gluten meal. In 1986, it was discovered that corn gluten meal helps inhibit grass and weed seed germination; it also contains natural nitrogen to green up your lawn. Corn gluten meal can be applied any time of year without burning your lawn, and it's safe for children, pets and wildlife. Use a lawn spread to apply the granulated form. $9.97 for 25 pounds. Available nationwide at Lowe's. Hush a fragrance until you need it Target stores are now test selling the newest home fragrance -- HUSH, an automated home fragrance system you program for time, frequency and intensity. Each HUSH operates from a small aerosol can with an electronic device attached to the top. The "aroma pulse" controls the fragrance's delivery throughout the day. You can also use a manual delivery button to provide extra bursts of scent. $29.99 per starter kit, $9.99 for refills. Visit www.hushfragrances.com Keep squirrels at bay Here's another weapon in the squirrel-proofing arsenal: the Squirrel Stopper Pole System. The pole has a floating cylindrical baffle that rocks up and down and side to side to keep squirrels from climbing past it to get to your bird feeders. Should they get to the top of the baffle, its curved dome and rocking action prevent squirrels from holding on. Up to four feeders can be hung from the pole, which needs to be 10 feet from trees or structures so squirrels can't leap onto it. The Squirrel Stopper is available from the Wild Bird Center in Fairlawn, Ohio, the Duncraft catalog (www.duncraft.com or 888-879-5095) and the Solutions catalog (www.solutions.com or 877-718-7901). Suggested retail prices are $129.99 and $139.99, depending on style and finish. 'Prefabulous' homes In her foreword to Sheri Koones' new book, "Prefabulous," architect Sarah Susanka makes an intriguing point: We'd never agree to have a new car assembled in the driveway or a new dishwasher put together on the kitchen floor. Yet when it comes to houses, many of us assume one built on site is superior to one constructed in a factory. "Prefabulous" offers evidence to the contrary. The book focuses on houses built using various types of prefabrication: modular construction, panelized construction, structural insulated panels, timber framing, log construction, concrete and steel. For the most part, these are substantial homes -- mansions, in some cases -- where prefabrication was chosen as the means to building a better house. Factory construction, Koones' book argues, saves time, money and building materials, and can result in sturdy houses that require less energy and maintenance. Yet as her book illustrates, it doesn't require sacrifices regarding the home's design. "Prefabulous" is published by The Taunton Press and sells for $25 in hardcover.


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I hate celebrities!
I hate Tom Cruise. I hate Madonna. I hate Britney Spears. I hate Mariah Carey. I hate Jordan. I hate Peter Andre. I hate Jennifer Lopez. I hate Paris Hilton. I hate whoever enters the Big Brother house. I hate Pamela Anderson. I hate Mel Gibson. I hate Kelly Clarkson. I hate Sharon Osbourne. I hate Kelly Osbourne. I hate Jack Osbourne. Ozzy Osbourne sang for Black Sabbath. I don't hate him. I hate Denise Van Outen. I hate Jessica Simpson. I hate Bruce Willis. I hate Eminem. I hate George michael. I hate Tara Palmer Tomkinson. I hate Jade Goody. I hate Pete Doherty. I hate Shane Richie. I hate Kylie Minogue. I hate Jodie Marsh. I hate Jamie Oliver. I hate Christina Aguilera. I hate Kerry Katona. I hate Ant and Dec. I hate Jennifer Aniston. I hate Kirsty Gallacher. I hate Jamie Theakston. I hate Gordon Ramsey. I hate Michael Barrymore. I hate Davina McCall. I hate David Beckham. I hate Victoria Beckham.
I hate very single last one of them. I don't care one iota about them so why have their names been blasted into my brain. I propose the next 'Celebrity' programme should be Celebrity Battle Royale. Instead of hundreds of Japanese schoolchildren dying it would be hundreds of celebrities. And it wouldn't be a film, it would be real. I'd certainly watch it.


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Lady in Red (Mad Passions #2)
Author: Máire Claremont
Publisher: Signet Eclipse (Headline Eternal- UK)
Release Date: 1 October 2013
The Victorian era was full of majestic beauty and scandalous secrets—a time when corsets were the least of a woman's restrictions, and men could kill or be killed in the name of honor…
Lady Mary Darrel should be the envy of London. Instead, all society believes her dead. For Mary holds a secret so dangerous, her father chose to keep her locked away…and have a grave made for her near her mother's. Driven to the edge of desperation, Mary manages to escape the asylum, only to find that her fate yet again rests in the hands of a man…
Edward Barrons, Duke of Fairleigh, longs for some way to escape the torment of his father's crimes. In Mary's warrior spirit and haunted gaze—which so mirrors his own—he finally sees his path to redemption. He will stop at nothing to keep her safe, even as she seeks revenge. But will the passion they discover in each other be enough to save them from their demons?
I loved The Dark Lady (the first book in the Mad Passions series) so much, and I was very much looking forward to getting stuck in to Lady in Red. Personally, although I didn't love this book as much as the first, I still really liked it and was engrossed in Mary's story.
Mary is such an incredibly strong character, and my heart bled for her. Mary had been thrown into a mental asylum, run by a cruel and merciless mistress, and left for dead. Mary suffered horrific abuse at the asylum, where she was raped, beaten and force fed laudanum. Despite all of this, Mary doesn't lose her determination to survive and escapes the asylum. She doesn't let her past break her down, and becomes determined to have her revenge- with the aid of Edward, Duke of Fairleigh. I loved how badass Mary could be, she is trained by Edward and his friend, Viscount Powers, in order to ready herself for her revenge. She's the type of heroine you root for and marvel at her strength, whilst urging her to not throw away the chance for love in front of her.
Edward was also a great character, and has his own dark past that tortures him. He's flawed and driven by his need to do the right, honourable thing and avoid his parents' fates. His demons constantly chase him, and sometimes he could be blind to what he needed, i.e. Mary. Although I loved how Edward protected Mary and brought out the woman she could be.
I loved Edward and Mary together, they have a very dark and intense romance, which sometimes seemed doomed. At first they seem to be using each other for their own needs, but as they become closer it's apparent that as much as Mary needs Edward, he needs her as well. They just had an instantaneous chemistry that has you rooting for them both from the beginning.
I also loved the addition of Viscount Powers, as a character. He connects with Mary on a different level than Edward, and can relate to her struggles with addiction. In some ways he understand things about Mary that Edward can't, and I did enjoy the additional 'love triangle' element he presented. Although, because I was so intrigued by Powers, at times he overshadowed Edward and left me confused as to who it was I wanted Mary to end up with.
I love Máire's writing so much. She doesn't pull any punches and sometimes it can be almost painful to read about the suffering of the characters you come to know so well. But there's a dark beauty woven throughout the whole story that draws you in and doesn't let you put it down. With the darkness, there's light and I'm so looking forward to reading Powers' story in The Dark Affair, and hopefully he'll find his light.


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This week, I booked a cab. My son planned to come but then he was tired and, at the last minute, his back hurt, so I got in the cab on my own. I was already in my fencing kit so that I could join the warm-up straight away.
It was only as I got ready for footwork practice that I realised: I'd forgotten my jeans.
When I'm with others, I phone for a cab if I don't have a lift. If I'm on my own I either cycle or walk. And fencing kit isn't every day walking gear.
I put it out of my mind and got on with the footwork practice. I wanted to get my lunges right. Footwork was harder than usual. The coach's instructions ,included "and when I lunge, I want you to parry quarte and riposte with a lunge". So we were moving backward and forward, trying to keep steps neat and maintain distance through shifts of speed, waiting for the cue to parry and riposte with a lunge. By the end, we were moving at speed awaiting the cue to fleche. At least I didn't fall over.
Therer weren't many epeeists but in any case I'd made a resolution to do more foil. My opponent said that at least I wasn't fencing like an epeeist but I had to keep reminding myself "small target area", "establish right of way", "parry", "no doubles". It was helpful, however, forcing me to be precise and deal (or fail to deal with) different kinds of guard. And it paid off when I moved on to epee. I was better able to plan hits - well, sometimes. On one occasion I even said to myself, "Next time I'm going for the wrist" - and I made it!
My second opponent was on top form; light, fast and accurate. Most of the hits I landed were doubles and it took me quite some while to land any at all. Between bouts I stood with other resting fencing by the open doors. The weather's warm again and everyone's first impulse after a bout was to stand in a cool breeze.
Only as I took off my jacket did I realise the impact I'd make when walking home, dressed in white shoes, socks and breeches with a black T-shirt and hoodie. My bottom half would glow in the dark. Mty top half would be invisible. I'd look like half the ghost of a fencer sliced in half by a careless or vicious sabreur.
Luckily my path lay along the road throuth the water-meadows and one young fencer's mother stopped and offered me a lift. But I'd already walked a quarter of a mile or more, with my bottom half glowing white in a black night.
I wouldn't mind a few new ghost stories.
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In the video, she is calling out saying 'Hello!' and you can hear a dog barking. When the dog appears, she tells it, "You'd better stay there, brother" and the dog makes its way towards her.
When you watch the video, watch how the dog behaves. It never growls at her. it never barks at her. It isn't even running full-force at her - something that would tell you an attack is imminent. The dog quietly comes towards her and when it reaches her, it attacks.
You can see her reach down with her left hand to try to grab the dog's collar and then shoots with her right hand. I'm guessing her left hand was in the way as she was shooting the dog because she tripped.
Thankfully, she didn't shoot off her finger and it doesn't appear that she was seriously injured as she was able to fire her service weapon so quickly to stop the attack.


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It's Wolf Awareness Week! Since 1996, this national event has served to educate folks on the roles wolves play in different natural communities. During Wolf Awareness Week, we encourage you to recognize the importance of wolves as an integral part of our landscapes and to engage others to become interested and active in wolf conservation. Many of our partner organizations are hosting Wolf Awareness Week events and have provided educational resources to continue spreading the word.
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Who will control the New York Times?
Sources: Geffen made an offer for hedge fund's big stake.
So David Geffen (a LIBERAL ::gasp::) wanted to buy 19% of the New York Times. And was turned down. 19% isn't even a controlling share. But shameless pirate Rupert Murdoch keeps buying whatever he wants, Fox, Wall Street Journal, etc.
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With the last week of classes here, it's time to start finishing up our final papers, putting the finishing touches on our assignments, power reading the final few chapters of our text books, and getting ready for exams…. AND, I'm going to suggest that we take a few moments to try and really appreciate the people that we've had around us all year. We are fortunate enough to have strong and positive community of students in our classrooms, residences, student groups, and in student governance. Each one of us contributes to our campus, and hopefully we have each been able to positively impact one another.
This week, YouAlberta will be celebrating a few of the individuals who have made an effort to improve your student experience this year. Some might call these individuals leaders, others might simply see them as that face that they see around campus, while others still would just call them "friend."
Before we meet them, we thought that it would be a good idea to take a look at what draws us to embrace and support one another. Here's what Erin was able to find out for us:
|Caitlin Field receives her ELP certificate from pleased Dean of Students' Frank Robinson and an ecstatic Rory Tighe (former SU President)
It's easy to spot the leaders of our campus community – we often know who they are because of the work that they do. I was curious to learn more about what else they have in common, so I asked Caitlin McLeod, a recent graduate of the Emerging Leaders Program (ELP), a co-curricular course that uses the social change model of leadership to help students build the skills that will help them to become confident leaders. After talking to Caitlin about her experience in the program, I learned a few things.
Although there are lots of leaders on our campus, the ones that really stand out are the ones that inspire positive change. Leadership styles vary greatly, but positive leaders seem to be the most successful. Here are some things they have in common:
Positive leaders…
1) Are self-aware
"By developing a clear understanding of your own leadership style," Caitlin explains, "you are able to further explore your leadership potential. For example, ELP equips you with the tools to not only recognize your weaknesses, but to also improve upon these skills."
2) Embrace Diversity
It's "inspiring to see what others [are] able to contribute to the university, local or global community," Caitlin says. Accepting the strengths and insights of others and learning to look beyond your own experience can help to increase your network of support while also ensuring that you have a greater wealth of knowledge to draw upon to.
3) Problem Solve and Collaborate
Leaders cannot exist on their own (after all, you can't be a leader with nobody to lead). Instead, leaders should help to inspire and support a team, each of whom will have the ability to positively impact the goals of the group. Knowing and recognizing the strengths of yourself and others can allow for the development of creative solutions to problems both old and new.
4) Accept Controversy with Civility
In any organization, leaders will face controversy. Whether it's a major issue, or a small disagreement, not everybody gets along 100% of the time. The strongest leaders are optimistic in the face of controversy, are able to accept different viewpoints, and lead with grace even during difficult situations.
5) Empathize
Not only should leaders be able to recognize the viewpoints of others, they should also be able to truly understand where others are coming from, and how things might make them feel. Someone who can empathize with others is more able to lead in a way that is respected by others.
6) Possess a Commitment to Action
Leaders are the driving force of organizations. They need to be able to commit to a goal, create an action plan, and follow it through to the end. In taking those actions, however, positive leaders not only have to take action, they have to incorporate all of the traits and skills that I've already mentioned in order to make the action positive action.
7) Ethical Engagement and Citizenship
Leaders need to support the people in their organization and their needs, and should not be focused solely on their own individual desires. The best leaders are able to meet the needs of all members of their group, not only certain members or the majority. Being a leader is all about making decisions that impact people, and positive leaders are able to make decisions that make their group or project better for everybody.
8) Inspire
After her experience in the Emerging Leaders Program, Caitlin revealed that, "you discover new ways of leading and igniting leadership in others. Supporting and engaging others to become effective leaders themselves is an important goal for anyone in a leadership role." Leaders rarely stay in their roles forever, so it is important to support those around you, help them to reach their potential, and to inspire them to take on leadership roles in the future.
About the Author
My name is Erin and I'm going into my eighth, and final, year at the University of Alberta. When I grow up, I want to be a fairy princess… but since the U of A doesn't offer that program, I am working on completing my Bachelor of Elementary Education.
I can usually be found consuming excessive amounts of caffeine in the library, volunteering with my sorority sisters, or hitting up the latest campus events.
What I love most about the U of A is how different the experience is for everyone, and how many experiences each student can have. I hope to share my stories and yours, so that together we can discover what this amazing campus has to offer!


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Damn, it's been a while. Almost two months. I'm still eating (and even cooking), but I've been super lazy about the photographing and the writing. Sorry.
I've resurfaced to share the cake I made for my brother's seventeenth birthday (and another cake I made this weekend, but I don't have pictures yet). Months ago (before the movie came out) he mentioned in passing that he'd like an Iron Man birthday cake. One of the bonuses of having a big sister who likes to bake is that if you mention wanting any cake in passing, it's bound to end up in your face sooner or later, whether it comes out right or not.
Errr....yeah. I'm not sure if it's bad enough for Cake Wrecks, but it's certainly....something.
I'm kind of proud of how the face bit came out because I had to draw that freehand (onto cardboard to make a stencil to use on the cake). I can't draw anything. I fuck up Tic-Tac-Toe. And this is almost identifiable, so that's a big step for me.
As for the color...fail. I thought I bought gold for the face, but I bought copper. I added a bit of orange and loads of yellow and I think it got a little better, but the icing was getting over beaten and too wet, so I had to stop. Wilton calls that pinkish color on the outside burgundy. What? I do not think it means what Wilton thinks it means. As you see it, I added some black and about half a container of red. Sheesh. I guess it's Springtime for Iron Man. He's got his Easter bonnet on.
So what is this monstrosity? Outside, it's the Vegan Fluffy Buttercream Frosting from Vegan Cupcakes Take Over the World. Inside is the Golden Vanilla Cupcakes recipe from the same book, filled with a strawberry variation of the raspberry layer from the Raspberry Chocolate Chip Blondie Bars from Vegan With a Vengeance. I was trying to go for a red and gold theme on the inside, too, but I was too lazy to add the tumeric to the cake (more on that in my next cake post), so it looks more red and white:
(the eyes are marzipan, by the way)
Regardless of how it looks, it was still damn tasty and that's the important part, right? I don't seem to be able to make a birthday cake without some sort of screw up, and this is a pretty low-key one, when I think about the problems I've had in the past. I just wish Wilton made Pantones.
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
My Own Personal Cake Wreck?
3 comments:
Nice to see you are back! I am sure that cake was very yummy.
- August 27, 2008 at 5:58 AM
- Erin said...
As far as I'm concerned, an attempt at a cool cake is good enough! Especially if it tastes great.
- August 31, 2008 at 1:34 PM
- Mihl said...
I don't care about appearances, I am convinced this cake tasted really great!
- September 3, 2008 at 1:55 PM
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Mullens scores 15, Jordan adds 14 points and 7 boards to lead Clippers in 106-74 win over Jazz
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SALT LAKE CITY – Byron Mullens scored 15 points, DeAndre Jordan had 14 points and seven rebounds, and Blake Griffin added 12 points in limited minutes to lead the Los Angeles Clippers to a 106-74 win over the Utah Jazz on Saturday night.
Richard Jefferson had 13 points and eight rebounds to lead the Jazz, and Alec Burks added 12 points.
Utah rookie point guard Trey Burke, acquired from Minnesota after the Timberwolves selected him ninth overall in the NBA draft, broke his right index finger in the first quarter. He returned to play nearly eight minutes in the second quarter before X-rays at halftime revealed the fracture. Team doctors will further evaluate Burke's condition on Monday.
Los Angeles, which led 50-31 at the half and 78-53 after three quarters, finished at 55 percent shooting from the field.


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Hawaiian-Style Bread
- 2 pkg. dry yeast
- 1 tsp. sugar
- 1 C. warm water
- 1 C. sliced ripe banana
- 1/2 C. pineapple-orange-banana juice concentrate, undiluted
- 1/4 C. honey
- 2 Tbs. margarine, melted
- 2 drops yellow food coloring (optional)
- 5 1/4 C. bread flour, divided
- 1 tsp. salt
- Vegetable cooking spray
- 1/4 C. cream of coconut
- 2 Tbs. pineapple-orange-banana juice concentrate, undiluted
- 1/2 C. powdered sugar
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Dissolve yeast and 1 tsp. of sugar in warm water and let stand 5 minutes. Combine banana, the 1/2 C. of juice concentrate, honey, margarine, and food coloring in a blender and process until smooth and set aside.
Combine 2 C. flour and the salt in a large bowl. Add yeast mixture and banana mixture, stirring until well blended. Add 2 3/4 C. flour and stir to form a soft dough. Turn the dough onto a lightly floured surface and knead until smooth and elastic, about 8 minutes. Add enough of the remaining flour to keep the dough from sticking to your hands. Place the dough into a large bowl coated with cooking spray. Cover and set aside to let rise, about 1 1/2 hours or until doubled. Punch dough down and let rest 5 minutes. Form the dough into about 30 balls, forming on a lightly floured surface. Layer the balls in a 10-inch tube pan, coated with cooking spray; set aside.
Combine the cream of coconut and 2 Tbs. of juice concentrate in a small bowl. Pour 3 Tbs. of mixture over the dough and reserve the remaining juice mixture Cover dough and let rise again until doubled, about 1-1/2 hours.
Uncover dough and bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes or until loaf sounds hollow when tapped. Let cool in pan 20 minutes, then remove from pan and cool on wire rack. Stir powdered sugar into remaining juice mixture and drizzle over top of bread.
Yield: 16 servings
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I am not a baker to say the least, but I am going to buy the ingredients and try to make this one, it sounds like heaven.
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Kanye West Has Finally Been Released From The HospitalGrammy-winning rapper and producer Kanye West has been released from the hospital where he was hospitalised for more than a week for what has been described as nervous breakdown.
The rapper who was voluntarily hospitalised UCLA Medical Center last week after a rant about Jay Z and Beyonce at a show is back home with his family, TMZ reported.
According to TMZ, left the hospital under the care of Kim, and his personal physician, Dr. Michael Farzam, who called 911 the day Kanye was admitted.
At the hospital, he was evaluated for exhaustion and sleep deprivation, but the report said Kanye still needs psychological and medical treatment.
The rapper had cancelled all concerts for this year and sources are saying concerts will remain on hold indefinitely.


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The video demonstrates the concept of Mobility Anchor for guest users on Cisco Wireless LAN Controller. We will extend our knowledge of mobility tunnel, foreign and anchor controllers, from the last video to securely segregate guest traffic into DMZ. The second half of the video shows you how to configure Cisco ISE to operate with the anchor WLC in the DMZ to provide guest login portal without allowing guest traffic into internal network.
Part 1 of this video covers configuration and testing of guest anchor controller
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Hello! GREAT VIDEO!!! Question for you couldn't you have had the guest anchor do the DHCP for you? Instead of the your local switch on a vrf? Also, what firewall ports did you open just port 97 and 16666?


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With significantly lower costs, increased efficiency and the Australian government's solar rebate system, solar power is becoming a viable option for many commercial businesses and residential homes too. There are more providers available and different products to suit different needs. Obviously, a good provider will be able to advise you on the best solution given your specific needs, but it can be helpful to have a general idea of what you're after. This article will talk about some of the things you need to consider.
Energy Bills Are The Starting Point
When it comes down to it, the decision to go solar is all about efficiency. You want to find a solar solution that makes your commercial building and processes as efficient and cost effective as possible. There's no point having excess solar panels and generating energy that you aren't able to utilise or store.
Your energy bill can reveal how much energy your business is using on average during daytime hours – your solar setup should account for a percentage of this, possibly as high as possible. How do you know how much energy you can expect from your solar system? A professional should be able to give you a ballpark figure based on your location and orientation of the building, etc. You can also the below resource to approximate a figure:
Do You Need Battery Storage?
Unless you have battery storage capability, you will need to use solar energy up as it is generated – which is obviously during the day. This is actually the most efficient way of going about it; storing energy results in small losses. The energy you don't use at once is stored, but in total you're losing anywhere from 3-5 times the amount of energy storing it than you would if you used it straight away. However, these numbers depend on the system you have in place and may differ from product to product.
While most commercial solar solutions don't include battery storage, it may be applicable to your situation. If you're planning to make solar energy your main source of power, go 'off the grid' completely or use energy through the night for your commercial needs, this is a must. If however, you are taking a more conservative route and starting with it may not be necessary – you can always add batter storage capabilities later.
Energy Requirements In Daylight Hours
It's a lot more cost effective for you to use up as much of the solar energy you collect during the day, and use as little of your other more expensive power source as possible. If you choose a solar energy solution that is excessively large or robust, you'll end up collecting more energy than you need and paying more than you need to for upkeep and installation. It's your job to figure out how much energy your business is using on the average day during daylight hours, and install a solar energy system that accounts for this, limiting your time spent using power from the grid, or your usual power source. Also consider any stored energy you may need to use at night, which will vary depending on the type of business you are operating.
There is a lot to think about when looking to install a commercial solar panel system. A good service provider will work with you to ascertain the ideal system for your needs, but its also about what you need for your business and the type of investment you want to make.


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Most pre-camp preparation is organizational work. Before leaving for camp, your troop should be organized into patrols with a Senior Patrol Leader (SPL) and Assistant Senior Patrol Leader (ASPL) overseeing all patrols. Each patrol should consist of approximately six to eight boys and be led by a Patrol Leader (PL). To ensure success, it is generally best to establish these groupings early in the year so that the Scouts can participate in several outings together before coming to camp.
Another important element of preparation for camp is training. The menus and instructions for meal preparation are available online. Before summer camp, your unit may want to practice cooking menu items that you are not familiar with. Time spent earlier in the year sharpening cooking and camping skills during troop outings – especially for new Scouts – will pay huge dividends when summer camp rolls around. We strongly recommend using the patrol method on every campout in order to strengthen youth leadership skills and prepare for summer camp.
The staff will be looking to the youth leaders of the troop to know what they would like to experience at Camp Freeland Leslie. Please encourage a strong troop system which is led by the Scouts.
The Senior Patrol Leader should organize and lead the troop both before and during camp. The Assistant Senior Patrol Leader helps the SPL carry out his duties and often takes charge of other tasks that are delegated to him. One of the most important functions of the SPL at camp is to attend the Sunday afternoon camp wide SPL meeting, where he represents his troop. He is responsible for communicating important information to the troop when he returns. He needs to have a good idea of what activities and programs his troop wants to participate in so that he can represent them effectively.
Each Patrol Leader should lead his patrol operations, assigning tasks to the members of his patrol fairly and ensure that everyone contributes. A duty roster can be an effective way to assign a rotation of tasks to be completed throughout the week. Duty roster forms can be found in the CFL Meal Guide.
By the time your troop arrives at camp, most of your adult leaders' duties have been completed. From registration to training to transportation, leaders make it possible for the boys to come to camp.
Once at camp, adults are responsible for the health and safety of the Scouts, and for counseling the troop's youth leadership. Adults should also assist with troop discipline when required. Aside from these duties, adults are encouraged to take advantage of the many program opportunities available to adults, and to follow Baden Powell's motto: "Train them, trust them, let them lead."
No formula works for every unit, and the ideas that work for larger troops don't always apply to smaller troops. Stick with what works best for you. If you have ten Scouts, for example, you may elect to have the SPL and ASPL serve as Patrol Leader and Assistant Patrol Leader while at camp, rather than separating them from the rest of the troop. Or, with a dozen Scouts you may choose to have two patrols and no SPL, with the two Patrol Leaders sharing the SPL's duties. Discuss your troop's setup with your Campsite Host and other camp staff so that we can best adapt to your needs.


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So, I thought I would catch up on my blog and let you know some of the stuff I've been doing during this first week off!
Since for the majority of Chambéry, this week is the first week of class, everyone was able to ride the bus all week to any location for 1 euro! We took advantage of this by going to the beach a million times! (We also found a mall, a hellaciously overpriced McDonalds, and the closest thing a person could get to Wal-Mart in France).
About halfway through our first week off, we went to Aix-les-Bains which is on the other side of Lac du Bourget (the lake near Chambéry). There we took a boat to the other side of the lake to visit what may be one of my favorite historical locations that I've seen since coming to France: Hautecombe Abbaye.
We couldn't take any pictures inside because even today, the abbey is used primarily as a place of prayer and is still inhabited by monks.
Inside there were tombs dating back to the 1400's! Many of the Dukes and Duchesses of Savoie were buried there.
Here are some pictures of Hautecombe Abbaye and of our boatride.
|(Credit for these first two pictures belongs to the lovely Diana Olsen)
Let the Shenanigans Continue,
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Jude Law Dresses to Impress For 'Symphony in Blue: A Journey To the Centre of The Glass'
Jude Law is dapper in a tuxedo while attending the Symphony in Blue: A Journey To the Centre of The Glass event on Wednesday (September 17) in London, England.
During the event, the 41-year-old actor was spotted carrying a crate of Johnnie Walker Blue Label whiskey.
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Sunday Adult Storytelling Series Presents Padraic Keohane's "On the Road to Parrot Eyes"
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This event wraps up four big Sunday nights of storytelling by adults for adults in 2010! This installment features Padraic Keohane's "On The Road To Parrot Eyes," where you'll meet such colorful characters as peddlers who deal in emotions and people who have lost their wings. Possessing one of the most off-beat minds in storytelling, Keohane will lead you through an hilarious labyrinth of tales that will leave you wondering just what happened to you when you reach the other side.
On The Road To Parrot Eyes is Sunday, October 17, 2010 7 p.m. at The Found Theatre, 599 Long Beach, CA 90802.
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EDSF announces new 2011 board of directors
Thursday, February 10, 2011
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Hurst, Texas - The Electronic Document Scholarship Foundation (EDSF), the international non-profit organization dedicated to developing and providing programs to attract and support document, graphic arts and communications students worldwide with their education plans, announced it's 2011 Board of Directors. Among EDSF's leadership roster of highly respected and well-known industry CEOs, presidents and top executives are several new Directors, including: Peter Posk of BCT, Inc.; Jim Kano of Equitrac; Patrick Brand of Pitney Bowes; Michael Dane of Ricoh; and Dora Wong of 4over.
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One of the things I have put on all my vehicles for years has been Auto Vent Shades, Ventvisors. These are molded pieces of plastic that typically you put in the window channel or over the window that will allow you to roll down your windows a decent amount and not be beat to death by the wind, rain etc, and it will help keep your windows from fogging up. I have been such a fan of these things that I always go and get some for my vehicles.
Well sadly the Leaf is a limited production car so AVS and Weathertech and others have not seen fit to make these for our car. Luckily I found a link on this forum for a company that makes something like it for a reasonable price. I saw there was something you could also order from Japan that was crazy expensive and I just couldn't validate the quaility. Well some people had stated these cheaper ones on Amazon worked well, but they questioned how long they would last. So I took a chance and ordered them.
I generally prefer the in-channel Venvisors due to the cleaner install look. That was not available this time. I wasn't sure how I was going to like the over the window install. I ordered these and they arrived. They are a thinner material than what I would normally get with an AVS product. They do seem to line up OK over the window and are reasonably close to being molded for our car. Installation was not difficult. You have adhesive tape strips on the back which you typically will peel a corner on the ends and fold it over so you can get to it when the visor is pressed into place and more or less "tacked" by the small exposed area you have peeled so you have a piece you can pull. Start by cleaning the area where the tape/visor is going to attach with some alcohol and a lint free cloth. Then line your pieces up where you want them to make sure you have them where you think they should be, then peel a portion of the tape back and then tack it in place and pull the exposed tabs you made accessible by folding over an edge.
Overall if you haven't done anything like this before it can be a little intimidating, but it isn't hard. Just prefit your pieces first to make sure you know where they are going to go before you peel away any of the cover off the adhesive. Then just work your way around the edges pressing down to make sure your adhesive is getting good contact.
I can't say I am a fan of the over the window visor, but it looks OK. It is a thinner material than you would get with other well known products in the market, but the fit seems OK. Overall it looks like these will work. They should function as well as the other products I have owned over the years and if they help keep the car cooler when parked, the rain out, and the windows fog free then they will be worth it. I have no reason to doubt that will be the case here.
By allowing you to keep your windows rolled down a little you can keep internal car temps down which may have an impact on not just the longevity of the interior but may actually be implicated in battery temps and degradation. I know that subject is controversial, but what isn't controversial is the fact that when the windows of all my vehicles are down a little bit the interior temps MUCH cooler. That is no joke and I think with the Leaf this may be even more crucial.
I know lots of people here battle fogging with the Leaf. With these visors you may finally have a tool that will give you the upper hand on fogging.
Overall I can recommend these visors. If I can find the link for them on Amazon I will post it here if we are allowed to do that.


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I am now a proud owner of a shrug.
Maybe I better explain. A few weeks ago I was poking through my closet trying to find my summer clothes and not feeling terribly pleased with the results.
It wasn't a pretty picture. In fact, the longer I poked, the more depressed I became
I had some great conference clothes — suits and whatnot — and I had some great "clean the house" clothes (not that I clean the house much, I have a house cleaner for that, but you know what I mean. The torn up t-shirts and faded shorts). But in terms of nice casual summer things, well, let's just say pathetic was the word that sprung to mind.
You see, I'm not much of a clothes buyer to begin with, and since I've had my own business, I've bought even less than normal. So what I did have was old. (Really old in some cases.) And, to top it off, I've lost we^ight (thanks to my we^ight lifting which I'm still proud to say I do on a regular basis) so my clothes were n^ow both old and really didn't fit very well.
Right when I had about decided a trip to the mall was in order, I got an invitation for a Weekenders party. Weekenders is this line of clothes that are comfortable, machine washable, don't wrinkle AND mix and match. (Which means I don't have to do much thinking as I'm getting dressed because most of the items all go together. Pretty nifty.)
So I ended buying a number of things, including a shrug. I'm really excited about the shrug. I've ne^ver owned an item of clothing named after a verb, and especially a verb with an attitude. I feel quite sassy every time I wear my new shrug. (In case any of you are wondering what a shrug is, it looks like one of those sweater vests we would wear in dance class in the 80s. If that doesn't help, think of a half shirt with ties.)


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