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Different combination in the game of tech create a winning roll of the dice and other times create a loss. Better communication between teams can offer a better opportunity to deter from holes in development cycle tools, especially when DevOps is the solution you're striving for.
It doesn't hurt to have a map to help guide you. This interactive map from XebiaLabs can help offer a little clarity to the solutions, but there's definitely some holes in multiple places that could be clarified a bit more.
The power of this periodic table of DevOps tools, isn't just that they are broken up by the tool type, but that you're able to easily filter by open source, freemium, paid or enterprise level tools. This assists in reach the goals of your solution. As we all get educated, I'll focus horizontally in future posts, but today, we'll take a vertical look at the Database Management tier and where I specialize first.
When comparisons are made, it's common to have the inability to do apple to apples. Focusing on the Database Management toolsets, such as Delphix, I can tell you that only Redgate I view as a competitor and this only happened recently with their introduction of SQL Clone. The rest of the products shown don't offer any virtualization, (our strongest feature) in their product and we consider Liquidbase and Datical partners in many use cases.
Any tool is better than nothing, even one that helps you choose tools. So let's first start to discern what the "Database Management" tools are supposed to accomplish and then create one of our own. The overall goal appears to be version control for your database, which is a pretty cool concept.
The first product on the list is something I do like because the natural "control issues" I have as a DBA. You want to know that changes to a database occurred in a controlled, documented and organized manner. DBMaestro allows for this and has some pretty awesome ways of doing it. Considering that DevOps is embracing agility at an ever increasing rate, having version control capabilities that will work with both Oracle SQL Developer and Microsoft Visual Studio are highly attractive. The versioning is still as a code change level and not at the data level, but it's still worthy of discussion.
That it offers all of this through a simple UI is very attractive to the newer generation of developers and DBAs will still want to be part of it.
This is the first of two companies we partner with that are in the list. It's very different from DBMaestro, as it's the only open source in the database management products and is works with XML, JSON, SQL and other formats. You can build just about anything you require and the product has an extensive support community, so if you need to find an example, it's pretty simple to do so online.
I really like the fact that Liquibase takes compliance into consideration and has the capability to delay SQL transactions from performing without the approval from the appropriate responsible party. It may not be version control of your data, but at least you can closely monitor and time out the changes to it.
Where Liquibase partners with Delphix is that we can perform continuous delivery via Liquibase and Delphix can then version control the data tier. We can be used for versioning, branching and refreshing from a previous snapshot if there was a negative outcome in a development or test scenario, making continuous deployment a reality without requiring "backup scripts" for the data changes.
Everybody love a great user interface and like most, there's a pretty big price tag that goes along with the ease of use when adding up all the different products that's offered. There's just a ton that you can do with Redgate and you can do most of it for Oracle, MSSQL and MySQL, which is way cool. Monitor, develop, virtualize, but the main recognition that you're getting with the periodic table for DevOps tools is for version control and comparisons. This comes from the SQL Control product from Redgate and offers quite a full quite of products for the developer and the DBA.
This is another product that we've partnered with repeatedly. The idea that we, as DBAs can review and monitor any and all changes to a database is very attractive to any IT shop. Having it simplified into a tool is incredibly beneficial to any business who wants to deliver continuously and when implemented with Delphix, then the data can be delivered as fast as the rest of the business.
Idera's DB Change Manager can give IT a safety net to ensure that changes intended are the changes that happen in the environment. Idera, just like many of the others on the list supports multiple database platforms, which is a keen feature of a database change control tool, but no virtualization or copy data management, (CDM) tool exists or at least, not one exists any longer.
So where does Delphix fit in with all of these products? We touched on it a little bit as I mentioned each of these tools. Delphix is recognized for the ability to deploy and that it does so as part of continuous delivery is awesome, but as I stated, it's not a direct apple to apples comparison as we not only offer versioning control, but we do so at the data level.
So let's create an example-
We can do versioning and track changes in releases in the way of our Jet Stream product. Jet Stream is the much loved product for our developers and testers.
I've often appreciated any tool set that allowed others not only to fish instead of me fishing for them, Offering the Developer or Tester access to the administration console meant for a DBA can only set them up to fail.
Jet Stream's interface is really clean and easy to use. It has a clear left hand panel with options to access and the interaction is direct on what the user will be doing. I can create bookmarks, naming versions, which allows me the ability to
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If a developer is using Jet Stream, they would make changes as part of a release and once complete, create a bookmark, (a snapshot in time) of their container, (A container here is made up of the database, application tier and anything else we want included that Delphix can virtualize.)
We've started our new test run of a new development deployment. We've made an initial book mark singing the beginning of the test and then a second bookmark to say the first set of changes were completed.
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At this time, there's a script that removes 20 rows from a table. The check queries all verified that this is the delete statement that should remove the 20 rows in question.
SQL> delete from kinder_tbl where c2 like '%40%'; 143256 rows deleted. SQL> commit; SQL> insert into kinder_tbl values (...
When the tester performs the release and hits this step, the catastrophic change to the data occurs.
Whoops, thats not 20 rows.
Now, the developer could grovel to the DBA to use archaic processing like flashback database or worse, import the data back into a second table and merge the missing rows, etc. There's a few ways to skin this cat, but what if the developer could recover the data himself?
This developer was using Jet Stream and can simply go into the console, where they've been taking that extra couple seconds to bookmark each milestone during the release to the database, which INCLUDES marking the changes to the data!
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If we inspect the bookmarks, we can see that the second of three occurred before the delete of data. This makes it simple to use the "rewind" option, (bottom right icon next to the trash can for removing the bookmark) to revert the data changes. Keep in mind that this will revert the database back to the point in time when the bookmark was performed, so ALL changes will be reverted to that point in time.
Once that is done, we can verify quickly that our data is returned and no need to bother the DBA or the concern that catastrophic change to data has impacted the development or test environment.
SQL> select count(*) from kinder_tbl where c2 like '%40%'; COUNT(*) ---------- 143256
I plan on going though different combinations of tools in the periodic table of DevOps tools and show what strengths and drawbacks there are to choices in implementation in upcoming posts, so until the next post, have a great week!
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Why Auto-Response Tweets Are The Devil and You Should Cease Using Them Immediately
Sorry for that long headline, but I had to get the point across on this one.
Automatic tweets. Are. The. WORST.
And not only because they are annoying, they are a primary hallmark of a company who doesn't seem to want to invest the time in communicating with their customers. Case in point—Bank of America.
In a snafu that can be described only as "terrible," the BofA twitter account responds to every tweet it gets by offering general, robot-like answers. Because it's a robot. From Gizmodo:
It's a hilariously epic mistake by the official BofA Help Twitter account. When Twitter user @darthmarkh tweeted about how he was chased away by cops after drawing chalk in front of a New York City Bank of America that was pointing out how BofA was taking away people's homes, the BofA Help Twitter account decided to jump in and asked @darthmarkh if he needed help with his account... completely ignoring the fact that @darthmarkh was eviscerating Bank of America right in front of its face.
It gets worse for BofA though. When other people jumped into @darthmarkh's replies, they all get mentioned by the same BofA Help Twitter account with the same generic answers. It's completely embarrassing because NO ONE is actually asking for help, they're all just destroying Bank of America (with the ammo Bank of America is providing no less).
This should be a wake up call. If you're using auto-responders or auto-DM's, now is the time to quit. I don't think anyone has gotten an automated message from a company and thought to themselves, "Wow, this company cares enough about me to get a robot to respond to my query. I feel loved!"
Using a real-live human to respond to the concerns of your members will always be the best policy. How does your credit union respond to queries on Twitter? Let us know in the comment section below!
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ELSA Malta Release New Policy Paper On Marijuana
After many periods of polarising debate on the role of marijuana in contemporary Maltese society, ELSA Malta's Social and Legal Policy Committee, headed by its Director for Social Policy and Legal Publications, Jake Camilleri, has decided to publish its own take on this issue. The policy paper aims to introduce a comparative approach, by looking at numerous countries throughout the world, in order to analyse the benefits and shortcomings of different systems utilised in places where marijuana may be consumed without fear of prosecution. Such places include the Netherlands, California, Colorado and Portugal.
The team, made up of Liam Axisa, Brendan Hewer, Natalia Camilleri, Tim Vella, and Matteo Alessandro, looked to these states to establish the economic benefits, including sales revenue and employment, to inform the public and legislators in particular on the feasibility of such frameworks. These vary in nature, from the startling freedom in Colorado, where its availability in cannabis shops generates over one and a half billion dollars, to the Netherlands, where a coffee shop (the only place where it is legal there) generates seven million euros annually, to Portugal, where its universal decriminalisation allows for cuts in court expenditure. The proposals near the end seek to give hints on what could be done in Malta if marijuana had to be legalised.
Above all, the publication aims to educate and enlighten legislators to encourage a calculated decision, using a broader source of information than one would find locally. This comparative context is what makes ELSA's paper a textbook example of its distinct ability to inform its audience and stand out in the academic sphere.
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Robert Kuttner's title refers, first, to the "medieval institution" that was the fate of improvident souls in England who could not repay their debts, including Daniel Defoe. In 1692, Defoe was committed to King's Bench Prison in London, where he began to agitate for a change in the legal system. Forcing debtors to rot, Defoe not disinterestedly pointed out, was injurious to both parties, since "after a debtor was confined in prison both he and the creditor lost through his prolonged distress." Society responded, eventually, with bankruptcy laws, but it is very much Kuttner's point in "Debtors' Prison" that we — America and Europe in the age of the financial crisis — have yet to absorb the principal lesson of Defoe's "bitter experience."
The contemporary prison Kuttner has in mind is the policies and practices of central banks, governments, international finance agencies and Wall Street that add up to a state of nonforgiveness. The debtors he would like to spring from their figurative King's Bench include Americans with underwater mortgages, sovereign realms like Greece, overborrowed college students and just about any institution (save for big banks) with a marker coming due.
As his subtitle makes clear, Kuttner's crusade is not just for debt forgiveness but for budgetary largess as well. Enforcing austerity on bankrupt states has become routine, our financial penicillin. Kuttner says the pill is just as self-defeating as tossing debtors in jail. He is angry at Barack Obama for embracing what he terms austerity, the president's formerly trillion-dollar deficits notwithstanding, and for not providing large-scale mortgage relief à la Franklin Roosevelt. While his complaints echo those of others on the left, Kuttner's thesis is girded to a historical narrative that yields a coherent, readable and highly impassioned book.
The history that concerns him is an abbreviated version of the 20th century: first there was World War I. The winners of that war — despite the urgent warnings of J. M. Keynes — shackled Germany with reparations. England and France, meanwhile, were saddled with their own enormous debts. Austerity did not work out very well. Thus we got the Great Depression.
The 1930s, by contrast, were an age of enlightenment. Kuttner, a scarily prolific writer and a co-editor of The American Prospect, lauds the New Deal for its sundry generosities, including publicly financed mortgages, although, he grants, they did not quite end the Depression. Then came World War II.
The postwar leadership he likes even more than the Roosevelt administration. Germany was forgiven its Nazi-era debt, while international financing was plentiful and cheap. Bretton Woods kept currencies stable and speculators at bay, and no one worried much that United States debt ballooned during the war.
Kuttner's point is that postwar liberalism spawned prosperity. Things went sour, he suggests, when government controls — on capital, on interest rates, on currencies — gave way to rule by markets. Europe and the United States both ditched the welfare state and adopted the neoliberal tendencies of Washington. In a fatal step, Germany, as a price for sharing a currency, demanded austerity from the rest of Europe; it even insisted that Greek civil servants work past their 50s. The German-dominated European Central Bank turned bailouts into a "morality play," ceaselessly haggling for harsher terms for debtors.
Kuttner minimizes the responsibility of European welfare states for their own distress. Conversely, he is tough on Germany — which he says should remember that onerous debts do not always lead to happy results. He finds it unreasonable that Chancellor Angela Merkel did not grant Athens the same scale of charity that her country meted out to the former East Germany, and he accuses Berlin of being a bully, a "financial hegemon." To these ears, he goes too far. When Kuttner writes, "German characterizations of Greece . . . range from patronizing to vicious — and they do not sound pretty in a German accent," one might ask, with what accent does he find them attractive?
Perhaps Chinese. He is admiring of China, whose hegemonic tendencies he ignores, for refusing to expose its currency to markets. Beijing, he blithely observes, "takes the long view." In contrast, he excoriates Poland for embracing low taxes, deregulation and other free-market nostrums. Such policies, Kuttner writes, "helped Poland and other nations achieve good growth rates, but it puts severe pressure on the traditional welfare states of Western Europe" to lower their taxes and social protections. That Poland should stay poor so Europe can remain socialized is among Kuttner's stranger suggestions.
Kuttner is a political economist, a sadly atrophied profession. The modern economist employs mathematics as a badge of neutrality. Kuttner wants nothing of neutrality; he parades his politics for all to see. He views society as tilted too far toward creditors, not just among nations but in the everyday exchanges between consumers and banks. He aims to shift power to borrowers and to states, letting governments happily print money as they will. To Kuttner, Paul Volcker is no hero. Volcker, of course, tamed inflation, and inflation is kind to debtors, though it is unkind to everyone else.
Kuttner is nostalgic not only for inflation but, it seems, even for "negative real interest rates" — the condition under which capital fetches no return. Since the '80s, he maintains, capital has been overrewarded and a comeuppance is due. In general, he sees markets not as mediating a balance between supply and demand but as favoring one constituency over another. Kuttner laments the opening of labor markets in Europe as benefiting corporations at workers' expense. Adam Smith might respond that if a Greek can find employment in Düsseldorf, both parties benefit. Progress is lumpy and uneven — but as Smith observed, over time the Invisible Hand disperses its blessings. Kuttner rejects this classical view with an inflammatory call-to-arms: "We need to take the power back."
Many of Kuttner's particulars ring true: finance in America reached a point of complexity that benefited only traders; short-term loans destabilize developing countries; markets need regulation or they go off the rails. But his sweeping premises are dubious. America's postwar boom was a result of Europe and Japan's crippled condition, not just of debt forgiveness. Declining American wage growth in the '70s resulted mainly from our allies' competitive resurgence, not from rightward politics.
Similarly, Kuttner's historical contrasts seem stretched. He compares the foreclosed farmers of the 1930s to overmortgaged households of today, but today's mortgage holders are not uniformly "victims." Many were exploited, but a good many willfully speculated or lied on their mortgage applications. And it is highly misleading to say that America's budget deficit during World War II was "more than double the level that led to a run on Greek sovereign debt." Greece's total debt peaked at a reported 170 percent of its gross domestic product — America's didn't get close to that level. Moreover, Greece's debt was accumulated in support of a bankrupt statist model that demanded reform. America's war borrowing was huge but temporary. Kuttner wants more deficit spending in the United States because, he says, America remains imprisoned in a debt trap. The recovery in real estate suggests that his timing could be off.
To his credit, Kuttner challenges one's preconceptions. I wish his political economy were more receptive to capitalism, but here are two large points I agree with. One, the United States financial meltdown was mostly a product of market excesses, not those of government. Two, austerity in the midst of crisis — as Europe increasingly seems to be reckoning — makes no sense. The charge that "austerity mongers" on the Continent have been standing guard over a new debtors' prison cannot be easily dismissed.


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In the office recently there has been a lot of chat about the minutiae of serif vs. sans serif, kerning and ornamentation. I feel like I should swiftly add here that these words mean absolutely nothing to me, and I remain the black sheep of the Glassup & Stoski family when these somewhat animated conversations take place.
But all this has got me pondering – yes that still happens on occasion! – about all the little details in the world of design which us 'outsiders' happily take for granted. How recently have you stepped back to consider the emotional, and sometimes visceral, impact a company's logo or branding has on you? Or how the colours and font used by your favourite brand seems to capture the essence of how the products make you feel?
All possible permutations of the impact a brand may have upon its target customers are carefully thought through during the design process. The task of taking a simple brand / product name and a brief from the client around target markets, positioning and competitor analysis kick-starts a staggering creative process; a host of different design concepts are explored and discarded before the winner starts to emerge. The in-progress design then often undergoes various tweaks and prods from numerous stakeholders, who are all starting to invest in the emotional response the logo brings to them personally.
The final result is an often deceptively simple brand design. And those of us who don't get to peek behind the scenes at the process see these brands around us every day and receive the messages they send us and the emotions they evoke with no thought to the way they are designed. And this is the success of good brand design: it becomes impactful but unseen (and by that I don't mean invisible, but accepted and ubiquitous).
So perhaps whilst you are sipping on a coffee today, consider what the Starbucks logo would seem like to you if the famous mermaid was replaced by, say…a plain star, and if the simple Nike swoosh was swapped out for something more descriptive – like the silhouette of an athlete. And then maybe consider your own company logo – does this represent the values of the company? What do you think your customers feel when they see your logo? (Answers on a postcard please...)


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Hi Guys,
This paradox occurs when objects because of time travel actually have no origin. No beginning. There are a couple of variants. The first is the reverse grandfather paradox, where instead of the time traveller going back in time and killing his grandfather, he has intimate relations with his grandmother and ends up becoming his own grandfather. Fry from Futurama did this after accidentally killing off the man he always believed was his grandfather, in essence meaning that when he was born he actually had no grandfather. (I have to admit I quite like Futurama.)
But the concept is probably best seen in the movie - "Somewhere in Time." Christopher Reeves meets an old lady somewhere in the future, and she gives him a watch. He then goes back in time and meets her as a younger woman, and gives her back the watch, so that she can then complete the cycle and give it to him when she's older again.
Now the heart of the paradox here can best be understood if you ask yourself one question, how old is that watch? The answer is that there is no answer. There can be no answer. As far as can be determined the watch never began. It simply arrived at some point in time and then kept re-arriving there. So from some perspectives the watch may be ageless, it may also be all ages at the same time, and from other perspectives it could actually be infinitely old. After all if you stop at any point along the time continuum during the period when the watch is in either character's hands, you have no idea how many times its been through that cycle - old lady to young man to young lady to old lady to young man etc.
There are of course more violations of physics than just this occuring. For a start the watch is not aging as it goes through the cycle. If it was, even very very slowly, the watch would eventually turn to dust, and the old lady would have nothing to give the young man. But of course that would also mean she could never have received it as a young woman and the paradox / cycle could never have begun.
So the watch has to somehow be unaffected by time. But more than that it has to be completely unaffected by everything. So if the woman became angry one day and threw it at the wall, it might chip the wall but could never in turn be chipped by it. Because if it were, then with every repeat of the cycle that chip would become worse. Theoretically therefore the watch actually must be indestructible.
And of course if the watch was a wind up type, the coil could never be overwound so as to damage the watch and stop it working.
I wonder how much someone would charge for a watch like that? (Though of course the watch could never be sold since it has to be back in the old lady's hands later on to give to Christopher Reeves. - Maybe you could borrow it though?)
Cheers, Greg.
Saturday, 5 May 2012
Time Travel - Movies - The Bootstrap Paradox.
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HI GregReplyDelete
I'm curious
What are the origins of the title "bootstrap Paradox"?
It comes from a story by Robert Heinlein in which a man finds himself travelling through time specifically because two other time travelling versions of himself push him into it. The story is called "By His Bootstraps" and the whole point of it is that he becomes a time traveller because he already is one. It's like a man lifting himself off the ground by pulling his bootstraps up one at a time. It works in cartoons, not in reality.
Cheers, Greg.
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Your Romantic Quebec vacations
The past, the present and the distinctly modern come together in Quebec City to celebrate one of the most unique capitals in Canada.
Planning a romantic vacation in Canada? If Quebec vacations are on your itinerary than Quebec City is a good place to start your Canada holidays. The city was founded as the first European settlement intended as a permanent hold by France in the New World. Although many, but not all, of the inhabitants do speak English, French is preferred. From the beginning of Quebec the statements made in architecture were large. Much of Old Quebec remains surrounded by the only fortified city walls north of Mexico. These walls are part of a UNESCO World Heritage site.
Quebec City itself began as a series of smaller hamlets and was grouped together at one time, but the sections of the city have kept their own distinct identity. The Old City rests on a rise that makes the fortified walls create an imposing city landmark. Old City is divided into Upper Town, known as Haute-Ville, and Lower Town known as Basse-Ville.
We used the Terraasse Dufferin, a a boardwalk in Upper Town of Quebec City, for intimate evening strolls. A sunset stroll will provide just the right light to enjoy the panoramic views of the Laurentian Mountains and the St. Lawrence River.
In the past wealthy residents were a little above it all in Haute-Ville and here we found large manor houses, historical structures and monuments. Basse-ville is known for the historic Petit Champlain district, the Museum of Civilization and plenty of murals and fountains.
St. Roch, Quebec City is only a short cab ride outside of the Old Quebec City and definitely a different type of neighborhood. The art galleries and unusual shops flourish amid this revitalized industrial area. The energy of St. Roch is high and we found people creating in art cooperatives, dancing to music and enjoying modern sculpture in the green spaces. The grand square, called Parc St. Roch, is a modern park that offers relief from shopping along the avenue and a place to play.
Markets and unique shopping are a tradition in Quebec City. Southwest of the Old City is Montcalm, an area of high-end shopping and the Halles Petit Cartier market. St. Roch and Basse-Ville shopping will appeal to those who like the artisan look or want something one of a kind. I found a pair of unique hand-made gloves and every time I use them I get asked where they are from and I get to remember the time we spent together browsing the shops on a sunny afternoon.
A quick look at Quebec City skyline will tell you what not to miss on your visit. The outline of Chateau Frontenac stands out to remind you to take a peek inside this landmark hotel, even if just in the lobby. The chateau style hotel was built by the Canadian Pacific Railway company to encourage luxury tourism. The hotel offers tours but we organized our own with just a map and our guide book. La Citadelle, the highest perch along the city's fortifications, is a breathtaking view amid the embattled past and historical buildings.
It is marvelous how people of this modern city have transformed history into the present. The Plains of Abraham was previously a battlefield but now takes center stage as a major park in the city. Cross-country skiing, sledding and in-line skating are some of the activities available in this park. The city hosts the Summer Festival, Winter Carnival and Saint Jean Baptiste Day celebrations. These high energy events feature snow sculptures, music and canoe races.
Culture and history run deep in Quebec City and within the city walls the National Museum of Fine Arts of Quebec is a popular attraction.
More Quebec Vacations, Canada Holidays and Romantic Getaways for your travel to Canada
Distance from Quebec Vacations to Montreal vacation: 255 km / 158 miles / 3 hour drive
New York City, Boston and Quebec City are the most common departure points for a cruise to New England. Often these cruises are booked in advance for the fall season to get a glimpse of the amazing change of seasons, but don't let that limit your imagination. Each month offers different colors and landscapes just waiting for your presence.
Canada ski vacation or romantic getaway.
Montmorency Falls, the highest waterfalls in the province of Quebec, and the Basilica of Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupre are just outside the city in an area known as Vieux-Quebec and Place Royale. The area is European and houses the two largest gates through the fortified walls. The most unique building in or near Quebec is probably the Ice Hotel, also called the Hotel de Glace. This fully functioning hotel is built each winter out of snow and ice, melts with spring and then is redesigned and rebuild for the next year.
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How to Show Up When You Just Don't Want To
Hello there! While I know I promised a blog idea series (and don't worry - part 2 IS coming soon) I took a little detour today. Why? Because I just didn't feel like doing the other blog post. Plain and simple! 😂
I figured a lot of other business owners go through something similar from time-to-time. It can be hard just showing up sometimes. So, here's my thoughts on showing up for yourself and your business when you just don't feel like it. Drop me a comment below or on my FB page and tell me your story.


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Some of the best shows in my area are outdoors, so I have made the investment in a tent. Not just any pop-up for me. No, I splurged on a LightDome tent that is actually waterproof instead of merely water resistant. My one experience with a typical pop-up tent supplied by a show organizer was disastrous - it started leaking profusely as soon as it started raining. My husband and I put the tent together for the first time yesterday and I'm happy to say there was a minimum of yelling and swearing. The tent is quite tall so hubby's 6'6" height was a major advantage.
Wednesday, August 20, 2014
My new tent
Posted by Cynthia Blanton at 12:58 PM 1 comments
Labels: craft fair, tent
Monday, August 4, 2014
Flower Shawl Sticks
I've been away from home for about three weeks caring for my 90-year-old mother. While I was at her house, I did manage to do a bit of claying and here are the results: shawl sticks which can also be used as hair sticks.
The pansies or violas are colored with Genesis Heat Set Oils and the flowers below are colored with soft pastels.
This is the display I will use to show them off at craft shows:
Posted by Cynthia Blanton at 10:48 AM 2 comments
Labels: display, flower, hair stick, oil paint, polymer clay, shawl pin, shawl stick, wearable art
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Just scanning through my site and forgot all about blog ! Personally and professionally the last 12 months has been focussing on Nourishing Roots both my own deep energy, and the online teaching series designed as a prescription for well-being. Being literally stripped to the bone helped me to explore the power of these teachings firsthand !
Nourishing our roots and staying grounded through this time of rapid social, political, technological and geological upheaval is essential. We are in a collective threshold of change which is touching all levels ... stirring the depths. We are all being threshed ... time to separate the rubbish from what's real ! Years ago people would go through a radical change in their lives, while others around them were relatively stable and able to offer support. TODAY many people are being rattled ... the random chaos in our global village is touching us all.
What I know from years of practice is that most people don't have language for their own depths but they do have strong feelings. To me the generalised anxiety in the world today, at a deeper level is really a quest for a meaning ... what's really going on here ? When we see the outer world is disarray it challenges us to assess our inner worlds. As I see it one gift from this time is for us to recognise that no external authority is going to manage our world ... ultimately it's up to us ! We choose and co-create our reality and at any time we can turn our lives around.
For me the call is to offer some maps for looking at who we are , where are in our journeys and HOW to consciously steer ourselves in our lives. The You being You creations are all about that offering teachings, practices and tools for self empowerment and prescriptions for well-being.
Whats your call ? what are the things you dream about ? long for ? What are you always talking about/thinking about ? It doesn't matter if the HOW of what you are being called to doesn't make sense ... all you need is to take one tiny step towards your deepest yearnings and the way will gradually open up. Try it and see :)


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Carrot Recipes
Apple Carrot CupcakesIt's as if carrot cake and apple cake decided to get together and have babies. These apple carrot cupcakes are the best of both, and the cream cheese frosting is amazing!
Autumn Tabbouleh with Cauliflower, Carrots, and Golden BeetsAutumn Tabbouleh is the perfect make-ahead side dish! With cauliflower, carrots, and golden beets. 30 minute prep.
Carrot CakeThis Carrot Cake with pineapple and coconut is a family favorite, made every year for all sorts of celebrations from birthdays to Easter! Originally from the Silver Palate cookbook, we've made several changes to make it easier and tastier.
Carrot Cake CupcakesBEST carrot cake cupcakes ever! (with cream cheese frosting)
Carrot Ginger SoupSmooth carrot soup with ginger, orange and chicken stock. So easy and healthy too!
Carrot SouffléEasy-to-make carrot soufflé with carrots, milk, saltines, cheddar cheese, butter, and eggs.
Carrot Top PestoDon't throw away those carrot tops! Make this delicious carrot top pesto with them to toss with pasta, beans, or eat straight up as a dip.
Cider Vinaigrette Roasted Root VegetablesBeautiful roasted root vegetables—garnet yams, parsnips, carrots, beets—tossed in an apple cider vinaigrette and roasted until tender and caramelized.
Classic Carrot SaladTry this traditional grated carrot salad with carrots, raisins, chopped apple and mayonnaise! It's one of the easiest salads to prepare, as well as being kid-friendly and good for you. Fantastic for Mother's Day, Easter, or picnic outdoors.
Classic Glazed CarrotsThese Glazed Carrots are carrot slices that have been sautéed in butter and sugar, then cooked in stock until sauce is reduced to a glaze. A perfect, simple side!
Easy Carrot SoupHave you ever met a kid who didn't like carrots? This naturally sweet veggie shines in this easy, creamy carrot soup that's sure to please adults and kids alike!
How to Cook Carrots Sous VideEver tried a sous vide carrot? They're tender but still snappy, and taste sweet and intensely carrot-y. You have to try it for yourself to believe it!
Jeweled Carrot Salad with Apple and PomegranateShredded carrot salad with apples, pomegranate seeds, raisins, craisins, mayo, lime juice, and honey.
Maple Orange Glazed CarrotsThese Maple Orange Glazed Carrots are the perfect festive side for a holiday celebration! Rounds of carrots are sautéed in butter and glazed with maple syrup and orange juice.
Moroccan Grated Carrot and Beet SaladMoroccan shredded carrot and fresh beet salad with raisins, cumin, cinnamon, and paprika, and an honey lemon dressing.
Orange Blossom Carrot SaladMiddle Eastern carrot salad! Shredded carrots and golden raisins dressed with honey, lemon and orange blossom water.
Roast Chicken with CarrotsRoast Chicken with Carrots, roasted whole chicken in an oven-proof skillet, surrounded by carrots and garlic, and stuffed with lemon and thyme.
Roasted Baby CarrotsTender young carrots, roasted with red onions with rosemary, salt, and pepper, until lightly caramelized.
Roasted Root Vegetables with Tomatoes and KaleWarm up your winter with this cheerful ragout of roasted root vegetables with tomato and kale! It takes about as long to make as it does to roast the root vegetables. Hearty and nourishing.
Vietnamese Daikon and Carrot PicklesEasy to make, Vietnamese Do Chua, slightly sweet pickled carrots and daikon radishes.
Winter Root Vegetable SlawIt looks like cole slaw, but this shredded salad of root veggies -- carrots, radishes, parsnips and celery root -- is an excellent accompaniment to heavier winter foods.


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A quick post of the butternut squash soup I shot for D Mag last week. I love soup! Growing up, seems like mom made some variety of soup almost every month. One doesn't wait for cool months in Miami to drink soup. This butternut squash soup was very delicious but we will have to wait for the recipe till the next issue of D Magazine's D Mom is published. Food styling by Stephanie Greenwood. Art director, Jamie Laubhan-Oliver.
The background was a large marble slab we use in the studio all the time. It is one of my favorite surfaces. For lighting I used one large softbox high and to the left of camera, and slightly behind the soup bowl, placed just at the perfect spot to capture those pretty "liquid" highlights on the surface of the soup. No fill cards. Camera was placed almost directly above the bowl, and the capture had to occur promptly so that the spoon wouldn't sink too fast.


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Kind words from amazing humans.
My favorite part about working with Katy is she does not shy away from my personal style or creative ideas. Anytime I have messaged Katy with an idea that is a little out of the box, she has embraced my style and helped me evolve it into something even better than I could ever imagine. Katy has always made me comfortable to be me. She has a remarkable capability to capture not only my outer beauty but also all the aspects of my personality that make me wonderfully me. I cant imagine trusting anyone else to capture my beauty and spirit!
Thank you for being such an important part of our wedding! You two were amazing to work with. Hopefully we will work with you again in the future!
Katy started photographing us when we were expecting our daughter. The images and moments that she captures are truly amazing. Katy is incredibly flexible - especially when baby needs to eat or take a break. I am proud to call Katy and her husband my friends in addition to our photographer.
Thank you for the fantastic job you did on our engagement pictures. There are so many great ones, it was difficult to choose our favorite ones. We are looking forward to having you capture our wedding day!
Looking forward to getting [the prints]. They all turned out great! Your creativity and personality really shined through.
I was very nervous when I parked my car in your driveway. I have never had a boudoir photo shoot in my life before. I didn't know what to expect and overall how everything would turn out. I remember your friendly smile when you greeted me and hugged me. I started to feel more comfortable and all the fear went away. I completely loved your house/studio. It was so relaxing, the music we had on in the background was very helpful. Thank you for making me feel like the prettiest pregnant woman in the world. You are so sweet, friendly, professional and you like to listen to your customer's opinions, too. Thank you for this great experience. I wish you best of luck.
Katy photographed our wedding and has done a couple holiday mini sessions for us. I have been beyond pleased with her professionalism, kindness, and talent. She works with us on a professional yet personal level, and we feel very comfortable communicating our wants and ideas with her. She has also worked with us and our budget which we are so thankful for. She is fun with our kids as well and is able to capture the entire family's natural smiles. Thank you for capturing so many special memories!
There's nobody else I would've trusted with my project. Thank you very much, Katy! Was an experience I will never forget.
Katy was the photographer for my wedding this past Oct. She was wonderful! She made the whole process easy and is reasonably priced. She came all the way to Hubertus, WI. She came up with posed [shots] in addition to ones that I had already picked out. She is super easy to talk to, works with you on every detail, and it felt like we had been friends for years. I will be recommending her to any of my friends getting married.
We're both so glad you're here to capture this beautiful day. Thank you both for everything and who knows what photo worthy occasion will be next... *cough* maternity *cough*
You did an amazing job on the pregnancy project with me. I will sincerely cherish it forever. When I contacted you, I just thought about the final image with the stages of my belly all lined up. I never imagined the story you would tell for me and how I would have that too through time. It was wonderful spending time with you and getting to know you on a deeper level. Keep up the important work!
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It was hard getting back into the swing of things this week.
After a great visit with my parents, followed by three days at BEECH Retreat, coming home was hard.
I arrived home late Sunday night.
I was tired. I basically cleaned up a little and unpacked (a very little!) and went to bed.
Early Monday morning I was awake long before the children, and the verse on my coffee mug put my heart at ease.
Sometimes I just have to remember the only true place I can find rest and peace.
Between that verse and my devotion from Jesus Calling I was ready to tackle a busy homeschool week.
Homeschool Happenings
Since our homeschool Literature Fair is next Friday, we spent a lot of time writing papers, finishing projects, and getting ready to really dig into our projects next week.
We accomplished other things like math, spelling, and music, but literature was our focus this week.
1. We finished The Hobbit. It's just such an epic book. I'm glad Grant chose this one for his literature fair project. He built many LEGO creations while I finished reading the book aloud.
2. Anna wrote her paper for her literature fair book, The Quilt Walk. I was so very proud of her. Every speck of it was done alone, right down to word processing the whole thing. My mom heart was very happy when I read these sentences:
"This book made me feel good because it helped me realize that change isn't always a bad thing. Sometimes it can help us learn to love new things and meet new people."
The significance of this right now is huge, because we have enrolled in Classical Conversations next year, and my creature of habit daughter doesn't like change. I'm thinking, however, that she's more open it to it than I might think.
3. Grant read Ralph S. Mouse this week. I had forgotten what a cute book this is.
4. I created lots of Hobbit copywork for Grant, too. I couldn't find any online, so we chose quotes from the book, along with Tolkien's original drawings, and I like the way it turned out.
5. The Kanoodle game hadn't been pulled out in about two years, but this week it was resurrected and played a lot each day. We LOVE this game. It's great for stretching brains!
6. Anna finished her quilt! I will have to do a bigger post about just her quilt because it was a labor of love and perseverance. This is the research portion of her literature fair project.
Healthy 2013
Now that I have been doing Shakeology and eating healthier in general, it's all becoming habit, rather than drudgery.
Several people have told me that I just LOOK healthier. I FEEL healthier, too.
1. While I was away at BEECH, my darling husband purchased a Juicer and began juicing. I'm excited to try some recipes and for our whole family to become more healthy. (I love it that our credit card earns us reward points on Amazon - that juicer was paid for!)
2. I still can't give up my morning coffee. I don't think one cup each day is so bad, do you?
3. We made a trip to The Fresh Market and picked out some healthy snacks for the week. I got a nuts and chocolate mixture that kept me happy all week. I do love chocolate, and just a little mixed in with the nuts was heaven.
4. Anna requested "big breakfasts" this week. I made eggs and a great new chicken and apple sausage I found. We had this same breakfast almost every day this week!
5. One night I made a homemade vegetable soup. It was glorious, and I still have some left in the frig for lunch this weekend.
6. More fresh veggies - yum!
7. My husband brought home some Kale Chips Seriously. Addictive.
This Week's Favorite:
I'd like to start something new. I'll share my favorite thing of the week with you (I miss my friend Susan's Favorite Resource This Week linky!). If you feel like pointing out your favorite thing of the week in your collage post, you can do that, too!
Kanoodle is a great game for middle elementary kids all the way up to adults. We've all been challenged by it this week. I love it because it can be very independent, or you can sit with a partner and watch them. Anna and Grant spent some quiet mornings on the couch playing together - I love to see that.
Goings on from the blog this week:
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With many readers of this blog having a fair knowledge of investing and capable of making their money serve them, it is not unlikely that some readers have become investment advisors for relatives and friends (assuming they have opened up about their investment knowledge). It is probably not debilitating to the relationship as long as these conversations stay as informational talks. However, there are some cases that could extend into the role of investment advisor where the counselor actually controls where the money of the consulting party is invested. Is this a wise move even if the advisor has the knowledge to succeed (read: provide better than the GIC returns that the consulting party may be getting) and maintains a fiduciary duty? Let us find out.
An Advisor with No Fees
With the relationship being the bond, a few people might view this opportunity as a chance to settle on an investment advisor for free, who they can keep by taking them out to a great restaurant occasionally (or periodically) as an expression of gratitude. In such cases, it may seem nice of the knowledgeable person to share his knowledge for free and the receiving party to express their gratitude by buying dinners and gifts. But, in reality, it may be the start to putting the relationship under stress.
Generally, people who look for advisors within the family/friend circle may not have a good understanding about the risk/reward profile of an investment (among other terms of investing). They would probably expect their free advisor to "take care of everything" and simply provide them with a good/great return to help them meet their financial goals. They may not understand economic cycles and may live with the assumption that a stellar return achieved by the advising party one year could be repeated for the foreseeable future. Evidently, such pitfalls can be avoided by explaining that "past performance is not an indicator of future results" but then, they might start comparing the advisor's own returns to theirs. In such a scenario, unless both portfolios were invested in the exact same manner (unlikely as the risk tolerance may not be the same), the returns will differ.
On the contrary, if the relative or friend's portfolio does well, then the free-of-charge advisor may begin to resent the fact that they are doing a lot of work to benefit the relative/friend without any compensation. All these situations will give rise to questions, suspicion, and unwarranted emotional stress.
Serving as a relative or friend's investment advisor may involve legal traps. In a non-business setting of this arrangement, where no consideration is given by the promissor (advice-seeker) to the promisee (free-of-charge advisor), there may be no contract. Delving into the legality of such an arrangement is beyond the scope of this article, but it would be remiss to not consider the dinners and gifts as "something of value" given in exchange for the services of the promisee to the promissor. In addition, if the advisor takes a payment or two at the insistence of his overjoyed relative/friend when the returns were good in a particular year, it makes the situation ripe for a legal battle.
As should be known to someone who is considered knowledgeable enough to be asked to mange another person's money, investment advisors must be registered and possess a license to ply their trade. If the "friendly arrangement" involves compensation, then it may become a case for the courts to decide.
Teach to Fish than Giving a Fish
If a relationship is valuable enough to be preserved, then it may be prudent to avoid bringing money into the picture. The best help to offer may be to suggest books, websites, and blogs that the relative/friend could read and get their feet wet in investing. Of course, the knowledgeable person could always offer their view on a certain topic when consulted, while also pointing them to forums to ask their questions and get a second (or third) opinion. As tough as it may be to refuse to manage a relative/friend's money, it may be the better option for both parties in the long run.
Have you managed (invested) another person's money? Was it an elder member of your family? If so, how did they express their appreciation for your help? Did a relationship turn sour because of such an arrangement?
About the Author: Clark works in Saskatchewan and has been working to build his (DIY) investment portfolio, structured for an early retirement. He loves reading (and using the lessons learned) about personal finance, technology and minimalism. You can read his other articles here.If you would like to read more articles like this, you can sign up for my free weekly money tips newsletter below (we will never spam you).


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In a world occupied with low-carb diets and glycemic index, the potato is seriously scrutinized. The once important staple in our diet is accused of being fattening, and even unhealthy. These are certainly grim times for lovers of mashed potatoes, but there is hope. There are good alternatives to a potato mash. Try a cauliflower purée. It tastes heavenly good, and it is so easy to make.
Depending on how many you are going to serve use half a cauliflower for two people. Divide it roughly.
Heat up ½ liter of good stock (use a stock cube if you do not have homemade stock).
Boil the cauliflower until tender.
Remove cauliflower from the stock. Place in a bowl.
Add a little of the stock, while using a hand mixer, and then use a little single cream until the purée has the right consistency.
Serve the purée to fried fish, chicken or beef.
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I expected to see some wildlife on this adventure but i did not expect to see a turkey, let alone 20. I'd never seen a wild turkey in real life. It was a very cool experience.
I also saw two owls on this trip. I'm definitely coming back here for more wildlife adventures.
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Could you handle life in the spotlight?
Julia Alexander is a quiet girl from a small town. Content to spend her days with a small group of friends and a pile of books, Julia thinks her future is set. When she unexpectedly meets Chase, a fellow college student and budding musician, she is unaware of just how drastically things are about to change.
Suddenly thrown into the limelight, her life is no longer her own. Relentlessly followed by the paparazzi, Julia is forced to make tough decisions about fame, love, family and relationships. But just how much will Julia have to sacrifice to become invisible...
What did I think?
This book was exhausting! I couldn't put it down. As a reader, you definitely have to stay alert; moving one chapter forward could put you years into the future. But it could also just be days ahead - you never know. This is, however, because the author, Karen Pokras Toz, has to cover so much ground in very few pages. We are able to see glimpses into the majority of the main character's life.
Jules is an introvert and a bookworm. Much of the beginning of the novel takes place while she is in college, with flashbacks to some of her high school memories. The older she becomes, the further apart the gaps of time. This is to highlight the major milestones and conflicts in her life.
Although I couldn't really connect with Jules on a personal level, she is a very complex and intriguing character. Toz had me turning the pages (well, touching the screen of my iPad to turn the page) to see what was going to happen next. Julia seems to constantly go back and forth from happy to miserable.
The end of the book got me a bit irritated. While it makes sense to the overall story and the title, I still would have wanted a different end. I've rarely felt more disconnect with a book character than I did to Jules at the end of Chasing Invisible. Well, aside from Gone Girl (yikes - that lady was crazy!) I just don't see how Julia could do a thing like that.
While I wish for a different ending to satisfy my own selfish book nerd desires, Chasing Invisible is a good read, and I'm glad that I got the chance to read it. Check it out for yourself, and don't forget to enter the giveaway!
About the Author:
Karen Pokras Toz, recently discovered her love for writing. Karen writes middle grade and adult contemporary fiction. Her middle grade children's novels have won several awards including the Grand Prize in the 2012 Purple Dragonfly Book Awards and First Place for a Global E-Book Award for Pre-Teen Literature. Karen is a member of the Society of Children's Book Writers & Illustrators (SCBWI). A native of Connecticut, Karen now lives outside of Philadelphia with her family. For more information, please visit www.karentoz.com.
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Here for your reading pleasure is another summary of a panel presented at this year's "Life, the Universe, and Everything" science fiction and fantasy symposium. Today's post centers around a panel titled "The Culture of Immortality." On the panel were Howard Tayler, Track Hickman, Virginia Ellen Baker, and personal friend Paul Genesse.
This topic caught my attention because my own work in progress has a secret society of immortals. Yay!
Here we go!
Who are the the immortals?
Generally speaking, most immortals are beings who cannot die by normal means, sickness, age, etc. Popular immortals include vampires and elves, but there are others as well. They can be killed by violent means.
What are some of the worldly effects of immortality?
If everyone were immortal there would be an immediate population boom, which explains why most fictional immortals cannot physically have children, or if they can they do so with reluctance. The population boom would bring violence when the food supplies could no longer support the people. Should everyone be immortal, say if medicine advanced to that point, then children would become the privilege of the elite, or those who could afford them.
Why do people like immortals?
Immortals are especially appealing to teenagers because they are becoming aware of their own mortality and it scares them to death. Vampires solve that problem to an extent. However, some vampires, like those created by Ann Rice, endure a torturous life and are miserable.
What are some of the problems that immortals face?
Change is a huge problem. Living a very long time means that there is a long time to become accustomed to one type of living. Innovations and political changes force change, and that change is especially painful for those who have lived in one particular way for so long.
Also, to be immortal there must be some sort of cost, it should never be free. Sometimes that cost is watching everyone you love die, and fearing that finding love again would mean watching them die. Sometimes it is enduring boredom, nothing is ever new or exciting after you've tried it several hundred times.
Do immortals become senile?
Good question. If someone lived for a very long time they would have a long chain of memories. They would have time to master many different fields of study. In essence they would all eventually turn into Doctor Who. Having the potential of losing their mind is very real, too many memories, especially painful ones, might trigger forms of mental illness.
There is also the factor of not creating any new memories day in and day out for weeks on end simply because they have done the same thing so many times their brains no longer feel it necessary to record the experience. The brain simply indexes that experience against existing memory.
Are humans meant to be immortal?
Humans are fragile creatures, being forced to live the centuries being forced with loss makes them lose their humanity. So, the answer is – not really. There aren't that many perks to living forever. After a few hundred years when everything has been done and they have seen too much then suicide would become a viable option.
What about Tolkien's elves?
Tolkien's elves lives are long and monotonous. When cool stuff happened, that's when they woke up and took action. Other than that not much changed. Their architecture doesn't evolve over the years because they believe they have reached the pinnacle of beauty. Each group of elves have their signature look, but it is a look that they have not changed for millennia.
The reason for this rests with Tolkien himself. He hated the industrial revolution and did not what to see things change or evolve. The Lord of the Rings is a post apocalyptic society, read the Silmarillion for proof.
Tolkein's elves are very sad, they have seen so many sad things and have lost so many. They don't have the capability for dramatic change. There needs to be a cycle of growth and rebirth and death so that there is always something new to learn and master.
Short lives mean more intensity, because there are limits that need to be reached. It gives more incentive to work towards something. Not having limits mean it always will take longer to accomplish anything. Tolkien's wizards and elves remark about this when talking about men and hobbits. They admire the trait.
What's Howard Tayler's take on immortality?
In Howard's graphic novels, immortality is a matter of advances in technology where stopping the aging process has become possible. The brain material has been edited to retain meaningful memories. Technology has also made humans more durable, which is not necessarily for the better. It now becomes important to be able to kill a character in a way that they actually stay dead.
What about Tracy Hickman's "Immortals"?
Tracy takes a different, more philosophical approach to immortality where it's not about physically living forever but being remembered after you die. His story is about a dystopian future where there are disease concentration camps to contain the new violent (and currently fictional) VCID, which stands for virus counter-immune disease. The people living in these camps know that when they die they leave no trace of their existance unless they find a way to preserve their memories. How do I survive my own death, preserve who I am? Immortality doesn't have to mean living forever – It can mean leaving a legacy behind.
What to read more posts like this? Check out:
- LTUE: Superheroes and Gender stereotyping
- Write a Book in 3 Days!
- The Art of the Short Story with Paul Genesse
- Advanced Point of View
- ANWA Class Review Part 1
- ANWA Class Review Part 2
- ANWA 2011 Workshop Review


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If you are interested in using our commercial agency service to sell or let your property, please contact us and we would be happy to call or meet with you to discuss
Property Type: Office /storage / studio space
Address: 163 Trongate, Glasgow, G1 5HF
Property Size: From 155 sq m (1,669 sq ft) to 465 sq m (5,005 sq ft)
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The property is located to the south of Trongate which forms the eastern extension of Argyle Street, between Glassford Street to the west and High Street/Saltmarket to the west and within Glasgow City Centre.
The property is within an established retail area, characterised by a mix of retailers including Specsavers, British Heart Foundation and McDonalds (restaurant). The Tron Theatre is located closeby.
The property is located only a few minutes walk from Argyle Street railway station, and close to Central and Queen Street stations. regular bus services pass along Trongate and the surrounding streets. The nearest Subway station is at St Enoch Square, less than 5 minutes walk from the property.
The property comprises the upper three floors of a four storey building, accessed via a stairwell adjacent to the retail unit at ground floor.
The accommodation is largely laid out to form open plan space at each floor, supplemented by kitchen, toilet and storage facilities. Natural daylighting is excellent with windows fronting onto Trongate.
Depending on the proposed use, the space would benefit from some upgrading/modernisation, although could be used for storage purposes in it's current form.
The space may be suitable for a variety of uses, such as private club/organisation, leisure use (gym, snooker hall etc), storage, office or studio space. further enquiries shoul be directed to the sole letting agents


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Parental Engagement is most effective when focused on learning and especially family led learning in the home.
Although the focus of schools has been on involving parents in school based activities, is just the start.
These activities help parents to feel more at home with the school but effective parental engagement strategies can have an effect on the achievement and wellbeing of students.
There are six effective and simple parental engagement strategies that schools can focus on. But they require the capacity building of all stakeholders – parents, teachers and principal to overcome long held beliefs of whose role it is to educate students.
The Missing Link in Education
The missing link in education – parental engagement.What does research say and how can it be developed in schools?
Authoritative Parenting
Authoritative Parenting – Are your parents looking for proven strategies to help their child achieve at their best?
Parent Teacher Relationships
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Author: Kodi Marshall
Kodi Marshall is a writer, an illustrator, and secretly dreams of being a fairytale princess. She's pretty sure there's no such thing as too sappy a romance. She lives in a swamp in New England, which is really much nicer than it sounds, and can be reached at [email protected].


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I can remember looking at wedding dress patterns since I was a teenager. I wasn't imagining my dream wedding, just the dress. I love evening gowns. They make you feel like the most beautiful woman in the room when you wear them. It has always been my goal to make my wedding gown if I were to marry one day. That day is quickly aproaching, 25 days and counting. I have picked a dress I never thought would suit me. I always preferred close-fit styles. Funny how being overweight changes your tastes in clothing. I opted for maximum comfort on my wedding day. A big skirt to hide my large rear and belly, and cotton for breathability. I do love my dress but I would do it all differently if I had the time. As it is, the dress isn't even finished.
Here's the dress (short-sleeved version):
I chose a high quality cotton broadcloth to line the upper bodice for breathability. The cotton will feel nicer against my skin than polyester lining. I do, however, have polyester lining for the skirt lining; a decision I regret. The skirt is made of a polyester satin taffeta. I love the look of the material but would have preferred silk. The lace outer layer of the bodice is made of an embroidered lace. This is actually my first experience working with lace. I don't know if all embroidered laces have this problem but the more you handle them, the tiny piping used to embroider the main patterns comes loose and/or unravels. I spent an hour just tacking down all the ends of the embroidery on the bodice. The hand stitching doesn't have to be perfect since all the white threads blend well.
Full retail price of materials I purchased for this gown: $400.00 USD
- Satin Taffeta for skirt, 60" wide, $15/yd x 8 yds
- Embroidered lace for bodice, 60" wide, $80/yd x 2 yds
- Poly lining for skirt, 60" wide, $5/yd x 8 yds
- Broadcloth for bodice lining, 45" wide, $6/yd x 4 yds
- White satin covered bridal buttons, $4.75/dozen
- Bridal button loops, $2.25/yd
- Horsehair braid, 1" wide, $2.50/yd
I am away from home so I don't have an exact picture of the lace but this one is pretty close:


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I love this gift! This Christmas I had the honor of sewing for three little ones aged 5 (boy), 6 (girl) and 8 (girl). While the girls got mermaid tail sleeping bags, I decided to make a shark sleeping bag!
Honestly, I had no idea how to pull this off but a google search led me to this awesome video which detailed all the steps. I didn't use the foam as suggested in the video, I just stuffed the fins with batting and the rest of the fabric was fleece.
Because I didn't have a child to measure I sort of winged the size and ended up producing a large shark 😉
For the pattern, I drew a fish shape, the back fin and the side fins.
The gills, 3 on either side and the eyes as well as the teeth really give it that shark look. Don't overthink it when you make the pattern, it does not have to be precise. Just go with the flow and you will create a beautiful shark that will be loved!
This sleeping bag was so much fun to make! It's an awesome creation and the little 5 year old truly loved getting it.
Next time I'll make one for myself. This was so much fun to make!
Happy Sewing and Happy Holidays!


text: This impish 81 piece wooden jigsaw puzzle of Seattle artist Vikram Madan's painting "Caf-fiend" reminds us that mornings are hard for everyone. The puzzle design by Vikram Madan and Tara Flannery makes this a little harder than you'd expect for just 81 pieces. Like all our puzzles, the pieces are laser-cut from 1/4 inch thick wood. Packaged in our standard pine wood box. Made in USA.


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Lawrence G. Cetrulo, Michael J. Cahalane and Hayley Kornachuk Published an Article On Recent $4 Billion Talc Verdict and Whether it Can Survive Fourteenth Amendment Scrutiny
Cetrulo LLP Played Key Role in Obtaining Supreme Judicial Court Ruling Favorable to Toxic Tort Defendants
Cetrulo LLP Files Amicus Brief on Statute of Limitations in Massachusetts
Cetrulo LLP Attorneys Author Amicus Brief on behalf of Massachusetts Defense Lawyers Association
Toxic Torts in Massachusetts: 2018
Cetrulo LLP attorneys author amicus brief to Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Federal Frameworks & Local Laws: The Intersection Between the FTCA and State Consumer Protection Law
Cetrulo LLP Attorneys Author Amicus Brief on behalf of Massachusetts Defense Lawyers Association
Expanding Enforcement: The Developing Field of Cybersecurity
Past Is Prologue: Still No Service for Cell Phone Radiation Litigation, For The Defense Magazine.
Federal MDL Centralization: The Mystique of the Process & Why It Matters, For The Defense Magazine
MMSEA Section III and Asbestos Litigation, The Advantage of Dealing with the Elephantine Mass, HB Legal News: Medicare Secondary Payer
'Donovan': Practical Implications and Ominous Portents, Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly
Larry is a founding partner of Cetrulo LLP and Chair of the firm's Toxic Tort Practice Group.
Larry has more than 40 years of experience in toxic tort litigation, environmental litigation, auto design defect litigation, products liability, professional malpractice litigation, general liability, insurance coverage, and business litigation. He serves as coordinating counsel for all toxic tort and product liability litigations for several of America's largest corporations.
Larry's trial experience includes over 150 trials and dozens of arguments before various State and Federal Appellate Courts.
The following is a sampling of Mr. Cetrulo's extensive teaching and writing in the law.
Mr. Cetrulo has also published chapters and articles as follows:
Mr. Cetrulo has lectured and authored course outlines for many different groups on a variety of topics, including the following:


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No matter where you are in the world, money matters! Here are a few pieces of info to keep you in the loop.
In Scotland, the unit of currency is the pound (£), which is used throughout the entire UK. All major credit cards can also be used across Scotland, with Visa and MasterCard being most widely accepted.
With more than 300 years of banking experience, your money is in safe hands in Scotland. With a large variety of banks offering different types of services, we have everything to meet your financial needs.
Scotland is also one of the few countries in the world where you won't be charged for your bank account, as long as you stay in credit. Most banks in Scotland are open Monday to Friday from 9:30am to 5:00pm. In addition, many banks are also open on a Saturday morning.
You'll find cash machines (ATM) everywhere in our larger towns and cities, and most rural areas will have at least one place where you can withdraw cash. Our cash machines will accept international bank cards and credit cards, as long as they have a four-digit PIN code.
Find out more about banking in Scotland on Talentscotland.com
Foreign currency is rarely accepted, but don't worry, it's easy to exchange any foreign currency in Scotland. Banks, hotels and Bureau de Change kiosks can be found at our international airports and also in most of our city centres.
*Disclaimer: the currency converter is provided by a third party and is for illustration purposes only. It is meant only as an approximate conversion tool based on the latest information available.
Prices will vary depending on where you are in the country, and there is no set cost for most things in Scotland. To make it a little easier, below is a list of some items and rough guides to what you may pay for them:


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MINNEAPOLIS, MN – The Minnesota Super Bowl Host Committee (MNSBHC) Legacy Fund and Target today awarded a $300,000 grant to People's Center Clinic & Services, a nationally recognized network of community health clinics. The grant, provided by Target, transformed a gymnasium into The Wellness Hub located in the Cedar-Riverside clinic.
The grant is part of the Super Bowl Legacy Grant Program, which is made possible each year by a $1 million contribution courtesy of the NFL Foundation and is complemented by the Super Bowl Host Committee. Through its 52 Weeks of Giving campaign, the MNSBHC has launched a year-long effort to make Super Bowl LII a statewide event by awarding 52 communities with grants that will help improve the health and wellness of young people in Minnesota.
For nearly 50 years, the People's Center Clinic & Services has been a trusted provider of high-quality, affordable health care for patients of all racial, ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds, regardless of ability to pay. A Federally Qualified Health Center, People's Center offers integrated medical, dental, behavioral health and physical therapy clinics, as well as supportive services such as health insurance navigation, interpreter services, patient education, care coordination and legal aid services.
The new Wellness Hub will provide the greater Cedar Riverside community with health and wellness classes and programs for girls, women and families, including yoga, Zumba, massage, diabetes testing and management, and cooking classes.
"What was an old gymnasium has been remade into a bright, inviting space for health and wellness. Resources that will improve lives and transform the community will be accessible to many who've faced significant barriers to good health in the past," said Sahra Noor, CEO, People's Center Clinic & Services. "Target has been an extraordinary partner, and we are incredibly grateful to receive this grant from them, and to be part of the 52 Weeks of Giving campaign."
"There's an enormous amount of excitement building with the Super Bowl coming to Minneapolis in a few weeks, which also presents an opportunity to create a positive, lasting impact on the community," said William White, senior vice president of marketing at Target. "As a local company, and given our long history in investing in the communities we serve, Target is thrilled to play a role in bringing the new Wellness Hub at the People's Center Clinic & Services to life."
At today's grant celebration, the MNSBHC surprised two community leaders with tickets to attend Super Bowl LII! Fartun Osman and Muna Mohamed are active mentors in the Cedar-Riverside community and positive role models for young people – especially young women. Fartun was a national basketball star in Somalia. Muna was born and raised in Cedar-Riverside, graduated from Augsburg is now a graduate student at the University of Minnesota studying exercise science. She has been coaching youth at Brian Coyle Center since she was in high school.
The host committee and community leaders mutually recognized these women as examples for girls, women and the whole Cedar-Riverside community in living active, healthy lives.
The Minnesota Super Bowl Host Committee, Target and People's Center Clinic & Services staff also celebrated the MNSBHC Legacy Fund and opening of the Wellness Hub at an open house today. The event included fitness class demonstrations, food from Jambo! Kitchen and wellness giveaways including stress balls and jump ropes.
"The People's Center Clinic is an important provider of health and wellness services to kids and families in this community," said Dana Nelson, Vice President of Legacy and Community Partnerships, MNSBHC. "We are thrilled to partner with them to improve this facility and expand critical health services that will benefit many future generations in this community."
The Minnesota Super Bowl Host Committee is a private, non-profit corporation formed to plan and execute Super Bowl LII. For more information visit www.mnsuperbowl.com and follow @mnsuperbowl2018 on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Snapchat.
About the Minnesota Super Bowl Host Committee Legacy Fund
The Minnesota Super Bowl Host Committee Legacy Fund is a 501(c)3, community advised fund of the Minnesota Community Foundation. Working in partnership with the Minnesota Department of Health's Statewide Health Improvement Program (SHIP) and based on the recommendations of SHIP's community health boards, the Legacy Fund is providing 52 grants to 52 community projects across our state over the 52 weeks leading up to Super Bowl LII. The work of the Legacy Fund is made possible by Minnesota's philanthropic community, including foundations, corporations, and individual donors who share our passion for improving the health and wellness of kids from every corner of our state. Its goal is to build awareness of, and invest in solutions for, a healthier generation of Minnesota kids across the state. Through its grant making and awareness initiatives, the Minnesota Super Bowl Host Committee's Legacy Fund will leverage this single event into a lifetime of good health for the next generation of Minnesotans. For more information on the MNSBHC's Legacy Fund, including an introductory video, please visit www.mnsuperbowl.com/legacy.
About The NFL Foundation
The National Football League Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to improving the lives of those touched by the game of football – from players at all levels to communities across the country. The NFL Foundation represents the 32 NFL clubs and supports the health, safety and wellness of athletes, youth football, and the communities that support our game. For more information on The NFL Foundation, visit: www.NFLFoundation.org.
About People's Center Clinics & Services
For nearly 50 years, the People's Center Clinic & Services has been a trusted provider of high-quality, affordable health care for patients of all racial, ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds, regardless of ability to pay. A Federally Qualified Health Center, People's Center offers integrated medical, dental, behavioral health and physical therapy clinics, as well as supportive services such as health insurance navigation, interpreter services, patient education, care coordination and legal aid services. For more information, please visit peoples-center.org.