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Keeping our Canine Customers Happy!
Tuesday, March 21, 2017
Projects that involve local rural businesses are always a treat to be involved in. RodzNDogs at Bodenham is one such enterprise, where the team were looking to expand the business from 'Doggie Day / Night Care' into a Grooming and 'Wash your own Dog' centre.
Their brief was specific. A grooming studio to meet exacting hygiene standards, to house specialist equipment that fitted sensitively into the beautiful surrounding countryside and allowed potential for future expansion.
The resulting build is already a great success for the canine customers, their owners and the team at RodNDogs, who commented:
"We needed a company that didn't just sell us a standard product but could adapt our requirements to get the build we really needed - it's a big success!"


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Loving money, and its roots
(Column ~ 03/03/06)
Buster, as usual, was making his point at the Brew & Burp Club the only way he knew how: by shouting. It wasn't that Buster liked to shout. He spoke loudly because he was trained that way, being a lawyer-turned-auctioneer. And he spoke loudly to be heard over the din of other not-paying-attention coffee drinkers and the clatter that Rose Mary, the proprietor-waitress-muffin baker, made washing silverware in the stainless steel sink...
Novelist spins Civil War-era saga
(Local News ~ 03/03/06)
The battle of Franklin, Tenn., during the Civil War is little known, but Robert Hicks used his debut novel, "Widow of the South," to remind people of its importance. "The five hours were like the first 20 minutes of 'Saving Private Ryan,' except after those five hours are over you will lose more American lives than in 19 hours during D-Day," said Hicks. "It marked the last hurrah of the Confederacy."...
Auditor lobbies for extension of deadline on drug plan
(Local News ~ 03/03/06)
Claire McCaskill didn't talk long Thursday about problems in the new Medicare drug plan before turning the microphone over to someone who knows the issue firsthand -- her mother. McCaskill, the Democratic state auditor pursuing a U.S. Senate seat, brought Betty Anne McCaskill, 77, along for a statewide tour to talk about the new federal program. McCaskill hopes to unseat incumbent Republican Sen. Jim Talent...
Missouri-made vehicles could get state sales tax exemption
(State News ~ 03/03/06)
Missouri's car buyers may soon look for more than a nice set of wheels. They'll want a made-in-Missouri vehicle so they won't have to pay the state sales tax. Buy a new Dodge Caravan made in Missouri and pay no state sales tax, state lawmakers say. Sorry, the tax would still apply if you chose a rival minivan or any other vehicle manufactured out of state...
Southern success
(Local News ~ 03/03/06)
Not many wineries existed in Illinois 10 years ago -- 14 to be exact -- and approximately 100 growers were harvesting grapes. Now the state has more than 60 wineries and approximately 300 grape growers who combine to produce half a million gallons of wine per year...
Charges dropped in students' assault
(Local News ~ 03/03/06)
Assault charges against two former and one current Southeast Missouri State University football player were dropped Thursday when witnesses changed their stories. Frederick D. Williams, 19, of Tampa, Fla., Timmy L. Holloman, 19, of Orlando, Fla., and Gerald D. Breedlove, 23, of Tulsa, Okla., had been charged with two misdemeanor counts of assault in the Dec. 4 attack on two Southeast Missouri State University students...
Anti-meth legislation would limit access to cold medicine
(Local News ~ 03/03/06)
The U.S. Senate approved legislation Thursday designed to combat methamphetamine production across the nation. The Combat Meth Act bill passed 89-10 as part of the USA Patriot Act Reauthorization Compromise, according to a new release from the office of U.S. Sen. Jim Talent...
Center announces open house to discuss beliefs of Islam
(Local News ~ 03/03/06)
Cape Girardeau's Muslim community invites the public to an open forum about the Islamic faith from 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday at the Islamic Center of Cape Girardeau at 298 West End Blvd. The forum will be centered around the life and legacy of the prophet Muhammad...
A few runners willing to test their endurance
(Community Sports ~ 03/03/06)
Those runners who gather Saturday morning at Delaware Park in Cape Girardeau will be the few, the strong ... the crazy. "It's a little different than what we usually have," said Bryan Kelpe, who is organizing with the Cape Road Runners a four-hour endurance run over the 1.76-mile dirt track course in the park...
Gymnasts host four-team meet Sunday
(College Sports ~ 03/03/06)
Missouri will be among teams competing at Show Me Center. The Southeast Missouri State women's gymnastics team will have an attractive home meet Sunday when national powerhouse Missouri takes part in the four-team Outback Steakhouse Invitational at the Show Me Center...
Southeast hosts three teams for three days
(College Sports ~ 03/03/06)
The Southeast Missouri State baseball team continues its fan-friendly, early portion of the schedule with four home games over the next three days. And area baseball fans will not only get to see the Redhawks in action at Capaha Field this weekend, there will be two other games involving collegiate squads...
Braves outscore Reindeer for district crown
(High School Sports ~ 03/03/06)
The Scott County Central boys basketball team won the Class 1 District 1 title over Clarkton 88-77 on Thursday night at Gideon High School. The Braves led 44-43 at halftime and used a 13-3 run in the middle of the third quarter to break the game open...
Delta beats Oran again
(High School Sports ~ 03/03/06)
OAK RIDGE -- Delta and Oran have become quite familiar with each other in girls basketball, meeting for the eighth time in the past two seasons Thursday in the Class 1 District 2 championship game. The Bobcats have won the previous seven meetings, and Thursday's matchup was no different as Delta won its sixth straight district title with a 41-26 triumph...
United States and India agree on landmark nuclear deal
(International News ~ 03/03/06)
NEW DELHI -- Reversing decades of U.S. policy, President Bush ushered India into the world's exclusive nuclear club Thursday with a landmark agreement to share nuclear reactors, fuel and expertise with this energy-starved nation in return for its acceptance of international safeguards...
Redhawks get rowdy with new jerseys
(College Sports ~ 03/03/06)
Mark Hogan may have been the happiest coach on campus when Southeast Missouri State completed its nickname switch last January from Indians to Redhawks. This year, Hogan's Southeast baseball team is sporting new uniforms with the Redhawks logo and wordmark...
Suppan struggles in first outing
(Professional Sports ~ 03/03/06)
JUPITER, Fla. -- Xavier Nady went 4-for-4 with a grand slam and six RBIs in his Mets debut, leading New York to a 12-7 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Thursday. Not a bad way to stake an early claim to a starting spot. After being acquired in a trade with San Diego during the offseason, Nady is competing with Victor Diaz this spring for playing time in right field...
Being a candidate
(Editorial ~ 03/03/06)
Tuesday was a busy day for Missouri's county and state election officials. It was the first day of the monthlong filing period for county and state offices. When 5 p.m. March 28 rolls around, all of the candidates to appear on August primary ballots and November general-election ballots will have formally announced their intention to submit to the will of voters...
Veterans have earned their benefits
(Letter to the Editor ~ 03/03/06)
To the editor: I read the article about cutting veterans benefits. How two-faced can President Bush and our other elected officials in Washington get? From World War II through the 1970s, many of us were drafted. We didn't volunteer to go, but it was our duty to serve our country. ...
NCAA hands out penalties related to academic standards
(Professional Sports ~ 03/03/06)
INDIANAPOLIS -- Teams at 65 schools -- including Texas, Tennessee and West Virginia -- failed to meet the NCAA's new academic standards and now face the loss of scholarships for their poor grades. But don't look for any of the biggest names in football or basketball on the list released Wednesday by the NCAA of those lagging behind in the classroom...
Speak Out 3/3/06
(Speak Out ~ 03/03/06)
Rebuilding churches; Caring governor; In defense of corgis; Marker money; Good days in Cairo; Positive impact; Thwarting cheats; Growing up; Good for community; Thanks for help; Jackson's uptown; Saving dollars
Iginla leads Flames past Blues
(Professional Sports ~ 03/03/06)
CALGARY, Alberta -- Calgary captain Jarome Iginla scored twice and had a spirited fight in the Flames' 3-1 victory over the St. Louis Blues on Thursday night. Shean Donovan also had a goal to help the Flames move into first place in the Northwest Division, a point ahead of Colorado...
Out of the past 3/3/06
(Out of the Past ~ 03/03/06)
25 years ago: March 3, 1981 The Cape Girardeau Fire Department says goodbye to the stately old structure at 538 Independence St., which has been its home for the better part of a century, and makes the final move to its new, $870,000 home at Sprigg and Independence streets...
Births 3/3/06
(Births ~ 03/03/06)
Hagedorn; Gregory; Morrison; Stockard; Robusto; Lawless
Jake Rundles
(Obituary ~ 03/03/06)
CAIRO, Ill. -- Jake Rundles, 85, of Cairo died Thursday, March 2, 2006, at Veterans Administration Medical Center in Marion, Ill. He was born Jan. 12, 1921, at Diehlstadt, Mo., son of William and Annie Amos Rundles. Rundles was a retired construction worker. He was a member of the Pentecostal Church...
At the theaters 3/3/06
(Entertainment ~ 03/03/06)
'16 Blocks'; 'Aquamarine'; 'Transamerica'; 'Ultraviolet'; Still in theaters; 'Brokeback Mountain'; 'The Chronicles of Narnia'; 'Curious George'; 'Date Movie'; 'Doogal'; 'Eight Below'; 'Final Destination 3'; 'Firewall'; 'Freedomland'; 'Hoodwinked'; 'Madea's Family Reunion'; 'Nanny McPhee'; 'The New World'; 'Pink Panther'; 'Running Scared'; 'When a Stranger Calls'
Love is back in Oscar fashion with gay romance on 'Brokeback Mountain'
(Entertainment ~ 03/03/06)
LOS ANGELES -- It's been seven years since a love story won the top Academy Award. Back then, it was a romance between a woman pretending to be a man who falls for Shakespeare. This time, it's two men in cowboy hats. Ang Lee's "Brokeback Mountain" is positioned to become the first movie with such explicit gay overtones to win best picture, though the film faces tough competition...
Artifacts 3/3/06
(Local News ~ 03/03/06)
Art for the Health of It awards announced The Arts Council of Southeast Missouri and Southeast Missouri Hospital have announced the award winners for their annual Art for the Health of It juried exhibition. Best in Show was awarded to James V. Parker of Cape Girardeau for his entry "Fiori II." Jurors awards went to Connie Blattner of Jackson for "Vase"; Linda Buis of Perryville, Mo., for "All Done Picking Pansies!"; Elise Young of Dexter, Mo., for "Memories"; and Vicki Outman of Jackson for "Colours of Winter." The contest included 154 entries from artists living with a 175-mile radius of Cape Girardeau.. ...
A chronological meandering
(Entertainment ~ 03/03/06)
Dr. Alan Journet knows the cooking prowess possessed by Tom Harte. One of the first things he does Wednesday evening upon entering the KRCU studios in Cape Girardeau is dig in to a large chunk of Harte's cheesecake, accented with chocolate, that sits on a table free for the taking...
Italy says Soviet Union was behind assassination attempt on John Paul II
(International News ~ 03/03/06)
ROME -- An Italian parliamentary commission has concluded "beyond any reasonable doubt" that the Soviet Union was behind the 1981 shooting of Pope John Paul II, the first time an official body has blamed the Kremlin for the failed assassination. The draft report, obtained by The Associated Press Thursday, said the pope was considered a threat to the Soviet bloc because of his support for the Solidarity labor movement in his native Poland. ...
Key witness expected to give testimony today in murder case
(Local News ~ 03/03/06)
A key witness was scheduled to testify today in a preliminary hearing for a man accused of fatally shooting a 17-year-old boy behind a Cape Girardeau furniture store. Bernard Richards, 19, was charged with second-degree murder and armed criminal action for the Jan. 25 shooting death of Jacob Bowers, 17...
Nation briefs 3/3/06
(National News ~ 03/03/06)
Shootout in Alaska kills man, hurts toddler ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- A man wanted on federal drug charges was killed and a toddler wounded in a shootout with authorities at a small airport, officials said. State troopers were investigating the Wednesday shootout in Homer, which killed Jason Carlo Jacob Anderson, 31, of Duluth, Minn. ...
Nurse who killed at least 29 patients is sentenced to 11 life prison terms
(National News ~ 03/03/06)
SOMERVILLE, N.J. -- A nurse who killed at least 29 patients was sent to prison for the rest of his life Thursday after his victims' loved ones angrily branded him "vermin," "garbage" and a "monster" who ruined lives and shattered their faith in the medical profession...
Senate approves Patriot Act renewal after adding new privacy protections
(National News ~ 03/03/06)
WASHINGTON -- The Senate on Thursday gave its blessing to the renewal of the USA Patriot Act after adding new privacy protections designed to strike a better balance between civil liberties and the government's power to root out terrorists. The 89-10 vote marked a bright spot in President Bush's troubled second term as his approval ratings dipped over the war in Iraq and his administration's response to Hurricane Katrina. ...
Missouri's attorney general sues Indiana company over phone bills
(State News ~ 03/03/06)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Attorney General Jay Nixon sued a phone company Thursday that he says put bogus charges on people's bills and then harassed them to collect the money. Nixon said he filed suit in St. Clair County Circuit Court against One Call Internet of Carmel, Ind., accusing the company of violating state and federal consumer protection laws...
Edith Dumay
(Obituary ~ 03/03/06)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Edith Dumay, 91, of Harrisonville, Mo., formerly of Sikeston, died Sunday, Feb. 26, 2006, at Crown Care Center in Harrisonville. She was born Jan. 27, 1915, in Bonne Terre, Mo., daughter of George William and Mary Stephanie Bouchard Frey. She and Oliver Louis Dumay were married Feb. 12, 1934, in Sikeston. He died April 25, 1990...
William Buellis Jr.
(Obituary ~ 03/03/06)
William Thomas Buellis Jr., 75, of Cape Girardeau died Wednesday, March 1, 2006, at his home. He was born July 9, 1930, in Baltimore, Md., son of William and Alberta Tydings Buellis. He and Dorothy Ford were married April 8, 1949, in Pasadena, Md. Mr. Buellis grew up in Anne Arundel County, Md. He attended Southeast Bible College in Lakeland, Fla...
Cape/Jackson police reports 3/3/06
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Cape Girardeau...
Cape fire reports 3/3/06
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Cape Girardeau...
Roy Hale
(Obituary ~ 03/03/06)
Roy David Hale, 61, of Scott City died Wednesday, March 1, 2006, at his home. He was born Aug. 1, 1944, in Cape Girardeau, son of Roy Everett and Ruth Lee Miller Hale. He is survived by three sisters, Joyce Roth and Gail Ashworth of Scott City, Ginnell Hackler of New Baden, Ill.; and a brother, Richard Hale of Belton, Texas...
Bombing near U.S. Consulate in Pakistan kills four, including one American diplomat
(International News ~ 03/03/06)
KARACHI, Pakistan -- A suicide bomber who was blocked from driving into the U.S. Consulate slammed instead into an American diplomat's car Thursday, killing the envoy. The force of the blast on the eve of President Bush's trip to Pakistan blew the U.S. vehicle into the grounds of a hotel...
Rural unrest could give Chinese advisory body a new, bigger role
(International News ~ 03/03/06)
BEIJING -- Huge but largely powerless, the Chinese parliament's main advisory body is a gaggle of businessmen, farmers, movie stars and Tibetan monks meant to keep Chinese leaders in touch with what's going on in the nation's far-flung regions. This year, as it begins its annual two-week session today, the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference could find itself with a new role: messenger...
World briefs 3/3/06
(International News ~ 03/03/06)
British court OKs Dubai company's port takeover LONDON -- Britain's High Court on Thursday approved a Dubai state-owned port operator's takeover of British shipping company P&O, a deal that has caused an uproar in the U.S. among lawmakers concerned about port security. ...
Bell City sets up battle with Braves
(High School Sports ~ 03/03/06)
OAK RIDGE -- The Bell City boys basketball team has been ranked in the top three in Class 1 throughout the season, and entered the Class 1 District 2 tournament at Oak Ridge as heavy favorites. The Cubs did not rest on their laurels, winning their three district games by an average of 45.3 points a game. They finished off their fifth straight district title with a 78-40 victory against Oran on Thursday in the championship game...
Murray State hit with maximum penalty
(Professional Sports ~ 03/03/06)
MURRAY, Ky. -- The Murray State football program received the maximum penalty for academic underperformance as part of the NCAA new academic reform program. The schools were penalized for scoring under the NCAA-mandated minimum Academic Progress Rate score of 925. Murray's football score was 825...
League delays start of free-agency period
(Professional Sports ~ 03/03/06)
NEW YORK -- The NFL delayed the start of the free-agent signing period by three days Thursday, seven hours after the owners had seemed to end all hope for a labor contract extension. The move came just as a number of teams far over the salary cap were about to dump high-paid veterans. It provides a cooling off period for the league and the NFL Players Association to reach a deal and keep those cuts under control...
Racers, Hilltoppers try to avoid bubble with conference crowns
(Professional Sports ~ 03/03/06)
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Western Kentucky and Murray State have spent the last four months working for the next four days. Even though both schools dominated their respective conferences this season -- Western Kentucky (21-6) won the Sun Belt Conference's East Division by four games, while Murray State (22-6) won the Ohio Valley Conference by three games -- they know it's not enough to guarantee a spot in the NCAA tournament...
Woods grabs one stroke lead after first round at Doral
(Professional Sports ~ 03/03/06)
MIAMI -- Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson resumed their duel at opposite ends of Doral on Thursday, and the outcome didn't change. Woods was still one shot better. In a balmy start to the Florida swing, Woods again reached the 603-yard 12th hole in two shots and ran off a string of birdies along the back nine of the Blue Monster for an 8-under 64 and a one-shot lead over Mickelson and four others in the Ford Championship at Doral...
Everybody's a critic: 'Freedomland'
(Entertainment ~ 03/03/06)
One star (out of four) Seeing the trailer for "Freedomland" a couple of weeks ago led me to believe that it was a spooky psychological thriller. The menacing, dimly lit shots of the decayed, abandoned "Freedomland" children's asylum suggested that some scary stuff was about to go down...
Democrats renew calls for independent Katrina probe after release of briefing video
(National News ~ 03/03/06)
WASHINGTON -- Lawmakers from both parties said Thursday a newly disclosed videotape of a pre-Katrina briefing for President Bush and top administration officials raises new questions about government response to the storm that flooded New Orleans and killed more than 1,300 people...
Absentee balloting lasts until April 3
(Local News ~ 03/03/06)
Any registered Cape Girardeau County voter wishing to vote absentee for the April elections may do so now through April 3. There are two locations where voters can either cast ballots absentee or register to vote. Cape Girardeau County Courthouse Annex at 44 N. ...
Today's First Friday openings 3/3/06
(Entertainment ~ 03/03/06)
The Arts Council of Southeast Missouri will hold a First Friday opening reception from 5 to 8 p.m. for the fourth anniversary show of the Visual Arts Cooperative.For more information, call 334-9233. Jars of Clay Pottery Studio, 823 Broadway Garden Gallery will feature a new exhibit of batik hanging fabric by Brenda Seyer throughout March, starting with today's opening from noon to 9 p.m. For more information, call 332-7123...
Busch Series returns to Mexico
(Professional Sports ~ 03/03/06)
MEXICO CITY -- This time around, the cry "Caballeros arranquen sus motores," Spanish for "Gentlemen start your engines," might not sound so foreign. A year after it held the first NASCAR race in Mexico, the Busch Series is south of the border again, preparing for Sunday's second installment of the Telcel-Motorola 200 without many of the concerns about security and logistics some teams raised before taking on the 2.518-mile Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez road course here in 2005...
Redhawks' semifinal challenge: Beat Samford
(College Sports ~ 03/03/06)
It's one down and two to go for Southeast Missouri State as the Redhawks chase their first NCAA Division I tournament berth. And to advance another step in their quest, the Redhawks will have to beat a team they have already lost to twice this season...
Senate bill targets consulting contracts
(Local News ~ 03/03/06)
The consulting contract between House Speaker Rod Jetton and state Sen. Jason Crowell would be illegal under a bill introduced this week by a St. Louis Democrat. Jetton, R-Marble Hill, receives $1,000 a month to act as a political consultant for Crowell, R-Cape Girardeau. Crowell's campaign fund pays the money to Jetton's firm, Common Sense Conservative Consulting LLC. The contract has paid Jetton $33,000 since the consulting firm was created in June 2004...
Fuel mix powers with less harm to wallet, environment
(Column ~ 03/03/06)
Dear Tom and Ray: Last May, I graduated from Johns Hopkins University with a degree in biophysics. Being a poor graduate student (and a cheapskate, to boot), I was wondering if there is any way I can use my chemistry knowledge to increase my gas mileage? In college, a chemical engineer named Mike and I created a super still in the back room of his house. ...
Can you say tax break?
(National News ~ 03/03/06)
Get a new Mercury Mariner Hybrid this year, and get a tax break. The estimated $1,950 hybrid vehicle federal tax deduction for the Mariner isn't the only perk that comes with this compact sport utility vehicle with gasoline-electric power. With only a standard four-wheel drive, the Mariner rates a bit better in gasoline mileage -- a combined 31 miles a gallon for city and highway travel -- than Toyota's hybrid SUVs, according to the federal government...
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CES 2015 Light Bulbs Updates
Thousands are people swarm to Las Vegas every January for the Consumer Electronics Show (CES). It's the place where you can check out the newest hottest trends and get a glimpse into the future of technology. While brands like Samsung and Sony are showing off their latest HDTVs and speakers, you'll also find a growing selection of LED bulbs. Over the course of 2014 light bulbs made the transition from being an appliance to a gadget. With the introduction of connected LED bulbs, they are taking on the role of doing more than just providing light. You can use apps to change the color of your bulbs, dim them or even turn them off. As new functionality is being thought of, companies are using CES as a platform to introduce these ideas and gauge interest.
Here's a rundown of some of the lighting related product news:
Qualcomm working to create reference design for wifi lighting - Qualcomm is partnering with LIFX, a startup focused on lighting, to create a model for how others can create connected light bulbs. As more and more gadgets make their way into our home, the goal is find a way to connect all aspects so it's fitting that lighting would also be included. The goal is to help other brands create bulbs that are able to connect directly to someone's wifi network instead of having to connect to a hub.
Misfit launches $50 jack of all trades smart light bulb - Later this year you'll be able to buy the Misfit Bolt which is positioning itself to be the Swiss army knives of connect LED bulbs. You can use an app to change the color of the bulb or turn it on or off similar to other bulbs. In addition, you can also use the Bolt to be set to turn on when you wake up.
Incipio unveils Smart Light Bulb Adapter - While the possibilities are endless, there are some people that don't want to go out and buy new light bulbs but still want to be able to control them wirelessly. Using Incipio's app you're able to set several lights to turn on and off with a few taps. With a price tag of $25, there may not be a big market for this product especially as other connect bulbs come down in price.
Sengled bring speakers and cameras to smart LED bulbs - Some brands are using software to add functionality to connected LED bulbs while Sengled decided to use hardware. Their line of Pulse, Pulse Solo, Boost, and Snap smart light bulbs enable you to use your light bulb as a speaker, wifi extender, or camera.
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And of the course the age old issue of what to wear. In an interview setting you know what to wear (usually a suit or key tailored pieces) and the people interviewing you are usually dressed up to, but in a day to day environment what is the dress code? Is it smart smarts (suits/tailored shirts etc) or is smart casual (smart jeans, or trousers but casual tops?) Is it uber relaxed on Fridays with jeans and sneakers (yes I know I'm British and we wear trainers but the word sneakers is so much more fun!)
I'd been doing some Google searching and reading blogs to see what people wear to work...my last place was super casual so I wore jeans everyday. But the new place not so much, I think, I believe it will vary depending on where I'm based or what I'm doing but essentially a whole lot smarter than what I've been used to on a daily basis. Which is no bad thing as I've missed getting dressed up for work, I mean it gives another excuse to go shopping doesn't it if nothing else!!
But I digress, to day one. Now tricky while this may be I do think going super smart is the only way forward - the last thing you want is to rock up and be under dressed for meeting the MD who just happens to be in that day at a loose end...so here is my plan of attack:
A wardrobe essential - flattering, good quality trousers are worth their weight in gold. I know that Oasis are my go to place for jeans and trousers. A bit more pricey than some other high street stores (wait for the online discounts or sales as they happen constantly!) but their trews fit me well - they are cut I guess for gals with curves. So find your shop where you know the clothes will work with you not against you - for example me and Zara trousers don't gel, I am too short and curvy for their bottoms. Nothing against them they just don't work for me so why stress myself out?
Ideally on day one you want something you have worn before and you know you are comfy in. No stress about it being too low cut, or see through or pulling in the wrong places. You want to be put together but also feel comfortable as it will be stressful enough on your first day doing all the "firsts" without fretting about your wardrobe. I swear my Marks and Spencer, Dorothy Perkins and Zara for good office shirts/tops.
Currently in Blighty we have snow up North and flooding down South (where I live) no sign of Spring whatsoever...so for my first day to go alongside the trousers and blouse I recommend either a smart blazer/jacket or a colourful pop from a bright cardigan. Keeps you warm, adds a bit of individuality and can be removed if the office is snug before adding back on and facing the elements outside! Again I swear by Marks and Spencer they do the most amazing cardigans I think I have them in nearly every colour and they wash and last so so so well!!
Another core staple is a good pair of black court shoes - yes they sound boring but I don't think any working girl can be without a smart but comfy pair of black shoes. These ones from Marks and Spencer are ideal - nice height and super comfy - I love their shoes plus full price they are only £19! Amazing value. They also come in loads of cool colours for when you want to be a bit more daring!
5. Accessories....
Now if you've been a reader for a while you will know I LOVE my accessories...from statement necklaces to a handbags I do think choosing the right accessories helps personalise an otherwise "safe" outfit. However on day one as I've mentioned before it is better err on the side of caution just in case your colleagues don't get your style. Therefore I'd keep accessories to a minimum for me this means - no jangling bangles for example just a classic watch, a simple necklace as I'm wearing a shirt I need something but nothing too large and then a plain bag that won't overpower the outfit....
This bag from Zara is perfect
6. Make up/nails/perfume
Finally remember we always want to look groomed but try to avoid wearing more war paint than a Vegas showgirl. Less is more as my Mum would say!! I will aim (although not sure if I ever manage it) to look polished but have my make up look invisible like I'm not really wearing any...for me that means good foundation and powder to stop shine, some neutral eyeshadow and neutral lipstick/gloss. Again nothing too overpowering for perfume you don't want to be knows as the newbie with the stinky perfume after all! Finally on my nails I will be wearing Essie's Mademoiselle as I think it is the perfect barely there polish that just smartens up my nails enough to look done but in a unobtrusive way if that makes sense?
I hope you enjoyed this post, if so please comment and let me know...I have a part B planned of how I inject my personality into my working wardrobe - still using the basics above but adding more exciting accessories (shoes/belt/jewellery) into the mix
What do you wear for work? Is it smarts all the way or are you a casual dresser?


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Print + Digital Design
Timeline: TBD
INVESTMENT: $100/hour
Putting your brand in front of your clients goes beyond your business card and website. Some of the most impactful designs that propel businesses forward are in the details put into your marketing tools. Your brand should create an experience for your customer, whether through the touch of a postcard, the stories in a monthly newsletter, or the emotions of walking into your retail space. Whatever your needs may be, there is no task too big or small to make your brand stand out from the rest. Have an idea in mind, let's chat.
• Stationery
• Promotional
• Editorial
• Packaging
• Web Design
• Social Media
• Online Marketing
• e-Commerce
Brand Identity
Timeline: 3-5 weeks
Investment: $1500
The most important part of your brand identity is the foundation. Through a brand strategy session, we'll get to the core of what makes up your business to assure it's communicated through your new signature look.Whether you have outgrown your current branding or are starting with something new, we'll collaborate to discover the fuel that drives your business so you can grow in the right direction.
• Discovery Session
• Logo Design
• Brand Collateral
web Design
TIMELINE: 4-6 weeks
Investment: Starting at $3000
Get your business endeavor off the ground with the launch of your online presence. A polished look on the web will breech trust and credibility with your customers. Through your website you'll provide your customers direct access to your business at all times. Once complete, you'll have full access and flexibility to edit it on your own, make updates or add new products to your site.
• Squarespace platform
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- Serves:
- 4-6
- Prep time:
- 15 minutes
- Cooking time:
- 45 minutes
- Level of Difficulty:
- Easy
- Cuisine:
- Italian
- Function:
- NEFF's CircoRoast and VarioSteam®
Tomato sauce
|2 tbsp olive oil
|1 onion, finely diced
|4 cloves garlic, crushed
|2 x 400g cans of crushed tomatoes
|1 tbsp sugar
|1 tbsp balsamic vinegar
|½ a bunch of basil, leaves removed and finely chopped
|30 g butter
|Salt and black pepper
|500 g beef mince
|4 cloves garlic, crushed
|1 brown onion, finely chopped
|½ a bunch of basil, leaves removed and finely chopped
|1 birdseye chilli, finely chopped
|2 tsp ground cumin
|50 g grated mozzarella cheese
|50 g arrowroot
|1 egg
|Salt and black pepper
For pasta
|500 g linguini
This recipe is prepared with NEFF's CircoRoast and VarioSteam. We use Australian tablespoons and cups: 1 teaspoon equals 5 ml; 1 tablespoon equals 20 ml; 1 cup equals 250 ml. All herbs are fresh (unless specified) and cups are lightly packed. All vegetables are medium size and peeled, unless specified. All eggs are 55–60 g, unless specified.
Classic Italian meatballs are easy to cook using NEFF's CircoRoast and VarioSteam. These meatballs are made with basil and mozzarella and are big on flavour!
Heat a large saucepan on Induction level 8 or medium to high on a gas cooktop. Add the oil, onion and garlic and cook until the onion is translucent. Add the tomatoes, sugar and balsamic vinegar, bring to the boil and then reduce to level 5 or a medium heat and simmer for 30 minutes or until sauce thickens. Then add the basil, butter and salt and pepper to taste.
While the sauce is simmering place the mince in a medium bowl, add the remaining ingredients, salt and pepper to taste. Using gloved hands combine the ingredients well. Preheat oven on CircoRoast 200°C with VarioSteam high intensity. Roll the mince mixture into balls about 5cm round and place on the universal pan lined with a sheet of baking paper. Cook meatballs for 15 – 20 minutes or until golden. When the meatballs are cooked add to the tomato sauce.
To cook the pasta, use the boost setting on Induction or a high heat on gas to bring a large saucepan of water to the boil. Once the water has boiled, select Induction level 9 or a high heat on gas, add the pasta and cook for the time recommended on the packet. Once the pasta is cooked, drain and stir through the meatballs and tomato sauce.
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Warren is a chef with over 20 years of cooking experience, ranging from Michelin Star Restaurants to 5 star Hotels. He is highly passionate about embracing technology to create food that is visually stunning, tasty and packed with a whole lot of nutritional goodness.


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Reading the Energy Collective is a little like watching professional wrestling. The referee berates the good guys for supposed rules infractions, while looking the other way when the heavies break the rules right and left. i just do not have patience for that.
This morning the Energy Collective posted an all-out attack on Nuclear Power by crazy Joe Romm. And if we respond, we will of course be told to ignore it. get over ourselves, and act like winners, which of course is to act like losers.


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I've stolen a couple of evenings to work a bit more on tracking Oh Sacred Head. I wish I had taken more screen shots of my progress. That way we could track together all the way to the end.
Anyway, I can play my WX5 despite my broken finger (left ring). Last night and tonight I tracked the rest of Horn 1 (grey track) and the beginning of Horn 2 (top gold track).
I've also discovered a new free convolution reverb that may become my go-to reverb. It's called Reverberate. Unlike SIR and Cakewalk's Perfect Space, which sum the inputs to mono before applying the IR, Reverberate takes the left and right inputs, applies the left and right channels of the IR, and sends them out the left and right outputs. They call this "Parallel Stereo", as opposed to their pay version which is "True Stereo."
So far I really like the sound and the stereo separation.
Oh, and the new music computer still isn't working. I can't get the SATA drive working. A friend will come over (soon, I hope) to help me out with that.


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Chicken Braised in Milk
Adapted from Jamie Oliver
1 3½ lb chicken, preferably organic and pasture-raised
sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
4oz or ½ a pack of butter
olive oil
1/2 cinnamon stick
1 good handful of fresh thyme
zest of 2 lemons
10 cloves of garlic, skin left on
1 1/2 pints milk
1/2 cup half-and-half
Preheat the oven to 375°F and find a snug-fitting pot for the chicken – I find that my 5 1/2 quart cocotte is perfectly suited for this.
Wash and pat dry the chicken. Season it generously all over, and fry it in the butter and a glug of olive oil, turning the chicken to get an even color all over, until golden. You will thus turn the chicken 4 times. While your chicken browns on all sides, prepare the other ingredients – you've been given perfect time for that.
Once the chicken is brown all over, remove from the heat, and put the chicken aside on a plate. Much as it will pain you, throw away the oil and butter left in the pot. You don't need it anymore. But what you're left with, at the bottom of the pan, is what Jamie refers to as this "tasty sticky goodness". This "goodness" will give you amazing depth of caramelly flavor.
Place the chicken back in the pot along with the rest of the ingredients, and cook in the oven for 1 1/2 hours. Periodically, if you wish, baste with cooking juice.
The milk cooks down to this lovely, creamy sauce that's accented by the lemon zest and is just about one of the most luscious, decadent things. You should serve the this chicken with the sauce along some beautiful fingerling potatoes. Or a panzanella salad!
To serve, let the chicken cool a few minutes, and pull the chicken off the bones, dividing it among the plates.


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Whether you've dedicated yourself to eating right and exercising or undergone weight loss surgery like gastric bypass, you are on the road to a healthier, more satisfying lifestyle. After losing a lot of weight, your expectations for a slim, fit body may have fallen short. Often the skin is unable to shrink to the body's slimmer contours and extreme weight loss leaves you with excess folds of skin and pockets of unwanted fat. Board-certified plastic surgeon Dr. Michael Diaz specializes in body contouring surgery in the Orlando area. A body lift can be the final step in realizing the attractive, confident vision you have for yourself.
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This was our first view of more than clouds. The best part of the ride down was watching the one in front of us suddenly pick up speed and drop out into the open air and the two of us freaking out momentarily as our own car had a burst in speed and we began the descent clutching hands and nervously laughing.
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One of my favorite Elvis photos. Let's try to "rock" a haiku!
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June 6, 2012
Wednesdays Ten: On the spot, can you think of a clever or creative 10 words for this painting?
Fur Traders Descending the Missouri, 1845 by George Caleb Bingham
Wednesdays Ten is back! What ten words come to mind to describe the mood/action of this painting.
May 29, 2012
Tuesdays Tunes: Album title? Hit Song?
Here is Picasso's Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer .
The Tuesdays Tunes challenge: If this is the album cover, what title comes to mind? Also, what would be the hit song(s)?
April 6, 2012
Friday's Muse
April 5, 2012
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Wednesdays Ten
March 12, 2012
Mondays Free Write: The words are there, waiting to emerge
Martial arts dancers from the 2008 Olympics Opening Ceremony in Beijing.
I feel the energy, the intensity, the drive in this image. What about you? Please share how this photo inspires your writing. Thank you!
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Hmmm, a haiku for hockey? Has it been done before?
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Spencer Spirit Holdings, Inc., is a lifestyle retail company that operates two unique, national brands, Spencer's and Spirit Halloween, throughout the United States, Canada and online.
Spencer's is the mall destination for entertainment, excitement and fun. For over 65 years we have been offering unique product for the lifestyle of our core 18-24 year old guests, who are high energy, technologically savvy, edgy, demanding, independent and always inspired by humor and irreverence.


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Designing the Smart Organization: How Breakthrough Corporate Learning Initiatives Drive Strategic Change and Innovation
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Designing the Smart Enterprise is indeed a smart, useful book. But it is more than just that. With logic and examples Roland helps us realize just how much we must regrind our lenses for seeing how deep learning can naturally happen in an organization if we just move beyond traditional notions of corporate training and re-conceive learning as a strategic imperative. I highly recommend this book for any corporate leader wanting to succeed in a rapidly changing world. - John Seely Brown, Independent Co-chairman, Deloitte Center for the Edge, Former Chief Scientist of Xerox Corp /Director of its Palo Alto Research Center (PARC), Co-Author of The Social Life of Information and The Only Sustainable Edge
Without any qualification and only with heartfelt enthusiasm, this book should be read immediately by every leader in every institution. My excitement is based on 3 profound contributions Deiser's book offers his readers: 1) It's the single best argument and summary of "organizational learning" and its significance. 2) About 2/3rds of the book contain 10 brilliant and powerful case studies which illustrate his concepts and action steps that are tremendously practical. 3) This book is especially useful right now in these times when all organizations are facing uncertainty, chaos and crises. What could be more important to organizational systems and their leaders than to learn, adapt, and recover from these setbacks! - Warren Bennis, Distinguished Professor of Business at the University of Southern California and author of "On Becoming a Leader" and co-author of "Transparency" and "Judgment."
Deiser does an excellent job in making us think about learning in novel ways - as an enabler of organizational change, cultural unification, strategic renewal, or just plain survival. Everybody who wants to make a difference in business, government, or other organizational worlds should read this book. - Immanuel Hermreck, Executive Vice President Human Resources, Bertelsmann AG
This book is filled with knowledge and insight about the challenges learning organizations face in the transition from a traditionalist mindset to a forward looking perspective on learning strategy. If learning organizations can't make this leap they are likely to be relegated to the back office. - Michelle Marquard, Director Enterprise Learning Solutions , Cisco Systems, Inc.
Deiser clearly, effectively and accurately points out how organizations must reframe how they design learning processes to thrive in today's rapidly changing world. A variety of interesting cases show how to do it. - Edward E. Lawler III, Director, Center for Effective Organizations, USC Marshall School of Business, Co-author of Built to Change
A path-breaking work! Deiser creatively uses learning theory and practice to recast the practice of strategic management and demonstrates the concept through remarkable case studies from 11 prominent companies. - Larry Greiner, Co-Author of Management Consulting Today and Tomorrow and Dynamic Strategy Making


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Cream of the Crop
Shangri-La Hotels Triumph on Tripadvisor
Shangri-La Hotel, Tokyo was selected number one in the Top 25 Luxury Hotels in the World category at the Traveler's Choice 2012 Awards by Tripadvisor, the world's largest online community of travellers. Based on international reviews and opinion, Shangri-La Hotel, Tokyo won first place in the Luxury 4 and 5 star category and was the first Japanese hotel to win the Traveler's Choice Award.
The Traveler's Choice Awards are held every January and 2012 is the 10th anniversary of the event. This year, categories were expanded to include 30 countries and eight regions worldwide. A total of 3,943 properties were recognised by the US-based company. Judging involved the evaluation of 60 million comments from users on the quality of service, guest rooms and price. Other awards included Best Service, Best Bargain, Trendiest Hotel and Best Relaxation and Spa.
Reviewers praised the service and facilities at Shangri-La Hotel, Tokyo. "The service was simply flawless, from the concierge team that met me at Tokyo station and escorted me to the hotel, to the reception who organised my daily business excursions," said one reviewer. "I loved the cotton pyjamas they laid out for me each day. Getting into them after a shower at the end of a long day was just so relaxing." commented another.
The 200-room Shangri-La Hotel, Tokyo opened on 2 March 2009 as Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts' first property in Japan. The hotel occupies the top 11 floors of the Marunouchi Trust Tower Main building.
Shangri-La Hotel, Vancouver was also named the number one luxury hotel in Canada by TripAdvisor Traveler's Choice Best Hotels Awards 2012 in the category, Top 25 Luxury Hotels in Canada. The hotel also placed in Top 25 Hotels in Canada and Top 25 Trendiest Hotels in Canada.
Comments about Shangri-La Hotel, Vancouver included "The men and women at this hotel made our stay the most memorable night in our lives." Another guest praised the culinary offerings and said, "The added advantage of this hotel is that the Jean George Restaurant "Market" is located in house. This would be possibly the best restaurant we have ever been to. The sable fish on the menu was just perfection." Another review added, "The bed was quite possibly the most comfortable bed we had ever slept in – it felt like a cloud."
The 119-room Shangri-La Hotel, Vancouver, located in vibrant downtown Vancouver, BC, occupies the first 15 floors of a 61-storey landmark building, the tallest in the city.


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Boris - Smile (April) Boris photo by Chinapixie.
Ghostface/MF Doom collab finally happening
Led Zeppelin tour??!
Radiohead tour
New Breeders record (April 8)
Shine a Light, Scorsese's Rolling Stones documentary
The mainstream return of vinyl
My Bloody Valentine U.S. tour/record?
Rhino's Pogues box set?
Indiana Jones 4
Dr. Dre - Detox
Guns 'n' Roses - Chinese Democracy (2028)
The next big you-thought-it-would-never-happen reunion (The Kinks? Talking Heads? Husker Du? The Partridge Family? LUSH?)


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Divine by Organic
This is a social media campaign for Organic, by John Patrick. Using Vine, fashion bloggers around the world will make 7 second videos that showcase Organic's fashion-forward, socially-responsible products.
As a high-end socially responsible brand, Organic emphasizes the feel, quality, and purity of the fabric that is the core of the brand's philosophy. This is why we have created a dynamic logo that will embrace each season's primary fabrics and colors. The logo can be revealed at the launch of the new fashion line, thus embodying the ever-changing trends in fashion, as well as promoting Organic's latest seasonal line of products.


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Aubergine Pillow – Comfort in just a puff
Introducing Aubergine Pillow
The Aubergine Pillow affords you the comfort you hunger for, on-demand. It is an inflatable pillow that plumps up generously in one puff, yet compacts small to be brought along with you.
Composition of an Aubergine
Nobody wants to run short of breath. It is an inflatable pillow that plumps up generously in just a puff.
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Nobody wants drool stains. Dark coloured fabrics for maximum discretion and an instant dozing environment. Perfectly machine washable.
Nobody should be weighed down by a pillow. This sleeping pill deflates fast, rolls snug and compacts small.
The Multi-talented Aubergine
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About the team
Daydreamers by day, designers by night. We believe that comfort is one of our most basic human right, even if we are on the go.
The Aubergine Pillow is a collaborative effort of 3 passionate Industrial Designers from Singapore. With a lighthearted outlook to life, we take delight in constructing solutions for a comfy-er, fun-er and happier life. And we crave sleep, just like you. It thus seemed like a natural progression for us to tackle this issue of obtaining comfort on demand, while of course, addressing the stuff that people don't like to talk about, like drooling.
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For this to be more than just pillow talk, we need your help! If you share our vision of a world where comfort deserves to be in our hands, join us on this journey. Together, let's make this happen.
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After many rounds of prototypes and testing, we moved on to making The Aubergine Pillow closer to reality. We prototyped with many materials, shapes and sizes to finally achieve a design that we are proud of. We moved on to refine every last detail, and crafted the very first Aubergine Pillow in our very own studio. Most importantly, we persistently worked according to the feedback received from YOU, the local community. Now, we are ready to bring it to market with our manufacturer.
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Manufacturing is an arduous process. The process we are currently employing is relatively new for the type of fabric we are using. As such, this may result in delays in completing the product to a level of finishing and quality desired. In saying this, we guarantee that we will have capabilities to properly manage this risk, appropriately.
If there is ever a hiccup along the way, we will be completely transparent with you, because without you guys, Aubergine Pillow would just be a dream. We will work hard to meet all deadlines, get rewards to everyone on time, and keep you all up to date along the way. Thank you so much for your support!Learn about accountability on Kickstarter
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Cookies and Web Beacons
Some of the User Information is collected on the Services through the use of Cookies and/or Web Beacons. "Cookies" are small data file identifiers that are transferred to your computer or mobile web browser that allow us, and third parties with whom we partner, to recognize your browser or mobile device and transfer information about you and your use of our Services. For example, Cookies that we use tell us how many times you have visited one of our websites, your search preferences, and if you have clicked on an advertisement that has been displayed to you. We use "persistent" Cookies to save your login information for future logins to the Services. We also use "session ID" Cookies to enable certain features of the Services, to better understand how you interact with the Services and to monitor aggregate usage by users and web traffic routing on the Services. Unlike persistent Cookies, session ID Cookies are deleted from your computer when you log off from a Service and close your browser.
We (and third parties with whom we partner) may also deliver a file known as a web beacon, pixel or pixel tag (i.e., "Web Beacons") to you through our Services. Web Beacons are small, invisible graphic images that may be used on the Services interface or in emails relating to the Services to collect certain information and monitor user activity on the Services interface, such as to count visits, access Cookies, understand usage effectiveness and to determine if an email has been opened and acted upon. "Pixels" or "Pixel Tags" also known as clear GIFs, beacons, spotlight, tags or web bugs, are a method for passing information from the user's computer to a third -party website. We (and third parties with whom we partner) may deliver Web Beacons or Pixel Tags to you through our Services. Web Beacons allow ad networks, marketing partners and other service providers that we use to provide anonymized, aggregated auditing, research and reporting for us, for advertisers and our other partners. Web Beacons also enable ad networks and other partners to track your behavior for their own analysis and use, and to serve targeted advertisements to you when you visit other websites or platforms. These Web Beacons enable third party companies to view, edit, or set their own Cookies when you visit the Services, just as if you had visited a web page from their site.
User Information is used to provide Services to you by GRATITUDE METHOD and its partners, which includes using such information to:
ï Allow you to set up an account and profile and log into your account on the Services and to access certain parts of the Services through such account;
ï Personalize and improve the Services;
ï Connect you across multiple devices or platforms where you are accessing our content;
ï Customize the Services to provide advertisements, content or features on the Services or on other platforms (for example, social media platforms) that match your interests;
ï Send you notices, updates and other administrative messages;
ï Process transactions and send you related information;
ï Send emails or newsletters to you, which may also offer or advertise GRATITUDE METHOD or third party products and/or services;
ï Administer or communicate with you about Promotions;
ï Link or combine information we receive from third parties to help provide you with better service;
ï Detect, investigate and/or prevent fraudulent, unauthorized, or illegal activity;
ï Analyze and monitor how our users utilize the Services; and
ï Carry out other purposes described in this Privacy Policy.
We may use your User Information to contact or communicate with you, for example, by email, postal mail, notices on our websites or applications, newsletters or other means available through the Services, including push notifications and mobile text messages. Such communications may contain messages of a commercial or non-commercial nature, including but not limited to, messages necessary to provide the Services to you, responses to an inquiry that you submitted, marketing and promotional messages for our Services or the products and/or services of our partners and advertisers, messages sent for administrative purposes related to the Services, and other communications as needed to carry out other purposes described in this Privacy Policy.
When you receive email messages or newsletters from us, we may use Web Beacons, customized links, clear GIFs or similar technologies to determine whether the email has been opened and which links you click in order to provide you more focused email communications or other information, and/or aggregate such data with other data we collect for some or all of the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy.
We and our partners use Cookies and other tracking technologies to administer the Services, analyze trends, track users' movements around the Services and on third party sites, devices and applications, and to gather demographic information about our user base.
We may also receive certain data (on an individual and/or aggregated basis) collected by our partners (including but not limited to e-commerce partners, affiliates, and analytics providers) through the use of Pixel Tags, e-tags, IP Addresses, Local Shared Objects, Local Storage, and Browser cookies, which allows us to:
ï Analyze trends across our user base;
ï Collect and store information such as user settings;
ï Supplement our server logs and other methods of traffic and response measurement;
ï Track users' location and movements around the Services; and
ï Improve our understanding of traffic on the Services, visitor behavior, and responses to advertising and promotional campaigns.
GRATITUDE METHOD also works with third parties to provide analytics information regarding your usage of our Services or to help us track the advertisements that are delivered to you to determine the effectiveness of advertising on our Services. We may also link this information to User Information.
Advertising and Marketing
Certain third -party vendors and partners authorized by GRATITUDE METHOD (including, but not limited to, advertisers, advertising agencies, ad networks, ad measurement providers, and other marketing and advertising service providers and partners) ("Advertisers") may collect information about you on the Services in order to provide you with relevant advertising on the Services and on other websites, platforms and media channels, and to analyze the performance of advertising campaigns. These Advertisers may use tracking technologies such as Cookies, Web Beacons, and other similar technologies, and may collect many different kinds of data, such as your IP Address, Device ID, Advertising ID and Precise Location Data where made available by your mobile device. The specific Advertisers we work with are subject to change at any time. For a list of some of the applicable providers or for more details on opting out of tracking for advertising purposes, go to our Cookie Consent Tool by clicking on the button in the lower right corner of your screen labeled "Cookie Consent". The use of tracking technologies by these third parties is subject to their own privacy policies.
To opt out of collection of your information by NextBarre, or to obtain information about the technologies they use or their own privacy policies, please visit the NextBarre consumer opt out page located here.
We may also sell or transfer Interaction Data to certain Advertisers who will use this data to serve ads that they believe are relevant to your interests. Some of these third parties may combine the Interaction Data with their own data about you to form a more detailed picture. We may also share your information with Advertisers for the purpose of allowing them or their clients to send you marketing communications related to your use of the Services, their services or programs featured and/or advertised on the Services (e.g., through ads or Promotions), or their products, services and/or programs generally.
Our third -party vendors and partners use your User Information to display ads on both the Services and on third party websites, applications, platforms and other media channels (collectively, "Channels"). For example, if you read content about a particular subject on the Services, we may use Cookies from a vendor to later serve you an advertisement for a particular product or service related to the viewed content. These third -party vendors may connect information about pages you visit on the Services with information about pages you visit on other Channels and show you advertising based on this combined information. These advertisements may appear when you are visiting a different section of the Services or on another Channel. Likewise, third party vendors may serve you advertisements when you visit the Services based on your interaction with the Services and other Channels.
Some of our Services may use Facebook and Instagram features and tools, including Pixel Tags, which send data regarding your use of the Services to Facebook and/or Instagram for the purpose of tracking your interaction with the Services and with our brand on Facebook and Instagram, and to create custom audiences on the Facebook and/or Instagram platforms. Facebook and Instagram link the data collected on our Services with your account on their platforms and we and/or our Advertisers may use that data to serve you with advertisements both on and off of Facebook and Instagram.
We may provide certain Advertisers with information regarding your interactions with our emails and newsletters or as to whether your information matches certain information held by the Advertiser and/or their customers. Those Advertisers may combine this data with information they collect for their own marketing purposes and in turn, may provide this information to their customers for their customers' marketing purposes.
In order to help us sell advertising on the Services and otherwise publicize GRATITUDE METHOD and its products and services, we may share aggregate statistics that describe our online audience. Those statistics are often based on the information you provide when you subscribe, register, or browse the Services and describe, among other things, the demographics of our visitors.
Third Party Service Providers
We employ or utilize the services of other third -party vendors, consultants and service providers who need access to your User Information (such as your name, address, email, or other identifiers) in order to enable them to perform services on our behalf or to provide us with additional information necessary to provide you one of our Services to you. We use third party vendors for a variety of services across our Services, such as email message deployment, email address validation, subscription fulfillment, research, statistical analysis, cross-device user tracking, data and website hosting, marketing, advertising, and other data and transaction processing.
We also engage third party service providers for the purpose of processing payments for subscriptions, to fulfill your orders for product purchases, to honor your request to be removed from promotional mailings, and to monitor, analyze and prevent fraudulent traffic or other suspicious activities on our Services or on other services. We may also provide your User Information to third party processors in order to process payments for services.
In addition to receiving your User Information from us, our service providers may also:
ï Collect information directly from you and/or your device, such as your IP Address, Device ID, Advertising ID, and information about your browser or operating system;
ï Combine User Information about you received from GRATITUDE METHOD with information about you from other sites or services; and/or
ï Place or recognize a unique Cookie or other tracking mechanism on your browser.
Third Party Partners and Websites
Our third -party partners may sell items or provide services to you through our Services (either alone or jointly with us). In some of these cases, you will be routed through to the third party's website, where you will complete the purchase. When you make a purchase or activate the partner's service (for example, through our GRATITUDE METHOD Must Have Service) we may share your Personal Information, such as an email address, with that partner, who may use this Personal Information in accordance with its own privacy policy. Please note that we are not responsible for any applicable third -party terms or policies and you should review them carefully.
Social Plug-ins and Embeds
We may use social plugins on our Services, for instance plugins of the social networks such as Facebook, Twitter, Google+, Pinterest and Tumblr, and may feature icons, like the "thumbs up" icon or text like "Recommend", "Like" or "Comment". We also feature certain embedded content on our Services such as text and video content embedded from social networks and other third -party platforms including, but not limited to, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Pinterest, and Vimeo. Your browser may create a connection to the servers of such social networks and other third parties and/or transmit data to such third -party servers when you view a page on our Services. This Privacy Policy does not cover the practices of these third party social networks.
User Profiles and Submissions
Certain User Information from your profile, such as your user name, or any video or image content that you have uploaded to the Services may be displayed to other users to facilitate user interaction within the Service or address your request for Services. For our GRATITUDE METHOD Members Club and/or University, User Information from your profile may be shared with third parties including advertisers in connection with an advertising campaign, which may include publicly-available metrics related to your social media channels and a description of your blog or other content you have created in the past.
Third Party Offers
In connection with some advertising campaigns or otherwise in connection with the Services, we may create and/or distribute custom digital promotional cards that you can elect to save into your digital wallet on your mobile device (examples of such digital wallets include Apple Wallet and Android Pay), which may feature a coupon, rebate, promotional discount or offer from an advertiser or sponsor and/or GRATITUDE METHOD (each an "Offer"). When you engage with, download, share, or redeem an Offer, certain information about you may be collected by our third party advertising partners, including, but not limited to, data about your device such as user agent, operating system, advertising identifiers, Device IDs, Precise Location Data, and other data about your interaction with such Offer. Certain information may also be collected by or shared with third party providers who offer mobile wallet services on your device (for example, Apple for Apple Wallet or Google for Android Pay). The collection and use of such data by these third parties is subject to their respective terms and privacy policies. GRATITUDE METHOD is not responsible for any applicable third-party terms or policies and you should review them carefully. To opt out of such third party Offers, see the section below entitled HOW YOU CAN CHANGE OR CONTROL WHAT IS COLLECTED.
We may collect and share User Information you provide in connection with a Promotion with an advertiser who sponsors the promotion and/or a service provider may collect your information in connection with such Promotion on our behalf. In the event that your User Information is shared with a sponsor or other third party, it would also be subject to the sponsor's or such other third party's privacy policy, and it may be used by us, the sponsor, and/or such other third parties for follow up or other marketing purposes. For all Promotions, please read the official rules and any other terms and conditions for that Promotion carefully before you submit your User Information or otherwise participate in the Promotion.
Payment Card Information
To use certain aspects of our Services, such as subscribing to our Members Club Service, we may require you to submit credit or debit card account information. By submitting your credit or debit card account information through the Services, you expressly consent to the sharing of this information with third party retailers, subscription and billing processors, and payment processors.
We may use Stripe to collect your credit or debit card account information and/or process such payments with our financial institutions. Stripe may store your credit or debit card account information, so you can use our Services in the future. We do not have access to your complete credit or debit card account information, store your credit or debit card account information, or have direct control over or responsibility for your credit or debit card account information. We cannot guarantee that transmissions of your credit or debit card account information or personal information will always be secure or that unauthorized third parties will never be able to defeat the security measures taken by us or our third- party service providers. Please see the Stripe Terms and Conditions and the Stripe Privacy Policy.
We assume no liability or responsibility for disclosure of your information due to errors in transmission, unauthorized third -party access, or other causes beyond our control.
Business Transfers
We may share your User Information in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of company assets, financing or acquisition, or in any other situation where User Information may be disclosed or transferred as one of our business assets.
Enforcement of Terms and Policies
We may share your information to enforce or apply our Privacy Policy, Terms of Service, or our other policies or agreements.
Protection of GRATITUDE METHOD and Others
We may access, read, preserve, and disclose any User Information where we reasonably believe a disclosure is necessary to comply with law or court order; or protect the rights, property, or safety of GRATITUDE METHOD, our employees, our users, or others. This includes exchanging information with other companies and organizations for fraud protection and credit risk reduction.
With Your Consent
We may share your User Information in other circumstances with your consent, for example when you have chosen to link an account with our Services with a social media network like Facebook or Google.
Changing Your Account Settings
You may add, update or delete information through your user account settings, which limits the ability of other users to see the information in your user profile. The information you can view, update, or delete may be different depending on which area of the Services you are using and may also change as the Services change.
If you have any trouble accessing, correcting or deleting any of your information, or would like to make a request about whether GRATITUDE METHOD holds any of your Personal Information, please contact us at firstname.lastname@example.com and we will respond to your request within a reasonable timeframe.
You can usually instruct your browser by changing its settings to stop accepting Cookies or to prompt you before accepting a Cookie from our websites that you visit. If you choose to disable Cookies, you may not be able to use all portions of the Services or all functionality of the Services. For more details on opting out of tracking for advertising purposes, go to our Cookie Consent Tool by clicking on the button in the lower right corner of your screen labelled "Cookie Consent".
Precise Location Data
You may opt out of having your Precise Location Data collected us at any time by editing the appropriate setting on your mobile device (which is usually located in the Settings area of your device).
Newsletter and Email Subscriptions
If you do not want to receive email or other mail from us, please indicate your preference by changing your account settings, contacting us at firstname.lastname@example.com, or by clicking the "unsubscribe" link in an email we send to you.
Deactivating Your Account
You can always choose not to disclose information to us or delete information, but keep in mind some information may be needed to register with us or to take advantage of some of our special features. You may request deactivation of your account by contacting us at firstname.lastname@example.com.
De-linking Your Account
In order to de-link your GRATITUDE METHOD account from an account on another service such as a social media account, you must adjust your account settings with the third -party application. For example, if you want to de-link your Facebook account with GRATITUDE METHOD, you must de-link your accounts in both your GRATITUDE METHOD account settings and in your Facebook application settings.
Push Notifications
You may adjust the "Settings" on your mobile device to disable push notifications for any of our mobile applications for which you would like to stop receiving such notifications. You may adjust the "Notification" settings usually found in your browser "Preferences" or "Settings" to block or remove certain browser-based push notifications.
Text Messages
If you no longer wish to receive text messages from any of our text message services (such as our Members Club Service), you can reply "STOP" to any text message sent by us through such Service. For our Members Club Service, if you have a GRATITUDE METHOD account linked to the phone number you provided for the Members Club Service, you can also visit the "Account Settings" page in your Member account and change the Members Club Phone Number settings from "on" to "off."
California Residents
In accordance with the California Online Privacy Protection Act (see California Civil Code Sections 1798.83-1798.84), California residents are entitled to ask us for a notice identifying the categories of personal information that we share with our affiliates and/or third parties for marketing purposes and providing contact information for such affiliates and/or third parties. If you are a California resident and wish to make such a request, please submit your request in writing to email@example.com.
Do Not Track
We currently do not participate in any "Do Not Track" frameworks that would allow us to respond to signals or other mechanisms from you regarding the collection of your information. We may engage third parties, such as marketing or analytics partners, who may collect information about your online activities over time and across different websites when you use our website.
We use commercially reasonable safeguards to preserve the integrity and security of information collected and maintained through our Services. However, we cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you provide to us or guarantee that information on the Service may not be accessed, disclosed, altered, or destroyed by unauthorized persons or hardware or software failure. You are ultimately responsible for the security of your email address and password.
The Services are not directed to children under 18, and we do not knowingly collect or solicit personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 18. If you are under 18, please do not attempt to register for the Services or send any information about yourself to us. If a parent or guardian becomes aware that their child has provided us with Personal Information without their consent, please contact us at firstname.lastname@example.com.
International Transfer
Your User Information may be transferred to and maintained on computers located outside of your state, province, country or other governmental jurisdiction where the privacy laws may not be as protective as those in your jurisdiction. If you are located outside the United States and choose to provide information to us, GRATITUDE METHOD transfers personal information to the United States and processes it there. By submitting such information, you consent to that transfer.
Data Retention
The time period for which we keep information varies according to the information's use. In some cases, there are legal requirements to keep data for a minimum period. Unless there is a specific legal requirement for us to keep the information, we plan to retain it for no longer than is necessary to fulfill a legitimate business need.
If you have any questions or concerns regarding this Privacy Policy, please send us a detailed message to email@example.com. We can also be contacted at the following address:


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Hello Beautiful Friends, I recently received the first of what I assume will be many holiday inspired catalogs at our household. A Slight panic ensued. (Deep breath) While I realize we haven't even dealt with the leftover Halloween candy yet, I can also still see the 4th of July in the rearview mirror. Point being, time...Read More


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Below is the original "ABOUT ME" page from Ebay for Programmer1971 - which was not available after the improvements to the user profile pages on Ebay which started in June 2014. Recently it has been updated somewhat to keep more current.
About Me - Programmer1971
I am a confirmed computer dinosaur and electronics hacker - At least in a good sense of the term. Many years back a "hacker" was the person who could build and modify things - putting stuff together from odd parts. Today most folks think of computer criminals when you say "hacker" - the guy who steals your data or worse so I have to be careful with the term these days. See one of my favorite sites, OLDHACKERS.COM for more information if you are interested in old or new computer hardware, old computers, new gadgets and just plain old worrying folks by opening and digging into your electronics.
As a young lad I became interested in many types of science and mostly electronics. I started building electronic kits in the early 1960s and built many over the years since. These ranged from older tube-type shortwave receivers with point to point wiring (no circuit boards) to tiny microprocessor based test gear that fits in the palm of your hand. I still today enjoy putting together such kits but they are harder to find since Heathkit dropped out.
In the last almost 50 years most of my jobs have been related to electronics and/or computing. From two way radio and broadcasting work to some fairly neat homebrew telemetry systems on high pressure CO2 pipelines, I have worked on electronics 1692 feet above ground and 1100 feet under ground. These days I still do a little design and interfacing work from time to time but mostly do computer support, repairs, upgrades, networking, websites and programming work as a hobby since retiring in 2015.
I first started programming and working with microcomputers and mini-mainframes in the spring of 1971 - and one of my first email addresses was Programmer1971 to refer to that and those days of coding on paper, punching cards and running programs from the cards. So I picked that for my ebay user name also in 2003 when I started ebaying. I started doing websites over 25 years ago and have a few that I tinker with yet today such as PCFIXES.NET and many more. Truly a jack of many trades, and likely not so much a master of any one of them. They all grow and change too fast these days. Yet after over 55 years of "playing" with such fun gadgets I still enjoy working with all this, and trying to keep up as best I can.
I like to think my strongest point is my realworld knowledge learned from the diversity of my interests and experiences.
Often when you buy something from me here on eBay it may be accompanied with a story - especially some of the vintage computing items I have been selling lately. A few of them end up with their own page on one of my websites. I had held onto some items for my idea of a museum, but in thinning down the collection, decided a few pictures take far less space and someone else might want them for their collection.
I am happily married and have been for over 39 years, and have 5 grown children that are each very special in so many ways. I count my true wealth in them and my wife. My hobbies include music (still more rock than country), reading sci-fi and used to spend time keeping the family dogs from conquering the world. (they were Goldens - if you have one you will understand)
I have been collecting computer and electronics junk for as long as I could drag it around behind me, and may sell some of it here. I sometimes "part-out" a computer or laptop that was not practical to repair - so that someone else can benefit from the parts. I do take questions and will try to be helpful to those seeking help - as I still believe in limited old fashioned free advice.
I believe eBay is a virtual community and enjoy being a citizen of it, Its easy to spend too much time here seeing what is "on the block".