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Hastings Grain Inspection/
Hastings Grain Inspection is a proud family owned and operated official agency. The agency was founded in 1947 by George Ripley. A young Ted Hoelck lived next door to George and began working at the agency. A special bond grew between George and Ted. The bond became stronger when George's son was killed in the Korean War. In 1959, Ted Hoelck purchased the agency from George. Today, Ted's son Greg is the Agency Manager and operates the Hastings office, and Ted's daughter, Ann manages the Grand Island office. Ted has not lost his passion for the business and comes into the office regularly to see how things are going.
Ted always believed that you must be proud of your work, and make sure everyone knows that. AAGIWA owes its beginnings 66 years ago to Ted Hoelck and a few other visionaries that decided the official agencies needed an association to speak for them to both the government and the grain industry. When the inspection system was under attack in the late 70s, Ted went to Washington and testified before Congress as they rewrote the United States Grain Standards Act.
Hastings territory includes central and western Nebraska. The agency provides rail inspections of corn, soybeans, Hard Red Winter Wheat, and some sorghum at 20 on-site loading facilities. Nineteen full-time employees provide service throughout the territory. Greg and Ann credit the Hastings employees for the company's success.
All Hastings' employees are inspectors, because, as Greg and Ann know you can never predict when, where, and how many inspectors will be needed in shuttle train loading country. The dedication of Hastings' employees is evident by their longevity. Three employees have been with the company for 43 or more years. One reason for this commitment is that the management at Hastings realizes that employees are people with lives outside of work, and when employees have church or kids sporting activities to attend, everything that can be done, is done, so they can attend.
Greg and Ann also attribute the agency's success to their ability to adapt to the ever changing grain industry. Ten years ago when the ethanol boom took much of the corn out of the traditional marketing stream, and shuttle loading facilities became the norm, Hastings continued to provide inspection services with the highest integrity and customer service. Integrity, service, and reminding customers the value of official inspection have always been Ted Hoelck's mantra. Greg and Ann continue that philosophy and the business has remained solid. They see nothing but a bright future ahead. Greg believes the greatest challenge will be to accommodate all the future requests for service with the current staff.
Greg and Ann both find that the excitement of operating an official agency is handling the day to day unpredictability. No matter how much effort is done to avoid surprises, there is always a train stalled somewhere, an additional inspector needed someplace, or an unexpected train arriving. Greg says "at the end of the day you may not get a thank you, but you are proud of what you did that day to facilitate the marketing of grain, and that is enough".
Meeting the changing grain industry challenges and improving on past practices has always made Hastings successful. Hastings was one of the first agencies to test and work with cameras to perform railcar stowage examinations. At Hastings Grain Inspection they never close the door on a challenge and will always continue to look for and implement improved ways to perform service.


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About Nicole De Falco
Founder and Principal Consultant at Write Influence, Nicole De Falco is a trusted resource and advisor for learning organizations, marketing departments and business owners. Her areas of expertise are the development and delivery of instructor-led training, organizational change management consulting, as well as business writing.
Throughout her career, Nicole has been involved in all aspects of performance improvement consulting including sales, marketing, training development and delivery. She has led an instructional design department and been a Vice President on the executive team of an international sales consultancy.
Nicole graduated from Northwestern University with a Bachelor of Science in Speech and earned her MBA from the University of Chicago's Booth School of Business.
Connect with Nicole on via email, Twitter or LinkedIn! She would love to hear from you!
Additional Accolades
- Listed as one of the Top 150 Management and Leadership blogs on Noop.NL
- Listed as one of Top 25 Leadership bloggers by Young Upstarts.com
- Received Contribution to Learning Excellence Award from Lake Forest Graduate School of Management

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text: A small thing, but would fix a minor issue that can be annoying - In the form Designer's Menu Editor, it would be nice if the focus moved to the new item when adding an entry, instead of remaining on the original node. When adding a number of menu items it is very easy to type the name and text into the wrong one. (especially when not paying proper attention - fingers and brain are not always well connected!!) Geoff.


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The character profiles is a tool for the creation of a shared knowledge about the service users inside the team.
In order to build these character profiles it's required the identification of some significant fictitious characters and then the collecting of an image and a textual description for each one of them.
The character profiles offer a clear and visible picture of the different kinds of users that are the centre of the design activities.
In the first phase of the workshop V-tail, the students were asked to explore some specific retail experiences. They spent some time inside the selected shops, observing the users and their attitudes in order to identify significant character profiles.
Some empty profiles were given them as tool for supporting the analysis.
The students could characterize the appearance of these profiles by adding hand-drawn details and chose their fictitious names in order to point out the most interesting feature of each character. They finally had to specify what kind of physical objects these characters use to interact with inside the shops and what kind of objects they use to bring with themselves.
All these aspects allowed getting a synthetic picture of each character profile and to immediately get some opportunities related to their behaviours, attitudes and peculiarities.
Character profiles have been prepared for the workshop as a start and client reference point: four fictional characters have been created to represent target stereotypes for the new business support service.
Those character profiles helped setting a framework for the kind of people that should be addressed through the new service. They also provided the possibility to check insights, ideas, criteria and concepts against the profile by asking probing questions such as "What would Norman think about that?".
Each profile consisted of a big image of the character itself with the indication of the name and a description of the person and the business he is working on through very basic information.


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GMYC Transitions Leadership
September 14, 2016
My Dear Friends,
I am very excited to begin our 20th season of singing! We have a wonderful year in store, with our 20th Anniversary Concert and Alumni Celebration coming in May, 2017. We have, at this writing, 56 singers in the Peterborough choirs and 47 singers in the Keene choirs. Both Esther and I are still auditioning for all of them.
I want to take this opportunity to thank each one of my singers and their families for choosing to sing with me year after year. You are the reason I love my work so much!
And now, I would like to share my plans with you. At the 20th Anniversary Concert on May 21st, 2017, I will be stepping down as the Artistic Director of GMYC. Esther Rhoades, my assistant, will be assuming the role. I will continue to direct the Cecilia Ensemble for the 2017-2018 season, and we will tour the Czech Republic! Esther is planning on traveling with us so she can learn the ropes. After our tour, and the 2018 Spring Concert, I will step away completely and Esther will have full directorship.
I have absolute confidence in Esther as a director, as a musician, and as a role model for all my singers. She has the energy, the dedication, the musicianship, and the joie de vivre that is necessary for success.
You may have questions or concerns. I would be very happy to schedule a time to talk individually. Just let me know.
With much love,
Maria Belva
Maria is the Director of the Cecilia Ensemble


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Road to Canadian Nationals - Bod Pod and FIT3D Testing
There is a lot of info in the video so make sure to watch it for all the details. The short version is I tested at 7.6% using the Bod Pod which was a bit higher than I was expecting since I feel as lean if not leaner then I have been in past competitions. At the end of the day the Bod Pod is just a machine that spits out a number you can use to help you track your progress but it does not indicate what you look like in real life or how you present yourself on stage. That is what is ultimately the most important!
Comparing last year's FIT3D to this year's FIT3D results at 3 days out from the Canadian Nationals, it kind of looks like I have brought up my upper body just a bit and may be heading into this year's Nationals a little bit leaner and more conditioned. Again checkout the video for more info and a look at my FIT3D Animated Avatar that I had done at the Tsawwassen Springs Health Club.


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Dennis Butts is a managing director in Navigant's strategic healthcare transformation practice and a leader within the clinical integration team. He specializes in designing and developing clinically integrated networks, physician alignment strategies, system-wide strategic plans, ambulatory market solutions, and service line plans.
Navigant's unique culture is built on expertise and implementation."
For Dennis, each day brings a new challenge externally with his clients and internally within the practice.
Externally, Dennis helps clients navigate through their most difficult business issues. He works hand-in-hand with senior leadership teams at Navigant to develop new strategies to make the transition from the current volume-driven model to a new model where healthcare providers are rewarded for the value of services they provide. Dennis oversees the project work to make sure it meets client objectives and budget requirements, communicates findings to senior leadership teams in status update meetings and larger forums to gain buy-in, and develops relationships with key decision-makers to ensure that Navigant is well positioned to serve as a trusted advisor on an ongoing basis.
Internally, Dennis serves on the leadership team of the strategy healthcare transformation practice where he works with the team's co-leaders to develop go-to-market strategies and the firm's most important asset – our people. Dennis serves as an evaluator and mentor to several junior team members to ensure that they maximize their potential and are afforded career development opportunities.
Dennis is motivated to break down complex problems and he finds personal satisfaction in seeing the positive impact on peoples' lives. He describes the work at Navigant as "inspiring" because it goes beyond business solutions and has an impact in so many individuals' quality of care.
His role helps health systems move from a model that rewards volume of health services, to one that centers on the value of how healthcare is delivered.
According to Dennis, Navigant offers professionals the opportunity to adopt a "major" and focus on an area that's of particular interest to them. He appreciates Navigant's well-rounded structure, which allows professionals to diversify their skills by adopting a "minor" to learn about other areas of focus within healthcare.
He says the culture is built on expertise and implementation. The caliber of knowledge Navigant's professionals bring to clients is unique and, according to Dennis, the firm's ability to implement strategies and bring plans to life is a key differentiating factor.


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Lin-Manuel Miranda / Twenty One Pilots, S42-E2
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Commissioned by Music In The Loft and the PianoForte Foundation
The last piece of music I wrote as a graduate composition student was a piano trio entitled Fractures of Elysium. Completed in June of 2003, the piece went on to receive two performances that same summer, one at the Norfolk Contemporary Music Workshop in Norfolk, CT, and the other at the Wellesley Composers Conference in Wellesley, MA--each of which would represent the last two summer fellowship programs I would attend as a student participant. That work exhibited features that had been a hallmark of my voice, coalescing over the previous several years: blistering tempi, percussive rhythmic stabs and accents, abundant meter changes, and a thorny, extended tertian harmonic palette relieved at times by an unapologetic tonal lyricism (my history as a singer was never too far away). The lyrical moments--the glimpses of "Elysium" scattered throughout--were fractured by the terser, rawer, energetic textures. The opposing sections were proportionally set apart from one another by units of time derived from the Fibonacci sequence, resulting in an exponential acceleration and expansion of the Elysian, tonal moments.
The current work, Elysium Remembered, is my homage to that older piece, and what the time of its conception meant to me both professionally and personally. Like its older predecessor, Elysium Remembered features two principal opposing textures: metric asymmetry, brisk tempi, vigorous, percussive gestures and gentle placidity. The alternation between sections accelerates exponentially toward its broad, lyrical latter-half, but not through the Fibonacci sequence. Rather, respective sectional lengths are taken from the proportionality of relative amplitudes of the harmonic partials on an open A cello string. The distances between opposing forces squeezes into a culminating arrival, finally melting into its own, dramatic Elysium.


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2015 marks the 40th Anniversary of Forever New's original granular fabric care wash. In the past 40 years the company has grown from one product to a full line of high end laundry products. Last year they hired Finishline Creative Group to help them create an overall branded look and work on extending their core line of products. After months of work we have helped to come up with a branded look for the entire line that, while updated, still holds true to the 40 years of quality and heritage of the brand.
Founded in 1973 in Bloomington Minnesota, this small family owned business was first "blended" and developed in a small kitchen and grew to become a registered trademark- Forever New International – by 1975.


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Mistika Review is an incredibly easy-to-use software solution that enables reliable real-time playback and review of VFX shots or clips, supporting many native file types, resolutions, frame rates and color spaces. This facilitates efficient and optimized
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Relationship Violence: Introduction
Sadly, there has always been violence in relationships. But we are becoming increasingly aware of a cultural shift whereby young people see this violence as normal – not something that is shocking.
As a direct result of this normalisation, many young people are not reporting the crimes committed against them, they do not seek help or support and do not try to leave the abuser.
When and why did this shift occur? How do we counter it? What is the role of on-line pornography in generating this violence and how do we show young people that relationships, especially sexual ones, should never include violence?


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Work's been a bit demanding lately, so much so that I can't say I really had a Thanksgiving break (although the food was spectacular). My fumes ran out a couple of hours ago, so I'm not running on anything but inertia right now. That's all my long way of saying I'll be keeping it short tonight.
I recently read Alan Lightman's novel Einstein's Dreams, which is the lightest reading I'm ever likely to do on the subject of the theory of relativity. It's a tiny thing, easily read in an hour or so. Each chapter describes a dream in which time behaves differently than how we perceive, highlighting how that world would be different than our own. These dreams are the dreams Einstein has as he completes his theory of special relativity.
The reviews on Goodreads are wildly mixed between people who love it and people who find the central conceit twee. In that sense it's sort of the Jonathan Livingston Seagull of physics. It works for me because I can't resist a book filled with so many "what ifs?" I can't help but think it's custom made for discussion groups, reading a single chapter, and then discussion the implications of that particular world. It'd be a great jumping off point for creative writing classes as well, as each chapter is a ready-made prompt.
Next up is J.G. Ballard's penultimate novel Millenium People. I haven't heard much about this one, but I love Ballard and it was on the discount shelf at the bookstore, so I was never going to pass it up. I get the impression it's not considered one of his best (the discount shelf was my first clue), but lesser Ballard is still a treat. Here's a sample, a conversation between an English couple about to fly to Orlando for a conference:
'It's having to shake hands with Mickey Mouse that drives me up the wall. Americans love these Disney hotels.'
'Don't be mean. They remind them of their childhoods.'
'Childhoods they didn't actually have. What about the rest of us--whey do we have to be reminded of American childhoods?'
'That's the modern world in a nutshell.'
So, lesser or not, I think I'm going to enjoy this.
P.S. Because the days are getting shorter and greyer, I'm feeling very sentimental these days. I've rediscovered the joy of using snippets of song lyrics for titles for my posts. It's something I used to do on LiveJournal and we've reached the point where LiveJournal is something one can feel sentimental about.
Come to think of it, references to song lyrics pack a lot of memetic information into a small package. There's the literal meaning of the words, the meaning of the song they're references, the time, the place, the scene, and even the specific band referenced can shade the meaning. It still feels very high school to use lyrics this way, but I can live with that.


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Held on the third full weekends of May, July, and October, the 18th Century Colonial Market Fair is a favorite among regular and first-time visitors alike. Visitors come from across the country and around the globe to sample the foods and merchandise of the Market Fair. Hours: 11:00am to 4:30pm
In the summer, sit in the shade and savor roast chicken and spicy sausages, enjoy dancing and singing with the fiddler, test your water color and writing skills with Mr. Andrews at the Stationer. Muster with the militia and re-outfit your home in furniture from the Cabinet Maker. Only at Market Fair can you catch up on the latest news from the frontier and trade stories while enjoying local ale and porter at the Tavern. Try hands-on crafts such as spinning and dyeing, and shop for goods from the finest merchants in the Colonies.
Silhouettes By Hand presents visitors with the opportunity to sit for their own silhouette, much in the manner as people would have sat in the Colonial era 1770s America. Taking just a few moments, within minutes, only scissors have unveiled an astounding likeness made just from paper - without throwing any shadows or drawing in advance.


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Unless your business has less than ten employees, it's pretty unlikely that you don't have at least one problem employee. Their problematic behavior can range from being consistently a few minutes late to actually disrupting the flow of your business. In a perfect world, these problem employees wouldn't exist in the workplace and productivity would be at its max. However, it's unreasonable to simply fire any employee who causes you problems. For one, your turnover rate would be through the roof. Furthermore, it's important to acknowledge that these offenses your problem employees are committing may not always be character flaws on their part, but rather a lack of preparation on your company's part. Below you'll find ways to identify your problem employees and adjust their behavior.
Identify the Problem
As discussed above, the definition of a problematic employee can vary widely. Some are easy to identify, such as highly negative employees or those with a high number of unexcused absences, while others might be a little more subtle. The best way to identify which of your employees are problematic is by first identifying what departments aren't performing at 100% and evaluating the employees within that unit. Additionally, keeping a good rapport with your managers and supervisors will give you a good insight into how their employees are doing (assuming none of your supervisors are the problem employees, of course.) Once you've successfully identified your problem employee(s) you can begin implementing steps to solve the issue.
Manage the Risk
These tips are intended for employees who you feel are an asset to your company in some ways, but need to work on certain aspects of their performance in others. It does not mean that you shouldn't fire any employee, for any reason, ever. Rather you want to make sure it's worth putting the time and effort into adjusting their behavior, or if it will all be for naught. Use your best judgment when deciding if you should help an employee improve or if there is no hope and it's time to let them go.
Attendance Policy
Most companies have an attendance policy of some sort in place, but if your problem employee is having difficulty complying with these guidelines, revisit the policy at your next company-wide meeting. Let your team know you'll be cracking down on attendance, and be sure to follow through. You might have a sales employee who does really well closing deals, but shows up for work thirty minutes late every day. They know they're valuable so they don't believe they'll get disciplined. However, this can be a bad influence on your new employees. Everybody should be treated equally, regardless of whether they have "paid their dues" or not.
Performance Reviews
You should already be holding regular performance reviews with your department, but if you're finding there are problem employees popping up more frequently, it's possible you'll have to reevaluate how they're conducted. Both supervisor and employee should walk away from a review with an idea of how they can improve and have a specific plan to set in motion. Don't let your performance reviews be an excuse to tell the employee everything they're doing wrong. Instead, create a dialogue and see if there is something you might be doing that is causing your employee to be problematic.
Disciplinary Process
Polish your disciplinary process so it's clear and concise. This leaves no room for interpretation for your employees, so they will know exactly how many offenses they can commit before they are let go. Keep in mind that your employee should have a complete understanding of why they are being disciplined and what they need to do to improve. If you sit down to fire an employee, ultimately they should have an idea that it's coming. If not, you definitely want to reevaluate your disciplinary process and see where the confusion arose.
Supervisor Training
Often times the reason problem employees go so long without their actions being addressed is because their supervisors either don't identify them as the problem or they don't take steps to correct poor behavior the moment it starts to occur. Have your supervisors undergo special training that will prepare them for dealing with problem employees and you should see a drastic improvement. If your supervisors aren't comfortable addressing employees directly, then maybe being a supervisor isn't right for them. After all, you shouldn't be expected to deal with every individual that isn't performing at 100%, and have to be comfortable having these difficult conversations.
Stay tuned for a blog next week that covers what your company can do to be proactive and prevent cultivating problem employees.


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Welcome! I'm Angie, a preschool teacher in Western NY. I've been working in early childhood education for 19 years. I hold a Bachelor of Science in Program Administration and an Associate in Applied Science Child Care. I'm a member of The National Association For The Education of Young Children(NAEYC). Currently I'm serving on the board for my local AEYC chapter's Week Of The Young Child celebration. My work with and for young children keeps me young at heart.♡
I hope you enjoy the time you spend here. You're welcome to browse around and find something fun you can do with your kids. Child care teachers will find relevant material for many themes and developmental domains. There are patterns for crafts and art projects at Printables!


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Majestic relics of the Khmer kingdom's civilization, in the form of countless stone temples and hydraulic systems (such as canals, dykes and reservoirs), spread across some 400 sq km of Cambodia's northern, Siem Reap, province. These monuments are remnants of a glorious past, and the immense Khmer empire that stretched over much of the South East Asian peninsula, from Myanmar to Vietnam.
It was Jayavarman II who unified the two states that covered modern day Cambodia in the 9th century, and lay the foundations for the Khmer empire which would be the major power of South East Asia for the next five centuries.
Angkor became a World Heritage site in 1992, at the same time that it was also acknowledged as a World Heritage in Danger, after a destructive period of pillaging, illegal excavations and land mines. UNESCO launched an international restoration campaign in 1993, and in 2004, within ten years, it had been removed from this endangered sites list.
The jungle surrounding Angkor is essentially a store of archeological remains, and in some cases the jungle has taken claim over the stone structures, making them seem far more ancient than they are, and incredibly magical to wander through and get lost in.
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Banteay Srey
In 1923, Banteay Srey was looted by a bankrupt, French writer and Asian art connoisseur called Andre Malraux. With his wife and friend, he masqueraded as an official archeologist and stole sections of the temple's, now renowned, bas reliefs. After this, attention was given to the temple, and a clearing campaign begun.
The largely red sandstone, and highly decorated, temple was built in the 10th century by a courtier and counselor to King Rajendravarman II. The temple is dedicated to Lord Shiva, and the name itself means 'citadel of the women', perhaps because of the small proportions of the structure and the highly detailed and refined embellishments carved into the stone. The other, less romantic, theory of the name's origin is that there had been a phonetic transformation over time from Banteay Sri (meaning 'auspicious city') to Banteay Srey ('city of women').
That the current name acknowledges the decorative features of the temple is not an inappropriate situation. The minute and highly ornamented details are staggeringly elegant, and that the skill of the artisans has been salvaged, with their images still etched and furrowed into the pink and yellow tinged stone, is such a fortune.
Angkor Wat
Angkor Wat: 'city of temples', the centrepiece and heart of Angkor, source of national pride, image on the Cambodian flag and 'eighth wonder of the world'.
The largest religious building in the world was made by King Suryavarman II in the early 12th century and dedicated to Lord Vishnu. The 19th century French naturalist and explorer, Henri Mouhot, wrote that Angkor Wat was "erected by some ancient Michelangelo" and, in true romantic fashion, added that it "is grander than anything left to us by Greece and Rome." He interestingly misdated the structure to the same era as ancient Rome, probably because it had lay somewhat neglected since the 16th century, and to this day has a sense of being more ancient than it is.
The scale of Angkor Wat is staggering, with an outer wall measuring 1024m by 802m and the moat surrounding the temple grounds is 190m wide. It is this same enormous moat that has helped preserve Angkor throughout its years of relative neglect, as it prevented the jungle encroaching upon the temple too extensively.
Architecturally, the temple is symbolic of Mount Meru, which is the home of the gods in Hinduism. This 'temple mountain' was the dominant scheme for Angkorian temple architecture, and it was a style influenced by the temple design of the Indian subcontinent. The five central, pyramidal towers represent the five peaks of the mountain, the walls around the sanctuary symbolise the mountain ranges and the moat stands for the ocean.
Decoratively, Angkor is considerably more conservative and depictions comparatively static to other temples at Angkor, but the utterly mindblowing scale of the structure, the immense and impenetrable series of walls, the grand moat and expansive greenspace, probably best experienced from a distance, is astounding.
Angkor Thom and Bayon
Probably one of the most dominant figureheads of the Khmer empire's history is Jayavarman VII, unusual for being a Buddhist rather than a Hindu king. This king is known for his defeat over the Chams (who sacked the Khmers in 1177), his compassionate reign as the 'Buddharaja' ('Buddha King'), and a number of incredibly impressive and deservedly popular temples, namely the city of Angkor Thom with Bayon, Ta Phrom and Preah Khan.
Angkor Thom is a massive complex of temples that served as the centre of Jayavarman's capital, and at its centre is the famous Bayon. Bayon is best known for its multitude of stone faces, 216 of them, positioned all around the temple and gazing out in different directions, in some cases toward the jungle, and in some cases toward visitors. It has been concluded by some that the faces are representations of Jayavarman himself, and by others that they represent the bodhisattva of compassion, but the conflation of these two representations suits the mythology around Jayavarman as the compassionate 'Buddha King'. The faces are both haunting and intriguing, and sometimes seem coy, cheeky, peaceful and aloof. But whichever way you are inclined to read the faces, they are undoubtedly stirring and curious.
Ta Phrom
Ta Phrom is known as the Tomb Raider temple, though actually the film was shot in a multitude of spots around Angkor. The temple has rather eerie qualities, and is perhaps most notable for the massive tree growing out of the temple's centre, with its roots enveloping the stones as if it were a python squeezing its prey. The temple has been left half swallowed by the jungle, but interestingly been given infrastructural supports to keep it from vanishing entirely and maintain the 'picturesque' appearance of neglect.
Baphuon and Preah Khan
Whilst these photographs show an Angkor that's largely devoid of people, we feel it necessary to warn any would-be Angkor visitors that this is one of the most famous and visited places in the world. The few images below give a more accurate representation of the amount of fellow tourists you will have to wade through during your visit.
So how do you get a photo with no one in it then? You wait..... and wait. Below is an example of the longest we waited for an image, about 7 minutes from framing to (finally) getting a break in the crowd.
But don't let the crowds scare you off. The temples of Angkor are as monumental as historic sites get, demanding on your stamina but just as rewarding because of that. Each temple would be a centrepiece were it placed on its own, and allowing yourself time to enjoy each structure is important, not only for your own enjoyment, but also to ensure you appreciate that these marvels have been salvaged for the world to treasure.


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Curated by Rebecca Byrne and Liz Elton
Griffin Gallery is delighted to present the group exhibition Pool, exploring the expanded field of painting via the device of a constructed landscape, a garden, with works brought together as an immersive experience. Thirteen artists, all of whom work in and around painting, have been asked to make work that alludes to this theme. As the show has developed, new connections between the works have become apparent, and aims have altered and shifted. The construct of a garden has acted as a frame in itself, with ideas embedded in individual pieces moving in and outside its own boundaries.
Embracing the openness and inclusivity that is implied by the expanded field, Pool includes framed 2D pieces, moving out into sculptural work, video and performance. Works that are hung on the wall discuss space; interior space, the spatial language of painting,the space outside the painting as paint pools and sits on the surface of its support.Continuing to move beyond the frame, time is embedded in many of the works, the deep time of geological formations, the contemplative time of walking, the present time of performance, and future time in work that will decompose, to be shown again in a new form.
Viewers are encouraged to engage with the show directly through deckchairs that can be moved around the space, and a bench for conversation. A performance will happen during the show, unannounced, working with and around the works, possibly undocumented, probably leaving no trace. A path leads to a door in the wall, offering a glimpse of a flickering pool, and the process of washing pigment is shown in a swirling film, suggesting the endless possibilities of painting.
About the artists
Rebecca Byrne explores interiority and the psychological impact of space in her paintings. In particular, her interest lies in the spaces that people inhabit, the traces left behind in abandoned spaces and thresholds into fantastical places that cannot exist. Recent exhibitions include 'The Poor Door', A-Side B-Side Gallery, London (2015), 'The Red Files', Schwartz Gallery, London (2015) and 'Art Athina' with Lubomirov-Easton Gallery, Athens (2015). Byrne is also beginning a Supported Residency at The Bothy Project in 2016.
Ian Davenport is famous for his abstract paintings, which are executed by letting paint pour over canvases, boards and aluminium panels, tilted so that the final composition is determined in an interaction between gravity and the paint's viscosity. He has shown extensively worldwide including: Galerie Hopkins, Paris; GalerieSlewe, Amsterdam; Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York; Hakgojae Gallery, Seoul, Korea andDan Galeria, São Paulo.
Lee Edwards works in a scrupulously detailed manner across various different mediums; his practice is frequently engaged with personal subject matter. Recent shows include solo exhibitions at GimpelFils (2008) and Domobaal (2011, 2016), and Lee has also curated a number of exhibitions. He has been featured in several publications including Time Out, Elle and Saatchi's Art and Music Magazine. Lee is represented by Domobaal.
Liz Elton brings gestural painting together with landscape, exposing her paintings to the environment. Documentation serves as work, remnants are reused, and compostable paintings look towards their future destruction. Recent shows include 'EnPlein Air', Mecklenburgh Square; 'Art Athina' with Lubomirov-Easton; 'Continuum of Ceaseless Change', A.P.T. and 'The John Moores Painting Prize', Walker Art Gallery. 'Atmosphere' was screened at the Gate Cinema, Notting Hill, following a showing of 'Mr. Turner'.
Sarah Jones's work draws on legacies of minimalism and literal theatricality, embracing and ramping this up as a part of picture making. Recent exhibitions and performances include Studio Hollybush Gardens, 'hmn edition 1', 'Summer Rising' IMMA Dublin and 'Spoken Weird' at Whitechapel Gallery. Jones completed her PhD in Painting at the Royal College of Art and is Resident in Critical Practice at the Royal Academy Schools 2014/2016. Jones has no website.
Rob Leech describes his practice in the context of a sensory experience;"When you go to an Indian Restaurant there is always a dish that comes out still sizzling. I want that dish, and I don't want the sizzling to stop."Recent exhibitions include 'Painting in Time', The TETLEY, Leeds; 'Apocalyptic Future Games', No Format, London and 'Altered Terrain', Associated Gallery, Brooklyn, New York. Leech is also the Director and Curator at FORT, London.
Juliette Losq makes work concerned with the detritus of an almost forgotten past with which our daily experience is littered. Drawn installations, employing shifts in scale and imagery, evoke the chaotic nature of marginal spaces, conjuring a sense of whimsical curiosity that invites the viewer to explore them. Selected group exhibitions and awards include: 'John Moores Painting Prize', Finalist and Visitor's Choice Award (2014); 'Complicit, Coates and Scarry' at Gallery 8, London (2015); 'Ghosts', FAS Contemporary, London (2015) and Jerwood Drawing Prize (2015).
Vanessa Maurice-Williams' work concerns wayfinding through large-scale installations that concentrate on the threshold/the portal. The scale is of fundamental importance - immense and comical, the works loom above the viewer, fighting for their attention. Recent exhibitions include: 'Socially Engineered Machine', The Control Room, Bristol and 'Midden', VulpesVulpes, London. Maurice-Williams was shortlisted for the Derek Hill at the British School at Rome and Bloomberg New Contemporaries (2014).
Sam Mould is a landscape artist whose practice occurs through a translation of physical time-based actions. Cartography of location, place and time emerges through different mediums as a way of being in and moving through and connecting with site, memory and landscape. Recent exhibitions include A.P.T. Gallery (2014) and The Jerwood Drawing Prize (2012). Mould also writes for PaintUnion and had a residency with The Bothy Project (2014).
OnyaMcCausland's work explores underlying, often overlooked or hidden histories and narratives between geological materials and humans. Her new earthwork Charcoal Measure 2016can now be seen in the Forest of Dean Sculpture Trail. Recent exhibitions/projects have been supported by Newlyn Gallery (2009), Kettle's Yard (2010), the Delfina Foundation (2012), and Camden Arts Centre (2014). She is currently showing new prints at the Royal Academy, and is completing a PhD at the Slade UCL in 2016.
Selma Parlour's paintings are meticulously rendered through soft films of transparent oil on linen so that imagery looks drawn or printed. Central to her invented vocabulary are: the frame, flatness, surface, bands and units of isolated colour and trompe l'oeil illusion. Recent exhibitions include a solo show 'Paradoxes of the Flattened-out Cavity', DioHoria, Mykonos, Greece (2015), as well as 'Selma Parlour & Yelena Popova', Horton Gallery, New York (2012) and'The Creative Cities Collection', The Barbican, London (2012).
Kes Richardson makes paintings in a range of ways employing a growing resource of reoccurring motifs and visual languages. Currently, discarded paintings have become fodder for new works with an interest in the physicality of the medium and its construction together with the use of visual game-play, puns and structures. Recent exhibitions include 'Demolition Derby' at FOLD, London, 'P' at Horatio Junior, London and 'Garten a.V.' at Frontviews Temporary, Berlin. Richardson is represented by FOLD.
Sarah Kate Wilson makes paintings that continue to evolve as they exit the studio. These works are kept alive by presenting them as events, through the use of ephemeral materials, by directing others via instructions to interact with them and by working with performers. Recent solo exhibitions include 'Iris', BALTIC 39, Newcastle and 'Projected Paintings' at Armory Center for the Arts in Pasadena, California. Group exhibitions include 'Painting in Time' (2014), which she co-curated at The TETLEY, Leeds.
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Client objectives were to accommodate a growing middle-school population with the design and construction of two new middle schools. For the purpose of economy, twin schools were designed as mirror images of each other to be constructed at totally different sites. Both schools were designed to accommodate 750 pupils and constructed at the same time.
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Offers over £387,750 - Mortgage funding available
A Fantastic Family Home in a Popular Residential Area
Property Description
Situated in a popular residential area within a quiet cul-de-sac location in Kintore is this exceptionally spacious 5-bedroom detached dwelling, designed and built to a high specification and traditional quality, and providing superb family accommodation, occupying a plot of about 0.3 acres. The property boasts many appealing features including attractive decor, superior stylish fittings and furnishings and the extensive use of natural wood, and utilises gas central heating throughout and full double glazing. This generously-proportioned property offers ample living accommodation over two floors and would make a delightful and practical home for a large family, or an extended family group. Early viewing is highly recommended to fully appreciate the high standard and the spaciousness of accommodation on offer.
The accommodation is entered through a spacious and welcoming hallway which has been finished in neutral tones and is floored with reclaimed solid maple. The bright and airy lounge is centred around an elevated working feature fireplace with black granite fascia and surround. The lounge has a picture window to the front garden and is open-plan to the family area, currently being used as a dining area, which has a further large picture window and patio doors to the enclosed rear garden. Double doors lead to the formal dining room, currently used as a study area, also recently floored in solid maple and through to the kitchen. The kitchen has been fully fitted with a range of base and wall units, incorporating a double oven, ceramic hob and extractor hood, and a rear doorway leads through the utility room which doubles as a sun porch to the rear garden. A further door opens from the kitchen back into the entrance hall, on the opposite side of which there are three double bedrooms, including one with fitted wardrobes and vanity mirror, and one which is currently being used as a second lounge/TV room. A family bathroom with full bath and a dual-head shower in a separate quadrant enclosure completes the accommodation on the ground floor.
An open wooden staircase leads to the upper landing from which all upstairs accommodation is accessed. The spacious master bedroom benefits from large built in wardrobes together with an en-suite shower room. The guest bedroom is generously proportioned with access to the upper family bathroom with shower over the bath. In addition, there is a small boxroom on the upper landing and easily accessible loft areas with flooring and lighting on both sides of the upstairs accommodation.
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Node.js is a software platform which is used for scalable server-side and networking applications. Written in JavaScript, Node.js, just Node as its known, applications can be run within the Node.js runtime on Windows, Mac OS X and Linux without changes.
Node.js applications are designed to maximize throughput and efficiency, using non-blocking I/O and asynchronous events. The applications run single-threaded even though it uses multiple threads for file and network events. The platform is normally used for real time applications because of its asynchronous nature.
Node.js internally uses the Google V8 JavaScript engine to implement code, and a large percentage of the basic modules are written in JavaScript. The platform contains a built-in asynchronous i/o library for file, socket and HTTP communication. The HTTP and socket support allows Node.js to act as a web server without additional web server software, as in the case of Apache.
Node.js is a runtime system for creating mainly server-side applications. It's best known as a popular means for JavaScript coders to build real-time Web APIs. However, Node.js is not a JavaScript framework, several authors have written impressive frameworks specifically for Node.js, including Express.js, Restify.js and Hapi.js.
Node.js Sharing
The Node.js community is based on sharing. It's easy to share packages of library code. The Node Package Manager is included with Node.js and has grown to a collection of almost 50,000 packages, making it likely that another developer has already packaged up a solution to a problem you may be having or even some you haven't even come across yet.
Sharing code under the MIT open source license is highly recommended in the community, which also makes cross-pollination of code relatively worry-free and legal, from an intellectual property standpoint.
The community is also highly engaged in binding interesting C libraries like computer vision (OpenCV) and the Tesseract open source optical character library. Tesseract makes it possible to do projects like Imdex, which processes images from the Web so they can be automatically searched for written content.
Node Package Manager
Node Package Manager is the root of almost all deployment systems for Node.js and underlies the many PaaS (platform-as-a-service) providers for Node.js, making it easy to move smaller applications between providers.
Node.js applications and Node.js Core itself are broken down into small modules that are composed and shared. Each package and tool can be crafted to be made more manageable. The ease with which the modules can be created encourages experimentation in the community.
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Node is fast, which is a pretty important requirement when you're a startup trying to make the next big thing and want to make sure you can scale quickly, coping with an influx of users as your site grows.
Node is also perfect for offering a RESTful API, a web service which takes a few input parameters and passes a little data back, or simple data manipulation without a huge amount of computation. Node can handle thousands of these concurrently where PHP would just collapse.


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HateCopy and Babbuthepainter present LOVE SHOVE/
This week, the Indian-Canadian artists HateCopy and Babbu the Painter, grace London's Southbank with their ground-breaking exhibition 'LOVE SHOVE'. The exhibition is a journey through the various aspects of a Desi wedding and a comic reflection of what happens when a girl decides she is ready to marry. As the pair have described:
the name "LOVE SHOVE" refers to a popular figure of speech in Desi culture, which dismisses the idea of love, because in a wedding where everything from your outfit to your husband is predetermined by everyone who is not you, what's love got to do with it?
HateCopy, also known as Maria Qamar, has described the work as:
an exposé of different parts of a Desi wedding and how it feels like a big celebration of love and new life, but really when you think about it, there's a lot of characters and scenarios in the Desi wedding that aren't really happy. For example, our main pieces are a family, it's Mummyji, Pappaji, the dolhaa and dolhman* and everybody's crying. In a Desi wedding, everybody cries, nobody's really happy. That's something that's really funny because there could be different reasons why they're crying, maybe the bride doesn't want to get married to the guy, maybe the guy's just not ready to settle down yet but they're young and the parents' agreed so that's what's happening.
Following in the success of the pair's first exhibit, Shame Shame, Binti, a charity whose aim is to raise awareness around the importance of menstrual hygiene in Africa and India, hosts HateCopy and Babbu the Painter's celebration of Desi culture, LOVE SHOVE. The exhibition, which is now open at Oxo Tower Wharf, encourages us to be more open with our emotions and feelings when it comes to weddings and to look at our culture through a lens of inclusivity. For Desis, it can feel intimidating to walk into an art gallery and feel excluded, and uncomfortable in a space mostly occupied by non-Desis. Furthermore, Babbu and HateCopy have expressed the importance for the Desi community to walk into a gallery and see work that reflects your lifestyle.
The Desi pop artist HateCopy, has become an influential figure in the Indian community over the past year, through her comic and relatable depiction of the life of first generation Indians living in the west in her artwork. HateCopy, has gained a following of almost 60,000 followers on Instagram, with her identifiable phrases such as "Trust no Aunty", "We're not having a daughter" and "Our Beti is an artist? It's all your fault!", that mirror the cultural stigmas faced by women and girls of the South Asian Diaspora.
Babbu the Painter, also known as Babneet Lahkesar, combines classical features of traditional Indian art with pop art to explore the issues of gender politics within South Asian society. From her iconic "Bakwaas" series, which has featured in fashion collaborations, such as The Babbu x Kapadé Project, to her contemporary take on the "Aunty Next Door", Babbu the Painter's work confronts the conventional norms within South Asian communities. She cites 19th century India as her influence, as her goal has always been to bring traditional Indian art back to life in a contemporary sense and get a fine balance of the two.
The pieces reflect the experiences of women and girls in Indian culture, who are often taught to aspire to marriage above education and other accomplishments. To quote the pair:
we are told to 'settle down' with a rich, fair skinned doctor chosen by our mothers and our aunties.
However, for my parents' generation, arranged marriage isn't a form of oppression as much as it is the 'natural' next step after you have finished school and have a job. When my Mum, born and raised in England, married my Dad, who she barely knew, at the great old age of 21, she saw this as the norm. For an Asian girl, the predominant norm was, and still is to a certain extent, "READ, WRITE AND ROTI".
Without knowing it, Desi girls are engrained with the goal of becoming the perfect wife, meaning each decision is dictated by whether it will be be attractive to future suitors. My Mum wasn't allowed to pursue her dream of becoming a chef, even when offered a catering apprenticeship with British Airways, because 'who would ever marry a cook'. Ironic, I know. So she started working in a bank, which was a respectable career for future suitors. However, she ultimately rebelled when she celebrated giving birth to three daughters and had the audacity to treat her son the same. The artwork showcases and breaks these cultural stigmas on female sexuality from the perspective of HateCopy and Babbu the Painter as Indian-Canadian artists.
Through their witty and innovative work, the pair have hopes to inspire:
other Desis to pick up the arts, even as a hobby, and treat it with a little more respect. We want our parents to say 'we want you to be a doctor, lawyer, engineer or artist'. We want that profession to be up there in the minds of the older generation and even us as we grow older. With the arts, there's a lot of negative stigma." The work allows you to experience an Indian wedding for the characters as a pose to the lights, outfits and bright colours, which are beautiful but not the only elements of the wedding. There's also the people that are involved and "the Indian characters that are humorous and are engaging at the same time.
With sartorial artwork, unmissable merch and laddoos, LOVE SHOVE is not to be missed. Head over to South Bank and join HateCopy and Babbu for the festivities.
Where: G11, Oxo Tower Wharf, Bargehouse Street, South Bank, London, SE1 9PH
When: 11-14 August, 11am-6pm
Admission: Free
*Mum, Dad, Groom and Bride


text: I just installed my artwork at the award-winning seafood restaurant Off the Hook in Warrendale, PA. I created five custom-designed charcoal drawings of fish fossils for the oyster bar, and also a large mixed media piece for the dining room. I'm incredibly happy with how they turned out! The owner, Lisa Hawley, has a very sleek & simple aesthetic - very industrial chic - so I designed the artwork around her tastes, keeping the work minimal and refined. I used the same base color as the walls so the fish become a part of their environment. Great success!


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Edgewood College 1000 Edgewood College Drive Madison, WI 53711 Phone: (608) 663-4861
General Information About Edgewood College
Edgewood College, rooted in the Dominican tradition, engages students within a community of learners committed to building a just and compassionate world. The College educates students for meaningful personal and professional lives of ethical leadership, service, and a lifelong search for truth.
Institutional statistical data was gathered from the U.S. Department of Education - Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, 2009-2010.
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- 4-year, Private not-for-profit
Special Learning Opportunities
- ROTC (Army)
- Teacher certification
- Distance learning opportunities
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Ag in Motion is the largest agricultural trade show in Western Canada that provides an outdoor venue for progressive farmers that want to see and feel the latest agricultural innovations – all in one place.
Ag in Motion brings innovation to the field through interactive exhibits and live field and crop plot demonstrations. The Expo was created to empower farmers by providing the knowledge they need to make informed decisions.
Mark your calendars! Don't miss Ag in Motion, July 16-18, 2019, Northwest of Saskatoon, SK.
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cocoron 37 Kenmare location and GOEMON (29 Kenmare st) are open tomorrow (May 29th) as usual. (Closed at 16 Delancey location) We guess it wouldn't be busy all day. If you've given up to eat here due to a long line, just come by! Hope to see you tomorrow / today:)
cocoron 16 Delancey location opened on Feb 19th!
A bigger space has 50 seats, menu mixed with first and second locations including in "Mera Mera, Pork Kimchee, Kashiwa, Yuba soba etc... and free wifi from outside. We won't make you disappointed!!! Hope to say hi and grab our food! Hope to see you soon:)
[New Location] 16 Delancey st / 212.477.1212
We really appreciate it to all of our supporters since we had started to serve unfamiliar SOBA in this tiny restaurant for a couple of years. With expanding our business, this 61 Delancey location will move to 16 Delancey st. (it will make you confuse haha). 61 will be closed tomorrow. And new 16 Delancey location (only 2.5 blocks away from 61) will open at dinner (5:30 a 10:50) this Tuesday (on Feb 21st)! Same staffs from 61 will be offering "juicy healthy tasty" SOBA with friendly and hearty minds in a bigger space.
Just come enjoy our foods as usual in this kind of your canteen in lower east side, where we love:)
61 Delancey location (close tomorrow) → 16 Delancey location (open on Feb 21st, this Tuesday)
Happy New Year! Thank you so much for your support last year and Hope to enjoy our food this year as well! We're going to open new location in February or March. New menu would be coming soon:) We've started opening since yesterday so just come by and eat our SOBA or CURRY!!!
We appreciate that you enjoyed our cocoron / GOEMON dishes or check out this website this year. New cocoron location would be opened in January or February so we'd be so happy to come by next year as well. Hope to see you soon. Happy holidays and New Year!!!
Closed on Dec 25th, Jan 1st and 2nd.
cocoron 37 Kenmare location and GOEMON (29 Kenmare st) are open tomorrow (Sep 5th) as usual.
And we guess it would be slow tonight. So if you've given up to eat here for a long line, please call check or just come by! Hope to see you soon:)
Finally, our "cocoron" 3rd location got a work permission and has been started constructing! We're going to open this / next? winter if it's on time to finish. It's much bigger than 1st, 2nd location. Hope to see you soon! Can't wait to see you guys:)
We're so excited to open that our cocoron 3rd location, where is 16 Delancey St (Delancey St and close to Bowery St), will be coming soon..! We're looking forward to seeing you.
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Reclaiming Americas Soul: Our Social/Industrial rEvolution
I was listening to a TEDx talk by a trend consultant friend recently and she mentioned how she thought that our consumption model is broken and that America is missing its soul. I think she's right. But, how did that happen? Where are we headed now and what does it mean for the brand landscape?
America came into its own during the Industrial Revolution. Our factories, workers, products and standard of living was the envy of much of the world. Other countries wanted to be us once. Whether they really want to admit that now or not.
We lived the Industrial Model.
But, over time our desire to own more and more things in order to attain our ever-inflating image of prosperity, drove us to need products to be less expensive. Less expensive because Americans middle-class wages have stagnated for the last 30 years, as former Labor Secretary Robert Reich pointed out in his eye-opening video "The Truth About the Economy". Sadly, our wages have not kept pace with our appetite to own more things.
So, we out-sourced our production overseas. But the price we paid was dear. Entire industries in the US crumbled. Furniture making, textiles, steel production, automobiles, electronics, the list goes on and on. Physically and culturally it decimated our heartland. Look no farther than Detroit, but we all know the list is much longer.
We began to discover that not making things hollows out your soul.
We've become a nation of middle-men and service providers. In fact, 86% of jobs in America are in services and 14% are in goods production and manufacturing. But there are huge numbers of our population who don't have the skill sets or the desire to become white-collar workers. So the collective pride of the worker begins to die along with their cities.
The white collar workers find their work rooted in technology. Entire industries are living in the digital domain. Employees, initially enthralled by the computer and its magic have become surrounded, ruled and overwhelmed by the technology they once coveted.
At the same time, big box stores became the norm and Mom & Pop businesses disappeared from Main Street. Every town in America looking like every other town - the same collection of retailers, only with different weather.
But there is a renaissance happening.
People have begun to want to create something they can touch. Something you can't send in an email. There is a new makers movement, a movement of people wanting to get back in touch with making actual things. Reviving dying trades, artisan skills, mills and factories. There are printers, wood workers, bicycle makers, textile designers and manufacturers, blacksmiths, craft brewers and jewelers.
People driven by a need to create. Their souls are fed by it. To produce and distribute goods bound by an ethos of sustainability, craftsmanship and local trade. Market places, pop-up stores and curated websites (digital, I know) are springing up with a decidedly anti-chain, pro-Mom & Pop, pro-local personality bent. Consumers want a human face and a name to go along with a product. For it to come from a place that they know how to find on a map. And most importantly, todays consumer wants these products. They value a true story.
Witness the Social/Industrial rEvolution being born.
Big brands are desperately trying to find a voice for themselves that is credible in this new model. Trying to use social media and acquisitions to make themselves appear much smaller, with a human face and a genuine narrative. Take Clorox's purchase of Burt's Bees for example. But for the most part the consumer public is seeing through the facade. The only way to sound local is to be local. The way to appear small is to be small. The way to be hand-crafted is to get your hands dirty.
This new model is built on quality over quantity, knowing where its materials came from, knowing where it was made, knowing a little about the person who made it. With all the digital connectivity we have at our disposal, what we have come to miss most of all, and want to get back is connection.
Physical and emotional connection is the heart of the Social/Industrial rEvolution.
This rEvolution is about being true. Brands that embrace this evolution and live by its ethos will win a place of honor in consumers lives. Because we want to feel we are once again makers, doers and creators. We want to truly own our success. We want to play a part in reclaiming Americas soul.
ADDENDUM: On the flip side of this coin we have the "4th Industrial Revolution" which is the digital evolution of our society and economy. Thanks to John Hawthorne, for sharing this article that comes at our societal evolution from a different perspective.
Image Credit: Anna Zoromski/Miles @ flickr.com


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The weather for sailing won't last much longer, and I was really lucky that we got in one REALLY good day. We had NO mishaps–and that may be our first trip out of our new marina where we made it out of the channel! It was relaxing, and I needed it this week.
Not Quite Sailing
After months of cleaning and working on the boat, we decided it was time to go for a sail!
The weather was drizzly and grey, and we didn't quite get to sail after all. It turns out that the main ripped on our last voyage home. Very disappointed–but at least we're not dock queens!
…AFTER Sailboat Cleaning
And here are some additional photos from after the work we did today. Please note that we are NOT done-we were rather forced to abort our efforts when my cleaning of the port-side quarter berth interrupted the sleep of some of the more wasp-ish residents. It's a LOT better, and MUCH less biohazardous.
Did you miss the BEFORE pictures?
BEFORE Sailboat Cleaning…
This is the BEFORE gallery of images. Yes, I'm showing off my scuzzy boat. We just acquired her, and it's going to take some time to clean up years of neglect.
She currently isn't named, but the previous owners said she was the "Rosa Linda."
And now, to help you feel less icky… the AFTER pictures!
In the daylight (with sun) the dirt and grime aren't quite as bad, but there's still a lot of cleaning to be done. And a lot of barnacles. I mean seriously, a LOT of barnacles!
Photo of the Week: Week 16
Our first sailboat! A 22′ Columbia from 1969. We got her for almost a song. I know the photo is lousy, but this is MY photo-of-the-week project, and it was RAINING. Have you ever tried to take photos using a touchscreen cell phone camera in the RAIN with no flash?!?
She needs a lot of TLC but appears to be sound.
More photos to follow!


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We're all in this together: Disney musical classic for current generation
Published on Thursday, October 6, 2016 by Payton McKeehan
In January of 2006, children tuned into Disney Channel to watch the new movie, High School Musical, little did they know they would be witnessing the premiere of a classic. High School Musical would soon take over their everyday lives with its sweet, sing-along lyrics and lovable cliche story line.
Categories: Entertainment | Tags: Disney, main, Television, volume 46


text: Each Monday and Thursday night and then on Saturday mornings a life drawing workshop is held in Los Feliz and I try to go when I can. Tonight I made it there. The workshop lasts 3 hours. For the first hour the model holds each pose for 2 or 5 minutes and then holds four 25 minute poses during the last 2 hours. The drawings I make during the workshop I never consider "finished" since that really isn't the point of the activity. I go to practice drawing. It's awesome. The models are great. The poses are often really great and the focus in the room is palpable. The drawings I make are mostly meh or sometimes really funny when some areas are beautifully rendered and then some other aspect is totally off and out of proportion. Without time to make corrections I often end up with beautiful monsters and hope the model doesn't notice that I've given her a teeny tiny head, giant hands or miniature malformed feet. Getting over the notions of finished or perfect results is part of the practice. It's just draw, draw, draw and never mind the ego. That aspect works well with this Drawing Per Day Project so I will start posting at least one life drawing from the workshop when I can. Here is the first. Tonight's model is Jin. Los Feliz Life Drawing Workshop August 11, 2014


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On 13 May 2013, Australian Consul-General Phil Scanlan AM led an official visit to the Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Park. During the visit to the memorial on Roosevelt Island, Consul-General Scanlan recalled the connections forged between the United States and Australia by President Roosevelt.
On 22 February 1942, Franklin D. Roosevelt ordered General Douglas MacArthur to leave the Philippines as the American defence of the islands collapsed, and to head to Australia where he would take control of additional American troops. General MacArthur arrived in northern Australia on 17 March 1942, and headed south down to Melbourne, where he discovered that there were far fewer troops than initially thought. In a press statement General MacArthur told his men and the people of the Philippines "I shall return," a catchphrase that became synonymous with General MacArthur's leadership.
In addition, Australia was visited by First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt during World War II, who made an official visit to the United States Embassy in Canberra, Australia's capital city.
These visits built on ties forged by President Theodore Roosevelt, who sent the United States naval battle fleet, known as the 'Great White Fleet' to Australia in 1908. This visit was commemorated with the return of a US warship, the USS John McCain, to Sydney in 2008, as well as two Australian ships, the HMAS Sydney and HMAS Ballarat, to New York in 2009.
These events contributed to forging the strong social, economic and political ties that the United States and Australia share today.
To Ambassador William vanden Heuval, Chairman of the Four Freedoms Park Conservancy, on 14 May 2013 Consul-General Phil Scanlan wrote:
In his message of condolence to Eleanor Roosevelt following President Roosevelt's death on April 12, 1945, Australia's wartime Prime Minister John Curtin spoke for all of his fellow Australians, saying that he hoped Mrs. Roosevelt would "draw some comfort from the fact that your husband died in the care of all humanity, and in a duty from which he never swerved."
Australia's destiny in the twenty-first century is to become a prototypical Eurasian nation, where the diversity of our people is celebrated as a national asset, as is our vibrant democracy underwritten by the rule of law.
Australia today embodies the enshrinement of the Four Freedoms into the Charter of United Nations. Your vision of the umbilical connection between Roosevelt Island Four Freedoms Park and the United Nations on the East River, is one we fully share.
You and your many colleagues deserve enormous credit for your patience, persistence and perseverance in seeing through the establishment of Four Freedoms Park with such devotion. I know you have more plans to appropriately develop the site in the cause of education and advancing human freedom.
It is our intention to be regular visitors and supporters of what is, after all, an expression of human values as dear to Australians as to Americans.


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We invest in opportunity and equality for women and girls in the Granite State through research, education, advocacy, grantmaking and philanthropy.
We believe in social, political, and gender equality in New Hampshire.
Our Agenda
Advocating for Economic Security
- Financial literacy
- Business ownership
- Access to venture capital
- Paycheck fairness
- Secure transportation
- Training & job-readines
- Negotiating skill
- Career counseling
Promoting Women & Girls in Leadership
- Philanthropy
- Community leadership
- Public office
- Entrepreneurship
- Board preparation
- Advocacy
- Public policy
- Mentoring
- Trainings
- Media visibility
Fostering Work & Life Balance
- Shifting roles of women and men in work and family life
- Workplace flexibility
- Family-friendly policies
- Nondiscrimination
- Maternity & paternity policies
- Gender stereotypes
Championing Health & Wellness
- Early childhood development
- Women's health
- Reproductive rights
- Mental health
- Aging issues
Supporting Women & Children at Risk
- Discrimination by age, race, sexual orientation & gender expression
- Domestic violence
- Sexual assault
- Trafficking
- Abuse
The History of Our Merging Partners
The Women's Fund of New Hampshire
The Women's Fund of New Hampshire was founded in 1999, inspired by a new concept that we can transform philanthropy from charitable giving to strategic investing in New Hampshire's women and girls. In 1998 Molly Scheu and Barbara Zeckhausen traveled New Hampshire talking with residents, asking whether they felt that the needs of women and girls were adequately met in the state. The concerns they encountered were many: a lack of child care and elder care, homelessness, domestic and sexual abuse, low wages, lack of access to comprehensive healthcare, and little job training opportunities.
Molly and Barb's vision of change was realized when 42 women and men became the Founders of the Women's Fund by generously establishing an endowment fund to support the organization.
Over the last 15 years, the Women's Fund has grown to award over one million dollars to 250 non-profit programs throughout the state.
The New Hampshire Women's Initiative
The New Hampshire Women's Initiative was created from the merger of three organizations meant to help women in various ways in New Hampshire, including the New Hampshire Commission on the Status of Women, the New Hampshire Women's Lobby and Alliance, and the New Hampshire Women's Policy Institute. These original organizations with their shared history made up the foundation for the NHWI, which spent its two years advancing social, economic and political opportunity and equality for women in New Hampshire.
About the NHWI Merger:
Over the years, the Commission on the Status of Women, the Women's Lobby and Alliance, and the Women's Policy Institute have worked independently but in tandem to accomplish many goals on behalf of the women of New Hampshire. Now, change, progress, and time have combined to create a critical juncture in the status of women in our society and economy. In order to take advantage of this unprecedented opportunity, we have decided to merge these three separate organizations into the unified New Hampshire Women's Initiative. Together, we are more than merely the sum of our parts. We are a stronger voice for Granite State women, and a new iteration of the women's movement.
Each of the unique strengths and talents of these separate organizations will be leveraged within the new Women's Initiative. With research, advocacy, and outreach as key program areas, the Women's Initiative will be stronger, streamlined, and more effective. Together, we will be able to have a more comprehensive impact on the institutional and societal obstacles that continue to face New Hampshire's women, as well as advancing opportunities and celebrating the accomplishments of women and girls throughout the state.
The Commission on the Status of Women
The Commission on the Status of Women was founded by state statute in 1969, with commissioners from across the state appointed by the governor. Its purpose has been to advocate on behalf of women in legislative and public policy issues. Through committees such as Better Jobs for NH Women, it improved employment and educational opportunities for women, including those in prison. The NH Women's Heritage Trail is the most recent subcommittee tasked with supporting and honoring women's accomplishments throughout the state. The Commission has worked very hard to connect the women of New Hampshire to much needed resources, like family and community centers, domestic abuse shelters, and legal resources, including publishing a Legal Handbook for Women in New Hampshire.
The Women's Lobby and Alliance
The Women's Lobby and Alliance was originally a sub-organization of the Commission, founded in 1980. The goal was to develop an organization whose sole purpose was to lobby at the state level on public policy issues on behalf of the women of New Hampshire. Over the years, the Lobby has continued to successfully defend and assert the rights and the interests of New Hampshire's women. Thousands of pieces of legislature have been informed by the Women's Lobby and Alliance, including the modification of divorce laws to become more family friendly, the defense of reproductive rights, and the formation of laws for equal rights to employment.
The Women's Policy Institute
The Women's Policy Institute is a non-partisan research institution that was founded in 2002. The Institute was founded on a belief that credible, unbiased data on issues affecting women would inform meaningful policy change, enable the public and private sectors to work together more effectively, and advance the well-being of women in this state. Starting with its first report, The Economic Status of Women in New Hampshire in 2005, the WPI has researched and published informative and invaluable resources used by policy makers, business leaders and private citizens alike.


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Jake Baldwin - Trumpet, Pete Whitman - Saxophones,
Scott Agster - Trombone, Chris Olson - Guitar,
Sean Turner - Piano, Jeff Bailey - Bass,
Peter Kogan - Drums
Peter Kogan began musical studies at age six on the violin, added piano at age eight and drums at age ten. A year later he began serious study with Saul Goodman, timpanist of New York Philharmonic, who would continue to mentor him through high school and undergraduate study at Juilliard. He completed studies at the Cleveland Institute of Music under the tutelage of Cloyd Duff of the Cleveland Orchestra. He joined the Cleveland Orchestra under George Szell in 1969 as Section Percussion. Three years later he was appointed Principal Percussion and Associate Principal Timpani of the Pittsburgh Symphony.
In 1977, his passion for jazz blues and rock got the better of him, and he left the Pittsburgh Symphony to spend six years in New York City as a drum set player and composer. He backed up Blues legends Lightnin' Hopkins, Honey-Boy Edwards, and Jimmy Witherspoon, groups such as the Drifters and the Crystals, and Rock and Roll legend Bo Diddley. He also performed with the Larry Elgart big band and wrote for and performed with the fusion band, Scratch n' Sniff. His work in New York received recognition in a profile that appeared in Modern Drummer magazine. He joined the Honolulu Symphony as drum set player and timpanist in 1984, and joined the Minnesota Orchestra as principal timpani two years later.
Kogan recently began performing jazz drums and composing again, and was heard around Minnesota with The Minnesota Orchestra Jazz Quartet. He retired from the Minnesota Orchestra on November 1, 2015, but continues as timpanist with the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra on occasion. The Peter Kogan Quartet, Quintet and Septet (THE MONSTERFUL WONDERBAND) are now performing regularly at clubs around the Twin Cities.
Kogan is on the affiliate faculty of the University of Minnesota School of Music, is a member of the Symphonic Committee of the Percussive Arts Society, and designs and builds Klassischewienerpauken ™ (classical viennese timpani) for historically appropriate performances. His drums and restoration service can be seen at klassischewienerpauken.com
His CD of original jazz compositions - "Peter Kogan, CORNUCOPIA" - was released in 2013. His new CD of his latest tunes - "SOME MONSTERFUL WONDERTHING" - was released July 31, 2015. It was named one of the "Top 10 Jazz Albums of the Year" in the Minneapolis Star Tribune annual critics poll. Both albums are available on line at peterkoganmusic.com, amazon.com, and cdbaby.com


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Danny Rose's Spurs Form Is Worthy Of International Recognition
Two months after Mauricio Pochettino was installed as manager of the club, Tottenham left-back Danny Rose penned a new and improved five-year contract with the club, to the bemusement of the majority of the Spurs faithful.
The £10million arrival of Wales defender Ben Davies from Swansea in the summer of 2014 looked to have spelled the end for Rose's stint in N17, but fast-forward 18 months and the former Leeds youngster is now more important to the club than he has been at any stage since making the move to White Hart Lane almost a decade ago.
It is down to Rose and Davies to create the width and be an outlet on the left when the side are going forward, and the decision to rotate between the two has contributed to their ability to be able to do so so successfully for 90 minutes at a time whenever called upon.
Rose appears fresher this season due to playing fewer minutes, and his display at Manchester City was testament to a fresher, fitter player. The 25-year-old was Spurs' most threatening attacking outlet in the first half of Sunday's dramatic 2-1 win, with his tireless running up and down the line giving City right-back Pablo Zabaleta a torrid time and, unlike in previous seasons, Tottenham didn't appear defensively vulnerable down the left as a result.
A past criticism of Rose was that he failed to get back in to position quick enough after finding himself high up the pitch, but this is something that Pochettino has clearly raised and addressed and something that is no longer a chink in the defender's armour.
The former England under-21 international's defensive improvement in the past 18 months has been vast; the 2013/14 campaign saw the defender register three defensive errors in 22 Premier League outings, compared to none in 28 appearances last season and just one so far this term.
This newfound defensive consistency is a pillar of Rose's game many Spurs fans never thought they would see. A player that was once a liability and the source of, often warranted, criticism is now a major contributor to the best defence in the league and it would be an injustice to the former Sunderland loanee should England boss Roy Hodgson continue to overlook him in favour less-deserving contenders for the left-back spot.
Everton's Leighton Baines will more than likely retain his place in Hodgson's squad for Euro 2016 despite making just eight appearences this season due to injury, while Arsenal's Kieran Gibbs remains ahead of Rose in the pecking order despite playing second fiddle to Spain defender Nacho Monreal at the Emirates for much of the season.
Rose won more tackles, made more interceptions, registered fewer defensive errors and won more aerial duels than both Gibbs and Baines last season, but remained uncapped throughout the entirety of England's 2016 qualifying campaign.
Southampton's Ryan Bertrand is another deserving of a place in the squad for France, and Hodgson could do far worse than take the former Chelsea youngster to this summer's tournament along with Rose, but will he be bold enough to do so?
A lasting criticism of Rose's play is the lack of protection he offers on the outside, which has been highlighted by Jan Vertonghen's noticeably improved performances when alongside Davies rather than Rose, but this is an aspect of his game that appears to be becoming less of an issue as the games go by.
The 2014/15 campaign was Rose's best as a Spurs player to date, and despite not featuring as heavily this season, the 25-year-old appears to be continuing on an upward trajectory under Pochettino that could, and should, see him on the plane to France come June.
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Friday Favourites 14th - 20th November 2015
I feel like these best of the weeks are such a regular segment I don't even think about writing them anymore. The whole structure is the same every week, I make a few notes on my favs of the week and the rest is pretty much done on autopilot....
So soz if this makes no sense, hopefully even on autopilot I can form sentence structures and write a coherent sentence.
Onto the roundup!
1. Christmas Songs.
Oh boy, Christmas is properly in full swing. The Christmas CD is in the car and many a singalong has been had. We have the traditional 'The Best Christmas Album In The World Ever' (buy it on Amazon here) and it is full of classics kicking off naturally with John and Yoko. I am looking forward to decorating my tree come December 13th and continuing to listen to some tunes.
2. Weekend Away.
Last weekend I got up at 6am and hopped on down the M25 to Essex to stay with one of my oldest friends (this beaut has been my gal since we were 3) and her wonderful family. We used to stay there every summer when we were younger but now we've graduated, we're in jobs, we live away and getting together is a mammoth task but we made it for one weekend only! It was such a cute (if a little rainy) weekend. We went for dinner at Rosey Lea's which was beaaaaaautiful converted barn where they cook the cakes and scones in front of you, we visited some family we have down there but ultimately we sat around drinking tea, eating chocolate and catching up and it was SO good to just take some time out to chill. Also we might be going to Venice next year so that's exciting.
3. Human Resilience.
The attacks in Paris were obviously not one of my favourite things of the week but in light o the tragedy, what did make my heart feel all happy was the response of the human race. Did we crack under the pressure of what we had all just witnessed? No. We pulled together with the click of a Facebook profile change and we thought we'll be damned if they win. The whole world pulled together and supported the people of Paris and the wider community and said "we will NOT be beaten by this".
I wrote a little piece about it which you can find here.
4. Football Crazy, Football Mad.
I don't know what came over this week but I went a little bit crazy for football documentaries. I re-watched Rooney: The Man Behind The Goals, The Class of 92, Life of Ryan (Giggs fyi), Sir Alex Ferguson; Secrets of Success, The David Beckham UNICEF match and both Salford City episodes. I know, I finally became a fully fledged Man United fan which is lucky, seen as everyone else in my family is. I think this is what inspired me to create a series of one off prints (suitable for the sports mad peeps in your family for Christmas, natch) based on football stadiums which was suuuper fun to work on and looks really cute framed. Buy it on my Etsy shop here!!
Find most the shows on iPlayer.
5. iMac love in.
I finally took the plunge this week and bought an iMac. I saved up every spare penny from my student loan in university to buy one and then when I left I talked myself out of parting with that much cash. However, this week I was sent an offer I couldn't refuse and suddenly I wasn't parting with £1200.00, it was a lot lower and so I finally bought the computer of my dreams. And I cannot wait. Treat yourself to one (!!!!) here.
Check back in next week when hopefully my computer should be here and all set up! Maybe I'll even type next weeks post on it!!


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What a crazy week it has been! According to http://www.rk3de.org/, Rolex brought in a total of 61,828 spectators across four days. Many of those people took at least one stroll through the trade fair. Located just inside the entrance of the indoor on the second floor, the MMSC had many people stop by to find out about the program and stop to look at our available horses board. Because so many people were interested in adopting, we ran carloads of people back and forth from the Center to try out horses Friday-Sunday. Deputy Alydar was adopted and left Monday. Benny and Mr. Informed are ready to go and just waiting for rides home. Aspen arrived at his new home and settled right in. We will also be receiving two new horses within the next few days who we are very excited about: Hap's Online and Cool Smoke. Keep an eye on our website for pictures of these flashy horses. Also on our website under the News section is an updated calendar. School will soon be out, so if you have time on your hands, don't forget to come volunteer at the Center and look for us at shows!
We would also like to give a big thank you to our Training Intern, Whitney Campbell, for getting a Photonic Health Red Light kit donated to us which includes the light itself along with many charts and books which explain how it works. We have seen such therapy used for many purposes in the past and work wonderfully.
This will be our interns last official week as their graduation will be held this Sunday at 1pm. Bryn will be going home to NH for the summer, but will return to UK next fall, and will certainly be back at the MMSC to volunteer. Whitney graduates from U of L next weekend and will be moving to Lexington. John will go back to Burlington, KY for the summer but return to finish his degree at UK in the fall.
I have enjoyed updating the blog and learning how to publish stories to the website. I hope you have found both to be informative and effective. Have a lovely, horse filled summer, and I will see you all next year!