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Send Help (Innova) George Cartwright with GloryLand PonyCat Adam Linz, Alden Ikeda , Andrew Broder songs by George, Bob Dylan, Ornette Coleman, Anne Elias.
North America Curlew (Cuneiform) with Tom Cora, Fred Frith, Mark Howell, Butch Morris,Pippin Barnett, Rick Brown,Nicky Skopelitis, Anton Fier and Otto Williams Buy from Cuneiform
Curlew George Cartwright, re-issue of the very first Curlew lp by DMG as a double cd with Bill Bacon, Bill Laswell, Nicky Skopiletis, Denardo Coleman, and Tom Cora.Buy from DMG(excellant liners notes here also)
A Tenacious Slew(Innova)- George Cartwright, November 2006 with Chris Parker, Adam Linz, Alden Ikeda, JT Bates, Anne Elias and Christina Baldwin recorded at The Walker Art Center, Minnepolis, Minnesota . (Innova) 2007
The Ghostly Bee- (Innova) George Cartwright Sept. 2005, with Davey Williams, Bruce Golden, Adam Linz, Chris Parker . Innova) 2006
Gussie-Curlew (Roratorio) Dec. 2003 Live at Gus Lucky's limited edition of 436 lps with hand painted covers by Anne Elias
Mercury-Curlew- (Cuneiform )Sept 2003 Buy from Cuneiform
Black Ants Crawling-(Innova) George Cartwright and GloryLand PonyCat; (Innova) May 2003
Meet The Curlews- Curlew (Cuneiform) Jan 2003 Buy from Cuneiform
North America- Curlew - (Cuneiform)fall 2002 Buy from Cuneiform
The Memphis Years- George Cartwright (Cuneiform) 2000 Buy from Cuneiform
Fabulous Drop- Curlew (Cuneiform ) 1998 Buy from Cuneiform
Paradise- Curlew (Cuneiform) 1996 Buy from Cuneiform
Red Rope- in duet with Michael Lytle (CIMP) 1998
The Hardwood- Curlew (Cuneiform) 1992 live video Buy from Cuneiform
A Beautiful Western Saddle- Curlew (Cuneiform) 1989 words by Paul Haines, sung by Amy Denio Buy from Cuneiform
Bee- Curlew (Cuneiform) 1987 Buy from Cuneiform
Meltable Snaps It with Michael Lytle and David Moss (RecRec Germany) 1986
Live in Berlin- Curlew (Cuneiform) 1986 Buy from Cuneiform
Integrated Variablesby Kevin Norton with Mark Dresser (CIMP) 1992
Plus, and in no particular order:
Coup De Tete American Clave); Unsettled Scores (Cuneiform)Hallelujah Anyway ( Remembering Tom Cora); Darn it! (American Clave) Bright Bank Elewhale (Corn Pride Live at the Knitting Factory Vol 1 (Knitting Factory World) The 20th Anniversary of the Summer of Love (Shimmy Disc) and others.


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The Importance of Sand Play
As we prepare for summer time play...sand is critically important. BUT WHY?
UCCC's sandbox is a very popular place for children to play. To the common eye it just looks like fun yet so much more is going on. As the children play, many types of learning and skill building are occurring:
1. Social & Emotional Domains: Increases sensitivity to others through cooperative activities, learning social skills, to handle exclusion and dominance, and share ideas with others. Playing together in the sandbox requires sharing, compromise, negotiation, problem solving, and turn-taking. The children work together and solve conflicts as they decide what kind of pretend play to engage in, for how long and what the roles will be.
2. Cognitive Domain: Increases critical thinking skills including memory and problem solving, planning skills, academic attitudes, creativity, and divergent thinking skills. There are many ways for young children to explore using simple tools. Have them observe the size of the openings in sieves and funnels. Compare large ones and small ones and explore which catches the most stones and shells and which lets sand through the fastest.
3. Creativity/Imagination skills: Sand offers the children unlimited space in which to imagine and create. With sand as their canvas, builders, artists or inventors take risks and try out new perspectives.
4. Language skills: The children express their imaginative ideas to each other, which develops their language skills.
5. Hand-eye coordination: The children develop better control over their small muscles as they practice manipulating the sand toys such as funnels, shovels, and trucks. This is a pre-writing skill.
6. Science skills: Sand is the perfect medium for exploring science concepts and scientific thinking. Study of MATTER...What happens when water is added to sand? What kind of sand is best for building? The children naturally explore and make many scientific discoveries along the way. Young children are naturally curious and love to investigate, question, and hypothesize.
7. Math skills: Measuring and pouring allow the children to experience and reinforce basic math concepts of more and less, full and empty, heavy and light and counting.
Sand play is fun BUT also filled with learning!
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Children's Ministry
Lakeside Kidz
Sunday school | 10:00 am - 10:45 am
All Lakeside Kidz will join students and adults in walking through The Gospel Project.
This is a great opportunity to connect with your child and apply the Bible at home!
age groups
2's & 3's | Preschool Building
K-4, K-5 & 1st Grade | Children's Building
2nd, 3rd & 4th Grade | Children's Building
*Children Under 2 Go to Nursery.
children's church | 8:30 am & 11:00 am
The focus for this time is to develop a strong Biblical foundation by teaching them to love the Lord Jesus Christ with all their heart, soul, mind, and strength (Mark 12:30,) while guiding them to enjoy worshiping our wonderful Savior with love and compassion.
Wednesday family nights | 5:30 pm - 7:15 pm
Wednesday Family Nights are a time to break bread together, have fellowship and fun with other believers, and learn more about God! Family Night Supper begins at 5:30 in the Lakeside Fellowship Center. Kidz Quest and Kidz Konnect meet from 6:15 until 7:15 in the Children's Building.
* Children must be escorted by a parent. No child will be dismissed without a parent present.
Kidz' quest: k-4 & k-5
Four and five-year-olds learn the stepping stones of faith in Christ
through catechisms and interactive Bible teaching.
Kidz konnect: 1st grade - 4th grade
First through fourth graders not only learn the truths of the Word,
but how to apply them in their own lives.
In addition to Bible teaching, they'll have plenty of fun and games to "konnect" with each other.
ipraise choir | 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
K-4 through 4th graders build character while "hiding His Word in their hearts" through music. Children have the opportunity to glorify our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ by singing, dancing, acting, and performing for others several times throughout the school year.


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Marco Vangelisti worked in finance for 20 years and in the investment management industry for six. A founding member of Slow Money, Marco serves on the leadership team of the Slow Money Northern California network. He is a 100% impact investor and shares his experience with direct Slow Money investing in order to help communities increase their capacity for local investing. Marco developed Essential Knowledge for Transition – a curriculum designed to give engaged citizens an understanding of the money and banking system, the economic system and the financial system and the knowledge to redesign them. He speaks nationally as a guest lecturer and author.
Marco is a wonderful educator who can communicate complex realities in ways that make sense. He draws from his own rich experiences as a fund manager and local investor to build knowledge that help you leave ready to make better decisions about your finances.
Today I attended a day-long workshop taught by Marco Vangelisti. It was a fantastic session and I learned a ton. I would highly recommend you speak with Marco about bringing this workshop to your community. Marco's very powerful personal story combined with his expert-level knowledge of finance and economics makes for a very instructive and potent mix.
I am excited to share this series of webinars titled ``Align Your Investments with Your Values!`` by the fabulous Marco Vangelisti! Learn how and why to move your investments to social enterprises. Marco did and he is brilliant at sharing his story and his knowledge - which is vast!


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ViewSeven: "A Sense of Place" exhibition next week 5-9December at The Menier Gallery, London
ViewSeven is a group of artists dedicated to the making of art textiles. This exhibition explores responses to different environments and landscapes, and encompasses a wide range of media from raw earth pigments, plant dyes and fibre reactive dyes, with stitch being ever present.
Whilst the works are textile based, this simply means that the starting point is a piece of cloth and in that respect, the work is no different to that of a painter whose starting point is canvas – a piece of cloth. Art textiles are also great for interiors as their softness absorbs sound and provide a gentler feel to the harder, reflective qualities of framed work. Ultimately, ViewSeven's shared aim is to create great art for contemporary living – art people can live with and enjoy.


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Stainless Steel Ball Chain 2.4mm, by the Inch
Stainless Steel Ball Chain, by the Inch
- Sold by the Inch
- 2.4mm (.094")
- Clasps sold separately.
- FINAL SALE on all Chain by the Inch.
This ball chain is commonly known as "Dog Tag Chain". It requires a separate clasp that connects to each end.
When ordering, put the number of inches that you wish to order in the quantity box. Example: an order of 16 will give you 16" of ball chain.
Consult our guide for choosing the right chain length.
Definitely like the stainless steel. You don't have to worry about allergies or the finish eventually wearing off and they're still nice and shiny.
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A local institution that has provided emergency food supplies to thousands of needy families over the past 30 years will close its doors on July 1.
The Banks-Jackson Emergency Food Bank will cease operations, board member Don Moore says, because its board of directors has been unable to find new board members and a new director.
The food bank operates out of a frame house on Atlanta Avenue in Commerce, providing food to families referred by local churches each Monday, Wednesday and Friday.
For the full story, see the June 12 edition of The Commerce News.
Food bank to close July 1
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Pruning 101: Fruit Trees Come learn basics about how to prune your fruit trees from a long-time City Farmers customer and friend, Kate Parker.
Date: January 25, 2014. Time: 1:30pm-3pm Free. No need to RSVP.
Embrace San Diego's arid climate with succulents! Succulents are very agreeable plants. Once established, they need minimal water. Come stroll through our succulent garden...
...pick out a variety from our hardy stock in 4" and 1-gallon containers, and see what you can create in your yard!
Another thought about gardening in our dry climate:
Consider growing California native plants. Our natives section is stocked by Moosa Creek Nursery who provide detailed descriptions to help you select the right plants.
"Planting Natives is the Right Thing to Do!"
For your edible landscape:
Our 5-gallon artichokes look great! $11.89 each Artichokes are perennials; they live on year after year. They look good in the ground and taste great on the table!
We also have a good selection of...
- Herbs
- Dig 'em ups such as green cabbage, kale, spinach, cilantro, broccoli......
- Plenty of other vegetables in 4" pots and 6-packs
- 6-packs of strawberries: $4.19 each


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Some six months ago I went to visit one of the local nurseries, mostly in search of mugo pines, when I came across this ficus in their office. I didn't like it. It had the S-curve, tipical chinese styling. It was in this tiny pot with about 5cm diameter of soil, next to a huge rock glued together from little pieces. I told them to move it near a window at least and repot it.
One week later I visited again and saw it in the poor state as seen above. Its leaves lost colour and they were dropping at the slightest touch. I thought it will die within two more weeks. Seeing as I'm good friends with the folks I told them I will take this home (not buy it) and nurse it to better health. I repotted it immediately and moved it gradually to full sun.
The poor thing had been grafted several times, grew in multiple directions, still had wire embedded in the bark. I tried to do quite a bit of cleanup on the dead wood and decided to do an approach graft with the lowest branch to recover from legginess and empty lower half. Other than that, regular fertilising and (by now) moved to full sun.
Here we are to the current day (6 months):
Given such good colour, strong growth, I decided to style it before the top branches harden and to clear out a bit of the thicket on top.
And now for the before/after final shot
I quite like where it is now and love that it is so healthy. I hope it will fill out nicely in the new configuration. Might even keep it after all.


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mediaTG Platforms is a
spin-off of the UPC established in May 2014.
We provide solutions for the secure management and distribution of multimedia content, based on International Standards.
mtPlatform, an evolution of MIPAMS, is a modular platform to ease the development of multimedia applications and services.
Other coming products include an Intelligent Multimedia Search System, also based on International Standards.
We benefit from the experience of the DMAG-UPC
(Distributed Multimedia Applications Group, UPC BarcelonaTech), an internationally recognized research team in the Multimedia area.
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Electric Guitars
Collings: CL TBS(Item ID: CL TBS Serial#: CL181197)
City Limits with Aged Tobacco Sunburst Finish and ThroBak Custom ER MVX Humbucker Pickups
Bringing their characteristic focus and attention to detail, Collings electric guitars are unsurpassed. The City Limits Brock Burst is no exception, combining Honduran Mahogany and seasoned maple for an exceptionally light weight guitar, weighing in at just 7 Lbs 14 oz. The carefully contoured body makes this a very comfortable guitar to play. Rich sustain is the name of the game here, coupled with tone that has both complexity and depth. Once again Collings has re-imagined an American Classic and we can hardly remember what came before.
Features Specs:
Honduran Mahogany Body and Neck
Flamed Maple Top
Aged Tobacco Sunburst Finish
Mortise and Tenon Neck Joint
Rosewood Fingerboard with Parrallelogram Inlays
ThroBak Custom ER MVX Humbucker Pickups
Creme Rings
1-Ply Creme Pickguard
Aged Hardware
Amber Knobs
This guitar includes a deluxe Ameritage archtop hardshell case.
www.collingsguitars.com .
For a ThroBak shop tour see: www.youtube.com
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How to Improve Weak Ankles
Imagine the confidence you feel when you know you have a firm base upon which to stand. Strong ankles help give you this sturdy foundation for good posture, confident walking and strong sports performance. Weak ankles leave you unsteady with the risk of falling from lack of balance and increase your risk of injury if you misstep. However, by doing just a few minutes of specific exercises every week, you can improve your ankle strength.
Warm your ankles before you begin your strengthening workout by spending five to 10 minutes performing full-body movements. For example, walk, climb stairs, cycle, dance or jump rope to increase the blood flow to your lower legs.
Do one to three sets of eight to 12 repetitions of an exercise that raises your heels to improve your ankle plantar flexion. For example, sit with your knees bent and feet flat on the floor. Place your hands on your thighs and gently push down as you raise your heels off the floor. Do the same exercise while standing. Place your feet hip-distance apart and lift your heels off the floor. Hold onto a dumbbell in each hand or hold a barbell across your upper back for added resistance.
Include in your routine one to three sets of an exercise that raises your toes and lowers your heels to improve your ankle dorsi flexion. For example, sit with your knees bent and feet flat on the floor. Gently push your hands onto your thighs as you raise your toes toward your shins. Do the same exercise while standing. Or, tie an exercise band to a sturdy base and sit on the floor facing the band. Tie the other end around your foot. Flex your foot by pulling your toes toward your shins against the band's resistance.
Add a movement exercise to strengthen your ankles. Walk on the outsides of your feet by turning your soles toward each other. Walk on your heels with your toes lifted. Walk on your tip toes. Walk slowly and begin with five to 10 steps. Gradually increase your number of steps as your ankle strength improves.
Perform your ankle workouts every other day with a day of rest in between sessions.
Select a weight amount that feels challenging for the final two repetitions of each set. Increase the amount of weight when you can easily perform three sets of 12 repetitions.
Speak with your doctor before you begin an ankle-strengthening workout, especially if you have a previous or existing ankle injury. If you have a latex allergy, use a latex-free exercise band.
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Drive Train: 4WD
Transmission: Automatic
Vin: 1FTPW14V19FA20955
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Mileage: 173,125
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Our Institution of Higher Education is open to the world and fully subscribes to the Bologna process.
Harmonizing our curricula with those of our numerous partner institutions abroad has enabled us to promote incoming and outgoing mobility but also to improve the quality of our teaching thanks to positive confrontation.
International students will be able, thanks to these international pages, to get acquainted with Ephec and to know how they might spend some part of their studies with us.
Likewise, Ephec students are provided with information about our partners and advised about how to join an Erasmus or Erabel exchange programme, as well as a few exchange schemes outside Europe.
Our institution has been granted an extended Erasmus University Charter under the ERASMUS + EU programme (for the period 2014-2020).
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Prayer for: bless my children
God, through the intercession of St John Bosco, please heal my children's body and soul. Encourage my son who is looking for a job. Please soften Alex's heart to be sincere with us in negotiating with us. Amen!
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Ingrid Butts,
Licensed Massage Therapist
To Schedule a Massage, Call (970) 596-1548
As a native of Colorado, I grew up loving the out of doors and many of the sports and activities it encourages. I've competed in several sports, including gymnastics, skiing (both alpine & Nordic), track, biking, & running, but took to Nordic skiing as my ultimate love!
I competed on the US Ski Team for 10+ years while I also attended & competed for the C.U. – Boulder Buffs! There I met my husband of 33 years. He and I traveled the world together & apart, as I competed in numerous international races, three of which were Olympic Games – '88, '92, '94. We've called Gunnison home since 1997 and now have two beautiful children to raise. I have been practicing Massage Therapy for since 1994 and truly enjoy helping others take better care of themselves. In addition to massage, I also teach fitness classes and direct / coach, with my husband, the Gunnison Nordic Ski Team.
- 1981 – Graduated Valedictorian of Summit High School
- 1987- Graduated Dean's List, C.U. Boulder –
- BS degree in Exercise Physiology, 4 yr. Varsity Ski Team
- 1994 – Graduated Utah College of Massage Therapy – 731 hrs.
I currently practice at the Main St. Clinic, 320 N. Main St, Gunnison, CO. and have a wonderful clientele ranging from serious, young athletes to grandparents in their 80's. It brings me great joy to help people feel better and use a variety of massage techniques to bring a unique blend of benefits to each client, integrating Swedish, Sports, Trigger Point,Deep Tissue & Hot Stones.
Voted "People's Choice Award" for Best Massage Practitioner – 2008, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
Every New Day is a GIFT, and I thank God for His many Blessings!
Treatment Rates:
30 minutes: $35
60 minutes: $70
90 minutes: $98
Massage Packages:
Three (3) 60 minute massages: $180
Four (4) 30 minute massages: $120
To Schedule a Massage, Call: (970) 596-1548


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Browse our online catalog.
All items in the catalog can be ordered by calling or visiting our store Monday through Friday, and you can pickup the items at our store within a few days with no shipping charges. Or, if you would like the convenience of having the items delivered to your door you can order online and pay a competitive shipping fee.If you have any questions or concerns please don't hesitate to contact us..


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Happy Tuesday Everyone! Can you believe we are heading into April tomorrow? The year just seems to be flying by.
I'm feeling a tad sorry for myself today as I've got a sinus and throat infection, so after the school run I may just put my feet up, have a rest and do a little colouring…..the house work can wait…lol!
Anyhoo, enough waffle! I've made another page for my colouring journal. This one uses the Li'l Lilian Digi Stamp from Elisabeth Bell:
I'm trying out some new hair colour combinations, as since changing to Copics a few months back I've been sticking to browns and blondes. This is a nice vibrant red, maybe a little brighter than I was aiming for, but I like it anyway. It uses E49, E08, R08 and R02.
- Image: Li'l Lilian from Elisabeth Bell
- Colouring Medium: Copics
- DP: Lili of the Valley 'Petal Fresh' 8x8 Paper Pad
- Card: Blue and Pale Blue card and Copic X-Press It Blending Card
- Dies & Punches: EK Success Border Punch, Spellbinder Plain and Big Scalloped Ovals.
- Embellishments: Pearls, Paper Flowers, Tim Holtz Chit Chat Stickers, Ribbon and doodling/faux stitching with a blue fineline pen.
I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:
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A fireman from Spilsby used to battling the flames in his job is to face a different kind of heat - by running 13.1 miles in his thick firefighting suit.
And if that wasn't enough - Bob Green also plans to carry his breathing apparatus with him - doubling the cumbersome kit load to 30kg.
"Some people say I must be crazy," laughed Bob, 43, who will take on the Boston Half Marathon on April 15.
"The protective kit we wear is designed for us to be walking around a building, not for running - so it is definitely going to be a challenge," he said. "It will just be a case of mind over matter on the day."
The married father-of-one will even wear his helmet for the run, which he admits will be more of a 'slow jog'.
"I have been training in some of the kit on the treadmill we have at the station in Spilsby - but it's not something I can fully prepare for," he said.
Due to the heat and possible chafing of his fire helmet as he jogs - Bob says he will likely have to carry it in his hands for some of the race route.
The only part of his kit Bob will forego for the run will be his heavy firefighting boots - sensibly swapping them for trainers on the day.
"I have to put safety first," he said. "There are plenty of water stops along the route so I will definitely be making use of them."
The retained firefighter is hoping his efforts will raise lots of money for his two chosen charities - Spilsby New Life Centre and the Fire Fighters Charity. "I like a challenge and as I run to keep fit I thought I would combine the two and help raise funds for two charities that provide a fantastic service," he said.
"Any donations received by sponsorship of my run will be split equally between them.
"The New Life Centre in Spilsby is part of the ground-level network of churches and youth work to mental health support, food bank to counselling and debt management to children's services are just some of the areas they cover at the centre. Without the support and generosity of the community this would not be possible."
The Fire Fighters Charity offers a variety of services for the fire service community in its time of need.
When he's not being called out to an emergency, Bob works at End to End Labels in Spilsby - and he praises his employers for being 'supportive' of his venture.
"They've been really great, especially with me being a retained firefighter and needing to leave work at the drop of a hat," he added.
"The crew at Spilsby have also been hugely supportive so I'm very grateful to them."
To support Bob's half marathon effort visit his fundraising page.


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Heavy Leather Sewing Machine
On Professional Pedestal Stand
Professionals prefer to work standing, or on a high stool. The CB-3200 PRO offers the dual advantage of taller mounting height, and greater access to the throat area. Ease of use is enhanced by larger foot pedals, and more direct positioning of the head. The PRO base table is supported by a 3/8" rigid solid steel mounting plate.
The Basic Package Includes:
Industrial Pedestal work stand
Rolling casters on table
3/4 hp 110v ENDURO Digital DC Servo Motor
3 to 1 speed reducer
Industrial dual place thread stand
80 watt Hi-Intensity LED work light.
1 cone of thread (277, 207, or 138, your choice)
10-pack of needles
4 bobbins
Stand alone bobbin winder
Stainless steel double toe foot
Large Blanket/Fabric Foot set
Oil, tools & manuals.
Light duty spring sets for thin leathers
Lifetime Warranty
This is the COMPLETE factory package.
"I have 4 sewers, and they've stopped using the other machines and stand around waiting to use the 3200 PRO!"
Call to see a demonstration in our Dallas Showroom.
Max Sew Thickness: 5/8" or approx 40 oz of stacked leather
Foot Lift: 5/8"
Thread size: #138 to #346
Needle Type: 7x4 base with #18 to #27 sizes
Cylinder Diameter: 2.5"
Cylinder Arm Reach: 10.5"
Max Stitch Length: 3/in
Bobbin Style: .825" x 1.0" Large Capacity
Max Speed: 800 for full thickness, up to 2100 for thin leathers
Stainless Steel Presser Feet
The Cowboy CB3200 is the lowest cost heavy-duty compound feed walking foot machine available on the market. It is an exceptional machine for saddle & harness work, with the ability to sew very heavy materials. It utilizes the Juki TSC-441 style shuttle hook. The precision components are hand polished and assembled in the USA.
The machine has far less skipped stitches because of the precision components used in the shuttle hook. It features a triple feed mechanism with walking foot, needle feed, and feed dog. It features a full reverse mechanism and can match the stitch holes perfectly in forward and reverse. This leather sewing machine has an 10.5 inch long arm and a 5/8" inch presser foot lift. This leather stitcher will sew most materials to about a 5/8" thickness.
Optional Attachments:
Belt Makers Kit - $194
Over $100 in savings! Includes:
Stainless Steel Left Foot
Stainless Steel Right Foot
Material Guide
Material Guide alone - $113
Stainless Steel Left Foot alone - $99
Stainless Steel Right Foot alone - $99
Removable Flat Top Table - $115
Flat Slotted Needle Plate - $135
Stirrup Needle Plate - $135
Holster Plate (for pre-molded holsters) - $135
Hand Control - $85
Hand Control for modern sewing machines, an attachment that adds accessibility to operation of our machines. Can be purchased with a machine or separately. Works with Enduro style motors, or Family style motors. Call to Order - 817-422-9151
The CB3200 comes with a 3/4hp, 110v Digital DC Servo Motor with speed adjustment and a 3:1 speed reducer that slows the machine down to a very controllable pace.
saddles, harness, horse tack, sheath, bridles, upholstered furniture, heavy jeans, sofas, lifting slings and cargo lashing straps, luggage, handbags, shoes, sandals, slippers, briefcases, purses, pouches, leather goods and other curved work.
Head Only - $1400
Some professionals prefer to keep their existing workbench. The CB-3200 head is available for purchase separately. Please contact us if you have questions.


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disciple before you discipline/
When my first-born was a toddler, and his baby brother napped in a bassinet nearby, we would draw together, talk together, read together, be together. We memorized Scripture songs and prayed for our loved ones, filled sticker books, laid out the tracks for Thomas the Tank Engine, made cookies for neighbors, and often walked the mile to our local church. And everywhere we went, every time we sat down, each nap-time as we laid down and rose up again, I discipled my child.
"Hear, O Israel! The Lord is our God, the Lord is one! You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. These words, which I am commanding you today, shall be on your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your sons and shall talk of them when you sit in your house and when you walk by the way and when you lie down and when you rise up. You shall bind them as a sign on your hand and they shall be as frontals on your forehead. You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates." Deuteronomy 6:4-9
There's a holy order to growing up in Christ, and there's an order to our children growing up, too. It's not as elusive as it seems on most long parenting days. It's actually quite simple.
First we disciple them, then we layer in discipline, and finally we pull back our need to discipline as they grow in self-discipline.
Read more about each important step today at The MOB Society.


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Treat your mom to an elegant and relaxing afternoon to some delicious tea. The Grand Tea Room in Escondido, located in historical downtown, has the cutest ambiance and is the perfect way to celebrate Mother's Day!
Spend your Sunday with some fun for the whole family! The Escondido Street Faire on 5/15 from 9:30am-5:30pm is California's second largest single-day street faire! The faire is filled with over 700 booths, live entertainment, and arts and crafts! Grab a bite from the international food booths, or bring home some fresh veggies to cook with from the farmers market.
Cruise on down to Encinitas for the unrivaled combination of historic cars on the historic Hwy 101 experience! Encinitas Classic Car Nights showcases a variety of hot rods, Woodies and other classic and vintage cars – plus some live music! Stop by for a roaring good time tonight from 5:30pm-7:30pm.


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Here's the list:
1. Beautiful sunny days!
2. Girl weekend!
3. Supernatural last night. (post on that later)
4. Somehow managing to stay in the 50/50 challenge.
5. Tomorrow's meeting.
6. Retreat countdown. And my dining room being full of retreat stuff.
7. Dogs that love to open presents even if they can smell its not a treat.
8. Cool new pens.
9. New shiny ideas that are forming.
10. Dinner out with my baby girl.
That's all for now.


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Chris Newcomb, M.Div.
What's the deal? Ever heard that question before? What's the deal with...her/him/us/them/your mom/your ex-girlfriend/the economy/the weather/the Redskins (they stink)/etc., etc., etc.? It's a very common question when we do not understand a person or situation.
This morning I was having a conversation with a support person for one of our detox patients. This individual had a very colorful story to report about his life in and out of jail, selling drugs as well as being addicted to opiates. His enthusiasm for drug dealing was palpable yet disgusting. He spoke of his full-time occupation very seriously as if he worked at a prestigious investment banking firm. To him, however, he does just that.
He told me that he makes good money and could retire now. He's 26. Yet he has no aspirations in life except to retire filthy rich. I don't think that is an altogether bad aspiration but when it includes guns, knives, violence, and other people's safety and well-being, I have an issue with that. However, I am not the police and this was just a conversation so I was obliged to listen to him brag about his 'power and fame' on the street. It was sad to listen to really.
I tell you that story to ask you this question: What's the deal!?! How is it we live in a world where people are seen as 'cool' and 'hip' for putting chemicals in their bodies that make them act like complete idiots? How is it we live in a world where this guy preys on the weak and vulnerable, cares nothing about it, AND gets rich off of his nefarious schemes? While I don't have an immediate answer, I do know this, the sober life is the best life there is to live! I will preach it from the rooftops. I'll shout out it loud. I'll talk about it until I'm blue in the face. Drugs destroy! Heroin is heinous! Oxys obfuscate! Selling drugs sends people to the grave! It's all a farce! What is the deal people?!?! Wake up!!!
Having said all of that, I do want to be clear that I am not judging this man or anyone who abuses substances or chooses to sell drugs. My hope is that they get help because there is so much more to life than the small, pitiful existence that drugs and alcohol actually give. However, it does not stop my disdain for those substances because of the many lives they do destroy on a daily basis.
So, I ask you this, what's your deal? Where do you stand when it comes to drug and alcohol? Are you committed to total abstinence or are you playing around using a little here or there? I doubt there are any drug dealers reading this blog but if you are...please stop what you're doing before more people get addicted and you eventually go to jail and/or get killed. You know deep down that you are hurting people. You also know deep down that you need help to quit. Ask for it. It's there. You can change and be a new person. It's never too late to be someone different!
At the Coleman Institute, we believe that everyone deserves another chance. In our line of work, we help put broken people back together again. We truly want to help you get clean and stay clean. If you or someone you love is in need of detox from opiates, alcohol, benzos, Methadone, or Suboxone, please do not hesitate to call Jennifer Pius or Amy Stewart at 1-877-773-3869.


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'No one is born a great cook,one learns by doing.' -Julia Child
Yesterday, I made a discovery. I need to stop cooking for my children. Instead, I need to cook with them. For possibly the 100th time, I'm making weekly dinner menus. This time, much more organized than before, with bigger hopes for success. I also had the boys each pick a day, when they can choose the dinner and be part of the process. Then I shared one of my childhood cookbooks with them- specifically, the stained, worn pages of blueberry cobbler. They were eager and excited; while making it, my oldest kept exclaiming "this is so awesome! I'm making this! this is so awesome!"...once the cobbler was in the oven, he started organizing our pots and pans, peeling carrots for the salad and setting the table. I think I'm on to something...and the cobbler was pretty tasty, too.


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The Art of Getting Things Done with David Allen
Last week, TEDx came to the Claremont Colleges. It was an inspiring Saturday full of positive energy and captivating stories. If you weren't there, I want to ask you one simple question: Why? Perhaps you were deterred by the hassle of pre-registration. Some of you may not know what TED is or why one would go in the first place (That deserves a whole article in itself!), but I'll bet, for some, the answer boiled down to this: You wanted to go but were wayyy too busy and stressed out to give up nine hours of your Saturday, even to attend a TEDx conference.
If that last option was the case for you, there is at least one speaker you could have personally benefited from hearing speak: David Allen.
Allen coaches, consults, speaks, and writes about the topic of stress-free productivity. He's one of Forbes' top five executive coaches in the United States. Years ago, Allen developed a simple model that can help anyone relax, gain a clear mind, and get the results they want to see. His book, Getting Things Done, is a national best-seller.
I was lucky enough to sit down with Allen the day before his talk to learn a little more about his model. Allen, like many people, didn't always know what he wanted to do. "I had 35 professions by the time I was 35!" he said. What Allen knew was that he liked to walk into a situation and see how much easier it could be. "They actually call those people something and they pay them money to go do that, so I hung up my shingle and since then began exploring what are some of the things that allow us to create the best results we can with the least amount of effort," he explained.
Allen's entire Getting Things Done (GTD) system is based off of one simple idea: appropriate engagement. Your mind should be appropriately engaged with all the tasks at hand. This system gives you a "mind like water"; if you throw a stone into calm water, the water will ripple out exactly as much as it needs to—not too much or too little—and then return to its calm state.
So how does one obtain a mind like water? Perhaps you'll be disappointed with the simplicity of the answer. Allen said, "I can tell you the model in twenty seconds; it's just, keep anything potentially meaningful out of your head, sooner than later decide what it means and what you're going to do about it, and park those results in some trusted place that some part of you knows you'll look at the right time and the right place, and trust your intuitive judgments about what you do. That's all it is." While it may be simple, it is absolutely effective.
The actual details of the system you use are up to you, but here are a couple components Allen suggests in his book:
Write everything down: Do not use your mind as your system to remind you of anything. Create an in-box for physical material and some sort of space where you can jot down any fleeting "I need to..." thought that comes to mind.
Process it once: When you sit down at your inbox, you should process each item one time. Nothing goes back to the in-box. See the workflow model below to find out how to process your in-box materials.
Understand the purpose: For multi-step actions (aka projects), know why you are doing what you're doing, visualize the outcome you desire, and work toward that vision.
Actions. Actions. Actions: You must think of your incomplete tasks as actual actions. This means that things on your to-do list aren't "religious studies project" or "mom." You need to boil it down to the next actionable step.
Review the lists: This system is all about trust. You have to trust your system so much that you stop keeping things in your head. This means that you have to know that you'll look at your lists and calendars at the correct times. Make it a point to review your lists and process your materials at least once a week.
According to Allen, the biggest thing the world needs to learn is to "stop using your psyche as your system. It sucks. Your psyche and creative energy should be used to make intuitive choices, do intelligent thinking, and be creative." When you use your psyche as your system, you throttle your creative energy. Allen insisted that students can get a lot out of his system because it will allow them to maximize mental bandwidth, open up to more opportunities, and build good habits for life. He also stressed that you don't have to undergo a full-scale overhaul of your life; any little bit helps. So if you can't start big, start small. Start writing more things down; start translating tasks into actionable steps.
When you apply this system to your life, you should feel like you're perpetually "in the zone." This means the only thing on your mind is exactly what you've chosen to focus on. The real trick to the system is in implementation. It requires a change in habit; it will feel unnecessary. Allen said, "It's one of the more instructive things to realize about these practices; we're not born doing them. You didn't hop out of the womb going, 'Hi, what am I trying to accomplish? What's the next step? And who's doing it?" Allen likened it to learning a martial art: "If you ever learn the martial arts, you'll find that the basic moves feel very unnatural and very awkward. Once you do them 1,000 times, you'll see that's the best way to manifest the highest amount of power with the least amount of effort."
I asked Allen why it is that more people don't utilize his system, and he said he doesn't know! He said he thought he was the last person in the world to figure this stuff out. "Once you start to do it you go 'duh.' This is a big duh-factory in terms of what I've created," he said. Allen thinks it is an addiction to stress that stops people from implementing a system like his. "The biggest barrier to entry is people's addiction to stress—their willingness to tolerate the pressure of not doing this… It has to do with their comfort zone of how much unprocessed stuff they feel okay about having. How much pressure are you willing to tolerate?"
So CMC, the question is now posed to you: How much pressure are you willing to tolerate?
Tolerate less. Get things done.


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One of their most popular and widely used products, Boscia had created it's popular Blotting Linens exclusively for Breast Cancer Awareness.
Rose Blotting Linens are formulated with the exquisitely feminine essence of Rose to soothe skin and uplift the psyche. While blotting away the oils that accumulate through the day.
*10% of proceeds from the sales of boscia Rose Blotting Linens are donated to The Dr. Susan Love Research Foundation (www.dslrf.org) to support breast cancer research.
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Founded in 1996, Eldercare select is a leading provider of corporate and private home health care services across Canada.
Our professional team of caregivers includes Registered Nurses, Registered Practical Nurses, Personal Support Workers and Rehab Support Workers. We provide corporate caregiving and eldercare programs and solutions to over 1 million Canadians. Our fully trained staff will be there when you need us. We also provide services in the areas of homemaking, household management, companionship, appointment or shopping escorts, relief for family caregivers and more. First Health Care is an accredited home care provider.
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Hi everybody!Eun-Ha Paek + Sara Varon + Aya Kakeda = Captain Canoodle We are having an exhibition at Rojo Bermelo Gallery in Mexico City, opening June 27!! There will be Prints! Posters! Papier-mache masks! A mural! And New Products! Be there or be a pear! (http://www.canoodle.milky.org/)
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If you read my last post, then you know there is nothing more magical (and fun) than do-it-yourself skin care. Fresh Home Magazine also has some fresh and awesome DIY facial recipes.
Oil of Olé
This guac-inspired moisturizer is suitable for even sensitive skin.
2 tablespoons of fresh avocado, mashed
1 teaspoon honey
1 teaspoon plain full-fat yogurt
½ teaspoon lemon juice
1. Combine ingredients in a bowl. Refrigerate for 30 minutes.
2. While you're waiting for the mixture to chill, clean your face with a soap-free cleansing wash. Make two mugs of green tea and put an ice cube or two in one of them.
3. Smear a thin layer of the chilled mask on your face, avoiding your eyes. Sit back, relax for 10 or 15 minutes, and sip the warm tea.
4. Rinse with lukewarm water. Slowly splash your face with the cooled tea, and then rinse with water again. Powerful antioxidants in tea help skin stay healthy.
Note: Don't use black tea; it will stain your skin.
Fruit Face
The fruit acids in this mask gently exfoliate, stripping away dry, dead skin cells to reveal a fresher complexion.
1 ripe peach, peeled and pitted
1 teaspoon brandy
Sprinkle of cornstarch
1. Mash together the peach and brandy in a bowl. Add just enough cornstarch to make a paste.
2. Smooth over your face, steering clear of lips and eyes. Sit back and relax. Feel free to sip on any extra brandy.
3. Rinse with lukewarm water after 20 minutes. (Don't leave the mask on any longer; it will irritate skin).
Bran Scruffin'
The bran and sugar in this scrub scour away dry skin, immediately improving your face's appearance.
1 tablespoon plain yogurt
1 teaspoon brewer's yeast
1 teaspoon finely ground bran
1 teaspoon sugar
1. Thoroughly mix all ingredients.
2. Immediately massage the scrub into your skin with your fingertips before the sugar has a chance to dissolve.
3. Rinse with lukewarm water.


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By Paul Charman
The Independent's decision to be the only national newspaper to use a shocking 'face up' front page picture of the drowned migrant boy helped change the British government's refugee policy, according to its young editor Amol Rajan.
"I think it made a difference", Rajan told a packed audience of members of the Media Society and London Press Club event, supported by Gorkana. The venue was Northcliffe House in Kensington, dubbed 'the Vertical Fleet Street' by Press Club chair Doug Wills because it is home, in addition to The Independent, to the Daily Mail, i, The Independent on Sunday, the London Evening Standard, London Live, The Mail on Sunday and Metro.
"I think the British government's policy position changed quite dramatically in the space of a few days. I had conversations with very senior members of the government who gave me the clear impression that David Cameron was slightly blown away by the response of the British public and I think it would fair and not too arrogant to say that the Independent played a small part in that, of which I am proud."
Although "slightly sceptical" of hashtag campaigns, Rajan also thought his paper's Refugees Welcome campaign had an impact in rejecting Cameron's initial "unspeakably technical and inhumane" response to the crisis. "Immigration is something I feel very strongly about", he told former BBC news editor Phil Harding.
"I am an immigrant and I want to make the moral case for immigration. My parents came here with very little money and basically it's a human aspiration", said Rajan, whose newspaper carried a fiery front-page challenge that day to Home Secretary Theresa May's conference attack on mass immigration.
Rajan, who admitted his first ambition was to become a spin bowler but was "too fat and too rubbish," said he liked being editor because of "the job of editorial selection, making the paper work commercially and management", his least favourite as he had to make redundancies. "It's tough but if it's the price to pay for keeping the paper alive, I'll make it."
With a third of the budget of his predecessors, his remedy was "to work my nuts off and get everybody else to work their nuts off which can drive everybody mad". Losses at the newspaper had been steadily decreasing year-on-year, standing at £4.6m last year that he hoped would be "substantially down this year".
"Are we out of the woods because we are heading towards break even? We are certainly not out of the woods because if you work in journalism, the woods are your home. We have got to get to profitability. Profitability is the best guarantee of independence. We are entirely reliant on the extraordinary generosity of a Russian family, and I genuinely don't know how long it can go on, but until we get to profitability we are not safe".
That said, the turnaround at both the Independent and the other big title in the Lebedev empire, the London Evening Standard where huge losses had been turned into profitability, represented "one of the biggest turnarounds in British newspapers".
While he admitted he answered editorially to Evgeny Lebedev, his "publisher and boss" and spoke with him "most days if he's in the country about the company, what he's doing, politics, campaigns and events", he said he did not interfere. "Do we talk about editorial policy? Of course and I feel quite bullish about this. It would be fantastically naïve to think that a family who has put over £120m into newspapers had not taken an interest in the paper. I can also say that I don't think Evgeny is an interfering proprietor".
On the controversial stance of The Independent in May's general election, which Rajan acknowledged many people wanted to talk about, he conceded the proprietor had discussed it with him, "but he didn't say do this, do that. He said 'Do what you think is the right thing for the paper' ".
"In fact the party we were closest to was the party of the Liberal Democrats. If you look at the last sentence of my leader, it said that if there's another coalition, we hoped it's much less conservative and more liberal democrat. It still got interpreted as 'The Independent backs the Tories' and I put my hand up to that and apologise to the extent I was culpable for that representation.
"One of the reasons – maybe it was my naivety or the volcano that erupted online – was that I didn't react quickly enough. Because when the Tories got in touch and said we are going to spin this and spin it hard, to say the 'The Independent's backing the Tories', in retrospect, I think I should have been much more on the front-foot and defend our position much more quickly and explain that wasn't the case".
On his own rise to editorship, he said he didn't think Fleet Street was "racist". "I think we have made great progress, I think we have a great range of voices who speak for different minorities. And I think we have made amazing progress in terms of sexual equality. Nor do I think journalism is a posh club… not like politics which seems to have reverted to a weird sort of 1950s or 60s era with an Old Etonian domination – but all eminent and able people of course!"
Paul Charman is a freelance journalist and Honorary Secretary of The Media Society.
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Clive "Max" Maxfield received his B.Sc. in Control Engineering from Sheffield Hallam University in England in 1980. He began his career as a designer of central processing units (CPUs) for mainframe computers. Over the years, Max has designed all sorts of interesting "stuff" from silicon chips to circuit boards and brainwave amplifiers to Steampunk "Display-O-Meters." He has also been at the forefront of electronic design automation (EDA) for more than 25 years.
Max moved to America in 1990. Max´s numerous technical articles have appeared in a wide variety of electronics and computing magazines, and he has held contributing editor and executive editor positions for many of these publications.
Already a noted author of over a half-dozen books, Max is always thinking of his next project. He would particularly like to write for teens, introducing them to engineering and computers in a fun and exciting way. For this is what sets "Max" Maxfield apart: It is not just what he knows, but how he relates it to the learner.
Max´s enthusiasm is palpable, and perhaps this is why he is also a much-sought-after speaker at technical conferences around the world.
Can you think of any science fiction or science fantasy films that you feel fall into the sour patch worm category?
"Arithmetic is being able to count up to twenty without taking off your shoes" — Mickey Mouse (1928-)
My granddad could have been a contender for the "Man who was on the most ships sunk in WWII" record.
Created by Richard Grafton, this 4-bit 7400-based CPU recently debuted at the Retro Computer Festival, which was held at the Museum of Computing in Cambridge, England.


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Morris James Named a Top Workplace for Mid-sized Employers in Delaware Twelfth Consecutive Year
Morris James was named a top workplace for mid-sized employers in Delaware for the twelfth consecutive year. This year's top workplace honor makes Morris James the only law firm in Delaware to be consistently top-ranked in the mid-sized employers category for the past twelve years. More ›
Case Spotlight: Terramar Retail Ctrs., LLC v. Marion #2-Seaport Tr. U/A/D June 21, 2002
Case Spotlight: Terramar Retail Ctrs., LLC v. Marion #2-Seaport Tr. U/A/D June 21, 2002, 2018 WL 6331622 (Del. Ch. Dec. 4, 2018) (Laster, V.C.)
Defendant (the "Trust") is an investment vehicle affiliated with non-party Michael Cohen. The Trust holds a 25% member interest in Seaport Village Operating Company, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, which operates a specialty shopping center and tourist attraction in San Diego, California. Plaintiff holds a 75% interest in the Company. After forming the Company in Delaware, the parties entered into an operating agreement that named plaintiff as the sole manager of the Company and gave plaintiff the right to request that the other members buy out its member interest at fair market value (the "Put Right"). Plaintiff also had the right to dissolve the Company and receive a contractually determined payout if the other members did not purchase plaintiff's interest within six months of exercising the Put Right. In 2015, plaintiff exercised its Put Right. After more than six months had passed and its membership interest had not been bought out, plaintiff filed this action seeking declarations that it properly exercised the buy-out provision of the operating agreement and that it has the right to dissolve the Company and sell the Company's property and assets. More ›
Temporary Stopgaps Extend Federal Court Operations Through January 31st
The Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts estimates that federal court operations will remain funded through Jan. 31, 2019. The extension has been achieved by deferring non-critical operating costs and the usage of court filing fees and other available funds.
Court System Notices
- US Courts: Judiciary Has Funds to Operate Through Jan. 31
- DE District Court: Notice Regarding Court Operations During Lapse in Appropriations
- DE Bankruptcy Court: Notice Regarding Court Operations During Lapse in Appropriations
Litigation and filings will continue in Delaware during the federal government shutdown. If you have questions, please contact our Director of Client Relations Dawn Sheiker (302.888.6804; firstname.lastname@example.com).
Case Spotlight: Akorn, Inc. v. Fresenius Kabi AG
Case Spotlight: Akorn, Inc. v. Fresenius Kabi AG, C.A. No. 2018-0300-JTL (Del. Ch. May 22, 2018) (Laster, V.C.)
Plaintiff brought this suit to compel specific performance of a merger agreement with defendants. Defendants refused to close on the deal after receiving anonymous letters containing data integrity allegations involving Akorn's executive vice president who was in charge of its quality assurance department. Initially, the parties entered into a common interest agreement and jointly conducted an internal investigation. Over time, that arrangement fell apart and both parties conducted parallel investigations through their outside counsel with the assistance of consultants. Plaintiff filed a motion to compel production of materials concerning defendants' data integrity issues. More ›
U.S.News - Best Lawyers® Recognizes Morris James LLP Among Best Law Firms
The 2019 U.S. News – Best Lawyers® annual guide of the "Best Law Firms" recognizes Morris James as a "Best Law Firm" in the national category of Litigation-Mergers & Acquisitions as well as 25 additional categories for their Delaware practices. More ›
Delaware Today Magazine Recognizes Morris James' E-Discovery Team as "Top Lawyers"
Morris James Team Takes the Lead in the Category of E-Discovery and Technology
Congratulations to E-Discovery attorneys Ian D. McCauley, Laura G. Readinger, and Richard K. Herrmann, who were named Top Lawyers by their peers in a survey of Delaware attorneys conducted by Delaware Today magazine. Additionally, Mr. McCauley was a top vote-getter in the category of eDiscovery and Technology. Overall, Morris James had more top lawyers and top vote-getters than any other law firm in Delaware. A total of 39 attorneys were named in 20 practice areas.
Delaware Today Magazine Recognizes 39 Morris James Attorneys in their November Top Lawyer Edition
Morris James Takes the Lead in Delaware Today Top Lawyers Survey
Morris James LLP is pleased to announce that the lawyers listed below were recognized as Top Lawyers by their peers in a survey of Delaware attorneys conducted by Delaware Today magazine. Morris James had more top lawyers and top vote-getters than any other law firm in Delaware. 39 attorneys were named in 20 practice areas. More ›
Case Spotlight: In re CBS Corporation Litigation
Case Spotlight: In re CBS Corp. Litig., 2018 WL 3414163 (Del. Ch. July 13, 2018) (Bouchard, C.)
CBS Corporation ("CBS") has two classes of stock. The Class A common stock has voting power; the Class B common stock does not. Shari Redstone, through her control of National Amusements, Inc. ("NAI"), controls approximately 80% of the voting power of CBS and approximately 10% of the economic stake.
In September 2016, NAI's counsel sent a letter requesting that CBS consider a potential combination with Viacom Inc. ("Viacom"). The board of directors of CBS (the "Board") adopted resolutions authorizing a special committee of independent directors (the "2016 Special Committee") to consider the transaction and make a recommendation to the Board. The 2016 Special Committee's work ended in December 2016. In January 2018, NAI again approached CBS asking for a combination with Viacom. The Board adopted resolutions to form a second special committee (the "2018 Special Committee") with essentially the same mandate and authority. More ›
Case Spotlight: Cumming v. Edens, C.A. No. 13007-VCS (Del. Ch. July 12, 2018) (Slights, V.C.) (TRANSCRIPT)
In this transcript ruling deciding the plaintiff's motion to compel production of documents, the Court of Chancery provided some noteworthy guidance regarding discovery from third party financial advisors. In response to the plaintiff's subpoena, the financial advisor here had initially asserted boilerplate general objections and offered to meet and confer with respect to each request, without expressly agreeing to produce any documents. Months later, the financial advisor had still only produced its deal file and limited other documents and had failed to agree to any proposal for the collection, review, and production of its responsive email data. More ›
Morris James Named a Top Work Place for Mid-sized Employers in Delaware Eleventh Consecutive Year
Morris James was named a top work place for mid-sized employers in Delaware for the eleventh consecutive year. This year's top workplace honor makes Morris James the only law firm in Delaware to be consistently top-ranked in the mid-sized employers category for the past eleven years. More ›
Best Lawyers® Recognizes Thirty Morris James Attorneys in Thirty-two Practice Areas
Thirty Morris James attorneys in thirty-two practice areas were selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America© 2019 edition. Additionally, three of those attorneys were named "Lawyer of the Year" for their respective practices, including David H. Williams for Education Law, Employment Law – Management, and Litigation – Labor and Employment, Richard Galperin for Healthcare Law, Medical Malpractice - Defendants, and Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants, and John M. Bloxom, IV for Real Estate. Congratulations to Kenneth L. Dorsney, Shannon S. Frazier, Kevin G. Healy, Eric J. Monzo, John H. Newcomer, Jr., K. Tyler O'Connell and Jill Spevack Di Sciullo for being recognized for the first time. More ›
Connolly and Noreika Confirmed to Delaware District Court
The United States Senate confirmed Colm F. Connolly and Maryellen Noreika as US District Judges for the District of Delaware. Connolly and Noreika will fill the two vacancies resulting from the retirements of Judges Sue L. Robinson and Gregory M. Sleet.
The confirmations, announced via the Senate's website (found here), restore the District Court to a full bench of judges. More ›
Case Spotlight: TCV VI, L.P. v. TradingScreen Inc.
Case Spotlight: TCV VI, L.P. v. TradingScreen Inc., 2018 WL 1907212 (Del. Ch. Apr. 23, 2018) (Laster, V.C.)
Philippe Buhannic is a founder of TradingScreen Inc. (the "Company") and was formerly its CEO and Chairman of the Board. His brother, Patrick Buhannic, was also formerly a director of the Company. In 2014, plaintiffs filed this action alleging that defendants had breached their fiduciary duties when determining how much of plaintiffs' preferred stock to redeem. Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP ("Morris Nichols") represented all defendants through trial, including Philippe and Patrick (together, the "Buhannics"); however, during settlement negotiations, it became clear that the Buhannics were adverse to the other defendants. In response, Morris Nichols withdrew as counsel to the Buhannics and advised the defendants that it could not participate further in the settlement negotiations. More ›
Delaware Super Lawyers® 2018 Recognizes 10 Morris James Attorneys
Delaware Super Lawyers® magazine has recognized five Morris James partners as top legal counsel in Delaware and five "Rising Stars®" attorneys. "Rising Stars®" is a recognition for lawyers who are 40 or under, or who have been practicing for 10 years or less.
Super Lawyers® selects outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas throughout the United States who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The selection process includes independent research, peer nominations, and peer evaluations. Only the top five percent of attorneys in each state are honored as Super Lawyers in this annual list, and the Rising Star selection is limited to only 2.5 percent of eligible attorneys, according to Super Lawyers' website.
Morris James attorneys recognized on the 2018 Delaware Super Lawyers® list are:
Business Litigation:
P. Clarkson Collins
Jason C. Jowers
Lewis H. Lazarus
Edward M. McNally
Employment and Labor:
David H. Williams
Business Litigation Rising Stars:
Meghan A. Adams
Albert J. Carroll
Bryan Townsend
Patricia A. Winston
Medical Malpractice Rising Stars:
Joshua Meyeroff
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Thirteen Morris James partners have been named leaders in their respective fields by Chambers USA, and two additional partners were named "recognized practitioners" in Delaware for Corporate/M&A: Alternative Entities. Morris James also received five practice recognitions.
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Carl N. Kunz III
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Eat Your Blues Away
Eating blue and purple foods should be a piece of cake. These lustrous gems are not only full of antioxidants and anti-inflammatories known for reducing the symptoms of disease, but they taste DELICIOUS!
Studies by the USDA have named blueberries as the number one antioxidant rich fruit. Antioxidants prevent oxidative cell damage which can lead to Alzheimer's, heart disease, and cancerous cells.
Improve Your Memory
The particular antioxidant in blue and dark purple foods is anthocyanin. Studies have shown that 1 cup of wild blueberries a day have improved aging memory cells in humans. Anxious about losing your memory, you may need to step up your blueberry or blackberry consumption.
Reduce the Risk of Heart Disease
Flavonoids are plant metabolites, hmmm sounds like metabolism, right? Yes, it means these compounds metabolize or "eat" the bacteria in arteries maintaining a healthy cardiovascular disease. In English, this means eating your dark fruits and vegetables everyday can improve circulation and reduce the risk of heart disease.
No More Urinary Tract Infections (UTI's)
You may have heard that cranberries are good for UTI's? This is due to the same process by which the flavonoids "eat" the bacteria from the uterine wall. We know that sugar feeds these bacteria, so it is important to eat dark lustrous cranberries and avoid the sugary juices.
How Blues and Purples Prevent Cancer
When we ingest toxins our cells may oxidize and release free radicals or free roaming oxygen molecules. Antioxidants come to the rescue and "eat" or neutralize these free radicals preventing them from damaging cells and causing cancerous tumors. The best way to avoid free radical damage is to load up on antioxidant rich fruits and vegetables so eat 1 full serving of blues and purples a day.
Dark Blue and Purple Produce
- Blueberries
- Blackberries
- Purple plums
- Eggplant
- Figs
- Purple potatoes
- Purple grapes
- Prunes
- Dark cranberries
It is important to eat as many different antioxidant rich fruits and vegetables as possible. We are advised to eat 5-7 servings of fruit and vegetables a day. I would make that 6 servings of vegetables and 1 fruit to make sure your fructose levels are not through the roof. Most importantly, eat the rainbow and get your full spectrum of nutrition everyday.


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Disgusting Sounds
Short film directed by Paul Driessen
Co-directed by many others
Production company il Luster
In co-production with S.O.I.L.
Mosaic short consisting of brief gags around the theme disgusting sounds, strung together by a pixellation stop-motion story.
Every gag is made by a different Dutch or Belgian animator, completely free in style and animation technique.
I was approached to make one and decided to go with a 3D piece, with the look and charm of stop-motion animation.
Creation, design, 3d modeling, texturing, rigging, rendering and compositing by Wouter Bongaerts
Character animation by Dirk Henrotay


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Why Final Checks?
By enrolling at Final Checks, you will get to work with and be trained by leading industry experts and celebrity make up and hair artists. No academy can offer instant success and guaranteed work but we can promise that we will help you every step of the way.
Does it matter what age I am?
At Final Checks, we accept all students aged 16+
Why is it so important to have contacts?
In this industry, it is important to have contacts in order to increase your portfolio, improve your career prospects and make sure you earn money for all of the hard work you put in! At Final Checks, as well as our resident teachers, we will bring in guest artists in order for you learn from them and make excellent contacts.
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How do I apply and what happens after I apply?
To apply, take a look at our academy page. Once you have contacted us , a member of the Final Checks team will get into contact with you. We cannot accept everyone onto the course, so we may need more information from you to let you know whether you have been successful in gaining a place with us. Once your place has been accepted, we will get into further contact to finalise your application and you are well on your way to success!
Can I visit the school prior to applying?
Yes, however walk ins are not permitted and you must contact us to arrange a visit so that we have tutors and staff available to assist you and to ensure minimal disruption to the day to day running of Final Checks.


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With each project, we begin with a clear insight of our client's purpose and their project's needs. Armed with creative and curious minds, state-of-the-art equipment and an insatiable obsession with quality, our talented team of photographers and creatives set out to produce spectacular images and solve intricate problems. Photography, whether it's spaces, people or places, is what we love to do and what we do best. Our work is a result of close client relationships that begin with a vision and flourish into projects that push the boundaries of what is possible.
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We use the best tools and equipment in the industry, including specialized lenses and ultra-high-definition digital cameras to ensure we can handle any size and scale that your project may require.
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Do not be tempted by eBay equivalents - there are a large number of fakes there and compromises will have been made like plastic stands etc.This is a quality item with 100% metal iron stand, heavy power station and nice feel. The silver grey finish is as others have said much nicer than blue/yellow.The temperature controls are not the most intuitive but I guess if you change them a lot you would get used to them and if you don't, like me, then it's not really an issue.Very pleased with my purchase and Proto-pics service is great. Next day delivery via the best courier IMHO (DPD) with no problems.
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A well designed and effective soldering station. Excellent support from Proto-PIC
I've been using unregulated irons for through-hole hobby work my whole life but decided finally to upgrade to a decent thermostatic one for SMD. In the past I've always bought Antex but this iron is currently about £70 cheaper than the equivalent Antex device. I've sometimes found that the tips become loose on Antex irons so I was pleased to see that the Hakko ones are secured with a screw thread. In general it seems very well made, although I've only had it a week so I cannot comment yet on the device's longevity.My only reservation with buying a Japanese iron like this right now is that UK political / trade uncertainty might make it trickier to obtain replacement tips in the medium term, so I'll probably buy a few in advance.
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After some disappointing results with conventional irons, I can now quickly produce a decent solder joint. Through hole work was even easier after changing to a screwdriver tip.
I had a 120v model when I was in the US and upgraded it for 240v when I moved back to USA. I had gotten by for 20+ years with conventional soldering irons, but was never truly satisfied with the work I did with them. I eventually decided to check out the FX-888D and took the plunge. I really can't say enough good things about it - the difference from my old iron is unbelievable. The control and precision thanks to the digital feedback, combined with its rapid heating means you can do good work at speed. Yes, it is a lot of money, but the reward is definitely worth it.
I was a bit annoyed with fixed-power soldering irons getting rather too hot, but it was manageable for through-hole components. Then I had to solder some surface-mount switches to repair a car key fob and the disaster of a lifted solder pad happened.Off to EEVBlog I went, and a few YouTube videos later I was convinced that a proper temperature-controlled soldering iron was required.The Hakko FX-888D is fantastic. I successfully soldered the tiny little switches. It also has enough power to solder large connectors without freezing or overheating the solder. The supplied stand is cast metal and fits the very comfortable to use iron perfectly. The designer even had enough pride in his work to put his signature on the base unit.I got a Hakko T18-D24 tip for it (elsewhere) too because the supplied small conical tip (T18-B) isn't ideal for everything.I highly recommend this soldering station.
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I've had many irons and stations in the past and always had to make do. So I decided to treat myself to one I have wanted for a long time. This one is absolutely brilliant. I do not have any regrets for mypurchase. The quality is outstanding. This company supplied my machine and delivered it the next day.Paul
Perfect...... beats my old iron by miles and the quality of the product is superb........
Superb quality, looks much better than the blue/yellow in my opinion!! Rapid delivery and comes with UK Plug fitted
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King of Tory going tree hugging!
The search for Ireland's most loveable tree is on - National Tree Huggers 2014 Contest.
What does a popular hotelier, an All-Ireland football medalist, a former supermodel, an internationally renowned cook and the 'King' of Tory Island have in common? They have all entered Just Forests search for Ireland's most loveable tree - the National Tree Huggers 2014 Contest.
The inagural National Tree Huggers Contest was launched on the John Murray Show on RTE Radio 1 on Wednesday 1st October. Fifteen people (high-profilers in their own career/sectors) will vie for the votes of the nation.
The contest is not about the tallest, broadest, oldest or most beautiful tree.
"It is all about what that particular tree means to the person entering the contest," according to contest organisers, Tom Roche of Just Forests the Offaly based development education (DE) charity and forest campaigning group.
Each participant was asked to select a tree that has a special place in their heart and write a short piece telling us what the significance of that is.
The tree/story with the most votes will be Ireland's nomination in the European Tree of the Year 2015 Contest.
Just Forests is looking for a major sponsor to come on board - if your company is interested in sponsoring this fun event and fund raiser please contact Tom Roche on 086 8049389.


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Almost everything is now in place for the 2010 Project Propellor - pilots matched with passengers, entertainment and catering - it's just down to the met man now!
We know there will be some disappointed aircrew out there who haven't heard from us yet - there sometimes just aren't enough seats or passengers near a given area, whilst there are too many in others. However, we are still getting applications is, so you may get lucky at the last minute!
For the duty pilots amongst us, a crib sheet has been put together to assist you with finding, and arriving at East Kirkby. The most important point to note (other than the runway direction), is that there is no fuel (for aeroplanes - plenty for humans) at East Kirkby.PDF Briefing Card
On behalf of the PP Team, may I wish you all blue skies and a fantastic event.


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Why Farmigo?
I have spent the last 12 years of my life in the software industry helping large companies utilize software to become more efficient, automate redundant jobs and manage their business. You could say that my efforts have been focused on making the big, even bigger. My resume can be summarized as simplifying complex systems by packaging technological advances into friendly experiences. While not quite at the age for a mid life crisis, I have been looking for a significant change and a meaningful mission. Or put simply, an endeavor that would be fulfilling, and contribute to my happiness.
What could be more gratifying than lifting my expertise and experience and moving it to a completely different domain that I find exhilarating, full of color with passionate delightful people, and super important to the way we live our lives? Welcome to the organic food industry in your local neighborhood.
Our food system is at a crisis. The drive for cheaper and faster foods has resulted in costs that are no longer hidden. The average American consumes 300 more calories daily compared to 30 years ago resulting in 75% of the population overweight and a projected 41% obesity rate by 2015. We have the highest diabetes rate in our documented history (1 out of 3 will have type 2 diabetes). Our awareness for the environmental crisis has grown but we continue to burn CO2 flying non-seasonal food across the world and trucking produce grown by mega farms with toxic pesticides across the country. We are no longer living to eat but rather eating to live by wolfing down a 5 minute microwave meal or guzzling down a hamburger in our cars as we exit the drive thru.
Small farms are attempting to provide a solution by growing organic food and distributing it directly to members in their community. Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) first started in Europe has taken root in the United States. These small farms are feeding hundreds of thousands of people in their direct communities with healthier foods but have limited capacity and can't compete on a price level with mega farms that have economies of scale and receive large subsidies from the government. The good news is that we are at a tipping point of food awareness. Advocates such as Michael Pollan and Alice Waters are helping to reach the masses with the message of healthier eating, knowing thy farmer who grows your food, and enjoying the meal rather than just seeing it as a source of nutrients and protein.
Farmigo, my new passion, is a web-based service created for small farms to promote, collaborate, sell and explain their food items online and aims to not only help farms prosper but also to build farming networks and improve communication. We aim to make small farming more sustainable so that many more farms can join the growing trend of farms selling directly to homes thereby becoming more profitable and expanding the number of people eating healthier fresher food. The Internet is a great medium for telling stories about the food we eat and providing transparency to the farmer that works so hard growing what we put in our bodies. Farmigo will be a big success when consumers finish a meal the way you finish a good novel and have the knowledge to say "that farmer Tom grew one of the best tomatoes I have ever eaten which provided the perfect flavor to this spaghetti sauce".
I get asked how I even began exploring the farming direction. After all it is not a trivial jump to make for a city boy who has spent the majority of his professional life building software for large industrial enterprises. I owe a lot of credit to Michael Eisenberg, a dear friend and colleague. Michael had the foresight to point me in the right direction. Already, Yossi and I have tapped into our very best and built the beginning of something amazing. For someone like me who always has his sights set on the next bigger and better thing, Famigo has provided an innovation canvas that seems limitless.
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This is great! After viewing 'Food Inc' and 'Food Matters' I am much more conscious about what I consume.
It is encouraging to see products available to help the local farmer.
Sounds great. It's fantastic when talented and motivated people turn their energies toward making the world a better place.
Keep in touch.
Came across your blog for the first time, and I can tell you, I love what you write. I'm on the path of entrepreneurship as well, so, I need all the inspiration I can get from like minded person like you:). Visit my blog sometime when you are free.
organic foods are the best for our health since they are free from dangerous chemicals and toxins '–
Great explanation of some of the issues facing our food system. I too believe that CSAs specifically, and more food awareness in general, will solve many of our health and environmental issues. I salute your 'big jump' and wish you the best of luck.
I am extremely impressed with the movement towards our food being healthier. My grandfather grew his own vegetables and fruits and ate healthy, hence living until the age of 98. I too, believe that the reason why our country is suffering from obesity, diabeties and other health issues is due to fast food and processed elements incorporated. As a mother, I am concerned. Therefore, I will continue to support this movement as much as I can.
Benzi, I met you at the Ecofarm conference a few years back. It was wonderful to talk to you in person and to see the webpage of farmigo and the business direction. I have pursued my passion as well and I now do small scale vegetable farming more with a research focus on vegetable varieties, soil building, compost making and organic non GMO and untreated seeds. Wonderful to see how much farmigo is helping farmers.


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Hey all!
Last Saturday, August 29th, 2009, I had the privaledge of being a part of the first ever Jrama Entertainment's Poetry Night. It featured myself, B Yung (the poet/MC who was featured on HBO's Brave New Voices as a member of the 2008 Urban Word Youth Slam Team), one of the dopest bands in Upstate, NY called BrownSkin, and several local talents. The energy in The Voodoo Lounge where the event took place was crazy! The crowd was excited for poetry and showed so much love to us artists. One other cool thing about the night is that I got to try out my Kodak Zi 6 Pocket Video Camera (for those of you that follow my blog, you may remember seeing it on my birthday wishlist. Well Best Buy had em on sale! Yes!) So here is one of my favorite poems to perform. Much love to BrownSkin for picking up the song RIGHT before I shared it. lol.
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9 March, 2012 OSG Polska's e-Perosnnel File offers a unique solution for the many challenges faced by modern companies.
Read the full article (in Polish) by Kurier Warszawski, Warsaw Daily Newspaper.
OSG is a leader of storing and managing documents and information for companies operating in the CIS and the EU. With over 40 years of experience in the industry, OSG serves more than 3,000 companies in Russia and abroad. The company's activity merited multiple professional awards. Today, OSG stores and processes more than 10 billion documents in 5 countries. The OSG services includes document storage, scanning of documents, creating electronic archives, the environmental destruction of documents, data backups and much more.


text: Latest News AOA, FDA and Hollywood Campaign Warns of Risk from Decorative Contact Lenses By Staff Monday, May 5, 2014 12:21 AM LOS ANGELES, Calif.—The U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA), American Optometric Association (AOA) and the Entertainment Industries Council (EIC) have teamed with entertainment industry-leading artists from the TV series American Horror Story on a first-of-its-kind Decorative Contact Lens Campaign to bring the dramatic realities of illegal and unsafe lens use to the forefront. Often called "decorative," "fashion," or "cosplay" lenses, these contacts change the appearance of the eyes to give them a vampire, cat, white-out, or alternate color "look." Used often in Hollywood characters from X-Men to American Horror Story, and reality shows like FaceOff, eye-changing lenses create certain character traits or appearances that, in some instances, become iconic and sought-after "looks" by fans. "The purpose of this important public health campaign is to raise awareness, especially among American youth and their parents, of the severe consequences that can result from purchasing and using decorative contact lenses that are not obtained through a valid prescription," said Helene Clayton-Jeter, OD, health programs coordinator, U.S. Food & Drug Administration. The premier of the first public service announcement in the series will be held April 22 at the 18th Annual PRISM Awards in Los Angeles. It features Cristina Patterson, a contact lens painter for top movies and TV shows. The first national viewing will occur at the National Cable & Telecommunications Cable Show in Los Angeles, April 30, at which time the 30 second PSA will be available for viewing and sharing at EICnetwork.tv, along with additional content. A longer three-minute version will subsequently be released. "We are looking forward to spreading the message of contact lens safety far and wide, and value the contributions of the media and federal officials, to support this important mission. This is only the beginning. The second video in the series will be featured at our national conference in June and we'll be consistently reinforcing the campaign message year-round," Michael Duenas, OD, AOA's chief public health officer stated. View previously reported alerts and warnings about the potential dangers of unauthorized cosmetic content lens use on VisionMonday.com.


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You Gather
You gather and we will help you grow.
Invite your friends to gather together for a morning, an afternoon or an evening of Family Life Education. You decide the topic from our Gather and Grow menu and we will present the information and conduct discussions that will be informational, applicable and inspiring.
Gather your neighborhood, church, work, school or book club friends together and we will meet in Grow's workshop room. So let's get together and Grow our parenting or marital skills together.
Please contact Pam Caine for details, fees and to discuss what presentation is best for you:
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Possible Topic Ideas:
No-Drama Discipline
The whole-brain way to calm the chaos, nurture your child's developing mind and help them grow their emotional intelligence.
Simplicity Parenting
Learn a simple, orderly and effective way to simplify our homes and reduce stress while allowing more room for connection, creativity and relaxation.
Talking to your Tweens and Teens
Learn concrete skills that will help to open up the lines of communication, encourage cooperation and foster greater responsibility.
Pornography Protection
Learn the importance of addressing pornography, it's impact on growing brains and how to protect your children from its negative and harmful effects.
Gottman Seven Principles Program
Learn the Seven Principles that guide couples on a path toward a harmonious and long-lasting relationship. This educational workshop teaches partners new approaches for improving friendship, resolving conflicts, creating new common ground, and achieving greater levels of intimacy.
Gottman's Emotion Coaching: The Heart of Parenting
Help your children build emotional intelligence and navigate life's ups and downs. (Strong emotional intelligence is a better predictor of success than high intellectual intelligence.)
Love and Logic Parenting
Love our kids enough to set and enforce limits with compassion and empathy by allowing them to make decisions, affordable mistakes and experience natural or logical consequences.
Mom Strong
Explore, identify and focus on your parenting strengths and your children's strengths as a way to increase positive family energy and warm relationships.
S.O.S. (Silence Our Screens)
Discuss the influence of electronic "screens" on our family life and learn ways to control them while teaching our children to develop the awareness and self-discipline to monitor their own usage.


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Ahhh man, today started out rough. But it ended well. I feel like my Celiac Disease came full circle today.
I was totally excited this morning to get up and ready because it was finally wedding dress shopping day with my sister-in-law! I showered and started to get ready. As I was putting my makeup on, my legs started burning. I dismissed it, not thinking too much of it. By the time I dried my hair my legs, arms and torso were COVERED in a red, blotchy, burning, itchy rash. It only took a minute for me to remember that I had just put a brand new lotion on when I got out of the shower. I dashed to bathroom to check the label - sure enough, it had gluten in it.
DAMNITTOHELL!!! I absolutely freaked out. People without Celiac Disease can never understand the horror of a Celiac accidentally getting into gluten. It's like a near-death experience for me but instead of my life flashing before my eyes, my future does. All I could think about was laying in bed writhing in excruciating pain for weeks. For the brain fog that would prevent me from being able to perform even the simplest tasks like going to the grocery store or choosing a channel on TV. The doubling over in stomach cramping, pain and diarrhea that could last weeks, even months. The migraines. I flashed forward to the weddings I have booked and began hyperventilating thinking I CAN'T BE GLUTENED, I CAN'T!!! I was so mad at myself. I usually check every label vigilantly, this one slipped through the cracks somehow.
Gluten reactions are REALLY intense and they can last a very long time - for me they have lasted anywhere between one week at minimum and three months for the longest one I've had. Three months is unbearable. That's like slice-your-wrists kind of miserable. That's lose-your-lifestyle-cause-you-can't-work-and-pay-your-bills-miserable. It's beyond terrifying for me. I lose all sense of reason and rationality and the first thing I want to do is jump off of a cliff. Luckily my husband doesn't allow me to do that and even more luckily, I haven't been glutened in a year and a half. This is because I am VIGILANT in checking every label and I only eat food I prepare myself - I never eat out or at anybody's house.
I immediately jumped in the shower and scrubbed myself three times with the most wicked soap I could find. I also rinsed out my eyes, nose, mouth and re-washed my hair and face. Ugh. I was crying my eyes out so hard. It was a truly emotional experience. It sucked.
I think I'm okay. I am so thankful for the rash that alerted me to the problem before I could do something stupid like eat lunch with that lotion all over my hands. That would have gotten me sick for sure. The rash was a blessing and this was the wake up call I guess I needed to keep myself on my toes. But damnit if I didn't feel INCREDIBLY sorry for myself all day. I bawled my eyes out asking my roommate Fink "Why me, why do I have to have this awful disease?" He told me that it's because I am strong enough to handle it. I try to remain incredibly upbeat and positive about it all, if for no other reason than I refuse to live my life pissed off. But today I allowed myself to wallow in my misery because honestly, I'm freaking sick of being so hyper-aware of every damn thing around me. I am so TIRED of it. Just for one day I'd like to eat what I want, do what I want, not worry about what I touch or breathe. This, however, is not an option for me.
This was a good day for this to happen though because I had a cool experience later on. Wedding dress shopping with my SIL, her future SIL, and her best friend, I realized that ALL FOUR of us are gluten free. The whole group! It was the first time in awhile I didn't feel like an outcast. Two of us have Celiac Disease, one is very gluten intolerant and the other quit eating gluten for health and diet reasons (and has lost a bunch of weight and feels great by the way). After our dress excursion, I suggested we drop by Pushkin's Bakery, Sacramento's new and entirely gluten-free, dairy-free and vegan bakery.
Talk about coming full circle! PUSHKINS IS AWESOME! The owners are so incredibly nice. and the food is beyond amazing. If you can'g have gluten and you ever feel left out, you really need to go eat there. You will not feel an ounce of sadness! I wolfed down a chocolate crinkle cookie and with every single bite I told myself how lucky I am because if it weren't for this disease I would not be so aware of my own health, what I put into my body, and what I need to do to really take care of myself. My priorities have changed in major ways. And that's okay. My friendships have changed, even my career had to change. It's all okay. And it's totally and completely okay to indulge in some major goodness in the form of a soft, chewy cookie. Pushkin's has found great success in a very short time and they deserve every bit of it.
My day started out crappy but it ended up just fine. I still feel emotional and have a headache from crying my eyes out. But I have some yummy cookies and met some great people today. And spending the afternoon with a random group of girls that all happen to have the same dietary restrictions as me was pretty cool. I have a great husband and a safe home and I am healthy. More and more people are realizing they have this thing and as more awareness spreads, I truly believe life will get easier for us.
Thursday I have a meeting with a local pizza company that is opening a new location and offering gluten free crusts and sandwiches. They want to know exactly what they need to do to ensure that their food and practices are safe. Kudos to them, these are exactly the type of people we need to celebrate and support!!!
I can't wait to go to bed because I really need to sleep of this borderline migraine. But tomorrow I will wake up and go right back to the way I USUALLY handle this Celiac stuff - it will be a small blip on the radar of my life, I will be positive, think only of the benefits of it and do my best to help others and spread awareness so that one day we may all be able to live a normal life.
Be well and healthy!


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Street Style from the Midsummer Celebrations in New York
Thousands of revelers gathered by the water at Battery Park on Friday to picnic and people watch, while celebrating the longest day of the year. Everyone—men, women, and toddlers—wore, according to Swedish custom, flowers in their hair. While plenty of traditional white dresses were on view, worn untraditionally (think bare midriffs, crochet), so were Stockholm staples: skinny jeans and Converse sneakers.