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April 18th, 2011, 01:50 PM
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Can we pass on the 'crap' language? Thanks.
You want professional behavior so let's all abide.
Apologies that my surprise at Bruces' post was found to be "unprofessional".
I haven't researched and certainly won't bother but I'm not sure if Carnival Corporation or HAL (owned by Carnival Corporation) owns HMC. You do know that Carnival ships also call there but never when a HAL ship is at the Island.
Many of the island workers come over from Eleuthra to work the island when ships are in.
There are also permanent caretakers who live on the island, particularly to take care of the horses.
I think this is a big deal about a little thing.
You certainly could have found any number of supervisory HAL personnel to speak with if the situation was so distressing. Did you try to do anything about this at the time? If not, why not? If not, what is the point now? Nothing can be done to get your photo at this point. The reason to speak up at the time of an incident is to have it corrected. Or is it just to 'file a complaint'. I always feel I address the issue while on the ship so there is a chance of making it better. Once I'm home, all they can offer is money or discount. I don't want anything other than my cruise to be the best possible. But that's just me and DH..... not everyone feels that way.
Hope you enjoy Captain Morgan more next time you may encounter him.
You want "professional behavior" and finish with a snide comment about Captain Morgan? Amazing.
Take a moment, read my comments here and you'll realize (hopefully) that all I'm looking for is the cruise lines to improve. In fact, that is all I was looking for and STATED SO in my letter to the cruise lines. In fact, you asked this question earlier in the thread
and I answered it above
Inferring that I am after a discount, and taking the "high and mighty road" that all you want is making your cruise the best possible seems pretty much like a bull crap post to me. Sorry if that last line wasn't "professional".
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OPENING RECEPTION: Saturday, April 28, 3 - 5 pm
It's not easy to mount a solo show in New York City when you don't live there. I recommend this artist and show and hope that those of you who live in New York will support her by turning out for the reception. (Earlier I wrote about Ashley Norwood Cooper's solo show at the Earlville Opera House here.)
"Down from the Hills," an exhibition of paintings and works on paper of life in the Catskill Mountains by Ashley Norwood Cooper, will be on view at First Street Gallery from April 24 - May 19.
"Sometimes the country is scary" said the artist's six year old son, staring out the car window one moonless night at crooked houses, abandoned barns and ancient hills. The feeling that he was expressing has been noted by artists and writers going all the way back to Washington Irving. The Catskills are strange, mystical and, frankly, a little creepy.
Ashley Norwood Cooper's quirky, narrative paintings of rural family life capture that strangeness. In this exhibition families raise their children, weed their gardens, and go about their business while nature looms close and the skeletons of the past lurk never that far away.
Ms. Cooper lives in Cooperstown, NY with her husband, three children, two dogs, a cat, a gecko, a dove and a gerbil. This is her second show at First Street Gallery. A reception for the artist will be held Saturday, April 28 from 3-5 PM.
To see additional work by Ashley Norwood Cooper, visit: http://www.ashleynorwoodcooper.com/
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Wish I were closer! And those Catskills sound inspiringly scary.ReplyDelete
You could come visit and be spooked by bats and rabid foxes in the village! Yes, we must learn to teleport. Vancouver is too far.
- Anonymous12:30 PM, April 16, 2012
Portland is also too far :(ReplyDelete
I find cities to be far creepier, having grown up in one... The country cousins are a simpler creepy, almost familiar.... I like her work and hope her show sells out!
Yes, and as I said to other artists on facebook, please share the news with any friends in NYC who care about the arts!ReplyDelete
Wonderful stuff. It's hard for me to see the Catskills as creepy, as familiar and toothless as they are, though I never stayed in any of the famous Borsht Belt resorts.ReplyDelete
Oh, Ashley has a great angle of vision. In her cutaway houses series, there's always stuff going on in other rooms that is ominous or strange--and something is about to happen!ReplyDelete
Sort of like the way we were all having a pleasant summer day one day when a rabid fox strolled by, ran past a group of children, bit a nurse outside the old folks home, and then chomped on three more before being put down. (As the nurse was rather large, and rabies shots go by weight, she used up all the serum, and the others had to traipse off to FOX Hospital in Oneonta!)
Her color choices remind me of André Derain.ReplyDelete
I saw a Derain in Baltimore years ago. It was a favorite image of mine, on loan from somewhere. A rather famous painting of London Bridge. The most striking aspect, other than the fabulous color, was 1) just how small the work was and 2) that it was mounted under glass, for preservation, I imagine.
Despite that, I adored having a chance to see it live and not merely reproduced in a print or a magazine.
I don't think I grasped that your fair town is in the Catskills. I once drove through the Catskills and thought it would be a most congenial spot to make one's home.
Lucky you.
Elsa Louise,ReplyDelete
I suppose you could say that we're where the Catskills die off and turn into the Adirondacks... Low hills around a lake.
Yes, the real is always so much more gripping than an image of it can convey!
Got up to order a birthday cake--and now, back to bed.
Alas, I must once again remind large numbers of Chinese salesmen and other worldwide peddlers that if they fall into the Gulf of Spam, they will be eaten by roaming Balrogs. The rest of you, lovers of grace, poetry, and horses (nod to Yeats--you do not have to be fond of horses), feel free to leave fascinating missives and curious arguments.

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Is atheism a religion?
I've long argued that atheism and agnosticism fall under the cateory of "religious thought" and are therefore Constitutionally protected philosophies.
To me, the idea of freedom of religion is the idea to hold whatever belief one's conscience and intellect dictates when it comes to the idea of a supernatural force or forces at work in the universe.
As soon as you make the idea more limiting than that -- allow freedom only to those who believe in something -- then you've ripped the "freedom" part right out of it.
So I was stunned -- disbelieving, I guess I should say --- when I received a press release yesterday from American Atheists Inc. blasting "the recent decision by the U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals...that atheism was a form of `religion.'"
The case involved a Wisconsin prison inmate who was denied an application to form an Atheist study group..... Prison authorities would have promptly allowed him to form a Christian, Jewish, Muslim or other religious group; but they insisted that an atheist group was not motivated by "religious" beliefs.
The court affirmed earlier decisions that non-theistic "belief" or philosophic systems were, for purposes of the law, "religious" in nature.
Exactly. But the atheists would rather pick at linguistic nits than celebrate this obvious victory:
When the only avenue for having rights in America for the atheist is to say that you are a 'religious person,' then some atheists take that route instead of challenging the rules," said Ellen Johnson, President of American Atheists. "This is what (inmate James) Kaufman did. He was allowed only one avenue to form a group, and that was to say his was a religious group."
"The prison rightly said that this group was not religious, but wrongly denied him any other way to form a group," Johnson added.
Dave Silverman, Communications Director for American Atheists, said that "even for 'legal purposes,' we disagree with the courts when they claim that interest in 'ultimate concerns' or other weighty philosophical issues are manifest of some religion. This is not the definition of atheism, and having critical or skeptical opinions about religion is not the same as being religious."
Thoughts, practices and expressions regarding religion -- whether celebrating or scoffing -- have special protections in our country; protections that don't belong to, say, hobbyists. The American Atheists should celebrate their inclusion here as a form of recognition.
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My 30 for 30 list
By Dalila | Posted in Uncategorized
May 15th, 2017
22h30. The time I checked-in for the flight and started writing this article.
India. The country where I would be celebrating my 30th birthday alone. It's worth mentioning that I also started my 29th birthday on what I like to describe as a "self-discovery" journey in the Camino de santiago alone. Well not alone since I spent most of my actual birthday with a guy which I married in my head and which, to my dismay, turned out to be gay. But you see the point.
So I ended my 29th year just like I started it. On a journey to either greatness or boredom… Santiago was amazing so what would it be this time?
This year has passed by so fast and I think that from the moment I started my list time just flew by.
Oh yes the list. The 30 for 30 list. Nothing original. Just a way I found to make my 30th birthday special, different. So I made a list of 30 things which I would have to do before my 30th birthday.
It started in a very organized way. I had a list of 'things to do' next to a calendar and I was supposed to do one thing every single weekend, but as the saying goes "people plan, god laughs". Due to a knee surgery and the move to Dubai the list has had to be adjusted. A couple of times but the core items remained.
I was once asked why post pictures of my 30 for 30 on Facebook. I first thought "I'm not doing anything that should be hidden so why not share it with my Facebook friends"? To be honest that was not really the reason.
First, it was, from a shallow perspective, because I wanted people to get interested and even invested in whatever I would do next. But mostly, the fact that I had started posting this on Facebook would force me to go through with it. If I had stopped halfway those who were paying attention would notice that I started this and wasn't able to finish.
To be honest that's what this list was all about. Commitment. Commit to something and stick to it. Go from start to finish. We are in an era where it's easy to quit something if it gets too hard, diets (guilty), gym (also guilty), relationships (I would say jobs but I guess bills need to be paid)… So I wanted to prove to myself that I could commit to something long term – I started in October and crossed the last item off the list on my 30th birthday – and finished it.
My list wasn't about blowing people's minds or impressing them nor was it about showing-off certain aspects of my life. Certain items were quite boring to be honest – clean up my wardrobe?? – not special at all – the movies??
My list was about doing things that I have always wanted to do and never brought myself to do it – climb the Clérigos or try a yoga class – or things that I had been meaning to do for a long while but kept postponing – make banana bread or watch la vita è bella – or yet things that I love doing but hadn't in ages like karaoke. Of course there were also some easy ones for the weekends where I felt like doing nothing and was like "screw the list" and there were some amazing ones like traveling to India.
I was actually told by a person that my list sucked ! I remember the exact words. I was quite offended truth be told but I didn't know what to reply in that precise moment. Afterwards I told myself that I didn't do the list to impress this person. Or any other person for that matter. I did the list for me. To impress me. To surpass me. I made a list of 30 things that I had to achieve and I actually made it! I think that's something I should at least be proud of!
The list didn't make me special or stronger or whatever. But I certainly feel like my 29th year was much more interesting because of it. Surely, if it weren't for the list, I wouldn't have done most of the things that were on it.


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Pre Game Thoughts:
Nice to see ESPN with the big game set up and production for this one after the minor league shame of the Denmark TV broadcast.
When is this game actually going to begin??????????????
ESPN has no shame.......this hype before the game is disgusting. I can only take so much of Dave O'Brien or Rob Stone and certainly didn't want to take both!
This is painful. ESPN couldn't even give certain World Cup matches the proper buildup, but seems to be milking this midweek friendly for all it's worth.
Glad to see Landon Donovan playing up top where he belongs.
Halftime Thoughts:
Mexico looks more organized but Jimmy Conrad and Carlos Bocanegra are really shutting down Jared Borgetti.
Chris Rolfe looks completely lost.
Ricardo Clark has shown flashes but isn't playing that well.
Pablo Mastroeni needs to start playing under control. He is so critical to this team and but he is a marked man by the officials. He has a reputation for being dirty that he needs to be aware of.
Our side looks disorganized and tenative. We need some attacking prowess from the bench. An opportunity for Eddie Johnson, Justin Mapp or Taylor Twellman to make a difference.
End of Game
What a game for Conrad, not just scoring a goal but seemingly being so well positioned on the defensive end when the man markers were beat.
Carlos Bocanegra showed some great hustle and guts considering he played 90 minutes on the weekend for Fulham.
How about Eddie Johnson showing some great counter attacking moves: He seems to have his confidence back even though he didn't score a goal.
Mexico gambled pushing too many men forward and the US could have gotten a few more counter attacking goals, but we'll take yet another 2-0 drubbing of Mexico. Feels like Korea 2002 all over again!


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Serving "on display" at K.I. Sawyer is tail number 58-0291
McDonnell F-101B "Voodoo" Tail number 58-0291. Displayed as 58-0308, one of the 62nd FIS's assigned tail numbers.
F-101B 58-0291 was used for battle damage repair training at the repair depot at Hill AFB, UT prior to coming to K.I. Sawyer Air Force Base for static display. The 62nd Fighter Interceptor Squadron flew the F-101B "Voodoos" out of sawyer from 1959 until 1971 when they were replaced by the F-106A "Delta Dart" Interceptors.


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There is nothing I love more than when Loft has a 40% off sale! I feel like my wallet expands when they announce their sales. I am sure my husband would disagree 100% with that feeling, but I beg to differ!
Very rarely do I not find something when I am shopping there, and this time around was no exception. I have been drawn to looser, baggier clothing lately. I know I have said it before, but it still rings true. I attribute it to the trends, the time of year, and the fact that I just want to be comfortable more often than not lately. What can I say?!
Before Ella's piano lesson last night I made a pit stop at Loft to check out their sale and their current arrivals. Plus I am so in love with my high waist jeans that I wanted to add a darker wash to my closet!
I LOVED this jacket. Like super loved it. But unfortunately, I didn't bring it home with me. It was tough to leave it, but I knew I should spend money on just one item. On the other hand, I don't have a super nice winter coat! But I was good! I will definitely keep my eyes on it though! Oh and size down. This is a small on me. I typically wear a large on top!
Grandpa Coatigan /// Button Back Swing Shell Top
I wanted to love this sweater, but it just wasn't flattering on me. I love the idea of it, and I think it will look soooo good on someone else, just not me! The smoked salmon color is really pretty and perfect for fall. This 'coatigan' as it's called is perfect for fall layering!
Striped Draped Ponte Top /// Jeans
I know, the top I am wearing isn't striped- but I ended up buying the striped version of this top. I just loved the way it laid on my and it just felt super comfy (which is my theme lately). I wanted the both the striped and black, but I knew I only should get one, so striped it was!
Front Pocket Sweater /// Modern High Waist Skinny Ankle Jean
This sweater is amazing! Loooove it. Love it's color, cut, style and comfort! Knew this was going home with me the second I put it on! This would look great with a pair of flare jeans (or even skinny), an oversized scarf and floppy hat! It comes in other colors, too!
Sweater Vest /// Modern High Waist Skinny Ankle Jean
This was super cute, loved it, but just not enough to purchase it! I think the draped cut is particularly flattering on all body types, and its one that you can dress up or dress down. Toss it on over a dress for work, or wear it over a loose fitting tee and ankle booties for weekend errands.
Border Stripe Open Cardigan /// Modern High Waist Skinny Ankle Jean
Loved this cardigan. Wish I would have sized up when I was trying it on just to make it a little longer and looser fitting. The neutral colors make it an easy and versatile piece to add to your closet! Again, another purchase that could be dressed up or down!
Striped Boyfriend Cardigan /// Snowflake Sweater /// Curvy High Waist Skinny Jean
Loved this combo together! Thought it was so fun! These two can obviously be worn separately but look adorable together! Both comfy-I did love them, but not enough to bring home with me! Totally recommend though!
And because I loved my outfit, I had to document! I'm tell you, Loft's High Waist Skinny Jeans are amazing.
Jacket /// Loft Jeans /// Shoes (under $50!!)


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Today is going to be a practical tip. If you're managing many Unix systems, sooner or later you come across files with special characters – they can't be deleted with rm command using standard approach and require a bit of trickery to be successfully removed.
Examples of files with special characters
Any language apart from English will probably have special characters in the alphabet, but for the purpose of today's exercise I'll give you more standard examples: files starting with dash (-) and hash (#) characters:
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Space travel and modern music have always had more than just a platonic relationship, whether it was Elton singing about the loneliness of space or Bowie's Major Tom being stranded out in space the two seemed to just belong as one. The space–music continuum will all accumulate on March the 9th at The Brownstone Café as performers ascend their stage to take part in the 2nd Couchiching Community Initiative Fundraiser called "Space Jams".
Local artists will be performing 'space' themed songs and all funds raised during the night will go towards sending kids to the CCI summer Space Camp.
So catch the next Enterprise down to The Brownstone in Orillia on the 9th and get ready to have your rockets blown…till then Live long and prosper.
Be sure to check out the Space Jams: a CCI Fundraiser Facebook Page HERE.
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There are few finance academics who's work is more well known (and cited) than Eugene Fama and Kenneth French. It turns out that they just started blogging. In their first few posts, they've touched on the bailout, government regulations, whether the recent turmoil is evidence against market efficiency, and more. You can read it here - I'd highly recommend adding it into your feed reader. After all, it's Fama and French (need I say more?)
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Number 9 – Stay Curious and Keep Learning
However high you rise, however successful you become, stay curious and interested. Be interested in your business at all levels, in all the people involved in it. If you work in a large corporation be curious about what goes on outwith your immediate domain. The more you know about the running of your organisation the better your ideas and offerings will be. You can do this relatively easily sometimes by walking a message somewhere rather than using email. Picking up the phone is the next best thing. Talk to and connect with the people you interact with and find out what they bring to the job too.
One of the most successful women I worked with made regular forays to the ground floor. She'd spend a day working alongside the shop floor staff literally learning what they did and how they worked. It gave her a greater authority and helped in all areas of her decision making.
Whatever level you are in your field, stay curious and interested: we never know it all and we never stop learning.
As someone who runs her own business I made a resolve to do something each year which either furthered my learning or taught me a new skill for use in the business, and by and large I've managed that. Interestingly though, when I was employed, I was much more dismissive of what was on offer and rarely planned my training opportunities.
If you were to do one thing this month to tick the box for tip number 9 what would it be?
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The historic G.W. Bayler home at 721 W. Jefferson St. is about to become history.
District 308 School Board members will almost certainly vote Tuesday to demolish the home, located on a three-acre property purchased by the district for $348,000 in June.
A demolition vote was tabled 4-3 by the board in September to give the Washington Historical Society an opportunity to formulate a plan to purchase the home and preserve it.
Society members met with Superintendent Jim Dunnan and board member Gloria McNett last week and again with the full board Wednesday at a special meeting, but couldn't make a convincing enough argument.
The board announced after the special meeting that it was not going to sell the home to a group or private individual, nor would it establish an asking price.
The district bought the property, located across the street from Washington Community High School, to use in the near future for parking and perhaps tennis courts, and later for educational or athletic purposes in anticipation of a minimum 15 percent student enrollment spike in the next 12 years.
"We're land-locked," Dunnan said. "We need full access to the property."
Tuesday's vote will end an emotional, sometimes heated, and somewhat feisty community discussion about what to do with the home, which dates to 1890 and has connections to Washington's history and Abraham Lincoln.
Decisions about what to do with historic structures tend to be emotional, and this one certainty was. Unfortunately, the discourse about the home sometimes disintegrated into irrelevant arguments and non-factual statements directed at the board, administrators, teachers and students.
Kudos to the Historical Society for its efforts to preserve the home. It acted with dignity and class, and wasn't involved in the feistiness.
I hope the district will pay homage to the home with a plaque documenting the home's history. And whatever building is constructed there should carry the Bayler name.
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WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) Police say Darryl Hunt, a man who was exonerated of the murder of a Winston-Salem newspaper editor, has been found dead inside a car.
A statement from police said officers received a call early Sunday of a person believed to be dead inside a car on University Parkway, near the Wake Forest University campus.
Officers found a man identified as Hunt unresponsive inside the car.
At his original trial, Hunt was convicted of first-degree murder and barely escaped getting the death penalty. The conviction was overturned, and he was tried again in Catawba County in 1990, and again he was convicted.
After 19 years in prison, Hunt was exonerated in February 2004 after DNA evidence led police to Willard Brown, who confessed to the killing.


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The studio was filled with the rich odour of roses, and when the light summer wind stirred amidst the trees of the garden, there came through the open door the heavy scent of the lilac, or the more delicate perfume of the pink-flowering thorn.
"Enthralled by his own exquisite portrait, Dorian Gray sells his soul in exchange for eternal youth and beauty. Under the influence of Lord Henry Wotton, he is drawn into a corrupt double life, where he is able to indulge his desires while remaining a gentleman in the eyes of polite society. Only Dorian's picture bears the traces of his decadence. A knowing account of a secret life and an analysis of the darker side of late Victorian society. The Picture of Dorian Gray offers a disturbing portrait of an individual coming face to face with the reality of his soul."
I just saw the world premiere of Oscar, an opera about the life of Oscar Wilde this summer, so I wanted to read one of his most famous books, The Picture of Dorian Gray, which I had a copy of but had never read before. I remember picking it up once, but putting it down again for whatever reason. Probably because I thought it was too overwritten.
I have to say, I didn't love The Picture of Dorian Gray. There were almost too many "profound" statements in it. Every other sentence was an opinion on life or Beauty or something like that. I mean, many of them were very intriguing, but it was almost too much for a novel.
In some ways, these elements of The Picture of Dorian Gray reminded me of Fahrenheit-451, in which every other sentence is a metaphor or symbolism or a literary statement of some sort. For some reason, I really like that in The Great Gatsby. Here, it's not so charming. I suppose F-451 and The Picture of Dorian Gray do have some other things in common; they're both about a destructive and greedy society and the people who live in it, and I like both of the two books despite their faults.
The story itself is masterful, brilliantly conceived and executed. There's such foreshadowing of what's to come, right from the very beginning of the book. The beginning was a bit slow, but once one gets into the middle of the story - the meat, shall we say - the book is very engrossing.
As I was reading, I compared both Lord Henry and Basil's fascination with Dorian, a younger, beautiful man, to the almost neurotic one Wilde would later have with Lord Alfred Douglas, or "Bosie". And indeed in the introduction, Peter Ackroyd describes it as almost prefiguring Wilde's later relationship with Bosie. It was quite interesting.
The Picture of Dorian Gray definitely had a very dark feel to it; the sins of Dorian are put upon his picture, so he's always the same, beautiful and young, in a sinister sort of way. The very first thing that happens to the portrait is that it gains a bit of cruelty to the face, after Dorian rejects an actress who he did love but no longer loves. He is very sorry, but it's too late: the portrait has changed, and the actress commits suicide. Later, Dorian gets less and less remorseful for every bad thing he does. The Picture of Dorian Gray is one of those books that are really painful to read; the reader sees Dorian inexorably, inevitably heading towards his doom, because of that cursed portrait. And when it is broken, all of those sins come back upon the unfortunate Dorian.
I would definitely recommend The Picture of Dorian Gray; it's an interesting and also entertaining novel, and very thought-provoking.
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I always like it when I eat at Asian restaurants and they provide each table with jars of the simple sort of Chili Oil that includes a thick layer of chili flakes at the bottom of the red-hued oil itself. It may not always be made in-house, but, home-made or not, a basic Chili Oil without any additional flavorings (like garlic, ginger, or Sichuan peppercorns, for example) is one of my favorite table condiments. You can cook with it too, of course, but I especially enjoy the unctuous, toasted chili flavor when it is drizzled over boiled Chinese dumplings…
The Ingredients
- 2 Cups cooking Oil;
- ½ Cup dried Chili Flakes;
- 1 pinch each of Salt and Sugar;
The oil you choose should be fairly neutral in flavor and one with a high smoke-point is preferred. A good choice, and the type I use here, is Peanut Oil. As to the ratio of oil to chili flakes, there is no particular magic to the ½ cup of chili flakes to 2 cups of oil, but that volume ratio (1:4) is a pretty good basic quantity mix. A really simple chili oil would, of course, contain just chili and oil, but the pinch of salt and sugar improves the end result in my opinion.
Mix together the chili, salt and sugar in a sturdy glass jar (or a Pyrex measuring cup, if you like). The method we use here is to add hot oil to the chili and you want to make sure that your container can take the heat (and the sudden temperature change). Many recipes have you add the chili (and other flavorings) to a pan of oil and then bring it to a high heat. This works, but the chances or overcooking the chili (and producing a nasty bitter result) is much higher than my method.
Heat your oil in a saucepan over moderate to high heat until the surface begins to ripple and you can see faint shadows produced by the heat currents on the bottom of the pan. Basically, you want the oil to be heated to just a little bit below its smoking point.
Once this is done, pour about one half of it very carefully into your container with the dry ingredients. As you do so, you will see the flakes of chili get caught up in a bubbling froth at the top of the oil. After this subsides (in about twenty seconds or so), pour in the rest of the oil.
Now, all you need do is let the oil cool. As it does, you will see that it turns a nice reddish-mahogany color from the chili, and the flakes will start to slowly sink. Eventually, almost all the flakes will be at the bottom and, if you like, you can transfer all, or some of the oil (and flakes) to smaller, more decorative jars for table service. You can also strain away all the remaining flakes and just retain the spicy oil, if that suits you (and this is probably preferable if you are mostly using it as a cooking ingredient), but for a table condiment, or a more complex dipping sauce ingredient, leaving the flakes at the bottom of the jar is much better.


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If I Ruled The Genealogy World...
I was trying to visualize myself as the Queen of Genealogy Land. I tried to see my silk gown, my fur cape, my scepter, and a sparkling Tiara. But every time I close my eyes, the tiara is sliding off my head. I think I'll leave the tiara wearing to Footnote Maven, she pulls it off way better than I do. Guess I'll just stick to being "me" with my blue jeans, t-shirt, and baseball cap, and be happy to be the tomboy that I am.
Gosh, I thought I hated labels and wanted to talk about those labels, and I start my first paragraph with 2 of them, "Queen" and "tomboy". Oh boy, I'm going to have to work on that! I think I'll start over.
Hi, I'm Skip and I'm a genealogist! Sometimes my life takes me almost completely away from genealogy and my only involvement with my genealogy family is via facebook. I am so honored to have those people in my life. They are a huge group of talented, loving, supportive, and very funny people. It doesn't matter what mood I'm in when I turn on the computer, because within minutes, somebody's post has me at least smiling, if not laughing out loud. On a bad day, my genealogy family collectively spreads their arms and gives me the biggest, warmest, fuzziest online group hug. When I have time for genealogy, it consumes me. I eat while doing genealogy, I dream about genealogy, my family has permanently glazed over eyes because I talk about genealogy so much. I don't know if passionate gives enough credit to how my genealogy family and I feel about genealogy. I am very OK with the genealogy label. Yes, <shouting from the mountain tops!> I AM a genealogist.
Now that I've let go of the queen thing, I do wish I could work some magic. Genealogy is a good thing, from a hobby to a profession, it has so many rewards. I do feel that even a good thing can be even better. I think I'll wander off to the kitchen, grab my big wooden spoon, pretend it's a magic wand, close my eyes, click my heels 3 times, and say "I want to be a genealogy magician".
As I wave my magic wand, I see groups of genealogists gathering together to share their passion. Be it a virtual gathering online or a large banquet hall at a major conference, I do not see individual tables. I see one huge, long continuous table snaking its way back and forth around the room. There is no "cool kids" table. We are all sitting together, chatting pleasantly. Everyone is sitting by an old friend and a new friend they just met. Sometimes our conversations are on serious topics and we all share our views in a friendly, open minded fashion. Sometimes, one of us will do or say something goofy and the room is filled with joyous laughter. We have no labels in this room, we are just genealogists. We are not pro vs amateur, there is no regards to our level of experience, the color of our skin, if we are male or female, our income, nothing. We are just like any other family, from the Sr. Citizens to the babies, we all have a common bond.
Like any family gathering, we can not all sit at the same table forever, we need to break off in small groups to pursue specific interests. As the children run out in the yard to play a game of baseball, the genealogy newbies will branch off to work on a basic skill. Just as we can not learn to play baseball without someone teaching and coaching us, we also can not learn to be good genealogists without mentors and coaches. In my magic world, all those who choose to fill the mentor shoes will be good, positive mentors. Picture yourself grooming in the morning and looking in the mirror. I want each of us every day to look into our own eyes, and make sure we remind ourselves to be positive and welcoming to all who wish to share our passion with us.
There is always a need to break off into other groups to share on specific topics. From learning how to advocate for our rights, to location specific or surname or ethnic specific research, we will sooner or later need to move to a smaller table. So will the society leaders, the writers, the speakers, ones with military work, or ones who function in the legal community. Let's be sure that as we move to those smaller tables, there is always room for a new face. We need to remember that not all people are bold enough to walk up to a table and just sit right down. If we always add an extra chair and look around that room and invite people to join us, we will always appear to be the friendly, welcoming people we are.
In my magic world, no one would consider themselves better than anyone else. We are all people, we all have strengths and weaknesses. Does not make any of us better than anyone else. None of us would be more important than anyone else. We are all members of the same genealogy family. If my powers are not strong enough to keep someone from putting their nose up in the air at others, I would wave my magic wand and have a bird fly over. That bird's poop would land in the nostrils of the person with their nose in the air, to remind them that that is not where their nose belongs. Kinda nasty, but it's how I roll. I really have a hard time with people not being nice to each other.
I'm now handing my wooden spoon on to you. Please feel free to use it and work a little magic. What would you do to make life in the genealogy world even better than it is? No cheating now, you can't use it on your own brick walls. If my wand worked for that, I'd already know if all Katzungs are related, and my personal genealogy mission in life would be complete!
Wishing you love and peace,
~ Skip
P.S. I think these words are so wise:
"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has. " ~ Margaret Mead
P.S. I think these words are so wise:
"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has. " ~ Margaret Mead


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Murmur, whiz, squeak (2007) 6 songs for soprano, accordion and three percussionists. Poems by Sjón. 15 minutes. First performance: Reykjavík, March 12, 2008, Herdís Anna Jónasdóttir soprano, Tatu Kantomaa, accordion, Eggert Pálsson, Frank Aarnink and Pétur Grétarsson percussion. Guðni Franzson conductor.
I read Sjón's book of poetry Myrkar fígúrur (Dark Figures) in 1999. Soon after I started composing music to some of the poems and during the next few years I would revisit the book now and then, ending up with six songs separated by short percussion cadenzas. The poetry is rich in words referring to sounds and it felt right to use multifarious percussion instruments.
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BAY MINETTE, Alabama -- On Thanksgiving morning, 3.5 million spectators will line the streets of Manhattan and 50 million TV viewers nationwide will tune in to watch the beloved annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, celebrating its 87th year. Amid the Broadway performers, musical sensations, and Hollywood stars, eight students from Baldwin County, as well as two from Atmore, will make their own mark on Herald Square, marching as part of this legendary tradition.
"This is one of the best experiences of my life," said Morgan Covington, a senior at Baldwin County High School (BCHS), where she plays the trumpet. "I will never forget it."
This will be Covington's third year performing as part of Macy's Great American Marching Band, a group of 245 high school students representing all fifty states. Covington and her peers, selected through a competitive audition process, spend several days together leading up to the parade participating in leadership exercises, sightseeing, and of course, rehearsing.
"It's kind of like band camp," Covington said. "My favorite thing about the experience is meeting people who like the same thing you do. We're from all different cultures, from all over the country, but we all connect because we all share something in common. Everyone works so hard as a team because this is so important to all of us."
Important enough, in fact, for Covington and fellow students in north Baldwin County to spend much of their time leading up to the event conducting fundraisers like car washes and yard sales, and bagging groceries for tips to earn the necessary funds for the trip. But the investment, Covington said, is paid off immeasurably. "New York is a lot different from Bay Minette," she laughed. "It's so big, but people there are so nice. As a musician, I can't imagine anything topping this – maybe Carnegie Hall!"
Indeed, "[The parade] is an iconic event and to have your daughter marching in this event, on such a big stage, is just awe-inspiring," said Covington's mother Tina. "To see [Morgan] marching along the streets of New York as part of an event as big as this makes me so proud. All these students work so hard throughout the year in the band program and it's wonderful to see them get this kind of recognition."
Kate Harrison, also a senior at BCHS, will march with the band as a dancer. This will be her second year marching in the parade, but her first year with this particular group. Last year she performed with Spirit of America, a group of 650 student dancers selected from across the country.
"I can't even describe the feeling that you get when you're there, and the parade starts, and you think, 'This is real. This is really happening,'" Harrison said of her experience last year. "It is amazing – how many people come out. What you see on TV does not give it justice. You see people in trees, hanging out of their windows, on top of skyscrapers – you feel like every single part of New York is watching you. It's just huge."
Harrison, who has been dancing since age three, submitted an audition video last spring and was notified over the summer that she had been selected to perform. She said reality truly set in when, after receiving an e-mail with a portion of the dance routine a few weeks ago, she added another element to her already rigorous eight-hour-a-week practice schedule. "I have been watching the video and practicing every day!" she said. "We start rehearsals the night we all land in New York and we have to be prepared."
In the end, Harrison said, all of the hard work pays off. "There's really just nothing like it. It's a once in a lifetime experience that we'll never have again. I would love to tell younger kids out there, just don't give up. No matter how hard it gets, just keep going. If you want something this much and you keep at it, anything is possible."
Along with Covington and Harrison, BCHS juniors Tucker Clay, Brooke Emmons and Scottlin Williams, as well as senior Lindsey Holley (Spirit of America), will be marching in the parade. Additional participants include Spanish Fort High School junior Kendall Miller, Daphne High School sophomore Victoria Zona, and Escambia Academy students Tucker Boatright and Sarah Weatherford of Bay Minette (Spirit of America).
The 87th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade will be broadcast on NBC beginning at 9 AM, in all time zones. For more information on the parade, visit www.macys.com/parade.


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We chat to Zola Nene, who has recently walked away with two prestigious awards at the critically acclaimed Gourmand Awards!
I still get giddy when I think about [the awards]. I'm so thrilled about receiving the two awards, I feel such an immense sense of pride.
The experience…
The first award "TV Award – Best Woman Host " was a complete surprise and was awarded to me for my work on Expresso. When they first announced me as a winner of the award, I didn't even hear them because it was so unexpected.
The second award: second place in the "Best TV Chef Cookbook in English" (for Simply Delicious) was the award that I went to China for, because I was nominated among eight other chefs for the award, two of whom were the famous Marco Pierre White and Mario Batali. To have been nominated was already such a prestigious accolade, but then to actually walk away with the title of Best in the World was simply incredible. I am just so thrilled that my very first cookbook has received such tremendous recognition, there's no other way to describe it other than sheer pride.
A love-hate relationship with the food in China…
The best food experience I had in China was learning how to make dumplings from scratch, as well as how to hand-pull fresh home-made noodles. I can't wait to recreate the recipes here at home. I even bought myself a special dumpling roller and a massive Chinese cleaver. I also visited a bustling food market which was incredible, the variety of fruits, vegetables, pulses, seafood and meats on offer was out of this world, some of the foodstuffs I'd never even heard of or seen before; the market brimming with the freshest of fresh produce.
I had a bit of a love-hate relationship with the food in China. Some of the things I ate were incredible and other things just plain strange. The best meal I had was definitely the Chinese Hot Pot – a spicy cauldron of chilli-spiked stock served with your selection of meats and vegetables to poach in the stock. I had it three times during my stay in China!
At the end of the trip, I hosted a book talk in a book store in Beijing. I got to meet some South Africans who came to buy my book as a "piece of home" in China – I had no idea there were so many South Africans living in Beijing. There were many Chinese food journalists at the book talk who were genuinely interested in learning about South African cuisine and what types of food we eat at home. It's always a great honour to talk about South Africa and our food culture to international people and to boast about how fabulous our indigenous food and cuisine is.
On knowing when she wanted to be a chef…
I spent two years in the UK working in a brasserie and that's when I knew I wanted to be a chef. Working in a professional kitchen during that time gave me so much life; I enjoyed every single aspect of the job, even the heated moments during a high-pressured service. I felt invigorated after a day's work. I knew then I wanted to enrol in chef's school and get my qualification, which is exactly what I did on my return home.
The favourite part of my job is…
I love that I get to share my food knowledge and passion with so many people every day. Talking about food, writing about food, feeding people and eating food are the things that make me happiest and I get to do all of them on a daily basis.
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Marine World Heritage site managers meet to share best practices and solutions to marine conservation issues
Managers of the 46 marine sites inscribed on UNESCO's World Heritage List will meet in Ajaccio (Corsica, France) from 18 to 20 October to explore ways to advance the interests of marine conservation worldwide.
A press conference with Paul Giacobbi, President of the Executive Council of Corsica, and Kishore Rao, Director of UNESCO's World Heritage Centre, will be held during the meeting (19 October, 10 a.m., Hôtel de la Collectivité Territroriale de Corse, Ajaccio).
Marine World Heritage sites, often referred to as "the crown jewels of the oceans," represent one quarter of all protected marine areas in terms of the surface they cover. Half of them are situated in low-income countries. The meeting will provide a unique opportunity to bring together site managers from 35 countries to share best practices and help them learn how to raise support among opinion and decision makers, as well as donors.
During the event, Russell Reichelt, Chairman of Australia's Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, will deliver a key note address, focusing on the dual challenges of growth and conservation in the world's largest coral reef system. The site is of particular interest both because of its status as the oldest protected marine site and because a comprehensive long-term preservation plan is currently being developed for the site, which could set a new bench mark for marine conservation everywhere.
All marine sites share similar conservation challenges in the face of climate change, coastal development, over-fishing, and marine pollution.
The meeting comes ahead of a larger gathering in Marseille (France), the Third Global Marine Protrected Area Conference (http://www.impac3.org/en/) that will bring together managers from marine protected areas all over the world from 21 to 27 October 2013.
Press contact: Roni Amelan, r.amelan(at)unesco.org, +33 (0)1 45 68 16 50


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Swaaap.com is an automated business matchmaking service that is designed to make it easier than ever for independent professionals, entrepreneurs and businesses to connect with people and companies who have some sort of service or expertise to offer them, and vice-versa.
The service is exceptionally easy to use. All you have to do is sign up to create a free profile, before listing the services that you offer and are looking to take advantage of. At this point, Swaaap.com goes about analyzing your data before connecting you with appropriate people and businesses. You can then review your matches and select the ones that you want to move forward with.
The company's website lists the example of Jeff, a graphic designer who used the platform to connect with Sarah, a lawyer who needed a logo designed. Thanks to Swaaap, Jeff was able to access some much-needed legal advice from Sarah in exchange for creating a logo for her legal practice. It's a great example of how automated business matchmaking helps promote mutually beneficial arrangements.
As an added bonus, customers are entitled to various discounts from Swaaap's array of partners, giving them even more ways to save money.
Ultimately, Swaaap.com's value proposition is multi-pronged -- it's a platform that connects you with potential clients, gives you exposure and helps you generate leads and grow your network, so that you can focus your time and energies on polishing your product or service.
Swaaap.com's Platform Connects Businesses & Entrepreneurs
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The National cadet Corps is the India military cadet corps with its head Quarters at New Delhi. It is open to school and college students on voluntary basis. Our College has strength of 52 NCC Cadets, under the control of our college Associate NCC Officer Lieutenant.J.Ganesan, Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering.
Moto of NCC : "Unity and Discipline"
Aims of NCC
1. To develop qualities of character, courage, Comradeship, leadership, secular outlook, spirit of adventure and sportsmanship and the ideals of selfless service among the youth to make them useful citizen.
2. To create human resources of organised trained and motivated youth to provide leadership in all walks of life including the Armed Forces and be always available for the service of the nation.
Basic Training
• Drill, Weapon Training, Map Reading, Obstacle, Shooting, First aid and Disaster management.
• NCC Social Service Activities
• Aids awareness rally
• Adult Education
• Anti Dowry rally
• Blood Donation
• Tree Plantation
• Anti Female Infanticide Pledge
• Visit to old age Home
• Slum clearance
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1.12 NCC Cadets passed 'B' Certificate exam.
2.20 NCC Cadets attended Combined Annual Training Camp at VSVN Polytechnic and VHNSN College, Virudhunagar.
3.40 NCC Cadets attended Electrical safety and Energy Conservation Awareness Programme.
4.18 NCC Cadets attended Clean INDIA & Tree Plantation programme in temples
5.Actively rendered service at Sri Annai Old Age and Orphanage Homes in Sethurajapuram &Panthalkudi
6.30 NCC Cadets attended International Yoga day Celebration at SBK Hr.Sec School, Aruppukottai.
7.Blood Donation & Eye awareness camp was conducted in our college premises. Dr.V.N. Parimalaselvan was the chief guest.


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Quake Tip of the Week
Alert To Renters & Landlords
I've done earthquake consults for folks who are renting their homes/apartments, and had them tell me they knew the house's retrofit was not adequate, but what could they do: they don't own the place.
Don't landlords want to protect their investment? Like so many others, most landlords are living with a false sense of security: "I've seen some bolts, so it looks okay."
Talk to your landlord about having the retrofit evaluated: about 80 percent of them are wrong or incomplete. And what about an automatic gas shut-off valve? It's the cheapest insurance around, giving protection and peace of mind both to you and your landlord.
Larry Guillot is owner of QuakePrepare, an earthquake consulting, securing, and kit supply service. Call him at 558-3299, or visit www.quakeprepare.com.


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Architect designed Golf properties for sale at PGA Catalunya Golf Resort, Catalonia
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These contemporary golf properties are located in one of Spain's most exclusive and prestigious golf developments – PGA Catalunya Resort, a luxury golf and country club providing a tranquil life style and surrounded by a stunning landscape.
Spread over more than 300 hectares of beautiful countryside and with two world-class golf courses on your doorstep, the location is everything a golfer could ask for but non-golfers will not be disappointed. Several idyllic seaside villages and sandy beaches are close by, the beautiful cities of Girona and Barcelona are not far away and the skiing resorts of the Pyrenees within easy reach.
PGA Catalunya architect designed golf properties for sale
PGA Catalunya Resort comprises a limited number of modern contemporary designer villas, town houses and apartments for sale as well as a select number of villa plots. This is truly a low-density development where each property is set within an average of 1,4 hectares, enjoying stunning views over the golf courses, the surrounding landscape and beyond to the Pyrenees. The result is a perfect balance of modern luxury real estate that perfectly blends with the backdrop of nature.
All residential and commercial buildings will have a distinct contemporary architectural style. The architects behind the cutting edge design include some of the most renowned names in Europe such as De Blacam & Meagher, Lagula and Damian, Francisco Ribas and Carlos Ferrater, holder of the prestigious 'White Barcelona Chair' and the architect behind some of Barcelona's most impressive buildings, including Paseo de Gracia's Hotel Mandarin Oriental.
The location of the modern golf apartments and villas is in a breathtaking valley surrounded by some of the most beautiful countryside in Spain´s Catalunya region. Catalunya has got everything and is a sensational place to live or to have a second home.
The golf estate is only 10 minutes from the classic city of Girona, offering world-class shopping, cuisine (it is home to Celler de Can Roca, rated as one of the world's top restaurants) and historical treasures. Several idyllic seaside villages and sandy beaches of the Costa Brava are close by and the nearest ski resorts of the Pyrenees are just over an hour away. Meanwhile, the vibrant city of Barcelona is less than one hour by motorway and the planned high speed rail link will soon provide even faster connections to the rest of Spain and Europe – including Barcelona city centre in less than 30 minutes.
The modern golf apartments for sale at PGA Catalunya are located at the heart of the estate with spectacular views across the 18th fairway of the Stadium Course and the Pyrenees Mountains beyond. The spacious 1, 2 and 3-bedroom residences, designed by renowned Barcelona architects, Damian and Francisco Ribas, feature full-length sliding glass walls, extending the living areas out to expansive terraces, beautifully appointed kitchens with kitchen islands and high-specification appliances and contemporary finishes.
Large master bedrooms provide separate dressing areas, Jacuzzi tub, oversized shower and direct terrace access. Each residence includes secure underground storage, 24-hour security, vehicle and golf buggy parking.
The apartments range in sizes from 60-103m² and with terraces ranging from 12-25m².
Semi-detached villas
Spacious and exceptionally finished, the semi detached designer villas are set in a private garden enclave nestled between the fairways of the Stadium Golf Course and they offer indoor/outdoor living at its finest.
Designed by renowned Barcelona architects, Damian and Francisco Ribas, the luxury golf properties feature wall-to-wall sliding glass doors that open the living and dining spaces to expansive terraces and private gardens. A landscaped neighbourhood common area is beautifully connected to each rear garden and features a swimming pool, children´s pool and sun terrace.
High-specification interiors provide for luxurious open-plan living. Master bedrooms feature large bathrooms and separate dressing areas with direct terrace access. Three additional upper-floor bedrooms are complemented by a flexible space perfect for a children´s play area, office or guest room. The lower floor provides exceptional lifestyle features including a double-height vaulted ceiling that floods the living space with natural light and contemporary kitchens with separate utility room and a study with direct terrace and garden access.
The semi detached villas offer 180m² of living space and 117m² outdoor space.
The luxurious and sleek contemporary villas come in 3 different styles designed by 3 different architects; DeBlacam & Meagher, Lagula or Cerdà. The villas range in size from 197 – 405m² and with plots from 233 – 500m². What all villas have in common is a bold ultra-modern design with state-of-the-art systems and luxury finishes and fittings.
Villa plots
There are also 2 exclusive collections of single-family golf estate plots beautifully located in the most coveted locations within the resort. The plots allow maximum freedom to build your own dream golf home or to select from a selection of turnkey villas.
With plot sizes ranging from 1,000m² to 4,000m², each plot is capable of comfortably accommodating family villas up to 400m².
The contemporary designed properties are built around two world-class golf courses including The Stadium Course which is currently ranked as number one in Spain, number three in Europe and number 88 in the world. Designed by Ryder Cup star Neil Coles and Spanish golfing legend Angel Gallardo, the fairways at PGA Catalunya are breathtaking.
For a slightly less stern challenge, turn to the equally beautiful but kinder Tour Course. Dominated by pine trees and lakes, the course is shorter and a little less difficult to play than the Stadium Course, yet the Ángel Gallardo and Neil Coles design ensures that it remains a challenge for every level of player.
Resort amenities
Non-golfers will never struggle for things to do. Located at the centre of the resort, the PGA Resident's Club is a luxury sport and leisure facility for exclusive use by residential owners.
The private club features luxurious indoor and 20m outdoor swimming pools, Jacuzzi and saunas, gym, spa treatment rooms and tennis and paddle courts. With the children's pool and activity area,
Outside the golf resort, owners benefit from the affiliate relationship with idyllic seafront hotel Santa Marta Beach Resort on the Costa Brava. As an owner of a PGA Catalunya Resort property, you have access to a private beach club, waterside restaurant, swimming pool, tennis courts and superlative boutique spa.
For skiers, the ski slopes of La Molina-Masella are waiting just an hour away during the winter months.
There is also a Residential Management programme is in place offering a menu of 'concierge' services that owners may select from including individual property and rental management, lock-and-leave services, gardening and landscaping consultancy and arrival services so that your home is ready when you are.
The Club House also offers a Member's Lounge with a bar and spectacular fireplace. There is also a bistro and not least the Golf Shop.
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Join Us for National Preservation Week, April 22 - 28, 2012
The American Library Association, the Society of American Archivists, the Library of Congress, the Institute of Museum and Library Services, and many other cultural heritage organizations have partnered to launch Preservation Week - a national campaign to help raise awareness about collecting and preservation, to connect the general public to preservation information and expertise, and to emphasize the close relationships among personal, family, community, and public collections and their preservation.
Currently, 630 million items in collecting institutions require immediate attention and care. Eighty percent of these institutions have no paid staff assigned responsibility for collections care; 22 percent have no collections care personnel at all. Some 2.6 billion items are not protected by an emergency plan. As natural disasters of recent years have taught us, these resources are in jeopardy should a disaster strike. Personal, family, and community collections are equally at risk.


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Hand-woven world
Handmade in Panipat, India, each rug designed by Olivia Smith for her new label Nodi takes two months to craft, with each artisan involved specialising in a different aspect of the weaving process.
"I am adamant that textiles and rugs should be made by hand as I believe [that] imperfection is where their beauty lies," she says, explaining how she is inspired by the texture and tactility of textiles as well as the beauty of travel and nature.
Born in Wellington, Smith studied textile design at the Institute of European Design in Milan, and afterward worked with textile house Zucchi, bespoke atelier Lis Carpenter Milano and trend agency Uragano Studio. Milan was also where she first worked with traditional Indian designs, during an internship focussed on block-printed textiles.
"I loved the tradition of the methods that they use in India and found the flat-printed fabrics and traditional technique used to make them beautiful, but too flat and not textured enough, so began looking at rugs and the knots and loops that go into them and the texture that creates."
After working in Sydney on the launch of Fendi Casa and Kenzo Maison into the Australian market, she moved to India for six months to research and trial weaving, dying and knotting techniques, and soak up inspiration. Her first collection is based on an intricate door spotted in a palace in Jaipur, the bold reds, oranges and blues will transport you there in an instant.
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10am - 4.30/5pm (Registration from 9.30 to 9.45. Questions taken from 4.15pm)
11.15 to 11.30am: morning break.
1pm to 2pm: lunch.
3.15 to 3.30pm: afternoon break.
Lunch is provided at out Bristol training suite.
Region /location
Nationwide: just tell us where and we'll be there.
Or at our Bristol training suite.
Please specify your chosen location when you book. In some cases, where extensive travel is involved, we will advise you that expenses will be added to the bill. We also have bases in Devon, London and Newcastle, so whether you're North, South, East or West, we can come to you.
Booking your course
Once you have booked your course/s with us, we will send a reminder of any relevant details and information to the attendee/s. We may also need to email the attendee/s a set of questions relating to course topics, to help us pack in as much as possible to the course.
Reduced fees
If the course is paid for in advance, we will reduce the course fee by 5%.
Cancelling your course
Cancellation notice is required 48 hours in advance of course commencement.If you do not cancel outside of this 48 hour period, you will be charged 50% of the course fee. We apologise for the high rate but once a course is fully booked it is often very difficult to allocate the dates to someone else within such a short space of time. If another customer is especially flexible and we can swap your course at such short notice without impinging on them, we will not charge you. The cancellation fee helps us cover our administrative costs, and loss of earnings for the day.
Course completion
Included in the course payment are the following:
- a certificate of completion
- notes (workshops only)
- lunch (groups only, at our training room)
- 90 days' free training support
- a pen and note-pad
We are happy to set our students homework in order to help them practice what they have learned to better effect.
Client feedback
We are very proud of our courses, and our instructors. We invite students to submit feedback on an instructor's performance, by downloading a Feedback Form, or emailing us at the end of the course. This ensures the instruction we provide stays of the highest calibre. Our reputation is very important to us, and we hope that if you have found our courses useful, you will recommend us.
You can download a feedback form here >>
Referral scheme
We are keen to grow our business and rely heavily on past and existing clients recommending us to others. As a way of thanking you, we have a scheme in place that ensures your company, or you, are paid a £10 cheque for any new client you've put in touch with us, who has a minimum of 1 day's training with us.
If you are visiting Bristol and staying overnight, we can recommend hotels to you.
If we travel to your offices/train on-site, we do not charge travel expenses within an hour's radius of BS7. Outside of that radius will incur travel expenses.
Our rooms have tea-making facilities and a toilet on the same floor.
We can train up to 10 students at a time. Our laptops come fully equipped with the relevant software, but students are actively encouraged, wherever possible, to bring their own laptops to the training session, unless their computers are particularly slow or old.
A projector and screen are often used in some of our group training sessions.
Design workshops rely more on pen and paper, as well as a projector and screen, for examining case studies.
Our instructors require clear access to power sockets for the projector and the teaching computer, plus a free desk area on which to place this equipment.
If you would like us to bring laptops to your premises, please call 0845 9049 789, as this affects our insurance.
Ideally it should be quiet and free of incoming telephone calls.
Course structure
We endeavour to make our courses as enjoyable and as effective as possible. Prepare to learn in lots of different ways! We have taught a great many people from all kinds of backgrounds and professions and with vastly differing abilities. If the student/s in question have a preferred style of learning, we ask them to notify us before the course commences so we can build this in to the structure (e.g. memory impairment, dyslexia or a similar condition which affects the way in which someone absorbs information).
Course prices
We are a small company, but charge VAT. Please bear this in mind when looking at the prices page >>.
Cancellation terms
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Cancellation and re-scheduling notice is required 48 working hours in advance of course commencement. If a cancellation or re-schedule is made within this time window, the client will be charged 50% of the course fee. If however another client is especially flexible and it allows us to swap the course being cancelled at such short notice without impinging on them, no charge will be made.
We apologise for the high rate but once a course is fully booked it is occasionally very difficult to allocate the dates to someone else within such short space notice.
"Everybody's brain learns in a slightly different way. We have to ascertain within the first few minutes what a person's learning style and capabilities are."
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Eight strangers convene in an undisclosed location for an intense, experts-only paintball retreat. Out of the gate, the game seems to be exactly what they paid for: all-out action in a remotely set battle of wits and wiles. As the game advances and the stakes get higher, however, it becomes clear that the group is playing a very different paintball game than they signed up for.
With rules that change as soon as they are mastered, the team sport quickly devolves into an anything-goes struggle for individual survival, and the participants gradually realize that their real opponent may be the game itself.
Release date: September 28, 2010(DVD)
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On Running Tour & Group Workout
Tuesday, June 14th at 6pm
Join Fleet Feet Sports and On for a FREE and FUN Wednesday Group Workout! On will be at the store offering demo shoes so you can try on a new pair of shoes and experience running on Clouds. Runs leave the store at 6:00 pm with 2 or 4 mile route options. After your run, kick back and relax with refreshments from On and get to know your Fleet Feet staff and fellow local runners.


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PLEASE HELP US TO PRESERVE the c. 1637 Fairbanks House by donating to the Fairbanks Family in America on DECEMBER 3rd- #GivingTuesday, a global giving movement to help nonprofits like us.
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Thoughts on Nano Server improving Infrastructure Architect Designs
This week at Ignite we uncovered more details on the new and exciting products that will be fundamental to our cloud platform moving forward. This includes a smaller installation footprint for Windows Server, known as Nano Server. Microsoft currently offers an installation option for Windows Server named Server Core that provides a minimal installation of… Read more