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Member Benefits Offered Through Circle of Friends
The CCMS Circle of Friends program is open to businesses that show they can provide outstanding service and exceptional benefits for CCMS members. Members can call the listed Circle of Friends vendors directly or contact CCMS, 239-435-7727 for further information.
Interested in becoming a Circle of Friends vendor? Download our information packet or call 239-435-7727.
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*The preferred vendor program does not imply endorsement of a company, product or service.
Lake Michigan Credit Union
Markham Norton Mosteller Wright & Company
Technical Doctor
Technical Doctor provides HIPAA-compliant IT support, security products and services and is laser focused on healthcare. Established in 2006 in the Chicago area, Technical Doctor expanded to Florida in 2018. Our technicians have multiple years of experience in: Healthcare, Secure Networking, HIPAA controls, Transmission Security, Integration and a high level of customer services to ensure a quick response and educated answers. CCMS members receive a free consultation and a 10% discount on 1st month of IT support service. Sign up for our Healthcare IT newsletter.
Anne Fontaine at Waterside Shops
Anne Fontaine is a French luxury women's fashion brand. The company specializes in the white blouse and now offers a complete ready-to-wear line. CCMS Members receive discounts off their purchase during special CCMS shopping events. Stay tuned for information on CCMS shopping events for 2019.
Attorney Linda R. Minck
Attorney Linda Minck provides legal services to physicians and healthcare providers particularly in business transactions such as setting up new practices, buying or selling, employment agreements, and representing physicians with daily legal needs. CCMS members who mention their membership receive a 10% discount.
BankUnited has more than $35 billion in assets and more than 100 branch locations and focuses on the financial needs of growing companies and their executives, consumers, and commercial and middle-market businesses in Florida and New York. The bank offers a broad range of online services, treasury management tools for businesses, and traditional depository and lending products. CCMS members receive preferred rates on lending/borrowing and deposit accounts.
Biowaste Medical
Biowaste Medical is a leading provider of biomedical and pharmaceutical waste collection and disposal services in the state of Florida. They are headquartered in Naples and have been in business for the past 4 years. Biowaste Medical services a range of medical facilities, including, but not limited to: hospitals, doctor and dentist offices, laboratories, and clinics. All CCMS members will receive a 20% discount from their current vendor's bill plus 3 free months.
BMO Wealth Management
BMO Wealth Management provides financial services for physicians and medical practices such as initial free wealth planning consultation, specialized loan programs for medical practices and office buildings, and home mortgage and equity line of credit programs designed for physicians with discounts and higher loan to value guidelines.
Equity LLC / Equity Healthcare
Equity is a national commercial real estate brokerage, developer, construction agency, and project manager specializing in healthcare and retail clientele and needs. Equity headquarters are in Columbus, OH, including offices serving Florida in Tampa and Orlando. CCMS members receive a free initial consultation as well as an Equity Healthcare gift item upon completed transaction or equivalent amount donated to a charity of their choice.
First Citizens Bank
First Citizens Bank is dedicated to building long-lasting relationships with individuals, small-to-midsized businesses, and professionals. Our associates have developed a strong expertise in meeting the financial needs of the medical community. Please contact us to learn more about our great rates, our customized approach to client service, and our comprehensive array of financial products. We would love to earn your business!
Leading Edge Benefit Advisors
Leading Edge Benefit Advisors has served the Naples area for over 34 years, providing employee benefit and compensation solutions to local businesses. Leading Edge can offer an industry specific, multiple employer welfare arrangement ("MEWA"), allowing CCMS member private practices the benefit of large group medical insurance with Florida Blue for themselves, their staff, and families. Also available for member practices is an ancillary services store with complimentary Employee Assistance Program.
Medline Industries, Inc.
Medline is the largest privately held manufacturer and distributor of healthcare supplies in the United States, providing 500,000 products that serve the entire continuum of care. Medline is a manufacturer direct source of medical equipment & supplies, education (CEUs) and product & sales support. CCMS members receive a minimum of 10% savings in aggregate and standard freight waived for 1 year.
Meridian Financial Group
We are a boutique financial services firm specializing in working with physicians in the areas of asset protection planning, wealth management and wealth transfer. Through our team of experienced advisors, and our strategic alliances with professionals from other industries, we can deliver customized solutions for our clients. Meridian Financial Group is excited to partner with M Financial in offering innovative financial solutions to the ultra-affluent and corporate markets.
Mutual of Omaha Bank
Mutual of Omaha Bank is a full service financial institution that offers a variety of products and services. We are a relationship bank that focuses on building lasting relationships to meet our clients' needs and provide exceptional customer service. CCMS members receive discounts on merchant services, mutual benefit employee free checking, fast app business line of credit, and home equity.
Porter Wright
Porter Wright works with health care businesses and providers to solve complex legal problems, stay in compliance with regulatory obligations, and take advantage of growth opportunities. From labor and employment law to business law to litigation, our attorneys help health care clients achieve their goals. We are proud to have been members of the Preferred vendors program since 2001.
Slepcevich Financial Group, LLC
SFG LLC is showing our clients how they can retire comfortably on at least 50% less in assets than they originally thought. We do that by using strategies the tax codes allows us to utilize that have been in the code since 1913 that the majority of the population knows little to nothing about. Complimentary first year retirement analysis, insurance audit, or business audit.
Suncoast Credit Union
Suncoast Credit Union operates 65 full-service branches with 785,000 members. The Suncoast Foundation has donated over $22 million to community initiatives in the 21 counties the credit union serves. Suncoast Credit Union is committed to providing CCMS members with personalized solutions and expert service. Our business lending, legacy planning, and retirement planning services can help you meet your business needs and achieve your long-term goals. CCMS Members receive a complimentary half-hour consult with the Suncoast preferred estate attorney.
The Doctors Company
The Doctors Company is the nation's largest physician-owned medical malpractice insurer, with 80,000 members and over $4.6 billion in assets. Discover how we are taking the "mal" out of malpractice insurance at thedoctors.com. CCMS members receive a 5% discount on liability premium.
Gallagher Lutgert
CCMS members are eligible for a workers compensation dividend program virtually unavailable to many small businesses. By grouping practices into one entity, members enjoy buying power usually reserved for large organizations. While not guaranteed, dividends over 20% can be received if group losses for the year are zero. Underwritten by Comp Options Insurance Company, a subsidiary of AmTrust Financial. Also available for CCMS members is a 5% discount on medical malpractice insurance with Healthcare Underwriters Group Inc.
Greater Naples Chamber of Commerce
The Chamber's mission is to make Greater Naples the best place in America to live and work, and our primary purpose is to foster business development and advocate effective government policy to ensure a healthy business climate. CCMS members who join The Chamber receive a waiver on their membership administration fee. Call today for more information!
HIPAA Secure Now!
HIPAA Secure Now! has helped over 2,500 clients with their HIPAA compliance needs in the last five years. HIPAA Secure Now! provides a complete, affordable and easy-to-use HIPAA compliance service. CCMS members receive a 15% discount. Additionally, HSN provides a free HIPAA Hotline for CCMS members – if you have a HIPAA question or issue, just call 877-275-4545 x803. If you are interested in finding out more about the service or for a free demo, contact Jonathan Krasner.
Jennifer Bates Photography
Jennifer Bates Photography is a full-service photography studio serving Naples and Fort Myers areas, including Fort Myers Beach, Marco Island, Estero, Bonita Springs and beyond! For all clients who mention Collier County Medical Society upon hiring Jennifer Bates for photography services, Jennifer Bates will donate 100% of their $250 session fee to the Foundation of CCMS.
Naples Network Services
A family-owned and operated, end-to-end IT Consulting firm, Naples Network Services has provided strong partnerships and personalized support for their clients for over a decade. They offer cutting-edge managed cloud services with traditional break and fix solutions for any day to day problem. As a special introductory offer to CCMS members, receive a free consultation as well as 10% off your first service.
Testimonial Tree
Testimonial Tree, the leader in testimonial management software, helps physicians gather feedback about patient experiences through 5-star ratings, satisfaction surveys, and reviews. Our platform empowers patients to share recommendations on social media, syndicate testimonials on your own website, and 3rd party review websites. We help you take control of your online reputation and build loyalty. CCMS members receive $50 off the monthly fee.
The Print Shop
The Print Shop will donate 5% of the revenue of all printing services purchased by CCMS members to the Foundation of CCMS. Additionally, any CCMS member wishing to acknowledge their membership in CCMS can have the CCMS logo printed on their letterhead, envelopes, business cards, etc. for free. The Print Shop is the only graphic media company in Collier County with four locations.


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a guy wrote: -=@Sandra. Just because you say it does not make it true. -=-
Sandra Dodd: You're right. If something is true, it isn't true *just* because I say it.
Friday, August 26, 2011
This amused me (about truth's relationship to me)
5 comments:
- Channi said...
good response. This type of 'jackassing' is one of the main reasons why I left FB. I saw too many useless arguments going way too far. and in real life you can't just delete something you've said. Once you've said it you have to own it. What happens on FB is artifical and at times infuriating because of this. It just wasn't a healthy place for me :)
- August 26, 2011 6:11 PM
I'm telling you, if I could bottle up even half of your intelligent and witty responses and save them for a day when I needed one, I'd consider myself a rich girl! I always enjoy your posts.
- August 27, 2011 6:49 AM
- Sandra Dodd said...
Aw, shucks; thanks. :-)
The "just" part was that his insulting arguments were about what the unschoolers were "just" recommending. I pointed out that it wasn't "just" anything, but he was insisting on using "just" repeatedly.
It's a good and useful word, but can also be used in put-downs. I'm just sayin'. :-)
- August 27, 2011 7:22 AM
- Melissa said...
Yes, Channi, I also left Facebook for the same reasons. So much negativity brewing there and I believe that much of it has to do with precisely what you mentioned in your post: lack of accountability.
Thanks for sharing this, Sandra. I am glad that you are able to capture these snippets before they get flushed down the cyberdrain.
- August 30, 2011 1:20 AM
- Jenaneter said...
I lifted this same quote and have it saved on my computer. =D I liked it and didn't want it lost.
-- Rose
- September 05, 2011 11:16 AM

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Prefab parking rises at U of W
A Meccano set on steroids.
That may be the best way to describe the pace and scale of the construction of the new parking structure rising at the University of Windsor, across from the new Center for Engineering Innovation. The latest project, built by the Guelph-based Newton Group, will eventually grow into a 7 1/2-storey, split-level garage, housing 950 parking spaces.
"It's very much like a Meccano set," said Joanne Bertrand, sales and marketing manager for Newton. "It's made in Guelph, all the pieces, shipped here and assembled on site, like a big erector set. It's totally turnkey. We do all the manufacturing, shipping and building."
It is because of that method that the structure can be erected so quickly. Bertrand noted traditional methods can take 18 to 24 months or more. The completion date for the $23-million project, including the garage, a two-storey "innovation centre" to house security, campus police and parking services and a pedestrian bridge to link the two, is slated for next September.
Bertrand said the company imported the prefabricated construction method from Europe and developed and adapted it for the North American market. The Canadacar System involves the use of modular precast concrete platforms loaded onto cambered steel beams and columns.
Because it is assembled from prefabricated parts the structure can be put together more quickly and efficiently than using traditional construction methods but respects the same design standards for safety and vibration. But architects and engineers are able to utilize wider flexibility in design to enable tailoring the building to the space provided.
"It's completely adaptable to fit whatever footprint the site demands and fit the property," said Bertrand.
Lori Lewis, manager for news services and public affairs and communications at the university, called the construction process "unique" and said the pace of construction is "amazing."


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Partnership with innovative biotech companies
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Hi all,
I'm trying to install Windows 98 SE on an industry standard PC. Trouble is, the PC is quite a lot newer than W98. (Socket 775 machine...)
a) Installation from install CD.
- the CD is bootable, boots nicely from the CD and asks me if I want to boot from hard disk or CD.
Then there is a nice Microsoft Windows 98 startup menu which asks me whether I want to start from CD ROM, or whether I want to start the computer with or without CD support.
Then, after selection of Start from CD Rom, a number of drivers seem to be started. At the end of the day however, there is a message saying:
"Device driver not found: OEMCD001". No valid CDROM device drivers selected. The Windows98 Setup files were not found.
The Driver used on this CD is from Oak Technoloy, called OTI-91X ATAPI CD-ROM device driver, Rev D91XV352. It tries to create the device with the name OEMCD001 but fails to do so. "No drives found, aborting installation".
Tried this with two different drives, one SATA and one IDE drive, same result. Also does not find any drives when both drives are installed at the same time.
b) Installing from USB stick
- Formatted my stick with HP tool in FAT32 file system, with system files from Windows 98.
Stick also boots nicely, and gives me a fancy C:\ sign when ready.
- Then I copied the W98 install disk on this stick, and booted.
For a fraction of a second, I see the W98 install screen with the windows logo on it, and then the system falls back to a C:\ command prompt.
All it says is:
Microsoft (R) Windows 98
(C) Copyright Microsoft Corp 1981-1998
This is all very nice but does not help installing.
I then type "setup" and hit enter (this is a functional DOS environment in which I can browse around etc...)
Result: A message which tells me:
"Please wait while Setup initializes."
I waited a while, had dinner, nothing happened.
So now I place all my hopes on you guys, hope you can help me with one of these two versions, which both failed so far. All I want to achieve is working version of Windows 98 on my PC.
If it is easier, I might also be interested in Windows 2000 since the software I'd like to run is probably running in 9x and I guess this should also work in 2000 then, but I simply don't have that OS, so I try to get my old Windows 98 SE to run.
Thanks in advance for all your helpful hints.
Before you go any further with this, you need to be certain that the motherboard in your system had official drivers for Windows 98SE.
If it did not, then you are asking for a lot of trial and error and inconveniences.
I fully support your quest to run Windows 98SE on newer hardware, but be aware that even if you do find drivers for this board, there are still other hurdles to cross.
Third-party patches are required to use more than approximately 1.5GB of RAM, hard drives over 137GB, and SATA drives. Unofficial updates will be required to use USB2 devices and USB flash drives.
Are you sure you're ready to undertake this? :) lol
You may find relevant information with these links:
Well, it is true that for my board the next best thing to a driver I could find was the release for Windows 2000, which I optimistically downloaded.
Guess I will be happy with a lot of constraints, I am even ready to install my old 8 GB IDE hard drive and live without sound or USB 2.0 or even LAN support. All I intend to do with the install is run a piece of tax software which really does not require a lot of functionality or ressources. However it will not install in Windows 7, Vista or XP.
So I am still in the game to get this running - although I will not promise to go very much further if the challenges keep popping up forever. Not even getting to the installation screen however just feels a bit too early to give it up.
On the other hand, it might be quicker to purchase a cheap old used PC which has it installed already.....
Well maybe there are some more hints, never know. Thanks already!
Windows 2000 drivers will not work in Windows 98. Windows 2000 is part of the NT-family, like XP, so I would hazard a guess that your software won't install in 2K if it won't install in XP.
It is possible to run Windows 98 without the official motherboard drivers, but the other hurdles still persist, along with trying to get display, sound, and network drivers. It's possible to use older add-in cards that have 9x drivers, and disable onboard devices which do not, but you see how involved a project this will become...
I'm personally not a fan of running "virtual machines," but in this case it might be an option to consider if this one program is all that you really need to use. I'm sure this will be the opinion of several other posters here, I've debated it with them before :)
If you still choose to try with 98, the links I gave you will be invaluable resources, along with the rest of that forum. Good luck whatever you choose!
Installing from USB or CD isn't mandatory. The method I have is to simply use a boot-floppy with CD-Rom support; format the hard drive to FAT32; copy the entire contents of the Win98 folder to a folder on the hard-drive (usually named something like "Temp98" or whatever); then run Setup from within that folder. If the machine doesn't have a floppy drive, then I'll temporarily drop one in to get the files on the HDD. As far as I remember (it's been some time), it's over 150MB of data that has to be copied, so it can take a while, especially on an older machine. I agree with what LoneCrusader has to say---Win98 on a newer machine can present a whole host of problems, especially where drivers, RAM and Hard-drive support are concerned. I've used Microsoft Virtual PC before and had no problems with it. You may want to consider using it; especially since April 16 is only a few days away.
"Channeling the spirit of jboy..."
The Oak driver won't find a SATA cdrom but it should find an IDE/atapi OK. Is it some kind of non-traditional (for 98) configuration?
Even though the dos drivers can't find the cdrom, the bios did and booted from it. If it assigned it a drive letter then you may be able to do the install. Did it leave you at an A:\> prompt? If so do a DIR and enter and see if it shows a win98 directory. If so just typing SETUP should start the install.
Of course first the hard drive needs to be partitioned and formatted. The windows 98 partitioning command, FDISK, doesn't see drives right larger than about 64 gig so you need the updated or ME version of that command.
So let's see, you need:
1) Verify there are 98 drivers for the motherboard
2) No SATA drives
3) Updated or ME version of FDISK (or third party partitioning software).
4) Keep the partition size to about 120 gig or less.
5) Drop the ram to 512 meg or less for the install.
6) Get around the drivers not finding the cdrom or figure out what the problem is.
See? Nothing to it!
Install W98 in a Virtual Machine is easier and a lot less hassle:
@LoneCrusader, got your point - will first try the virtual solution then, as you suggest it may be a lot easier to run this single program I'm interested in. Thanks!!
@T-R-A, I'm reading the same result from your comment....
@DAVEINCAPS, yep probably nothing to it apart from a few steps I can't easily solve, perhaps really the virtual solution IS easier
@Jolicloud, thanks for the link, right now W98 is happily installing inside a little VMware window... didn't know this was free software before.
All in all a great forum, thanks folks for your help!! Don't even know who helped me most after all, better pick one than none I guess... Thanks :)
You're welcome. Glad you've found a solution! :)


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Becoming Christian has it's challenges. It's not like joining AA where there's an easily discernible program to follow and everyone is pretty much on the same page. Becoming Christian means wading into a morass of strong opinions and varying interpretations. The people and leaders and doctrines are often conflicted within the breadth of the Christian spectrum. Trying to find my place is, at times, confusing and frustrating and hard. I'm grappling with some tough questions straight out of the gate. Continue reading
Monthly Archives: January 2014
I Believe him.
I believe Jesus is who he says he is. Until recently I'd never asked myself the question. I'd left the existence of Jesus in a nebulous place… Jesus: worshiped by Christians, distrusted and mocked by others, literary figure, has something to do with Christmas, one of many people/prophets/deities/works of fiction who wield religious influence. I never really got so far as the actuality of Jesus on the very few days I thought about it. Continue reading
Destination Amargosa
Marta Becket and her Amargosa Opera House are my source of inspiration as the year begins. This woman left behind life as she knew it to became a conduit of pure (and divine) inspiration. She took a dilapidated abandoned theater in a veritable ghost town in the middle of a harsh desert and turned it into a place of beauty, creation and well being. I see the way God works in so much of what Marta Becket did. Her story touches me deeply and inspires me to stand ever more resolute in my conviction to lead a faith based life. Continue reading


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Jason Gay: A $180 steak sandwich is an indefensible purchase. It is a foodstuff strictly for vulgarians, a decadent symbol of 21st-century gluttony and the over-luxurification of everything. To buy it is to wallow in one's privilege, one's shameless indifference to the plight of humankind. Other than that, it's pretty tasty … This $180 Katsu sandwich can be found in lower Manhattan, around the corner from Wall Street, at a hole-in-the-wall establishment called Don Wagyu. Don Wagyu is a spartan place with a small bar counter, a partly-open kitchen and a half-dozen stools. It is visible from the outside thanks to a red neon sign of a cow smoking a cigarette, a nod to the vaguely-illicit goings-on inside."
"How could a sandwich cost as much as a plane ticket to Florida? This is, after all, the type of thing that makes the rest of the planet think New Yorkers are out of their minds. Was the $180 sandwich (aka the A5 Ozaki) a legitimate food experience or some kind of commentary on late-stage capitalism? … Ordering the A5 Ozaki is not a showy experience. The lights do not dim, the kitchen does not clap; it does not require much more of a wait than a turkey club at a diner. A slice of beef is encrusted with panko, fried, placed on toasted white bread and served quartered, like a preschooler's PB&J. Nori-sprinkled french fries and a pickle spear are the only accompaniments."
"But the A5 Ozaki was light and buttery to the point of being almost ethereal, as if the sandwich knew the pressure of delivering on its comical price. Which, of course, it does not. There is no sandwich that is possibly worth $180. But that's the thrill (and the crime) of extravagance, is it not? Eating this thing felt right and completely wrong—more like a caper than a lunch."


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Glee Spoilers: Who is Recurring? Who is Proposing?Matt Richenthal at .
Having tackled one controversial subject this week, a school shooting, Glee will focus on another later this spring.
E! News confirms that veteran actresses Patty Duke and Meredith Baxter will guest star as a lesbian couple that has been together for 25 years, first appearing on the Glee Season 4 finale and then recurring on Glee Season 5… assuming there IS a Glee Season 5.
How do they figure into story lines? Sources say that - SPOILER ALERT!!! - Blaine will propose to Kurt to close the season, going to a jewelry store to purchase a ring and meeting Duke's character as the salesperson.
She and Baxter's character will then serve as Klaine's mentors as the relationship progresses.
And, yes, insiders acknowledge this plot was inspired by the ongoing Supreme Court debate in California over same-sex marriage.
So sound off now Gleeks: Are you excited for another topical storyline? And how do you feel about a Klaine engagement?!?
Matt Richenthal is the Editor in Chief of TV Fanatic. Follow him on Twitter and on Google+.


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If the hologram scene from Star Wars kind of changed your life, you're in for some good news.
A startup called HoloVit has launched an Indiegogo campaign to bring holograms to a consumer audience right from your phone, tablet or TV screen. Admittedly, it might have a way to go, but it's definitely something to watch out for.


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Governor Reynolds appointed Mark Lowe as director of the Iowa Department of Transportation on May 26, 2017. Before taking this position, Mark served as the Iowa DOT's general counsel from 2008 to 2009, as its Motor Vehicle Division director from 2009 to 2016, and as its interim director from November 29, 2016, to the date of his appointment by Governor Reynolds.
Before entering state government, Mark was an associate and then shareholder with Hopkins & Huebner, P.C. in Des Moines. He has also served as associate general counsel for Norwest Financial in Des Moines and, prior to law school, as a planner at the Region XII Council of Governments in Carroll, Iowa.
Mark was born in Illinois in 1966 and lived for a number of years in rural Illinois and Missouri before moving to Iowa in 1977. He graduated from Carroll High School in 1984 and from Iowa State University in 1988 with a bachelor's degree in community and regional planning. He earned his law degree from Drake University in 1993 and served as editor in chief of the Drake Law Review for the 1992-1993 year.
Mark lives in West Des Moines, Iowa with his wife Linda. They have four children – Daniel (Utah State University), Mary (Iowa State University), Matt (Iowa State University), and Erin (Valley High School), where they are active in cross country, Boy Scouts, and the YMCA. Mark served on the board of the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators (AAMVA) from 2010 to 2016, serving as its chair in 2014 to 2015. In his leisure time he enjoys running, swimming, biking and playing guitar.


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The inverse is true with Schlock Works. I have sections of three comics done in advance, this comic published a day early, and every day I wake up to find news that fills me with an overwhelming desire to stick my head in a vice. I have ideas for a dozen strips I've written down in the last two weeks and will never write or draw most of them.
Each day, I'm presented with a new face of terror. Yesterday, that face came in the guise of hollow-eyed Stephen Miller, who uttered the words "… and will not be questioned."
That's literally the FIRST THING IN THE BILL OF RIGHTS. You know, the part that comes before bears and arms and well-regulated militias.
If you're not scared shitless right now, you're simply not paying attention. Those are the words of fascists, and that's not a term I use lightly.


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I love adding new ornaments to my tree each year. Sometimes I buy them, but I really love making them too. This year, I thought it would be fun to create a little "family" of ornaments — one for me, one for my husband, and one for each child. I was inspiration by wooden ornaments that I saw at Crate & Barrel last year and knew I just had to make them. They turned out so cute … now I want to make a little set of ornaments for every family I know!Wooden peg dolls come in many variations, which makes them perfect for this project. With a little paint (and patience), you can whip up a holiday family in no time.
Let's get started!
- wooden peg dolls, assorted sizes — available at craft stores or online
- paint, I used Martha Stewart's line — available at craft stores
- clear coat (optional) — available at craft stores
- eye screws — available at hardware stores
- paint brushes — available at craft stores
- drill with small bit — available at hardware stores
Step 1: Add paint to your peg dolls in your desired colors to represent basic clothing and hair. I kept it very simple with color blocks and stripes. (Note: I didn't tape anything off, these were free-handed. The lines don't need to be exact.)Step 2: Once you are satisfied with your clothing designs, use the end of a paint brush in black to add dots for eyes and additional details. If you wish to add a protective clear coat, do it now. Allow everything to thoroughly dry.Step 3: To hang the ornaments, an eye screw will need to be inserted into the head of the dolls. The thread of the tiny screws enable them to be inserted manually. I find it easier to drill a starter hole and then twist it into place with my hand. (Worried about setting the screw in the wrong place? If you look closely, there is a small ring, formed by the wood grain, at the top of the head. Place the screw in the center of that and you're golden!)Step 4: Add a loop of ribbon or twine and hang!More On


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John Fogerty's Revival Begins: Interviewby Dennis Elsas
Finding peace and fun with his legacy
John Fogerty is on a roll. His 2015 memoir Fortunate Son: My Life, My Music got great notices and was a The New York Times Best Seller. He has signed a new solo recording contract with BMG and is doing a 50th anniversary tour in 2019. And even though Fogerty experienced years of legal conflicts, bad blood and mixed emotions about his CCR legacy since the band broke up in 1972, he is today not just at peace with his past but reveling in its musical magnificence, followed by a distinguished solo career as well as his two albums as The Blue Ridge Rangers.
It's a process that began in 2007 with his aptly named album Revival and its track "Creedence Song." That's when Best Classic Bands friend Dennis Elsas welcomed Fogerty for a talk on WFUV-FM, the station where the legendary classic rock air personality helms the weekday afternoon air shift from 2-6 PM.
As Elsas says of Fogerty, "To be known not just for a band but a sound is a sure sign of status in music." Today, at age 74, Fogerty is secure in his stature as a genuine rock music icon. In 2007, he said, "I'm having too much fun." It would seem that Fogerty is having even more fun now.
Dennis Elsas: The new record, obviously the name is Revival, and we know that that band that you were associated with oh so many years had the name Revival in it. Of course we're talking about Creedence Clearwater Revival. But the first thought that comes to mind is because you've called it Revival, and because there's a song in there called "Creedence Song," I guess the obvious question is: have you finally come to whatever it is you needed to come to… peace… with all of that bad stuff from way back when and said, "You know, this is my heritage, why not embrace it"?
John Fogerty: Yes, I sure have. These days I'm a very happy guy. Life's great. I'm just a lucky citizen of the world. You are quite right that I now look at my time with Creedence as a very happy, lucky and enjoyable time. I mean, what we did in just a few years was pretty remarkable. Come out of a garage in El Cerrito, California and end up going all around the world, having lots of hit records, playing in front of a lot of people. It was a great time. When I think about the music now, that's what I remember.
DE: I think you once said when people would ask you about the name, Creedence Clearwater Revival, you even said, "Well revival was always the most important part of the name." It was all about reviving and bringing back the good times.
JF: I should explain it was actually my wife that came up with the name for the album. While I had thought it was maybe a revival of my music craft and songwriting, what she was getting at was actually the journey that I had started out so long ago as a kid having a lot of success and then kind of traveling through the valley of despair, let's say, and the long road finally leading out of there and to a happy place personally – that's what she was getting at. That my life is now happy and that my spirit seems to be reborn or revived. And that's what she was picking up on. That I have been reborn in a sense and that I'm free of all that sort of anger that I used to carry around.
DE: Well certainly the longtime Creedence fans will be happy that there's a song called "Creedence Song" and the longtime Fogerty fans – and there are legions of those folks that have loved your music beyond CCR and all the great Fogerty singles – will be happy that at least "Creedence Song" is there so it's like, "OK, we're comfortable with John embracing his past so we can move on now."
JF: Yeah, well, "Creedence Song" is certainly a fable. The actual story is not my story. I rather imagine some musician somewhere has had these events happen to him where basically he's on a bandstand and somebody in the audience comes up and says: "Play one of those Creedence songs." And we all seem to know what that sounds like even if you're not specific to a certain tune. It puts a picture in your head. It also does in my head. That's really the signal here. I just wanted everyone to know that I'm quite happy thinking about that music and proud.
This album especially, Revival, it seems that I have perhaps finally rediscovered the whole thing, the mystique that was the way I wrote songs all those years ago. For whatever reason I seem to have veered off to the right or the left of it. And this time around as I began writing songs, it all seemed so clear. And also I gotta say it was fun and easy. The songs just came out in a mad rush and they weren't agony to extract. They were jumping outta me, you might say, and the whole process was a lot of fun.
DE: How do you try and keep your audience tuned into politically where you're at and yet say, "Hey, I understand, we don't all share the same political viewpoint"?
JF: Being part of the [2004] Vote For Change [tour with Bruce Springsteen] was a really fun experience. Of course, I got to play with the E Street Band. And as I said at the time, that's a force of nature, an unstoppable thing going at you. That was really a lot of fun. I recognize that a lot of fans of my music aren't necessarily sharing my political views. It's not an exclusive club; I'm not trying to alienate anybody.
First of all, I am a musician. That's my first calling. I love playing guitar. I love writing songs. If I don't get too preachy, which I have in my past. There was an album called Eye of the Zombie [on] which I had stepped over the line a couple times on that record…. My point of view is simply that: it's my point of view; it's an opinion. But I would hope that the people who love rock 'n' roll who may be of a different persuasion would still just love music for music and be OK with that.
Sometimes that little message in there may spark a little bit of, what's the word, questioning, and wondering. If that happens, that's a great thing, too. I guess I'm trying to say everybody is welcome as far as I'm concerned. Music is presented from a certain artist, obviously me, and my first calling as I say is trying to make people feel good and I do it through music.
DE: You mentioned on "Long Dark Night" it's like the guitar you're using on "I Heard It Through the Grapevine." You said it's a special guitar. Is it the same guitar or just a special type of guitar to get that swamp sound, that Fogerty sound?
JF: No, this was actually the same guitar as far as writing and playing it in the studio. It's a 1968 Les Paul Custom. It's the black guitar you see me with a lot in the old days and now. I don't take that guitar out traveling anymore. It's just, to me, it's much too precious. But it's still got some cool songs built in there and every once in a while, one comes out.
DE: I remember reading that you had a notebook that you had written down a lot of thoughts through the years and had started some of those great songs that we know, and that you kept the same notebook or still have the same notebook?
JF: I still have that same notebook. I started in 1967. The first entry in the book was "Proud Mary." When I wrote it on the first line on the page, I had no idea what that meant. It was just something that for some reason wanted to come out of me and I wrote it down. A few weeks later I ended up calling the boat that I was writing this song about "Proud Mary.' I mean, obviously, that had a huge impact on my career and the music I've made ever since.
DE: People pay homage to your music all the time. Sometimes they give it credit, and sometimes they're ah, shall we say, are borrowing it. But in "Summer Of Love" where you're obviously singing about the summer of '67, you do a mean Clapton/Hendrix riff. Is that strange for a man who is considered to be one of the guitar greats and has created a sound that is certainly one of the most identifiable in the history of rock'n'roll, how did you come to want to sort of pay homage to two of those guys?
JF: [laughs] Well, I'm almost compelled to say, you know, I like what they do better. I was in my little music place and I had the guitar and amplifier just roaring. And suddenly the riff, the guitar lick on the song came out of me with that sound and my brain just went immediately there. The name I wrote down was "Summer Of Love" because this thing was just sounding like the summer of love to me. I'm a great admirer of the two fellows you just mentioned and many more, obviously. The sound of Hendrix, the sound of Eric Clapton and Cream, Jeff Beck in those days, Jimmy Page. They had a great thing going. I'm a guitar player. I love guitar. It just seemed like the right way to pay homage to that era.
DE: There's always a reverence for what has come before. But you are a rock icon now. Folks talk about the Creedence sound. They talk about the Fogerty music. And we haven't even touched on all the singles stuff. I mean "Centerfield" is the quintessential song about baseball, which, of course, has nothing to do with Creedence Clearwater Revival. That's all about John Fogerty. "Rockin' All Over the World" and "Rock And Roll Girls." All these other songs. There's this huge body of work.
[Don't miss his 50th anniversary celebration – with all those hits – in 2019. Tickets are available here and here.]
JF: I never walk around think about the icon person. I think, number one, because I'm having too much fun. I like living. I'm happy and I'm just still mystified about the whole process of songwriting. All I do is hopefully set up the conditions by which a song will seem to come through from somewhere and land on me. It's scary when they don't. It's even more scary when they're bad. [laughs] And then once in a while, something good happens. If I have a talent, it's that I can actually recognize the difference between a good one and a bad one.
But I don't put a weight on myself about all the things that have come before. I think that would probably slow me down. Certainly you would get pretty full of yourself, I suppose. The work or the craft of making music is fun all by itself. That's what I love to do, playing guitar and being able to actually learn new stuff and get better, which I try to do, literally, every day. This isn't lip service: I actually practice three or four hours every day because my goal is to get better. There's a lot of stuff even still that I don't know how to do. Guys like Chet Atkins who can play this wonderful multi-fingered approach to the guitar. That's still waiting for me to master someday. There's people like Joe Satriani that can run circles around me. Or Yngwie [Malmsteen]. It doesn't mean I'm gonna end up sounding like those people. But because it's intriguing and intense and beautiful when they do that, I wanna know how they do that.
But guitar playing is one of those cool things you have to work for. You can't just go down to the store with a credit card and say, "Here, I just want to be better now." And they charge you a couple hundred bucks and suddenly you're better. No, it doesn't work that way. You actually have to put in the work, and at the end you master it. So it's easy to see on that level, I can actually work at it and see improvement. The scary stuff is the songwriting and the knack of musical territory that presents a certain color to the listener and to me in a good place that I want to be.
DE: Of all those songs that you're performing, are there one or two Creedence songs as you're playing them you kind of stop and go, "That was a pretty good song."
Related: Our 2018 review of Fogerty and all those hits
JF: Well, I've always said that my favorite song from the Creedence era is "Green River." It just seemed to say and feel what I considered the center of what I was trying to do at the time of Creedence. And certainly the album, too, which was called Green River. It just seemed to be the most realized or well-defined place that I was trying to get at. It wasn't necessarily the album with the most hits on it. It was just the way that album sounded and felt; that was my favorite place. And "Green River" as a song was certainly my favorite.
DE: And is there a Green River somewhere?
JF: Oh, yeah, there's a little place in Northern California. And the river is actually a creek or "crick." My family would go there when I was quite young. I can certainly remember when I was two, three, four, five years old. There was a little cabin there that as far as I remember, the person we leased the cabin from was a descendant of Buffalo Bill Cody. I believe he was a grandson. He was 90, I think. That's the Cody junior that you hear about [in the song's lyrics]. There was a rope hanging from the tree. I learned to swim at this place. I learned to go underwater and look for pollywogs at this place. And I had wanted to write about that all my life, and finally when I grew up, I got to do it.
Listen to the full interview here.
Dennis Elsas
Dennis was hired at WNEW-FM by the station's program director, Scott Muni, one of the legendary DJs he had grown up listening to. He quickly ascended to the position of Music Director, and received the rock 'n' roll music industry education of a lifetime. The station was emerging as one of the premiere rock radio stations and Dennis was integral to creating its sound. He was also meeting and interviewing a stream of rock 'n' roll heroes, including Elton John, Mick Jagger, Pete Townshend, Paul McCartney and John Lennon.
Lennon was his in-studio guest on Saturday afternoon, September 28, 1974. They had met previously at the Record Plant Recording Studio as Lennon was finishing his latest album Walls and Bridges. During the conversation, Elsas casually invited him to visit WNEW-FM. When Lennon actually showed up, Dennis was more than a little surprised. What began as a discussion of the new album quickly turned into two hours of rare Beatles memories, speculation on a reunion, and candor about his immigration fight. Lennon even took over as DJ, playing some favorite, obscure 45s he'd brought with him, reading live commercials, and giving the weather reports.
Years later, excerpts of that historic afternoon were used in the Beatles Anthology, numerous books, and various documentaries. The entire show has become part of the permanent collection of the Paley Center For Media (formally the Museum of Television and Radio). It is also a pivotal part of the recent award winning PBS American Masters film "LENNONNYC".
The interview also inspired Elsas to produce, co-write and host the radio documentary, It Was Forty Years Ago Today: The Beatles Invade America which won a number of prestigious awards (e.g. New York State Broadcasters Association Best Documentary, New York Festivals World Medal.) It aired on WFUV in February, 2004. Revised for the fiftieth anniversary in 2014, it is now featured in the Grammy Museum's traveling exhibit Ladies and Gentleman…The Beatles!
In May 1976, Dennis took over the prime 6-10 PM slot on WNEW-FM, bringing his creative programming of the station's vast rock 'n' roll record library to the nighttime audience. Rock 'n' roll history was being made at 102.7, and whether he was in the studio with Meatloaf, backstage with Bob Seger or onstage with John Mellencamp, Dennis was sharing the experience with his listeners. In the 1980's he created the popular Beach Party program. The station became known as the place "Where Rock Lives" and Elsas remained there through 1998.
While still at WNEW-FM, Dennis expanded his broadcasting activities to include two years as the music correspondent for television's PM Magazine, and to host such syndicated radio shows as Rock Today, Rock 'n Roll Never Forgets and Billboard Entertainment News.
Dennis' voiceover career also grew with numerous projects for HBO, Cinemax, Showtime and The Movie Channel. Corporate and commercial clients included American Express, Time, Lancôme, Procter and Gamble, and Kraft Foods. He is now featured as the "Voice of Rock History" at the Museum at Bethel Woods – the story of the Sixties and Woodstock – and has been the announcer for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame broadcasts and VH1's Concert of the Century at the White House. Dennis was the narrator of Discovery Magazine on the Discover Network and the "voice" of the Smithsonian Channel.
But his abiding passion is to be on the air, programming music that blends old favorites with new discoveries, interviewing artists and interacting with his listeners. Today he's happily doing that seven days a week.
Since the summer of 2000 he's been hosting weekday afternoons (2-6 PM) on New York's WFUV (90.7 FM, and streaming at WFUV.org). With an eclectic mix of rock, folk, jazz and blues and, guests in the studio that have included Elvis Costello, Ben Folds, Patti Smith, Edie Brickell and Ringo Starr, Dennis continues the tradition of progressive radio he helped to create.
In May 2004 he joined Sirius/XM's Classic Vinyl (26) where he can be heard every Saturday and Sunday. He also serves as co-host of the weekly Beatles talk and "call-in" show, "Fab Fourum," heard exclusively on the Beatles Sirius/XM Channel (18), sharing his Classic Rock knowledge and memories with a worldwide audience.
In 2010 Dennis created Rock 'n' Roll Never Forgets – a live multimedia show featuring highlights from his history making interviews with John Lennon, Elton John, Jerry Garcia and more. As one of the pioneers of the progressive FM radio revolution at WNEW-FM and continuing today with new opportunities at WFUV and Sirius/XM, Dennis shares his favorite stories and unique perspective on rock and radio in person with enthusiastic audiences.
Latest posts by Dennis Elsas (see all)
- The Inside History of the Electric Light Orchestra - 08/30/2018
- Bill Wyman on the Birth of the Rolling Stones - 08/28/2018
- Justin Hayward on Moodys' 'Days of Future Passed' - 08/28/2018


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Year after year, the buying power of millennials grows and the importance they have to the economy, and your business specifically, becomes more undeniable. Millennials are set to make up half of the total workforce by the year 2020, so it's important to start building brand loyalty within this demographic now. Appealing to millennials could be the best thing you ever did for your business.
While there is no consensus on the exact dates, the millennial generation refers to people born between 1980 and 2000. They were the first generation to grow up with the internet and are responsible for the central role social media now plays in business and marketing.Now, the spending power of millennials, a tech-savvy, media-connected and independent demographic, is growing to the point where it has become the fuel driving the digital economy.
E-Commerce is Business as Usual
According to an eMarketer survey, 60% of millennials "agreed or strongly agreed that they looked at items online to buy nearly every day, even if they didn't actually plan on making a purchase." This is a generation of people with multiple connected devices and who are accustomed to 24-hour internet access whether at home, at work, in transit, or wherever they may be. E- and m-commerce have been so integrated into their daily lives that browsing online stores has become a pastime.
But just because they may be "browsing" does not mean they are only looking: 52% said they make online purchases they hadn't planned on, significantly higher than among older generations.
This is the millennial equivalent of window shopping, but it has one key difference: data. Online window shopping allows you to collect unprecedented amounts of personal data about your audience, such as what they're looking at and for how long, where they're from, what time of day they're shopping, and how they're accessing your website.
Business strategies that worked a decade ago are not going to work on this demographic. By understanding the behaviour and shopping habits of this generation, which can only come through a detailed analysis of the data you collect, you will understand how to market to them, win their loyalty and build a successful brand.
7 Tips for Appealing to Millennials
Be Personal
Data-mining provides you with an abundance of insights about your business and for your business. It can also unlock one of the most important factors in a millennial's path to purchase: personalised marketing. Millennials know their habits are being tracked and expectyou to market directly to them. Using your data to provide each customer with product suggestions based on their search history is a great way to start the personalised path to purchase.
You can also take personalisation to the next level by maintaining two-way communication, such as those facilitated by social media. An important part of building trust and loyalty is to prove to your customers that you're paying attention to them. There's no better way to do that than to participate in the conversation on Facebook and Twitter, for example, by replying to customers' Tweets and Facebook comments.
Embrace Word-of-Mouth
A recent study found that 95% of millennials cited their friends as the most credible source of information about a business. 98% said they're more likely to engage in a social media post by a friend about a brand than a post by the business itself.
This is irrefutable proof that you shouldn't treat every customer like a potential sale but like a brand ambassador. Just as a bad reputation can spread like wildfire, so can word of an exceptionally good experience through social media and word-of-mouth. Your customers will walk away happy and return back with more customers for you.
Go Mobile
Mobile payments are being driven by milliennials. 52% of them have already used their phones to make payments at a point-of-sale, despite it being an emerging payment method still in its early stages. They have a vision of a world where they'll only need their smartphone, ditching their IDs, payments and loyalty cards, licenses and keys.
Millennials are pushing for mobile payments, and if the success of ApplePay is any indication, with one million subscribers in its first three days, they're going to get them. So make sure your business is prepared to accept mobile payments both online and in-person.
Be Consistent
Millennials are also at the forefront of omni-channel commerce. Because they have multiple devices with near 24-hour connectivity and are accustomed to taking a multi-device path to purchase, your branding, pricing and features need to be consistent across all channels. The old practice of multi-channel commerce, with separate marketing strategies tailored to each channel, strikes millennials as insincere and lowers their level of trust in your brand.
Be Creative
Don't be afraid to make it weird. Millennials were raised on absurdist humour and 46% say that random and bizarre marketing is the most memorable. You don't need to go off the deep end, you just need to be creative. Today, we're marketed to everywhere we go – doing it a little differently will refresh your message, resonate with your audience and get your brand remembered.
Be Responsible
As revealed in a study from PR firm Cone Communication, specialists in cause marketing, millennials are highly aware of responsible business practices and expect a certain level of social responsibility from brands they are loyal to, to the extent where they will switch from one business to a competitor based on their efforts in this area.
Brands today need to make their social awareness public and emphasise transparency and authenticity. Include in your content the story behind your business, why you started in the industry, why you operate your business the way you do, and why you believe in it. Be vocal about and take action in the causes you believe in and you will attract loyal customers and brand ambassadors. By making a personal appeal that hits home with millennials, you can establish your brand as a positive part of the community.
Hire Millennials
Finally, and this is an easy one, a great strategy for appealing to millennials is to hire them. By having employees who are themselves millennials and listening to their feedback about your products, services and marketing materials, you can eliminate the initial trial-and-error stage of introducing new strategies, products or branding.
This generation is pouring into the workforce as we speak and earning a lot of money that they're going to turn around and spend somewhere, so why not at your business? Appealing to millennials means getting your enterprise ready to accept the business of hundreds of millions of young, social and independent people with money they want to use. By tailoring your branding to this demographic, you can lay the foundation for an entire generation's worth of loyal customers.
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Mining for gold can conjure up quaint images of rolled up pants, a pan and sieve and the sound of water flowing over pebbles boulders and splashing against the rocks. In the Amazon, miners are more likely to be waist deep in polluted water laced with dangerous chemicals. Mining in the Amazon begins with detonating explosives on riverbanks and digging deep craters in areas cleared of forest. Mining the gold for just one wedding ring can damage a river forever as mercury and cyanide are released into the river along with twenty tons of sediment produced by blasting the riverbank. The pits left are often 30 feet deep. After the pit has been created miners use pressurized water to wash away the earth. Finally they drain the area using flat sieves that sift out tiny gold flakes. It is here that miners frequently use mercury or other dangerous chemicals to help separate the gold from the rest of the silt. The gold and much mercury bind in an amalgam making the gold easier to extract however some of the mercury remains and eventually returns to the waterway. In Peru, much of the rainforest being mined illegally. Estimates are that 20% or more of the gold coming from Peru is illegally mined. Local government officials are often corrupt and complicit, turning a blind eye to illegal and dangerous mining practices, unregistered mining concessions, and illegal mining on State and Indigenous land. Gold mining is largely unregulated throughout the rainforests where miners can quickly set up, blast riverbed, and extract gold, leaching toxic chemicals into the waterways before anyone knows they are there.
Chemicals released:
- Mercury
- Cyanide
- Arsenic
- Sulfuric Acid
- Nitric Acid
- Zinc
- Ammonium Nitrate
- Acetylene
- Xanthate
Did you know that more than 50% of the world's gold comes from Indigenous lands?
Today, Indigenous communities are using drones to guard their territories and rapidly identify attempts to mine before they get underway.
Amazon rainforest prior to mining.
Amazon rainforest after mining for gold.
- Gold mining contaminates rivers and can poison watersheds, sometimes irreversibly.
- Acid Mining Drainage: explosions expose rocks to oxygen and water the newly exposed rocks leach acids into the water, this acid water is not only pollutes itself, it also leaches lead and other toxic elements from the riverbed.
- Toxic chemicals are released into the water killing wildlife and endangering people.
- Sediment silts rivers blocking passage for aquatic life and creating less oxygenated water that is more mosquito and disease prone.
- Peru's informal miners combine to release 30 tons of mercury into the waterways.
- Mining operations often hire children and youth. Many of them come from displaced indigenous communities and have few alternatives to this dangerous work.
- Mining increases mercury load in those living close by. Many citizens living in the Madre de Dios region have 5 times the safe level of mercury in their bodies.
- Pregnant women and children are most at risk: mercury poisoning can cause loss of hearing and site, developmental delays, gastric illness and even death.
- Trees are cut to make way for roads, mining camps, and the site of the mining itself.
- Miners frequently can't survive on their salaries and turn to illegal logging to supplement their income.
- As roads are created to transport the gold increased traffic, loggers and illegal settlers have an easy way to access previously pristine rainforest.
- As illegal miners are under increased scrutiny they go deeper into the forest to hide their mines spreading deforestation and toxic chemicals throughout the Amazon.
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Holy Trinity Bincombe
Holy Trinity Church Bincombe lies just under the Ridgeway between Dorchester and Weymouth off the A354.
You can find the Church by following the new signs in Broadwey and following the country road for a country mile.
Sunday Services take place at 9.15am and alternate between Common Worship Communion and Prayer Book Morning Prayer.
1st and 3rd Sundays Holy Communion (CW)
2nd and 4th Sundays 1662 Morning Service (BCP)
Our Churchwarden - Judy Foot
Welcome to the Parish Church of Bincombe. Parts of it have stood for some 800 years to remind this small farming community of God's love for his world, and to be for them " my Father's house".
Dan and Megan
Married in Holy Trinity Bincombe
16th August 2014
Arran and Louisa
Married in Holy Trinity Bincombe
27th August 2014
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Juicy Cowl
An easy to read pattern and an extremely pretty simple cowl to crochet
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So you probably didn't get to watch every MLS match this weekend. That's what we're here for. Here's what you missed, while you were doing who knows what.
DYNAMO STAY PERFECT: Houston are the only team with a 100 percent record after two matches (the Crew are perfect after just one match played). They were not as overpowering against Montreal as they were last weekend vs. New England, but they're strong defensively, they have arguably the best midfield in MLS and they're riding the hot hand of Will Bruin, who's now on three goals.
GIDDY IN TORONTO: Forgive TFC supporters if they're a little light-headed today after that 2-1 road win in Seattle. After all, it's only the third time that the club is above .500 ... in its entire existence. One columnist in Toronto is already calling the Reds "one of the league's best" and Michael Bradley "the best player ever to wear a Toronto FC strip."
PUTTING IT ALL IN PERSPECTIVE: It was a bit surreal to see Jermain Defoe deliver the goods with two goals within a half-hour of his debut. But it's happened before in MLS. Peter Hirdt of the Elias Sports Bureau explains:
ICYMI—Jermain Defoe was 3rd player to score 2 goals in 1st half of @MLS debut. Others: Hristo Stoichkov, Juan Francisco Palencia. @TorontoFC
— Peter Hirdt (@PeterHirdt) March 16, 2014
LOW BLOW (PART 2): Bloom was not the only player to crumple to the ground grabbing his midsection. Real Salt Lake left back Chris Wingert, took an even longer time to get up off the ground in the 53rd minute in San Jose. You'll see why here:
MOST UNCOMFORTABLE MOMENT: That may not even have been the most cringe-worthy moment of the weekend. In the lead-up to Seattle vs. Toronto on NBC Sports Network Russ Thaler commented on Bradley's ability to learn languages and asked him how his Canadian was coming (he didn't just ask that, did he?). Toronto's No. 4 was polite: "It's coming along." To which the response was, shouldn't it be "it's coming along, eh?"
ANOTHER AWKWARD MOMENT: Not many in-game manager TV interviews happen around the league much. But it's still a fixture in San Jose, where Mark Watson was caught on the headsets while his team conceded a goal to Joao Plata (WATCH IT HERE). It's more funny than cringe-inducing. But credit Watson for being polite to interrupt the interview "hold on a second" and then lucid enough to pick up his thought and actually answer the original question which most of us surely had forgotten by then.
MAJOR STATEMENT: It was made by the Earthquakes' ex-coach Frank Yallop, now at the helm of Chicago. After a disinterested performance by his Fire team in a 3-2 loss to Chivas USA in Week 1, Yallop benched veterans Chris Rolfe, Patrick Nyarko, Dilly Duka and Designated Player Juan Luis Anangonó in favor of new faces: Benji Joya, Harrison Shipp, Matt Watson and Quincy Amarikwa, who only arrived last season. It worked and the team had a very different attitude. Some might see it as a desperate move. But especially a new coach, who is establishing a new culture, needs to set the tone early.
BRADLEY'S RETURN: Michael Bradley hadn't played in MLS since the 2005 season. What kind of game did he play? The tweet below is all you need to know, except you can apply it to the 2nd half as well:
Michael Bradley's first half heat map. #tfclive pic.twitter.com/gyFMCN6SnU
— Elizabeth Bannon (@alizabeth) March 15, 2014
WHERE'S JOSÉ? That's what Revs fans were asking on Saturday when they didn't see José Gonçalves in the starting lineup. It turns out the reigning Defender of the Year didn't even make the trip to Philadelphia. And, by the way, he was not on the injury report. Revolution manager Jay Heaps addressed the situation in his postgame comments after his team's second straight loss to start the season and Ives Galarcep tweeted the following on the topic:
Where is Jose Goncalves? Sources tell me Heaps told Goncalves to (A) snap out of contract-unhappiness funk or (B) not play. He chose B. #MLS
— Ives Galarcep (@SoccerByIves) March 15, 2014
The Heaps to Goncalves ultimatum did NOT go down today. Happened during the week. Defender of the Year clearly unhappy w/his contract
— Ives Galarcep (@SoccerByIves) March 15, 2014
HOW ABOUT THE OTHER GUYS? New England wasn't the only place they were asking for the whereabouts of influential players. In Philadelphia, we found out that Brian Carroll was out with the flu. Turns out RSL playmaker Javier Morales missed practice all week with an injury caused by a tackle from LA's James Riley the game before. And Sporting KC's Graham Zusi sat out in order to be rested for the Champions League return leg against Cruz Azul (as was teammate Paulo Nagamura).
THE REPLACEMENTS: Forget the refs. The guys who took the field in place of the likes of Morales and Zusi who were the real highlights of the weekend. Young, creative playmakers Luis Gil (Real Salt Lake), Leo Fernandes (Philadelphia Union) and to a much lesser degree Jimmy Medranda (Sporting Kansas City) were among the top performers of Matchday 2. The Union have to find a way to keep Fernandes on the field. Throw in young Canadian Jonathan Osorio who had an outstanding match for TFC, and the future of the league looks to be in good hands. Matthew Doyle breaks down two of the guys here.
HOW'D THEY MISS THAT? Two other young talents will be remembering Week 2 for chances they're probably still replaying in their head. Montreal's Andrew Wenger had a 1-v-1 against the 'keeper in the third minute that he couldn't convert on (WATCH IT HERE). And Diego Fagundez, who was snakebit in Week 1, saw Zac MacMath come out of nowhere to make the save (WATCH IT HERE).
EARLY REVELATION: After two weeks it has to be John Hackworth's Philadelphia Union. They've looked like the 2013 edition of the team they beat Saturday: the New England Revolution. Sprite, quick, technical and energetic. Maybe it's the Gonçalves situation, but this Revs team looks like something's weighing on them. They seem slow and pensive on the ball and far from the decisive and confident squad of 2013. How does Heaps restore the magic?
KICKING AND CUTTING: Who out there can kick a soccer ball while operating a chainsaw? Thought so. Meet the guy who can. Timber Joey.
CAP HIM NOW! We're guilty of it every week -- demanding that a new player be admitted into the USMNT club. This week it's probably FC Dallas center back Matt Hedges or Union center back Amobi Okugo. The latter had a masterful performance on the Philly backline, all while wearing the captain's armband. But who's the player no one is talking about, but soon will? Apparently, Chivas USA manager Wilmer Cabrera thinks that when Eric Avila learns the right back position, he'll be a candidate.
BUTT OF THE JOKE: That's Jay DeMerit, who helped Chivas USA score a goal by redirecting a shot into his own net (WATCH IT HERE). The fact that he did it with his rear end is not lost on two fans, who the veteran gladly retweeted. Here's that other goal the second fan refers to: WATCH IT HERE.
@D6MERIT your ass is clinical. One shot. One goal.
— Main Man (@MainMan425) March 17, 2014
@D6MERIT you've also scored 2 goals against Chivas, both in LA, both on March 16th...
— Kristjan Aug (@krisaug5) March 17, 2014
HEAD-TO-HEAD: While everyone was focused on Dempsey vs. Bradley this weekend, Chris Wondolowski (SJ) and Nick Rimando (RSL) engaged in the best one-on-one battle between potential US World Cup players. Wondo got an early leg up with a goal, but then Rimando answered back with a great save on a glancing header and a close-range stop in the 31st minute.
FROM GOAT TO HERO: No Chivas USA player involved here. Instead, it's San Jose's Victor "El Muma" Bernardez, who scored two goals and was the hero of the latest Earthquakes stoppage-time comeback (he also made a grand exit by running off the field at the final whistle). But it would've been hard to bet on Muma being the scoring hero after this epic shank on a free kick in the 72nd minute with his team down 3-1.
CELEBRITY SIGHTINGS: According to our eyes at Red Bull Arena, John Leguizamo was on hand for the New York Red Bulls opener. And we have photographic proof that former San Jose Earthquakes intern, NFL star Andrew Luck, was at Buck Shaw Stadium to watch the Goonies (right). It's the last note in this rundown, but Marlon Wayans was at the SKC-Dallas match and was involved in the pre-game coin toss.
SOUNDERS SUPPORTER CELEBRITY: We're not talking about part-owner Drew Carey, who'll be on Dancing with the Stars on Monday. Instead it's Sounders supporter Mr. Chainz. We don't know his real name, but he did something clever with his jersey that caught the attention of more than one media outlet.
INJURY WORRIES: Especially for you Fantasy enthusiasts, keep an eye out for updates on the following players who left matches with ailments -- Jason Hernandez looked distraught as he was stretchered off in San Jose. Left back Chris Klute was forced to exit at Red Bull Arena. Aaron Maund and Jordan Allen of RSL had issues. Chicago right back Lovel Palmer walked off with a leg problem. C.J. Sapong took a knock in the first half and came out at halftime. A tackle from Jackson left Brad Evans limping and he left before halftime, but he says it's nothing serious.
ROOKIE SIGHTINGS: We wouldn't have imagined third-rounder Alex Martinez seeing action in the second match of the season for Sporting KC, where rookies typically need time to learn the system. And second-rounder John Berner started in goal for the Colorado Rapids and Harrison Shipp was not out of place for Chicago. But the standout from the college rookie class was San Jose midfielder J.J. Koval, who came off the bench for the final half-hour and gave his team a boost, filling in at center back.
BEST TACTICAL MOVE: Caleb Porter moved Gastón Fernández to center forward which earned the Timbers their game-tying goal. But FC Dallas manager Oscar Pareja really hit pay dirt with two late subs in the match against SKC. First forward David Texeira earned the free kick and fellow substitute Michel pinged the perfect set piece with his left foot for Matt Hedges to head home (WATCH IT HERE). It was FCD's only shot on goal of the entire match.
EARLY TRENDS: Very small sample size, but the Portland Timbers needed late goals to salvage draws at home on the first two weekends, while reigning champions Sporting Kansas City conceded late in both of their matches and have just a point to show for it.
LOCKER ROOM MYSTERIES: The Philadelphia Union have not announced the signing of Brazilian Fred just yet, but it turns out that he already has a name on a locker at PPL Park. It's the same deal with Martinique man Kevin Parsemain, who not only has a locker, but also has a number (No. 77) in Seattle. The word is they'll sign him this week.
HAMMING IT UP: The Earthquakes take an interesting pregame team shot, courtesy of the facial expressions by Wondolowski and Steven Lenhart and the random fan in the mix.
TOO MANY COOKS IN THE KITCHEN?: So what ails the Timbers, who struggled against the Chicago Fire at home? Could it be that they have too many playmakers (Fernández, Darlington Nagbe, Diego Valeri) and not enough options at the No. 9 forward spot? Max Urruti presses and chases, but the now-departed Ryan Johnson, despite his shortcomings, was better at occupying a backline all by himself. Plus, the Jamaican was a player who could actually represent a real target for crosses.
FASHION STATEMENT OF THE WEEKEND: It was made by RBNY manager Mike Petke (below right), who donned a salt-and-pepper jacket. It was a great way to celebrate his new contract with the club, but when you're the Supporters' Shield winner, opposing fans are going to take aim at you:
Petke shops at the Burlington Coat Factory
— Jared Thornburgh (@DoubleOhNegatve) March 15, 2014
GOAL CELEBRATIONS: Thierry Henry's video camera celebration has received all the attention (see what Henry saw in this new footage of his antics), but the most daring celebration has to belong to Luke Mulholland of RSL. The Englishman dared try to mimic Joao Plata (see the Ecuadorean's jig here) with a dancing celebration. It just didn't look right -- see here for yourself.
QUAKES PRESIDENT SOUNDS OFF: Dave Kaval and the Seattle Sounders' Emerald City Suppoters had an interesting back-and-forth on Twitter with the topic being ticket prices for the Quakes vs. Sounders match that will inaugurate Levi's Stadium, the new home of the NFL 49ers. Lines like this make it worth a read: "Remember we were playing @MLS soccer here in San Jose when you guys were minor league."
GONE TO THE BIRDS: Someone give this groundskeeper dude a raise. Look at how deft he was at snatching this stray pigeon. I'd like to see how good he is against stray cats.
THE MOST IMPORTANT QUAKE: As we await for newly acquired Yannick Djaló to play his first minutes with the Earthquakes, there's a clear lack of playmakers in the squad. In the first two competitive matches of the year, Shea Salinas is taking on the role himself. Outside of the long ball, he's the primary catalyst, making things happen in the run of play as well as with his set-piece delivery. Two assists on Saturday are not a coincidence.
INTERESTING MOVE: Winger Cordell Cato playing right back for San Jose was new, but another one that came out of the blue -- Montreal Impact midfielder Collen Warner, who has mainly featured in the center of the park, on Saturday was asked to play a wide right midfield role. He played the pinched in role in RSL's diamond previously (speed's not his game), but he didn't look entirely comfortable with the wider positioning at BBVACS.
GRAPHIC FAIL: We're convinced the graphic operator on the NBCSN broadcast was a closet Seattle fan and did this on purpose to tweak the Portland Timbers, after the allocation order controversy in the wake of Dempsey's return to MLS:
Uuuuh, something's not right with this picture. pic.twitter.com/n1MxfColAX
— Hairy M. Stache (@LevesquesStache) March 16, 2014
INVADER AT RBA: New York City FC don't begin play in MLS until next year, but their fans are already stoking the rivalry with the Red Bulls. Check out Martí Torres, who went to the RBNY-Colorado match wearing this:
Reppin my team @NYCFC w/o @NYCFC_SC is kinda weird especially since i am at @NewYorkRedBulls vs @ColoradoRapids @MLS pic.twitter.com/5bjsZe1nVo
— Martí Torres (@QBNDorian) March 15, 2014
TIFO TALK: Red Bull Arena saw one of the top tifo displays of the weekend featuring Petke, alongside the "We're All Seeing Stars" theme unveiled by the Cauldron (see both below).
Major kudos to the #RBNY supporters for this awesome tifo today #MLS pic.twitter.com/PoRX4N5MS0
— Brian Tsao (@BTsao) March 16, 2014
One more from tonight. pic.twitter.com/y2dtKrWQrz
— The Cauldron (@KCCauldron) March 16, 2014
TIFO FAIL: Kansas City's South Stand supporters group on the other hand coined a new phrase in the American soccer lexicon thanks to a tifo display that wasn't executed to perfection. The word "DEFEND" turned into "DEEF'D," which actually had people looking it up in the dictionary. Lo and behold, it's apparently listed, except it's not a verb. But the soccer usage is still a work in progress: To be deef'd.
DEEF'D haha #WeDefendTogether pic.twitter.com/nffkAmeUWd
— GJD (@akaG_off) March 16, 2014
TWEET OF THE WEEKEND: Goes to the Houston Dynamo. Tell me you don't think so, too:
In short, we've done some stuff, they've done some stuff, but there have been no goals. #Analysis #HOUvMTL
— HoustonDynamo (@HoustonDynamo) March 16, 2014
PRETTY PICTURES: Here's one of the better looking ones we saw from Saturday. It's from Sporting Park after the Aurelien Collin that put SKC ahead:
GOOOAAAAALLLLL #SportingKC! pic.twitter.com/RrtyHANaqZ
— Cassie Hutchison (@CassieHutchison) March 16, 2014


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Friday, May 14, 2010
japanese tea party
9 comments:
- Collections from my Heart said...
i am in love!
- May 14, 2010 at 6:12 PM
- Jessica Hembree said...
This is such a darling idea. I love the cupcakes!
- May 14, 2010 at 7:16 PM
- Gabby said...
I love the parties that you post! I have sooooooooo many ideas for my daughter's first birthday. I'm going to go all out because there is so much fun stuff I want to do! Not to mention, first birthdays are very very special.
- May 14, 2010 at 7:41 PM
- Tati Alberti said...
I love this...
- May 14, 2010 at 9:19 PM
- A Blissful Nest said...
I love the cupcakes!! And the fans are adorable.
- May 14, 2010 at 9:30 PM
Wow!! How adorable! I wish I had any kind of party coming up so I can do something like this! (Well...my husband's birthday's soon, but I don't think he'd be too excited to find this kind of party waiting for him)
- May 14, 2010 at 11:57 PM
- Liz (The Wedding Bistro at Bellenza) said...
The color palette is so pretty. It would be equally nice for a bridal shower party in the Springtime.
- July 10, 2010 at 2:47 PM
- Holly said...
I have yet to find a website that even comes close to this one when it comes birthday parties...I want to know where some of the stuff comes from...any idea where to find out.
- January 24, 2011 at 6:46 PM
I love this theme!
I love the white chairs. Where did you get them from...
- July 30, 2011 at 1:15 PM