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About Cancer Wellness Centre
Established in February 2012, the Cancer Wellness Centre is an incorporated association of member organisations dedicated to providing support for cancer patients in Western Australia. The Cancer Wellness Centre's mission is to facilitate collaboration amongst leading cancer support organisations in WA to enable the sharing of ideas, programs, and resources, and to assist Cancer Wellness Centre members with governance and management structures to ensure long-term sustainability.
Located at the National Trust WA managed Wanslea House in Cottesloe, the Cancer Wellness Centre has the potential to be one the most recognised cancer wellness centres in Australia; offering a shared campus environment among its members.
The Cancer Wellness Centre was developed through the National Trust WA, funded by a building grant from Lotteries Commission, strategic support funding from BHP Billiton Nickel West, and financial support from the Brady Cancer Foundation.
The Cancer Wellness Centre Vision
The long term intention is for the Cancer Wellness Centre to become widely recognised as an innovative, world class cancer wellness shared facility, serving and supporting people with cancer who are looking for wellness options, lifestyle strategies and emotional support.
Solaris Cancer Care supporing people with cancer and their families to achieve well-being through: the provision of free vital cancer support services; a comprehensive wellness program; and extensive resources.
Breast Cancer Care WA (formerly Breast Cancer Foundation of WA) has been providing personalised emotional, practical and financial support and care to people affected by breast cancer since 2000. Receiving no government funding, Breast Cancer Care WA relies on the generosity of the WA community in order to provide its range of services at no charge.
Skin cancer is an abnormal growth or spread of damaged skin cells. The non-melanoma skin cancers (basal cell and squamous cell) make up 98% of all skin cancers. Therefore, malignant melanoma makes up only 2% of all skin cancers, but are classed as the most dangerous.
Brady Cancer Support Foundation Inc. is a registered charity that was formed in 2004 with the objective of providing financial support to organizations, groups and individuals involved in the provision of cancer support care and research throughout Western Australia.
Cancer Wellness Centre's vision will be achieved through leveraging member collaboration to meet the following objectives:
- Facilitate shared learning and shared service opportunities among members to enhance the services provided to people with cancer, their families, carers, and communities.
- Assist the Cancer Wellness Centre to strengthen relationships and form new partnerships to strengthen member organisations' public awareness and credibility and assist in extending the Cancer Wellness Centre model to regional areas of WA to reach more cancer patients.
- Use the collaborative mission and Cancer Wellness Centre brand to attract new funding sources to financially support the sustainability and growth of Cancer Wellness Centre member organisations and improve cancer support services available to West Australians with cancer.
- Encourage better economies of scale and economies of scope to attain aggregate cost savings for the Cancer Wellness Centre member organisations.
- Engage the Cottesloe community to provide a world class centre in town, and participate in heritage learning and interpretation.
CWC Governance
The Cancer Wellness Centre is governed by a board comprised of representatives of it's member organisations and other skills based appointees.
The Cancer Wellness Centre is an incorporated association registered in Western Australia. CWC holds a Charitable collections licence in WA and is a registered Public Benevolent institution with a DGR 1 Status.
Board of Directors
Donna Rendell - President and Chair
Donna spent the first 10 years of her career working in promotions, marketing and events at various radio stations in Perth. Her responsibilities included the development and execution of the promotions and marketing strategy to achieve specific ratings goals and the delivery of client integration opportunities, contributing to the overall sales strategy.
In 2001, Donna moved to Melbourne as part of the Nova 100 executive team, to launch the first radio license in 20 years. Nova 100 had an unprecedented launch taking the number 1 position for all people in its second ratings period.
After four years in Melbourne Donna returned to Perth in 2007 and moved into the not for profit sector as CEO at Breast Cancer Care WA where she spent the next eight years sustaining and growing the organisation.
Donna consulted to various not for profits in Melbourne and Perth cross 2015 and commenced as Fundraising Development Manager at RSPCA WA in 2016. Donna played a key role in the development of the Cancer Wellness Centre, serving on the Committee of Management as a founding Director and returned as President in March 2016.
Zoe McAlpine - Vice Chair
After completing a Bachelor of Commerce whilst working in retail management, Zoe started her career in the not for profit sector at Breast Cancer Care WA in Events, Marketing & Fundraising in 2006, and returned to take on the role of CEO in December 2014 and lead the organisation forward.
Zoe has previously worked at Santa Maria College as Director of Community Relations and Development. Here she developed her marketing, communications and fundraising responsibilities working on the planning process for the college's first capital campaign to raise funds for the College Hall extension.
In January 2010 Zoe joined Starlight Children's Foundation as the State Partnerships Manager WA where she was responsible for leading a fundraising team who looked after all managed relationships for the state across income streams of Major Donors, Corporate Partners, Community Fundraisers and Events. In 2011 she added the responsibility for SA fundraising to her portfolio and in March 2013 Zoe moved to Sydney to take on the role of Head of Fundraising for Starlight, leading a team of 43 people across five states to deliver the revenue required to fund Starlight's program delivery across Australia.
James Flaherty - Treasurer
James joined the Board of the Cancer Wellness Centre as Treasurer in 2016.
James is the Finance & Operations Manager of Business Foundations, Australia's largest not-for-profit specialist in business development, advisory and training services that help owners of businesses start, improve and grow their enterprises.
James' background is in advising, training and consulting to senior leaders on the effective running of their operations. With over 25 years of international experience in the organisational development and operations management, James provides practical and effective strategies to creating strong, strategically focused organizations. Drawing on his experiences of working within a diverse range of businesses, from large multi-nationals through to grass roots social enterprises, to inform, guide and engage business leaders in creating strong business systems
David Edwards - Director
Mr David Edwards is the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Solaris Cancer Care.
David has extensive business and management experience across the private, government and community sectors including a National Board Member of the Australia Indonesia Business Council, General Manager of Clinical Training and Education Centre and Director,WEstern Australian Trade and Investment Office, Indonesia.
Ross Taylor AM - Patron
Ross Taylor was the founding Chairperson of the Cancer Wellness Centre and is Patron of the Cancer Wellness Centre today. In 2013, Ross was appointed by the Governor-General of Australia as a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for his services to Australia-Indonesia relations and in particular, his philanthropic and charity contribution to our community.
Ross resigned from the Board on 27th of January 2015 and we are pleased that Ross will act as Patron of the Cancer Wellness Centre.


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After a successful 2018 party season we are pleased to present our packages for 2019.
We have three exciting party nights coming up to get you in the festive spirit. Building on the success of our most popular night, Winter Wonderland, we will be hosting 2 consecutive weekends of this all out none stop party night.
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How this course will help your career
Some of the world's leading brands, such as Apple, Google, Samsung, and General Electric, have rapidly adopted the design thinking approach, and design thinking is being taught at leading universities around the world, including Stanford d.school, Harvard, and MIT. What is design thinking, and why is it so popular and effective?
The overall goal of this design thinking course is to help you design better products, services, processes, strategies, spaces, architecture, and experiences. Design thinking helps you and your team develop practical and innovative solutions for your problems. It is a human-focused, prototype-driven, innovative design process. Through this course, you will develop a solid understanding of the fundamental phases and methods in design thinking, and you will learn how to implement your newfound knowledge in your professional work life. We will give you lots of examples; we will go into case studies, videos, and other useful material, all of which will help you dive further into design thinking.
Design thinking methods and strategies belong at every level of the design process. However, design thinking is not an exclusive property of designers—all great innovators in literature, art, music, science, engineering, and business have practiced it. What's special about design thinking is that designers and designers' work processes can help us systematically extract, teach, learn, and apply these human-centered techniques in solving problems in a creative and innovative way—in our designs, in our businesses, in our countries, and in our lives.
That means that design thinking is not only for designers but also for creative employees, freelancers, and business leaders. It's for anyone who seeks to infuse an approach to innovation that is powerful, effective and broadly accessible, one that can be integrated into every level of an organization, product, or service so as to drive new alternatives for businesses and society.
What you will learn
- How to apply design thinking to your problems in order to generate innovative and user-centric solutions
- How to make use of practical design thinking methods in every stage of your problem, with the help of method templates
- How to initiate a new working culture based on a user-centric approach, empathy, ideation, prototyping, and playful testing
- How to employ ethnographic and analysis methods, such as interviews, focus groups, and surveys
- How to prototype early and fast, as well as test your prototypes so as to reduce risks and accelerate organizational learning
Who should take this course
This is a beginner-level course suitable for anyone interested in mastering the powerful and versatile design thinking approach:
- UX, UI, and graphic designers interested in gaining a new approach to solving design problems and generating solutions that work
- Project managers looking for a holistic process that integrates all stakeholders in order to create user-centric solutions
- Software engineers interested in playing a part in idea generation and the design process
- Entrepreneurs looking to empathize with users and build products that fit the market and users' lives
- Marketers who want to gain a deep understanding of customers
- Stakeholders of a project/company who are keen to get involved in the process of building a product or service
- Anyone who is interested in an innovative problem-solving approach that can be applied to all types of problems in work and in life
Courses in the Interaction Design Foundation are designed to contain comprehensive, evidence-based content, while ensuring that the learning curve is never too steep. All participants will have the opportunity to share ideas, seek help with tests, and enjoy the social aspects afforded by our open and friendly forum.
Learn and work with a global team of designersWhen you take part in this course, you will join a global multidisciplinary team working on the course and the exercises at the same time as you. You will work together to improve your skills and understanding. Your course group will be made up of an incredibly diverse group of professionals, all of whom have the same objective—to become successful designers. It's your chance to learn, grow, and network with your peers across the planet.
Gain an industry-trusted UX Course Certificate
You earn a verifiable and industry-trusted Course Certificate once you complete the course. You can highlight them on your resume, CV, LinkedIn profile or your website.
Our courses and Course Certificates are trusted by these industry leaders, who have taken up company memberships with the IDF:
Lessons in this course
- Lessons become available at a schedule of one lesson per week.
- Lessons remain open for you forever and have no deadlines.
- There is no time limit to finish a course.
- You have permanent access to your course material, answers, and classmates for the entire duration of your membership.
- Estimated time to complete: 10 hours 37 mins spread over 7 weeks.
Lesson 0: Welcome and Introduction
To be scheduled. Estimated time to complete: 47 mins.
0.1: Welcome (2 mins)
0.2: An introduction to IDF courses (14 mins)
0.3: Let our community help you (1 min)
0.4: Meet your peers online in our discussion forums (6 mins)
0.5: Meet and learn from design professionals in your area (1 min)
0.6: Gain Timeless Knowledge Through IDF Courses (10 mins)
0.7: How to earn your Course Certificate (4 mins)
0.8: Mandatory lessons vs. Optional lessons (2 mins)
0.9: A mix between video-based and text-based lesson content (2 mins)
0.10: Breaking The Barriers to Innovation: Sharing Ideas (6 mins)
Lesson 1: Getting Started thinking Outside of the Box
To be scheduled. Estimated time to complete: 57 mins.
1.1: Breaking Thinking Patterns: Design Thinking (8 mins)
1.2: An Introduction to a Design-Specific Approach: Design Thinking (9 mins)
1.3: A Short & Incomplete History of Design Thinking (7 mins)
1.4: The Problem is in our Thinking (17 mins)
1.5: Design and Thinking Movie (3 mins)
1.6: Share your Thoughts (5 mins)
1.7: Discussion Forum (5 mins)
1.8: Problem Solution Generation Activities: Design Thinking (1 min)
1.9: Problem Solution Generation: Design Thinking (2 mins)
Lesson 2: The Fundamentals of Design Thinking
To be scheduled. Estimated time to complete: 2 hours 14 mins.
2.1: What is Design? (11 mins)
2.2: The Design Process (19 mins)
2.3: Design Types (15 mins)
2.4: Wicked and Not so Wicked Problems (18 mins)
2.5: Obstacles to Problem Solving and Innovation (13 mins)
2.6: Shape (13 mins)
2.7: A Quick Overview (33 mins)
2.8: Design Thinking Concepts (6 mins)
2.9: Discussion Forum (5 mins)
2.10: The Power of Thinking Outside the Box: Design Thinking (1 min)
Lesson 3: Define The Challenge
To be scheduled. Estimated time to complete: 1 hour 24 mins.
3.1: All roads lead to Rome (8 mins)
3.2: Mapping the Stakeholders (10 mins)
3.3: Take a Team Along (13 mins)
3.4: Shaping Space D-School (5 mins)
3.5: Creating Some Space (8 mins)
3.6: Question Everything (17 mins)
3.7: Frame the Challenge (18 mins)
3.8: Define your Challenge (5 mins)
Lesson 4: Empathize with the People
To be scheduled. Estimated time to complete: 1 hour 28 mins.
4.1: RSA Shorts - The Power of Empathy (4 mins)
4.2: Getting Started with Empathy (27 mins)
4.3: Developing an Empathic Approach (8 mins)
4.4: Barriers to Communication and Empathy (12 mins)
4.5: Ethnographic Research Methods (8 mins)
4.6: Shadowing (14 mins)
4.7: Making Sense of the Research (11 mins)
4.8: Design Process Communication (5 mins)
Lesson 5: The Typical Design Thinking Process
To be scheduled. Estimated time to complete: 1 hour 1 min.
5.1: A Typical Design Thinking Process (11 mins)
5.2: Step Two: Observation: Design Thinking (5 mins)
5.3: Step Three: Define the Problem/Interpret the Results: Design Thinking (8 mins)
5.4: Step Four: Ideation: Design Thinking (6 mins)
5.5: Step Five: Prototyping: Design Thinking (10 mins)
5.6: Step Six: Testing: Design Thinking (14 mins)
5.7: The Art of Creative Problem Solving (1 min)
5.8: Humanising the design process: Design Thinking (2 mins)
5.9: Design Thinking Process Stages (5 mins)
Lesson 6: Analyze findings & Ideate
To be scheduled. Estimated time to complete: 1 hour 24 mins.
6.1: Getting Started (12 mins)
6.2: Elements that influence Ideation (15 mins)
6.3: Barriers to Ideation (11 mins)
6.4: Ideation Methods 1 (13 mins)
6.5: Ideation Methods 2 (8 mins)
6.6: Ideation Methods 3 (12 mins)
6.7: Final Methods and Idea Selection (10 mins)
6.8: Brainstorming: Needless Activity or Generating Solution Method? (5 mins)
Lesson 7: Prototyping
To be scheduled. Estimated time to complete: 1 hour 20 mins.
7.1: Design Thinking - Empathy Based Prototyping (4 mins)
7.2: Getting Started with Prototyping (13 mins)
7.3: Success through failure (12 mins)
7.4: Types of Prototyping (8 mins)
7.5: Materials and Tools (17 mins)
7.6: Prototyping Methods (13 mins)
7.7: Testing Prototypes (8 mins)
7.8: Prototyping Process (5 mins)
Lesson 8: Course Certificate and Final Networking
To be scheduled.
8.1: Course Evaluation (1 min)
How to advance your career with IDF courses
Attend lessons at your own pace
Each week throughout the course, you get access to a new lesson, but you can move through the lessons at your own pace. This means you can learn before you leave for work, or in between breaks — in as little as 15 minutes per day.
Network online and offline
Network with your fellow course-takers online, through discussion forums inside lessons. You can also connect with your peers offline via IDF's Local Groups. Local Groups connect you with other designers around your city who share the same passion in UX design as you.
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Welcome to the Northwest Territories section of our home education resource pages! Do you have an NT homeschool resource, homeschool support group, home ed conference, homeschooling event, homeschooler project, or link to other resources of interest to homeschoolers, to add to the site? Let us know!


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On October 9th, officials of the UAW International visited the JSMC facility in Lima, Ohio. After spending the morning meeting with Task Force LIMA and touring the manufacturing facility, the group then visited the Veterans Freedom Flag Monument, which is located adjacent to the facility. The monument was built largely by JSMC Union members who volunteered their time. Pictured from left to right are Mike Hunsicker (UAW Joint Activities Representative), Steve Rupley (Region 2B Director), Willard Beck (Administrative Assistant to General Dynamics), John Nassar (UAW Legislative Director), Ken Lortz (Region 2B Director), General Holiefield (UAW Vice President), Jeff Monroe (UAW Coordinator GDLS Heavy Trucks Dept).


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No, not the Winter Olympics; we mean Emma. The three episodes are available for viewing on the PBS Masterpiece website until March 9. This might only be available to viewers in the U.S. and possibly Canada; we're not sure.
Emma (BBC 2009)
Emma09/10: Wrapping upStandard
So, those of you who have not already had the end of Emma broadcast, let us know what you think, unless you're watching the Superbowl like everyone else. 😉
Everybody Loves EmmaStandard
The first part of Emma 2009 (in which we see the inherent problems of the year-labeling system, but we still like it better than the numbering system) starts in a very short time on PBS' Masterpiece Classics. The New York Times liked it fine, and we've no doubt that most of our Gentle Readers will do so as well, though Sarah Seltzer at the Wall Street Journal's Speakeasy blog writes that while it may be fine, it will be hard to top Clueless (we agree). So what did everyone think?
Barnes and Noble hosting online discussion of EmmaStandard
Barnes and Noble is currently hosting an online discussion of Emma in conjunction with the broadcast of the new miniseries on Masterpiece Classic. The discussion has already begun; special guests will include Joan Ray the week of January 25-29 and Sandy Welch the week of February 1-5.
The San Francisco Chronicle has a review of the series.
There have been other adaptations of "Emma," including the versions with Kate Beckinsale and Gwyneth Paltrow, and the deliciously savvy modern update, "Clueless." And it can be argued with the new miniseries, as it can with many great works that "Masterpiece" has readapted over the years, that a new version isn't really needed. Yet, thanks largely to superb performances, especially by Romola Garai in the title role, the new "Emma" contributes to our love and appreciation of Austen's genius.
We're still desperately trying to get interested in this, so it is doubtful we will be posting much about the series in the leadup to the broadcast; however, there will be discussion threads on Sunday night as always. Also, there is a Twitter party during the broadcasts, so you can get your discussion groove on there as well.
There also might be a little surprise ready for our Gentle Readers by Sunday night…stay tuned! We have not spent all our non-blogging time lately lying about eating bon-bons.
Emma 2009 Soundtrack InformationStandard
Alert Janeite Sylvia M. sent us some information about the soundtrack for Emma09:
Sound clips and more info:
CD distributed by Screen Archives Entertainment:
Download album in 320kbit mp3 format here:
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The CD was supposed to be released yesterday, so it's unclear when it will be available.
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Alert Janeite Cinthia has let us know that the Region 1 DVD of Emma 2009 will be available on February 9, 2010. The 2-disc set will include:
Emma's Locations
Emma's Costumes
Emma's Music
Emma's Mr. Woodhouse – interview with Michael Gambon
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Tim Bullamore, publisher of Jane Austen's Regency World, heard from the BBC this week that they expect to start broadcasting Emma early in October.
Also, if you're a subscriber, you should be receiving your new issue of JARW (with two pics from the series) any time now, if you haven't already.


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Spring fever has hit Steel Spoon Farm in the form of brand new, velvety soft, chirping baby chicks! I'm already smitten!
I just started my new job working from home on the Customer Service Remote Team for Meyer Hatchery last week, and it only took 3 days to ruin my chicken math! I wasn't planning on getting chicks this early in the year but I found out the Black Copper Marans were SOLD OUT until September and there were just a few left for this Monday's hatch so I scooped them up as soon as I clocked out Friday! There was also only ONE Welsummer left so she joined the clutch too!
I went to the hatchery on Monday to pick up my brand new chicks and meet my coworkers. It's so nice to be able to put faces to the names of everyone I've met online so far. I got a tour of the whole facility and it is absolutely mind boggling how many chicks they hatch every week!
Since it's so cold outside (winter finally showed up in Ohio) I have the chick brooder set up in my office right now. It's totally fitting to have chirping in the background while I'm on calls for the hatchery! Once they get bigger (and dustier!) I will move the brooder out to the insulated garage. We are going to build out one of the horse stalls as a bigger coop this weekend, so that will free up the current coop to be used as my grow out pen when they out grow the brooder.
I'm so excited that I was able to get all the breeds I wanted to add for variety this year! Everyone is very happy and healthy so far and already growing like crazy. All the Marans have fuzzy legs!! One of the Easter Eggers (the one that hid her face in the photo above) has some seriously poofy cheeks so I can't wait to see her beard grow out. I added a Meyer Meal Maker to my order also and was excited to find out that this week the MMMs were Buff Orpingtons! The Meyer Meal Maker is a free chick you can have added to your order (either a layer or a meat bird depending on what is on the rest of your order) and you donate the eggs or meat produced from that chicken. This is just one small way you can give back to your community.
Also in this batch is our first rooster! He is getting extra daily loving to make sure he grows into a friendly, humble gentleman, though I'm sure our older hens will put him in place very quickly themselves. I chose a BCM to be my rooster because I've heard great things about their temperaments, and they are BEAUTIFUL!
Make sure to follow us on Instagram to see chick updates in stories. They grow so fast! Stay tuned next week for a blog post about our horse stall coop conversion project from this weekend.


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The following predictions were taken from our latest Hayabusa Wrap Up.
Divas and Women's Championship Unification Lumberjill Match
Women's Champion Michelle McCool vs. Diva's Champion Melina
Great Puma: They like to send the crowd home happy and Melina just got back so my brain wants to go with Melina but my gut is telling LayCool since they're the most popular divas right now. I'll say Melina for the hell of it.
Mascara De Fuego: I don't know about this match. The only person that deserves this type of win out of these three is Melina although I would have preferred someone like Beth Phoenix in this match. I could totally see them going with McCool in the match thus giving her, her own belt so they would each have a part of the Unified Titles. So I guess that's my pick.
Big Show vs. CM Punk
Mascara De Fuego: This match has to go to Punk. He's been bitched out at the hands of Show too much lately. Worst of all when they are making Show the "goofy" guy again instead of the monster he should be. Punk needs to get back into the main title picture and they need to have this match lead to that.
Great Puma: I want it to go to Punk but they always book the opposite of whatever I want. Agreed. Punk and S.E.S. need this victory not only to give Punk the push he deserves but to give the S.E.S. a little boost since they've sort of become a joke lately.
Intercontinental Champion Dolph Ziggler vs. Kofi Kingston
Mascara De Fuego: For the millionth time… Intercontinental Champion Dolph Ziggler vs. Kofi Kingston…I'm over this feud and I think that is mostly because I just don't like Ziggler's character at all. I don't care for him and the only thing getting him over is being aligned with Vicki. Ziggler retains.
Great Puma: I hope not. I'm tired of Ziggler as well. The character is okay but for some reason I don't find myself excited to watch his matches. I actually don't want Kofi to get the IC belt since I feel he more deserving of the World Heavyweight title eventually. But yeah, my inner-mark wants Kofi to win this.
Mascara De Fuego: Me too but I feel they took forever to get it on Ziggles (haha) so they are probably keeping it there for a little while.
United States Champion The Miz vs. Daniel Bryan
Mascara De Fuego: Fuck man, its make it or break it time. The Miz is shooting up fast and right now would be a perfect time to shed the US Title off of him so he CAN cash in the briefcase for the WWE Title. Problem is, I still think the WWE is dropping the ball on Bryan. They need to quit all the jokey shit and get this guy to look serious like everyone should fear this dude, even guys OVER 5'9. I'm hoping he goes over and its the beginning of dope Bryan and not more of the bullshit we've seen so far.
Great Puma: Daniel F*ckin Bryan. It has to happen. The build up has been just to great and too long to just have Bryan lose. Not only that Miz needs to focus on the WWE title so the U.S. title should be the least of his concerns. Having Bryan hold the belt gives the title legitimacy and restores prestige. For real. I didn't like Bryan's wide ass grin while he was putting Miz in the Lebell Lock. That didn't sit well with me at all. Basically, I'd be pushing Bryan as the next Benoit…without actually saying 'it'.
Mascara De Fuego: Yeah since saying it is taboo apparently… Don't say the "B" word Puma!
Great Puma: Ummm…okay…Bryan should be pushed as the next Wild Pegasus?
Mascara De Fuego: There you go! ha
Great Puma: Not only that – I'm still pissed that the Miz didn't slap on the figure four properly.
Mascara De Fuego: agreed. shit we've been slapping that shit on since we were kids and you know he had too yet you couldn't get the figure four right!?
World Heavyweight Champion Kane vs. The Undertaker (No Holds Barred Match)
Mascara De Fuego: Honestly, I think Kane is doing the best promo work of his career here. I think the guy is finally going to get some main event respect, at least for a little while longer. I see Kane going over, playing off this whole "I have the power" (like He-Man) shit to beat Taker. Possibly even fair and square for once in his career.
Great Puma: You just have to go with Kane. He's been fueling the feud all by himself for the past four months. Kane deserves this and they need to pass the torch anyways. As I've mentioned in my Smackdown Review – a vulnerable Taker is a more interesting Undertaker. Undertaker can go ahead and win the feud at Survivor Series or even get a win at Hell in the Cell but the first encounter of this series definitely should go to Kane to make it interesting.
Mascara De Fuego: They definitely don't have to kill this now. It's got legs so juice it!
WWE Championship Six Pack Elimination Challenge
Mascara De Fuego: I think I'm going to be pissed off here. It's going to either Cena or Orton although they don't fucking need it. I would love to see Jericho get it but as even more shock value have Barrett go over and win the Title. SO many more ways this match can go and they are surely going to fuck it up.
Great Puma: True. If they really want to sell more Nexus t-shirts and keep Raw interesting, they have to give it to either Barrett or Jericho. That'd be great if Jericho retires or doesn't resign and they hold a tournament for the WWE belt. That's my own wishful thinking.
Mascara De Fuego: Indeed.
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Insects and other foods the trout should be eating:
1. BWOs (Little)
2. Cream Cahills
3. Little Yellow Stoneflies (Little Summer Stones)
4. Slate Drakes
5. Little Green Stoneflies
6. Mahogany Duns
Most available/ Other types of food:
7. Sculpin, Minnows (Streamers)
8. Inch Worm (moth larva)
9. Beetles
10. Grasshoppers
11. Ants
Stream, Weather Conditions and an upcoming Sore Mouth Problem For
the Trout
When you think about all of the hot weather we had during the month of July, especially if you
compare it to most other areas of the nation, the weather in the Great Smoky Mountains area for
the first part of August has been excellent. Looking at the National Weather Service forecast for
the next week, it's obvious they think it is going to continue to be excellent. Don't forget, this is the
month of August. These are suppose to be the dog days, right? Well, I'm not exactly sure what
that's should mean but if it means lousy weather and/or lousy fishing conditions, then the dog days
of August isn't an accurate description of the Smokies.
Today's high for Gatlinburg is predicted to only be 83 degrees. I call that super excellent. That isn't
going to be accompanied with high winds. They are only going to reach a maximum of around 5
mph. You don't need a fly rod. You can just coil up your fly line and cast by hand. I'm mean, what
do you want for weather in August?
Tonight, there's a 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Excellent. The low is going to
be around 66. Superb. Oh, I forgot that some of you want it to be where you can cast a fly
designed to catch trout 50 years ago; splash the water with your fly line; let it drag a foot or two
with a wake; mend it with another splash; and still fool a trout in high, fast flowing water. In other
words, some would prefer it was as easy as easy can be. Some want it so easy that you can catch
a trout on an Elk Hair Caddis, right? By the way, Al Troth recently died and I certainly mean no
disrespect for him. He created a great fly years ago when about all western anglers had to use
they had to be able to easily acquire and that was local material like elk hair. They could kill one
bull elk and tie flies for months. We sell them for $.79 each, in all colors on
our Perfect Fly website
and that's delivered to your front door free. They are better than those tied in Malaysia that the fly
shops sell for more than double that price. You can get a box full of Parachute Adams at the same
price. They also work when the trout can't see the fly well,
whenever Adams are hatching.
We even have
those Yellow stoneflies that imitated insects that stopped hatching a few weeks ago. They, along
with Little Yellow Quill mayflies will resume hatching in the near future.
Anyway, if you are waiting for those "blind squirrel" conditions in the park, then you may have a
shot at catching trout Tuesday. There's a 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. The
high will only reach 84 at the Gatlinburg elevation. Wednesday will again be mostly sunny, with
another high near 84. Wednesday Night it is turning COLD. The low will be around 61.Thursday, it
will be sunny again with a high near 87. Friday, there's another 40 percent chance of showers and
thunderstorms. It will cool off again with a high near 83 and another blind squirrel opportunity will
return. Saturday, there's a strong cold front approaching. The high will only reach 78. Bring you
long handle underwear. If you go for brook trout, bring your down jacket. Well, that's the James
Marsh weather outlook, stretched just a tad.
In summary, I'll put it this way. If your waiting on good weather to fish the Smokies, your backing up,
There's a major problem you may have it you wait another week or two.
It's called
competition. I'll be writing about it soon. You see, my young fishing buddy
made it through his
third overseas tour of duty in both the Marines and Army, protecting not only our fly
fishing opportunities, but the lives of our families and friends.
Chris will be here
ready to wear this old man out and I can't wait, He's back from Afganistan and
all I can say is there's going to be a lot of trout with a sore mouth. Although we have a lot of big
plans, we will trick the trout in the park at least one day during the two weekends he will be here.
We may even hook a steelhead or two before he heads to Alaska next Spring. We will for certain
make the mouth's of some of the huge trout in the local tailwaters so sore the North Carolina and
Tennessee fishery managers will need to consider changing the regulations to barbless hooks
I take that back. I don't buy that regulation hook, line and sinker like some do. All I can say (write)
for sure is that no one is more ready to hook some trout than my friend Chris and I can assure you,
he won't have any trouble doing it. Well, I take that back. There is something else I can write. I
don't know of anyone that deserves the opportunity to fish any more than he does. Welcome home
Chris and thank you for the service you have given our country.
Flies You Need
Flies You Need
Copyright 2012 James Marsh


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Open Call to Artists for Exhibition:
The Ormond Memorial Art Museum is accepting submissions from artists in a variety of styles and media for exhibitions in late 2020 and 2021.
Individual and small group submissions are welcome. The museum is not able to cover shipping costs of work.
Submission Process
2019 Submission Deadline: Submissions accepted through November 27, 2019 for review in January of 2020.
Exhibition at Ormond Memorial Art Museum is open to any artist or collaborative of artists submitting original works of art or design created within the past three years. Professionals in all disciplines are encouraged to submit. This call is open to any media including but not limited to traditional drawing, glass, printmaking, digital/new media, photography, sculpture, painting, installation, etc.
Exhibition Selection Process: Submission materials must be received by November 27, 2019. Artists will be notified electronically of receipt of materials. The OMAM exhibition selection committee meets annually in January to select artists for future shows. Artists will be notified in writing upon selection by committee. No materials will be returned.
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- Please include an artist statement and resume.
- Mail all entries to the address listed below.
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No work in excess of 70 pounds crated weight will be accepted unless special arrangements are made in advance.
The Museum staff will take great care in handling artworks for exhibition. OMAM is not liable for any damage that may occur.
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Especially when winter is looming, I tend to prefer to stay in my nice, warm apartment and work on my own projects. But sometimes you have to remember that collaborative projects with other local artists can yield awesome results. Maybe someone out there has an idea for your own work you haven't thought of yet, or maybe two cool things combined can make for something extra rad, and it's worth stepping out of your safe bubble.
I met local photographer Eric Baillies through a coworker/mutual friend when he took our portraits for our company website. Since then, we've done several really cool projects together. Eric does a lot of tintypes. What are tintypes? It's a photographic process from the 1850's. The finished photo is made of metal and lasts for generations.
Last weekend, we shot this double exposure. It is 4 by 5 inches and was initially just done as a test shot before moving on to a 20 inch version, but I like it a lot. He first shot a rice paper tessellation I had made specifically for this experiment, and then he moved the camera and prepared the lighting for the side of my face. After that, he takes it into his dark room for some kind of chemistry involving silver and collodion. When he comes out, we submerge it in water and watch as the image turns from a negative into a positive before our eyes. I highly recommend the whole experience- seeing how the whole process is done (and how massive that old camera is) as well as being able to take away an awesome product you can keep forever or give as a gift. Check out more about him and tintypes here: http://ebaillies.com/topics/portraits/tintype, and wow your parents with a cool portrait this holiday season. He'll even make you a case to present the photo appropriately.


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This year—D-Day's 75th Anniversary—experience a different side of Gettysburg on a "World War II in Gettysburg" bus tour. Tours depart each Saturday at 2:00 pm from the Gettysburg Tour Center. Visit a prisoner-of-war camp and learn why an intelligence camp was located here; hear stories of the Navy's map-making operations that prepared for the invasion of Japan.


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Tony's Bicycles
When I first moved to New York back in February of 2010, I had the privilege of working with some great people out in Astoria. Before arriving in the city I scoped out all the Craigslist adds for spots hiring and Tony's Bicycles was the only shop that responded. I spoke with Tony's son-in-law Dino who simply said, "Pass by the shop when you get here and we'll talk."
I'll never forget the day we "talked." I shmobbed my road bike from Bushwick to Astoria on a day that was around 37 degrees in a cotton t-shirt, dickies shorts and some Chuck Taylors. Mind you it was sunny and I had just finished the pilgrimage in a '89 Toyota Land Cruiser, from San Diego. I didn't fully understand what winter was just yet. I also didn't have a smart phone, so it was directions written on piece of paper for me. Definitely took an unplanned detour. I arrive at Tony's Bicycles and go inside to find Dino Gortex'ed from head to toe, smoking a cigarette in the shop with the front door open. I'm standing there sweating, with some bullshit San Diegan clothes on, and winter is rushing in. Dino looks at me, now shivering from the cold, and my old ass Specialized Allez (with fenders and a rack) then says, "So you like, touring or somethin' bro?"
He went on to tell me that Tony would be getting back from Greece in the next couple of days and I he would ultimately say whether or not I had a job. That Monday I came in to a completely different shop. I was maybe a half an hour early and the shop was already open. I was greeted by blaring Greek music from the shop boombox in the back, and Tony. He was at sitting at his counter reading his newspaper (also in Greek) while I sat and had my cream cheese and jelly roll. He was pretty much silent, I remember wondering if he was shy about speaking English or something because he literally didn't say shit to me. I mean, here's this new kid who's going to be working for/with you, it's just the two of you in the shop, you don't want to know anything about me? He barely raised his head from the news paper that first morning.
Breakfast With Tony
Over the years I'd come in early and have breakfast with Tony more times than I can count. Tony would lace me with gem after gem of life knowledge. I've always been the type to listen if you have a story to share, especially if you're older than me, and man did he have some stories. One thing I know for certain is Tony loved his family. He put on day after day for his people. He would open up his bike shop at 7:30 in the morning (even though the hours said they open at 10am) AFTER going to the gym. Not a single day passed where someone from the neighborhood didn't stop in to say hello or honk from the street yelling (in Greek of course) into the building to get Tony's attention.
12 Daze of Summer
Tony and Dino gave me the opportunity to manage their second bike shop, which ended up being the set for a short pilot I created called 12 Daze of Summer. I wrote the script back in December of 2015 and we shot everything in January of 2016. A week after our one day shoot I finished a super rough edit, then decided I didn't have enough footage and I didn't like how my jokes played out on-screen. I had no idea that my 10 page script translated into ten minutes of screen time after editing. I also had no idea that 10 minutes of screen time generally requires ten hours of shooting. The learning curve was insanely steep and I was getting swept by the current. Time goes on, life happens and sometimes projects get scrapped.
Sunday was different though, I reopened Adobe Premiere for the first time in a LONG TIME and was compelled to put in all the work to finish editing the project. When I was writing the credits I wanted to add my list thank yous where I would get to give Tony a shout out, but I felt he deserved more than that. Before I went to sleep Sunday night I erased the whole list of thanks I'd wrote and ended the piece with "Dedicated to Antonios Karpathakis." I've been thinking a lot about Tony lately and yesterday morning I found out that he passed away Sunday night. This didn't come as a surprise because I was already aware of his health conditions, but it's never easy.
I can't tell you why I decided to finish editing that piece on Sunday, and I can't tell you why I scrapped my whole thank you list and made that dedication, but I can tell you Tony was a huge part of my life and I consider him family. I've celebrated Greek Easter with his family, eating pig off of a spit, while drinking red wine and smoking cigars. Taking shots of ouzo and raki, eating lemon potatoes and loukoumades. The laughter, the cheers, the celebration of life. I hope someday to make it to Tony's island, Nisyros, and pay homage to the OG.
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At today's special council meeting on the N. Highland Lake Road project, the Flat Rock village council voted to approve the project—even though there are no final plans, no mention of how to fund amenities the village is responsible for, and significant areas of confusion.
Once again, the canard about the road being a danger was raised—"91 accidents in 5 years"—with no follow-up that 69 of those accidents occurred east of the railroad tracks, not in Flat Rock but in the section of the road near Spartanburg Highway that NCDOT has already widened, straightened, and to which they have already added left turn lanes.
Over the past months, village council members stated several times that if Pinecrest Presbyterian Church and Western Carolina Regional Animal Hospital were not "satisfied," they would cancel the project.
This morning, they went back on their word. They broke their promise.
They decided that they know better than the property owners directly affected, better than Pinecrest Presbyterian Church, Western Carolina Regional Animal Hospital, Dale's Automotive and local residents as to what signifies harm to those properties. While creating a wider turn area for larger buses to get to the Playhouse (and infringing into the historic district), they are ignoring other local businesses that will suffer economic harm with this project and residents who will suffer damage to their properties.
The village council announced several weeks ago that they would not use eminent domain in developing bike paths and greenways. Given that the council went back on their word this morning, we cannot trust them to keep their word on this as well. They are already fine with NCDOT using right-of-way, and possibly eminent domain, to build a sidewalk/multiuse path to nowhere. Your property and my property is quickly becoming everybody else's property.
But we think that way because, according to what one council member said, we are "closed-minded."
Just let that sink in—a council member, referring to his constituents and neighbors, thinks that we, citizens of Flat Rock and village property owners, exercising our freedoms of speech and association to protest against using the power of the State to take private property and waste taxpayer money, are "closed-minded" because we don't agree with those we elected to represent us.
Those of us working to protect the largest historic district in the State of North Carolina should be commended, not denigrated. But that did not happen this morning.
The Cultural Landscape Group:Flat Rock will continue to oppose this road project, with all available means. Join us!


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Tags: blame society, chad vader, Darth Vader, Sci Fi, science fiction, sciencefiction, scifi, Star Wars, weird jimmy
Another Chad Vader training video is now out – this latest one is titled ,"Chad Vader Training "Custodial Empowerment and You".
Basically it's about Weird Jimmy and his mop.
NO it's not particularly great – but come on it's Chad Vader and Chad is funny even if his co-stars are not.
- 1. Gabrielle - February 8, 2009
Really? Weird Jimmy is my favourite character in the series. ^^
Too bad you don't like him, though. D:
I thought this was hackin' funny.~
- 2. Emma - November 23, 2009
I love weird jimmy. He is my favorite. He's the only reason i watch the show.
- 3. michael - November 30, 2009
he dies in s2's finale 😦
- 4. Nat - July 19, 2010
he comes back as a ghost in 3 😀
- 5. alissa - July 26, 2010
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Take a second look at your desktop virtualization tools
Every once in a while, it's important to take a look at the virtualization tools you're using and make sure they still meet your needs. If they don't, it's time to make a change.
You've probably heard the adage that says every time you get a new car you should evaluate your auto insurance company. You know, take a step back and look at the competition to make sure you're getting a good deal on a policy that meets your needs. It's a painful enough process that you wouldn't voluntarily change policies every six months, but it's worth doing every few years.
We find ourselves in the midst of a similar situation in the desktop virtualization industry. Despite VDI's ascent to the top of the pyramid of desktop virtualization strategies, most company are still dealing with plenty of Remote Desktop Session Host-like systems, and most of those companies are using Citrix XenApp.
Those customers using XenApp are in a bit of a pickle. In the past, upgrading from one version of XenApp to another -- even dating back to MetaFrame XP -- was a relatively straightforward process that didn't require any significant architectural changes. For Citrix customers who are facing an upgrade to XenApp 7.6 from XenApp 6.5 or earlier (there was nothing in between 6.5 and 7.5), the process isn't so easy.
XenApp 7.6 adopts a new management architecture called FlexCast Management Architecture (FMA) that anyone using XenDesktop is used to. It's still a challenging upgrade, but at least those customers aren't venturing into uncharted waters. The migration is a fundamental change in the backend architecture that wires your applications and servers to your users. While that's not in any way a bad thing, it requires a forklift migration to the new platform.
Something had to give, because for many years now Citrix has been maintaining both FMA and its predecessor, Independent Management Architecture (IMA). On one hand Citrix had customers complaining about having to manage two separate products despite paying for a single license. On the other, people said they didn't want to migrate platforms. It's an unenviable position, and spare a bit of drama last year regarding the future of XenApp, Citrix is doing what it can. The company has provided migration tools and is narrowing the gap in features that existed between XenApp 6.5 and 7.5 (which were brought about by the architecture change), but that doesn't mean it's going to be easy.
Many companies have entertained the thought of changing platforms as part of their due diligence, but have chosen to stay with their existing platform because it's what they are used to doing. But now there's no ease-of-implementation benefit associated with that. No matter what you choose to do there is a big project looming.
With that in mind, now is the time to evaluate just why you're doing desktop virtualization. Look at the list of problems you're trying to solve with it, and evaluate whether the product you have is right for you. Is it doing too little or too much? Treat it like you would an insurance policy when buying a new car -- you already have to start over, so why not check with all the other products to make sure you're getting exactly what you need? Maybe you'll find a platform that is better suited to your applications and environment, or perhaps you'll decide to go all-in on VDI. You've already got your work cut out for you, so might as well make the best of it.