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Wow! Valentine's Day is only 6 days away! I decided to throw a little something together for the holiday.
I haven't really thought of myself as a romantic, but I do love pretty things.
These little pillows (or sachets if you like) are a sweet little addition for Valentine's day. Handsewn, I painted hearts on them with acrylic paint and fabric medium. Then, using the same type of paint but in a metallic gold, I wote on them in ways that you might see on a candy heart. They were really quite fun and if you would like a pattern with written instructions just let me know.
I filled them with fiberfil for now, but I do plan on inserting fragrance in them. They are available in my etsy shop readymade.
Have a good day everyone! We are having a warmup today. It will get up to at least 20 degrees they say. However, with that we will be getting more snow. That is our pattern here in Illinois this year.Let's just hope for more sunshine. That has been rather nice the last 2 days!


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Did you know that on this date in 1982, Duran Duran made their first appearance on American television?!?
It's true. They appeared on a popular Philadelphia show called "Dancin' On Air", where they lip synched "Rio" along with the song that will outlive us all…"Hungry Like the Wolf"!
I wasn't even twelve when this happened, but then again, I simply refuse to believe that we're really starting to celebrate their 40th anniversary. That can't be possible!
I know the band claims to not be fond of looking back. If I'm going to be honest – I don't necessarily enjoy counting the amount of years we're looking back either. I know I'm not alone when I say that I can barely remember a time when Duran Duran wasn't in my life. I can't even say that about my own husband! It's bizarre and strangely comforting all at once.
All of that is even more heartwarming when I consider that tomorrow night, I expect that nearly every Duran-fan in the UK will be sitting in front of their televisions as the band takes over BBC4 for the evening. I'm envious, and only a little annoyed that the entire world can't participate. Licensing fees, country boundaries…too much red-tape for this girl. I hope everyone who is able to see the programs enjoys them.
On a similar note, I've noticed that in the lead-up for tomorrow night, the hashtag #DD40 has begun to be seen and used by folks other than the Duranies who started it. This is exciting! While I know the band is somewhat reluctant about the whole thing—those of us who will use any excuse to turn something into a massive extended party are thrilled to see it. May the festivities continue!
I also wanted to once again mention that due to family circumstances beyond my immediate control, I can't commit to Durandemonium in August. A few people have asked and I wanted to make sure everyone understands. It is a huge undertaking to coordinate a successful convention, and I'm finding that it is equally stressful and time-consuming to prepare for a move. I just can't manage both, and it turns out that my husband really is expecting us to move north with him. Imagine that! The good news is that after a week of house hunting, we have a good idea of where we want to move. We're going to be trading the OC beaches, traffic, and small backyards for acreage, cleaner air and trees! If all turns out as we hope, I won't be more than ten minutes down the road from the California Mid State Fair in Paso Robles, where Duran performed a couple of years ago. Amanda remembers it for cows alongside the amphitheater. I remember because it was where Simon came to the front of the stage pretending to have a big mouthful of water to spit on us, and then didn't (the first time anyway). I don't think I've ever laughed harder at a show.
Anyway, once this crazy move is done, then I can go back to planning a big Duranie party to celebrate the 40th. That seems reasonable, doesn't it?
In the meantime, enjoy your night of television tomorrow, UK Duranies!

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There has been little updates here from me (Håvard). The reason is a lot of school, traveling to competitions, gatherings and of course many training camps. But having said that, I have made great progress in recent months with my new trainer Siw Karlström and her other athletes. This improvement was confirmed on 4 May at the World Cup in China. I qualified for the European Championships in Zurich, and went 1 min and 24 sec faster than the international A standard with the time 1:25:06. The time was a personal best by well over 3 minutes. A month later I walked 20 km in NM, (the norwegian championship), and at the time 1:26:11, which also is under A standard for EM. Conclusion: I am in shape.
At the moment I'm on a training camp in Mäja, located in northern Sweden. It has been 10 days and we have reached the point where everybody are tired and exhausted. The training we are doing up here is hard. We run fast uphill intervals in a run of about 1.5 km, and it has a slope of approx. 240 meters. This training, I know will give results, even tho its hard to flinch the sessions.
The next competition will be SM (the swedish championship) 5 to 6 July. Here me (Håvard), Ato, Persy and Anders (my Swedish treningskompisier) will participate in 10000 meters track and 20 km on road. This will bee a great opportunity to test my shape before the European Championships in Zurich, that are approaching really fast!
I'm ready!
Last weekend (14-15/6) it was time for the annual competitions in Stockholm. As the only member of Nordicboys to participate, I felt the pressure to perform and make the team proud.
Finally, at the same date as Napoleon Bonaparte 214 years ago defeated a massive Austrian force at Marengo, the time was in for great deeds. Unfortunately the race didn't go as planned. On this specific day, Stockholm offered some heavy wind and a course that left a great deal to be desired. On the other hand I'm not the one that comes up with excuses, I didn't focus as I should have and the time consequently didn't comply with my expectations. The race was 10 kilometers and I crossed the line at 43:42.
Eager for vindication I woke up the next morning with a fierce determination. Only 5 000 meters were to be conquered and this time the gods looked upon me with favor. My personal best was 21:03 and my plan was to start of in that pace and then increase the speed as the race went along. Said and done, I soon felt that I had a lot of power and realized that my plan was far to modest. As a result my first kilometer ended up on 4:08, a pace that I kept for four kilometers before finishing the last kilometer on 4:06. This meant a finishing time of 20:38 (for those not as mathematical as me) and a new personal best! It also meant that I erased a 31 year old district record on the distance, but most importantly it meant that I now posses a personal best 3 seconds faster than Håvard!
Live long and prosper!
Anders H, Nordicboys
Ato i Sportnytt!
Förra veckan var Rickard Ekman från SVT på besök hemma hos mig och filmade ett distanspass och intervjuade och i går sändes reportaget på Sportnytt. Väldigt roligt att bli uppmärksammad och ett mycket trevligt reportage! Har ni missat det så finns det ca. 9 min 40 s. in i programmet: http://www.svtplay.se/video/2119885/sportnytt/avsnitt-120
Since I haven't really performed this spring as I hoped, I was eager to compete this weekend in York. I felt that I was in a pretty good shape, so the expectations were high. Moreover I was told that the course was new and supposed to be flat and smooth (the two most appealing features for a shaved calf). Along with the fact that Britain usually offers "typical British weather", i.e. rain, a bit chilly and a hint of shepards pie in the air, the prospects where in my favour.
After a rather peculiar day of traveling, including driving on the left side of the road and going with a diesel powered train, we (me, Siw Karlström, Mari Olsson and Lena Tomas) arrived in the medieval town. After a quick evening session and some food I was ready for the next day. As usual the night were followed by another day, the day I had been waiting for. To my disappointment the sun shone and the weather wasn't British at all. I decided though not to let this ruin my day.
The race started and I felt pretty good, unfortunately not for long. It only took a few kilometers before I no longer could keep up the pace I had started of with. As the kilometers went on and the pace continued to decrease, a feeling of disappointment and futility started to grow. I thought about quitting but I decided to continue. Both Mari and Lena had already jumped off their races and I felt a responsibility, as the only swede left, to at least finish the race. I managed to keep the pace for the remaining kilometers and broke the finish line in 1.32.36 incredible disappointed.
This wasn't my day either. The fact that the course wasn't "flat and smooth" at all and that the wind was pretty heavy didn't exactly help me in my pursue of a fast time.
In conclusion, the beginning of this season has been tough and I haven't been able to perform as I want, and know that I can. However, the only thing I can do now is to look forward and focus on the next task which will be the national championships in Borås (my hometown) in July. Until then I will undergo some hard training together with the rest of Nordicboys.
Live long and prosper!
Anders, Nordicboys
World Cup Musical - Bloopers
Like Persy I have also had my final exams this week and thus not much time for anything else. But I did take the time to put together a small video of outtakes and bloopers from our latest hit - The World cup Musical. And for those of you who haven't watched it yet: Do it! World Cup Musical
The past 2 weeks have had focus on my exam before summer. A lot of studies and not so much of anything else. But now, I'm done in school for this semester. Finally!
I'm really eager to start some serious training and become in the shape of my life leading up to this summers European Championships in athletics in Zurich, Switzerland. Getting back to Race Walking after my knee injury and building up the mileage and speed is still my main priority. I feel confident though that it shouldn't be impossible since it's finally getting better and I have started to do a little bit of walking again. After all, it's 72 days before I will be standing at the starting line. Giving me a good 60 days before I actually need to be able to do some serious walking sessions! ;)
My exam today wasn't the best..I really hope that I get a passing grade, else, like you all know, I have to do it again. If I fail, it will have been a most unpleasant semester, not getting any points at all! But on the other hand, I have had some really great experiences and competitions that I wouldn't trade for something I can have another shot at.
So...! I had a little celebration after I was done. A small portion of food, or rice, as some would say (It was actually my roomie Erik that put the leaf in the top when answered a phone call) :D
Another great thing is that Polar have finally started to sell their new flagship product. It didn't took long before I had a pre-sale edition at my doorstep. It was a really good timing, since my old watch, the RS800CX, was really starting to giving up on me after almost 5 years of intense use.
Latest months I have had to go really crazy about the start/taking lap button and the only thing that have been working is a Good beat. I've heard Ato saying a lot of times, "you should really get yourself a new watch", so I did ;) I actually jumped of joy, more or less, when I saw the first news about the V800 in January. It have been a looong wait that is finally over.
I can say that I really like it and it's awesome! Not only enjoying the benefits in training, but it also comes with a very well working activity tracker. It almost works to good (as in I don't like what I see). When I haven't been doing that much except studying the latest week, the numbers is pretty bad. My average sitting time is around 10h30min/day and yesterday, only sitting in my room studying, I got way to many "inactivity alerts" (when you have been sitting for more than 1 hour straight) and my total step count was around 100 steps/hour. That's more or less one walk to the bathroom, one to the kitchen and one to the living room (yep, I counted haha). I was shocked at first, but if I think about it, I'm not surprised.
Train hard!
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As a request from Anders, I have to put up how my progress with my injury beard is coming along. Not to much to brag about, but so far, it's fun! Doesn't look very good though...4 weeks and counting
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Very cool image and concept, Karen!
The Titan of Industry
This composite image is made up of an abandoned industrial building I photographed and the man is from a collection of vintage images I have. The sky is a texture from Photomorphis and the playing cards are vintage and from Graphics Fairy. I processed the image in Photoshop CC and used Macphun Intensify to bring out the detail, Topaz ReStyle for adding color filters and Topaz Impressions for a slight painterly feel.
This is a surreal commentary on industry. I have been watching a great documentary on Netflix called "The Men Who Built America" which led me to this image. These "Titans" of the industrial age took risks, risked lives and played with very high stakes to get what they wanted and to fulfill their dreams. The vintage cards represent this. The puppets hanging in the background are how they orchestrated their deals, the government, workers and each other. The abandoned building is how the large industries these men built have long been abandoned.
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This is an add-on to the previous post I have written in reply to the EDGE annual question. The best example that comes to my mind to illustrate a typical kakonomical interaction (or LL-exchange) is Facebook . Why do people tell you during the day that they have plenty of things to do, not a minute for a sandwich together, so many papers to finish etc, and then you find them on Facebook all the night without the least guilty feeling? Because on Facebook we are LLing together: They like you to waste time by writing comments and adding YouTube videos because they are doing exactly the same and this makes them feel less guilty in wasting their own time. Facebook friends are L-friends: They are partners in producing the very low outcome of entire evenings in front of the computer without writing a line of what you should write. The worst betrayal by such a good L-friend is to take the High quality (H) rhetoric seriously (I have many commitments and things to do), let you down and go to work while you're hanging around YouTube to find the most stupid possible video to share with them....
Facebook and other similar examples (Twitter, etc) are examples of the economy of the new millennium, the hidden face of human preferences we would like to hide in the H public space, but we love to share with people whom we are sure they are committed to the same L standards.
The pleasure of the immediate reply to one of your comments to a friend's new post is to discover that he or she is complying in L, we're wasting time together, we don't feel guilty and tomorrow we won't be ashamed to tell each other that we're terribly busy....A perfect L-world!
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Save your pennies—or rather, your dollars—and splurge an art-centric weekend in Ireland. Two of the country's finest properties, the five-star Merrion Hotel in Dublin and the ultra-haute Ballyfin, in County Laois, have teamed to offer Inspiring Irish Art Weekends that showcase each property's museum-quality art collection. I haven't stayed at The Merrion, but I have … Continue reading
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Postcard from Vienna: Gaststrube Pürstner
Where: Gaststrube Pürstner, Vienna; operated by the Purstner family for three generations. Menu: Traditional, prices from 7.20-23 Euros (most in the 14-16 E range) Dish: Spinatnockerl (Spinach spätzle with ham and blue cheese), came with a side salad for 7.80 Euros. Portion was huge. Why: I asked the concierge at the Palais Hansen Kempinski for … Continue reading
Reasons to return: Two new restaurants debut at Great Fosters
Last spring, I had the good fortune to spend one all-too-brief night at Great Fosters, a four-star country-house hotel with a royal pedigree set amidst 50 acres of gardens in Egham, England. The royal connections for the mid 16th-century main house (converted to Elizabethan design in the early 20th century) are deep—witness the original royal crest … Continue reading
Roaming Northern Ireland's Antrim Coast
I attained enlightenment in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. Not the lights-flashing, God-appearing, Hallelujah! type of enlightenment, but rather a far-more-subtle, restorative, all's-right-with-the-world kind. This enlightenment hit me not while clambering over the Giants Causeway, not while swigging a dram of whiskey at Bushmills, nor while white-knuckling my way across the tightrope known as the Carrick-A-Reed … Continue reading
Salzburg Marionette Theatre celebrates 100 years
One of my favorite scenes from The Sound of Music is when Maria and the kids stage a puppet show for guests of the Baron. Perhaps that's why the news of the Salzburg Marionette Theatre celebrating its 100th anniversary caught my eye. Since 1913, this family owned Theatre has staged productions that include Shakespeare's The … Continue reading
Postcard from Edinburgh: Forsyth's Tea Room
While gadding about Great Britain by rail (especially easy with a BritRail pass), I stumbled into this delightful tea room, while exploring Chalmers Close, one of the many inviting alleys that radiate off the Royal Mile. The entire shop looked like a Hollywood set, and Christine, the proprietor, was right out of central casting. I … Continue reading
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The godfather of comics journalism is Joe Sacco. His early books Palestine and Safe Area Gorazde are must reads for anyone interested in the genre. Sacco spends long periods of time on the ground researching and it shows – he's a master of presenting real characters and complicated facts clearly at the same time as delivering emotional impact.
Another similarly rigorous and committed comic journalist is Sarah Glidden, whose book Rolling Blackouts starts as a reporting trip into Syria and Iraq and ends as a thoughtful examination into the nature and purpose of journalism itself. She mostly works in book length long form, but this shorter story profiling US Green leader Jill Stein gives an idea of her approach and style.


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Breaking the Waves
Breaking the Waves (1996)
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Bess (Emily Watson) and Jan (Stellan Skarsgård) get married even if Bess' highly devout religious community does not welcome strangers into their lifestyle. While Jan is away to work in an oil rig, a terrible accident occurs which leads to his paralysis. Bess, convinced she has a direct line of communication with God, feels guilty because she wished for Jan's return prior to the incident. One day, Jan tells Bess that she ought to find a man, make love to the stranger, and go back to tell him all about it. Bess goes through with her spouse's wish eventually. Soon, she notices that with every sexual act she engages in with another man, her husband appears to get better. She figures that maybe if she gets together with enough partners, Jan would be able to walk again.
There are few movies that chill me to the bone and "Breaking the Waves," written by Lars von Trier and Peter Asmussen, is one of them. Part of its genius is that it works on several levels. It can be interpreted as a love story that teeters between sanity and lunacy. It can also be seen as an anti love story, a complex case study of religious indoctrination and what it does to the mind and one's reality. Either way, it is a compelling piece of work.
Good actors can deliver two performances simultaneously. It is all the more impressive that Watson manages to deliver four performances. All of them, at least in terms of framework, could have been laughable under less capable hands. We get Bess the simple girl, Bess the married woman, Bess the God, and Bess the prostitute. Though each performance can be categorized quite easily, I admired how she dares to mix two or three of them at once. What results is a character I had never encountered before—and I was not prepared with what to do with or how to understand her best.
For example, we watch Bess—a married woman physically and a simple girl in reasoning—pray to God and we see her respond using the voice of what she believes her god might sound like. It might appear dangerously comical on paper, especially in a bleak drama, but Watson makes it work by giving Bess an unhealthy mix of innocence and desperation—she is a simple girl but she loves her husband so much that she will do anything, even if it puts herself in danger, not only to prove the fact but also to better his state of health. The choices she makes in how to play Bess feel fresh. Since the character is also unpredictable, it becomes a challenge to keep up with the subject's state of mind.
We get to know the Scottish community through the way they treat those who they label as outcasts. There are three types in the film: Jan the new outsider, Dodo the old outsider (marvelously played by Katrin Cartlidge—a great sounding board for Bess' struggle), and Bess, not only considered to be emotionally and psychologically feeble, she is also married to the new outsider. The lack of trust of the community to these figures are communicated in various ways: through silence, a judgmental look, or what they do or not do when one needs help. We are meant to respond to the community's lack of moral compass—even if they believe their actions get a seal of approval from a higher power.
I do not and will probably never understand why some people feel that the film, directed by von Trier, is mean-spirited. Is it because the characters go through horrible ordeals? Is it due to the underlying commentary toward religious groups? How do these people define the word "mean-spirited" exactly? I think the movie is bold in that it is willing to go through unexplored territory to get a reaction from the audience while maintaining a razor-sharp focus on what it is hoping to accomplish. It is rare that we receive a high-class, high-level filmmaking that commands an original vision. They should be celebrated rather than condemned.
I say "Breaking the Waves" is a very human story. It focuses on the people who care about Bess—her husband, Dodo, the local doctor (Adrian Rawlins). We care about Bess when she is being hurt or in danger. It is not about hatred or violence. It is about love. Love, after all, is what compels the subject to do the things she ends up doing.


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My friend Mark ordered me "Could you make tea cosy which looks like chooky (his girlfriend's cat)". And I made 2 (I thought he can choose be favourite one ) and he said "Could I have both of them?"
And he teach me "your work is special and you better charge more" (He doesn't speak like that but I could not remember the special word it was kind of Equivalence to appreciate) .
I asked Mark to photograph chooky and tea cosy because I would like to intrudes chooky tea cosy in my book and he did perfectly (It wasn't easy because chooky is super shy cat).
Mark is father now and his son's head size just fit tea cosy.
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Forrester: urban consumers in Brazil and Mexico spend more time online than watching TV
Brazilian and Mexican consumers spend more time online than they do watching TV, Forrester Research reports. This is one of the findings of a study it conducted with 4,000 urban users in these two countries to observe online habits.
Overtaking TV in countries where telenovelas and soccer game broadcasts are ubiquitous is quite an achievement. However, the report must be taken with a grain of salt. Not only was it conducted online, but it also solely focuses on users based in metropolitan areas, when Brazil and Mexico have huge regional disparities.
Still, it gives a clear idea of the global trend – cities are still growing, and their new inhabitants are likely to adopt a similar behavior. More precisely, the study confirms a few trends we already knew:
- Social networks are hugely popular in the region, with nine out of ten people visiting one on a regular basis, and Facebook is now the dominant platform in both countries since it overtook Orkut in Brazil.
- Internet penetration is still lower than in Europe and North America, but it is growing. By 2016, Forrester expects online adoption to increase in Brazil to 57% and in Mexico to 48% – vs. the current 47% and 38%.
The study also reveals new insight into online habits across social classes. When access is available, lower-income users are as interested in using the Internet as their richer counterparts, Forrester found out.
As a matter of fact, mobile phones are very common, and serve for multiple purposes – phone calls, but also radio and social networking devices (see our story about smartphone usage in Brazil). Some of them obviously also grant Internet access to their users, although mobile Internet is more popular in Mexico than it is in Brazil.
According to Forrester, this data should help brands understand that mobile is critical for success in Latin America, and other local specificities. As Forrester analyst Roxana Strohmenger writes:
"Understanding these first adopters of the [Latin American] online world will allow companies to test their online and mobile strategies and build successful voice of the customer programs that resonate with this highly social and entertainment-driven consumer market."
Yet, it may take a little time for the e-commerce market to bear fruits, and Forrester acknowledge that it is still in the research phase. While local users research products on the Internet, they don't necessarily make the actual purchase online. However, we previously reported that the market is changing fast, as millions of Latin Americans are making their first online purchases. In Forrester's words, this means that "the time to experiment in Latin America is now."
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Okay, so it feels like I'm hanging on by my finger tips (probably because I am) with a toe hook out to my left… with both feet. My last piece of gear consists of two very poorly placed Wild Country Tech Friends, about eight feet away. Split seconds ago, I felt absolutely fantastic; the feeling of doing a brilliantly difficult move far up in the air was a terrific feeling.
Until I realised that that was indeed the situation. Then I went to pieces. A nice break in front of me was begging to have my nice size 3 cam placed into it so I quickly unclipped it from my harness. Unfortunately, as I hang there from one hand, almost horizontal with my toes still clinging onto the toe hook, I realised that a size 3 cam can increase in size rapidly when being shaken like a tin of paint in a 1980's paint mixer! My breathing was quicker than a steam train going full tilt and if you looked at the panic in my eyes, you would swear I was about to be attacked from behind by a large group of angry prison inmates. Twice.
In the end I strangely decided to give up with this whole climbing malarkey, realising that there is not a hold in the world big enough to get my shaking hand around, and that I would accept my imminent rapid descent to terra firma. In hindsight, it could have been a remarkably stupid decision, as they really were terribly placed cams and the ground was not all that far away, but all logical thinking had gone from me and I decided I'd prefer to know when the fall was coming.
You see I've always been a terrible lead climber. Everyone I have climbed with will testify that on a boulder, I am at least a talented rock acrobat, but on lead, it's like trying to watch two men with Parkinson's disease shake hands. I remember once trying to lead Coral Sea (VS 4c) at Trowbarrow in South Cumbria, when my friends decided to offer some relaxing friendly banter, involving quite a lot of piss taking. Trying to concentrate was far too much like hard work, and I found myself listening to their baiting. In the end (just after I had shaken another nut into place) I turned and very politely explained, "Guys, I am not against a little friendly banter, but at the moment, I am hanging onto a rock face for dear life and would really appreciate it if you would kindly FUCK OFF." Needless to say they did.
There are leagues of these stories, mainly involving swearing, shaking, jittering and all in all being pretty bloody mean to those around, be it belayer, spotter or passing walker who just happened to be in the firing line. (Incidentally, sorry to those who have managed to feel the unfortunate effects of my attempts at climbing on the wrong end of the rope.) I've had feelings of "I don't want to die" to just acceptance that I am going to die, and that it probably won't make that much difference anyway! And yet, I still seem to tie into that wrong end of the rope to have another bite at the cherry. Yes, I have succeeded in many a lead climb, often feeling surprisingly good, but that doesn't distract from the eight different climbs I've backed off.
So on this sunny weekday afternoon at Stanage, beneath a glorious overhang I let go of the rock. I'd released the toe hook before I did, bent my knees slightly in anticipation of the fall and somewhat unbelievably stopped shaking. I looked down to see where the ground actually was and was delighted to see it was quite far away.
Now, there is one thing I have neglected to mention. I said I'd climbed eight feet from my last piece of gear but I didn't say I hadn't gone above it. In case you know it the climb is Overhanging Climb (HVS 5a) at Stanage Plantation, with a quick vertical section, followed by a traverse under an intimidating roof then a final top out up an arête. I was half way along the traverse when I let go. It was one of those times when I was quite glad I didn't get that t-shirt "If my shorts change colour, take in the slack" as my belayer would've pulled me off the wall. I worked out my actual fall distance was fourteen-feet (even though I failed my Physics degree, I'm still a bit of a maths geek) and as I fell, I'm sure the whole of Stanage hear me shout "Woo!" (Again, apologies if I disturbed you that day). When I stopped, I was horizontal again, with my feet hitting a prow of rock on the left of me. I was four inches from hitting the deck.
I would love to say i've come a long way from that day in the subsequent years but it just blatantly isn't true, as you would have noticed if you'd spoken to me in the few days after my attempt on Rib and Slab at a mere VDiff on Craig Ddu. I suppose I'm just not much of a lead climber, but I'm still somewhat determined to crack it one day, hopefully without cracking myself in the process!
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My in-laws were just over at my house this weekend for Mother's Day and we happened to get on the subject of old high school photos. I whipped out my box full of photos that was in no way organized, and my mother-in-law made a comment (I'll let you imagine what the comment was). Had I known about the free ShoeBox app for Android sooner, I wouldn't have had to bear the scolding I received via one glance about my disorganization (okay, well I guess I gave it away).
So basically this savvy photography app makes it super easy for you to scan in old photos you have laying around the house—say inside, maybe, some old shoeboxes. Aptly named app, yes? Once you take a digital image of your paper photo, the app helps you crop it with amazing edge detection. Although the edge detection didn't always work perfectly for me, it was easy to instead crop photos by dragging the edges to where I wanted them.
You can create a new album on your phone to organize photos and/or upload straight to Facebook for all your friends and family to enjoy. For newer photos, the scan quality isn't the best of the best. But for older photos, it works just fine. Older photos have a distinct color quality to them that you just can't get anymore with this newfangled technology. Everything is just so crisp and clear these days!
The app gives you free storage for an unlimited amount of photos. So if you have some old photos laying around that you want to share, start scanning them now with the ShoeBox app for Android.


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I will be offering dolls and doll-related items together with other toys that come
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My shop name combines two of the many passions in my life : toys and ballet.
"La Boutique fantasque" , also known as "The Magic Toyshop" or "The Fantastic Toyshop", is a ballet by Léonide Massine, on music by Respighi, based on piano pieces by Rossini. Its world premiere took place in London on 5 June 1919 and was performed by the famous Diaghilev's Ballets Russes.
In the magic toyshop, toys come alive during night and the scenario centers on the love story between two can-can dancer dolls.
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Turn any night into a fiesta by serving Churo Bowls filled with Mexican Hot Chocolate Mousse, Cheesecake Mousse, or Dulce de Leche Mousse and a Mexican Layer Salad.
Does your family love Mexican food?
Mine does, so when I invite them over for dinner we often have Mexican food. I have to admit though that I don't usually get very creative with the menu. We usually have enchiladas and a taco bar. I figured next time they come over I might just have to mix things up a bit and try something new like these two recipes.
This Mexican Layer Salad with colorful layers of lettuce, olives, tomatoes, peppers, beans, cheese, tortilla chips, beef and sour cream served in a trifle bowl is easy to make and looks really festive.
It's quick and easy to make too.
The thing I like best about this is that there will only be one bowl to clean up after dinner. That's a big bonus when I'm hosting a family dinner.
If you like that idea too, you can find the recipe for this Mexican Layer Salad, here.
For dessert, I'll be making these crispy Churo Bowls. Each bowl is made by baking a tortilla boat which has been coated in cinnamon sugar. Each crunchy bowl can be filled with one of three fillings.
The dulce de leche mousse is a super simple 3-ingredient treat that goes perfectly with the cinnamon sugar coated tortilla. It's rich and creamy and has a lovely caramel flavor.
The Mexican Hot Chocolate Mousse has a delicate chocolate flavor with a hint of cinnamon and the cheesecake mousse is silky and smooth and so easy to make.
You can find the filling recipes and the churo bowl tutorial, here.
Party it up this Cinco de Mayo and check out some of these other recipes that are perfect for celebrating.


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Australia's Ewan wins 7th stage of Giro; Jungels keeps lead
ALBEROBELLO, Italy (AP) After three top-10 finishes in the opening week, Caleb Ewan of Australia finally won a stage in the Giro d'Italia on Friday.
The Australian rider with the Orica Scott team claimed Stage 7 in a sprint finish for his first career Giro victory while Bob Jungels held on to the pink jersey.
Ewan finished half a wheel ahead of Colombian rider Fernando Gaviria to erase memories of his second-place result in Stage 1 and ninth- and eighth-place finishes in Stages 2 and 3, respectively.
''It feels so good after the first few disappointments I've had. I don't think I've felt so good before,'' Ewan said.
Ewan also won a stage in the Spanish Vuelta two years ago.
Sam Bennett of Ireland crossed third while sprinting standout Andre Greipel was fourth after the mainly flat but lengthy 224-kilometer (139-mile) route from Castrovillari to Alberobello, which featured an undulating final 40 kilometers.
Jungels, of Luxembourg, maintained his six-second advantage over Geraint Thomas of Wales. Fellow Briton Adam Yates remained four seconds further back, with most of the overall favorites.
''It's not a disappointment for our team to not win with Fernando Gaviria today, because he did a great sprint and the team helped him,'' Jungels said. ''It's no shame to lose against Caleb Ewan who is very fast.''
Located in the southern region of Puglia, Alberobello is known for its trullo dwellings made from white limestone with conical roofs, and is designated a World Heritage site.
The stage began in the Calabria region and three riders - Simone Ponzi, Dmitriy Kozontchuk and Giuseppe Fonzi - broke away from the pack almost immediately. Ponzi quickly had a mechanical problem, leaving Kozontchuk and Fonzi at the front.
The duo swiftly built a lead of four minutes and stayed in front for five hours before being caught by the main pack with 18 kilometers to go.
There was little other excitement until Slovenian rider Kristijan Koren attacked on an uphill section shortly after the five-kilometer mark.
Team Sky quickly chased down Koren to protect Thomas' position, then it was whittled down to only a handful of riders contesting the final sprint.
Ewan had the best line coming around the final corner and narrowly held off the charging Gaviria, while Greipel appeared to lack some energy.
''I had to do some work with three kilometers to go so I was a little tired for the sprint,'' Ewan said. ''But Luka (Mezgec) did a great lead out, so it was perfect.''
Jungels should face more of a test over the next two stages.
Stage 8 on Saturday is a 189-kilometer (117-mile) leg from Molfetta to Peschici that features a short, steep uphill finish. Then a serious climb to Blockhaus comes a day later.
''This year all the finals are tricky,'' Jungels said of the concluding kilometers. ''All day long it was pretty relaxed and then the last 10 kilometers were crazy.''
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It's the writer's mind and heart in which written works are grown to maturity. Nowhere else does every single element needed to produce the end result come together. It's as if our mind/heart, or brains/guts if you like, is a field in which the seed of an idea can be planted and then nourished by time, craft and often the help of our colleagues.
It's stressful, being a field. You have to manage all that nourishment coming in so it gets properly onto the page, while at the same time your inner resources are getting pulled out by the very thing you're trying to create. And like a field, if you don't have a rest period from time to time, you become so drained that no amount of nutrients put in will get anything out. In agriculture, resting a field is called letting it lie fallow. In writing, or any discipline, really, I call it the same thing: fallow time.
Of course, we wouldn't be in this game if we didn't have a passion for bringing our visions to life, but remember: even God took a day off. Fallow time is your chance to let the heart/mind heal and recharge so it can grow its next crop of results even better than before.
So, a few propositions:
Vacation: Vacation is part of your compensation—for most of us it's the only payment we're likely to get! Find a good place to stop working, reach it and then go.
Breaks: Even if it's only five minutes, go off by yourself (without your notepad, smartphone, tablet, etc.) and chill. DO NOTHING. Think as little as possible. Find a meditation method that suits you and practice it.
Reading: Lose yourself in a good book that has nothing to do with what you're writing. Not the newspaper, a book.
Fitness: You don't have to be a jock. Just go outside and amble for twenty or thirty minutes. If the weather is inclement, stroll around the aisles of your cube farm (assuming you're a resident of such), do some yoga or play some baseball on the Wii. You get the idea.
Sleep: Get enough. Most people need 7-8 hours, some more, some less. You can always tape Kimmel and watch it later.
Say no: Too often we dig our own holes using the shovel of "yes." Refuse some requests by just pleading overload, or by showing how taking on this one additional thing will hose your other valuable activities. Or just politely decline with no explanation—you're a grownup and you have that right.


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This course is a workshop that changes the rules for capturing and printing digital imagery. By grasping a better understanding of the fundamentals and limitations of digital photography the student uses hands on techniques to produce digital images that rival those of film. The course will include low cost tips and tricks to capture high dynamic range, expanded color, night color, high dynamic range imaging, 3D vision, autostereoscopic 3D techniques and time lapse images using a digital camera.


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The Sky High Claw (スカイハイクロー Sukai Hai Kuroo?) is one of Vega's special moves, introduced in Super Street Fighter II.
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Executed by charging downward and then moving upward and pressing punch, Vega will leap towards the edge of the screen and kick-jump off of it, gliding horizontally towards his opponent with his claw outstretched; he bounces off the opponent upon striking.
The gliding height is determined by the punch button pressed: the lighter the punch version, the highest from the ground Vega will glide. The player's position also determines how high Vega will fly: if he is next to the wall, he won't be able to fly high.
The EX Special version introduced in the Street Fighter IV series has Vega fly much faster both towards the wall and the opponent; he flies in a spiraling trajectory and slashes through them (akin to M. Bison's Psycho Crusher). The move hits twice, knocks the foe down, and is also immune to projectiles.
In the Ver. 2012 update of Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition, all versions of Sky High Claw knock the opponent down on contact.
The attack is somewhat predictable, but its long startup resembles that of the Flying Barcelona Attack up until Vega kicks off the edge of the screen, so it can be useful to confuse opponents.
The move is relatively safe when blocked, and as of the Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition Ver. 2012 patch, the EX version will always hit crouching opponents (unless they are in the corner of the stage) while the standard versions may miss them completely.
Caution must be used when performing the Sky High Claw, as Vega is left vulnerable when the move misses.


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Washington State wants to donate forty pounds of cherries to an "iconic" restaurant in every state in the nation, in hopes of inspiring recipes that push its product. A Washington PR company asked for Cafe Society's help in coming up with the right restaurant in Colorado for a fruit-filled delivery -- and we were happy to oblige.
So, of course, were all the commenters who responded to our query about which Denver restaurant would do right by a load of cherries.
Several suggested craft brewers, others ice cream spots. And then there was this from K.D. Bryan:
In lieu of some touristy craphole, I'd like to see them go to a restaurant who knows what they're doing instead. A few suggestions: Frasca. Fruition (fruit's in the name). Rioja. Sweet Action Ice Cream. Boulder Ice Cream. D Bar Desserts.
What restaurant or brewer would you suggest? More important, how would you suggest it use the cherries?
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Hunting for Big Bang neutrinos that could provide fresh insight on the origin of the universe
Big Bang neutrinos are believed to be everywhere in the universe but have never been seen. The expansion of the universe has stretched them and they are thought to be billions of times colder than neutrinos that stream from the sun. As the oldest known witnesses or "relics" of the early universe, they could shed new light on the birth of the cosmos if scientists could pin them down. That's a tall order since these ghostly particles can speed through planets as if they were empty space.


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Washington Bankrupt Middle East Policy
President Clinton boasted in his State of the Union Address that the Middle East peace process was one of his administration's shining foreign policy achievements. The renewed violence in the West Bank and Gaza, which has claimed dozens of Israeli and Palestinian lives, exposes the hollowness of that boast. If this is a foreign policy success, one shudders to think what a failure would look like.
Holding another conference in Washington to put the beleaguered Middle East peace process back on track is a mistake. Under no circumstances should the United States be drawn in yet again to play the role of mediator. All that will do is enable Israeli and Palestinian leaders to posture for their constituencies and use the U.S. as a scapegoat for any failure in the negotiations.
Even if a new accord is reached, it is likely to prove no more durable or meaningful than the previous agreements that have been shattered by the latest round of violence in the West Bank and Gaza.
There is little the USA can do to end the long‐standing Palestinian‐Israeli conflict. Peace is not a product that can be exported by Washington. The USA can neither bribe nor cajole unwilling parties to overcome their animosities and adopt a policy of peaceful coexistence.
If a viable settlement to the dispute is ever achieved, it will come about only when overwhelming majorities in both the Israeli and Palestinian communities become so weary of violence and hatred that they are willing to make the necessary mutual concessions. That day appears to be far away. True, there are many in both communities who desire peace, but the hard‐liners increasingly have the power to sabotage their initiatives.
Washington should treat the Israeli‐Palestinian struggle as merely one of many ugly parochial conflicts now taking place around the world. The end of the Cold War has eliminated whatever larger strategic significance such squabbles might once have had. The issues at stake in the West Bank and Gaza may be extremely important to the Israelis and Palestinians. Those issues, however, do not have substantial relevance to the security and well‐being of America.
We should adopt a policy of benign detachment toward the conflict. Under no circumstances should the USA allow itself to be drawn in again to play the role of mediator. All that will do is enable the leaders of both entities to posture for their respective political constituencies and use the United States as a scapegoat for any failure in the negotiations.
It is national arrogance to assume that every problem in the world has a "made in Washington" solution. We should let the Israelis and Palestinians confront the reality that they must work out their own problems or bear the consequences.


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We hit every block and we hit all your men up
She do every squat and she do every sit up
She dance everyday and she pick every bit up
I work everyday and I sip when I get up
You heard what I say yeah I sip when I get up
And work everyday I'm a hell of a nigga
Smokin' that loud it just yell at a nigga
Confidence high I'm an arrogant nigga
These bitches do not want a regular nigga
My slime got them bricks doing estimates nigga
That's numbers and squares like a calendar nigga
That's numbers and squares like a calendar nigga
None of you scared, wanna battle a nigga?
Cause shots come from nowhere like pop, abracadabra nigga
I fuck a clit up on everything
I put some sip up in everything
You hit your bitch up she never came
She was with me up in Neverland
I hit your clique up on everything
I take two clips up in everything
I'm coming, I'm shootin up everything
I just bought my woman some Vera Wang
I just bought myself Alexander Wang
I just bought myself some new Louis frames
I got em prescribed cause I'm blind as fuck
Or is it that I just don't wanna see you again
Got em prescribed
I got a prescription
I got a prescription
I got a prescription
I fuck a clit up on everything
Tie my bitch up to the bed frame
Twenty-two five footer, Venus, 11 flat footer, Serena
Drink codeine like it's Aquafina
My bitch jalapena
I come from Mars I come from Viscida
Fresh out the womb I knew I was a leader
Who keeping score cause I beat em
And I got some really big wings, flying over New Orleans
I pull some really big strings, my wingspan like Yao Ming
My eyes tight like Yao Ming
I smoke some really big greens
I sip the whole sixteen
I saw a mil at fifteen
And still got really big dreams
Your bitch a really big fiend
Your bitch a really big fan
But I ain't got no ceilings
I ain't got no ceilings
I ain't got no ceilings
I ain't got no ceilings
Man what a high, want to be alive
I'm sippin' lean, and TMZ said I died
I run with bitch-slappers, your hate don't impact us
Our bitches dick-grabbers, your bitches pic-snappers
You just a camera rapper, but we don't point cameras at you
We point them hammers at you, more bullets than hammer dancers
We take the pineapple, we fill it with purple, we never settle
We take the Mac-11 we point that bitch straight at your cerebellum
And this world is mines
I'm gettin' mines
I'm sippin' lines
OH we talkin' lean, OH we talkin' lean?!
OH you pouring up? Finna fall asleep?!
Look at the smile on me
Spent a couple hundred thou on it
And the game been drove me crazy, over hundred thousand miles on me
Damn, said she gonna lie for me
I said you just lied to me
She tell me that's my pussy
I say bitch you just lied to me
That's why I fuck em all, still love em all
With a rubber off cause they hustler's dogs
And to top it off, all the ties is off
And it's winter season but the 6 is heated
And I got some really big wings, I got a really big regime
Been part of some really big schemes
I just popped a really big beam [x2]
I rock some really big bling
I sleep on a really big king, with a really thick queen
I sleep with a really thick queen, on a really big king
She know I really big screen
She say I got a really big team
She say I'm doing really big things
I should be doing really big scenes, on a really big screen
You see I got really big dreams
And what a grind
I pour some sip up in everything [x3]
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Welcome to the Headlands International Dark Sky Park! The grounds, trails, and viewing areas at Headlands are open 24 hours a day, every day. Visitors are welcome to stay out through the night for dark-sky viewing opportunities, but camping is not permitted. Units like tents and campers are not allowed in the park. The Headlands is not intended as an overnight sleeping destination but instead is designed as a place to stay awake and view the stars. You may bring blankets, sleeping bags, chairs, food, beverages, etc. When packing, keep in mind that temperatures are typically 10 degrees lower than expected due to our proximity to the lake shore.
To protect the darkness of the park, please use red-filtered flashlights during your visit to the Headlands. Learn more here.
Our programs take place rain or shine, and no reservations are required unless otherwise noted.
Please save some time during your visit to stop by our "Out of This World" Gift Shop!
The Observatory is limited to park staff and researchers. Visuals when the Observatory is open are projected onto the big screen monitors on the main level. Professional star-gazers and astronomers are available on site to enhance your viewing experience during scheduled observing nights.
While the grounds, trails, viewing areas and restrooms at Headlands are always open and freely accessible, the Waterfront Event Center is only open to the public during scheduled programming and gift shop hours. The Waterfront Event Center at the Headlands is available for private rental.
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Lantern walking through November woods at Headlands
We know it's still football season under the big stadium lights of fall, but it's also the peak of the lion's meteor shower and you're invited to join us under the dark of night at Headlands for a beautiful experience under the starry skies.
Program Director Mary Stewart Adams will meet guests at the Headlands entrance and give a guided tour through the beautiful moonlit woods to the viewing area at the shoreline, to catch the falling stars and hear further tales of the night. This is a one mile walk in the woods, and guests are invited to bring lanterns, to coincide with seasonal traditions of taking lantern walks into dark November nights. Please be prepared with walking shoes and layers of warm clothes. The Leonid Meteor Shower peaks overhead at this time, as earth travels through the wake of starry stuff left in the trail of the Comet Temple-Tuttle.
"The Leonid is a really variable meteor shower," said Adams, "but it's also one of the most historically significant, because it gave rise to the science and study of meteor showers when it caused an incredible outburst in the early 1800s. And it's November, when tradition holds that taking a walk by lantern light is done to celebrate the strength of inner light despite the challenge of growing, outer darkness."
The Moon will be Full just a few days prior to the peak of the Leonid Meteor Shower, and while that can diminish views of the less bright meteors, there is still the promise of beautiful stargazing. Orion will be solidly over the horizon in the east, chasing the star cluster of the Pleiades across the sky, and the Andromeda Galaxy will be seen spiraling directly overhead. In addition to providing star maps and a guided walking tour by lantern light, we'll have our telescopes out for peering deeper into the night while we wait for wishing stars to fall through the sky! Participants should dress for low temperatures. "These colder nights make for some great stargazing because there's less haze in the atmosphere, and the dark seems to be more velvety and richer" said Adams.
The radiant of the Leonid Meteor Shower is in the sickle, or head region of the mighty Lion
Every year during the April New Moon, people around the world join in a celebration of dark skies, and at Headlands there will two opportunities for experiencing the stars with story, song, telescopes, and exceptional views. Because of the Moon phase, this year's Dark Sky Week also coincides with the peak of the Lyrid Meteor Shower, a wonderful stream of falling stars from the Comet C/1861G radiant near the border between the constellations Lyra, the harp, and Hercules, the mighty hero. Of all recorded meteor showers, this one has the longest recorded history, even though its peak is of narrow duration. Catch the peak of the shower at the opening program for International Dark Sky Week on Friday, April 21st from 8 to 10 pm (sunset is at 8:33 pm), or join us for crescent Moon setting into the lake at the close of Dark Sky Week on Friday, April 28th, also from 8 to 10 pm (sunset is at 8:42 pm, followed tonight by crescent moonset at 11:29 pm). Click here to access a nifty graphic illustrating the Lyrid Meteor Shower. Note: Headlands staff will be on site to greet you and direct you to parking for program access. If you have questions, please call 231-348-1713, and see you there!
Join us in celebrating the terrific resources that make up Emmet County's Headlands property at the Grand Opening of our new Waterfront Event Center and Observatory on Thursday, June 22 from 2 to 6 pm. The grand opening will include several terrific guest speakers, tours of the grounds and facilities, dedication of the Roger McCormick Planewave Telescope, and spectacular views!


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The Western New York Land Conservancy held its 23rd annual Membership Meeting and Reception on Friday, May 16, at the Buffalo Yacht Club on Lake Erie. With 175 attendees, this was the most well-attended annual meeting in the Land Conservancy's 23-year history.
The event began with a presentation from Congressman Brian Higgins. Congressman Higgins said, "Our region is so fortunate to have rich natural resources which bring economic and quality of life benefits to our community. I have had the opportunity to work with the Land Conservancy, an organization that has shown real leadership on projects like the Mill Road Scenic Overlook, to protect unique public spaces for generations to come. These preservation efforts are important in rural and urban areas alike. In Buffalo for example, we've really come to appreciate that the primary attraction at the waterfront is the water itself and we continue to strive to enhance and safeguard the natural experience at the water's edge."
This was followed by honoring the outstanding contributions of two Land Conservancy members, Bill Feasley of Eden and Chuck Rosenburg of Elma.
Feasley was recognized with the Henry J. Kreher Conservation Award for his passion and commitment to farmland conservation. Bill and his family farmed in Eden for over 70 years. He also served as a town board member and town supervisor, and helped pioneer an innovative transfer of a development rights program to preserve Eden's productive farm soils. In 2013, Bill, along with his brother Bob, placed a conservation easement on their last remaining farmland – the Surgenor Farm.
Rosenburg was honored with the Volunteer of the Year Award for his extraordinary commitment to service with the Land Conservancy. Chuck is a senior wetlands ecologist at the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation. He has been leading hikes and owl prowls for the Land Conservancy for more than a decade, including the owl prowl that was recently filmed for Channel 2 News' 2 the Outdoors. He also helps the Land Conservancy identify and explore new properties in need of protection.
After the award ceremony, the Land Conservancy elected and reelected several board members, including Michael Alspaugh, a resident of Buffalo who recently retired from the Erie County Department of Environment and Planning; Larry Brooks, a resident of Buffalo who recently retired from Buffalo Niagara Riverkeeper; Deborah Fenn, a resident of Orchard Park and a retired high school teacher from West Valley Central School; David Hahn-Baker, a resident of Buffalo and a long-time community leader and environmental activist; Bart Roberts, a resident of Buffalo and a research assistant professor at UB's Regional Institute; Margaret Wooster, a resident of Buffalo and an environmental planner at Buffalo Niagara Riverkeeper; and Grace Meibohm, a resident of West Falls and owner of Meibohm Fine Arts in East Aurora.
After board elections, the Land Conservancy's Executive Director, Nancy Smith, highlighted the organization's work. In 23 years, the Land Conservancy has helped protect more than 6,000 acres of farms in forests in the region. A few recent success stories include the 60-acre Mill Road Scenic Overlook in Aurora, the 90-acre Meyer Farm in the fertile Eden valley, and two properties in Clarence, the 66-acre Rich Woods property and a 27-acre rare oak savannah.
At Stella Niagara, the Land Conservancy has already raised more than $2.3 million of the $3.2 million needed to create a new nature preserve on the Niagara River. In Niagara County, the Land Conservancy recently completed the Niagara Escarpment Legacy Project report and has identified several threatened properties in need of conservation. In Eden, the Land Conservancy has identified strategic farms that are excellent candidates for preservation.
Nancy emphasized that, "In each and every case, it takes a community of supporters to be the heroes. Land protection is only possible with the engagement and leadership of citizens, business owners, foundations and elected officials. We thank you all for guiding Western New York towards a future that celebrates and enhances its special places. We also thank Congressman Brian Higgins, the Buffalo Yacht Club, and the volunteers, board members and staff who worked to make this event possible. We are especially grateful to our sponsors and silent auction item donors."
This year's event sponsors included Coulter Farms, Ecology & Environment, Inc., Holt Appraisals, Meibohm Fine Arts, Inc., M&T Bank, Right Field Writing Works and West Herr Automotive Group, Inc., at the Gold level; Hodgson Russ, LLP, Otis Eastern Service, LLC, and Rupp, Baase, Pfalzgraf, Cunningham & Coppola, LLC at the Silver level; and Aurora Outfitters, Bonadio & Co., LLP, Evans Bank, Kreher's Farm Fresh Eggs, LaBella Associates, D.P.C., and Richard Pohlman, Esq. Attorney at Law at the Bronze level.
The Western New York Land Conservancy is a regional, not-for-profit land trust that permanently protects land with significant conservation value in Western New York for future generations. The Land Conservancy envisions a future in which open spaces, working lands, wildlife habitat and scenic beauty are cherished and protected as part of the landscape and character of Western New York. Since 1991, the organization has protected more than 6,000 acres of open spaces throughout the region. The Land Conservancy is one of 1,700 land trusts nationwide, including 90 in New York State. Land Trusts have protected 40 million acres over the last 20 years.
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At Coffee Fellows
For Coffee Fellows, progressive business management means to tackle the question of how to manage the business sustainably so that our activities burden the environment as little as possible. In particular, the challenge must be met to control these activities in such a way that they are ecologically useful, but still at a reasonable price in order not to impair profitability. In past years, Coffee Fellows consistently investigated business processes and their ways to optimise them.
When selecting suppliers, Coffee Fellows sees to ensure that resources are handled gently and that the protection of the environment in the production processes plays an outstanding role. Our main supplier for packaging material, for example, guarantees a reduction of waste in production, very low cost of transport, a minimum CO2 emission and the use of print colours soluble in water.
To-go-cups, bags and packets get manufactured from raw materials that continue to grow naturally. The goods are compostable or recyclable. Our industrial partners in the paper branch are, as a rule, PEFC- and FSC-certified. This means that natural resources that are used for production come from sustainably farmed forests.


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Wednesday April 23rd dawned fresh and fair, but few of the Thames members assembling at the Berkshire Golf Club were evincing either of these qualities; to start playing golf at 0915 in the southeast of England necessitates an early start and the negotiation of a great deal of congestion. However, miraculously all 20 contestants arrived on time and the five groups of four were all on their way round the course exactly on schedule.
Four hours later, all but the stragglers were back in the clubhouse, showered and rosy of cheek, grasping glasses and already exaggerating the dexterity of the drive on the sixth, or the subtlety of the chip on the 15th, and looking forward to the carvery lunch and the fine array of puddings – permissable now after all that exercise – to follow. They were joined by the founder of the Event, Andrew Maconie, whose talents were missing from this year's contest due to a fractured wrist sustained during skiing (or, more probably, après ski).
The results were announced as the coffee was poured. A fine display by the Jennings brothers, whose handicaps are currently undergoing considerable scrutiny, led to their Group 4 carrying off the imaginary trophy for the second year but, as Ted Fort OBE pointed out in his speech in which he gallantly toasted "The Ladies" (Maggie Kay and Libby Lees), it is not about the winning – which is just as well for any team fielding the unusual golfing talents of Andrew Collins TD.
The St George's Day Golf event has already become a Club tradition and players will be clamouring to play in 2015. Contact Richard Bundy on firstname.lastname@example.com to enter.


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Malaka Spice, Koregaon Park is the flagship restaurant. Established as a small restaurant in Koregoan Park, Pune in 1997, this restaurant has grown massively in size and fans. You will find the oldest patrons dining here under the familiar ambience of the Badam Tree, surrounded by chirping sparrows and easels year after year.
Malaka Spice, Baner is our first franchise outlet. Located on the opposite side of Koregaon Park, the launch of this restaurant in the year 2014 brought smiles to many faces. Malaka Spice, their favourite choice for celebrations, friends and family get-togethers was now in their neighbourhood!
This restaurant is strategically located from a stone's throw distance from the residential areas of Baner and Aundh and is easily accessible from Hinjewadi IT Park.
The Tap Room by Malaka Spice is located above Malaka Spice, Baner. It is well-known for its unique ambience – the large windows that open up to a breathtaking view, the high chairs, the peppy music and the screen where all the major sports events are screened.
The Tap Room by Malaka Spice serves all the carefully brewed craft beers from the city under one roof, paired with the signature Malaka food.
Malaka Spice, Viman Nagar is the first restaurant located within a mall. This restaurant inside Phoenix Market City is much loved by shopping enthusiasts and cinema goers.
This restaurant on Igatpuri Road, Nashik is our first one outside Pune. And to everybody's pleasure it is located on a vineyard! Apart from dining at a terrace restaurant with a magnificent view of Ratangad and the grapevines, a visit here has a lot more to offer. You can treat yourself to a chateau stay, opt for a winery tour or simply spend some leisure time with your loved ones drinking fine wine.


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Inside Community High School District 99's Untethering
- A strategic planning initiative among stakeholders about technology improvements led Community High School District 99 officials to begin a network upgrade and wireless implementation in 2011.
- IT staff relied on CDW•G's Advanced Technology Services team for help planning and implementing an infrastructure that would make a tablet rollout to teachers possible.
- The district deployed an all-Cisco infrastructure in summer 2011 and rolled out Lenovo ThinkPad X220 tablets to the teachers for classroom use this fall.
Participants: Rod Russeau and Greg Belina, of Community High School District 99; South High School's Ed Schwartz; North High School's Gwen Henderson and Lisa Lichtman


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It's not how The Luke Commission locates Emaswati who need eye surgery, although it's a movement to behold when TLC's fleet of buses head to all parts of Eswatini to pick up eye patients.
Nor is it how Emaswati "find" The Luke Commission, for truly they come from all corners of the country through outreach contacts and word-of-mouth recommendations.
It's not how many eye surgeries are completed in one CARES surgical session of about 10 days, even though the latest resulted in 165 cataract/eye surgeries and 4 cornea transplants.
It's not the training of the staff or the acquisition of world-class eye equipment that counts the most, while the team works as one and TLC has been given and/or purchased the best equipment available.
It's simply the outcome of all of the above. It's this testimony exclaimed over and over again in similar words: "Once I was blind. Now I can see!"
Read on, listen with your heart, and hear exactly what the patients had to say when their eye patches were removed.
"Thank you for letting me come to The Luke Commission home. You have given me breakfast, lunch, and supper every day. I have been treated like a special guest."
"I could not see to the edge of this circle. Now I see many circles all around me."
"A young man counseled me at an outreach. But I was afraid to come many months ago. I sat in the dark so long. I could not stay away this time…"
"I live alone and could not see to cook. When I could not find my food, I sat down and did not eat."
"I was afraid to do surgery. Now when I go home, I will broadcast to everyone that it was not painful."
"I was not aware I would ever see again. My Babe (father) passed away last year, and I wondered how I would cook for myself."
"Now I can even see at school when I am studying."
"You all work together as if you born from the same mother."
"Today I see the world clear. At home I could not see to find things."
"Blessed is the hand that gives. TLC gives."
"I am a shepherd but could not see my cattle. People back home will be amazed when I can take care of my cows again."
"I have injuries on my body from falling down, because I could not see. Life was hard."
"I have been here since Monday. Now it is Saturday. It's been a good week. I am no longer blind."
"I can see the light of day. That was not happening before."
"I went to one hospital and was told, no money, no surgery. Here you do not ask for money."
"My chest is so tight today (emotional) when I think how you came to pick me up to give me something great. You did not just call me and tell me to come."
"I am full in body and mind. I hope the spirit of this place goes with me."
"I look out at you all, and you are beautiful to see."
"Some people told me not to come. I came to this place and found the children of God."
"Jesus is here. I see Him in all of you."
"Whenever I needed something, it was provided without complaint."
"I was not able to see the people, the buildings, the mountains. I see them now!"
"Thank you for coming to take care of the elderly."
"As I came through the gate, I saw the red t-shirts about Jesus and thought this is where I will find help. I've never seen anywhere like this place. What we see even with just our minds is unbelievable."
"Thank you for your lesson in love."
"I can see people I could not see yesterday."
"I'm from far, far away and came here to get a life."
"I will now be able to see my children and their children."
"My eye was blind for ten years."
"I was blind and alone."
"When The Luke Commission visited my home area, I knew from that day I would get help for my eye problem."
"I can see a small stone at my feet. It's been a long time since I could even see my shoes."
"My other eye was washed last time. Now I can see with two eyes."
"I can see the far sky."
"Now I can see how many doors are in the building far away on the hill."
"We were fed the Word of God and food."
"My eye has been healed without any money."
"I'm thankful to see with my eye and walk with my (artificial) leg. It came apart and a TLC mechanic fixed it."
"Now we can see each other. Before the people sitting next to me were just voices."
"This staff transports us from one place to another after they picked us up at our homes. They do not get angry when we do not move fast or get confused."
"I will have joy in my home, now that I can see again."
With these the expressions of appreciation, The Luke Commission also would like to thank Dr. Alex Cohen for heading up the surgical team this session. He came from Iowa with his son Jacob and assistant Collyn Hagemeier.
Truly, it is The Luke Commission's privilege to serve Eswatini patients.
Grateful for being eye an witness of God's amazing grace, Janet Tuinstra on behalf of the whole team


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Message From The Universe For You
Many people like you in the world get worried about their fate and destiny. At times, they get introduced to people known as fortune-teller or spiritual souls who can foresee the future or astrologer who can predict the future. Even at times out of desperation people walk up to such people by themselves, while in others case these predictors of future introduced by their family and friends. Is this what happens to you?
Amid all this, you listen to their prediction or read a transcript about your future. And you got to know a lot of things about your future. Some of them make you happy while other things make you sad.
After some time, you found yourself in puzzled life, where you are not ready to buy all these predictions of your future. You want to do so many things, you want to fulfill so many amazing dreams, but it was predicted that that stuff is not in your fate.
Again, what's the fun if you know the climax of the movie?
But your life isn't a movie made by others, scripted by others and led by others. You are not here just for a supporting role. No, this movie of life isn't planned this way. Then, what would be the climax? How will be your future?
Actually, there is no such thing exist that someone can tell all about your future. There is nothing as such a set destiny or fate.
As you go ahead in life, the work you perform, the decisions you make, the belief you build and the actions you take create your destiny.
Your life is not a one-time movie that someone comes and predict everything by watching a scene of it. Your life is not static, it's dynamic. Every the choice you are making, the enthusiasm you are living and the actions you are taking changing the end game.
Most of the time, when these fortune tellers or astrologer's predictions come true that because some people blindly believe their predictions. They get that thought so deeply into their subconscious that they don't leave any other option than manifest them.
Always remember that God has created everyone as a unique soul, not that someone is powerful and someone is not. God hasn't chosen someone to tell your fate.
No one can predict your future except you. This life is your greatest gift of God and he has gifted you the power to lead, planned, script and direct every bit of your movie called your life.Every scene of your life is an opportunity to create the biggest and brightest movie of your life with dreams, passion, purpose and action.Your future belongs to you, no one can predict it except you.So whatever you want in life, go get it.
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Reducing and treating infection is a significant global challenge. Bacteria, fungi and super-bugs that are resistant to current treatments are impacting individuals' health on a daily basis, and in many cases are life threatening. The cost to treat these infections continues to mount with no end in sight.
Prevent-Plus, LLC was founded to acquire the intellectual property rights of Medpak, LLC ("Medpak"). On April 12, 2016 the asset acquisition was completed. Among the assets acquired were the approval from the United States Food and Drug Administration ("FDA") to use Elastic Skin Liquid Bandage for certain specified applications (FDA (510)k No. K032948), United States Patent numbers 6909027 and 7119246 of the Elastic Skin Liquid Bandage, which has been rebranded as DuraDerm®.
The goal of Prevent-Plus is to help prevent infections globally by utilizing and expanding upon the intellectual property that Prevent-Plus, LLC, acquired from Medpak.
Prevent-Plus, LLC. is a company comprised of key strategic partners, including an esteemed physician, chemical engineer, Pharm. D., lawyer, hospital management, and pharmaceutical experts.