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Yesterday, an person who I will not name posted this on the Internet:
My warning to all Lexiters – and there are many on my timeline, unfortunately.
I'm afraid this is my vision. On June 24th we wake up to discover the UK has voted "Leave". Soon after, Cameron resigns. We then probably get Boris as PM.He may call a General Election, because a) he can and b) he wants a full term to put through HIS changes. He will negotiate our exit, on his terms, not by referring to the country. Those terms will be followed by a gradual or not so gradual erosion of our rights at work, because there is no EU to protect them, and because that's what he, IDS and Priti Patel have promised, under the banner of "a more flexible workforce". He'll also tear up our environmental protections, hastening the advent of mass fracking etc. And he'll also continue apace with the project to sculpt our democratic system into a permanent Tory-electing one. One of the more exciting things he'll do along the way is to get a TTIP-style deal with the USA – whether Clinton or Trump – which will almost certainly be on worse terms (is that possible?) than the current one. Come 2021, there'll be another General Election. With the changes Boris will have made to the system, and despite our best endeavours, Boris will win a second term.
If that, or anywhere near that, happens, I shall hold each and every lexiter responsible for the disaster.
I post this, as it is very much typical of the doomsday prediction that is driving left-wing voters to vote to remain in the EU. I was challenged to respond with the scenario I think is likely to occur, to defend my position as a 'Lexiter'.
Dear Remainer,
Thank you for outlining your vision.
I agree that a Leave vote would be terminally damaging to David Cameron. He has already given notice he will quit anyway, and as evidenced by Tony Blair's departure, stating an intent to step down makes you yesterday's man immediately. If Leave wins, he would not only have backed the wrong horse, he has stated many times the disaster that Leave brings to the UK. How could he lead UK negotiations after that? In addition, 50% of his MPs and the majority of his grassroots members will be against him.
Who follows David Cameron? Boris would like it to be Boris, but he has demonstrated on a continual basis to change his mind more frequently than his underpants, and suffers 'foot-in-mouth' disease. He's great for rent-a-quote Journalists, but I can't imagine enough MPs or party members trust him to be Leader. Even if they did, the public would quickly realise they have a buffoon as PM.
Therefore, I reject the idea that he would become PM.
Whoever follows will be keenly aware that the misery of being an unelected PM brought upon Gordon Brown makes it unlikely anyone else would try it. Also, even before the referendum, the Conservative Party had a small majority and simply couldn't get controversial bills through Parliament without lots of U-turns. Given the massive fissures that would have opened up in the last few months – wounds that won't heal quickly – leading the Conservative Party will be a nightmare akin to John Major's last few years.
For all these reasons, I conclude a new Leader will quickly be established and an election will follow, probably in October. The Fixed Term Parliament Act can be easily be engineered to do this.
All the policy ideas of the Tory right (Priti Patel and IDS et la) are very controversial. Do you really think the public would vote for such a manifesto in big numbers? Who would vote for reduced holidays, the loss of maternity rights and so on? I think the chances of a big Tory election win in October looks slim, as the party will still be fighting over Europe.
Assuming that this hurdle is overcome, if a small majority Tory Government tried to reduced holiday entitlement etc, there would be too many Tory MPs in marginal constituencies with post bags full of opposition from their voters, to get such measures through. Conservative MPs are nothing less that practical, and they won't vote in a way that threatens their seat at the next GE.
So what do I think would happen should Brexit occur?
- David Cameron would resign very quickly or get pushed out by his party
- A non-Boris Candidate would win – my personal tip would be Theresa May or Phillip Hammond
- The Conservatives would win a small majority at best (my bet would be a hung Parliament)
- The negotiation to leave the EU would be hampered from the Tory-side by lots of infighting and old grievances. The list of right-wing fantasy policies would be ditched to get something through Parliament that other parties could support
There would plenty of scope for a progressive alliance of Labour, the SNP, Lib Dems and Greens to ensure the shape of the UK as independent nation would be far from the right-wing nightmare you have envisaged. In fact I can see scope to improve the country, as everything would be down to the UK voters without reference to another supra-nation body.
Best Wishes,
A Lexiter


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Here we are at last, the latter part of a Friday afternoon. And so it is time to gaze wistfully over our shoulder at the week that was:
In a two-part interview, Junoon's Vikas Khanna talked about good Diwali eats, dishes he'll serve at his new restaurant, and what foods he misses from his childhood in the Punjab.
Our 10 Best NYC Pizzerias, 2010 Edition.
Battle of the Hippie Sandwiches: Birdbath Bakery v. Peels.
Here's a first look inside Foodparc….
…and the Hurricane Club.
Here's 11 Canadian candies you can't find south of the border.
And here's oyster expert John Bil's guide to buying and shucking oysters.
Where can I find the spiciest food in NYC?
Richard Boccato discusses the Cocktail Collective at Fourty-Four, why ice is hot, and the best old whiskey-and-beer joints in town.
McDonald's Hong Kong will offer weddings, further evidence of the apocalypse.
A gallery of winter squashes, gourds, and pumpkins, now available at the Union Square Greenmarket.
Morning Joe's Willie Geist talks about strange meal times, the cruelty of children, and dining with Rick Sanchez.
William Greenberg's black and white cookies are just as good as you've heard.


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ONE DAY CUP ROUND-UP Somerset super Bowl victory
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Hampshire scored a huge 356-9 before South African Johann Myburgh (71) and big-hitting Peter Trego (100) set up the platform for a Somerset win.
England international Craig Overton hit the final ball for four - his second in three balls - and victory.
Essex beat Kent to finish group runners-up while Somerset, who won four of their eight group games, finish fourth in the South table.
Hampshire, who won five of their eight group matches, secured a home semi-final.
Gloucestershire's weather-affected campaign ended in a 33-run defeat by Middlesex at Bristol while Glamorgan suffered their seventh one-day defeat, beaten by five wickets at the Oval by Surrey.
Gloucestershire finished their cup campaign seventh with two wins from eight, Glamorgan bottom of the nine-team division.
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October 16 + 17, 2017
5:00-9:00 p.m.
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For Princeton students only
View audition details (info sheet, schedule, sides, etc)
Sign up for an audition slot here
In these general auditions for all of the season's music theater pieces, which include many styles of musical expression, we welcome Princeton students of all level of experience (or lack thereof) who would like to sing in a piece of music theater, in roles and ensembles of all sizes. Each student will sign up for a five minute slot.
Experienced students should prepare a 32-bar cut of a song that shows off their vocal range, acting abilities, and personality. They should bring sheet music with cuts clearly marked. They should bring other song options if they have them.
Less experienced and new to music theater students should not be afraid to attend without sheet music. Students can sing a cappella, with their own accompaniment if they bring it (such as a guitar) or can simply sing "Happy Birthday." We hope to have varying levels of experience in the room.
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A Card at last, well this has been scheduled so its not really a return for me, I am in Rye this week enjoying some quality Nanny and Grandson bonding time with my little ray of sunshine Owen.
This weeks theme on the Lili of the Valley Challenge is EASTER and we have been sponsored wioth a £10 Voucher from Lisa and Laila from Lili of the Valley.
What better image to use than this darling little Bunny from the Animal release, this one is called Spring Swing and has been coloured with Copics, the flowers have been punched with the Smallest Retro Flower Punch. and the Paper is from the new Magnolia Collection. The Blue card is from Co-ordinations.
After punching the flowers I used scissors to shape the top of the petals and added little dots of R85 copics to each flower, the leaves are cut with a Doo Hickey Die from Co-Ordinations paper and a little self adhesive pearl has been added to the centre of each.
I used another Do Hickey Die to cut the fence which I 3d onto the image and add some more flowers to.
Copics Used:
Bunny: E53, E51, E50, R20, Leaves G82, YG11, G40, Ribbon R85, R83, R81
Magnolia Doo-Hickey Dies, Magnolia Paper – Crafts U Love
Co-Ordination Card – Crafters Companion
Martha Stewart Border Punch – The Hobby House
Pearls – Wild Orchid Crafts
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Spike Aerospace S-512 Supersonic Jet will cut journey time in half
A new jet is promising to slice journey times between New York and London to just three hours.
Spike Aerospace claims its upcoming dual-engine S-512 Supersonic Jet will fly 450mph (724km/h) faster than any other civilian jet, effectively cutting transatlantic trips in half.
As well as being incredibly quick, the jet will also be luxurious, sporting a lushly appointed cabin that will be able to accommodate up to 18 passengers. The Multiplex Digital cabin will feature large screens instead of the usual windows, which can display entertainment or a view of outside the plane, if you're feeling brave.
The S-512 concept was first revealed in 2013, and it's come a long way since that first showing. "The past 18 months have resulted in significant improvements in all three factors and in a few additional areas like sonic boom, range and comfort," says a post on Spike's website. We'll take their word for it.
All of this doesn't come cheap, of course. A finished S-512 is expected to cost between $60 million and $80 million and, given that they can only hold 18 passengers at a time, tickets are unlikely to be cheap. If you don't want to use up your entire travel budget in one journey, you might need to stick to the familiar 7-hour cattle class journey.
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Please note: the 2019 attendee list is located on the member-only page when you log in to your membership!
This will be one of the largest gatherings of artists, their management, and presenters of the performing arts in the region. Attendees will enjoy activities including dynamic performance showcases, an expanded roster of late night showcases, 5 minute "Pitch and Perform" sessions, keynote speakers, professional development workshops, block-booking sessions, networking opportunities, a packed exhibit hall, and fun social events, all adding up to four highly productive and professional days. Presenters of the performing arts will discover untapped resources, ideas, and inspiration. Performers/artist's management have a medium that allows them access to the presenting organizations and individuals throughout the northwest, and helps get them in front of the audience most capable of booking them into the western U.S. market! All attendees must be current Arts Northwest Members.
Who Should Attend the 2020 Arts Northwest Conference?
Performing Arts Presenters: The Annual ANW Conference allows you as a performing arts presenter, to see, hear and meet with hundreds of artists, their agents, and management in a friendly yet professional setting. From the well-seasoned and well known, to the cutting edge and the "about to be known", you will find artists and ensembles to fit your every need and budget. Participate in the block booking activities to get a jump on your season or event.
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Brownie part:
4 squares of unsweetened Baker's Chocolate
3/4 cup butter
1/2 tsp instant coffee grounds
4 eggs
1 cup flour
Cheesecake part:
1/2 cup of sugar
8 oz cream cheese (sit out at room temperature for about 30 min)
1 egg
1/4 cup flour
1 tsp vanilla extract
1. Preheat the oven to 350, line the 9×13 inch baking pan with foil so that the foil goes a little over the edge, grease the baking pan
2.In a microwave safe bowl, heat up the chocolate and butter for a minute at a time, until the butter is melter completely.
3. Slowly stir the butter/chocolate mixture until the chocolate squares are completely melted and combined with butter.
4. Add the coffee and sugar while slowly stirring, mix well
5. Add eggs, one at the time, mixing well after each addition.
6. Fold the flour into the mixture, mix well.
7. Pour the batter into a baking pan (lines with foil)
8. In a mixing bowl..combine all ingredients for the cheesecake part (make sure the cream cheese is soft)
9. Using an electric mixer, blend well.
10. Slowly, spread the cheesecake part over the brownie part. Using the end of a knife make swirls to give the marble effect.
11. Bake for 30-35 minutes. Make sure not to over-bake because the brownies will come out hard if you do.


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9 Ways to Stop Food Cravings
9 Ways to Stop Food Cravings
Food cravings stand between you and health. They are your worst and the most subtle enemy. These are intense uncontrollable desires for specific foods, irrationally greater than normal hunger. You need a concrete strategy, the one better than "binge, repent and swear" to fight against the enemy within. As food cravings are the big fat reason why you are not able to manage your weight.
Different people crave for different foods. But, in general these are processed junk foods high in salt, sugar and fat. Here are nine ways how you can surmount them and live a healthy life instead of just hoping.
- Drink water: Thirst is often confused with hunger and food cravings. If, you feel a sudden pull for any food, drink a large glass of water and wait. Most times, the craving leaves you as you were only thirsty. Further, drinking water before meals can reduce appetite and help with weight loss.
- Eat protein: Eating protein may lower your appetite and prevent overeating. It reduces cravings because you feel full longer. In a study of obese men an intake of 25 percent more protein decreased their cravings by 60 percent. And, the desire to snack before sleep reduced by 50 percent.
- Eat Spinach: Spinach delays fat digestion. This increases the hormones that reduce appetite such as GLP-1.
- Eat well: Hunger and diminished nutrition can both cause certain cravings. Eat proper meals at meal times to reduce hunger after just eating and also keep the body flush with nutrients. If, you need to snack between meals then pick fruits, vegetables, nuts or seeds.
- Avoid hunger: Hunger is the no 1 reason why we experience cravings. Avoid hunger by eating well at regular times and keeping healthy snacks at hand, just in case you need one. Being prepared keeps out the cravings from showing up in the first place.
- Shift from the craving: When the craving comes upon you, walk away from that place or switch your thoughts to something else. Chewing gum can greatly reduce your appetite and cravings.
- Slow down: Stress induces food cravings and influences the eating behavior and increases weight gain especially, in women. Stress also raises cortisol in the blood a hormone that aids weight gain especially in the belly area.
- Sleep well: Your appetite is largely influenced by the fluctuations in the hormones during the day. And these fluctuations are disrupted by sleep deprivation leading to poor appetite regulation and strong cravings. A study reports that sleep deprived people are 55 percent more obese than those who get adequate sleep.
- Don't shop when hungry: Supermarkets are the worst places to be when you're hungry or craving which then extracts impulsive buying from you. There you've access to any food you want and every unhealthy food is stocked at eye level.
Cravings are common. More than 50 percent of people experience them regularly. They're also the biggest reason why you don't lose weight. So, being aware of them and their triggers keeps you out of their way and makes it easy to eat healthy and lose weight.


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Let It Go!
Throw it off… drop it, and run!
"Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. For the joy set before Him – He endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. Consider Him who endured such opposition from sinners, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart."
What is God saying here?
As I've pondered the "sin" that easily entangles us in this world.
Our desire for approval, our comparisons… the envy, pride, dishonesty….
That is NOT the race God marked out for us.
I want to encourage you to THROW OFF anything that might be holding you back from being God's best, and being healthy in MIND, body and Spirit. It's very easy to want to people please, to be something you're not to try and make others happy. I know, because I'm guilty of it myself.
Life is too short.
I threw off something this week… and it felt really good, so I wanted to share it with you.
God reminded me how special I am, in Him – just the way He made me. Moldable to His image alone for His purpose alone.
He loves me. ALL of me. I don't have to be anyone, other than who I am… He loves me EXACTLY how He made me.
Sure I stumble, make mistakes, occasionally do and say things I regret… but I ask for forgiveness and I communicate with my Maker every day, so I can get right with Him and try again. Above all, I have a heart that desires to please God above man. I value things of eternal value – and I'm blessed with a wonderful husband who leads myself and our family for God's glory.
Our peace, satisfaction, and strength – is from God alone.
We work hard always, often behind the scenes, and quietly from public view … doing the best job we can – and we give discreetly (as He has commanded), in a way to please God alone – filling His call to us.
There is no positive or negative hardship, no amount of money big or small or any other circumstance that will separate us from God.
Deep down, remember – God only made ONE of you, and He wants you to be you. If other people don't LIKE who He made… {then they need to take it up with Him.}
Meanwhile, you go on smiling, working hard, and SHINING for His glory. For every ONE person out there who is ugly, hurtful, or discouraging to you, there are 50 more who love you just as you are, and will cheer you on!
Focus on the ones who love YOU, who encourage you, and who want God's best for you – no matter the earthly cost.
Above all, obey God and His word…. and at the end of day – rest well, knowing you pleased the right One.
"Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked,
nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers;
but his delight is in the law of the Lord,
and on His law he meditates day and night."
Psalm 1:1-2
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Els, Rust en Vrede in Spectator South Africa Report
The June 15, 2015, Wine Spectator features a big report on South Africa, and Rust en Vrede and Ernie Els have starring roles, with the Els Signature and Rust en Vrede 1694 Classification included on the list of "James Molesworth's Recommended Wines from South Africa."
93 Ernie Els Signature Stellenbosch
A dark, alluring style, with gunsmoke tea and warm ganache notes underscoring steeped currant fruit. Cabernet Sauvignon blend.
93 Rust en Vrede 1694 Classification Stellenbosch 2011
Dense, with a charcoal and roasted savory frame around intense plum, cassis and blackberry fruit. Syrah and Cabernet Sauvignon.
Molesworth also points to the wineries in the text of his article. In talking about South African Cabs, he writes: "Another terrific buy is the Rust en Vrede Cabernet Sauvignon Stellenbosch 2012 (91, $29), a red that brims with grippy roasted tobacco and cedar notes along with flavors of steeped currant, warmed fig, loam and baker's chocolate." And the Ernie Els Big Easy White gets a nod as a good value selection with "refreshing white peach, fennel and apple flavors."


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Incident Response
Pitt IT security professionals help protect the University's computer systems by responding to compromised computers and other security incidents. Pitt IT works with departments to quickly respond to security incidents that compromise a computer or server, or result in the unauthorized disclosure of University Information.
Reporting suspected incidents promptly helps the University perform a quick evaluation of the situation to contain the problem, ensure that other computers have not been affected, and determine if sensitive information may be at risk.
Contact the 24/7 IT Help Desk at 412-624-HELP (4357) immediately to report:
- Viruses, spyware, or other malicious programs found on your computer.
- Any attempts to break into your computer over the network.
- Any unauthorized disclosure of sensitive information stored on a computer.
Please be prepared to provide the following information:
- What you have observed.
- Whether the situation may involve more than one computer.
- The date and time the incident occurred.
- The name, serial number, and IP network address of the computer (if known).
- The location of the computer.
- Whether or not any potentially sensitive information is stored on the computer.
Lost or Stolen Equipment
If your computer is lost or stolen, contact University Police at 412-624-2121 and then contact the 24/7 IT Help Desk at 412-624-HELP (4357).


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Here is a card I made to cover both the Color Throwdown challenge and Stampin Queens Sketch Challenge. Melon Mambo is definitely not a favorite color of mine, yet somehow I quite like the finished card.
I used a retired set called Love & Care and colored the stamp with markers using all four of the challenge colors. I then ran it through the Designer Frames EF. As you can see, my Big Shot got a fair bit of use while making this card LOL.
Products used (all Stampin' Up! unless otherwise stated):
Stamps: Love & Care
Cardstock: Melon Mambo; Pretty in Pink; Always Artichoke; Flirtatious DSP
Ink: None
Accessories: Melon Mambo; Pretty in Pink; Always Artichoke Certainly Celery markers; Adorning Accents Edgelits and EF; Designer Frames EF; Quickutz Doily die; Pretty in Pink taffeta ribbon
Sunday, 22 April 2012
Love & Care
2 comments:
- Sharon Wheet said...
Karren, this is really a beautiful card! I love how you added the pattern piece and the stamping is just perfect! [i'm a big fan of pink, too]
thank you so much for playing along with us @ SQSC. I hope that we see more of your work!
- 23 April 2012 at 01:44
- Christine Blain said...
Oh, I LOVE this, Karren! It's really beautiful. Love how you've used the Edgelit die on the DSP; just gorgeous. I also like how you've embossed a frame around your flower image.
- 21 May 2012 at 13:20
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- 64% dark chocolate
- Sprinkled with sea salt flakes and black pepper
- With cocoa nibs (ground cocoa beans)
- Made in Barcelona
- 64% dark chocolate
- Size - 3.52 oz/100 gr
Enjoy a surprising and sophisticated chocolate experience with this premium confection. Each bar of fine dark chocolate is sprinkled with flakes of sea salt, ground black pepper and crunchy cocoa nibs. It is a concert of sweet and spicy, salty and bittersweet.
The chocolate maestros of Luxocolat roast their cocoa beans on site, ensuring the highest quality, freshest chocolates in Spain. This bar is a minimum of 64% cocoa, and has a deep, rich flavor with notes of tropical fruit. The melted chocolate is formed into a bar, and while it is still cooling it is sprinkled with thick flakes of sea salt and a dash of cracked black pepper. Cocoa nibs, which are pieces of roasted cocoa beans, are then sprinkled on last.
Since 1904, the Vira family has made fine chocolates in Barcelona. Originally founded by Josep Ramón, the tradition has carried on for four generations.
Cocoa mass, sugar, cocoa butter, emulsifier (soy lecithin), flavor (natural vanilla extract), cocoa nibs, Maldon sea salt, black pepper. Cocoa 64% minimum.
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Serving size 1/2 bar (50g) Servings per container 2. Calories 280. Calories from fat 190. Total fat 21g (32%). Saturated fat 13g (64%). Sodium 300mg (13%). Total carbohydrate 16g (5%). Sugars 13g. Protein 5g. Not a significant source of trans fat, cholesterol, dietary fiber, vitamin A, vitamin C, calcium, iron. *Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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NB! University's facilities, including Harald Herlin Learning Centre, are not available for students from 17 March to 13 April.
Aalto University students and staff members who have valid Aalto IT credentials can use the premises of Harald Herlin Learning Centre outside customer service hours by activating their access to HSL travel card.
You can do the activation by connecting your Aalto IT credentials to your card at this website: http://idcard.aalto.fi/
Please also carry your Aalto University student of staff member card with you. The guards patrolling the premises may want to see it, and it is their duty to evict everyone who cannot officially prove to be a student or a staff member of the university.
Outside customer service hours you have to access the premises via the entrance facing Otaniementie (marked with red). The card reader is on the right side of the door.
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Josh Kelchner's Story of Hope in the
Children's Home
LAKELAND, Fla. – Josh Kelchner, a former resident of the Florida Baptist Children's Homes tells an amazing story of hope for this year's annual Mother's Day Offering video.
Kelchner graduated from high school last year and garnered numerous achievements, including the President's Volunteer Service Award that he received personally from President George Bush. He also received a prestigious appointment to the West Point Military Academy.
However, his early life was not one of comfort and easy accomplishment, but one marked by intense difficulty as a result of being abandoned by his father at the age of two and being raised by a mother that was addicted to drugs and alcohol.
He eventually became the "parent" in the family to his two younger sisters and brother. Kelchner and his siblings were eventually placed in foster care when his mother was taken to jail after violating her parole.
Kelchner initially bounced around from one foster home to another, but eventually found love and stability with the Florida Baptist Children's Homes. His natural talents and abilities were able to blossom when he was able to feel the security and support from his house parents in the Children's Homes. The Christian love and guidance provided to Kelchner gave him a sense of security he never had in his early childhood.


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To be recognized in this way is very humbling...I'd like to express my gratitude to the Florida Insurance Council and my colleagues who work so hard to ensure FIC is a leading voice in protecting Floridians.
Bonita Springs, Florida (PRWEB) August 27, 2014
Florida Family Insurance President Peter Corrigan was awarded the John L. "Rick" Ricciardelli Lifetime Achievement Award by the Florida Insurance Council (FIC) during their recent Summer Symposium. The award is given in honor of the late John L. Ricciardelli, an influential industry voice and one of the founders of FIC.
Corrigan was recognized for his outstanding leadership as chairman of FIC during a period in the association's history marked by turbulent economic times and an internal reorganization. Serving from the summer of 2011 to the summer of 2013, he is one of only a handful of people in FIC's 52-year history to serve as chairman for two terms.
"I am deeply honored and overwhelmed by the John L. 'Rick' Ricciardelli Award. Mr. Rick was a giant in the Florida insurance industry and this award has previously been presented to professionals who have dedicated their lives to insurance public policy issues," Corrigan said. "To be recognized in this way is very humbling."
He was presented the award by Gary Guzzo of Floridian Partners, a legislative consultant for FIC and former Deputy Insurance Commissioner. "Peter epitomizes the qualities which made Mr. Rick so special, including his service to FIC, his willingness to devote the great amount of time which was necessary, and being such a genuine and nice person," Gary said.
The award's namesake, known as Mr. "Rick," served as chair of the FIC executive committee and board, as well as holding several other key positions. President of a Miami-based auto insurance company, Mr. Rick worked for decades with the Department of Insurance to fight auto insurance fraud in the Miami area.
Corrigan credits the success of his FIC tenure in part to the diligence of many of the organization's members. "I would like to express my gratitude to the Florida Insurance Council and my colleagues who work so hard to ensure FIC is a leading voice in protecting Floridians."
The Florida Insurance Council was established in 1962 to represent the insurance sector in legislative, regulatory, judicial and executive branch forums. The Council is now Florida's largest company trade association, representing 31 insurers groups consisting of 236 companies—which write over $33 billion a year in premium volume and provide all lines of coverage.
About Florida Family Insurance
Since 1996, Florida Family Insurance has been a financially strong, stable Florida homeowners insurer, providing outstanding customer service to its Agents and Policyholders. With offices in Bonita Springs and Jacksonville, Florida Family services over 115,000 Policyholders throughout Florida, writing homeowners, condominium, rental property, and flood products through a network of licensed independent agents.


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Providence Equity Partners reached a buyout deal with Clear Channel for its TV stations unit last week, but someone forgot to check with the bankers. Wachovia, one of three banks that was to finance the deal, has sued Providence to get out of the deal, the NYT reports.
The original $1.2 billion buyout deal, agreed to last April, has been on the rocks since the fall. And Providence has been trying to renegotiate the price, given the declining economy. Clear Channel sued Providence to get them to close, and last the two sides agreed to lower the price by $100 million. But now Wachovia, which was set to finance $450 million of the original deal, wants out and says the renegotiation voids its original commitment.
But here's the scary part for Clear Channel: Wachovia is also financing the larger, $25 billion buyout of the rest of the company to Thomas H. Lee Partners and Bain Capital. That deal is not contingent on the TV stations selling, but was agreed to more than a year ago. Wachovia could be looking for a way out.


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Teenage Ghost Punk, Delivers Family Friendly Supernatural Horror
Teenage Ghost Punk, Mike Cramer Film Details
Director: Mike Cramer
Writer: Mike Cramer
Release Date: April 4, 2017
Release Format: VOD
MPAA Rating: Not Rated
Genre: Comedy, Family, Music
Running Time: 1 hour 39 minutes
Newly-divorced Carol moves with her kids, Amanda (16) and Adam (12), from rural Michigan to a Victorian house near Chicago. As the three begin to adjust to their new surroundings, strange things start happening. Creepy noises. Unexplained messes. Old punk rock albums missing.
Suspecting the house is haunted, Adam and Amanda hire a wacky medium and a team of bumbling paranormal investigators to help, then discovers on her own that the house is haunted by the ghost of a 17-year-old punk guitarist named Brian, and his fun-loving band of dead pals.
Amanda and Brian form a friendship that soon veers toward romance. When the past collides with the present, how will Amanda solve her future?
The film centers on Amanda Poplawski a character who meets a ghost, or a haunter, named Brian. Amanda's encounter begins after her family moves to a new town so their mom can start a new career.
Actress Grace Madigan portrays the role of Amanda and actor Jack Cramer portrays Brian.
Amanda receives heartbreaking news that both her boyfriend and best friend started dating. The relationship began shortly after Amanda left. It is at that point Amanda builds an unlikely friendship with Brian. The connection spirals into something much stronger when feelings for Brian become romantic.
Soon, Amanda learns of other haunters trapped throughout the neighborhood. The relation between Brian and Amanda's mother Carol have a shocking connection. This startling discovery leads to a confrontation between mother daughter, and Brian. Adria Dawn portrays Carol. After this, Brian and his other deceased friends decide that they want to move on from the world.
Teenage Ghost Punk is a fun family-oriented paranormal film. The film has a beautiful plot and interesting characters. Once it gets going, it captures the viewer.
The diversity of the haunters was a very nice touch. These ghosts remained trapped in time. From the 1700's, 1800's, and 1900's each period coincided with their life and deaths. This was a great idea that could have seen an expansion with the potential to be more.
The practical effects were good with a focus on the group of haunters. The different wardrobes and personalities fit right in with their specific time eras.
Teenage Ghost Punk is not scary by any means. The special effects were a little mediocre. It's on the same level as Goosebumps.
The progression between time periods and character backstories could have been better. The film lacked visual presenting the time and era. This is where the special effects sort of fall through the cracks.
In Conclusion
Mike Cramer does an exceptionally good job at this story. He mixes in the past, present, and a hint of the future to create a stunning timepiece that will intrigue the viewer.
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Welcome to Kotaku's official forum, known affectionately as Talk Amongst Yourselves. This is the place where we gather on a daily basis to discuss all things video game and existential. Want to talk about new games, old games, games that aren't even out yet? Knock yourselves out!
It's a Truth/Doubt/Lie kind of day here at TAY today. This TAYpic by the legendary The_Real_Pan1da7 lets Cole Phelps interrogate the guys from the "Rich and Poor" painting. We're going to have to take some of that bread in for evidence, sir.
You can do funny things with pictures, right? Want everyone on this fine web forum to see? Here's what you do. Post your masterpieces in the #TAYpics thread. Don't forget to keep your image in a 16x9 ratio if you want a slice of Talk Amongst Yourselves glory. Grab the base image here. Don't forget to keep your image in a 16x9 ratio if you want a slice of TAY glory. The best ones will be featured in future installments of Talk Amongst Yourselves.


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Arc Motion Control proudly introduces the VOLO. From the creators of Dragonframe software, this versatile camera crane was designed specifically for the art of stop motion animation. Solid repeatable motion on a rock solid base that's also easily repositioned or moved from stage to stage. The VOLO's neutral camera height was designed to complement sets built at the animator's standing position. The VOLO's base has a high and low mode, allowing shots that skim the ground or reach as high as 10ft with the head over-slung.
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Increased recovery rates of phosphocreatine (PCr) and inorganic phosphate (Pi) after isometric contraction in oxidative muscle fibres and elevated hepatic insulin resistance in carriers of the fat mass and obesity-associated FTO genotypesGrunnet, Louise Groth, Brøns, C., Jacobsen, S., Nielsen, E., Astrup, Arne, Hansen, T., Pedersen, Oluf Borbye, Poulsen, P., Quistorff, Bjørn & Vaag, A., 2008, In : Diabetes. 57, Suppl. 1, p. A329 1 p.
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Amazing Coastal Photography
Greetings from Aruba
It's the water. The water. The water. You can't stop ogling it. It's like you've never seen the ocean before. Something so attractive and enticing that you don't want to tear your eyes away. This must be how addiction starts. You look at the incredible turquoise blues with sunglasses off. You look at them again with your sunglasses on. You pass your polarized Maui Jims to someone else. "Are you seeing what I am seeing?" Yes, he is. It's just ARUBA. It has that thing, the way some really beautiful models and actors do. They can't help it. It's nature's lottery. Well, Aruba, you won big time. And I'm in. Way in.
Greetings from New Castle, New Hampshire
Greetings from Big Sur, California
On a winding roadway known for incredible views, perhaps the most dramatic vistas of California's Highway 1 appear along the narrow, two-lane region of Big Sur, about two hours south of San Francisco. Here, the panoramas are immense, with rocky mountains plunging way down to crashing seas. There are plentiful pull-offs: Obviously no one can resist driving for long without stopping for a lingering look. Some people perch at cliff's edge, leaning out for a better photo; others stand many cautious steps back. Either way, it's front and center—wind, ocean's roar, and all that blue.
Greetings from Cape Neddick, Maine
Greetings from Bora Bora, Tahiti
Greetings from Fiji
Greetings from Martha's Vineyard
Greetings from Cairns, Australia
Greetings from Portsmouth, New Hampshire
Time seems to pause, just for a moment, at dawn on the South End of Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Viewed from Peirce Island, the back channel of the Piscataqua River lies as calm as the deserted streets. Soon, inside gorgeous 18th- and 19th-century houses, sleepy people will start to stir. Tourists will begin strolling the sidewalks, devouring the feast of historic architecture. The Chandler's Loft, a favorite waterfront café, will open its breakfast/lunch counter, and life will go on as it has here in Portsmouth's oldest neighborhood since 1630. But first, in the still morning, the best efforts of humans and nature come together for a fleeting instant of transcendent beauty
Greetings from Miami Beach, Florida
During the day, this lifeguard station is a hub of South Beach, surrounded by cushioned lounge chairs, white umbrellas, and bronzed bodies on bright beach towels. But as the sun sinks into the horizon, the crowds dissipate, letting this red, white, and blue beauty be the lone star on the shore. This station—one of 29 individually designed towers that dot the white sands of Miami—was part of an effort to draw people back to the beach following the devastation of hurricanes in 1992 and 2005. And sure enough, it has earned its glory
Greetings from Maranhão, Brazil
A jeep excursion, a ferry ride down the Preguiças River, and your own two feet—that's what it takes to reach the lagoons in northeastern Brazil's Lençóis Maranhenses National Park. The sweeping, Sahara-like landscape of 40-foot-tall white sand dunes may seem all desert at first, but the park is prone to great rainfall during the wet season (December through July). The freshwater droplets collect in valleys, forming beautiful blue and teal lagoons. This particular spot, Lagoa do Peixe, maintains a healthy water level even in the driest season, so bathing suit--clad visitors know they can stop here for a dip in crystal clear water. Cradled in the desert's cool blue, you realize you've reached no mirage—just pure miracle.
Greetings from Santorini, Greece
On this mystical isle in the Aegean Sea, a colorful tableau comes alive over the town of Oia at sunset, when fiery swaths of orange, yellow, and rust meet up at day's end. Visitors and locals take to the narrow streets around town, populated with blue-domed churches and traditional Cycladic whitewashed homes. The view from Santorini's cliffs is pristine, suspending you somewhere between earth and sky as the sun kisses the wavy horizon. Is there a sizzle when they meet? You hear only silence, beautiful in its simplicity. Golden light ignites the sky and streaks the hillside, the black-pebble beach, and the ocean below. It's a true rendezvous of sun and sea.
Greetings from Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia
It is no wonder that Viking and Basque explorers returned home with tales of a wild and magnificent land across the sea, having reached this northern-most tip of Nova Scotia's Cape Breton Island. Off the wind-scoured highlands swam a plentitude of whales, porpoises, dolphins, and cod, luring ancient adventurers back to build summer fishing camps and tiny ports, digging small farms and sturdy villages into the soil. Now, a staunch string of eight Top of the Island communities (including tiny Capstick on Wreck Cove, shown here) inherits that legacy of farm and fishery, plying those trades into the modern age. And it welcomes a new generation of explorers seeking the remote beauty of Canada's maritime treasures
Greetings from Providenciales, Turks & Caicos
Some have compared it to gin. That's how clear the water is surrounding the 40 islands and cays of Turks & Caicos, a tranquil Caribbean archipelago that arcs southeast of the Bahamas and points the way to the Dominican Republic. When you don a mask and wade into these warm waters, you discover just what lures divers and snorkelers here: the islands' coral-rich barrier reef, one of the world's longest. Underwater, you see everything with a clarity that seems enhanced, a high-definition world of light and sparkle. It's a view that may, in fact, be even more transformative than a Tanqueray, neat.
Shot by in the shallow water just offshore of Northwest Point with a Canon EOS-1Ds and 15mm fisheye lens in an underwater housing. To get the "over/under" image of half air, half water requires a very wide-angle lens and a small aperture for exposure.
Greetings from Cassis, France
"He who has seen Paris and not Cassis has seen nothing," declaimed writer Frédéric Mistral, the 1904 Nobel laureate who clearly knew this stretch of the French Riviera as well as he knew literature. East of Marseille, this ancient and fortified harbor is a favorite getaway for the French, but often overlooked by the rest of the world's Mediterranean pleasure-seekers, who answer the siren calls of Nice and St. Tropez. If they only knew what they're missing: a bustling waterfront, glorious sunbathing, and the famed calanques—deep and narrow inlets that make for high-romance boat excursions, picnics, and swims.
Photo taken by Marco Maccarini with a Nikon D300 and wide-angle lens when the photographer came upon the deck of l'Hôtel de la Plage Le mahogany, dotted with colorful umbrellas and armchairs. A partially cloudy sky offered a soft and diffuse light.
Greetings from … Napali Coast, Kauai
In breathtaking understatement, the Hawaiian words na pali mean, simply, "the cliffs." What is left unsaid is what truly takes the breath away: a 4,000-foot palisade of formidable emerald green, carved deeply and vertically along its face by streams and waterfalls, and crowned by jagged spires along its ridge. Unmarred by roads and protected by the state as wilderness, this 17-mile stretch of Kauai coastline can be explored only on foot via vertiginous trails that skirt its steeps. To approach from the water (as the Polynesians did) you can cruise on a catamaran. Then again, you might hover aloft in a helicopter for hire, and struggle to put your wonder into words.
Shot by Frans Lanting from a helicopter using a Nikon camera and wide-angle 24mm lens, taking advantage of afternoon light.
Greetings from … Corolla
Sequestered in the northern-most reaches of North Carolina's Outer Banks like a prize rose in a garden's private corner, tiny Corolla (population 600) is a resplendent outpost amid white sands and salt water. While home for centuries to Native Americans, and to the wild horses that still roam the beaches today, the town gained its name in 1895 when the postal service—notorious for changing the names of Outer Banks towns—had the consideration to ask villagers what they wanted to be called. Their choice— the botanical term for a flower's petals—was a name both romantic and predictive. Now, more than a century later, a spread of bright homes along those still-vast sands looks from above like a cheery blast of flower power.
Greetings From … Key West, Florida
While sailing might be considered a pursuit borne in silence, the beginning of a sailing race, as each boat tacks and jibes for position at the starting gun, is anything but: the snap of sails taking in wind, the slap of sea against hulls, the clang of rigging, the calls and barks of skippers to crews and their throaty chorus of assent, and then a gun blast that cracks through the humid, tropical air. It's five solid days of such starts at Quantum Key West Race Week, a nautical pilgrimage that draws thousands of sailors and hundreds of boats from around the world to Florida's tiny coral outpost for offshore competition and onshore occupation of the quirky island's clubs and bars (a pursuit, by the way, never borne in silence).
Greetings from the Santa Monica Pier
On California's beloved pleasure pier, boardwalk culture persists and thrives: seafood in the rough, spun sugar, and games that trump electronics with old-fashioned joys— hurling darts at balloons and beanbags at pyramids of bottles. Here, too, are rides that transcend time: a carousel, a roller coaster, bumper cars, and a resplendent, slow-turning Ferris wheel. Aglow and shimmering, the boardwalk beckons us to come join its nostalgic world of amusements—a world that promises to endure for all the summer days and nights to come.
Greetings from … Grand Marais, Minnesota
Where a jumble of boulders makes for the perfect leap into Indian summer—and Lake Superior.
Photographer Bryant Scannell took this shot on a North Minnesota camping trip of a jump into surprisingly warm Lake Superior waters with a Canon 5D and an EF 50mm f/1.4 lens.
Greetings from Tarquina, Italy
Sunlight illuminates the tools of a lobsterman's trade during the hauling of nets in the Tyrrhenian Sea.
While searching for female lobsters for a repopulation program, marine researcher and photographer Paolo Cipriani took this shot with a Canon EOS 5D Mark III and EF 24-70 mm f/2.8 L II USM lens.
Cape Town, South Africa
"Bathing boxes" at Muizenberg Beach keep colorful watch over the Indian Ocean's warm waters.
Photographer Neil Overy got up early in the morning to capture what he calls the "epic light" and no surfers offshore at the popular beachfront destination. He used a Canon EOS 5D Mk1 with a Canon 24-70 F2.8L lens.
Greetings from The Philippines
In this watery world of more than 7,000 islands, every paddle stroke leads to a new escape.
Photographer Francisco Guerrero used a Canon EOD 5d Mark III with a 17-40mm lens to capture two boatmen approaching Isla Walang Lang-aw ("Island Without Trees") from the shore of Dimakya Island.
Greetings from … Saint-Tropez
Fine-art photographer Gray Malin was soaring over the beaches of Saint-Tropez in a helicopter when he was struck by the pattern of orange umbrellas in contrast with "the stunning teal of the Mediterranean Sea." He shot the scene using a Canon 5D with a 24-105mm USM lens, no filter.
Greetings from Telendos, Greece
The vaulted arc of this tiny island's Crystal Cave frames the Aegean and lures climbers to its dizzying apogee.
Photographer Dan Patitucci did his own rock climbing to frame this view of his friend–professional climber and guide Simon Duverney–making his way along an extremely difficult route. As marine fog lifted and before the sun went down, Patitucci used a Canon EOS 5D Mark III with a 16-35 f2.8 lens to capture the high-flying image.
Greetings from Carova Beach, North Carolina
In a wonderful confluence of orderly and untamed, North Carolina's wild Banker horses pace the sands of this Outer Banks beach.
Photographer Megan Maloy grew up vacationing with family on the Outer Banks, and has long loved the area's wild horses. On an uncrowded day on this stretch of beach at the northern end (only accessed via four-wheel drive from nearby Corolla), Maloy spotted the horses walking in formation. She captured the image with a Canon EOS 5D Mark II with a Canon EF 24-70mm f2.8L lens.
Greetings from Tulum, Mexico
The Caribbean Sea froths as it meets—and mingles with—the soft, pale sands of the Yucatán.
Photographers Ryan and Sonia Rickett (Rickett & Sones) are in love with the water off Tulum's coast. "It purifies and rejuvenates our souls," Ryan says. Using a fast shutter speed of 1/2000 (at f/8, ISO 500) with a Canon 5D MK3 and a vintage Nikon 50mm prime lens adapted to the body, the photographers sought to capture that magic: "Even now when I look at this image," Ryan says, "I can feel the warm water washing over my feet, sinking me deeper into the soft sand."


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how to book the cheapest flights | 5 easy steps!
Easily the top question I get on a regular basis is "Bryan, how do you afford all of these flights?" Well, as a seasoned traveller I have spent years learning and refining how to get the cheapest flights on the market at any given time. I now refuse to spend more than £100 on a set of return flights and regularly spend in the region of £15-30 on European flights! That is cheaper than an average weekly spend on fuel for your car! Like the good guy I claim to be I am about to spill my secrets so you can jet off around the world for less than your phone bill.
So, the secret lies entirely around Skyscanner.com
Feel free to go on to www.skyscanner.com and follow along the steps with me, don't worry – you won't be locked in to anything. So if you have stumbled across this post amidst the throes of wanderlust you can follow along to see just how easy it is to travel for cheap!
Step 1
Know your starting location! Depending on where you live there may be multiple airports within range. There are three airports within a 2 hour driving distance from my house, each with their own specialities and price ranges. I will simply pick Dublin International Airport to use for demonstrative purposes, but in order to get accurate results you will need to be running several search queries from each starting airport.
Step 2
Don't have an ending location! This may sound ludicrous… but bare with me.
Step 3
Have as wide a date range as possible for your current situation. Many people love to set a date and stick with it. They never take the time to search around their desired dates and realize they could be having exactly the same trip for half the price!
So, now all you have to do is hit search and results will come flooding in.
Okay, so all these results are ridiculous… In fact, according to my search I can visit over 28 countries for less than £100 this year. Go ahead, do a search for yourself and you will be amazed at how cheap travel is if you open your possibilities as wide as can be.
Now, to understand how to select the best deals…
Step 4
First, pick yourself a country. I like the look of Bulgaria (I have never been and I hear the locals are splendid!) ALl you need to do is click the little blue arrow and you will get a drop down menu of possible airports to fly in to. Obviously pick the cheapest one!
In our case "Sofia". Now, you will be given the cheapest month to fly in and out of Sofia and up to date prices for every day in that month.
Note that Skyscanner has kindly taken us to the cheapest month possible, in my case December 2016, for my given starting and ending locations. If you are a little more time constrained than I feel free to use the arrows to cycle through the various months, you are still guaranteed to find the best deal out there!
Step 5
Now, take a look at the two different calendars on screen. The dates on the left represent your departing flights, the dates on the right represent return flights and the prices clearly demonstrate how much you will pay for a single flight on that day. Select a date from the left, a date from the right and Voilà, you have just bagged yourself a return flight to an unknown land for the cheapest possible price.
Now, prices on the initial search can be slightly inaccurate by a few pounds (or whatever currency unit you use) so just check to make sure things are still within your budget. As you can see the overall price is going to be £7 more than was initially quoted… I have no idea why, but I don't really care as I will happily cough up an hour of minimum wage work extra for 9 days in Bulgaria!
Now, click on the large green "Show Flights" button at the bottom of the page. (Don't worry you won't be committed to anything!) And you will be given this screen.
It shows all the possible flight combinations from your start to end point with the cheapest one at the top. Now, if all seems well click the large green "Select" button on the right and you will be taken to this screen:
It gives a detailed breakdown of your flights, any layovers and the price. All that is left is to check everything is to your liking and click the Green "Select" button beside your final price. This will take you to the booking agency or airline operating your flight where you can finalize and pay for your booking.
Top Tip: Make sure you check the final price again on the third party website. As always it is possible that prices have fluctuated during this process as supply and demand changes.
I have just bestowed upon you one of my most valuable travel trips for return journeys. Check back here every week for another little nugget of wisdom. For now… Go on, get out there and see the world!
If this article has helped you feel free to share it with your friends to give them some travel inspiration! And do let me know in the comments below how many countries you could visit for under £100.
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Hope you enjoy the pictures, I am afraid the fog does not show as much as I'd like it to. It is one thing that is hard to take a picture of. Hope you all are having a great winter day. I know the sun is shining some where. Come anytime for a tour. I'll leave the lights on and Sissy dog will be more than glad to walk with ya through the park.
Monday, January 28, 2013
Dark of Winter
Hope you enjoy the pictures, I am afraid the fog does not show as much as I'd like it to. It is one thing that is hard to take a picture of. Hope you all are having a great winter day. I know the sun is shining some where. Come anytime for a tour. I'll leave the lights on and Sissy dog will be more than glad to walk with ya through the park.
Saturday, January 19, 2013
Video of My Old Historic House.
Last spring I was lucky to be featured in a video of my house. It comes from PBS Illinois. They are located in Quincy, Illinois, about 65 miles from my town of Clarksville,Mo. They do a weekly session called, "Illinois Stories." One thing they like to feature are house museums. Where I do not live in Illinois, they broke the rules a little an came and did a story of my house. It is a 30 minute video and now they have given me permission to share it with others. So type this in your search bar and it should pop up. Enjoy. Come for a real tour anytime. I will leave the lights on and Sissy will always meet you with a jump and a kiss. Richard
Thursday, January 10, 2013
I have always had a love for this art form. It seems I am not alone, as there are endless examples to chose from. The bust in my collection tend to be mostly from Europe. They are or the Royal heads of state and common people as well. My collection are from the Victorian years, however some of the subjects lived much earlier. Where mine are of porcelain, other bust range in media from marble, bronze to wood. Bust have adorned houses and building since the dawn of time. My house is no exception and today I am sharing my small collection with you. This pair of bust is on the fireplace mantle in my dining room. They are porcelain that is not glazed, known as Bisque. They are life size. I bought them from a home estate sale in Springfield,Ill.
|Leopold V- Duke of Lippe, Austria. was King and this bust is of Crown Prince Leopold III,Prince of Lippe, crowned 1851.Married Princess Elisabeth of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt in 1852.
|This is a real photo of the Crown Prince, do you see a resemblance?
|Makers mark on the bottom of the two bust.
married Princess Alexander of Denmark. Her full name was: Alexandra Caroline Marie
Charlotte Louise Julia. Chosen at the age of 16 to be Edwards wife , they married in 1863.
The Tiara she is wearing is from Queen Adelaide, wife of King William IV.The bust is of her
as young lady .
|This is a photo of Queen Alexandra.
The french often made bust of there common people as well as there Royals. The
next group of my bust are the commoners. They again are of porcelain, the painted ones
are called Bisque and the white ones were called Parian.
|This lady is sure to have been a house maid, see her head dress. I love the faux marble plinth.
|Love how his cloths are painted and the plinth is highly decorated .Love the hat. He too is life size.
|Judging by her hat and dress this girl was mostly likely a house maid.
|Queen Marie stand guard in my library.
|The real Queen Marie Antoinette
|This lady is glazed porcelain and I am not sure who she is. I have seen her in many forms.
Saturday, January 5, 2013
Many Years and Many Pounds Latter! But I still have HAIR!
|This was taken at my 35th birthday party. I had lost a lot of weight at this stage in my life. I think it was the period of my life when I looked and felt the best.
Went looking for something in my photo box the other night and found these. They made me smile at first, brought back many memories. Then, I was forced to look in the mirror and ask the question,"What Happened? 30 years and a lot of eating Fried Chicken and Doughnuts. Two of my favorite things in the world. As I have kinda retired, moved to the country, settled in and have cut myself off from the world. It is the truth. I am sure a lot of us do this in our Golden Years. I am not proud of it, wish I could do better. Most days I see no one, talk to no one and no one sees me. When I am forced out into the public view, I panic, as I do not fix myself up so much anymore. No excuse. Lazy I guess.Don't buy cloths, get a hair cut, once a year, need it or not. I hope seeing these pictures, writing this post, will make me do better. I don't count on that much, but will promise myself to try.
|I was 31 in this picture. I was giving a tour of my home,"Rose Haven," located in the Soulard district of St.Louis.
I have 5 brothers and one sister. All my brothers are mostly bald. Even my younger brother, Nathan, I was 12 when he was born. That hair line goes way back there . My father had some hair when he was young. I have pictures of him with a grand head of hair. He was not bald when he died, but had thinned and was a way back there in the front. I blamed there hair loss on wearing hats. I never liked wearing a hat. I don't wear hats and I have HAIR.Growing up in farm country, on a farm, every one, but me, wore hats. One of my pet pees today is, people wearing hats when they eat. Yes, my family does. I complain and they act like I am nuts. Maybe I am? We go out to eat, they wear hats. We eat at home, there's or mine, and they wear hats. My little brother has a really nice new love interest. First time we meet, I pulled her aside and mentioned the hat thing. Next time we got together to eat, my brother had no hat. Maybe I have done some good?? He might not think so.
|This was taken at the flea market in the French Quarter of New Orleans. Notice the hair!!!!
Actually I have had a weight problem most of my life. My whole family are big people. On the farm where I grew up, we worked hard and had three huge meals a day. I mean huge, including cake, pie, homemade ice cream and biscuits and gravy. I still love all this stuff. My body does not burn it up like it did working on that farm. Now days I set in my chair and BLOG! I am from a family of men ,who all are 6 foot tall and big boned.My mother was shorter, about 5 foot 6. but she too had a problem with her weight. She had 7 kids, give her break. She was a wonderful cook. I long for some of her food. I'd be even bigger then.
|At a Christmas party 1981, more hair!
The older we get, the harder it is to loose weight. Everything I eat goes to fat. I have more double chins than a Chinese phone book. Living alone makes it even harder. It is no fun to cook and eat by ones self, so I eat junk food, frozen stuff and lots of carry outs. It is a cop out, but I don't see me making any big chances soon. Maybe come spring. Right????
|This was taken on a Ferry Boat in the Hamptons. I lived in Sag Harbor and had a shop in East Hampton. Friends and I were on our way to Shelter Island to the Rams Head Inn for dinner. I was starting to take on weight. This was 1997.
Thanks for listening and taking a trip back in time with me. Come visit Sissy and me anytime. I will always leave a light on and Sissy Dog will give you a jump and a kiss. Happy weekend. Richard
|Me and Sissy Dog today. Many years latter, but I still have HAIR!
Thursday, January 3, 2013
Eagle Watching in Clarksville,Mo.
The months of January and February are great times for Eagle Watching here in Missouri. My little town, Clarksville,Missouri,population 420 is located right on the banks of the Mississippi River. Eagles come to the river to fish when the weather is cold. Lock and Dam number 24 is located on our riverfront. The lock keeps the river from freezing and it makes fishing easy for the eagles.
For the past 10 or so years we have celebrated the Eagle watching with what we call, "Eagle Days." This year , the weekend of January 26 and 27, is when the celebration takes place. The Missouri Department of Conservation comes and brings several live Eagles, along with posters and movies. This all takes place in an old apple packing shed here in town. The "Apple Shed", is now owned and operated by the Raintree Arts Council., This group is from Pike and Lincoln Counties here in Missouri. They host several events each year, such as, art shows, plays, musicals, Applefest and Eagle Days. The movies are shown in the theater and the live Eagle demonstrations take place in the old packing shed. It is spacious, so they can fly about, but has no heat, so tourist must wrap up.We are lucky here, in rural Missouri, to have this organization.
The Riverfront Park just outside my shop window is also a great gathering place for this event. The Eagles always seem to put on a show, fishing and dancing, as hundreds of watchers, watch. There is a fire, hot drinks and information booths. One year over 600 Eagles were counted the weekend of that Eagle days. I hope they come and show off for us again. The conditions are becoming good. Was 12 degree here last night, we have some snow and ice on the ground as well.
I decorated the windows of my antique mall."Downtown Antique Mall", for the event. I'd like to share those windows with you all today. I took pictures of Eagles and went to a photo shop and had them enlarged into poster size. The shop does a great job and the price is not bad. I glued them to foam board, so they are pretty stable. I figure I can use them for years to come, so when you average the price out, that is not to bad. Snow is good for Eagle watching, so I decorated all around the windows and posters with hundreds of hand cut snow flakes. I guess I have reverted to my child hood, as hand cutting snow flakes has been my agenda for the past 2 months. Oh well, at least the price is right.
I wish that you all could come to Clarksville for a visit. See the Eagles, shop my antique mall and tour, My Old Historic House. You are always welcome and I will always leave a light on , besides that, Sissy Dog will meet you with a jump and a kiss. In the mean time, Happy Eagle Watching. Richard
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The Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) approved on Tuesday afternoon the criteria it will use for determining whether an insurer is "systemically significant" and thereby suitable for stricter federal regulation. The FSOC unanimously approved the rule, which itself is consistent with the regulation the FSOC proposed in November.
The final regulation establishes a three-step screening process for determining whether a non-bank such as an insurer should be subject to regulation by the Federal Reserve Board as well as state regulators because, under the criteria established under the Dodd-Frank Act, it represents a potential risk to the stability of the U.S. financial system.
Brian Gardner, an analyst for Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc., New York, says the final rule establishes a process in which the second and third steps that will enable the FSOC to narrow down which firms will ultimately designated as posing a potential material risk to the U.S. financial system.
He said the last two stages will be more qualitative than first step. Ultimately, it will be a judgment call as to whether a non-bank poses a material risk to the U.S. financial system.
Gardner cautioned that SIFI designation will be a very long process, and an uncertain one by design. "The SIFI designation "will ultimately not be reduced to simple rules and calculations," he said.
"This does not provide a lot of clarity in the ultimate determination," Gardner said, but "it does provide a little clarity as to how process will work."
He said the Treasury Department is trying to get this process finalized by the end of the year, but it would not be a one-time exercise. This would be a fluid process in which companies could be designated as SIFI and later lose that designation..
Schuman, a life analyst also with Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, said that the first thing he noticed about the final rule is that the Stage 1 screen proposed last fall has been maintained.
"The implications are similar," Schuman said, but he noted that the final rule provides more detail as to how the FSOC will apply those screens.
He said the final rule also clarified some details about the metrics that will be used, including calculation of derivative liabilities.
Schuman also said that the final rule indicates FSOC examiners will "take an expansive view of defining a company's debt."
That means that besides calculating holding company debt, some operating debt will also be involved in the calculations as to potential systemic risk, Schuman said.
A key change in the final rule from the proposal is that it clarifies the applicability of the confidentiality provisions to information collected by the FSOC as part of the determination process.
This was a key request of insurers through the notice-and-comment process prompted by the FSOC's decision to re-propose the rule last November.
It ends a process for establishing the guidelines that began in the fall of 2010, soon after passage of the Dodd-Frank financial services law that created the FSOC and the additional oversight of financial institutions deemed necessary to avert a rerun of the 2007-2009 financial crisis.
The final rule satisfies a key demand of insurers: that a qualitative measuring system be used as the initial screen to determine whether a non-bank should be designated as SIFI.
At the center of this qualitative screening method is the standard that a nonbank financial company will be subject to further evaluation if it has at least $50 billion of total consolidated assets and meets or exceeds any one of the following thresholds:
- $30 billion in gross notional credit default swaps outstanding for which the nonbank financial company is the reference entity;
- $3.5 billion in derivative liabilities;
- $20 billion of total debt outstanding;
- 15 to 1 leverage ratio, as measured by total consolidated assets (excluding separate accounts) to total equity; or
- 10 percent ratio of short-term debt (having a remaining maturity of less than 12 months) to total consolidated assets.
The second stage will be an analysis of the nonbank financial companies identified in Stage 1 using a broad range of information available to the FSOC primarily through existing public and regulatory sources.
The third stage will be for the FSOC to contact each nonbank financial company that the Council believes merits further review to collect information directly from the company that was not available in the prior stages.
Each nonbank financial company that is reviewed in Stage 3 will be notified that it is under consideration and be provided an opportunity to submit written materials related to the FSOC's consideration of the company for a proposed determination.
Under the FSOC final rule, companies will receive written notice and an opportunity to contest the continuation of the determination. "Institutions will indeed have a chance to appeal," a Treasury official who declined to be identified by name said.
The official said that the FSOC hopes to have the SIFI determination process ready to go by the end of the year.
The official also confirmed that the FSOC is coordinating with International Association of Insurance Supervisors so that the rules are aligned.
Regulators are hopeful of having International SIFI, the so-called "G-SIFI," designated at the earliest in first quarter of 2013, the official said. Federal Insurance Office director Michael McRaith is on the executive committee of the IAIS.
At the same time, Treasury officials said that, even if a nonbank meets none of those criteria, the FSOC still has the authority to designate it as a SIFI.
The FSOC must do so in writing, with an accompanying letter to Congress, that thoroughly justifies such a decision.
In addition, the FSOC "may consider any nonbank financial company for a determination if the agency believes the company could pose a threat to U.S. financial stability," the proposal says.


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Methner to face recall in Jerome Township on May 5
Registered voters in Jerome Township will vote on a recall petition for Township Clerk Connie Methner on May 5.
Needing 428 valid signatures, Jerome Township resident Judy Brewer submitted 564 signatures on Dec. 22 to the county clerk's office. Tuesday, County Clerk Ann Manary announced that Brewer had gathered enough valid signatures to enact the recall election on May 5.
People who wish to run for township clerk will need to contact the Midland County Clerk's office at (989) 832-6739 for information on how to file petitions. Or, Republicans wishing to run may contact the Midland County Republican Party to be nominated to appear on the ballot.
The petition deadline is Feb. 2 at 5 p.m. All petitions must be filed with the Midland County Clerk.


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Monday, May 01, 2017
The Evil Within: ESSENTIAL CULT MOVIE, and not just for Michael Berryman fans
I read a very interesting article the other day on Dangerous Minds about a film I had not previously heard or read anything about - but which I had seen on DVD at Walmart about a week ago. It's called The Evil Within - not to be confused with the video game of the same name. They proclaimed it to be a "minor masterpiece," and made it sound interesting indeed.
Today, we had to stop at Walmart again to pick up some meds, so - since it cost a mere $10 - I picked the film up. Ended up snagging it on DVD, as there were no Blu's, and took it home, where I just now finished watching it with Erika. We had previously, having seen a terrific late-career turn by Judy Davis recently in The Dressmaker, settled on Barton Fink for the movie of the evening, but watching the first five minutes of The Evil Within while Erika sorted some fabric in the bedroom convinced me that Barton Fink could wait: we HAD to see the film tonight (or, well, I had to, but she proved quite obliging, and I think she appreciated it, too). I'm very glad we saw it. It's going to become one of those movies that I won't shut up about, I suspect - it is REMARKABLE and ESSENTIAL, a film everyone who cares about cult movies or horror movies needs to see. "Minor masterpiece" may actually be underselling it. It's one of a kind, and probably always will be, the sort of film experience - a deranged vanity project-cum-labour of love - which can never, ever be repeated (especially given that its author is dead).
But I'll get back to the film itself in just a second.
First off, let me admit that it doesn't come in a very promising-looking package (more or less as you see above). I mean, on the one hand, it's absolutely terrific that Michael Berryman is on the box art of a DVD again. Other than The Hills Have Eyes and Cut and Run, I'm unaware of any other films, in cinema history, that have had him on the poster/ box; so I'm glad that there's a new one. I guess I had presumed, after seeing just how little use Rob Zombie put him to in The Lords of Salem, that his career was very nearly at an end, that maybe he wasn't really able to act anymore, since Zombie didn't really require anything much of him besides waving a torch around (he's one of the puritans in the "witch hunt" sequence of the film - but blink and you'll miss him. Bad film, by the way). Based on that, I hadn't expected to see him in anything more than a cameo ever again; after all, he's 68 years old, and who knows what sort of health he might be in, given his physical irregularities.
But, happy for Berryman though I might have been, it's still not a very promising bit of box art, in terms of making you want to see the movie, because - standing there at Walmart, without having read word one about The Evil Within - my thought process went something like, "if all this film has going for it to market itself is capitalizing on the cult status of Michael Berryman, it must be pretty awful." I mean- sure, the marketing for The Hills Have Eyes capitalizes on Berryman's unusual appearance, too, and The Hills Have Eyes is great, but it's not like the people who were making the posters were trying to trade in people's familiarity with Berryman when they designed the poster, because he was pretty much unknown until that movie came out. No, they just wanted a memorable, menacing-looking face to stare out at the audience. Mission accomplished - it's a great poster, and a real coup for Berryman, especially when you take into account that he isn't even the main bad guy in the movie.
But - especially if his role in The Evil Within was just a cameo (which - before I'd seen it, looking at the box in Walmart, seemed highly likely), by sticking Berryman on the cover of a DVD now... well, it just seemed a lazy move, a cash in that PROBABLY revealed nothing about the content of the film, which is how these things seem to usually work. It reminded me of those public domain DVDs you see of The Swap or Born to Lose that stick Robert DeNiro's mug on the cover (or did back when DeNiro was actually a hot property; you mostly seem to see him nowadays in direct-to-DVD stuff that you've never heard of until you find it in a thrift store). DeNiro is barely in either film, as I understand it, and fans of his will be sorely disappointed if they expect to see him; it's just a lazy bait and switch, a marketing gimmick, and I presumed this was the same thing. Some Z-grade low budget horror film was made, they gave Berryman a cameo, then stuck him on the box, because they knew that the rest of the film had NOTHING ELSE GOING FOR IT. How could it be anything but terrible? That's why I didn't pick the thing up last week.
My cynicism, while completely reasonable, all things considered, in fact says nothing about this gem of a film. Berryman is merely a cherry on top. While he has far more than a cameo - hell, he has a speaking part! - his being in the film isn't really essential to its merits, any more than the (small but notable) appearance by the late giant Matthew McGrory (also from a Rob Zombie film, as it happens). The film would stand on its own regardless of who they cast in Berryman's role.
Upshot is, I am very, very grateful to Dangerous Minds for doing the job the marketers failed so miserably to do, and pointing me squarely at this movie. I've always been impressed with their articles, but here, they've done the whole horror/ cult movie world a big favour by advocating for this very weird, very potent, very memorable movie.
But that's about all I'm going to say for now. This film is the most exciting cult movie I've encountered since Donnie Darko or Beyond the Black Rainbow (or, um, maybe Tommy Wiseau's The Room, though it is vastly more accomplished and competent). It has a few moments where its logic breaks down, where it doesn't quite work, attempting things - mostly in the last act - that it fails to explain or properly contextualize, which might provoke some film viewers to reject the movie, but in no way is this a bad film. Made - if I'm recalling the article correctly - as a labour of love over a fifteen year period by a now-deceased, drug-addicted heir to millions, Andrew Getty, it's a thoroughly unique mindfuck, involving a mentally challenged man who has disturbing nightmares, which start to bleed over into his life. It's a film where at various points "real world logic" breaks down to be replaced with a sort of surreal nightmare logic, where you're left wondering in the face of impossible (or improbable) turns of event what ACTUALLY happened, outside the delusions of the main character; you'll never know. It's maybe a flawed film - it appears Getty died before it was wholly finished - though it feels quite complete, and mostly works quite brilliantly, even if it requires a couple of moments of charity on the viewers' parts.
It's surely the most important cult movie in decades - Donnie Darko, Beyond the Black Rainbow, The Room and now The Evil Within. Plus it has a remarkable central performance, from Frederick Koehler, whose face is the one that should be staring out from the DVD box. He's great - playing a mentally challenged person so convincingly that you wonder if the actor is in fact mentally challenged, until you meet his alter ego.
My strong suspicion is, because the filmmaker is dead and the people marketing The Evil Within appear not to know what they're doing - having, with their lousy, lazy box art, alienated someone who absolutely LOVED the movie, when he saw it with no thanks to them - that The Evil Within is going to fall between the cracks (it's nice to see Blumhouse is spreading the word, too, though; there is only one review, as I write this, on Rotten Tomatoes. There isn't even a critic's blurb about the film on the box, though no doubt they could have gotten a good one if they weren't so bloody lazy). I feel like it almost by accident that I saw this movie. I had heard no buzz about it besides the Dangerous Minds article. I haven't heard about a midnight movie screening at the Rio. No one I know who knows the sort of movies I like has taken pains to recommend it to me. Word of mouth is what's going to bring this film to light, so it falls on those of us who care to a) see this film! and b) tell people about it!
You will want to. Just trust me, folks - if you like cult horror movies, if you like movies that take you inside a damaged subjectivity, if you want to have a memorable - admittedly somewhat lowbrow, but abundantly thought-provoking cinematic experience that you will want to see more than once, see The Evil Within as soon as possible (and note: probably better off if you DON'T see it on psychotropic drugs, eh? If you're inclined to do that thing, opt for Beyond the Black Rainbow instead, because there's one nightmare scene that will send you screaming out of the room if you catch this in an altered state). It's the most interesting film I've taken in since I saw The Lobster - but that movie didn't need my help to get the word out.
Thanks again, Dangerous Minds!
4 comments:
- Allan MacInnis said...
Apologies to the Dina Meyer (the "other girl" in Starship Troopers) for not working in acknowledgment of her in the above. Not sure when her scenes were shot, but the fact that it took fifteen years for this film to be completed means that she looks pretty much as young, cute, perky and bright as she did in Starship Troopers, which is a neat trick. I'm sure she looks a bit older in real life!
- Allan MacInnis said...
Oh, also, as that Australian article suggests, the credits are pretty interesting to look at. Rolling by at lightning pace, they reveal at one point, for instance, that 37 grips alone were employed in the making of the movie, listed all in a row; then - a bit later on - three more grips are added, bringing it up to forty (unless I missed some, which is entirely possible). I don't THINK I've seen a film that had more than one grip before; forty (or more) grips on one movie, even one made over fifteen years, is some sort of... accomplishment? Surely a world record, at least.
Finally, I didn't mention Jodorowsky anywhere in the above, so let me just add: Jodorowsky. Fans of Santa Sangre, in particular, will love this.
- Allan MacInnis said...
By the by, the "real theme" of the film is, I think, caregiver burnout, which will make it a very interesting watch for anyone who has experienced that phenomenon.
- Allan MacInnis said...
I often read articles on Blumhouse, so imagine my surprise when I read this spirited interpretation of The Lords of Salem, dismissed above. Kinda makes me want to see the film again! http://www.blumhouse.com/2017/05/01/satan-as-a-feminist-instrument-exploring-the-lords-of-salem/


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Reigning Miss America visits with Clayton Comets
Miss America 2019, Nia Imani Franklin, visited with students at Clayton High School on Friday, March 1, to share an inspirational message about perseverance.
Franklin, who spoke to approximately 200 students in the school's auditorium, encouraged each of the students to follow their passion in life.
"Whatever your doing in life you have to find your passion and let that inspire you," said Franklin. "Believe in yourself. If you don't, no one else will."
Franklin, originally from North Carolina, moved to New York to follow her passion for music, where she was crowned Miss New York. She said that she was thankful for the opportunity to return home and to be able to share her story with so many students.
"This is my home state," she said. "It makes me so happy to speak with them about my journey and encourage them to be their best selves, because that's what we all should be striving to do in life."
During her presentation Franklin performed an original song while simultaneously playing the piano. She also took time to answer questions from students and take photos.
"Miss America visiting our school today meant the world to me, and I know it did to the other students as well," said Miss Clayton High Taylor Corpening. "We never thought someone so cool and philanthropic could come and visit us."
Clayton High Principal Bennett Jones presented Franklin with a Clayton High t-shirt and bracelet as a thank you gift for her visit.
Franklin was brought back to the Clayton community after being crowned Miss Capital City 2016. She also plans to attend the 2019 Miss Capital City, Miss Clayton, and Miss Cleveland Scholarship Pageant on Saturday, March 2.
Franklin was born in Winston-Salem and lived in the state through graduate school. She earned an undergraduate degree in composition from East Carolina University and a master's in fine arts from The University of North Carolina's School of the Arts, according to the Miss America Organization.