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Glastonbury Festival news: If you're coming to #Glastonbury2019 and starting to think about packing, then p…
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– Only bring what you can take home with you
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Glastonbury Festival (official)
5 days ago
The BBC has announced its broadcast plans for the weekend when this year's Glastonbury Festival would have been, with a host of classic sets being made available across TV, radio & online, including Adele, Beyoncé, David Bowie, Coldplay & JAY-Z. Info: glas.to/bbc-2020 ... See MoreSee Less
Some film of the other non-stage parts of past festivals would be lovely! As we know there is much more to Glastonbury than stages.
boring,reruns are just that,would have been much better to get some of the headline acts from this year to broadcast live from staying at home,you could have raised a small fortune for your chosen charities by getting everyone that watched online to donate.
Radiohead 1997 please! One of the greatest nights ever!
Although I'm beyond gutted that we won't be at the farm this year, in a way it's fitting that everyone that wants to CAN celebrate the 50th anniversary together. It's going to be a special weekend for anyone that's ever been & dreams to go. Let's appreciate what we've had so far & make it a special weekend of celebration. Xxxx
LCD Soundsystem 2016, Coldplay 2002, Muse 2004, IDLES 2019, Billie Eilish 2019, Tame Impala 2019, Adele 2016, The Prodigy 1997, Radiohead 1997, Bruce Springsteen 2009, Phoenix 2013, Oasis 2004, U2 2011, Arcade Fire 2014... those were glorious sets.
Please can we have Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds when they were on main stage before headliner Mumford and Sons. But please dont show Mumford and Sons
Laura Marie - shall we do some kind of socially distant outside nod to glasto? We could have a bucket for a long drop and stay well away from each other but still manage a drink? Or is irresponsible? Maybe a virtual glasto?
How about something from the 1980's when I went as a child 1987 was the last time I went
Bruce Springsteen and Oasis would be great 🙂 Bowie and Barry Gibb too 🙂
Anything from 2010!! Stevie wonder, Muse, Faithless , so many good ones!!
Just run last years IDLES set on repeat all weekend 😎😎
Would love to see King Sunny Ade, Joe Cocker or Sinead O'connor... Bowie, Tom Jones... Iet my grandkids generation know what we all go on about from back then they might even like some of it, oh yes and Richie Havens, Jackson Brown......
2010 was defo the BEST YEAR - I went when I was 9 years old that year and it was amazing and all of my favourite artists performed - will never forget it
my good friend Duncan McFarlane wants to see orbital's headline set on the other stage. and gorillaz headline set on the pyramid stage when they had to stand in at the last minute 😃😃😃
Fab news, hope they include Arcadia fire, 👍🥰
Dig a hole in the garden babs! We'll be "longdropping" that weekend! Cracking coverage this 🕺👏🎸 Sonja
I can remember you all going there doesn't seem that long ago but life has moved on since then good memories for you though
This June will consist of pitching up the tent and camping chairs in the garden and getting the laptop out for some Glastonbury viewing!
Rufus Wainwright 's amazing 2013 set please ! It was absolutely perfection from start to finish ! Gutted as he was signed up for this year - please say he will be there in 2021 🙏🏼
Please play some sets from the other stages. TV is saturated with the "big" pop celebrities. We don't need to see them again.
Kylie from last year!
Nick cave should be a main stage headliner next year or soon. His arena shows more than prove the ability and demand to headline.
I'd love to see East India Youth, Metallica, FFS and Neil Diamond all over again ✨👌🏻🎶
Would love to see The Pendulum 2011 Pyramid stage set 🙌🏻💃
We woz there Andy Whitehead, time and again in body & spirits - maybe they'll show Bishi! That Edwin Collins set at The Park would be emotional x
Glastonbury Festival (official)
6 days ago
Glastonbury festivals and events have been cancelled for the coming months. Fans of Glastonbury are asked not to visit the town for the traditional Summer Solstice celebration in June to protect the community.
Please share and help us have a #safesummersolstice
For more info see glastonbury.gov.uk/2020/05/25/please-dont-visit-glastonbury-until-it-is-safe/ ... See MoreSee Less
I bet Dominic Cummings will be there
Especially if you're wanting to talk rubbish about 5g and Coronavirus. Really don't want you here... ever!
Fancy a lot of kids with pee brains have commented on here. Just saying. 🙄
I will follow my fatherly insticts and due to my exceptional circumstances I will be in Glastonbury for the whole of June.
Especially if you buy a 5G protection kit for £399 as recommended by the Town Council
I may be driving to Glastonbury Tor to check my eyesight...
I pretty much guarantee that people will ignore your request, sadly 🙁
If Dominic Cummings can travel wherever and whenever he likes so can I, see you all on the 21st of June
Avalon is long gone...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0LV2nhRQ88
Get a muckspreader ready 👍🏼
What about Durham ?
Sophie Elisabeth Powell you werent going to this year anyway right...... ? 😜😏
Glastonbury Festival (official)
1 week ago
Congratulations to the eight finalists of our 2020 Emerging Talent Competition with PRS for Music and PRS Foundation. They are: AJIMAL, Courting, Frankie Beetlestone, HANNIE, Joshua Burnside, Kathleen Frances, Matilda Mann, R.A.E. Hear them all on our website now! ... See MoreSee Less
Glastonbury Festival - Emerging Talent Competition 2020 finalists announced!Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts
Frankie Beetlestone 👍🏻🎶🎶🎶🎶❤
Loved AJIMAL, Matilda Mann, Joshua Burnside and Kathleen Frances. Amazing playlist, can't wait to see who we can see live next year!
Amazing Frankie Beetlestone🎼❤
Can't believe you missed some of these gems - heartbeatofarabbit.blogspot.com/2020/05/glastonbury-emerging-talent-competition.html
A really good long list this year. Well done to the finalists!
Go Frankie Beetlestone!!!!!
YAYAYAYAY! Matilda Mann is amazing!!!
Joshua Burnside is tha boy.
Tim De Luca don't see your name on there?
Frankie Beetlestone🥂🥂🥂🥂
Frankie Beetlestone ❤❤❤
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Glastonbury Festival (official)
2 weeks ago
We've just posted some performances from the BBC's #glastonbury2019 coverage on our YouTube channel (+ the full sets are on BBC iPlayer). And look out for more news soon of our plans with the BBC for a celebration over Glastonbury weekend in June…
📺 www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLV5BFkI9SS7hSXfh1F0UX8m4aDxYzpZe7 ... See MoreSee Less
I want this world back! Glastonbury last year was one of the best times of my life! X
Never managed to get a Glastonbury ticket but some of my most joyous moments have been within the crowd at many Foals gigs jumping around and feeling the collective atmosphere and escapism.
So pleased to know that I can revisit last year's incredible experience on iPlayer - my first, and now probably only Glastonbury....
❤❤👏👏 SO hoped that something would be planned for the best weekend we'll all miss the most! 👍🎉🥳
Just watching Fontaine's DC and reliving some of the best days of my life
Hubby and 9 year old son got to watch part of foals set from the ribbon tower ❤
Foals were one of the best watched it over and over again massive fan now
I never get sick of watching the whole glasto set, pure brilliance🎸
Without a vaccine it's hard to imagine any more festivals taking place.
Fee Gilfeather remember being at the Park and Nicola stroking a horse...they seem such distant days now
I will never experience Glastonbury I can never get a ticket
How about the Amazing Wood Burning Savages from 2019?????
Georgia Cox Look! It's you in your leopard print hat and me when we were watching Foals. Blimey!
Posted full sets to iplayer? Why'd you guys take them down in the first place!? We paying for tv license so keep what we're paying for on there innit 🙃
That field was raaamed for foals, soo good.
Sadism of the highest order 😏
Great 38 secs ffs Glastonbury post some decent footage for us all during lockdown
Gretel Darby Hill Jason Hill we got to see them in a slightly smaller crowd! How lucky ☺
I knew you wouldn't let me down baby
Just in time for our Glastonbury weekend Ella Bella
Roll on 2021 🤟🏼
Saskia kun je er in komen voor morgen. Foals 😁 Super leuke live band. Mijn vader was fan 😁
Paul Carnus chaque fois que j'entends cette chanson je pense à toi 😂
Why not just bang them on here too
Lee Hatton
Glastonbury Festival (official)
1 month ago
We're pleased to announce we're going ahead with this year's Emerging Talent Competition. The winners will be given a slot at Glastonbury 2021, plus a £5,000 Talent Development prize from PRS Foundation. Listen to the longlisted acts at our website now! ... See MoreSee Less
Glastonbury Festival - ETC 2020 Longlist announced – listen to the acts now!Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts
Off the grid Avalon...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8gCgZEC40U&fbclid=IwAR2jLCxapUtuOr7Mm23UlRSsSa46UGUrwF48pavuhVd85f1eImQ6mzi6Pik
Caroline Cox for Fraz
Ewan Williams??
Matty Aldridge one way to try and get a ticket
Amir Duenyas Yael Shimonov @magicmuffinband
Yes Äyanna #1 that's because your voice is insane!!! Xx
My niece Marie White, from.Hastings won it last year. We are all so proud of her, as usual.
The Van Ts 🎶💕💕Good luck 🤞
It's the right thing to do
My songs youtu.be/O0I608HlpXw
My song "Ego" vimeo.com/348440407
My song vimeo.com/345105869
- waaah! so exciting to have made it through. thank you.. and so many great artists.... what a selection. 💛.//
Glastonbury is cancelled dont forget
Gillian White Burden for Abi
Awesome to be in the last 90 - We're over the Moon 😆🎹🎵🎶🤩 open.spotify.com/artist/3qN77AruSUx8j0d6cU4lUQ?si=mvYW6zXYR5Wfj2e5nffIVA
Mollie Southall for Matt?
Liam Whittington Tim Whittington
Amber-Rose S-Brown
Grace Licence one for sam
Made up to be included alongside so many amazing artists, thank you! ❤ open.spotify.com/track/5E7wPTBXA2n9kq7fKAM1qJ?si=X6wW1_NoSXW__EokBGaUug
Andrew Hughes this you?
Bryan Bry An Coombs
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True Blood show runner Alan Ball, CNN anchor Don Lemon, and New York City Council speaker Christine Quinn have made this year's list of the most powerful gays in the U.S., compiled by Out magazine.
Apple CEO Tim Cook, who was also number 1 on the list last year during his time as interim CEO, kept his spot now that he has been named permanent CEO after the death of founder Steve Jobs. New entrants include TMZ founder and producer Harvey Levin, Facebook cofounder Chris Hughes, Google executive Megan Smith, and J. Crew creative director Jenna Lyons. See the full list at Out.com.

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Every natural body produces in their environment waste products: the trees – the leaves, snails – mucus, worms – humus deposits, etc., as a man, though. Moreover, the environment most significantly affected by the activities of this man, this is why the timely removal of garbage, the price of which often depends on various factors, is so important in large settlements. In modern cities you can find many different types of waste. Household waste is defined by its – a unique source of emergence. The activities of every individual containers overflowing with garbage, which are in all courts high-rise buildings. Rubbish, this is less dangerous than production, toxic it can not be, but the main problem of most cities today is the organization of timely removal of garbage to garbage value, enough to please every person living in the village. Often the cost of removal is too high due to need to resort to a considerable number of material handling and automotive equipment. Production.
The source of this garbage are the various branches of production. A characteristic feature of this collection is, above all, environmental harm and problem of disposal. When this production not continuous, and seasonal or short duration, is used to hire special garbage collection trucks and excavators lifts that will help take away a time to recycle all waste products. But at continuous production: processing metal factories of light industry, etc. Often, there is a transport, which is designed for such cases. Construction waste. When removal of construction debris for the city limits, are usually treated to a lease loading shovels and other handling equipment. This technique is very powerful, as waste on construction sites are unused and broken cement mixture bricks left over from demolished buildings and cutting iron fittings, which had been cut off. In the future, for reasons of overpopulation of our planet and the inability to determine the empty area for the transport of waste to be invented, perhaps a fundamentally new way of garbage collection – into space. That will have a sort of picture from space: the planet Earth, and all around this planet compacted rubbish – a pleasant enough! Therefore quite significant in urban areas problem, at least at the level of household waste, produce its components: packaging for food and even clothes, not from artificial substances, and natural product, which after its depreciation can easily rewrite our environment.


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Hello Beauties! Happy Friday to each and every one of you 🙂
So two weeks ago Ulta and Sephora released the Makeupshayla Contour Palette. This was the 2nd release the first was done a couple months ago on the Tarte website. This palette is marketed for all skin types and skin tones. Let me tell you it did not disappoint!!
So palette can really be used all over the face, even though it's called a "Contour Palette". There are six beautiful shades 2 contour shades, blush, color corrector, and 2 highlight shades, all of which can be used as eye shadow.
The colors are very pigmented! Which is always a plus. They are easy to blend and they smell great too. I don't know if I've ever had a palette with a scent lol. I typically have very sensitive skin so I try to stay away from applying anything with fragrance on my face, but this did not irritate my skin at all. I used every shade on the palette and I loved it :-).
I'll give you the breakdown of all the products I used:
Foundation: Mac Studio Fix
Loreal Paris: Eye brow pencil "brunette"
LA Girl Cosmetics: "Creamy Beige" concealer as a brow hightlight
Lips: Wet and Wild "Chestnut" lip liner and Tarte Cosmetics "Namaste" lip paint
Eyelashes: Vegas Nay "Grand Glamour"
Eyes: MakeupShayla contour palette. The lightest contour shade as a base, the darkest contour shade to deepen the crease, the medium shimmer highlight on the lid, and the lightest highlight shade in my tear ducts
Cheeks: Blush is from the same contour palette
Setting Powder: Laura Mercier
So at the end of the day would I recommend this palette…ABSOLUTELY! It's definitely worth the invest because it can be used so many ways, while still using minimal product. As always I hope that you liked this post, if you would like to see another look with this palette let me know 🙂 Until next time…
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An open letter to all our those in the Fitness Community
We recently came across a post from one of our 614Fitness family members.
Wils said:
"Some thoughts on aging. Staying fit takes effort. It's like climbing up the down escalator: In order to maintain your current fitness level – to stay in the same spot – you have to keep climbing those stairs. The instant you slow down or stop, you start to go backwards. If you want to go higher, you have to climb faster.
The problem is, every year they speed up that f***ing escalator, so in order to stay at your current level you have to work harder.
(But) It's worth it."
It reminded us of a few things we wanted to share with everyone:
- Staying fit is HARD!
- There are no easy answers, no magic pills, unique gadgets or voodoo dolls. It takes hard work
- And…
- You have to stay COMMITTED.
- If you don't keep climbing that escalator, you are going to go backwards. There is no other way, no maybe's, no if's, no but's. Excuses are not part of a winner's vocabulary.
- So…
- Surround yourself with like minded FIT-FRIENDS.
- Relationships and commitments will make this medicine easier to swallow. The support of friends and family can be the elixir to get you motivated and fighting through the hard times.
- And, as strong as you are…
- You really CAN'T DO IT ALONE!
- That's why you need to get yourself in here. Just like a lawyer should not represent him/herself, an athlete really needs a guide and an extra set of eyes, a trainer to push, pull, support and do whatever is necessary to keep you climbing the escalator of your fitness journey.
- But still…
- Give yourself permission and a little self-love … but then start climbing again, just a pause, not a period.
In summary … Stay strong, stay focused and stay committed. Get to the gym and crush that damn escalator!


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Terrain setup is relatively simple:
The Baddies consist of:
Lord Mountbatten's Aide De Camp
FOUR MI5 rogue agents
THREE thugs/ muscle seen previously doing all the heavy lifting.
The MI5 agents and Lord Mountbatten must escape off the table. His ADC and any Mercs will stay behind to cover their escape.
CI5 will have:
Riding in their trusty Ford Capri.
FOUR CI5 agents:
Riding in a Land Rover.
All CI5 agents have radios and are wearing body armour.
Here are a few extra rules to make things interesting:
- Lord Mountbatten is a member of the Royal family, he's a war hero and we're not entirely sure of his involvement in this sordid affair, under no circumstances is he to be fired upon! (Yes, even if he shoots at you!): No shooting at the Lord, if going into rough stuff, characters will only get bonuses from their stats (assumed to be Martial Arts training ), so no weapons allowed.
- Possibly have FIVE MI5 agents and make one of them an Undercover CI5 man.
- In the 'Word on the street' phase, don't deduct each others' troops. Instead, the baddies get a truckload of 'Private army mercs' armed with semi-automatic rifles. They arrive on D6+1 turns.
- The good guys get the boys from Hereford flying in via. helicopter. Not too many of them, maximum FIVE, but they will be well armed and extremely dangerous. They arrive on D3+2 turns.
I will dig up some stats from **REDACTED** I received from the Guv'nor a while back, towards the end of the week (Probably Thursday/ Friday) when work calms down a bit.


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The now-worthless Zimbabwean dollar
I grew up in the Church of Pius XII, the Latin Mass --whose "rote" responses and complex choreography I learned as a boy--and the Cold War. I thus remember a time when the Church was The One True Religion, and nobody inside it questioned it. In fact, this was its primary calling card.
One of the quite novel ways of thinking about the Church which came out of the blue with the Vatican Council, when I was in high school, was that we were "The People of God." So much cozier than the One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church.
Initially, this meant that the Roman Catholics were The People of God. Within ten minutes, that got extended...uh, made more inclusive...to the Orthodox and our more local "separated brethren" the Protestants...and well, you can imagine. It was the 60's and pretty soon everybody was The People of God. Everybody.
So now, whenever I hear a priest or theologian or pope use this phrase, I see an ideogram in my head, sorta like the ancient Mayan ones, and it means "gooey but completely empty egalitarian mush designed to lull me into feeling Kumbaya and buying some crapshit idea that's toxic."
It struck me as one of a myriad of transformations, both sacred and secular, where what began as a "new vision" of some kind of kinder, gentler more democratic POV turned into a cheap and empty nostrum used only for emotional manipulation. It's part of human nature to value what is rare and to disregard what is easily come by. So that now, with the Liberal and PoMo hegemony well nigh absolute, the ten-minute old values of the Sixties --equality uber alles-- have infected everything in sight. And what we have is not, of course, "equality" but, a la Nietzsche, a de-valuation of all values.
What was once a source of Catholic identity and self-confidence was dumped in favor of an image and idea now droned on about in emptying and graying churches and advertized in word and deed by His Loudmouthness, who presses Mother Europa and all her children to welcome with open arms the waves of savages invading her from the south, because after all, aren't we all The People of God?
In one lifetime to have gone from the majestic Eugenio Pacelli to Jorge Mario Bergoglio the leftist clown...and people think the West is not in decline, the One True Church of Christ along with it?


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The basic reason people live in houses is to be morecomfortable and safe than they would be outdoors; houses buffer theirinhabitants from weather extremes and keep them safe from animals, human orotherwise.
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Over 1100 public housing homes set for redevelopment
The Victorian Government is investing $185 million to redevelop public housing properties at sites across metropolitan Melbourne, with an increase of at least 10 per cent in social housing.
Minister for Housing, Disability and Ageing Martin Foley made the announcement at Prahran at one of the estates earmarked for redevelopment. "This program of renewal will improve conditions for tenants, provide more housing and help shape a vibrant new future for residents and the broader community." said Minister for Housing, Disability and Ageing, Martin Foley.
Stage one of the redevelopment includes 1100 properties across 9 sites in Brunswick, North Melbourne, Heidelberg West, Clifton Hill, Brighton, Prahran, Hawthorn, Northcote and Ascot Vale.
Most properties to be redeveloped are low-rise, typically rundown and have high maintenance costs. They will be replaced with a mix of apartments and townhouses that meet relevant building and energy efficiency standards.
Plans for each site will be developed with input from residents, community and other stakeholders. Consultation will commence early next year to begin the planning process with work to start in early 2018 on many sites.
Current tenants will not relocate for some time and every effort will be made to minimise any disruption. Tenants will also have first option to return to the estate once work has completed.
In addition, the first 52 vacant parcels of land have been identified as part of the $60 million program to increase the number of social housing properties on land currently owned by the Director of Housing. These 52 parcels of land are expected to create almost 100 homes.
The program will initially work in partnership with registered housing associations and private sector builders across 13 suburbs in the Western corridor.


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Staff picks for the week of April 1st to 7th.
This feature highlights a hand-picked selection of some of the bigger tracks of the week. We have chosen a few of the tracks that landed within our top 25 most played, focusing on those that stood out, and left room for discussion. This edition features Joey Bada$$, Big Sean, Tyga, Danny Brown and more! Take a look at the list in the gallery above, and feel free to let us know your own favorite tracks in the comments.


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Friday, November 21st, 2008
FlickrBrot: Happy Birthday Mandelbrot
A little Friday fun here from Jacob Seidelin. He has added FlickrBrot to his other fun fractal examples of the past.
FlickrBrot commemorates the birthday of Mandelbrot himself:
Today is the birthday of Benoit Mandelbrot. About 30 years ago he pulled a bit of mathematical beauty out of his head that would make him father of what is called fractal geometry. Today, at 84, he's a retired Sterling Professor from Yale but is still getting awards thrown his way and even planets named after him. I thought I'd make something to mark his birthday since I've been playing a bit with fractals and JavaScript lately and because he's just damn cool.
What I've spent my morning doing is hacking together my fractal renderer with some of the Flickr stuff I've also been doing. Instead of drawing colored pixels, it now pulls in a (limited) number of Flickr images and uses those to paint a visualization of the Mandelbrot set.
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Hello Fellow Little Snitch Users,
I have a problem with my anti-virus software by Kaspersky for Macintosh called Internet Security. I contacted their technical support and I advised them that I have Little Snitch installed as my firewall. My complaint to them is that my anti-virus is supposed to update every hour on the hour and it just does not do that at all. Has anyone used little snitch with Kaspersky Internet Security and had or heard of similar problems? If so was this a fix that was advised for you to take as an action and did it solve your problem. I really do not like running my Mac at all without little snitch and in fact if this does not fix I am going to look for other antivirus/malware protection solutions. I would appreciate any input you guys could provide. Thanks so much in advance. Rich
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No matter what color your thumb, you're eyes are bound to be drawn to the colorful plants and flowers that make spring such a fresh and happy time of year. Both the Inniswood Volunteers, Inc. and the Westerville Garden Club have plant sales this month where you can purchase annuals and perennials to beautify your yard or someone else's. The proceeds go back to these local organizations that work all year long in the Westerville community.
Although Inniswood Metro Gardens is part of Columbus & Franklin County Metroparks and gets its staff and operational funding through the county, the gardens just wouldn't look the same without Inniswood Volunteers, Inc. and the Inniswood Garden Society. These two organizations work together, sharing several members, to enhance not just the appearance of the botanical garden, but the educational opportunities offered their as well. While IVI has interest groups ranging from container design to taxonomy to railroad, IGS plans events where anyone can learn all aspects of gardening from nationally known speakers. IGS also assists with funding special projects like the Sisters' Garden and the new Greenhouse Multipurpose Center. IGS will hold its annual meeting on Sunday, June 4, which is open to the public.
The Westerville Garden Club is celebrating its 70th anniversary this year with a host of activities, including the installation of a Blue Star Memorial at Hanby Park, the release of a cook book and a flower show. Each year, the Garden Club maintains the kitchen garden at the Hanby House State Memorial on W. Main St. and, since 1992, has sponsored the WesterFlora Garden Tour. The groups holds its monthly meetings in March, April, July, August, September, October and November at the Westerville Public Library.
This weekend and next, be sure to visit the plant sales and support these groups responsible for bringing color and beauty to our community. Go see what's blooming!


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Poile won't travel with Team USA on Sunday
Predators general manager David Poile will not travel with Team USA to Russia on Sunday for the start of the Olympics, but he does hope to rejoin the American team in Sochi at some point.
Poile is Team USA's general manager.
He remains in a St. Paul hospital after taking an errant puck to the face during the Preds' morning skate on Thursday. It's uncertain when Poile will be released from the hospital.
Pittsburgh general manager Ray Shero is Team USA's assistant general manager and could handle the general manager's responsibilities in Poile's absence.
Also still in a Minnesota hospital is Predators play-by-play man Pete Weber, who suffered a heart attack on Thursday. Weber was in good spirits Thursday afternoon and told The Tennessean that he thanked supporters for their support.


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Loss for solar power, jobs, and electricity customers with defeat of solar bill-but will fight back
by Ramona du Houx
On August 2, 2017, the Maine House of Representatives voted to keep Governor LePage's veto of the solar bill, despite the fact that the bill passed the House and Senate initially by more than a two-thirds super majority.
Seven Republican legislators changed their position from their prior support and today voted to sustain LePage's veto of the measure. The Senate voted 28-6 to override and the House voted 88-48, falling three votes short of two-thirds.
The vote leaves intact the Maine Public Utilities Commission (P.U.C.) changes to the state's net metering policy, gradually drawing down incentives and leaving a bigger fight over the net metering to the future.
Net metering allows customers with solar panels to get credits for the times they generate more power than they consume, using those credits for up to a year to reduce their power bills. Those customers get credits worth the full electricity charges and the transmission and distribution charges. Come January of 2018 that ends.
"Gross metering will take effect in January, adding costs and taxing behind-the-meter generation. This expensive, invasive PUC rule helps no one except the corporate monopolies whose profits depend on overbuilding the grid, and has not been tried anywhere in the world," said Rep. Seth Berry, the House Representative Chair of the Energy Committee. "Today's vote will have serious economic and electoral consequences, but the struggle to support solar in Maine will go on. In the short run, the vote will be very negative for solar jobs in Maine and for all Maine ratepayers."
Small-scale distributed solar also helps to lower peak power demand, particularly on the hottest summer days, and that allows utilities to defer big transmission and distribution upgrades for which all electricity customers pay.
"The broad coalition of farmers, businesses, solar advocates and others whom we have worked with are committed to making Maine a leader in clean, distributed generation. They are not going away, and neither is the bipartisan majority who voted yes today and will do so under the next Governor as well," added Rep. Berry.
"Today, too many lawmakers turned their back on jobs of the future for Maine and bowed to pressure from the Governor's office, Central Maine Power (CMP), Emera, and other utility and fossil fuel industry groups from across the nation. They failed to support the small businesses that are struggling to create and sustain jobs from Kittery to Fort Kent, and they ignored the need and desire to transition to cleaner, renewable energy sources," said Dylan Voorhees, Climate and Clean Energy Director for the Natural Resources Council of Maine. "At the strong urging of the governor, lawmakers today voted to raise electric bills, deny Mainers good jobs, generate more pollution, stall Maine's transition to clean energy, and make it harder for Maine people and businesses to generate their own solar power."
While Maine leads in new wind farm energy production in New England the state remains the bottom of the list for solar power production. This bi-partisian legislation could have been an answer to that problem but since Pre. Trump's election lobbyist are in high gear across the USA promoting fossil fuels and targeting rooftop solar power.
David Pomerantz, the Executive Driector of the Energy and Policy Institute has been warning about what utilities are doing. "There's no doubt these utilities are out to kill rooftop soolar, and they're succeeding," said Pomerantz.
In Maine the PUC, an entity that is meant to be non-political, obviously chose to side with the utilities.
"This vote allows the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) to begin its extreme, nationally unprecedented new tax on self-consumption of power. That's a bitter pill for a state whose forest products industry has long depended on the right to consume the power they produce without penalty, and bad news for a state trying to catch up on a revolutionary technology that allows every home and business to affordably produce their own power, too," said Sierra Club Maine Director Glen Brand.
NRCM and allies including the Conservation Law Foundation, ReVision Energy, the Industrial Energy Consumers Group, and Insource Renewables, have previously filed a lawsuit in the Maine Supreme Court challenging the PUC's rule. That case should be decided by the end of the year.
The following legislators voted FOR LD 1504 when it passed, but voted AGAINST it after the governor vetoed the bill:
Rep. Cebra of Naples
Rep. Kinney of Limington
Rep. McElwee of Caribou
Rep. Wadsworth of Hiram
Rep. Seavey of Kennebunkport
Rep. Skolfield of Weld
Rep. Bradstreet of Vassalboro
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Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series 2010 Comes to Hilo, Hawaii for Final Stop
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Kahekili, the last independent king of Maui, used cliff diving as an initiation rite for his warriors back in the 18th century. "Leaping feet-first from a high cliff into water without making a splash" – otherwise known as "Lele Kawa" – is still the ultimate goal these brave modern warriors are aiming for. This season's dominator, Gary Hunt, along with the world's best athletes in this traditional extreme sport will come to Hilo, Hawaii, on September 12 in an attempt to twist and tuck their way to the crown in the culminating event of the Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series.
With a commanding lead of 19 points and only one point away from securing the Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series overall title – Englishman Gary Hunt is more than just close to finally bagging his personal season goal: "After last year I was very happy to be second, but being so close to first I really wanted to give myself every chance this year of being in that first position. So I've made sure that I'm a little bit more reserved, I take care in every aspect in my life and I just want to give myself every chance of being the champion." As Russia's Artem Silchenko (67 pts) kicked himself out of the fight for the title at the competition in Switzerland – he missed his second dive and only finished ninth – it's only 2009's series champion Orlando Duque (COL, 74 pts), the nine-time world champion and current Oahu resident, who could mathematically beat the 26-year-old Hunt from Southampton.
In the United States' wettest city of Hilo on the Big Island, with 200in (5,100mm) of annual rainfall, it's not only the divers' final destination that may get wet. After leaping from the 85ft (26m) platform adjacent to a beautiful and powerful waterfall, the entry point into the waters below is likely to be wet as well. Previously used to turn the water wheel that powered electricity for the Onomea Sugar Mill, the privately owned and natural Kawainui Falls ( ka='s the, wai='s water, nui='s large, great) has not only been chosen as the home for several Hollywood feature films, but will be the backdrop for the 2010 World Series winner to be crowned.
Standings after Stop #5
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|Hassan Mouti
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|Michal Navratil
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About Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series 2010
Quite simply, the Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series features 12 of the world's best high divers competing in six challenging competition venues around the globe. The divers jump 85 feet (26 metres) from the platform, smoothly entering the water below, vying for athletic perfection. The event backdrops include a selection of famous and well-known diving spots, as well as extraordinary natural and challenging urban settings. For the second year, the split between existing and new venues is 50-50. Starting on May 15 in La Rochelle (FRA), the series then took a leap over the Atlantic Ocean to Mexico (Yucatán) and came back to Europe for competitions in Norway (Kragerø), Italy (Polignano a Mare) and Switzerland (Sisikon), before reaching the land of the sport's origin, Hawaii (Hilo), on September 12 for the grand finale. Red Bull Cliff Diving competitions are judged by five international jurors with scores awarded according to the degree of difficulty and the execution of the dive.
The Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series will air on the Universal Sports network as part of their Adventure Week. Check your local TV listings for times.
Monday, October 11 at 1030 pm EST = Episode 1 from FRANCE
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Thursday, October 14 at 800 pm EST = Episode 4 from ITALY
Friday, October 15 at 930 pm EST = Episode 5 from SWITZERLAND
Saturday, October 16 at 900 pm EST – Episode 6 from HAWAII
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Art Safari painting holidays & creative adventures to Jersey in the Channel Islands
A zoo in my sketchbook
14 – 20 July 2019
With artist tutor Mark Boyd
This is our third Art Safari to Jersey based at the Durrell Conservation Trust, a tranquil 32 acre haven of woodlands, lakes and water gardens and specially created habitats.
Golden Lion tamarinds play in the woods and flamingos wade in the lakes which surround the 18th Century granite manor, familiar to many through Gerald Durrell's numerous books.
Conservationists from all over the world have studied the theory and practice of conserving endangered species here. Artists have worked alongside them. It is an exciting and free environment to paint in. Lee McGeorge Durrell, Gerald Durrell's wife, was thrilled to hear that Art Safari is painting at Durrell.
We spend relaxed days in the park, sketching the animals, working on observational techniques and speed drawing with Mark. We wander back to our onsite accommodation when we need to put our feet up in the tranquil garden of the Durrell Hostel. Lemurs can be heard calling, their enclosure is right next door to us. Red squirrels and black caps are often in the garden.
There is something unique about island life – it's not just the relationships that Durrell has with other unique islands around the world (areas that we visit with Art Safari such as Madagascar and The Galapagos) – there's a timeless quality to Jersey's lanes, villages and coastline.
During our days on Jersey we also explore the coastal landscapes, dramatic cliffs on the north coast and sweeping sands on the south coast. The park is only a 10 minute walk from beautiful coastal cliff paths and various pubs are nearby. There is a bus stop at the entrance. Taking the whizzy buses, we plan to paint the rugged Corbière lighthouse, Mont Orgueil Castle overlooking the Royal Bay of Grouville and picturesque St Aubin's Harbour.
Our carefree accommodation is at the Durrell Hostel. It's a traditional Jersey farmhouse which is located in the north western corner of the wildlife park. If you prefer you can upgrade to a luxury 'glamping' Pods (subject to availability) which are en suite and overlook Lemur Island – ask us for details.
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>I like this scope alot despite its weight.I bought the JMI case (almost a must) and a mounting assistant plate by peterson MFG ("A" MUST) plus the Meade super wedge for my CCD camera. Also get a good diagonal, I'm using a everbrght 2", but this is probably overkill for a SCT. I also purchased the "eye-opener" from
>peterson's that not only increases light and image quality, but allows me to pop on & off the focuser rather than screwing it on & off. I have a large selection of 1.25 eye pcs but last month I (finally) purchased a 31 nagler. I stopped by Lumicon and happened to find a 2x,2" powermate, teleview sent them to try. this is a prefect combo for this scope and about all Im using most of the time. Getting back to the scope the mirror lock is nice,& the quick hot keys are great,saving time by allowing you to go to caldwell/NGC/messier ect. very fast. The optics very good for a SCT(Jupiter and saturn looked great) and the new optical coatings seemed to make a substantial difference on galaxies(any body do a side by side test yet???)
>My scope is front HEAVY with the meade dew shield and you need the counter weights(or that 31 Nagler) but I also have a Losmandy dovetail on it which may add to the problem. I had problems with the dec knob slipping and the GPS lock but Meade repaired it and now it works great. As far as the GPS the reciever is fast but It seems if I am at a site thats far from the auto site its better to enter the true long/lat numbers.
>DOES ANYBODY KNOW A WAY TO SKIP THE COMPUTER SELECTED STARS AND SELECT YOUR OWN ALIGHNMENT STARS IN THE "AUTO" MODE? I live with a limited Earthly FOV in my back yard and the automatic mode is the only mode that self levels the scope. This sucks. You never know for sure where its going and if it slews into a tree or house your screwed , you have to shut down level the tripod and use the 2 star method, about a back breaking 15 min. proceedure vs setting the scope on the tripod and turning it on.
I have the same problem in my backyard with regards to alignment stars. When you computer has finished the GPS sync and displays an alignment star you can simply press the 1 of the two arrow buttons at the bottem of the hand controller. This is also handy when the computer choses a star that is surrounded by other stars.
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The Pope was the head of the Church. The differences between the Catholic Church and Greek Orthodox Church have been blurred in Castlevania mythos. It is possible that the Pope was also the head of the Orthodox Church in Castlevania lore or that there was a separate "Pope" for the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches, although the latter is unlikely since the Orthodox Church does not believe in the infallibility of a Pope.
Very likely the Pope mentioned in Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse was Pope Sixtus IV, who reigned from 1471 to 1484, putting Trevor Belmont's adventures well within Sixtus IV's papacy. Pope Sixtus IV was notable for sanctioning the Sistine Chapel and ushering in the Italian Renaissance. On a darker note, the Pope issued the Exigit Sinceras Devotionis Affectus, establishing the Spanish Inquisition as it is remembered today, but was unable to rein in the rampant torturing. Pope Sixtus IV ardently opposed the Ottoman Turks by ordering a failed Crusade.
In regards to the papacy within the Eastern Orthodox Church, it is worth noting Pope Sixtus IV made efforts to bridge the schism between the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches, likely as an effort to increase Catholic influence in Ottoman territory. Considering Wallachia was a tributary of the Ottoman Empire at the time, it would be reasonable to assume the Orthodox Church in Romania at some point weighed in on realigning itself with the Pope. Indeed, the Romanian Orthodox Church became the Romanian Catholic Orthodox centuries later. This would simply mean the confusion is a case of semantics: rather than Trevor and Sypha being contacted by the Pope of the Eastern Orthodox Church, which would be erroneous en lieu of the nature of Eastern Orthodoxy, they were probably contacted by the Pope through/via the Eastern Orthodox Church.
The Pope during the time of Dracula's war on humanity tried to deal with the Count. He first sent a large army to defeat Dracula, but it was destroyed. He then sent the mystical warrior Sypha Belnades to do the job, but she never came back either and was believed to have died. Finally, he searched far and wide for a member of the Belmont clan, who had fallen out of favor with the church and feared by the people as much as the vampires they hunted were. He found Trevor Belmont, who agreed to the task, and Trevor was able to overcome the threat posed by Dracula with aid of several companions.


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I picked up my first Cameo the Label dress from ANTHOM (at Thread) and wore it on my birthday with leather leggings and then to a bridal shower in Florida a few weeks later. I love the cap sleeves, the carved cutouts near the armholes, and its waist-accentuating flared skirt. The only thing that would make it more perfect is pockets.
Dress: Cameo via ANTHOM. Shoes: Zara, recent sale (similar here, here, & here). Bag: 3.1 Phillip Lim for Target (splurge version). Sunglasses: Karen Walker. Jewelry: Tiffany & Co. Nails: OPI Big Apple Red.
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Also, finally, it's raining! Got in my last early morning swim before the rain! More on the joy of swimming and swimming in the rain here.
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Finally, the Sweet Pea!
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So lovely -- and thank your the book recommendation. You have impeccable taste!
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jQuery UI Themes Beginner's Guide
Web applications today generally use at least some JavaScript to enhance the look and feel of the user interface. The jQuery UI toolkit gives web developers a set of widgets as well as a framework for developing and applying themes.
jQuery UI Themes: Beginner's Guide is for web developers who want to design professional-looking applications that are resilient to change. It is a step-by-step guide that goes beyond showing how to switch themes in a user interface built with jQuery UI and offers developers a practical guide to designing their own themes and gives them insight as to how themes work.
jQuery UI Themes Beginner's Guide starts with themes in general and why they're important in web applications today. We gradually move forward, covering jQuery UI basics, eventually aiming for a full understanding of the theme framework. The ThemeRoller application is a powerful tool – allowing developers to easily adjust theme settings. In addition to seeing how the ThemeRoller works, we take a more in-depth look at the CSS framework internals allowing readers to develop the ability to adjust themes in ways the ThemeRoller cannot. This includes everything from special effects to theming custom widgets. There is no limit to what your theme can change.
Once you've read this book, you'll no only be well-versed in theming jargon, you'll also be able to take one look at any jQuery UI application and understand why and how it looks the way it does.
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Where Do You Choose To Focus?
A simple but powerful model for reducing stress and building resilience.
It was early in my career that a very wise person introduced me to Stephen Covey's Circle of Influence and Circle of Concern (Thank you Vicki McLachlan!). This simple model has helped me immensely at various times throughout my life, and I've been privileged to be able to use it to help others, particularly those in leadership roles.
But first, the model.
Stephen Covey introduces the Circle of Influence and Circle of Concern during Habit 1 of his 1989 bestselling book The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. Habit 1 is to be proactive, and Covey argues that proactive people apply their focus within the circle of influence, while those that are reactive, focus within their circle of concern. He also argues that those with a proactive focus enjoy higher levels of resilience and reduced stress across their lives.
Let me put this into my own words.
Here is the Circle of Influence and Circle of Concern. As you can see, one is a subset of the other.
The circle of concern represents everything that concerns you – whatever is stressing you out, frustrating you, annoying you, waking you at 3am, etc.
The circle of influence contains those things within your circle of concern that you can ACTUALLY DO SOMETHING ABOUT. It represents the stuff you have some influence or control over.
Common sense would tell us that spending time worrying about things we can do nothing about is a waste of our resources and energy. In-fact, the more we are able to place our focus within the circle of influence, the bigger that circle grows, until almost all the things we are concerned with are within our influence or control in some way. Our circles start to look like this:
How is this possible? Well for two reasons – firstly, as we spend more time TAKING ACTION on the things we can change, we simply have less time to dedicate to worrying about the things we can't. We start to LET THEM GO. Secondly, the more time we spend taking action on things we can influence, the better we get at influencing in general. Our confidence grows, and we realise we can have influence over more than we first thought. People who can achieve this outcome really are taking control of their own destiny and enjoying a lot less stress as a consequence.
However, among the avalanche of issues and concerns that tend to come our way on a regular basis, it's easy to begin feeling overwhelmed and/or powerless, particularly when the things we cannot control are having a significant impact on our lives. Here's what it looks like when our focus is primarily on those issues we have no influence over:
This is a very stressful place to be. At its worst, the circle of influence can all but disappear, leaving the person to feel completely powerless to take control of their present or future.
If you find yourself in a situation to help a person in this state, start by finding one thing they can take action on, and get them to follow through. Then identify another, then another. Little by little, their circle of influence will start to grow.
A simple exercise
So how can you use this model to drive a more proactive approach, and hence reduce stress in your life? Use it to take a snapshot of your current situation. I often recommend the following simple exercise:
1. Write yourself a list of all the things that are currently in your circle of concern – don't hold
back, no matter how silly or irrelevant it may seem, if it's concerning you then get it down.
2. Go through the list and identify all the items you have some influence or control over.
3. Reflect on the balance – are most of your items in the circle of influence, or outside of it?
4. Prioritise those items you have some influence over and address the top five. Are you taking
action on these things? If not, make a plan and start implementing it.
This is a very basic exercise that I have seen reduce a huge amount of stress from people, particularly those who are feeling overwhelmed. You can use it once, or repeat it at regular intervals to monitor your progress. Ideally over time you want to aim for less and less items popping up on the 'can't influence' part of the list.
I believe this model is particularly relevant and useful for those in leadership positions, especially those with direct reports. Today's leaders are coming under more pressure and demands than ever before. Their ability to discriminate between where to place their focus is critical to their success. Further to this, people look to their leaders, particularly in times of volatility or change, to provide the steady hand and appear to be calmly in control. Therefore, resilience for a leader is a crucial characteristic to allow them to effectively lead.
Some other examples
A few years back I found myself in the unenviable position of being part of a process to close down a manufacturing operation and hence make a number of great people redundant. This is a classic situation where people feel a lack of control over the decisions that are being made that will directly affect their livelihood and future. And fair enough! However, what people can influence is how ready they are to take that next step. This is why we put significant time and effort into running CV and Interviewing Skills workshops, and providing financial advice through our EAP provider, so that these people had something tangible and useful to place focus on during a very turbulent time. These are little things, yes, but little things can create a start for people to feel less helpless.
We saw similar issues play out during the Canterbury earthquakes. Many people became terrified of the "next earthquake", something they of course had absolutely no control over. Someone very close to me was one of those suffering from this anxiety. By helping her to focus on the things she could take action on (creating an "earthquake preparedness kit", securing her pictures, furniture and nic-nacs around the home and having a plan to meet up with others should another earthquake hit), helped her to focus her attention and reduce some of that anxiety.
The concepts of proactivity and where we chose to place our focus are universal, as are the issues of stress, anxiety and lack of resilience. I've found Covey's model instrumental in my life around these issues, and I've seen its powerful impact on others. I hope you find it valuable too, in deciding where to place your focus.
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Hello Lovelies, how`s your weekend looks like?
Oh mine is pretty busy.
I added some finishing touches to the client`s kitchen.
Just needed some trim on the walls.
And soon you will see the pretty photos I made after;)
And I finally found some storage for my finished paintings and blank canvases.
So when I sell them I can go and grab the piece and they don`t overcrowd my studio!
It feels so airy and really empty;)
I did so many projects that I will show you guys!
But haven`t found time yet!
Sorry for that!
Back to this post;)
My front door, has seen many colors....XD
Let`s start at the beginning in 2010, where we decided to build our new living room.
We bought the cheapest door, we could find.
And regret it ever since. It was not pretty at all.
But we didn`t want to buy a new one.
Here it is before.
Just plain white and functional plastic door.
With a little window in the middle.
So I decided to change that and painted it black in 2012
And added a wood plank over the glass window on both sides.
There on the left you can still see the light peeking through the paint.
What can I say? It was too black;)
So I changed my mind and picked a light turquoise color in 2014.
And added some wood panels on to the door.
And now it hasn`t this plastic feel. I think it changed the door completely!
But after a week or so it started to fade,
until it reminded me of the white door from the beginning.
didn`t liked it at all!
So I changed my mind again.
And picked a rich, dark emerald bluish kind of color.
Added the painted door knob and a brass lion head knocker.
I like how the color changes during the day.
Depends on the light outside;)
Here is the door on the inside. I decided to leave it black, painted the handle black too and
added a coat rack.
Love it!;)
And here it is it from the outside again;)
I am very happy with the results!
What do you think?
Like it a s much as I do?
Liked to;
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Adventures in garment construction. (Plus random thoughts, photos of interesting places and stuff I've made!)
Thursday, 19 August 2010
Simplicity 3565
Its a Wardrobe elements with a jacket which can be at hip or cropped lengths an A line round neck proncess seamed dress and wide leg trousers.
I'm not sure I would have bought it but I do quite like it.
On pattern review there are just a couple of reviews for the long jacket (which is unlined btw) and nothing for the other pieces. I'm looking at the pattern and thinking, lengthen there, shorten there, alter here etc so I dare say I will use it but that the resulting garments won't look much like the originals!
Although the envelope pattern is all made up in dark purples that look like wool mixes and have a very winter look, the little sleeveless dress with the cropped jacket would be a lovely summer look. Round necks are not that great on me so I would probably change it to a V neck.
Sleeveless dress with a knit underneath does say little girl to me though, I had them as a small child (I did not wear school uniform until age 11 as was common in the UK at the time).
3 comments:
- Jenni said...
Very smart. The dress in particular looks very work suitable and I would see it more as a summer than a winter dress also.
- 19 August 2010 at 11:01
- Barbara said...
I love this pattern and completely missed it thanks. Look forward to seeing it made up.
- 22 August 2010 at 14:08
- Vix said...
I always think a sleeveless dress in wool jersey with a silk blouse underneath is a classic, if somewhat severe, look; not sure I can say the same about a short-sleeved turtleneck beneath, though!
It's funny I'm seeing this now; I wanted a knit blazer for fall and my non-sewing behind just dropped off some wool jersey in a more brownish plum for the purpose -- I would have preferred the shade Simplicity shows!
[I'm getting a piece that is rather like a combo of the jacket and bolero shown...I to the hip, but with a cutaway bottom to help cut up/add interest to my torso.]
I'll be interested to see how you make this pattern your own....
- 5 September 2010 at 02:19


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Foothills Stewardship for 10.31.16
Open & Affirming: Stewardship of our church, selves and community with open hearts, minds and doors.
New Tech!
Foothills extends a huge thank you to the estate of Anne Von Der Mehden, which made a long-overdue upgrade to the sanctuary's media possible. The analog signal is now high-definition; the noisy, blurry projectors were replaced and much much more was improved upon. We hope you all enoy the crisp imagery!
A UMW Thank You and Request
Our UMW wishes to extend a hearty THANK YOU to all of you who participated in making our rummage sale a great success. Whether you hauled furniture, prepared food for the helpers, donated items, worked on the sales floor or helped out in other ways, your effort was greatly appreciated. We netted $8450 from this endeavor, but our outreach goes further than just providing good, used items inexpensively. A few of our congregation pulled selected items from the sale to provide for individual ministries.
On another note, we are collecting the stamps from Albertson's and Von's cookware promotion for items for the kitchens. If you shop those stores, and don't usually take the stamps, please take them and donate them to our UMW. Just put them in an envelope and leave them in the UMW box in the office. You could also give them to Alice Broadhurst, Marion Van Diggelen or Kathy Myers.
Our leadership has a continuing challenge: to invite you not only to a committed relationship to Jesus Christ, but to grow each year toward becoming more devoted disciples of Jesus Christ with an ever-deepening connection with God. Stewardship emphasis is the time to invite you to take another step in your spiritual growth. This next month promises to be an exciting time of anticipation as we look ahead to what is possible both in our own lives and in our congregational choices for the future. Foothills is poised to move into a powerful year in 2017. Read more and make your pledge
Alternative Christmas: 11/20
It's time again for Foothills' Alternative Christmas! Come on Sunday, November 20 to King Hall after both services to get your Christmas shopping done and make your gift giving count. Alternative Christmas allows you to purchase a gift, which makes a real difference to individuals and communities in need, by contributing to one of many mission areas as an alternative gift for those 'hard-to-buy-for' friends and family members. Read More
Annual Charge Conference on Sunday
Each year, Foothills' membership gathers to vote on the most important matters facing the church, on salaries and the ongoing vision of the church. All members are encouraged to attend annual conference when it meets this Sunday, 11/6 at 6:30 pm in King Hall.
Daylight Savings Ends on Sunday 11/6
If your clock doesn't do it for, then be sure and take an hour off before you go to bed this Saturday, so that you wake up on time for church. Better to have that extra hour of rest than to show up to an empty sanctuary.
The Craft Faire
The Faith Academy's annual holiday craft faire is here! Tour King Hall for a full day of crafts from 9 am - 7 pm on Tuesday, 11/8. A special preview for Foothills members and Faith Academy families is held on Monday, 11/7 from 5 pm - 7 pm. Get a head start on your Christmas gift buying with crafts, home-baked goods and other inventive and awesome handmade goods. All proceeds from sales go to supporting the craft faire artists and the Faith Academy preschool.
Discover Foothills
Are you new to Foothills or perhaps wanting to know more about what it means to be a Christian? Gather together with the pastors for a home-made meal and have the chance to ask questions, and get to know more about our mission and ways to engage and grow at Foothills. The meeting is held in the King Hall conference room at 11:45 am on Sunday, 11/6 and a meal is provided. Read More
Brew Up Some Faith
Brewing Faith next meets at 6:30 pm on 11/2, and each first Wednesday of the month. Meet with Pastor Eric and others from the Foothills area to have a deeper discussion in a casual setting on questions of faith. The meet-ups are currently held at Hooley's Irish Pub in Grossmont Center.
Sponsor a Beam - Support the Church
$160,352 has currently been raisedThe church beams are in great need of repair to keep our sanctuary structurally and aesthetically strong. It will take everyone's help to raise the $200,000 needed. Watch this video to learn all about our Beam Team Campaign. Click here to donate or read more. Sponsor a beam and join the Beam Team to help us reach our goal.
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Doctor Omega
It claims to be a religion. Many do not agree.
It has had an impact on Hollywood.
Tom swears by it.
So does John Travolta
So does Kirstie (Star Trek) Alley
and Anne (Fatal Attraction) Archer.
But why?
What exactly is going on with these people?
And do you think it will vanish and shrink?
Or is it here to permanently stay in some shape or form?
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The first trailer for Guardians of the Galaxy will air tonight on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, and Marvel has released a 15-second teaser for it. The film centers on misfits Peter Quill (Chris Pratt), Gamora (Zoe Saldana), Rocket Raccoon (voiced by Bradley Cooper), Drax the Destroyer (Dave Bautista), and Groot (voiced by Vin Diesel) teaming up to protect a mysterious orb from the clutches of the villainous Ronan the Accuser (Lee Pace). I'm incredibly excited for this movie, and so while I'm usually annoyed by teasers for trailers, in this case I'll make an exception.
Hit the jump to check out the teaser, and click here for new images. The film also stars Karen Gillan, John C. Reilly, Glenn Close, Michael Rooker, Djimon Hounsou, Peter Serafinowicz, and Benicio Del Toro. Guardians of the Galaxy opens in 3D on August 1st.
Via Marvel.
Here's the official synopsis for Guardians of the Galaxy:
From Marvel, the studio that brought you the global blockbuster franchises of Iron Man, Thor, Captain America and The Avengers, comes a new team – the Guardians of the Galaxy. An action-packed epic space adventure, Marvel's "Guardians of the Galaxy" expands the Marvel Cinematic Universe into the cosmos, where brash adventurer Peter Quill finds himself the object of an unrelenting bounty hunt after stealing a mysterious orb coveted by Ronan, a powerful villain with ambitions that threaten the universe. To evade the ever-persistent Ronan, Quill is forced into an uneasy truce with a quartet of disparate misfits – Rocket, a gun-toting raccoon, Groot, a tree-like humanoid, the deadly and enigmatic Gamora and the revenge-driven Drax the Destroyer. But when Peter discovers the true power of the orb and the menace it poses to the cosmos, he must do his best to rally his ragtag rivals for a last, desperate stand – with the galaxy's fate in the balance. Marvel's "Guardians of the Galaxy" is presented by Marvel Studios. The film releases August 1, 2014, and is distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures.


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I have been hoping to become a devotee of Krishna since 1979. I may be overstating my case by claiming to be nearly a devotee, but I happily live in such hope.
This blog began as an experiment, and I'm afraid it remains so. I have been very slow to write and have really only posted peices I have written for publication or broadcast.
In short, this will not be the most exciting blog you may have visited but I hope it inspires some good thing in the good reader.
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Distracted driving is a serious problem. In my last post about the topic I discussed the AT&T "It Can Wait" website that has important information for families. The AT&T It Can wait website shows "Texting and Driving Crash – It Can Wait" and other videos that anyone with a phone and a car should watch (parents and teens included!):
Join me and pledge to never text and drive. The It Can Wait website has a section where you can share your pledge. Here is another It Can Wait pledge I just did on the website and tweeted: "Those who send txt messages while drivng are 23x more likely to be in a crash. Pledge @ itcanwait.com. #ITCANWAIT ".
I was thrilled to see my pledge retweeted by others – so by making a pledge you can inspire others to make their pledge not to text while driving.
AT&T also has a DriveMode™ (Android and BlackBerry) app that has auto on/off to help increase safety on the road.
The DriveMode app "curbs the urge to text and drive by allowing you to temporarily limit the features of your mobile device so you stay focused on the road. You can set-up auto-replies to texts, emails and wireless phone calls to let people know you're on the road and will get back to them. AT&T DriveMode is free to AT&T customers."
UPDATE: Jeannine S is our Winner (and she has been contacted). Thanks to all that entered!!
To help move this important issue forward, I am excited to host a "It Can Wait" (ICW) giveaway where ONE winner will get the following prize (fulfilled by AT&T):
One Samsung Galaxy S III
One ICW t-shirt
One ICW branded phone case (to fit the GSIII)
Two ICW decals (for your car)
Two ICW thumbbands
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Home Loan
As the name suggests, home purchase loan is taken for purchasing a ready to move-in or a under construction house by mortgaging the same to the bank. The amount of loan is decided by bank on the basis of income of the customer and the purchase value as well as market value of the property. The property to be purchased should legally and technically be acceptable for the purpose of creating mortgage.
The most important factors in home purchase loan are Loan to Value (LTV) ratio and income eligibility. LTV ratio (expressed in percentage) is the ratio of the required loan amount to the market value of the property being purchased. The other important factor i.e. income eligibility decides how much loan can be extended to a potential borrower on the basis of his income.
Interest rates on home loan can be low which depends on aspects like total amount of loan applied for, customer's profession, maximum period of repayment etc. For the purchase of under construction property, the property is required to be under the construction by an approved developer and an approved project of the bank.
As grace we are empanelled with 24 banks. We firmly believe that people buy there dream home once in life.
As you know that when you buy any property. You do N numbers of search to find the best dream home. Same way when you book you home you require home loan.
As described earlier that we are empanelled with 24 banks. We don't believe in just logging your file in any of the bank. But we wish to provide you a comparative study for your loan first.
These all steps a customer's do by himself but we don't charge anything for it and results of this process will be:-


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Azure and Xamarin Forms
Cross Platform Mobile Development
Authors: Fustino, RussellDownload source code Free Preview
- Build apps in C# using Xamarin and deploy to iOS, Android and Windows StoresDemonstration through examples of phone vs tablet, portrait vs landscape and ListView vs grid layout
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Discover how to create cross platform apps for Android, iOS and UWP using Azure services and C# with Xamarin Forms. This book illustrates how to utilize Azure cloud storage for serving up Azure SQL DB data through Azure App Services.
The book starts by setting up Xamarin and introducing Xamarin Forms and then covers the Azure Portal from a developer's perspective and goes on to demonstrate how to build an Azure Service using Quickstart. You'll also see how to add Azure support to Xamarin Forms application. You'll review in detail how to build a Xamarin Form with Azure Client and modify an existing app to become a Xamarin Forms Client for Azure with offline synchronization.
You then move on to third-party controls that speed up development. By the end of the book, you will be able to use Azure and Xamarin together and master how to use Azure Mobile Quickstarts, Azure SQL plumbing, database synchronization and Xamarin Forms.
What You'll Learn
- Create a Xamarin Forms App and understand the Structure of a Xamarin Forms App.
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Who This Book Is For
Software developers new to Xamarin and/or Azure and for the developers who are familiar with both the technologies to use in mobile apps.
- Create a Xamarin Forms App and understand the Structure of a Xamarin Forms App.
- About the authors
Russ is CEO of Fustino Brothers, Inc, makers of the Endorsed Jethro Tull App, and a Microsoft MVP in Windows Development. In addition to being a former developer evangelist for Microsoft, he has also been one for Russ' ToolShed, Xamarin, Raygun & ComponentOne. Russ is a former Azure Senior Cloud Solutions Architect for Opsgility. He is highly experienced in developing cross platform apps using Xamarin and C# for UWP, Android and iOS. Russ is a Xamarin Certified Mobile Developer software developer. He has a passion for conveying relevant, current, and future software development technologies and tools through live seminars, teaching, and internet video productions. Russ heads up a user group in the Tampa Florida area: Mobile Application Dev Tampa (www.MADTampa.com). Russ is also the local PC Handyman for his community, fixing virus problems and providing tune-ups for his neighborhood and helping folks that have been scammed on their PC. Please like https://www.facebook.com/PCHandymanRussFustino/ as well as https://www.facebook.com/Fustinobrothers/. On Twitter follow @FustinoBrothers and @RussFustino to keep tabs on him. Russ has enlightened, entertained and educated over 1 million developers in his career and is a recipient of the INETA Lifetime Achievement award.
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Five EASY tips to make your video look amazing!
— Rui De Sousa. Kine Graffiti's Co-Founder & Creative Director. Published on 01/11/16.
After 25 successful years in the Video Production Industry, Kine Graffiti's team know how to make a video it's absolute best. Here is Kine's Co-Founder & Creative Director, Rui De Sousa, top 5 short tips on making an incredible video.
Your script is the story you want to tell to your particular audience – it's your video's road map and it will guide everyone involved in its production. Making decisions about your program at this stage, rather than on location, will save you time and money. Do you want a presenter or voice-over or maybe interviews? Perhaps auto-cue? Animation, graphics, titles, logos? Also, it's the best way of ensuring everyone is on the same page and know what's expected when you come to shoot and edit.
Prior Preparation Prevents Poor Performance.
Does everyone know where to be and at what time? Have you checked on what you need to provide? Has the CEO read the script before sitting down to present it? Is everyone to be on-camera dressed appropriately for the shoot and have they all signed release forms? Is there water or coffee and tea? You can never prepare enough – everyone will love you for it.
Sound is king, this is a biggie. Find quiet, visually interesting spaces for interviews or on-camera presentations – this will make a huge difference when you come to edit. Music can make or break a production as can the voice-over. Think of your audience when choosing an appropriate voice-over artist, and a good audio (music) track will not only complement the visuals but also enhance and reinforce your story. Audio Network, Pond5 and Shutterstock are good places to start.
Nearly as important as the sound. Animated titles, graphics and supers will frame your video but it's the lighting and camera work that will knock it out of the park. Remember, a picture is worth a thousand words – make them count. The content of your video – your message – will be lost if your images are rubbish to start with. There's only so much your video editor can do!
Brevity is the soul of wit. Tight, well-paced edits are a pleasure to watch. Don't burden your audience with text. Keep text for brochures and PowerPoint - there's nothing worse than large, detailed text screens on videos - they're boring and hard to read. Let your excellent visuals and audio do the work. If you're video is going on-line, use smaller files like .mp4. Some filmes (like .flv or .wmv) are too small and will compromise the quality of your video.
Achievement minus angst — our recipe for a productive formal interview
— Simon Boyle. Kine Graffiti's Co-Founder & Script Writer. Published on 28/09/16.
Witness Tony Abbott's excruciating 28 seconds of silence during his infamous 2011 interview on the death of an Australian soldier in Afghanistan, even practiced politicians sometimes succumb to interview induced paralysis. It's hardly surprising, then, that ordinary folks who rarely and reluctantly find themselves immersed in the pressure cooker atmosphere of a formal on camera interview often find the experience so uncomfortable they can only respond in stilted fits and starts. So how can an interviewer and film crew help to turn this intimidating trial into something that feels far more like an informal and relaxed conversation between unrehearsed equals?
In our experience, it's by recognising that from the moment we arrive on location, there are some simple and unobtrusive ways to create calm. Deciding on framing and background, moving furniture, setting lights, camera/s and microphones and adjusting levels all takes time, during which we leave our interviewees to their normal and accustomed routine. It's only when we're as set to go as we can be that we call them in. That way, the remaining preparations — adjusting for actual voice levels, seating heights and eye lines — actively engage the interviewee's attention, rather than leaving them to dwell on what's to come. Having said that, invariably there's still a little dead time while the crew makes some final tweaks and that's when our interviewer starts chatting to the interviewee. Sometimes it starts with a bit of small talk but then, informally, it turns to some aspect of the ground to be covered in the interview.
In a number of ways, this sort of soft 'pre interview' noticeably reduces the increasing unease interviewees often experience during the last few moments before the actual questioning begins. Firstly, it shows that we are both informed and involved in the subject of the interview, rather than simply waiting to reel off a list of questions, the answers to which are of little real interest. Secondly, it establishes a conversational tone that can segue into the actual interview, making the camera operator's call of 'rolling' a minor distraction rather than an abrupt summons to perform.
To maintain the interview as a conversation — rather than letting it slip into interrogation — we listen carefully to the interviewee's answers and if necessary, change the order of the questions to maintain a sense of logical consistency in what's being discussed. We'll also come up with an ad hoc question or two if that seems a more fitting response, ensuring that everything that needs to be covered is by steering the conversation back to the prepared questions as the opportunity arises.
Finally if, as sometimes happens, an interviewee loses their train of thought and requires a somewhat extended pause to re-capture it, we don't look on idly as they work out what they'll say next — or offer advice that may be more distracting than helpful. What we do is to use that 'opportunity' to rejig some aspects of our set up, so the interviewee can can quietly consider what they want to say without the anxiety of feeling they're holding things up and keeping us waiting.
For us, all this has one overriding aim and that's using all of our experience and understanding in helping each and everyone we interview to be the best they can.


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We all know that conservative catches and healthy ecosystems maintain robust fish shares. Use our instruments to ensure these standards apply to all snacks and drinks around your campus. Healthy Chelsea accomplished its 2nd yr of consecutive funding from Trefler Foundation to help a student-run campaign advocating for healthy foods at Chelsea Excessive Faculty, and was requested by the Trefler Basis to submit a proposal for a third year of funding.
Subscribe to BBC Good Food magazine and get triple-tested recipes delivered to your door, each month. When cooking, maintain the following tips in mind to maintain your loved ones secure from meals poisoning. Healthy Chelsea includes seventy five people representing local government, state government, group organizations, healthcare providers, and businesses. Enjoy your meals, however eat much less: Take the time to fully enjoy your food as you eat it. Consuming too fast or when your attention is elsewhere may lead to eating too many energy.
Healthy Land and Water gratefully acknowledges our partners, whose dedication and help help to make the Awards doable each year. Well being education schemes give students the information and skills to change into successful learners and healthy adults. Attempt to eat dinner earlier and quick for 14-sixteen hours until breakfast the subsequent morning. Discover information on being pregnant, your kid's growth, and healthy lifestyles for the entire family.
Our Healthy Faculties Program is an proof-based mostly initiative that may enable you to to create and sustain healthy environments the place your college students can study better and flourish. Power bars – Vitality bars can be a wise choice for a snack or mini meal if they provide a healthy dose of protein and fiber, and are low in sugars and saturated fat.
Be sure you're additionally becoming in healthy fare like whole grains, fruit, veggies, and nuts and seeds in the other meals and snacks that day. All our recipes are examined totally by us to ensure they're suitable in your kitchen at home. Ideally, the amount and kinds of meals we eat must be tailored to who we're – our genetic predisposition to gaining weight, how we metabolise sugars, how we retailer fat, and different physiological fluxes which might be beyond the scope of scientific instruction in the meanwhile, and perhaps forever.


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G'day. Last Wednesday I had a partial mastectomy. All was well until 2 hours after the operation. Then, the breast decided it was going to rebel. I had a bleed and it looked like I had had an implant inserted. Surgeon was called and he said to put pressure bandages and keep ice packs on the breast to reduce the swelling. Didn't work. I was in hospital 4 days.
I came home last Sunday with assurances the swelling would subside, but ha, it had other ideas and the swelling got worse. It looked like I had a basketball breast, not a pretty sight and to add to that, the breast was black with massive bruising. My post op check up was Tuesday just gone. I would also learn the results on this day. Surgeon took one look at the basketball, after removing the swathe of bandages and said that I would need to go back into surgery the next day. This basketball breast was not good. The fluid etc needed to be removed. So, yesterday, one week after the initial op, I was put under again and the fluid drained.
Let's go back to the initial op for a minute. It took 6 goes to try to get the cannula into a vein. Unfortunately I have very thin veins and they tend to collapse when they see a sharp pointy needle approaching. By this stage I was in a state myself and was on the verge of having a panic attack at the thought of more needles. Hooray for the surgeon, he was called and suggested that they would put the gas mask on, get me to sleep and then they would find a suitable vein. I breathed a huge sigh of relief.
Same thing yesterday. I told the young doctor about my iffy veins, but she just had to try, didn't she? After the second attempt, I was in a right royal fit and suggested they do what they had done the previous week. God bless that surgeon, he agreed again.
Anyway to cut a long story short (it will still be long) swelling is mostly gone, but not quite. Basketball has been reduced to a smaller version. I have a six inch incision under the breast and this is where they went in again yesterday. So as you can imagine I am not a happy camper. Also the report didn't come back as good as we had hoped. One good thing is the lymph nodes are clear, but in the surgeons words, the cancer was a very nasty type and they fear some of it may have broken away and travelled to who know's where. Chemotherapy is recommended. Tomorrow I travel back into the city of Melbourne, to the hospital and have a CT scan and a bone scan. Next Tuesday I have a heart test and also talk to the oncologist about the chemo etc. Hubby has been simply the best, son and daughter have been remarkable, friends and work colleagues make me realise how blessed I am to know them. It's now time to get some rest. I will continue this saga next week, when I know more. Once again, thank you to everyone who has wished me well. I do appreciate it.
Take care. Liz...


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