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Next up was washing the car. No use for a car on a bike tour so I had to get it in tip top shape for posting to Craigslist. Hadn't washed it in forever; it was amazing how many bugs were in the grill. I even found a dead bee in the engine! It was a nice way to keep cool in the heat of the day though. I love that in the middle of February we can have days in the 80's. Oh California! Armed with some beautiful photos, a quote from Auto Trader and the Toyota dealership in town, I should be able to put together a good enough ad to get a decent price 🙂 Unfortunately I'll probably still lose money on it, but that's what I get for buying a newish car. Financially it would have made more sense to buy an older car for cash, but you live and you learn right? Now I know better for next time!
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Altogether, I probably have about 50lbs of stuff right now. There's still a few more items I'll be needing though. Unfortunately, when I loaded up my bike to make sure I would be able to strap everything on, I realized (well, it was pointed out to me) that I need to find a way to distribute the load more. Carrying all that weight on the back would make riding interesting at best. I'll definitely have to find some way to hook up a front rack. I'm sure there's an internet solution for this, a challenge for this week! This was one reason why I was considering buying a touring bike to replace my road bike, they come standard with front brackets. I'll find ways to do some weight cutting as well, there's probably some things I just through in my bag just because I might possibly find some use for it and knowing I didn't have anything yet I wanted a better feel for the weight I'd be carrying. Gonna have to go up to SLO this week to check out the Army surplus store I've heard so much about. And no, I will not go without my dance shoes!
What's Next:
- Set up front rack on bike (or buy touring bike)
- Buy remaining gear
- Pack stuff to store, and sell the rest (especially car)
- Finish Taxes
- Re-assess budget
- Train
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Saturday, February 26, 2011
Back when I was the breadwinner, sometimes I would bring home a saran-wrapped caramel popcorn ball from cooking class that day, or a sugar cookie leftover from parent/teacher conferences to Jason. Now he brings me ice cream-filled cupcakes and entire pies of cheesecake from The Cheesecake Factory leftover from work celebrations. Hello, these things are $46.95 a pie! I think he's found the perfect job :)
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Sunday, February 20, 2011
Really, Boston?
- Streets without street names—seriously, only half of them have a sign to them.
- No rules on the road. Not your right-of-way? Not a problem. If there's space, pull on in, if there's time, go on through. And if you don't, you're going to get honked at. I could make a list of all the illegal traffic maneuvers I've seen just this weekend.
- Our church building has gated underground parking.
- Every Sunday, atleast a dozen of the sisters are wearing slacks to church. Apparently, this is the "Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints of New England".
- Everyone wears these long super puffy coats in ugly colors. It's a fashion trend I'm having a really hard time accepting.
- It's getting better each day, but when we first moved in, it was starting to get dark at 4pm, and completely dark by 4:30pm.
- Having a compact car is definitely the way to go. Every time we have to parallel park, which is everywhere except church, I'm glad I was inspired to buy my stubby Hyundai years ago. (PS—our town of Somerville is the most densely populated city in New England, with more than 11,600 registered vehicles per square mile!)
- Dunkin Donuts are EVERYWHERE
- Whatever time Mapquest quotes, it will take you almost exactly 3x as long to get to your destination
- Babies are so novel around here! Everywhere we go, its like people have never seen an infant in this town.
- No one uses their blinkers. I feel like an out-of-towner every time I do.
- They're 'rotaries', not roundabouts, and 'carriages' not shopping carts
(On our weekly shopping trip to the local "Market Basket", where shopping on an evening or Saturday will make you want to shoot yourself)
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Friday, February 18, 2011
We had a trial run with some rice last night!
I never really had a doubt that our beefy boy wouldn't be all about cereal. He gobbled up the whole serving in 2 minutes or less!
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We realized that we, the parents, haven't boughten a single thing for our boy! We've been so blessed with hand-me-downs from aunts, sisters, mothers, and friends that we've been so taken care of! Now with a few paychecks in the bank, we bought our first baby purchase: a little baby chair for Lincoln! Its a knock-off brand of Bumbo, but this Lionheart model has bigger leg holes, so this baby's thighs will fit in it a few more months. Best. Purchase. Ever. Its so fun to have him sit with us at the dinner table! And it'll be a great high chair while we're a little cramped for space in this apartment. Lately, it works great to have him sit in it on my sewing desk eye-level with me and we can chat away while I sew stuff. These 7 bridesmaids dresses are almost done, halleluah!
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Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Daddy's Boy
That's for sure. The two of them get along so great :) They hang out a lot on Saturdays to make up for the rest of the week. And I guess Link is already a MarioKart fan. 4 month appt. results:
but that was after he peed all over me, the room, and the nurse
Height: 26.5", 87.5%ile
Weight: 17 lb 2 oz, 80.5%ile
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Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Grown Ups
Its fun being a grown-up! For the first time, we got a babysitter last week so we could go to the temple. (It was so weird PAYING the babysitter and not BEING the babysitter.) For the first time, I took a meal to a family in the ward today. For the first time, we're having the missionaries over for dinner on Sunday.
I'm so thankful for great parents who taught me so much about what is expected as a member of our Church through their consistent example. Thank you, Mom and Dad! Its fun trying to be like you :)
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Monday, February 14, 2011
Be My Valentine
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Friday, February 11, 2011
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Wednesday, February 2, 2011
I love any chance to play up holidays :) I was kind of freaked out with how many recipes showed up online that involved cooking real groundhog. Gross.
Let me explain: the potato in the middle is the groundhog popping out of the ground, not a volcano. Don't be jealous of my 2nd grade skills.
Enough with all this free time--I just got a sewing job that involves 6 bridesmaids dresses for a March 4th wedding in North Carolina, so that's where all my baby-nap-time will be dedicated starting tomorrow!
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Tuesday, February 1, 2011
A Hair Story
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Poison on the Skin
WARNING: Do not allow any pesticide to get on you while you are helping
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Chemical Burns of the Skin
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Azodrin, Bidrin, Bomyl, Carbophenothion (Trithion), Co-Ral, Dasanit, DDVP
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Do Not Use morphine, theophyllin, aminophyllin or barbituates.
Carzol SP, mexacarbate (Zectran), aldicarb (Temik), carbofuran (Furadan),
methomyl (Lannate), carbaryl (Sevin).
endrin, dieldrin, aldrin, lindane, endosulfan (Thiodan).
sodium arsenite, Paris green.
For Poisons Such As: hydrogen cyanide, Cyanogas.
For Poisons Such As: warfarin, Fumarin, Pival, PMP (Valone), diphacinone
For Poisons Such As: sodium fluoroacetate (1080).
For poisons such as: DNOC, DNOCHP.
For poisons such as: methyl bromide, Carboxide, ethylene dibromide.
For Poisons Such As: 2,4-D, 2,4,5-T, monuron (Telvar), diuron (Karmex), Hyvar-X,
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Participants will have the opportunity to gain hands-on conservation experience working with professionals and stakeholders in the environmental field while visiting some of Michigan's pristine, natural sites. In addition to learning about conservation, participants will also take part in a series of workshops and student led seminars revolving around the topics of diversity and equity in conservation. Concepts such as power, privilege, identity will be examined and discussed.
For those interested in applying, the application deadline is February 8th, 2017. An application form, three essays, and two letters of recommendation are required for one to be considered for the program.
So what are you waiting for? Here is your opportunity to get out there and get your hands dirty while creating some real change!


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Choosing the right Photographer
Choosing the right photographer for your wedding is a very stressful aspect of wedding planning. Not only do you want every photo taken to be highest of quality, the best lighting, the best angles, but you have a budget in mind as well. Photography can up the ante to any bride's budget.
When deciding where to look, reach out to your friends first, get the name of whom did their wedding, or even epics, baby pics, family pics, etc. Look them up on Yelp.com or WeddingWire.com to read reviews on them, and even other vendors that had worked with them.
If you already have your location picked, they might have preferred photographers, and might only allow them to be used, and not outside photographers, a point to bring up in deed when discussing any aspect with your venue. They have contracts signed with each of their vendors, and vise versa, and sometimes rules cannot be bent. So if your best friend has offered to do the photography for your wedding, get the facts to avoid any unwanted problems.
If you do have a friend, and you cannot have them be the main photographer, maybe include them to be at the rehearsal and rehearsal dinner, getting ready pics, and other points where they will not step on the main photographer's shoes.
Schedule a meeting with the photographer, preferably at their studio, or at the venue of your wedding/reception. Try to focus on their personality, because they are going to be your shadow all day long, and you are going to interact a lot with them, if it is somebody with an uneasy personality, keep that in mind.
Their portfolio is going to make or break your interest, obviously. If they have varied styles, this is great. If you see the same poses for each wedding, a cookie cutter, almost prom picture, style, it might not be a fit for you. The pics in their portfolio should be recent, not from the 80's, 90's or early 2000's. Pics from the 80's are still out their in some photographers' portfolios, believe it or not!
What do you hope to see in your wedding photos? Do you want classic styles, or a bit of edgy, almost photo journalism, with a lot of black and white, contrast and lightness? Make sure you share your interests, if you don't want edgy, tell them. If their portfolio is edgy, that might be their training and focus, and only do photography like that. As well if you want edgy, and they are to more traditional style, they might not do edgy the way you want, as that might not be a high skill for them.
Again, the budget is going to come up. Be prepared to tell how much you are willing to spend. And make sure to know the hours you will have with the photographer. They might offer a package of 5 hours, and then what it is to add an extra hour, or even adding an extra photographer. Extra photographers, by the way, if you can splurge, are great to have! While one is up close during your ceremony, the other might be in the balcony of the church getting aerial shots, for example.
When you're discussing the hours with the photographer, don't be afraid to ask if they will charge "driving time", meaning if your wedding is at one location and the reception is at another. They shouldn't include this in their pricing. They might use that time to take a break, grab a bite to eat, because the longest part of the day for them is coming up.
Other extra increases to your budget will be owning the rights to your photography. This is great to have, because not only are the pics yours, you can do so many things with them, like create photo albums for family members, photo gifts, etc, they are yours to do what you want with them.
Usually photographers will include a basic album into the package, then will offer a more elaborate album, which increases the price. If it is worth it, great, but if you feel like you could make that coffee table book for much cheaper, like at Shutterfly, then decline the extra bells and whistles and accept the basic complimentary album.
Here's a link to the how to, step by step, post about creating your wedding memory album with shutterfly:
Tutorial: Creating your own Memory Album with Shutterfly
Let the photographer know if you want any specific pics. For example, will their be a staircase at your venue, and do you envision your bridal party in a certain formation? They might not have that in mind, and if you do, this is the time to share this. Take a list with you, for him to keep and hold onto, and just in case, provide a family member with this list to hand to him/her, in case he doesn't have it with. It might sound silly to do this, but you are going to be rushed from spot to spot, and stress levels could be high!
And finally, any photographer worth their salt will offer a free epic session, take advantage of this, you will get to see his/her work, and more than likely you'll love your epics, and will look forward to your photo shoot session on your wedding day. Research and asking the right questions will help you immensely.
Good luck in finding the right photographer for your wedding!
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Accolades flow for fighting fear
From Courier Mail
This is a small newspaper article about Dr Paula Barrett and the development of her programs.
"She is the one they turn to around the world if the kids are not coping and are stressed out.
From her base in Brisbane, Dr Paula Barrett is a world leading child psychologist who teaches children, their families and adults the skills to be resilient and overcome anxiety, depression and stress.
She's petite and softly spoken with a Portuguese accent, but Dr Barrett is a determined campaigner and eager to see more Australian children access her Friends for Life program.
Dr Barrett was yesterday named Telstra Queensland usiness Woman of the Year and her centre, (…) was a recent finalist in the Telstra Business Awards for Queensland.
The Friends course is the only one endorsed by the World Health Organisation, as well as a handful of top-ranking journals, for its treatment of anxiety in children sand adolescents.(…)
Yet education bureaucrats in Mexico, Canada, the UK, Finland, Hong Kong, Saudi Arabia, Iceland, Germany, Thailand, Norway, Japan and New Zealand have all embraced her skills and programs.
In British Colombia, Canada, every Year 5 student — some 65,000 children — will do Dr Barrett's Friends for Life course this year.
Dr Barrett is among the Queenslanders named in Qweekend magazine's 2008 Best and Brightest issue, (…)"


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Jesus told His disciples, "Whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant, and whoever wants to be first must be your slave—just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many" (Matthew 20:26-28).
I want to continue on today with my 'One Another' blog series and address the issue of humility. About 15% of the 'one another' verses in the New Testament stress an attitude of humility and respect among believers. Humility is a difficult issue to grasp, because as soon as you think you've got it.. you've lost it with a prideful sense of self reliance. "Pride has a way of distorting how we see ourselves while humility offers a realistic perspective."
Humbling ourselves is not just about being a servant to others, but includes being humble enough to accept help. Pride is the biggest deterrent to the helpful hand of another. Why do we hinder God's provisions for our 'real needs' with our limits on how much we will accept from another? "It may not be easy to be the one on the receiving end—especially if you've usually been the first one to help other people. But with humility, we can allow God to gently care for us by a variety of means when we need help."
From Matthew Henry's commentary on humility, "We must esteem others in lowliness of mind better than ourselves, be severe upon our own faults and charitable in our judgments of others, be quick in observing our own defects and infirmities, but ready to overlook and make favorable allowances for the defects of others. We must esteem the good which is in others above that which is in ourselves; for we best know our own unworthiness and imperfections."
As for myself, humility is an everyday reality I have to submit to. It does get easier with practice but it's never truly easy. Pride is ever-present when I have to let others help me but I must turn that prideful attitude into one of gratitude. I must remember there are other ways of doing things, than just 'my' way. I must think of my helper's needs, not just my own. I must flip the 'M' in Me, to make it a 'We' state of mind.
The greatest act of humility was when God became human and sent His Son to be with us, teach us, suffer for us, die for us and conquer death for us. He came to serve, not to be served. "We must walk in the same spirit and in the same steps with the Lord Jesus, who humbled himself to sufferings and death for us; not only to satisfy God's justice, and pay the price of our redemption, but to set us an example, and that we might follow his steps." Philippians 2:1-11 are verses that call us to imitate Christ's humility... what an example to follow with one another. May we all be like-minded with the Spirit of Christ.
Proverbs 22:4
"Humility is the fear of the Lord; its wages are riches and honor and life."
James 3:13
"Who is wise and understanding among you? Let them show it by their good life, by deeds done in the humility that comes from wisdom."
Humility with 'one another' verses:
- Give preference to one another in honor (Ro 12:10)
- Regard one another as more important than yourselves (Php 2:3)
- Serve one another (Ga 5:13)
- Wash one another's feet (Jn 13:14)
- Don't be haughty: be of the same mind (Ro 12:16)
- Be subject to one another (Ep 5:21)
- Clothe yourselves in humility toward one another (1 Pe 5:5)


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Pregnancy Week By Week
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Your baby will attain a weight of weight of about 2.5 ounces (70 grams). The babys skin is very thin, and blood vessels can be seen through. Fine hairs, which are called lanugos, cover the skin but fall out before the baby is born. Some babies are born with these fine fuzzy hairs on their body, but will eventually shed.
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This multi pastel colored shoe is the Dansko Professional Cotton Candy Stapled Clog. With the same features as the iconic Dansko Professional Clog, your feet will stay comfortable all day. Accessorize your work day attire with these unique clogs.
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Current Partner Companies
- Des Moines, IA | all-stateind.com | February 2019
- Investment: Family / founder recapitalization
All-State is a leading manufacturer of non-metallic components for OEMs across a diverse range of end markets. Founded in 1974, the company has a demonstrated history of partnering with its customers to design and manufacture solution-oriented products used for sealing, acoustics, thermal management, motion control, instrumental panel and impact absorption applications.
- Darien, WI | www.ligchine.com | July 2018
- Investment: Family / founder recapitalization
Ligchine International is a globally-recognized, leading designer, manufacturer and marketer of laser-guided boom operated concrete screeds. Ligchine produces a diverse range of models under the ScreedSaver™ banner, and Ligchine's products provide best-in-class concrete floor flatness and levelness results for its customers.
- Acworth, GA | www.americomfg.com | December 2017
- Investment: Family / founder recapitalization
Americo Manufacturing Company is a leading manufacturer of floor maintenance pads and commercial and retail floor matting products. The company produces a diverse range of high-loft, nonwoven products such as floor maintenance pads and specialty fabrics, plus a complete line of vinyl-backed, walk-off floor mats for use in industrial, promotional, retail, custom and specialty market applications.
- Dallas, TX | www.frontierwaste.com | April 2017
- Investment: Buy-and-build
- Add-ons: Nine acquisitions completed as of March 2020
Frontier Waste Solutions is a provider of municipal solid waste services to the municipal, residential, commercial and industrial markets. The initial Frontier platform includes the acquisitions of Access Disposal Services, serving Hillsboro and the market area between Waco and Ft. Worth, and K2 Waste Solutions, serving the areas around Corpus Christi and Liberty County, Texas.
- Albuquerque, NM | www.bacom-inc.com | December 2016
- Investment: Management recapitalization
BACOM is a leading provider of services for the installation, modification, construction, and maintenance of wireless communication facilities and related infrastructure.
- Kansas City, KS | www.magnumsystems.com | October 2016
- Investment: Buyout / recapitalization
Magnum, through its Taylor Products and Smoot brands, is a leading designer and manufacturer of branded packaging and material handling solutions serving a diverse set of end markets, applications, and customers. The Company's highly engineered products are designed to handle free-flowing materials that are difficult to package or convey in all types of manufacturing environments. Magnum's products are recognized throughout the industry for their superior quality, performance, reliability, and ease of use.
- Hot Springs, AR | www.timberna.com | August 2015
- Investment: Family / founder recapitalization
- Add-on: VAB Solutions
Timber Automation (dba Baxley-LogPro) is a leading manufacturer and supplier of equipment and systems for the forest products and biomass industries. The company manufactures and supplies blue-chip customers and independent sawmills with custom engineered equipment and control systems that maximize lumber yield and reduce labor costs, as well as machinery for sawmill logyards, engineered wood products plants, pulp and paper plants, chip mills, and pellet mills.
Exited Portfolio Companies
Ashbrook Simon-Hartley
- Houston, TX | Invested January 2005 | Exited July 2012
- Investment: Corporate carve-out
Ashbrook is an industry leader in liquid and solid separation technologies for the wastewater industry. The company provides highly efficient and cost-effective solutions for dewatering and process system requirements for large customers. Ashbrook has a global presence with offices in the United States, the United Kingdom, Chile, and Brazil. Ashbrook was sold to Alfa Laval (Ticker: ALFA.ST) in July 2012.
C&M Conveyor
- Mitchell, IN | Invested July 2006 | Exited May 2018
- Investment: Buyout / recapitalization
C&M Conveyor, Inc. is a designer, manufacturer and installer of sophisticated material-handling systems for the corrugated, folding carton and commercial printing industries. Founded in 1982, C&M is a leader in its niche market.
Cobalt Environmental Solutions
- Ardmore, OK | Invested April 2014 | Exited May 2019
- Investment: Buy-and-build / greenfield
- Add-ons: Acquired and/or developed six facilities during hold period
Cobalt is focused on the disposal of flowback and produced wastewater for the oil and gas industry.
Controlled Recovery, Inc "CRI"
- Hobbs, NM | Invested November 2006 | Exited July 2010
- Investment: Family / founder recapitalization
Controlled Recovery, Inc. is a provider of oil and gas waste disposal services. Located in Hobbs, NM, the Company's primary service area is the energy-rich Permian Basin. CRI was founded in 1990. CRI was sold to R360 Environmental Solutions in July 2010.
Environmental Design "EDI"
- Tomball, TX | Invested April 2004 | Exited December 2011
- Investment: Family / founder recapitalization
Founded in 1977, Environmental Design, Inc. ("EDI") is the country's premier company in the large tree transplantation niche. EDI holds patents on the world's most advanced tree transplantation equipment and has innovated advanced tree transplantation techniques. EDI was sold to management in December 2011.
- Austin, TX | Invested November 2004 | Exited June 2015
- Investment: Buyout / recapitalization
Gatti's, founded in 1964, is a Texas-based owner, operator and franchisor of retail pizza restaurants across the United States. Gatti's maintains over 100 stores across nine states with delivery, buffet and buffet/arcade concepts. Gatti's was sold to Sovrano LLC, an affiliate of FundCorp Inc., in June 2015.
Hoak Media
- Dallas, TX | Invested January 2007 | Exited June 2014
- Investment: Growth capital
- Add-ons: Acquired over 10 stations during hold period
Hoak Media Corporation acquires and operates network-affiliated broadcast television stations. Hoak focuses on secondary and tertiary markets (DMA<100) where its stations are the dominant source of news and information in their respective markets. Based in Dallas, Hoak has a presence in eight markets in Texas, Colorado, Nebraska, South Dakota, North Dakota and Louisiana. Hoak was sold to Gray Television Group, Inc. in June 2014.
Marine Accessories Corporation
- Maryville, TN | Invested July 2015 | Exited June 2018
- Investment: Buyout / recapitalization
- Add-ons: TurboSwing and Fishmaster
MAC is the leading designer and manufacturer of wakeboard towers and accessories and a leading producer of custom-patterned cockpit covers, bimini tops, and boat covers.
- Dallas, TX | Invested April 2008 | Exited May 2014
- Investment: Family / founder recapitalization
Founded in 1989, MultiCam manufactures and distributes computer numeric controlled ("CNC") cutting machines. MultiCam produces a full line of cutting solutions including routers, plasma, laser, water jet and knife cutting machines. MultiCam sells through independently owned distributors ("technology centers") to a diverse and non-correlated set of end users. MultiCam was sold to Rosewood Private Investments in May 2014.
- Addison, TX | Invested September 2004 | Exited November 2005
- Investment: Growth capital
Omniflight is an industry leader in the medical air transport industry. Omniflight transports critically ill or injured patients to hospitals, regional trauma centers or specialty care facilities. At the time of Blue Sage's investment, the Company served 14 hospital-based programs and 12 independent programs with a total of 42 helicopters and one fixed wing aircraft. Omniflight has deployed these aircraft in 13 states. Omniflight was sold to Wind Point Partners in November 2005.
Parker School Uniforms
- Houston, TX | Invested August 2008 | Exited June 2015
- Investment: Family / founder recapitalization
Parker School Uniforms is one of the three largest U.S. companies producing school uniforms for children in grades Pre-K through high school. Parker is one of the only companies that functions as both a manufacturer and a distributor of school uniforms. Parker has grown over the years to include service to over 900 schools and more than 250,000 students primarily in Texas and increasingly the Southeast and Midwest. Parker was sold to an investor group comprised of Salem Investment Partners, Plexus Capital and Argosy Investment Partners in June 2015.
Primus Sterilizer
- Omaha, NE | Invested December 2006 | Exited November 2018
- Investment: Family / founder recapitalization
Primus Sterilizer, Inc. is the leading independent manufacturer of steam sterilizers in the United States. The Company's sterilizers can be found in leading research laboratories, hospitals and pharmaceutical companies.
R360 Environmental Solutions
- Houston, TX | Invested July 2010 | Exited October 2012
- Investment: Buy-and-build / greenfield
- Add-ons: Acquired and/or developed over 10 facilities during hold period
R360 is a leading provider of non-hazardous oilfield waste treatment, recovery and disposal services in several of the most active natural resource producing areas in the United States, including the Permian, Bakken, and Eagle Ford Basins. R360 operates 26 facilities across Louisiana, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Texas, and Wyoming. R360 was sold to Waste Connections, Inc. (NYSE: WCN) in October 2012.
- Sparks, NV | Invested September 2005 | Exited October 2014
- Investment: Buyout / recapitalization
VIA, Inc. is a niche designer, manufacturer and marketer of mid-to-high end office seating. Unlike other contract office furniture companies that take 6 to 8 weeks to build and deliver a custom chair, VIA is able to build most chair styles in many colors and fabrics within 48 hours.
Visual Merchandising, Inc. "VMI"
- Broomfield, CO | Invested February 2007 | Exited June 2013
- Investment: Family / founder recapitalization
- Add-on: Goldsmith
Founded in 1987, Visual Merchandising, Inc. ("VMI") is a state-of-the-art designer, manufacturer, and distributor of custom mannequins, forms, and other visual merchandising products to the global retail industry. With a number one market share position in the U.S., VMI markets its products under the brands of Fusion Specialties, Inc. and Goldsmith, Inc. VMI was sold to Noa Visual Group, S.L. in June 2013.


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Our club meets at 6:30 pm on the FIRST Wednesday at Be's Restaurant in West Seattle. The address is 4509 California Ave SW, near the corner of California Ave SW and SW Oregon. Additional service project locations are announced each month.
Membership is open to all men and women who possess a genuine interest in serving the community. We are in the process of changing meetings to once a month on the FIRST Wednesday of each month only.
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West Seattle Kiwanis was the second service club established in West Seattle, and began in 1929.
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It's not officially the end of the year if a photographer does not post her/his "Best of" the year. So here is my "Best images of 2016 by Edmonton Fashion Lifestyle Photographer Emilie Iggiotti". I am going to be a little bit emotional for a second. Please, jump directly to the photos if you don't like sappy blog posts.
So, in 2016, I started to officially work for an amazing company called Tribe Red Leaf. If you are a photographer, you probably know them. If you are not a photographer, you probably never heard of them. Amy and Richard are the owners of Tribe Red Leaf, a company based in Vancouver who develops and offers products to professional photographers like me. I have been a long time customer and user of the Tribe Red Leaf presets when Richard and Amy asked me to join their team as a social media coordinator, blogger and test editor. My role quickly moved to social media coordinator to social media manager for Tribe Red Leaf but also for Tribe Archipelago, the sister company of Tribe Red Leaf created in collaboration with the Looks Like Film team.
Working with Tribe Red Leaf and Tribe Archipelago has definitely changed my life this year. The community of photographers I had the pleasure of working with is absolutely incredible. (And I even wrote an article about it.) I love my job and I learned so much this year thanks to these people. I want to take the opportunity today to publicly thank Amy and Richard for taking a chance on me and hire me. It was an absolute pleasure to work with you and I wish you the best for 2017. Can't wait to see what 2017 has in store for the Tribe!
Another big milestone this year for me since I moved to Edmonton was that I stopped shooting weddings (but I am planning on taking a few in 2017… more to come on this!). I indeed transitioned to lifestyle and fashion photography. This transition was not easy, especially having to start over in a new city. It was very challenging. But boy, this decision took me to places I never thought I would ever visit. Because I had very few weddings booked this year, my dear friend Brent Calis asked me to help him shoot some corporate gigs for Scarlett Street, a creative agency based in Toronto. That's how I embarked in a huge project called Far and Wide, which took me all over Canada the entire summer. The people I met while doing my job, the places I have been to this summer will forever be cherished.
This year has also been full of hard times and moment of despair. But I decided to keep showing up everyday, even when I was feeling unworthy, ugly and useless.
I just wanted to share with you what I wrote yesterday in my journal.
"I thought 2016 sucked and then I started to look at my images from this year and I told myself: "Damn it, that was a good year."
We are so used to evaluate our worth and what we have in comparison to what we see on social media and on Internet that we forget to appreciate our own victories and successes. We watch other people's lives so much that we forget to tune in our own personal channel. I thought that 2016 was bad (and it was in some ways) but in general, I must admit that it was pretty good, photographically speaking.
I travelled, I met amazing people (I wish I could name them all), I ate good food, I drank good coffee, I laughed a lot, I cried a lot, I danced, I sang at the top of lungs, I read great books, I listened to good music, I went to amazing concerts, I slept a lot, I watched lots of good TV shows and movies, I loved, I hugged, I lived.
How amazing is this?"
Something in me definitely changed in 2016… I discovered a self-trust I did not know I had, a peaceful feeling that everything will be okay, even if my timing seems off. Also, it's okay to not have the same timing as everyone else. You gotta dance on your own rhythm.
Now that I think of 2016, all I see are the faces of the people who took part in my life and showed me love, friendship, trust and consideration. I am seen, and loved and known and it is a beautiful feeling.
Thank you everyone for everything.
Love you all,
My best images of 2016 | Edmonton Fashion and Lifestyle Photographer
Superbes ! Toutes aussi belles les unes que les autres. En effet, c'était une année de belles images. Vivement 2017 !
Thank you for sharing your heart and experience of the past year. Raw and real. Bless you in 2017
elles sont belles tes photos comme toujours ! et quel bonheur de s'affranchir des réseaux sociaux, enfin dans une certaine mesure si ça fait partie intégrante de ton job. Moi même j'ai réalisé à quel point ça m'était toxique. Depuis que j'ai engagé une detox ça va bien mieux ! Continue comme ça, tu as du talent ! ?
These are great my love! Great job
Tes mots résonnent tellement forts et justes... merci de les partager. Magnifiques images "2016"... je te souhaite une année 2017 encore plus belle, à tous les points de vue !
Amazing work Émilie!
Emilie, these are the most beautiful photos! Your work is incredible. But more than that, you are incredible <3 Your words here are such an inspiration to me. 2016 was a major struggle for me and I also thought it was a sucky year but you inspired me to really take a closer look and see the beauty in the moments i shared with others. Those things are way more important than all that went wrong. Thank you for sharing this! Miss you!


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More Comments from my discussion of stories from Pinckney Benedict's Miracle Boy and Other Stories and Alyson Hagy's Ghosts of Wyoming, including a comment from Pinckney Benedict. The full discussion, involving several others, can be found on the Emerging Writers Network blog.
Pinckney Benedict, "Bridge of Sighs"
I agree with John that in "Bridge of Sighs" Benedict uses the vehicle of a cattle epidemic to explore a universal human reality. However, I am not so sure it is a "sickness in humankind," except that ultimate "sickness unto death" that befalls us all. And as I read it, the boy does not hallucinate a flame-throwing nightmare of war. He tells Scurry, "I made a mistake. I thought it was a cartoon on, but it was the war." What he took for a kind of Tom and Jerry bit of stylized violence was actually the news showing a scene probably from Viet Nam. So, it seems to me, war is not the problem, just another symptom of the universal human reality of facing death. And it is always brutal.
I remember the first time I saw the Bridge of Sighs spanning one of the canals in Venice. I think it was Lord Byron who gave it this name because when the prisoners were taken across it, they looked out one of the small windows and sighed at their last view of the world before being placed in a dungeon. Benedict does not make a big deal out of this allusion, but the fact that the name is given to the walkway over which animals and workers cross in an abattoir or slaughterhouse, combined with a suit named "The Exterminator" and an instrument named Humane Cattle Killer, all urge a universal reading, especially when the boy makes the mistake of thinking it is a Human Cattle Killer.
I looked up Greener's .445 Humane Cattle Killer on line and found pictures of it and full instructions on how to use it. Cold and grisly stuff! But all perfectly natural. During hog-killing season back in Eastern Kentucky, as a child I watched my grandfather take a short-handled sledge to forehead of a hog and stun it to its knees, before deftly slicing its throat with a razor-sharp knife. All perfectly natural and perfectly inevitable.
The story makes me think of James Agee's fable "A Mother's Tale"—a more obvious parable about facing death, in which a mother cow tells her child about the story passed down through generations of The One Who Came Back, having escaped the mysterious Man with a Hammer. Being frightened by the father in the Exterminator suit, but seeing his loving friendly eyes inside the eyeholes is an effective image of the kind of make-believe monster that Bruno Bettleheim says frighten children in fairy tales and haunt our unconscious. The two-headed monster that turns out to be two spring calves is similar at the end of the story. The real problem the boy says, is telling the difference between what's happening and what we think is happening. His father helps him with that.
The boy hears the sound of running water and thirsts for it, has a hard time imagining a world without dogs, hopes to find mudpuppies in the stream, and all the while the sound of the shots remind him of the inevitable. At the end of the story, it comes down to Scurry's powerful desire to deny death, to insist that nothing is wrong, "Nothing wrong at all." The boy knows that Scurry needs someone to bear witness to that, to testify to that. So do we all. If it were not so, we would not have religions.
I can't help remembering the movie, The Love Bug, when Michelle Lee is trapped inside the Volkswagen, Herbie and cries, "Help! I'm a prisoner! I can't get out." A hippie in a van looks over and says: We all prisoners, chickie baby. We all locked in."
Yeah, I know that is like leaping from the sublime to the ridiculous. But I reckon that's the way stories make my mind work.
Comment by Pinckney Benedict
Dude, I adore that detail about THE LOVE BUG and the hippie. It's exactly the kind of comedown that's needed, the exact right way to undercut melodrama. And I love that it came up in connection with my work, and particularly "Bridge of Sighs" (which verges pretty heavily on the melodramatic, if it doesn't outright plunge into it - not the worst, maybe, but one of the most frequent of my sins as a writer).
I actually didn't know about the bridge in Venice (what an ignoramus!) until I was working on the story. I ran across a reference, in looking up some stuff about slaughterhouses, to the walkway into one of the big Chicago packing houses, which they called The Bridge of Sighs, and I thought it was perfect. Imagine my chagrin when Richard Russo publishes a book by this same name right around the same time the story came out!
"A Mother's Tale" sounds like something my parents would have read to us when we were kids. They used to tell us, when we didn't drink all our milk at a meal (and we drank a LOT of milk) that our refusal "made the cows cry." They were sneaky that way, as all good parents are. We drank our milk. I'll have to find this one and read it for myself. Thanks for the steer (no pun intended).
Alyson Hagy, "Brief Lives of the Trainmen"
This is one of those stories that the more I read it the better I like it. That's a good thing, don't you think? —Certainly better than the opposite. Like Dan and John, I am drawn to the multiple metaphors and similes. But I think Hagy has more going on with this kind of language than local color and picturesque poetry. I think she creates a kind of stylized folktale, a cartoon-like world and cleverly leads us into it.
In my opinion, this is a story about how stories come into being. All the "brief lives" in the separate sections accumulate and create an alternate reality until that wonderful folktale episode of Captain Hallock's horse being spooked by Joe Hanna's shooting the cook's rooster and throwing him into the laundry pot. Hagy says that this will not be the last word about the misadventure: "The tale will have ten verses and a chorus once the rail gangs slaver into it." Why else would one of the characters in the story be named "Ode"?
Bret Harte once said of this kind of story (his kind of story): "It was Humour--of a quality as distinct and original as the country and civilization in which it was developed. It was at first noticeable in the anecdote or "story," and after the fashion of such beginnings, was orally transmitted. It was common in the barrooms, the gatherings in the "country story," and finally at public meetings in the mouths of "stump orators." Such characteristic American humor, says Harte, was the parent of the American short story."
I don't know if Hagy had Harte in mind when she wrote this story, but she sure creates a wonderfully Western comic image of "Liberty's living fuse" as those folks on the work train lay down another mile of track. God knows how the Transcontinental Railroad, that Diviner's line, ever got laid by the "miscreant hands" of these trainmen. But by God, it did! Even the journalist who tries to record it all, following the line's progress with a wagon full of lead type, has to cope with a scrofula swelling of the testicles. The trainsitman on the surveying team remembers his former professor who quoted Seneca: "It is better to know useless things than to know nothing at all." He thinks those words "convey the sad blare of an anthem" and he believes he knows less than he did when he left Chicago. "About himself. About ambition and America."
This is a story about how great things grow out of little bits. That applies to the Transcontinental Railroad as well as it does to Hagy's story.
Saturday, May 15, 2010
Short Story Month, May 2010: Pinckney Benedict's "Bridge of Sighs" and Alyson Hagy's Brief Lives of the Trainmen""
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Window to the mind – 2016 exhibition of paintings by Geraldine Robarts
Visual art, like sport, speaks across cultures. A universal language that can be practiced and understood by all, it is a unique vehicle for allowing different voices to be heard. It can unlock communication between diverse nations, peoples, and histories.
The paintings have a power to connect people together through profound information about who we are as human beings and what it means to be human.
It is about acceptance. I can't stress the word enough: it's about acceptance of the world around you. When making a painting the most important thing to me is the preservation of the canvas – the sense that it has been created to survive and its longevity is certain. These paintings done in the best materials will live long after the artist.
I try to create something with the best intentions which I hope will help people. It is really something special. It's a community that really cares about each other and is generous. My own experiences in life have convinced me of the importance of the community as a whole. I think that that I have gained a greater sense of my responsibility towards humanity and I try to do the best I can. I believe that I am involved in an activity which respects the viewers and strives to help them go beyond their limitations. The same thing the artist does is to push the boundaries to discuss infinite possibilities.
Letting people feel secure about their own history. It goes past their cultural history. It's about their own well-being without criticism. I try to create a work which is about acceptance. I think in art there is a hierarchy of one's own interests but there is no place for judgement. I think the liberating aspect is the removal of anxiety. I have always tried to be at the service of my work and I have always tried to have a platform for it. I have tried to reveal everything I can, because it is only through experience that one can expand one's parameters even further.
I think generosity is so important for artists – the only thing we can do is to be generous. If you try to create art it is just a decorative exercise and ultimately the only positive thing that can come of it is that it reverts you back in contact with real art. Real art just appears: one has to listen to one's self and follow one's interests, and when something speaks to one, one has to respond to it and do it. Ultimately, I think this always happens in the viewer. In dealing with ideas I find that my responsibility to be able to communicate those ideas to people I am working with and keep the intellectual and emotional ideas as pure as possible.
I strongly believe in going with life as it presents itself. It actually provides you with a more interwoven experience with life, with people, with yourself.
Kenya now is full of new opportunities. It's a constant opportunity now!
Every action can be an opportunity to try to help people and be generous in life and to make this experience as positive as possible for everyone.
Seascapes – "Made in Heaven" work that I am nonetheless proud of. I think that some of the paintings are beautiful and I know that my intentions with the work were really good. The important thing in art is that it can help people accept themselves; once you accept yourself, you are able to move on and actually go to a higher state.
You encourage the viewer by empowering them with a vision and perhaps the chance that art may really transform their lives. If people can just accept their own history and embrace themselves, art be a tremendous vehicle for self-empowerment and enlightenment. It gives one the security one has with one's own body and of being at one with nature.
My work is very intuitive so the type of images I am drawn to are equally intuitive. I believe that there are certain things in life that one can feel more attracted to but I really don't believe in judgement. I think trust and relationships are most important.
The only thing I can say is that art is meeting a need in people. Art is really a perfect vehicle for it. Because it's a hub; this hub unites all the different disciplines of the world. It brings architecture together with physics, with philosophy, with sociology, with music and dance. It brings everything together. I think people understand that; it's helping to bring transcendence to their life. I am always thinking about humankind and how each of us can try to make the world a better place.
The key in life is adaptability and art always has to be adaptable too. I weave in realism, semi-realism, abstraction, different techniques because I try to push the boundaries every day in my studio and ask myself "WHAT IF".
Thank you very much for coming to share these paintings. I hope you have enjoyed the exhibition.


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|'Overset' cartoon by Rowlandson
A rummage through random aspects of the past that interest me and may be of use or interest to other readers and writers of period fiction. Please note that the stories featured and my artwork for the covers are copyright; and have the courtesy to ask permission if you wish to use anything that is mine, and duly acknowledge it if you do.
Thursday, 6 November 2014
Travel in Austen's time was fraught with danger... and it wasn't just potholes
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Interesting that all the passengers in the first excerpt were ladies and gentlemen; one wonders if the lower orders would be less sadly missed?ReplyDelete
Maybe the reporters were unsure and thought it best to err on the side of politeness?ReplyDelete
Great article, thank you for sharing! Carriages struck by lightning - I wouldn't have dared to make it up. Life is stranger than fiction.ReplyDelete
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I know, it's astounding! I read at least 5 incidences of carriages struck by lightning, and I wish I'd saved them, but it was only as it was striking me that this was something worth looking into that I thought, actually, this is a great blog post... I'm told that in places where there is very little evidence of modern technology, pedestrians and carts do get struck by lightning freqently still, since without pylons around, they can be the highest point in the landscape. Equally, the frequency of ball lightning in reports in the Regency may be because the static charge build up is not dissipated by the high level of lightning conductors and pylons and so on that we have today. And of course, carriages of the time were not Faraday cages as modern cars are....ReplyDelete
Coincidentally, Mike Rendell has just blogged about his ancestor's exigencies of travel, which are interesting to add as a supplement here: http://mikerendell.com/travel-in-the-eighteenth-century/ReplyDelete


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Tuesday, March 10, 2015/Categories: Governor's Office/Tags:
Mike Wessler, Deputy Communications Director, 444-9725
Ronja Abel, Communications Director, 437-2359
HELENA – Governor Steve Bullock and Montana Department of Commerce Director Meg O'Leary today announced the recent award of $610,500 to the Missoula Housing Authority to assist with the construction of Dakota Place Apartments. Dakota Place Apartments will be a complex for single or homeless households, prioritizing those with a mental illness or co-occurring disorder in the Missoula area. The funding is being made available through the Montana HOME Investment Partnerships Program.
"This project will ensure that some of the most vulnerable residents in Missoula have access to safe, quality, and affordable housing," said Gov. Bullock. "I look forward to continuing to work with communities across Montana to increase access to low-income housing for those who need it most."
The partnership between HOME, the City of Missoula, and the Missoula Housing Authority is helping complete this much needed project to address the shortfall of affordable housing for homeless individuals. The City is providing a 10-year tax abatement and MHA has contributed the land for the new housing.
"Providing stability for at-risk individuals through housing is an important part of building strong and resilient communities," said Director O'Leary. "The HOME program provides the extra support that organizations need to move forward with projects, such as this one, that help increase the quality of life for all residents."
Missoula Mayor Jon Engen, who submitted a letter of support for the project, was appreciative of the funding. "We appreciate very much this help in providing housing for the most vulnerable in our community, the people whose need is most immediate," said Mayor John Engen. "Part of the measure of how well we do as a city is how well we provide for our neighbors who need help."
The project has an estimated 11-month construction schedule upon completion of the environmental review. Once completed, the units will allow at-risk individuals to easily access services to help reduce homelessness in Missoula.
For more information about the Montana HOME Investment Partnerships Program, please contact the Community Development Division at the Montana Department of Commerce at (406) 841-2770.
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