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A finite element model of cold pilgering with elastic roll dies have been developed and used to investigate the influence of roll die deformation on the material flow, contact region, roll separating force and tube dimensions. Full scale experiments were performed to validate the contact surface and tube dimensions. The results show that the influence of roll die flattening is not significant on the contact length. However, elastic deformation of roll die has strong influence on both the wall thickness reduction and roll separating force. Thus it is recommended to consider elasticity of roll dies when forces and tube dimensions are estimated.
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Cold pilgering is a challenging tube forming process in terms of modeling due to the complexity in kinematic of tools, friction condition and material behavior. The process development has mostly been based on simple formulas and costly full-scale tryouts. The aim in this study is to develop validated Finite element models of cold pilgering to increase the understanding of influence of the process parameters on the produced tubes.
In the course of this thesis, three-dimensional mechanical and thermo-mechanical Finite element models of cold pilgering were developed. The commercial code MSC.Marc was used in the simulations. General 3D models are needed to be able to capture asymmetric deformation in cold pilgering. It was found that tool deflections together with elastic deformation of roll dies have considerable influence on the rolling force. Furthermore, the strain rate and temperature effects on the response of the material and thereby on the rolling force were evaluated.


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In Ram Nath Kovind, India has got its second Dalit President but the first one linked to the RSS. Read more about his journey to the Rashtrapati Bhavan here.
At long last, Indian companies are hiring transgender people into their workforce, but there's a long way to go before the employees can overcome the social discrimination that trickles into their professional lives.
India's parliamentarians in the Rajya Sabha engaged in a vibrant debate over the recent lynching of people by the cow vigilantes. Here's why such robust debates should never stop.
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In the ICC Women's World Cup, the Indian cricket team beat Australia by 36 runs to enter the finals, with Harmanpreet Kaur playing one of the finest innings in One-Day Internationals.
In the debate over the mandatory imposition of Aadhaar by the government, the Supreme Court bench hearing the arguments has said privacy is a difficult concept to grapple with at a time when people are putting out personal information on social media.
The Prime Minister's Office has advised the HRD Ministry to include elements of military schools, known as Sainik Schools, aimed at promoting discipline, physical fitness and a patriotic outlook in regular schools.
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The US State Department is closely observing the ongoing standoff between India and China over territory in Sikkim border. The Donald Trump administration has said it will ask the neighbours to engage in dialogue with an aim to reducing tension between themselves.
Chester Bennington, the 41-year-old frontman of the American band Linkin Park, allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself at his private residence in Los Angeles County in the US.
A Sunni Muslim organisation that follows the stricter Salafi branch of Islam has surprised many by refusing a teenager's demand to wear the abaya on all days in lieu of the more secular dress code at a college it runs.
In The Indian Express Janaki Nair writes a scathing piece about the march of cow nationalism into Indian life. There was never disrespect for the nation's current favourite animal, she says, but neither such all-consuming obsession with it.
From being nurtured in the RSS ideology to occupying the high office of the President of India, Ram Nath Kovind has come a long way—which also means he has now a duty to the country's Constitution, not to a narrow set of beliefs, says Vinod Sharma in the Hindustan Times.
At a time of communal flare-up in Bengal, Kallol Bhattacharjee reminds us in The Hindu of the syncretic tradition of Lalan Fakir, who once united the two parts of the divided state.
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Unlike the traditional method, an email is a faster and more effective means of delivering a message from person A to person B. If you are planning on writing an Applicant Rejection Letter, the feel free to look around.
You should start your letter the same way your company does with other business letters, and you should use the company's letterhead. On the first part of the letter, you can get directly to the point by stating that the job position has already been offered to a different candidate. If ever you called the candidate by phone beforehand, then this letter will serve as the confirmation.
The next part of the letter should be to thank the candidate for taking interest in the job position, for making an effort in submitting a cover letter to the company, and for patiently waiting for the company's response. As with most formal letter templates, you should wish the candidate their best in their search for other opportunities. And then you should sign off by making your signature by hand over your typed name.
You may refer to our collection of rejection letter templates to make the process of writing a rejection letter easier for you.
Just as the letter you received from the company is formally written, you should also respond to the letter in a formal manner. While it may be a disappointment on your part, you should still thank the hiring manager for still giving you the opportunity to apply in their company and for taking the time to review your documents and credentials.
Then you may ask the hiring manager to provide you with some constructive criticism with regard to the cover letter and resume you submitted, as well as how you did in your interview. The most important thing to keep in mind when writing this response is to avoid negativity and not to take this as a source of discouragement.
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Read the last part of the story here.
We next learn that Samuel opens himself to hear God speak to him, and God has some unfortunate news regarding the disrespectful sons of Eli. Naturally, Samuel is afraid to say anything to his teacher--wouldn't you be? I would not want to be the carrier of bad news.
Three major points stand out in this last part of Samuel's calling by God:
ONE: What God reveals is a responsibility. Just as God told Samuel some heavy truth about Eli and Israel, what we receive from God will be of important weight. Whether He speaks to your spirit about what school to attend, what people to spend your time with, or how to gently hold a dear one accountable--He asks us to be obedient.
TWO: When God reveals, He equips. God placed a responsibility upon Samuel, after the boy opened his heart and mind to receive. We are told, "...the Lord was with him, and everything Samuel said proved to be reliable" (v. 19). If the Lord is prodding you in a certain direction, or giving you a heart command, He will equip you for the task.
THREE: Serving God is not knowing God. We are told in the opening verses of the story that Samuel was "serving the Lord by assisting Eli". Yet, moments later, we are told that "Samuel did not yet know the Lord" (v. 7). This dynamic proves that it is entirely possible to "do" the Lord's work, to serve Him, yet never to truly know Him or listen to His voice.
May today's outpouring be that we choose to receive whatever God may be trying to reveal or say, and then move forward with confidence that when God reveals, He equips!
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Make Your Next Visa Extension Delicious
The next time you have to extend your visa, consider going to Mito instead of Tokyo so you can enjoy a great lunch at Pizza Lino right near the immigration office. Pizza Lino offers a "lunch for two" that is a quite a deal. For 2600 yen (in total for two people), you will get access to the salad bar and drink bar, two main dishes (one pizza and choice of either pasta or rice), and a dessert selection (usually three small desserts like cake, panacotta, and ice cream per person). The salad bar is rather small but surprisingly filling. Actually, I have never once been to Pizza Lino and had someone complain that they didn't get enough food.. You can also add a third person in for an extra 1300 yen.
To get to Mito, take a bus from Tsukuba Center to Tsuchiura Station (approximately 30 minutes) and then take the Joban line from Tsuchiura to Mito (approximately 1 hour). The immigration office is located on the south side of Mito Station. There is a Mini Stop (convenience store) located to the south and east of the immigration office. Pizza Lino is located on the same street as the convenience store near the McDonalds and Royal Host closer to the station.
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Hey, is something happening this Sunday night? I feel like I keep forgetting an important event. No? Well then maybe that would be the perfect night to disassemble my television and see if I can put it back together again. You know, for kicks since nothing else is happening — oh, wait, that's right. The one and only hourlong dramatic series about lesbians is ending after six years. Sheesh. How could I forget? You'd think I bumped my head while diving into the deep end of a pool or something.
Yes, The L Word's swan song is nearly upon us. And like any good goodbye, there was a goodbye party. Earlier this week most of the cast — with a few notable exceptions — came out to commemorate six seasons of talking, laughing, loving, breathing, fighting and that rude word that rhymes with sucking.
Present and accounted for were series regulars Mia Kirshner, Kate Moennig, Laurel Holloman, Rose Rollins, Daniela Sea, Marlee Matlin and — of course — series creator Ilene Chaiken. Missing in action were Jennifer Beals, Leisha Hailey, Rachel Shelley and Pam Grier. Hmm, everyone who thinks Ilene dispatched them to that women's prison to do some scouting for the spinoff, raise your hand.
Also on hand were an assortment of very special guest stars past and present including Papi (Janina Gavankar), Niki (Kate French), Jamie (Mei Melancon) and The Reamer (the one, the only Jane Lynch.
The rest of the cast looked rather touchy feely, particularly Marlee who seems to have incorporated her Dancing with the Stars cheek-to-cheek lessons into her everyday life.
A thankfully dry and dressed appropriately for mourning Mia looked a tad bemused by the whole event. Perhaps she is still trying to figure out who killed Jenny. (Hint: Her name rhymes with bacon. As in, "Can you believe the ego of that crazy slab of bacon?")
Looking lovely in celebratory shades of fuchsia and red were Rose and Laurel. Rose looks like she just asked Laurel if she thinks Ilene saw her interview on This Just Out with Liz Feldman. If so, Rose should avoid the pool area at all costs.
Kate, meanwhile, seemed to be in the last gasps of acting very Shane today as she posed with an assortment of lovely lasses — oh, and Ilene.
Though, am I the only one who thinks the assembled cast looks a bit like they're standing in a police lineup?
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About the Shaykh
Shaykh Muhammad Sālih Hendricks was born in 1871 in Swellendam. His mothers name was 'A'i'sha and his father 'Abdullāh. He left the Cape for Mecca with Sayid Abd al-'Azīz al-Māliki in 1888.
He studied the Ihya 'Ulūm al-Dīn of Imām al- Ghazāli with Sayid Bakri Shata, who wrote the commentary on the Hidayatul Adkiya ila Tariq al-Auliya of the gnostic (Arif billa) Shaykh Zain al-Din ibn al-Shaykh 'Ali ibn al-Shaykh Ahmad al-Mi'bari.
Shaykh Muhammad Sālih Hendricks also studied with Sayid 'Abbās al-Māliki who was (the grandfather of the late Sayid Muhammad 'Alawi al-Māliki and the chief Qādi in Makkah)
In March 1903, he left Mecca for Zanzibar where he was appointed assistant Qādi.
He returned to the Cape in July 1903 and it was here that he married a lady of Arab descent. She found it difficult to adapt and requested a talaq, then returned to Mecca. Later on the Shaykh married a woman by the name of Kubra Toefy. The marriage produced fifteen children – 8 daughters and 7 sons.
In 1920 he successfully established the Zāwia in walmer estate
After spending seventeen years in Mecca, Yemen and other countries searcing for knowledge, the shaykh returned to Cape Town. When he returned, he could no longer speak his home languange, Afrikaans. He then attended the classes of a 'Mr.Gool' who taught him the languange (Afrikaans).
Daily lectures
After Fajr he held classes for Imām's until shortly before 10:00am
From 10:00am he held special classes for members of the Ahli Bayt (Descendents of the Prophet (saw) and a number of other students of the Arab extraction). These classes were conducted entirely in Arabic.
After 'Asr (late afternoon prayer) he conducted classes attended by younger members of the community.
Between Maghrib (early evening prayer) and 'Isha (late evening prayer) he held classes on Qur'anic recitation and Fiqh.
After 'Isha he conducted classes for various groups based on the level of their advancement. During this time he also had a special group of about ten people whom he taught advanced lessons on Tasawwuf.
Sunday mornings he taught the Ihya 'Ulūm al-Dīn of Imām al- Ghazāli from 11:00am to 12:30pm.
Every alternate Sunday he held classes for ladies from 4:00pm to 5:30pm
Thursday evenings were exclusively dedicated to Tafsīr.
- Risālat al-Jāmi'a of Shaykh Ahmad bin Zayd al-Habashi
- Matn al-Ghaya wa -Taqrib by Qādi Abū Shuja' al-Asfahāni
- Sharh of the Matn al-Ghaya wa al-Tariq by Shaykh Ibrāhīm al-Bajuri
- Mughni al-Muhtaj ila Ma'rifat al-Ma'āni Alfāz al-Minhāj by Shaykh Muhammad al-Khātib al-Shibrini (this was a commentary of the Minhāj al-Tālibīn of Imām Nawawi)
- Maraqio al-Falah Sharh Nūr al-Idah by Shaykh Hasan bin 'Amar bin 'Ali al-Sharanbal Ali al-Hanfi
- Tafsīr al-Jalalayn by Imām Jalāl al-Dīn al-Suyūti
- Tafsīr al-Kabīr by Imām Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzi
Usul al-Fiqh
- Waraqat of Imām al-Haramayn al-Juwayni
- Al-Mustasfa of Imām al-Ghazāli
- Minhāj al-Wusūl ila 'Ilm al-Usūl by Qādi Nasīr al-Dīn 'Abdullāh bin Abi al-Qāsim 'Ali bin 'Umar al-Baydhāwi
- Al-Ajrumiyya
- Alfiyyatu Mālik
- 'Aqidat al-'Awām of Sayid Ahamd al-Marzūqi al- Māliki al-Makki
- Umm al-Barāhin of al-Sanūsi
- Jawharat al-Tawhid by Shaykh Ibrāhīm al-Bajuri
- Tuhfat al-Labib by Sayid Ahmad bin Sumayt
- Nasīh al-Dīniyya of Sayid 'Abdullāh bin 'Alawi al-Haddād
- Ihya 'Ulūm al-Dīn of Imām al- Ghazāli (with its commentaries)
Note: These are only a selection of works, which the Shaykh studied and taught.
By Muhammad Allie Khalfe, extracted from The dissertation on the Auliya of the Cape by Shaykh Seraj Hendricks.


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4 Questions to Help You Focus Your Social Media Marketing
Our lives are inundated with social media these days, and it seems like there's a new social platform popping up every day. With all those choices, it's easy to look at social media marketing and think: "There is no way in H-E-double-hockey-sticks I have the time or the budget to deal with this."
But don't let this social media overwhelm get to you! Because even if you're working with a small budget and trying to fit social media into your already busy schedule, you can get real results.
One word: FOCUS.
As with many things in life, social media marketing benefits from quality over quantity. By focusing your social media efforts on one or two key platforms, you can build a successful social media strategy without shelling out the big bucks or sacrificing your other responsibilities.
But how do you decide which social media accounts you should focus on? Start by asking yourself these four questions:
1. Does one of your social media profiles already stand out?
If it ain't broke, don't fix it! Does an existing social media account already stand out among the others in terms of engagement, numbers, or conversions? That means you're on the right track! Make strong accounts even more effective by analyzing your past posts to see what types of messaging or post frequency really resonate with your audience.
2. Where does your audience already hang out?
Think about your target customer or donor – what type of person are you trying to reach with your marketing? And which social media platforms is that person most likely to spend time on?
If you work primarily with photographers and designers, for example, chances are good that your audience spends more time on Instagram (a visually-driven platform) than Twitter or Facebook. Work primarily with corporate partners or entrepreneurs? You may be more likely to find them on Twitter or LinkedIn than other platforms.
If you're not sure where your customers or donors hang out online, ask them! Email a few frequent customers or donors to ask what their favorite social media platforms are, or ask your subscribers and followers to fill out a quick survey about their social media habits.
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3. What is your social media goal?
What do you want out of social media? Are you trying to build community? Increase brand awareness? Drive sales and donations? Grow your website traffic or email list? Choose a specific goal for your social media marketing, and focus on platforms that will help you achieve that goal.
If you want to drive traffic to your blog or website, for example, Pinterest might be a great platform to focus on. Looking to connect with industry peers? Think Twitter!
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Think about what types of content your business or nonprofit is already producing. Do you take beautiful product photos? Write insightful articles or blog posts? Share short quotes or news items? Choose social media channels that are well poised to help you promote the kind of content you're already creating.
Do you write helpful posts that include high-quality images? Pinterest is a natural fit. Share breaking news stories, short-form quotes and ideas, or work closely with others in your industry? Twitter may be the perfect place for you. Be very specific about what content you're willing and able to produce or share, and focus on platforms that are well-suited to those content categories.
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Now in winter, this house must be charming with all the green bushes. All the rocks add just the right rustic appeal. We love the yellow house to the left peeking through with black shutters just as much.
What do you think?
Little Summer Street is a special place in Buffalo, NY. The words quaint and charming are an understatement. Adorable is more like it. Adorable houses. Adorable gardens. Hey, we can't all live on Little Summer Street but that doesn't mean we can't replicate their splendid sense of style. And you can probably guess by now that I never tire of succulents. This creative display just draws the eye and the homemade pots are fabulous. They are low maintenance but look so good! We were thrilled with Amy Komeneckys garden and her welcoming aura. She let my 3-year-old use her bathroom and gave her some bottled water!
I love the yellow garage. Don't you? The white trim in particular is so charming, not to mention the vines growing all over it. Flowers come and go but paint is here to stay! I get sad when a flower comes and goes for the season and I know it will be a whole year before I'll get to enjoy it again. But paint has permanence. You get to savor it even in the dead of winter.
Obviously the patio furniture and solar light set off this pot. Which shows you how important home decor can be. Although heavy, you can't beat the beauty of a shiny ceramic pot. I appreciate the low and the high aspect, low blue flowers that branch out with the yellow flower giving it height. Ideal pot!
Sometimes I wish we had a nice fence as a backdrop for perennial beds, especially for a shade garden. Someday. Until then, I get to enjoy the creativity of others. Notice the trellis. You can never have too many of them.
Another well-done pot boasting shades of purple, yellow and red. Not a combination I'd typically go for but I think it's fab! The spiky greens add a nice touch, don't you think?
So delightful. Just brew a pot of tea, bring your book and kick back. Some chocolately dessert might be nice too. Such a welcoming backyard space. Shady and serene. Great balance between greens and color. Always something in bloom to enjoy. Love those hostas! And of course, in the city, no deer to devour them is a huge plus. The stone pathway is gorgeous but functional as well, you can get to those weeds.
Front picture of house. Cute and unique! Again, love that yellow/orange color with the white trim. Brick and siding works well too. But I think it's the squareness of the house that gets me the most. I live in a very square house as well, all angles inside and out are square. What's your house like? Square or circular?
Nice table setting. Great place to have lunch. I like the wood boards towards the left that keep the garden in check. They're rustic yet functional. The black torches add a nice touch too. Again, this shade garden boasts just the right balance between color and greens.
It never ceases to amaze me how a simple trick like a pot on a table can be so elegant.
The neighbors house. See, I told you this street was cute! I'd never think to paint a house light pink, door red and shutters orange. Yet it works. Even the circular accents just work.
Now in winter, this house must be charming with all the green bushes. All the rocks add just the right rustic appeal. We love the yellow house to the left peeking through with black shutters just as much.
What do you think?
Fee Roberts
2/1/2016 04:29:02 pm
I love all the colors everywhere! So beautiful!
Bernie Saunders
2/2/2016 08:34:16 am
I agree I'd love to have the paper and my cup of Joe in that backyard.
2/2/2016 11:14:36 pm
I love the houses and the pot plants. I shall take a photo of my one bed to show you as it's been inspired by this look 😀
Jodie J
2/3/2016 07:35:16 pm
Neat. Clean and inviting. I'd love my garden to look like this. Great job Amy.
2/4/2016 08:34:11 am
These pictures have me longing for warmer days! I love all the pictures!
William Kowal
2/4/2016 07:16:47 pm
That's my neice Amy, she is just talented, we love her.
Cathy K
2/5/2016 09:19:08 am
William do you garden as well? Does it run in the family? How long has Amy been working on her garden? Sorry for all the questions. Such a lovely spot that she made. :)
2/5/2016 07:54:08 pm
I absolutely LOVE your first picture - it just makes me happy! Great inspiration!
Mary Dailey
4/4/2016 10:01:17 am
I love container gardening and I'm always looking for new ideas. These are fantastic!
ellen beck
1/21/2018 01:15:20 am
We are tree lovers and have quite a few in the yard we wont cut down. I have hosta and such but need to find more shade loving zone 4 or so. It is tough doing succulents here theyall need to come inside. Ihave seen hen and chicks but dont know if they move them or not.
Mary Dailey
3/10/2018 10:46:37 am
I loved all of these ideas, especially the succulents in baskets!
3/20/2018 02:32:59 pm
I love the flowers on the the side of the fence. Will have to tell my mom so she can fit more plants into her tiny yard
Rajee Pandi
3/31/2018 04:29:54 am
Love to learn more
Nancy Bowers
4/3/2018 10:18:56 pm
I love succulents and have an indoor windowbox full of them. Haven't tried any outdoors yet.
Rajee Pandi
9/15/2018 08:01:18 pm
Love these plants
10/9/2018 05:19:10 am
Everyone loves gardening. It is the hobby one should have. Having a beautiful garden around your home keeps you always energetic. They also purify the air around the home and provide fresh air.
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Lord Peter Views the Body
Dilettante detective Lord Peter Wimsey returns in this collection of short stories.
Alongside Agatha Christie, Margery Allingham and Josephine Tey, Dorothy L. Sayers was one of the key figures – and greatest innovators – in Golden Age crime fiction. As well as her famous novels, she was a prolific and accomplished short-story writer. This Folio collection brings together stories featuring her most celebrated character, Lord Peter Wimsey – aristocrat, amateur sleuth and fashionable man about town.
The unprofessional detective career of Lord Peter Wimsey was regulated ... by a persistent and undignified inquisitiveness. The habit of asking silly questions – natural, though irritating, in the immature male – remained with him long after his immaculate man, Bunter, had become attached to his service to shave the bristles from his chin and see to the due purchase and housing of Napoleon brandies and Villar y Villar cigars
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Bound in printed and blocked cloth
Set in Ehrhardt
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Frontispiece and 47 integrated black & white illustrations
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Stories included in this collection
The Abominable History of the Man with Copper Fingers
The Entertaining Episode of the Article in Question
The Fascinating Problem of Uncle Meleager's Will
The Fantastic Horror of the Cat in the Bag
The Unprincipled Affair of the Practical Joker
The Undignified Melodrama of the Bone of Contention
The Vindictive Story of the Footsteps that Ran
The Bibulous Business of a Matter of Taste
The Learned Adventure of the Dragon's Head
The Piscatorial Farce of the Stolen Stomach
The Unsolved Puzzle of the Man with No Face
The Adventurous Exploit of the Cave of Ali Baba
The Solution of the Crossword Puzzle in 'Uncle Meleager's Will'
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Yes 7 Uncensored, Raw and Real Deal ways to Be a BETTER YOU! I'm writing this Blog post very timely. Sometimes when I write I get into my head and say "oh, I probably shouldn't say that", "that might offend someone", "what will peeps think if I write that….. the chatter goes on and on and on…… So I devised a little plan. When I train hard I strip myself down to my core. The pure, real deal of who I am emerges. Today I rode out from West Vancouver to Whistler for the second time in 5 days. It's 130 miles round trip. I'm in the biggest training block for my build to Ironman Canada which is a short 4 weeks away. My body hates me right now as I'm demanding so much out of it. I'm just trying to get my body to be as BIG as my ideas. And it's following, with only a little bit of complaining. But when you put in over 400 miles in 6 days you gotta expect some resistance… : )
This Blog was contrived while on this ride today and solidified after my 5 mile transition run. This just ended less than an hour ago and I'm giving it to you with no filters. Now remember, I was raised in an attic and on the streets, not in a refined country club. So… if you dislike profanity and stuff that may make you a little uncomfortable to give you more growth it may be best to stop reading now. Because after 7.5 hours of training, this how you're getting it with no bullshit or propaganda. AND I promised myself I wouldn't come back to edit later… : ) oh oh!
It's Time to Become a Better You
While riding I was thinking about all the shitty people in this world. You know the type… Enron and Monsanto dudes. And how if each person spent a little time each day to become a better person, this place would be so much sweeter. Essentially there could be a revolution of goodness that crowds out the crappy-ness. The reality is that this is happening and you my friends are a part of it. SO let's dive in to 5 "No Shit" ways to become a better you.
1. Become a Better You by surrounding yourself with 5 better peeps.
Did you know that you are an average of the 5 people you spend the most time with. Yup, it's true. Think of their health, vitality, quality of life, wealth, consciousness….everything. Add them up in every domain and you're looking in the mirror. Love what you see, Sweet.. give me a high five. Don't like what you see, time for you to start telling people to go fuck themselves!
2. Become a Better You by standing in front of the mirror butt naked.
Yes you read that right. This was such a powerful process for me for many years. It allowed me to begin to accept and own my disowned parts. If that's tough start with clothes on and work up to it. When you start to fully love and accept yourself, you can begin to fully love and accept others. It all begins from within and the judgements fade. In no time you'll be dancing around the house naked like me!
3. Become a Better You by bringing silence into your life.
We're inundated with Bullshit. TV bullshit. Radio bullshit. News Bullshit. The bullshit list goes on and on. TIme to stop the insanity. Meditate in silence. Leave the ipod at home and go for a walk or run in silence. I got 7.5 hours of this today and it's awesome. At first the silence might piss you off. Your noise addiction will go through withdrawal and on the other side your beauty, perfection and genius will begin to surface.
4. Become a Better You by asking peeps around you.
The people around you know you better than you probably know yourself. And that scares the shit out of you, because they can call you on it anytime. So just go out and ask them and listen with an open heart. I ask my wife if I'm a good husband. I ask her how I can be a better husband. I ask my employees if I'm a good boss and how I can be better. I ask my brother if I'm a good bro. I'll ask my children if I'm a good Dad and what I could do to be a better a one (BTW next winter… : ) . The questions and ensuing answers are endless and priceless.
5. Fuck Balance
OK we've all heard this before. Let's strive for balance. What the fuck does that really mean. Balance is static. A pendulum has no momentum if it's in perfect balance, it sits right in the middle, it's dead. Life is dynamic, it needs momentum. Instead be in the pursuit of achieving balance swaying side to side just like a tightrope walker. The tightrope walker is always in the dynamic persuit of balance, yet if she/he achieves balance, their ass would fall off the rope. Walking a tightrope is like life. My life was so far out of balance on one side of the spectrum I had to go to India and be out of balance on the other side spending 40 days in a cave meditating. Today I work over 60 hours week, train 30 hours week and manage to have a life too. I'm in the constant persuit of balance letting my life swing in the different directions of the pendulum.
Give it a whirl, it works! Let me know your thoughts. Time for YOU to be better, the world needs it!
To Your Mastery, Dr. Sukhi


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vita mechachonis will be enjoying her 6th year at surtex, but the first one in her own booth (booth #355). vita will be showing her newest collections including talking vegetables, robots, christmas, halloween, everyday, and so much more. she is hoping to expand her licensing into bedding, home decor, tabletop and toys, as well as continue in stationery, paper goods and fabric.
26 April 2012
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Regular readers will know that I provide analysis about collaboration from many perspectives. One would be the ambiguous nature of the term "collaboration", and how this impacts the decision-making process. If you don't have a clear idea of what collaboration means for your business, how do you really know which solutions and partners are the right choices? Not only does it take effort to define collaboration in terms of supporting your decisions, but you must also recognize its fluid nature.
Unlike buying a phone system – where the applications and core technology have been and will remain static – collaboration is more of a moving target. Today's definition will suffice for now, but given the continued pace of change, it will evolve on multiple levels. The reference to phone systems is relevant, because VoIP is the starting point on the journey to collaboration. Once businesses become comfortable with VoIP, the conversation will eventually shift to collaboration, and that's when offerings such as Unified Communications, team messaging or CPaaS come into play.
There's a steep learning curve here, and the mindset around telephony won't be sufficient. Since IT will usually be driving these decisions, the thinking tends to be technology-based, often around what's best for the network environment. That's an important consideration, but collaboration is end user-driven, and the technologies are far more complex than with telephony. While IT can make decisions about collaboration on this basis, I contend they will make better decisions when focusing on outcomes to determine what's needed.
Why outcomes is a better driver for collaboration
Like collaboration, "outcomes" can be defined in many ways, but by shifting the focus away from technology – which really, only IT cares about – to outcomes, collaboration speaks more to what people across your organization understand for their day-to-day needs. This matters not just because end users relate easily to outcomes, but also because business-level decision makers value them. Ultimately, top management needs to see the business value of collaboration, so by framing it this way, IT stands a better chance of getting budget approval.
To help decision makers frame the business value of collaboration around outcomes, the next two posts will focus on productivity-based outcomes. All businesses want better results on that plane, and it will always be a core value driver for collaboration. First, I'm going to address personal productivity – with three examples - and the next post will broaden the lens by moving to team-based productivity. The analysis could easily go a few steps further, and my intention is to provide a foundation for looking deeper into your organization, from which you can identify other types of outcomes that will really resonate for collaboration.
Personal productivity outcome #1 – manage workflows
Focusing on personal outcomes may seem counterintuitive for collaboration, but keep in mind that workers use many of the same applications here as they would when working in teams. Furthermore, the need to work in groups varies across an organization, and for many people, most of their communication is on a one-to-one basis rather than in a team setting.
With that said, managing everyday workflows is probably the central outcome for gauging personal productivity. This pertains to finding what's needed in real time, so things can get done, time isn't wasted, and effort isn't duplicated. Collaboration offerings can help that by providing an integrated workspace, where workers can easily access their communications applications, files, directories, etc.
This reflects the desktop interface of all UC offerings, and it's important to recognize that it can help drive personal productivity as much as it can with teams. Regardless of how much team work is part of someone's day, this is a fundamental outcome that all workers want to improve on.
Personal productivity outcome #2 – digital workstyle
Aside from having all the tools in one place, accommodating today's digital workstyle is another important outcome. Essentially, this means supporting the anywhere, any time model, where work is no longer defined by legacy norms. Most employees are no longer desk-bound all day or defined by 9-5 office hours.
This trend has been with us for some time, and for collaboration, it's another foundational capability. To be productive on a personal level, employees need a solution that allows them to work equally well across many scenarios, and again, this is native to UC. The point is that this outcome – supporting the digital workstyle – is just as important to personal productivity as it is for team-based working.
Personal productivity outcome #3 – seamless communications
For today's workers, productivity is also determined by efficiency. The above two outcomes help drive that, but so does this one. Communicating seamlessly means being able to switch among various channels as needs dictate, and without compromising the actual work being done. Not only do workers need to be comfortable with multichannel communications, but also with multitasking, where communication is occurring while workflows are in play.
You may not view these three outcomes in terms of personal productivity, but they apply here in the same manner as group work. While this type of work isn't collaboration per se, achieving better outcomes here definitely sets the stage for richer collaboration. Conversely, it's hard to envision getting better team outcomes if personal productivity is poor.
However, it's also fair to say that measuring personal productivity – as done in the contact center – is easier to do than for teams. As such, this may well be the best starting point if you quickly need to compile outcome-based metrics to support your case for investing in collaboration.


text: This article was written by Chiz Nwokonkor (managing associate). From Abidjan to Tunis, arbitration centres are on the rise in Africa. This upward trend has mirrored the growth and gradual diversification of many African economies. The growth can be seen to be driven along sector lines, with the vast majority of disputes coming before such institutions emanating from the telecoms, infrastructure and energy sectors. Clear leaders in this space are the Kigali International Arbitration Centre which, in just over two years, has heard around 30 cases, several of which were international disputes, and the Mauritius International Arbitration Centre which, wisely connecting itself to the LCIA, has the support and credibility to become an arbitration platform for the entire continent. We focus here on two recent initiatives in Nigeria and Djibouti that are emblematic of the next generation of African arbitration centres. The Arbitration in Lagos Project is a joint initiative of the Lagos Court of Arbitration (the "LCA") and the Lagos Chamber of Commerce International Arbitration Centre (the "LACIAC"). Acting jointly under a Memorandum of Understanding, the LCA and LACIAC are leading the charge in encouraging the seating of arbitrations in Lagos, Nigeria for international and domestic arbitrations. The more recently established LACIAC is expressly dedicated to promoting Lagos as a centre of choice for the resolution of Africa-related arbitrations. With significant competition from elsewhere on the continent, these institutions face a number of challenges in distinguishing themselves and attracting membership. Historically, socio-political and security challenges have impacted on the desire of parties to seat arbitrations in Nigeria. These concerns have been exacerbated by a perception that Nigeria's legislative and judicial architecture was poorly positioned to support alternative dispute resolution at the interlocutory or enforcement stages for reasons of delay, as well as an interventionist judiciary. These trends are evidently changing, as is clear from the recent decisions of the Nigerian Court of Appeal. In Statoil (Nigeria) Ltd & Anor v Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation and Others[1] it was held that Nigerian courts have no jurisdiction to issue injunction orders to restrain or otherwise intervene in arbitral proceedings, except as provided for in Nigeria's Arbitration and Conciliation Act. The ruling in that case (and that in Nigerian Agip Exploration Ltd v Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation[2]) is indicative of a pro-arbitration stance in the courts, that recognises the role of arbitration in a modern investor-friendly economy. LACIAC's implementation of a modified version of the UNCITRAL Model Law in its 2015 rules includes provisions for interim measures as well as the appointment of an emergency arbitrator. Such modern arbitral trends should reassure foreign investors that an arbitration seated in Lagos will be governed by laws that accord with internationally recognised principles. The economic pressure Nigeria is currently facing and the fall in oil prices may present an opportunity for institutions like LACIAC and LCA. Cost optimisations arising from the decline in commodity prices are expected to lead to project deferrals or parties seeking to extricate themselves from arrangements that are no longer economically viable, which in turn can lead to disputes. LACIAC and LCA are well placed to capitalise on this growth opportunity and distinguish themselves from the rest of the pack of African arbitral institutions. Fresh competition, however, comes from Djibouti, where the Intergovernmental Authority on Development resolved last year to establish the International Arbitration and Amicable Dispute Resolution Centre. The choice of Djibouti for this initiative was a shrewd one, given its location at the intersection of the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, making it a key regional deep-water port. Having received a favourable report in the recent World Bank's Doing Business survey, along with other stakeholders (including the World Bank and the European Union) Djibouti hopes the centre will boost investor confidence in the region. It is hoped that as a forum for the settlement of international disputes, this new institution will itself attract foreign direct investment. As a signatory to the New York Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards, Djibouti has ensured that awards of the Djibouti institution will be enforceable in any of the countries that have ratified the convention to date. Whilst dominance across the continent may be some way off for the institutions in Nigeria and Djibouti, with the right support to ensure expediency and the ability to attract outstanding arbitration practitioners, there may be scope in time for each to carve a space for itself as a sub-regional arbitration hub for investor protection. View more articles from the latest edition of Crossing Borders. [1] 2014 NWLR (Pt 1373)1. [2] Suit No. CA/A/628/2011.


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The weekend started out with Friday night's WORCS-X event, where riders had to tackle logs and other extreme man-made obstacles. This event is run on the motocross track in front of the grandstands and is truly a made-for-spectators event. Waters commented, last year was sketchy, but this year they toned it down quite a bit. He ran well in his heat, qualifying directly into the Main event. After a shaky start he battled back, but got hung on a log one time, ending up 8th place in the Pro division. A good warm-up for the weekend, and a lot of technical fun.
Sunday's main event had 20 Pros on the line, including four factory riders from the GNCC series, for the only real woods round WORCS runs each season. Waters had a great strong start, one of his best this season, coming from the second row on the line, to 6th or 7th in the first corner. However, he got hit and knocked off-track in the second corner, and left the in-field in dead last headed for the woods. For the next two hours he just rode smart, picking off riders whenever he could, getting around them when they'd be hung up on trees or broken.
One of my sponsors, MotoX Nutrition, came out this round so it was great to have their support in person. They have a couple new products, including Endurogen powder. The max recovery and max energy of that product especially was important to helping control arm pump, in a race where there is so much muscling the bars between tight trees.
Top Ten finishers of the Pro class were:
1st Beau Baron, Atascadero CA
2nd Chris Borich, Sunbury PA
3rd Josh Frederick, Moapa NV
4th Adam McGill, West Union WV
5th Dustin Nelson, Ramona CA
6th Josh Row, El Cajon CA
7th Johnny Gallagher, Chagrin Falls OH
8th Roberto Villalobos, Dulzua CA
9th Timmy Shelman, Bonney Lake WA
10th Justin Waters, Las Vegas NV
The next round of WORCS racing at Glen Helen in September will be rough, hot, and physically demanding. Justin says he's preparing with lots of training in the heat of Vegas. I'm in a good spot in points now [8th place], just need to ride consistently and finish solid for the last two rounds.
Justin is also happy to welcome to the team Prone to Rage check out their aggression wear for all athletes at http://www.pronetorage.net/
Justin Waters - racing to the podium with:
HotSeat Powersports, Yamaha, Teixeira Tech, Fox Shox, Devil Exhaust America, Precision Racing Products, Moose Racing, Scott USA, Dezert Assault, MotoActiv, Rekluse, DP Brakes, Powermadd, G4 Graphics, Forma Boots, Quadtech, Spider Grips, DWT, HEP, SixSixOne, MotoXNutrition, Motion Pro, Prone To Rage


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Face painting is always a popular activity choice for parties, fetes, corporate events and fund raisers. The face painters' "tent" frequently has the longest queue and is a fantastic attraction to encourage families to attend.
Budgets are often tight for everyone but this is one area where I would highly recommend that corners are not cut.
An experienced professional facepainter will be comfortable with painting at speed; dealing with children of all ages; placating tired parents and generally managing a busy queue.
There are a number of pointers a client can use to ensure they are booking a professional:
• Ensure they are fully insured with a public liability policy in place. Any individual painting professionally will have this set up as a minimum requirement. Many facepainters also have CRB certificates in place as a result of working in other child related environments, however, whilst this is a nice to have, this should not technically be necessary as a facepainter would always request that children are supervised at all times by their parent/guardian.
• Check their health and safety/hygiene policy. Most professional facepainters will use one sponge per child. Many will have a minimum age for facepainting. We only paint children aged 3 and over as their skin is starting to mature by this age; also many of the paint manufacturers do not recommend use of their products on children under 36 months. Brush water should be changed regularly and all equipment should be thoroughly cleaned between jobs. Children with skin conditions such as eczema, dermatitis, impetigo, chicken pox, cold sores etc should never be painted or those with streaming colds, conjunctivitis etc.
• Ask to see examples of their previous work or view their website gallery. This will give you an idea of the breadth of their portfolio. Look for a variety of detail in designs as this can illustrate the artist's ability to paint more straightforward designs if needing to work at speed at busier events. http://www.fascinatingfaces.co.uk/galleries
• Take out references from previous clients. Most of our bookings come through word of mouth recommendations but we are always happy to provide references if a new client requests this. http://www.fascinatingfaces.co.uk/testimonials
• Ask what products they use. Popular brands are Snazaroo, Mehron, Diamond FX, Wolfe, Cameleon, Superstar. Acrylic paints or metallic/craft glitter should never be used on the skin.
• If a face painter is a member of FACE (The Face Painting Association) this will give you the assurance that they have been tested against strict criteria and should adhere to a strict code of conduct. This is not to say that non-members don't (!) it's just one more pointer to help guide you. http://www.facepaint.co.uk/


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Title: Savage Harvest 2
Also known as:
Savage Harvest 2: October Blood (Complete title)
Year: 2006
Genre: Independent / Horror / Splatter
Language: English
Runtime: 119 min
Director: Jason Christ
Writer: Jason Christ
IMDb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0352814/
10 years after the brutal deaths of several youngsters, Tyge returns to his home town. He starts hearing about rumors involving demonic possession that might be connected to the infamous massacre, and slowly he finds out that every single word of it is true.
Our thoughts:
Even terrible times eventually come to an end. This is the final movie in the Eric Stanze DVD set from Njutafilms, but this one isn't directed by Eric Stanze. The director here is Jason Christ who also worked on "The Severed Head Network" and the recent "Ratline", as well as acting in "Deadwood Park" and "Ice from the Sun". Eric Stanze acts as producer, editor and actor (and more) in this sequel to his early demon movie. I can't say that the change of director helps the movie a lot - Eric Stanze just barely became better with his "Deadwood Park", so maybe he would've managed to make this an okay movie had he made it himself. But I can't blame Jason Christ too much, at least this is the first film I watch by him so I was a lot more nice going into it.
The story is, just like in any of the Eric Stanze films, too involving. It wants too much and does it for too long - damn you, splatter movies that are 2 hours long! Here it takes place 10 years after the events in the first movie and surrounds people who knew the people in the first one. We have way too much time spent on the characters figuring things out which just becomes boring when it's as amateurish as this. We stop caring around 40 minutes in, and then you have about 30 minutes left of just story, since the violence isn't there until later on (remember, 2 hours long!). Yeah, it's trying to be "Evil Dead" (just like the first one tried to be) but it's just not a good enough demon movie. The demonic stones look ridiculous! The demons are weak and the scares are non-existing.
Once the violence kicks in it's just not good enough. I wouldn't have cared if it was in a movie without a plot, but when the movie is trying to be so much better than it is, for that long, when we know we're just watching it for the gore.. Yeah, I'm out. The gore is probably worse than in any of the Eric Stanze films, which actually have some entertaining bits in that department. This one is the weakest link.
The acting is subpar - we have some scenes that work but most of them are clearly made by amateurs. Emily Haack is of course in this film as well, and I'm getting bored of seeing her in everything by this gang now. She's okay in some of the films but most of all it just seems like a lack of care when they use the same people over and over again (for some companies it work, though!). I won't go into the acting or the characters too much, it's a lowbudget splatter movie so you can't expect too much (no matter how hard the filmmakers tried).
Overall, "Savage Harvest 2" is a very weak follow-up to a very weak movie. I'd say that the story is slightly better in this one but the other one offers more entertainment. If you are a serious Eric Stanze fan then I can guarantee that you will be satisfied - this isn't directed by Stanze but it might as well could've been because there's no stylistic differences! A boring demon movie made by people who should focus less on fooling themselves they are good storytellers.
Gore: 2.5/5
Nudity: 0/5
Story: 2/5
Effects: 1.5/5
Comedy: 0/5
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Quarzia did. This boutique-chic little enterprise has been making slinky high art batik fashion in silk for years. Mixing a Marimekko-meets-Peter-Max eye for pattern with a subtle sense of colour and an acute understanding of cut, their clothes have given gorgeousity to the gorgeous-in-the-know of Bali (mostly Italians) for quite some time. Well last night the well-guarded secret went public.
Quarzia was a teensy little boite of a shop on the golden mile of Jalan Oberoi in Seminyak, until last week. Proprietors Marco and Simonetta, a design dream team from Bergamo have broken out from the closed circle of cognoscenti in Bali and are ready to take on the world.
They remodeled and hugely expanded their little shop and now it's "wow". Last night was the grand re-opening, and how grand it was, as in grandissimo, as only Bali's Italian community can manifest. From sunset 'til long after dark the Corso-Como-cruising crowd in attendance at the opening bash sipped Negronis and slinked about in clumps, kissing, ciao-bella-ing and making like it was the day the new collections came in on Via Montenapoleane. One Anglo pundit was heard to exclaim, "It's so Italian I can't think straight!" But I think it was the Negronis from the free-flowing streetside bar that befuddled her mind.
Marco and Simonetta are generous by nature, and they warmly welcomed the SMS-invited crowd to their re-opening. Seen pawing the beautifully bias-cut silk batiks were artist Filipo Sciascia, designer-gallerista Susanna of Biasa, Bona Kaya Gaya the Duchessa of Seminyak, archaeologist-extraordinaire Ambra Calo (the blonde Laura Croft of Indonesia), architect Mauro Garavoglia, and everyone's favourite warm-hearted perpetual convent-girl, Elisa Grattapaglia. Aside from the usual Italo-Indo suspects we caught up with Sophie Digby of The Yak Magazine, modern marquetier Etienne d'Souza, textile and costume designer Simon Marks and throngs of other drop-dead-gorgeous glamourati-Balinisti. There were acres of young silken flesh spread on the front steps to compete with Quarzia's silk batik fashion; it's the second generation of Italo-Indos, I think, and watch out for them. The only thing missing was Pino Confessa, the viviacious and congenial Honorary Consul of Italy for Bali (who never misses a good party). Perhaps he was busy with an Italian passport-holder tangled up in a messy Vespa crash?
I promise to post photos of the party as soon as Marco and Simonetta sleep off the Negroni hangovers and send me some. (I hope I get the multi-seamed indigo and ecru skirt as a prize for writing this. Although I would have written just as flattering a review skirt or no skirt. And this post is not nearly so flattering as that skirt will be on me!)
(Here are the photos I promised! Plenty of party pix below the cut.)


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Musical Performance: Gaida at Joe's Pub
Thu, February 19, 2009 9:30 pm at Joe's Pub
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Alwan for the Arts and Joe's Pub present
Gaida and her Ensemble: Levantine Indulgence
Joe's Pub | 425 Lafayette Street | New York, NY 10003
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Order tickets online at www.joespub.com or by calling 212-967-7555"[Gaida] improvised incantatory lines as an accomplished jazz vocalist might have done… [her] plaintive, gauzy vocals effectively disarmed listeners" - Howard Reich, Chicago Tribune
Gaida is a vocalist and composer working at the intersection of the New York Arab and improvised music scenes. Her songs draw at once on classical Arabic music, Syrian folk traditions, and free improvisations that expand on traditional Arabic maqams (modes) to produce an original and highly personal style marked by great emotional intensity. An acclaimed singer from an early age, Gaida was born in Germany and raised in Damascus. Later she lived in Kuwait, Paris, and Detroit, where she received classical voice training at Wayne State University. Now settled in New York, Gaida works with leading music artists such as Amir ElSaffar, Brahim Fribgane, Arturo Martinez, Zafer Tawil, and Rufus Cappadocia. She appeared on Jonathan Demme's latest film,Rachel Getting Married, which featured one of her compositions and a performance with Robyn Hitchcock. She has subsequently performed with Hitchcock on several occasions in New York. She also recorded with Gillian Welsh and Alejandro Escovedo on Demme's previous film, Jimmy Carter: Man from Plains. Gaida composed and performed an original song for the documentary film, The First Saturday in May. Her debut CD, Levantine Indulgence is scheduled for release in the spring of 2009. Gaida also maintains a parallel career as a speech pathologist.
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Serenity Log Cabins' website touts its Highland County location as "a romantic getaway for couples." Situated in south-central Ohio, green forests and bubbling streams play host to cabins such as the Country Charm Cabin and the Nature's Nook Cabin. These cabins--made especially for couples--feature hot tubs, 26" flat-screen televisions with DVD players, air conditioning, CD players, kitchenettes, full linens, porches and gas grills. Serenity Log Cabins is 45 minutes from Tecumseh Drama live theater, just over an hour from Dayton and Columbus, 40 minutes from Paint Creek State Park and within five minutes of Rocky Fork Lake State Park. Serenity Log Cabins accepts reservations online or by phone.
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In the dense and picturesque forestry of Hocking Hills, central Ohio's Ash Ridge Cabins offers a selection of romantic lodgings, with such apt names as "Lovers' Loft Cabin," "Cuddle Bug Cottage" and "Sweet Heart Cabin." Surrounded by 18 wooded acres, the cabins feature such amenities as hot tubs, fireplaces, front and back porches, fire rings, full kitchens, air conditioning, televisions with DVD players and grills. Romantic touches like free hot chocolate and homemade cinnamon rolls accent the white pine lodgings. Ash Ridge cabins are within minutes of Hocking Hills attractions such as hiking at Old Man's Cave and Cedar Falls and local horseback riding and canoeing opportunities. Four miles away, the town of Laurelville offers dining and attractions such as the Laurelville Cider Company. Ash Ridge Cabins accepts reservations by phone or online.
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Wallace Will Ames was born on 24 November 1921.
His birthday often occurred on the same day as Thanksgiving.
I asked my husband to share some memories of his father,
his family and feasting. He kindly obliged.
I post his e-mail reply for your perusal:
"Happy birthday Dad, I don't want to forget to say that once I get rambling - Happy Thanksgiving reader.
"As long as I can remember venison was served at my parent's dinner table. My father says that my mother taught him how to hunt when they were first married and money was scarce. Scarcity being the nature of money the whole family learned how to hunt so there was never any need to buy meat.
"Since this story is about food there will be no need to tell about making our own bullets to save money. There will also be no need to tell why each one of us used only four to seven bullets a year. It took three bullets to sight our guns. If the sights were off it took three more. Then it took one to shoot the deer. If it took more than one bullet we stopped to see what was wrong with our gun. One time Wally had to shoot twice. He was really upset until he found out he shot two deer. They were twins. After he shot them he was really upset because he only had one license. It all turned out fine in the end because Dad just used his license. D.D. earned the name of Deer-slayer in school when she showed up to class 10 minutes late after a successful early morning hunt.
"All this is to say that in our house we ate venison.
"One day my mother served beef steak. Every one of us complained and asked what was wrong with the meat. She said she had prepared it special and that if we didn't like it she certainly wasn't going to buy it for us again. In Canada we ate moose. One moose would fill the freezer and last the whole year. Sometimes mom would buy beef in Canada for a treat. We didn't mind. Moose is more like beef then deer and we got used to it.
"There were foods which were served only once a year. Some of these were turkey, cranberry sauce, yams baked with brown sugar and marshmallows, and Hawaiian punch. Of course that was Thanksgiving. (In those days Hawaiian Punch came in a concentrate which mixed up to make a gallon.) I always drank a full glass of water before I drank my Hawaiian punch so that I could drink it slowly and enjoy it. Sometimes we got to eat birthday cake on Thanksgiving because it was Dad's birthday. Mom made the food for thanksgiving. She made most of the food we ate most of the time. She was good at that. One time she asked me how I wanted my eggs. I told her I wanted five on the outside scrambled and one on the inside with a runny yolk. She did it. It was a master piece. That wasn't Thanksgiving, but I was thankful. I think I may have even been spoiled. Mom always said I would learn to cook on my mission. I had maids on my mission so I had to wait until I got married to learn to cook.
"Although Mom made most of the food Dad usually made the ice-cream. (But not at Thanksgiving. Ice-cream has to be made when it is hot outside. It is not an indoor food.) I'm sure mom mixed the ingredients but Dad mixed the rock salt and ice and knew just when the ice-cream had been churned long enough. (That was usually after each of us children had gotten to turn it.) While one turned another would sit on top of the ice-cream maker so the lid would not come off. This process was highly specialized. First the littlest person would turn the ice cream. When it was too hard for her (Sharon was the littlest) she would sit on the mixer. When Richard got tired he sat on the mixer and I turned. Then Wally turned and I sat. When Wally finished Dad would check to see if it was done. When it was finished Dad would take the canister out very carefully so that no salt water would get inside, then he would serve everyone. Someone was always lucky and got to eat the ice-cream off the paddle. That was the best.
"Churning ice-cream is based on complex scientific principles involving ice (ice came in blocks in gunnysacks and was broken up with the back or side of an ax so that the work of making ice-cream was almost as fun as eating it) rock salt, and a stainless steal canister filled with secret ingredients. Inside the canister there are mixing paddles. Outside there are gears which allow the paddles to turn on the inside and the canister to turn on the outside. As the paddles turn heat is generated. The heat melts the ice. Rock salt added in the ice absorbs the heat and allows the melted ice to retain its coldness. That means that the water is actually colder than the ice which allows the coldness to penetrate the stainless steel and go into the secret ingredients where it belongs. As the ice melts more ice is added to the top forcing the water out and more rock salt is added so that it does not become diluted. The ice-cream maker has an outside hole lower than the lid to the canister so the waste water can spill out without getting into the ice-cream – that is very important. The complex part of the science is that the person sitting on top of the ice-cream maker will get wet no matter where the hole is placed (remember the water is colder than ice.)
"When we made ice-cream with friends someone always got ice down the back of their shirt. Of course this never happened until someone had already gotten wet by making ice-cream. Once it started everyone got ice down the back of their shirts. Someone even had the audacity to put ice down the back of my mother's shirt one time. I am not sure whether that poor soul managed to escape or not but it seems like Mom took the whole bag of ice to run after him.
"Anyway happy birthday, and thanks Dad."


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A February 2017 sampling of likely Nebraska voters showed 77 percent of those surveyed would vote in favor of allowing doctors in the state to prescribe medical marijuana to patients with serious illnesses or conditions.
Fifty-seven percent of those surveyed identified themselves as Republican or leaning Republican, and 27 percent as a Democrat or leaning Democrat.
Lincoln Sen. Anna Wishart said the bipartisan numbers confirm what people from across the state have been telling her since she started working on the medical marijuana issue last year.
"It is clear that Nebraskans believe that patients should be able to safely and legally access the medicine they need," she said.
Wishart provided results of the survey Wednesday to the Journal Star. She introduced a resolution (LR293CA) this legislative session to allow voters to weigh in on a constitutional amendment that would legalize medical cannabis.
Fifty-two percent of those polled in the statewide survey last year said they would definitely vote yes to legalize medical marijuana, and 22 percent more would probably vote yes. Three percent were undecided but leaning yes.
Twenty-two percent at least leaned toward voting no, including 15 percent that said they would definitely vote no.
Eighty-three percent of those surveyed said regardless of how they felt about the ballot measure, they favored allowing patients with terminal or debilitating conditions to possess and consume marijuana, if their doctors recommended it.
The telephone survey included 403 people reached on both cellphone and landline numbers.
David Drozd, a University of Nebraska at Omaha specialist in data compiling and analysis, looked over the survey, which has a sampling error of plus-or-minus 5 percent, and said overall it seemed methodologically sound.
It was split appropriately among congressional districts and counties, he said, and if anything, the poll had a higher sampling of Republicans and those who have college degrees (53 percent) than the state averages.
Twenty-eight percent described themselves as very conservative, 29 percent somewhat conservative, 19 percent moderate, 11 percent somewhat liberal and 8 percent very liberal.
The majority of respondents, 65 percent, were 50 and older, and 30 percent were 18-49 years old.
Drozd said it would always be a good idea to have a second survey confirm or validate the findings.
Wishart has said Nebraskans deserve to vote on establishing protections for patients who would use medical cannabis. Those patients include children, veterans and those who are terminally ill.
Her proposed resolution, which will be discussed at a hearing Thursday afternoon in the Judiciary Committee, would provide a right to use or consume medical cannabis safely, subject to laws, rules and regulations developed by the Legislature, she said.
The medical marijuana survey was conducted by the California firm Fairbank, Maslin, Maullin, Metz and Associates, and commissioned by the Marijuana Policy Project, whose mission is to change federal law to allow states to determine their own marijuana policies. The organization has participated in successful campaigns in states such as Minnesota, Maine, Massachusetts, Nevada and California.
In the 2017 Nebraska survey, 72 percent of respondents said no family members or friends currently used marijuana, while 25 percent said a friend or family member used the drug.
Twenty-seven percent of those who favored a medical marijuana ballot measure did so as long as it was only medical marijuana, and 38 percent said they'd vote yes because the drug helps those experiencing seizures or epilepsy patients. Nine percent of those who favored it did so because they believe it relieves pain.
Of the 22 percent that said they would vote no, 17 percent said they generally opposed medical marijuana or believed it would cause problems. Sixteen percent of those opposed said it would be abused or used recreationally. Nine percent said there was no tangible evidence it would help, and 6 percent said it was a gateway drug.
Wishart also has a bill (LB622) that would legalize medical cannabis, subject to rules laid out by the Legislature. The proposal reached first-round debate last session, but has not yet been voted on.
During that debate, Lincoln Sen. Suzanne Geist opposed the bill, saying marijuana had not gone through the same clinical trials as legally-prescribed drugs. Doctors who use drugs that have had those scientific clinical trials know how they operate, know about their dosing and what medication interactions they have. That's not the case with medical marijuana, she said.
Other opponents were concerned about the burden of responsibilities that would be put on an already-stressed Department of Health and Human Services. And some stressed that the drug is still a federal Schedule I controlled substance with no approved medical use.
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Sarah Holder is a staff writer at CityLab covering local policy, housing, labor, and technology.
A Seattle proposal to levy an extra "progressive tax" on the city's biggest businesses has provoked Amazon to halt construction on a new downtown office building. It's the latest indication that, as cities compete to host Amazon's second headquarters, the relationship between the company and the home of its first HQ is growing more fraught.
When it comes to Amazon and Seattle, it's been complicated from the beginning. After the tech giant opened its first headquarters in the city in 2011 (and other companies followed), home prices climbed, driving displacement and increasing rates of homelessness. By implementing this new tax, nicknamed the "Progressive Tax on Business," the city would theoretically be able to hold companies themselves more accountable for mitigating these effects: The top three percent of the highest grossing businesses would be charged an annual tax of $500 per local employee, and their cash would exclusively fund affordable housing and homelessness initiatives—about $50 million would go to low-income housing (enough to build 750 new units a year), and $20 million to emergency shelter and services. Between 500 and 600 business would be eligible for the tax, including Amazon.
On Wednesday, Amazon Vice President Drew Herdener told the Seattle Times that the company would be pausing all construction on Block 18, a 17-story office building they had planned to open in downtown Seattle, and wouldn't resume until after the outcome of the city council's May 14 vote on the bill. And instead of following through on plans to occupy space in another skyscraper, he said the company might sublease the floors to other companies. Amazon confirmed the construction pause to CityLab but declined to add further comment.
In a statement, four members of the city council said "this was never a proposal targeting one company." They listed McDonalds and Home Depot as other businesses that fit the bill: Big, prosperous Seattle employers whose tax dollars could, in their eyes, contribute more to city services.
"The lack of affordable housing is a crisis for our entire community," the council members' statement continued. "Amazon made the conversation about them."
But Amazon would bear more than a quarter of the total tax burden, according to estimates, and other proponents have been more overt that the company is indeed a target.
"We are not being coy about naming Amazon as one of the culprits," said Councilmember Kshama Sawant, a member of the Socialist Alternative party and a backer of the bill. "It's the largest corporation and its footprint of wealth consolidation sort of defies imagination… That's pocket change for them, and what we can do with it publicly is huge."
For a corporation that paid no federal income taxes in 2017 (and made $5.6 billion), the tax would be a pretty big blow in the opposite direction. If passed, it's projected to cost Amazon more than $20 million per year for the next two years; and, based on the high salaries of Amazon's Seattle workers, their fees would continue to grow if the city switched over to a payroll tax of .7 percent in 2021, as the plan outlines. That all may be pocket change to a company worth over $600 billion, or to a CEO worth more than $100 billion himself. But with other cities scrambling to give away free money for the chance to host Amazon jobs (see: Maryland's $8.5 billion in tax incentives promised if they win HQ2), it's not all that surprising the company would balk at handing over extra.
Amazon is not the only business opposing this tax proposal. Already, other business leaders in the community have taken to town halls to protest: "If spending more money was the only answer, we would've solved this problem a long time ago," said Jon Scholes, a representative from the Downtown Seattle Association. The grocery company Safeway and Albertsons said it might need to raise prices, or shut down stores.
When a similar tax was proposed last year it failed early, Sawant says, because of that fear of corporate retaliation, fanned by business interests in the city. "What ends up happening in terms of whether something will get passed or not, it really depends on the balance of forces between ordinary people and big business," she said. In Seattle, that balance had long been skewed towards the latter. "It's political blackmail," she said.
This time, however, the tax, dubbed a "head tax" because it is imposed equally on the cost of every employee, has picked up more steam. Five out of the nine council members back the bill, and the newly elected mayor Jenny Durkan has expressed tepid support.
At a press conference after Amazon's announcement, Durkan acknowledged that Seattle "must urgently address our homelessness and affordability crisis and lift up those who have been left behind." But she also noted the very real possibility that angering Amazon would inflict long-term damage on their working relationship, and reduce Seattle's employment opportunities. The company already employs 45,000 Seattle residents; the halted headquarters addition was predicted to bump that number up, creating 7,000 to 8,000 new jobs. And while Amazon has been credited with jacking up housing prices, it has also offered philanthropic support to homeless shelters in the form of space in their buildings and cash donations. Fighting with Bezos this way has real consequences on a lot of facets of city life, and Seattle knows that.
Seattle and Amazon's intrinsic, mixed-bag relationship has started inspiring preemptive action for cities competing to host HQ2. There's been talk among labor organizers in Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, and Chicago about tying economic development contracts to community benefit agreements; of mandating affordable housing construction near developments; and of setting floors on the number of permanent jobs that have to come from within the city itself. But Amazon's aggressive response to a progressive tax proposal that hasn't yet been brought to a vote serves as a palpable threat to those other organizers, and another warning for the city that might end up hosting HQ2: Charging Amazon extra to fund city services won't be easy, whenever you do it. And if you do it too soon, it might break a deal.
That Amazon seems so cowed by a proposal that was once dead on arrival could also be read as a different sort of sign. Anti-Amazon and pro-worker momentum are building, says Sawant. And as more coalitions form, there's a greater chance big businesses will listen.
"The working people of any one city cannot really win better conditions, better standards of living, or win victory over the might of big business alone," she said. "Our power lies in linking ourselves with working people in other cities. It's not only about raising political confidence—it's about working class victories being contagious."
Amazon could be bluffing, and resume construction next week. It could use this stand-off as a negotiating tactic, driving down the value of the progressive tax and either ultimately footing a smaller bill or a non-existent one. (Though Councilmember Mike O'Brien, a sponsor of the measure, told the Seattle Times that Amazon hadn't suggested any specific changes to the bill as of Wednesday, and a spokesperson for Amazon declined to comment on whether they would in the future.) Or, if on May 14 both parties stand their ground, a fight for affordable housing could turn into a longer-lasting struggle between Amazon and its host.
Two new studies have revived the long-running debate over how police respond to white criminal suspects versus African Americans.
For black men like Christian Cooper, the threat of a call to police casts a cloud of fear over parks and public spaces that others associate with safety.
Stressful commutes, unexpected routines, and emergent wildlife appear in your homemade maps of life during the coronavirus pandemic.
After each epidemic and disaster, our social norms and behaviors change. As researchers begin to study coronavirus's impacts, history offers clues.
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The BFG
Year: 1992
Duration: 1h 27min
IMDb: 6.6
Country: UK
Actors: David Jason, Amanda Root, Angela Thorne, Ballard Berkeley, Michael Knowles, Don Henderson, Mollie Sugden, Frank Thornton, Myfanwy Talog, Jimmy Hibbert
Sophie is snatched from her orphanage early one morning by the B.F.G. (Big Friendly Giant), whom she witnesses engaged in mysterious activities, and whisked away to Giant Country. She is soon put at ease, as she learns that B.F.G.'s job is to collect, catalogue and deliver pleasant dreams to children. She joins him that night, but the mean giants follow them, planning to eat the children. Sophie enlists the help of the Queen, by making up a dream for her, and with the backing of the armed forces, they defeat the mean giants.


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A dramatic ram. It's making me think of Aries…would be fun to do a series with the star signs, but I doubt it'll happen unless I'm suddenly overstocked with free time and energy!
A dramatic ram. It's making me think of Aries…would be fun to do a series with the star signs, but I doubt it'll happen unless I'm suddenly overstocked with free time and energy!
I was intending to do a whole series with some different animal groups and dog breeds but just haven't had the time lately. So here is a preview, will hopefully polish these off soon and add some more.
The wonderful work of Si Scott has been around on the interweb for a while, yet every time I come across one of his pieces I am completely bowled over. You'd think swirls would feel done to death, but a swirl in Si's hand is the stuff of magic. Do click through and check out his extensive portfolio.
I am loving the work of illustrator Nidhi Chanani, a freelance artist and illustrator currently residing in San Francisco. Born in Calcutta and raised in suburban California, she creates the sweetest illustrations. I think I have an especially soft corner for them since a number feature a brown girl with a ginger headed boy! Now just replace a couple of cute little kitties with a fluffy little Westie and ta dah!
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I love Yan Nascimbene's beautiful watercolour illustrations. My mad love for watercolours aside, his work has a striking simplicity about it and rarely fails to strike a poignant note.
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What would your favourite Disney Princesses look like if they were a bit more fleshed out? I've come across this lovely collection by Jirka Väätäinen, a Finnish graphic design student based in Bournemouth, UK a few times via Twitter and Facebook, and thought I'd share it here for any of you who may have missed it. Click through the picture to check out the whole collection and the rest of the artist's portfolio.
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This brilliant post was sent across by a friend who felt it encapsulated our recent website design experience.
You can also purchase this hilarious poster, details towards the bottom of the page (once you click through).
Facebook's timeline is picking up momentum, and I'm looking forward to seeing how my more creative friends use this space to reflect their personalities. Dimensions for the timeline cover are 850×315 px, and if you run a quick Google search you'll find lots of sites with helpful tips like this one. If graphics and illustration aren't your thing don't worry – loads of websites are cropping up to provide wallpaper that suits your purposes, you can check some of them out right here. Hopefully, I'll get to tackling my cover space soon, in the meanwhile a place-saver will have to do.
I love infographics. I think they're such a fantastic way of presenting otherwise tedious information in a visually engaging way. I wish more companies would use them on their websites, reports etc. Must try my hand at a couple of these. In the meantime, do check out Christian Vasile's 25 Best from 2011 [click on image].