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Tanzania wildlife safari, Serengeti national park, ngoro ngoro conservancy tour. Tanzania Serengeti wildlife safaris will take your to the most enchanting wildlife park in Tanzania. Do your ultimate game drive in the crater and in plains of Serengeti. We offer the best packages for Tanzania budget safaris and Tanzania holiday tour.
Day 1: Arrive Arusha
Upon your arrival at Kilimanjaro's international airport you will be met by our local representative and transferred to your accommodation in Arusha for check in. The remainder of the day is at leisure so relax . Overnight at Arusha Hotel or similar
Day 2: Arusha - Serengeti National Park
Enjoy morning breakfast and head to Serengeti via Ngoro ngoro. We will head to the rim of the Ngorongoro Crater and then descend into the endless plains of the Serengeti. The Serengeti is Tanzania's oldest and most popular national park. Its name means 'endless plain' in the Masai language. It is from here that massive concentrations of wildebeest, zebras and other animals commence the annual Great Migration in search of pastures new, providing one of the greatest natural spectacles to be found anywhere in the world. Overnight at Serengeti Sopa Lodge or similar
Day 3 – 4 : Full Day in Serengeti National Park
Two Full days with early morning start to experience one of the most ultimate game viewing sessions. After a hot drink you will soon be wide-awake as you watch wildlife in its most active time. After lunch at lodge, return to the plains in search for more wildlife viewing and experiences. As the evening light approaches, you will be thoroughly rewarded with all your game spotting with sundowners. Overnight at Serengeti Sopa Lodge or similar
Day 5: Serengeti National Park - Ngorongoro Crater
Say goodbye to the Serengeti National Park and after hot breakfast depart to Ngorongoro Crater. This incredible formation is part of the larger Ngorongoro Conservation Area, which covers more than 8300 square kilometres. The actual crater is 260 square kilometres and 620m deep. Spend the main part of the day on a game drive within the crater on the look out for some of Africa's most famous animal residents. Continue to your accommodation for the night. Overnight at Ngoro Ngoro Sopa Lodge or similar
Day 6: Ngorongoro Crater – Depart
Sadly your Africa Serengeti Tour comes to an end. After hot drink at the lodge depart to Arusha –JRO airport for your home flight.
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Last Thankful Thursday of 2011
It has been a busy week! I traveled for the Christmas holiday and then for work but I'm back today! How was everyone's Christmas? I hope it was wonderful! This week I have SOO many things to be thankful for. Instead of making it just about the week, I thought I'd put a couple things I'm thankful for that happened this year. Though I have had a wonderful year, here are just a couple! I hope you all take time to be thankful for all of your opportunities this year! We have another great year just around the corner!!
As you know, I got married early this year. Before the wedding, my beautiful best friend threw me an awesome bachelorette party. It was Breakfast at Tiffany's themed so we all wore little black dresses and pearls and went out to dinner, to a bar where there are tons of games (I was a skeeter ball CHAMP!), and then to an improv show. Here we are in one of the few pictures we have taken together in the last 11 years! haha. At least it's a good one :) She is such a wonderful best friend and I'm lucky to have her in my life!
Then... on March 19, I married the love of my life. I'm so thankful for him and the life we have started together. In some way, he has played a part in everything I am thankful for this year. I love you, sweetheart!
After the wedding, we went to the beautiful country of New Zealand. It was an incredible honeymoon and I'm so grateful that Husband put together such an amazing trip for us. We were so lucky throughout the entire honeymoon and it was exactly what we wanted. If only we could go back for our one year... haha.
In May, we got Max :) I know you've seen this picture before but the most recent picture I have with him (from Christmas day) is on another computer. And I really like this picture. He's such a goofball and such a big part of our family. Although he's not quite a year and in the peak of his puppy-stage, I still can't imagine not having him. We were blessed with an amazing dog.
In June, I got a new job!! I'm so grateful for everyone who helped me get this job that I love and for the blessings I've had since I've come to this company. Each day, I think about how lucky I am to enjoy going to work and being a part of a company that I feel truly cares for its employees.
I'm also thankful for the chance to play with a Siberian tiger kitten this weekend!! My mother-in-law gave me a last minute Christmas present when I was up there this weekend. Apparently there were baby tigers that you could play with, so she took me to meet Squiggy. He is 12 1/2 weeks old in this picture and so much fun! We played for about half an hour and he was sooo sweet. Apparently he found my lap very comfortable because he kept climbing in it and snuggling with me. Siberian tigers are my favorite animal in the whole world and I never thought I'd have an opportunity to spend time with one. I'm so lucky I got to!!
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I liked all your things and pictures! What a good "year in review"! I hope there's things in 2012 that can compare!
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Wednesday, 8 July 2009
Before the Dawn: A Twilight Podcast - Episode 11: "New Moon" Book Discussion
Before the Dawn: A Twilight Podcast - Episode 11 is up!
What you you really think about the book "New Moon"? Head on over to Before the Dawn to check out Marina & I's discuss everything about New Moon starting from the book, what we liked, didn't like, the themes and character development as well as ponderings on how they will adapt, change and align ideas to the upcoming film. If you haven't read they book, we really do go over it in detail including a synopsis so spoiler weary you've been forewarned but you can also check out photos of the state of our books after rereading and taking notes. As there is so much to talk about we blast through our regular time allotment and chat for a whole hour. Enjoy.
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Anees Bazmee has confirmed that he has approached Rekha to star with Amitabh Bachchan in Welcome Back.
Bachchan has reportedly been offered the role of RDX, played by late actor Feroz Khan in Welcome, while Rekha has been approached to portray a wealthy fashionista.
Speaking to Mid Day, Bazmee said: "I want to work with Amitabhji and Rekhaji. She has said yes to the role but I still have to meet her and discuss it. I haven't met them yet. Rekhaji is a fine actress and I always wanted to work with her."
The two veteran actors were a popular pairing in the '70s and '80s, starring in films such as Anjaane, Muqaddar Ka Sikandar and Silsila.
Their on-screen chemistry spawned rumours of an off-screen relationship and they have never worked with each other since.
A photograph recently taken of Bachchan on a domestic flight, with Rekha seen in the background, has gone viral.
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Back at home, the partnership of Bailey and Shrimpton was not yet the stuff of legend - it was barely a year old - but it was attracting attention. At 24, Bailey saw himself as something of an outsider: "Being a cockney was no help in the beginning, only after 65. I remember one of those women patting me on the head and saying, 'Oh, doesn't he speak cute?'
"'I'll give you cute'," he vowed as the editors continued patting his head up and down the corridors of Vogue. It is certainly true that his upbringing did not prepare him for a career in photography, far less fashion photography, the milieu of a privileged elite. "I could be either a jazz musician, an actor or a car thief," he once said, surveying the opportunities open to an East Ham teenager in the 50s. He wasn't brave enough for larceny, acting was just "talking posh" and his great love, ornithology, would get him nowhere fast. Instead, on National Service in Singapore in 1956, he acquired a cheap roll camera and exposed a few frames. On his return, photography became a career and Vogue beckoned (though only just: Woman's Own paid more). By now, Bailey's father considered him "queer as a coot". Meanwhile, 18-year-old Jean Shrimpton from Buckinghamshire, a graduate of the Lucie Clayton Modelling School and fresh to Vogue, put it more airily: she was, she declared, "as green as a spring salad".
Bailey and Shrimpton first worked together in 1960 at Brides, a testing ground for Vogue photographers. They hit it off and from then on he fought for her. He nearly jeopardised a big chance at Vogue - 14 pages of celebrity-led fashion for September 1961 - by insisting on Shrimpton as model. Fashion editor Lady Clare Rendlesham, equally stubborn and alarmingly forbidding, refused. Bailey dug in further. In the end, Rendlesham gave in. "I was intent on delivering the goods," Shrimpton said. "I wanted to prove Lady Rendlesham wrong." The sitting made Bailey's name and a trip to New York was pencilled in for January - with Rendlesham as editor and chaperone.
"I wanted Jean," Bailey says. "She was just about everything to me then. I put everything of me into her. She was my total muse - I didn't want to look ...; at another model. There was a sort of magic there. She had a democratic kind of beauty, one that no one could possibly object to. Kate Moss has it. Other supermodels can just scare you. They are too beautiful. Everyone loved Jean."
Bailey's first trip abroad for the magazine was clearly an accolade, but also something of a probationary exercise. Vogue, smelling revolution in the air, was unsure of what it was unleashing: "Remember, David," Vogue's managing director admonished the young photographer, "you will be representing Vogue, so please do not wear your leather jacket in the St Regis" - advice Bailey pointedly ignored.
As the plane took off, Shrimpton was clad, she confessed later, in "the most peculiar leather gear": a black leather trenchcoat, a black leather pinafore dress and pair of enormous, thigh-high boots. Bailey was also encased in black. "He was utterly beautiful - they were both utterly beautiful," said their worldlier friend, Nicky Haslam, along for the trip. With his dark eyes and unkempt hair, Bailey looked like nothing so much as "Mowgli setting out across the hills" (if Mowgli were to own winkle-pickers and a polo-neck). "They'll never let us land," Rendlesham muttered to Haslam. They did, but US customs turned them over, finding some canine worming pills that Shrimpton had left in her handbag.
The pair were enthralled by the city, the riotous circus of its streets and the lunatic display of everyday Manhattan life. They ran circles around Rendlesham, whose brief was to show mid-priced British fashion against the city's sweeping panorama. But Bailey had his own agenda: to bring to fashion photography the spontaneity of street reportage. Instead of the Statue of Liberty and soaring, modernist architecture, he turned inwards and down. He raked his lens over Shrimpton in phone booths on Broadway, in shooting galleries off Times Square and outside the pagoda-fronted restaurants of Chinatown. A lack of professional polish - hair, make-up, assistant - gave the pictures a rawness so far denied him at British Vogue. This compensated for more immediate vagaries: "It was so cold," Bailey said, "the cameras stuck to your fingers," adding, "An adventure? Not really. Clare Rendlesham was crying all the time and Jean was very, very cold. Physically shivering and her eyes watering. The clothes were dreadful. I didn't think Vogue would like what Jean and I were doing. They didn't like much of what I did anyway. I didn't care. I just did what I did. But it worked."
Young Idea Goes West, the result of the trip, ran in April 1962. Bailey and Shrimpton's collaboration, played out on the fashion pages, mirrored a personal relationship now played out everywhere else. The tall home counties girl and the scruffy urban iconoclast captured the popular imagination, catalysts for London's emerging youth culture. Bailey had become Vogue's star photographer, displacing those who told him he would fail because "I didn't have my head in a cloud of pink chiffon". He now had an enviable shop window, hijacking nearly every issue of Vogue from 1962 to 1966. In November 1965 it threw in the towel and gave over to him an entire issue and, in so doing, turned him into an idea (as well as an adjective). "Here are," it trumpeted, "the most Bailey girls in the world ...". It was around this time Bailey asked Vogue's managing director to move his Humber so he could park his Rolls-Royce.
· The photographs shown here are taken from NYJSDB62, due to be published by Steidl in May, priced £28. Click here to see a gallery of photographs.


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John: I've been eating bacon all day, and we are almost out of pancake batter.
Me: We have three boxes in the cupboards. We are not almost out.
John: That's what people say right before they run out of pancake batter.
This is an exciting time for John. I am pregnant again, which means all our typical food rules have been suspended. I won't diet while pregnant, believing it's best to follow my body's appetites, and my pregnant body tends to be ravenously hungry. John starts cooking more and more as I get more tired and uncomfortable, and I no longer hassle him about how healthy the meals should be. He rubs his hands together in gleeful anticipation of the pancake extravaganza that awaits us.
Normally, there is a lot of tension about our different approaches to food. When John first made me dinner, while we were dating, I was absolutely blown away. He made a grilled filet mignon, wrapped in bacon, with this amazing gorgonzola butter sauce poured on top. "I have found the holy grail!" I thought, "the holy trinity of boyfriend qualities: he's cute, he's funny, and he can cook!'
His awesome steak, bacon, and butter meal had also calmed down my nervousness about his thinness. Many women love thin men, but I've always liked guys with a little bit of belly on them. I think it's because, deep in my evolutionary DNA, I'm afraid that a thin guy is ill, depressed, or a bad hunter. Maybe because I come from a long line of farmers, a belly tells me my potential mate has a healthy appetite, can provide food, and will make it through the winter. A little belly makes a good investment.
Given my fears, John's steak, butter, and bacon feast was reassuring. I love to eat, though I have to watch my weight, so having a boyfriend that eats nothing but egg whites and protein shakes is my idea of Hell. If he tries to wake me up at 4:30 AM to go for a jog, I'm running for the hills and never looking back.
"I love that you can cook and like good food," I told him. "You're thin, so I was worried you're one of those guys that never eats."
"No, my friends used to say I always ordered the left side of the menu," he said. "I just have the kind of metabolism where I eat and eat and can never put on any weight. People don't understand how hard it is. It's so hard to have to eat and eat all the time and stay thin," he continued, as I felt my relief creep into irritation.
"You might want to keep that little problem to yourself. Especially around people who are dieting," I said gently, managing not to punch him in the face as he stared back, blinking in bewilderment.
It turns out that the steak meal with butter was not so much John's idea of a special dinner as how he figured anyone should eat if they bothered to cook at all. The list of things John likes to eat is rather limited. It consists of: cheese, steak, bacon, butter, pasta, and bread. Anything else is a dangerous Trojan horse lurking on his plate.
It further turns out that John likes to eat the same thing all the time, whereas I have to endlessly experiment or I get very bored with my food. John's steak dinner was not so much a representation of his typical cooking abilities as him exhausting his cooking repertoire to impress his date (which worked). There are a handful of things that John can cook very well, like steak, bacon, tacos and blueberry pancakes, but he had spent the last five years eating a peanut butter and jelly sandwich with a glass of milk for dinner.
I am not making that up. The man ate a freakin' PB& J sandwich for dinner for five years, broken up with the occasional thawed-out pizza or corn dog.
Our eating habits are polar opposites. When we order Mexican or Chinese food, John always wants a burrito or sweet & sour pork. I look at the menu and ask him to add, say, a pork dish with black bean sauce and he looks at me like I just suggested we ride motorcycles blindfolded. He also thought he was allergic to cilantro, because one time, after drinking a bunch of tequila and eating a bunch of Mexican food, he threw up.
"Umm," I gently suggested, "Maybe the tequila was responsible for that. Maybe you're unfairly blaming the cilantro." He glared at me for poking substantial holes in his airtight anti-cilantro defense.
There were endless arguments concerning What to Eat for Dinner. I explained to him that if I eat bacon and butter all day, I will get very fat, so I have to find tasty recipes with a good deal of produce involved. He blinked at me, saying, "Well, that's all I can cook."
"Alright, I'll cook if you go to the grocery store," I would offer. He took me up on it, but blanched at the sight of my grocery lists: "What the hell is ARUGULA?"
We fell into a dating pattern of me cooking and him going to the grocery store. He would text me: "Had to ask for help three times because I don't know what half the crap on your list is." I would make sautéed leek pasta and he would stare at it suspiciously, like I had just served him fried monkey hand. I would stomp away yelling "I CAN'T EAT MACARONI AND CHEESE EVERY NIGHT! YOU'RE GOING TO GET COLON CANCER!", mad that I had just wasted a nice dinner on a man who clearly preferred Hot Pockets. He would mutter something under his breath about "champagne tastes" in response.
Eventually, we fell into a comfortable equilibrium of steak tacos interspersed with tofu stir-fries, but once I was pregnant, I found that I tended to throw up anything that wasn't a cheeseburger or otherwise carb-heavy. All bets were off, and John was in hog heaven.
I remember clearly the moment when John picked up on the new dynamic. Normally, I leave a little food on my plate after meals. It's part of my effort to stop eating when I'm full instead of feeling like I have to clean my plate, and John likes to eat whatever I leave. Well, one night when I was newly pregnant, John reaches over to grab a few sweet potato fries off my dinner plate, and before I can even process what was happening, I scream, "WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING!? LEAVE MY FOOD ALONE!" John jumped back a full three feet in shock, his eyes as wide as saucers, as I look over to see my own fist gripping a fork in the air, suddenly realizing that I was ABOUT TO STAB MY HUSBAND'S HAND WITH A FORK TO PROTECT MY FOOD.
Lord, pregnancy hormones are insane… I had gone feral and was about to fight with improvised weapons for a couple of sweet potato fries. Reminds me of that part in Walden where Thoreau is going on about how great it is to be a vegetarian right before grabbing a woodchuck and devouring it raw. Sometimes, the beast within will not be denied.
John was understandably frightened by this sudden change in his wife's behavior. He never tried grabbing my food again, but also quickly deduced the upside of my new ravenous attitude. He started making bacon with blueberry pancakes (and real maple syrup mixed with melted butter) for breakfast and an endless supply of steak and pasta for dinner. We both piled on weight, but he couldn't care less. He had broken out of food jail and was eating everything in sight.
He found, finally, that his metabolism was failing to pick up the slack. He was gaining weight on par with me and started calling his belly his "food baby." He would look down at it and pat it affectionally, to the point where I was starting to suspect womb envy. When I was around eight months pregnant, he put a cup of coffee on his gut and marveled at how he could now use it as a shelf. I must admit I found this somewhat comforting. It would have been really aggravating if he were getting skinnier and skinnier as I outgrew all my clothes.
Unfortunately for him, after I had the baby, breastfeeding seemed to melt off all my added weight whereas he wasn't ready to give up melted butter steaks. He would stare down at his belly, disapprovingly, and say, " I really need to do something about this pregnancy weight."
I resumed exercising and watching portion sizes. Dinners became healthier again and he shed some pounds. It was tough for him to let go of the Butter Glory days, however, so when I found out I was pregnant again, his eyes lit up like a kid let loose in a chocolate factory. That very night, he planned a celebratory meal of steak, artichokes and gorgonzola butter.
He won't teach me how to make gorgonzola butter, by the way. I know it involves cream cheese, toasted pine nuts, and butter, but he is convinced that I married him to ensure continued access to gorgonzola butter, so he guards his recipe like the password to an elaborate code that keeps the family intact.
That's fine, because I know we will be having a lot of gorgonzola butter in the coming months. And pancakes. John has plans, and he wants to be very, very sure we don't run out of pancake batter.


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"Words start wars and end them, create love and choke it, bring us to laughter and joy and tears. Words cause men and women willingly to risk their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honour. Our world as we know it revolves around the power of words." Secret Formula's of the Wizard of Ads.
A Personal Perspective
I Love words and always have. I play word games as often as I can because I find it simply riveting. When I chat with good friends I can often get captivated in the conversation and find it hard to sleep afterwards. When I read the opening paragraph for the first time, it resonated with my very core because I have experienced the charisma and repulsion that words have to offer.. both written and verbalised. I'm not sure who ever said "sticks and stones can break my bones, but words can never harm me".. but it's completely inaccurate in my opinion.
I believe an inescapable fact is that the leaders of our world are not consistently remembered for how they laughed, paged a book, walked into a room or their visual appearance but rather for what they said. So many quotes have touched lives of those who are not wordsmiths by nature, and even some that are. History also reflects the need to keep it simple.. the shorter the quote, the more effective the impact. It's the choice of the combination of words that make it ripple into our subconscious.
In Advertising
A vital cog in any advertising agency's team is their copywriter. Funnily enough they are often overlooked, especially by clients. An Account Manager from a firm is so often assaulted with the ever so tedious question: "why should I pay this much for some writing" and every so often it comes down to an even less palatable statement "I will write it for you and then you can just edit it". It would be a phenomenal sight (yet to be seen by mois) where a client can actually write something truly worth publishing. They may be intensely qualified to run their business, but they are painfully unqualified to write copy.
If there is nothing else you take from this blog post, let it be: words are worth paying for! A copy writer knows how to make the most of as few words as possible. If they can arrest someone's attention with electrifying words, their job is done! If you want someone to remember your ad and message, make it simple, clear and captivating. As a business owner or production person, you are not equipped with these skills – leave it to the professionals.
Scientifically Speaking
Without going into detail on the factual and technical side of how we tick, which as an aside is often my favourite part, here's a small insight into what makes words work for us. Read chapter 5 of Secret Formula's of the Wizard of Ads for a more in-depth explanation. Wernicke's area is purposefully positioned in the brain where the association of auditory and visual signals meet to fulfil its function of naming objects. It rules the nouns of our vocabulary.
Broca is on the other side of the auditory association that links into the motor association cortex. This cortex is the centre of all physical action and Broca's area is the hub for action words..a veritable verb manufacturer. It energetically generates verbs, passionately formulates sentences and waits with baited breath to hear what others have to say. If you present Broca's area with a predictable sentence, write up, description etc, it will - as sure as the sky is blue - ignore what you have to say. If you manage to engage it with your opening gambit, you're on a winning wicket!
On the Web
cozwecan.com intends to harness the true power of communication and more simply words. Our challenge is to keep it simple and understandable even to the man on the street, yet arresting enough to engage the more cognitively affluent of society. I believe that words have the potential to make or break any site in the end.
Make use of undoubtedly the most powerful force there has ever been. Use explosive and energetic words in work you want to make a statement with. It will reap benefits that you've never imagined.
Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind ~ Rudyard Kipling


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Frank Kohl - Invisible Man
Label: Pony Boy Records PB501783-2
New York City born and raised Frank Kohl first came to prominence in his award winning high school band. In 1976, Kohl graduated with honors from the Berkley College of Music. He was influenced in his early career by musicians such as George Benson and Wes Montgomery. In 1990, Kohl moved to Seattle where he began and continues to regularly perform at some of the areas more noted Jazz venues. "Invisible Man," Kohl's third release, is a collection of silky smooth jazz cuts performed in the traditional style. With Kohl on guitar, and joined only by a bass, piano and drums, the quartet delivers eight tracks of very enjoyable, highly melodic, sometimes high energy, sometimes swing and sometimes introspective jazz performed by a skilled guitarist and quartet.
Overall: 8
Sonics: 8
Blue Muse - Blue Muse Live
Label: Dolphinium Records
I'm not really sure, but as far as I know, I've yet to run across a more eclectic Jazz band in recent memory. Comprised of artists such as a computer consultant, Jacksonville University students, and maybe most improbably, a baker's apprentice, Blue Muse weaves a diversified sound with elements of swing, funk, Latin and pure straight up traditional jazz. Of the seven tracks, four are original compositions and three have original arrangements. What the listener will hear is both complex and simple arrangements and instruments blending seamlessly together. From soft, subtle interludes to soaring melodies, "Blue Muse Live" delivers.
Overall: 8
Sonics: 8
Herb Silverstein - Younger Next Year
Label: Self Released
In the early 1980's, one of his sons introduced Dr. Herb Silverstein to jazz. He was so taken by the genre he set time aside from his normal duties as a renowned ear surgeon, inventor, lecturer and philanthropist to study Jazz. To date, Silverstein has released thirteen albums of traditional jazz. What makes his music so special was the time he spent early on studying jazz composition. He not only understands chord changes and patterns, he also has the creative and improvisational skills to assemble a work that is just highly listenable. Perhaps most impressive, Dr. Silverstein travels extensively lecturing on techniques to prevent hearing loss. His research center in Florida also works with musicians with whom hearing issues are so prevalent. "Younger Next Year" is straight ahead, traditional jazz and was inspired by a book of the same title aimed at health and fitness. This is my second review of a Dr. Silverstein release and I'm not sure which is more impressive, the music or his work in his given profession.
Overall: 8.5
Sonics: 8
Beat Function - Olympus
Label: Do Music Records DMRCD030
Starting with the decidedly Greek theme of the CD jacket, to the introductory poem about Greek Gods and myths, Beat Function never fails creativity and inspiration. This Swedish Jazz group delivers fifteen tracks of a blend of high octane jazz and large scale sound, including the opening spoken poem as a track. They blend soul, funk and yes, even modified rap sprinkled in for good measure. This is a stunning work by a group I have come to enjoy very much. Olympus is my third Beat Function work to be reviewed and also the third to be copied to my music server. If you have ever been curious what Swedish up-tempo, contemporary jazz sounds like, listening to Olympus by Beat Function is a really good place to start.
Overall: 8.5
Sonics: 8.5


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Did you know that Leonardo Da Vinci took 20-minute naps about every four hours to recharge himself? This helped with his intellectual energy. Charles Dickens would always sleep while facing north because he believed this would improve his creativity.
Most of us probably don't have crazy sleeping habits like Mariah Carey. She surrounds herself with 15 humidifiers before she takes her naps. Even though it may sound crazy; everything we do about our sleeping habits tells a story about who we are and what we like.
You may not even be making the choice to sleep a certain way because you may be choosing it subconsciously. Who would have know that the secret to finding out about someone could be in the way they slumber?
So how do you sleep at night? Is it on your belly, side, or maybe your back? Let's see what this has to say about you and your sleep positions…
Which one is your favorite position? Pick one and read on…
Log Position
Log position, in which the sleeper slumbers on their side, legs extended straight and arms by their sides, is the second most popular position. Though the position looks stiff, a person who sleeps like this is anything but rigid. Log sleepers are very social and easygoing people. Although they like conversing with all kinds of people, they definitely prefer running with an A-list crowd. They are also very trusting, which can sometimes make them seem a little gullible.
Yearner Position
The yearner position looks a lot like the log. The sleeper snoozes on their sides, but their arms are stretched out in front of them, kind of like a mummy. Studies say that people who choose this position are usually very inviting and open. Yet, they can be suspicious and are often very cynical. Yearners are also as slow as turtles when it comes to making decisions, but once their minds are set, they're as stubborn as a mule about changing it.
Soldier Position
A person that sleeps in soldier position is one that sleeps on their back with their arms straight down at their side. Soldier sleepers also live up to their name, tending to be strong, silent types who don't like a big fuss. They are very structured and take themselves, and those around them, very seriously. This also means that they have high expectations for themselves and others around them. They have a tendency to snore .
Freefaller Position
A freefaller sleeper doses on their stomachs, head to the side, with their arms wrapped around a pillow. As the name suggests, freefaller sleepers have open, gregarious, and playful personalities. Yet they can be so to-the-point that it comes off as brash. They may seem free spirited most of the time, but freefallersleepers are also secretly anxious and crave control. Although they tend to be risk takers, they're surprisingly sensitive to criticism as well.
Starfish Position
The starfish position is the least popular slumbering style. Starfish sleepers lie on their backs with their legs stretched out, and their arms stretched up by their head, looking a bit like a cactus. They love hearing the problems of others and will go out their way to help when they can. People who snooze in this unconventional style are very loyal pals and make friendship a huge priority in their lives.
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Having a husband or a father who is passionate about sports is a great thing, because there are many creative gift ideas to use in order to help him improve his activity. A lot of women make the mistake of not understanding what men like. For example, instead of wasting time on the internet looking for diy valentines gift ideas for him, go to an electronic store and get something that your man will actually want. Men don't like decorative stuff and with the risk or generalizing, men are not really into romantic gifts. Furthermore, giving the era that we live in, technology represents a great tool for those who practice a certain sport. For example, golf players can use golf rangefinders to obtain the distance to any targeted object, improving their game and developing great skills. Still, there are many practical gift ideas for men who only want to work out and stay fit.
Gecko Sports Armband for iPhone 5 and iPod Touch
If the man for whom you are buying the gift likes to go for a run in the evenings, the Gecko sports armband is a great choice for a gift. This practical armband has a convenient design, which allows the user to secure his valuables, because it comes with a pocket for keys, money or any small item. It features an all-weather protection, and it represents the best solution for keeping your iPhone or iPod touch safe while working out. Furthermore, this lightweight armband integrates an adjustable strap for ensuring a comfortable fit.
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The Jawbone UP24 features a revolutionary technology that helps you track your fitness, including the distance that you covered, the number of calories that you burned, and the time that you spent active vs. idle. Moreover, this device has the role to help you maintain a healthy lifestyle, because it can monitor what you eat and drink, and it can show you how long it took you to fall asleep, and how to improve the quality of your sleep. This application is compatible with many types of devices, including iPhone 4S, iPad 3, Samsung Galaxy S3 Nokia Lumia 520 and many others. So, you can connect it to your smartphone via Bluetooth to obtain more support for achieving your goals. Since this device can track your workout, and your sleeping and eating habits, it has the capacity to offer you updates on your progress, and it can motivate you to stay healthy.
Bose Sie2I Sports Headphones
Offering the Bose Sie2I Sports Headphones as a gift will make any man very happy, especially if the man in question always wanted an effective audio device for exercising. This device features deep lows and crisp highs, so it can deliver high-quality, well-balanced sounds. Another great advantage that users can get by using the Bose Sie2I Sports Headphones is that the ear tips can stay in place even during complex exercises. Furthermore, a Reebok armband is used to hold the device during workouts, while the inline remote allows you to adjust music and take calls with the press of a single button.
The gadgets presented above can be used by most people who practice sports. However, you can also pay attention to what your father, your husband or your boyfriend is telling you about their favorite sport and get them a gadget that they actually need. For example, if he is is passionate about golf and is looking for a new golf rangefinder, you should check out a digital golf rangefinder reviews site and buy your father the best rangefinder on the market. Giving him something that he actually wants will make the gift even more special as it will show that you cared enough to listen to his interests.


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SNAAP is unique: there are no other local organisations which provide the extensive range of services to children with every kind of disability, aged from 0-19 years, in partnership with parents. The focus of the services is upon all of the child's needs including educational,…
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Kent Association for the Blind (KAB)
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The City of Gulf Shores Youth Baseball, Softball and T-Ball Registration for ages 4 - 16 will be held January 7 to February 4 at the Bodenhamer Recreation Center, Cultural Center or online at http://www.gulfshoresal.gov/1227/Online-Registration-Payments.
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I'm creating a 3d engine right now using OpenGL and I want to make it very object oriented and easy for the developers to use. I don't know how to store thousands of dynamic vector on my engine like 3D models.
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Think! You bought an iPhone5 and use Siri application to make everything easy and one day Siri destroys your iPhone5?
An artificial intelligence program from Apple is capable of breaking off an iPhone's screen after three successive seizures of wrong password, to prevent the thief from using the device. A video has been released showing the same and you can see it below.
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Once someone tries to unlock your iPhone 5, it starts working. iPhone 5 gives three chances to enter right password to unlock iPhone5 and after successive seizures of wrong password, this application works and break the screen.
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Tree Trimming and Tree Services in Cambridge, OHFor residents in Cambridge, Ohio looking to spruce up their homes a little bit, planting trees can be a good decision; unfortunately though, they should be continuously maintained. Most individuals in Cambridge think that the only thing that needs to happen with a new tree is just a bit of trimming every now and then. A Cambridge tree service such as Quick Tree Service on the other hand can come out annually and handle everything for you. This Cambridge, OH business can handle any task from tree trimming and stump grinding to tree removal. For extensive service in your city all you have to do is contact
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How a Cambridge, OH Tree Service Can Help YouA big mistake that a lot of Cambridge, OH homeowners often make is thinking that owning trees does not involve any extra amount of work from the person that planted them or from a tree pruning company. Just like humans, trees need to be told how they are expected to grow, or they will end up branching out over power lines or your rooftop, which is like a small kid running into the street; flat-out dangerous. The best way to keep this kind of disaster from happening is by contracting a tree trimming organization or an arborist in your neighborhood to come out on a consistent basis and do the tree pruning work for you. If you have specific development limitations set then it will also be in your best interest to have this same tree service business come in and perform tree trimming as well. If for whatever reason you have old and dead trees in your back lawn, a tree service company will also have the ability to do a tree removal service accompanied by rigorous stump grinding.
Will You Require Tree Removal as Well?If a nasty storm hits the Cambridge, OH area then it is a good idea to have your trees inspected by a professional tree removal service in order to find out whether or not tree removal will be necessary. Doing these kinds of jobs yourself is a bad decision because the process can be quite tricky and deserves to be looked at by experts with the correct equipment to do the job correctly. In addition, most of you likely aren't aware of the fact that when a tree removal occurs, stump removal also needs to take place. Having the stump grinding procedure done properly will ensure that the rest of the tree roots die off and don't continue to grow underground. If you don't have the grinding done to the stump then the remaining roots from the old tree will suppress and development of new plants or trees in the area. You should always hire a tree service in Cambridge, OH to complete any upkeep task regardless of whether it is tree trimming or tree removal. You'll find that they offer affordable rates, and they will get the job done right the 1st time. If you are ready to have the stump grinding services you need carried out at your location then simply get in touch with Quick Tree Service today at
Cambridge, OH Tree Removal Guide For ResidentsHaving a tree or several trees planted on your Cambridge, Ohio property can make your property much more visually admirable. Because trees are also living organisms you should keep in mind that they will one day die no matter what services like tree pruning and tree trimming are performed. The best way to take care of this situation is by contracting a tree service business such as Quick Tree Service based out of Cambridge in order to come out and execute a tree removal. But just before you go out and have this performed, you need to understand the main reason behind having a Cambridge tree removal. For individuals around the Cambridge, OH area who are prepared to have your tree removed, or if you just need a tree trimming completed, please call us at
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On Friday, Nov. 23, the first shovels of earth will be moved as John Scotti Automotive Ltée. begins construction of a new Jaguar Land Rover dealership in Brossard – marking the first time these British brands will have a presence on the South Shore.
The new dealership, which will be attached to Volvo de Brossard, is slated to open in the spring of 2013 at 9425 Taschereau Blvd. Scotti added that it will be the first dealership in Quebec to fully represent Jaguar Land Rover's new branding image.
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• It will include a second floor overlooking the whole showroom dedicated entirely to customers. They are calling it the Jaguar Land Rover Customer Lounge, where customers can enjoy coffee, work on their laptops on desks, watch tv or read magazines in a quiet area.
• A brand new workshop dedicated entirely to repairing Jaguar and Land Rover vehicles (new and old)
• A huge drive-thru for our service customers. Drive-thrus are great for winter conditions. The customer will never have to stand outside with their car in the cold.
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text: Socially responsible investing (SRI) Funds Management by Clive Tompkins February 13, 2018 04:10 PM Email Alerts for: ASX:NAB Related Funds:Redpoint Investment ManagementRedpoint Global Infrastructure Fund Max Cappetta, CEO, Redpoint Investment Management, discusses socially responsible investing (SRI) with Ross Kent, Global Head of Institutional Distribution, NAB Asset Management.Ross Kent: Good afternoon. I'm Ross Kent and I'm responsible for the institutional client group at NAB Asset Management. With me this afternoon is Max Cappetta, the CEO of Redpoint Investment Management. Welcome, Max.Max Cappetta: Thanks, Ross. Great to be here.Ross Kent: Thank you. Max, Australian equity investors have been at the forefront of SRI, or ESG investing, for some time now. As an investor yourself, how do you, or what does it mean, rather, to be an SRI investor in Australia?Max Cappetta: Yeah, thanks, Ross. Socially responsible investing is nothing new. Investors for, a long time, have used their investment capital to seek changes to the way that businesses operate, and avoid a lot of things that they see as distasteful or not essentially socially responsible in the way that their activities are run. Generally, socially responsible investing involves screening out and excluding investment in companies that are involved in activities such as the manufacture of armaments, tobacco, alcohol, involved in pornography, and in gambling. Very importantly, more recently, a lot of investors are focusing on the impacts of climate change, and looking to avoid companies that are involved in fossil fuel, both mining, and also in the emissions of greenhouse gases.Ross Kent: So if you are simply excluding those stocks that have a significant exposure to those industries, what does that mean in terms of an Australian equity portfolio? How much might you be excluding, for example, of the index?Max Cappetta: Yeah, so when we consider the ASX 200 benchmark as it is today, it's actually quite interesting for Australian equity portfolios. The fossil fuels exemption that you might want to screen out will, in fact, take approximately 15 percent of the market cap out of your investible universe. That's by virtue of the fact that the Australian market, as we know, has a reasonable concentration in that resources sector. In other words, companies that are involved in the extraction of coal and also petroleum that is oil and gas.Ross Kent: Wow. 15 percent. So how do you go about reallocating that capital, for example, if you've been asked to exclude those stocks from your portfolio?Max Cappetta: It's an important thing for investors to consider how they actually do that. If you take that capital away and then just naively re-weight it according to the market cap of the stocks you have left, you'll move from having one bias, to essentially having another, which means you're going to put most of that capital into four large banks. And that may not be really wellaligned, in terms of building a diversified Australian equity portfolio.Ross Kent: So Redpoint's approach then to making sure that their capital remains diversified and balanced, in terms of the risks, how do you go about it?Max Cappetta: There's a number of different insights that we think are important when you try and balance an SRI exclusion process, with also the objective of building a diversified Australian equity portfolio. There's a couple of things that we do that we believe are important and all investors should do as well. Firstly, it's identifying the sustainability characteristics of a portfolio of assets, and that is looking at the E, S and G, the environmental, social and governance practices of firms. That will lead you to avoid companies that are most at risk of poor practices in that space. Secondly, we believe that stock selection is important. When you need to redeploy such a large amount of assets into the rest of your portfolio, you need to have an understanding of valuation, and quality, and growth, and make sure that you apportion the assets that you've now got to redeploy, in the optimal way. And of course, tying all of that together is risk control, portfolio construction. That optimisation process is critical to make sure that you get the tradeoffs right.Ross Kent: And Max, I'm imagining too then that that ongoing incorporation of the environmental, social and governance factors is part of your research process, ensures that you keep ahead of what the new controversies might be. So for example, fossil fuels were relatively acceptable 10 years ago. What might be coming around the corner, you can keep ahead of that as those risks emerge.Max Cappetta: Absolutely right, Ross. I think a great example potentially is a company such as AGL. If you look on their website, they're very open about the fact that they are Australia's largest greenhouse gas emitting business. Now, we know for a fact that they have actually moved out of coal steam gas extraction a couple of years ago, and they make a large investment into building their renewable energy sources. Now, the interesting thing may be that they may become the poster child for a company that is transitioning to a low carbon world. Having an insight into the way that they are managing those environmental risks can potential give investors an insight about when might be the best time to embrace some of these companies and actually be part of the way that they can transition to avoid the downsides of climate risk that may come through in the future.Ross Kent: Max, thank you very much. Some really important takeaways there for me at least. I think the simple re-balancing of the capital you freed up, avoiding the sin stocks, as you put it, isn't so simple when you have to take into account the need to remain diversified and exposed to the companies that your judgment is going to have yielding the better returns over time. Thank you.Max Cappetta: Thanks, Ross.Ends


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2018 ADRE Interview: Teams Workgroup
During a recent interview, Arizona Department of Real Estate Commissioner Judy Lowe spoke with Arizona REALTORS® 2018 President Lori Doerfler. Highlights are available on YouTube, below is a text excerpt.
Lori Doerfler: We know that the Department recently formed a work group focusing on teams and there's a possibility that a new SPS on teams will be forthcoming. Can you tell us the status of that workgroup?
Judy Lowe: Yes. Our Real Estate Advisory Board made the motion and recommended to the Department that the Department look at our existing statute rules and put together a workgroup that would determine what needed to be stated in a Substantive Policy Statement, an SPS, that would tell teams exactly what is expected of them as they practice the real estate profession from a team environment.
We have chosen our two leaders, Jim Tsighis, "J.T." from Tucson and Louis Dettorre, our Deputy Commissioner here at the Department of Real Estate will facilitate that work group. It will be a work group that's already been chosen…very diverse. Most of them will be either team leaders or interact on a regular basis from a DB role or a manager role or in transactions with team leaders and teams.
Looking at what needs to be reminders put into a Substantive Policy Statement for teams to remember as they're putting together these teams, utilizing the teams as administration of their business model, working under a designated broker as well as a team leader in the office environment.
What do real estate licensees who are not team members need to know about teams and what's expected of them and how they operate. And then what does the consumer need to know about working within a team that we will be looking at August and September of pulling these individuals together for the workgroup.
Louis has planned it that the first meeting will be maybe a panel of team leaders talking about how they run their business as a team under a designated broker, under a brokerage, educating the entire work group on how that works.
Then some pointers will be developed that will then be brought forward to create and put in place a Substantive Policy Statement that will be distributed throughout all of our membership and licensee base for teams.
We're really finding that even the public is sometimes at a loss. They're in a real estate transaction, they worked with one team member, but they're getting calls from five or six other team members that they have no idea who that individual is or what role they play in the transaction.
Those are the kind of things that need to be talked about as far as teams are concerned.
Lori Doerfler: Great. We should be on the lookout at the end of the year…
Judy Lowe: Yes, by the end of the year. Hopefully, we'll have that Substantive Policy Statement out with a lot of collaboration going on.
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We all know that the festive season is a time for entertaining, but winter in general is great for having people over. It could be for a movie night or a cosy evening of drinks and food- there's still plenty to do even when the weather isn't great! Many of us go to town on getting our homes winter or Christmas ready which is loads of fun, but with all that emphasis on homewares around this time of year, our gardens can become a little bit neglected. This is where you could be missing a trick. When you organise your next winter get-together round at your place, why not suggest having it outside? You might get some complaints about the weather at first (and admittedly if you aren't prepared, everyone will just want to go back inside). But there are things you can do to pull off a winter garden party and pull it off with style.
Gather Round a Fire
You'll need something to keep you all warm while you're sat outside. Blankets are, of course, a great option and you should aim to provide a few for people to snuggle up under. But no winter garden party would be complete without a roaring fire going to keep everyone toasty. Plus, as it gets dark so early in the run up to Christmas, you may be relying on the light cast by the flames in order to see each other properly. There are a few different options for an impressive and functional fire. You may already have a fire pit in your garden, in which case it shouldn't be too much trouble to fire up. If not, you may want to invest in a chiminea which you can stoke with firewood. Putting some electric heaters around the corners of your circle can also help to ensure that everyone is comfortable.
Go Luxe with a Hot Tub
Fancy turning your winter get-together up a notch? If it's a luxury lifestyle that you're after, nothing could be a better investment than a hot tub. Guaranteed to provide a lot of giggles, there's nothing better (or more ridiculous) than donning your bikini in the middle of December for a late night dip. You can get hot tubs in all shapes and sizes, and you can be sure that it will be a big crowd pleaser amongst your friends and family. The good thing about hot tubs too is that the novelty doesn't wear off - they are just as great for the summer months too. Speak to some hot tub suppliers about one that would suit your personal needs.
Cook up Some Seasonal Food
Unlike fair weather garden parties, you may struggle to keep a barbeque going for longer than a few minutes in winter. No one wants to come away from a party having eaten a semi-cooked burger, so it is best to cook up a storm in your kitchen where you can see what you are doing properly. Stay away from finger food - if people are wearing gloves, it will be redundant for them. Instead, go for a stew or a classic dish such as chilli con carne, which you can easily serve up into bowls. Tasty and practical for your guests to eat too.
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Making Global Mobility the most important team within your business
Caroline Hickson (KPMG) with Francine Colgan (Monadelphous Group) and Sarah Lanes (Chevron Australia) discussed approaches to elevating your mobility function at the FEM Perth Chapter.
Perth Chapter Meeting on the 1st November 2017 was titled "Making Global Mobility the Most important Team within Your Business" and hosted by KPMG.
The value to your business of getting global mobility right is enormous. But how can you elevate your global mobility programme from a reactive, tick-the-box process, to a program that your people love, drives employee loyalty from the most junior to the most senior levels, and contributes to your company's global success?
After a brief immigration and tax updated; a panel discussion facilitated by Caroline Hickson of KPMG with Francine Colgan, Global Mobility Lead, Monadelphous Group Limited and Sarah Lanes, Team Lead – Talent Sourcing; Chevron Australia ensued on approaches to elevating their mobility function. Delving into topical issues such as practical ways to better align global mobility with talent management, and strategies for helping your assignees adapt and succeed in today's "VUCA" (volatile, uncertain, complex, ambiguous) environment.
See the slide deck for more information on this topic including the top 5 tips on how to elevate global mobility.
Want to know more about the Perth Chapter Meeting or receive updates on future events? Please email Aysegul Kayahan


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As It Is Written . . .
Abishag Unscripted
by Patrick Henry Reardon
Early in the first autobiographical account in Bleak House, Esther Sommerson speaks of Mrs. Rachael, a domestic servant of Miss Barbary, who is Esther's aunt and guardian. Mrs. Rachael, a fairly non-descript person in the early part of the novel, disappears after the death of Miss Barbary, nor is there any reason to suppose, at that point, that we should ever hear about her again.
Later in the book, nonetheless, Dickens brings the same lady back, now the wife of a pompous preacher named Chadband. At a crucial point in the narrative, it is this Mrs. Chadband who recognizes Esther's name in a context that throws light on her parentage. Thus, Dickens uses an otherwise minor character, who appears in only two s . . .


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A blog about my inspirations, influences and day to day activities in and around my studio.
Thursday, 31 July 2014
While you were Sleeping (Revisited)
Modelled by India
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Saddle Tree: A Commission for Macmillan Science and Education
Macmillan Science and Education recently invested in part of the Kings Cross regeneration development, bringing together all of its separate divisions to work together in a 'campus' style environment. The company acquired some beautiful historical buildings that make up the campus, one of which is known as 'The Stables', formerly used to house the horses who pulled the horse-drawn omnibuses.
were keen to celebrate this local history, and wanted to create a focal point for the campus in the form of a life size, white horse statue, positioned within The Stables building.
A team of designers from
Macmillan Science and Education came up with the concept to create a saddle for the horse, the saddle acting as a metaphor for stability and balance as the company (and publishing as an industry) embark on a period of substantial change and development, whilst celebrating
's rich heritage through the beauty of its objects.
It was my role to turn their concept into an art installation. I had access to some stunning documents from the
archives (ranging from Sir John Tenniel's
Alice in Wonderland
illustrations to the original St. Martin's architects plan) and my brief was to incorporate these documents into the installation.
'We want the installation to be beautiful and really make the most of materials that would otherwise never be seen.'
Firstly, the horse (pictured here) was delivered to my studio, where it lived with me for a few months, while I worked on the saddle.
I borrowed an equestrian saddle, in order to work out the pattern, and I familiarised myself with equestrian terminology. Here, I am working on the stirrups.
Macmillan were keen for me to incorporate their logo into the design.
Book cloths were used for details, such as the brass attachments and rosettes.
Macmillan Science and Education gave me some of their original archive material to use, such as these maps. For their collections of rare manuscripts and first editions, I took scans and printed them out on to the end papers of old books.
The Stirrup Leathers
The Saddle Tree is the base on which the rest of the saddle is built. Usually it is based on wood or a similar synthetic material, and is eventually covered in leather. My Saddle Tree was made from cardboard.
Cutting out the pattern for the seat.
I decided to stitch the fragments of pages and cloths together to represent the unity of the
Macmillan Science and Educationn divisions coming together and working together in their new building.
The final installation in The
Stables, Macmillan Science and Education, Kings Cross
The team from
Macmillan Science and Education sanded and spray-painted the fibre glass horse.
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Monday, 21 July 2014
In the Studio...
this weekend, I set up my 'dress' installation from 2004,
'While you were Sleeping'
a new photo shoot
I'll be posting the final photos here, as soon as the photographer
has finished editing them.
In the meantime, I couldn't resist posting these photos I took of my daughter 'Miki' playing with the cut-out butterflies after our photo shoot had ended.
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Wednesday, 16 July 2014
Recent Post on tractorgirl.com.au
Thanks to Julie from tractorgirl.com for this post.
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Tuesday, 8 July 2014
New designs for Roger la Borde's range of stationery
I love stationery! The stationery company 'Roger la Borde' are continuosly coming up with innovative ideas to add to their collection of Su Blackwell's range of exquisite designs. Later in the year they will be releasing more products to the range, and as soon as they do, I will let you know.
In the meantime, here are two recently released laser-cut greeting cards - perfect for a wedding, birthday, or for someone special.
Read more about my collaboration with Roger la Borde here
Below are some of my personal favourites from their range
pack of 3 A6 notebooks A5 journal
I stock a small selection of cards and notebooks
For the full range of products, go to
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Monday, 7 July 2014
Sneak Preview...
... to a new work-in-progress.
I just wanted to share these images of a commission I'm working on, photographed in the studio, in the light of the morning sun.
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Thursday, 3 July 2014
Design for Liberty Art Fabrics
Liberty London have launched their New Season of Liberty Art Fabrics.
Wild Flowers by Su Blackwell is a recollection of early childhood journeys across the British landscape in discovery of native flora. This joyous
Liberty fabric
was initially inspired by illustrations from an early 19th Century book, 'Field Guide to Wild Flowers in Britain'.
Liberty Print
Original sculpture commissioned by Liberty London.
A Field-Guide to Wild Flowers of the British Isles
I got out my trusted Bernina sewing machine, and made the cushions (below). The dress (modelled by my daughter 'Miki') was made by a friend.
The print is available in
4 different colourways
, in tana lawn cotton, cotton fleece and silk.
I stock a limited range in my online store.
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Programming web apps in GWT looks easy at first. However, if you just jump in and start coding, building a truly efficient and scalable app proves to be a lot harder. Your best bet is to design your application for scalability from the start, based on a proven architecture that leverages GWT's best features.
GWTP (we pronounce it "goo-teepee"), is a collection of components for this kind of architecture. No matter which approach you choose, GWT-optimized compilation will make sure only the features you really use are part of your final code.
At the heart of GWTP is a model-view-presenter architecture (MVP). Although this model has been lauded as one of the best approaches to GWT development, it is still hard to find an out-of-the-box MVP solution that supports all the requirements of modern web apps. GWTP aims to provide such a solution while reducing the amount of code required to reach it.
For example, adding history management and code splitting to your presenter is as simple as adding these lines to your class:
interface MyProxy extends ProxyPlace<MyPresenter> {}
GWTP uses GWT's event bus in a clear and efficient way. Events are used to decouple loosely related objects, while program flow between strongly coupled components is kept clear using direct method invocations. The result is an easy to understand and debug application that can continually scale up.
Goals and Features
The goal of GWTP is to offer an easy-to-use MVP architecture with minimal boilerplate, without compromising GWT's best features. Here are some of the core features of GWTP:
- Dependency injection through GIN and Guice;
- Simple and powerful history management mechanism;
- Support for nested presenters;
- Lifecycle events to manage presenters;
- Lazy instantiation for presenters and views;
- Effortless and efficient code splitting;
- Bootstrap tools to make the creation of new GWT applications dead simple.
In addition, GWTP offers optional components that let you:
- Easily communicate with server-side code, leveraging GWT-RPC and allowing you to use a powerful command pattern;
- Simplify the use of web APIs with a library following javax standards (JSR-311);
- Nicely support search-engine crawling on your GWT application;
- Organize your internationalization strings.
GWTP is a fork of gwt-dispatch and gwt-presenter, many thanks to the original authors of these libraries. If you're used to gwt-presenter, you might like to see how it compares to GWTP.


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burning bush(redirected from Burning Bush (Christian symbol))
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burning bush
1. In the Bible, a bush on Mount Sinai that burned miraculously without being consumed by the flames, out of which God spoke to Moses.
2. also burn·ing-bush (bûr′nĭng-bo͝osh′) Botany
a. Any of several shrubs or shrubby plants, such as the summer cypress and certain species of euonymus, having foliage that turns bright red in autumn.
b. See gas plant.
burning bush
1. (Plants) a rutaceous shrub, Dictamnus fraxinella, of S Europe and Asia, whose glands release a volatile inflammable oil that can burn without harming the plant: identified as the bush from which God spoke to Moses (Exodus 3:2–4)
2. (Plants) any of several shrubs or trees, esp the wahoo, that have bright red fruits or seeds
3. (Plants) another name for gas plant
4. (Plants) any of several plants, esp kochia, with a bright red autumn foliage
5. (Bible) Old Testament the bush that burned without being consumed, from which God spoke to Moses (Exodus 3:2–4)
burn′ing bush′
1. Also called summer cypress. a shrubby plant, Kochia scoparia, of the goosefoot family, having dense foliage that turns red in autumn.
2. any of various plants of the genus Euonymus, of the staff-tree family, that have bright red foliage in autumn.
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|burning bush - (Old Testament) the bush that burned without being consumed and from which God spoke to Moses
Old Testament - the collection of books comprising the sacred scripture of the Hebrews and recording their history as the chosen people; the first half of the Christian Bible
|burning bush - deciduous shrub having purple capsules enclosing scarlet seeds
Euonymus, genus Euonymus - widely distributed chiefly evergreen shrubs or small trees or vines
|burning bush - Eurasian perennial herb with white flowers that emit flammable vapor in hot weather
herb, herbaceous plant - a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests
|burning bush - densely branched Eurasian plant; foliage turns purple-red in autumn
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For our first taster of DT, we created our own Roman shields. We had studied the Romans and their army in our History topic and had looked at what kind of details and designs the shields had on them.
We designed our own in our DT books then created the real thing out of cardboard.
Here are some of our designs.
When we looked at the army, normally their shields would have designs that meant something.
A lightning bolt would signify Jupiter. Jupiter was the king of the Roman Gods.
Some had eagle's wings on the front. The eagle was the symbol of the Roman army.
Very often, the shields were red. The colour Red was the symbol of Mars, the Roman God of war.
There was also a metal bulge in the middle of their shield. They used this as an extra weapon and would use this bulge to hit their enemies when they were close.
Have a look at some of our designs.
We used our cardboard to also make the handle of the shield in order for our arm to fit.


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Celtic charged by UEFA over Palestinian flags
Scottish champions Celtic are in hot water once more with UEFA due to the conduct of their supporters.
UEFA has opened disciplinary proceedings against Celtic after 'illicit banners' were displayed by their fans in the 5-2 win over Hapoel Be'er Sheva on Wednesday.
Around 100 Palestinian flags were held up by supporters in the new safe-standing area at Celtic Park prior to the Champions League play-off first-leg tie against the Israeli side.
UEFA forbids political expressions in football and on Friday confirmed Celtic had breached Article 16 (2) of their disciplinary regulations.
It is the second time the Scottish champions have been charged by UEFA for the waving of Palestinian flags, the first coming in July 2014 during a game against KR Reykjavik.
The case will be dealt with by the governing body's Control, Ethics and Disciplinary Body on September 22.
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The Aintree intubation catheter is a blunt-tipped, 19 Fr, radio-opaque catheter with an internal diameter of 4.7 mm. It has centimeter markings from 5 to 35 cm on the outside to help with placement.
The catheter is supplied with two Rapi-Fit® connectors, one with a standard 15 mm tube connector and the other one with a Luer-lock connector. The kit also includes a soft-seal swivel adaptor to allow ongoing ventilation whilst placing the catheter.
The two Rapi-Fit® connectors supplied with the Aintree intubation catheter kit
The standard 15 mm Rapi-Fit® connector attached to the Aintree catheter
The catheter is just short enough to fit completely over an standard adult flexible fiberoptic bronchoscope, leaving enough space at the end of the scope for flexing the bending section to navigate.
The manufacturer's recommendations state that an endotracheal tube need to be of an internal diameter of 7.0 mm or greater to accommodate the Aintree intubation catheter. In practice, a 6.5 mm ET tube is the smallest suitable size, but with a somewhat tight fit (a 6 mm ET tube is definitely too small).
A size 6.0 ET tube does not fit over an Aintree intubation catheter (left picture); the smallest ET tube which accommodates the device is a 6.5 ET tube (right picture)
It is probably best to use a 6.5 or 7 mm ET tube with the Aintree catheter and avoid larger ET tube sizes as a large 'step-up' between the Aintree catheter and the ET tube can lead to the tube getting caught at the vocal chords, making the passing of the ET tube difficult with the risk of trauma (see picture below). If a large ET tube, i.e. size 8.0 or greater, is required, it might be advisable to use a Parker Flex-Tip tube®.
Approximately 2 cm from the distal opening the Aintree intubation catheter has a small side hole on each side to prevent 'whipping' of the catheter inside the patient's airway if jet ventilation is used.
The Aintree intubation catheter is primarily used for intubating through a laryngeal mask with fiberoptic guidance.
Another indication for its use is the exchange of an endotracheal tube, although other devices are preferable, such as the Cook airway exchange catheter or the gum-elastic bougie.


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I lecture in twentieth-century and contemporary British and American writing at undergraduate and postgraduate level. I am course leader for the MA programme in English Literature.
My research focuses on British and American queer writing from the 1950s to the present, and on literary engagements with space and place. I am especially interested in depictions of suburban habitats and life. My latest book, The Literature of Suburban Change (Edinburgh University Press), explores the relationships between literary form and suburban diversification in the US. My most recent research examines literary responses to gentrification and urban redevelopment in late twentieth-century London.
I am President of the Literary London Society.
Senior Lecturer in English Literature
My research focuses on British and American queer writing from the 1950s to the present, and on literary engagements with space and place. I am especially interested in depictions of suburban habitats and life. My latest book, The Literature of Suburban Change (Edinburgh University Press), explores the relationships between literary form and suburban diversification in the US. My most recent research examines literary responses to gentrification and urban redevelopment in late twentieth-century London.
I welcome enquiries from potential postgraduate students who seek supervision for projects in my areas of specialism, in particular: literary responses to urban and suburban change; literature, domesticity and the everyday; queer literature and theory; the interrelationships between sexuality and national and regional identities.
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Dines, Martin (2013) Bringing the boy back home: domesticity and egalitarian relationships in postwar London novels. Literary London Journal, 10(2), ISSN (online) 1744-0807
Dines, Martin (2012) Suburban gothic and the ethnic uncanny in Jeffrey Eugenides's The Virgin Suicides. Journal of American Studies, 46(4), pp. 959-975. ISSN (print) 0021-8758
Dines, Martin and Rigoletto, Sergio (2012) Country cousins: Europeanness, sexuality and locality in contemporary Italian television. Modern Italy, 17(4), pp. 479-491. ISSN (print) 1353-2944
Dines, Martin (2007) From subterranean to suburban: the landscapes of gay outlaw writing. American Studies Journal, 50, ISSN (print) 1433-5239
Dines, Martin (2005) Sacrilege in the sitting room: contesting suburban domesticity in contemporary gay literature. Home Cultures, 2(2), pp. 175-194. ISSN (print) 1740-6315
Dines, Martin (2020) The literature of suburban change: narrating spatial complexity in metropolitan America. Edinburgh, U.K. : Edinburgh University Press. 304p. (Modern American Literature and the New Twentieth Century) ISSN (print) 9781474426480 (In Press)
Dines, Martin and Vermeulen, Timotheus, eds. (2013) New suburban stories. London, U.K. : Bloomsbury Academic. 233p. (Bloomsbury Studies in the City) ISBN 9781472510938
Dines, Martin (2009) Gay suburban narratives in American and British culture: homecoming queens. Basingstoke, U.K. : Palgrave Macmillan. 232p. ISBN 9780230233249
Dines, Martin (2019) 'Is it a queer book?' : re-reading the 1950s homosexual novel. In: Bentley, Nick , Ferrebe, Alice and Hubble, Nick, (eds.) The 1950s : a decade of modern British fiction. London, U.K. : Bloomsbury Academic. pp. 111-140. (The decades series) ISBN 9781350011519
Dines, Martin (2018) Designs for living rooms. In: Gorman-Murray, Andrew and Cook, Matt, (eds.) Queering the interior. UNSPECIFIED pp. 95-107. (Home) ISSN (print) 2398-3191 ISBN 9781474262200
Dines, Martin (2017) 'Ode to a suburban garden' : eccentric narrative and 'The stranger's child'. In: Mathuray, Mark, (ed.) Sex and sensibility in the novels of Alan Hollinghurst. London, U.K. : Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 175-195. ISBN 9781137337214
Dines, Martin (2016) Gay and lesbian subcultures from Stonewall to 'Angels in America'. In: McHale, Brian and Platt, Len, (eds.) The Cambridge history of postmodern literature. Cambridge, U.K. : Cambridge University Press. pp. 247-261. ISBN 9781107140271
Dines, Martin (2016) A child in the suburb. In: Berberich, Christine , Campbell, Neil and Hudson, Robert, (eds.) Affective landscapes in literature, art and everyday life : memory, place and the senses. Abdingdon, U.K. : Routledge. pp. 99-112. ISBN 9781472431790
Dines, Martin (2015) Metaburbia : the evolving suburb in contemporary fiction. In: Archer, John , Sandul, Paul J. P. and Solomonson, Katherine, (eds.) Making suburbia: new histories of everyday America. Minneapolis, U.S. : University of Minnesota Press. pp. 81-90. ISBN 9780816692965
Dines, Martin (2008) Wasteland of the free: suburbia and autonomy in Dennis Cooper's Try. In: Hegarty, Paul and Kennedy, Danny, (eds.) Dennis Cooper: Writing at the Edge. Eastbourne, UK : Sussex Academic Press. pp. 20-31. ISBN 9781845191870
Dines, Martin (2007) Poodle Queens and the Great Dark Lad: class, masculinity and suburban trajectories in gay London. In: Cunningham, Gail and Barber, Stephen, (eds.) London eyes: reflections in text and image. New York, USA : Berghahn Books. pp. 189-201. (Polygons : cultural diversities and intersections, no. 13) ISBN 9781845454074
Dines, Martin (2014) "Keep in mind you are making memories" : narrating suburban childhoods. In: The Story of Memory : New Perspectives on the Relationship between Storytelling and Memory in the Twenty-First Century; 04 - 05 Sep 2014, London, U.K.. (Unpublished)
Dines, Martin (2011) Egalitarian relationships and the middle-class home in postwar queer London novels. In: Literary London 2011 : Representations of London in literature; 20-22 July 2011, London, U.K.. (Unpublished)
Dines, Martin (2006) Homecoming queens: gay suburban narratives in British and American film and fiction. (PhD thesis), Kingston University, uk.bl.ethos.430687.