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LONDON — How do you say "What do you expect?," "Do you have a cigarette?" and "Call me" without speaking? Easy. All you have to do, at least if you are Italian, is stretch your fingertips upwards and clasp them together for the first, extend your index and middle finger as if holding a cigarette for the second, and rotate an index finger while pointing it at your ear for the third.
Those gestures and many more are described in the "Supplement to the Italian Dictionary" published in 1963 by Bruno Munari. Deciphering his compatriots' hand signals was one of many challenges that Munari set himself in a 70-year career as a designer, artist, art director, filmmaker, architect, visual theorist and newspaper columnist, who also found the time to publish some 70 books as well as to invent one of the earliest portable slide projectors.
Munari, who died in 1998, may not be as well known as his contemporaries, like Achille Castiglioni in design, or Lucio Fontana in art, but he exerted a profound influence over visual culture during his lifetime, and continues to do so today. Both as a writer and practitioner, he embodied the 20th-century dream of imbuing everyday life with the most compelling qualities of art. "There should be no such thing as art divorced from life, with beautiful things to look at and hideous things to use," he wrote in his 1966 book "Design as Art." "If what we use every day is made with art, and not thrown together by chance or caprice, then we shall have nothing to hide."
His beliefs were rooted in his early experience as a member of the Italian Futurist movement, which he joined as a 19-year-old in 1926. His relationship with Futurism is the theme of "Bruno Munari: My Futurist Past," an exhibition opening Wednesday at the Estorick Collection in London. The show traces its influence on his work until 1950, when he forsook Futurism to become a co-founder of the abstractionist Concrete Art Movement in postwar Italy.
Born in 1907 in Milan — where his father worked as a waiter at Gambrinus, a cafe on Piazza della Scala, where wealthy Milanese opera buffs downed tamarind sodas after performances at La Scala — Munari spent his childhood in the Veneto region of northern Italy after his parents opened a hotel there. He discovered Futurism by chance as a teenager when he overheard some of the hotel guests discussing it. Futurism celebrated speed, technology and other aspects of modern life in every creative discipline, and Munari found it so enthralling that he moved to Milan.
An uncle found him a job as a graphic designer, but Munari fell in with the Futurists after meeting a member of the movement in a bookstore, and soon started to exhibit with them using the pseudonym "Bum." In 1930, he and a friend, Riccardo Ricas, co-founded a graphic design studio, R+M, working mostly for magazines including Natura and La Lettura. From then on, Munari divided his time between commercial design projects, which ranged from advertisements for Shell and Campari, to a wartime role as art director of Il Tempo, the Italian equivalent of Life magazine, and artistic experiments.
One of his obsessions was the Futurist love of machinery, which Munari traced back to his childhood, when he and his friends would hike several miles to marvel at the wheel of a gigantic wooden water mill. He devised a series of what he called "Useless Machines," or mobile sculptures that created beguiling patterns of light and shadow.
Munari was equally intrigued by the visual possibilities of artificial light. Writing in the catalog for the Estorick Collection show, Munari's son Alberto remembers how his father showed years of family photographs on the slide projector he had built, then used transparent candy wrappers and coils of onion skin to produce strangely shaped images on the screen. Working with such inexpensive materials was typical of Munari, who liked to claim (not entirely accurately) that his name meant "making something out of nothing" in Japanese and constructed sculptures, collages and architectural installations from cardboard, paper tissues, wire mesh and fishing line.
Another recurring theme in his work was its playfulness, which reflected the importance Munari attached to art's ability to enable adults to express a childlike sense of fun. After Alberto's birth, he applied the same principle to designing children's books and toys, then observed how his son responded to them. Munari's witty, beautifully illustrated books of the alphabet and fantastical contraptions like his "Useless Machines" are still popular with children today.
He continued to exhibit with the Futurists up until the Second World War, but became increasingly critical of that movement and more interested in others, notably Constructivism, which appealed to his vision of art as a socially and politically empowering medium. This strand of his work became increasingly important to Munari after the war, when he devoted many of his projects to putting Constructivist principles into practice by ending the distinction, or "divorce," between art and life.
Munari did so by designing objects, images and books, which were produced in large quantities for the general public, yet matched the beauty, conceptual rigor and technical ingenuity of compelling artworks. Much of his work in industrial design was for the Milanese manufacturer Danese, for which he developed dozens of products, including 1964's exquisitely shaped Falkland light.
Ever the cultural democrat, Munari aired his thoughts on art and design in a column for the Milanese daily newspaper Il Giorno. He published a collection of those columns and other texts in "Design as Art" in which he discoursed on cutlery, furniture, frying pans, slippers, colors and shapes. Munari summed up his vision in the final sentence of the book's introductory essay: "When the objects we use every day and the surroundings we live in have become in themselves a work of art, then we shall be able to say that we have achieved a balanced life."


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Should New York's REDCs REDO Their Plans?
December 06, 2016After 5 years, CBC reviews regional job creation results by industry, and the lackluster results suggest it is time to rethink the strategic plans of the REDCs.
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Letter from Good Government Groups On Economic Development Contracts
October 26, 2016In order to restore the public's faith in state economic development contracting, end the role of state-affiliated non-profits and SUNY in awarding those contracts, and transfer all economic development procurement, contract awards, and management to ESDC.
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September 29, 2016Allegations in state government are bringing more light to the state's economic development - the cost of many programs continues to rise but the rate of return doesn't hold up. CBC's Dave Friedfel explains.
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September 28, 2016CBC Vice President Maria Doulis presented findings of CBC's Competitiveness Scorecard, which assesses the New York City metro area's competitiveness in attracting talent. The presentation was followed by a panel discussion on ways NYC can improve its competitive edge.
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What was the inspiration/is there a story behind your track?
The first song (or part) is called 'T-Centralen', which is the name of Stockholm's biggest underground station (T is for 'Tunnelbana', the Swedish word for the underground/subway. If you translate the name to English, it's literally 'The Underground Central'). Since the station is at the heart of Stockholm, there are so many joyful, but emotional events I remember there. Unfortunately, the song is about the racism and discrimination I've been encountering throughout my life, especially when I was young and didn't understand why my parents were so offended by racial slurs. Looking back at those memories, I wish I had the guts to stand up for my family and friends.
The second song (or as I mentioned earlier, part) is 'Näckrosen'; the name of another underground station. This song is about sorrow; how I'm struggling to accept my best friend's passing; an inner anger building up the more I think about the pain she went through and my search for a spiritual emancipation. 'Näckrosen' means 'water lily', and the station's art is one of the most beautiful for me. It reminds me so much of my dear friend.
T-Centralen and Näckrosen are both stations on Stockholm's Blue Line, so there's a connection there in both the songs and in reality.
What did your process involve?
My songwriting started as small poems which I started writing at the age of 15; poems I wrote as a way of getting rid of anxieties. After my first term at BIMM, I went back to Stockholm to visit my family and friends, and during my stay, I decided to go on a search for inspiration. I went to T-Centralen to look at the station's art, and after writing down interesting observations on my phone and viewing the Blue Line stations, I concluded I was going to go home and start producing songs and experimenting with my musical knowledge.
Once I examined the things I'd written on my phone, melodies and different binaural sounds started coming into my head. Since the stations T-Centralen and Näckrosen gave me the strongest emotions and ideas, it was easy for me to write and produce those two songs (or parts).
One huge inspiration of these synth-influenced songs is the Blade Runner soundtrack by Vangelis. The way he captured the city where Harrison Ford's character lived is not only beyond legendary, but also exactly what I wanted to do with Stockholm: capturing my emotions with sound – binaural storytelling.
Do you have a favourite line/section of the song?
'Didn't know that I was considered different, 'til I saw my mum's reaction to the N word'. I sing that line in T-Centralen. It's one of the more heavier lines I've written, but in times like these I feel I have to. It seems that people haven't learned after all; people are still judged based on their skin colour and not for their actions.
'I hope you remember when we talked about our dreams. Well I'm living mine, but you ain't living yours' is a line that appears in Näckrosen. I just wish that my friend was still alive and could become a great photographer or painter. She deserved so much better; so many people do.
Can you describe your sound in three words?
Ambient, dynamic and Prince 0+>
What's the best thing about studying at BIMM?
The creativity you're able to enhance. I've met so many people who've helped me become a more understanding musician and a better guitar player. You're able to take a step closer each week to your goals. I still have a long way to go, but I'm definitely not slowing down.
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By: Josh Kurtz
I first stopped being completely depressed about the state of Maryland's gubernatorial election a couple of months ago, when my dad asked me about it. He lives in New Jersey – and we all know who the governor is there.
Subsequent conversations with friends who live in Florida and New Mexico also helped. I even started to feel a little better talking to people I know in places with Democratic governors, like Illinois and my native state of New York. One of those governors is incompetent, the other seems determined to thwart a progressive agenda on a near-daily basis, despite a name associated with one of the archangels of modern liberalism.
During this campaign, I have been highly critical of all three Democratic candidates for governor at one point or another. Perhaps my tone has been unduly harsh or flip sometimes, but I don't regret it. Taken collectively, I have never seen such a group of egomaniacs with so few accomplishments to back up their swagger and raging ambition.
But maybe it's just my perspective. I first met Doug Gansler and Heather Mizeur before they even sought or held office. I covered Anthony Brown as soon as he entered the House of Delegates in 1999. Brown and Gansler were in their 30's. Mizeur was in her 20's.
Maryland politics back then was dominated by larger-than-life figures like William Donald Schaefer and Louie Goldstein, and wily legislators like Pete Rawlings and Barbara Hoffman. Parris Glendening wasn't beloved or a charismatic figure, but he had spent decades toiling in the vineyards of local politics. By the time he got to Annapolis, he had a coherent governing vision and he quickly learned what levers of power to pull to achieve it.
Brown, Mizeur and Gansler seem like pretenders by comparison.
Gansler was a very good state's attorney, and he's been a pretty good attorney general. He certainly exhibited the right priorities as AG, but in Maryland it's a position with notable limitations. And it's not easy to argue that a person's performance as a prosecutor or as the head of the state government's legal operations translates into an ability to be a good governor.
Mizeur has energy and passion and an appealing, gutsy progressive vision, and has thought to a surprising degree about how she'd govern. But she has no true allies in Annapolis and is hardly anyone's idea of a legislative powerhouse.
And Brown? Well, I defy anyone to show me that they can detect, in a lieutenant governor, any kind of leadership abilities or vision. Brown is smart, and he has, as LG, carried out tasks – some more ably than others. But in this campaign he has been selling a resume, buttressed by military service that hasn't really been explained and wouldn't necessarily illuminate his potential to govern even if it was. The fact is, we'd know more about him if he had stayed in the legislature for the past eight years.
No wonder I'm depressed about the choices. No wonder so many Democratic voters seem to be.
And yet, I go back to that conversation I had with my dad. When we talked, I glossed over the personality flaws and campaign gaffes I've spent so much time chronicling. Instead, I mentioned how each of these candidates is sketching out an expansively liberal agenda.
They may differ on the margins on certain issues. But no one's pulling any punches. No one is pretending to be something that they aren't. No one can suggest for a minute that Brown or Gansler or Mizeur is going to do anything but govern as a progressive. That's unique in this country, at a time when the national political discourse is largely being driven by the tea party.
And you know what else? If by some miracle a Republican is elected in November, that wouldn't be an apocalyptic development, either.
David Craig is one of the nicest guys in Maryland politics today. He has spent his 30 years in politics working with Democrats and has friends in every corner of the state.
Larry Hogan can seem like a blow-hard and a partisan hack sometimes. But he's been a keen observer of the Maryland political scene for decades. He understands the state better than the last two Republican nominees for governor ever seemed to. Both Hogan and Craig possess a healthy dose of pragmatism.
And if, for some reason, the Democrats lost in November, it might lead to some necessary soul-searching and house cleaning for a party that has been dominated by a seldom-changing establishment for way too long.
So as I head to my polling place this morning, I may despair a little over the choices we voters face. But I think we're gonna be OK.
NOTE TO READERS: I'll be part of News Channel 8's primary coverage tonight, providing analysis beginning at 8 p.m. If you have interesting insights or gossip to share while returns are coming in, please shoot me an email or a text message at 202-419-9119. Good luck to all candidates!
Josh Kurtz is editor of Environment & Energy Daily, a Capitol Hill publication. He can be reached at .


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I dropped down to visit my sister, Charlotte yesterday. Her and husband, Bob, had just
returned from a little jaunt around the bay in their motor home. They happened upon
a great spot for bakeapples.....here's the evidence....
Anyone who has ever picked bakeapples, or any type of berries, for that matter, knows
that it is HARD WORK!!
Charlotte absolutely loves picking berries.
Mom always said that when a berry patch is picked clean, Charlotte can go in
and still get lots of berries. I think it takes a lot of patience.
Don't they just look like jewels??
They had been gone all weekend, so they had to pick raspberries from their
backyard patch upon returning as well......
If these pics don't make you want to have some berries or make some jam, I just
don't know....ha ha!
My visit sure put me in the mood to make some jam......so I pulled some of my frozen
bakeapples out, thawed them and made a little batch of jam. Roger likes any type of jam cooked for just a very short time with just a touch of sugar. This way the berries keep their shape and you can really taste the berry, not the sugar!
Of course, I make very small batches at a time and always keep it refrigerated.
Have a look........
A little dish of this stuff with some thick cream, or even on ice-cream is delectable :o)


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Birds can be wonderful pets, provided you know what you're getting into beforehand. Birds can be messy (just ask any statue), and they can require a lot of care to keep them healthy. Depending on the circumstances surrounding your home and you lifestyle, one of the most important choices you're going to need to make if you decide to get a pet bird is: which kind of bird fits your way of life?
Some birds make better pets than others, and it's strongly recommended by both seasoned bird owners and the Human Society of the US that people choose a type that has been selectively bred and considered domesticated. Birds that fall into this category will typically include: canaries, finches, parakeets, cockatiels, and lovebirds. It's not uncommon to find people with pet parrots, macaws or cockatoos, but these birds haven't gone through generations of breeding to make them amenable to living in a cage their entire lives. That being said, owning one can be considered cruel.
All that being said, here are a few things to think about when deciding which type of bird you'd like to own:
Looking for just one pet bird? Canaries like to be alone. If you don't mind getting more than one, cockatiels, lovebirds and finches love company.
If you want a bird that you can teach to talk, look into parakeets and cockatiels. Some species of these birds can be taught to mimic human words. Make sure to find out from your local pet store which ones can be taught to speak and just how extensive their vocabulary can become.
Disposition is extremely important to take into consideration when deciding which bird to buy. Canaries and finches don't much care for human contact. Canaries prefer to be alone, but finches love being around other finches. Parakeets and cockatiels, though, are incredibly smart and often relish contact with humans. If you're looking for something to add a bit of music to your home, but don't necessarily need to handle it much, think canary – an excellent singer. If you'd prefer a smart, cheerful pal to sit on your shoulder and periodically squawk "pieces of eight, pieces of eight," then a parakeet or cockatiel may be right up your alley.


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CINCINNATI and DAYTON, Ohio—Severalattorneys from Faruki Ireland & Cox P.L.L. have been recognized for their noteworthy talents in law in the 2016 edition of OhioSuper Lawyers magazine. Charlie Faruki, who has made the "Top 10 in Ohio" list consecutively since the poll began, received the second-most votes this year. Partners Jeff Ireland and Jeff Cox were also named Ohio Super Lawyers for 2016, with Ireland recognized as one of the top 50 attorneys in Cincinnati and the top 100 in the state. Brian Wright and Erin Rhinehart were named as Ohio Super Lawyers Rising Stars.
Super Lawyers is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The selection process is multi-phased and includes independent research, peer nominations and peer evaluations. Rising Star recognizes the top up-and-coming attorneys in the state -- those who are 40 years old or younger, or who have been practicing for 10 years or less. Super Lawyers magazine is published in all 50 states and reaches more than 13 million readers. For more information, visit www.superlawyers.com.
Charlie Faruki, a trial lawyer with a focus on business litigation, was one of the founders of Faruki Ireland & Cox in 1989. He is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers and a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates, past president of the Dayton Bar Association, and of the Dayton Chapter of the Federal Bar Association. Faruki has chaired the Ohio Supreme Court's Commission on Continuing Legal Education, as well as the Board of Trustees of the United States Air Force Museum Foundation. Additionally, he chaired the Bar Examination Committee of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, and is a longtime member and past Chair of the Board of Governors of the Antitrust Law Section of the Ohio State Bar Association, and is a past Chair of the Federal Courts and Practice Committee of the Ohio State Bar Association.
A founding partner of Faruki Ireland & Cox and recognized each year by his peers in the Ohio Super Lawyer poll, Jeff Ireland has tried cases throughout the United States in federal and state courts. His practice focuses on employment, trade secrets, competitive issues, advertising and class actions. He was selected as a Fellow of the International Society of Barristers and The Litigation Counsel of America. He is a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation, Ohio State Bar Foundation and Dayton Bar Foundation. Ireland is a past president of the Dayton Bar Association. He has served as a board member or board chair on a variety of not-for-profit organizations. The University of Dayton School of Law awarded him its Distinguished Alumni Award for his service to the community and the profession. Ireland is the firm's managing partner.
Jeff Cox has tried cases in both state and federal courts, and has handled numerous arbitrations and mediations before the American Arbitration Association. His practice includes class action defense, privacy and data protection, intellectual property litigation, federal regulatory investigations, products liability, media, advertising, competition and other business litigation. Cox has been recognized as an Ohio Super Lawyer every year. He is a Fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America, and a Life Fellow of the American Bar Foundation, the Ohio State Bar Foundation and the Dayton Bar Foundation. He is Editor of the Federal Bar Association's federal litigation newsletter, is Immediate Past President of the FBA's Dayton Chapter, and also serves on the Dayton Bar Association's Federal Practice Committees. An officer and trustee of the Dayton Lawyers Club, Cox is a past president of the Carl D. Kessler Inn of Court. Cox is a longtime member of the Board of Trustees of Chaminade Julienne, serving three terms as Board Chair.
Wright's areas of practice include advertising and commercial/products liability matters; he also has been involved in federal multi-district litigation and technology-related litigation. In addition to being a Barrister in the Potter Stewart American Inn of Court, Wright is an active member of the American Bar Association, Ohio State Bar Association and Cincinnati Bar Association. He is a graduate of the 2010 class of Leadership Dayton. He has been chosen by the Dayton Business Journal as one of the top 40 business professionals under the age of 40 in Southwest Ohio and has been selected as an Ohio Rising Star by the Law & Politics Magazine every year since 2006. Wright is the partner in charge of FIC's growing Cincinnati office.
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Redesign of The Sydney Fish Market, one of Sydneys most visited tourist destinations.
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West Ham United have appointed former Manchester City boss Manuel Pellegrini as their new manager on a three-year deal, the Premier League club announced on Tuesday.
Chilean Pellegrini left Chinese Super League club Hebei China Fortune on Saturday and replaces David Moyes, who guided the club to a 13th-placed finish in the league this past season.
"I am delighted to welcome Manuel Pellegrini to West Ham United. He is one of the world's most respected football coaches and we look forward to working with him," West Ham joint-chairman David Sullivan said.
"It was important that we appointed someone with knowledge and experience of the Premier League, who already has an understanding — not only of the teams and players we face — but of West Ham United and our ambitions."
Former Villarreal, Real Madrid and Malaga boss Pellegrini returns to England two years after leaving Manchester City, who the 64-year-old led to the Premier League title in 2013-14.


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Unearthing Our Forgotten Past: Fort San Juan - Now through December
Unearthing Our Forgotten Past: Fort San Juan - Now through December
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Monday Aug 12, 2019 Friday Dec 20, 2019Unearthing Our Forgotten Past: Fort S...
Through December 2019: Mountain Heritage Center gallery at Hunter Library 161, M – F 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM. Free of Charge
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On loan from Exploring Joara Foundation, the exhibit is the first formal museum exhibit showcasing Fort San Juan and Joara, a large Native American town in the late 16th century. It was developed as part of the celebration of the 450th Anniversary of the Juan Pardo Expeditions, during the 1560s, and tells the story of Spanish exploration and the founding of a fort in what is present-day Burke County.
Archaeologists identified the site near Morganton as the location of Joara, one of the largest Native American towns in what is today western North Carolina. The town was occupied from approximately A.D. 1400 to A.D. 1600. Hernando de Soto and Juan Pardo, Spanish explorers, visited the town in the 1560's. In 2013, archaeologists confirmed that the town was also the site of Fort San Juan, established by Juan Pardo in 1567, nearly 20 years before the English settlement at Roanoke on the coast of North Carolina and 40 years before the English settlement at Jamestown in Virginia. The discovery of the fort, the earliest European settlement in the interior of what is now the United States, has changed history books.
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It's easier than ever to carve a solid career out of web development. One of the greatest benefits is that so many employers and clients have no problem with remote workers. They merely need someone who understands the computer magic that makes their website go from an idea, to a true creation. This makes it easier than ever to embrace life as a digital nomad. We hear so much about burned out, overworked tech workers, but if you're good, you can live life to the fullest while making a living much easier than many other careers.
Investing your time and skills into quality website creation – even freelance – will likely pay off for years to come, and each addition to your portfolio only makes you more desirable to potential employers.
But what makes web development so sustainable? Perhaps a better question is why are web developers so important to the companies and clients that hire them. A good website must be compelling, beautiful and easy to use. It makes you want to stay and look around awhile, and (gasp!) maybe even buy something. A good app can be designed to enhance your life, make you laugh, make you think, help you create something, or maybe even just have a bit of fun, and ideally, make you feel like you are a small part of the brand or company producing it.
This atmosphere is crucial to any company who wants their online presence to have a lasting impact, and for that impact to turn into sales. The currency of media is attention, and the only way to get users to plunk down more of that (and hopefully make the jump from user to paying customer) is making your website a place people want to come back to again and again. A good web developer can do that.
As a profession, web development was a slowly blossoming industry in the early days of the commercialization of the internet in the mid 1990's. As the dust settled from great tech crash of the early 2000's, the fittest websites would survive and some would become today's tech and consumer giants (for example, if I say "Amazon" you probably don't think of the jungle first). Quality web design and development got them there. That, and Jeff Bezos.
Around that time, innovative tech languages and programs gave developers new tools to work with, and flash video and video streaming immediately transformed the way the world digests media. Since then, Web designers have been able to add even more equipment to their toolbox, going from Photoshop, HTML and CSS to working with Fireworks, Javascript and jQuery. Meanwhile, back end development collaboration was also made faster and easier with frameworks like Ruby on Rails, Cake PHP, and Code Igniter.
Inevitably, as designers sharpened their skills with these new tools, they were able to revolutionize the overall quality of websites and the internet at large. Companies had no choice but to keep up and make their online representation as good as it could be to compete on this new global scale. This transformative process naturally led to a huge demand for people with these skills and suddenly web development pros found more options open to them.
In the past, referring to web development jobs often simply meant back end developers, but as the profession expanded, the demand for quality front end work grew with it. These days, the industry has fine-tuned web clients' needs and job titles are hyper specific such as "Drupalista", "Elasticsearch Architect" and "Senior Node.js Developer".
The field of web development is expected to grow by 27% by the year 2024. Websites and apps grow more and more relevant each year, as do the pros who create them.


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Construction time again: ARP 2600 Clone Time Lapse
TTSH – ARP 2600 Clone Time Lapse Build. Track includs only sound from the finished TTSH, some additinal delay and eq :).
Martin Widmann documents his build of the ARP 2600 clone, the Two Thousand Six Hundred (TTSH) synthesizer. TTSH is based on the classic ARP 2600. It's one of the nicest DIY projects and a a very complex build. The TTSH is available as a kit containing PCBs and front panel. Nothing is pre-built and no components are included, so you have to source your own parts.
The video is a time-lapse video, 36,852 pictures, taken every 5 seconds. The full build is shown, including: ttsh, midi interface, case, calibration & bug fixing.
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Is the Miracle Blanket really that much of a Miracle? Why is such a contraption needed for a simple swaddle?
I have to say that this product came highly recommended to us from a family member who said it worked amazingly for their two children, and after knowing our son for 48 hours, I was skeptical that it would work for him. It seemed he really liked having his hands up by his face, and why not? He probably has had them there for the last nine months, and, truth be told, I like to have my hands up by my face when I sleep, too. However, on our first day or two home, we decided to give it a try.
The Miracle Blanket is pretty much like a straight jacket for babies. It keeps their arms down by their sides, feet tucked in a pocket at the bottom and overall, wrapped up snugly. The idea is that babies have only known life as being snuggled up in the womb, but now their little bodies have this new freedom to move. They have very little control over their limbs, and when they unknowingly flail they wake themselves up. Limiting that erratic moving keeps them asleep (or helps them get back to sleep more easily if they wake up) - and isn't that what we all want (within 48 hours of coming home from the hospital)?
It is different from a typical swaddling blanket because they can't wiggle out of it! I admit, we reserve this blanket for nighttime use only, and during the day, for naps, we use some lightweight swaddle blankets. These he can still wriggle out of, regardless of how I engineer them, but I don't mind because I am not looking for long stretches of sleep.
My husband is the swaddler in our nighttime routine, and our little guy looks like he's swaddled so tightly, that I was afraid that when I had to do this on my own, I wouldn't be able to bring myself to do it! However, I have come to know this blanket is worth its weight in gold, as we have been fortunate enough to get some really good stretches of sleep (I am talking about waking up only once a night, and we haven't reached the two month mark yet!), so I gave it my best shot. And you know what? It really doesn't have to be all that tight to keep the swaddle secure. I guess that is the genius in the design. And this doesn't hurt him at all - in fact, I feel like he expects and enjoys it as part of his bedtime routine!
I highly recommend putting this on your registry if you are expecting, or running out and getting one (or buying one online stat) if you are having trouble getting your little one to sleep.


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What are the benefits?
Colon Cleansing, also known as Colon Hydrotherapy, a healthy diet, periodic cleansing and fasting have long been associated with longevity and good health, especially for those who deal with constipation.
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NHL Game Day: 11-19-16 Lightning at Flyers
There will be kittens on Graduation Day.
Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped all 32 shots he faced for the shutout in a commanding performance that allowed the Lightning to overcome a 32-18 shot deficit. Vasilevskiy's win was his 41st NHL decision, officially graduating him from prospect status on Bolt Prospects. And, given how well he's played over the past couple of games, we can't help but feel like Andrei's doing a lot to validate our graduation methodology at the moment. He's clearly all grown up now.
First Period
14:25 TB Johnson (6), (Killorn, Filppula)(PP)
Second Period
7:40 TB Palat (3), (Namestnikov)
Third Period
4:26 TB Drouin (3), (Palat)
Vasilevskiy, Ondrej Palat, and Victor Hedman were the game's three stars.
It's very heartening to see the Lightning make such a seamless readjustment to their game in light of the injuries to Stralman and Stamkos. They needed to adopt a more low-scoring game that relies in part on goaltending and attention to defensive detail. This road trip has seen a return to a lot of the basics that have made the Lightning successful over the past three years, along with some slump-busting by the likes of Tyler Johnson and Palat and the return of Jonathan Drouin from injury. In other words, a lot of the pieces that would have been prerequisites I would have named off for weathering the storm and being met.
Today's victory clinches a successful second 10-game segment of the season, and the Lightning have already secured 1 insurance point with 1 more game left in the segment. This is good. Without Stamkos, the Lightning likely won't be as consistent in the goal scoring department. So, having insurance points socked away will be important for when the team hits speed bumps along the way to March/April.
Brayden Point had 1 hit in 4:16. The low ice time came from a very nasty cut he took on his lip that required a significant amount of stitches. If women do indeed dig scars, Brayden Point is about to become a stinking matinee idol.
Luke Witkowski had 2 hits and 1 blocked shot in 9:06.
Slater Koekkoek was +1 with 2 hits in 10:45.
Box score and extended statistics from NHL.com.
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|The Big Sheep
19 miles
When you're looking for things to do in Devon, The BIG Sheep is a great day out for the whole family. With so much to offer, everyone will enjoy their day out. As well as childrens' activities, there's fun for adults too. There's a brewery for Dad, farm shop for Mum, and of course they can run wild in the indoor playground and outdoor laser guns area too. The whole team is committed to ensuring that everyone in the family is guaranteed a truly great day out at our all weather attraction.
The Big Sheep, Abbotsham, Bideford, North Devon, EX39 5AP
01237 472366
Exmoor Zoo
14 miles
A dramatic river gorge, ancient woodlands, tea garden and shop all set in stunning surroundings. Take a stroll around the 2,000 acres of Watersmeet and Countisbury, a haven for wildlife, breathtaking waterfalls and walking to suit all abilities. Watersmeet is one of Britain's deepest river gorges, where the lush valleys of the East Lyn and Hoar Oak Water tumble together. Watersmeet House is the perfect spot to indulge in a delightful cream tea before visiting the shop for gifts or a little treat. Then set out to explore the rich woodlands of the Lyn Valley and stroll along the riverside at Lynmouth, Combe Park and Rockford.
Watersmeet Road, Lynmouth, EX35 6NT
01598 753348
|Tapeley Park
17 miles
Set in the beautiful North Devon countryside, this stunning stately home is situated in magnificent gardens with terraced Italian lawns. An ornamental summerhouse, known as The Toot, and palm trees on the bottom terrace make for a tropical atmosphere. A lake with summer flowering water lilies found at the bottom of a woodland ravine all help create a wonderful location in the beautiful North Devon countryside.
Tapeley Park,Instow, North Devon, EX39 4NT
01271 860897
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|Lynton & Lynmouth Cliff Railway
18 miles
No family trip to the picturesque towns of Lynton and Lynmouth in North Devon would be complete without a ride on the famous funicular cliff lift. The railway is situated in the centre of the "Exmoor National Park" and nicknamed "Englands Little Switzerland". A day out in Devon would not be complete without visiting one of the top attractions in the southwest. It's the best and most exciting way to travel between these two historic towns and will be one of the highlights of the day - for Mums, Dads and all the family.
The Cliff Railway, The Esplanade, Lynmouth, North Devon, EX35 6EQ
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|Atlantis Adventure Park
20 miles
Atlantis Adventure Park is an all weather attraction for all the family, located within Atlantic Village outlet shopping centre. A perfect opportunity to mix retail therapy for the adults and excitement and thrills for the kids all in one place!
Atlantic Village, Bideford, North Devon EX39 3QU
01237 478888
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|RHS Rosemoor
25 miles
If you are looking for inspiration and a relaxing day out, come to RHS Garden Rosemoor and stroll around the enchanting 65-acre garden. Rosemoor is a garden of intoxicating beauty. It is meticulously crafted and planted, retaining the essence of rural North Devon within a dramatic backdrop of steep wooded valley sides. Whatever the season, the exciting colours, scents and textures mean that all your senses will be stimulated. There are both formal and informal gardens - as well as woodland walks, water features and open spaces - there is something for children and adults alike to enjoy time and again.
RHS Garden Rosemoor, Great Torrington, Devon, EX38 8PH
0845 265 8072
|The Milky Way
25 miles
The Milky Way Adventure Park has it all. Ride the Cosmic Typhoon, Devon's tallest, fastest & longest roller coaster. Have a wild time in North Devon's biggest indoor adventure play area with assault courses & slides built for adults & children. Kick back & watch our amazing live shows featuring Merlin from Britain's Got Talent, plus fantastic displays from the North Devon Bird of Prey Centre.
The Milky Way Adventure Park, Clovelly, Bideford. EX39 5RY
01237 431255
|Dartington Crystal
25 miles
Whilst with us you can learn the history of Dartington Crystal in the Audio Visual Theatre and then follow the Dartington Timeline from 1967 to present day. And see how the first peices of glass were made in our museum section.
Watch our talented expert Master Engraving demonstration create award winning works of Art; Choose a special piece for yourself or loved ones and have it personalised with a personal message or motif. You can watch the live demonstration of glassmaking and try the many hands-on activities we have to offer.
Linden Close Torrington, Devon EX38 7AN
01805 626242
|Clovelly Court
28 miles
The cobbled, traffic-free, high street of this world famous fishing village in North Devon, built into a cleft in a 400 foot high cliff, tumbles its way down past whitewashed cottages festooned with flowers to the tiny working port. It is famous for its donkeys, which traditionally carry goods up the hill; sledges bring things down. There are links with Charles Kingsley, Turner, Dickens and the Spanish Armada.
Clovelly Visitor Centre Near Bideford, Devon EX39 5TA
01237 431 781
|Quince Honey Farm
20 miles
Quince Honey Farm is a family run business which has been producing quality honey since 1949. Our 1500 hives are kept deep in the North Devon Countryside amongst the wild flowers from which the bees collect their sweet nectar. Every August, when Exmoor turns purple, all of the hives are moved up to the moors to collect the exquisite Exmoor Heather Honey.
North Rd South Molton EX36 3AZ
017695 72401
|Hartland Abbey
28 miles
Only one mile from Hartland Quay, Hartland Abbey lies across a narrow, sheltered valley which winds its way to the spectacular Atlantic Coast. Within a designated 'Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty' visitors may wander around the beautiful gardens and grounds which lead to a rocky cove. Peacocks and Guinea Fowl roam at will, whilst donkeys and Black Welsh Mountain sheep graze the Old Deer Park.
Hartland, Bideford, North Devon EX39 6DT
01237 441 264
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|West Somerset Railway
35 miles
Join the West Somerset Railway for great family days out through 20 miles of glorious Somerset coast and countryside between Bishops Lydeard and Minehead.
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I have a dog named Grant. He's a lovely dog, and has been a certified therapy dog since 2007. His favorite thing is having children read aloud to him. He's been at my side for nearly 11 years after coming to me as a 9-week-old puppy. Before his life as a therapy dog, he was once a competition obedience dog. He was even nationally ranked with the American Kennel Club in 2005. He has his Canine Good Citizen Certificate, as well as a Herding Instinct Certificate. He's a very accomplished dog! Despite meeting the breed standard and winning ribbons in conformation at dog shows, Grant is usually identified as a Boxer rather than what he is. He is roughly 45 pounds, quiet, polite, outgoing, and sports a warm, inviting expression. Is he too small and friendly to be a Pit Bull? Those judges who had awarded him ribbons would disagree.
Somehow, the words "Pit Bull" have nearly become analogous to "Boogeyman." I often wonder what the picture of a Pit Bull is in the mind of the general public. Is it a large, snarling, massive beast?
The world's eyes have turned to our little corner of the world due to a high-profile dogfight. James Sak, a disabled former Chicago policeman and Vietnam veteran, was separated from his service dog, Snickers, after the Aurelia, Iowa city council ordered him him to relinquish the dog or risk Snickers being confiscated and killed, despite this being a violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act. Fortunately, a federal judge ruled that Snickers be returned to Sak stating that "the national public interest in enforcement of the ADA "trumps" the more local public interest in public health and safety reflected in the Ordinance prohibiting pit bull dogs within the City of Aurelia."
The thing is, there was no reason to remove this dog. Reports say that he has a lovely temperament, and he provides support for his owner. The irrational fear of other people should not be used as a reason to violate another person's civil rights.
There is a visceral reaction to the idea of being killed by animals. It is horrifying and something of nightmares. Despite the shocking headlines, it's a very rare occurrence. According to the National Canine Research Council, there have been four dog bite-related fatalities in the state of Iowa since 1965. Different breeds of dogs were reported in each incident. Yet in 2007 alone, 11 people were killed in ATV accidents, 7 people were killed in bicycle accidents, and 4 people drowned in swimming pools. It makes me seriously wonder, why are we not banning ATVs, bicycles, and swimming pools? They are statistically much more likely to cause a fatality, yet we see children utilizing all of the above on a regular basis without adequate supervision or protection.
Breed specific legislation usually associated with Pit Bulls, but often extends to other breeds. In Fairfield, Iowa, the dangerous breeds list consists of Doberman Pinschers, Pit Bulls (American Pit Bull Terriers, American Staffordshire Terriers, and Staffordshire Bull Terriers), Rottweilers, German Shepherds, Belgian Malinois, Siberian Huskies, Alaskan Malamutes, and anything over 100 lbs. Think you are immune? How big is your dog? Has a dog of the same breed ever caused a fatality or severe injury? Dachshunds, Pomeranians, Weimaraners, and many other breeds have all fatally injured people. If you go back in time through fatal dog attack records, you see that trends change. The Pit Bull rarely made the list until the late 70s, and German Shepherds, Saint Bernards, Great Danes, and Bloodhounds are all over represented at various times in history. While the fatality numbers per year tend to be static, the breeds represented change due to what is "trendy."
Today it is the Pit Bull that is the go-to for anybody wanting Machismo on a Leash. They attract the worst kinds of dog owners. Many shelters around the country, depending on area, report that between 30-80% of their population consists of Pit Bulls. There have been many high profile abuse cases, and there are just a ridiculous number of Pit Bulls out there. But, you never hear about the vast majority of them. Thousands and thousands of them are living the life of a regular dog right now, sleeping on couches or dog beds like the Labradors of the world. Tomorrow they will go for a walk, eat some dog food, play in the yard, get some attention, and sleep some more. And repeat. You don't hear about these dogs, but they are what make up the vast majority of the breed.
Breed bans are failing all over the world. The United Kingdom has passed a bill through the House of Lords that would repeal their infamous Dangerous Dog Act. Why? It costs taxpayers millions, and despite such harsh laws, severe dog bites are on the rise. Scotland Parliament passed a bill to repeal their breed bans in April 2010. In 2008, the Dutch Agriculture Minister abolished the country's 15 year Pit Bull ban because it hadn't led to a reduction in the number of dog attacks.
Evidence and research showing the folly of breed specific legislation is readily available, yet it continues. It is expensive and difficult to enforce, and it does nothing to protect the public from dog attacks. In spite of Denver's Pit Bull ban, their rate of dog bite-related hospitalizations is higher than other areas of the state without breed bans. Omaha has also had an increase in dog bites since passing breed specific legislation. The National Animal Control Association, the American Veterinary Medical Association, the Association of Pet Dog Trainers, the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, the American Kennel Club, and many other organizations that are actual dog experts are against breed specific legislation.
I understand wanting to protect the public. Believe me, I want to protect my own family from harm. But, this is one issue where hysteria is overpowering common sense. We don't have to ban particular breeds of dogs to protect the public. Breed neutral dangerous dog laws have been shown to be successful in reducing dog bites. The animal control bylaws in Calgary, Alberta, Canada have been hugely successful combining pet owner education and enforcement.
I encourage you to read The Pit Bull Placebo: The Media, Myths and Politics of Canine Aggression by Karen Delise. The eBook can be downloaded for free at http://www.nationalcanineresearchcouncil.com/publications/ncrc-publications. Or if you prefer a print copy, you can request it through inter-library loan at your local library.
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David Bowie's Best Lyrics
In a career that spanned the decades and with music that spoke to many generations, the Starman knew how to write a lyric that imprinted the soul.
We take a look at some of his best known and most loved.
"We can be heroes just for one day"
'Heroes' from the album of the same name, released in 1977.
"There's a starman waiting in the sky/ He'd like to come and meet us/ But he thinks he'd blow our minds."
'Starman' from The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars, released in 1972.
"Let's dance put on your red shoes and dance the blues."
'Let's Dance' from the album of the same name released in 1983.
"It's big and it's bland full of tension and fear/ They do it over there but we don't do it here."
'Fashion' from Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps) released in 1980.
"This is Major Tom to Ground Control/ I'm stepping through the door/ And I'm floating in a most peculiar way/ And the stars look very different today."
'Space Oddity' from David Bowie, released in 1969.
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Bowie was an actor, a poet, a musician but above all, he was a performer.
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We take a look over the decades at Bowie's best, most iconic work.
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Here at Bright Blue Skies we're rather fond of nice stationery. And why not? There's nothing like a new notebook to make you feel ready for action. Its not all notebooks we like other stationery stuff too and these are just so good.
Yeah paper clips are nice. But these are way smarter. They make your documents look all nice and professional in one easy move.
And they are fun to use.
They are Rapesco Supaclips. You fill the plastic gadget with clips. You find some paper you want to clip together and you slot it in the end of the gadget. There's a sliding mechanism on the gadget that you push and hey presto a clip pops forward, grabs the pages and holds them together. Nicely and neatly.
And the clips are reusable.
And actually its quite fun to use the gadget to fire clips across the office. But thats a bit naughty so make sure the boss isn't watching or you are the boss so you can do what you like ;0
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On Saturday, June 10, delegates requested that the RCA discuss the future of the denomination "in light of our current state of contention and division." The recommendation calls for the discussion to take place at the next stated meeting of the General Synod Council and of each classis and regional synod.
These three questions will be part of the discussion:
- How do we understand the biblical calling to live together in a unity of fellowship and love for one another?
- Are we willing to see the Reformed Church in America embark on a serious division, and what is our part in bringing reconciliation and restoration?
- What do we believe is God's intended future for the Reformed Church in America?
The rest of the discussion's structure will be developed by the interim general secretary, in consultation with the General Synod Council, regional executives, and a small group of pastors and elders. The group that prepares the discussion will include diversity in age, sexual and gender identities, and race/ethnicity.
General secretary Tom De Vries proposed this discussion in his report on Friday. A number of overtures called for intentional discussion about the future of the RCA as well. Delegates took part in their own discussion with these questions on Friday after hearing an address on "convicted civility" from Richard Mouw.
A summary of the conversations that take place will be reported back to General Synod 2018.
Delegates also urged every church in the RCA to use the three-part video series and discussion guide on the RCA website entitled, "A Light to My Path: Interpreting Scripture as Reformed Christians." The videos and accompanying discussion guide are intended to help RCA members understand the nature, purpose, and authority of Scripture.


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The pantheon of Anglophilic fantasy geek culture is about to induct two new names, now that the BBC has announced its choices for the two leads in its upcoming miniseries adaptation of Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, Susanna Clarke's bestselling Napoleonic War-era tale of wizardry and English manners. Eddie Marsan, probably best known for small roles in big films like Mission Impossible III and Sherlock Holmes, will star as Gilbert Norrell, the reclusive magician who reintroduces the supernatural to English society after years of dormancy. Olivier Award-winning musical theater vet Bertie Carvel will play opposite him as Jonathan Strange, Norrell's young and brash pupil. The two will be joined by a cast of solid British character actors, including Paul Kaye (Game Of Thrones) and Marc Warren (The Good Wife) in the project set to air in the U.S. on BBC America.
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It is probably pointless to suggest that all the individuals presently shaping our health care future spend a quiet weekend with "God's Hotel," Dr. Victoria Sweet's transcendent testament to health care past. Who interrupts cowboys in the midst of a stampede?
But if you're one of the millions of doctors and patients out there choking on their dust, this is the book for you. Its compulsively readable chapters go down like restorative sips of cool water, and its hard-core subversion cheers like a shot of gin.
Dr. Sweet writes about the 20 years she spent practicing medicine at San Francisco's old Laguna Honda Hospital, a giant chronic care facility for the city's destitute and ill. At one point, almost every county in the nation had a place like it, where patients could live for months, years, as long as it took. These medical back wards, like their psychiatric counterparts, have now evaporated in the name of community-based services: the old Laguna Honda was called the last almshouse in America.
On the days she was not at the hospital, Dr. Sweet was earning a Ph.D. in the history of medicine, focusing on the life and work of the remarkable 12th-century German nun Hildegard of Bingen. Cloistered from age 12 until her death at 81, Hildegard became not only a prominent theologian and a composer of Gregorian chants, but also a health care guru, devising medical regimens for her own community and leaving behind several influential manuscripts.
Dr. Sweet surrounds the stories of her patients with detailed excursions into Hildegard's medical practice and its occasional unexpected utility for modern problems. And while these two layers would make for a perfectly fine memoir, what turns "God's Hotel" into a tour de force is its third: a bitingly skeptical eyewitness account of Laguna Honda's transformation from anachronism into efficient, computerized 21st-century rehabilitation center.
During Dr. Sweet's first years at the hospital in the early 1990s, it was a peach-colored "riff on a 12th-century Romanesque monastery," perched on a hill overlooking the Pacific, full of windows and turrets, with swallows flying through its open arches. It housed almost 1,200 patients, most on large open wards with a head nurse stationed at one end and a turret-shaped solarium at the other. The grounds included a greenhouse, an aviary and a barn.
Not that all the residents conducted themselves in suitably monastic ways: The patient population included quantities of what Dr. Sweet calls Bad Boys and Bad Girls, the substance-addled, impossibly behaved denizens of the city's streets whose chronic medical conditions had forced their game indoors. And so sex and drugs, drinking and gambling were hospital activities alongside gardening.
Caring for those who care little for themselves entails immense frustration and wasted time, but time was one thing the doctors had — time and the medieval medical interventions of regular meals, clean linens, cheerful surroundings and the opportunity for careful observation. Occasionally a remarkable transformation would result from very little more than those simple things, the miserably self-destructive becoming well and whole.
Over time, though, the old hospital was slowly jostled into the present. Elderly staff members and their outmoded, if appealing, routines were retired (one ward nurse had spent her workdays knitting blankets for her patients). Old buildings were demolished. Finally, in 2010, a sparkling new facility sprang to life, sans arches and swallows, with a third fewer beds and a staff newly mandated to focus on short-term rehabilitation and early discharge. The days of endless time were over.
Dr. Sweet reviews the byzantine politics behind this expensive rebirth with careful documentation but no pretense at impartiality. Presumably there is another side to her story — the old hospital may well have provided worse care than Dr. Sweet allows, and the new one may bring better things than she foresees. But the loss of all that time — now, that's a clear-cut disaster.
Others have written about the relationship between time and medical care with similar eloquence and urgency, but the centuries of perspective that Dr. Sweet brings infuse the point with unforgettable clarity.
Sick people need time, she demonstrates repeatedly, and their doctors do too. The sick body takes time to heal, the mind even longer, and in the elderly it all takes longer still. Medications take time to work; misprescribed ones take time to leave the system. Doctors need time to sit with their patients, to think, to read, to consult, to catch their mistakes. The whole process moves like a snail — or, perhaps, like an ancient nun navigating a garden path. But when you rush it, you get exactly the problems that now confound us all: consumer misery and medical mistakes galore.
Take one of Dr. Sweet's Bad Girl patients — actually, Terry was just about the Worst Girl. Addicted to alcohol and drugs, in a wheelchair because of a spinal cord injury, she repeatedly left the hospital for community care, her community being a cute boyfriend who got her high, then robbed and beat her. Nodding out in her wheelchair for days on end, she developed a massive bedsore that ate through the skin, fat and muscle of her buttocks to the bones of her spine.
Then one day, back at Laguna Honda for the third time, sober, washed, rested and well fed, lying face down on a gurney she wheeled around with her hands, Terry got rid of the boyfriend permanently. She stopped smoking and gained weight. Her sore slowly began to heal.
"That awful crater filled in from bottom to top and from side to side," Dr. Sweet writes. "It took a long time. It took two and a half years. But we were in no hurry, and neither was she."
Health care in no hurry. Can you even imagine such a luxury? Will it ever return?


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Anyone who has ever played basketball knows the impact that a great coach can have not just on their ability to play, but on the rest of their life, as well. When it's time to say goodbye to your favorite coach or to give them a holiday gift, you'll want to make sure you give them something that expresses how important they are to you and how they have changed your life for the better.
1. "Eat Sleep Coach" Mug
We all know that coaches live their job, and this coffee mug is a nice way to recognize their determination and persistence. Pair it with a pound of great coffee and your coach will be ready for early morning workouts and drills. You might want to pick up some coffee for yourself so that you can keep up!
2. Basketball Coach Definition T-Shirt
Know that your coach is proud that they coach basketball and not any other sport? This t-shirt will show their pride! It's perfect for the weekend or casual day at school and will e sure to make all of the other coaches a little jealous.
3. Autograph "Coach" Desk Decor
There are few things nicer than immortalizing the amazing team you had at the end of the season. This gift is a great way to help your coach remember the championship you won or the great year that you all had together.
4. "Eat, Sleep, Play Basketball" Notebook
Your favorite coach has to have somewhere to write down favorite plays, make notes about the strengths and weaknesses of their team, and immortalize amazing scores, so why not in this clever notebook? They're sure to pull it out at every chance they have to make a quick note.
5. "Coach You Are Simply the Best" Leather Engraved Picture Frame
Feeling nostalgic about the end of the season or the school year? This frame is perfect for a great picture of the whole team for the coach to put on their desk. Now they'll remember you when you grow up and become a famous basketball star.
While your coach may seem scary and intense during training and during games, you're sure to find a way to their heart with any of these great gifts. It doesn't matter how long you have been on the team – these gifts are sure to inspire your coach and will let them know how much you have loved playing for them.


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NSW murder-accused dad 'hurt, shook baby'
A father on trial for murdering his eight-week-old daughter claimed her head injuries were caused by her older brother who hit the baby with a hairbrush, a Sydney court has heard.
The man, who can't be named for legal reasons, has pleaded not guilty to murdering the premature newborn at a Regents Park home, in Sydney's west, nearly three years ago.
"Your son just gave your daughter a black eye because he hit her in the face with a brush," the man allegedly told his partner on August 11, 2014.
The baby died 12 hours later.
In her opening address at the Supreme Court on Tuesday, crown prosecutor Margaret Cunneen SC said the baby, who weighed just 2.75 kilograms, died from blunt force craniospinal injury.
She had bruises around the eye, the cheek and the forehead, had brain injuries and a skull fracture, she said.
All of her ribs at the front and back of her chest had also been injured - some more recently than others.
Paramedics were called to the house just before 5am on August 12 after the baby stopped breathing.
"She had no pulse, she was grey and she was limp," paramedic Kirsti Danvers told the court.
Intensive care paramedics Rory Shanahan and Claire Goodall both said the baby had multiple bruises over her face.
"We just looked at each other and went 'what's with the marks?'," Mr Shanahan said.
The baby's older sister, now nine-years-old, is expected to give evidence the man "always" hurt the newborn.
She told police the accused "always threw (the baby) on the bed and hurt her," Ms Cunneen said.
"He's always hurting her, like everywhere, like on her stomach.
"He throws (the baby) on the bed like when she's crying... he's always shaking (the baby) up and down."
The girl also told police the man would press hard on the baby's stomach and back, Ms Cunneen said.
In his first police interview the accused said he left the newborn alone with her brother for a minute and returned to find the baby bruised and bleeding from the nose, and the boy jumping around holding a hairbrush, Ms Cunneen said.
She said this explanation was insufficient and it was the accused who "did acts to (the baby) to bring about her death".
Defence lawyer Hugh White told the court the man "wishes to express his innocence in the strongest possible terms".
He said the man told police "he accidentally dropped (the baby) on the floor which he now believes caused the fatal blow to her head".
The trial continues.
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Gene Brenek on Gene Brenek: "Well I had to put on a little 'ABBA Gold' to gear up for this. Let's see, I was born in Houston many moons ago, but not as far back as when ABBA was still in heavy rotation. I was an 80's kid, more Prince back before he changed his name to a hieroglyph and way before he went back to being Prince. Why is my bio suddenly full of old pop artist references? Dunno, I guess that's what happens when I'm left to my own devices.
"Let's move this ahead a few years shall we? I'm currently a creative director for a big ad agency in Austin, Texas. In my spare time, I'm working on a master's in writing for children and young adults at Vermont College, which is truly a great program. I also have been illustrating dummies for my own picture book ideas. Let's just say I don't sleep. And I'm waiting, PATIENTLY, to be discovered. Ahem."
Thanks so much for designing logos for Sanguini's, the fictional vampire restaurant featured in my gothic fantasy, Tantalize (Candlewick, 2007). What was your initial inspiration for the designs?
Designing a logo is a lot like creating a picture book in a way. You need a very simple idea. A logo can't contain several different concepts at once and be effective. The ones with staying power are very iconic.
Certainly what separated the dead from the undead restaurants was the vampire mythology. So I started brainstorming and writing down anything that came to mind when I thought about vampires.
Usually I spend a fair amount of time trying out various color combinations but this assignment begged for two colors. Black, the color of night and red. Yes, black is the absence of color but when you're talking to printers it's still an ink color. Red seemed an obvious but essential choice: blood, wine, marinara.
One logo idea, that for better or worse got nicknamed "the girly one," came out of Quincie's, the protagonist's, femininity. I loved the idea of blood draining off the gothic lettering and dripping down a flowering vine, as if elements of the restaurant were changing who she was.
I also kept coming back to puncture wounds. The other logo (see above) incorporated that idea. So thank you for coming up with a restaurant that had two i's in the name, you made my job easy. If you ever write a book about a vampire-themed Ikea, I may have some leftover ideas for all those umlauted furniture names.
What considerations came into play when developing the logos?
I treated this project as I would any other design project. Before starting any sketches I had a few questions. What the owners were like? What was their vision for the restaurant? Who was their clientele? What cues could I get from the interior spaces? And while that may seem like a tough assignment, given that it's a fictional place, I found that the writing was crafted in such a way that it was very easy for me to get a sense of all of these things.
I approached this as not a design project for author Cynthia Leitich Smith but for Quincie [the protagonist]. I tried to understand her as much as I could and what her sensibilities were. Now it could be argued that Cyn and Quincie are one in the same, certainly there are aspects of that, but they are different people.
What were the challenges in bringing them to life?
Honestly the biggest challenge was not getting to design the menu, interior, the matchbooks, the business cards –all the elements that go into shaping one's identity.
What was your experience working with Printfection and CafePress? Why did you select those companies?
I went with these two companies because they offer so much flexibility. They print on demand, meaning that rather than doing a run of say 100 shirts in every size that I then had to store and ship, when someone places an order then it gets printed and shipped. They take care of it all. And I like the quality of their merchandise.
What advice would you give to folks trying to design and produce book tie-in promotions?
Think outside the box. Why not create items for a fictional vampire themed restaurant? But know that your reader is smart. Just because a tie-in isn't physically in the book, it's a part of the book. Initially I had envisioned staying away from a gothic typeface. I was leaning toward something more modern. Then I read a passage about the gothic lettering on the menu and it guided me away from something slick and contemporary. I needed to remain faithful to the book. It wasn't an entirely blank canvas.
Restaurant items made sense; to me Sanguini's was a prominent character in Tantalize. Designing items based around where the protagonist had gone to school would've made no sense what so ever.
More personally, do you count yourself among fans of the fanged ones? If so, what do you think is the appeal?
Of course I'm a fan. Vampires seem to have all the smarts. They also have big personalities, charisma. You want to hang out with them. Imagine a book where someone opens a tax-attorney-themed restaurant. Yawn.
What do you do when you're not working for the undead?
What do you mean? I'm an art director for an ad agency. I'm always working for the undead.
Actually, I'm writing and illustrating a couple of ideas of my own in the picture book arena. Depending on who you talk to that particular market is either dead or undead. For my sake, I'm hoping it's undead.
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AgVenture Winter Profit Plot meeting series zeroes in on seed quality
KENTLAND, IN (March 15, 2016) – AgVenture Regional Seed Companies from across the country recently participated in a series of Winter Profit Plot meetings focused on seed quality. Winter Profit Plot workshops were held in Southaven, Mississippi, Stockwell, Indiana and Omaha, Nebraska and involved more than 100 RSC and AgVenture Yield Specialist participants.
AgVenture seed professionals learned more about the intensive level of germination testing their seed undergoes. According to AgVenture Production Manager, Bill Hoben, many seed companies conduct seed germination tests simply to prove a certain level of seeds will germinate under cold stress. However, he explained, "We have a commitment to go well beyond standard pass/fail criteria in seed germination. AgVenture seed is put through a series of four separate germination tests. We test seed in a cold test, two warm germination test and a saturation cold test. We want to meet or exceed industry standards in each of those environments. In addition, across the country, many of or RSCs conduct plot tests to prove viability under local environments."
"The reason we go the extra mile in germination testing is that every seed has the potential to contribute to our customers' yields and profitability. We want to assure they have the best options available to them for their growing environment."
Hoben explained that they evaluate the physiological characteristics the seed displays under each test scenario. Further close analysis helps better understand each seedling's response to the many challenging growing environments experienced in the field. He added, "By fully understanding the physiological responses each kernel has under stress, we are better prepared to support our customers."
Participants also heard from Indiana Crop Improvement Association (ICIA) leaders Alan Galbreth and Joe DeFord. For over 100 years, ICIA has been a leader in seed certification, seed quality testing, genetic testing and research. Additional presentations included insights specific to planting season preparation with Jerry Hartsock of Cutting Edge Consulting, Geneseo, Illinois and other AgVenture, Inc. staff.
Hoben concluded, "There are many factors involved in germination, but getting the maximum net effective plant stand is the bottom line. Providing seed that not only meets, but exceeds industry standards helps set AgVenture apart."
AgVenture, Inc. is the nation's largest network of independently owned regional seed companies. Based in Kentland, Indiana, AgVenture provides this growing network of independently owned and managed seed business owners with seed products meeting exacting standards for quality, together with leading-edge genetics and technology. Since 1983, this unique marketing approach has allowed each individual company to match the hybrids it sells to the specific needs of the geographical area it serves. Combined with professional seed representation at a local level, AgVenture strives to help every grower realize more profit from every field.


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