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You can't slap cortisone on eczema (or any rash) without the risk of trading your skin eruption for a more serious internal disease, such as asthma, migraines, irritable bowel syndrome or even seizures. That may be surprising news to dermatologists, but homeopathic physicians have long observed the negative results of chemically suppressing skin rashes.
A skin eruption shows that the defence system is fighting back and is doing a pretty good job. After all, it's thrown the problem to the level of skin, far away from important organs (lungs, heart, brain) and almost out of the body. Sure, it looks awful. It might itch like crazy and the neighbours stare at you when you take your child out for a stroll with a patch of eczema showing!' The body has not resolved the problem entirely, but it has protected itself. Rushing in with salves and ointments and interfering with an "almost successful" attempt to get better only drives the disturbance inwards to a deeper, more dangerous level.
Homeopathy views skin diseases like eczema, psoriasis and warts as expressions of an underlying disturbance in the body's uilt-in regulatory mechanism, or "vital force." Homeopaths have observed the relationship between eczema and asthma for a long time. As the eczema disappears, the asthma comes. If eczema is suppressed artificially with creams and ointments, asthma appears rapidly and severely. A better method is to use medicines made from substances that actually cause symptoms in large doses, but in micro-doses stimulate the body's own defences to throw off the disease.
By using an internal medicine, homeopathy treats an external eruption!
Treating asthma successfully is commonplace in homeopathic practice (especially in children). However, on the way towards cure, the previously "inward-driven" eczema may reappear. This illustrates what's known as the "direction of cure." Understanding the principles of suppression and the direction of cure is fundamental to the practice Of homeopathy, yet the danger of suppression is perhaps the most difficult concept to accept as a conventional medical doctor.
Where'd They Go?
Ordinarily, the disappearance of symptoms is considered good, conclusive treatment by orthodox medical standards, whereas homeopaths always ask, "Where have the symptoms gone?"
From a homeopathic perspective, all of the patient's symptoms are interconnected. If a person appears with eczema, headaches, insomnia and constipation, the homeopathic practitioner tries to find the single remedy. We "treat the person, not the disease."
Severe or longstanding skin disorders often require the expertise of a professional homeopath, yet there are some that you can treat at home with success.
Hives are usually characterized by raised, red bumps that are extremely itchy. Try an experiment. Apply a warm wet cloth to the hives and then a cold cloth. If the hives are made worse with heat and better with cold, you can take homeopathic Apis mellifica. If the converse is true try Urtica urens. Keep in mind that recurrent or severe hives with generalized swelling require professional attention.
Warts can take on a wide variety of appearances in many different locations of the body. Homeopathic Causticum treats warts that are fleshy and bleed easily. They typically appear on the fingertips or face, around the eyes or on the nose. Soft warts with an irregular shape and splinter-like pains may benefit from homeopathic Nitric acid. They appear predominantly on the lips and genitals.
Homeopathic Thuja is one of the best-known wart remedies. It can treat warts that appear anywhere on the body, but predominantly in the anal and genital regions. Thuja warts can be large, bleed easily and have a cauliflower-like appearance, but Thuja can also treat a flat plantar wart. Antimonium crudum is another good plantar wart remedy.
Cold sores, genital herpes and shingles are all treatable with homeopathy. The appearance of the herpes outbreak and the factors that modify it will determine the choice of remedy. For example, homeopathic Rhus tox is indicated for small, inflamed blisters filled with yellowish watery fluid. These blisters are intensely itchy and burning.
Homeopathic Arsenicum is indicated when the burning sensation of the blisters is ,made better by applying heat. Herpes blisters that are painfully sensitive to touch and cold applications may respond to homeopathic Hepar sulph. When they appear on the lips like pearls and are filled with clear liquid, the remedy Natrum muriaticum is indicated. For best results, give the remedy at the first signs of eruption and repeat every four hours.
For homeopaths, there is no mystery about the connection between internal diseases and skin problems. To really cure, avoid suppression. Treat from the inside out.
By Stephen Malthouse, MD and Elizabeth Chapman, ND
Elizabeth Chapman and Stephen Malthouse practise classical homeopathy together in Victoria, BC.


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Koop's Spark
Koop's Spark by T. Cobbin
Gracian Mates, Book 2
Genre(s): Erotic Science Fiction Romance
Digital ISBN: 9781949300123
Length: Category
Publication Date: September 17, 2018
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Price: $4.50
Can a kidnap victim overcome her distress by helping the species that saved her?
Maggie is among a group of human women who were kidnapped by aliens. The Lesh intended to sell them into slavery, but thankfully, before that could happen, they were rescued by the Gracians. All Maggie wants to do is return home to her twin sister and her life as an architect. But the women's rescuers have informed them they cannot return home. Maggie is despondent as she struggles to accept her new life aboard the Gemorph.
Among the kidnapped victims, several Gracians have found their sparks, or mates. They are ecstatic as their race was in danger of becoming extinct, but now they have hope for survival. They want to visit Earth to see if more mates can be located, but first they need to train to become more human-like. They ask Maggie to help in that endeavor. As part of the plan, she gets to return to Earth, for a short time at least, and will ask her sister for assistance with executing the first step of the plan.
Koop is an officer on the Gemorph. When his captain asks him to work with Maggie, one of the human females, to create an area for their warriors to train in, Koop accepts the challenge. But things don't go as planned when a human custom of shaking hands goes wrong. As soon as the pair touch, it's obvious that they are sparks.
But Maggie has struggled so hard with the idea of being on the Gemorph, unable to resume her life on Earth. How will she deal with being a Gracian's spark? Koop would never force her to accept him, but if she doesn't, it's a death sentence for him…literally.
Content Warning: contains strong language, some violence, and lots of hot, steamy sex scenes

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The Blurb
Movie addict Scarlett O'Brien is finally living the jet-setting life she's dreamed of – but it all hangs by a shiny, golden thread.
Flying between London and New York, running two businesses, planning her wedding to handsome fiancé, Sean, with best friends Oscar and Maddie – life couldn't be better.
But then Scarlett meets paparazzi darling, Gabriella Romero, and life suddenly becomes even more extravagant and glamorous. As she begins to experience the other side to being rich and famous, it's not only Scarlett's perfect wedding that's put in jeopardy, but her whole world.
The Review
I am a huge fan of Ali McNamara's writing and I have yet to find a book of hers that I dislike. It is always a worry having to read and review an author whose work you like just in case they have written a stinker. Fortunately for me From Notting Hill with Four Weddings…Actually is still in the high calibre of rom-com chick-lit we have all come to expect from McNamara.
I love that with a series of books you don't have to get to know your main characters again. It is like being welcomed back into the family fold. You know the characters foibles and personality traits and so less of your time and concentration is taken up by this and you can focus more on the story. Like the previous two books in this series – From Notting Hill with Love Actually and From Notting Hill to New York…Actually – there is an element of mystery with From Notting Hill with Four Weddings…Actually. What McNamara does so succinctly is throw in some very impressive red herrings. I must admit I was disappointed when certain clues were given and I came up with my own assumptions but like a true mastermind writer McNamara pulled the rug from under me…that cheeky minx!
From Notting Hill with Four Weddings…Actually is a fantastic part of an already brilliant series and fans of the previous two books will not be disappointed.
From Notting Hill with Four Weddings…Actually by Ali McNamara is available now.
You can follow Ali McNamara (@AliMcNamara) on Twitter.
Find out all the latest news about Ali McNamara on her website www.alimcnamara.co.uk


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The Vice President of my department decided to step back and ask the question, how do our customers perceive the organization and are we meeting their needs? It's a proven fact that it costs 10 times as much to bring in a new customer as it does to retain one and that the perception a customer has of a company is based on their experiences with people from the company. Client Services Representatives (CSR) are the first point of contact customers have with our organization and it was decided that a tool was needed to enhance that relationship. With that simple idea, the implementation process of our organization's CRM tool began.
Customer Relationship Management (CRM) is a business strategy to select and manage customers to optimize long term value. CRM requires a customer-centric business philosophy and culture to support effective marketing, sales, and services processes. CRM tools can enable effective customer relationship management, provided that an organization has the right leadership, strategy and culture.
Information is the key to success. Just by providing a full lifecycle view of the customer to whomever they might contact (sales staff, CSR's, field support or management) an organization will begin see customer satisfaction levels rise. Increasing customer satisfaction directly translates into higher rates of repeat business and the development of long term customer relationships.
Since we were just starting out, we needed to develop the requirements first. We had to define the problem, understand what's going to solve that problem and understand the functionality of that solution. In other words, in order to increase the number of marketing campaigns this year, boost sales and enhance customer service, we needed individual customer profiles. Once management understood the requirement, they started to explore technologies that support that particular functionality. Management felt that the...


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Indian Coast Guard recruitment 2018 – Indian Coast Guard recruiting Various candidates to fill their Navik DB 01/2019 job in All Over India. Aspirants are requested to go through the latest Indian Coast Guard job notification 2018 fully, Before applying to this job. Indian Coast Guard career is comes under the Government job. This is the best opportunity for the job hunters who are looking for the Career in Indian Coast Guard. Indian Coast Guard organization job applications are collected by online mode, through http://joinindiancoastguard.gov.in/.
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Indian Coast Guard inviting the Navik DB 01/2019 job online applications from 15.10.2018 to 29.10.2018. The interested and eligible candidates can able to apply for this job easily. Do not miss the wonderful career opportunity in Indian Coast Guard. The detailed information on Indian Coast Guard latest job notification 2018 has been given below. The job hunters are requested to read below the Indian Coast Guard job selection process, eligibility, salary, age limit and applications fee in our Tamilan Jobs website. Aspirants stay tuned in this page for upcoming changes in Indian Coast Guard Navik DB 01/2019 job 2018. For more accurate information on this Indian Coast Guard job notification, check their official website http://joinindiancoastguard.gov.in/.
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Candidates are requested to check their education qualification required for various Indian Coast Guard job opportunities.
10th Class with 50% marks in aggregate from a board of Education recognized by Central/State Government. (5% relaxation in above minimum cut off will be given for SC/ST candidates and outstanding sports person of National level who have obtained 1st, 2nd or 3rd position in any field sports events at the Open National Championship/ Interstate National Championship. This relaxation will also be applicable to the ward of Coast Guard uniform personnel deceased while in service).
Job Requirement.
(i) Cook – They would be required to prepare food as per menu (both
vegetarian and non-vegetarian including handling of meat products) and accounting of
ration.In addition, they will also be allotted other duties for efficient running of the
(ii) Steward- They would be required to serve food in the officer's messes as
waiters, housekeeping, maintenance and accounting of funds, wine and stores handling,
preparation of menu etc. In addition, they will also be allotted other duties for efficient
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To apply Indian Coast Guard job, the candidates required to attain following age limit. The notified aged candidates only can able to apply for the job vacancy. check the age limit details below.
Gen/ UR Candidates – 18 to 22 years as on 01 Apr 2019i.e. born between 01 Apr1997 to 31Mar 2001, both dates are inclusive
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- Persons with Disabilities: 10 Yrs
- SC/ST PWD: 15 Yrs
- OBC PWD: 13 Yrs
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Indian Coast Guard may follow the following process to select the candidates. For Accurate information check the official website.
- Written exam
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Step 1: Visit Indian Coast Guard official website – http://joinindiancoastguard.gov.in/
Step 2: Search for Navik DB 01/2019 notification link in careers/ Advertisements/ News page.
Step 3: Download or view the official notification in their official website itself.
Step 4: Check and verify your eligibility to Indian Coast Guard Recruitment 2018. If you are not eligible for the job notification, ignore and leave space for others.
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"Your dreams and goals have no chance of becoming reality if you never take a step towards achieving them." I think I read once where a reporter had asked Thomas Edison how he felt about failing over 900 times to create the light bulb. Mr. Edison replied in saying that he did not fail over 900 times, he actually discovered over 900 ways that it did not work.
For this second installment, I will cover the composition and characteristics of the XTV Raptor, as well as the physical components, products and construction. (See Part I) In the next and final article, I will take the cameras to the trails and provide you with some awesome action photos of the XTV Raptor in its natural habitat, to include an accurate performance report on the products of our sponsors and the like.
Strong Foundation
All successful freestanding structures have one major thing in common: a solid foundation. This is where well start. The foundation for the XTV Raptor if based on solid goals that Mike and I want to achieve with this vehicle. We want to take the best qualities of four-wheel drives and rails and combine them to create a purpose-built rig that will travel well beyond our expectations. We will start with the frame.
A long time ago, Mike was instructing me on how to maneuver a rail. They are much different than Jeeps! The problem started with facing the wrong way on the side of a mountain. I wanted to turn around but I didn't have the room to do it. Mike told me to step on the gas, so I did. We were headed down the mountain a little too fast for comfort. He then told me to jerk the left tractor brake, whip the steering wheel hard left and put the pedal to the floor. "Oh my God, were gonna roll I can just feel it!", I yelled. With one quick jerk, the rear of the buggy came flying around and we were doing a 180 on the side of a mountain. I yelled cuss words, Mike laughed insanely, and we were facing the right way! Go figure. I couldnt do that in my Jeep.
I deceded that we'd base the Raptor on a rail platform, because of their very low center of gravity, superb weight distribution, strength and very light weight. The power to weight ratio will be way in the positive.
We chose a Fugitive 2+2 as a guide to give us a starting point. This is a common over-the-counter rail frame that is known for its strength, reliability and low cost. We did not like the thin wall tubing used in the stock buggy frame, so we purchased about 20 sticks of 1.5" .120 wall tubing. Using the Fugitive 2+2 as a platform, we custom-bent the tubing, based on the existing buggy frame to meet the needs of a four-wheel drive vehicle. The end result was a custom-bent frame that exhibited zero physical traits of the rail platform, yet all of the strength and handling characteristics. As you look through the photos, you will notice that some shots look different from others, even from the same angles. This is because Mike and I have cut this frame apart 20 times or more. This was necessary to get the vision that we had in our heads into reality. Build it... Doesn't look right? Cut it off and build it again. Build it... Doesn't perform right? Cut it off and build it again. This may seem quite elementary, but CAD programs and renderings do little to show in real life how a 44-inch tire will travel along its axis without rubbing or scrubbing in a given situation. There are too many variables, especially when you're building the vehicle with such a low center of gravity and a chassis design that excepts all major components at seat height or below. This prototype frame will form the basis from which all further XTV Raptors are constructed.
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Time didn't stand still in Melbourne over the past fortnight, it went back almost a whole decade. 3 of the semi-finalists were surprise contenders and the other shows no sign of slowing down. A fortnight that lost both defending champions and the men's world number one before the first week was out delivered two dream finals along with a semi final that will be remembered for many a year.
The Williams sisters contested their first final on opposite sides of the net since Wimbledon 2009, which was also Venus' last major final. In that time, her younger sister Serena had won an incredible 11 of 14 Slam finals she had appeared in. Serena is the oldest Grand Slam champion of all time and there is no longer any doubt in my, or indeed many, minds that she is the greatest woman to ever play the sport. The fact that she still cites Venus as her inspiration, her reason for playing, and her greatest opponent must be taken seriously. Serena has never really had a long-standing rivalry at any point during her career but the fact she struggles to mentally take on Venus gives weight to the elder being her toughest opponent. Venus has done so well to play so regularly and so late into her thirties, especially given her health worries but she will always be second fiddle on the roll of honour in the Greatest Sporting Siblings of all time. Serena will get 25 majors now, at least. The fact that she didn't lose more than four games in any of her 14 sets shows she is head and shoulders above the rest once again. It will take monumental efforts to defeat her at Wimbledon and the US Open if she maintains this sense of purpose.
Whilst on the subject of longevity, I look back at my first ever trip to Wimbledon in 2001. The first match I saw on Centre Court was Serena Williams in majestic form against Jelena Dokic. Williams was already a US Open champion at that point and booked a quarter-final berth in straight sets. The following match on the oldest stage of them all saw seven-times champion Pete Sampras come up against the young up-and-comer from Switzerland, Roger Federer. I have always stated my presence at that match as the reason behind my almost-obscene admiration for Federer. To see him lift his 18th major sixteen years on, and five years after his previous one, has overwhelmed me slightly. I had consistently believed he would win another one but, after his six-month injury lay-off, I had finally written him off two weeks ago. Instead, he rolled back the years to defeat Tomas Berdych, Kei Nishikori, Stan Wawrinka and his old nemesis Rafael Nadal to deservedly claim the title. He has looked after his body like no male player I have known in my twenty-five years of following the sport and this is just reward for his determination to hang in there whilst the ravages of time seemed to fatally weaken him. The two-slam swing that happened earlier today will surely ensure that Nadal does not now match his haul of 18 majors. The first four sets were good, but not classic. There was always a sense that it would come down to a fifth set (breakfast and cups of tea had to be strategically planned). The fifth set had it all, vintage Federer and Nadal going at it hammer and tongs for maybe one final time in a major final. For 30 minutes, we were all transported back to 2008, when Rafa finally overcame Federer on his Centre Court in a match for the ages. But this time, it was to be the Swiss who held the 'young' pretender off, defeating him in a Grand Slam for the first time in a decade. No two players out there bring the best out of each other quite like those two do; their styles are so polar opposite that it just feels right. This fortnight will give Nadal so much heart: he saw off Alexander Zverev, Milos Raonic, Gael Monfils in varying degrees of ease but his defeat of an inspired, rejuvenated Grigor Dimitrov in the semi-finals is the true stand-out match of the tournament. Dimitrov looked every inch the Grand Slam champion, ready to smash through his own personal glass ceiling. Unfortunately, he had not counted on Nadal's double-glazing defence, a real throwback to the Spaniard of four or five years ago. Such was Nadal's form here that he should be odds-on favourite to claim his tenth Roland Garros in the spring, a real shot in the arm for the rest of the game.
As for the others, it was a sobering tournament for Novak Djokovic, Andy Murray, Simona Halep, Agnieska Radwanska and Angelique Kerber who all massively underachieved. Murray will hope it is merely a post-Knighthood blip but Djokovic needs to take time away to reassess the lie of the land. Kerber will come back strongly in the next few months but the other two ladies have now missed the Grand Slam title boat, the ship has definitely sailed. It is dangerous of course to write people off; Roger Federer proved that and only nine months ago I wrote about how Grigor Dimitrov was wasting his talent but you do really sense that neither Radwanska or Halep have the necessary steel. What a tournament for Mirjana Lucic-Baroni, reaching her first semi-final since 1999, a feat she personally accepted made up for all her tough times. Who would have thought Mischa would be the Zverev to go deepest in the men's tournament; he was, however, full value for his four-set victory over Murray.
Whatever happens in the rest of 2017 surely cannot provide nearly as many stories as these last fifteen days in Melbourne have. The Williams sisters hugging it out on the final evening and the two greatest male players of all time having what will probably prove to be one last five-setter final. You sensed tears weren't far from any of their eyes and your heart goes out to the losers but goodness, when there is so much misery and hate in the world right now, didn't tennis do an awful lot of good for us old romantics.


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Is 2020 a Good Year for Dropshipping Business? Or Is Dropshipping Dead?
- AbdurRahman Lakhani
- June 12, 2019
So far 2020 promises to be a year full of business successes. And while we're on the subject of businesses, how about we talk a little about Dropshipping and how it has made millions of dollars for many entrepreneurs around the world.
However, there's a lingering concern among the dropshipping community that still remains to be a conundrum:
- Is dropshipping dead?
- Can't you make a profitable business out of it in 2020?
It is widely believed that the business is saturated and reached a point where it cannot make you much money anymore. So, to tackle these question, we'll first analyze what people are really saying. Here's what a user on the Fastlane Forum asked the community:
I read a few guides about dropshipping. And they all say how great dropshipping is for getting started with eCommerce. But, what most guides only mention on the side: typical shipping time is 20-30 days. Wow.
I mean, when dropshipping, I would basically sell generic, unbranded products, which people have to wait several weeks for.
Other pain points that really devalue your (customer) service / the perceived value of your products I have in mind are:
- The quality of the packaging your supplier delivers (I guess this can be really horrible)
- The chinese address of the supplier being shown on the package (people most of the time probably think chinese products = low quality products)
- Refunds
I would love to get some opinions from you, guys and girls. Anybody here still operating a dropshipping business?
Based on this question and few thought-provoking responses from other users, we can summarize the main issues that people have in general with a dropshipping model of ecommerce:
- Product delivery can take several weeks = unhappy customer
- Usually only unbranded products available
- No control over your service
- Chinese products and packaging = Perceived cheapness/low quality
- Returns or refunds take too long.
Based on the points above, one can assume that dropshipping indeed is not the shining star business model of the ecommerce world.
Alternatively, it can be easily argued that dropshipping is not dead. Yes, that's right. And I'm not going to claim this without any supporting evidence. So let's just dive into why you can still consider dropshipping as a good business in 2020 and beyond.
It's Just Become More Competitive, Not Dead Yet!
In the past couple of years, the dropshipping model of business has seen a huge rise. With so much awareness and knowledge in the palm of our hands, the world has become a global village.
For a person who shows interest, it's not difficult to start a business of any kind. And since dropshipping has been all the rage for many years now, too many people have jumped the ship (pun intended) in the past couple of years. And that, without a doubt, has made dropshipping too competitive to sustain on a small scale.
This is one of the primary reasons why people don't consider dropshipping as a great business model to start with and even go as far as claiming that Dropshipping business is dead.
News Flash: It's NOT!
Here's something you should keep in mind when dealing with dropshipping business:
People don't order goods from AliExpress or other stores that have a long delivery time that they need; in fact, they order the goods that they want!
This fact alone validates that dropshipping as a business is not a bad model. You just have to sell products that people don't need, but want!
Hence, if someone goes into the 'consumer electronics' category of your store and orders a smartwatch, chances are that they don't really need it asap. They can wait, and besides, it's not as expensive as an Apple Watch, so it's all good.
It's Hard Work, But It Pays Off
Part of the reason why it's hard work as compared to prior years is that it's simply more competitive, and we've made that pretty clear in the last discussion.
So how would it pay off?
Because it's a low cost and high returns business. It doesn't take a lot of investment to set up a dropshipping store since you don't have to keep an inventory, you don't have to deliver any product, and you don't need to hire much staff (or any at all mostly). All you need to do is pick a niche because otherwise your store is going to look like every other store and you won't be able to stand out.
Picking a niche means you're going to have to spend a lot of time finding the market and delivering the message across. If your marketing is done right, you'll be selling a whole lot more than an online store that is not focused and wants to step into all the products category that is out there.
However, you can raise the appeal of your business by keeping a small lot in your room that you can sell as 'Immediate Shipping' for a premium price. That way, you can entice your audience with the charm of not having to wait, but for those who don't want to pay a premium, the price and the wait will seem like a good bargain.
It's all about the strategy you use.
Every business is evolving around the world, but that does not mean you can rule out any of it.
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So Is It a Good Business Option in 2020?
Yes. Without a shadow of a doubt, it's a great option. But not really if you just intend to list items on your Magento store and expect to start selling without much effort. Ecommerce is not a child's play, the Internet is a crowded place now more than ever, and your voice cannot be heard without hard work. Amazon Prime is a great option (maybe the best), but not for everyone. Not all the people in the world have access to Amazon Prime, so they'll stick to ordering goods from your store if the price and the item are right.
Successfully dropshipping in 2020 requires a few key adjustments that can be made by carefully selecting the dropshipping companies you decide to use. For example, new companies like Spocket, while they don't have millions of items like those listing AliExpress, have drastically improved on the old model by focusing on vetting US and EU suppliers. This provides numerous advantages, mainly: faster shipping, higher quality goods, faster return processing and consistency since the suppliers are held to a high standard. Another key issue Spocket solves is branded invoicing so your customers can receive your invoice to not make it as obvious the product is coming from a third party company.
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Topic: Marino Persico
Marino Persico,Argentinian painter, a great small master
Marino Persico was born in Buenos Aires in 1910. He studied at the National
Academy of Fine Art. Collivadino, Alice and Victorica were some of his
master teachers. And in spite of the general acceptance of their influx on
Persico's works, we definitely remark his trade-signs all over his paintings
and sculptures. Teaching and sharing his knowledge was also a big part of
his life.He created the atelier of mural painting at the Superior School of
Fine Arts "Ernesto de la Carcova". He was a teacher at the National School
of Fine Arts "Prilidiano Pueyrredon", at the Superior School of Fine Arts
"Ernesto de la Carcova" and at the Technical School "Fernando Fader". He
died in Buenos Aires in 1976.
This artist from the southern neighborhood of Buenos Aires, Barracas, who at
that time was one of the city's most important industrial poles, was a
ceramics master. From 1940 on, he was awarded with several prizes for his
remarkable work both as a ceramics master as well as a painter. His works
can be appreciated in some Argentinean museums and private collections all
over the world. In spite of all this, this great artist is not so very much
recognized in Academic and critic publications and reviews. Marino Persico
could be defined as that kind of artists whose support is -unnoticeable-
needed to develop the so called "great" artists. His silent work was a
fantastic input to the world of Art.
Marino Persico's works both, ceramic and paintings, express a superb
treatment of the human figure, generally enlarging the result of an
idealization. Landscape and human figure are a constant sign in Persico's
works, separately or blended together.
His landscapes constitution express somewhat the influence of Cezanne in the
XX century art. Human figures within his landscapes appear only as small
assets or only by one side. This explicit distribution reaffirms what we
believe is his sensible look of nature; it's importance within his pictorial
works. On the other hand, Persico's sculptures and ceramic works' central
axis is the human figure.
Notwithstanding the European Art influence on his technique, Persico's
motives are deeply Argentinean Parana riverside landscapes, fishermen and
locals that can be appreciated in most of his works certify this.
2002 . G|R De la Recoleta Gallery, "Rescue of an artist", Buenos Aires,
Outstanding Prizes
1970 . First Prize in painting at the II Fine Art Hall , Municipal Club of
Buenos Aires, Argentine.
1966 .
. First Prize in painting at the San Fernando Hall, Argentine.
Great Prize of Honor in Painting at the Manuel Belgrano Hall, Bs. As.,
1965 . Great Prize of Honor at the IX Painting Hall in Dean Funes, Cordoba,
1964 . First Prize XXXII Painting Hall in Mar del Plata, Argentine.
1963 . First Prize at the Dean Funes Art Hall, Cordoba, Argentine.
1961 . Prize "Eduardo Sivori" at the National Hall, Argentine.
1959 . One Prize in monocopy at the XLVII at the National Hall, Argentine.
1957 .
. Prize in painting at the XVI Tandil Hall, Argentine.
Honorable Mention at the XXVI National Hall in Rosario, Argentine.
1956 . Prize in painting "Quinquela Martin" at the National Hall, Argentine.
1951 . Third Prize in drawing of the XXX National Hall in Rosario,
1941 . 1er. Premio y medalla de oro en ceramica, Liga del Empleado Publico,
1940 . First prize in Ceramics at the National Commission of Culture at the
National Hall of Decorative Artists, Argentine.
Email Bob Frassinetti.
The Buenos Aires Art
Bob Frassinetti. Copyright 2004. Roberto Dario Frassinetti.
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Riding the NBA stairway to 7Posted: June 18, 2016 Filed under: Basketball, NBA, NBA champs, NBA Finals, Uncategorized | Tags: Arnie Risen, Bill Russell, Game 7, Game 7 on the road, NBA Finals, Oscar Robertson, Wilt Chamberlain Leave a comment
The Cleveland Cavaliers are swimming upstream against history. No team has ever come back from a 3-1 deficit in the NBA Finals to win a championship. And only three teams have ever won a seventh game on the road.
For just the third time in history, a team has forced a seventh game after trailing 3-1 in the NBA Finals. That would be the Cavaliers, who will go to the mat against the Warriors on the road in Oakland.
In 1951, the Knicks trailed the Rochester Royals 3-0 and rallied to force a Game 7 but lost 79-75 in the final game (shown above). Arnie Risen led all scorers with 24 points as Rochester won its only NBA Championship. The Royals later moved West, first to Cincinnati, then Kansas City-Omaha, and eventually Sacramento. Somewhere in transit they become the Kings.
In 1966 the Lakers trailed the Celtics 3-1, only to win twice and force a decisive game. Boston held on to win that game 95-93 at the Boston Garden and capture a record eighth straight NBA championship. Bill Russell scored 25 points and took down 32 rebounds to lead the way.
Seventh games are a rarity in the NBA Finals. Cleveland-Golden State is just the 19th Game 7 since the league's first playoff in 1947. Since 1984, only six Finals, including this one, have gone the distance.
And the home team – that would be the Warriors – has the decided edge if history proves true to form. Only three teams have won a seventh game game on the road. The last team to win a Finals Game 7 on the road was the Washington Bullets, who beat the Supersonics in Seattle. The Bullets won 105-89 behind center Wes Unseld, who was named MVP.
The Celtics did it twice – in 1974 against the Bucks in Milwaukee and.in 1969 against the Lakers at the Los Angeles Forum. In 1974, the road team won five times, including the last four games. The Celtics won 102-87 in what turned out to be Oscar Robertson's final game.
In 1969, Boston, which finished in fourth place in the Eastern Division, came back to take the last two games as Russell outplayed Wilt Chamberlain. Boston held onto what had been a 17-point lead in the finale to win its 11th title 108-106.
Jerry West became the only player on a losing team to win Finals MVP. LA owner Jack Kent Cooke had thousands of balloons in the rafters ready to be released when the Lakers won. The balloons never came down.
The Last ChampionsPosted: June 21, 2008 Filed under: Baseball, Basketball, football, Hockey, Sports, Uncategorized | Tags: 1908, Arnie Risen, Bob Davies, Bobby Hull, championship drought, Charley Trippi, Chicago Blackhawks, Chicago Cardinals, Chicago Cubs, Elmer Angsman, Glenn Hall, Jimmy Conzelman, Rochester Royals, Stan Mikita, Tinkers to Evers to Chance 1 Comment
On October 14, 1908, a cool, crisp Wednesday afternoon in Detroit, the Chicago Cubs were sitting on top of the world after shutting out the Detroit Tigers, 2-0, to win their second straight World Series.
On a cold December 28th afternoon at Comiskey Park in Chicago, the Chicago (now Arizona) Cardinals outscored the Philadelphia Eagles, 28-21, to win the 1947 NFL championship.
Rochester's Edgerton Park Sports Arena was the scene on April 21, 1951, when the Rochester Royals beat the New York Knickerbockers, 79-75, to win the NBA title after nearly blowing a 3-0 lead in the series.
Ten years later shy five days, the Chicago Blackhawks won the 1961 Stanley Cup, their third NHL title, skating past the Detroit Red Wings, 5-1, at the Olympia in the Motor City.
Longest Droughts
In each case, these championships marked a moment frozen in time — the last franchise championships for each of these star-crossed franchises. None of them has won a title since, marking the longest droughts in each of their respective sports.
The foibles of the Cubs have been well-documented; this year marks their 100th since that 1908 title.
The Cardinals moved to St, Louis and later Arizona, and have never won another NFL championship or appeared in the Super Bowl.
The Royals hopscotched West, first to Cincinnati, and then on to Kansas City, Omaha and eventually Sacramento in 1985, changing their name to the Kings along the way.
And the Blackhawks remain the last of the "Original Six" NHL franchises to win the Stanley Cup.
Tinkers to Evers to Chance
In 1908, the Cubs became the first team to win consecutive World Series. Right-hander Orval Overall pitched a three-hit shutout for his second win of the Series, with manager Frank Chance and Johnny Evers (two of the triumvirate of Tinker to Evers to Chance) driving in the only runs. Only 6,210, the smallest crowd in World Series history, were on hand in game five at Detroit's Bennett Park to witness the Cubs last championship.
The double-play combination of Joe Tinker, Johnny Evers and Frank Chance inspired a "sad lexicon" written by Franklin Pierce, a writer with the New York Times:
"These are the saddest of possible words … Tinker to Evers to Chance … A trio of bear Cubs and fleeter than birds … Tinker to Evers to Chance … Ruthlessly pricking our gonfalon bubble … Making a Giant hit into a double … Words that are weighty with nothing but trouble … Tinker to Evers to Chance."
The Cubs had to beat the New York Giants at the Polo Grounds in Manhattan to win the pennant and go on to the World Series. Mordecai "Three Finger" Brown won that playoff game, and earned the other two Cub victories in the Series.
The Cubs would go on to win National League pennants in 1910, 1918, 1929, 1932, 1935, 1938 and 1945, only to lose the World Series each time. They haven't been back in 63 years, since losing to the Tigers in seven games in 1945.
'Million Dollar Backfield'
In 1947, Cardinal running backs Charley Trippi and Elmer Angsman each scored a pair of touchdowns as Chicago outscored the Philadelphia Eagles. Playing on an icy field in Chicago, Charley wore basketball shoes for better traction and totaled 206 yards, including 102 yards on two punt returns. He scored touchdowns on a 44-yard run and a 75-yard punt return.
Angsman scored twice on runs of 70 yards each. Angsman finished the game with 10 carries for 159 yards. His 15.9 yard per carry average is still an NFL post-season record (10 carries or more).
Trippi and Angsman joined quarterback Paul Christman and backs Marshall Goldberg and Pat Harder in what Cardinals' owner Charles Bidwill dubbed his "Million-dollar backfield." Jimmy Conzelman coached this collection of stars.
The Cardinals returned to the NFL Championship Game the following year, where they lost to the Eagles, 7-0, in a snowstorm in Philadelphia. They haven't been back since.
Royals Survive Scare
In 1951, the Rochester Royals would beat the Fort Wayne Pistons in two straight before beating finally beating the Minneapolis Lakers in four games to reach the NBA Finals. There Rochester jumped out to a 3-0 lead, only to see the Knicks rally and force a game seven. Rochester's Bob Davies made a pair of free throws late in the game to break a tie, and the Royals went on to a 79-75 victory and the only championship in the history of the franchise.
Arnie Risen led the Royals in scoring in 1951 with 16.3 points per game, just ahead of Davies at 15.2. Red Holzman, who would lead the Knicks to their only NBA titles in 1970 and 1973, was a guard with the Royals.
No Dynasty for Blackhawks
When the BlackHawks vanquished the Red Wings in 1961, it marked Chicago's first title since the Cardinals won the 1947 NFL title.
With goalie Glenn Hall, winger Bobby Hull and center Stan Mikita, it appeared that the Blackhawks might have the makings of a dynasty to rival the Montreal Canadiens, whose run of five straight Stanley Cups ended with Chicago's triumph. The Hawks knocked off Montreal in six games in the NHL semifinals.
The Hawks were foiled twice — in 1971 and 1973 — by Montreal in the final round. The team returned to the Stanley Cup finals in 1992, but was swept by the Pittsburgh Penguins.
Other Long Losers
In recent years, both the Red Sox and the White Sox have ended long dry spells with World Series championships — 86 years for the Red Sox and 88 years for the Pale Hose. Other than the Cubs, the Cleveland Indians have the longest championship drought in baseball. The Tribe last won in 1948, when they beat the Boston Braves in six games.
As far as expansion teams, the longest droughts belong to the Washington Senators (now Texas Rangers), who joined the league in 1961 and never won a pennant, and the Houston Astros, class of 1962, who won their only National League pennant in 2005 but lost the World Series — to the White Sox.
The St. Louis Hawks, who moved to Atlanta in 1968, won their only NBA championship in 1958. The Detroit Lions won their last NFL title in 1957, when they beat the Cleveland Browns, 59-14. In the old American Football League, the Houston Oilers (now Tennessee Titans) won the first two AFL crowns in 1960 and 1961, and haven't won since.
In the NHL, the Toronto Maple Leafs won their last Stanley Cup in 1967, the year before the league's first expansion. The St. Louis Blues and the Los Angeles Kings, each of whom entered the NHL in 1968, have never won a Stanley Cup.


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my favorite things: my family
The last day of a week of favorite things. Really, I have so many favorites that I could share one every day for a year. And maybe some year I'll do that. But for now, I'll wrap things up with a big one...
There are eight of us in my house (counting the parents), and things get a little crazy. Sometimes a lot crazy. But I love my family sooooo much! Every one of us is different, and yet we all manage to work together as a team. Where would we be without each other?
I'm going to go and enjoy the rest of the weekend, and I hope you do too! Enjoy your favorite things, go find those giveaways that are still open, and we'll meet back here on Monday.
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Please respect the fire warnings that are issued. They are for your own safety.Daily updates can be obtained from the Lions River Fire Protection Office on 033 330 6369 or 073 704 5862 . Take the time to understand the Fire Danger Index. If they inform you that it is a High Fire Risk Day, accessing the trails is strictly prohibited. If the forests are closed you WILL be removed from the area and may be barred from returning. The NO HEMLET, NO RIDE rule applies to all trails at all times. Rider indemnities are compulsory at all times and trail fees apply
Rules of the Trail
IMBA (International Mountain Biking Association) developed the "Rules of the Trail" to promote responsible and courteous conduct on shared-use trails. At the HMBC, we have chosen to adopt and adapt these rules to safeguard and further our access relationships with all land owner and managers.
1. Ride Open Trails: Respect trail and road closures — ask the local club/ trail custodian for clarification if you are uncertain about the status of a trail. Do not trespass on private land.
2. Respect Access requirements: Obtain necessary day and annual indemnities as required.
3. Leave No Trace: Be sensitive to the dirt beneath you. Wet and muddy trails are more vulnerable to damage than dry ones. When the trail is soft, consider other riding options. Stay on existing trails and do not creating new ones. Don't cut switchbacks.
4. Control Your Bicycle: Inattention for even a moment could put yourself and others at risk. Understand and obey all bicycle signage and recommendations, and ride within your limits.
5. Yield Appropriately: Let your fellow trail users know you're coming —friendly greeting, a polite shout "yebo!", or bell ring are good methods. Anticipate other trail users as you ride corners and hidden trail-lines. Cyclists should yield to other non-motorized trail users, unless the trail is clearly signed for bike-only travel. Cyclists travelling downhill should yield to ones heading uphill. Make each overtaking pass, safe and courteous. Keep in mind that conventions for yielding and passing may vary in different locations, or with traffic conditions.
6. Never Scare Animals: Animals are startled by an unannounced approach, a sudden movement or a loud noise. Give animals enough room and time to adjust to you. Disturbing wildlife and livestock is not acceptable. Stop to let horseback riders pass.
7. Plan Ahead: Know your equipment, your ability and the area in which you are riding, prepare accordingly. Strive to be self-sufficient: keep your equipment in good repair and plan for changes in weather or other conditions.
8. Take note of emergency phone numbers: Emergency phone numbers are available at all cycle access boards and hubs. Enter these onto your cellphone for easy accessibility.
9. Adhere to FDI (fire) warnings: During the months of June – Sept be aware of the danger of fire. If you encounter unattended/unmanaged or unusual fires, contact the Lions River Fire Protection Association on 033 330 6369. (enter this number into your cellphone) and exit the plantations as quickly as possible.
10. Do not smoke whilst in the plantations: Smoking whilst on the HMBC trails is strictly prohibited.
11. Avoid operational areas and activities: Cyclists are at no time to be within 1km from any situation that may appear to be operational i.e. harvesting activity or from operational vehicles or areas indicated as operational.
The MTB's adherence to these trail rules goes a long way to assisting in continued land access relations with SAPPI, Mondi, Ezemvelo, Wessa and other private landowners. It is up to us to behave responsibly!


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Likewise, I extend great thanks to Dan Njegomir and his successor as editorial page editor at the Gazette, Sean Paige, who over many years provided me an endless supply of marvelous material in my self-adopted role as the Independent's media and politics watchdog. Like many, I have never been able to combat the temptation of routinely subjecting myself to the train wreck that is the daily newspaper's myopic editorial worldview.
Yes, with those guys in charge, life was beautiful if you happened to be in the media critique business. Would Njegomir personally attack, without provocation, some poor schmoe who submitted a letter to the editor that Njegomir didn't agree with? (The answer was "Yes!") Would Paige engage in unceasing public alpha-dog fights with then-City Manager Lorne Kramer, accusing him of throwing a tantrum, misusing public resources and being an inept manager? ("Yes!")
Njegomir and Paige are now gone from the Gazette, and after this week, I'll be gone, too at least from the Public Eye column. Like them, I am moving on.
It's been nearly 15 years since I helped launch the Colorado Springs Independent, a feisty voice that was really needed in a conservative, one-newspaper city.
The year was 1993, just after Colorado voters had adopted the anti-gay Amendment 2, as well as Mr. Bruce's deeply flawed Taxpayer's Bill of Rights. Both ballot issues were born and bred in Colorado Springs, and in their distinct ways have radically altered this city and state. Yes, 15 years after Amendment 2, Colorado Springs still carries a national reputation of being intolerant. And thanks to TABOR, we are all grappling with a budgetary monster with multiple arms wielding as many machetes.
Helping to put the Independent on the map, and helping invigorate broader community discourse, has been one of my life's most rewarding endeavors. And trust me, launching a media start-up was an experience I always vowed never to repeat.
Yet as some of you know, two years ago I stepped down as the Indy's editor-in-chief to pursue an equally daunting challenge: helping launch an all-online daily news organization called coloradoconfidential.com.
The concept is simple. In case you haven't noticed, daily newspapers are shrinking quickly and dramatically, leaving many longtime reporters and editors strewn, like shredded retreads, along the sides of the information superhighway.
I'm not going to suggest that good, real-life newspapers like the Indy and others that actually cover their communities are at risk of going away.
But, just as radio revolutionized the press in the 1940s, and television revolutionized the journalism industry in the 1960s, someone's got to try to rein in that bad boy called the Internet or risk an entire generation of online anonymous zombies roaming around unfettered in that vast parallel pixel universe.
Since its launch in July 2006, coloradoconfidential.com has been breaking important stories with statewide impact. This month, I was promoted to become the site's first full-time editor, overseeing a team of journalists seeking the truth, albeit online.
Which brings me back to the Independent. Many writers keep a tally of just how many brilliant phrases they've turned while perfecting their craft in long and fascinating careers. At the Indy, I just counted words, and stopped at a million which happened somewhere around 1998 or 1999. It was just too much of a hassle to keep track. Plus, as my longtime cohort John Weiss will gladly confirm, math never has been my forte.
But the names and shocking, amusing, appalling antics of the often motley cast of characters that have come through town, I will never forget.
I leave behind wonderful colleagues here at the paper with great expectations of a continued tradition of kicking ass and taking names. And, with hopes of returning for a guest gig on occasion.
As I learned long ago, no one really ever leaves the Indy.
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Round 11 of PlayStation 4 NPL Tasmania is upon us as we cross into the second half of the season and begin the race to the finish line.
It will be a week that has major ramifications on the table and a number of sides are facing defining contests in an intriguing set of fixtures.
The round kicks off on Friday night with an Olympia side suddenly in desperate need of a win hosting the Kingborough Lions. Sitting just a week out from the Lakoseljac Cup final, the Warriors simply must steady in this one after their humiliation at the hands of South Hobart last week. It suddenly looks a far more challenging proposition than it did a week ago, following the Lions backs to the wall victory over the Zebras.
They set up their stall to defend, put plenty of bodies behind the ball and blunted the Zebras attack in a superb defensive display. On a ground at Warrior Park that is smaller and easier to defend on, you'd have to expect the same approach in this one from Broadbent's men.
Certainly if Olympia were to drop points here alarm bells would have to be ringing with the cup final just a week away, but expecting anything other than a Warriors victory would seem an overreaction to one weeks worth of results, versus an entire seasons worth of performances. Whilst it was a poor performance, breaking down a likely bus parking from the Lions is a very different proposition to the blitzkrieg South unleashed upon them.
The Warriors still have the firepower to score goals, their problems are at the back, so it will be tough to see the Lions holding out for another 90 minutes, regardless of how immense they were last Friday.
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I have wonderful and exciting news – at least, it is for me!! The latest and never-before-published book in my TAITS series is now available for purchase through Amazon Kindle and Smashwords. It's called "Double Vision" and you may remember it from ages ago on Literotica but it's been extensively reworked and polished. I hope if you liked it back then, you'll give it another try. 🙂
"It's been a long time since Emilio Jones was recruited by the TAITS organization. It's been an even longer time since he'd last seen the mysterious woman who stole his heart but left her underwear behind. Now, on a regular morning, in a regular city, she explodes back into his life, bringing trouble along with her.
Victoria is just trying to get by. She doesn't know that when she heads to work on another typical day that she'll be attacked, threatened and reunited with a man she never thought she'd see again. When things literally blow up around them, she's suddenly left relying on this man from her past for her very life.
As Emilio and Victoria run from hired guns and struggle the undeniable sexual heat between them, another mysterious woman makes an appearance who may put their lives at risk, along with the rest of Emilio's teammates. A normal day becomes anything but when the team is pressed to find the answers behind Emilio's mystery woman and the people trying to kill them all."
Click here to purchase on Amazon Kindle, and here for all the options through Smashwords. For right now, these are the only sites it's available. Once they're available for purchase through Barnes & Noble's Nook Bookstore, and on Apple's iTunes, I'll let you know. Also, if you do decide to purchase it, and read it – and like it! – please do me the huge favor of reviewing it on any of the websites. Indy authors like myself rely on those reviews and word of mouth so I'd be eternally grateful for the free advertising. 🙂
And now, I'd better get back to work. 😀
Take care and happy reading!


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Then I married my movie obsessed husband and found myself slowly going crazy sitting in front of the TV every night. That's when I taught myself to knit so that I could keep him company without resorting to any kind of stabbing. I quickly became one of those people that are ALWAYS knitting and bought myself a yarn stash "overnight". It was the best hobby for the 2 hour train commute to work, with the benefit of being incredibly soothing.
I picked up sewing again after my son was born cause I'm in that weird no man's land of not skinny but not plus sized. Unless I wanted to spend most of my life in yoga pants I need to start making my own clothing again. Once I started sewing again knitting became my background hobby. Knitting just can't beat how fast a sewn garment comes together. When you're a product knitter/sewcialist like me that means sewing has more thrills.
But now I'm gonna let you in on my dirty secret...knitting usually makes me happy. (Unless a lot of slip stitches are involved and then those bastards can go straight to hell.) Sewing usually makes me want to throw things. Don't get me wrong buying fabric and patterns and pairing them up is super happy fun times times infinity. Wearing a garment that turned out well turns me into a smug little lady with a shit eating grin on my face. ("Yeah I made this. I MADE THIS! EVERYONE LOOK AT ME!!!")
But the actual process of sewing, tends to be more boring or rage inducing depending rather than fun. That's why I listen to podcasts while sewing, why I think hand sewing is my own personal cross to bear and why sewing for others is never gonna be on the top of my to do list. I should probably slap a selfish seamstress sticker on my sewing machine and call it a day.
Non-selfish knitting is a little different, I do knit things for other people a couple times a year. Since the process is more enjoyable I can get into making something for fun and then giving it away. Don't get me wrong I'm still happiest when I can take that finished item off the needles, call it "My precious", and then rub it all over my face. OK, now that I've admitted all of that for no reason let's look at some pretty pictures.
Mason-Dixon mitered crosses blanket. (Ravelry link, sadly the Mason-Dixon blog doesn't let you link to an individual post) He highly praised the one I made for myself, which was the perfect excuse to start another. If I had to knit one project for the rest of my life it would be this blanket. Every square is knit separately, so it's highly portable and easy to stop and start a random. It's also the perfect TV knitting for when you actually want to pay attention to what you're watching.
I get excited every time I cast on a center with Noro Silk Garden. How will the color gradient on this one knit up? Can I take some ends of two different balls and make them into a beautiful block? The white frames are knit out of Elsa Wool Cormo, the most deliciously thick and soft wool I've ever touched. Perfect for miles and miles of garter stitch, just talking about it makes me feel all zen. (I loooove you blanket.)
Needless to say my friend was thrilled. He sent me pictures of the blanket draped the back of his couch because he's cool like that.


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The Wire: Leading the Charge for Rural BroadbandAugust 2018 -
An interview with Rural Utilities Service Administrator Kenneth Johnson
As with electricity in the last century, high-speed internet in the early 21st has rapidly transformed from a luxury into a necessity of life. And, as in those earlier times, rural America trails the rest of the country in getting connected. In March, Congress appropriated $600 million to help spur broadband connections through the country's less populated areas. To spearhead that effort, President Donald Trump earlier this year tapped Kenneth Johnson, a longtime electric cooperative executive with deep experience in rural broadband.
As chief executive officer and general manager of Co-Mo Electric Cooperative in Tipton, Missouri, Johnson oversaw planning and installation of a fiber-to-the-home network delivering broadband to nearly 16,000 homes and businesses. The landmark, five-year project is already paying off in both business development and quality of life in rural Missouri. Johnson sat down with THE WIRE to discuss why a similar transformation must happen across the country.
THE WIRE: An estimated 24 million Americans lack access to highspeed broadband internet – with a disproportionate number in rural areas. What's behind that divide?
Ken Johnson: Providing broadband in rural areas poses unique challenges. Difficult terrain increases the cost of construction and maintenance. Lower population density means fewer subscribers per mile, so the economies of scale for infrastructure are lower. That translates into higher rates, often in low-income areas, and reduced ability for companies to recover their deployment costs.
THE WIRE: Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue has identified rural broadband as a top priority. Why is this a critical issue?
KJ: Broadband access creates educational opportunities for young people and enables us to train tomorrow's workforce. E-connectivity, like affordable power, is a catalyst for economic development. It's central to an area's ability to attract and develop businesses. Broadband supports healthcare and emergency response, as well as our ability to combat serious challenges such as the opioid epidemic. In short, broadband is essential to helping rural communities prosper, and ensuring a quality of life on par with the rest of the country.
Even before Co-Mo's broadband project was finished, you could see people's attitudes changing. Businesses were becoming more vibrant. Jobs were created – and saved.
THE WIRE: Why should that matter to people who live in cities?
KJ: Rural America is the breadbasket of the world. It provides goods and services that support the rest of the country, and exports agriculture, minerals and forestry products to the whole world. Much of the country's manufactured goods come out of rural America. Without e-connectivity, the rest of America cannot efficiently access those goods. Supporting economic development, education and health services in rural America – including broadband – is good for everybody, regardless of where you live.
THE WIRE: What roles do the USDA and the RUS play in this effort?
KJ: The USDA's rural development programs support infrastructure, housing and businesses. As part of the USDA, the RUS works directly with the utilities, including water, electric and telecommunications, that provide services to rural communities. Our key concerns include access, affordability and safety of vital basic services, as well as economic development.
THE WIRE: What are your main rural broadband goals for 2018 and beyond?
KJ: The $600 million that was just appropriated by Congress will create a pilot program to finance broadband infrastructure for high-speed internet service for rural homes and businesses, farms, schools and health facilities. One of our top priorities right now is to develop that program to be as effective possible.
THE WIRE: What has your own long experience at electric cooperatives taught you, and how will co-ops help solve the broadband gap?
KJ: Co-ops can play a pivotal role in helping to fill the broadband gap. At Co-Mo Electric, bringing broadband to our members wasn't easy. It took a lot of commitment and leadership from our board. It required new partnerships. And it required risk, because no one had done it like this before. At the same time, we felt we didn't have a choice if we were going to meet the needs of our members. We needed to have confidence in our community's future, and that was going to be hard without broadband. The investment has transformed that Missouri community. Even before the project was finished in 2017, you could see people's attitudes changing. Businesses were becoming more vibrant. Jobs were created – and saved. That was very exciting to see. We also helped enhance education and healthcare services. Increasingly, we're seeing similar success stories around the country.
THE WIRE: What can an electric cooperative that's interested in getting involved in broadband do to get started?
KJ: I always encourage the co-ops to think about their hometown's digital future. You really have to step back and think about your community. The choices are not going to be the same for all co-ops. Some communities, especially those that may be served by a telecom provider with perhaps a recently financed RUS loan, are already building fiber to the home. Some communities have great opportunities to partner with existing telecom, cable or broadband providers. So look around and check your resources.
THE WIRE: What loans, grants or other resources are available from the RUS?
KJ: I've been here only a few months but I assure you that our agency will be working very hard to help our co-ops and other borrowers meet their members' needs. Through our lending programs, RUS can make low-cost financing available for fiber-based smart grids. That's really a key. For electric co-ops, broadband service could be attached to a smart grid build-out. Other components of a broadband project might or might not be funded by RUS, but there are opportunities through different parties to leverage your assets and help bring broadband to your area. Our mission is to help harness all available resources.
THE WIRE: How do private partners fit in with RUS plans to bring high-speed internet to rural America?
KJ: Partners like CoBank, which has made infrastructure investments in co-ops and communities for decades, help us do far more with the resources that we have. Such partners can draw on deep expertise when offering insights on how the projects we help fund can generate growth, improve economies, add jobs or offer education to schools. That's the best form of partnership I can imagine.
THE WIRE: Assuming these efforts are successful, in what ways will rural America be transformed?
KJ: Rural America already has great inherent strengths. Its people, productivity and ingenuity inspire all of us. Having lived in rural areas for my entire career before coming to Washington, I also know there are big challenges. Modern utilities – whether providing clean water, affordable electric power or high-speed broadband – connect rural America to its future. This call to action will enhance rural prosperity and contribute to the strength of our nation's economy.
Also in this issue:
- Introducing Beacon, a Strategic Planning Product for Electric Distribution Cooperatives
- Case Study: Tombigbee Electric Cooperative
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Bishop of Lafayette and Basile native J. Douglas Deshotel (center) is pictured here as he consecrates the Blessed Sacrament during the North Deanery Mass held at St. Landry Catholic Church in Opelousas last Friday night as part of the Diocese of Lafayette's Centennial Celebration. Members of the clergy joining Bishop Deshotel behind the altar are (from left to right) Fr. Cedric Sonnier, head of centennial committee; Fr. Taj Glodd, parochial vicar of Sacred Heart; Fr. Jared Suire, vicar for the clergy; Fr. Tom Voorhies; pastor of Sacred Heart; Bishop Emeritus Michael Jarrell; Fr. Jim Brady, pastor of St. Landry Catholic Church; Fr. Bill Blanda; master of ceremonies; Fr. Conley Bertand; and Monsignor Bob Romero; former pastor of Sacred Heart and current pastor of St. Anthony of Padua in Eunice. Flanking the altar are deacons Dwayne Joubert (left) and Sammy Eisey (right) of St. Landry Catholic Church. The chalice used by Bishop Deshotel was the one belonging to Ville Platte native and St. Landry Catholic Church parishioner Fr. Verbis LaFleur. (Gazette photo by Tony Marks)
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Ville Platte was well represented last Friday night as parishioners and clergy from Sacred Heart of Jesus, St.


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Top 5 Budget Busters
If you are overshooting your budget for several months in a row, maybe it's not the big expenses that's padding your bills. Take a look at these five 'silent' budget busters that usually goes unnoticed and piles up on your bills.
Morning coffee
$5 one morning may be okay, but if it's your daily morning habit to pick up coffee on the way to work it would cost you around $100 a month. It does not really have to be just coffee, maybe it's a donut or a sandwich. Wake up early to brew your own coffee or pack your own breakfast for cheaper and healthier alternative.
Cable channels
Cable subscription is an entertainment expense – you don't really need it, no matter how much you say you can't live without it. You are paying hundreds of dollars each years for 24 hours a day of cable TV whether or not you're watching.
Magazine subscriptions
Magazine subscriptions may look really cheap, but if you never really had the time to read it and it just piles up on your coffee table, you are sending money down the drain. Besides, what can't Google answer these days?
You signed up for 6 or 12 months of a posh gym membership to "motivate" yourself to start working out. If you are a student and you subscribed to exclusive online references website that's on auto-renewal but are no longer that useful to you, terminate them immediately. Don't procrastinate.
Do you find yourself treating your friends to another round of beer when you've had a few bottles? Or you absently say yes when the bartender offers you another beer? Alcohol blurs your judgment. Like everything else, moderation is key.
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Archive for February 2014
Linguistic imperialism
I've only quoted Carl Schmitt once before on this blog. He deserves some more mention. So here's a good quote, from The Nomos of the Earth:
A historically meaningful imperialism is not only or essentially military panoply, not only financial and economic prosperity, but, also, this ability to determine in and of itself the content of political and legal concepts. . . . A nation is conquered first when it acquiesces to a foreign vocabulary, a foreign concept of law, especially international law.


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Calgary Flames goaltender David Rittich has been dealing with a nagging injury for all of 2019.
Rittich revealed after Monday's exit meetings that he has been coping with a sore knee — he didn't offer up the specifics, but general manager Brad Treliving later spilled the beans — since New Year's Eve.
Because of the injury, the 26-year-old Rittich declined an invite to tend twine for the Czech Republic next month at the world championship.
"You know what? I was hurt for a big part of the season," Rittich said. "So it's a little sad, but I'm not going (to worlds). I want to, but I want to be healthy for summer camp and for next year, and this is more important for me than to go there and make it worse."
Rittich, who served as backup to Mike Smith during the Flames' first-round playoff exit, is the likely frontrunner to be the go-to goalie at the Saddledome next winter.
After posting a 27-9-5 record, a 2.61 goals-against average and .911 save percentage in a career-high 45 appearances this season, he is a restricted free agent this summer.


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About Me
- Ganeida
- Quaker by conviction, mother by default, Celticst through love, Christ follower because I once was lost but now am found...
Monday, March 7, 2011
- A lot of people on my friends list never go outside, so this won't apply to them.
I have a Facebook page. Lots of you already know this because you're on my friends list. I have Facebook because I have kids. Liddy thinks it's easier to Facebook me than ring home ~ that aside it's the easy way to keep track of what my under age child is doing. She's pretty good because basically she's a pretty good kid & I spend most of my Facebook time playing games. I wanna talk, I come blog.
After 5 years or so I have a pretty random list of *friends*. Some actually are, some are on~line friends & some are...well, completely random. And some are friends & family. I'm not a huge fan of Facebook as a social network thing but as a social phenomenon it's weird. How weird is weird? Well, I have a *friend* I only know on Facebook. She seems nice enough & she's a Christian & her posts are mostly kind & often interesting. I don't often comment because she gets lots of males whose comments are downright harsh so I was shocked but hardly surprised when one gentleman derided another for the content of his Facebook page.
Now I have no idea what the content in question was ~ & I do not care ~ but it has raised a very interesting question for me. I have noticed many Christians use Facebook to propagate their brand of Christianity & they spend a lot of time arguing theology ~ which screws with my head. I honestly don't see the point. They hob~nob together in their own little enclave ~ & again, that is fine. I do not care. Why would I? But, huge but, if the Holy Spirit has not convicted a person about something then condemning that person is a pretty useless act. Thing number one. Thing number two: I've logged onto my Facebook page some days & the comments that come up make my hair stand on end. True. Because not everyone on my friend's list is a Christian.
If you've read here long enough you know I'm not a big evangelizer. I have a different sort of calling on my life & the Spirit rarely gives me opportunities to spread the word as such ~ not the way Liddy is always getting opportunities. However here is the thing; I do get opportunities on Facebook to contribute a stray, gentle comment testifying to the Truth that resides within me ~ opportunities I would never get if I eradicated certain people off my friend's list.
And so dear blogging buddies, if you are unfortunate enough to come across some highly dubious content on Facebook do not for a moment think I endorse this way of life but in charity & for Christ's sake remember that these may provide opportunities for outreach & the spreading of the kingdom of Grace. Ditto for others you may know. That is all.
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- seekingmyLord said...
I have stayed away from Facebook for the same reason I gave up on message boards: too many people use it to cause trouble and I like to debate too, too much....no, actually it was more than that. I was called away from it to focus on another purpose the Lord has for me at this time.
I don't mind skeptics and harshness, because I know that once those people have a heart for the Lord, all that energy and determination is so useful for His purpose. On the other hand, I have heard too many, way too many, fights publicized on FaceBook that have broken hearts; it seems far more personal than the typical message board is.
Ganeida, if there is a purpose for it at this time for you, then I pray that purpose is served according to the Lord's plan and that all that does not come from Him will fall away.
- March 8, 2011 at 3:44 AM
- Ganeida said...
Seeking: I waste a lot of time on FB because there is little that appeals to me but this is the only way I interact with certain family members, a number of whom I doubt have ever heard the gospel message at all. I have learnt how to hide the more outrageous posts but sometimes they are there for a while before I know anything about it. While I have children on FB it will be a part of my life so we do what we can with what we have. ☺
- March 8, 2011 at 3:58 AM
- Finding Joy said...
My friends on FB are almost all relates to me or people I have known of years. I find it a great way to keep in touch with cousins (that are all over the world) +their adult children and my brothers and their adult children. We share photos, stories and things of interest eg current affairs-it has been a great way to stay in touch due to distances. For us it works really well as we use it as a family network -so no strangers are involved so we can ramble about anything.
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Summer grads
Walhalla's Summer Wood is an example of the newest set of students to have graduated from Oconee County public schools. Summer, who chose to finish high school in fewer than four years, served as special speaker Tuesday as she and 22 other students were graduated in ceremonies at West-Oak High auditorium. Members of the county board, principals and the superintendent presented diplomas to 13 participants. A total of 23 completed diploma requirements over the summer: one from Tamassee-Salem High, three from Seneca, six from Walhalla, and 13 from West-Oak High School.


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Chole Bhature is probably the best of all the street foods I found in Delhi. Rather than something really fancy, this is hearty food for the 'common man' – eaten by people across India. But its subtle taste really can carry it above this staple dish and make it something quite special. The chole is a stew made primarily of chick peas softened until they are just breaking apart and sunk into a thick sauce which is full of spices. Some raw onion is often scattered on top to add a bit of crunch to it all. Although to my knowledge there's no meat in the dish, the hearty sauce and the chick peas have a really satisfying meatiness about them, tasting very earthy and substantial in flavour.
The stew is eaten using bhature – breads made out of maida flour. These have two layers pressed together, so that when they are fried the air in the middle expands and inflates them into a hollow ball. When you get them you press this flat like deflating a beach ball. The result is a really light, slightly spongy bread. It's floury, fine layers are perfect for scooping up the chole, the dark sauce of which soaks into the softness.
The best place I found for Chole Bhature was Sitaram Dewan Chand a stall in Paharganj that was recommended to me by the Eating Out in Delhi blog. Every time I went to this stall, the counter was crowded with people all jostling to get to the front, elbowing each other out of the way, and snaking their arms into any space possible in an attempt to give their money to the guy. As though there was not rush at all, the old guy would just sit their, casually taking money from each person and passing out a little plastic disk. Behind him the other staff were bustling away, ladling chole into little dishes and laying a few onion and a carrot piece on top, heating up the bhature on a bit hot plate, then passing out both to the clamouring crowds.
To me what made the dish so good at this place was the sublety of the spices in the chole. I also had chole at a few other places, and while it was hearty it didn't really have the strong, dinstinctive flavour that this one had. In each bite you could really taste the balance of the different ingredients giving it an earthy, yet strong flavour. A green spicy sauce was just lightly mixed in, adding an extra layer to the taste. And with the heartiness of the chickpeas and the sauce, there was also this slightly more spicy kick which slowly built in the mouth. The meaty sauce here goes perfectly with the softness of the bread, which were made really well at this stall so that they felt spongy as you tore each piece off. The layers of the bread had a few herbs sunk into them, adding an extra dimension to their taste.
From the Rama Krishna METRO – Exit on the Rama Krishna side and walk along the street past the front of the Rama Krishna Mission. At the end of this road, turn right onto Main Bazaar and walk a little way along, passing the Metropolis Hotel on your left. Just afte the hotel, the road curves round to the left, with the Main Bazaar continuing straight on. Follow the road round to the left, passing the Imperial cinema on your right. Keep walking about 100m, looking out for the stall on the left hand side of the road. It has a plastic covering outside and is normall pretty crowded with people.
The address is 2246, Chuna Mandi, Paharganj. This road is often called "Rajguru Marg" and runs between the Main Bazaar and the Desh Bandhu Gupta Road. The restaurant is on the ground floor of the building with Hotel Chanakya in, so look out for this sign.


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