text: tomer :: workbook is a huge annual illustration directory that covers a wide variety of styles. they contacted me with a pretty set concept for next year's covers - a situation where someone (say an artist) is pitching someone else (say a client) an idea. these are very familiar positions to people who work in the biz, on either side. I was given free range to interpret this concept with one request: have the 'idea' be a golden-egg (somewhat like the gold light coming from the suitcase in Pulp Fiction or the black stone thing in 2001 Space Odyssey). I wanted to take this away from the conference room and into the battle zone. I wanted the artist to be this boy giving his 'golden egg' to a teenage girl he can never have (the client), all this in a futuristic urban wasteland. there are other boys (artists) around that function as 'before' an 'after' scenarios, one running away crying because he was rejected, and the other (behind the main boy) still cocky and full of hope. there are 2 view points, the front cover is the girl's view point, the back for the boy's view point.


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Ivar's Invites Students to Nominate Washington's Best Teachers
11th Annual Teacher of the Year contest awards two top teachers $500 each plus party for classroom
SEATTLE – April 14, 2014 – In honor of National Teacher Appreciation Month in May, Ivar's and Kidd Valley restaurants are calling on all kindergarten through eighth grade students to nominate their favorite, inspirational teacher for a chance to win 2014 Teacher of the Year honors. Two teachers will be selected as grand prize winners, receiving a $500 gift card for classroom supplies, a commemorative plaque and the title of either Ivar's Teacher of the Year or Kidd Valley Teacher of the Year. Plus, the nominating students of the grand prize winners will receive either an Ivar's Kids Meal (including a visit by Ivar's famous Dancing Clam!) or a Kidd Valley burger party for every student in their class. As a bonus prize, those classes will receive admission tickets to Imagine Children's Museum in Everett, courtesy of the museum.
To nominate a teacher, students 14 years of age or younger may visit select Puget Sound area Ivar's or Kidd Valley locations (excluding stadiums and Eastern Washington stores) to complete an official entry form, or go online to www.Ivars.com/teacher or http://KiddValley.com/calendar.htm. In addition to the entry form, students are encouraged to submit artwork or photos as "extra credit" that best represents their appreciation of their teacher. All entries must be received by May 25, 2014. The official Teacher of the Year rules can be found on the Ivar's and Kidd Valley websites.
The contest will also award four teachers a first prize of a $150 gift card for classroom supplies, and 30 teachers will receive a second prize of a $25 Ivar's or Kidd Valley gift card.
The Teacher of the Year contest was inspired by heart-warming stories of teachers' positive contributions in and out of the classroom. As in previous years, the contest seeks to honor inspirational educators who go above and beyond the call of duty to teach, mentor and support their students. The 2013 Ivar's and Kidd Valley Teacher of the Year grand prize winners were Jeffery Thoreson of Snohomish's Riverview Elementary School and Tammy Gunderson of Woodinville's Wellington Elementary School.
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About Ivar's
Ivar's Seafood Restaurants began on Seattle's waterfront in 1938. Today, there are 24 Ivar's fast casual Seafood Bars and three full-service restaurants: Ivar's Acres of Clams, Ivar's Salmon House and Ivar's Mukilteo Landing. Ivar's Seafood, Soup and Sauce Company markets and sells its award-winning soups, chowders and sauces both nationally and internationally. The company also operates regional stadium concessions including Safeco Field, CenturyLink Field, Alaska Airlines Arena, Husky Stadium and Cheney Stadium. Learn more at www.Ivars.com.
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Kidd Valley has earned a following throughout Seattle and the Eastside for its made-to-order burgers, old fashioned, hand-mixed shakes which often feature seasonal ingredients, Kidd Meals, and mouthwatering side dishes such as fresh sweet onion rings, sweet potato fries, Grounders Famous Garlic Fries and signature fried mushrooms. Kidd Valley began in 1975 in Seattle's University District. Today, Kidd Valley has eight retail locations throughout Western Washington plus five stadium locations at Safeco Field and CenturyLink Field. For more, please visit www.kiddvalley.com.
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This week's edition of the Rountable bids a fond farewell to Memphis Tider as he ceases blogging on his site this week. I completely understand this thing called real life and how it interferes with activities like blogging. There comes a point when you have to pare down things in your life because there are just too many of them. Best wishes, Memphis Tider!
On with the questions:
1.After hearing as much as I have about BJ Scott, Dre Kirkpatrick, Rod Woodson, etc, is it possible that the secondary this year may actually be better than last year's squad?
I guess that anything is possible and it would seem that the premise is that raw athletic ability will make up for the lack of experience but it just seems that experience is just too important. As talented as they are they are bound to see some things that make them think and as we all know at this point, if you're thinking you're not reacting. Really elite football teams react. The most likely scenario is that this groups surprises us by their rapid development as the season progresses. The early conference tests set up well for being tested and learning early.
2. How will all of the awards and honors, especially from his hometown, affect Mark Ingram's performance this season?
Ingram seems to be a humble enough kid that it shouldn't affect him. The unfortunate thing is that he is very unlikely to produce this year like he did last – it was, in fact, a record breaking performance, he stayed relatively injury free, and Richardson emerged as a viable option in his own right and that should reduce some of the load and thus opportunities this year. There is a faction out there that will blame his relative woes on a big head if the numbers drop. Tebow remained humble after his trophy and although his numbers were never as good as his Heisman year he remained an effective player. I believe that Ingram is made of the same type of stuff. At least I hope he is.
3. Could you see Greg McElroy as a legitimate early round selection in the NFL draft next year? Why or why not?
Admittedly I know very little of what constitutes an early round pick in the NFL but if McElroy improves some and is consistent (I suppose that would be his improvement) there is a possibility he could be an early draft pick.
4. James Willis was a master recruiter and one hell of a linebackers coach. We haven't talked much about what the loss of him means to our staff. Tell us what you think the effect will be with him gone to Texas Tech.
What a great question. First Saban has shown that winning is not a function of consistency in staffing so I believe that as long as he's piloting the ship, the course will remain the same. As far as how he'll do at Texas Tech, his addition to the staff has to be a boon for Tuberville. Willis' knowledge of defense has got to help the Red Raiders and surely his recruiting prowess will be helpful. But overall, Texas Tech will probably never be a football "power" and that is mostly for the same reasons that Mississippi State will never be: there is really no tradition from which to build and the location is horrible. I believe that as a coach selling a program you're better off selling a new program than you are one with a history of mediocrity. Also, and I mean no offense to Starkville and Lubbock, unless you are raised with an affinity for these institutions, there really isn't much in the way of enticement to spend four or five years of your life there. Sure some would argue that you could say the same of Tuscaloosa, and on many levels I'd agree, but the difference is that Tuscaloosa is a football town – it doesn't take very long for even the most football obtuse to realize that – and there is an established history of football excellence here. If you're going to spend four to five years in a location that doesn't fit your idea of paradise, you at least want the opportunity to win while you're there. To conclude and be concise with my response: Willis will do well in Lubbock because he is a good coach, but there would seem to be a glass ceiling on the level of accomplishment that is possible at Texas Tech.
5. Have you ever seen a state whose political views can be switched by football rumors? The Tim James fiasco is absolutely incredible to me how much football can mean to a state.
I must be out of the loop more than I thought because I don't know all the details. I don't listen to Finebaum because he's an instigator and tends to bring out the worst elements in the football loving public of our fine state. As far as I can tell most folks that would seek to be callers on Finebaum's show are exactly the kind of person that can't wait to vote for James. So I'll provide two responses: First, good or bad, football is our thing in this state. Despite the ridiculous heat that unpacks its bags and moves in for four to five months this time of year and the ignorance that abounds in this state (the very fact that there is even the remotest of possibilities that Tim James could become governor proves the astounding amount of ignorance) there is no place in the world I'd rather be as September rolls around than right here. Football is what we do.
Second, Tim James represents the worst element of this state, the ignorant masses who attend church every Sunday and still believe that it's acceptable to hate and oppress, the hypocrite, those with two-story houses in their eyes that stand up and yell about the splinters of their neighbors eyes, those who would gladly lead a prayer in a school unless of course it was a prayer to Allah or in Hebrew, those who teach English in schools and still say "ain't" and end sentences with "at", those who believe God and the founding fathers stand firmly with them despite the fact that the only verse of scripture they know is John 3:16 and couldn't tell you anything of the fathers other than that they were "Christians", basically the people that love Rick and Bubba. James is counting on their vote to become governor. That is reprehensible. He is the definition of a politician and I loathe him for that. I contend that we need a leader. Someone who will embrace the future and the changes that must take place in this state if we are ever to move beyond where we are now. Someone who will put an emphasis on education despite the fact that it doesn't play well politically. OK, I'm done now. I'll stop before I get really worked up.
The good folks over at Third Saturday in Blogtober are hosting this week and a big, sincere Thank You goes their way.
1. What are your feelings on Alabama's current position in the polls? Are we overrated? Underrated? Just right?
Alabama continues to be ranked exactly where they should be. It makes a big statement about the season to date that when my phone started filling with test messages as the polls were released Sunday, those messages were filled with comments about how many first-place votes Alabama received rather than where they were ranked. Up to this point in the season Alabama has been a good team and deserves the lofty rankings they have.
I'll use this space to give the opinion that I have been formulating since the game clock hit 0:00 Saturday evening and finished in its final form yesterday at lunch: This is a good football team that we have in Tuscaloosa. That does not change because the last victory, over a traditional conference doormat, was secured by an on-side kick attempt sailing out of bounds. This team is made up of solid lines on both sides of the ball, some strong senior leaders, a handful of good skill-position players, and some gritty, determined, and smart defenders. Alabama had a bad game, its worst in many ways as it gave up big plays on defense, had special team miscues, turned the ball over more than its share on offense, and was penalized at more than twice its normal rate. In spite of that it won. In the recent past that probably would not have happened. Beyond Alabama's mistakes, Kentucky played a good ball game; they were not sloppy on offense, their defense was tenacious, and they never, ever gave up. They will probably win quite a few more games this season.
Southern Cal is undeniably a good football team. They had a less-than-stellar performance against an inferior but determined team and now they have to hope that others lose for them to attain their pre-season goals. Would I have preferred that the Tide put the ball into the end zone every time they were in the red zone and put the game out of reach early? Of course. It would be nice to dominate every game but realistically, and not apologetically mind you, it is impossible to dominate every opponent in this age of college football. Without digging through the record books, my memory serves me, enough to remember that in 2003 Oklahoma ran through their schedule like Tommy Tuberville through coordinators; quickly, mercilessly, and with utter disregard to what other felt about it. It wasn't even close. That is until they met a obviously over matched Kansas State team that kind of backed its way into the Big Twelve through the utter inability of other teams to stay out of their own way. Oklahoma lost that game. And because the Sooner resume had been so spectacular up to that point they were given a second chance to prove how awesome they were and never really competed against LSU in the championship game Sugar Bowl.
Two bad weeks you say? Yes, I agree but Oklahoma will always be remembered for what it didn't do that year rather than what it did. If Alabama's two bad weeks are victories against scrappy teams from Tulane and Kentucky then I am fine with that. The facts are that up to this point, when the eyes of the country were turned to them this Alabama team has responded. And not in that high school quarterback showing out for the nearby practicing cheerleader way either. No they responded in that, you don't come into my house and sit on my coach and insult my wife kind of way; emphatically and with extreme prejudice.
2. What aspect of the game did Alabama control that shocked you the most? What aspect of the game was Alabama dominated in that shocked you the most?
Shocked and dominated were not the verbs I would choose this week in my descriptions. Alabama did control the line of scrimmage and I was happy about that because I had a little concern that Kentucky's defensive line would be physical and problematic. I was pleased to see that Coffe's vision and break-away speed were not and Arkansas-only aberration.
The penalties were obviously worrisome, but based on the rest of the body of work, those actually should be an aberration. The busts in coverage were also troubling but putting on my happy Pollyanna face I think that they will be less and less of a problem as this defense matures and improves.
3. Name your player of the game on Offense. Also name one on Defense.
Glenn Coffee gets my vote for offense because since the 1996 LSU game we've all been looking for that next great running back performance, I just never figured it would come from him. I'm more and more impressed with Julio. He is becoming a "go to" type receiver and when McCoy returns and some of the other guys develop he is going to create big problems. John Parker Wilson is also steadily gaining credibility and thus my faith in him is growing.
On defense I'm going with Rolando McClain. He is just becoming such a force and the heads-up play to secure the error on the screen pass and step in the end zone turned out to be huge. Kareem Jackson was also impressive. Obviously the conference's acknowledgment means so much more than mine but Booby Greenwood also had one of his best games ever.
When I contemplate the youth of this defense and consider that with the high level of play it makes me absolutely giddy about the future prospects of this program.
4. We're six games into the Process: Year 2, and the team has made vast improvements since last season. Who, in your opinion, has made the biggest jump since last year?
There is not a single person who has not made significant improvement with the possible exception of Leigh Tiffin. This is a completely different team in almost every conceivable way. The attitude, the discipline, the swagger, it's all just so different. This team plays with a mean streak and I couldn't be more excited about that.
I find myself knocking on wood, this is the type of team I've been wishing for. Granted, the expectations are already so much higher but then again, high expectations are what Alabama has always been about. To quote Reece Bobby, "If you ain't first, you're last". Whether high on peyote or not, when it comes to football that's the truth. That's not to say that I'll be ready to run Saban out of town after a loss, even one to Auburn but Alabama is positioned to once again compete for the conference if they continue to do what they are doing. When they started the year they were underdogs to as many as five teams. There are six regular season games to play and Alabama will be a dog in possibly only one of those (at LSU). This team is better and this team is better because to a man, these players are better. In every way imaginable.
5. Profess your feelings for Jim McElwain. Prose, poetry, in song, or in any other way you see fit.
As I am not feeling creative at the moment I'll just say this: If John Parker is happy with you – and he appears to be – then I am happy with you. Please continue to make us better.
Finebaum is reporting that all signs indicate that Snitching Ass Tony Franklin has been terminated but cannot verify.
Wasn't it just yesterday that Tubs was telling everyone that there were going to be no changes in the staff?
Update: Article up on the Opelika/ Auburn News. (HT: EDSBS)
Update 2: "Let's make it official jackass. Let's make it official"
Well, here we sit a mere four days from the first game, trying to work, and not having much success. I've read until my eyes hurt and it hasn't even remotely quenched my thirst for football. There is but one thing that will do that and that my friends is actual live football (although Erin Andrews screen caps help).
This is the time of year that everyone tries to wrap the story lines and general predictions into neat little bundles. I'm not sure why, maybe to get the wanna-be fans that jumped on the bandwagon this past week up to speed. In my opinion, if you're just tuning in now you aren't a real fan anyway. You should have been with us back in February when my phone was blowing up with text messages like I was a fourteen-year-old girl every time Nick Saban landed another highly-touted recruit. Since he did this with consistency similar to the way Kenny Loggins recorded soundtrack music in the 1980's, my phone was blowing up a lot.
You should have been here during Spring Practice as we clamored for the tiniest shred of news, no hope, that our team will be better this year and that yes, the dreaded streak will end.
You should have been here when the summer started when we were scrounging message boards to hear the latest rumors about who was in camp and who was going to be ineligible. When we were counting with calendars and hands and toes to determine exactly how many days there were left until the addiction would be fed. When we were planning tailgates and trying news recipes that tasted great and could be prepared successfully while impaired from a day of drinking or worse, while hungover from a night of drinking. When we were committing the schedule to memory. When we were planning road trips and booking flights and calling in favors for tickets and rooms from long-lost friends and relatives.
Just as long as you know that we know that you have a life other than football and that we resent that about you we'll let you play along. Sure, be a fan when it's convenient, but know that when you jump up and diss John Parker before it's quite time to, we will know what a fair-weather, gained all your knowledge-listening-to-Finebaum-on-the-way-into-town, douchebag you really are.
Without further ado, here are my predictions, both bold and not-so-bold, for Alabama, the SEC, and college football in general this season.
Alabama's Season – Even though I want to jump on the happy-feel-good vibes coming from the football complex, I'm sticking with my assessment earlier in the summer. 9-3 with losses to Clemson, Georgia, and LSU. I'll get to Clemson in a minute but I really don't think we can beat both the dawgs and the tigahs on the road.
The Streak with Auburn – will end this year. Don't worry about reasoning or logic or the lucky underwear I'll be wearing into Bryant-Denny. Six is enough. What I am more interested in though is how this empire Auburn has built will crumble when the only truly remarkable event of the greatest period of Auburn history ends. As bad as some Alabama fans have taken this streak, when it turns, I believe that the Aubs will take it much, much worse. I think we could handle the streak running to seven, or even eight (God forbid) better than they will take it when it ends. It seems sometimes like it is all they have. I want to predict that the winner of the Iron Bowl will represent the West in Atlanta, but that is just day-dreaming and is counter to my overall prediction. But don't get me wrong, I'll take it.
This is Phillip Fulmer's last season in Knoxville – After opening with conference losses to Florida, Auburn, and Georgia the pitchfork wielding crowd will be at the gates. The second consecutive loss to Alabama will be more than even the annual cakewalk through November can overcome. I believe he'll take his dignity and the lifetime Krispy Kreme rider in his contract and leave the program. And as I brush a tear (of absolutely satisfying mirthful glee) from my eye, I'll wish him the best of luck with knowledge that the conference won't be the same without him.
While starting in the Top Ten both West Virginia and Clemson will not finish there. I could give you my reasons but what the hell for, that's just what's going to happen. Write it down. (and notice that I'm still predicting a Clemson victory against the Tide).
The Spread Eagle will not fly. At least not in the vision that Auburn fans think it will. Your offense will still be similar to last seasons and the seasons before. Auburn wins by controlling the clocks and playing good defense. That's what their talent does and Tuberville would be a fool to try to do differently like. It's kinda like you in college, you did well with the girl-next-door type. She was cute and fun to be around. Yeah she wasn't model material but she was acceptable. She was your wheelhouse and every time you forgot that and out kicked your coverage it ended badly and awkwardly for everybody involved. So you went back to the girl you saw studying at the library and left the cast of the Hills to the product sporting douchebag with not much substance but really sweet trust funds. Tommy Tuberville has never had product in his hair in his life. He ain't taking anything over a 7 and-a-half out of the bar. He may try but after the lame attempts at being cool countered by the silly looks and under-her-breath comments to her friends he'll go back to the wheel house. That's why he's the best damn coach in Auburn history (WEH!). By the Tennessee game, the Tigers will be pounding the ball up the middle and throwing on third and long.
I'm not sure what snitching-ass Tony Franklin will do our what the new company line will be to all the Auburn faithful, but you ain't going to light it up and score gobs of points. Nor do you have to to win.
Sylvester Croom will not repeat last year's success, but he won't miss it by much. State will beat at leat two teams that they aren't supposed to. Something tells me LSU is one of them but that just seems almost too crazy to write down.
Houston Nutt will not. Earlier I thought they would be better, but Jevan Snead beside, they still just aren't going to have it. The losses to injury on the d-line are just way too much for them early in the season and a team like that needs something to build from – like say, a win – and they aren't going to get it early in the year.
No team will run the table in the SEC and at least one of the teams in the championship game will have two losses. I don't think I'm being Nostradomas here.
Baby Jesus and his end-zone dancing group of petty criminals will not win the National Championship. Or even the conference. [ eds. note:Jimmy Johns and Jeremy Elder (who was from Georgia by the way) think the Bulldogs string of misdemeanors (and assaults to be fair) are chicken shit.] As Rick Bragg said in All Over but the Shoutin, "Georgia is obnoxious anyway, with Herschel Walker they were unbearable". Moreno is everything to the silver-britches about Hershel except that he isn't Herschel. Would I love for him to be on my team, yes, but that's beside the point. Richt and the Bulldogs are good and I've gone through this ad nauseum but the last seven games last year were special but they do not entitle you to walk into Miami a week after New Year's day. In fact the only game they'll play in Florida the whole year will be in Jacksonville and I just don't see them beating Florida this year. It should be merciful though because Spurrier is already in Richt's head and when they lose at Columbia the dreams should be back down to reality.
Alabama will lose to Clemson on Saturday. I believe that the game will be fantastic and I hope that I am wrong but Clemson has just seen this situation too much in comparison to Alabama. They played in the same location with just as hyped a crowd as will be there and Alabama, at least the freshman who are depended on for so much, has not. Alabama is just too young at too many positions. I hope I'm wrong and I'll definitely be cheering for them to win but I'm setting emotion aside. You can look at every match-up on the field and Clemson wins it. Clemson's O-line versus Alabama's D-line might be the only exception but you'd logically have to say that given the unknown nature of each, the nod goes to Clemson who has more in support. If Alabama wins the game it will be because of an as-of-yet undetermined superiority in this battle.
Now for the promised links:
Gump for Heisman did a helluva job of predictions himself. These are hilarious. (HT:Gerry Dorsey)
Bama Sports Report takes a look at yesterday's practice. These guys are quickly becoming one of my favorites and daily reads.
Senator Blutarsky links Barnhart's AJ-C piece on the ESPN-SEC deal and add some insightful commentary.
Orson brings a hired gun to help channel your inner-defensive coordinator and you don't even have to put on polyester shorts with a belt first.
All kind of news events happening in and around the Alabama football periphery. I'll start with the most important:
Image from Dan Lopez/The Tuscaloosa News (used without permission)
The Houndstooth is opening today. Anyone who has gone to school at the University or been to a game on campus knows at least where the Houndstooth is. It has been a staple to students and football fans for at least twenty years and with the possible exception of Egan's is the dean of bars on the Strip. To the credit of the ownership they have constantly improved over time, adding the outdoor porch in the late 90's and conveniently locating the temporary, football-season home of Big Bad Wolves Barbecue immediately next door. Even with the rise of tailgating on the Quad, which was brought about by the advent of portable satellite television, it has remained a popular pre and post game destination.
Well, the newly renovated building is opening today. From verbal reports (and the picture above) it seems that the ceiling height is much greater than the old wood structure. This can only be a good thing for the lungs at least, for as we deduced long ago, the severe hangovers were as much caused by the toxic levels of second-hand-smoke we inhaled as the ridiculous amounts of cheap alcohol and draft beer we consumed there.
I spent many an hour and dollar there through college. I met some of my best friends there -one was a bouncer there for a while in the mid-nineties. It was also a requisite stop on evenings out and the place to meet and celebrate victory or commiserate the loss. While it certainly is not sui generis of college-town sports-bars around the country, it is very unique for Tuscaloosa. It is both a landmark and tradition and with the new, handsome building will hopefully continue to be for a long time in the future. Best of luck and I'll be on my way soon for the obligatory drink of celebration.
Nick Saban is the most influential coach in all of footballdom. All of it. At least according to Forbes. If anybody knows about such things, I am sure it's them. I haven't read it yet and so won't comment other than to say, "take that Tubbs". Here, I'll get it out of the way: … Tuberville owns him just like he does Alabama. Happy? (HT: The Noodle)
Burnthall Quits. In news that, no doubt will be reported by Saban haters who have little else to do but spin the webs of animosity towards a man they have never nor will ever meet in order to feel better about their own pathetic lives, Sam Burnthall quit the team. While he played very little in his first three seasons for the Tide and was not very likely to see playing time this season as well [to be honest I forgot he was on the team. ed.] this will no doubt be spun as Saban forcing kids from their scholarships to make room for the new uber-recruits that Saban has, at this very moment, being constructed from robotic parts and forced pregnancies of human breeding stock chosen only for their athletic prowess and of course, the whole system is manned with underage, Asian, sweatshop workers, and supervised by Nazis who feed them only gruel and beat them with phone books. I'm certain that Brian Cook is doing the scholarship math for his first off-season post titled, "Nick Saban: Spawn of the Underworld".
Mad props to the WWL. At least one small part of it. Chris Low has been in Tuscaloosa since Tuesday night and has lots of good tidbits from the team on his blog. Chris contributed some to ESPN.com in the past but his addition as a full time and in particular his blog are good thing. Of course, just like Maisel, Forde, Schlabach, and Feldman, I'm certain I'll vacillate between loathing and jubilant praise with him depending on what he's saying on any give day, especially when it concerns Alabama. Low is leaving title-town today and heading to Stark-vegas to spend some time with Sly and the Family Croom.
You think you've seen goofing off at work? There are now 14 days until the first college football game of the year and 16 until Alabama and Clemson. Get your business taken care of – life is about to get a lot better. At least until Alabama loses the first time, then we'll all piss and moan, but at least it will be in-season pissing and moaning which is infinitesimally better than the off-season variety.


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Olympians miss the mark in hockey challenge on The Amazing Race Canada
Another week, another fan-favourite team kicked to the curb on The Amazing Race Canada.
But first: France! It seems China left the series' producers hungry for more international adventure, so next week the remaining teams will jet off to Normandy. (And come back next week for behind-the-scenes stories from on location.)
Sadly, Rex and Bob won't be among them, as the always-ready-with-a-quick-quip couple are last to the mat in this week's episode. What makes it sadder? They think they are in third place.
Their confusion is understandable, seeing as not only a Fast Pass, but an Express Pass came into play, which results in teams hopscotching around the leaderboard. But how does the most quotable team on the Race – "Sweet mother of Cher! I can't seeeee!" still ranks as my fave, but I know people love last week's "Who designs these torture tests: Satan?" – come to bid us adieu?
It's a level playing field once again as all teams make their way from Whitehorse to Winnipeg (via Vancouver) on the same flight. Once on the ground, they cab it to the Royal Canadian Mint, where they have to correctly match 10 coins with the flags of the originating countries. Six of the teams arrive at roughly the same time, while Sukhi and Jinder get a tour of Winnipeg courtesy of their clueless cabbie.
But no matter: the siblings whip through the challenge, moving up to second place behind (who else?) Natalie and Meaghan. Teams race to the Detour: Puck It or Pinch It? The former involves lacing up at the MTS Centre and putting five pucks past a cardboard goalie in designated slots, including the "notoriously difficult five hole," host Jon Montgomery intones seriously. Now, is this a real thing or did it come about because of what's about to happen. (I'm Canadian back to the 1800s, but know nada about hockey.) In Pinch It, teams travel to a local church basement and have to produce 74 pinched potato vessels that satisfy the eagle eye of Pierogi Poohbah Helen.
Natalie and Meaghan choose Puck It (of course), pooh poohing the very notion of the Fast Forward. "Obviously we go with the hockey challenge," Meaghan says in the cab on the way to the rink. "It's kind of a challenge made for us," Natalie agrees. Remember that in about 30 minutes, ladies.
Sukhi and Jinder also pass on the Fast Forward, because the Golden Girls took it (of course) they surmise. Third-place team Alain and Audrey follow the same logic . . . until they get to the dressing rooms and realize no one has made a move for the FF. They hoof it out of there, gambling they can get to the Fast Pass and get 'er done before anyone else.
While Rex and Bob and Rob and Ryan are pinching pierogies (not a euphemism) in the basement, all the other teams are on the ice. And lo and behold: the sparkle on the Golden Girls is starting to tarnish. Pierre and Michel, who get to the rink fifth, blast past them into first place. Zut alors! The trouble is that darned five-hole. Or, as the girls now think of it, that darned #$@! Hole.
"It's just the most epic thing ever to watch gold medal Olympians keep missing," Jinder says with obvious delight, before his sister finishes with "over and over and over!" Heck, Sukhi – who has never been on skates before or played hockey – and her brother take 39 shots to get the challenge done. Meaghan (TWO gold medals here) and Natalie take a head-hanging 57, after going four for four at the start.
"It's the stick, I'm blaming the stick," Meaghan says. Everyone take a shot of maple syrup and have a moment of silence for the eternal shame these two will feel for pucking up the challenge that badly.
Over at the Fast Forward, Alain and Audrey are scouring a six-square-block radius for historical business signs painted on the signs of buildings. They're trying to fill in the blanks on seven business names, at which point they'll be given the FP, allowing them to bypass all challenges and hit the Pit Stop.
Speaking of bypassing, Michel and Pierre are third to arrive at the next task, a Road Block. In it, one team member has to learn the lyrics to a rock song and perform it onstage at local nightclub Whisky Dix. Michel reads the lyrics and is overwhelmed at all that English. "It's all the same song?" he asks Natalie and Mickey who are practicing their best rock-star routines.
And out comes the Express Pass. The twins hand it over and skip to the Pit Stop. They are first to reach the top of the 100-metre tall Hope Tower at the soon-to-be-opened Canadian Museum for Human Rights. For their efforts, they're rewarded with $3,000 and an all-inclusive trip to Los Cabos, Mexico.
But the hunt is still on for the rest of the pack. "Those look good enough to eat, hey Helen?" Bob says to the Pierogi Poohbah, as he's dubbed her. Helen throws him some church lady shade and informs him that only 30 of his and Rex's creations are sour-cream worthy. Back to the long tables and fold-up chairs!
Rob and Ryan suffer a similar fate, as 37 of their pierogies pass muster. "We have to start seducing Helen a little more," Rex says. One of the church ladies hears of this new plan and decides, "I like his style." This only shores up my argument that Rex and Bob need their own reality series. Even church ladies love these guys! And if we can't get it to series, perhaps a one-off wedding special?
At the nightclub, the Racers are still singing for their supper, but Mickey channels his inner rock star (seriously, dude, you've got the hair for the gig; no need for a wig) and gets out of their on his fifth try. Jinder also has some inner rock-god thing going on. "The second I put his outfit on," he says of his skin-tight leopard-print pants, jean vest and black wig, "I just lost a nut! Something just turned on in my head and I turned into this 'Yeaaaahhhhh!!!' I couldn't control it." Four tries later, he's on his way out the door.
Bob and Rex and Ryan and Rob are last to the party, but once Rob puts on his eyeliner and wiggles into those Lycra pants, there is no stopping the West End Boy. "You're born with it!" the clue giver exclaims after Rob nails the task (if not any of the notes) on his first try.
Rex gives it his all (as his gravelly voice attests), but it takes him five tries to get the words right. (That hot-pink top totes made his blue eyes pop, though. Small mercies.) Since they saw the Golden Girls leaving the club as they arrived, the couple assumes they are in third. Makes sense: the gold-medal hockey players must have aced the hockey challenge; and Ryan and Rob left before them, so . . . third it is!
They don't know, however, that the GGs tanked at hockey and Alain and Audrey used the Fast Forward to claim second spot. Mickey and Pete claim third, with Sukhi and Jinder moving up to fourth. Then came the Golden Girls in fifth, with Ryan and Rob in sixth.
When they finally make it to the mat (climbing that Tower of Hope, BTW, involves almost one kilometre of ramps and stairs), Jon tells them that they are in last place. "Really?" they both reply as Bob's jaw drops, his mouth forming an O of surprise.
"We always entertained the notion that somewhere we might get eliminated, but we thought we would know it," Bob says in their exit interview. And as a lovely farewell, Rex takes prima ballerina Andrea Green in his arms at the mat and performs a graceful pas de deux.
Next week, it's off to France. And I'll have a special behind-the-scenes peek at the making of The Amazing Race Canada as it storms Normandy. CTV brought me along on the Race to share some of the moments you will never see on TV and details on how the Race is run.


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A common misconception about weight loss is "eat less, lose faster". This belief might lead you to make drastic (and potentially dangerous) changes in your diet…changes that can actually backfire and sabotage your weight loss efforts.
To lose weight, you need to use more calories than you consume. This "caloric deficit" can be created either by diet or exercise, or a combination of both.
Your body is a smart machine, and senses a large decrease in dietary energy (reduction in calories). A large drop in calorie consumption might work for a few days or even weeks, but eventually your weight loss will slow down and may even stop. Your body doesn't want to waste away; it needs energy to survive! When your body goes into starvation mode, your metabolism can slow to a crawl – burning calories as slowly as possible to conserve its energy stores. This also can lead to binging, and so begins the vicious weight loss and regain cycle.
Muscle maintenance (having a good amount of muscle makes losing fat easier) requires adequate protein in your diet. When you eat too little calories for an extended period of time, your precious muscle is one of the things that your body will start to get rid of! Your body WANTS enough calories for energy, and will break down your muscle tissue and use it for energy if it needs to.
Lean muscle burns more calories than body fat and keeps your metabolism fired up. Holding on to as much lean muscle as possible while losing fat will help you reach your goal more quickly and easily. It also will increase your caloric needs when you get to your goal weight – and will allow you to eat more without gaining weight (sounds great, right?).
So, how do you ensure that you will keep as much muscle as possible while losing fat and inches and getting to a healthy weight? You eat enough protein, don't starve yourself, and do strength training exercises. You don't have to join a gym to preserve or gain muscle – you can do effective workouts at home.
An easy way to make sure you are eating enough is to build your meals around protein foods. Choose your protein source, then fill in your plate with fresh vegetables and other side items.
To calculate your individual protein needs, use this calculator: Protein Calculator
Here is a list of protein sources and portion sizes (in ounces or cups and grams):
Beef: 6 oz = 54 gr of protein
Chicken breast: 6 oz = 37.8 grams of protein
Chicken (dark meat): 6 oz = 47.2 grams of protein
Turkey breast: 6 oz = 51.4 gr
Turkey (dark meat): 6 oz = 48.6 gr
Pork chop: average size = 22 gr
Pork loin or tenderloin: 4 oz = 29 gr'
Ham: 3 oz serving = 19 gr
Salmon: 6 oz = 33.6 gr
Tuna: 3 oz = 22 gr
Halibut: 3 oz = 22 gr
Snapper: 3 oz = 22 gr
Tilapia: 3 oz = 17 gr
Egg: 1 large = 6.3 gr
Egg whites: 1 cup = 26 gr
Cottage cheese: 1 cup = 28.1 gr
Greek yogurt: 6 oz = 13-18 gr
Yogurt: 1 cup = 10.7 gr
Whole milk: 1 cup = 7 gr
Meat substitutes, beans, legumes, and nuts:
Almond butter: 2 tbsp. = 7 grams
Peanut butter: 2 tbsp. = 8.1 grams
Lentils: ½ c = 9 grams
Split peas: ½ c = 8.1 grams
Kidney beans: ½ c = 7.6 grams
Sesame seeds: 1 oz = 7.5 grams
Garbanzo beans: ½ c = 7.3 grams
Tofu: 6 oz = 13.8 grams
Building Your Meals
After you calculate how many grams of protein you need each day, divide that number by how many times you will eat every day. For example, if you need 100 grams of protein per day and you want to have a protein-containing meal 3 times a day, you'll need approximately 33 grams of protein per meal. Choose your protein source first, and add vegetables and other sides to round out your plate.
Simple, isn't it?
To learn about two ways to make sure you are eating the right amount of food, click here: Calorie Counting or Mindful Eating: Which Works Best?
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A full serving of protein at each meal needed for maximum muscle health
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Our specialty inpatient unit currently consists of 12 heme/onc beds and 8 BMT beds. RNs collaborate with a diverse multidisciplinary team to provide compassionate and family-centered care for Hematology/Oncology and Bone Marrow Transplant patients and their families
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- Graduate of an accredited school of nursing with active RN Texas licensure.
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Nixon signs "first step" in ethics reform into law
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JEFFERSON CITY - Gov. Jay Nixon signed a new ethics reform measure into law Thursday, saying it's a "first step."
House Bill 1983 prohibits statewide elected officials and members of the General Assembly from receiving compensation as paid political consultants for other state elected officials, candidates for those offices and committees that support a candidate, issue or ballot measure.
The bill is designed to be the first in a package of ethics legislation.
"Missouri's ethics laws remain the weakest in the nation," Nixon said. "There are no limits on campaign contributions, no limits on lobbyist gifts, no restrictions on the revolving door to the legislating lobby and no safeguards to prevent legislators from using their public positions for private gain."
Nixon said the bill will help remind elected officials who they are supposed to be serving.
"The members of the General Assembly are here to represent their tax paying constituents, not cash in on their political connections," he said.
Rep. Lyndall Fraker, R-Marshfield, said the bill is a step in the right direction.
"Missouri expected us to look at ethics reform seriously this year and I'm very pleased with the legislation we passed," Fraker said.
Even though the bill had large bipartisan support, not everyone was completely satisfied with what ethical issues were being addressed."
"It's not a real ethics reform bill," said Rep. Brandon Ellington, D-Kansas City. "If we actually wanted to address the unethical issue around here, we'd be going after campaign finance."
Ellington said the bill could end up not having much of an impact at all.
"It does little to nothing as far as the problems that we've been talking about," Ellington said. "It requires somebody to sit out six months, and if you resign mid-term it requires you to wait until the end of that term. Most people that leave the House to go to lobby, they do it after their term's up anyways. They don't do it mid-term."
Nixon said he would like to see other ethical reforms, such as restoring limits on campaign contributions, banning gifts from lobbyists and shortening the legislative sessions.
"The bill I signed today is just the first step," he said. "There is much more work to do, and I have been very clear about the measures I believe are necessary to restore the public's trust."


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Much to everyone's dismay, Jeff's ex-wife keeps turning up at their old apartment, while walking in her sleep on medication.
PLAY: The Thin Man in the Cherry Orchard
In this sardonic mashup, Dashiell Hammet's hard-boiled, glamorously pickled American sleuths, Nick and Nora Charles, meet their cousins, the stoic inhabitants of Chekhov's bleak Russian tundra.
PLAY: Murder is Served
A murderous love triangle amongst octogenarians in an assisted living facility. Married for 40 years, Steve Lowenthal's life has been made intolerable by his henpecking wife,
PLAY: Sincerely Held Beliefs
Mandy is caught between her two friends. One a grieving mother, and the other a zealous clairvoyant who is convinced she is receiving messages from the other side.
PLAY: Unplugged
A writer's work is disrupted when his printer takes on a life, and an agenda, of its own. One act,
PLAY: Wrong Call
Roger is a hapless loser. He's just broken up with his girlfriend. He's alone and desperate in a hotel downtown,


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Our Mission
The mission of the Blackhawk Museum is to stimulate interest and understanding of art, culture, and history. Through exhibitions and programming we engage, educate, and inspire.
Our Story
The Blackhawk Museum was established in 1988 as The Behring Auto Museum, an architectural jewel housing over a hundred unique automobiles from the dawn of motoring through the golden age of classic coachwork. Located in the California's east bay, at the foot of Mt. Diablo, the Museum instantly become one of the elite car museums in the world.
In 1991 the Museum expanded in scope and size with the addition of a second building and a partnership with the University of California. Entitled the Art, Science, Culture and History Building, consisting of two unique galleries and showcasing anything from paleontology to artwork, it was host to many temporary exhibitions on a diverse range of topics.
The Museum became affiliated with the Smithsonian Institution in 2000, celebrating with the "Smithsonian Treasures" exhibition, showcasing myriad national artifacts. Throughout the affiliation, the Museum would host traveling exhibitions from the Smithsonian on topics ranging from the sinking of the Titanic, Broadway musicals and Women of the Twentieth Century. In 2003, the main gallery in the Art, Science, Culture and History Building became a home for the Wheelchair Foundation's gallery. (The Blackhawk Museum is no longer a Smithsonian Affiliate)
A significant change occurred in 2015 with "The Spirit of the Old West" replacing the automotive gallery on the third floor of the original Museum building. This exhibition presents a balanced narrative of Native Americans and American settlers—depicting their challenges, their successes and failures, their way of life.
The latest evolution of Blackhawk Museum began in 2017 with the introduction of "The Art of Africa" gallery and the reimagining of the Art, Science, Culture and History Building. With renovations due for completion in 2019, the "Into China" gallery will open early in the Spring followed by the "Natural History" gallery in the Fall.


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Yesterday was the final day of the National Cherry Festival, and after working at the Benjamin Twiggs booth, I headed over to the Midway to take some fun carnival pictures.
I kind of felt like a freak, taking pictures at a carnival filled with kids, so I tried my best professional photographer act.
Its been about 10 years since I've been there as a mom, and looking at it like a photographer was a new experience. Sorry, but carnies are creepy!
In our small town its a big deal to have the Midway for a week.
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Love the photos of the swings! I used to work at an amusement park summers during college and these photos bring back memories. 🙂 You have a fun blog!
Awesome photos. I love amusement parks 🙂
What a nice blog. You don't even have to read anything your pictures say it all!
Love these photos — great shots! Such wonderful colors — even if the carnies are creepy! heehee
I love your blog!
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A military parade dedicated to the 27th anniversary of the formation of Tajikistan's Armed Forces will take place in Dushanbe on February 21, according to the Ministry of Defense (MoD).
An official source at a MoD says the parade will be held in the territory of the National Guard subunit in Dushanbe.
According to him, President Emomali Rahmon and Defense Minister Sherali Mirzo will attend the parade.
In all, 8,000 servicemen of Tajikistan's power wielding structures will be on the military parade tomorrow, the source said.
Besides, various sports and cultural activities will be organized in military subunits on the occasion of the 27th anniversary of the formation of Tajik National Army.
Tajik National Army Day has been marked on February 23 since 1993.
Tajikistan's National Army now consists of Air and Air Defense Forces, Land Forces and Mobile Forces. The Mobile Force of Tajik Army was founded in 2005 without increase in a total strength of the country's armed forces. Air and Air-Defense Forces were also united in 2005. Tajikistan's armed forces also include National Guard and Security Forces (internal and border troops).
Unlike the other former Soviet states of Central Asia, Tajikistan did not form armed forces based upon former Soviet units on its territory. Instead, the Russian Ministry of Defense took control of the Dushanbe-based 201st Motor Rifle Division; actually control simply shifted from the former district headquarters in Tashkent, which was in now-independent Uzbekistan, to Moscow.


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The Callaway High School Speech Team is ready for another exciting year. The team is made up of any student in grades 9-12 who is interested in taking speaking skills to the next level. This activity progresses naturally from the introductory 9th grade Speech Class. While competing at the local, district, and state competitions, team members will be entertained and informed, become better speakers, and make new friends along the way. The speech season runs from mid-December through March.
The Callaway Speech Team traveled to the Broken Bow Speech Invitational on January 21, 2017, to compete in their first competition of the year. They day was full of competition for the 11 contest pieces that competed. With teams ranging from Class A to D-2, it was a busy day and gave the team a preview of what they will be competing against throughout the year.
In the varsity division, CHS Speakers Olivia Paulsen and Seth Pearson received a sixth place medal with their duet, while in the novice division, Laykin Wilkins received a fifth place medal with her poetry.
Other honors for the Callaway Speech Team were superior ratings of Laykin Wilkins, Novice Poetry; Hannah Pearson, Varsity Informative; Wryleigh Doyle and Hannah Pearson, Varsity Duet; and Olivia Paulsen and Seth Pearson, Varsity Duet.
"This season has had a rough start due to absence, late starts and no school, but our kiddos are working hard and are passionate about what they are creating. This is always such an amazing meet to begin the year," stated Tina Ord, Callaway Head Coach. "We are able to see some pretty stiff competition and watch our students finally perform what they have been working so hard on. Being against bigger schools that have already been competing, allows us to see some pretty polished work. It is a great experience for our students to compete against these larger schools because it makes a medal even more special, and I am so proud of all of our students for rising to the occasion. Suzi and I have a great team and we have high hopes for what they will achieve during the year."
Suzi Campbell, Callaway Head Speech Coach, adds, "This being my first year and first competition has been so exciting. Our kids have been working hard and coming in whenever they can to practice. I am so honored to be a part of the speech team and work with such amazing young talents. I am excited to see what this year will bring."
The Varsity Speech Team Members of the Week are Olivia Paulsen and Seth Pearson. Olivia and Seth have worked so hard to be at the level they were at this weekend. They are fully dedicated to their performance and practiced whenever they had a spare minute. They are a great example for our younger students on what hard work looks like and what they can achieve.
The next regular season speech meet will be the Ord High School Chanticleer Speech Invitational on Saturday, January 28, 2017. Competition will begin at 8:00am.
District D2-4 Speech Tournament Results
Tuesday, March 15, 2016
2nd Place: Emily Kimball/Noah Edgington—Duet Acting
Amber Ross---Informative Speaking
3rd Place: Noah Edgington—Serious Prose
4th Place: Brittany Trumbull---Serious Prose
Sami Stowell--- Humorous Prose
Atlynn Witthuhn—Persuasive Speaking
Sami Stowell, Amber Ross, Garrett Hrupek, Weston Kunkee—Oral
Interpretation of Drama
5th Place: Wryleigh Doyle—Humorous Prose
Lucy Kimball—Entertainment Speaking
6th Place: Grady Lashley--- Informative Speaking
Superior Rating:
Natalie G'Schwind, Entertainment Speaking
Lucy Kimball, Entertainment Speaking
Brittany Trumbull, Serious Prose
Noah Edgington, Serious Prose
Wryleigh Doyle, Humorous Prose
Sami Stowell, Humorous Prose
Amber Ross, Informative Speaking
Grady Lashley, Informative Speaking
Atlynn Witthuhn, Persuasive Speaking
Emily Kimball/Noah Edgington, Duet Acting
Blue and Gold Speech Tournament
February 13, 2016
Varsity Medals:
Noah Edgington, 12th in Humorous Prose
Varsity Superior Rating:
Noah Edgington in Humorous Prose and Serious Prose
Amber Ross and Emily Kimball in Informative
Novice Medals:
Weston Kunkee/Garrett Hrupek, 4th in Duet Acting
Kaitlyn Pflaster, 6th in Persuasive Speaking
Novice Superior Rating:
Weston Kunkee/Garrett Hrupik in Duet Acting
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MISD board approves employee contracts, including superintendent
The Midland ISD board of trustees unanimously approved more than 1,800 employee contracts at its meeting Monday evening.
Superintendent Ryder Warren's initial three-year contract was extended for another year.
Administrator contracts — including Chief Financial Officer David Garcia, Chief Operations Officer James Riggen and Chief Academic Officer Patrick Jones — were extended until 2016.
Teachers whose contracts were approved were extended until 2015.


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A citywide concrete and pavement repair project is set to begin Monday that will improve the drivability and extend the lifespan of major roadways and residential streets in Folsom.
The project will repair and resurface a dozen local roads and will include a combination of asphalt overlays and micro-surfacing depending on the severity of pavement distress. The project will also replace curbs, gutters and sidewalks in disrepair, and upgrade more than 40 curb ramps to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act. Traffic stripes and markings on various roadways will receive a fresh coat of paint.
Streets that will be resurfaced and repaired include:
· School Street between Wales Drive and Montrose Drive
· Fargo Way between Wales Drive and Alezane Drive
· Alezane Drive between Fargo Way and Montrose Drive
· Perraud Court between Alezane Drive and End of Pavement
· Roberts Road between Inwood Road and End of Pavement
· Shelley Court between Willow Creek Drive and End of Pavement
· Llewellyn Court between Flower Drive and End of Pavement
· Reading Street between Bidwell Street and End of Pavement
· Willow Creek Drive between Flower Drive and Sharon Court
· Glenn Drive between Riley Street and School Street
· Orchard Drive between Riley Street and E. Bidwell Street
· Oak Avenue Parkway between Haverhill Drive and Halidon Way
The work will require road and lane closures this summer, and will be completed by August. Residents and businesses will be notified at least three days in advance of roadway work impacting their street. No street parking will be allowed on the day scheduled for asphalt overlays or micro-surfacing. All streets will be open at the end of the work day.
Message signs will be installed to alert motorists of upcoming lane closures a minimum of three days in advance. Police and fire vehicles will have access to all streets in the event of an emergency.
The $1.4 million project is part of the City's ongoing pavement management program and is primarily funded by Measure A funds. For more information, call the Public Works Department's project manager Ryan Chance, at 916-355-8346.
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It's amazing what you can do with a few shaped and polished pieces of wood. At first glance, Boxed looks like a plain and ordinary wooden suitcase that carries a bunch of random blocks of wood. But if you know how to put them all back together and piece the shapes together, then you can assemble a wide variety of furniture that you can actually use–like stools, a desk, a coffee table, and even a lamp.
You've probably already heard of BYOD. Maybe this might just usher in the era of BYOF (Bring Your Own Furniture.)
Boxed was designed by Tyrone Stoddart.
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The Dorset Stone Carver specialises in beautiful, hand crafted and bespoke stonework and sculpture. All pieces are hand carved in house by Ben Russell, a traditionally trained stone carver, letter carver and sculptor.
By using traditional tools and techniques alongside specialist equipment Ben is able to undertake all manner of projects whilst working closely with clients to ensure that they are happy with every last detail of his work.
All products are carved from natural stone and are completely unique.
Ben has worked extensively within the heritage industry and alongside artists, designers and architects to create stunning ornamental stonework, bespoke promotional items, eye catching signage, luxurious lifestyle objects and much more. A reproduction service can be offered for other sculptors where Ben is able to work from other artists designs or models. He also creates original memorials, headstones, house signs and one off pieces for individuals and private clients from his workshop near Bridport in West Dorset.
Ben's sculptural work is largely inspired by nature and organic form. To view some of his recent pieces please visit benrussell.co.uk
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We often have off cuts of marble, limestone, alabaster and onyx from previous projects so can sometimes offer rough blocks and smaller sizes for purchase. It can sometimes be difficult to source smaller dimensions direct from quarries so please feel free to get in touch with your requirements and we will see what we have available
All work is lovingly hand carved by award winning crafts person, Ben Russell. Don't forget to follow Ben on Facebook or Instagram for more projects.
Two large reliefs were commissioned by County Hall, London, to replace the originals which were damaged beyond recognition.
On December 1st 2016 the Queen unveiled a commemorative plaque which we produced for Goodenough College.
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Three joyful black Crows
aloft on the April breeze
laugh at Earthbound men.
Consumed by spring chores,
I'm the target of their fun.
I ignore their taunts.
Puzzled now – they come close;
Perched on the rooftop – watching
with conspiring eyes.
These are my old friends.
They so hate to be ignored --
I must laugh myself.
That's all they wanted;
Just a little of my time.
They fly off crowing.
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Have you heard? Are you listening to me? What did you just say?
Most of us ask variations on those questions at least a dozen times a day. But it's unlikely that they vibrate with the resonance they acquire in Nina Raine's "Tribes," a smart, lively and beautifully acted new play that asks us to hear how we hear, in silence as well as in speech.
This British-born comic drama, which opened on Sunday night at the Barrow Street Theater under the expert direction of David Cromer, considers the passive and aggressive forms of listening (or not listening) within an insular intellectual family. They're a bunch of dueling narcissists, this lot, with words as their weapons of choice.
You've probably met their kind before in fiction (like J. D. Salinger's tales of the Glass family) or film (like Wes Anderson's "Royal Tenenbaums"). But a few significant traits set Ms. Raine's characters apart from similar clans with high I.Q.'s and a self-regard to match. One of their members, you see, is deaf. Everyone else more or less pretends that he is not. And therein lie the seeds of a rebellion that could crack a house in two.
Most of "Tribes," produced in 2010 at the Royal Court Theater in London, takes place in the main gathering room of that imperiled home. The long, cluttered table that fills center stage would appear to exist for purposes of eating. (Scott Pask did the perfectly detailed, personality-rich set.) But it's really a platform for the competitive exchange of ideas and the sort of intimate insults that in some families passes for affection.
Mom and Dad are Christopher (Jeff Perry), an academic critic who is never less than critical, and Beth (Mare Winningham), who is writing what she describes as a "marriage-breakdown detective novel." Living with them are their three children, all in their 20s and none with a clear notion of how to be a grown-up.
Daniel (Will Brill), the eldest, who is writing a thesis about how "language doesn't determine meaning," is clever, tortured and plagued by accusatory voices in his head. Ruth (Gayle Rankin) is vaguely pursuing a career singing opera arias in pubs and churches. Billy (Russell Harvard), well, you don't really notice at him at first. He's the youngest, and deaf. Though he can read lips very well (he's never been taught to sign), he doesn't take much part in the cacophonous conversation that begins the play.
The lives of Ruth and Daniel are littered with former lovers who didn't pass family inspection. Now it's Billy's turn to bring a prospective mate to dinner. That's Sylvia (Susan Pourfar), who grew up with deaf parents and is now losing her hearing. For the moment she lives in a sort of auditory twilight.
The confrontations that arise from Billy's meeting Sylvia touch on a dizzying assortment of daunting topics. These include the relative virtues and limitations of spoken and sign languages; the exclusionary cultures of the hearing and the nonhearing, and the hierarchies that exist within; and the sly emotional abuse that occurs in possessive families.
Yet for its first act "Tribes" — which was nominated for both the Olivier and Evening Standard Awards for best play — keeps all these weighty thematic balls twirling in the air. It helps, of course, that the characters live to argue. Metabolically they're kin to the madcap families of vintage comedies like Noël Coward's "Hay Fever" and Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman's "You Can't Take It With You," and they emanate the same infectiously fizzy energy. Initially they do, anyway.
The first scene ends with a simple, highly effective coup de théâtre, in which all of the family members have left the table, still quarreling, except for Billy, who sits by himself. You realize, for the first time, how incredibly lonely he must be.
From that moment production details that you would take for granted in other plays assume elemental significance, like the classical music that is played between scenes. (The role of Daniel Kluger's carefully thought-through sound design is crucial.) Hearing the opening strains of a Mozart aria, you feel a rush of sensual pleasure at first; then you realize that sensation is not, and cannot be, shared by everyone.
Simply turning on the radio, as Daniel does during an exchange of confidences with Billy, underlines the cracks in the brothers' relationship. (Daniel does it to drown out his internal voices, but it makes Billy's hearing aid buzz.) The big, brilliant dinner scene that ends the first act, in which Sylvia meets the folks, concludes with her playing the piano, while the others gather round to listen, each in his or her imperfect way.
As staged by Mr. Cromer, who directed the sublime revival of "Our Town" at the same theater, "Tribes" forces us to hear with our eyes as well. Supertitles are projected during signed sequences, but irregularly, so sometimes we lose the thread. The in-the-round configuration for this production means that at different points different actors will have their backs to us. And you're increasingly aware of the importance of where everyone is standing, how bright or dark the stage is (according to Keith Parham's lighting) and how loud or muffled offstage noises are.
Though this heightened sensibility is sustained throughout, the second act is a bit of a letdown. That's when the Plot, with a capital P, takes over, and self-conscious Important Moments occur. People start explaining, with labored specificity, aspects of themselves that we have already inferred. It's a bit as if Ms. Raine suddenly felt obliged to translate for the hard of understanding.
The performances never falter, though, nor does our sense of the intricately woven ties that bind these characters. I've rarely encountered a cast that finds as many far-reaching shades of meaning in tones of voice as this one does. Every member of the ensemble is spot-on. Even the assumed British accents feel organic.
As the participants in a triangle that is not exactly romantic, at least not in ways you might expect, Mr. Harvard, Mr. Brill and Ms. Pourfar are terrific in charting forms and degrees of a private communication. Ms. Pourfar conveys an astonishing progression, physical and emotional, as a woman moving gradually from one auditory plane to another.
As her voice changes from scene to scene, you'll have at least a glimmer of experiencing how a woman who is losing her hearing hears herself. Listen closely, as this play asks, and you'll find yourself suspended, like her, on a swaying bridge between two worlds.


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For a while I wondered what it was that I could hear. Was it people outside the house? Or something whistling in the breeze? It occurred to me that it might be worth more attention, and sat still to listen, then I realised that the radio was still playing, very quietly. I turned it up, glad that it had suggested itself since the music shifted my mood. I managed to shrug off the feeling of waiting. Waiting always raised a destructive feeling in me, usually destructive of my health through enticing me to have a biscuit or pour a drink, but sometimes deathly to my relationships too. I guess Jason had found himself on the wrong end of that. And yet, it was only when I realised that there wasn't anything to wait for that I actually gave up with him. I wondered whether Linda felt the same or differently about him, was there something objectively wrong or was it just me?
The news intruded, louder than the previous programme, and the first story to be trailed was the body in the woods. When they got around to telling it in full they were more specific. In particular, the man had died in suspicious circumstances and someone had now been detained for questioning. I drew the laptop back towards me again to look it up. The main reason was to test my, call it premonition or suspicion, that the woods he died in were my very own, detested, abandoned bivi site: 'No Man's Green'. It had been simmering away in my mind ever since I first heard the story. The map on the BBC News webpage confirmed it. They repeated that anyone who knew anything was to contact them, on a number that I took down out of something like panic. I stared at the number, visualising that dismal copse and its insects from hell. He was a Caucasian man who was travelling with camping and survival equipment, and he'd made a single call on the stolen phone he was carrying, which must have been quite soon before his death.
Well how could I possibly continue now, even if I wasn't going through the copse again? I tried to recall the details. I must have got there about say 5.00 or 6.00pm. It was nearly dark anyhow. I wasn't sure when I'd found the glasses, maybe when I arrived there, maybe just before I left. I concluded that it was probably when I arrived, since I did know that getting out was all that I had on my mind once deciding to leave. There was that shelter there – derelict – where I found them, and it had made me nervous about people being about. And, a chilling thought occurred; the body must have been there then, and in fact since the previous year.
The only one that it would make sense to speak to about this would be Ed. He was the single person who knew I'd been there, but I still couldn't raise him on his phone, neither land nor mobile. The other candidates to talk to were Linda and Jason, but I wasn't sure what I'd say and how it would help me get over this. If they understood my concern at all it would be in terms of Elly, that would be the only experience that might provide illumination on why I cared so much about a murdered lad. It would frustrate me. I began to wonder why I hadn't been more open with them, or Jason at least. But then I instantly knew why. Jason would moderate me, or try to, and Linda, well, I just didn't want her to know too much about me. The feeling was difficult to pin down but the fact was that she could make you tell her things that you afterwards wished you hadn't because you felt a lesser person for having said them. Again, 'subjective?' or 'objective?' I wondered. I didn't like it that she was spending so much time with Jason.
I'd phone her I decided, just to see if she knew about this story. I only managed to get through to her, though, when I resorted to contacting Jason.
"Oh Cecy. Hello, how are you? Lyn is here too as it happens. I'll put you on speakerphone." He didn't leave me enough time to pour a dampener on the idea, so before long I was in a conversation with them both, mostly about the puppies (due in a matter of weeks now) and the state of the foresters house. The elephant on the line, though, crashed through, just when I'd resigned myself to giving up on my questions.
"Must be a hell of time for you Cecy, with Ed being taken away for questioning like that."
I was silent, anchoring myself with a fixed stare at the floor.
"I wasn't going to mention it babe, but it isn't a good thing to avoid things is it? You must need someone to talk to about it…don't you?"
She sounded quite frank, and actually, I conceded, she was probably right, I did need to confide in someone. But not now.
"I didn't know that he had been…taken for questioning."
"It was his phone Cecy. Not the one found on the victim…I mean that the last call the boy made was to Ed. That's what I heard. Cecy? Are you there?"
"Yes, I'm here."
"So they'll probably want to speak to you as well."
"Why for gods sake?" My defences came up.
"Well you know. Because you've spent so much time with him, and his daughter's death and everything."
"I've got absolutely nothing to do with it Lyn..and Jase…are you still there Jase?"
"Aha, yes ce.."
I spoke over him, "The poor lad was probably a student of his or something. Just a horrible coincidence that he spoke to Ed before it happened."
"You're probably right Cecy" thank god Jason came back with something placating. "Let's leave it at that Lyn."
"Well okay but you should know Cecy that there are rumours about you and Ed…and people are saying that you had a big fire where it looked like you were burning papers, and personal things. You just seem to have gone to ground. Nobody knows you anymore."
I wondered whether the information was for me or for Jason's benefit, and said flatly, "They didn't before. You mean they don't trust me. They can't fathom, and they're guessing as to why I've split from Jase and then all the stuff you've raised before about Elly and Becky and Ed."
"Well what about that Cecy? What's going on?"
"There's nothing going on Lyn. Ed's okay, and the only conspiracy that seems to be going on is one to implicate him and me."
"So why don't you come out and say so? Stand up for yourself"
Thankfully Jason came through, the Jason of old. "Lyn. You should stop now. I know you're frustrated but it isn't helping." And now Linda was on the receiving end of the quelling force.
"Jesus guys" she said, and left it at that.
"Jase, I'll have a puppy if there's one still available" I suddenly announced.
"Well, it might only be a small litter – y'know, being her first."
"Yes, I know." I wasn't as irritated with him as I might have been.
I replaced the handset and lifted it again to leave a message for Ed. Then I checked myself, wondering whether I should be in touch, particularly whether a message was wise. Was I really sure where I was in all this anyhow. What the hell was going on? I missed normality. I missed Elly. She'd have been definite about things.
I repeatedly thought about about 'No Mans Green': the derelict building with Elly's glasses placed on the ledge. But she had definitely got as far as Scotland, I knew that much. And yet, who was that man I'd walked with by the canal who'd met her there? I only had his word, didn't I. He could have been something to do with this lad. If he'd found me he might have found Elly before me, and the lad sometime in between. It was horrifying…and possible.
The acid in my stomach seared a pain right through my chest, clenching me over for a moment. Determined to do something other than consume biscuits and wine I grabbed the car keys and drove off to the gorge for a walk. It was uncomfortable hitting the potholes in the road, all the while trying to calm the movement in my torso and prevent another acid burn. I took the old, direct route and gave up the car in Jackfield. Parking was easy, being off-season and the weather being drab, which was a blessing. I wended past the gentrified factory sites and their demure plaques and boards, wanting instead the Bedlam they depicted: some equilibrium between my guts and the world. By the time I'd reached the bridge my resolve to call Ed and leave a message was made, so I headed down the steps and under the iron girders, looking up at the curving metal as I listened to several rings, waiting for the answerphone. They kept coming and the message didn't, but eventually I was answered by Ed in person.
"Ed here."
"Ed, it's Cecile. I heard you've been questioned." I heard a quaking in my voice which shocked me.
"Yes, that's right. How are you."
I immediately berated myself for my rudeness. No grace at all.
"I'm alright. Well lousy, confused, sick to the stomach."
"That kind of alright."
"But I've been worried about why you were being questioned. Must have been a coincidence that he called you. Who was he?"
"They don't know who he was and neither do I. Wish I did. Anyhow, it seems that despite my being in Glasgow at the time of the call, which was made from the crime scene they say, I'm not in the clear because there's evidence that he might have been sleeping rough there. There's a patch of ground that's been cleared and flattened, and there's some singe marks and burned sticks nearby, oh and a sodden sock. I guess they think that I might have kept him waiting for me there till I got back."
I wanted to ask Ed whether he told them I'd been there, in the very same woods, but there must have been a good reason why he wasn't saying anything about that. My instinct was to mention myself as little as possible, especially over the phone. Maybe I should go and clear my name with the police. The more I spoke to Ed, though, the more implicated I felt.
"Well, I hope this all blows over quickly and they find the culprit," I hazarded.
"Well, these things don't tend to blow over." He went quiet. "Cecile, I think I'm going to revisit Diabaig for a few months, authorities permitting."
"Oh. Okay then. I'll maybe see you when you're back in the area then." My guts hit the floor.
"Yes. Look after yourself Cecy."
My phone bleeped to let me know the call had ended and my hand reflexively returned it to my pocket.
Had I lost a sock? Probably. I'd had a pair strapped on the outside of my sack, drying. Did I have them both when I left there in the dark? But what if it was mine, anyhow? They wouldn't be able to tell that, not unless they suspected me, and that surely wasn't likely. My visit was getting on for a year later anyhow. But what if they thought I knew the place and was going back there? If I told them anything at all it would mean explaining myself – why I was there – and bringing Elly into the picture again, then there'd be a labyrinth of questions and explanations required that'd most likely just intensify the suspicions of Ed, and possibly of me too.
All the momentum in my life that had been so hard won had crashed headlong into another roadblock. I felt defeated again. Just as I had learned to let go of Elly, and be satisfied knowing that she'd chosen her destiny, I now needed her as the only one who could give it all some kind of meaning.
The spooky thing was that just as I was sinking more and more into my grief Jason knocked the door and delivered the news that Elly had been in contact. He'd spoken to her. She wanted to meet with us. Tomorrow, midday, she'd suggested. He hoped I didn't mind that he'd agreed to that on both of our behalf's. I wondered whether he seriously thought that I might mind! The only thing that troubled me was that I hadn't heard from her myself. But Jason wouldn't mess about. I rehearsed that to myself so as not to disintegrate with the waiting.


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Does anyone remember these? Perhaps you noticed your grandmother wearing them. I know I remember little rubber boots my mom got us to wear over our shoes when I was very young . But they weren't stylish like the ones grownup ladies wore with their heels. Back in the day ladies protected their dress shoes from inclement weather by wearing rubber boots that covered them. The most famous brand was Gaytees, and they came in different colors and heel heights. The fur trimmed ones are my favorite. Only wish I could find a pair in my size. Every time I search for a pair on the internet they're sold out! So apparently they are still quite popular.
Here is an ad from 1940 that says "When there's mud on campus, when November chills enthusiasm for football, when weather threatens a date in town, when slush puts a crimp in winter fun-it's time for Gaytees."
This ad from 1947 states "U.S. Gaytees make the weather just another excuse for dressing up. Gaytees offer more than dry, trim protection. They're smart fashion accessories-styled to go with suave town clothes or rugged tweeds."
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New SISTERHOOD OF DUNE Hits Bookstores Today
I packed the suitcase last night while Rebecca and I watched a DVD of "Arrested Development" and this morning I'm ready to head off, spending the morning in Colorado Springs at bookstores signing copies of SISTERHOOD OF DUNE, as soon as the stores unpack their boxes. I'll spend the afternoon in Denver and Boulder doing dropby signings at numerous stores, then I'll get to the Lone Tree Barnes & Noble for my formal talk and signing event tonight at 7 PM. Brian has a similar schedule today all around the Seattle area, ending up at the University Book Store for his debut signing tonight.
For a major book release, sales in the first week make a big difference. Bestseller lists measure the speed of sales in one-week chunks (they call this "velocity"), so the more copies that sell in a single week, the higher the book ranks on the lists. If you plan to buy Sisterhood of Dune, it would help us a lot if you could pick up your copy in the week of January 3–9.
The UK edition of SISTERHOOD should be available on January 5.