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Actually, the ad ran last week. But, to quote Stuart Elliott, advertising columnist at The New York Times, "It would have appealed more to viewers during the Eisenhower, Nixon, Reagan or Clinton administrations."
OK, Stuart was referring to his opinion of most of last Sunday's Super Bowl commercials. But he could just as easily have been referring to the ad above.
The headline is a strong contender for silliest of the year award. As is the thought that the reader actually believes the premise, and has thanked Gillette for this important benefit. Which is the only reason for the "Thank you" in the headline. And leave us not even try to figure out the ancient decade in which the photograph might have caught someone's attention.
Now, there is an idea hidden in the lower left corner; the thought of less irritation, even on sensitive skin, might be the basis of an ad. But no one involved with the creation of this advertisement seemed to want to actually convince anyone of anything.
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Please bring her back to me, says Kiesha's mum
05 Oct 10 @ 04:40pm by Susan Liu
An emotional Ms Abrahams also responded to various rumors about her in the media and on Facebook.
"People don't see me behind closed doors," she said of those who accuse her of being a bad mother.
"It's people who don't have the guts to say it face-to-face.
"I'm sick of all the lies and the bull***t that's out there."
Mr Smith said: "They can't judge us - how can you judge someone when you don't know a single thing about them? It's just wrong.
Ms Abrahams said: "I don't know what to think. I don't know what to say ... I don't know what happened."
She said she would like to attend a public service for Kiesha, like the candlelight vigil held last week, but she would feel vulnerable and exposed.
"We don't know what kind of people are out there. I'd love to go," Ms Abrahams said before breaking down in tears.
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Simulation of dynamics behaviors for shipping equipment support with system dynamics analysis approach
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Purpose: This paper mainly focuses on the exactly and precisely supply of carrying spare parts problem which has a crucial impact on supporting work and improving the performance of equipment. Spare parts support has been the crux work that will be limited by allocation of spare parts and input support cost. Reasonable support strategy may subserve the high efficiency of available resources allocation and supporting the equipment in normal operational status. The purpose of this paper is to propose a dynamics model of spare parts support process based on considering the interaction of multiple factors, and explore the regulation of dynamics behavior in the system. Further, findings indicate that it is more helpful to achieve the optimization strategy than to cut inventory, results of the former suggest that improve on the effect of support so that will enhance the relevant support parameters of equipment. Design/methodology/approach: Consider the feedback relationship among some important factors of support that involves support cost, support time and maintenance ability. System dynamics theory is adopted to propose a dynamics model of spare parts support process, on the analysis of multiple factors and casual relationship to find some major ones which have crucial impact on spare parts support. Spare parts support cost and availability was regarded as the control objective, moreover, adjust the control paramours and improve the effect of cannibalization and lateral supply scheduling strategy for spares support. Findings: The factors of spare parts supply, demand and maintenance have relationship of control feedback, and adjust the value of some crucial factors can reduce the support cost and improve the availability value. The main finding is that adopting cannibalization strategy under condition of available materials can relieve the mission and operational availability decline caused by shortage of spare parts. Combining the lateral supply and cannibalization strategy can reduce the inventory of warship carrying spare parts. Practical implications: By controlling the value of key factors regarding aspect of spare parts supply, logistics and maintenance planning. Decision makers can have a visualization guideline to make the adjustment of support strategy, and can achieve better management of equipment and spare parts. Originality/value: This paper proposes a dynamics model and focuses on exploring the dynamics behavior of the support system that could help in improving the ability of warship equipment to make supply support strategy easily. It can provide visualization guideline for decision maker in the enterprise.
CitationSong, Yang; Yang, Jian-hua. Simulation of dynamics behaviors for shipping equipment support with system dynamics analysis approach. "Journal of Industrial Engineering and Management", Juliol 2015, vol. 8, núm. 3, p. 636-657.
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THE Health Service Executive (HSE) has agreed to recruit an extra 14 psychiatric nurses, following 36 alleged assaults on staff working in the Galway Mental Health Service for the first four months of the year. Psychiatric Nurses Association (PNA) secretary, Des Kavanagh has confirmed that the number of psychiatric nurses working in the Galway Mental Health Service is to increase from 50 to 64. In an interview with The Clare Champion, Mr Kavanagh said he recently met senior HSE managers to discuss ways to address the huge number of alleged assaults that were taking place in the service. He said the union was very concerned about the chronic staff shortage and the reluctance of management to call in additional staff on overtime or to hire agency personnel. Stating that staffing levels were at "critical levels", he said the High Observation Unit in the Department of Psychiatry at University Hospital Galway had to remain closed due to a lack of staff. …Read More »
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A Sandwich A Day: Rosemary White Bean Spread at The Smile
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Even to a bean-lover like myself, a white bean sandwich doesn't necessarily sound promising; you've got to dress up beans a lot before they're a filling that's strongly flavored enough to shine between two pieces of bread. But that's just what The Smile does with their Rosemary White Bean Spread sandwich ($10.50). The tender beans meet rosemary and a good bit of lemon and salt for a taste that's vibrant and sandwich-worthy, helped further by marinated Swiss chard and tomato jam. On multigrain bread, it's substantial and hearty without resorting to meat or cheese—a nice option for vegetarians or for anyone else.
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Pair these grilled pluots with your favorite yogurt for a healthy breakfast or dice them into a fresh summer salsa.
Preheat grill to high.
Slice the pluots in half, lengthwise, then twist to open and remove the pit. Set aside.
In a small bowl whisk together the water, cinnamon and marmalade until well blended, then brush the mixture onto each pluot half. Place the pluots, flesh side down, on the hot grill and cook for 3 to 4 minutes, brushing occasionally with more marmalade. Turn the pluots skin side down, brush the flesh with marmalade and grill 2 more minutes until tender and caramelized. Remove from the heat, place the grilled pluots on a dessert plate, top with ice cream and sprinkle with granola.
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I submitted these paintings into the 2010 Salon International today -two days before the deadline! It might be wiser not to share that, in case none are accepted, but we're friends, right? I guess I count on you to help me celebrate if either is accepted and encourage me if not. I'm pretty proud of these paintings, whatever happens.
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We didn't really plan to start a business, Jacques was working at a laser cutters and had been asked to create some children's mirrors. He brought them home to show me and amongst the designs was a Brachiosaurus. I held it up to my chest and suggested that it would make a good necklace and that was that. We started selling in Porta, Brighton and then some genius suggested Etsy. I don't know who it was, but I wish I did, as we had never been on Etsy before and we've got some thanking to do!
|Throw back of Jacques when we first started designosaur... what a babe... hehehe.
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We're looking at goals in the Brighton Etsy Team this month, can you share one of your goals for your shop for the next six months?
Blogging! You will have seen before on this here blog that I am threatening to blog every week. I've also promised to do 5 OOTD posts and 5 "behind the scenes" posts.
So far so good, let's see if I can keep it up once the summer gets here though!
What are you working on at the moment?
Some awesome crazy amazing new designs! Last week we released the now named Penelope the Plesiosaur and over the next few weeks we have lots of fun designs coming, a collaboration and a couple of products that aren't jewellery! I hope you are all as excited as we are!
If you could give other sellers or someone looking to start their own craft business one piece of advice what would you say?
Work hard and remember that building a business takes time! Everybody that started a craft business was in the same position as you at the beginning, they were choosing their name and listing their first products and it's been hard work and determination that has turned them into the successful business they are today! Oh and join an Etsy team, I hear the Brighton Etsy Team is awesome!
Blog hop complete, I nominate YUK FUN, hello DODO and i Like CATS.
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By Peter Singer
Fourth Estate, 322pp, $29.95
In this exploration of the lives of his maternal grandparents, Peter Singer, the philosopher and bioethicist, tells a sadly familiar tale - familiar because their fortunes and misfortunes mirrored the fate of hundreds of thousands of Europeans in the first half of the 20th century.
David and Amalie Oppenheim belonged to the flourishing Viennese intelligentsia of the last, glorious but decaying decades of the Austro-Hungarian empire. Both came from the Czech province of Moravia. Both were Jews. But these simple statements of fact mask complex attitudes and allegiances that were to determine the trajectory of their lives.
Neither David nor Amalie thought of themselves as Moravian. They were born into the region's substantial German-speaking population. Their allegiance to Austria, and Austria's place in the German cultural world, was unconditional. Until his death in the concentration camp at Theresienstadt, David believed Austria's new masters, Hitler and the henchmen of the Thousand Year Reich, would honour his distinguished military service during World War I.
Equally, being Jewish did not define their identity. Amalie continued to observe the rites and ceremonies of Judaism, but David abandoned the religious practices of a family of distinguished rabbis reaching back to the late 17th century. The Oppenheims saw themselves as Austrians of the Jewish faith atrophied in David's case an identity compatible with their immersion in Austrian and German culture. Neither had sympathy for Zionism. Living in a Jewish state far from Europe was unthinkable, even perhaps unpatriotic.
The terrible events after the Anschluss of March 1938, when Austria became an integral part of Germany, revealed how unfounded the Oppenheims' certainties had been. They, like millions of others in Europe, were subjected to increasing humiliation, then barbarism, because a more-or-less arbitrary label had been placed on them.
For these reasons, then, the story Singer tells is familiar and, in some respects, all too predictable. Yet Pushing Time Away is unusual among memoirs written by survivors of the persecution of European Jews (or by their descendants) because of its individual slant. Accounts of the rituals of fin-de-siecle Viennese bourgeois life are scattered through these pages: stuffy, over-furnished flats; the warm fug of famous cafes; glittering nights at the opera; holidays by alpine lakes. A good life, indeed, marred only by life's unavoidable sadness, and also perhaps by those intricate disputes and rivalries to which such closely knit families seemed prone.
Yet the major emphasis of this memoir reconstructed mainly from the Oppenheims' letters and David's publications falls on a topic such memoirs usually fail to consider: the intellectual life of these otherwise typical members of Europe's assimilated Jewry.
David Oppenheim started out as a classical scholar with a distinguished undergraduate career. In those palmy days at the end of the 19th century, when many, though by no means all, callings were open to the Jews of the Austro-Hungarian empire, he could have embarked on the slow, impoverished ascent to a university chair. Instead, he chose, apparently to his parents' bemusement, to become a secondary-school teacher a highly respected profession, yet lacking the allure of the magic formula "Herr Professor" (or would it have been "Herr Doktor Professor"?).
David's choice seemed dictated by his wish to obtain sufficient security to marry Amalie Pollak, one of the earliest and most gifted women graduates from Vienna's notoriously conservative university. In that, he was acting, no doubt, with the customary fiscal prudence of his generation. Yet their marriage was, to say the least, unusual. The letters David and Amalie exchanged during their courtship spoke frankly about a topic that many regarded and would still regard as taboo in such circumstances: the attraction for people of their own sex.
Singer's analysis of this aspect of his grandparents' relationship is admirably lucid. It ranges from psychological speculation to the examination of homosexual inclinations among David's beloved ancient Greeks drawing a precise differentiation between their aesthetic, intellectual and genuinely "Platonic" admiration of young boys and practices that would be deemed pedophilia today.
In basing their marriage on such "advanced" (and, in Singer's eyes, humane) principles, David and Amalie revealed the influence of the ferment of ideas that distinguished the Vienna of their day. Inevitably, perhaps, David was drawn into Freud's circle, where his literary and philological skills seemed to be keenly appreciated earning him a footnote in the 1911 edition of The Interpretation of Dreams that was suppressed when David threw in his lot with the "heretic" Alfred Adler.
David's years as a respected master at Vienna's leading secondary school and his association with Adler who dissented from Freud's theories of infantile sexuality as the source of psychological disorders, insisting instead that the causes were to be found in feelings of inferiority prompted a remarkable change of attitude. The conservative, authoritarian schoolmaster came to embrace liberal, and even left-wing, social and political ideals, which strengthened as Austria descended into reactionary nationalism after the disaster of World War I.
Singer's book its title comes from a phrase in one of David's letters registers the tragedy of Viennese Jews with compassion and understanding. The pages on David's death at Theresienstadt and Amalie's last years, which were spent in Australia, lack nothing in feeling or tact.
What Singer sees most clearly, nevertheless, is the surprising continuity between his grandfather's intellectual preferences and his own: a dedication to secular humanism that so many European Jews espoused. Such ideals were destroyed by the ideological fury of Nazism, certainly, but also by what I, at least (and Singer, too, I suspect), see as Hitler's true triumph. In the aftermath of the Holocaust, many people think of themselves only as Jews, thereby sloughing off the rich secular heritage their European ancestors evolved.
Yet Singer ends his book not on a note of regret or recrimination, but with the conviction that his grandfather's belief in the possibility of a world "in which we can once again appreciate the humane, non-sectarian, universal values embodied in the greatest writers of both ancient and modern times is something that time has not pushed away". In these dark days, that is something I, too, would like to believe.
Andrew Riemer is the Herald's chief book reviewer.


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I have been MIA from my blog and I'm sorry for this. The first half of June was filled with rehearsals and performances of an opera in NYC. Then, I left my office for a 7 week leave of absence and went to Lubbock,TX for the weekend after which I had a road trip to Colorado.
So, I've been busy getting ready for the festival and then acclimating to the new schedule AND new altitude.
While I haven't felt too out of breath singing, I HAVE while running. Whew! Hills are hard enough, but when at 9,000 feet elevation, they are just plain mean. At least the view is amazing. Here's a pic I snapped while running the second day in CO.
I haven't baked yet, but plan to this week. I need to read up on the differences for baking in altitude. I'm rather excited!
In the meantime, here are some cookies I made for the opera cast in NYC in the middle of June. (And I hope to blog again soon!)
Salty Chocolate Chip Cookies
(I made this up. It's quite easy. Take your favorite chocolate chip cookie recipe and add sea salt to the top of the cookies after they've been in the oven for half the bake time.)
1/2 cup of white sugar
1/4 cup of brown sugar
1 egg well beaten
1 cup and 2 Tablespoons of flour
1/2 teaspoon of baking soda
1/2 teaspoon of salt
1/2 teaspoon of vanilla (use the real thing....imitation vanilla is a poser!)
1/4 teaspoon of warm water (DO IT! TRUST ME!)
6 oz of semi sweet chocolate chip morsels (Personally, I'm a Nestle girl.)
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Mix margarine, sugars, and egg together until margarine chunks are quite small and well beaten. Sift flour, baking soda, and salt together and then stir until well mixed. Add vanilla and then mix. Water and then mix. And then add in the chocolate chips last. Place dollops of dough on cookie sheet with plenty of room between each dollop. Bake 8-10 minutes. At the 5 minute point, pull them out and sprinkle sea salt on top.
Erika's Extra Notes: To get very lovely and soft cookies, take out of oven when they are still fluffy/slightly uncooked looking. They will cook more while cooling. If baking two sheets at once, make sure to switch the top to the bottom and vice-versa half way through baking.


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There are three ways to create better relationships: 1. You can find great new relationships. 2. You can transform your current relationships. 3. Or you can change who you are.
John Krakauer, Bruce Lee and Anonymous walk into a bar… 1. Any challenge in which a successful outcome is assured isn't a challenge at all. – John Krakauer 2. A goal is not always meant to be reached, it simply serves as something to aim at. – Bruce Lee 3. Study the world and you gain knowledge, study yourself and you gain enlightenment. – Anonymous Shortly after moving to the west coast… Read More
If you are like me, you love planning vacations – love every detail from the travel to the activities to the food – especially the food! What's a place you've always wanted to visit? Think of your dream adventure destination and now really picture it. And now imagine you finally get to go, but there is one catch. It will only be for a weekend, just one weekend and you will never… Read More
No one needs a life coach. They really don't. Most people just need better friends or relationships. It's simple, it's science and it's proven. Who you are and who you become depends highly disproportional toward the company you keep. Period. Jim Rohn is usually credited with saying, "we are the average of the five people we spend the most time with." He's referring to the law of averages and studies have even… Read More
For a Scottish alternative rock band from Glasgow, Del Amitri dispensed some pretty sound relationship advice. When you're driving with the brakes on When you're swimming with your boots on, It's hard to say you love someone and it's hard to say you don't. (full lyrics) And Marshall McLuhan reminded us to always, "Look at life through the windshield, not the rear-view mirror". McLuhan and Del Amitri are both right; success comes… Read More


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To Mobile Theme or Not to Mobile Theme
Let's face it, with todays mobile phone technology fast fowarding as fast as it is, you need to keep up with the times.
Its time to optimize your website for mobile use.
When it comes to the web presence of a business, the key to everything is going to be capability. If your potential client cannot reach you to gain the information that they desire in the timely fashion they have been trained to expect; then they will undoubtedly find someone else.
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But then, the doubts start creeping in. They read it, they claim, but they didn't have a place for it. Does this mean it wasn't good enough, not deep enough, not literary enough? Are the characters too superficial? Should I rewrite? What if no-one accepts it? What if there are too many books in this genre out there already? What if this entire series I have conceived will be a waste of time because it's too late and too derivative?
On the other hand, my hero, Iain Banks, Gods bless him, wrote half a dozen novels before he got one accepted. This is the rule. I am only on my second – well, third actually, if you count the one I am writing now as a sequel. Chances are, that one will be a damn site better than 'The Seventh', just as 'The Seventh' is streets better than 'Woad', my first.
And so I will fiddle with my manuscript of 'The Seventh', dot the 'I's and cross the 't's , and keep plugging away. I mean, if Dan Brown can get published, why shouldn't I?


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A Half-assed Autopsy of a Fish: My personal appreciation of Jaws
"Come on in, the water's fine!" This morning, my friend Greg emailed me an article from Mother Jones, wherein Richard Dreyfus' children have a kindly mocking conversation about the film: http://www.motherjones.com/mixed-media/2014/07/jaws-ridiculous-say-kids-who-owe-everything-jaws The title, contained without articles within the link, says a … Continue reading
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Balance Patch Character Skill Reset
1. Duration
2019/03/13 after maintenance ~ 2019/03/27 before maintenance
2. Details
- Spiritualist/Champion, Summoner/Tamer, Princess/Little Witch, Fallen Angel/Priest, Necromancer/Demon characters can reset thier stat points and skill points ONCE during event period.
- Stat&Skill points can be reset from NPC Obilina located next to NPC Event Helper in High Brunenstig (83, 122)
Red Stone Let's Do It! Candy Maker!
2019/03/13 after maintenance ~ 2019/04/10 before maintenance
- Players can occasionally obtain "Colorless Star Candy" when hunting monsters with +-100 level difference.
- Players can rarely obtain "Rainbow Star Candy" when obtaining "Colorless Star Candy".
- "Colorless Star Candy" can be exchanged with colored lollipops from NPC Kuger in High Brunenstig(99 ,115).
- Players can randomly obtain 1 out of the items listed below when returning the "Colorless Star Candy".
- Chance of obtaining "Sparkling Star Candy Box" increases if you have "Rainbow Star Candy" in your inventory.
Red Stone Thump Heart Pounding Party Play
- Once a day, Players can obtain "Thump Heart Pounding Prism" from NPC Kuger in High Brunenstig(99 ,115).
- "Thump Heart Pounding Prism" percentage increases when player forms a party with others and hunts monsters in the same field.
- Players can obtain 1 "Thump Heart Pounding Box" and 5~8 "Sweet Marshmallow" after increasing the percentage to 100% and returning it to Kuger.
- "Thump Heart Pounding Box" provides 1 random item from list shown below.
- "Sweet Marshmallow" can be used to purchase items from Kuger's "White Day Market"
- "Thump Heart Pounding Prism" can be obtained once per day.
- Party play EXP gain rate is increased by 100%
Red Stone Candy Maker Equipment Rental Event
- Equipments listed below are available for rental from NPC Balloon Merchant(96, 113) in High Brunenstig.


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2019 Andress High School Graduation
Andress High School on May 25, 2019 awarded high-school diplomas to nearly 400 students — including the campus' first batch of International Baccalaureate graduates. The ceremony highlighted the many academic, extracurricular and athletic successes the graduates amassed during their four years at the Northeast school. Those included district championships, state titles and prestigious national scholarships. Andress is now the second EPISD school to offer the prestigious International Baccalaureate Program, and on Saturday 15 students became the first Eagles to earn this distinction. The Class of 2019 included 386 graduates, who earned more than $4.5 million in scholarships and funding for post- secondary education. The class valedictorian is Darian Malik Smith and salutatorian is Dominique Marquis Smith. (Leonel Monroy, Jr./El Paso ISD)Read More


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Jackson Browne to Perform in Paso Robles
Jun 28, 2018 11:00AM
By Phil Reser
Singing for Change
July 2018
Story by Phil Reser
Photo Courtesy of Jackson Browne
Photo by Danny Clinch
A POET, PHILOSOPHER AND MUSICIAN, Jackson Browne has written and performed some of the most literate and moving songs in popular music, along with defining a genre of songwriting charged with honesty, emotion and personal politics.
He was honored with induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2004 and the Songwriter's Hall of Fame in 2007.
Beyond his music, Browne is known for his advocacy on behalf of the environment, human rights and arts education. He co-founded Musicians United for Safe Energy (MUSE), Nukefree.org and Success Through the Arts Foundation, which provides education opportunities for students in South Los Angeles.
He received the John Steinbeck Award, given to artists whose works exemplify the environmental and social values that were essential to the great California-born author, plus Duke University's Lifetime Environmental Achievement in the Fine Arts award. He received the World Hunger Year Harry Chapin Award and the National Association of Recording Merchandisers' Harry Chapin Humanitarian Award.
Says Browne, "There was more nurturing going on in the '60s, because everyone was under the spell of all the changes that were happening, all kinds of awakenings and revolutions, spiritual awareness, civil rights, political change, opposition to the war, sexual revolution. It's almost as if they've gone away now. Things have returned to a sort of material order. But I got the friendship and interest of people back then who saw some potential in my music. They encouraged me and helped me along. And I gotta say, I was happy to just coast along and work to develop myself."
His debut album didn't appear until 1972, when it was released on David Geffen's Asylum label, though Browne had been working in the music business since the mid-1960s. Having been part of the original line-up of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, he later moved to New York and signed a publishing deal with Nina Music, a division of Elektra, and wrote songs recorded by popular musicians, like Tom Rush, Nico and the Eagles.
In the early '70s, he was celebrated as one of the core members of the era's singer-songwriter boom, alongside folk-rockers like James Taylor, Neil Young and Carole King.
His career has run the gamut from the intensely personal reflections on the albums "Late for the Sky" or "The Pretender," via the hugely successful live album "Running On Empty" to the strong political songs on "Lives In the Balance" and "World In Motion."
"I'd have to say that my favorite thing is writing a song that really says how I feel, what I believe, and it even explains the world to myself better than I knew it. It's a way of examining my feelings and my perceptions and my situation and coming up with something about it, like saying where I am in the world in relation to those things. And some of the songs I wrote when I was really young are some of my best-known songs, and other people still sing 'em, I still sing 'em. The idea that I wrote something that stood for the way I feel about things, and that it lasts, that's probably my favorite thing that I've done."
Explaining his writing process, he says, "You know, you have a conscious mind and you have an unconscious mind. And there's the stuff that you think when you're using your head, as they say, and there's the stuff that you think when you're not using your head that you are nonetheless thinking, but it's just below the surface. And so much music, especially the truthful stuff, comes not from the mind that works out equations or thinks of what you're gonna do, but from the depths of your subconscious."
Today, Browne has 14 studio albums and four collections of live performances. His most recent album, "Standing in the Breach," contains songs about romance, mortality and what he views as the greed and apathy threatening the environment and the lives of impoverished people in places like Haiti, whose devastating 2010 earthquake is the inspiration for the record's title track and cover photo.
Says Browne, "I don't want to preach to people. I want to catch their interest. The song is me writing about an earthquake, and then it turns into a song about what's really going on in that country, the perpetuation of the inequities that gave rise to slavery in the first place." •
Jackson Browne at Vina Robles Amphitheatre, Paso Robles
August 1, 8 pm


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CIA NOTES: The Devil & Hugo Chavez, Luis Posada Carriles Must Be Tried as a Terrorist, Domestic Spying on the Rise
CIA Attacks Venezuela, Again Prensa Latina Caracas, Jan 16 (Prensa Latina) Accusations of drug trafficking, limitation of freedoms and destabilization marked the end of a slight rapprochement on Tuesday between the US and Venezuela and signaled a more difficult stage. After the landslide win of President Hugo Chavez in the December 3 elections, Washington s spokespeople and US Ambassador to Caracas William Bronwfield expressed interest in improving the tense bilateral relations. Those declarations were welcomed by Venezuelan official sectors as signs of a change of policy for Venezuela s main trade partner. However at the beginning of 2007, Undersecretary of State John Negroponte, who as national intelligence director had termed Chavez a threat for the region, affirmed they will not change positions soon. Once more, a report from the US National Intelligence Director s Office called Venezuela a threat to democracy. For US investigator Eva Golinger, who disclosed declassified files on Washington s financial aid to the Venezuelan opposition, that is the current Department of State guideline and an increase of CIA actions against the South American nation should be expected. That analysis could serve to explain imputations from Farid Dominguez, a Colombian capo caught in Venezuela, who accused authorities in this nation of being involved in drug-traffic. Source: http://www.plenglish.com/article.asp?ID=%7B9012B679-9E4B-4F4D-90D3-C4B317343E89%7D)&language=EN Luis Posada Carriles Must Be Tried as a Terrorist By Roberto Perez Betancourt ACN Special Service The most naïve of observers could have their intelligence offended to learn that only recently the Bush administration has discovered that terrorist Luis Posada Carriles repeatedly lied about his illegal entrance into the US and is pressing charges against him. This "discovery" allows seven minor charges against the international terrorist, which theoretically can mean some 35 years in prison, but it has the legal advantage for Bush of evading the responsibility to extradite the terrorist to Venezuela, in compliance with international agreements signed between Washington and Caracas. Now the US authorities have admitted the denunciations made by President Fidel Castro on April 11, 2005, that Posada Carriles had entered the US on board the Santrina boat with the complicity of the other terrorists Santiago Alvarez and Osvaldo Mitat among others. They have forgotten the words of Roger Noriega in May of 2005, when he was Under Secretary of State for Latin America, when he said in front of television cameras: "The Cuban government's accusation might be something completely manufactured". Other high ranking US officials expressed themselves in that same tone. The Justice Department has just confirmed in a press note that Posada Carriles lied to immigration officials and later under oath during interviews with Homeland Security on April 25 and 26, 2006, whom he had attempted to deceive with false information about documents and his route to Florida. The old employee of the CIA enjoys privileged detention in Texas, while Posada's request for US citizenship is delayed, and up until now the terrorist has only been accused of illegally entering the country. However, everyone knows, above all the US authorities, that Posada Carriles was the mastermind of the bombing of a Cubana Airliner in 1976 killing 73 innocent people on board, together with Orlando Bosch, who is walking the streets of Miami since Bush Senior pardoned his crimes. In reality, the long-term criminal history of Posada Carriles, includes many other crimes, among them some committed within the US itself, in Cuba and other countries, which are all well documented. Posada was an active CIA agent from 1963 until February 13, 1976 according to the declassified documents of the Church Commission. This person, who many analysts characterize as the most dangerous terrorist in the western hemisphere, was also suspiciously in Dallas, Texas when President John F. Kennedy was assassinated. According to the CIA, he acted as a demolition, sabotage expert and informant until his close relations with drug trafficking in southern Florida led the Company to suggest he look for another way to survive. Venezuela is demanding the extradition of the criminal Posada to try him for the bombing of the Cubana airliner, where it was organized. He also acquired the Venezuelan citizenship when he also worked as head of the repressive services of the political police of former Venezuelan governments. Posada Carriles escaped from a Venezuelan prison in 1985, while he was under a judicial process for that sabotage bombing in 1976 off the coast of Barbados. The terrorist's escape was instrumented and financed by Jorge Mas Canosa, main leader of the Cuban American National Foundation. It allowed Posada to re-appear at the Salvadoran Base of Ilopango, where alongside Felix Rodriguez, a close ally of Bush Senior, they organized a weapons exchange for drugs for the Nicaraguan contras. Among his "credits" are also included various assassination attempts against President Fidel Castro and a program of terrorist actions executed in 1997 in tourist centres, where Italian tourist Fabio Di Celmo was killed. After his failed attempt to bomb the University of Panama, where President Fidel Castro and hundreds of Panamanian students were at the time, in 2000, Posada Carriles and several of his gang members were sentenced to prison, but were 'pardoned' by former President Mireya Moscoso at the end of her term. And now, surprise, surprise, Posada Carriles is simply a liar in this new chapter of the illegalities of the US Justice system under the leadership of the Bush clan. As the declaration by the Cuban Foreign Ministry points out, the international community must be alert since these lesser charges could turn into "a smoke screen to extend impunity for the serious crime of terrorism". Source: http://www.ain.cubaweb.cu/idioma/ingles/2007/ene17especialposada.htm Also see: Witness against militant Posada reports a bomb under his pickup http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/16485137.html ACLU Raises Objections Over Expanded Military and CIA Domestic Spying (1/14/2007) The American Civil Liberties Union today expressed serious concerns about the use of "National Security Letters" by the Department of Defense and the CIA to collect the financial records of American citizens and called on Congress to launch an immediate investigation. … See: http://www.aclu.org/safefree/general/27973prs20070114.html The Watchful & the Wary … From FBI and CIA headquarters to small-town police departments, the government is building a massive intelligence network designed to spy on terrorists — and on everyday Americans. … http://www.motherjones.com/news/feature/2003/07/ma_445_01.html


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Haysville USD 261's Gina Keirns, Tri-City Day School Administrator, was recently honored with the Office of the Secretary of Defense Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR) Committee Patriot Award.
An employee serving in the National Guard or Reserve, or the spouse of a Guard or Reserve member, may nominate individual supervisors and bosses for support provided directly to the nominating Service member and his or her family. The Patriot Award reflects the efforts made to support Citizen Warriors through a wide-range of measures including flexible schedules, time off prior to and after deployment, caring for families and granting leaves of absence if needed.
Senior Airman Darren K. LaKous, Tri-City Behavior Technician, submitted the following about Keirns in his nomination.
"Mrs. Keirns has shown a great deal of understanding and support for my Air National Guard duties. She is always willing to allow me to take time off to fulfill my obligations. While I am away, my regular pay and benefits remain unchanged, and I am always made to feel welcome when I return to work from periods of active duty."
Caption: Haysville USD 261's Gina Keirns (center), Tri-City Day School Administrator, was presented the Patriot Award by Lt. Colonel Rick Young, 134 Air Control Squadron Commander, and Rebecca Richardson, Administrative Support Technician, Kansas Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve Committee. (USD 261 Photo)
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美丽的动物世界(高清图片) - By Larisa Brown,28 October 2012
From herons rudely showing off their behinds while hunting for fish, to hungry cheetahs preparing to pounce on their next dinner - these striking images capture the magic of the animal kingdom.
The photos are entries to the European Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition and are among a field of almost 12,500 entries by photographers from 27 countries.
The winning image, titled 'Stargazer', is a night shot of white-tailed deer in winter at their feeding place in Finland.
Back front back: Three egrets fighting for the best place to fish stand on a frozen lake in Hungary
Hungry: Four cheetahs prepare to pounce on a gazelle as it runs away as fast as it can
Winning photo: Star-grazing deer search the forest floor for food with stars shining brightly above them
Finnish photographer Tommy Vikars spent countless hours at night in the forest to get the shot.
He worked with a hidden camera, which he could trigger with a remote shutter release, while he sat in his hiding place about 50 metres away from the feeding place, observing the scene through the 300mm lens of a second camera.
He said: 'In the dark it was extremely difficult to see what was going on at the feeding place, and many images would come out useless.
'Often the deer would move too fast or in the wrong direction given the long exposure time.
'For years I spent almost every spare minute in the forest. In the beginning I did not photograph that much, mostly I just wandered around thinking what a fascinating place the forest was with all its secrets to discover, and I realized how healthy, happy and whole I felt on these hikes.
'This is the kind of feeling I aim to convey in my photographs. I wanted to capture the essence of the forest, its spirit.'
The competition European Wildlife Photographer of the Year is run annually by the GDT, the Society of German Nature Photographers.
A hare in a corn field in Austria appears to be quite unperturbed by a photographer's presence
'First Kiss': Flies on a patio railing on the French island La Reunion
A fishing cormorant taken at a depth of 20 metres lying face up on the sandy bed of the Sea of Cortez, Baja California
Manuel Presti, who judged the pictures, said: 'This image fuses aesthetics, technical ability, emotions, magic and originality and is also telling a story about the life of wild animals.'
Photographs can be entered in eight different categories as well as the Fritz Pvlking Award and Fritz Pvlking Junior Award.
One of the photos captures four cheetahs looking ready to pounce on a terrified gazelle as it flees away from the hungry predators in Tanzania.
Bouguereau Gregoire, from France, took the picture. He said: 'During the breeding season young Thomson's gazelles are easy prey. They are also the first prey with which young cheetahs perfect their hunting skills.
'On that day in April 2011 in Tanzania's Serengeti National Park, the adult cheetah had caught this fawn, and then let her four cubs finish the hunt.
'At first, they did not seem particularly interested in the fawn, but its attempt to escape suddenly aroused their natural predatory instincts. As luck would have it, I was right in the prey's path of flight and was able to take this picture at the moment when the young cheetahs all focused in unison on the fleeing gazelle.'
Footprints: A polar bear in Norway as it came close to an expedition ship
Jellyfish feeding on plankton and sugars generated as waste products by an algae with which they form a 'symbiotic relationship'
Incredible: A frog is captured leaping through the air in this vivid image
One of the more humorous pictures captured three egrets, a type of heron, feeding on an iced lake.
Jerome Guillaumot, from France, took the picture, which he named 'Back front back'. He said: 'On an almost completely frozen lake in Kiskunsagi National Park in Hungary, a number of egrets were fighting for the best place to fish.
'After numerous assaults the situation calmed down, and I was able to capture this somewhat bizarre arrangements of three egrets from out of my hide.'
In the category Birds the winner is Markus Zadra from Italy with his image, 'Mysterious and secretive'.
said: 'For three months dedication, passion and even love accompanied
me when I set out early in the morning at dawn to observe this extremely
rare and inexpressively beautiful bird in the South Tyrolean lowlands.
'During this time, I had quite a few moving encounters with this young female kingfisher, which I relish and which actually left their stamp on me.
'One morning the rays of the sun created very special light conditions, the water gleamed in striking colours, and the kingfisher's sharp beak pointed like a sword into this mysterious and secretive atmosphere.'
An extremely rare and inexpressively beautiful bird in the South Tyrolean lowlands
After two weeks of patience a photographer managed to capture this badger in the undergrowth at twilight
Florent Cardinaux from France spent two weeks of patience before capturing her image, a badger in underwood at dusk.
And a particularly romantic image, titled 'First Kiss', was by Klaus Tamm, who managed to capture two flies on the French island of La Reunion while they appeared to kiss. He photographed them for several hours.
David Maitland, from the UK, took the amazing picture of a Crane fly.
David said: 'This is the head of a long-palped crane fly, commonly called 'daddy-long-legs' in the UK.
'The spectacular metallic green compound eyes of this crane fly are unusual amongst crane flies which typically have unremarkable black-coloured eyes.'
Hephaestus: A crab in Montenegro at night with the reflections of orange-coloured streetlights
Loch Lomond in Scotland captured as the wind ruffled the water's surface
The photographs did not just capture animals but nature in general. Frank Krahmer, from Germany, took the picture 'Rainbow over Two Medicine Lake'.
He said: 'One of the most magical moments I have ever experienced. After a rainy night and without reasonable chances of success, we went to Two Medicine Lake in Glacier National Park for daybreak.
'Chances were, in fact, zero, to the east where the sun would rise, mountains obstructed the horizon.
'But then, as by a miracle, the pyramid of Sinopah Mountain lit up in bright orange in just the same moment when a heavy shower of rain moved in from the west.
'There was still no wind but rain over the mountain and perfect morning light and thus a perfect rainbow.'
Magical: A rainbow over Medicine Lake in Glacier National Park at daybreak
Wrens in a municipal forest in Dortmund who nosily staked out their territory
A vivid picture of a hare was captured by Leopold Kanzler, from Austria, who was in fact looking out for a royal stag.
He said: 'From my hid in a corn field I observed a hare, which seemed quite bored nibbling at the thin stalks of grass.
'I had the impression the hare had also noticed my presence and kept his eyes glued to me.
'When I then checked the image on the camera's display I was quite grateful for his suspicion.'
A 40ft fishing and whaling boat on the west coast of Greenland hunting for minke whales
The head of a Crane fly, commonly called 'daddy-long-legs'
A fishing cormorant was captured by Cristobal Serrano, from Spain, who was lying face up on the sandy bed of the Sea of Cortez, Baja California, at a depth of 20 metres.
And a particularly picturesque photo was taken of Loch Lomond in Scotland as the wind ruffled the water's surface and the trees and bushes along the shore.
Rosa Isabel Vazquez said: 'It was a very beautiful scene, and I opted for a rather long shutter speed of 13 seconds to capture the movements of the plants while giving the water a silky appearance.'


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A SCOTS brewery has celebrated its record-breaking share offer scheme – by raining dead cats down on London from a helicopter.
Brewdog owners James Watt and Martin Dickie dropped the stuffed cats – equipped with parachutes and a share scheme prospectus – in their latest quirky PR stunt.
The dead cats theme was to mock the fat cat banker caricature of London's financial district – with the cats kitted out in monocles, waistcoats and handmade velvet top hats.
Brewdog's crowd funding plan has raised £5million in just 20 days, after they had made 526,316 shares in the brewery available.
The country's largest independent brewery hope to raise £25million and have already smashed their previous record, when they gathered £4.25million in less than six months in 2013.
The capital raised from the latest crowd funding scheme will be used to fund an expansion of the BrewDog brewery at Ellon and its burgeoning international bar division, as well as launching new projects like a craft beer hotel, custom sour beer facility and distillation plant.
James said: "We're very pleased with the response Equity for Punks has received. Raising £5million in less than three weeks is no small feat.
"Many questioned our target of raising £25million, but we've passed the record we set in 2013 in a fraction of the time.
"It's proof that there is a thirst for alternative finance out there, and that people are sick and tired of the fat cats controlling everyone's money.
"This round of Equity for Punks has got off to a great start so we went behind enemy lines to conduct a symbolic gesture that heralds the extinction of the City fat cat.
"This is our way of showcasing the viability of alternative forms of finance, it is our own anti-propaganda propaganda. It's a glorious combination of art, guerrilla warfare, taxidermy and feline sartorial elegance.
"Crowdfunding should no longer be seen as a niche alternative, but a proven, workable option for those libertines and change-makers who want to shake up the status quo."
Previous Brewdog PR stunts include naming a beer after controversial Russian president Vladimir Putin and issuing a statement in reponse to a reprimand from the industry watchdog, saying they "didn't give a sh*t".
BrewDog was started by James and Martin in Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire, in 2007.
The duo began brewing with second-hand equipment and the company is now Britain's fastest-growing food and drinks brand, opening 27 bars worldwide since 2010, exporting to 55 countries and employing more than 360 staff.
It announced its sixth consecutive year of record growth last month, having increased its annual turnover by a whopping 64 per cent to over £29.6million in 2014, compared with £18million in 2013. Its turnover is expected to exceed £50million this year.
Shareholders are given benefits including a discount at BrewDog's bars, website and an invite to the brewery's AGM.
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Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Since about 2005, I've been hitting various comic and anime conventions as an exhibitor, and as an attendee for a few years before that. Conventions are something I really enjoy doing. It lets me travel, see friends, and meet all sorts of new people in the industry. Plus, there are worse ways to spend a weekend than making a little cash from selling your work! Con-going has been essential to my career and it will be for yours, too.
Now, I've seen a lot of tables and con-goers and exhibitors while in the trenches. Some of it good, some of it really, really off-putting, all of it from either in front of or behind the table. So, I thought I would throw together a rather ad-hoc list of tips and tricks for your next comic show! It's a really simple bullet-list for exhibiting, and is in no way complete or a primer for such a thing. Although it might be a step in that direction. So, without further ado...
- If you don't talk to them, they won't talk to you. When people come to the table, I usually say hello. Say hi. Acknowledge their presence. For goodness' sake SMILE! It's a big turn-off to visit a table and feel like you're intruding or interrupting or are otherwise not welcome. But-
- Don't make your epic comic sales-pitch unless you are asked or unless it is DAMN SHORT. Really. Going to a table and automatically receiving an impassioned dissertation on why I should read your comic is kind of a red flag. If I want to know, I'll ask. Otherwise, I feel like you're pushing it on me and at best, I will be listening out of politeness, not interest. Now, if you can give me an idea of what your comic's about in a sentence, then go for it. But use your judgment. To that end-
- Avoid cute pitches or calling out to people unless you actually are charming and welcoming and a good people-person. And chances are, you're not. At San Diego Comic-Con, a friend and I were wandering the floor. While idly passing a table, a voice rang out "Hey! You guys like dark comedy?" My friend responded, "Yes, but I hate a hard sell." and we kept walking.
- Remember, there is a direct correlation between the quality of work and how hard someone hustles. I have never bought a comic because a freebie or flier was shoved under my nose.
- Freebies: To sample or Not to sample? A lot of people think logically, that offering a free sample of their comic will draw folks in. And it will. But honestly, 9 times out of 10, that's all they'll take. Postcards, fliers, and bookmarks are all okay for free promotion I think. And people do take them to legitimately remember a comic that they either don't have the time or money to purchase on the spot. But free comics or previews are tougher. First off, that's your main work and it should be of value. In my experience, when someone gets something for free, that is exactly what it is worth to them.
- Don't put out a bowl of candy. It's a lame ploy and disingenuous. I can think of exactly one example where I've seen a bowl of candy that was acceptable and relevant to the rest of the table. Unless you're that person, don't do it.
- Think about your display and placing interesting items out. Figures, cut-outs, relevant objects; they can all be useful in attracting people to the table. This is especially true when 95% of what 95% of the people are selling at these cons are rectangular and flat. But be prudent! Having a lot of junk out will minimize your table's real estate and, worse, will visually overwhelm your visitors. Also, think twice about fragile or precious items. You can put up as many signs as you want, but they WILL be handled.
- Commissions? If you want to do commissions or not, it's your choice. Sometimes I do, sometimes I don't. But I've found it very helpful to display sizes and prices. 9 out of 10 folks will know they want a drawing, but not in which format. Having predetermined sizes and prices will help both of you out immensely. And, you can always negotiate other types of commissions if the case arises. Also-
- Don't take commissions you can't finish! Granted, this may or may not apply to you based on your schedule or work ethic. But if you're anything like me (and I know I am) a take-home commission will get finished 9 months to a year after the con has ended. Yuck.
Well! That was a decent start! granted, I think this list focused on what NOT to do. But in a future Con Wisdom, I promise to rely more heavily on the great things you SHOULD do! Also, feel free to comment with any thoughts you might have. My list here is based purely on my own experience, which is the only experience I have. Til next time!
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Hi Zack! This is really REALLY good advice! I would really like to see your blog elaborate on the table display part (if you get a chance). I've done cons too and I feel like our table struggled with this alot and we were never happy with the result. Mostly because we always had 4 artists behind a table and everyone had different things to display, from paper goods, crafts, figurines, stickers... It was a mess an often looked like a flea market.ReplyDelete
I really dig your display! You have that pirate theme going on and for a moment your customers are transported to a seafaring adventure within that 6' x 3' space!
Also #2, omg! I think it was NYAF 2008 I was next to a guy who had some comic schpheal like a broken record all weekend. I caught myself mumbling it to myself because I knew it so well. So annoying! The worst part is that he would do it to people who weren't even interested and would get upset that they wouldn't come closer. To everyone reading this, please don't be "that guy"!!
Kudos! I like this blog!!!
An awesome list filled with some absolutely essential info that, while extremely basic, many folks still need to check out, even seasoned vets!ReplyDelete
Though I do suggest amending the bit about hard sells, specifically how it's especially bad for those behind the table, like the neighbors. SPX of 2008 was a rather poor one for myself and the gf, mostly cuz there was this dude next to us who was WAY too aggressive with the sale pitches, plus was practically giving everything away. Which in turn led to the people avoiding our entire row in general. Though I'm sure you'll be going over how to be a good neighbor in the next installment!


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Japanese Puffer Fish
Also known as blowfish, these creatures are so named for their ability to inflate themselves to several times their normal size by swallowing water or air when threatened.
Although the eyes and internal organs of most puffer fish are highly toxic, the meat is considered a delicacy in Japan and Korea. Still, nearly 60 percent of humans who ingest this fish die from tetrodotoxin, a powerful neurotoxin that damages or destroys nerve tissue. Humans need only ingest a few milligrams of this toxin for a fatal reaction to occur.
Most puffer fish poisoning is the result of accidental consumption of other foods that are tainted with the puffer fish toxin rather than from the ingestion of puffer fish itself. Symptoms include rapid numbness and tingling of lips and mouth, which are generally resolved within hours to days if treated promptly.


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Salary: Competitive
Closing Date: Wednesday, 28 February 2018
Imagine working somewhere where your individuality is celebrated, your efforts are recognised by everyone, and you feel you're making a real difference every day. A place where you know for sure that every one of your team mates wants to help you achieve. A place where you are positively encouraged to contribute ideas, inspired to take ownership and trusted do your job brilliantly. Perhaps you're thinking – really? Is there such a place?! Yes there is – read on!
H&H is a fast-growing and vibrant Internal Communications agency with offices in Hull and London. We're recognised and chosen because of our astute strategic thinking, as well as our exceptionally creative approach to IC programmes. We work with an incredible variety of clients and have stacks of industry awards recognising our approach and results.
With many recent high-profile client wins and masses of opportunities on the horizon, we're looking for talented Internal Communication professionals to join us right now to deliver exceptional IC support in a range of roles, from account management to consultancy.
The IC consultant role:
This role is all about the intelligent thinking behind our programmes. So, you'll certainly be expected to demonstrate that you can properly think things through and come up with approaches that are creative, yet realistic and practical enough to meet clients' needs.
It's likely that you've had a successful and solid grounding working in the field of IC – and, in particular, strategic change communications. We'll expect you to be as comfortable with developing strategies for hard-to-reach front-line employees as you are with executive and leadership comms. And the work we do is rarely 'broadcast'. You'll therefore need a good understanding of collaborative communication techniques and approaches.
IC Account Management role:
In this important agency role you'll be building long-lasting relationships with our clients, ensuring that they are delighted with both the experience of working with H&H and the results achieved.
Ideally you will have built up a good level of agency experience managing client accounts. Even better if this has been in the area of internal communications. However, if you have proven IC success client-side, and would like to take your career to the next level within an agency environment, then this could be the perfect next step.
A natural communicator, you build rapport with ease. Our clients will love working with you because of your astute understanding of their needs and your efficient and approachable nature. Your exceptional organisational skills means that you have a keen eye for detail, whilst still being able to see the big picture – the ability to think both strategically and practically. And most of all, your natural energy and tenacity helps you overcome any barriers that stand in the way of achieving your own, and the client's, goals.
Does the following description sound like you?
If this is you – what are you waiting for? There's a role here at H&H with your name written all over it! In terms of package – we'll find one that works for you (which will include benefits such as healthcare, flexible working and profit share).
What to do now?
Shine up your CV and send it without delay to our Michelle at email@example.com with a personal statement that gives us a good sense of what makes you, you. And why you think you're just the person we're looking for.


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It's the start of the 2016-17 Montgomery College Performing Arts Series! I went to the first production and had a great time. Check out the schedule and upcoming shows at www.montgomerycollege.edu/PAC
Great first vlog Natalie and I look forward to many more! Such amazing students. Your travels are such a great education in itself. Our gain you are back to Montgomery County and one of MC's first student vloggers!


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I've had several requests for instructions on how I make my reversible project bags and I finally finished the instructions. Now, you can make your own, or, if you don't sew, you can visit my Artfire shop and buy one!
9/26/13 - Artfire shop closed, please check my etsy shop.
The bags can be made from any fabric but if you're short on cash, two fat quarters and some cotton yarn are all you need (other than thread and a sewing machine) to make your own bag.
Click on the image below to download the PDF file. You can use the instructions to make bags for personal use or for small business sales, i.e., no mass reproduction by a manufacturing company ... like that would happen ...


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I like to try new varieties and compare them to old favorites. A number of bloggers have mentioned Sugarsnax carrots so I tried them this year even though I remembered reading that Sugarsnax do not do well in the Northeast. Now I know what that statement means.
I grow carrots in my plot at the Vassar Farm community gardens. Although conditions are far from ideal, with the right varieties I can grow a good carrot. The soil is very slippery when wet, probably a clay and silt mix. Although heavy, the soil is good for carrots because it holds the moisture and it is nearly rock free. I feed the soil by mulching heavily with leaves every year. I loosen the soil deeply with a garden fork before planting and never walk on the beds so the soil stays loose. The pH is around 7.0. The garden gets full sun – from sunrise to sunset.
This garden area has been under continuous cultivation since the Civil War so it has every disease and pest that can survive in Poughkeepsie, NY, including carrot foliage diseases. I've found the carrot varieties that grow best are resistant to Alternaria and Cercospora.
Seed catalogs describe Sugarsnax carrots in glowing terms: tender and sweet with smooth, uniform, 9″ tapered roots and strong tops resistant to Alternaria, Cercospora, and Pythium diseases. Maturity is 68 days.
I planted Sugarsnax 4/30/2013. Based on my experience with varieties such as Yaya and Bolero, I expected to eat good-sized thinnings in early July and full-sized carrots in mid-July. That is not what happened. Three months after planting most Sugarsnax carrots were still less than an ounce. Very disappointing.
In contrast, I planted Yaya May 20, three weeks after Sugarsnax, and in late July harvested carrot carrots around 1.5 ounces. They will continue to grow and get heavier.
In color, Yaya is a lighter orange than Sugarsnax.
Sugarsnax falls short in several other ways.
- My Sugarsnax carrots are tough, even (or perhaps especially) the pencil thin carrots I pulled in early July before the hot weather. My molars were in bad shape (two missing on one side and a temporary crown on the other side) and eating a Sugarsnax caused a great deal of pain as it jammed between the temporary crown and adjacent teeth. Yaya carrots are tender enough to eat without getting stuck.
- My Sugarsnax carrots have a strong sharp carroty flavor with no sweetness. Yaya lacks the sharpness and is a lot sweeter.
- My Sugarsnax roots are not smooth, instead they are 'hairy' with lots of rootlets. I've pulled a few 9″ roots, but most roots have a kink and a fork at 4-5″. Yaya roots are smoother and plumper and don't fork.
- As they age (of course, I've left them in the ground too long, hoping they will get bigger) some Sugarsnax are starting to 'unwrap', with the outer layer splitting the long way and separating from the core.
On the positive side Sugarsnax tops are very strong and healthy with no signs of disease. The seed also germinated quite well. This does not make up for the poor eating experience.
That 11″ Sugarsnax is the biggest and best looking of the harvest. I shared it with my husband. It was a bit more tender than the earlier carrots but the flavor was harsh and unpleasant. But note: the other two Sugarsnax from the same planting are still tiny after 4 months. The Yaya carrots from the May 20 planting are starting to get oversized but are still tender and sweet. The Bolero thinnings are from plantings made July 1-5 and are the size I expect for a 'good-sized thinning'.
I've found the best use for these Sugarsnax carrots is in cooking: as a natural rack under a roast, or as the carrot you add and later throw away when making broth. With the Sugarsnax being so small they are getting used quickly because it takes several carrots to do anything and I'll be happy when they are gone. Good riddance!
BTW the temporary crown has been replaced by a much better fitting permanent crow so I can now chew any carrot – even Sugarsnax.


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These resources are listed in no particular order, other than how I thought of them.
Eating Locally, Eating Whole Foods
- LocalHarvest – Find Farmers Markets and CSAs near you.
- Eat Wild – "your source for safe, healthy, natural and nutritious grass-fed beef, lamb, goats, bison, poultry, pork, dairy and other wild edibles."
- PickYourOwn – Learn to Can and Freeze your produce bounty!
Eco-friendly product guides
- Cosmetics Database
- GenGreen Life – "The goal of GenGreen is to be the most comprehensive and diverse resource available for people looking to live a locally-focused, environmentally conscious lifestyle."
- EcoFrugalLife– "Eco-frugal living isn't just a fad, it's a growing necessity for millions of people worldwide. Saving the green in your wallet, and the green outside your window really can, and should go hand in hand."
Cloth Diapering Resources
NOTE: There are many, MANY great cloth diaper retailers out there. I've used several and haven't had any problems with any of them. I also spotlight many in my daily Green Baby Deals. I chose to highlight two here, simply because they offer options that involve recycling materials to make diapers and/or covers. This is not meant to be an end-all, be-all list.
- – retailer that sells upcycled t-shirt one-size fitted diapers
- Wallypop – Iowan WAHM that sells upcycled t-shirt fitted diapers and wool covers.
- DiaperPin – Read reviews of diapers, covers, and retailers
- Diaper Swappers – great FSOT forum, as well as forums to talk over with other CDing parents
- Traveling with Cloth Diapers (Thanks, RDA!)
- Real Cloth Diaper Association – "a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization, provides support and education to parents all across North America for the use of simple, reusable cloth diapers."
What Can I Do With This?
- RecycledCrafts – How to upcycle everyday items into cool stuff!
- MyRecycled Bags – blogger who upcycles materials in her crochet projects. FREE patterns.
Recycling Resources
- Earth 911
- Come to the Green Side – Specific to NW Chicago Suburbs
Places to buy/sell/trade/giveaway items
Living Green
- TreeHugger – Beware if you sign up for updates. They send out a LOT daily!
- The Daily Green
- Do Your Part – New online green community I found that looks cool. 🙂 As I explore it more, I may write up a post about it.
Places to Buy Eco-Friendly Product
- Wallypop – Cloth napkins, wipes, hankys, grocery bags, and more reusable products! All made by a WAHM from Iowa (my home state!)
- More to come as I gather them!


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Interesting views about marital relationships discussed here. From a 2001 interview by Nick Gevers called "Driven By A Different Chauffeur: An Interview With Ursula K. Le Guin:"
The O stories — "Mountain Ways" and "Unchosen Love" — are (like the earlier "Another Story") set in a society divided into two elaborate moieties and practicing a profoundly cumbersome marital system. Would such a four-person hetero- and homo-sexual menage be practical? Or is this "sedoretu" system a thought experiment, a satiric or parodic construct?
Well, writing the stories, I thought of the sedoretu as pure thought-experiment — a highly enjoyable tool for exploring human relations and emotions. I hadn't exactly thought of it as satirical. We are so good at making life difficult for ourselves, not least by inventing almost impossible customs. Monogamous lifelong heterosexual marriage is such a peculiar institution that it hardly seems to need to be made fun of. But of course if you make marriage even harder than it is, involving four people instead of two, and homosexuality as well as heterosexuality, it gets even more interesting. At least, it does to me. But I find all cumbersome cultural constructs and customs interesting. I am an anthropologist's daughter, after all.
You ask if the sedoretu would be practical. I don't know. Is monogamous heterosexual marriage practical? I don't know. My husband and I have done it for forty-eight years, but that could just be luck, and a bit of practice.
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Just watched a DVD called Married in America 2 by Michael Apted, an English filmmaker. This is the second of a series that follows couples through the first 12 years of their marriage. It is like his 7 Up documentary series which is a course of interviews that Apted's been following every 7 years since the people were, well, 7 years old. I think the latest movie produced is called 49 Up so this series has become a real social commentary.
This new series follows 9 couples. The first movie was filmed in 2001 and this latest one was filmed in 2006. My interest, of course, was to see how Divorce figures in. It really is kept kind of low key. Two of the couples have divorced. It seemed that one couple maybe tried to get back together again for the sake of the film. The other couple, a Biker couple, started their relationship while the husband was in jail so I sort of figured they were picked sort of coldly for the potential that their marriage had to go straight down the tubes. These two couples both suffered serious personal traumas such as Health problems and deaths of relatives in the first years of their marriages. An upwardly mobile Urban New York couple married right before 9/11 dug a whole in what was pretty much their back yard. They are still together.
Only two people interviewed talked about their parents' divorces which I thought was odd.
It seems that most couples are still in the upwardly mobile phase of their relationships.
What I did notice was the willingness for the Children of D to seek out counseling for their relationship problems because they say they are aware of the problems that their parents' had. This is funny since most psychologists don't counsel for issues specific to problems of Children of D. I've actually heard two people say that going through their own divorce was the best therapy for getting over their parents' divorce. Perhaps that's the only answer.
A lot of subtle problems come up that most of my married friends have gone through. It's a lot like listening to one's friends talk about their marriages. Money problems and extra-marital affairs aren't discussed although it seems that Apted chose some couples purposely to bring up those problems. The people picked have a good film presence and are actually very interesting to watch. It will be interesting to see how many of them survive the 7 year itch.
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I added this link earlier and it has since been deleted from my blog along with some other posts. Go WordPress!
Here's a link to a video of a woman going through a Divorce. She married an older, rich, successful man. Didn't sign a pre-nup and has now made a video letting people know that the guy screwed her. Well, financially. She's claiming that they never had sex.
True to form, there's a picture of some kid sitting in the background. Everything's blocked from view but her legs. I assume that another kid is filming the video. The Woman shows the family pictures and blames everything on the step-daughter. She says the step-daughter is … you guessed it … evil. I really wish the woman had shown us her medicine cabinet because she's definitely gorked out on some serious psych drugs.
Anyway, here it is. This is what Children of Divorce come home to everyday after school. Day after Day. Year after year. It's kind of funny, it's really tense.
Guess this will be deleted again.
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Newsweek is featuring an article on Children of D. this week. Writer David J. Jefferson has written "The Divorce Generation Grows Up." Jefferson returned to his High School and interviewed some of his classmates to find out how their parent's Divorces impacted their lives. Nice to see this subject getting some attention.
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It's been more than a quarter century since the Grant High class of '82 donned tuxes and taffeta and danced to Styx's "Come Sail Away" at the senior prom, and nearly four decades have passed since no-fault divorce laws began spreading across the country. In our parents' generation, marriage was still the most powerful social force. In ours, it was divorce. My 44-year-old classmates and I have watched divorce morph from something shocking, even shameful, into a routine fact of American life.
But while it may be a common occurrence, divorce remains a profound experience for those who've lived through it. Researchers have churned out all sorts of depressing statistics about the impact of divorce. Each year, about 1 million children watch their parents split, triple the number in the '50s. These children are twice as likely as their peers to get divorced themselves and more likely to have mental-health problems, studies show. While divorce rates have been dropping—off from their 1981 peak to just 3.6 per 1,000 people in 2006—marriage has also declined sharply, falling to 7.3 per 1,000 people in 2006 from 10.6 in 1970. Sociologists decry a growing "marriage gap" in which the well educated and better paid are staying married, while the poor are still getting divorced (people with college degrees are half as likely to be divorced or separated as their less-educated peers). And the younger you marry, the more likely you are to get divorced.
Yet all these statistics fail to show the very personal impact of divorce on the individual, or how those effects can change over a lifetime as children of divorce start families of their own. When we were growing up, divorce loomed as the ultimate threat to innocence, but what were my peers' feelings about it now that they were adults? What I wanted to know was how divorce had affected our class president and Miss Congeniality, the stoners and the valedictorian. Did it leave them with emotional scars that never healed, or did they go on to lead "normal" lives? Did they wind up in divorce court, or did they achieve the domestic bliss their parents had sought in suburbia? I decided to open my yearbook, pick up the phone and find out. These are their stories—or at least their side of their stories, since each breakup is perceived so differently by every family member.
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I just thought of a cure for family warfare, especially in divorced and extended families. This keeps the psychiatrists/psychologists in business which is all we're really on this planet for at this point anyway.
If a parent takes his kid to the psychiatrist for medication, then the parent should receive complementary medication as well. These disorders are genetically related after all. That way the parent will at least understand the side effects that the child is suffering from. ….and I bet he/she will suddenly become a lot more interested in improving his parenting behavior as well. Step-parents should be forced to take treatments and "medicine" for at least a year before the step-child is treated.
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From the Guardian's List of 100 Top Intellectuals is Ali Mazrui, a Political Scientist from Kenya. Ali Mazrui's father had two wives. He discusses his attitudes towards growing up with this type of family below. This is from http://www.invitation2truth.com/islam-explained/world/mazrui.html:
I am prepared to learn from Aristotle. I am prepared to learn how other cultures are doing and then to look afresh at my Islamic culture and see how it does. My father was polygamous. I don't say this in a censorious family. I did not live in an oppressive extended family. The part I remember is that my father wanted me with him all the time: both when he was with my biological mother and with his other wife. I was therefore with both women whenever he was with them. The other woman treated me as her own child. The point I am raising is not whether there is an objection to polygamy.
We can discuss this if you wish. The point I am making is that my father died a long time ago. The second woman, who is not my biological mother, is still alive today. And I love her. And so do my children. And I take them to her and they tell me she looks much younger than me and although I protest I have to agree with them. This is my second mother and from the day I started earning my first pound one of my obligations included my other mother. My father died in 1947. This loyalty continued to the present day. I think it is a combination in my case of two cultures: my Islam and my Africanism where you maintain loyalties beyond the life of the father. The extended family is real.
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Here's an interesting article on Children and Adults who are resilient called "Resilience can be improved upon" written by L.J. Anderson in Palo Alto Daily News (http://www.paloaltodailynews.com/article/2008-4-1-anderson).
Anderson in particular talks about helping Children to learn how to overcome adversity. Of course, she lists all types of adversity that a child goes through without mentioning divorce: "Death of a parent, abandonment, or being victimized by violence." Can't say that I can get used to this. Obviously not getting angry over other people's denial is a big one in surviving whatever life can throw at you.
Anderson mentions psychologist Edith Grotberg, Ph.D who has done research on Resilience. Grotberg has written a book called Tapping Your Inner Strength: How to Find the Resilience to Deal with Anything.
I like in particular that she uses Keywords that are similar to Astrological Keywords. The meanings tend to blur in different directions from the Astrological Models. One Child of D who's an astrologer told me that she figured her parents' divorce didn't affect her strongly because she had an empty 4th house. And indeed I have noticed in my research so far on famous Children of D that a lack of planets in the 4th house of Family and Home is in an indicator of success in the outside world. Putting planets in a certain house brings attention to those matters in the person's life. When things go wrong in that area one is more likely to dwell on those issues. The 4th house is also tricky because it involves feelings, Keywords for this House are "I feel." Grotberg's Keywords literally relate to the 1st House of Aries (I Am), 2d house of Taurus ("I Have") and 10th House of Capricorn ("I Can"). Her descriptions seem to involve all the signs included in the relative Cardinal and Fixed Houses. Interestingly, Mutable Sign Houses are left out. Those are the Houses with Keywords "I think" "I analyze" "I see" and "I believe." This really does relate directly to why there are no Intellectual Children of D.
Here's a huge chunk of the article.
Q: How resilient are children, and can parents help develop resiliency in their children?
A: Resilience is a human capacity to deal with, overcome, learn from, or even be transformed by the inevitable adversities of life. With that definition, we know that we already have the capacity. The challenge is to promote resilience so that it is there when needed to face adversities. And starting with children is highly desirable – assuming parents or other adults are already resilient. The resilience that I found in my research lent itself easily to three categories: I HAVE, I AM and I CAN, which include characteristics inherent in resilience.
1) I HAVE (external supports): one or more persons within my family I can trust and who love me without reservation; one or more persons outside my family I can trust without reservation; limits to my behavior; people who encourage me to be independent; good role models; access to health, education, and the social and security services I need; and a stable family and community.
2) I AM (inner strengths): a person most people like; generally calm and good-natured; an achiever who plans for the future; a person who respects myself and others; empathic and caring of others; responsible for my behavior and accepting of the consequences; and a confident, optimistic, hopeful person, with faith.
3) I CAN (interpersonal and problem-solving skills): generate new ideas or new ways to do things; stay with a task until it is finished; see the humor in life and use it to reduce tensions; express thoughts and feelings in communication with others; solve problems in various settings – academic, job-related, personal and social; manage my behavior – feelings, impulses, acting out; and reach out for help when I need it.
These factors are used in dynamic resilience with each other, changing as needed, to address the adversity. These are clearly for adults as well as children.


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"Technology is nothing without the capacity to make people dream. That is where the power of technology resides…It is embraced insofar as people believe in the promise of inheriting it, of improving their own lives, making it better and freeing themselves of structural constraints. The internet intensifies that capacity to dream and that narrative of liberation" – Achille Mbembe, The Chronic, Chimurenga magazine
Carefree adj. : untroubled, buoyant, radiant, light-hearted, happy.
"What a time to be alive." (Future & Drake, 2015) Indeed, what a time it is to be alive. I'm writing this as I sit on my single university-accommodation bed in Edinburgh, Scotland. I got a scholarship for my Masters, and my mother practically shoved me onto the plane. I miss her terribly. I don't know how else to repay her, but to continue my journey as a carefree black girl, unconquerable. (If you're Zimbabwean, please pronounce that last word the same way we sang it in war cries at school :'D)
This morning I saw the news of Viola Davis of How to get away with Murder making history as the first black woman to win an Emmy for best actress. Uzo Aduba won her second Emmy for her role as "Crazy Eyes" in Orange is the New Black. Nominated for Davis' category was my main main, Taraji P. Henson as well, whose role as Cookie ignites a fire in my heart and pushes me to slay with all my might. Today I was also overwhelmed with images of #BlackDayOut on Twitter, a day where People of colour all over the world post pictures of their melanin, celebrating their complexions in a world that dehumanises and erases them daily. Nothing made me happier than seeing my people happy and proud to be who they are.
The narrative of the carefree black girl has never been more important in my life as it is now. This narrative speaks to me as a black, Zimbabwean and African woman whose culture and societal norms are suffocating and burdensome. I am conditioned to care; to care about my appearance to the opposite sex, my 'wifely' skills, my virginity (or lack of it), my career but only insofar as it doesn't hinder my mothering years. I am conditioned to care about the whispers behind my back, the way other girls are behaving, the cultural customs that make me respectable, and lastly of course, the career I should build that isn't too masculine or time-consuming. I live largely in a society that sees me as a means to an end – a means to furthering the human race, a means to cradling the fragile masculinity of a future husband. To be a 'carefree' black girl seems almost impossible in the world I live in. But thank Mbuya Nehanda it isn't.
To be carefree for me, means to dream constantly. To learn, to evolve and to grow. To unshackle myself from the chains of patriarchy and sexism, even if for a day. The carefree black girl narrative is located in a time when to be womanist is seen as a betrayal of culture and religion. It's in a time when, as black women we make ten steps forward and often are pushed twenty steps back by people who think our movement is threatening or worse, unimportant. The narrative is shared in spaces that can be hugely dangerous for women (i.e. cyber bullying) and is met with fear, cringing and generalisations. To be carefree however, means to know all this, and to slay anyway. It means to laugh from the depths of your soul, to walk with the confidence of an African dictator, and to rule your piece of the internet with the power of a thousand matriarchs. It means to see your privilege and to confront it head on and listen sincerely to different experiences so as to learn from them. It means to celebrate other black women for their achievements, to spread love and support to those of us who need it most. To be a carefree black girl means to radiate slayage and and to bypass the bullshit on the way up the ladder of success.
I owe my good mood today and my love for my melanin to Twitter's amazing black women who have breathed life into me these past couple of months.
I will strut powerfully through and over whiteness until it stands in awe of my divinity.


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Sadiq El Fitouri is facing disciplinary action after failing to report for duty.
The defender has not been in contact with club officials since last Wednesday, after being given Thursday off to attend to a personal matter.
Director & company secretary Ashley Carson said: "The player will be fined in accordance with our code of conduct and we will be writing to him to confirm our position. We will then reserve our right to take further action if deemed appropriate."
El Fitouri has made two appearances since joining the Spireites at the beginning of February. He was a free agent after being released by Manchester United.