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I think having a child made me love Valentine's Day more than ever. I mean before her, I never really celebrated it much. I was single for the majority of my adult life so Valentine's Day was always a lets get really drunk, eat late night McDonalds and pass out next to my best girl friend kind of a night. My mom has always given my sister and I Valentine's Day gifts... she would even send them to us in college so she must of instilled some that in me :)
Not only is putting together a little love-day treat for her really fun but I also love all the heart covered clothes that come out around this time of year. Unlike the weird looks you get when you accidentally send your child out in a Santa shirt after Christmas is over.. you can totally milk the heart sweaters all winter long. SCORE.
I included some duds for all the little men in your life so no one would be left out of this loving holiday!
This week has been crawling by but we've had some fun over here. I had an appointment with my OB on Tuesday and thought I was 27 weeks along but then figured out I was actually 28 weeks and officially in the 3rd trimester. So that was WEIRD! WOAH! WHERE IS THE TIME GOING? HOW DID I LOSE A WEEK? I think it's messing with me because I feel like the baby is squishing my bladder and kicking my ribs way more than when I thought I was only 27 weeks.... I swear I peed 87 times yesterday. I think she was messing with me.
Hadley and I got lots of Minnie Mouse goodies at the party store the other day (PS, don't ever think you can go into a party store with a small child and escape empty handed.... I tried really hard) and I think it's safe to say that someone is officially obsessed. She also has a new obsession with forts which I am so down for. Who doesn't love a good fort?!!!!
Today we got our donut fix at a local dutch market. They have the best homemade donuts I've ever tasted in my ENTIRE LIFE. Life changing donuts I tell ya. We're only near that market every Thursday after her My Gym class so it's quickly becoming a Thursday tradition.
I don't hate it.
heart sweater || scarf last season Little Hip Squeaks
Talk about a mean mug? She's killin it in the ill-grill game.
Mommy's scared.
Also, I shared this salad dressing recipe on my instagram the other night (@lnhudson28) and it's so yummy and tangy!
What you need...
1 pear, diced
1/2 cup olive oil
1/2 cup white wine
2 tsps dijon mustard
dash of balsamic vinegar
1 garlic clove
pinch of salt and pepper
Blend it all up and there you have it!
Lots of love to you all!


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The Summit Herald of August 4, 1906 reported that Russian mutineers and revolutionaries in the sea fortress of Sveaborg were defeated by two battleships of the Czar's navy. Local baseball pitcher Larry Walsh was injured when he intervened in a late-night brawl at the carnival grounds involving the adult son of the merry-go-round operator and several unknown assailants. Henry's Garage advertised a new Pope-Hartford touring car to rent for $5/hour or $25/day. A baseball game between single men of Summit vs. a team of married men ended 21-7, in favor of the single men.
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OmniROM: nightlies bring new functions
We reported last month that OmniROM was aiming its sights on more established ROMs, such as CyanogenMod and Paranoid Android. Now, the guys and gals behind OmniROM have started publishing their nightly builds. Included in these night builds are a few new features and functions, as well as support for additional devices.
Some of the new features found in these nightly builds include unobtrusive calls, an improved DSP manager, and more.
Unobtrusive calls
With OmniROM, the entire display isn't taken over every time you receive a phone call. Instead, a discrete white box will appear at the bottom of the screen that will also provide buttons to either reject or accept the call.
Improved DSP Manager
DSP stands for "Digital Signal Processor" and can be used to optimize the sound of Android smartphones and tablets. OmniROM offers two improvements to this manager: center frequency for bass boost which offers a finer adjustment of bass sounds on your device and stereo widening for enabling a wider range for stereo sounds.
Active Display
Similar to the active display of the Moto X, OmniROM will provide similar support to other devices. As such, the screen will only highlight the notification area when a message or notification is received with possible additional interactions possible.
App Permissions
In the Android Settings, you'll be able to modifiy app permissions for individual Apps after you've installed them. So if you're not super kosher with having a certain app access to your contacts after the fact, you can easily go in and modify what it can and can't access.
Device Support
OmniROM is based around Android 4.4 KitKat and is available for the following devices:
- find5 (Oppo Find 5)
- flo (Nexus 7 Wi-Fi 2013)
- grouper (Nexus 7 Wi-Fi 2012)
- tilapia (Nexus 7 3G 2012)
- hammerhead (Nexus 5)
- mako (Nexus 4)
- i777 (Samsung Galaxy S2 AT&T)
- i9100g (Samsung Galaxy S2G)
- i9300 (Samsung Galaxy S3)
- i9305 (Samsung Galaxy S3 LTE)
- n7000 (Samsung Galaxy Note)
- n7100 (Samsung Galaxy Note 2)
- t0lte (Samsung Galaxy Note 2 LTE)
- t0lteatt (Samsung Galaxy Note 2 LTE AT&T)
- t0ltetmo (Samsung Galaxy Note 2 LTE T-Mobile US)
- n1 (Oppo N1)
- mint (Sony Xperia T)
- yuga (Sony Xperia Z)
- odin (Sony Xperia ZL)
- m7att (HTC One AT&T)
- m7ul (HTC One International)
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Some sad news for you peeps that like Domino Magazine....that would be me...I heart Domino Magazine...I subscribe to Domino...I also subscribe to Mary Engelbreit Home Companion which has also folded. Hmm....2 of my subscriptions...gone.
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Some sad news for you peeps that like Domino Magazine....that would be me...I heart Domino Magazine...I subscribe to Domino...I also subscribe to Mary Engelbreit Home Companion which has also folded. Hmm....2 of my subscriptions...gone.
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Hi, love your card the paper is scrummy!!!!ReplyDelete
Such a beautiful card!!! Those papers are awesome!! I would have been hoarding it too! Have a great day!!ReplyDelete
Arent' these papers just scrumptious & you did a beautiful job w/them. I love that butterfly stamp too...I love how you double-stamped!!ReplyDelete
Gorgeous!!! Love these papers and I love that beautiful butterfly! :DReplyDelete
This is beautiful Amy! I love the black and green together!ReplyDelete
Way to ROCK that CC paper ~ love the bold & graphic look of your card ~ fabulous take on Laura's sketch!ReplyDelete
This is gorgeous, Amy! Love your color combo, and what you did with this sketch! I didn't like my effort nearly as much as I like this!ReplyDelete
Sorry about your mags. The publishing industry is REALLY suffering. I wonder why they don't just go to congress and get bailed out? Did I say that out loud?
Wow! Thanks for stopping by my blog and leaving a comment. I found such a gem in your blog! Thanks for all the beautiful inspiration. :)ReplyDelete
Wow! STUNNING! Love the bring colors on black!!!! The butterfly is just THE right touch.ReplyDelete
I've never heard of those two mags. Sorry to hear that!
Such a bold and fun card Amy...I love that butterfly as well! Great job with Laura's sketch this week!ReplyDelete
Oh fun, love this.ReplyDelete
Looks like sunshine!!!ReplyDelete
And in answer to your question, yes I did put a cupcake into the box and delivered it this morning.
u won it from my idol?! You lucky duck!!! I love that color combo ;)ReplyDelete
So beautiful!!ReplyDelete
These are fantabulous colors!! Awesome elements here!! Great details!ReplyDelete
I have to add.....I read some of your blog and you seem to have such a sweet, sincere and fun personality. As a result, I added myself as a follower to your blog.ReplyDelete
It was nice meeting you! Also, thanks for leaving a comment on my blog! ~Lori
This is so beautiful, Amy!! I love that Cosmo paper, and your popped butterfly is fabulous!!ReplyDelete
Wow! That's so pretty Amy. I ♥ the butterfly.ReplyDelete
LOVE the yellow/green/black combo, wow! It makes me happy!ReplyDelete
Oh, NO! Say it ain't so! How am I going to live without Domino?! Awww, man, now I am so bummed!!! :(ReplyDelete
Nice Contrast amy!ReplyDelete
Your card is gorgeous! I love the green butterfly.ReplyDelete
Fabulous card! I love those papers too!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 29, 2009 at 4:15 PM
Amy, thank you so much for visiting my blog... it made me discover yours and I love it! Yours projects are beautiful.ReplyDelete
Gorgeous color combo and card!!ReplyDelete
wow, girl, look at those comments! I love all those peeps that recognize YOUR talent!!! And I love this paper, even used mine awhile back...love this CC funkiness.ReplyDelete
Can't wait to see what you have line up for us tomorrow!
cute card...love that butterfly!ReplyDelete
WHAT?! Home Companion folded?! I usually renew at Christmas for my mom and me, but didn't get around to it this year, now I feel so guilty. I still bought it off the rack though, man, so bummed out now!ReplyDelete
But, back to your card, it's fabulous!! YOu really breathed some new life into that old butterfly! lol! Love everything you mixed together here, gorgeous work!
Well, I for one, I'm glad you stopped hoarding cause this is adorable!ReplyDelete
Very fresh and springy! I'm sorry your pubs folded. So MANY print publications are headed that way with the internet taking over...I think there will be a LOT more magazines stopping in the next year. Sad, huh? There are big changes with the Times and PI TOO! :(ReplyDelete
Your card is absolutly gorgeous!! Love the shape of teh bottom ;-)ReplyDelete
card is gorgeous! I just colored a little butterfly green yesterday. I kept thinking "is this legal, can butterflies be green?" sad to hear about the mags. I don't subscribe to these, but buy them both occasionally.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 31, 2009 at 7:06 AM
this paper is gorgeous and the BUTTERFLY wonderful!ReplyDelete
Great job with both sketches..
- AnonymousJanuary 31, 2009 at 7:06 AM
this paper is gorgeous and the BUTTERFLY wonderful!ReplyDelete
Great job with both sketches..
this is beyond fabulous! love that fun pp and that green butterfly is just inspired!!ReplyDelete
I have this paper too and have yet to use it!! (per usual!) love what you created with it - the bottom edge is so fun and the pop with the green butterfly is super Amy!ReplyDelete
Stunning! I love it!ReplyDelete
WOW - Amy - this card is fabulous!!! You have a perfect eye for colors and you do simple so perfectly!!! LOVE YOUR STYLE!!!ReplyDelete
Great take on the sketch, Amy. Beautiful card and color combo.ReplyDelete


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- Increase your maximum CPM bid. A slightly higher bid will help you reach your Custom Audience.
- Test different creative elements to see which ones audiences respond to best
- Update your Custom Audience as your list grows. This ensures your ads reach new customers as they find your business.
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Fine-tune your ads to reach even more likely customersOnce we had Facebook conversion tracking in place and started using Custom Audiences, we saw a huge uplift in sales. Facebook Ads became ROI-positive for us, from day one!Amy Norman, Co-founder, Little Passports
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On tor, 2003-04-24 at 17:17, muppet wrote:
gtk2-perl-xs currently does not do anything special to unicode strings, because i am a country bumpkin in the 'states and have no experience with or use for unicode, nor any way to type it. the code still uses gchar all over the place, so i was planning to make it just a new typemap for gchar which does the appropriate utf8 conversions, but like i said, i don't know what those are.
I already made those typemaps... They are in the non-xs version. And attached here.
it will be relatively easy --- in gperl.h declare and in GType.xs define functions newSVgchar and SvGChar which convert between SV and gchar* appropriately; then create in gperl's typemap a new entry to use those instead of simply mapping gchar* to T_PV as it currently does. a complication is the fact that in many places we handle gchars without the typemap. these need to be replaced with newSVgchar / SvGChar instead of newSVpv / SvPV_nolen.
If noone beats me to it, I won't mind doing it. However it won't be for the next week at least (deadlines at work). As muppet said it not hard, but quite time consuming. ./borup
TYPEMAP gchar * T_GCHAR INPUT T_GCHAR sv_utf8_upgrade($arg); $var = ($type)SvPV_nolen($arg) OUTPUT T_GCHAR sv_setpv((SV*)$arg, $var); SvUTF8_on($arg);


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Monday, November 21, 2011
Some Makings.
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hahah! at least you spoke to your sister-in-law before sending it off to the new parents :) i LOVE the romper! you are very clever... i am too scared to try anything with buttons! haha! did you use a pattern?ReplyDelete
It's a vintage pattern i found at an oppy & i've used it lots - it also includes a cute little pinnie dress. It's a very quick & easy pattern....my favourites! Buttons used to scare me too, but they are actually quite easy - just practice on some scrap fabric :-)ReplyDelete
ahhh you must share the deets of that romper pattern. stunning.... almost stunning enough for a boy?ReplyDelete
hiii....great blog Malea..I'll be stopping by more often :-)ReplyDelete
That romper is so cute. If I had a little munchkin I would absolutely buy it. Such a great vintage pattern. Melinda xReplyDelete
That romper is divine! DI.VINE. As for those lamingtons, I'm meant to be detoxing. YUM! Kellie xxReplyDelete


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Are you ready to read about an absolute Godsend of a product for damaged hair?
Olaplex. You may have heard of this beforehand, but do you actually know what it does in detail – well, as much detail as anyone could find if they just typed 'Olaplex.' into Google, anyway? 😂
Olaplex was founded by Dean Christal who teamed up with scientist Dr Craid Hawker and Dr Eric Pressly to cook up a new molecule that works from inside the hair strands to strengthen and repair damaged locks where the structure has broken down.
Ha! Well, take it from me (or don't) but, it's great! I really noticed a difference in just one use.
NO. 1: Bond Multiplier
This concentrated first salon step rebuilds broken disulfide bonds and begins the process of preventing damage and repairing hair.
NO. 2: Bond Perfector
Our second salon step continues to rebuild and restore any remaining broken bonds ensuring the strongest, shiniest, and healthiest hair possible.
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This final retail step provides our client's continuous protection from ongoing damage at home.
Yes, I know I've got to stop talking about my past hair, body and skin problems… However, for those who have just joined me, "HI!" "LOVE YOU" and "THANKS" – I was bleach-blonde, last year. Going from a browny, redish, blackish, goldish with the odd white* toned hair colour ('5 Colours in her Hair' by McFly was definitely written for me) – it was tough to go fully blonde without doing it gradually, through highlights.
Although I loved it, I hated how damaged my hair became and worried that I'd lose it after it became "elastic-y". It was terrible! I'd be in the shower and it'd rip like a very thin elastic band. 😭
Anyway, I tried some steam hair treatments, intensive conditioners and hair masks but nothing worked as well as Olaplex. since I had it done on the 31st December 2016! Yes, I remember the date very well (like a saddo) because that was when my #HairGame changed forever (nothing to do with it being New Year's Eve, okay?). 😉
I found a new salon, booked a cut, colour and Olaxplex. treatment, and then arrived on time to get it done. Standard. Boss. #GoodTimeManagement #HireMe #LegendOfATimeKeeper #AddedThisSkillToMyResume
Colour? Matrix (not the film). This is the first time I had tried it. I loved how shiny it made my hair look, and the colour is luxuriously rich. Overall, Matrix made my hair look as though it was in a better condition (even before cutting my endless split ends).
Cut style? Short, with layers … *drum roll* … S E X Y! #SlayLikeFiYonSay
I like layers of all varieties, whether it's on a cake 😋, on hair 😍, on us 🛍 (forms of clothing)… Layers – ROCK!
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You need it in your life.
Olaplex. works to connect and strengthen the bonds which may have gotten disconnected or weakened due to excessive hair styling, colouring, bleaching etc.
Olaplex. repairs damaged hair in just twenty minutes (at salon). Your hairdresser will apply it onto just-washed hair, leave it there to soak into roots, ends, and scalp before washing it off, shampooing, conditioning, and blowing dry as nor Malibu. For best results – cut your hair before the treatment. I mean, it's just common sense, really…
It's pretty expensive to buy all three parts yourself for use at home and I don't think you can buy them directly from Olaplex, so my suggestion would be getting the treatment done at a salon as it works out cheaper that way. I'm sure you can order or buy No. 3 from your Olaplex. certified salon, anyway. The price of No. 3 is £35. They are all (Parts 1 to 3) very small bottles, but they're so powerful that you only need a little each time to see results.
I applied No. 3 yesterday and left it in overnight (as advised by my new hairdresser) even though the packaging says:
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KELLY LOVE is a luxury Australian fashion label based in London. Feminine high quality pieces with a contemporary edge, specialising in womenswear made from luxurious unique fabrics and exclusive prints. For more info go to www.kellylove.com
Thursday, July 26, 2012
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Tuesday, July 24, 2012
Fashion Diary - Hong Kong
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The Satirical Stylist
Gorgeous outfit post by lovely blogger Anne Davies on the The Satirical Stylist! Anne wears 'Secrets from the Garden Playsuit' & 'Lilies in the Water Robe' from SS12.
Just a few of my fave shots.......
Just a few of my fave shots.......
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Monday, July 16, 2012
French Elle - July 2012
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Tuesday, July 10, 2012
SS13 - The story so far........
Shooting the lookbook of a new collection is always such a joy as it's the moment that the initial idea turns into a reality. During the design stage, images float around my mind endlessly of the girl who would wear my clothes and how the finished product will look.
SS13 – The Idyllic Hour is about an English Rose in an eastern world and how the two intertwine seamlessly. It explores the love that we have for each other, the cities that we live in and how everything shapes us to be the people that we are......
The below shots are from the day of the shoot and don't reveal too much but stay tuned for the full story behind the collection and the final lookbook.
The collection & new branding
A selection of gorgeous shoes
Amazing make-up artist Michelle working her magic on Morven
Lunch with the wonderful team
Photograher - Claire Pepper www.clairepepper.co.uk
Hair & Make-up - Michelle Dacillo www.michelledacillo.com
Model - Morven @ Premier
Assistant - Rachel Cowlard
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Your Holiday Homes is a dedicated online marketplace for international properties.
Your Holiday Homes was born due to high demand from the Russian and Scandinavian clients for vacation homes. We were the first website for the Russian speaking countries, offering properties in their own language (no automatic translations).
Our extensive experience in real estate & travel industries allowed us to position ourselves among the industry's leaders from the very start. We are online since 2011 and our property owners received bookings before even the official launch of the website. That was extremely encouraging!
We are not a website which "hides itself" in the online world. We love interacting with our clients face to face, therefore you would always meet our team at the largest real estate and travel events!


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See the itinerary on the MAP
This excursion normally starts with a stop in Murano, the island of the eternal miracle of the blowing glass. The Venetian glass master still pass down to the next generation the secret of this ancient art. If you wish, in some of the glass factories, it is still possible to watch a glass master at work: it almost sounds as magic! The island is packed with shops selling souvenirs but also real amazing works of art. But in case you are particularly interested in going deeper into the history of glass making the Glass Museum displays an incredible collection ranging from the 14th to the 19th century. The ancient Church of Santa Maria and Donato is also really worthwhile.
The charming island of Burano, would be the second call: very well known for its multicolored houses and its elegant lace. But the locals often visit Burano to buy the delicious cookies called "bussolai"!
The final call would be the picturesque island of Torcello, nowadays almost desert, but once the cradle of the Venetian civilization. In Torcello there are a couple of excellent restaurants, an ideal place for a wedding party indeed, and the remains of some of the most ancient monuments of the lagoon plunged in the green native vegetation: the first cathedral in Venice, Santa Maria Assunta, and the church of Santa Fosca.
approx. 3 or 4 hours by private motor boat, around 5 hours by public transportation
€80,00/hour (per group up to 8 people). Tickets and transportation fees are not included. Read our Cancellation Policy.
This tour can be organized by water taxi, a very comfortable and fast way to go around that can adapt to your needs, or by vaporetto, much slower but far less expensive. Water taxi must be paid cash on the spot around €120/hour up to 6 persons (price to be reconfirmed); Vaporetto (ACTV water bus): € 7,50 per person (one ride, 1 hour validity) € 20 per person (validity 24 hours) – PRICES 2018 – For more info please visit http://actv.avmspa.it/en/content/vaporetto
Please note that you must be properly dressed to enter churches (no shorts, no miniskirts, no bare shoulders).
This itinerary can be fully customized at pleasure and could include other islands such as San Francesco del Deserto or the Lazzareto or the Lido and Pellestrina.
This tour can be arranged as part of a shore excursion from the Cruise Terminal.
St Mark's Square, by the exit of the Doge's Palace (see map), your hotel lobby, railway station or wherever it is more convenient.


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Published at Monday, April 22nd, 2019 - 05:37:21 AM. Trekking Poles. By Lacyann Delaunay.
You can keep it simple by purchasing one of the models mentioned earlier. But if they don't suit your needs or budget or are unavailable, some other buying considerations are listed below.
For hiking and general outdoor use, adjustable poles are worth the extra weight and expense. They can be used for more activities (hiking, snowshoeing, backcountry skiing) and perhaps by multiple members of the family. They can be adjusted to accommodate changes in terrain—shorter for uphills, longer for downhills, collapsed for scrambling. Finally, collapsible and adjustable-length models are compatible with more backpacking shelters that utilize trekking poles for support.
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Passings | Steve Roper and Mike Nomad artist Fran Matera has died at the age of 88. Matera, who worked briefly in the Quality Comics bullpen, where he worked on Doll Man and other titles, before enlisting in the Marines during World War II, also drew such comic strips as Dickie Dare, The Legend of Bruce Lee and Nero Wolfe. His comic credits also include the "Chuck White and Friends" feature in Treasure Chest, and issues of Marvel's Incredible Hulk and Tarzan. [Rip Jagger's Dojo]
Publishing | Dark Horse manga editor Carl Gustav Horn takes the long view and refuses to give pat answers to questions about trends and hot properties: "This August, the longest-running manga in the North American market, Kosuke Fujishima's Oh My Goddess!, turns eighteen. We started OMG! during the era of manga marketed as comic books, continued it into the era of manga marketed as graphic novels, and transitioned into the era of manga marketed as tankobon (Japanese-style GNs). Now we're moving ahead into the era of manga marketed for e-reading." [ICv2]
Publishing | The publisher Rizzoli has responded to complaints about the quality of its new edition of Hugo Pratt's Corto Maltese: The Ballad of the Salt Sea. The essence of the statement is that the changes many people are complaining about were approved by the artist himself. [The Beat]
Retailing | Des Moines, Iowa, comic and coffee shop Cup o' Kryptonite will move in May from 4521 Fleur Drive, Suite F, to its new location at 2608 Beaver Ave., dropping the coffee-shop element in the process. [Des Moines Register]
Digital comics | Erica Friedman does a thorough review of the JManga digital manga site, looking at their subscription model, image quality, and a number of individual selections. [Okazu]
Exhibits | The Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute Museum of Art is hosting an exhibit of graphic novel art, "LitGraphic: The World of the Graphic Novel," featuring works by Will Eisner, R. Crumb, and Brian Fies, among others. [Syracuse New Times]


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By Dr. Mark Tholen
Yes, you will be practicing in the facility and treating patients, but the environment of the office will speak as loudly to the patients as you or any of your staff members. Patients, especially new ones, gauge or determine the level of care they receive by assessing the quality of the office environment. Don't believe it?
Keep this concept in mind the next time you are a new patient to an unfamiliar doctor. Nonverbal communication is very powerful in new or unusual environments. Your office will speak to patients; you have a choice in the statement the office will make to them. Regardless of your clinical ability, your success does not depend on your diagnostic and treatment skills, but rather your perceived competence as viewed from your patients' perspective.
There are two basic tenets advanced in the above paragraph. First, if you accept the concept that the office, among other things, is a communication tool, a giant billboard that all of your patients view each time they are treated, then it should be the personification of your "marketing" program.
In fact, it is the marketing program.
Second, success is dependent upon your patients' perceptions. But what is success? Is it greater production, i.e., dollars, fewer direct patient care hours so that you can spend more time elsewhere, focus on a sub-specialty requiring a certain environment, hiring an associate to alleviate the workload, or increasing your income while maintaining your direct patient care hours? These goals will dictate certain design objectives such as the number of operatories. Often, there exists a great disparity between what doctors believe they need in order to achieve their goals and what is actually required for them to accomplish these goals.
Communicating your goals and dreams
How do you expect the office to assist in reaching your personal goals? Too many times, when questioned about why this new office project is being undertaken the response has been, "I need more chairs or operatories." More operatories are a means to reach your ultimate goal. You must decide how you want your office to look. It is helpful to view your office from your patient's perspective. Would you rather have a quaint, comfortable looking office or a more dramatic presentation that conveys the use of cutting-edge knowledge and technology? Know your goals because they will undoubtedly impact the manner in which your office is designed.
There are two basic office design criteria that should be foremost in your mind as you begin: office function and office image.
After stating your expectations or goals you will be able to gauge the amount of assistance you will require, the amount of work you will do on your own, the financial commitment you will make to the project, and how much time you are willing to commit to it. Doctors' involvement can range from total immersion in the project to completely delegating the design of the office to a staff member, spouse, or more appropriately, the designer or architect. Delegation is ideal for a doctor who wants to devote minimal time and/or effort to the process, but remember that you are the one practicing in the facility for, on average, the next 20 years. Request that the designer or architect confer directly with you at the following key decision points in the design process: (1) your definition of the size and components of the office, which is expressed through the use of a design program questionnaire (supplied by the designer), (2) your final approval of the floor plan, (3) your characterization of the elements of the interior design and, (4) your acceptance of the final detailed design drawings. This sequence of events has the potential to satisfy your goals because modifications are almost always needed to meet individual needs and preferences. If accomplished in an orderly fashion by effective leadership of the designer/architect and yourself, this method of project development will decrease your design costs, reduce your construction costs, and result in the office that you "had in your head" as you began the process.
Defining the character of the office includes establishing a wish list of merchandise and equipment you want to employ and procedures and events that you want to hold in your facility. Make certain that this list is in writing and submitted to the architect. Many architects will typically refer to this document as a design program questionnaire, and some will even have one prepared for you to complete. Without the design program, an architect can always design "something," but this "something" may not coincide with your goals and dreams. If the design program is written as opposed to verbally communicated to an architect or designer, the architect or designer will have a much clearer vision as to what is to be accomplished, and more importantly, they will have your goals and dreams. You and the designer or architect become committed to your ideas by intentionally enumerating your thoughts on paper. This step of (you or the architect) drafting your office design desires is vital to the uniform and daily progress of the project.
Form follows function…right?
There are two basic office design criteria that should be foremost in your mind as you begin: office function and office image. You are designing a dental office, before and above and above everything else, it must function effectively to provide quality treatment to patients while minimizing the physical and emotional stress to the staff. It sounds simple, but there are innumerable things that can impede you from treating patients properly. A very simple formula that is critical to your success is the equation that the functional dollars of the project plus the image dollars will equal the degree of success that you have in reaching your goals and building your practice. Focus and concentrate on the functional aspects of the office design and establish them, then layer the elements of image or aesthetics onto the functional aspects of the office design.
A common misconception is that a well appointed office costs a great deal more that a relatively plain, simple office. In fact, it is just plain costly to build any technologically driven diagnostic and therapeutic dental office. You are going to make an investment in your professional office, unlike your car or house, because you expect a return on the investment. If properly designed and constructed in an acceptable location, your office will probably yield greater financial return than any other investment made in your life. First of all, there are many rooms confined to a relatively small space. The rooms are smaller and, as a result, there is much more framing, sheet rock labor, technology cabling, vacuum, compressor, and medical gas lines, and many more electrical outlets. A typical five-operatory office has between 80 and 100 outlets whereas a 2500-square foot accounting office might have 20 outlets. This plethora of outlets begets a tremendous amount of electrical work and this, of course, is accompanied by extensive plumbing and the resulting stratospheric costs.
Before the appearance of the office is considered you have already invested a considerable amount in the aforementioned physical elements of the office. The remainder of your financial resources will then determine the office's image. In order to create a minimally acceptable appearance for the office, it is necessary to invest $10 to $15 per square foot in "image expense" which, in a lease space, might represent between 10 and 15% of the actually building cost. However, if you were to invest $25-30 per square foot you will enjoy an office that emits a strong statement about the quality of care offered at the practice (Fig 1). Many believe that offices with this degree of investment in their image simply have sacrificed something pertaining to function, but this is simply false.
Do not succumb to this fallible reasoning and begin to make imprudent judgements such as "Oh I can't have that, I don't want that" or "People in my town won't like that."
Quality Counts
Why would you not want to make a statement of quality to patients from the instant they walk into your office (Fig. 2)? Marketing surveys have been conducted as to how patients assess the quality of healthcare they receive. In these surveys, patients in a number of facilities were asked to rate the quality of care they would expect to receive, based on a scale from one to ten, according to their observations in a particular healthcare facility. The highest rating any facility received was fifty percent. In other words, patients from a wide spectrum of income levels and facility experiences expected, at best, only mediocre care. It is tragic that people must walk into medical or dental offices and, because of what they see, expect mediocrity.
Patients base their expectations of care on those items they can judge: furniture, artwork, and posters. Message to all practices: Get rid of the posters! Nobody enjoys looking at posters, advertisements, and things lacking in visual appeal. Give the patients something aesthetically placating to view. The patients in these surveys also commented that the furniture in the offices appeared to come from a second hand store or a basement. Clutter was another condition for which the patients voiced disdain; it dramatically lowers the patient's opinion regarding the level of care they receive. It is important to take notice of these items—because your patients most certainly will.
The key to success of the practice is congruency. You must be congruent in everything you do, say, and display to your patients. The function and esthetics (image) of your office must be consistent with the treatment you propose and deliver to your patients (Fig 3). In other words, your environment must reflect who you are as a practitioner.
Success will follow.
Therefore, posing the question whether your practice can support a new office is not the manner in which the project should be approached. Indeed, the question should be whether a new office will support your practice. The facility must support the practice in order for your life and professional goals to be achieved; it is a vehicle for success. The office must support the growth of the business, the practice, and you as a professional, or it is the wrong design. The office, as the marketing centerpiece, should facilitate the functioning of the practice with a significant increase in productivity.
Green Lights
Are you the type of person who needs all of the spotlights to be green before you will start out on a journey? If so, now is a rare time in which all of the economic green lights are on. Construction (labor and materials) costs are down from 15 to 20 percent on a national average, borrowing costs (interest rates) are at historic lows, and the economy is in its beginning stages of recovery. Remember the admonition, "Buy low, sell high"? It is a very simple strategy which is extremely difficult to execute, but now is the time to buy low. Hopefully, you will seize the opportunity to take your practice to the next level while earning more and feeling better at the end of the day.


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Test Scores & Achievements
Each February our 5th and 8th grade students take the NCEA IFG: Acre Edition (Assessment of Children/Youth Religious Education (ACRE).
This program was developed by the National Catholic Educational Association to:
- Serve as a tool for assessing the effectiveness of catechetical / religious education programs
- To summarize how well students in grade 5 (Level 1), grade 8 (Level 2) have learned the basic teachings of the Catholic church in the preceding years
- To assess the religious beliefs, attitudes, practices, and perceptions of students in these grades
- To provide information about areas of strength in catechetical/religious education programs as well as areas of weakness that may need additional attention or improvement.
5th Grade Score Summary : Pillars of The Catechism
Creed (Profession of Faith)
Morality (Life in Christ)
Liturgy and Sacraments
Christian Prayer
8th Grade Score Summary : Pillars of The Catechism
Creed (Profession of Faith)
Morality (Life in Christ)
Liturgy and Sacraments
Christian Prayer
St. Joseph School and all Catholic schools in the Diocese of Owensboro administer NWEA MAP (Measures of Academic Progress). At St. Joseph School the test is administered to Grades Kindergarten through Grade 7. This test is a computerized test that is completed in the computer lab or on Ipads. All students complete tests in the areas of Reading and Math. In addition, Grades 3 through 7 complete tests for Language Usage and Science. The test is administered before Fall Break, in January, and after Spring Break. Teachers use the results to individualize instruction and to monitor student growth.
The ACT Aspire Test was administered to Eighth Grade students in the spring of 2017. This test is part of the college readiness program from the publishers of the ACT test. This test is web-based. ACT Aspire assesses student readiness in English, Reading, Math, Science, and Writing. The National Percentile Rank below shows how our eighth grade students performed in comparison to other eighth grade students in the nation.
For example, if the median English score is at the 84th percentile, the typical student in this group achieved as well as or better than 84% of the students in the nation.
St. Joseph School
National Percentile Rank
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What you need to know
…the SMSU Financial Aid Office is here to help your son/daughter attain their post-secondary educational goals. WE CARE!
…it is imperative that your son/daughter be involved in the entire financial aid process – from the application through awards and disbursement. The Financial Aid Office will contact the student with any questions that may arise. The students need to understand what types of aid they have and know what loans they are applying for.
…the Financial Aid Office can provide general information to anyone. However, to provide specific information about your son/daughter's financial aid application/award a release of information must be submitted by the student via SouthwestNet indicating those individuals we can discuss their confidential information with. Students provide this release on the SMSU Financial Aid Application. This policy meets the rules and regulations set forth by the Federal and State Privacy Act (FERPA and MGDPA).
General Information
How do we apply for Financial Aid?
What types of Financial Aid are available?
How does the work study program work?
How do we apply for Federal Direct Loans?
How do we apply for a Parent Loan (PLUS)?
What If I'm not eligible for a PLUS Loan?
How do we apply for Private Education Loans in my son/daughter's name?
Timetable - beginning with senior year in high school
September– Plan to attend a local Financial Aid Information Night with your son/daughter. Information nights are held in most areas in September - November. Check with your high school or college/university in your area.
October – Student and one parent should apply for an FSA ID at fsaid.ed.gov. This FSA ID will be used every year to apply for financial aid. It will serve as an electronic signature for the FAFSA and other documents. Complete your FAFSA online at www.fafsa.gov. Include the SMSU school code, 002375 in the school section.
January – Make certain that the student has completed and submitted all Financial Aid application forms and other requested documents.
February/March– Financial Aid Letters will be sent to students who have been accepted by the SMSU Admission Office and have all Financial Aid applications complete. The letter will instruct the student to view their award on the SMSU e-services link. Students should review all information on the award letter, submit their response and complete loan applications. Determine whether or not additional funding will be required to cover costs for the year.
June – Notify the Financial Aid Office of new scholarships awarded to the student from their high school or local clubs and organizations.
July – Student should decide if they will be accepting loans they are eligible for and complete the application process.
The SMSU Business Office will send the student a postcard notifying them that they can view their charges under My Account on the e-services website. No paper bills will be sent to the student.
August – Fall semester has arrived. Students must make adjustments to their fall course schedule by the end of the fifth day of courses. Financial Aid will be automatically applied the evening of the sixth class day – this includes grants, scholarships and processed loan funds.
September – do you still have your FSA ID? If not, you may have to look it up at fsaid.ed.gov . Begin preparing for the next financial aid application cycle.
Never hesitate to contact the SMSU Financial Aid Office at 507-537-6281 or 1-800-642-0684. We are here to assist you and your student.
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SEATTLE – Can we even talk anymore? Maybe not, discovered Cliff Mass.
Mass is an atmospheric sciences professor at the University of Washington.
He has been troubled for years by the way the subject of global warming can turn typically even-headed scientists into politicized, tribal warriors.
As he sees it, there are the vast majority of scientists, including himself, who think human-caused global warming is a reality.
But some in this group, frustrated at political inaction, have begun hyping the effects of climate change beyond what the science supports.
"It has taken on some of the traits of orthodoxy, in that it can't be questioned," Mass says.
On the other, much smaller side are the skeptics. They feel denigrated by their field and have become increasingly shrill and bombastic.
It bugs Mass that a vital scientific and technical issue has morphed into such a political and social battle, with rigid, competing camps – even within science. So one day he thought: "Can't we talk this out?"
He proposed a seminar, in which scientists would discuss the science of global warming only with other scientists. It was going to be at the UW this fall. Mass, who believes the science is on the side of global warming, figured the so-called "alarmists" would defeat the so-called "deniers" on most of the merits, but not all.
The point, though, was to show that civilized, informed debate is what science is all about.
He invited some of the 12 skeptics who recently wrote an anti-global-warming brief to the U.S. Supreme Court, and suggested they hash it out with some experts at the UW's atmospheric sciences department.
That's when the name-calling started.
"It all went to hell," Mass said.
Some scientists are wary of these debates because they say they foster a false perception that there is a real "pro or con" debate.
But their reluctance prompted one skeptic, in caustic emails, to brand all the University of Washington scientists as "dishonest" or "blind fanatics" who are peddling "political nonsense" in the guise of science.
"Are there any true intellectuals left at UW?" taunted retired astrophysicist Gordon Fulks, in an email to much of the atmospheric sciences faculty. "Or have you ALL morphed into climate automatons?"
There was so much smack-talk, most of it from Fulks, that Mass canceled the seminar.
"It was inimical to everything a scientific discussion is supposed to be about," Mass said, "and the scientific discussion hadn't even started yet."
So a meeting to clear the air of tribal antagonism was called off due to tribal antagonism.
"It's ironic, but it's where we are," Mass said. "There's a very interesting conversation to be had about global warming, about the limits of the science and what we know. But we aren't going to have it."
I have two thoughts about this. One, the politics surrounding global warming have truly become stultifying when scientists can't even agree to hold a meeting to talk without a slap-fight breaking out.
But two, as was documented in a series in the Seattle Times last week, the global warming debate has become a sideshow anyway.
Ocean acidification, global warming's evil twin, is caused by the same culprit, is easily measurable and is already a crisis.
There's not much to debate so far: We're poisoning the oceans with acid. So will we do anything about this one?
Mass, who is jaded after watching up-close the pervasive politicization of global warming, said the ocean issue may fall down the same rabbit hole.
"My guess is no, we won't end up doing anything about it," he said. "Other than divide into polarized camps, just as we did on climate change."
I doubt nature's going to care much about that petty human drama, either.


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Hag-Seed: The Tempest retold by Margaret Atwood
The Tempest is a play set on a ship. In the first scene, the ship is wrecked. 'All lost ... all lost.' The play is over. The play begins again. To one side of the stage, on an island a girl is watching. She is defined by watching: 'O I have suffered with those that I saw suffer.' The girl has been watching what we have been watching; she is a watcher on the stage, and she is the play's new beginning. The play opens, this second time, with a kind of creation story. For the first time, her father, Prospero, tells Miranda how she came to be where she lives. It is an old story: a brother's betrayal, a long journey at sea, a miraculous survival. This strange, subtle, unsettling scene plays out on stage the relationship between a storyteller and his listener, whose name means 'wonder, admiration'. The story comes to life in her, and the drowned sailors crawl from the sea.
This scene between Prospero and Miranda figures the change in Shakespeare's later plays from considerations of history – character, power, and circumstance – to considerations of time, its wreckages and renewals. The change is perhaps comparable to the development of total theatre: the power of these plays depends not on the internal logic of their stories but on the unfolding of strange and marvellous effects. A woman brought back to life from her coffin, a live bear on the stage, a statue which comes to life: as Paulina says in The Winter's Tale, 'It is requir'd / you do awake your faith'. These late plays are now called romances, which in Shakespeare's time were old, marvellous, digressive adventure stories. Pericles, Cymbeline, The Winter's Tale, The Tempest: all are plays of long sea voyages, fantastical chance, and sudden violence, characters thought dead brought back to life; all but Cymbeline have at their heart the relationship between fathers and daughters.
Hag-Seed takes its place in the Hogarth Shakespeare project which (from the press release) 'sees Shakespeare's works retold by acclaimed and bestselling novelists of today'. Hag-Seed is Margaret Atwood's retelling of The Tempest. She tells it as though it were realism. Her Prospero is called Felix, artistic director of the Makeshiweg Festival. After the prologue, in two brief chapters, Felix summarises how he came to be where he is. His wife died after giving birth; his daughter Miranda died at the age of three. In his grief, he decided to stage The Tempest. At that point, his trusted producer Tony went behind his back, had him sacked, and took his place. Felix spent years hidden away with his rage and grief. At long last, under a false name, he started to direct plays in a men's prison. It is through his staging of The Tempest that he seeks revenge. His revenge is the action of the book.
With his prison cast, he writes up on a whiteboard what the play is about.
'I'll start with the keynotes,' Felix continues. 'These are the important things to look for when we're figuring out how to present this play.' Using the blue marker, he writes: IT'S A MUSICAL... music used for what? MAGIC: Used for what? PRISONS: How many? MONSTERS: Who is one? REVENGE; Who wants it? Why?
Atwood is always a clever and amusing writer, edgily self-aware. Her retelling of The Tempest is itself built around these 'keynotes'. 'The island is a prison,' says Felix, and Atwood's novel is set for the most part in a prison. Hag-Seed is not so much a retelling of The Tempest as an essay in novel form on its keynotes. But Felix has written nothing on the whiteboard about fathers and daughters, wonder, recovery, renewal, or forgiveness. In the First Folio, The Tempest was printed as the first of the Comedies.
The Tempest took inspiration from a true strange story: in 1609 a fleet of nine ships on their way to the colony of Virginia met with a storm. This storm separated the ship Sea-Adventure from its fleet. The leaky ship foundered on the rocks of Bermuda. All on board were saved. In his True Reportory of the Wracke, which Shakespeare almost certainly read, the survivor Strachey noted of these islands:
such tempests, thunders and other fearefull objects are seene and heard about them, that they be called commonly, The Devils Ilands, and are feared and avoided ... Yet it pleased our mercifull God, to make even this hideous and hated place, both the place of our safetie, and meanes of our deliverance ... whereas indeed wee find them now by experience, to bee as habitable and commodious as most Countries of the same climate and situation ...
Atwood's descriptions of the prison setting are the strongest part of Hag-Seed, along with the songs that her prisoners make up. But in The Tempest the island is only a prison insofar as a play is a list of themes. The island is also the 'meanes of ... deliverance' of Prospero and Miranda. For Caliban, it is a bounteous kingdom, and home. 'Be not afeard; the isle is full of noises, / Sounds and sweet airs that give delight ...'
There is remarkably little in Hag-Seed of what is natural, a word rich in meaning in Renaissance England: untrained, blood-tied, fertile, generative. But the generative work of time is at the heart of The Tempest. After the first wreck, the play continues forward in time. Like The Tempest, Hag-Seed opens with a disorienting scene. After that, though, its story goes back in time: its driving force is not renewal but explanation. Miranda is dead from the start. 'MAGIC: Used for what?' writes Felix.
Miranda haunts Hag-Seed. Felix communicates not with the living girl but with the ghost of her. In this, perhaps Atwood recalls Daphne du Maurier's memorable and disconcerting novella The Breakthrough (1966), in which the soul of a dead child is trapped in a kind of life-support machine in communication with another person. Miranda's ghost remains an uncertain, flimsy presence in Hag-Seed, and this makes the novel a strangely limited reading of the play. Giving up a ghost from the past is not the same as handing a child into her future. 'REVENGE', writes Felix on the whiteboard. For Prospero, though, revenge is part of a wider work of renunciation. He marries his daughter to the son of an enemy. She will live in the enemy's kingdom. 'O brave new world,' says Miranda, as the play ends. 'Tis new to thee,' says Prospero.
In the late plays, in the archetypal relationship between fathers and daughters, Shakespeare works out his drama of time and renewal. He brings Time the Chorus onto the stage with an hourglass to open the second part of The Winter's Tale: 'since it is in my power / to o'erthrow law, and in one self-born hour / To plant and o'erwhelm custom'. Time turns his hourglass: the play passes over sixteen years; it turns from the court of Leontes to the summer festival of his lost daughter Perdita. In Hag-Seed, with Miranda dead, time's great hourglass never turns over.
Why kill off Miranda? Perhaps, in turning her into a ghost, Atwood is reflecting on Miranda's odd, exclamatory way of speaking: 'O wonder!' This is the trouble with turning one of Shakespeare's late plays into a novel of character-driven realism. Considered in such terms, Miranda is hard material to work with. So would the character of Time be. Marina in Pericles, Perdita in The Winter's Tale, and Miranda in The Tempest: the young women are in these late plays like a force of nature: strong, eloquent, triumphant, they have an archetypal simplicity. Their mode is astonishment. They say simply what they mean. This is the quality that Auden captures in his brilliant poetic commentary on The Tempest. In The Sea and the Mirror (1944), Auden's poem for Miranda is fittingly at once lucid and riddling: 'My Dear One is mine as mirrors are lonely, / And the high green hill sits always by the sea ...'
Atwood is a diverting, clever, spirited writer, and Hag-Seed has all these qualities. As a retelling of The Tempest, though, it makes me wonder why the Hogarth Press did not instead ask Atwood to retell Measure for Measure.


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The floodgates are finally cracking open for Android Lollipop. Nexus device updates are rolling out, while Motorola and LG have pledged Lollipop updates for some devices this week.
It's also a happy Friday for AT&T customers, who are seeing a bunch of updates, though unfortunately none of those bring the new Android OS.
Each week we gather up all the major software updates for the biggest devices; phones and tablets on U.S. carriers (and unlocked phones, of course), wearables, and round them all up so you don't miss a thing.
Making sure your device installs the latest software is a good housekeeping practice, ensuring you have the latest features, close security holes, and squash those pesky bugs.
Nexus 5, 7, 9, 10: These Google devices should see the Lollipop update any day now through an over-the-air update (it hit my Nexus 7 on Nov. 13). Keep in mind that for tablets the update will come sooner for the Wi-Fi-only models. If you're the adventurous type, or if you've rooted your device beyond recognition, grab the factory images directly from Google. Not sure what to do then? We have a handy tutorial for installing one of these.
Galaxy S4: It's not Lollipop, but it puts you one step closer with Android 4.4.4. Update KTU84P.I337UCUFNJ4 also brings a fix to E911, version 2.0 of Samsung's Knox security software, and other bug fixes and security updates.
Galaxy Tab S 8.4: This one is a pretty boring update, with KOT49H.T707AUCU1ANJ5 only bringing you carrier "billing enhancements," ATTMail, Keeper, and YPMobile. You're also stuck at 4.4.2.
Galaxy Tab S 10.5: Along with the same AT&T bloatware as the Tab S 8.4, the bigger version of Samsung's tablet gets the Milk Music application in the KOT49H.T807AUCU1ANJ5 update.
Galaxy Note 2: It's a pretty old device (we're now on the Note 4), so it's good for it to get any kind of update. Though it's rather the mystery what's actually included, as AT&T only lists "Android OS enhancements" for the KOT49H.I317UCUCNJ1 update.
Galaxy S3: It's the same mystery update here. KOT49H.I747UCUFNJ1 brings the identical unnamed enhancements.
Galaxy Mega: Another snoozer - KOT49H.I527UCUBNJ1 brings the "Android OS enhancements" also.
LG G3: The D850 update has several enhancements, including a power glitch fix, security patches, an update to Google Mobile Service, Mobile TV 6.0, and a removal tool for the Skyfire Toolbar. This update will only hit your device via Wi-Fi.
Nexus 5: Just because you are on Sprint doesn't mean you're left out of the Lollipop brigade - update LRX210 brings Android 5.0 to your device. It's the same version ID as what's listed on the Nexus factory images site, so Sprint has done little to no tinkering.
Xperia Z1S: There are a couple of neat improvements in this update, including support for in-flight texting and Wi-Fi calling enhancements. Grab 14.4.B.0.56 for these add-ons and improvements to camera and Bluetooth performance.


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Meet the Pens
You will never understand the importance of a good pen until you use one.
They are the tools that bring the words from the soul to the paper.
Montegrappa micra rollerball
This yellow Montegrappa Micra Rollerball was given to Katharine in 2014 before a trip to Basel World in Switzerland. It has never left her side since. Though the design has been discontinued by the manufacture, there are still many available at retailers in various colors. It is a great first pen. The ink glides effortlessly onto paper.
Aurora Ipsilon Medium point fountain
The Aurora is the newest of the two pens and her first fountain pen. It has taken patience and practice but over time, this pen has found a way into Katharine's heart. The Aurora Ipsilon is an affordable but quality pen. Perfect for first timers. There is an option to dip or fill a reusable cartridge.


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Lichty Guitars Hosts a Geoff Achison Guitar Workshop
On June 18th ten lucky folks will have the extraordinary opportunity to participate in an acoustic guitar playing workshop with one of the top guitarists of our time, Australian guitarist/singer/songwriter Geoff Achison. This will be an afternoon to remember!
Spend two and a half hours in this small group setting getting tips and instruction from a musician who was named one of the Top Ten Hottest New Guitarists by Guitar Player Magazine in 2008. You'll find a sample of the long list of international awards and honors he has received below. Geoff is frequently gives guitar workshops at Fur Peach Guitar Ranch in Ohio where he teaches electric blues guitar. Learn more about Geoff at www.geoffachison.com.
Achison Guitar Workshop Details
- Date: June 18th, 2011
- Time: 3:00pm to 5:30pm
- Location: Lichty Guitars' Studio in Tryon, NC
- Cost: $50
- Tickets are limited to TEN so call or email us today. We currently have just a few spots left. (email@example.com or 828-817-1460)
We hope you'll join us for some serious fun!
GEOFF ACHISON: 'Souldiggin' Blues Guitar Workshop
Australian blues/roots artist Geoff Achison began his world travels in 1995 when he won the Memphis Blues Foundation's 'Albert King Award' and scored a Gibson Guitars endorsement deal for his fret-board skills.
He has since toured and recorded extensively around the USA, Europe and 'down under' performing either as a Solo Acoustic artist or electrified with his band, The Souldiggers.
Geoff enjoys the opportunity to teach and is a regular instructor, and charter member at Jorma Kaukonen's famous Fur Peace Ranch guitar camp in Ohio, USA.
His workshops are relaxed and informal affairs where he engages his students in friendly conversation discussing their mutual love of music and desire to master their chosen instrument.
With his enormous wealth of playing experience he specialises in exploring techniques that can help musicians to get the most out of the instrument without getting bogged down in mountains of theory and extra study.
Flat pick and finger-style, dynamic rhythm & lead are covered as well as some hot jamming tips.
With just a few basic chords and simple scales you'll see how amazing music can be made.
"Possibly one of the most gifted musicians to arrive on the scene … His playing verges on the miraculous"
~The Times of London, UK
Geoff is one of the finest guitarists I know, with a completely individual style. I have never seen anyone play quite like him."
~Jorma Kaukonen, Hot Tuna USA
"Achison has been hailed as one of the finest blues players in Australia."
~Encyclopaedia of Australian Rock and Pop, Australia
"Achison's virtuosity with the guitar is unmatched, as anyone who's seen him even once will attest. He's at the top of the game."
~Rhythms Magazine, Australia
"His mastery of both the acoustic and electric allow his guitars to achieve heights never reached by most accomplished rock guitarists."
Creative Loafing, Atlanta, GA USA
Geoff Achison's Custom Lichty Guitar
More great news: We are proud to share that internationally acclaimed guitarist Geoff Achison chose NC luthier Jay Lichty to build a custom guitar for his North American tours.
A bit more about this Australian talent …
At the age of eleven this internationally acclaimed guitarist discovered an old guitar under the stairwell of his family home. Looking back this must seem to Geoff Achison like one of those life-changing moments. In the isolation of his rural Australian home he taught himself how to play, developing a style uniquely Achison. Early influences by the recordings of Eric Clapton, Freddie King, Albert Collins and other fueled his love for the blues. Over the years he has racked up a slew of awards that recognize his blues finesse as well as he talents as a songwriter, singer and his production of numerous critically acclaimed albums. The short list of awards might include the following honors:
- Top Ten Hottest New Guitarists Readers Poll – Guitar Player Magazine 2008
- Best New Male Artist – Lithgow 1994 (Aust.)
- Best Blues Guitarist – Lithgow 1994
- Album Of The Year – (Big Machine) – 'Now Dig This' PBS Fm1994
- Blues Performer Of The Year – Melbourne Blues Appreciation Society (MBAS) / 3PBS FM 1995
- Albert King Award – Memphis USA 1995
- Album Of The Month – (Mystery Train) Jazz FM, London UK 1998
- Male Artist Of The Year – VicTas Blues Music Awards 1999
- Australian Songwriters Award – (Comin' Ta Getcha)1999
- Most Popular Guest Award – Rainbow Hotel / MBAS Jam 2001
- No. 1 Songs Award – (Comin' Ta Getcha) Raw Talent Music Awards 2001
- Independent Music Awards USA – Finalist (Adam & Eve) 2001
- Kweevak usa 'Album Of The Year' critics choice – (Gettin' Evil) 2002 – (Gettin' Evil) 2002
- Kweevak usa 'Album Of The Year' viewers choice – (Gettin' Evil) 2002 – (Gettin' Evil) 2002
- Male Artist Of The Year – Victorian Blues Awards 2002
- Band Of The Year – Victorian Blues Awards 2002 (The Souldiggers)
- Band of The Year – Chain Blues Awards 2007 (The Souldiggers)
- Kweevak Music Magazine usa – (Little Big Men) 2007 Readers Choice awards
You can find Geoff online and get news about his available CD's, his tour dates and all the latest news at www.geoffachison.com.


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24 Hours on Catalina IslandNovember 17, 2015
Catalina is the ultimate getaway for anyone who lives in Southern California. A quick ferry ride away, Catalina is an enchanting retreat with amazing outdoor activities, the best candy shop in the world, and a whole lot of charm.
When to Go
My husband and I visited Catalina in the off-season – in January – and weren't quite sure what to expect. Like most California winters, we were met with 70 degree and sunny weather – the perfect hiking weather. The warmer months of the year are great for water activities (snorkeling, stand-up paddle boarding, etc.) – though we were told to expect bigger crowds during the summer season.
How to Get There
The Catalina Express ferry leaves out of Long Beach, San Padre, and Dana Point. For those who experience sea sickness like I do, or are afraid of deep water like I am, fear not! It is a short and painless ride. If I can do it, so can you!
Where to Stay
Snug Harbor Inn is the best bed and breakfast on the island. It's in the heart of Avalon with the picturesque view of Avalon Harbor that all Catalina goers hope for – and it's as high-end of a bed and breakfast as any five-star hotel. We stayed in the San Nicholas room which overlooked the harbor. It was beautiful, cozy, and had a fireplace – what more could we hope for? The inn's staff brought breakfast to our bedroom, and we also enjoyed afternoon snacks (complimentary).
What to Do
The Hermit Gulch hike is a must. The hike itself is about 4 miles long – but if you walk to the trailhead from Avalon (and back), it ends up being a total of about 7 ½ miles. Walk from Avalon to the Wrigley Memorial and Botanic Garden, and you'll see the trailhead from there! It's a tough hike with a lot of uphill climbing, but the views are breathtaking and absolutely worth it.
The Catalina Zip Line Eco Tour is also a must-do for those adventure lovers! It's extremely safe, gets your heart racing, and allows you to experience some of the best views on the island. There are five zip lines on the tour, for a total of about ¾ mile of travel, reaching speeds up to 40 miles per hour!
Where to Eat
Our favorite restaurants on the island are Steve's Steakhouse and Bluewater Grill. Steve's Steakhouse is known for, well, great steaks. It has a diverse menu and an old-world charm with its arched windows and romantic ambiance. Bluewater Grill has some of the highest quality seafood I've tasted – and it's setting is as classic Catalina as you could imagine! The pastel blue-painted wood building sits over the water in the town's historic "waterfront terminal building."
Where to Indulge
Lloyd's of Avalon is arguably the best candy shop…ever. Their homemade fudge and saltwater taffy are to die for. We frequented Lloyd's about ten times during our short weekend stay in Catalina – so for anyone with a sweet tooth, you're in for a treat (literally)!
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October Events in Durham
Here's your Bull City Top 5 -- Lots of events and happenings to explore in Durham, NC this October. Enjoy all that the Bull City has to offer! Fall is finally here!
The 22nd Annual World Beer Festival Durham
October 14, 2017 // Durham Bulls Athletic Park // 2-4pm or 6-10pm
The World Beer Festival is back in Bull City! Unlimited 2oz. tastings of the finest beers and ciders! Get a jump on sampling your favorite beers by purchasing a VIP Pass and gain admission into the festival before anyone else.
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Chefs For A Change- Chef John May
October 16, 2017 // The Rickhouse // $75
Chefs For Change is back! Enjoy a three-course meal from Chef John May at one of Durham's newest event venues, The Rickhouse for $75. All proceeds benefit Families Moving Forward! Come experience fine dining with a purpose!
Disney's Little Mermaid
October 17, 2017 - October 22, 2017 (Daily) // DPAC
Disney's Little Mermaid is coming to DPAC! Time Magazine calls it "Broadway's Under the Sea Spectacular. One of the most ravishing things I've ever seen on a Broadway stage." Come experience this Disney Classic in Bull City.
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Bull City Race Fest and Food Truck Rodeo
October 22, 2017 // American Tobacco
The Bull City Race Fest and Food Truck Rodeo is the perfect combination of a world class running and food experience! Choose from half-marathon-mile and one-mile distances and enjoy a fall morning of running and post-race food.
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Duke Homestead's Halloween Phantasmagoria
October 27, 2017 // Duke Homestead State Historic Site // $15, $10 in advance
Duke Homestead's Halloween Phantasmagoria is unlike any other Halloween experience you will have! Explore historical concepts of Spiritualism, awe, and wonder from the 19th century at Duke Homestead. You are invited to wander the property to see what wonders you can find. Bring the whole family and get in the Halloween spirit!
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Tata Global Beverages Ltd is up for a third straight session today. The stock is quoting at Rs 218.4, up 1.51% on the day as on 12:54 IST on the NSE. The benchmark NIFTY is up around 0.34% on the day, quoting at 11682.85. The Sensex is at 38877.28, up 0.28%. Tata Global Beverages Ltd has gained around 9.06% in last one month.
Meanwhile, Nifty FMCG index of which Tata Global Beverages Ltd is a constituent, has gained around 1.43% in last one month and is currently quoting at 30533.7, up 0.23% on the day. The volume in the stock stood at 16.2 lakh shares today, compared to the daily average of 19.85 lakh shares in last one month.
The benchmark April futures contract for the stock is quoting at Rs 219.25, up 1.2% on the day. Tata Global Beverages Ltd is down 21.9% in last one year as compared to a 10.97% jump in NIFTY and a 12.23% jump in the Nifty FMCG index.
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The challenge with news and academic journals: how do you preserve this body of information. The journal community has working on that in a much more systematic way. There is a shared consensus among all players that preserving the record of scholarly journal publication is essential. Nobody wants their scholarship to be ephemeral so you have to tell people a convincing story about how their work will be preserved.
The primary responsibility for the active archive in most cases is the publisher, but there must be some kind of external fallback system so content will survive the failure of the publisher and the publisher's archive. These are usually collaborative. Libraries have been the printed news archive, but that is changing. There is also a Keepers Registry so you can see how many keepers are preserving a given journal. The larger journals are well covered, but the smaller ones are really at risk, and a lot of these are small open source journals. "So, we need to be very mindful of those kinds of dynamics as we think about what to do about strategies for really handling the digital news at scale."
With the news, there are a few very large players, and a whole lot of other small news outlets of various kinds. Different strategies are needed for the two groups. We need to be very cautious about news boundaries. "Now in many, many cases, the journalism is built on top of and links to underlying evidence which at least in the short term is readily inspectable by anyone clicking on a link." But the links deteriorate and the material goes away and "preserving that evidence is really important." But it is unclear who is or should be preserving this. There are also questions about the news, the provenance, the motives, the accuracy, and these have to be handled in a more serious way.
"most social media is actually observation and testimony. Very little of it is synthesized news. It's much more of the character of a set of testimonies or photographs or things like that. And collectively it can serve to give important documentation to an event, but often it is incomplete and otherwise problematic. We need to come to some kind of social consensus about how social media fits into the cultural record.
We need to devise some systematic approaches to this because the journalistic organizations really need help; "their archives are genuinely at risk" and in many cases the "long term organizational viability is at risk". We need a public consensus. "We need a recognition that responsible journalism implies a lasting public record of that work." The need for free press is recognized consitutionally. "We cannot, under current law, protect most of this material very effectively without the active collaboration of the content producers." This is too big a job for any single organization, and we don't want a single point of failure.


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In How to Manage MS-Related Spasticity, we discussed different therapeutic strategies to combat spasticity. Conservative approaches can be quite effective in combatting mild spasticity, including stretching and strengthening exercises. Oral medications such as BACLOFEN are often effective, especially in the early stages of the disease.
Stretching and range of motion exercises can treat connective tissue tightness. Stretches should focus on a single muscle group. Hold for 30 seconds, rest, and repeat 3-5 times. NO BOUNCING ALLOWED.
Yoga, Tai Chi and biofeedback may be appropriate relaxation interventions. Swimming and aquatic exercises may also be helpful.
Problems with co-contractions can be treated with timing exercises and by focusing on motor control.
Strength training can assist with the timing of movements, depending on the strength or weakness of the agonist/antagonist muscles.
Strengthening can be achieved in a variety of ways, using free weights, machines, theraband, Swiss Balls, or aquatic exercises.
General conditioning can help to strengthen weak and deconditioned muscle groups and increase endurance and cardiovascular conditioning.
Pain may be alleviated or reduced by stretching, transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS), or thermal modalities such as cooling.
Early in my MS career, I told the neurologist that I was experiencing unusual tightness in my calves. His recommendations were yoga, swimming, plenty of fluids and potassium-rich foods. These strategies helped somewhat, but not completely, and I certainly didn't know how to properly stretch my muscles.
At home, I would talk about how knotted my calves were and the response I received was something like this: "Good grief, Lisa!! What did you do?" My response:
"Absolutely nothing, and this is not as bad as it usually gets."
So it wasn't until the enormous, never-ending (seemingly) relapse I experienced last winter/spring that the neurologist and I discussed spasticity. Basically, the back of my legs were pulled so tight that I couldn't extend them to stand straight. It was excruciating.
Also, I couldn't stand from a chair or the sofa without pulling on a table. On Day 3 of a 5-day course of IV Solumedrol, I actually could stand up from a seated position. The moment was thrilling!!
A month later the spasticity was returning and my neurologist prescribed Oral baclofen (Linosenil®). Following the titration schedule described below, I found a therapeutic level. At first I did experience increased fatigue as a side effect, but that dissipated after 3-5 days. I was so nice when my legs could be completely straightened and I could walk more easily. The increased mobility was most welcome.
BACLOFEN has been part of my pharmacological arsenal for the past year. But I must say that since beginning regular physical therapy sessions with a specialist in neurological disorders, I have not needed as much medication to combat the spasticity. I now know how to stretch properly, even how to get some of the really awkward spots to let loose. The strengthening exercises have helped to improve muscle tone and the conditioning activities has increased overall health and well-being.
So, for me, a combination of spasticity-relieving strategies has been most helpful. If spasticity is interfering with your daily functioning and causes pain, talk to your doctor to discuss treatment options. Medication may not be the answer for you.
Resources for Stretching and Exercise
Fowler, J. (2003). Everybody stretch: A physical activity workbook for people with various levels of multiple sclerosis. Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada.
Gibson, B. E. (2004). Stretching for people with MS: An illustrated manual. National Multiple Sclerosis Society.
Gibson, B. E. (2002). Stretching with a helper for people with MS: An illustrated manual. National Multiple Sclerosis Society.
Drug Information
BACLOFEN acts on the central nervous system to relieve spasms, cramping, and tightness of muscles caused by spasticity in multiple sclerosis.
Proper Usage
People with MS are usually started on an initial dose of 5 mg every six to eight hours. If necessary, the amount is increased by 5 mg per dose every five days until symptoms improve. The goal of treatment is to find a dosage level that relieves spasticity without causing excessive weakness or fatigue. The effective dose may vary from 15 mg to 160 mg per day or more.
If you are taking more than 30 mg daily, do not stop taking this medication suddenly. Stopping high doses of this medication abruptly can cause convulsions, hallucinations, increases in muscle spasms or cramping, mental changes, or unusual nervousness or restlessness. Consult your physician about how to reduce the dosage gradually before stopping the medication completely.
This drug adds to the effects of alcohol and other CNS depressants (such as antihistamines, sedatives, tranquilizers, prescription pain medications, seizure medications, other muscle relaxants), possibly causing drowsiness. Be sure that your physician knows if you are taking these or other medications.
Studies of birth defects with BACLOFEN have not been done with humans. Studies in animals have shown that BACLOFEN, when given in doses several times higher than the amount given to humans, increases the chance of hernias, incomplete or slow development of bones in the fetus, and lower birth weight.
BACLOFEN passes into the breast milk of nursing mothers but has not been reported to cause problems in nursing infants.
Possible Side Effects
Side effects that typically go away as your body adjusts to the medication and do not require medical attention unless they continue for several weeks or are bothersome: drowsiness or unusual tiredness*; increased weakness*; dizziness or lightheadedness; confusion; unusual constipation*; new or unusual bladder symptoms*; trouble sleeping; unusual unsteadiness or clumsiness*.
Unusual side effects that require immediate medical attention: fainting; hallucinations; severe mood changes; skin rash or itching.
Symptoms of overdose: sudden onset of blurred or double vision*; convulsions; shortness of breath or troubled breathing; vomiting.
*Since it may be difficult to distinguish between certain common symptoms of MS and some side effects of BACLOFEN, be sure to consult your health care professional if an abrupt change of this type occurs.
You are encouraged to report negative side effects of prescription drugs to the FDA. Visit www.fda.gov/medwatch, or call 1-800-FDA-1088.


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Get Ready for a Major Fashion Collab Between Miss Piggy and Kate Spade
We've always loved Miss Piggy's style as much as we love Kate Spade. And while we flipped out over the Kate Spade + Minnie Mouse collection, finding out that one of our fave brands is working with one of the industry's feistiest fashion-fab puppets (or, er, muppets) has put our excitement level right over the top.
"I am the embodiment of the Kate Spade girl right now," Miss Piggy told E! while spilling the deets around her collab with Kate Spade's Chief Creative Officer Deborah Lloyd. The sassy swine added, "I have been her muse for years. I've always loved Kate Spade. I'm quick, I'm smart and I'm strong. Just like Kate Spade. We are synonymous. The Kate Spade girl and moi? Same thing."
The holiday collection will include one-of-a-kind designs that all get a nod of approval from Piggy herself. "I love everything in my collection. I'm a shoe girl; I'm a dress girl. I have everything, [and my collection] is bold, it's strong, it's pink, it's polka dots, it's fun. All of these things are things Kate Spade does well. So it works." It definitely works.
Including both clothes and accessories, the items will range in the area of $50-$375 and will be available both in stores and online December 1.
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Artist's concept of Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. Image credit: NASA/JPL
Three cameras on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter worked as expected in a test pointing them at the moon and stars on Sept. 8.
"We feel great about how the camera performed and can hardly wait to see what it will show us at Mars," said Dr. Alfred McEwen of the University of Arizona, Tucson, principal investigator for the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment aboard Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
The test also checked operation of the spacecraft's Context Camera and Optical Navigation Camera, plus the spacecraft's high-gain antenna and systems for handling and distributing data from the instruments.
"The instruments and the ground data system passed this test with flying colors," said Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Project Manager Jim Graf of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. "We received 75 gigabits of data in less than 24 hours, which is a new one-day record for any interplanetary mission."
The spacecraft was about 10 million kilometers (6 million miles) from the moon when it turned to slew the cameras' fields of view across that test target. At that distance, the moon would appear as a single star-like dot to the unaided eye. In the test images by the high-resolution camera, it is about 340 pixels in diameter and appears as a crescent about 60 pixels wide. The tests also included imaging of the star cluster Omega Centauri for data to use in calibrating the camera.
During its primary science mission at Mars, the spacecraft will orbit within about 300 kilometers (186 miles) of that planet's surface. From that distance, the high-resolution camera will discern objects as small as one meter or yard across.
The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, launched on Aug. 12, will reach Mars and enter orbit on about March 10, 2006. After gradually adjusting the shape of its orbit for half a year, it will begin its primary science phase in November 2006. The mission will examine Mars in unprecedented detail from low orbit, returning several times more data than all previous Mars missions combined. Scientists will use its instruments to gain a better understanding of the history and current distribution of Mars' water. By inspecting possible landing sites and by providing a high-data-rate relay, it will also support future missions that land on Mars.
More information about the mission, including new test images of the moon by the high-resolution camera, is available online at
The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter mission is managed by JPL, a division of the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, for the NASA Science Mission Directorate. Lockheed Martin Space Systems, Denver, prime contractor for the project, built both the spacecraft and the launch vehicle. Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp., Boulder, Colo., built the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment instrument for the University of Arizona to provide to the mission. Malin Space Science Systems, San Diego, Calif., provided the Context Camera. JPL provided the Optical Navigation Camera.
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