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I've been noticing little gifts, sparks of reminders to breathe, stitch, walk, breathe.
Two herons flying across the road, beautiful and gangly
A hawk zooming through trees
Hooting of the barred owls outside
The different types of daffodils in our own yard
Being invited to share more than I submitted
This Shaker song, posted on a new-to-me blog, which I learned years ago, when I was in choir. It always makes me happier to hear the tune, and, as it turns out, reading the words also bring cheer.
'Tis the gift to be simple, 'tis the gift to be free
'Tis the gift to come down where we ought to be,
And when we find ourselves in the place just right,
'Twill be in the valley of love and delight.
When true simplicity is gain'd,
To bow and to bend we shan't be asham'd,
To turn, turn will be our delight,
Till by turning, turning we come 'round right.
(by Joseph Brackett, 1848)
If you don't know it, do take a moment to look up the tune, it's bright and humble and sounds like springtime.
I hope you are well, in your world


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Muddy's Opens Robesonia Location
Muddy's BBQ's original location in Alsace Township remains closed, but it has opened a brand new location in Robesonia. The location along Penn Avenue, the first of two planned locations, officially opened on June 27. A second location in Oley is still planned but no open date has been announced.
Fire Damages Bistro 614
Bistro 614 in West Reading is closed indefinitely after a fire ripped through the restaurant in the early morning hours on June 23. A post on the restaurant's Facebook page says their "hearts are broken as our restaurant is in shambles." No timetable has been given for re-opening.
BBQ Comes to West Reading
Berks County's BBQ boom continues as Johnny G's Barbecue on the Avenue is set to open its doors in West Reading. No date has been set for the opening, but an article in Wednesday's Reading Eagle said the restaurant expects to open before the end of June. Johnny G's formerly operated as Johnny G's Smokin' Pig Shack in Royersford.
Busy Weekend for Berks Foodies
This Saturday and Sunday will be a busy weekend for foodies in Berks County as a number of events are on tap catering to every taste bud:
The VF Outlet Center is hosting its annual Food Truck Festival this Saturday from 11 a.m. until 5 p.m. Visitors can experience the flavors of some of the area's best food truck vendors. There will also be a meatball cook-off where area cooks compete to see whose meatball recipe is king.
Northern Berks County will again take center stage for foodies as the Kempton Music Center hosts the annual Bacon Brew Fest this Saturday beginning at 12 p.m. Taste creative bacon dishes and sample craft brews and wines from local sellers. There will also be live musical entertainment all day. Admission is $10.
The Kutztown Folk Festival opens for its 65th year on Saturday. The annual celebration of Pennsylvania Dutch folklife offers a taste of traditional foods including chicken pot pie, ox roast and shoofly pie. The festival, which runs every day through July 6, is open from 10 a.m. until 8 p.m. daily, except the final day when it closes at 5 p.m. Admission is $14 for adults, $13 for seniors, $5 for students (age 13-17) and free for children 12 and under.

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text: Service Partners Insulation and Accessories Catalog Service Partners is your one-stop-shop for all of your insulation and accessory needs. Our scale, depth, breath of product offerings, and our commitment to unparalleled customer service allow us to provide next day, less than truckload delivery to contractors and dealers across the country. Peruse our building insulation and accessories catalog to supply your business with fiberglass insulation, cellulose, mineral wool, insulation board, metal building insulation, spray foam, installation equipment, gutters, contractor accessories and other building products. A PDF version of our catalog is also available. If you do not have a PDF viewer installed, you will need to download Adobe Reader.


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Oct 17, 2013
RICHMOND, Va. – VCU freshman Hanish Nagrani (Welland, Ontario) has been named the Atlantic 10 Conference's Rookie of the Week, the league announced Thursday. It's the first A-10 weekly honor of Nagrani's career.
Nagrani was rewarded for his breakout performance for the Rams Oct. 14-15 at the AutoTrader.com College Classic at Berkeley Hills Country Club. Playing in just his third tournament as a Ram, Nagrani shot 6-under for the 54-hole tournament and tied for sixth overall. His effort led VCU to a seventh place finish.
The freshman made par on 44 of 54 holes on the 6,706-yard, par 72 layout. He vaulted into the top 10 when he fired a 4-under 68 during Monday's second round. Overall, he shot 72-68-70=210, and during Tuesday's final round, he made par on 16 of 18 holes.
Nagrani and the Rams return to action Oct. 20-22 at the ODU/Outer Banks Intercollegiate at Kilmarlich Golf Club in Powells Point, N.C.


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DODGE CITY, Kan. — For the ninth time in program history, Butler softball took home the Region VI Championship after thrashing Seward County by an 18-0 score Sunday afternoon at Legends Park.
Freshman Brianna Robinson powered the No. 4-ranked Grizzlies (48-4 overall, 28-0 conference) with a pair of home runs and drove in five runs, while sophomore pitcher Maddie Siemer threw 5 1/3 innings of no-hit ball and matched a career-high with eight strikeouts.
The Grizzlies pounded out 20 hits - including four home runs and eight extra-base hits - with every starter in the lineup recording at least one hit in the contest,
In addition to winning its third straight regional title, Butler tied a school record for most runs scored in the Region VI title game (18-3, vs. Barton, 2008).
Butler advanced to Sunday's final after run-ruling Seward 9-1 in five innings during the winner's bracket semifinal earlier in the day. Sophomore pitcher Celina Sullivan not only provided the offense with two home runs with four RBI, but also dominated in the circle with a complete-game two-hitter with 10 strikeouts.
As the Region VI champion, Butler will host Region IX winner Trinidad State, Colo. (30-27) in the District E best-of-three championship series on May 9-10. The district winner will then move on to the NJCAA Division I National Tournament in St. George, Utah on May 16-19. Times for the district series have yet to be announced.
Region VI Championship - Butler 18, Seward County 0
Butler wasted no time in getting on the scoreboard after Maddie Siemer struck out the side to open the title game, with Brianna Robinson smacking a two-run homer to straight-away center for a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the first.
The Grizzlies went up 4-0 in the second, getting an RBI single from Caylie Kifer to score Payton Reynolds and a bases-loaded walk to Robinson to plate Kifer.
In the top of the fourth, Butler had 11 consecutive batters reach base - all with two outs - as the Grizzlies broke the game open with an eight-run inning for a 12-0 lead. Following a Shalee Brantley single, Robinson clubbed her team-high 22nd homer of the season and second of the game with a two-run shot to left field.
Butler then loaded the bases on an Alexis Reed single, Abi Cole double and a walk to Reagan Wilson. Payton Reynolds drove in Reed and Cole with a single through the left side of the infield. Makensey Pankers marked the ninth batter of the inning as she hit an opposite field three-run homer to right to put the Grizzlies up 11-0. Brantley capped the scoring in the inning with an RBI single up the middle to drive in Kifer.
The Grizzlies continued swinging the bats in the following inning with four runs, beginning with an RBI triple from Wilson to score Cole. Pankers followed with a sacrifice fly to right to bring in Wilson, then Kifer hit a two-run home run to left field.
With a 16-0 lead after five, Butler cleared the bench and added two more runs in the sixth on a bases-loaded walk to Meghan Gutierrez that scored Kaylee Burnett from third base and a Carson Solis sacrifice fly to bring home Tamarah Mascher.
Seward managed just four total baserunners in the game and failed to get a runner past second base in the contest, as Siemer (20-2) allowed a pair of walks in the second inning. The sophomore righthander retired 11 straight batters, beginning with a flyout to end the Saints' threat in the inning.
After a called strikeout to open the sixth inning, Siemer was pulled for reliever Celina Sullivan, who gave up a hit, one walk and two strikeouts while recording the final five outs of the game. Seward broke up the no-hitter with a two-out single up the middle by Kaitlin Ammerman off Sullivan in the sixth.
Kifer finished 3-for-4 with three runs and three RBI, while Pacher was 3-for-4. Along with Robinson's five-RBI performance, Pankers drove in four runs and Reynolds had two RBI and three runs scored in a 2-for-3 game. Butler had seven players with double-digit hits.
Region VI semifinal - Butler 9, Seward County 1 (5 innings)
Robinson opened the scoring for Butler with a solo home run in the first inning, then Sullivan hit the first of two home runs with a two-run blast to left-center in the second for a 3-0 Grizzly lead.
Sullivan followed up with another two-run blast to center in the third, while Reynolds added a solo homer for back-to-back jacks as Butler led 6-0 over the Saints.
In the fourth, Alexis Reed hit a two-run double down the left-field line to score Pacher and Robinson. Jordan Carlson came in to pinch run for Reed and advanced to third on a wild pitch, then scored on a Cole groundout.
Sullivan (20-1) kept Seward off-balance as seven of her 10 strikeouts were caught looking. The Saints loaded the bases on a walk and two singles in the third inning, but Sullivan recorded all three outs via strikeout.
Seward scored its only run of the contest after loading the bases again in the top of the fourth behind an infield error and two walks. Jullian Atteberry was walked with the bases loaded, which scored Leena Mortensen from third base. However, Sullivan managed to get Kaitlin Ammerman looking on a called strikeout to end the inning.
Offensively, Sullivan was 2-for-3 for four RBI, while Pacher was 2-for-3 with two stolen bases and a run scored. Cole added two runs and two stolen bases for Butler, who finished the tournament stealing nine of 10 bases.
NOTES: Robinson has now hit safely in 15 games, hitting .636 (28-for-44) with 12 home runs and 35 runs batted in. She was the top Grizzly hitter for the three-day tourney, hitting .800 (8-of-10) with five home runs, 12 RBI and seven runs scored... With her second homer in the title game, Robinson tied Darrianne Hale for fourth all-time among the Butler single-season home run leaderboard with 22. Robinson also moved into fifth in single-season RBIs with 75... Both Sullivan and Siemer recorded their 20th victories on Sunday, marking just the second time Butler has had two pitchers with 20-win seasons in the same season (Jennifer Hittinger and Regan Mergele, 24 wins each in 2016)... With 12 strikeouts in Sunday's two games, Sullivan tied Mergele for fifth all-time among single-season leaders at Butler with 196 strikeouts. As a team, Butler hit .500 (56-for-112) during the Region VI tourney, scoring 54 runs, 12 home runs and 51 RBI. The Grizzlies averaged 13.5 runs per game, slightly above the 10.8 run average this season.


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La Nadadora
Last spring I was swimming one day, getting all woozy from the sun shining through the water and refracting along the bottom of the pool, when I had the inspiration to try to recreate that shimmer in a pair of socks*.
What? That doesn't make perfect sense to you? Come on!
In any event, I dashed home and perused multiple websites, looking for the perfect semi-solid colorway. After much searching, I found it, along with a couple of others. I ordered (too much) yarn, stalked the post-person (sometimes male, sometimes female, so I'm trying to be inclusive here), swatched, knit deliriously, swooned over the yarny beauty, started writing a pattern, swore, pulled out my hair, threw my calculator out the window**, wrote some more, took some photos, put everything together, submitted, got rejected, got a test knitter, revised pattern (changing the entire heel construction), resubmitted, got rejected again, and decided to offer the damn thing for sale myself. So here it is.
La Nadadora
Blue Moon Fiber Arts Socks that Rock Lightweight
"Blue Moonstone" and "In the Navy"
The pattern is toe-up and includes charts for the tile pattern on the body of the sock and on the heel. Sizes include women's S, M and L (~7, 8 or 9 inches around). Size L (pictured) used less then one skein of Socks that Rock lightweight in the main color, and about 80 yds of the contrasting color.
Enjoy! And let me know if you have any problems (see contact info in sidebar).
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LIFE PROOF BOATS constructs all of our vessels within the Bremerton Industrial Park, located in Washington State. We have expanded within three facilities and have approximately 30,000 square feet of total manufacturing. We utilize a dedicated facility for welding, a separate dedicated facility for all of our collar manufacturing and upholstery, and a third facility which is dedicated to rigging.
Our shops are near other boat manufacturers and very near the Bremerton National Airport along Highway 3. We are 1-hour from the Seatac International Airport by car and 1-hour from Seattle via Ferry.
Premium Materials
Because we our boats are used in the toughest of environments, they are built stronger. That is why we only use 5086 H32 Grade Aluminum plate in our boats. A lot of builders use 5052 because it can cost up to 20% less. But 5086 is much stronger and more durable. Even our custom 3"x 5" IMS lifting strake extrusions are made from 5086 Aluminum.
All of our parts are also cut on a CNC router machine because of the higher quality surface edge is provides. Water or plasma machines often leave a very porous edge surface, which can lead to micro voids in the welding process.
With many of our competitors looking to build at the lowest cost it often means they sacrifice the quality of the materials they choose to use. We look at it differently. If quliaty is a pillar of your brand then people will choose it for its known quality. Our quality is our difference and will always be a core to who we are. We spend hours daily looking at our materials and components. Always looking for the best materials and parts, which compliment the heavy built nature of our hulls.
All of our parts are also cut on a CNC router machine because of the higher quality surface edge is provides. Water or plasma machines often leave a very porous edge surface, which can lead to micro voids in the welding process.
Higher Standards
Before starting a new design we work through principles in naval architecture to ensure all our vessels have the correct structural design, proper LCG & VCG & TCG locations, and proper waterline.
We also engineer all of the boats structural pieces to "egg crate" or interconnect. That is to ensure a perfect fit and add rigidity to the platforms.
Every piece of aluminum in the boat is engineering to be used in a specific location for a specific function. Each part is purpose built.
Every piece of aluminum in the boat is engineering to be used in a specific location for a specific function. Each part is purpose built.
Built Stronger
Our employees are the best and brightest in the industry. We have assembled a team of people who are highly skilled and highly educated in what it takes to build a high quality product that will last for generations while being used in some of the toughest situations. Our boats are built tougher because they are driven harder.
We choose to build our boats on a hull jig because it allows us to keep the hull plate extremely straight and true. The hull is the foundation that influences how the boat handles, drives, feels, and performs so it is critical that is straight and true to shape. Using a series of interlocking frames we reinforce the hull plate so that is can handle extreme slamming pressures. Running longitudinally down the center of the boat you will find two full height frames. These frames create one of the strongest known beam designs known to structural engineering; an I-Beam. This I-Beam design disperses the stresses from heavy slamming loads.
A Virtually Unsinkable Boat
Safety is paramount to what we do, and we incorporate as much as possible into our boasts to ensure you stay floating if you take on a wave or breach the hull. Some features we incorporate into every include our collar system, self-bailing decks, and foam placed inside the hull.
On every Life Proof Boat is our collar system which alone makes the boat virtually unsinkable. The collar runs the entire length of the boat and works to stabilize the boat the very moment it comes into contact with the water. It's like a life jacket for your boat.
Our self-bailing decks are passive and work purely through gravity. With our design, a deck completely filled with water will clear in under two minutes.
We fill every void in the hull with FR bags filled with the same foam used in our collars to further increase flotation in the event of a hull breach. There is so much flotation, in fact, that our small platforms contain enough displacement to float twice the weight of the boat.
Intelligent Features
The foam we use is no typical foam. The EPE (expanded polyethylene) foam provides over 60lbs of flotation per cubic foot. It is extremely lightweight, absorbs virtually no water, is resistant to chemical and fuel exposure, resists impact and has excellent shape memory.
Bow Pulpit: Integrated under the bow door is an anchor locker system with anchor pulpit / roller. The anchor locker is self-draining and can be configured with an integrated windlass.
Performance Fins: With Inventech Marine's performance fin, located below the collar the boat stays flat in the corners. They provide unmatched performance and greatly reduce heal in corners. IMS has developed and integrated a Fwd. Canard in the shoulder of the vessel for additional safety and performance in mixed sea-state cornering.
Bow Door: A manually lowering bow / dive door with folding / ladder is a clean and simple integration providing greater operational capability. No maintenance design and easy to use over-center locking safety latch secures the door during normal operation. Provides easy beach or water access.


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I love creating. I love learning. Combine the two and I am like a kid in a candy shop! Soap making is a great way to combine the two. So when I was asked a few years ago if I could make soaps and candles for a boutique looking for a new supplier, I said yes without hesitation. Little did I know what I was getting myself into. Soaping isn't for the faint of heart.
Types of Soap
Anyone who has strolled through the aisles in the craft stores has seen the big blocks of soap and the colors and fragrances to go with it. This soap is pretty simple for the small time crafter. It's called melt and pour, or MP for short. It's simple to work with and requires no dangerous chemicals or ample supplies of oils. You take it home, chop it up, microwave it, color and scent it, and pour it in the mold. Within a few hours you have a useable bar of soap.
The big daddy of soaps is known as cold process soap. This is the method with gloves, goggles, lye, various oils, essential oils, and exact measurements. It can be intimidating, especially knowing your working with a caustic material, lye. This soap also requires patience, as it needs a cure time. You make the soap and then let it sit on a shelf to dry and finish the saponification process. This generally takes 6-8 weeks.
Diving in
After agreeing, I took to the internet. First off I went and got a few books off Amazon. I scoured them through and through once I got them. I pinned like crazy on Pinterest. I googled popular scents and got a feel for what was selling. I bought some MP soaps to get some product out like yesterday. I ordered a small fortune of essential oils and colorants. And then I melted, scented, and colored only to never follow through beyond a couple batches. Did I mention that I was running two coffee shops and a bakery at the time?
As I researched I started seeing the trend of what people really want when buying soap. I can tell you one thing…. People really didn't want MP soaps. Yes, they look gorgeous. Yes they are quick and produce an instant result. What they don't have is that true artisan touch that people want. Soap buyers are also looking for as few additives in their soap, they are true naturalists. Your MP soaps tend to have more ingredients in them than necessary.
Now what
So I didn't touch my soap supplies for a few years. I've since closed my shops and now focus on my household, my cakes tutorials, and all this blog entails. I have rekindled my soaping fascination and am still at the baby stages of what I can do. This gives you an excellent opportunity to learn and grow with me. Thankfully at this point I have more patience to learn slowly and properly. I have time to research products and recipes. I also have time to price compare which is key if you wish to sell your soap. I feel like I can enjoy this and take this in a direction that is beneficial to me. Last thing I want to do is haphazardly throw soaping into the mix and not give it the attention it deserves.


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The Page Morgan Team of Keller Williams Atlanta North is an experienced real estate professional team that provides a total package for home buyers and home sellers that may be young or senior, first-time home buyers or experienced, needing a larger home or downsizing to a smaller home, require financing assistance on a home mortgage or could use some guidance on real estate contracts and real estate closing procedures and costs. Local market knowledge and contract understanding sets this group apart from others, financing opportunities are explained based on the constantly changing market conditions.
The Metro Atlanta area real estate market is rated the 9th largest metropolitan area in the US according to the MSA. It is diverse as the residents where the area spans over 29 counties. For this reason, it is important to place your trust with experienced professionals who can guide you in finding the perfect neighborhood and home.
To learn more about the Metro Atlanta area real estate or to inquire further about how the Page Morgan team can help you sell your home or purchase your next one, please do not hesitate to contact them. Contact Page Morgan today!


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Manufactured by Japan's only workshop capable of producing 100% MADE IN JAPAN Kendogu, we present the MUGEN series' deluxe Koshikigata (traditional) model – TANREN is reinforced using genuine Japanese 'Aizome' dyed Orizashi cotton, #8,800 grade cotton, and premium cuts of genuine 'Aizome' dyed deerskin. It features a very flexible and protective 8mm Nagazashi Futon, with 4mm Gunomezashi (finer stitching) on the Mendare. This allows the Bogu to flexible and protective in the strike zone, yet still gives the ability to form an attractive overall shape.
Approximate weights:
Men : 1,385g
Kote : 450g
Do : 1,450g
Tare : 675g
Total approximate weight : 3,960g
TANREN offers a fully made to order, made in Japan option for those looking for a bespoke 'work horse' Bogu set. Soft and flexible, with a thick and protective Futon, TANREN is well perfect for those looking for a Bogu set to mainly use for heavy Keiko. Especially recommended those who often assume the role of Motodachi, and finding themselves on the receiving end of repeated, heavy strikes. The 8mm stitching allows for excellent comfort, owing to the thick and padded Futon, yet the tighter stitching on the Mendare allows for a nice shape to be formed, ensuring that you still look great whilst wearing it. 'Koshiki' means 'Traditional Style', and the overall design is intentionally simplistic, based on traditional designs.
The TANREN Men is completely made to order to your exact sizes, using high quality Shoai-zome cotton, and top-grade synthetic deerskin for the reinforcements. The design is simplistic overall, and features straight 'Gunomezashi' stitching on the Mendare, allowing for easy shaping. The MUGEN Original Mengane is an originally designed Mengane, featuring an improved balance, giving improved lateral vision, and has reinforced Titanium bars in the strike zone. This gives the optimum balance of being lightweight, and also extremely strong. Further, the Mengane is coated with an original high-gloss coating, which strengthens the surface, preventing chips, cracks and dents. Finally the MUGEN Original Mengane is finished with matte grey on the inside, giving a cool and discreet outlook.
Utilizing our original 'Infinity Grip' technology, TANREN presents the culmination of generations of expertise in crafting premium Kendo equipment. The TANREN Kote are made, not only to your EXACT sizes and specifications, but they are made to – what we believe – to be the optimum design, allowing an unparalleled level of comfort, and ease of use. The full Orizashi design makes the TANREN Kote lightweight, and quick drying. Genuine smoked deerskin palms are used, allowing for extra durability, and also an accurate feel of the Shinai. Finally the 8mm Nagazashi stitching makes for a thick, cushioned Futon, giving a fantastic level of protection.
As with the other parts, the TANREN Tare is reinforced using genuine Japanese 'Aizome' dyed Orizashi #8,800 cotton, top-grade genuine 'Aizome' deerskin.
MADE IN MIYAZAKI, JAPAN by The Kendogu Workshop of Japan Co., Ltd.
IMPORTANT – PLEASE BE AWARE THAT EACH SET OF MUGEN SERIES DELUXE KENDOGU IS MADE INDIVIDUALLY, FROM SCRATCH, FOR EACH ORDER. NO CORNERS ARE CUT IN PRODUCTION OF THE MUGEN SERIES, AND WE PRIDE OURSELVES ON THE QUALITY WE OFFER. THIS QUALITY REQUIRES TIME. PRODUCTION OF TANREN IS DEPENDANT ON THE WORKLOAD OF OUR CRAFTSMEN, AND THE AVAILABILITY OF THE REQUIRED MATERIALS, HOWEVER, IN GENERAL, PRODUCTION IS CURRENTLY ESTIMATED AT 10 to 12 WEEKS.
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For full details on how to measure click here.
View detailed pictures and place your order on the product page.


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Businesses that invest in research and development in Maryland may be entitled to an income tax credit. The total credits for all businesses may not exceed $9 million a year.
This credit is available for tax years beginning after December 31, 1999, but before January 1, 2020.
The credit may be taken against corporate income tax or State portion of the personal income tax. Sole proprietorships, corporations and pass-through entities, such as partnerships, subchapter S corporations, limited liability companies and business trusts may claim the tax credit.
Research and Development tax credits certified after December 15, 2012 are refundable for a "small business" to the extent that the tax credits exceed the income tax liability for that taxable year. A �Small Business� is defined as a for-profit corporation, limited liability company, partnership or sole-proprietorship with net book value assets totaling at the beginning or the end of the tax year for which the Maryland qualified research and development expenses are incurred, as reported on the balance sheet, less than $5,000,000.
The business must invest in research and development activities in Maryland during the tax year. The business must also submit an application for the credit to the Maryland Department of Commerce (DOC) by November 15 of the year following the tax years in which the Maryland qualified expenses were incurred.
In addition to submitting the application to DOC, small businesses must submit documentation showing they had net book value assets, at the beginning or end of the tax year, as reported on the balance sheet, of less than $5 million.
If the total Basic tax credits applied for in a tax year exceed $4.5 million, the businesses� Basic tax credit will be prorated. If the total Growth tax credits applied for in a tax year exceed $4.5 million, the businesses� Growth tax credit will be prorated.
DOC will certify the amount of credit available to the business by December 15.
There are two types of research and development tax credits available to businesses:
The Maryland base amount is the average annual gross receipts of the business for the four preceding tax years multiplied by the Maryland base percentage. For most businesses, the Maryland base percentage is the percentage that Maryland research and development expenses for the preceding four tax years is of total gross receipts for those years.
If the credit allowed in any tax year exceeds the State income tax for that tax year, a taxpayer may apply the excess as a credit against the State income tax for succeeding tax year until the earlier of:
An electronic tax return supporting Form 500CR must be filed to claim this credit against the Maryland income tax, for tax years beginning after December 31, 2012.
See Form 500CR Instructions for specific line-by-line instructions.
For qualified small businesses, the amount in excess of the state tax liability may be refunded.
Whenever the Research & Development Tax Credits are claimed against the income tax, an addition modification must be made for the tax year in which the research and development expenses were paid.
A copy of the required certification from DOC must be included with the appropriate electronic return: Form 500X, the Maryland Amended Corporation Income Tax Return, or Form 502X, Maryland Amended Individual Income Tax Return or Pass-Through Entities Form 510. The Form 500CR section of the electronic amended return must also be completed.
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Fido's Permethrin Rinse 5L
- Permethrin 40g/L
- Contains the Permethrin for flea and tick control.
- Controls flies and biting insects on horses.
- A mild formulation with a pleasant mint flavour.
- Can be made up into a rinse, dip or spray and applied onto the coat for bathing or after and between baths.
- Does not need to be washed off as the residual effect of the rinse works long after application.
- Leaves the coat shiny and smelling pleasant for days after.
- Can be used in conjunction with long term flea treatment products.
- Widely used in most grooming facilities, hydrobaths, and home bathing applications.
- Do not use on cats or kittens.
|Refrigerated Product
|Control of fleas (Ctenocephalides felis and Ct. canis) on dogs. An aid in the treatment of flea allergy dermatitis (summer eczema) on dogs.Control of pyrethroid sensitive flies: buffalo fly (Haematobia irritans exigua), stable fly (Stomoxys calcitrans) and biting insects (Culicoides sp.) on horses. An aid in the treatment of Queensland itch on horses.
|Administration to sick or convalescing animals, or to cats. Administration to dogs less than 3 months of age.
|A third generation synthetic pyrethroid which acts on the neuromuscular system of flies, fleas and ticks. Pyrethroids are more photostable than pyrethrins. Permethrin (25:75) has the lowest level of dermal irritation and systemic toxicity of any of the third generation pyrethroids. Permethrin also has an insect repellent action, aiding in treatment and control of insect bite allergies.
|In paralysis tick areas, daily examination of dogs is necessary. Remove any ticks found. Do not use Fido's Permethrin Rinse Concentrate in methylated spirits on broken skin.Avoid contact with the skin and eyes, and avoid breathing vapour. When preparing spray wear rubber gloves. Wash exposed parts of the body with soap and water after use, and before eating, drinking or smoking.First Aid If poisoning occurs, contact a doctor or Poisons Information Centre. Phone Australia 131 126.Disposal Do not re-use container. Dispose of empty container by wrapping with paper and putting in garbage.
|Store below 30°C (room temperature). Store in original container out of direct sunlight.
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HTML Links – The target Attribute
The target attribute specifies where to open the linked document.
The example below will open the linked document in a new browser window or a new tab:
HTML Links – The name Attribute
The name attribute specifies the name of an anchor.
The name attribute is used to create a bookmark inside an HTML document.
The upcoming HTML5 standard suggest using the id attribute instead of the name attribute for specifying the name of an anchor.
Using the id attribute actually works also for HTML4 in all modern browsers.
Bookmarks are not displayed in any special way. They are invisible to the reader.
Hyperlink Bookmark on the Same Page
This page shows the HTML code for making bookmarks within the same page. This is achieved by using two different hyperlink codes. These hyperlink codes work together in pairs. One is the go-to target hyperlink and the other is the destination bookmark.
Hyperlink Bookmark Code
Insert the following HTML code into the part of the web document you want to bookmark:

Now make a hyperlink that points to the bookmark:
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Moschino Cheap & Chic Stars - For Her
By: Moschino Released: 2014
Cheap & Chic Stars by Moschino is a floral fragrance for women.
It contains notes of citron, may rose, peony, lily-of-the-valley, orange blossom, jasmine, driftwood, vetiver, ambroxan and amber.
Cheap & Chic Stars by Moschino was launched in 2014.
This sprays on as a fairly strong woody/gold (amber) floral which initially last about 90 minutes. If you re-spray the scent will build up and last well throughout the day. Very different from others in the recent Moschino stable, but very nice.


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Several snippets of Lady Gaga's new song "Applause," set to be released Aug. 19, showed up online early. Gaga ranted about the leak on Twitter, but her fans responded by reporting links to streams and illegal downloads, a fairly unusual reaction.
Shortly after the leaks began, Gaga tweeted, "Lord, in HEAVEN WHY" and "YOU JUST COULDNT WAIT THIS IS TOO MUCH FOR ONE SATURDAY."
Gaga later wrote, "Don't worry. THE HAUS BUREAU is on the case.-TechHaus" indicating that her team was getting to work removing the leaked track. Thousands of fans also condemned the leak and started providing links to a portal set up by Gaga's label, Universal Music, where people can report sites hosting a leaked track, TorrentFreak reports. From their efforts, many websites including soundcloud and perezhilton had to remove the content.
What do you think: is this the future of anti-piracy or are we fighting a losing piracy battle?


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R.W.R. McDonald is a Kiwi living in Melbourne with his two daughters and an extended rainbow family including HarryCat and Stevie Nicks the chicken.
R.W.R. McDonald is a Kiwi living in Melbourne with his two daughters and an extended rainbow family including HarryCat and Stevie Nicks the chicken.
Catherine lives with a fox terrier that thinks he owns the house. She has sold international satellite capacity, worked in IT recruitment, and run her own communications store.
When Catherine isn't writing, she's dog-wrangling, wrestling with technology, or going crazy trying to maintain control of the yard.
He currently lives in the capital city of New Zealand with his wife & ex SPCA cat, Dudley.
When he's writing a novel (he has published twelve in twelve years) he works every day of the week, in the mornings, for 3-5 hours. A retired pensioner,it's his only paid employment.
Karen has always written stories, many over the recent years for her writers group. You can download her collection of young children's stories, "Cinderella Sarah" FOR FREE from here: http://www.karencossey.com/childrens-...
Having home-schooled her two children for five years, she tries to put something of her love of family and joy of living into her writing. She lives in beautiful New Zealand, near to the beach, along with her husband, her two kids who are now teenagers, and a very practical People Mover vehicle which looks nothing like the Ferrari she dreams of. Nor the unicorn. Worst of all, it doesn't come with a chauffeur or even a taxi driver so she also dreams about the day her teenagers get their own driving licences. :)
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Beach Boys co-founder and subject of film debuts new music video and re-recording of "Love & Mercy" with local students who participate in Little Kids Rock's free popular music program at underserved public schools
LOS ANGELES, CA – May 27, 2015 – In conjunction with the release of the Brian Wilson biopic, Love & Mercy, the Beach Boys co-founder has re-recorded the film's title track with local public school students who benefit from Little Kids Rock's free Modern Band music program. See the "Love & Mercy" music video below.
Little Kids Rock is the nation's leading nonprofit provider of popular music instruction, instruments and curricula to nearly 1300 public schools in 30 cities, having served more than 400,000 children since 2002 with weekly music lessons rooted in popular music genres like rock, funk, pop, reggae and others.
"As the movie Love & Mercy shows, music had a transformational impact on my life," says Brian Wilson. "It is such an honor and a pleasure to work with Little Kids Rock again and help them bring the lifelong gift of music into the lives of children in schools who may otherwise not have access."
Wilson performed at Little Kids Rock's annual benefit event in New York City in 2013.
Little Kids Rock is a national nonprofit that is dedicated to unlocking children's inner music-makers by revitalizing music education programming in public schools. The organization partners with school districts to train public school teachers to run its innovative Modern Band curriculum and donates all of the accompanying instruments and resources necessary to teach popular music. Little Kids Rock started as a schoolteacher's vision to give his students access to music education that is relevant to them while diminishing budgets for the arts made that more and more difficult to do. What began as a single after-school guitar class has since exploded into a national movement that is bringing free, weekly music lessons to more than 135,000 public school children due to the efforts of nearly 1,200 teachers nationwide. To date, Little Kids Rock has served over 325,000 students. More info at www.littlekidsrock.org.


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Mr. Green retired from the U.S. Air Force in June 2012 with a rank of Colonel after serving on active duty for nearly 28 years. His career included various flying assignments, two command tours, and three staff tours, with his final assignment on the Air Staff at the pentagon. During his career, he had numerous deployments including support to combat operations in Bosnia, Iraq, and Afghanistan. During one of his tours in Iraq, Colonel Green served as the Director of the Media Operations Center where he was responsible for all media operations and public affairs in theater.
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Sprint Users Having Problems With Nexus 5
The first batch of Nexus 5 phones got to their owners yesterday and there seems to have been some problems for users who want to activate their phone on the Sprint network in the United States. According to an XDA thread and a Google Groups thread, problems with the IMEI/MEID numbers on the phones are causing the devices to fail the activation process. This, as you would imagine, is causing massive headaches to those that invested their money in the 32 gigabyte version of the phone.
It seems as if the Nexus 5 16 gigabyte version is the only one being supported at this time. The root cause of the problem with the 32 gigabyte version seems to be the verification system that Sprint has in place. If a phone's MEID number doesn't fall within a certain range, the phone cannot be verified and is promptly rejected. The Nexus 5 is a new phone and probably is not yet within Sprint's system. The phone is due to go on sale with the US carrier on November 8th, so perhaps customers may have to wait until then?
This may not seem like too much of a problem but something that complicated the whole issue is that Sprint doesn't issue out SIM cards without a device to accompany the card. SIM cards are usually only issued out for purposes of international roaming. It also appears that a lot of Sprint retail stores don't carry SIM cards also.
Sprint customers can call the customer service number at 1-888-211-4727 but that might not be too much help to some users who want to use their new Nexus phone immediately.
What do you make of this whole thing with Sprint and the Nexus 5? Please leave us a comment below and we will get back to you.
Source: Android Police


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text: Alcohol survey: in-depth results Our alcohol survey showed up many interesting facts, including whether people lie about their drinking, and what kinds of things would make them cut down. Lying about drinking What would make you cut down Dangers of alcohol How often people drink What different drinks really mean Take our alcohol quiz Lying about drinking Our survey asked respondents if they'd ever lied about how much they'd drunk and said they'd drunk less than they actually had. One in five people (20%) said they'd lied to friends or family (ie partner, parents or children), and just over one in eight (13%) said they'd lied to a doctor or nurse. The same number of people (13%) said they'd lied to a parent. Men were more likely to say they'd drunk less than they actually had, with 17% of men saying they'd lied to a doctor or nurse, compared with 10% of women. 11% of men said they'd lied to their partner, compared with 7% of women. 5% of men said they'd lied to their boss, while 2% of women said they'd done the same. But women were slightly more likely to lie to their children (3% as opposed to 2% of men). What would make you cut down? We asked people who drink alcohol whether different scenarios would make them cut down. The scenario which was most likely to make these people cut down was being diagnosed with a heart condition, which 82% of people said would make them cut down. 78% said they'd cut down if their doctor advised them to – though one in ten (10%) said they wouldn't and a similar number (11%) said they didn't know. Two thirds (66%) said they'd cut down if their partner asked them to. Women were more likely to say they'd cut down on the amount they drink There were some interesting gender differences. In all the scenarios, women were more likely to say they'd cut down on how much alcohol they drink, with 84% stating they'd cut down on their doctor's advice compared to 72% of men, and 87% saying they'd cut down if they were diagnosed with a heart condition, compared to 76% of men. For women, embarrassing themselves in public because of being too drunk could be a strong motivation to cut down on the amount of alcohol they drink, with 77% saying this would cause them to cut down. This was a higher figure compared to the amount of women who said they'd cut down if their child(ren) (75%) or their partner (69%) asked them to. But among men, more said they'd cut down if their partner asked them to (64%) than if their child(ren) asked them to (62%) or if they'd embarrassed themselves in public by getting too drunk (60%). Dangers of alcohol Drinking too much alcohol is linked to many health problems, including liver disease, breast cancer, mouth cancer, heart muscle damage, irregular heart rhythms, high blood pressure and even fertility problems. To test people's understanding of the dangers of alcohol, we asked them which of these conditions can be linked to too much alcohol. Most people we surveyed realised that drinking too much alcohol is linked to liver disease (87%) and high blood pressure (71%). Just over half (53%) knew it can be linked to fertility problems, but less than half (43%) knew about the link with mouth cancer. Less than two in five people were aware of the link to heart muscle damage and the same amount were aware of the link to irregular heart rhythms (37% for each condition). Just 19% realised that it's linked to breast cancer. Worryingly, only 1 in 10 people (10%) were able to correctly identify all of the conditions that can be linked to drinking too much alcohol from the given list. How often people drink There was a wide spread of drinking habits in our survey, but people were more likely to be infrequent drinkers than daily drinkers. A quarter of people (25%) said they rarely drink alcohol, and one in seven (14%) said they didn't drink at all. Fewer than one in 10 (8%) said they usually drink every day, but people were more likely to say they drank one day a week (14%) or two days a week (14%). Men were more likely to drink frequently than women. 29% of men said they usually drank most days (i.e. four days or more per week), compared with 18% of women. More than twice as many men said they usually drank every day (12% compared with 5% of women). Women were more likely to say they rarely drink (32% compared with 19% of men) or that they never drink alcohol (15% compared with 12% of men). Those 55 and over were the most likely to say they drank every day You might imagine that students and other young people are the biggest drinkers, but in fact those 55 and over were the group most likely to say they usually drank every day (12%, compared with 6% of 18-24s and 4% of 25-34s). Among full-time students specifically, one in five (20%) said they never drink alcohol, and more than a quarter (28%) said they rarely drink in an average week. This means that nearly half (48%) of full-time students say they never or rarely drink, compared with 36% of retired people. Higher social classes (ABC1) were also nearly twice as likely to say that they usually drink every day as lower social classes (C2DE) – 11% compared with 6%. They were also less likely to say that they rarely drink or never drink (23% and 12% respectively, compared to 29% and 16%). The South region (not including London) was where people were most likely to say that they usually drink every day – 15% compared to in 9% in Wales, 8% in London, 7% in both the Midlands and in the East, 6% in Northern Ireland, 5% in the North and 4% in Scotland. What different drinks really mean Half a bottle of wine Did you know that half a bottle (375ml) of wine (13% alcohol) contains five units? Only one in eight (12 per cent) people in our survey knew this. It's particularly concerning that 54 per cent underestimated the number of units, meaning they may be drinking more units than they realise. Nearly one in five people (18%) said they didn't know. A glass of wine A standard glass of wine (175ml, 13% alcohol) contains two units of alcohol (when rounded to the nearest unit). In our survey, two out of five people (40%) got this right. More than a quarter (27%) of people thought that it would be just one unit of alcohol, while 14% of people thought it would be three units or more. 17% of people said they didn't know. A pint of beer A pint of beer at 5% alcohol contains three units (rounded to the nearest unit). But in our survey, fewer than one in seven people (14%) knew this. Most (62%) underestimated this number. 44% of people thought it was two units, and 18% of people thought it was one unit, or less than one unit. Another 18% of people said they didn't know. Double gin and tonic When we asked about a double gin and tonic, which contains two units, 35% people got the answer right, although 19% said they didn't know. Unlike with the other drinks, people were more likely to overestimate the amount of alcohol, with 41% thinking it was three units or more, and just 5% saying it was one unit or less. Read other results from our alcohol survey Take our alcohol quiz All figures, unless otherwise stated, are from YouGov Plc. Total sample size was 2606 adults. Fieldwork was undertaken between 26th - 29th July 2013. The survey was carried out online. The figures have been weighted and are representative of all UK adults (aged 18+).


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What are the First Signs of Being Pregnant?
Read on to find out if you are experiencing the first signs of being pregnant..
Bhavya Verma
Nov 1, 2018
The first signs of pregnancy vary greatly from one woman to another. Some might see major changes from the first week after conception and others might not know until they have missed a period. Women might experience all, some or none of these signs. These may be experienced throughout the duration of the pregnancy or during the first trimester.
Signs of Being Pregnant in the First Month
Pregnancy results in a lot of changes in the body. These changes can be experienced in varied asperity. The very first signs of being pregnant can be confusing, since many a time, they are similar to an expected menstruation.
Food Antipathy and Craving
Some women feel a sudden aversion to their favorite food, others develop a liking for the food they disliked earlier. These variations are mostly due to the hormonal changes that occur in the body, especially during the first trimester.
Aches and Fever
Due to the hormonal surge, women experience frequent, mild headaches, back pain and a high basal body temperature. Basal body temperature is the oral temperature just after waking up. If it remains high for more than 15 days in a row, it may be due to pregnancy.
Darkening of Areolas
The darkening of the skin around the nipples is a sign of successful conception, though it may also be due to hormonal imbalance or a remnant of earlier conception.
Breast Tenderness
The breasts become heavy, swollen, tender and some may even experience a sharp pain or a tingling sensation. These changes can be seen as early as two weeks after the conception.
Nausea and Vomiting
This is one of the classic pregnancy symptoms. Nausea may begin as early as two weeks into the pregnancy and may last till the entire duration of it. Morning sickness, as it is famously known as, can occur at any time of the day and is due to the increased estrogen levels.
Constipation is a common occurrence in early pregnancy. This is due to release of progesterone, which causes slow movement of food in the digestive tract.
Spotting or Cramping
It is also known as implantation bleeding. This occurs when the embryo attaches itself to the inner uterine wall. It occurs around 10 to 15 days after fertilization. The spotting is pinkish or brownish in color and may sometimes be accompanied with cramps, similar to menstrual cramps.
Fatigue during the first few months is common. It occurs due to an increase in the levels of progesterone. Also, lLower blood sugar levels and pressure may result in tiredness. This is one of the first signs of pregnancy.
Frequent Urination
The embryo produces hCG (human chorionic gonadotropin) hormone due to which, the fluid content of the body increases. The uterus starts becoming larger and this increases pressure on the bladder. Hence, the need to urinate increases.
Mood Swings
This is common in the first trimester but can be seen throughout the gestation period. Frequent changes in the mood, especially crying for no reason, can be seen in the women. This is due to the hormonal fluctuation in the body.
Missing a Period
This is one of the few very first signs. Many women get alerted only when they miss a period. Although, it could be due to other reasons like stress, illness, weight fluctuation or quitting the contraceptive pill, missing a period is considered as one of the surest signs of being pregnant.
Apart from these, some women may also feel heartburn, extreme thirst, lethargy, slight increase in weight and a heightened sense of smell. Sometimes, a dip in basal body temperature can also be seen on the day of implantation, if it is constantly being monitored.
When you experience a mix of these signs of being pregnant, you might actually be pregnant. But, do not solely depend on these symptoms and always take a home pregnancy test for detecting the pregnancy. If the results are positive, contact your family doctor or a gynecologist as soon as possible.
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There's nothing I love more than juicy juicy oranges for the lips. It looks great with a tan, especially with a little sparkle.
NYX Round Gloss in Apricot – I like these glosses a lot but they packaging is shiteous. Of the 12 NYX glosses I have HALF of them are damaged (the cap in the tube which stops too much product coming out comes loose). The gloss itself is nice though:
Majex by Majolica Majorca makes some pretty lip glosses (although not madly remarkable). This is a nice true orange with lots of shimmer:
Armani Lip Shimmers are very pretty, and this hot orange reminds me of a flaming grill. It can also be worn sheer so its more of a calypso colour (calypso! What are you talking about woman!):
I fell out of love with Shu Uemura a while ago. Nothing they have made since the passing of Mr Uemura (RIP) has captured me. My local counter is also rubbish and they are still touting products from last Autumn instead of the new stuff. Nevertheless, this is a shiny, pretty sparkly shade:
Nars Sweet Dreams is a gloss I didn't realise I owned until today! A fairly creamy, rich orange shade which is quite elegant.
Note my pained smile. This is the smile I give the Mother In Law:
I kid, I kid!
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My favourite is the Armani Lip Shimmer, its super pretty.
What are your favourite orange colours?


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There are enough green certifications out there to make your head spin: LEED, Passive House, Living Building Challenge, Earth Advantage, Built Green, Energy Start, Built Smart….the list goes on. WHAT does it mean when a project is certified? And WHY would you want to certify your project, or purchase a building that is certified?
The national US Green Building Council LEED standard and the local (King & Snohomish Counties) Built Green program use an easy to understand checklist format, covering all aspects of the building from site selection to materials. Meet a certain number of criteria worth a certain number of points, attain a level of certification. Programs like Passive House require that specific energy targets be met, like a maximum air leakage and maximum heating and cooling demand. Energy Star Certification calls for certain efficient HVAC systems, efficient lighting and appliances, and building envelope. The Living Building Challenge is a straight forward performance standard requiring such benchmarks as net-zero water and energy (see my blog post on the nearby Bullitt Center, which was designed using the LBC). Most of these programs require third party verification and energy modeling for higher ratings.
Standards such as LEED have been criticized for capturing low hanging fruit. Yes, of course, we should continually be striving to build more sustainably, but we can't let the perfect be the enemy of the good. Some may argue that drastic changes in how we build are needed, and this is true, but the building industry is a large ship to turn, and any improvement is a step in the right direction. Even little adjustments translate into environmental gains when they catch on and become more mainstream (The motto of Built Green is "imagine if everyone did"). How many people had heard of low-VOC paint a decade ago? Now you can buy it in any hardware store.
If you are building a home: should you certify? If you are striving to build green, yes. The truth is, you could do it without a certification. But considering how small a fraction of the overall cost a certification will be, it's worth it to stay on target and enjoy energy savings and improved indoor air quality for the life of your home, in a addition to all of the external environmental savings. Look at it this way: we need guidelines and discipline. What is a more effective way to lose weight, saying "I am going to eat better" or planning your meals, making grocery lists, making a list of banned foods and packing your lunch? If you don't have guidelines to meet in attempting to build green, chances are other priorities will take over and green intentions will be value engineered away.
If you're in the market: certification programs usually have maps or list of certified projects. Built Green has a handy map, with some entire neighborhoods certified. You can search for LEED certified buildings by project type. A certain level of certification ensures that the building performance has been tested by a third party, so the hard work is done and you can move in and enjoy the benefits. The work of greening the MLS is underway, so that Realtors can identify homes with green home certifications. Built Green certified single family homes and townhouses held value better than their non-certified counterparts. (For a comprehensive analysis of this prepared by the other Hamilton, see this PDF report).
If you're happy where you are: most certification programs have guidelines and options for remodels and retrofits. Virtually all older homes could benefit from some sort of energy retrofit.


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I Am The Rive (2011 Doc Edge Fest)
The tribes of Whanganui take their name, their spirit and their strength from the great river which flows from the mountains of the central North Island to the sea. For centuries, people have travelled the Whanganui River by canoe, caught eels in it, built villages on its banks, and fought over it. The people say, 'Ko au te awa. Ko te awa ko au' (I am the river. The river is me).
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Photography Classes in Panola OK
Looking for photography classes in Panola OK? No matter if you are a professional, beginner, or hobbyist, the most effective approach to improving your photography technique is through hands-on training with knowledgeable instructors.
There are many recognized and accredited photography schools in Oklahoma. Techniques taught in photography classes include lighting, exposure and composition, posing and unposing, portrait capture, and other photography fundamentals. Becoming an experienced photographer can pave the road to a successful professional career or lifelong hobby.
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1801 E 4th St
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Phone: (918) 293-4678
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Tulsa Technology Center-Lemley Campus
3420 S Memorial Drive
Tulsa, Oklahoma 74145-1390
Phone: (918) 828-1000
93.74 miles away
John Brown University
2000 W University St
Siloam Springs, Arkansas 72761
Phone: (479) 524-9500
98.38 miles away
Southern Oklahoma Technology Center
2610 Sam Noble Pky
Ardmore, Oklahoma 73401
Phone: (580) 223-2070
116.11 miles away
Texas A & M University-Commerce
2600 South Neal
Commerce, Texas 75429-3011
Phone: (903) 886-5081
119.40 miles away
National Park Community College
101 College Dr
Hot Springs, Arkansas 71913
Phone: (501) 760-4222
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Eastern Oklahoma County Technology Center
4601 N Choctaw Rd
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Phone: (405) 390-9591
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Oklahoma School of Photography
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Phone: (405) 799-1411
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Oklahoma City University
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So you think Canada would never elect a Donald Trump? Think again. Debra Van Brenk writes:
Conservative voters would be more more likely to choose outspoken TV personality Kevin O'Leary as their party leader among a field of seven declared and potential candidates for Stephen Harper's old job, a Forum Research poll suggests.
But among voters generally, not just those likely to vote Tory if an election were held today, former cabinet minister Peter MacKay leads the pack.
All it would take would be a party of crazies -- people who are seething with resentment and not very bright -- to make it happen. And a culture that confuses entertainment and politics. Consider the field of potential Conservative leaders:
Forum asked more than 1,500 randomly-chosen adult Canadians who would be the best Conservative leader from among a field of seven that includes party stalwart Jason Kenney, the already-declared Maxime Bernier, interim party leader Rona Ambrose and former cabinet ministers Lisa Raitt and Kelly Leitch, the latter of which was a children's orthopedic surgeon in London before entering federal poltiics.
O'Leary is as prepared as Trump to change his positions:
And just as Donald Trump's actual political leanings confound some in the U.S. Republican party, O'Leary's take on politics has to be decidedly unsettling to established Conservative candidates. O'Leary has said his main aim is advocating for tax-paying Canadians and he hasn't even ruled out running for the Liberals for the next election.
Something to think about.
Image: kevinoleary.com
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I'm evolving and I am not perfect, that is the truth and it's your truth too. I swear, I have bad days and I put it out there and talk about it , I like being a bit wild and out there and sometimes and I can be no bullshit and straight to the point, when I feel it is necessary. I'm a Scorpio if you didn't already guess. These are parts of who I am and i believe they are all of value. However, not everyone sees it that way. I have faced opposition and pressure to hide aspects of myself from people who tell me what I need to change in order to be accepted or considered a good spiritual person.
I have been told to only post positive things as people don't want to see my negative stories and it's my job to be uplifting. I have been told that swearing in my social media posts is unprofessional and it is going to negatively impact my business as people won't want to come see me. I'm sorry I must of missed the memo telling me that being a spiritual person suddenly means I'm not able to be human. How did these other people get this magical handbook on the rules of my life path and I didn't get a copy? ha ha.
The benefit of these experiences is that it has allowed me really connect to my belief around this whole subject and what it is that I feel about this topic that I know impacts us all. It has only reaffirmed in me a stronger sense of self and a connection to the belief that drives me, which is that I do not need to hide who I am and neither do you. So here is my reasons of why I am going to continue to be me in ALL parts of my life, including in my business. I want people to be real with themselves and be open and honest, whatever that looks like because we shouldn't be ashamed or afraid to be ourselves. I want to do everything I can to show the people that it's ok to be who you are. How can I possibly ask others to be all of who they are if I am not willing to be all of me?. I am not here to uphold this unrealistic expectation of the person others think I should be. In fact my very purpose is to do the opposite. I am here to shatter that whole concept. Our key to happiness is to be who we are and half of our issues stem from the fact that we are hiding aspects of ourselves and feel the we wont be accepted if we follow our truth. When we do this we are living from a place of fear and it is so draining to the spirit.
Aren't you sick and tired of holding up the facade!? This is what I hear from my clients everyday. They are exhausted and drained by keeping up an appearance of some sort and not being honest about who they are and what they feel. They feel pressured by a culture that says who and what they are "suppose" to be and it leaves them feeling trapped by their own lives. It is killing them from the inside out. They become so in their head with this battle of what's going on inside and what they show on the outer. This causes disconnection and confusion and as sense of powerlessness to change or even know where to start.
This is what fuels me and the work I am doing. I want people to see and learn how to come out of this cycle of suffering and get reconnected to who they really are and live authentically. If I can show people another way by simply being my self, then I choose to do that because I know the larger meaning behind what it does for others when I can fully express my authentic self. My hope is that in seeing me in this way that it can opens the door others. When I speak up and say I am having a bad day I know that has the potential to open the conversation for someone else to go within themselves and be honest about how they feel. When a client is telling me why they can't do something and I say to them it's bullshit, it means I want them be honest with themselves, smash through their blocks with the truth and to know and see that they actually have options. This is intention of what I am do. I wanting my clients to connect to what's real beyond the fears. This is where amazing shift and healing experiences can be had. It is the most wonderful thing to see a person awaken to magical possibilities of their life and find the freedom to be themselves.
My approach may not be the way you thought spirituality was allowed to look like but I don't allow the rules for my life to be dictated by others at the expense of my true self and freedom of expression. This is my way. So I am going to swear, I'll be emotional, probably hilariously inappropriate at times, I will dare to do and say things others feel they can't and I will keep listening to my sexually explicit urban music everyday #spiritualbitcheslove2pac. Do I run the risk of turning some people off, of course, but it isn't my job to resonate with everyone. I am totally cool with that and it is not something I am striving for. I am simply here to try to shine the light of who I am as strongly as I can and be a messenger for others to know they can do the same.
It's time to get real and show all the weird and wonderful parts of yourselves. They are the best parts and no matter who you are or what combination you have going on, the more you can be who you are and live in alignment with that, the happier you will be. I am doing my part, in my way, to contribute to the creation of a world where people can break free of the restrictive and suffocating moulds to see the gifts of who they are, follow their hearts and be empowered to create and live their dreams. This is what I have discovered and I want to open that same door for as many people as I can. This is my heart filled intention and message behind all that I do.
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Shall We Play? (Part Two)/
Because of the importance we place on play, we call the professional development program Project New Media Liteacies is developing PLAY (which in this case stands for Participatory Learning and YOU!) (We usually accompany this definition by pointing our finger at the person we are talking to, itself a playful ritual which surrounds our collective discussion of this work.) You can read more about the core concepts underlying our PLAY approach through a series of blog posts being developed by Vanessa Vartabedian at the Project NML blog. For the moment, I will simply offer this one paragraph explanation of our general approach:
Participatory learning is characterized by:
- Heightened motivation and new forms of engagement through meaningful play and experimentation;
- Learning that feels relevant to students' identities and interests;
- Opportunities for creating using a variety media, tools and practices;
- Co-configured expertise where educators and students pool their skills and knowledge and share in the tasks of teaching and learning;
- An integrated system of learning where connections between home, school, community and world are enabled and encouraged.
While there is no one-to-one mapping between the 6 Ps of Play and these principles of participatory learning, I hope it is clear that these two frameworks have informed each other in significant ways. What we are describing as participatory learning can and often is linked to new media tools and platforms but it does not have to be. We stress the value of low-tech and no-tech versions of these processes, even if we also try to model ways that state-of-the-art tools can be integrated into this kind of learning environment. The principles of participatory learning emerge from our close examination of what I call participatory culture, a topic which surfaces often here on the blog.
Blake Anderson, a student in my New Media Literacies class made this video to explain the concept, which I had to share. This graduate student was motivated by a series of YouTube videos to make a puppet for the first time, as he sought ways to translate my conceptual model for a new audience. As you will see, the protagonist of the video is The Professor who bears an uncanny resemblance to the actual instructor of his class but was also a tribute to a childhood spent in the company of Muppets. This deflation of academic authority was received with great pleasure by all involved, especially by me.
What does participatory learning look like in practice? Well, one example might be the workshops in interactive design which I ran for many years at MIT in collaboration with the late Sande Scoredos from Sony Imageworks. We formed teams of students with many different educational backgrounds and interests. Each team was to chose an existing media property and began to develop a plan for how to expand it into interactive media -- most often, how to translate it into the vocabulary of contemporary video games. Students in this intensive class broke their time between hearing lectures on aspects of interactive design by faculty and industry people and working in teams, brainstorming, refining their ideas, and working towards a presentation. By the end of the week, the students "pitch" their game ideas to a panel of people from different parts of the entertainment industry, pretending to be a start up company trying to get a contract, and they got feedback on both their ideas and their presentation styles.
The result was always memorable -- a rich array of imaginative ideas which showed a deep understanding of the core concepts and information running through the class. Students listened with the idea that they would be applying what they learned in this creative and playful process. I plan to adapt this approach for the Transmedia Entertainment and Storytelling class I am offering through the Cinema School in the fall.
Participatory learning might also look like what we have been doing through an after school program which we launched at the Robert F. Kennedy Community Schools this semester, a program focused around themes of digital citizenship. The RFK schools (six altogether, each with different focuses and philosophies) launched this fall and they are still trying to work through their identity and norms as a community. We sought ways to get students focused on the process of defining who they were as a community through play and creative activities. Vanessa Vartabedian ran the program, with strong support from Erin Reilly and Laurel Felt, and in the end, it involved all of the current Project NML students and staff, as well as students from my New Media Literacies graduate seminar.
One activity had the students taking photographs of "invisible borders or boundaries" which shaped their social interactions, whether borders based on gender, class, or the line between student and teacher or the line between the different schools using the shared facility. This focus on norms of inclusion or exclusion was enhanced by the challenge of using photography, normally a medium for capturing the visible, as a means of representing things which are understood but often not explicit, often not seen or observed.
Another activity, developed by the Rossier Schools' Stefani Relles sought to get students to construct an anthem for their school, using very open ended modes of visual orchestration, and then, using simple instruments, trying to produce meaningful noise together. The goal was not only to get students to articulate what their schools meant to them but also to experience music-making as a creative process, one which was structured to free them from anxieties about performance.
Another activity, developed by Meryl Alper, got them to focus on the history of the school, which had, among other things, been the site of the Coconut Grove nightclub, which has been partially preserved as a drama facility, and was also the site of the Ambassador Hotel, where Robert F. Kennedy was assassinated. In fact, the media lab where the after school program meets is the kitchen where RFK died, something which students had not fully understood until Alper explained it. Alper shared with them a photograph of the Latino bus boy who prayed with and comforted RFK in his final moments, and asked them to think about their own place in the history of the school. Using an app which pastiched a range of different film stocks, she asked them to go out and stage images which conveyed something of the history of the school, and again, they were invited to creatively explore and document their physical surroundings. These are simply a few of the forms of participatory learning activities we've incorporated into our work at the RFK schools. Most of these activities are playful and creative, but they are not in and of themselves games.
So, let me close with the invitation to all of the educators who read (or hear) this talk: Shall we play?


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A middle-class kid goes to the wrong side of town to buy drugs; he ends up in the flat of a seven-foot-tall dealer with a head like a customised bowling ball, an air rifle and a dart board hung on the front door (which opens every now and then to admit another kid with a £20 note, who is greeted by the sight of a seven-foot dealer aiming a pistol at his head).
The Dealer takes pot shots at squirrels in the park across the road. He keeps large amounts of drugs lying around his home; talks about his mate who's just been sent down for a one punch kill. Doesn't seem that bothered about getting caught.
Somewhere in the flat, there is always the poster of Bob Marley laughing hysterically, surrounded by milky blue smoke. There is always a cheap Ikea coffee table, and martial arts DVDs. Music is rattling the plaster from another room. It sounds like Mo Kolours.
There is a certain brand of music that only plays in really odd and threatening situations. The debut album from Joseph Deenmamode, aka Mo Kolours, a half-Mauritian, half-English producer and multi-instrumentalist is a dusty treasure trove brimming with the simplest and most blunted of melodies gloopily combined with a soulful pulse and a prickly sense of humour.
Recalling a Dilla-produced Cymande record, it's a confident progression from the fantastic three EPs he has released so far. Each of them showcased another combination of the producer's wide circle of influences, mixing Caribbean, Western and West African flavours and projecting the whole through a distinctive, husky prism.
Any successful album creates its own rules and then proceeds to interrogate and bend them. Mo Kolours lays the groundwork in its opening tracks: 'Little Brown Dog' is a catchy dub soul piece, introducing the producer's Peter Tosh-esque righteous vocal lines. It's a short, sharp collage of the key elements which will appear again and again; misty funk, breaks and sound field backdrops laced with nicely muddy lo-fi vocals and basslines that reek of beach soundsystems. 'Curly Gurly' adds a twist of romance, while 'Mike Black' showcases his lyrical eloquence, adding into the mix some downbeat House by way of A Guy Called Gerald.
Amongst ingredients that suggest the influence of the artist's Mauritian and wider Caribbean roots, as well as West Coast hip-hop and African flavours there is a strain of uniquely British humour. On 'Play It Loud (In Your Car)' he name checks a dozen or so much-maligned 'classic' cars, including the Seat Leon. You get a picture of our young ne'er-do-well blasting out KnifeHandChop while blazing it up, stuck in traffic outside a KFC. Similarly to Young Fathers, there's a knowing glint in Deenmamode's glazed eyes.
While everyone is having so much fun, it's almost a shame when the album comes to a close. I remember the days when you could rely on a hip-hop record full of miniature, grizzled jams to run to 16 or 17 tracks. Maybe it's better that the producer decides to leave us hanging - living in his world can be a scary throwback to the days of a youth spent in the Wild West, knocking on doors that you're not entirely sure you want to pass through, always keeping a tough expression ready in case somebody finds you out for a kiddie.


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For the first time, Samsung Electronics Australia is an "official partner of the Vivid Sydney festival" – taking part with an "incredible experience that will literally change the face of Luna Park".
Samsung tells us that "the personalised facelift will make the popular amusement park entrance and its iconic pearly whites a highlight of the 2018 festival, using the technology of the Galaxy S9 and S9+ smartphones".
Dubbed "The Night. Reimagined.", we're told that "participants will have a once in a lifetime opportunity to turn their selfie into a personalised AR Emoji that will within moments be projected on to and become the new face of Luna Park".
Also located on the Sydney Opera House Forecourt, "The Night. Reimagined" is billed as "an epic two-storey, 9-shaped labyrinth, featuring two kilometres of LED strip lights within a spiralling aperture structure".
Visitors will be taken on "a 90-metre unique light and sensory voyage, choosing between two different pathways on entry".
"The first journey will introduce participants to the AR Emoji and Slow-mo redefined features of the Samsung S9 and S9+, while the second leads visitors on an immersive audio light and soundscape experience, transporting them through the night and beyond.
"No matter what experience you choose, you are guaranteed to enjoy stunning light and sound installations within 'The Night. Reimagined.' including Twilight Glow, Southern Lights, Starry Skies and Cosmic Flares, each inspiring guests to reimagine the night."
Samsung's "The Night. Reimagined." promises a "contemporary feel that is inspired by the beauty, sophistication and design of the Galaxy S9 smartphone, and creates the perfect environment to experience the Galaxy S9's remarkable low-light camera capabilities".
Hey, if you got it, you may as well flaunt it in low light, and then capture it with an S9 or S9+.
We're told that "every part of 'The Night. Reimagined.' offers a unique Instagram-worthy moment, including the super slow-mo booth, which uses chrome-plated balls bursting into the air to allow guests to capture mesmerising slow-motion videos on the Galaxy S9 that can be instantly shared online".
Want more? Of course you do!
Attendees will "walk away with a digital souvenir pack, which contains images and selfies from the activation, including their very own AR Emoji on Luna Park and / or their bespoke slow-mo video".
Garry McGregor, vice-president of IT and Mobile, Samsung Australia, said, "Samsung is all about creating epic moments that use our technology to defy barriers and to do things they never thought possible.
"There's no better place to showcase the power of the Galaxy S9 and S9+ than at one of Australia's largest and most exciting events: Vivid Sydney. What we're doing at Luna Park and the Sydney Opera House Forecourt is truly unique and I encourage everyone to come and experience it for themselves".
Ignatius Jones, creative director for Vivid Sydney, said, "It won't be long before Vivid Sydney attendees get to make history by becoming the new faces of Sydney's iconic Luna Park. Vivid Sydney is about finding new ways for technology, art and innovation to gloriously come together, and with this installation, Samsung has really delivered."
Installation details
The "The Night. Reimagined." installation will be on the Sydney Opera House Forecourt "from 6pm every night during Vivid Sydney, from 25 May – 16 June".
As you can imagine, "spaces are limited and high demand is expected".
Visitors are advised to arrive early. To find out more about "The Night. Reimagined", at Vivid Sydney go here.
Hashtags for the event are listed as #MakeitEpic #WithGalaxy #VividSydney
Want even more? Yes!
Samsung is "Calling All Australians" to give "one lucky Australian and three guests the chance to be the first faces of Luna Park on the opening night of Vivid Sydney on Friday 25 May 2018".
The prize pack includes flights, accommodation and a number of other Samsung goodies. To enter the competition, visit your nearest Samsung store or visit Samsung's Vivid page here.
For those who have somehow missed the stunning Vivid Sydney events, Vivid Sydney is billed as "the world's largest festival of light, music and ideas and now the largest event in Australia".
The event places "a spotlight on Sydney and reinforces its position as the home of light, creativity, cutting edge music, engaging conversations and the exchange of new ideas".
The festival is "owned, managed and produced by Destination NSW, the NSW Government's tourism and major events agency. In 2017 Vivid Sydney attracted a record 2.33 million attendees and injected over $143 million into NSW's visitor economy".
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Friday Night Concert Series - The Moonlighters (June 23)
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Friday 23rd of June 2017
Enjoy free concerts Friday nights at 7:30 p.m. at the John E.N. Howard Bandshell. Groove to the blues, jazz and more!
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June 23—The Moonlighters (Big Band)
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July 14—Kenny Evans (Golden Oldies)
July 21—Don Savoie Band (Blues & Blues Oriented Rock)
July 28—Lake Effect Jazz Big Band (Jazz Big Band)
August 4—Jack Adams & The Breakers (Oldies, Pop & Rock)
August 11—PastTime (50's/60's Classic Rock)
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Well, I finally finished my marquetry saw. This was built with scraps laying around the shop and about $35.00 in hardware. The saw is made up of primarily a 12" drawer slide and a 5' piece of brake line tubing. John Eifler from www.wood-veneers.com/j-home.htm has a great book on how to build this saw. It uses the double bevel method and the saw is set at a 12 degree angle. John also has a great book on how to do marquetry with this saw. It is so easy to use that I had very little, well ok I did need a couple of hints, but I very little trouble on my very first project.
I want to say thanks to Bill Kimbell (www.figured-veneers.com) for directing me to John and Dave Kisker and a great group of people in Louisville Colorado. They have been a great help in my effort to get into marquetry. A special thanks to Dave Kisker who took saturday mornings to help me get started.
Check out some of their work. They all have built and use this same saw and method. They are incredible.
Bill Kimbell (www.figured-veneers.com)
Dave Kisker (www.wildviewstudios.com)
John Eifler (www.wood-veneers.com/j-home.htm)
-- John, Colorado's (Wooden Wizard)
23 comments so far
#1 posted 03-20-2010 07:31 PM
Good job. I will have to keep this in mind for the future.
-- "Hold on to instruction, do not let it go; guard it well, for it is your life" Solomon
#2 posted 03-20-2010 07:40 PM
Awesome job, never would have thunk it
-- Wood and Glass they kick (well you know) Have a great day - Dug
#3 posted 03-20-2010 09:02 PM
Great job on the saw. I love marquetry work. I see you have already turned out some nice work with it too. There is nothing more satisfying than making a tool that can help you produce beautiful work. I'm looking forward to seeing your marquetry posts in the future.
There aren't many members doing this kind of work. I think it's a little strange that most people doing marquetry in the U.K. use a knife and the window method, while in the U.S. it seems most use a saw. The saw is easier on the hands and it's pretty easy to slip with a knife. Maybe that's why.
-- Mike, an American living in Norway.
#4 posted 03-20-2010 09:38 PM
Stefang; I just met a fellow that uses a knife and the window method and he does terrific stuff. I think it takes a little more skill. I am hoping to get some tutoring from him as I progress. I can see how there would be times the knife method would really work better. But for now I just need to hone my skills with the saw.
-- John, Colorado's (Wooden Wizard)
#5 posted 03-20-2010 10:26 PM
#6 posted 03-20-2010 10:59 PM
I'm not so sure about the skill part John. It must take a lot of skill to use the saw too. I got interested in Marquetry a couple of years ago and bought a good book on the subject, but I decided it wasn't for me because I'm not artistic and I believe that's needed to do good marquetry work. Instead, I'm doing a little inlay work using my scroll saw with thicker pieces of about 1/16". The double bevel method is nice there too, but I think you must need a hand powered saw like yours to do the really intricate work required for marquetry.
-- Mike, an American living in Norway.
#7 posted 03-20-2010 11:00 PM
Nice, I'm going to have to check out those links, thanks for posting. Favorite!
-- Good judgement comes from experience and experience comes from poor judgement.
#8 posted 03-20-2010 11:26 PM
Is using this saw and following the line like patting your head and rubbing your stomach at the same time?
-- A thing of beauty is a joy forever...
#9 posted 03-20-2010 11:45 PM
Lumberjock engineering at its best.
-- Aaron - central California "If you haven't got the time to do it right, when will you find the time to do it over?"
#10 posted 03-20-2010 11:51 PM
Very interesting. Is there any chance you might post a video of this thing in use?
-- Hey, woodworking ain't brain surgery. Just do something and keep trying till you get it. Doc
#11 posted 03-20-2010 11:59 PM
Thanks for the post, it looks very useful.
-- Style is simple, but not my execution of it.
#12 posted 03-21-2010 01:10 AM
Thanks for all the positive comments. The saw really does make things a lot easier than one would expect. Even if it is like patting your head and rubbing your stomach. I have never tried to post a video before but maybe I can get my daughter to give me a hand.
-- John, Colorado's (Wooden Wizard)
#13 posted 03-21-2010 01:40 AM
I would really love to see a video John. You have me intrigued, maybe I don't need a scroll saw!
-- Rich in Richmond -- Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it.
#14 posted 03-21-2010 02:12 AM
Looks good. Does the brake tubing have enough spring to pull the blade back up?
-- Bob in WW ~ "some old things are lovely, warm still with life ... of the forgotten men who made them." - D.H. Lawrence
#15 posted 03-21-2010 02:24 AM
Bill Kimbell's furniture gallery looks like he is a masters master!! Fablous work, beyond imagination!!
-- Bob in WW ~ "some old things are lovely, warm still with life ... of the forgotten men who made them." - D.H. Lawrence
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