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From Head to Toe: Men and Their Roles in the First Two Generations of Christianity
Ross Saunders
Please note that the printed version of this book is no longer available to purchase through this website. It is, however, still in print. If you would like to find out how to obtain a copy of this book, please contact Lula Sanders (firstname.lastname@example.com; 02 88501562; 0407 081 774).
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From Head to Toe invites us to into the world of men in the first two generations of Christianity as they come to terms with what it means to follow Jesus. We share in their struggles and triumphs as they make the journey 'from head to toe' – from status-seeking to serving.
Ross Saunders shows us how to read the New Testament with new eyes and hearts, exploring our own understanding of authority, leadership and service within the household of God.
For a church that has been steeped in patriarchy, it is quite a shock to see Jesus as a feminist. But that is exactly what Ross Saunders documents. Scholarly but readable, From Head to Toe examines the lives of dozens of men in the Bible as they are called to relinquish status and accept Jesus' radical view: that true leadership means becoming a servant to all. Along the way, Saunders unfolds in extraordinary detail the lives of these men and their struggles and triumphs with Jesus' message. The message for us now is no less radical. To follow Jesus, we men must abandon all claims to privilege or power. Only then can we be free.
Steve Biddulph, author of The New Manhood
From Head to Toe makes a significant contribution to understanding the culture of the first two generations of Christianity and provides an important opportunity to stimulate fresh discussion about servant leadership in the church.
Jackie Stoneman, Director of Studies, Mary Andrews College
To read a review written by Paul McKechnie, follow this link (pdf file).
Paul is an Associate Professor in Ancient Cultures at Macquarie University.
Review by Dale Harcombe, Australasian Christian Writer's Blog
It's hard to know where to start in reviewing this book, as there is so much to read and consider. It really helps put a lot of things into context. This is an insightful look into a leadership model for Christian society. It clearly shows what a great change this meant for those early male followers of Jesus. For them to follow Jesus meant a move downward in importance. It identifies how men in the Mediterranean world at the end of the first century were called by Jesus to a different model of leadership, taking them from a model as lead-as- dictator to one of leader- as- servant. Reading this book could well change your thinking or at least cause you to look at lives and incidents in the New Testament with fresh eyes.
This book follows through the lives of many New Testament men starting with Zechariah, father of John the Baptist. It raises some interesting thoughts about John and his ministry that I had not considered before. It also covers not just the well know men such as Paul, Peter , John and James but some of those who only make brief biblical appearances like Simeon, Gaius, Crispus and others.
Christianity brought about huge changes and cost. For the disciples, especially any who were the eldest son in a family, walking away from family responsibilities was a huge step and brought great dishonour. These followers of Jesus were 'exiled from their household and thus suffered a loss of identity and status.' Because of this the Romans at Antioch first labelled them Christians – that is 'belonging to the household or tribe of Christ.'
'Travel was regarded as somewhat deviant behaviour in those days.' For people of today's society who are often used to being able to travel at will without needing a reason, other than pleasure, it seems strange to think a person had to have a legitimate reason to travel, like going to the temple in Jerusalem or to visit family. I guess I'd never thought before that while they were travelling with Jesus, the disciples had not been earning any money and so had no finances of their own to buy anything. No wonder they looked at Jesus blankly when he told them to give the crowds something to eat!
The chapter devoted to male leadership in the early church brings up the point of headship and how that meaning is often wrongly interpreted as having authority, when in reality Christians, both men and women, are 'to emulate the coordinating, representative and self sacrificing role of Jesus as head of the church. This carries no sense of authority or privilege.' Obviously these couple of sentences need to be read in context not only of the whole chapter about headship but in the context of the ideas set forth in the book.
Yet somehow over the years we have got away from that model and have a different idea of headship. I particularly liked the thoughts expressed in the last two paragraphs of this book. At the end of the book there is an appendix of all the men mentioned in this book and the biblical or other literary references to each one plus , for those who would like to delve deeper, a select bibliography of texts.
I thoroughly enjoyed this book. It made me think. This is a book to read, share with others and re-read. Recommended.
Ross Saunders (1926-2005) was a Sydney Anglican clergyman best known as a religious broadcaster. But he was also an 'auto-didact' – a scholar in the fields of Theology, Ancient History and Communications.
Anthropologists tell us that Mediterranean cultures were built around honour maintenance; women were recognised only in relationship to some man: a father, an uncle, a grandfather, a brother, a husband, a son. It was almost impossible to better the social position into which you were born. And it's important to note that only men experienced dishonour, not women. Women without the benefit of male sponsorship found it almost impossible to survive. Social security as we know it did not exist. The 'poor' helped by temple-funds were usually asset-rich males who'd fallen on hard times. The beggars in the streets were poor or disabled males. Women couldn't easily survive by begging, because passers-by would favour males. Younger women often had no option but to go into prostitution.
Eldest sons invariably followed their father's craft (so Jesus was a plough-maker, as Joseph was). Peter came from the household of an entrepreneur: he had no status until his father died. Until then he was known as Simon-son-of-Jonas. Jesus had brought shame upon his father's reputation by leaving the household after his father's death. (Note that at the cross Jesus hands over his mother to the care of the disciple John. Note also that with Jesus' death, his brother James became next in line in the household. 'But Jesus had changed that by entrusting his mother to John, not to James').
And following Jesus came at a cost. If a junior member of a household became a disciple there would be division in the household, often resulting in that member being disowned. Should Jesus prove to be a fraud, they could not return to their families as though nothing had happened. It was an irrevocable decision.
Socio-cultural result? In contrast to a situation where everybody has a place virtually fixed at birth, in today's world we regard ourselves primarily as individuals. Christianity changed the way its members found their identity and, in the process, helped to break down the Mediterranean household as the basic unit of society. 'When households are mentioned [in the NT] in connection with conversions to Christianity, this was the exception and not the norm. This was one of the things that set Christianity off from all other religions at the time.'
Ross Saunders' main emphasis is on the theme of leadership: Jesus in his life and teachings changed the model of leader-as-director to leader-as-servant. 'Ultimately, this is what Christian leadership is about: eliminating the chasm between the leader and the led'. Jesus called upon his followers 'to relinquish their status… [so] women went up a step or two on the social scale, [while] men went down a step or two'. Adult males were to divest 'themselves of all their pretensions to status, and became like a child – in that society completely without status –[otherwise] they had no hope of membership [in the kingdom]'. When he sent out his disciples [in Mark 6:7-13] they were to wear sandals, the footwear of the peasant. But 'the concept that honour must be attached to leadership… was [still] strong, and it was something that was to dog missionaries like Paul…'
Saunders' book does not go beyond the end of the first century: then 'male bishops took over Christianity, [reverting] to the normal household model for centralising church structures, and lay ministry, both male and female, disappeared almost totally.'
This book is as interesting in terms of scholarly style as it is thematically. I don't think he cites one scholar, and there are no footnotes. However an excellent Select Bibliography gives us a clue about his wider reading: here there are listed authors like the Evangelicals F. F. Bruce, I. H. Marshall and E.A. Judge, to scholars with a wider theological stance, like J. Jeremias and G. Theissen. He has, for example, a fairly conservative view of who-wrote-what in the NT, but he is not afraid to cite differences in the four Gospels' narrative-details – without doing too much explaining about how they can be reconciled. They are simply left, side-by-side, expressing differences in perspective between Matthew, Mark, Luke and John.
Australian colloquialisms are sprinkled throughout: 'a dandy dressed up to the nines'; 'cop all the shame'; 'they tear out in great consternation to find their leader'; 'whatever I have in mind for John, even if it is to hang around until I return to earth'; Peter was 'clapped in irons in prison'…
And twenty-to-thirty more…
I marked the following, to ponder:
- For Israelites, prayer was always audible, never silent in the mind the way we today tend to pray. The Ethiopian eunuch was reading his scroll aloud: 'Silent reading was certainly not the process of reading in those days'.
- The 'laying on of hands' was never on heads. Human hair was not to be touched by other people for fear of touching dust or sweat. The main greeting method: 'the two shoulders grasp'.
- 'Giving to the poor was not counted as maintaining one's honour in the community. The poor could not repay by having a benefactor's name written up in the synagogue or temple.'
- Paul was 'not a consultative or democratic kind of team leader… We must be careful… not to romanticise Paul and smooth over the sharp edges and directive attitudes'.
- 'Whenever Paul uses "head" with respect to Christ it is always associated with his self-sacrificial love for the church. In other words "headship" here derives from commitment and self-sacrifice and does not entail privilege and the right to be obeyed.'
- 'I believe it is abundantly clear that there were no orders, of deacons, priests or bishops, during the first two generations of Christianity. In fact, there were no clergy, in our sense, until the turn of the century.'
If there had been a list of discussion starters, this would have been a good one:
'Prayer and the drawing of straws' (Acts1:15-26). Does your church elect leaders this way?
Conclusion: 'For men, neither ascribed nor acquired honour had any place in the congregations. The usual games of challenge and response that occurred when men greeted each other on the street had to stop'. 'We must have a great deal of sympathy for those first two generations of men in the churches. They had to lose just about everything they had been born with: honour, prestige, position, authority and entitlement to dominion over women and children.'
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All his own stunts, all his own abs and all his own teeth: Tom Cruise revs up the bike for what could be his final and slightly distracted outing as an action lead – before possibly settling into a new career phase pursuing the character/comedy roles in which he has been winning hearts and minds.
This is a sub-North-By-Northwest caper, directed by James Mangold, in which Cruise plays Roy Miller, a mysterious guy on a plane who charms the bejeepers out of single gal June, played by Cameron Diaz, who's sitting right by him. But it isn't long before the plane comes under terrifying attack; someone's out to get Roy and hapless June has no choice to go along with him in a series of crash-bang adventures with exploding cars, flying bullets and annoying smirks.
Miller turns out to be a rogue government agent who's got his hands on a super-secret invention: an everlasting battery the size of a normal battery, which has all sorts of military implications. It's no spoiler to say that he keeps the battery hidden in a toy knight, and his real name is Knight, but this doesn't entirely explain the film's title, as June's surname is supposed to be Havens. It might as well be Whitfield, for all the sense this is going to make.
At any rate, Miller's superiors think that he intends to sell the battery to enemy powers, but twinkly-eyed, diminutive-yet-muscular Miller insists he is actually protecting this gizmo – a classic Hitchcockian "MacGuffin"– from treacherous elements among those very superiors who want to make a few dollars by making it available to the bad guys. Viola Davis plays the agency boss; Peter Sarsgaard is Agent Fitzgerald and Paul Dano plays Simon Feck, the scientific genius who invented the battery, and who has to be protected in a MacGuffiny way himself.
Having crashlanded the plane in a cornfield with a certain type of sang-froid equidistantly poised between Cary Grant and Leslie Nielsen, Roy takes June on a wacky thrill-ride of evasive action. Cruise appears to want to differentiate this role from his action hero Ethan Hunt in the megabuck Mission: Impossible movies by making him that bit edgier, a bit more dangerous, a bit more off-the-wall, by giving him a little more of a gleam in the eye, and perhaps to keep alive the possibility that he is what his duplicitous dead-eyed handlers say that he is: a traitor.
Or perhaps all these things are just coming naturally to Cruise. Either way, he certainly carries off the role with gusto and humour in the film's initial phases, clinging cheerfully on to the top of speeding SUVs and shooting merrily away at his pursuers – and in a world of CGI fakery, Cruise's old-school athleticism is a thing of wonder.
There is a nice scene in which bewildered, scared June goes out for a cup of coffee with her stolid, likable ex-boyfriend Rodney (Marc Blucas) and confides in him the terrifying situation she's in. In the middle of this, Miller appears: tensely charming, more than a little creepy, intent on urging June to come away with him, because he is the only one who can protect her against the heavily armed bad guys who are about to show up – but not before he has established a little alpha-male bonding with Rodney, who is a fireman. The scene ends with an uproarious shoot-out, with some well-turned quips, and the whole thing showcases Cruise's distinctive acting style: pumped up, physical, macho, but with a odd though not unsuccessful need for comedy – and wholly unreal in every particular.
Diaz, like Cruise, appears semi-unclothed in order to demonstrate that she's still got it, but there is something curious in her character's screen relationship with Cruise. By simply drugging her, Miller is able to take his unwilling companion to all sorts of difficult and dangerous hotspots in Europe, and they even find themselves on a Hitchcockian train ride. Diaz looks plausibly freaked out at all times as Cruise manhandles her around, and her expression of panicky good-humoured amazement had me wondering if there wasn't the tiniest hint of real life in this discomposure.
But they are always relaxed, and if there is no "chemistry" in the Cruise-Diaz partnership then there is nothing too awful either. After a feisty start, the movie begins to run very low on gas, and it demonstrates, inadvertently, that an action caper like this really does need high-quality gags, and real human interest between the leads, if it is going to hold its own, and Knight and Day is light on both. It's not bad DVD entertainment, but as a big summer movie, it's a bit of a washout.


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July 1, 2013
"Within each image, ghosts of previous drawings create a sense of time suspended, evoking gesture, atmosphere and memory. Photographs allow me to access the extraordinary, to keep a record of dreams , and to employ the uses of the unkown."
– Lauren Semivan
Observatory, Lauren Semivan's first solo show, is a collection of black and white photographs that explore the prolific young artists' surreal narratives utilizing still life, drawing, painting, and performance. Each photograph documents an imagined moment utilizing staged sets and scenes designed entirely by the artist. Semivan uses an 8 x 10 view camera to commit each image to film.
September 18 – October 26, 2013
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So your husband cheated on you and you have made the decision to save your marriage. Perhaps it is because you love him so much. Or maybe you are comfortable in your marriage, have children. Whatever the reason is, you have decided to make it work, to forgive him. To pick up the pieces of your life and try to move forward.
I am not here to tell you to leave your cheating husband, nor am I here to tell you it is not possible to move forward. The truth is, you can move forward. You may even end up living a relatively happy life, but, and here is the but. You will NEVER be able to trust him again. Sure you will talk to others and they will say that trust has to be earned and eventually you will be able to trust again. That sounds good doesn't it? Yes, too good to be true. The truth is, you will always question his actions. Oh of course, you will lie to yourself and others but deep down inside, you will know the truth, you will know you don't trust him. Every time he arrives home a few minutes late from work, or when he doesn't answer your phone call. . .there will be a sick feeling in your stomach and a little voice in the back of your head. You may actually forgive your husband, and think you're happy. Heck, maybe you will be happy, but you will never trust him again.
How do I know this? Because I have been going through it for years. I was the one who stayed when he gave me every reason to leave. But I stayed for my family, for my kids. I am not going to say I am miserable, because I am not. I am living my semi-happy life. Hey, my kids are happy and we have a great family, but I do NOT trust him. It has been a few years and although I don't think he is cheating, I will never know for sure. I question everything he does. Never out loud, but always in my head. I get that sick feeling in the pit of my stomach when he doesn't answer the phone when I call, although he usually calls me back instantly. It doesn't matter, I do not trust him.
I wake up every single night between the hours of 2:00am-2:20am. Why? Because this was bar closing time. He would cheat while he was supposed to be at the bar with his friends. Of course, he never made it home by 2:30am, so I believe my body was used to being up. I would wait and repeatedly call his phone. He never answered and always had some excuse. Again, this was years ago. He doesn't go to bars anymore and he is sleeping besides me every night, but I still wake up. It's like I have this internal alarm clock. All those nights I waited. . .Perhaps my body is just used to it. I wake up, look to my left and see him sleeping and eventually I fall back asleep. If we are sitting and watching TV and he smiles at his phone, I am suspicious, in silence of course because I don't trust him. He knows this though, he can see it written all over my face. Most of the times he will tilt his phone and show me what he was smiling at. To be honest, it has gotten to the point that I don't even look, don't even care I guess. Yes, I love him but his willing to be unfaithful has changed me. I care, but not enough. But yet, we have a good life, happy kids, never argue. I guess I am content, but I don't trust him, I will never trust him.
No one can tell you what to do, no one can tell you to stay or leave. You have to make the decision to do what is best for you and your family. You can move forward, you can make it work but you will always wonder. You have to make the decision if you want to live the rest of your life with someone you cannot trust. You have to weigh the good and the bad. It can work, you can forgive, you can move on. . .but you will never trust him again.


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Day Two
Thank you Steve K Photography for your photo of the sun setting over the windmills at Sand Patch
Day 2 in the Albany Region
Today will be packed with scenic sights through the Torndirrup National Park. Drive down Chester Pass Road till the roundabout and then follow the signs to Frenchman Bay. Turn into Princess Road and visit the Windmill Farm and enjoy a hike down a flight of stairs to Sandpatch and take a short hike along the Bibbulum Track.
Sandpatch thank you Samara Maddison
Next is the Natural Bridge and The Gap. Stunning Views of the coastline, but please remember our coastline is treacherous so stay on the paths and obey the signs.
The Natural Bridge - Thank you Jenelle Smith Photography
Back to Frenchman Bay Road then turn into the Blowholes Road. A short hike takes you to the blowholes. When they are blowing it is an amazing experience.
Next stop is Jimmy Newhills Harbour. Jimmy Newells Harbour is a beautiful natural harbour in the Torndirrup National Park. It provides a protected calm area which is ideal for swimming. It is also a wonderful spot to try out beach fishing. Relax and soak up the views.
A must visit to Stony Hill is next. There is a short walk (approx. 15 mins) and then a longer hike (allow a couple of hours).
Stony Hill - Thank you Shawn Hayward - VBI Photography
Salmon Holes is a spot not to be missed. Walk down the stairs and let the sand squelch between your toes. Watch the crashing waves, but again be aware of the signs.
Thank you Yvonne Bloemendaal
At the end of the road you will find Whale World Whaling was a huge industry of the town for many years but in 1978 Albany's whaling station ceased its operations. Step back in time and take a journey through Whale World, the site of the last operating whaling station in Australia. Wander through Discovery Bay (work in progress) and visit with some cute Aussie native animals such as koalas, kangaroos and the wombat.
Thank you Amanda Jolly Photography
Enjoy lunch here with the exceptional cuisine at Whalers Galley Cafe' and fantastic gift ideas in Mobies Souvenirs!
Visit Frenchman Bay and then take a walk along Goode Beach to Mistaken Island and walk off that lunch. This a beautiful stretch of beach and you may be the only person there. Remember your sunscreen and water.
Goode Beach - Thank you Amanda Pinchen
If you don't want to walk to Mistaken Island follow Frenchman Bay Road and turn into Quaranup Road, Mistaken Island is not clearly signposted but you will see a track that leads to some stairs. Beautiful spot and one of our favourite beaches. A little further along Quaranup Road is Whalers Cove and another beautiful hike – Point Possession Trail starts here. This is an easy 6km hike Point Possession is a long, narrow isthmus with a beach on either side, leading to a low, rounded granite hill at the end. It's a scenic spot with Views of King George Sound, the shipping channel, Princess Royal Harbour and Albany Port. Whales sometimes pass through the shipping channel, very close to the point. Point Possession is where George Vancouver claimed Australia's West for Britain.
Thank you Lata Photography for this stunning photo of Whalers Cove
For those of you who enjoy Scuba Diving there are many dive sites in Albany suitable from the novice diver to the experienced diver. Check South Coast Diving Supplies for more information. Click Here Breaksea Cove: A great boat dive fully protected from the hard easterly winds. Walls and swim throughs, a great site for small colourful fish which live on and around the many vast plate corals. HMAS Perth is a "must dive" when you visit Albany. Permits are required and can be obtained from South Coast Diving Supplies or The City of Albany.
A Giant Cuttlefish in the kelp on Breaksea Island. Thank you Jamie Kiddle Photography
Why not stop at our award winning distillery company Limeburners and try their Single Malt Whisky or Vodka, made right here in Albany. Back to HideAway Haven, relax on your deck with a glass of wine or cup of tea and watch the colours of the sunset as you watch the birds. Dinner? Why not try Curry Leaf – best Indian Food and they do will deliver right to you at HideAway Haven.
Remember – WATER, SUNSCREEN AND HATS.


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Manchester City begin the defence of their English Premier League title away to Newcastle, the same opposition they started its championship-winning campaign against with a 4-0 win last season, then face Liverpool at home.
The 2014-15 league fixtures, starting on August 16-17, were announced on Wednesday.
Manchester United, with new Dutch manager Louis van Gaal, will play all three newly promoted sides – Burnley, Queens Park Rangers, Leicester – in their opening five games.
The first Manchester derby is at City on November 1.
Liverpool start off at home against Ronald Koeman's Southampton, then travel to City and have another difficult away game against Tottenham. They host Merseyside rivals Everton on September 27, and encounter United for the first time at Old Trafford on December 13.
The Merseyside derby is not the only clash between two fierce rivals scheduled for September 27. Arsenal also host Tottenham that day in the first clash of the season between the north London teams.
Arsenal follow that game by playing Chelsea on October 4, when new signing Cesc Fabregas will face his former club. Jose Mourinho's side travel to City on September 20, and to Anfield on November 8.
But should Chelsea mount a title charge, they have arguably the toughest finish compared to their rivals. They go to Old Trafford in the reverse fixture against United on April 18 and, a week later, play Arsenal at Stamford Bridge.
On May 9, they have Liverpool at home.
In comparison, City play none of last season's top four in the final three months. Their toughest game in that time will most likely be when they make the short trip across Manchester to United on April 11.
Liverpool's finish includes United at home on March 21, Arsenal away on April 4 and back in the capital for Chelsea in May.
Van Gaal has a tricky end to his first season at the helm of United, with City and Chelsea on April 11 and 18 respectively. That's followed by an away trip to Everton and United's second-last game is against Arsenal at Old Trafford.


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If you enjoy flower gardening, and want to turn your gardening hobby into extra income, think about growing for market. Flowers are among the most profitable plants, producing one of the highest returns of any specialty crop. You can get started with very little – just enough for seeds and supplies, and most new flower growers make money in the first year.
Many flower growers have found the Saturday farmer's market flowers bring top prices. One grower sells her cut flowers, like lilies, cosmos, statice, zinnias, snapdragons and daisies, and finds the demand so great she sells out before noon. She thinks flowers are the perfect seasonal crop because they are easy to grow, produce quickly and supply an income all season long.
Some flower growers like to specialize in cut flowers that have larger showy blossoms, such as hydrangeas and sunflowers, that can bring as much as $5 for a single stem. It's not uncommon for a grower to sell over a thousand stems in a single day at the farmer's market. As one grower said,"For those who love being in the garden and watching their flowers grow, there is nothing quite like this business."
Because flowers can be grown in a tiny backyard or on a larger acreage, it's an ideal part-time business for those in need of a flexible schedule, such as stay-at-home moms, retirees or anyone who has another job.
Dried flowers, also called "everlastings" because they last so long when dried, are a perfect flower crop for a backyard flower grower. If you are growing for profit, everlastings can be even better than cut flowers as you can make as much as $8 per square foot. Most everlastings, such as celosia, statice and straw flowers, are very easy to grow and easy to air dry. Growers find the best markets for dried flowers are craft shops, antique shops and selling dried flower arrangements to flower shops and restaurants.
An antique shop owner had dozens of cut glass vases that just would not sell. She added a small bouquet of dried flowers to each vase, and sold them all for four times the price within a month! Most restaurants can't afford to put fresh cut flowers on tables every day, but find that dried flowers brighten up the table just as well, and can be replaced once a month. Dried flower growers will often re-do the bouquets at several restaurants every month. Another popular dried flower, gypsophilia, or baby's breath, is widely used as a filler in floral arrangements. Most retail florists prefer to buy from local growers whenever possible.
Perhaps the best "niche" flower business is subscription sales. One California flower grower has perfected it, and now just works one day a week on her unique niche. Every flower is pre-sold, and her unique business takes in around a half-million dollars every year. She says there is room for a similar floral subscription business in almost every town, large or small.
She delivers fresh-cut flower bouquets to offices and homes in her community on Mondays. Just like a paper route, customers buy a subscription by the month, paying from $15 to $150 each week, depending on how many bouquets they order. One of her regular customers says, "Flowers cheer the office up. They are colorful, alive, and you don't have to dust them!"
Woody ornamentals are another flower grower's niche. "Woodies" are trees and shrubs that grow back each year after cutting, and are popular with florists, who use them to fill out bouquets. Woodies can be everyday plants, like forsythia and lilac, or uncommon varieties like corkscrew willow.
Since they are perennials, once you've planted them, they require little work other than cutting the branches at harvest time. Woodies have become such profitable plants, some growers are choosing to specialize in popular varieties, such as curly willow, red osier dogwood, golden ninebark and holly. A bonus with woodies is the extended season, which can extend cutting time from February through November.
Whether you live in Alabama or North Dakota, growing flowers can provide a good income to anyone who loves to garden and can spare a few hours each week. It's also a clean, green business that can be good for the planet. To learn more, read Growing Flowers for Profit.


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If I look back at my clients. Most of them I would be able to track back to single events or persons. I can draw a node tree, that would be intricate, but with more or less no broken link.
It's all about contacts and who you know. But these contacts need to like you, and you need to be trusted to get the work.
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Green Day, Blink-182, Linkin Park, System Of A Down for huge European festival
Simple Plan, Architects, Of Mice & Men, Prophets Of Rage, Rancid and David Hasselhoff will also play Nova Festival
Green Day, Blink 182, Linkin Park and System Of A Down are among the first names to be announced for the huge line-up of Nova Rock Festival.
Also on the bill for the massive Austrian rock festival are Pierce The Veil, Simple Plan, Architects, Of Mice & Men, Prophets Of Rage, Rancid, Suicide Silence, The Dillinger Escape Plan, Hatebreed, In Flames, Devildriver, Airbourne, Avatar – and even David Hasselhoff.
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🎊Yeeehaaaw🎊: Linkin Park und blink-182 spielen am #NR17!!! Und ja, richtig gelesen, wir haben wieder auf 4 Tage aufgestockt. Außerdem neu bestätigt sind: Beginner, Simple Plan, Airbourne, 187 Strassenbande, ARCHITECTS, Of Mice & Men, Danko Jones, Pierce The Veil, Suicide Silence, Feine Sahne Fischfilet, The Dillinger Escape Plan (Farewell Tour), DevilDriver und Avatar.
Nova Rock Festival takes place from 14-17 June at Nickelsdord Pannonia Fields in Austria. The line-up reveals a lot about the bands who'll be on tour for festival season next year, suggesting that many of the acts on the bill could appear at the likes of Download, Glastonbury and Isle Of Wight which all happen around the same period.
System Of A Down are expected to drop their long-awaited new album next year as their world tour plans continue to develop, while
Green Day recently told NME that their seminal 2004 album 'American Idiot' will be made into a movie by HBO, while frontman Billie Joe Armstrong stars stars as the lead in 'Ordinary World' – set for release on 14 October.
Green Day will headline British Summer Time Festival at Hyde Park in London on Saturday 1 July. A full line-up of support acts is yet to be announced. Tickets are on general sale from 9am on Friday 7 October.
– Read more: Why Green Day are the 'greatest living punk band'
They release their new album 'Revolution Radio' on 7 October. The band return to the UK to tour in early 2017, performing at Leeds First Direct Arena (February 5), Manchester Arena (6) and London O2 Arena (8).


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"What has been seen cannot be unseen, what has been learned cannot be unknown. You cannot change the past, but you can learn from it. You can grow from it. You can be made stronger. You can use that strength to change your life, to change your future." – C.A. Woolf
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The advent of Global Area Networks and equipment redundancy combined with the emergence of new technologies like Storage Area Networks (SAN's) and Network Attached Storage (NAS) pose some very interesting IT contingency planning alternatives. At AMD, contingency planning philosophy for key business critical systems entails installing redundant computer equipment, including SAN or NAS storage solutions, in at least two separate buildings. This type of setup allows a mirrored approach to be utilized providing full system redundancy in separate locations. It provides the ability to recover from loss of the primary data center and cause only momentary interruption to the using community. Because of reasonable fiber optic distance limitations, however, this separation will not, in the near future, be in excess of one mile. In many situations where the user base is local, this is adequate because any regional disaster spanning an area that large will also shut down the using community of
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The Bichli Haveli Project is restoring and rehabilitating a 140-year-old haveli located in the old city of Udaipur, transforming it into a community and heritage resource center with revenue-generating accommodation to ensure its ongoing operation. In addition to the restoration of the Bichli Haveli, the project aims to bring benefit to the community in which it is located.
- Restore and rehabilitate the Bichli Haveli
- Establish a community engagement program including alley greening, composting, graywater treatment and provide public meeting and play spaces
- Train and employ Udaipur's migrant women laborers to create teams of skilled restoration specialists who can use these skills in the future
- Provide economic benefit by hiring local staff and supporting local suppliers and services
- Demonstrate to the larger community the viability of restoration as a tool of community renewal and improvement, and provide them with the resources to embark on similar initiatives
Anyone can join a Restoration Works International trip. No previous construction or building experience is required – just a desire to make a difference in the lives of the local community.
The tasks vary depending on the project, its need and the work progress. Generally, the mornings begin with a group gathering in which the architect, project manager or Group Leader will update everyone on the goals for the day, and make work assignments. You will always find a variety of jobs available. You may find yourself laying a slate courtyard, building a rooftop parapet, shoveling and sifting dirt for plaster, cleaning wooden sculpture and carvings or repairing wall paintings and artifacts.
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Your tour fee includes:
- Pick-up and drop-off from Udaipur's airport with transport to and from the guesthouse
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- Select tours and recreational activities during your trip dates
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Reservations are secured with a US$500 deposit. The balance is due 45 days prior to your departure date.
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We believe that communities prosper through preservation and renewal of their historic sites.
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We believe in the value of work as the universal language that connects an individual's commitment to a group effort, benefiting the larger community.
We use national and international volunteer tourism as the catalyst for our mission to help communities around the world protect their cultural heritage sites and prosper through preservation and renewal of their history.
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Is Sodom and Gomorrah truth or fiction?
Well, the bible records that "the LORD rained on Sodom and Gomorrah brimstone and fire" (Genesis 19:24). Brimstone is the archaic name for sulphur, and according to this video, the present day location of Sodom and Gomorrah is the only place on earth where sulphur stones are found having 96% purity (elsewhere on earth, sulphur rarely exceeds 40% purity).


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Paris— The new Representative of His Holiness the Dalai Lama at the Bureau du Tibet Thursday met with the French Senate Tibet Group, led by Group President at the French Senate, in Paris, the capital of France.
Tashi Phuntsok, Representative of His Holiness the Dalai Lama at the Bureau du Tibet, Brussels, October 27, called on Michel Raison, the President of the Tibet Group in the French Senate. The Representative was accompanied by Secretary of the Bureau du Tibet, Paris Tsering Dhondup.
Phuntsok who has worked more than 35 years in service of Tibetan community since 1977, recently appointed as the new Bureau du Tibet Representative for Brussels, by Sikyong Dr Lobsang Sangay, the democratically elected leader of the Tibetan people.
During an hour long meeting, the two sides discussed on the issues ranging from strengthening of collaboration in the French Parliament, future course of action and sharing of information vis-à-vis situation inside Tibet, according to the Brussels based Bureau du Tibet.
Michel Raison was joined by his Parliamentary Assistant Charlotte Braud, and Theirry Munier, the Administrative Secretary of the Tibet Group in the French upper house.
The Senate Tibet Group, officially known as International Group of Information on Tibet, was created in year 2000 and currently has 22 members representing all sections of the French political parties. Since its inception, the Group has been able to lead two delegations to Dharamshala in May 2005, and May 2013.
A four member delegation representing the Group had also visited Lhasa in August 2006, "to listen to the official position of the Chinese leadership on the question of Tibet, and to examine the economic, social and cultural situation in Tibet Autonomous region," according to a release by the Group after the visit.
The Senate Group has been able to host, despite growing pressure, His Holiness the Dalai Lama at the French Senate, during his recent visit to Paris on September 14. He was attending an informal breakfast meeting with 30 Senators and Deputies, who lined up to greet him at the top of the stairs. Senator Michel Raison welcomed His Holiness and invited him to speak to them.
His Holiness mentioned how impressed he is by the spirit of the European Union, which shows it is possible to put the past behind us and adapt to a new reality. He expressed hope that the spirit of Europe will eventually be extended to Russia, Africa and Asia. He said this is the future of the world, because we have to live as one family and the spirit of the European Union exemplifies how this can be done.
"It's very helpful that you are able to express concern for Tibet. When you have the opportunity, please let your Chinese counterparts know of your support. The People's Republic of China is still run by the same party according to the same system, and yet things are changing there," he told the French lawmakers.
"Even the hard-liners find themselves in a dilemma, they talk about harmony in unity and yet their policies have achieved neither. I sometimes wonder if these hard-liners are missing the part of the brain that governs common sense."
"As more Chinese students and tourists come and gain experience of the free world they can learn that we are equally human beings with the freedom to think and speak as we will. It's in China's interest to open up to the world and when they do their contribution will be valuable."
The Tibetan leader also told them of the Chinese ecologist who established that the climate impact of the Tibetan plateau is as great as the North and South Poles, so he referred to Tibet as the Third Pole. He expressed his concern about the deforestation that has taken place and the way local Tibetans' objections to mining have been overruled. Adding that he often recommends that parliamentary groups go to Tibet to see for themselves what's happening to the environment.


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The word holistic – sometimes wholistic – is derived from the Greek word holos, meaning complete or unified, and refers to an approach which recognises that living systems must be regarded in their entirety, and that an organism is more than the sum of its parts. Tell us a little about yourself and we'll connect you with schools that offer Holistic Health programs. Diseases such as cancer and high blood pressure are multidimensional by nature. Kule says that he is bucking an unfortunate trend in modern medicine — health care driven largely by insurance and Medicare reimbursements.
Cancer Hacks can help you take back the control of your physical and mental-well being when facing any illness. To begin your journey back to optimal health and happiness, schedule an appointment to see us at Cutler Integrative Medicine. A more holistic and longer treatment, checking not only your area of complaint but examining for hidden causes of your pain.
Additional research is anticipated to continue to confirm that integrative health and medicine support the triple aim to improve the experience of care, to improve the health of populations, and to reduce the per capita costs of health care. No aspect (mind, body, spirit, or emotions) of a person is overlooked when an holistic treatment is sought.
Even if it's not traditional back-to-school season, many schools offer classes throughout the year. Traditional medicine refers to the pre-scientific practices of a certain culture, contrary to what is typically practiced in other cultures where medical science dominates.
We as a family grew spiritually, and continue to do so daily, even though we use homeopathic medicine and help countless clients with it on a daily basis. Another reason why there is lack of research into Holistic medical therapies for example is that many of those therapies are offered as part of an integrated program.


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How To Write A Radio Script For Your Shows
Sometimes it is better to plan out your radio show with a script, Radio.co has a few tips as to how to best write a radio script for your station.
Whatever the type of radio that you make, it often makes sense to plan it out in advance to make sure you produce and present the best content possible. In some cases, in order to plan your show out well, it may be better to write a radio script. Here are a few tips and tricks to help you write a good radio script for your radio shows and stations.
What Kind of Radio Script Should I be Using?
Like all forms of media, there are many areas and types of radio. As a result, there is no one set format for a radio script. This will ultimately depend on what you need your script for, whether it's a talk radio show or a link to a music show. When thinking about how to write a radio script, regardless of format, there are a few rules you should think about.
Write Your Script Like it's Going to be Spoken Aloud, Not as if You're Reading it
A mistake that is often made when writing scripts for all mediums are not writing the prose for it to be spoken. A script should sound natural when reading aloud. It is often a mistake to write too formally, as it results in a stiff-sounding read through. Always write with the thought of speaking naturally and with a good flow in mind.
Keep it Succinct
When you write a radio script, try to keep it as tight as possible. Don't add unnecessarily flowery words or sentences that do not add to what you are trying to say. Make sure your grammar is By being as concise and succinct as possible, it will allow you or your presenter improvise and expand on what is written in the script. Radio is at its best when it doesn't sound rigid, whether fully scripted or not.
Set the Scene
Whether you are breaking a news story or telling a joke on your comedy and music show, you have to remember that your listeners don't have the visual aid of a television or online video. This doesn't mean that you have described every setting you are talking about or every single detail, you just need to be aware that the listener may need helping hand to know what you are talking about.
1. Talk Radio Script
Because the focus of this type of radio is the topics that are talked about and the words that you speak, it can be beneficial to script out what you want to say. Although there is no industry standard script style, we've put together a brief example with notes that may help you with yours. Note how even though there are larger passages of text, they are succinct and easy to read.
2. Music Radio Script
A music radio script may have less fully scripted passages and more notes and bullet points to guide the presenter through. This is often because music radio is meant to feel more improvised than say a news or talk radio show. Again, there is no set script for music radio, but we've put together a possible example that could help your shows. Note how there are passages of texts for features called read-throughs, which are often used for promotional trails, but the rest of the links are note based to allow for more informal and flowing conversation.
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"Our lives are not our own. We are bound to others, past and present. And by each crime and every kindness, we birth our future."
And you won't understand the cause of your grief...
...But you'll always follow the voices beneath.
yep, you can, my cat Safyre is a perfect example of thatShirszae said:I was under the impression that you could customize mini-pets in description. Or is that wrong?
Yeah you guys just described every ventriloquist act ever.Tarkor said:Ewald is the full artie pet package, sentience, invincibility, mount, flight, plus a few more reactions, basically.
Some days, I get a lot more RP playing the mount than playing the character. I absolutely love the ram and wouldn't want to miss him.
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Friday, 28 December 2012
Online fabric shopping - Mood Fabrics
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As you say, they might as well just say on their site that they don't offer international shipping.ReplyDeleteReplies
Yes... either that, or I'd love to hear about somebody who thought their shipping was worth it!Delete
Holy smokes ! That's ridiculous! I agree, why even offer international shipping?ReplyDeleteReplies
I know - I'm always disappointed when shops won't ship to New Zealand, but if they were clear on that from the start it would be less sad.Delete
Thanks for the thumbs-up!!!ReplyDeleteReplies
No problem! I'm really enjoying the discussion about fabric shopping online.Delete
HA. Yeah, I tried ordering from them about 6 months ago. What a joke. I gave up at the whole 'you must telephone us in person' part. Seriously, if places like Gorgeous Fabrics and Emma One Sock can do SUCH a fabulous job at selling fabric to internationals, I see no reason why a bigger company like Mood can't get their act together.ReplyDelete
I'm tempted to boy cot them when I hit new york next year... but I just can't. That said... if you need me to bring anything back for you - I'd be happy to post it across the pond! :)Replies
I'm with PoppyKettle my quote was $230 in shipping and I got the same response. Australia and NZ is not the back of beyond. Saying that I will shop there when I got to NYC. If your after a specific fabric trying googling it, I found Farmhouse fabrics had the Marc Jacobs fabric I was after for the same price and shipping was reasonable, either $18 or $26.ReplyDeleteReplies
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Interesting, isn't it? I mean, if they don't want our business down in the southern hemisphere, why don't they say so?
Good idea about googling for specific fabrics - thank you!
How utterly ridiculous! Hundreds of other companies are willing and able to ship to Australian and NZ, so what makes them so special that they can't? Honestly, they're just wasting people's time with the whole "ring us to arrange a completely unreasonable shipping quote that will inpsire you to cancel your order" business. It would be much easier if they just said they wouldn't ship there.ReplyDeleteReplies
How annoying! I looked at stuff there too but was put off by the phone us thing. Have you checked out the NZ post freight forwarding service yet? They give you a US address, let you kbow when it arrives, and charge you postage from us to nz. I've only used them once so far, for 3 yards of viscose knit from an e bay seller, and postage to NZ was $22. I can see it working well where free US shipping is offered or where people just plain don't ship tp NZ.ReplyDelete
I've just bought some nice stuff from EmmaOneSock. The shipping was heaps less than the option it made me choose when I ordered. Tissu fabrics in the UK also looks quite good. These reviews are really helpful, thank you!Replies
I have heard about the freight-forwarding - that sounds like a good option!Delete
Thank *you* for reading and providing your own recommendations! I hope we can all get something out of sharing information :-)
I find it fascinating that fabric.com can fill a box with fabric (about 10 yards - in their language - depending on the weight of the fabric) and send it to AUS and it gets here within a week - and you know before you check out how much it will cost - and yet other fabric places charge like a wounded bull and take forever to get here.ReplyDelete
Fabric.com doesn't have as great fabric as some of the places - but at least they want to sell internationally.
I won't even go into the rude response I had from fabricmart.com!!!Replies
It's really interesting to see the different attitudes to international customers, and thank you for your input... hahaha, sounds like you had an, um, 'different' experience with fabricmart!Delete
Sorry for the rant - you hit a sore spot!!!!ReplyDelete
Enjoying your blog.Replies
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Goodbye 2016, hello 2017
It's been quite a year. Thank you to all of you who have been a part of Type Tasting and joined in so enthusiastically. I've enjoyed meeting you, and I'm looking forward to the new events planned for next year. Instead of writing a summary of the year I would like to share the interview I recently gave It's Nice That for their Review of the Year, because the great questions they ask frame the summary perfectly. Below are extracts or you can read the full interview here.
It's Nice That Review of the Year 2016
Graphic designer Sarah Hyndman.
Words by Rebecca Fulleylove.
Our tenth interview for Review of the Year sees us chat to designer Sarah Hyndman about the incredible experiences she's had this year and the work she continues to do with Type Tasting.
Designer and type champion Sarah Hyndman is on a mission to "prove that typography is fun and engaging for everyone", and 2016 has seen her take major steps in making that idea a reality. Her work, which takes the form of books, workshops, talks and events, aims to "dispel the myth that type is a dusty subject for academics and experts" and "demonstrate the power of typography".
What was your creative highlight of 2016?
"Going to Mumbai, India to teach 60 design students… At the end I could see first-hand how my unconventional approach to teaching typography really works. "


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Originally posted in HAND/EYE Magazine on May 10, 2017.
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By Kathleen Nicholson Webber
Originally posted in HAND/EYE Magazine on May 10, 2017.
By Kathleen Nicholson Webber
Originally posted on EcoWatch on March 22, 2017.
In the opening scene of the new documentary RiverBlue, deep magenta wastewater spills into a river in China as the voice of fashion designer and activist Orsola de Castro can be heard saying "there is a joke in China that you can tell the 'it' color of the season by looking at the color of the rivers."
The film examines the destruction of rivers in Asia caused by the largely unregulated textile industry. It also connects today's consumer appetite for fast fashion as a cause of this environmental degradation and explores how manufacturing innovation could help solve this global problem.
Co-directed by award-winning documentarians David McIlvride and Roger Williams and produced by Lisa Mazzotta, RiverBlue: Can Fashion Save the Planet was almost three years in the making and follows internationally celebrated river conservationist, Mark Angelo, as he paddles the rivers devastated by a toxic brew of chemical waste from the denim and leather industries. Angelo explained that these waterways in China, India and Bangladesh are devoid of life even as local communities rely on these rivers for drinking and bathing. The water in these rivers has become a public health crisis with a high incidence of cancer and gastric and skin issues afflicting those who work in the industry or live nearby.
In Kanpur, India alone there are more than 400 tanneries dumping toxic chromium into the water supply which subsequently turns up in cow's milk and agriculture products.
"We are committing hydrocide," said Sunita Narain, director general of Center for Science and the Environment in India. "We are deliberately murdering our rivers."
The question the film poses to viewers: Are brand-name clothing corporations disregarding the environment in their zeal to make their clothes cheaper and cheaper and what role does the consumer play?
"Low cost clothing has a high cost attached to it, one to the environment and public health," explained Angelo.
The impetus for the film came from a photo McIlvride found online. He and Williams, producer and director of photography, wanted to do a film on rivers. McIlvride found, on Google Images, a photo taken by NASA of China's Pearl River with a dark blue streak of pollution running through it.
"It was the area of China where most of the blue jeans are manufactured," he explained. "I thought everyone wears jeans. We could bring this problem to the world stage."
The team thought if these rivers are being destroyed, what is the human impact? The film drills down to look at how jeans are made, specifically distressed jeans that are so popular now and how the chemicals used in the distressing process have been especially detrimental to workers, rivers and surrounding communities.
This decline has not happened overnight but rather over decades. For the denim industry, it started after the signing of the much talked about North American Free Trade Agreement. From the 1960s to the 1990s, El Paso Texas was the blue jeans capital of the world producing 2 million pair of jeans a week. The North American Free Trade Agreement allowed brands to find cheaper labor outside of the U.S., initially denim manufacturers left for Mexico and subsequently to China, Indonesia and Bangladesh where wages were low and environmental regulations weak.
As prices for denim jeans plummeted and consumers bought more of them, it was the waterways that paid the price. Today, the average American buys four pairs of jeans a year. In Europe they buy 1.5 jeans a year. Now in China's Xintang province (where the movie's polluted river photo came from) 300 million pair of jeans are made a year. Consider that one pair of jeans uses 920 gallons of water and many mills produce without water treatment plants.
The solution the film's producers unveil is two-fold: through brand and mill innovation and consumer education and change.
McIlvride was determined to find brands making jeans without environmental damage. He located the father of distressed jeans: Francoise Girbaud who introduced the eponymous stone washed jean decades ago.
"It took 40 years before we realized what we made and what we did was wrong," said Girbaud in the film.
In LA now, the designer was trying to re-establish himself as manufacturer of good jeans when McIlvride found him.
"He led us to the Spanish company Jeanologia," Mcllvride said, "where they distress jeans by engraving images on the fabrics with lasers (light and air) eliminating water without increasing the cost."
While filming the movie, denim manufacturers barred the filmmakers from shooting inside their facilities. It was not until they edited the film, that an innovative, Milan-based brand allowed them access. Italdenim has put money into water treatment at their mill and created a dye fixant made with chitosan (derived from the exoskeleton of crabs), a substance that is not dangerous for laborers to touch and saves money by allowing reuse of the wastewater.
"Going forward, the leaders of the fashion industry and other industries will have to be much more aggressive in cleaning up and make sure they are not making money off environmental destruction," said former Greenpeace International executive director Kumi Naidoo, one of the experts interviewed in the film.
Angelo agreed: "I think all corporations have to be accountable for their environmental practices. No one has the right to damage or destroy a river. More within the textile sector have to commit to a fashion industry without pollution. And, the consumer has the power but has to seek out clothing made in an environmentally friendly manner. That would go a long way to improve things."
McIlvride hopes the movie will be an agent of change and thinks teens and college students, who buy the most fast fashion, are the ones who can make the most change.
"They are the ones who should know about this and try to cut back on their consumption. If they see the impact of these retailers, I think they would be receptive to change because they are socially conscious," he said. "We want this to have an impact on the consumer level. We want consumers to ask themselves, 'do you really need to buy more clothes.' Consumerism is the problem."
We are hoping we are taking the same route that the organic food movement took. When consumers learn more they will make different choices.
By Kathleen Nicholson Webber
Originally posted in HAND/EYE Magazine on February 22, 2017.
By Kathleen Nicholson Webber
Originally posted in HAND/EYE Magazine on February 9, 2017.
By Kathleen Nicholson Webber
Originally posted on PhillyVoice on January 23, 2017.
Class is in session at Rachel Ford's Made Institute in Old City.
The first cohort of aspiring designers in the 15-course Designer Development Program is sketching, draping and sewing, and this summer they will have new, bigger digs in the Spring Arts District as one of the centerpiece businesses in a new maker community masterminded by developer Craig Grossman.
Grossman, who worked for the late visionary developer Tony Goldman (SoHo, South Beach), is best known for revamping South 13th Street into the current Midtown Village and sees this section of town as a center for the creative class where art, culture and technology will co-exist. His father worked in the New York garment industry and when he met Ford last summer, they clicked.
Ford, a designer and educator, has a vision, too: a new fashion ecosystem in a city that was once a hub for clothing and textile design and manufacturing.
In August, she will move Made Institute into a 3,400-square-foot space at 448 N. 10th St. The 7-story, 50,000-square-foot building formerly housed the Haverford Cycle Company, one of the last industrial buildings in the area. The Spring Arts District spans from 8th to 12th streets, from Noble to Spring Garden streets.
Grossman's Arts and Crafts Holdings has also signed leases with two tech firms, Azavea and Boco Digital, and the Roy-Pitz brew pub.
"This pocket seemed like an overlooked area with a great history where some of the original makers of Philadelphia worked," he said.
Made's space will not only hold classes for aspiring fashion designers but also feature a membership-based "Fashion Co-Working Space," fully equipped with industrial machinery, cutting tables, dress forms and resources for the growing fashion community in the city. This past August, Ford received a license from the Pennsylvania Department of Education for the program. She has already received more than 50 application requests for the spring session.
She and her staff will train students to become professional sewers, tailors, fashion designers and design entrepreneurs.
"This is a new approach to fashion and design schooling. We want to help designers launch small fashion companies of their own," Ford explained. "We focus our curriculum on the entrepreneurial experience, while still presenting the fashion landscape as a whole. A focus on sustainability, resourcefulness, and embracing the latest technical methods are what really set us apart from other school experiences."
Before launching Made, Ford designed for Urban Outfitters and was a cutter/draper for the Philadelphia Opera. Her instructors have master's degrees or work as fashion designers, she said. Her students come to her with other degree backgrounds, looking to switch careers or save money getting training. The Designer Development Diploma in Fashion Design, which focuses on teaching start-up designers what they need to know to enter the marketplace, can be completed in one year. The full cost of the diploma is $7,845.
The second prong to the Institute is the launch of their Fashion CoWorking Space, which allows members to use their state-of-the-art machinery, tables and start-up know-how to produce small collections. It will be open late night and offer three levels of membership (4 visits monthly, $75; 12 visits monthly, $150; 25 visits monthly, $300) as well as locker storage, access to machinery and 10 percent off classes. Ford received a $10,000 grant from The Merchants Fund to purchase 12 new industrial sewing machines for the making of both knit and woven garments.
"Designers that need a home base can avoid the costs of equipment capital and space, and use our studio whenever they need to," Ford said. "In order to bring some manufacturing back to Philadelphia, there needs to be an investment made by private businesses like us into the design community at large. Our fashion co-working space is created to be a hub, open to the public at a low cost to promote and facilitate Philadelphia design businesses.
"I hope that the space serves to inspire other aspects of the industry, like textile factories, fashion tech resources, and manufacturers will start to pop up and grow to inspire Philly's designers to stay in Philadelphia and imagine their design goals," she continued. "Textiles, fashion tech and manufacturing have so much room to grow here in Philadelphia."
It was just four years ago Ford opened her doors in Old City teaching skills to the start-up designer, dressmaker, or home sewer with hands on instruction. She expanded to courses in patternmaking, textiles, tailoring and design studio. She will now add product development to the list of services they offer.
"I am now in a position to create a full circle ecosystem, where designers and makers are treated as equals, working together toward the common goal of making beautiful garments for their customers," she said.
Ford said the program will have two starts a year. While the curriculum she wrote is heavy on technical sewing, a designer who doesn't care for sewing can come to the fashion gym and pull from their batch of sewers to complete a small collection.
"Small-batch manufacturing and direct-to-consumer selling is a trend in the industry for smaller designers," she noted.
Her long-term vision addresses the challenges of domestic clothing manufacturing. For many emerging designers, getting into a factory means reaching certain piece minimums that are just too risky for start-up businesses. The challenge for factories is finding sewers to man machines.
The trade of sewing and patternmaking has been harder and harder to sustain in this country, according to Ford.
"With fast fashion driving price points and constant deliveries, American consumers have a false sense of what a garment should cost," she explained. "This creates a false bottom line for what designers can spend on manufacturing and in turn, what manufacturers can pay their workers. By educating designers and their customers about how a slower, more sustainable fashion landscape can keep sewing jobs domestic, more and more people will seek out sewing as a viable living. Independent designers could hire their own small team of sewers, and manage production themselves."
Grossman has high hopes for Ford's enterprise.
"When I was introduced to Rachel and visited Made Studio, I saw the Wolf forms and the machines and it brought me back to visiting my dad in Midtown Manhattan," said Grossman of his father, who worked in the childrenswear business his whole life.
"I have been intrigued by makers my whole life," he said. "What Rachel is doing speaks to me. She is a true maker and feel she can attract other makers to this area."
By Kathleen Nicholson Webber
Originally posted in HAND/EYE Magazine on December 15, 2016.
By Kathleen Nicholson Webber
Originally posted in HAND/EYE Magazine on November 30, 2016.
By Kathleen Nicholson Webber
Originally posted in HAND/EYE Magazine on November 25, 2016.
By Kathleen Nicholson Webber
Originally posted in Triple Pundit on September 13, 2016.
Social entrepreneur Jason Keehn, CEO of Accompany, worked in fashion brand strategy for most of his life. Mid-career he felt he was missing a sense of purpose. He went back to graduate school to study global ethics but knew policy work and academia weren't for him. How could he combine ethics and fashion in an entrepreneurial venture?
"I asked myself: Why wasn't I currently an ethical fashion shopper? I shopped ethically for food," he says. In 2013, he set out to create a socially responsible brand that he calls a Barney's-meets-Whole Foods e-commerce site selling curated high-end apparel, accessories and home goods from around the world.
On Accompany, you can buy everything from a baby alpaca fringed poncho dress made in Peru or a windowpane woven dress from India, to a black horn inlay bracelet from Kenya, a beaded clutch from Guatemala, or a leather backpack from Ethiopia. The products are artisan made, fair trade and also serve a philanthropic or humanitarian need.
The traditional craft techniques used in making the products on the site are reflective of the cultural heritage of a community. "People are looking for brands that are sustainable and related to human values. We have 125 brands impacting 43 countries that are stylish and do the most good, " Keehn explains. "The idea of supporting people and communities inspired the name Accompany."
The Accompany design team comb the world looking for items for their shoppers who are fashion forward, words not normally reserved for eco/fair-trade. Some are contemporary fashion labels like Lemlem, an Ethiopian line of handwoven clothing found in high-end retailers like at Barney's. "At Lemlem, for example, we are simply picking from their line of sheets, knowing they produce ethically and fit our conscious sourcing model," Keehn explains. With other brands, his team works closely on creating exclusive designs for Accompany that are often a design shift or color change of an existing style. "With other partners, we are creating products from scratch for the site."
Everything Keehn and his team does comes back to human impact. Merchandise they choose on the site supports artisans with indigenous craft, often in remote regions without market access; or fair trade workshops focused on paying above-average wages, good working conditions, training in underprivileged areas and capacity building. Keehn believes consumers are looking for a "return to humanity" in their shopping choices.
"In our modern techy world, with so much digital impersonal communication, and faced with large, opaque corporations steering our lives — people are, in response, really appreciating things made by humans for humans — the maker, the artisan, cultural authenticity, handcrafted items that are special and not mass produced, but rather made with intention and with a unique personal touch."
In three years, Accompany tripled the number of brands it works with. When creating original items with artisans, it's an interesting balance to make sure the company respects the craft and traditions of the "maker" community, while at the same time giving the products a modern twist to make them marketable. "I think it's in the intersection of modern trend and the timeless tradition of the crafts and ethnic influence — the tension between the two — where the products become truly compelling," Keehn says.
"It's a respectful collaboration and co-creation," he continues. "Many of the artisans appreciate the outside push to try new things, get them out of their comfort zone a bit more, shake things up artistically. And at the same time, we don't want to simply be commercializing their heritage of craftwork or appropriate their culture. It's a balance – respect and representation should always lead the exercise."
While initial research shows visitors to the site are mostly from the New York metropolitan area, the company's scope is expanding as consumers learn more about ethics and sustainability in fashion and hear about Accompany through social media and press.
"Consumers are now becoming educated, and therefore guilty, about making the wrong choices," he says. "And at the same time, they love the positive stories of making a difference, knowing that something on your body was made intentionally by a person with local skills in an overlooked corner of the world, who is appreciative of the fair work and environment. It feels nice to know that as you wear your clothes, and tell that story when you're asked about it."
For the same reason, gifting is a huge area for Accompany. "It's so great to give a special, unique item that has a positive impact," Keehn says. "We are all aware that we have too much 'stuff' and overly commercial, mass-produced items don't have the same meaning that they used to, compared to something made by hand, influenced by a remote local culture, and authentically different than everything else you see."
By Kathleen Nicholson Webber
Originally posted on New Jersey Monthly on March 22, 2016.
A leather shop in Union has been catering to celebs and stylish folk for over 100 years.
Jason Schott, 42, spent his childhood sweeping the floors of his family's New Jersey coat factory. Now, as COO for the Union-based company, Schott NYC, he still loves the smell of leather as he walks the floor, managing day-to-day operations of the brand his great, grandfather Irving Schott started with his brother Jack in his Lower East Side apartment in 1913. Irving first made a raincoat; later, the brothers were commissioned by the Air Force to make bomber jackets and pea coats for soldiers in World War II. After the war, the pair created a classic motorcycle jacket that landed on the back of Marlon Brando in The Wild One and became James Dean's signature look. Both styles are still in the line today. In the '70s and '80s, the brand, known for its rebel look, became a favorite of rock and punk artists like Bruce Springsteen, the Ramones, Blondie, Joan Jett and the Sex Pistols. Today's superstar fans include Jay-Z, Lady Gaga, Katy Perry and Rihanna.
But mere mortals have loved Schott's jackets for years, and now a new legion of fans have discovered the collection. "For years people saw us as a jacket company. [We're] now a lifestyle brand with sweaters, shirts, sweatshirts, hats and T-shirts," says Schott. He's even collaborated with designer Ralph Lauren, who visited Schott's New York store one day and admired the vintage jackets on display. Schott worked on a few styles with the designer under the Double RL label, which retailed in both companies' stores.
The majority of Schott's time is spent in Union at the offices and factory with his mother, the president, and his uncle, the CEO, and 100 employees. "We invite people to tour our factory, and they are amazed at the amount of work that goes into one jacket," he explains. It takes about eight hours to complete one, and 40 to 50 hands touch it. Prices range from cloth coats at $175 to leathers that run as high as $1,300. When many companies moved production overseas for cheaper prices, Schott resisted.
"In places like Japan, they've appreciated made-in-America brands for a long time. In the last five years, I think Americans are doing the same. Through our website and social media, we have told the story of how the product is made, and customers are interested in that. I think the trend in fashion is supporting heritage brands, things that hold up over time."


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The Federal Reserve is Going Bankrupt According to Jim Rogers
Jim Rogers, who co-founded the Quantum Fund with George Soros, truly believes Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke will end "Quantitative Easing", as planned, at the end of the month. Ben Bernanke says he's going to stop the Fed's quantitative easing at QE2 — and he takes him at his word since he's said it so many times, explains Jim Rogers.
If there's any truth to the long held market cliche "Don't Fight the Fed" — then Rogers knows it.
Jim Rogers says you should reject everything you know or are told about the Fed, starting with the idea that the job of Fed chairman is an apolitical role. All Fed chairmen are political stooges, says Rogers, and Bernanke is no different and as we move closer to November 2012, he says "there's enormous pressure to get Obama re-elected … Bernanke knows where his bread is buttered."
Rogers dismisses Dr. Ben as just an "Ivy League Professor" who has never been right. According to Rogers, Bernanke has been out of ideas since arriving in Washington — and that's a good thing, because what the Fed and Bernanke have done so far has sent us down a path that the economy might never recover from. The stimulus from two rounds of quantitative easing are only the most recent and public and have been likened to giving a drunk more booze to avoid a hangover, according to Rogers and many trading economic-types.
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However, all is not entirely lost as Rogers notes — the Federal Reserve, enacted in 1913 by Woodrow Wilson, was only the latest in a long line of attempts at U.S. central banking which have all ended in tears and disaster. The Federal Reserve will hopefully be gone before the country is, he says.
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