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*This post is sponsored by Kenmore.
The holidays are right around the corner and in honor of the new Kenmore Pro kitchen appliances that are now available, I have created the most delish dessert recipe to serve at your holiday parties and family gatherings. We all know THAT family member or friend who is the "hostess with the mostess." She can whip up black truffle rice balls, bacon wrapped dates and avocado tempura with ease and everyone wants to be on her invite list.
With Kenmore PRO, you could be THAT friend! Okay, maybe not with the black truffle rice balls because I don't even know what that is, but these new appliances could have you performing at such a high level in the kitchen, that you'll learn how to fricassee, flambe and julienne just to show off your new kitchen skills. Kenmore PRO appliances are just the confidence booster that you need to up your party hosting game! Plus, your friends will all be lining up for your parties just to check out your new sleek appliances that you DIDN'T pay an arm and a leg for!
Since baking is my gig in the kitchen, I'm very impressed with the fact that the new Kenmore PRO Range has Accela-Heat Technology. Have you ever tried to bake or cook something and felt like you had to preheat your oven for eternity just to get it to the right temperature? Yep, me too! Well, this Accela-Heat Technology means that the PRO Range uses sensors to drive a powerful convection element and accurately controls two fans to transfer heat to the food, saving time by significantly reducing the preheating. Anything that reduces the preheating time is a winner in my book!
Another favorite feature of the PRO Range is the Dual True Fan Convection that means there are two separate convection fans plus a third heating element to deliver even baking! "Even baking"…Kenmore, have you been reading my diary?!? There is nothing worse than an oven that cooks or bakes unevenly, am I right?!?
Okay, enough appliance talk! To give you a head start on becoming the hostess that you always knew you could be, I am sharing one of my holiday dessert recipes with you that is sure to gather a crowd. These crunchy, moist, cake ball bites are truly amazing and will make your party the talk of the holiday season! Let's get to baking!
Before we begin, I just want to say that these don't taste like pumpkin pie but rather they are pumpkin cake! They are closer to a cake pop than a slice of pie and I like these MUCH better than I do pumpkin pie!
- 1 cup walnuts
- 1 cup vanilla wafers (measure the cookies before chopping them!)
- 1 cups brown sugar
- 4 oz butter
- 2/3 cup sugar
- 3 oz softened butter
- 1 cup solid pumpkin (from the can)
- 1 1/4 cups flour
- 1/4 cup Greek yogurt
- 1/2 tablespoon pure vanilla
- 1/2 tablespoon pumpkin pie spice
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 large eggs
- 8 oz cream cheese
- 3 oz softened butter
- 3/4 cups confectioners (powdered) sugar
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla
Crunch Topping
1. Melt Butter. In a food processor, pulse cookies to a fine crumb. Remove from processor and put into a medium bowl. Then pulse walnuts to very small pieces. Add walnuts to the bowl with the cookie crumbs.
2. Add in Brown Sugar and mix well. Add in melted butter and mix until completely blended.
3. Grease a 8 1/2 x 11 baking pan and press crunch topping into bottom and spread it evenly. Set pan aside and begin cake.
4. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Pumpkin Cake
1. In your mixer beat sugar and butter for about 3-5 minutes until light and fluffy, scrapping down the bowl frequently. Add in pumpkin and all the rest of the ingredients, except the eggs. Mix just until blended. Do not over blend. Add in the eggs, one at a time just until blended.
2. Pour cake batter into a greased 8 1/2 x 11 baking pan.
3. Put cake AND crunch topping pans in the oven and bake at 350 degree. REMOVE crunch topping after 8 minutes!! Make sure you don't burn it!! Leave cake in oven to cook for additional 8-10 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cake will cook for a total of 16-18 minutes. Allow cake and crunch topping to cool completely in pans!
While your cakes are baking prepare Cream Cheese Frosting.
Cream Cheese Frosting
1. Whip the cream cheese and butter till very smooth and creamy. Slowly add in the powdered sugar while mixer is on low setting. Add in vanilla and mix well. Set aside.
1. Once cake is COMPLETELY cooled, crumble it up. No need for a food processor or anything like that – just mash it up with your hands.
2. Take your pan of crunch topping and break it up into very small bits with your hands. Scoop 1 cup of crunch topping crumbs into the crumbled cake pieces. Add all the cream cheese frosting that you made to the cake crumbs and mix with your hands. Yes, your hands. It just works best to clean your hands really well and get in there. Here is how it will look when it is all combined.
3. Set the rest of the crumbled topping aside for later use.
4. Next you want to make the actual cake balls. I found it easiest to use a small cookie scoop so that I could guarantee that all the cake pops were the same size. After you scoop the cake, roll them in your hand until they are complete round balls and set them on a tray.
5. Put cake balls in the freezer for 20-30 minutes.
6. Carefully melt your vanilla candy melt in the microwave according to the package.
7. Remove the cake balls from the freezer. Dip into the candy melt until complete covered. Remove cake balls from candy melt with a fork.
You can do the next step in two different ways:
a) Holding the chocolate covered cake ball over the crunch topping, sprinkle the pumpkin bite with the crunch and then gently roll it off the fork onto a tray. Sprinkle with additional crunch.
b) Carefully roll the chocolate covered cake ball in the crunch topping. Carefully pick up with a fork and gently set on a tray.
*You will have more "crunch" on the outside of the pumpkin balls if you roll them but the sprinkle method looks prettier.
8. Let the cake balls set until the candy melt is hardened. That's it! Enjoy!
*Store Pumpkin Crunch Cakes Bites in refrigerator. Makes 3 dozen large "bites".
For more information on the Kenmore PRO line of appliances, visit: www.Kenmore.com. You can also keep up with Kenmore on Facebook and Twitter.
Disclosure:This recipe post is sponsored by Kenmore and compensation has been provided by them. As always, the opinions and ideas expressed here are my own.


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On April 3, 2013, National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence Enric Sala and a team of colleagues from around the world published a scientific paper called "A General Business Model for Marine Reserves" in the journal PLoS ONE.
Building on the work of National Geographic's Pristine Seas Expeditions (see clickable map below), the team analyzed available data to show that "marine reserves are an effective tool for protecting biodiversity locally, with potential economic benefits including enhancement of local fisheries, increased tourism, and maintenance of ecosystem services."
The scientists demonstrated that the added value of marine reserves to local communities can make up for their initial cost in as short as five years. The team also developed a framework that others can use to estimate the value of a marine reserve in their area. (See pictures of the world's largest marine reserve.)
Ocean Views spoke with Enric Sala about these new findings.
Were you surprised to find that marine reserves increased economic opportunities?
No. I have seen it with my own eyes many times. So I decided to work with top colleagues on some modeling to determine how the economic effects of such reserves were playing out worldwide.
Could you break down the various benefits of marine reserves for us?
There are benefits inside and outside the boundaries of marine reserves. Inside fish and other marine life increase their biomass. Outside the reserve boundaries some of these fish spill over. There is also a release of eggs and larvae to nearby unprotected areas. This spill over replenishes local fish populations, which helps local fishermen.
Inside the reserve there is often a boost in tourism. There are few places where there are still lots of fish, so people flock to these places.
What we showed with the modeling is that a reserve's value can be greater than its pre-reserve value in as little as five years. So reserves not only have ecological benefits in terms of protecting biodiversity, but they are also a good business.
Do you envision that for-profit funding of marine reserves may arise as a result?
Absolutely. We are working on another paper, including some fellow Young Global Leaders of the World Economic Forum, to put together a new business model to make marine reserves that are privately invested and privately managed. They can create jobs and bring a profit. I hope that this will eventually help scale up marine reserves globally.
Right now we have so few marine reserves partly because of reduced government resources. But if we can see marine conservation as a potential business that could be developed by local communities and entrepreneurs it's a win-win.
Are there conditions under which the economic arguments for a marine reserve might not pan out?
Marine reserves are not the only solution, and they will not work equally well everywhere. But the question we need to ask is, knowing about the success stories we have so far, how can we replicate these bright spots elsewhere? We can find many reasons why they won't work, but what we need to do is find ways to replicate successes we have seen elsewhere. (See one example from the Maldives.)
Your paper also outlined a general framework for people to use to estimate the costs and benefits of marine reserves. How could this be used?
We established a general framework that can be adapted to every local context. I think it's pretty easy to use.
Like any other business, what you need to do is make a business plan. Ask what are the costs of a reserve, which are costs of management and opportunity cost (typically, loss of fishing revenue). Then you expect to have some increased revenue in fishing in the area in a few years and increase in tourism. So you can put together a business plan with projected cash flows.
Our paper shows that tourism is not going to be the savior everywhere. Some places will only benefit from fishing replenishment. But we also looked at ecosystem services, which are economic benefits of reserves from things like payments through carbon markets, or payments from governments for services like storm mitigation.
How much of the ocean is now protected? How much should or could be?
About 1.2% of the world's ocean is in marine protected areas, and only a fraction of that is in no-take marine reserves [where no fishing is allowed]. The UN (United Nations) Convention on Biological Diversity has a target of 10% of the ocean protected by 2020.
Scientific studies suggest that at least 20% of the ocean should be protected. That 10% is only one milestone, and it shouldn't be the end point.
What do you think are the next challenges for marine reserves?
There are two types of marine reserves that need to be created, small ones managed by local communities and big ones managed by governments. We're working with governments worldwide to help create very large reserves. But once local communities see the benefits they will all want to have their own local small reserves, like any business.
We also need a cultural change — we need to move away from the view that it is either conservation or development. Actually, we show that they go hand in hand.
Learn more about marine reserves in this National Geographic video:
Brian Clark Howard covers the environment for National Geographic. He previously served as an editor for TheDailyGreen.com and E/The Environmental Magazine, and has written for Popular Science, TheAtlantic.com, FastCompany.com, PopularMechanics.com, Yahoo!, MSN, and elsewhere. He is the co-author of six books, including Geothermal HVAC, Green Lighting, Build Your Own Small Wind Power System, and Rock Your Ugly Christmas Sweater.

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Single antenatal appointment
Your appointment will be in a relaxed atmosphere with refreshments. It will include a full well being check for you and your baby.
Mum: Blood pressure, urine analysis, uterine growth measurements and general well being.
Baby: Fetal heart, growth measurements, presentation. There will be plenty of time for questions and answers.


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I've long been a fan of Greek To Me by J. Lyle Story and Cullen I. K. Story. Some recent inquiries on Facebook about beginning NT Greek grammars found me again recommending it, so I decided rather than write the same thing about it every time, I would put the information in a blog post. In doing so I discovered that Dr. Story has completely revamped the curriculum and resources so it now has an online learning platform and a mobile phone app for vocabulary. I still refer (in my blog post) to the October 23, 1996, comments by Dale Wheeler and Charles Bradley at the old B-Greek list for why the curriculum is so good and effective. If you or anyone you know is interested, you can read about the new Greek To Me here:
http://theoblogoumena.blogspot.com/2018 ... t.html?m=1
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Thank you for the recommendation. I was hesitant at first but am surprised how well it works. The fact that the reader is presented with a multiple paragraph passage to translate in chapter three shows how quickly the material and grammar is learned.
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FIRST LEGO League is an annual team-based program for 4th-8th grade. The season begins in September with the first tournament usually in November.
2019 Season:
BadgerBOTS offers teams and coaches support for all three components of FLL: the Project, the FLL Core Values, and the Robot Game.
Project: FLL features a research project based on each year's theme. The project is a chance for each team to come up with a novel solution to a problem of their choosing and then present what they have come up with to friends, family, community and the Tournament judges.
Core Values: As a BadgerBOTS team, you are always connected to others in our FLL community. We are a great resource to connect with other teams and coaches to mentor and be mentored.
Robot Game: BadgerBOTS provides a great deal of support for new teams. Our education center is open for use as a team practice space, so you can interact with other teams and use our laptops, field sets, and have access to spare parts.
If you plan to coach your child, or your child already has a coach – Click on Sign Up
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The Benefits of BadgerBOTS
BadgerBOTS offers the Dane county community an easy entryway to the FIRST Lego League program for students in grades 4-8 (ages 9-14). Any Dane County school team or individual student is welcome to join. Please see Junior FIRST LEGO League program for students in grades 1 – 3. We're excited for this year's challenge and the great season that's in store!
As a BadgerBOTS team you will have access to :
- A single-payment system which covers team registration, equipment, and fees for Wisconsin tournaments
- A scholarship tuition fund
- Borrowing a LEGO EV3 Base and Expansion kits (so you won't need to purchase them)
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- Coaches and Parent Training Sessions
- A fun Kickoff Event
- A regularly available work space for your team
- Team shirts
- Project materials, use of our giant color plotter for banners and posters
- A pre-tournament Scrimmage and Project Presentation practice
BadgerBOTS begins supporting teams before the season starts. We host coaches' trainings during the first weeks of the season, where you'll be introduced to building with the EV3 LEGO Robotics kit, EV3 programming, FIRST LEGO League Core Values, and experience a full walk-through of the season. You're invited to our kickoff event in the beginning of the school year, where we'll match kids to teams. We also support the Badgerland Regional FLL Tournament in Madison.
Nuts and Bolts
Each team needs two active adult mentor/coaches AND two volunteers to help at the November tournament.
We recommend meeting with your team at least twice a week. The BadgerBOTS Education Center will be open for team use throughout the season from 3 – 8 PM Mondays – Fridays and 9 AM – 4 PM Saturdays.
Whether a student can regularly miss parts of meetings and still have an effective team depends on team dynamics—students usually do better if they have friends on the team. A single coach coordinating the team meetings is too burdensome for most people. If your child is participating, we expect some parental help—mentor or coach a team, or help out in whatever way works best with your schedule.
Want to learn more about becoming a coach? Check out the Coaches' Handbook.
The cost for joining BadgerBOTS is $175 for each team member, and scholarships are available. Register Online by clicking the Paw Print Link below.
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Useful links to assist you when planning your trip to Niagara Wine Country.
Twenty Valley Tourism Association
Wine Country Ontario
Tourism Niagara
Crush on Niagara Wine Tours
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Niagara Wine Festival
Bed & Breakfasts
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Emily Thorne: "When I was a little my understanding of revenge was as simple as the Sunday school proverbs it hid behind. Neat little morality slogans, like 'Do unto others' and 'Two wrongs don't make a right.' But two wrongs can never make a right because two wrongs can never equal each other. For the truly wronged real satisfaction can only be found in one of two places absolute forgiveness or mortal vindication. This is not a story about forgiveness."
Yes "Revenge" is a favorite of both me and Scott. It has become my favorite new show of the season.
Lets briefly recap what has happened.
Emily Thorne (Emily VanCamp) comes to the Hamptons for the summer, renting a home next to the Grayson family to enjoy a bright summer. However, it's clear Emily has been to the Hamptons before as a little girl. In reality, Emily is Amanda Clarke, whose father was framed for a crime he didn't commit and sent to prison for life. She was permanently separated from him and never saw him again. Now, she's returned to the Hamptons, intent on getting revenge against those who wronged her and her father, the top of that list being Victoria Grayson(Madeleine Stowe), matriarch of the Grayson family and the woman whom her father loved and who, in the end, betrayed him.
As she sets her plan in motion, Emily tries to navigate the upper society to destroy those who betrayed her father. But the further she goes, the more her emotions get involved and the more she questions her motives and the moves she makes.
This Video tells most of the story:
Where Revenge left off Episode 1×16 "Scandal"


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Has the Worldwide Trend toward Freedom/Democracy Slipped?
Dartthrowingchimp has built a simple but informative graphic charting the growth of civil and political rights over the past four decades as indexed and reported by the Freedom House index. You can click through to see it and read how it works; and if charting democracy around the globe is your bag, I highly recommend it–it's way better than looking at country counts and line graphs.
DTC says that he thinks he "can see the slippage that Freedom House emphasizes in its recent reports, too." I'm not sure that's what I'm seeing.
What I think I see is the explosion of Democracy optimism that swept over the world in the wake of the Soviet collapse. When the Soviet Union collapsed several states regained independence and several states were newly formed. Some states both regained independence and then fractured and collapsed into new states which roughly coincided with old world dutchies and clan-based borders.
In most of these instances the newly (re-)formed states claimed a nominal dedication to democratic principals. Many of them wrote constitutions affirming this direction. Several states that underwent civil wars and came out as newly formed democracies were never formal satellites of the USSR. In Africa several states spent the Cold War with their internal conflicts stifled by either the US or the USSR–typically by funding dictatorships that, once left alone, were unable to maintain order.
In any case, these states used democratic rhetoric, passed democratic laws, and sometimes, maybe, possibly, actually had a passion to move in a democratic direction. Unfortunately, these commitments—whether sincerely held or not—were beset by the obstacles we knew in advance exist between power of the one and power of the many. These democratic gains were never consolidated, democratic institutions never gained the legitimacy or capacity to repel its assailants, and ultimately both proved illusory.
In other words, whether these states were ever truly democracies remains an open question.
Freedom House (and Polity) both set for themselves a difficult task. Attempting to understand the political context of a state, from a distance, and in (more or less) real time is virtually impossible. Once ranked, that's the rank. It is not subject to historical revision (historical revision comes with its own problems).
But my assumption is that these states were not democracies in any meaningful sense. Democracies are only democracies when, as Linz and Stepan said "democracy is the only game in town." Before that, the true policy is somewhere in anocratic region…leaning toward democracy, maybe, but not a "a democracy" yet.
FHI is not measuring "democracy" directly, but in offering an indexed score of civil and political rights, it is, I think subject to the same criticism. A law and nominal protection to certain ideals is fine but how robust are they? How quickly can they decay? What level of trust in those institutions is there? The FHI has a great methodology, utilizing several types of experts with a variety of interests and knowledge about the countries they report on. But that does not free them from being victims of the zeitgeist. The Democracy optimism of the mid-90s wasn't isolated to the US–it couldn't have been. Democratic movements in the Eastern bloc and elsewhere were also, often, popular movements. Victories are perceived as victories, probably most of all by those that fought. So I don't think FHI was "wrong" to record them as democracies (free). I just think that real time measures, although important, especially for prognosticators like DTC, are also deeply flawed. I think the freedom recession of the last decade or so is more a reflection of this methodological flaw.
That's not to say there weren't real gains made at this time, nor is it to deny there have been real losses since then. I just don't think that in reality global freedom reached as high as it is reported by FHI, thus the recession we are in now would look less startling if that peak were modified.


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To Reset the Phone:
- Select Settings
- Select Privacy
- Select Factory Data Reset
- Then select Reset Tablet
To Hard Reset:
- Turn the Samsung Galaxy TAB GT-P1000 Power OFF
- Press and Hold the Volume Down and Briefly press the Power button.
- Release the Power button button when the Samasung logo appears.
- An additional menu will appear, just follow the whole instruction to hard reset the device.
- The device will then reboot, after this process been done and back to its original factory default settings.


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Building Apps with Azure Cognitive and AI
AI - 100 Designing and Implementing an Azure AI Solution
Scenarios for the application of real-time data analytics are many and include fraud detection, identity-theft protection, optimizing the allocation of resources (think of an Uber-like transportation service that sends drivers to areas of increasing demand before that demand peaks), click-stream analysis on Web sites, and countless others. Having the ability to process data as it comes in rather than waiting until after it has been aggregated offers a competitive advantage to businesses that are agile enough to make adjustments on the fly.
In this lab, the second of four in a series, you will create an Azure Stream Analytics job and connect it to the IoT hub you created in the previous exercise. Then you will write an Azure Function to receive the output, and use the two of them together to analyze data streaming in from a simulated camera array.
Microsoft Cognitive Services is a suite of services and APIs backed by machine learning that enables developers to incorporate intelligent features such as facial recognition in photos and videos, sentiment analysis in text, and language understanding into their applications. Microsoft's Custom Vision Service is among the newest members of the Cognitive Services suite. Its purpose is to create image-classification models that "learn" from labeled images you provide. Want to know if a photo contains a picture of a flower? Train the Custom Vision Service with a collection of flower images, and it can tell you whether the next image includes a flower — or even what type of flower it is.
The Custom Vision Service exposes two APIs: the Custom Vision Training API and the Custom Vision Prediction API. You can build, train, and test image-classification models using the Custom Vision Service portal, or you can build, train, and test them using the Custom Vision Training API. Once a model is trained, you can use the Custom Vision Prediction API to build apps that utilize it. Both are REST APIs that can be called from a variety of programming languages.
In this exercise, you will create a Custom Vision Service model and train it to differentiate between various types of Arctic wildlife. Then you will connect it to the Stream Analytics job you created in the previous lab.
Microsoft Power BI was created to address the data explosion in commercial and academic organizations, the need to analyze that data, and the need for rich, interactive visuals to represent the data and reveal key insights. It contains a suite of tools that assist in data analysis, from data discovery and collection to data transformation, aggregation, sharing, and collaboration. Moreover, it allows you to create rich visualizations and package them in interactive dashboards.
In this exercise, you will connect Microsoft Power BI to the Azure SQL database you created in the previous exercise to capture information emanating from the virtual camera array you deployed in the Arctic. Then you will use Power BI to build a report that shows in near real-time where polar bears are being spotted.
Labs provide a live environment to get hands-on experience using the same tools and services in the real world.


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'A historical novel untainted by sentimentality, with a story not only fascinating in the context of its time, but made relevant to our modern world'
To coincide with the Sydney Writers' Festival, UTS Library is hosting an author talk on Eleanor Limprecht's second novel Long Bay.
12 - 1pm
Wednesday 18 May
Level 2 - Events Space
Facebook event
Set in Sydney in the first decade of the 1900s, Long Bay is based on the true case of a young female abortionist who was convicted of manslaughter and served out her sentence in the newly opened Long Bay Women's Reformatory – the first of its kind in Australia. The woman, Rebecca Sinclair, was pregnant when she went to prison. Long Bay is a compelling fictional account of how Rebecca became involved in the burgeoning illegal abortion racket in Edwardian-era Sydney and how she was drawn into Donald Sinclair's underworld. In unadorned prose, it examines the limiting effects of poverty, the mistakes we make for love, and the bond between mother and child.
About Eleanor: Eleanor Limprecht was born in Washington DC in 1977 and grew up in the United States, Germany and Pakistan. She now lives in Sydney, and recently completed a Doctorate of Creative Arts at UTS.
Eleanor's journalism and book reviews have appeared in the Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, The Australian and The Sun-Herald.
Her first novel, What Was Left, was published by Sleepers in 2013 to much critical acclaim, and shortlisted for the ALS Gold Medal 2014.


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Darmstadt, Germany: Verlaganstalt A. Koch, 1890-1944
[The period covered initially by Arts:Search will be 1903-1922. Available soon]
Innen-Dekoration originated as Illustrirte kunstgewerbliche Zeitschrift für Innen-Dekoration in 1890. The title changed in 1900. It was founded, edited and published by Alexander (Alex) Koch (1860-1939).
The journal was published monthly and contains well-illustrated articles on contemporary German and Austrian interiors and decorative art. It also includes reports on design trends in other countries.
Among architects and designers whose work is discussed or illustrated in Innen-Dekoration are Peter Behrens, Richard Riemerschmid, Bruno Paul, Josef Hoffmann, H.M. Baillie Scott, Emanuel Margold, Runge & Scotland, Koloman Moser, Julius Klinger, Ludwig Hoffmann, Georg Metzendorf, Emanuel von Seidl, Paul Würzler, Georg Honold, Alfred Altherr, C.R. Ashbee, Ludwig Hohlwein, Rudolf and Fia Wille, Otto Prutscher, Henry van de Velde, Hans Ofner, Albin Müller, Karl Bertsch, Willy von Beckerath, Max Littmann, etc.


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Bellman & Flint supply a range of High Quality, Fully Extruded Complete Feeds. Specially formulated for the unique nutritional needs of Sporting and working dogs, Gundogs, Lurchers and Hounds throughout the year. The three feeds provide all the necessary Vitamins & Minerals for a balanced diet; maintaining condition without excessive weight gain. They can be fed alone, with flesh or meat, dry or moistened. Double cooked for efficient digestion and minimal kennel waste. Delivered direct in pallets of 60 x 15kg Bags. Mixed pallets and half pallets (30 bags) are available.
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A complete balanced diet for dogs & Hounds in medium to hard work. Fully extruded containing the highest quality chicken & rice. Cost: £9.95 per 15kg Bag, £597.00 for 60 Bags delivered. Can be supplied in mixed pallets with the 19% & 27%.
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The 1971 film A Lizard In A Woman's Skin is a story of greed, love, lust, repressed desires, bloody murder, and two rather hateful hippies. It's a surreal tale that manages to combine LSD, politics, therapy, and a good old-fashioned whodunit. It's a film that clearly a product of the late 60s and the early 70s and yet, it's also a film that is so shamelessly sordid and wonderfully strange that it feels timeless.
And not surprisingly, it was directed by Lucio Fulci.
Over the course of his career, Lucio Fulci was credited with directing 56 films and one television miniseries. Though we tend to primarily think of Fulci as being a horror director, he actually worked in every genre. He directed peplums. He was responsible for some of the best and most violent spaghetti westerns ever made. He even directed comedies and an adaptation of Jack London's White Fang!
Still, it is for his horror films that Fulci is best-remembered and his non-compromising and frequently surreal style was perfect for the genre. Though 1979's Zombi 2 is frequently cited as Fulci's first excursion into the horror genre, he had actually dabbled in it before with a set of stylish and violent giallo films that he directed in the early 70s.
For example, A Lizard In A Woman's Skin deals with a horrific crime and features some of Fulci's most striking and disturbing images. The film deals with Carol Hammond (Florida Bolkan), who is the daughter of a politician (Leo Genn) and the wife of a wealthy attorney (Jean Sorel). Carol is haunted by bizarre dreams involving her decadent neighbor, Julia Durer (Anita Strindberg). In her latest dream, Carol not only has a sexual encounter with Julia but also stabs her to death immediately afterward! It's only after Julia's dead that Carol realizes that she's being watched by two hippies, who appear to be amused by the whole thing.
After telling her therapist about the dream, Carol learns that Julia Durer has indeed been murdered. In fact, she was stabbed in exactly the same way that Carol saw in her dream! Was it just a dream or did Carol really murder of Julia? Or did someone find out about her dream (which she recorded in her journal) and then murder Julia in order to frame her? But who would want to do that? Could it be maybe her weaselly husband, who is having an affair with his secretary? Or maybe someone looking to embarrass her father?
And what about the two hippies? It turns out that they're real and they have a story of their own tell….
The mystery at the heart of A Lizard In A Woman's Skin is a convoluted one and while the film's plot did hold my interest, this film is less about the story and more about the way that Fulci tells it. Dealing with hippies, visions, LSD, and a potentially unstable protagonist gave Fulci whatever excuse he needed to turn Lizard In A Woman's Skin into a surrealistic carnival ride of psychedelic images and sexually-charged dream sequences. From Carol's nightmares to the scene where an intruder chases Carol through a sanitarium, A Lizard In A Woman's Skin is full of strange images that are designed to keep the viewer just as off-balance as Carol. The film's most shocking scene — which involves Carol coming across four dogs being used in a medical experiment — actually led to Fulci and special effects artist Carlo Rambaldi being taken to court and forced to prove that the dogs in the scene weren't real. (Fortunately, Rambaldi brought his dog props to court with him.) It's a shamelessly sordid film, one from which you will not be able to divert your eyes.
Florinda Bolkan gives a great and sympathetic performance was Carol while Antia Strindberg is properly decadent as Julia. Penny Brown and Mike Kennedy plays perhaps the most hateful and callous hippies of all time and Kennedy especially makes a strong impression. Trust Lucio Fulci to make a film where the hippies are just as frightening as the zombies who populated his later work!
A Lizard in A Woman's Skin is a classic giallo and one of Fulci's best.


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Managing the sustainability of events and festivals – Towards an international classification system ZEN Project Andres Coca-Stefaniak Ian Bathgate Zero-impact Cultural Heritage Event Network (ZEN) ZEN project's approach • Transnationality (IT, UK, LT, LV, GR, RO, BG, SL, NL, ESP) and practice-based research ZEN project's aims • European innovation in the development, management and evaluation of sustainable cultural events in historic town centres • Can an event have zero impact on the environment? 2012 pan-Euopean survey festival goers (Moore, 2013) • 49.8% would pay higher ticket price to make festival greener • 43% had changed behaviour as a result of festival's green initiative(s) • Waste, traffic and noise seen as key negative impacts • Responsibility for impact – festival organiser (but also festival goers – 79%) Sample size: 2,281 Buckinghamshire New University Why evaluate impacts of events? • City image (Richards and Wilson, 2004) • Justify public spending (Faulkner et al, 2003) • Host communities getting best possible benefits (Chalip, 2004; O'Brien 2006) • Lasting legacy for communities (Ritchie, 2000) Example of legacy-focused evaluation framework Sport and physical activity 2012 Olympic and Paralympic impacts Economic Climate change Air Environmental Noise and light Land Ecosystems Water Waste DCMS (2012; p. 22) Culture and community From monitoring to legacy and … beyond? Outcom Objective e sub area Source Noise and light Mayor of • Noise levels London's • Light levels Five Legacy Commitment s Deliver a sustainable Games and develop sustainable communities Output indicators Monitoring DCMS (2012; p. 35) Outcome indicators • Impact on residents, visitors and businesses measured through surveys Legacy Events research and practice in the UK Holistic understanding of events 2010 and beyond Partnership management 2000 Legacy Culture Mid 1990s Early 1990s 1980s Community interaction Urban renewal Resident attitudes Environmental impact Social (local) impact Segmentation-led promotion Place experience marketing Destination image Urban tourism Hallmark events Mega events Economic impact Coca-Stefaniak (2012) - on-going research Rural festivals Review of event management academic papers in "Festival Management and Event Tourism" (adapted from Getz, 2002) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Economic impact (26 articles) Corporate sponsorship and marketing (14 articles) Marketing and segmentation (11 articles) Other management issues (9 articles) Visitor and participant motives (7 articles) Education, training, accreditation, research (7 articles) Politics, policy and planning (4 articles) Urban renewal (2 articles) Law (1 article) Arts and culture (1 article) Early ZEN project research findings • Event environmental stewardship as promotion element (IT) • Transition from spontaneity to visitorfocused event planning (BG) • Events closely linked to local and regional branding campaigns (LV) • Accreditation of good sustainability practices (Green Key, NL) • Identity – heritage-led event transition from Communism to market-led economy (LT, LV) • Cost efficiencies and external funding through environmental innovation (UK, IT) Towards an international typology of sustainable cultural events Mega event Public funding Low 'core' carbon footprint High 'core' carbon footprint Private funding Micro event Coca-Stefaniak (2013), on-going research So what? … Moving research forward in evaluation of sustainable events • • • • • • Events as test beds for innovation in sustainable solutions (e.g. EU-wide accreditation system?) Events as more than standard bearers (vis-a-vis strategic place branding) CSR research v. event environmental impact research Marketing 'authenticity' or commoditification of visitor experience? Experiential marketing strategies? Government policy impact (e.g. Welsh Assembly Sustainable Development Bill) Thank you Dr. Andres Coca-Stefaniak [email protected] Ian Bathgate [email protected] www.zen-project.eu References - Coca-Stefaniak J.A., Rinaldi R., Parker C. and Quin S. (2009), "Evolution of town centre and place management models: a European perspective", Cities, 26 (2), pp. 74-80. - Coca-Stefaniak J.A. (2012), Evolution of international town centre management models, Doctoral thesis, Middlesex University. - Chalip L (2004), Beyond impact: A general model for host community event leverage. In: Ritchie B and Adair D (eds.), Sport Tourism: Interrelationships, Impacts and Issues, Clevedon: Channel View Publications, pp. 226-252. - DCMS (2012), London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games Impacts and Legacy Evaluation Framework Final Report, Department for Culture, Media and Sport, http://www.culture.gov.uk/images/publications/DCMS_2012_Games_Meta_evaluati on_Report_1.pdf (accessed 24 August 2012) - Faulkner B, Chalip L, Brown G, Jago L, March R and Woodside A (2003), "Monitoring the tourism impacts of the Sydney 2000 Olympics", Event Management, 6 (4), pp. 231-246. References - Getz D (2002), "Event studies and event management: On becoming and academic discipline", Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management, 9 (1), pp. 1223. - Innes J E and Boother D E (2000), "Indicators for sustainable communities: A strategy building on complexity theory and distributed intelligence", Planning Theory & Practice, 1 (2), pp. 173-186. - Mega V and Pedersen J (1998), Urban sustainability indicators, European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions, http://eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/1998/07/en/1/ef9807en.pdf (accessed 22 August 2012) - Moore T (2013), Audience attitudes on the environmental impact of events CM&SS/AGF, http://www.agreenerfestival.com/wp-content/uploads/pdfs/BucksAGF_AUDIENCE_RESEARCH_2012.pdf (accessed 10 May, 2013). - O'Brien D (2006), Event business leveraging: The Sydney 2000 Olympic Games, Annals of Tourism Research, 33 (1), pp. 240-261. References - Ritchie J R B (2000), "Turning 16 days into 16 years through Olympic Legacies", Event Management, 6, pp. 155-165. - Richards G and Wilson J (2004), "The impact of cultural events on city image: Rotterdam, Cultural Capital of Europe 2001", Urban Studies, Vol. 41, No. 10, pp. 1931-1951. - Wood E. (2009), "An impact evaluation framework: local government community festivals", Event Management, Vol. 12, No. 3/4, pp. 171-185.


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HaoBTC Shuts Down Exchange Services
After recent PBOC measures, the Chinese Bitcoin mining company known as HaoBTC is closing the doors on the portion of their business that is their modestly-sized bitcoin exchange. The PBOC's regulatory requirements are likely to blame for the predictable demise of small exchanges like the one that will cease to operate over at HaoBTC.
The exchange, launched in April 2016, takes less than 0.5 percent of the global bitcoin trading volume on any given day, whereby sources from inside of China state that the decision to shut their exchange is not as harmful as it seems:
The ominous, new set of rules that a bitcoin exchange must adhere to has begun to make their business dealings more difficult. For many Chinese cryptocurrency exchanges, this is proving to be too much of a strain, as evidenced in this HaoBTC partial shutdown. HaoBTC made the sudden change to their operation, shutting down their exchange even though at the start of February the company had announced the introduction of new deposit fees for their exchange services.
"We don't provide margins and futures (trading) now, but we will provide margins in the future. Unlike other Chinese exchanges, like OKCoin and Huobi, our exchange uses the maker/taker model, that means we charge fees on exchanges," stated HaoBTC Vice President Xiong Yue speaking to CCN in December.
The announcement included news of a large deposit fee to be added to the user's costs, but even with that substantial fee change, it merely served as a foreshadowing of the soon coming closure.
Additional information about HaoBTC's exchange reveals that their exchange operation will cease to exist on February 15, with any unfinished business or unfilled orders at the time to be automatically canceled or reversed. RMB deposits will stop altogether on February 17. For now, it looks like all of their other bitcoin services, including the mining pool and online wallet, will continue to operate without delays or changes.


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1. John gives an example of humility as a person confident in his own role but not seeking to claim to be more than he is. He is able to acknowledge that Jesus is greater. There is a freedom in being able to acknowledge the gifts of others without losing a sense of one's own giftedness.
Recall times when you were able to do this.
2. The baptism of Jesus was an extraordinary religious experience for him. Something happened that was a major step forward for Jesus in coming to know that he was the beloved Son of God. We all have events in our lives that are milestones along the road of discovering who we are.
What have been these milestones for you?
3. 'You are my Son, the Beloved; with you I am well pleased.' Bring to mind memories of experiences in which you knew you were the beloved (of God or of another person) and that the one who loved you was well pleased.
Bring these experiences to mind with gratitude, knowing that the only proper response to love received is thankfulness. Perhaps you have also given that experience to another.
4. Let the symbols in the story speak to you:
a) The heavens torn apart;
b) The Spirit coming down;
c) A voice speaking from heaven.
All suggest that barriers between God and us are no more and God is reaching out to us.
When have you had that experience of the closeness of God: perhaps watching a sunset, hearing bird-song, or in prayer?
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Friday, May 25, 2012
Summer Training!
Today our teachers are participating in some annual training. Every day is a learning experience, never stop having new adventures, and take every opportunity to change a life or make a memory.
Thursday, May 24, 2012
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Thursday, May 17, 2012
Mud Day!
Monday, May 14, 2012
Happy Mother's Day
Happy Mother's Day to all of our Holly Tree moms. In celebration, we made blueberry cheesecake mini muffins. I am glad to say that they were enjoyed by all (I even caught myself sneaking one or two). Continue to have a wonderful Monday and continue to celebrate Mother's Day every day!
Sunday, May 6, 2012
Pre K Prom
This past Friday was the annual Pre K Prom. The Hollywood Nights theme rang through as our Pre K Graduates walked down the red carpet with the camera lights flashing. The evening was filled with parents sharing stories of their growing children as we watched them learn the Cha-Cha Slide with Mrs. Marcea. Laughs were exchanged and memories created while celebrating Prom with the Holly Tree class of 2012.
Friday, May 4, 2012
Holly Tree Family Picnic
Today was the annual Holly Tree family picnic. We had over 20 families join in the fun. Thank you to the families that did participate. This was a wonderful way to kick off our summer program.
Preparing for Pre K Prom
All day today we are making final preparations for Pre K Prom this evening. This evening will be filled with music, games, food, and crafts. I can't wait to see everyone dressed In their best and having a great time, as children should. Pictures from the prom will be up shortly.
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As a personal brand guide dedicated to building big sacred dreams, I often hear concerns about branding spiritual business and how much or how little woo to bring into the mix.
Can I really bring my spirituality into my business?
Isn't it unprofessional?
Won't people be turned away from my business?
How much can I reveal?
These are great questions, and there isn't one answer for every situation. At the crux of all of these questions is 1 important thing that you need to get really clear on, in order to know what's best for your brand.
What is the experience you offer people?
When you market the experience of working with you in a way that is a true representation of working with all of you, then you will never go astray. In the past we've been taught crummy things like "business isn't personal" and that "spirituality is not something to be brought to the office."
As a small business owner, my business is totally personal. I choose not to run it like a mega-corporation because – well, that would be silly. We are a 3 person micro (yet mighty!) agency, and I work side by side with Curtis and Val. It would be a strange day when we didn't bring our beliefs to the office because it's built into the fabric of everything we work on. It is integral to who we are and what we are building.
While it's absolutely true that many giant companies need these rules to help people from all different belief systems to work side by side (and under the banner of the corporate brand.) Fortunately, running a business of your own is not the same as fitting into a large corporate organization (at all), and the only people that you need to please in your business are your clients, your employees and yourself. If your work includes bringing a layer of your spiritual self to the table and you market it honestly, then your tribe – your ideal clients – will find you, because that is the experience that they desire in their lives at that time.
If your work involves a layer of the spiritual and you decide to leave it out of your marketing because of the fear of disapproval, or losing sales because of it – then you will have to carefully walk on eggshells with every person that walks through your door as you try to discern if you can be authentic with them, and tiptoe around some of your best conversations because of fear of turning them off. Wouldn't it be easier to just put your whole self out there and attract like-minded people who already get your approach?
If you are looking for your tribe, your ideal clients who love the work you are doing – being all of your self gives you the opportunity to go past vanilla and boring. There is no other you. . Taking the leap past fear of judgment into real is liberating, and people take notice when others are shining from their true heart center.
Does your client base exist online?
If you are worried that there isn't enough of a client base for the work that you do, and you worry that further niching by adding the woo-woo into your business will be bad for sales, I have one question for you:
Is there any way to sell your product or service online?
If your answer is yes, then there is a base for you out there. The online world is so large that you will find people who think like you and love the same things that you love.
Don't worry, your clients are out there! Scarcity mentality vs. abundance thinking
Try to make the move away from the scarcity mentality (there aren't enough customers and my competitors are stealing my sales) towards the abundance mentality (there are enough customers for everyone.) There are! You just need to be brave enough to put your own flavor out there so that your clients will find you.
I saw a website last week that had $2000 in sales in the last month selling glitter in tiny bottles with home-made stickers on them with the words "fairy dust" and "moon glitter spell". There's an audience for everything and everything online, so I guarantee you that your audience is out there. Just know that you don't want to go out there to compete online with a "professional" and "normal" brand.
Do you want to buy vanilla cake or do you want to buy French vanilla ambrosia cake with Madagascar truffle sauce? Ah?
My point it that you need to Make yourself desirable by being you- all of you- and not holding back on your own personal quirky. That's your gold! to compete online


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EUROPE: Recently-restructured cross-Channel operator Eurostar International is understood to have selected Siemens as preferred bidder to supply additional trainsets to operate an expanded route network, with the decision due to be confirmed at a board meeting on October 1.
Eurostar has been looking for some time at introducing services to Amsterdam and Köln, particularly in the light of Deutsche Bahn's objective of operating from Frankfurt to London by 2013.
Having decided that it would not be possible to fit its existing power cars with additional train protection equipment, Eurostar invited tenders from Alstom and Siemens through the Link-up system, bypassing the need for a separate OJEU notice.
Following tender evaluation and best and final offers, Siemens was selected as preferred bidder in June. The contract is expected to cover a fleet of 10 trains derived from Siemens' Velaro platform, costing €600m. These would be around 400 m long, like the existing trains, and would not be the same as the eight-car Velaro D sets which DB is hoping to operate to London, subject to getting approval from the Intergovernmental Commission to run 200 m long trains through the Channel Tunnel.
The Siemens design is understood to meet TSIs and the Channel Tunnel safety rules, subject to the final abolition of the now-redundant splittability requirement. The IGC is still discussing fire suppression requirements for trains with distributed traction, which would include Alstom's AGV as well as the Velaro.
However, there are reported to be concerns from the French government about a company majority-owned by SNCF looking to buy trains from a non-French supplier. Railway Gazette International understands that there has been pressure for the IGC not to permit the use of distributed traction through the Tunnel.
Compliance with the Channel Tunnel rules is a vital component in funding the deal, as the banks would need certainty that expensive trains would not be held in store due to acceptance issues. It is believed that the French authorities see fostering uncertainty as a way to delay the procurement.


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Kasich builds a case for privatizing Turnpike by cutting other sources of construction funding
It's widely known that the state budget contained major cuts to local governments by slashing the Local Government Fund – a revenue-sharing arrangement that sends a portion of tax receipts to counties, cities and townships.
What has been less widely reported is that, in a separate piece of legislation, the administration reduced funding for the state's "major new" construction program – funds for new highway and bridge construction – versus the previous transportation budget. Compared to $317 million in fiscal year 2011 (the last year of the prior administration), the Kasich budget appropriates just $60 million in Fiscal 2012 and $123 million in Fiscal 2013 out of a $5.5 billion two-year budget.
What does this mean? The state's list of major new construction projects starts running a deficit this year, stalling planned projects around the state. These are projects important to local communities like the I-70/71 Split in Columbus, the reconstruction of I-75 in Dayton and the replacement of the I-90 Innerbelt bridge and West Shoreway projects in Cleveland. (Showing its tone-deafness to local priorities, the Kasich administration recently threw cold water on the Shoreway project, assigning it zero points out of ten for "economic impact" even while the City ranks it among its top redevelopment priorities and points to hundreds of millions of dollars of investment in new development in anticipation of its completion – linking neighborhoods to the city's waterfront.)
Separately, every two years the state passes a capital budget to fund facility construction and maintenance. While primarily a funding vehicle for state projects, it is customary for a small portion of the funding in the bill to be set aside for local projects such as museums, parks and civic improvements. In a typical $1.5 billion capital bill, around $120 million is reserved for House and Senate leaders to allocate to projects in their members' districts. In 2008, the capital budget included funding for the Columbus Zoo and Scioto Mile project, Youngstown Symphony Orchestra and Cincinnati's Riverfront Park and Museum Centers, among others.
Recently, Kasich's budget director, Tim Keen, issued a memo indicating that in the upcoming capital bill, no community projects would receive funding. In Keen's words: "These projects are nice to have, but not necessities."
So what does this all add up to? Deliberate policy choices, made by the Kasich administration, to slash funding for local construction projects. In each case, there was capacity available to issue bonds to fund the projects that the administration chose not to use.
Now they are using this very same lack of funding for local projects to strong-arm locals into backing their plans to privatize the Ohio Turnpike. Leasing to a private operator, they say, could result in the state receiving a multi-billion dollar lump sum payment that can be used to fund construction projects – projects the state itself has chosen not to fund in its own budgets. They recently enlisted county engineers and construction contractors to speak with reporters, urging the state to move forward with a study of the feasibility of a Turnpike lease. County Engineers and Construction Contractors are among those with the most to gain from an infusion of new money for transportation projects, so one can assume they were easily convinced to accept a role in selling the proposal in exchange for funding for their projects once the privatization check clears.
A hilarious part of the sales job for the Turnpike is a recent promise by the Kasich administration to spend "at least half" of the money from any privatization scheme in the counties north of U.S. Route 30. Hilarious because 49% of the state's population, according to the census, live in the counties through which US30 passes or to their north. In other words, Kasich is going to spend half the money on projects for half of the state. Quite the concession.
ODOT recently announced it had hired accounting firm KPMG to assist it in studying whether to proceed with privatizing the Turnpike. As that project moves forward, expect the sales job by the Kasich administration to kick into high gear. Legislators must first approve any request for proposals the administration issues to engage a vendor for a privatized turnpike. Facing elections next fall, legislators will need to be convinced that giving the administration a blank check will pay off for their constituents. For the Ohioans who pay the tolls, having half of their money siphoned off and used to buy the votes of legislators in the rest of the state is going to be a hard sell.
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New poll in SF mayor's race shows Breed still on top but not clear winner
As the crucial vote-by-mail ballots go out this week, San Francisco's mayoral election remains a wide open race, with none of the leading candidates appearing to have struck the winning chord with voters, according to a new poll commissioned by the city's firefighters union.
The poll of 600 likely voters, taken between April 20 and 23, showed Board of Supervisors President London Breed leading the pack, with 28 percent of the first-place votes. Former state Sen. Mark Leno came in second with 21 percent, Supervisor Jane Kim scored 17 percent, and former Supervisor Angela Alioto got 8 percent. Richie Greenberg, the lone Republican in the race, came in at 6 percent.
The poll was conducted by Fairbank, Maslin, Maullin, Metz & Associates, and has a margin of error of three percentage points.
It's not much of a change for Breed, Leno or Alioto, who all stayed within two percentage points of their standings in a poll the same firm conducted in early March. Kim, however, dropped five points.
Under the city's ranked-choice balloting, voters have the option of making second- and third-place picks that are transferred if their top pick is eliminated. With second choices factored in, the new poll had Breed winning with 53 percent of the vote to Leno's 47 percent.
However, the poll found that nearly a third of the voters were still undecided, meaning the race remains way up in the air.
The firefighters union is backing Breed in the race. Still, it should be noted that the poll's findings are similar to those conducted for other campaigns — which don't want to go public with their findings.
San Francisco Chronicle columnists Phillip Matier and Andrew Ross appear Sundays, Mondays and Wednesdays. Matier can be seen on the KPIX TV morning and evening news. He can also be heard on KCBS radio Monday through Friday at 7:50 a.m. and 5:50 p.m. Got a tip? Call (415) 777-8815, or email matierandross@ sfchronicle.com. Twitter: @matierandross


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It's very rare for an MP3 player to get my mark of approbation. The iPod gets it because it "just works" and the Zune, grudgingly, gets it because "it might work soon." However, the TrekStor Vibez gets it for having the stones to not go with a milquetoast aesthetic.
This is an 8GB audio player and photo viewer. Fairly standard stuff. It charges via USB, has a removable battery—it encourages you to stick a paper clip into this thing to pop off the back, which is a fairly refreshing—and very intuitive interface. The design, however, is the best part. The front is clad in rubberized plastic while the back is chromed metal. It is bulbous and very tiny and has a bright, readable screen. It also has a scroll wheel. But this isn't just any scroll wheel, it's a physical scroll wheel that lets you turn it 180-degrees. There's even a little pip on the wheel that glows and lights up when you hit one of the cardinal points on the wheel. Then you have a center button and four cardinal buttons for controlling things, almost like the iPod.
That's kind of the key, here, isn't it? "Almost like the iPod." Well, it's an interesting design for what would have been otherwise and also ran MP3 player. TrekStor is popular in Europe and is just trying it's luck here this year, so the company is definitely one to watch.
One unusual aspect of this player is that it doesn't come with and FM tuner built-in. You actually have to buy the tuner separately and it comes on a tiny chip about 1/4-inch per side that you have to press into a little slot. This is not a major issue, but clearly anyone who buys this has no intention of putting a little chip into a slot. They have to remedy this before it goes to market.
Audio quality, if you're interested is standard with no surprises. It's a good MP3 player.
Otherwise, this clever little MP3 has a fairly nice user interface and a unique DJ feature that acts almost like the iTunes dynamic playlists except they're run right on the device itself. If they had added a video player to the Vibez, I'd marry it. However, as it stands I can recommend it for the $219 they're selling it for on Amazon and elsewhere.


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Traveling between Rome and Florence (Roma and Firenze in Italian) is pretty easy. Both cities are popular tourist destinations, with Florence located in Tuscany, a region in the northwestern part of Italy, and Rome in the west-central part of the country, so there are several ways to quickly get between them. Select from numerous options for your journey, including trains, buses and planes.
Grab a Flight
Numerous flights operate between Florence and Rome on a daily basis and take approximately one hour of flying time. Rome's Leonardo da Vinci airport (FCO), also commonly known as Fiumicino, is about 18 miles east of the city center, near the coast. Trains running between Rome's main train station, Stazione Termini and the airport take approximately a half hour, taxis take an hour or more. Florence's Amerigo Vespucci Airport (FLR) is only five miles from the city center and is served by trains, buses and taxis, which take between 15 minutes and a half hour to reach the downtown area.
Board a Train
Italy's national train provider Trenitalia operates trains between Florence and Rome approximately every 15 minutes during the day and early evening hours. Trains take about 90 minutes to complete the trip, which is by far the fastest way to go, taking into account traveling to airports, security and check-ins for flights. Florence-bound trains leave from all Rome train stations, which will be indicated with the phrase "Tutte Le Stazioni" on your timetable. Trains arrive in the main train station in Florence, which is called the Stazione di Firenze Santa Maria Novela, or Firenze SMN, which is in the city center.
Hop a Bus
Buses are by far the slowest way to travel between Rome and Florence, with trips taking up to five hours. Most long-distance trips leave from Rome's Stazione Termini and arrive at Florence's main train station. Tickets can be purchased in either city's train stations from a variety of carriers, including Eurolines, which is a conglomerate of European bus companies, or SITA.
Rent a Car
Florence and Rome are directly connected by the A1 Autostrada. The trip is approximately 180 miles long and takes about three hours, not including traffic in Rome, which can be highly congested. Car rentals are available in both cities, although it is highly recommended that travelers rent cars on the outskirts of Rome to avoid driving in the city. Gas stations are located along the autostrada and are generally open 24 hours a day.
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The Winter of 42
When August arrives I always know it's time to make peach jam, start nagging the kids about studying harder this year and anticipate the new Rowan magazine. Like many of you, I start counting how many more sleeps until the new Rowan comes out usually immediately after the previous Rowan comes out. I'll admit that some Rowan magazines are my firm favourites and others not so much.
As a marketer, I spend a big chunk of every work day "judging creative". It's important that I take myself out of the equation as much as possible when I'm looking at layouts and campaigns so everything doesn't become the "world according to moi". Please talk amongst yourselves for a moment while I linger over that concept....ok, I'm back.
I must naturally go into my marketing mindset when I go through a new Rowan magazine for the first time because I'm not thinking at all about what I want to knit or wear. I know that Rowan is a business and I'm always fascinated to see how they present a collection which must appeal to people from many different cultures, ages, body shapes and knitting abilities. It must be a tall order. Therefore, I don't expect to love everything and if I see three designs that I'm attracted to, I consider it a good issue.
R42 for me is a very good issue. I would however also consider this one to be a polarizing collection. There seems to be very little neutral feedback and quite a few declarations of "love it" or "blech". The kiss of death for any creative endeavour is indifference so, at least the consensus seems to be they made a statement.
With that long-winded intro. out of the way, may I present a few of my favourite things from R42?
This fairisle sweater took my breath away. I sat in Julie's store a few weeks ago and put the colours together just to get the effect in person. The thought of wool cotton and kid silk haze next to my skin is enough to make me swoon. Yes, the sleeves are a bit puffy (and the critics say too eighties) but they remind me of a simpler time in my life. Hell, they remind me of a thinner time in my life. I'll take one to go!
Fyne Vest:
Yes, fairisle knitting is back in fashion mainstream. Some of us will click our tongues and say it never went out but that's just for us hard-core groupies. If you think of a knitting book before a town when someone says Stillwater, consider yourself hard core. I love this vest. It's felted tweed. I love felted tweed. This one followed me home and I will wear a deep purple cotton tailored shirt under it. Screw this back and forth stuff. This baby is being made in the round.
I was so happy that Sharon Miller didn't trot out another KSH shawl (and if you know what KSH is simply by its letters - you're hard core). This is stunning I would love to curl up under it in front of a fire on a winter's eve with a good book and a glass of silky Merlot. The fact I've not broken down and ordered this stuff yet should get me some brownie points...yeah, that's the ticket...Merlot and brownies to dine on whilst I'm wrapped in that shawl.
Earth Stripe Stole:
Speaking of Kid Silk Haze, this scarf quite frankly deserves to be on the cover. Leave it to Kaffe to make a striped scarf something decadent. The colours are held together (I believe) two at a time and swapped in and out to make the shading effect. Come on guys! If we all pool our KSH stashes together we must be able to kit this puppy up for a song. Count me in for 3 balls of Trance.
Speaking of more Kid Silk Haze, I shall boldly declare my admiration for this window treatment. Quite frankly, any KSH shawl I make will venture out of the closet maybe twice per year. A KSH window treatment is simply a shawl for the window and I would get to see it FIRST thing every morning as I walk past it. My window is much smaller so it would be a very simple project. I've got 3 balls of the pearl colour in stash...hmmmm.
My stashed Irish Cream 4 ply soft may wake up as this design one day. The photography is way too dark but I love the short row shaping. It gives it such a flattering Art Deco feel. It also calls for KSH. Maybe I can use the left overs from the Kaffe scarf for this? Double play baby. I do love how it looks in different colours on the staff members featured in the book.
This cropped Aran uses the new Cocoon yarn. I have a ball that I got from Julie. I can't stop petting it. Imagine stroking a shiny, soft black cat. That's the closest thing I can think of to describe it. Very rustic and handspun-like. Yes, the styling is a tad "Heidi of the Alps" but hey, a fast knit like this clearly leaves much time for enjoying nature. This isn't the best picture. Heidi's looking a bit like a desperate chalet wife.
I'm including this one as an honourable mention. I love the pattern across the body it seems like leaves are dancing and it uses Cocoon again. Again, the whole bat-winged sleeve treatment is not new for some of us but I hope someone does make this because I bet it would look quite nice. Clearly, this one is targeting the younger knitter. Remember folks - this is new to them. They don't have our baggage.
So ends another fall Rowan. I will be fascinated to see the designs translated by real knitters over the next year or so. Love it or hate it, you have to admit Rowan hasn't faded into the background.
On a closing note, I just looked last night and realized today is my first blogging anniversary. If you've just started reading this blog, welcome! If you've been reading from the very first one ...thanks Dad!
In Vino Veritas - In wine there is truth. In Yarn Veritas...well, you get the drift. I love to knit and spin and weave (hence the blog name). I also love wine and have worked in the wine industry. I'm a freelance writer, wife and mother to twin boys. Here I'll show you mostly projects I dream of making and some (ok a few) I've actually made. We'll also talk about wine on occasion since every yarn has the perfect wine pairing!
Tuesday, August 21, 2007
Sunday, August 12, 2007
Going Coastal
Last week they boys and I made our yearly pilgrimage to visit my father and his wife on Vancouver Island. I look forward to this week every year as it's full of sunny (yet not humid) days and cool nights with open windows and the ocean air blowing into your bedroom. This is a picture of my father and me on the balcony outside of the kitchen. Nice view to eat breakfast by isn't it? To make sure I meet my quota of knitting content here - I'm wearing "Air by Kim Hargreaves" from the Calmer Collection. It's knit in Calmer - shade Chiffon. I asked dad why he didn't smile in pictures and he replied that "that would cost extra".
I was especially excited about this trip because dad had located an Alpaca farm about five minutes from his house and we booked an appointment to go and see them. I also purchased some Alpaca roving in beautiful shades of gray and a rosy-brown. For some reason they remind me of Tauntauns from Star Wars.
My Kromski is portable but is a full sized wheel so it's not something to travel with. Don't think I didn't consider it though. In the end, I brought my favourite Tom Forrester spindle and spent a luxurious few hours spindle spinning in dad's back yarn. I even did some plying on the spindle. Thanks Adrianne for pointing out the excellent Spin Off article from the summer 2007 issue on how to ply on a spindle. I also did some carding which allowed me to experiment with blending fibres. I took some wool/alpaca/mohair roving that I'd dyed at spinning guild in lovely teals and blue-greens and carded it with some emerald green Romney that had touches of Angelina. The result was just what I had hoped for and I had a blast spinning my creation.
Just to prove that I can play with the boys - I joined the guys on a charter to fish for salmon on the ocean. We caught several pink salmon and dad landed a twenty pound spring salmon. There's nothing better than feasting on freshly caught salmon (which we did that very evening). A nice B.C. Pinot Noir is the perfect pairing (IMHO). We saw an eagle swoop down and catch a salmon right near our boat. He then perched on a rock and had a feast for us to see. What a majestic bird! Back at the dock, my son spotted this handsome harbour seal waiting for a handout from the fishermen. There were quite a few of them hovering around waiting for their bounty (like knitters at a Kid Silk Haze sale).
My tendency to take at least five knitting projects with me worked in my favour for once in my life. I managed to leave the instructions at home for two of the projects. I was especially excited to work on my new Autumn Rose sweater. Anne from She Ewe Knits turned cart-wheels to get the yarn and book to me before the big trip. Imagine my disgust with myself when I started the sleeve and reached for the Shetland Black...only to discover I'd left that one shade at home. By the way - none of the knitting stores on Vancouver Island have received the "Fair isle Knitting is back in vogue" memo so there was no Shetland 2 ply to be had. I'll be posting about this project later on this week. It's an amazing design but I fear that the instructions as compared to the picture are wonky so, I think there may be some errata.
So...that left my monsoon sock from the February Socks that Rock Club shipment and the Tulip baby sweater. I'd been stalled on the sock for a while because the 5 x 5 cables called for on the pattern weren't resonating with me. Some things just feel like over- kill and big cables like that on small needles, delicate yarn and a small item like a sock fall into this category. I took this shot for posterity and ripped back. I am continuing with the rib pattern and placing a similar yet smaller cable up each side of the sock as directed in the Cable Rib sock pattern from Interweave's Favourite Socks book.
The Tulip baby sweater is a delight to knit and I see why they're addictive. In this rendition, the light peachy-pink shade has been swapped out for the Wisterous (lilac) shade. I wasn't sure how this would look at first but I quite like it now that the other colours are being added.
I did also haunt 3 yarn stores on the Island but was fairly restrained. I only bought some patterns, needles and a couple of "one off" balls of yarn. We arrived home safe and sound last night and tomorrow it's back to work. Even arriving home to a dead fridge didn't damper my spirits. It was a great trip and I feel as though I truly relaxed and found a bit of myself again. The perfect vacation!
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Wednesday, August 01, 2007
Zen and the Art of Finishing
I took a seminar from Louisa Harding once and she told me she couldn't figure out how knitters could knit all the pieces to a garment and then never finish it. I understand why they do it. Because knitting is a leap of faith and as long as it's not sewn together - you can live in a dream world where the finished result will live up to your expectations. I tend to take my time with finishing and do a bit each night to make sure it's done properly. Last night I finally wove in the last end of my Bonsai Tunic and took a deep breath and tried it on.
I'm very happy with it.
I recruited my husband and son to take some shots this evening so here are the various angles to try and show the lovely stitch pattern. The gory details are as follows:
Pattern: Bonsai Tunic Interweave Knits Spring 2007
Designer: Norah Gaughan (my hero)
Yarn: Berroco Bonsai 97% bamboo and 3% nylon
Yardage: 77 yards to 50g (this is heavy stuff)
Colour: Shade#4149 Satsuki Green
Size: 34" bust (this is drapey yarn and it stretched about 2")
Used: 8 skeins (calls for 9)
I had to rip out the first attempt after getting all the way to the waist because it was draping too much and would have been too big.
The pattern is well written and the construction is really cool. I was completely engaged through the whole project and never had that "are we there yet?" feeling. This was my first completed Norah Gaughan and it won't be my last. I'll be wearing it to work tomorrow!
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