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bearing, rendered his society wonderfully delightful. As a. physician, he was possessed of high skill.
Of Sir Henry's contributions to literature, his " Medical Notes and Reflections" (1839) and his "Chapters on Mental Physiology" (1852) are well known to the medical profession. He contributed a considerable number of articles to the Edinburgh, and other reviews, which, in 1 S62, were published as " Scientific Essays." In 1815, he published his celebrated " Travels in the Ionian Isles and Greece," of which a second edition appeared in 1819 ; a work abounding in classical, antiquarian, and statistical information, interspersed with interesting details respecting manners and customs, scenery and natural history. In 1816 he contributed to the "Philosophical Transactions" a memoir on the manufacture of sulphate of magnesia at Monte della Guardia, near Genoa, and afterwards papers to various other scientific journals. Last year he published his well-known "Recollections of Past Life," a volume which must long keep Sir Henry Holland's name alive. His memory will be cherished by all who knew him as something ever pleasant to recall.
The Royal Institution has thus, within a year, lost its Secretary and its President, not to mention the resignation of its Professor of Chemistry, who has not yet been replaced. Whoever is elected to fill the Presidential office will, we doubt not, keep up the traditions of the place, and do what in him lies to carry out the original design of the founders and donors of the Institution, never losing sight of the fact that above everything it is meant to be one of the few temples of original scientific research in the country. Its laboratories have recently been rebuilt, and we hope they will ever continue to be taken ample advantage of for purposes of study and research, not only by the earnest successors of the great men who have rendered them famous, but also by competent members, for whom they were originally equally intended by the enlightened and science-loving men to whom the conception of the Institution was originally due.
We conclude this notice by giving a few of the dates, in addition to those already given, which mark Sir Henry Holland's career. He was born at Knutsford, Cheshire, Oct. 27, 1787, and was educated at Newcastle-on-Tyne, and at the school of Dr. Estlin, near Bristol, where he became head boy. In 1804 and 1805 he attended Glasgow University, and in 1S06 he entered the Medical School at Edinburgh, where he became acquainted with many of the notable men that then frequented "the grey metropolis of the north"—Sir Walter Scott, Brougham, Sydney Smith, Horner, Jeffery, Dugald Stewart, Sir William Hamilton. In 1816, after spending some time in travel, he established himself in London, and at once achieved high professional success. He became Physician in Ordinary to the late Prince Consort in 1S40, and to the Queen in 1852; and next year was created baronet. Sir Henry was twice married, his second wife, who died in 1866, having been the daughter of his old friend Sydney Smith.
~E OR many years a large number of the generous and *■ public-spirited citizens of New York had long felt the need of a museum and library of natural history that should be on a scale commensurate with the wealth and importance of their metropolitan city,and would encourage and develop the study of naturalhistory,advancethe general knowledge of kindred subjects, and to this end furnish popular amusement and instruction. In 1S68 a remarkable opportunity presented itself of securing a rare collection that would form an admirable nucleus for such a
• A Piper read by Allien L. Bickmore, Ph. D., Superintendent, at the Mesua^ of the American Auocialiou.
comprehensive museum. The most extensive dealer in specimens in the world, Edouard Verreaux, of Paris, suddenly died, leaving in the hands of his widow a collection, which, at the rates he was accustomed to sell specimens, would have brought over 500,000 francs, 100,000 dols. in gold .... Dying suddenly, he left the rich gatherings of an industrious lifetime seriously embarrassed with debt. This opportunity it was decided to try to improve, and a subscription of nearly 50,000 dols. was at once made up as a beginning, and since that time about 100,000 dols. have been contributed in money, though the present property of the institution, including the large donations of specimens which have been steadily coming in, could not be replaced, nor could other as interesting and valuable specimens for less than 250,000. A rare and nearly complete collection of American birds, and many fine birds of paradise and pheasants were first purchased by Mr. D. G. Elliott. While negotiations were about to be opened for the Verreaux collection, a second museum unexpectedly became available. Prince Maximilian of Neuwied on the Rhine above Bonn (not the Emperor Maximilian of Austria and Mexico) died, and the young son inheriting the estate had no scientific taste, and offered the results of his father's life-work for sale. The elder Prince, who formed the collection, passed 1S15, 1816, and 1817 exploring Brazil from Rio up to Bahia, and of course a large proportion of the great collections he secured had never at that early date been seen by scientific men in Europe before, and were therefore types of new species.
This collection the American Museum purchased entire. An agreement was soon after made with Mme. Verreaux by which all the choice specimens in her cabinet not contained in the Elliott and Maximilian purchases were selected for the museum, and all these specimens have been safely received from Europe, and are now on public exhibition in Central Park. Large donations of shells, corals, and minerals have been received, and one collection of 20,000 insects. The liberal subscriptions first made induced the principal subscribers to consent to act as trustees for the fund and property acquired by it, and by a special Act of the Legislature they were created a body corporate—they and their successors to have entire and unrestricted control fcr ever over all the museum property. They have limited their number to twenty-five, and the survivors fill every vacancy, thus securing a fixed policy and stable character to the institution. An arrangement has been made between the trustees and the Department of Public Parks in New York by which the city may furnish lands and buildings, while the collections are to be bought and cared for by moneys contributed by the trustees themselves and the generous public. In pursuance of this plan, by which the authorities of the city and private citizens might cooperate toward the common end of establishing a large museum, 500,000 dols. were appropriated by the city to commence a suitable thoroughly fire-proof edifice, and the Department of Parks was authorised to set apart so much of the public lands under their control as they might deem proper and necessary for the proposed structure and its future extensions.
The great object of the museum is twofold. First, to interest and instruct the masses which already throng its halls, and occasionally number over 10,000 in a single day; and, secondly, and especially to render all the assistance possible to specialists. These wants are shown to be amply met by the large, palatial saloons for the public, and over the whole building a high Mansard story, containing spacious and well-lighted rooms with every modern convenience, where naturalists from every part of thecountry may pursue their favourite studies foranylength of time, and be secure from all possible interruptions. The building will undoubtedly be ready for occupation in the spring of 1875.
TO prosecute successfully our inquiry "What is a Frog ?" it will be well now to make acquaintance with the more remarkable forms contained in its Order, after which, by considering the other Batrachian orders, we may arrive at a certain appreciation of its Class.
The Frog's own genus (Rana), which contains about 40 species, has its head-quarters in the East Indies and in Africa, but extends over all the great regions of the
raria, but it is unknown in America. It is easily w s discriminated from the common species (see Fig. 4 a p. 510) by the absence of that dark, sub-triangular pa: which extends backwards from the eye in R. temporary The male of R. esculenta is further to be distinguish;: from the male of the common Frog by the fact 0! 1 having the floor of the mouth on each side, distensibifi a pouch—the pouches, when distended, standing out a each side of the head. These pouches are called "wd sacs," and no doubt aid in intensifying these animi= croak, which is so powerful that (on account of it 2i
Fig. 7.—Poison Organ of Thalastophryne reticulata (after Gunther). 1, Hinder half of the head with the venom-sac of the opercular apparatus in situ. * Place where the small opening in the sac has been observed. a. Lateral line and in branches : b, gill-opening; c, central fin ; d, base oi pectoral fin; ■', base of dorsal fin. 3. Operculum, with the perforated spine.
world, except Australia, and parts more southerly still, and except countries situate above 66° north latitude. In South America, however, but a single species is as yet known to exist.
Amongst the largest species are Rana tigrina, of India and the Indian Archipelago,and the bull-frog {R. Mugicns)
Fig. 8. Fig. 9.
Fig. 8—Vertical, Longitudinal Section of the Poison-fang of a Serpent (after Owen). §-, deep grove; 0, its lower termination, which affords exit to the poison ; /, pulp-cavity. Fig. 9.—Magnified Transverse Section of a Serpent's Poison-fang (after Owen), g, groove round which the substance of the tooth (containing /, the pulp-cavity) is bent ; /, the point where the sides of the tooth meet and convert the "groove" into what is practically a central cavity.
of North America. The latter animal may often be seen in the Gardens of the Zoological Society, where it is fed on small birds—a sparrow being easily engulphed within its capacious jaws.
The Edible Frog, par excellence (R. esculenta), is found in England as well as on the Continent of Europe. It is as widely distributed over the old world as is R. tempo
* Continued from vol. riiil p. 51a.
* The type of this genus is a species which was in my own collection (*'!" no clue to the locality whence it originally came), but is now deposited in the British Museum. It was first described in the Proceedings of the Zoological Society for 1868, under t'le name Packyhatrackus.
t Proc. Zool. Soc, 1869.
[see Fig. 5, vol. viii. p. 511) represented, in the hope that by the wider circulation of a figure of it, it may be recognised, and its habitat so ascertained.
The common Toad (Bufo vulgaris) is as widely distributed over the earth's surface as is Rana esaiUnta. It is less aquatic than the frog, and more sluggish in its motions. In shape it resembles the frog, but is more swollen, with much shorter legs and a warty skin (see Fig. 6, vol. viii. p. 511). The toes are less webbed, and the margin of the upper jaw, as well as the lower, is entirely destitute of teeth. The jaws are similarly toothless in all toads. The toad is provided with an oblong, elongated gland called Parotoiii) behind each eye. These glands emit a milky secretion which is acrid and very unpleasant to the
Fig. 12.—DactyUthra cnpeiuts.
mouth of some carnivorous animals. Those who have observed a dog attacking a toad can hardly have failed to notice the disgust which the former animal seems 10 exhibit by the copious flow of its saliva, its many heacshakings, &c. The toad's secretion, however, cannot le said to be poisonous, and certainly it is not so in tl e mode in which the venom of serpents is poisonous, since a chicken may be inoculated with it, and yet appear to suffer no injury whatever beyond the infliction of the slight wound necessary for the performance of the opcra
Kic. 13.—RkincfSrynus dorsalis.
tion. Nevertheless the secretion exercises a very decided effect upon certain animals, since the tadpoles both of frogs and of salamandeis are very powerfully affected by being kept in the same water with a toad, if the latter be specially irritated in order to make it discharge its pungent and irritating secretion.
True poison and organs fitted both to inflict wounds and to convey the venom into them are not indeed found in any animals which are even near allies of the frogs and toads. Nevertheless a very perfect organ for both wounding and poisoning has been discovered by Dr. Giinther to exist in a certain fish {Thalassophryne reticulala), belonging to a group which, on account of their
poison-organs are probably only used for defence. They are formed, however, on the very same type as are the poison fangs of vipers. Unlike the latter, however, they arc not modified teeth, nor are they situated within the mouth as they always are in poisonous serpents.
A Frog (Pelobates fuscus) which is common in France (and which is interesting on account of the form of its skull hereafter to be pointed out), though really harmless enough, has a singular power of making itself offensive.
Both males and females of this species utter a kind of croak, and both, if their thigh is pinched, produce a sound like the mewing of a cat. At the same time they emit a strong odour, which is like that of garlic, and becomes stronger as the animals are more disturbed. This emission not only affects the sense of smell, but even makes the eyes water as mustard or horseradish does.
This singular power, together with the acrid secretion of the toad, are the nearest approximation to venomous properties possessed by any members of the order, no toad—not even the giant of the order Bufo agua—being really poisonous.
A small Frog, by no means uncommon in France and Germany (Alytes obstctricans) has a very singular habit. The female lays its eggs (about sixty in number) in a long chain, the ova adhering successively to one another by their tenacious investment. The male twines this long chaplet round his thighs, so that he acquires the appearance of a courtier of the time of James I. arrayed in trunk hose or puffed breeches. Thus encumbered, he retires into some burrow (at least during the day) till the period when the young are ripe for quitting the egg Then he seeks water, into which he has not plunged many minutes when the young burst forth and swim away, and he, having disencumbered himself of the remains of the ova, resumes his normal appearance.
Certain Frogs (forming a very large group) are termed Tree-frogs, from their adaptation to arboreal life by means of the dilatation of the ends of the digits into sucking discs, by which they can adhere to leaves. One of them, the common green Tree-frog (ffyla arborea) is spread over Europe, Asia, and Africa, in the same manner as A*, esculenta, except that it is not found in the British Isles. A few toads also have the tips of their digits similarly dilated. Such, e.g., is the case in the genera Kaloula of India, and Biachymerus of South Africa.
The female of a peculiar American Tree-frog (JVo/otrema marsupiatum) has a pouch extending over the whole of the back and opening posteriorly. Into this the eggs are introduced for shelter and protection. A dorsal pouch also exists in the allied American genus, Opisthodelphys. An American species of Hylodes has the habit of laying its eggs in trees singly in the axils of leaves, and the only water they can obtain is the drop or two which may from time to time be there retained.
A still more remarkable mode of protecting the egg is developed by the Great Toad of tropical America {Pipa americami). In this case the skin of the females' back at the laying season thickens greatly and becomes of quite a soft and loose texture. The male, as soon as the eggs are laid, takes them and imbeds them in this thick, soft skin, which closes over them. Each egg then undergoes its process of development so enclosed, and the tadpole stage is, in this animal, passed within the egg, so that the young toads emerge from the dorsal cells of the mother completely developed miniatures of the adult. As many as 120 of these dorsal cells have been counted on the back of a single individual.
The only instance of a similar cutaneous modification is that pointed out by Dr. Giinther* in the skin of the belly of the Siluroid fish, Aspredo batrachus. Here he found that "the whole lower surface of the belly, thorax, throat, and even a portion of the pectoral fins, showed
* See Catalogue of the fiihes in the British Museum, vol. v. p. 268.
numerous shallow, round impressions, to which i >m the ova still adhered." He concludes that ** it is ir_^than probable that towards the spawning time the sfcc . the lower parts becomes spongy, and that, after hamdeposited the eggs, the female attaches them to c J merely lying over them." "When the eggs are ruarin the excrescences disappear, and the skin of the beiy '-•comes smooth as before. Even in the highest cl£si . 1 animals (Mammalia) we are familiar, in the Kangaroo vOpossum order (Afanupia/ia), with a special exferx.* receptacle (the marsupial pouch) for the protection -•secure development of the young; but nothing of — kind exists amongst birds or reptiles. In fishes, howe>.the male of the little Sea-horse (Hippocampus) is jr.vided with a ventral pouch in which the eggs are si=tered, and the same class presents ns with a mod; 1 carrying the eggs still more bizarre than that of ASti. obstctricans just related. In the fish Aliusfissus the nui: actually carries about the ova in the mouth, protected ir the jaws, till relieved of the inconvenience by the h.atchr-1 of the young fry.
A South African Toad (Dactylcthra capensirt is ;> teresting, as we shall hereafter see, on account of certt^. anatomical points in which it agrees with Pipit, sn~ differs from all other Anoura. No interesting facts, ho* ever, are known as to its habits.
Another noteworthy form is the Mexican RhirtofiArys-i dorsalis, the exceptional characters of which are :bf tongue, which is free in front instead of behind, and th: enormous spur-like tarsal tubercle.
Almost all Frogs and Toads pass the first stages "i their existence in water, going through a free, tadpoW stage, and all are more or less aquatic when adult. Thi only exceptions are Pipa, A'ototrema, OpisthodclpMy:, and the Hylodes before referred to. Very many lindi. however, are, when adult, inhabitants of trees. The question may suggest itself to some, "Are there anr which can be said in any sense to be aerial animals?' Birds are almost all capable of true flight, as also art those aerial existing beasts the Bats, and as were thosi extinct reptiles the Pterodactyles. Certain squirrels and opossums can take flitting jumps by means of an extension of the skin of the flank, and a similar, though much greater extension, supported by elongated freely ending ribs, is found in the little lizards {Draco) called Flying Dragons.
The class of Fishes supplies us, also, with an example of aerial locomotion in the well-known Flying Fish.
Since, then, every other class of vertebrate animals (Beasts, Birds, Reptiles and Fishes) presents us with more or fewer examples of the aerial species, we might perhaps expect that the Frog-class would also exhibit some forms fitted for progression through the air. We cannot say with certainty that such is the case; but Mr. Alfred Wallace, in his travels in the Malay Archipelago, encountered in Borneo a Tree-frog (Rhacophorus) to which he considers the term " flying " may fairly be applied, and of which he says, it "is the first instance known of a flying-frog." Of this animal he gives us the following account:—
"One of the most curious and interesting creatures which I met with in Borneo was a large tree-frog which was brought me by one of the Chinese workmen. He assured me that he had seen it come down, in a slanting direction, from a high tree as if it flew. On examining it I found the toes very long and fully webbed to their extremity, so that, when expanded, they offered a surface much larger than the body. The fore-legs were also bordered by a membrane, and the body was capable of considerable inflation. The back and limbs were of a very deep shining green colour, the under surface and the inner toes yellow, while the webs were black rayed with yellow. The body was about four inches long, while the webs of each hind foot, when fully expanded, covered a. surface of four square inches, and the webs of all the feet together about twelve square iriches. As the extremities of the toes have dilated discs for adhesion, showing The creature to be a true tree-frog, it is difficult to imagine th.it this immense membrane of the toes can be for the purpose of swimming only, and the account of the Chinaman that it flew down from the tree becomes more credible."
The great group of Frogs and Toads, rich as it is in genera and species, and widely as it is diffused over the earth's surface, is one of singular uniformity of structure. The forms most aberrant from our type, the common frog, have now been' noticed, except that perhaps the maximum respectively of obesity and slenderness may be referrrd to. In the former respect the Indian Toad Glyphoglossus may serve as an example, and for the latter may be selected Hylorana jerboa.
St. George Mivart
{To be continued.)
AT the opening meeting of the Geological Society, Prof. Flower communicated a description of a fine fragment of a skull of an animal of the order Sirenia, which is of great interest as affording the first recorded evidence of the former existence of animals of this remarkable group in Britain. The specimen forms part of the very rich collection of Crag fossils formed by the Rev. H. Canham, of Waldringfield, near Woodbridge. It was found in the so-called "coprolite" or bone-bed at the base of the Red crag, and presents the usual aspect of the mammalian remains from that bed, being heavily mineralised, of a rich dark brown colour, almost black in some parts, with the surface much worn and polished, and marked here and there with the characteristic round or oval shallow pits, the supposed Pholas boring.
The fragment consists of the anterior or facial portion of the cranium which has separated, probably before fossilisntion, from the posterior part at the fronto-parictal suture, and in a line descending vertically therefrom. This portion has then been subjected to severe attrition, by which the greater part of the pre-maxillary rostrum, the orbital processes of the maxillaries, and other projecting parts have been removed. In consequence of this, what may be called the external features of the skull, which are especially necessary to determine its closer affinities, are greatly marred, though enough remains of its essential structure to pronounce with confidence as to its general relationship to known forms. Fortunately, the whole of the portion of the maxilla; in which the molar series of teeth are implanted is preserved; and though the teeth have fallen from the alveoli in the front part of the series, and in the posterior part are ground down to mere stumps, so that the form of the crowns cannot be ascertained in any. many important dental characters may still be deduced from the number, form, size and position of the sockets and roots that remain.
As the intensely hard, ivory-like rostra of the ziphioid Cetaceans, the tympanic bones of the Batenida?, and the teeth of terrestrial mammals almost alone remain in these deposits to attest the former existence of their owners; it is, doubtless, to the extreme massiveness and density of the cranial bones, as characteristic of the order Sirenia, that we owe the preservation of so large a portion of the skull under the very unfavourable conditions to which it, in common with the other fossils of the formation, must have been exposed.
After a comparison of the characters of the cranium with those of the several existing and extinct members of the order,Prof. Flower referred it to the genus Halitherium, and showed its relationship to H. Sckinsi of Kaup from
the miocene of the Rhine basin, a formation, it will be remembered, in which several of the animals of the Red Crag bone-bed occur. It is, however, of larger size than that species, the teeth are larger, both absolutely and relatively to the cranium, and certain other differences occur, though the imperfect nature of the materials makes exact comparison of fossils only known from fragments not altogether easy or satisfactory. Believing, however, that it does not belong to either the above-mentioned, or any other of the hitherto described species of Halitherium, the specific name of H. canhami v.a.% proposed. It should be mentioned that there are six teeth in the maxillary or molar series on each side, all present at the same time, the first two with single roots, the third with two roots, and the last three with three roots, precisely resembling in form those of the molar teeth in the existing Manati.
ON THE STICK-FISH {Osteocclla septentrionalis') AND ON THE HABITS OF SEA-PENS
TV/TR. COOTE M. CHAMBERS has most kindly pre*"•*■ sented to the British Museum a specimen of the Stick-fish, from English Bay, Burrard's Inlet, British America. The specimen was placed alive, immediately it was caught, into a tin tube, filled with a solution of arsenic and salt
Mr. Chambers observes that the Stick-fish are only to be found in Burrard's Inlet, English Bay, British Columbia. "It has only one bone in it, and appears to live on suction, and is a great prey to dogfish." Further: "I would mention that in summer only can they be caught. They are found to the least depth of from 30 to 40 fathoms, they move about rapidly in the water, and when brought to the surface, move for a few seconds like a snake, then make a dart as swift as lightning, and disappear."—July 23, 1873.
Unfortunately the specimen did not arrive in a good state for exhibition. The greater part of the animal portion had been washed off, probably by the motion of the solution during the transit; only about a foot of the flesh, which was loose on the axis, and the thick, swollen, naked, club-shaped base without, polypes remained; but it was in a sufficiently good state to afford the means of determining its zoological situation and of examining its microscopical and other zoological characters.
Mr. Chambers' specimen is the animal of the axis, or stick, that I described as Osteocclla septentrionalis (Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. 1872, lx. p. 406), and it proves that the axis belongs to a kind of Pennatula, or Sea-pen, nearly allied to the long Sea-rushes named Pavonarius qitatirangiilaris, found on the West Coast of Scotland, and is evidently the same animal as Pavonaria blakci, described by R. E. C. Stearns. The idea of its being :i fish, which seems so generally entertained by the people of British Columbia, is clearly a mistake, though one of the observers sent a figure of the Sea-pen, with mouth and eyes like an eel {'.), which is copied in Nature, vol. vi. p. 436.
Osteocclla.—The complete polype-mass very closely resembles Pavonaria quadrangularis, as figured by Johnston (" British Zoophytes," t. xxxi.), from Prof. Edward Forbes' drawings ; but the animal is entirely destitute of calcareous spicules, and the axis is cylindrical, hard, and polished.
Two days after I received this specimen, I received by post Mr. Steam's description of the Stick-fish {Pavonaria Blakei), from the San Francisco Mining ana Scientific Press, August 9, 1873.
The description of Mr. Steam, made from a fresh animal, need not be repeated; but as he does not mention the microscopic structure, I sent a fragment of Mr. Chambers' specimen to Mr. Carter to be examined, who kindly writes :—"The fragment arrived sifely, although


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BOR, 10 June 2016 [Gurtong] – At least two people were on Thursday night killed by unknown gunmen in Twic East County of Jonglei State.
The attackers are believed to have gone away with some herds of cattle after killing the two.
Dau Akoi Kurkuch in an interview with Gurtong said the attackers escaped with 10 herds of cattle, adding that the suspects are not yet known.
"The incident happened in Pong-borong of Nyuak payam last night around 1:00 PM. The attackers killed a father and son. The deceased were killed while trying to come out of their grass thatched houses during the incident", he said.
"The community youth in the area have gone to pursue the attackers and until now there has been no update from the ground", he stressed.
On 30th May, suspected Murle gunmen abducted two children in the rural area of Mayom village, Ajoung Payam of Twic East County in Jonglei State.
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I'm so excited that Autumn is almost here. It's the season with the best colours and fabrics – burnt orange corduroy, rich purple wools, green coatings. Sandals are swapped for boots and the cosy jumpers and cardigans come out to play. If I was a season, I would be autumn. It's all my favourite colours and I just can't get enough of seeing the leaves turn on the trees. My sewing is now moving away from warmer weather items and charging at full speed towards autumnal cozyness. The boots I'm wearing in these pictures are my 'autumn boots' and now they've been worn, I consider summer to be officially over.
This cotton lawn fabric that you see here (made by Cotton and Steel, part of the Tokyo Train Ride collection) is rarer than hen's teeth. Especially in this colourway. The print run of it was several years ago now, and I've seen it kicking about in pink, blue, and also a beige colour – but let's face it, the teal is the best. The quilting cotton weight is slightly easier to find than the lawn, but this print really comes alive on the lightweight fabric. You've just got to find it.
I've been to Tokyo a couple of times, and totally love the city. If I had the opportunity to go and live there I absolutely would (so long as the furkids could come with me too. And the husband, I suppose). It seems fitting then that I would be drawn to the fabric that's called 'Tokyo train ride' – it's funny how names can draw us in, isn't it? I do wonder why it's called that though… I don't recall seeing many octopi out the windows of the trains. I didn't even get to see Mount Fuji because it was too cloudy. There is such a mash of old and new architecture in the city, one minute you're looking at modern skyscrapers and then around the next corner is this beauty. Ah, take me back.
I half-heartedly searched for this fabric now and then on eBay, Etsy and weird foreign websites that I had to use Google Translate for. I turned up nothing for a very long time. Then one day, the fabric odds were in my favour – an eBay search returned one result. A 2.5 metre piece of the cotton lawn was being destashed, at a not-too-unreasonable price. Several days remained on the auction, so I placed the first bid and began to mentally warn off other potential bidders. I waited. And watched. And waited some more. And then I got the email to say that I'd won the auction.
The fabric was just as beautiful in real life as I thought it would be. I had already planned to make a shirt dress with it, and as I had this pattern kicking around (and ready traced) I decided that I may as well go for this one. I've seen several people make shirt dresses with this same fabric – there seems to be something about this print that just screams 'shirt dress'!
If you haven't come across this pattern before, the Cami Dress is a gathered waist shirt dress with a functioning placket that stops at the waist, and an invisible side zip. I added a little bit of length to the skirt of mine as it's just a *smidge* too short for my liking as it is. (I'll apologise now for my ironing standards – yes, they are rubbish and I think there's more creases post-ironing than there was pre-ironing. Just look at the pretty octopus legs instead.)
There was an issue with the first cami dress I made that seems to have repeated itself in this second one – the collar, when fastened at the top button, almost chokes me. It's so tight at the front yet there is loads of room at the back – it's almost like the neck hole sits too far towards the back and needs to be shunted forward. I'm pretty sure that I have a correctly placed neck on my shoulders, as I haven't experienced this with any other shirt collars. So I'm not sure what gives. Now that it's happened twice it's kind of put me off making another dress from this pattern – I *could* lower the front neck opening and raise the back, but I've never had to make this adjustment with any other shirt collar so it kind of makes me go 'meh' and want to move on to another pattern instead. I wasn't sure whether the first time was due to sloppy cutting on my part, but as it's happened again I'm now assuming it is the pattern and my cutting skills are in fact on point.
On both versions of my Cami Dress I have taken in the side seams to get a closer fit at the waist, but I feel like maybe I should have given myself a little more room at the bust because I can NEVER get a shirt that doesn't give me button strain at the boobs! WHYYY? I don't want a shirt hanging off me like a sack just so that the buttons sit right. Perhaps this is something I'll add to my 2018 sewing resolutions – figure out what I need to do to have a shirt that fits well in all the right places. I'm thinking a full bust adjustment might be in order… guess I'll have to bite the bullet and figure out how to do them. Or exclusively wear loose-fitting clothing from now on.
Those of you with keen eyes will have spotted that my dress is sleeveless, and the pattern is not. I did actually cut the sleeves out (of my precious, PRECIOUS fabric no less) and attached one, and then promptly removed it because it was SO SMALL. I mean, it was like they were meant for arms that are the circumference of my wrist. Instead I decided that sleeveless was the way to go if I wanted to actually move my arms so I finished the armholes with 1/2″ bias tape. As the shape of the armhole opening was intended to attach sleeves to, I altered the curve ever so slightly before stitching my bias tape by trimming some of the fabric away. The sleeves would have been sewn at 5/8″ and I attached my bias tape with 1/4″ seam, so I needed to remove some anyway to get back to the same seamline.
This dress was intended to be a summer dress, but I dithered for so long on finding a watery location to photograph it that we've now slipped into autumn. Choices are few when you're in a city like London and the main body of water you can think of is the manky, not-photogenic-at-all River Thames. And even if you can find a photogenic spot you can bet all the tourists with their selfie sticks have found it too so you need to go at 4am just to get a clear shot. No Thank You. I eventually chose my place in East London, a path I used to walk along at lunchtimes when I worked in the area. It's kind of residential so the tourists don't know about it… but the lunchtime joggers do. Now that I see the dress styled as sort of autumn-y, I feel like this has been it's destiny all along – it goes well with my brown boots, and the teal green colour of the dress could definitely be classed as an autumnal shade. I'm now picturing it with a cozy, slouchy rich brown cardigan to keep the chill off as I go crunching through the autumn leaves.
My mission for the perfect shirt dress continues on. Although this Pauline Alice one ticks most of my boxes, there are a few things that it is still lacking:
- I want a shirt dress that I can attach both long AND short sleeves to, so I can get a good fit through the body and then adapt it for the changing seasons. The Pauline Alice cami comes with the option of short or elbow-length sleeves (and the point in those is what exactly? If it's cold enough for sleeves, I want long sleeves), but when I've tried to attach the short sleeves they are so tight I can't even move my arms so I'm clearly not going to even bother trying the longer sleeves. It's really weird because my arms aren't THAT big, I mean yeah who doesn't have a little bit of bingo wings going on but these sleeves were tight. PROPER tight. Straining-at-the-seams-which-will-pop-if-you-raise-your-arm tight.
- I'd like a dress with a defined waistband, like the Penny by Colette. I'm really loving this pattern and have the perfect fabric that I want to make it from, but it seems that not many places in the UK have the printed pattern in stock yet, so I'll just wait a while. It's not like my sewing queue isn't long enough anyway…
- I'd like to try a shirt dress with a different style of skirt, without the bulk of gathers at the waist. Perhaps a circle skirt? Or even a pencil skirt, to give a really fitted look – but then I'm wondering if there's any point in having a matchy-matchy pencil-bottomed shirt dress when I could get more wear out of coordinating separates ? I'll ponder this one a little bit longer I think.
Despite the collar issues going on here, Pauline Alice do produce some really cool patterns and it hasn't put me off trying other designs by them. The Rosari skirt is currently in my queue and I keep drooling over the military vibes of the Quart coat – but I'm not sure I'm feeling those pleated panels on the side. They might have to go.
If you have any recommendations for a long-sleeved shirt dress pattern, please let me know! And if you've made the Penny by Colette or this Cami Dress by Pauline Alice, I'd love to hear your thoughts and experiences with it!
Coming up next week on the Wanderstitch blog… a fresh and funky shirt for the hubs from some awesome viscose I scored off eBay ? Subscribe below to make sure you don't miss out!


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Brett & I will be spending the next 4 days here!
Oh, and did I mention that our little cabin is smack dab in the middle of the "Brew Ridge Trail"? Meaning we'll get to indulge in amazing brews and food every night at one of 7 awesome breweries (most of which have live music every night!).
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I know I'm saying this a lot at the moment, but I *think* this might be my favourite styled shoot of all time (shhhhh, don't tell anyone)…
In all seriousness though, the wealth of creative talent we have in the UK Wedding Industry is incredible and it feels like our suppliers have really come into their own of late. If you click the Wedding Ideas tab above this post, you'll see a host of dreamy shoots to inspire you and today's just continues on the theme of totally knocking it out of the park. Knot & Pop are wedding planners and stylists we've had our eyes on for a while, so we're thrilled that they have joined our List. Susie and her team have incredible style and their work is always organic yet opulent, cohesive but never over styled. Throw in flowers by Jo Flowers, stationery by Lamplighter London and some of the most beautiful dresses we've seen, including designs by Halfpenny London, and you've got some of the most stylish people in the industry working together.
The whole shoot is a delight from start to finish, the level of detail is second to none and the fashion and beauty choices are spot on too. Enjoy this one lovelies, it really is a feast for the eyes…
Susie at Knot & Pop: Taking inspiration from the stunning wedding venue, Voewood in North Norfolk, this inspirational wedding shoot perfectly complements the surrounds of the unique location. Voewood is recognised as one of the great Arts & Crafts house in England, set in a beautiful woodland on the outskirts of the Georgian town of Holt in Norfolk.
Designed by Edward Schroeder Prior, the house is configured in the shape of a butterfly, filled with all manner of curiosities and paintings within. The theme and scheme for the shoot was influenced by Voewood itself with the focus on the butterfly and also painterly aspects, that captured the sense of art being at the heart of this eclectic venue.
The Concept
Knot & Pop developed the concept, working with an array of fantastic wedding suppliers to bring the theme to life, with the innate talent of Marion Heurteboust behind the lens. The delicate nature of butterflies inspired the materials used with transparency forming a key detail across both the stylings of the shoot, and the photographic approach of Marion Heurteboust.
A pretty palette of dusty pink, pistachio and old rose mixed with vintage peach, grey scales and black to add an edge to the overall tone.
Painterly finishes were applied across the stationery by Lamplighter London that mixed layers of tracing paper for a lightness of touch. Knot & Pop painted bottles in organic brush-strokes to act as centre-pieces for the ever-artistic Jo Flowers to work into. This painterly and artistic feel continued across colour dipped napkins, and alternative place cards that were painted with guest names.
The Flowers
As if discovered in a secret garden, left to nature's own will, Jo Flowers created a cascading arrangements using flowers and vines, such as clematis vines, rose heads, cafe au lait dahlia and pampas grass.
Further movement was added, as if blown in from the wind, by a flutter of paper butterflies made by Knot & Pop. This feature acted as a statement back-drop to the table top, with more butterflies nestled into flowers and placed on to ghost chairs for finishing touches.
Sweet Treats
The butterfly motif and painterly approach continued across the statement five tier cake, created by Nevie Cake Pie. Hand painted touches mixed with white on white details to add texture and depth to the creation, to sit centre-stage with fabrics and flowers cascading across the cake table, with the stand from online gift wedding registry company, Prezola. Further sweet treats were made by Wildflower Cakes with Knot & Pop commissioning them to create 3D edible butterflies that sat atop pebble like cookies.
The pebble detail took inspiration from the façade of Voewood, decorated in intricate stone-work and pebble like designs, with mosaics also forming a key part within the interior design of the venue as well. Table plans therefore took shape as names painted upon pebbles with the tables named after butterflies such as Painted Lady.
The Dresses
The wedding wardrobe showcased wow wedding dresses from Kate Halfpenny and Anna Kara with an alternative bridal look from fashion designer Malene Oddershede Bach, a black column length maxi dress with transparent paneling. Giving bridal jewellery more of an edge and fashion forward feel, stacked rings mixed with hand bracelet and ear jackets to play to the modern minded bride and her innate sense of style, and confidence. Gemma Sutton created beautiful looks across hair and make-up that perfectly complemented the dresses.
Bridal looks were finished with textural bouquets – a mixture of juniper, roses, dahlias, cosmos, astilbe and seasonal flowers with cascading vines. The second bouquet was darker in colour, with a mix of roses dahlia's, chocolate cosmos, scabious, vines & some pitcher plant stems mixed for seasonal moody foliages.
Photography by Marion Heurteboust Photography
- Concept, Production & Styling Knot & Pop
- Flowers Jo Flowers
- Hair & Make Up Gemma Sutton
- Venue Voewood
- Catering Purple Plum
- Stationery Lamplighter London
- Cake Nevie Pie
- Cookies Wildflower Cakes
- Ribbon Silk & Willow
- Film Lab Carmencita Film Lab
- Dresses Anna Kara at Plume Paris
- Malene Oddershede Bach
- Halfpenny London
- Underwear Shell Belle Couture
- Ell & Cee
- Ear Jacket Hall
- Earrings, Rings & Bracelets Cornelia Webb
- Veil Halfpenny London
- Candlestick Holders & Glassware Helene Millot
- Cutlery Cox & Cox
- Napkins, Fabric, Painted Bottles & Paper Butterflies Knot & Pop
- Table Cloth Just 4 Linen
- Table Grice & Foster
- Cake Stand Tom Dixon at Prezola
- Canape Plates Canvas Home
- Vases & Butterfly Weights West Elm


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When we think about employee health, we often focus on the physical element. That type of health is visible, and when changes occur, you can see them. But mental health and wellness are also important — and you can't just solve them with a gym membership.
When developing wellness programs, companies need to consider why their employees come to work every day, what challenges and motivates them. Employees are happiest when they know their employer cares about them and their well-being. And when you look at the companies whose employees rank them highly for wellness, a purposeful wellness approach is embedded in the corporate culture.
Read: Workplace wellness: how to maximize health and productivity programs
So how can you help employees believe in the value of wellness in your workplace? Offering healthier food at team lunches and supporting daytime walking clubs are good ideas, but you also need to create an intentional culture of wellness. Create that culture by avoiding these common mistakes.
1. Doing too much
You can bite off more than you can chew by including every wellness option available in your program. To support employee choice without making it overwhelming, consider providing a wellness credit so employees can choose the activity that works best for them. Make wellness programs accessible by sharing information through team meetings, corporate emails and your corporate intranet. You can even include a wellness goal in your staff 's performance plans. A program that makes sense internally will be easier to manage and lead at the executive level.
2. Failing to customize
When you look back at the most difficult workplaces you've encountered in your career, you probably remember the negative aspects. Domineering leaders, a lack of challenging work, no room for growth…the list is different for each company. Think about the different stressors your employees experience on a daily basis and address them. Stressors in a hospital are going to be different from stressors in an IT firm, so don't get caught up in imitating what seems to work at another company.
3. Failing to integrate
While customizing the program to your workforce is important, make sure you don't end up with a fragmented initiative focusing just on physical wellness (e.g., exercise and eating well). Since body and mind are connected, giving your employees physical wellness tools without any tools to combat stress will yield only partial results.
4. Being too rigid
While it's great to offer wellness programs with fixed options such as on-site gyms, let employees develop their own wellness journey and support them along the way. For example, allow flexibility for employees to walk at lunch, set their own hours (within reason) and work regularly from home. Supportive leaders who provide flexible wellness options will see more balanced and happier employees — which, in turn, can improve performance and employee engagement.
5. Setting the wrong example
If you introduce wellness programs but have senior leaders and managers who don't foster well-being — for example, they never take lunch, rarely leave their desks or fail to encourage a less stressful environment — employees may end up seeing your wellness communications as just lip service, and you won't be able to create a culture of wellness. But when wellness is at the heart of everything you do, it's easier to share it with employees and watch them follow your lead.
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Today's employees spend so much time at work, they're looking for balance. So instead of thinking about wellness as just a program, make sure it's part of your corporate lifestyle.
Greg Bambury is vice-president, human resources and organizational development, with Medavie Blue Cross.
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Most smoked foods that are produced for resale are first cured, and then cold smoked. Cold smoking is usually done below 100°F or below a temperature that burns or liquefies fat. Heat is added at the end of the smoking process for appearance and flavour. A hot smoked food needs very little curing and has the appearance, taste, and texture of fully cooked foods.
A meat cure is a combination of salt and sugar. It can be liquid (a brine) or coarse and granular (a cure). It can include many other ingredients to enhance the flavour or preserve the meat. You can buy a meat cure from grocery stores, meat supply stores, or some butcher shops specialising in sausages and hams. You can also make your own; however, make sure you have a proper smoker recipe and you know the correct proportions for the type of product you are smoking.
Yes, you can. This is one of three ways you can cold smoke food. Try taking any meat product fresh out of cold storage and smoking at the coolest temperature possible. Do not let your food smoker go above 100 degrees F. Season or marinade to taste. Only smoke for 1 to 2 hours and then cook as you would normally. Keep the damper at the top of your smoker wide open, as this helps in keeping the temperature low. This can be a little tricky in the middle of summer when the air temperature is above 60 degrees. The new flavours you can create are fantastic.
The cost to smoke with the Bradley Smoker is about $1.00 per hour. This is about the same as using wood chunks purchased in a store.
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We have been making BBQ smokers and food products for backyard cooks and the restaurant industry since 1986. Many of the finest hotels and restaurants around the world smoke their own foods using a Bradley Smoker. Visit our recipes page or the Bradley Smoker Youtube channel to learn more about the variety of foods that can be made in a smoker.
Certain types of wood give a better flavour with different food groups. There is no hard and set rule to this, however try using hickory or mesquite with pork, beef or red game meat. All types of seafood are excellent with alder, maple or our own special blend. Fruit woods work very well with poultry and fresh water fish. Try using cheery with wild duck or chicken.
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Each bisquette burns for 20 minutes. So, 3 bisquettes are used per hour.
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Pushing for an end to the impasse, the Supreme Court on Tuesday nudged the Centre to take a decision on formation of government in Delhi and said that people wanted MLAs to serve them and not get salaries sitting idle at home.
A Constitution bench led by Justice H L Dattu set the ball rolling by asking the Centre to come back to court on September 9 with a "positive" response on how to proceed about having a government in Delhi.
Indicating its inclination to end the deadlock continuing since February when Arvind Kejriwal quit as chief minister after failing to push his Jan Lokpal Bill, the bench questioned as to how long the Assembly should be allowed to remain in suspended animation in the current political situation.
"One party says it does not have the strength. Other says it has no desire. Third party is not in a position to stake the claim. In a situation like this, we ask why should people suffer when nobody is in a position to form government? Citizens of Delhi want to be ruled by a government and not by the Lt Governor. Please put an end to it. Take a decision, one way or another," the bench said.
As Additional Solicitor General P S Narasimhan said that the Centre was alive to the political situation, the bench questioned as to what endeavours they were making to support their contention. "Please tell us for how long can this state of suspended animation continue?
Elected members sit at home without any work. MLAs are drawing salaries. Why should that happen? We are not treating this as a petition by a party or any member. We are looking at the Delhi citizen's point of view… he may say he has elected a representative and he is drawing salary without providing any service," remarked the bench.
The ASG said the law gave them a maximum period of one year from the date of declaration of President's rule to decide on the future course of action and that the L-G was considering the issue in the right earnest. He assured the court that they were open to taking a decision.
The bench, however, said there has to be something to suggest that the matter was being continuously considered and a decision is reached whether there was a possibility of formation of a government in the present situation or fresh polls were warranted.
It observed that the court may consider requesting the L-G or the President to examine the current situation and take appropriate decision in a reasonable time but it would be more suitable if the Centre deliberates, decides and come back to the bench with a categorical answer.
Senior advocate and amicus in the case T R Andhyrujina, however, opined that the court should steer clear of issuing any directives in the matter since it was "purely political" and that the court may not have a role in the controversy if there was no judicial question to be determined. Appearing for the Congress, senior advocate K Parasaran also raised questions over possibility of the court passing any order.
At this, the bench said it would not issue any directive but will post the matter for September 9, expecting the government to take a decision by then.
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Covenant High School has offered an outstanding college-preparatory Christian high school education since 1992. Our students' achievement in college entrance exams have placed them in the top tier of all schools in Washington State. 38% of our graduates since 1996 have finished in the top ten percent of Washington graduating seniors based on GPA and college entrance exam scores. Nearly 100% of CHS graduates go on to college and they attend a wide variety of colleges and universities across the USA.
Covenant High School offers an English course for junior and senior English language learners. This course refines and increases students' ability to comprehend, appreciate, and respond to different types of texts in written form for a variety of audiences and social contexts along with acquiring academic language literacy. Literature selections include a variety of genre and enable students to analyze and make connections between texts. Oral and literacy strategies integrate listening, speaking, reading, and writing at increasing levels of accuracy and fluency. The students will continue refining their skills through the writing process with steadily increasing degrees of rigor.
Students will also be instructed in and take practice tests for the TOEFL exam (Test of English as a Foreign Language). The TOEFL exam measures the English proficiency of nonnative speakers of English. It is widely accepted by English-language colleges and universities around the world. This course will help students improve their TOEFL scores and increase their opportunity for admission into American colleges and universities.
Our international student graduates have been accepted to many universities across the USA including: UCLA (University of California at Los Angeles), University of Washington, Boston University, Purdue University, Indiana University, University of Wisconsin; University of Texas, University of Iowa, Seattle Pacific University; University of New York, and others
CHS students may also earn college credit while attending CHS – click here to learn more.
Covenant High School provides college preparatory academics, computer, choir and art classes. It offers international students an opportunity to further develop their English language while pursuing academic excellence in a loving environment.
Covenant partners with the following agencies, who can assist in applying to study at Covenant High School:
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Covenant High School
Attn: Logan Hope
620 S. Shirley Street
Tacoma, WA 98465 USA
Students will be notified of their admission status within three weeks.


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As all prices are subject to change, your order may not be accepted or we may have to communicate price changes or availability issues to you after you place your order.COPYRIGHT/TRADEMARK INFORMATIONCobra Systems, Inc is a registered trademark of Cobra Systems, Inc. This entire website, copy, images, logos, indicia, text, content, and unique method of showcasing products is copyright since 1989 to present date. ©2014 Cobra Systems, Inc. and all sub brands and products; Vnm, VnmSignmaker.com, Striker, Remindersticker.com, e-barcode, ebarcode.com, Chimboo, Chimboo.com and A1 Webcams, A1webcams.com. All trademarks appearing herein are acknowledged. Permission to use documents delivered from this World Wide Web site/sites and/or server and related graphics is restricted. The name of Cobra Systems, Inc. or any of the above trademarks or logos may not be used in advertising or publicity pertaining to distribution of this information without specific, written prior permission. The information contained in this website is subject to change without notice. We are not responsible for typographical, technical, or descriptive errors of products herein.ORDER ACCEPTANCE POLICYYour receipt of an electronic or other form of order confirmation does not signify our acceptance of your order, nor does it constitute confirmation of our offer to sell. Cobra Systems, Inc reserves the right at any time after receipt of your order to accept or decline your order for any reason. Cobra Systems, Inc reserves the right at any time after receipt of your order, without prior notice to you, to supply less than the quantity you ordered of any item. We may require verifications or information before accepting any order.TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORSIn the event a product is listed at an incorrect price or with incorrect information due to typographical error or error in pricing or product information, Cobra Systems, Inc shall have the right to refuse or cancel any orders placed for product listed at the incorrect price. Cobra Systems, Inc shall have the right to refuse or cancel any such orders whether or not the order has been confirmed and/or your credit card charged. If your credit card has already been charged for the purchase and your order is canceled, Cobra Systems, Inc shall immediately issue a credit to your credit card account in the amount of the charge.OUR SATISFACTION GUARANTEE AND RETURN POLICYYour satisfaction is our goal. Every product we sell is backed by the manufacturer's warranty, plus is covered for most products by Cobra Systems, Inc's Satisfaction Guarantee.If a product you purchase fails to meet your needs, please review the information below and return it to us within 30 days of receipt, and we will be pleased to arrange an exchange or refund.Returns must be in a "new" resalable condition, including all manuals, components and accessories, and in the manufacturer's original packaging. Returns may also be subject to a 15% restocking fee.Because of the nature of technology products and services provided by Cobra Systems, Inc team members, the following items are non-returnable: Delivery, installation, diagnostic and repair work, and other labor. Gift cards and pre-paid cards. Batteries, ink and other consumable items. Items that are damaged or abused, missing any accessories, missing the UPC, or serial/identification numbers or are not in the original packaging. Subscription services have their own, individual cancellation policy which varies by service. Please consult the individual provider. Software and similar items are not returnable once their packaging or outer wrapping has been opened. Defective items may be exchanged within 14 days of purchase.You can request a Return Authorization for most products eligible for return through the link provided here: Request an RMA.WARRANTY LIMITATIONSThere are no other express warranties or conditions respecting the equipment. Implied warranties, if any, are limited to the duration of the express warranty provided herein. Some states do not allow limitations on how long an implied warranty lasts so that the foregoing limitation may not apply to you. See individual product warranty for more clarification.LIMITATION OF LIABILITYIn no event shall Cobra Systems, Inc or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates be liable for any indirect, special, incidental or consequential damages including but not limited to loss of use, loss of data, loss of business or profits. Some localities do not allow the exclusion or limitation of incidental or consequential damages, so the above limitation or exclusion may not apply to you.PROCESSING TIMEYour order is thoroughly reviewed by our Customer Service Team to ensure that the order is accurate, the payment method is valid, and you are authorized to use this payment method. Once your order has passed the rigorous review by our Customer Service Team, it is sent to our warehouse for shipment.NOTE - We do not charge your credit or debit card until your order is shipped, however we do attempt to get an authorization on your card for the amount of your order at the time your order is placed. This authorization is not a charge but still may utilize a portion of your credit limit or available funds making those funds or portion of your credit limit unavailable for other use. In the unlikely event that your order is delayed or canceled the authorization will expire and your credit limit or available funds will again become available for use. The amount of time it takes for an authorization to expire is dependent on the policies of the bank that issued your card and ranges from 1 to 7 business days.Please note, credit card processing can take up to 3 business days (Depending on the accuracy of the information given to us by the customer.). Further, for security reasons, voice confirmation may be required before we can process your credit card for payment.If the item(s) on your order are in-stock, we will ship them as soon as possible from our warehouse or from one of our Distribution Warehouses located throughout the United States. If the item(s) on your order are out of stock, they will not be shipped until we have received and processed the backordered inventory in our warehouse.TRANSIT TIME UPS Ground: 3 - 8 Business Days UPS Second Day: 2 Business Days UPS Next Day Air: 1 Business DayNote: Saturday & Sunday deliveries are not available.TOTAL TIME FOR DELIVERYTotal time is based on the amount of time it takes to get payment authorization or confirm net terms, order processing, and the transit time from the carrier. This can range from 24 hours to 10 days for in-stock items.SHIPPING AND HANDLING RATESOur customer-friendly shipping schedule is calculated on the ACTUAL WEIGHT or DIMENSIONAL WEIGHT of your shipment and the TYPE OF SHIPPING SERVICE that you specify (ground, air or overnight). Shipping and handling charges will be applied to all orders placed with us. 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A charge is the only time a transfer of funds is completed; an authorization is not a transfer of funds.RISK OF LOSSIf the Customer provides Cobra Systems, Inc with Customer's carrier account number or selects a carrier other than a carrier that regularly ships for Cobra Systems, Inc, title to products and risk of loss or damage during shipment passes from Cobra Systems, Inc to Customer upon shipment from Cobra Systems, Inc.'s facility. For all other shipments, title to products and risk of loss or damage during shipment passes from Cobra Systems, Inc to Customer upon receipt by Customer. Notwithstanding the foregoing, title to software will remain with the applicable licensor(s) and Customer's rights therein are contained in the license agreement between such licensor(s) and Customer. 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In addition, manufacturers' warranties for exported products may vary or may be null and void for products exported outside the United States.DISPUTE RESOLUTIONAGREEMENT TO RESOLVE ALL DISPUTES THROUGH ARBITRATION OR IN SMALL CLAIMS COURT AND AGREEMENT TO WAIVE A RIGHT TO JURY TRIAL AND TO PARTICIPATION IN CLASS ACTIONSYou and Cobra Systems, Inc agree to resolve any controversy, dispute, or claim arising out of or relating to your purchase of any product or service from Cobra Systems, Inc by binding Arbitration administered by the American Arbitration Association, or in a small claims court, and judgment on the arbitration award rendered by the Arbitrator(s) may be entered in a court having competent jurisdiction. This agreement to arbitrate is intended to be broadly interpreted and covers all controversies, disputes, claims arising out or relating to your purchase including, but not limited to contract claims, tort claims and statutory claims, or any combination of claims. 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The Competitions
Swan City Swing Showdown!
It's time to throw down your love of lindy! Let your social dancing superpowers shine. The focus is on connection with your partner, musicality and… fierce fun! In the preliminary competition couples will dance in an all-skate (couples all dancing at the same time) to music of varying tempos. Two couples will proceed to the showdown and dance in a spotlight (each couple dancing one at a time) to some swinging tunes that might get a bit faster with each round 😉 ! Each couple will battle it out and play off each-other for the heavy-weight belt of Swan City Swing stardom!
You must register with a partner online ($10 per couple). The winning couple will take the cash pool from the Showdown registrations AND social passes to Hullabaloo 2017!
Register here
Hack and Jill
Dancing is a magical conversation. It's just you, your partner, the music… and your adoring audience! Here's your chance to draw inspiration from your partner and really make them shine. The focus will be on connection, creativity, and pure jazzy joy. Dancers will be randomly matched with a partner and take to the floor in a single all-skate.
You must register online as an individual ($5 per dancer).
Friday Night Mustang Bar
Location: The Mustang Bar – Corner of Lake and James St Northbridge
Time: 7pm to 9:30pm
Friday Late Nite Swing
Location: The Wembley – 344 Cambridge Street Wembley
Time: 9pm to midnight
Saturday Morning Workshops
Location: Scotch College MacKellar Hall – East End of Saunders Street
Time: 11am to 4pm – (lunch break from 1pm to 2pm) Please arrive by 10:45am Click here for the campus map
Saturday Night – Swan City Showdown
Location: North Perth Town Hall – 26 View St, North Perth
Time: 7pm to midnight
Sunday Morning Workshops
Location: Scotch College MacKellar Hall – East End of Saunders Street
Time: 11am to 4pm – (lunch break from 1pm to 2pm)
Please arrive by 10:45am Click here for the campus map
Sunday Night Swan Song
Location: Mt. Lawley Bowling Club – Cnr Storthes & Rookwood St, Mt Lawley
Time: 7pm to 11pm
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James Gregory Atkinson (DE/US)
James Gregory Atkinson is a German-American artist. He holds a degree in Photography and Design from Lette-Verein, Berlin (2010), has studied at the Cooper Union School of Art, New York (2015) and has graduated with a Meisterschüler from Städelschule, Staatliche Hochschule für Bildende Künste, Frankfurt (2016). After completing his artist residency at Villa Aurora, Los Angeles (2016), Atkinson has been recently awarded with a with a scholarship for a studio residency in New York (2018-2019) by the Cultural Foundation of Hesse (Hessische Kulturstiftung).
Atkinson's artistic practice unfolds in a multidisciplinary way. He is interested in contemporary identity models and their representations in media and culture at large. His artistic itinerary often starts with found material harvested from mass media or from everyday phenomena. In his work, Atkinson reactivates his source material and entangles it with his persona when appearing in various roles in his own photographs and films. His artistic work emerges in a broad spectrum of forms, ranging from the white cube to live rap concerts.
James Gregory Atkinson
The Artifice of Anarchy (detail), 2017
Acrylic on MDF, Wood
Dimensions Variable
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Marketing Cloud, Trailhead...
"The work we're doing with Salesforce contributes to our ongoing focus on service excellence. It allows us the opportunity to do things that are truly differentiating."
Northern Trust turns to Salesforce to help create a seamless experience.
Northern Trust first opened its doors in 1889, when it welcomed clients into a one-room office in Chicago. More than a century later, the bank is one of the world's largest money managers, with assets under management approaching a trillion dollars, locations in 84 cities around the globe, and more than 16,500 employees. Its clientele consists of corporations, institutions, and the world's wealthiest individuals and families. Even more impressively, Northern Trust repeatedly garners accolades such as "One of the World's Most Admired Companies" (Fortune) and "One of the 100 Best Corporate Citizens" (Corporate Responsibility). Its venerable success lies in pairing what the company calls its "enduring principles" — service, expertise, and integrity — with an eye toward industry disruption, preferring to lead change rather than react to it. In doing so, Northern Trust is actively shaping the future of a new generation of clients and employees in a world that has become dramatically more complex. In addressing the varied needs that accompany its personal clients' significant wealth, Northern Trust's Wealth Management division has focused squarely on the client experience. "We're helping clients achieve their unique life goals," said Pete Ruegsegger, Senior Vice President of Client & Partner Experience. "It's a very personal process that's grounded in a deep understanding of a client's needs as they evolve over time." Managing relationships of this nature requires teams of incredibly talented people, inside the company and out, to exchange knowledge and collaborate efficiently around the globe. Northern Trust takes great pride in its people and wanted better technology to harness their deep expertise to deliver a seamless client experience.
"We're helping clients achieve their unique life goals. It's a very personal process that's grounded in a deep understanding of a client's needs as they evolve over time."
Northern trust delivers a new vision for a partner platform.
Northern Trust has always delivered excellence, but it was increasingly finding that to do so required its partners — in the spirit of collaboration every Northern Trust employee is known as a partner — to manage the complexity of its business through capabilities and processes that were not sufficiently integrated. What resulted was a sales and service environment that contained an element of friction, despite a high level of client satisfaction. The firm elected to make a more seamless service delivery environment a business priority — and centered its efforts around the development of a Partner Workstation. The team involved in the Partner Workstation initiative wanted to do far more than simply replace the existing customer relationship management (CRM) system. They articulated a vision for a new platform that could function as a "single pane of glass," through which every partner could better serve clients, and each other. In searching for a provider, they met with more than 10 best-of-breed firms — all of whom pitched contemporary CRM capabilities. They selected Salesforce based on the strength of its broad array of capabilities, both directly and through its ecosystem, as well as its passion for innovation and continuous improvement. "Simply put, Salesforce was best suited to help us achieve our vision," said Marianne Doan, EVP and Head of Enterprise Partner Services. Leveraging agile development and human-centered design disciplines, the Partner Workstation rollout began in the Wealth Management business unit with a pilot group of approximately 400 partners in markets across the United States — and will soon be delivered to a much broader group. With Salesforce as the centerpiece of the new Partner Workstation, partners use Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, and Community Cloud, all integrated with legacy databases and accessible from anywhere via the Salesforce mobile app.
A successful rollout leads to enthusiastic expansion.
"Historically, rolling out significant new capabilities can present a bit of a challenge for traditional firms," said Doan. And yet several months into the pilot, all the participating partners had become "enthusiastic users" of the new platform. To ensure a smooth transition, Northern Trust relied on Community Cloud, which allowed partners in the field to get answers in minutes when they needed help. They called it "Smart Bar," in a modest nod to Apple's Genius Bar. Because the Smart Bar represented something new and unknown, Northern Trust also offered a traditional toll-free support hotline. "In the thousands of interactions we've had with the pilot participants, not one phone call has been placed to the hotline," said Doan. "We were pleasantly surprised at the appetite for change — and it starts to build on itself as partners continue to experience the benefits of Partner Workstation." The firm foresees engaging in deeper Service Cloud efforts in the near future. At Northern Trust, an extensive network of client service professionals complements the sales teams. Service Cloud will help them further streamline processes and workflows for the benefit of these partners and represents another big step toward achieving their vision. Northern Trust prides itself on having some of the best professionals in the industry, and the firm's leaders are focused on supporting them with the best possible capabilities. "The work we're doing with Salesforce contributes to our ongoing focus on service excellence," Doan said. "It allows us the opportunity to do things that are truly differentiating. Salesforce helps us accomplish this through forward-leaning capabilities like knowledge sharing, advanced workflow, and business analytics, all of which help us leverage our greatest strengths — our exceptional client relationships and our partners." With the Partner Workstation well underway within the Wealth Management division, Northern Trust is exploring broader use of the Salesforce Platform, both internally and through integration with its client-facing capabilities. "I'm so proud to be associated with a firm where partners are focused on creating an exceptional client experience, and where there is a clear commitment to embracing the future," said Ruegsegger. "I know for a fact that whatever else changes, we'll continue to strive to serve every client with distinction."
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February 2015 Demo
"Open Shop"
By John Holderman
My father worked in a lumber yard and always helped friends build their houses, fix barns and any odd job that dealt with carpentry. I tagged a long and helped clean up and later helped with the framing and roofing. After High School I joined the Air Force ans spent the next 20 years traveling around the world. I had a few opportunities to build coffee tables and a couple cabinets but my wood working itch was mainly left unscratched.
When I retired I moved to Dallas for my new job. I mainly worked on my house, built cabinets, computer tables ...etc. In 2008 I had a need for a turned piece for one of my projects and had several friends with lathes attempt to make it but was not satisfied with the results. I broke down and bought a midi lathe and a some tools from Harbor Freight and I made the piece I needed.
When my father came out to visit from California we took a class at Woodcraft and we both were hooked on wood turning. I've since made, or attempted to make as many different types of projects as possible including a couple segmented boxes for Beads of Courage, lidded boxes and kitchen utensils. I love pushing my limits and learning new skills. This candy dish is my latest attempt to expand my understand of the craft.
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January 2015 Demo
"Natural-edge/rectangular-edge bowl"
By Ken Rodgers
Ken Rodgers started turning in 1991 and joined WNT almost immediately. Clay Foster and Larry Roberts were my main "go to" guys when I had questions. That was back in the Paxton Lumber store on Berry St era. When we started using video cameras I was involved from day one, both at WNT meetings and Texas Turn or Two (now SWAT). In '96 a few of us started the Dallas club and for several years I was active in both clubs. A few years ago the drive from east Richardson to Ft Worth in rush hour traffic forced me to cut back my WNT involvement drastically. Now that I am retired and can drive to Ft Worth in the middle of the afternoon I hope to come to the WNT meetings more often. I have done demos at all four area clubs and SWAT. You can see samples of my turnings in my gallery on the DAW Website: http://www.dallaswoodturners.com/Gallery/tabid/91/AlbumID/471-12/Default.aspx