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Our second sold out customer event took place at the Hoxton Holborn last night, featuring a talk about how to create a beautiful home from our very own co-Founder Jane Rockett and a Q + A with renowned interior stylist Lucy Gough.
Lucy has gone from strength to strength working in editorial, residential and commercial styling. Having worked for titles such as Livingetc and Sunday Times Style magazines as well as many well-known brands, businesses and designers such as Marks and Spencer, Heal's and the Aram Store - she is passionate about beautiful imagery and very successful in creating it.
We took 10 Mins to catch up with Lucy to share a few extras about the character behind the creativity...
Lucy, what's your favourite kind of project to work on, and how do you go about preparing for a styling challenge?
I love a project (no surprise here) where the client lets me do what I think is best. I always find that when I am not hemmed in by a tight brief that my creativity is allowed to shine and the end result is always more successful.
Can you recommend a timeless trend that we can use all year round?
White is the most versatile tone out there. It can feel cosy in the winter and crisp and fresh in the summer. My favourite thing to buy are white ceramics. Vases, vessels, bowls- I can't get enough and I love the way they feel in your hand. You can distress timber with white paint or you can have white in the most modern of aesthetics.
Do you ever break your styling rules when at home?
I would say that my house is quite simple in it's styling. There are a few quirky areas where I have played around with geometric paint techniques on the walls but mainly, I don't really like 'trends' in my own home. I like timeless pieces that will still be beautiful in the years to come. This is also due to the fact I am trying to live a de-cluttered lifestyle and invest in statement pieces rather than hundreds of smaller accessories!
Your blog has won the Amara interior blog award two years in a row! What advice can you give to someone about to start out on their own blogging journey?
Yes, I was not expecting to win a second time! I would just say that from the get-go you should have a simple, clean looking blog. If it is nicely designed from the beginning it means you don't have to think about fixing or changing it 6 months down the track. Also, consistency is the key. I blog every Thursday and I think my readers respond to that.
You write a lot about films on your blog - which we love. Film colour palettes are the best mood boards! Do you incorporate this inspiration from the big screen into your everyday work?
Yes! Though not as often as I incorporate nature. Films are a big influence in my life as my partner wanted to be a film critic in a previous life! So we are always watching something. But nature often has the most extraordinary colour palettes that I can instantly draw inspiration from.
Which room of the house is your favourite to style, and where in the room is the best place to start?
I would say the master bedroom as it will always have the most personality as it's your most intimate space. I'd say to start with the walls and floors. If you get them right then you have laid foundations for an awesome space.
Where would your dream house be, and why?
Probably wherever the country side meets the sea. I love the sound of the ocean and being able to relax outside in a big garden. I supose my dream house is probably where I'm from- Sydney, Australia!
If you could invite anyone round for a dinner party in your amazing home - who would it be?
Ellen Degeneres because she has so much personality and because it turns out she is an amazing interior designer!
I'm happiest when I'm: Eating fish and chips by the seaside.
My biggest guilty pleasure is: Those Sundays where all we do is eat and watch films all day in our pyjamas.
My favourite magazine is: Vogue Living, Australia..
If money was no object I would: Buy a house with a pool.
My best skill is: Styling!
My personal motto is: Never give up and have fun while you're doing it!
My latest obsession: De-cluttering. Ever since I found out I'm having a baby I haven't stopped!
My favourite film is: There are WAY too many. But, one of them is Cinema Paradiso. It's wonderful in every way!
My go to track: Hopopono by GoGo Penguin while I'm working and Lark Ascending by Vaughan Williams when I'm cooking.
Three things I can't live without: My wife, my family and Marmite on toast.
Follow Lucy's fabulous Blog, Instagram and Twitter for consistently creative interior styling! Portrait taken by Oliver Perrot and portfolio images by Simon Bevan.
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ASA Celebrates 25 Years of Delivering Innovative Software Solutions
ASA Automotive Systems, the industry leader in providing software systems and services to independent tire dealers and automotive service centers, is pleased to announce that 2013 will round out its first quarter century of serving the tire dealer industry.
Starting with the first of five acquisitions in 1988, ASA's software products and services quickly became an integral part of the tire industry. ASA has long been recognized for its leading edge business management software systems that consistently bring new technology to the marketplace, which has helped thousands of tire dealers automate and streamline daily operations, remain competitive and grow their business.
ASA will commemorate the company's 25th anniversary at its annual InfoExpo conference next week in Nashville where it will showcase the next generation of its TireMaster software. TireMaster is already an established leader throughout the tire industry for point-of-sale, inventory management, and exclusive options for financial processes that are tailored to meet the unique needs of independent tire dealers. The new TireMaster software has been totally rewritten in Java while leveraging the same database. It is web-based, so it's native to the cloud and able to run on all mobile devices. TireMaster is destined to be the touchstone for the industry.
"Over the past quarter-century the rapid pace of technology innovation has been dramatic," said Ken Halle, president of ASA Automotive Systems. "It fuels growth for a forward-thinking company like ours. Though there are many factors which have attributed to our success, two of them are the foundations of this company. The first is our loyal customer base for which we are very grateful to serve. Second is an unwavering commitment to meet the needs of our customers through evolving technology," Halle continued. "We are very excited about the release of the next generation of our TireMaster software realizing the many competitive advantages it will give our clients, and we're looking forward to our mutual ongoing success for the next quarter century."
The 2013 ASA InfoExpo conference will be held September 21–25 at the Sheraton Music City Hotel in Nashville, Tennessee.
About ASA Automotive Systems
Headquartered in Merrimack, NH, ASA Automotive Systems develops and delivers licensed and cloud-based software solutions, delivers support and services, and enables leading independent tire dealers and automotive repair shops to achieve a maximum return on their information technology investment. ASA's software tools help tire dealers and auto repair shops manage all facets of their businesses and can be tailored to suit the order processing, accounting, eCommerce and business management needs of any size retail, commercial, wholesale, or retread operation.

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On Our Cover
The Zen of Boxing: In the ring Baltimore Boxing club owner, fight promoter and Baltimore boxing legend Jake The Snake Smith, shuffled effortlessly despite weighing 35 pounds heavier than his normal fight weight. Sparring with him, Matthew Pugh got his first taste of a pro boxers punch. Photo by Ernest Anastasio.
The Zen of Boxing
by Matthew Thomas Pugh
In 18 months I fought my way from the doldrums to bliss.
Pound Nets and Fishlighters
by Sara Ebenreck
Flag Ponds is a park with a past. Ranger-detective Harry Knott has dug it up.


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When I first moved to Fayetteville, NC, I thought to myself (and shouted out loud many times), "What is this place?!" I just didn't get it. The closest H&M, at the time, was more than an hour away, the Macy's here is so small it should be called a boutique, and all of the Goodwills are loaded with stretched out cotton turtlenecks and tons of nurse's smocks in different prints! Like, what the heck? I felt lost, hopeless and yearned for just a glimpse of creative fashion and style. However, this reality forced me to shop in a few stores I would never previously have gone into. I must say, what I found surprised me.
This is one of my favorite finds – a $7 jean jackets from a store called Roses! I took my perfectly oversized denim jacket home and basket weaved the back with my handy dandy glue gun. Ain't life grand 🙂
I can't wait to see what I'll find next!
Have you had any great finds like this in your town? I love Fayetteville for challenging me to find new places to shop!


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I am proud to say that I do all of my own retouching. After a headshot or photo session with me, I will do everything from minor retouching and blemish removal to liquefying and color adjustments, all while keeping the image natural, not "overly processed". The finished product will be you at your best.
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Peace Lutheran staved off death by taking 'love thy neighbor' to a radical extreme
Peace Lutheran Church was slouching toward extinction. Only 20 members remained. It wasn't hard to understand why.
You'd have to be lost to find the building, hidden next to a giant noise barrier on a backstreet in Lauderdale, the micro-suburb where East Hennepin and Larpenteur Avenues converge. Yet Peace's problems were greater than geography.
There was a past affiliation with the conservative Missouri Synod brand of Lutheranism, whose rigidity drove people away, rather than invited them in. Peace had quietly defied doctrine by elevating women to prominent roles and welcoming anyone to its door. But this wasn't something you could advertise to bring in new members. It all blew up when an out-of-towner attended service, witnessed the heresy, and ratted them out.
Then came the graying of Christendom. If older parishioners knew there were still churches that walked it like they talked it, their children and grandchildren did not. They'd grown up under a bombardment of pedophile priests, prosperity gospelers who reimagined Jesus as a venture capitalist, evangelicals who found so many loopholes in "love thy neighbor" there were few left to love at all.
Religion's good name was soiled for generations, pushing small churches to the brink.
By the time Rev. Dave Greenlund arrived, just 18 months' worth of savings remained to stave off closure. "It looked like he was either going to help it die or revive it," says his wife, Karen Carlsen. "The first service he basically said to them they're dead. 'Now what are you going to do?'"
Parishioners decided if they were to die, they would die well. So they took loving thy neighbor to a practical extreme. Peace leafleted Lauderdale with 700 fliers, offering to roof houses, fix plumbing, repair anything in need, free of charge.
There would be no litmus tests, no income requirements, no concern if you were Lutheran or atheist. The idea was to deliver neighbors from the duress of big-ticket bills, the kind that leave families punished by debt, or unable to pay at all.
They would get your furnace running, make your kitchen handicap accessible, ensure your car started in time for work. "Your quality of life can be improved if the toilet works," says Carlsen, a grief counselor by day.
Greenlund knew Peace would get few takers. Lauderdale is a mix of working people and those who've seen better days, with only the first hints of gentrifiers seeking cheaper housing just 10 minutes from downtown Minneapolis. These were not people who publicly confessed their troubles.
There was also the natural suspicion of anything religious, the assumption that "free" would come with a downpour of proselytizing.
At the time, Peace was a neighborhood non-entity with little good will. "It was always closed, dark," Greenlund says of his initial impression. "I didn't even think it was open anymore."
Only two women responded. One needed concrete repaired and the footings fixed in a rotting garage. Another hoped her house could be painted.
Peace stayed at it, cleaning homes for shut-ins, building chair lifts for the disabled, rewiring old houses for widows whose husbands had kept the lights on with the duct tape method. There would be no preaching, no expectation that recipients come to church. They would simply help.
Word spread. If an elderly widow's furnace broke on Christmas Eve, Lauderdale came to know that the first move was to call Pastor Dave.
The idea was infectious. Non-members joined the cause by the dozens. Donations from the grateful kept the church afloat. In an age of foreboding, Peace was proving that tenderness still rose in small, unexpected places.
"Does that happen in other places?"
Dan Mackerman was bingeing on bad luck. To make way for condos, he and fellow artists were booted from their University Avenue studios. His wife suffered a health crisis. The IRS came calling.
It's at times like these when Pastor Dave tends to appear. A Peace delegation floated the notion of building a new studio behind Mackerman's small Lauderdale home.
The project took three years, using discounted materials and proceeding as money permitted. Labor came courtesy of "everyone in the whole congregation," says Mackerman, "plus people in the neighborhood." The result was not just one man's studio, but a 1,400-square-foot neighborhood home for art classes and shows.
"It's overwhelming," Mackerman says. "At the end of the day, all anybody's hoping for is to get help when you're in trouble. Everything today is so monetized. You're supposed to pay for all that stuff. What we lacked in money, we made up for it in just being part of a community. And that's very powerful."
Neighbor Brian Malzer understands that power. He's not religious. "I've never managed to muster much faith of my own."
One day a cement truck rolled up to his home. He was building an addition, and he was the only one there to pour the foundation. "I looked up and saw a half-dozen people from Peace. They wanted to know if I needed help. Does that happen in other places?"
Malzer is among the givers. He's helped tear down a garage, insulate an attic, build a retaining wall. "Zero have been for members of the church," he says. "The majority of the projects are not for their members."
This would include Waliany Fatima, a Pakistani immigrant who works as a University of Minnesota parking lot cashier. With a wife and son, he couldn't afford to paint his house. "I'm the only bread earner," he says, "so it's very expensive to get anything done."
Peace arrived to do it for him, returning later to repair concrete and fix his downspouts. "They're the true Americans," says Fatima. "They're what make this country great."
The church's beneficence peaks every year with Christmas in August, when Peace leaflets the town. Armies of up to 60 volunteers descend on dozens of homes, tackling everything from yard work to remodeling bathrooms for the disabled.
"There's no guidelines," says Mackerman. "It doesn't matter if the person is poor or whatever. You can be well-off and it still doesn't matter. It has very little to do with religion or Christianity, and everything to do with community."
Hard-luck boy turned Renaissance man
Dave Greenlund is intimate with the broken life. He grew up in an impoverished family in which nothing seemed to work. His mother suffered from depression. His older brother had special needs. The man he was told was his father was a professional thief, shot to death by police during a robbery.
By age 10, he was learning the art of repair from his grandpa, a "full-blown drunk" and handyman in their Chicago apartment building. When Grandpa was too hammered to work, Greenlund began doing it himself, discovering "a natural gift."
He left home at 14, finding work at a building owned by former Peace Corps members hoping to prove affordable housing could still be profitable. Greenlund painted apartments by day, squatting in them by night, saving money to send himself to college. "That's how I spent the last couple years of high school."
He would end up with a satchel of degrees in everything from art to archaeology to divinity, including two master's. Ask others to describe him, and the words "Renaissance man" inevitably shoot forth.
"I got interested in religion because the biblical stories were about families like mine," he says. "There were single moms and dads who were in prison. There's not a functional family in the whole book."
Peace was the ideal fit, in full rebellion against its conservative past. Congregants wanted someone who would perform gay weddings, baptize Hindu kids and atheists. "They wanted all this stuff," says Greenlund. "They didn't want to get someone who wasn't radically open, who would hold anyone back."
They would place their faith in a simple prophesy: "If the neighborhood needs us, we'll stay open."
Greenlund's childhood misery had remade itself as a gift of sorts, offering acute understanding of struggle in its most elementary form. "He grew up poor and their toilets never worked," says wife Karen. "He lived what it was like to have no electricity."
Though many programs aid the needy, most come with an onslaught of conditions. Peace took just one phone call. No questions asked.
"It's kind of become this thing: 'Call Pastor Dave, and he can do something,'" says brother-in-law Rolf Carlsen, a retired Andover school principal. "He's got cars coming and going all the time to keep people in wheels."
Greenlund's forte is reaching those unable to reach back: The mentally ill. The traumatized. The hoarders and the shut-ins. Those whose problems seem so vast most don't know how or where to start.
"There are a lot of people with mental health needs," says Carlsen. "Dave has an ability to draw out people. They're just really socially awkward, and the only reason they come out of their house is because of Pastor Dave. He has a gift for making people like that feel like they can talk to him."
Greenlund doesn't much care who's a member and who is not. He considers the 2,500 souls of Lauderdale his parish, administering funerals for anyone who asks.
Karen Carlsen cites the woman in her 60s who hears voices and suffers "pretty severe mental problems. She didn't talk to anyone." When her dad died, Greenlund officiated his funeral.
"Now she goes out and helps on every one of these projects. His whole theology is based on how Jesus went toward those people we were afraid of."
Another woman was a functioning heroin addict. She saved money to fix the bathroom and kitchen of her sagging Lauderdale home, paying a contractor up front. The man disappeared, leaving her home torn up in mid-job. Peace came to the rescue.
"I'm just the waitstaff," says Greenlund. "If you show up, you're welcome. I'm not gonna card anyone."
Or as Malzer puts it: "He helps people, and helps people help other people."
Death waits another day
Peace's membership has quadrupled since Greenlund arrived, but it remains a poor church. The signs are evident throughout a 1950s structure saddled next to a sound barrier guarding against the din from Highway 280.
At one point parishioners discovered the roof was on the verge of collapse. The original builders neglected code. Only an uninsulated ceiling, which kept snow melted, prevented it from plunging down on everything in its path.
The church couldn't cover the $100,000 bill to make it safe. So they figured a way to raise tons of steel reinforcements on their own. At Peace, default mode says every obstacle is surmountable, at least till proven otherwise.
The same goes for the elevator. Peace needed a way for the disabled to join festivities in the basement. Neighbors Keith and Grace Dyrud lent a backhoe so congregants could build it themselves.
Then there's the air conditioning. Quality Air Mechanical offered to refurbish units discarded by a school. It showed up with new ones instead, the owner wanting to "pay it forward," says Greenlund.
Peace also created a lending library of used tools, those unaffordable items like a jackhammer and an infrared camera that detects heat leaks. A plumbing snake allows congregants to clear neighbors' sewer lines, saving them $700 a pop.
On a weekday morning, Barb Nelson spends her retirement on her hands and knees, tiling the church floor. She worked for Lutheran Social Services as a guardian for disabled adults. Five years ago, she began traveling from Roseville to Peace.
There's a curative value in helping others by sweat of brow. The church's notion of pure effort has a way of sanding off one's imperfections.
"It's based on being good neighbors in the community, to people of all walks of life and economics," Nelson says of her attraction to Peace. "The emphasis isn't about being perfect and not sinful, but trying to be good. I know if I needed anything, there are people I can call. Today there are people helping me move my mother into a nursing home. We all agree that the most important thing is to love our neighbors. "
While the congregation itself remains small, parishioners say hundreds of others consider the church theirs. They may never come to service. They may think God an archaic superstition. Yet they nonetheless feel the pull of kindness.
"It's easy to lose perspective and feel isolated and of little consequence," says Greenlund. While these may not be times of hopefulness, Peace offers a chance at someday getting there. "People want to be a part of that."


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Octavia Hill: the founder of modern housing
2016 is the 100th anniversary of the first meetings of the Association of Women Housing Workers and the very origins of CIH. So who was Octavia Hill, the woman who started it all? CIH London board vice chair Martyn Kingsford guest blogs.
Octavia Hill was a Victorian philanthropist, born in 1838 - the year after Queen Victoria came to the throne. She died in 1912, seven years before women got the vote. She rightly ranks with the great Victorians such as Florence Nightingale, Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, Charles Darwin, Thomas Carlyle, Karl Marx and others who shaped the world we live in today.
Born into an upper middle class family in Cambridgeshire, Octavia moved to London - the largest city in the world at the time, and best described by Charles Dickens as a place with great poverty alongside great wealth.
Domestic surroundings
The family had campaigned for sanitary reform, and Octavia grew up influenced by Christian socialist values. When still young, she was one of band of workers who laboured among the London poor, and this experience convinced her that people were influenced by their domestic surroundings. She wanted them to live in conditions of cleanliness, comfort and decency and she argued that by education, this could be achieved.
But, in her view, it was hopeless to consider this idea as long as tenants were left to the mercies of low-class landlords, whose only idea was to make as much money out of them as possible.
New ideas
Octavia Hill conceived the then-novel idea of obtaining possession of some squalid houses, of collecting her own weekly rents, and of exercising what influence she could in securing the transformation of dwellings and of tenants. She put her ideas to John Ruskin, who not only entered into the scheme but advanced altogether £3,000 for carrying out this social experiment.
Octavia began by purchasing the lease of three houses near to her own home in Marylebone. They were well-built houses, but in a deplorable condition of dirt and neglect. As her own rent collector, Octavia Hill entirely did away with a middleman, but she was extremely strict in enforcing punctual payment of rent. She encouraged the tenants to keep the houses in a cleanly condition and she set aside a certain amount per year for repairs for each house; the surplus was used for improvements, which the tenants themselves decided upon. These were the very beginnings of tenant involvement and engagement.
Next steps
The next purchase was of six houses, which faced a bit of desolate ground occupied by dilapidated cowsheds and manure heaps. The repairs and cleaning were carried out, the waste land was turned into a playground, and Miss Hill taught the children games.
For the boys she started a drum and fife band - this led to Octavia Hill being one of the founders of the Army Cadet Force. For the parents, she built a large room at the back of her own house, where she could meet them from time to time for the purposes of talk or entertainment - a tenants' clubroom, as we'd know it today.
Her weekly call for the rent was, however, the great hold which she kept over her tenants: "The main tone of action," she wrote, "must be severe. There is much of rebuke and repression needed, although a deep and silent undercurrent of sympathy may flow beneath. If the rent is not ready, notice to quit must be served. The money is then almost always paid, when the notice is, of course, withdrawn."
All of this acted as the origins of the housing worker we know today.
Octavia's influence
Happily, this crusade for better housing and landlord services was completely successful. Not only did the tenants acquire the habit of being punctual in their payments, but they learned of cleanliness, while Octavia Hill - strict as she was in all these things - became the family counsellor for each household and the peacemaker in the settlement of neighbours quarrels (neighbour disputes as we know today!).
And all this before she was 32 years old!
As time went on, many more blocks of dwellings came under Octavia's management in different parts of London and a number of women were trained by her. In 1887, a very practical step was made by the formation of the Women's University Settlement in Blackfriars Road, whose members worked for Miss Hill in the streets of cottages in Southwark.
Miss Hill gave an active support to the Artisans' Dwellings Act of 1874, and in 1884 she was one of the witnesses examined by the Special Commission. In 1886 the Horace Street Trust was established, the model on which housing associations were formed. The Trust is now the Octavia Group.
Octavia Hill died in 1912 - the women she taught and trained created the organisation that would become the Chartered Institute of Housing.
- Martyn Kingsford OBE TD FRICS FCIH


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It's that time of year again; time to wrap up warm, put the heating on full blast and drink a hot tea. Whilst the winter months can offer comfort at home and the promise of days off with snow, it does nothing good for the skin! So, here are 5 ways to avoid winter skin problems.
- Moisturise through massage
The skin can be very sensitive to environmental changes so best it's best to be prepared for the harsh conditions. It is no secret that the cold dries out your skin but you can take steps to tackle this with a whole body massage. The sensual oils and heat will help stimulate blood circulation making you less prone to extreme dryness.
- Protect through clothing
Our extremities are the most vulnerable in winter so wear gloves or a hat to prevent cold winds, rain and snow from attacking the skin. Stay warm with layers, preferably cotton to allow your skin to breathe as well as keeping you toasty.
Wrapping up will help but of course there will always be skin exposed to the elements. Whilst we might be distracted by the temperature, don't forget to use sunscreen and foundation with an SPF count as the winter sun can be just as damaging as the summer sun.
- Hydrate from the inside out
We might be tempted to opt for the warm drinks like tea, hot chocolate or coffee in the winter months but remember to drink water too. Water acts as a moisturiser from the inside out.
If water doesn't appeal to you, try consuming foods with a high water concentration. Think watermelons, cucumbers, apples, kiwis, celery, tomatoes and carrots just to name a few.
- Wash in lukewarm water
It may be tempting to take hot showers and baths in the winter to warm yourself up but you could be damaging your skin. The hot water can affect the balance of your skin and strip away essential oils that lie on the surface.
If you can't resist a hot bath, thoroughly moisturise (all over) with a quality moisturiser to prevent drying out. Better still if you can bear to rinse with cold water after your bath and before moisturising, this will help to constrict pores and lock in your natural oils.
- Moisturise overnight
Your body does a lot of its repairing overnight so think about investing in a deep moisturiser you can use to tackle the key areas. Our feet, hands, elbows and knees tend to get dryer quicker than most other parts of the body so make sure you target them before anything else.
For an extra little help, consider wearing gloves and socks over the moisturiser to lock it in until morning.
Ultimately, the cold weather will affect our skin, but keeping hydrated and moisturised will go a long way to keep your skin nourished and looking younger.
Your skin will get a bit dry, there's no avoiding that. But to remove already dead, flaky and dull skin, and for intense moisturisation, think about having regular facials, spa manicures and pedicures (for exfoliation) as well as body massages to stay baby soft throughout the winter season.


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Can Grandma's Toxic Exposure Affect Child's Risk of Autism?
June 19, 2012
This week's "Got Questions?" answer comes from Alycia Halladay, Ph.D., Autism Speaks director of research for environmental sciences.
My mother was exposed to a potentially toxic chemical during her pregnancy. How does that affect the risk of autism in my children and my grandchildren?
We have received many questions about whether exposure to a potentially toxic chemical during pregnancy can affect the risk of autism not just for the woman's child but also for her grandchildren or even future generations. Scientists call this a transgenerational effect. It's a hot area of research, as well as a concern for families.
We are beginning to scratch the surface on transgenerational effects. Recently three animal studies examined the effects of environmental exposures on several generations. The latest study, funded in part by Autism Speaks, investigated the effects of exposure to bisphenol A (BPA), which is found in many plastics. The two other papers looked at exposure to other environmental chemicals. One concerned a fungicide. The other concerned a jet-fuel chemical that has become widespread in our environment.
In all three studies, researchers exposed pregnant mice or rats to the chemicals and then tested their offspring, their "grand" offspring and their "great-grand" offspring. Specifically, they looked for intergenerational changes in behavior, anatomy and biology. All found such changes in all three generations.
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The Future of AI in Marketing Looks A Lot Like the Present
Artificial intelligence: so HOT right now.
From robots disguised as customer service agents helping customers troubleshoot to a phone that will use your face to unlock itself, the machines are learning and marketers are salivating at the possibilities. There's no question that artificial intelligence can vastly improve processes and take consumer data even further, but even the smartest simulation can't make up for those processes and data being flawed in the first place.
Like marketing automation and CRM before it, AI is simply a really amazing tool that is only badass if it works. And, like its technology peers, I suspect many organizations will jump at the chance to incorporate fancy AI into its data collection and campaigning efforts without a solid, human foundation in place. Marketers love to complain that their tools are defective – it's practically our favorite pastime along with looking for a new piece to add to the stack in the hopes of making it all better. Just because you buy the tech, doesn't mean you're an AI company or you're any more data-driven than before.
Machines have the capacity to know what tactics are most effective at generating quality leads, getting responses and growing customer relationships. They also can just as easily drive you down the wrong paths more quickly than ever if your data foundation isn't rock solid. I can't tell you how many times organizations mess up the basics; things like standardizing contact job titles, purging and de-duping contact lists and regular database scrubbing amount to you generating the rules that the machines will play by. Do you know what a quality lead looks like? As in, can you personally describe one? If you can't, and therefore can't build a profile from which AI tools will learn, there's no way the machines will know what to look for.
Technology like artificial intelligence is expensive, and CEOs in organizations that have scaled to any decent size just don't have the level of insight needed to make tech buying decisions. Trying to convince leadership that you need to build a really complex AI system is much more difficult than focusing on areas of improvement and using AI to help with specific, known issues.
That's why benchmarking the right data is so crucial. Marketers know that their biggest channel for generating qualified leads is referrals and word of mouth, which are almost impossible to measure all the time. Still though, if you don't know where a big bucket of your leads are coming from and how they're performing, then all of your other metrics are thrown off. Making AI investments in areas only where you have all the data isn't actually helping you tell a complete story. The programs have to be designed around your operations, not the other way around. Automated pieces can assign leads after you understand how they got into the system.
The same idea holds true of personalization. Artificial intelligence is already masterful at tracking consumer behavior online and generating relevant content. But as machines become even better at mimicking actual conversations and interpreting human emotions and intent in real-time interactions, marketers will face even more pressure in making sure they truly know what their audiences want. Companies cannot afford to get lazy and make robots the first and last lines of defense against frustrated consumers. It's hard to imagine marketing reduced to a future role of simply managing their AI systems while disconnecting from their audiences, so be careful not to fall into that trap now.
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Great post. I'm interested in predictive analytics and how AI can impact certain technologies, like marketing automation or marketing. Data gives us so much insights in what we should pay attention, but still its our efforts and creativity that make things happen. I'm currently testing GetResponse for marketing automation. I wonder when the predictive analytics and AI will become a bigger part of marketing automation platforms. I think that some already have that?


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Two prominent American Jewish leaders on Sunday criticized Israeli officials for not paying attention to American Jews' liberal views of Israeli actions.
Jonathan Kessler, the director of strategic initiatives at the leading Israel lobby group, AIPAC, said Israeli leaders' ignorance about American politics is "dangerous."
Eric Goldstein, the head of the Jewish Federation in New York, the leading charity organization for US Jews, said Israeli leaders were oblivious to American Jewish concerns on such matters as egalitarian prayer at the western wall, because Israelis see American Jewish religious practices as "almost deviant." And meanwhile liberal American Jews cannot support rightwing Israeli policies– including the "taking of Palestinian land."
Both men spoke at the Israeli American Council conference in Washington, in panels on the growing schism between American Jews and Israelis.
Kessler said that rift is "not a crisis today, it will be a crisis in 10 years." Saying he spoke not for AIPAC but as a Jewish leader, Kessler said, "I can confidently predict that in 10 years it will be virtually insurmountable" unless measures are taken to bridge the two communities.
He pointed to the "dangerous phenomenon of Israelis not knowing America, not knowing American Jewry, not knowing American politics, and the most dangerous phenomenon of them all, Israelis who know nothing about Congress assuming they do understand the intricacies."
Kessler elaborated:
There was once a time, when Israel had leaders that had such intimate relationships with American Jewish leaders that they really knew this community. I mean [the late Jerusalem mayor] Teddy Kollek knew this community in a way that nobody on the scene knew this community. I'm talking prime ministers, ambassadors, just generically. They just don't know– and they think they know. And it's very, very disconcerting. Fortunately, ministers that I have dealt with lately who don't speak English particularly well have admitted that they are bewildered by Congress and the political process in the United States. That's good. That's a good starting point.
Goldstein described the sea change in American Jewish attitudes about Israel:
For many, many years the glue that connected the American Jewish community… was a common case about Israel, aliyah… state-building, pioneering, and it was a hugely unifying source of pride. Today, regrettably, I would say that Israel is the single most divisive issue in the American community, pitting American Jew against American Jew, not unlike the differences that exist in Israel, Israeli against Israeli, over what is the right way forward. You have two vastly different narratives, very, very difficult to bridge them, and one believes that the other is leading to the ultimate destruction of the state, and the other one believes it just as intently.
Both men warned that young American Jews are turning against the Israel story.
Kessler slammed the recent decision by Birthright, the program that takes young American Jews to Israel, to reconsider meetings that the young visitors get with Israeli Palestinians.
When I hear that Birthright is reconsidering showing some of the communities that are less familiar, it's breaking my heart. Because nothing will estrange our children faster than them realizing, you're not presenting the whole thing.
Goldstein also cited Jews under 30:
Their attitudes toward Israel are much much more negative than they were even five years ago…. I think the political questions are very, very significant. American Jews are overwhelmingly liberal and democratic. They see an Israel that is turning again for reasons they don't fully understand– there needs to be greater education both ways– but American Jewry sees Israel moving rightward, the NGO bills [laws targeting human rights organizations] and various other– taking of Palestinian land for dollars– and the result is a continuing erosion of the relationship American Jews and Israel.
The Israeli cluelessness was especially apparent when Goldstein was in the country last summer, he said, and the Israeli government brushed aside the rage of American Jewish leaders about two rightwing religious decisions: not to implement a plan for greater access by non-orthodox Jews to prayer at the western wall, along with the decision to allow the chief rabbis in Israel to decide who can convert to Judaism.
What was amazing to the Americans who were there was just how uninterested the Israelis were …. They were amazed at our anger… There was a complete disconnect on both issues. Conservative and Reform [Jewish] life in America, while it is changing, is still normative and vibrant and strong. In Israel it's nascent. They don't understand Reform and conservative. Many of them have never been to a Reform or conservative synagogue, it's almost deviant.
An Israeli diplomat who spoke at the conference Sunday downplayed the differences between the two communities. But Sam Grundwerg, consul general of Israel in Los Angeles, said he does find himself "begging the Israel leadership" to take into account the impact its decisions have on U.S. Jews.
Many speakers at the conference said that these issues demonstrate the tension between a country that puts itself forward as "the nation state of the Jewish people" and the large community of American Jews who often don't feel represented by that country.
An Israeli-American leader called on American Jews not to air these disagreements publicly. Jacky Teplitzky, a realtor in New York who is a board member of the Israeli American Council, said she was "stunned" when Conservative and Reform rabbis condemned the Israeli government's religious decisions from their pulpits on the high holidays in September.
That's not right. Think about the damage you can do. Let's talk about it; I am not saying you have to agree. But you don't have to put more oil into the fire…. I do understand that everyone is angry. But you can't go and put it on the media and put it everywhere and then get all the Israelis against you. Why? Don't we have enough problems?
Teplitzky said that the lack of separation between church and state makes Israel special, and U.S. Jews need to respect that.
I hear from a lot of my Israeli friends: When in Rome do as Romans do. Why is it that American Jewry feel that when they come to Israel, they have to change things? And we have to change things to accommodate you. You guys did not serve in the IDF [Israeli army]. I did…. Our kids go to the IDF….We are here doing the quote unquote dirty job, and you come and visit and stay in the nice hotels, and go to our great restaurants. You donate a lot of money… But there is something about respecting the laws and the status quo in Israel.
Of course all these differences are consistent with the fact that the U.S. and Israel are more than 5000 miles apart on different continents with different languages and ways of life. I wanted to ask, why not just let the communities grow apart? But I was not called on; and the speakers all took it as a premise that the intimacy between the two Jewish communities is necessary to preserve the Israel lobby, and the special political relationship between Israel and the United States, in which the U.S. consistently backs Israel's actions. Allowing that relationship to erode is "dangerous," as Kessler put it.


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Lansing, Mich., Dec 14, 2012 / 04:14 am MT (CNA).- Catholic commentators have weighed in on both sides of the controversial "right to work" labor bill in the longtime union stronghold of Michigan, with some warning that the law puts workers' rights at risk while others say the bill reflects workers' individual choices.
Dr. Maria Mazzenga, an education archivist at the Catholic University of America's American Catholic History Research Center, said the passage of the law in Michigan is "a sign of labor's declining power in the face of corporate interest."
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Father Sinclair Oubre, Spiritual Moderator of the Texas-based Catholic Labor Network, also criticized the legislation. In "right to work" states, he said, workers have had "a much harder time exercising their right to associate into unions."
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"Who knows best what workers need? It seems to me that workers themselves know best what they need," Fr. Sirico said.
"This legislation, to my understanding, will not stop people from joining unions. What's stopping people from joining unions is pricing the work out of the market. That seems to be the judgment of most workers in Michigan, at least in the private sector," he said.
Fr. Sirico cited the decline in private sector union membership in Michigan, saying that workers "feel that their interests are best served by being able to negotiate their own contracts in a competitive market." He said Catholic teaching holds that the right to join a union is "rooted in the natural right to association" which means people have "the right to associate or not associate."
The priest added that the Catholic Church has no policy position on particular legislation but rather "a set of principles" concerning justice and "the best prudential opportunities that are available to workers for the sake of their families, and the well-being of the community as a whole."
Fr. Oubre rejected any depiction of the legislation as a workers' initiative.
"It was backed by large funders whose goal is to undermine unions till they don't matter. Then workers will be standing alone in relationship with their employers. When that occurs, workers will be back to conditions of Leo XIII in 1891."
Pope Leo XIII helped collect and promulgate Catholic social teaching through several encyclicals that responded to the rise of capitalism and socialism and the injustices of both systems. Since the 19th century, Popes have continued the tradition through their own encyclicals.
Fr. Oubre cited Pope John Paul II's encyclical "Laborem Exercens," which said unions "defend the existential interests of workers in all sectors in which their rights are concerned" and are "an indispensable element of social life, especially in modern industrialized societies."
The priest said the Church's relationship with unions is "both supportive and challenging."
"Without endorsing every tactic of unions or every outcome of collective bargaining, the Church affirms the rights of workers in public and private employment to choose to come together to form and join unions, to bargain collectively, and to have an effective voice in the workplace," he said.
"At their best, unions are important not just for the economic protections and benefits they can provide for their members, but especially for the voice and participation they can offer to workers."
Fr. Oubre said Catholic social teaching promotes "a vision of co-responsibility to promote the common good" in economic effort. Both labor and management are "intrinsically tied together."
"When either side tries to reduce the voice and place of the other, the potential for injustice grows, and co-responsibility is undermined," he said.
Fr. Sirico said employers have the responsibility to pay their employees "living wages" and to be "competitive in the market" and profitable "because that's the only way in which the workers can be paid."
"Owners have to provide an environment that is decent, that protects the dignity of the worker, that ensures for a vibrant business," he continued.
He said Catholics should decide the extent to which they cooperate with organizations that promote policies that are "intrinsically evil." He said all the unions in Michigan favor abortion rights and mandatory employer coverage for contraception.
At the same time, Fr. Oubre argued that Catholic action can reform unions.
"The problem with the unions taking some of these positions on these cultural war issues is that we did not have enough Catholics in the discussions, or, we had Catholics who were not faithful to their faith sitting on the committee that developed these positions," he said.
"The way to change this is not to abandon the only institution that is working for worker justice and which the workers themselves oversee, which would be so contrary to the call of Vatican II to engage the world, but by better catechizing our Catholics, encouraging them to move toward leadership in labor unions, and better engaging the leadership of the unions on these issues. This is what we did in the 1940s and 1950s to halt the influence of communism in the unions."
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It turns out, player of the season for 2008-09 was a simple choice and one that I don`t think will be widely contested. Whereas last year there were a plethora of candidates- to the point that I only had our 30 goal striker at number three- this particular election has been run unopposed. It is somewhat ironic that in a season where injuries have decimated the squad for nearly every competitive match I can remember; that this man has been seldom troubled by that familiar old foe. I made a point of affirming in the Denilson article that the statistics favour the young Brazilian, likewise, the numbers swell favourably for Robin van Persie.
Amongst the many "what ifs?" pondered over by Arsenal fans over the last couple of potless seasons, a prominent question has always featured. "What if we had had Robin van Persie fit for the whole season?" Well, this season, the exit polls have been conducted, the votes have been counted and the results are in. Top scorer at the club with twenty goals, top provider in the country with twelve Premiership assists (including three in one game versus Hull City) and a further five assists in the Champions League and two assists in the F.A. Cup; he has taken six penalties this season and scored every single one. He has also racked up goals against Liverpool, Manchester United and Chelsea this season. Van Persie has also hit the woodwork an incredible sixteen times this season, if even half of those had gone in, he might well have collected the Golden Boot. Regardless of what you think of how he fits into the team, those facts alone have made player of the season a pretty perfunctory choice. I`ll confess that at the beginning of the season I still had doubts over van Persie. Not surrounding his obvious talent, but his consistency and his ability to be a team player. His sending off against Stoke appeared to be something of a nadir, his temperament has always been suspect and the early months of the season saw him flit manically between brilliance and abject anonymity. The childish charge at Sorensen as the game at Stoke slipped away from us saw him banned for three matches. It would appear he used that time to reflect on his symbiosis with the team. Upon his comeback, he hit two quick fire goals at Stamford Bridge and really has not looked back since, using that match winning performance as a spring board for greater things. The assists count alone has dispelled my concern on that count; his temper has also remained checked since that day at the Britannia Stadium. But van Persie has improved this season in other ways too.
For instance, another of my lingering foibles was his inability to use his right foot. That`s not a particularly personal affront to van Persie, I just find it pathetic that footballers who play football seven days a week and are paid vast amounts of money to use their feet, refuse to use 50% of the tools available to them with the ball in their possession. (I`m looking at you Carlos Vela). Back in September at Ewood Park, Theo Walcott set van Persie up inside the area and the Dutchman scored by prodding the ball home with the outside of his left foot. I strongly believe that, given the same chance again now, he would use his right. His confidence with his right foot has grown over the season, a point neatly encapsulated by an interview he gave in November in which he confirmed he had been working on his "chocolate leg" on the training g round. Van Persie has scored six goals with his right foot and two with his head this season, which means 40% of his goals have come by other means other than his left foot- a quite unimaginable scenario had I posited it to you last August. Van Persie`s set piece delivery has also improved markedly this year and a large number of his assists this season have arrived via this route. His left foot has always been considered a lethal weapon and with the ball stationary, i.e. from corners, free kicks and penalties, his delivery has been immaculate. Perhaps the only surprise is that he did not score directly from a free kick this season, though he did strike wood on three occasions from dead balls. But perhaps it points to a more altruistic streak which has emerged, as he has passed up the opportunity to shoot from compromising angles and has instead delivered the ball to a team mate. I think his assists from free kicks this year perhaps makes up the short fall of direct free kicks which have resulted in goals for him.
It has been obvious for some time now that van Persie has something of an 'x` factor. The ability to produce something from nothing- his two goals at Stamford Bridge being a case in point. He has always been capable of the sublime and this season he has not disappointed on that score once more. In my top ten goals of the season, van Persie featured twice. His goal against Liverpool at the Emirates arrived at a time where Arsenal were finding it difficult to break down Liverpool`s robust defence. Nasri delivered a fine long ball but Robin had plenty to do in the area, shifting his feet brilliantly to manoeuvre between Agger and Carragher before delivering a snap shot with his right foot. Two of the league`s finest centre halves defeated in one swift movement. But the goal that perhaps defines best what van Persie gives Arsenal would be his last ditch equaliser at Goodison Park. Arsenal and van Persie had been pretty dire for 92 minutes in Merseyside and were on their way to a limp defeat. But van Persie again looked for a small chasm of space in the Toffees` area, latched on to Diaby`s arcing pass and smashed a left foot volley into the corner from a tight angle, in a packed box to fetch Arsenal a crucial point at a very crucial time in the season. In fact, in the month of January, with the Gunners still looking to sign Arshavin to address their creative deficiencies, van Persie either scored or directly assisted every single goal we scored in January- and Arsenal scored eight times in the inaugural month of 2009. Where he fits in next season if Wenger persists with the 4-2-3-1 formation I am not sure, but for 2008-09, Robin van Persie has clearly been the jewel in Arsenal`s crown. Sweet like chocolate you might say.LD.
2008-09 Player of the Season
It turns out, player of the season for 2008-09 was a simple choice and one that I don`t think will be widely contested. Whereas last year there were a plethora of candidates- to the point that I only had our 30 goal striker at number three- this particular election has been run unopposed. It is somewhat ironic that in a season where injuries have decimated the squad for nearly every competitive match I can remember; that this man has been seldom troubled by that familiar old foe. I made a point of affirming in the Denilson article that the statistics favour the young Brazilian, likewise, the numbers swell favourably for Robin van Persie.


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Doctors of Chiropractic in Clarksville TN Can Help Relieve Back Pain
The focus of Chiropractic in Clarksville TN is the relationship between your body's main structures; the muscles, skeletal system and the nerves. The principal of Fort Campbell Chiropractic is that if there is a misalignment of the spinal joint it can interfere with your nervous system, which results in pain in your back and/or neck. Back pain can range from mild to chronic and can interfere with your daily functioning. Unfortunately, the most common treatment options for back pain is prescription medications.
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If you are experiencing pain in your back, neck or head the chiropractor will first gather a complete medical history from you and do a through examination to determine what may be causing your pain. Part of your examination will include x-rays, which will provide the chiropractor with a better view of the condition of your spine as well as the surrounding area. Depending on the cause of your pain and the severity of pain, there are several treatments a chiropractor may recommend. Some treatments include hot and cold therapy, massage, spinal manipulations and/or exercise.
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How to Cover an Armchair
Fabric armchair covers mask unsightly upholstery tears, prevent further damage and can change a chair's appearance to match home décor. Fabric and home stores often sell pre-made armchair covers in a variety of sizes, colors and fabrics, but you can save money sewing your own.
Remove the armchair's cushions and measure their length, width and height. Add 4 inches to each of the measurements to allow room for pinning and sewing later. If the cushions aren't removable, skip this step. Measure the length and width of all of the armchair's components (seat, sides, arms, wings) and add 4 inches to each. Purchase enough canvas or upholstery fabric to completely cover the chair.
Cut pieces of fabric to fit each of the armchair's components and cushions, using sharp scissors or a rotary mat and cutter, leaving an extra 4 inches of fabric on each edge.
Fit the fabric around the chair and its cushions, wrong-side-out, leaving 2 inches free on each edge. Pin the overlapping edges of fabric together with upholstery pins every inch or two along the seams. When pinning the cushions, leave one edge free so you can remove and replace the cover later.
Remove the covers, leaving the pins in place, and loosely baste the edges together in long stitches with needle and thread. Remove the pins.
Stitch the edges together, using a sewing machine.
Turn the chair cover right-side-out and fit it over the chair. Turn the cushion sleeves right-side-out and stuff in the cushions. Hand stitch the open edges closed.
Spray the fabric with silicone spray for a stain-repelling surface.
Things Needed
- Measuring tape
- Canvas or upholstery fabric
- Sharp scissors or rotary mat and cutter
- Upholstery pins
- Needle and thread
- Sewing machine
- Silicone spray (optional)
- Pre-shrink your fabric before you begin cutting and sewing it.
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