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Bag lady: Local designer goes electronic
Kiss off, Kate Spade. Move over, Monica. Here comes Victoria Horner. Although this local designer may not be a household name yet, her bags, made in the dining room of her Market Street home, have attracted attention from some big names, including actresses Cameron Diaz and Liv Tyler.
Horner makes her bags which range from $60 to $140– in six styles and from 15 different fabrics. From the tiny cocktail clutches to the larger "doctors bag," there is one for any occasion even a bridal bag, made of cream colored satin. She also makes one-of-a-kind beaded bags from vintage kimonos (Diaz' and Tyler's preference, Horner says) as well as diaper bags, checkbook covers from vintage fabric, and walker bags and pill-case covers for elderly clientele.
Though Horner's designs have been offered in a variety of local stores including Eloise, Dixie Divas, and Gold Violin, she says she's now steering away from wholesaling her products and is instead trying to pump up her website, victoriahorner.com, which allows shoppers to custom order bags in any style and fabric.
From the 30 or more bags in her showroom/living room to the Pfaff sewing machine, thread, scissors, patterns, and rolls and rolls of fabric in her dining room/workshop and extra bedroom, it's clear that Horner's hands are rarely idle and she says that's the way she's always been.
Now 42, Horner grew up in Richmond before moving to Florida with her family for high school. She learned to sew as a young teen visiting her grandmother, and by her mid-teens she was making many of her own clothes.
Following college at Florida State where she majored in visual communications, she moved north to New York City where she continued to design and create her own dresses while working in advertising at Interview magazine. (She says she saw late mag owner Andy Warhol nearly every day on he elevator.)
Encouraged by coworker enthusiasm, Horner submitted six of her dress designs to upscale department store Henry Bendel "on a whim." Bendel bought five of her designs and ordered 30 of each. Suddenly, Horner was in business.
When her now-ex-husband moved to Charlottesville in 1995 for a business opportunity, Horner came along. Realizing she was burned out," she took more than six months off before returning to designing and this time she made bags her focus.
Though she now has an assistant, Horner herself does all the cutting and sewing– and she says she plans to keep it that way. She's begun marketing her work regionally, but she's cautious about advertising nationally because she says often small designers rise quickly and then fail because they can't keep up with demand.
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I feel an incredible kinship with moms of little ones. I remember the baby and toddler days in vivid detail, co-wrote a book meant to minister to mothers of infants, and just yesterday at Grace for Moms offered words of encouragement to those who find themselves trudging through summers with small children.
A few years ago, when I was right there in that phase of life myself, I had a few friends in what has been called the "sweet spot" of parenting - with children in the elementary school years. And you know what? I was jealous. I loved my babies with everything in me. Really and truly wouldn't trade any day with them. But wow, was I tired. Missy at It's Almost Naptime wrote a fantastic piece earlier this week about just how physically exhausting it is to extend the constant care required by kids below preschool age. Those are brutal years. And when my friends with older kids would talk about their lives as if they were difficult, there was a big part of me that wanted to snort and huff and snarl back, "Oh really? PTA commitments? That must be awful for you. I haven't slept in five nights and I got pooped on this morning, so cry me a freaking river!" I wondered why they weren't picking up the slack and volunteering for more stuff at church or offering to watch my kids more, because can't they see I'm running on fumes? I judged and envied and whined a lot inside.
Now, though, I feel like I owe those women an apology. Because yes, little ones are incredibly hard (and awesome, and a joy) to parent. And Missy is right that the physical demands of those days know no equal in the lives of most parents. But these days are hard (and awesome and a joy) as well.
The "sweet spot" is a real thing. I have never loved parenting more than I do these days with my nine-year-old and six-year-old. They are fun and sweet and independent and legitimately hilarious. I can send them to clean their rooms, get ready for bed, or make a sandwich and they can do it. This would have sounded like my fondest dream come true about six years ago. We have real conversations and they're discovering their interests and gifts and it's just so fun that I find myself breathing frequent, simple "thank you" prayers throughout the day for the experience of being in this spot with them right now.
But also? I have quite possibly never had to tackle stress management as much as I've had to do lately. Life is just flat-out busy. Insanely busy. Now, not only are we dealing with family schedules and Mark's and my meetings and such, but we have four individual schedules to manage. There are music lessons and 4-H, scouting troops and sports, dentist appointments and birthday parties. Our calendar, filled with such great things, gives me actual tension headaches. I find it impossible to follow-through with things that I'd started with the best intentions. (Case in point: I polled my friends at church about who might like to take morning walks together this summer, and then the summer took over my life and I dropped the ball completely. Ugh.)
Where I used to crave evenings out of the house when my kids were tiny, I now find myself choosing to skip out on evening group gatherings for the often absolute necessity of having normal family time. Surprisingly, I'm desperate for date nights far more these days than I was in the early parenting years, because we're so slammed with commitments, and because it's impossible for Mark and I to have BIG conversations in front of the kids without their comprehension anymore. Weekend getaways used to feel simply luxurious…now they feel crucial. While I used to tell myself that I'd be able to volunteer for so many more things when my kids were just a little older, I now realize that I have less capacity than ever to take on more responsibility. In our years of parenting so far, we have never had to have a conversation like the ones we're having lately, where we are literally strategizing priorities, weighing benefit of each activity against the stresses they bring, and trying to learn to be ruthless in protecting family time and couple time. Add to this new responsibility for Mark at work and the possibility of him heading back to school for his MBA, and I've had many moments of panic over how in the world?
Beyond scheduling craziness, there is the different-yet-equally-huge set of responsibilities that come with shepherding children through this age of constant questions and new realizations. I used to answer a bajillion questions each day with responses that only required a fraction of my brain. ("Yes, that is a kitty." "Yes, the kitty says meow." "No, we can't touch the kitty because it's way over in that yard." "Yes, the kitty is gray." "No, we can't feed the kitty." [repeat incessantly]) Now, I'm fielding things like, "How do we know Heaven is real?", "What if Jesus hadn't died on the cross?" "How do we know we're hearing God?" "When will I have to wear a bra?" YIKES, you guys. I can't redirect this stuff with a silly little made-up song like before. These require my full brain, heart, patience, prayer, and time. Instead of dropping what I'm doing to pull a toddler off the bookshelf, I'm dropping what I'm doing to spend awhile snuggled on the couch answer questions about fears and death and Satan and body image and other things that catch me off-guard in the middle of cleaning the bathroom.
I can't tell you how many conversations I've had lately with others in this life phase where we shake our heads, perplexed at how the summer has slipped through our fingers, overwhelmed by our Google Calendars, and sobered by the weight of guiding big kids toward the looming teen years. And for many of my friends, financial stresses add even more complexity to life. Because while diapers aren't eating away at budgets anymore, these kids are certainly eating a lot more food. And they will sometimes go through three shoe sizes in a single season. And each activity they sign up for costs very real money.
Don't misunderstand – my life is awesome. Fun and full and easier in loads of ways than the years spent wrapped up in feedings and nap schedules and no sleep. But harder in many ways too. I get it now, friends of years ago. And I'm so sorry I assumed unfairly. Because I know now that while I envied your full nights of sleep and lack of diaper bags and what I envisioned as tons of time for yourself, I lacked the full picture. Yes, you had many things that I craved in that moment, but you were in survival mode as well. It was just a different kind.
I needed Ann Voskamp's words this week on how as mothers, we can't have it all. Sometimes we need to get out of the house, and sometimes we need to stay in. Sometimes we can take on more ministry responsibilities, and sometimes we have to focus on the ministry of marriage and home and children. Let's just always have grace for each other, okay? Let's not get wrapped up in envy, certain that another mother has it so much better. Let's not become enslaved in comparison, where we berate ourselves for not being able to do everything like so-and-so seems to do. Let's be generous to each other and real with ourselves, asking for and offering help when needed, while understanding when someone else just can't give more right now. Let's offer encouragement and perspective to each other on those rough days with a teething baby or a fearful third-grader.
Moms of little ones, I will always have a special place in my prayers for you. You are doing hard work in the deep trenches, and you are amazing. Pray for me too, as my trenches are shaped and placed differently, but real. And they are located on the same side of the battle as yours are. And in a few years, when you are here, you will still have my prayers. Because I know that the sweet spot is crazy-wonderful and crazy-difficult. And I will still need your prayers as well…because I will have teenagers.


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Lamar County closes out the regular season this week hosting Crawford County. The Trojans are 8-0-1 overall and 6-0 in region play. The Eagles are 0-9 for the season and 0-6 in 4-AA. There will be a flag ceremony honoring veterans before the game.
Trojan linebacker Bo Dunn (50), shown leaping to bat down a pass by Macon County's quarterback, and his teammates should feat on Eagle meat Friday night. (Photo: Walter Geiger)
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UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. - July 15, 2010 - NBC announced today the premiere dates of its new Fall 2010-11 primetime schedule. Beginning the week of September 20, the premiere week schedule features the debuts of the network's highly anticipated new series - including "The Event," "Chase," "Undercovers," "Law & Order: Los Angeles," "Outsourced," "Outlaw" and "School Pride." This schedule will be adjusted to accommodate specials and holiday programming.
In addition, NBC again launches the NFL season with NFL Kickoff on Thursday, September 9 at 8 p.m. ET when the defending Super Bowl champion New Orleans Saints host the Minnesota Vikings in a rematch of last year's NFC Championship Game. "Sunday Night Football" and "Football Night in America" officially debut on Sunday, September 12 when the Washington Redskins host the Dallas Cowboys in one of sports' most storied rivalries.
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Mirror magic II is a puzzle game. The idea of this game is how to connect the Source Light to the Destination Light. You have to move the mirror to direct the light to the destination. But, your light is blocked by a wall. You can not break the wall unless you have already hit all the magic lights.
The problem is the puzzle. You have to think how to break all the Magic Lights and direct the light to the destination once the wall is broken.
From Ubuntu Terminal screen (Applications > Accessories > Terminal), type:
taufanlubis@toshiba:~$ sudo apt-get install mirrormagic
Reading package lists… Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information… Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
The following NEW packages will be installed:
mirrormagic mirrormagic-data
0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 451kB of archives.
After unpacking 1905kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
Get:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com gutsy/universe mirrormagic-data 220.127.116.11deb1-6 [349kB]
Get:2 http://archive.ubuntu.com gutsy/universe mirrormagic 184.108.40.206deb1-6 [102kB]
Fetched 451kB in 9s (49.6kB/s)
Preconfiguring packages …
Selecting previously deselected package mirrormagic-data.
(Reading database … 164183 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking mirrormagic-data (from …/mirrormagic-data_18.104.22.168deb1-6_all.deb) …
Selecting previously deselected package mirrormagic.
Unpacking mirrormagic (from …/mirrormagic_18.104.22.168deb1-6_i386.deb) …
Setting up mirrormagic-data (184.108.40.206deb1-6) …
Setting up mirrormagic (220.127.116.11deb1-6) …
How to play?
From Ubuntu Terminal screen (Applications > Accessories > Terminal), type:
taufanlubis@toshiba:~$ mirrormagic
This is the main screen where you can change Name in the game to be your name, change the setup, see the game information or start it directly by click the Blue ball.
Just click 'Start Game' to start it.
This is the level 1. If you on the screen, left side is the puzzle and right side is the information.
After few seconds, the Magic Light will start to shoot.
The blue indicator on the right side is the light power. It will going down slowly. Mean that it is your time indicator. You have to think fast to direct the light otherwise you will loose because your time is finish.
Your target is the Light Receiver. You can't reach it because there is a wall.
The wall is automatically breakdown when all Magic balls are destroyed.
There are certain places that can not receive the light because it will create heat. The indicator is beside the Blue indicator. It will increase fast, so, you have to make sure that you move the light immediately otherwise once it reach the top you will loose.
To direct the light, you have to click the mirror. It will turn. Click it few times until you have the right angle to transfer the light.
Your target is to destroy the Magic balls.
After you shot the first target, move the mirror to destroy another target.
Repeat the same method with another target.
Finish all targets.
After all Magic balls are destroyed, the wall is gone, now you can direct the light to the destination to finish the level.


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The body count gets high in this novel of adultery, revenge, and abuse of power set in Lee County, North Carolina. First one high school girl is raped and murdered, then another, and another, and another. When the father of the fourth victim becomes impatient with the pace of the investigation, he contacts retired United States Marshall, Kenneth Sadler. Sadler, a widower, is happy for the work and grateful for an excuse to temporarily relocate away from the many widows in nearby Moore County who view him as a desirable catch.
Sadler does not get off on the right foot with Lee County Sheriff Joe Dorman. While it's natural that the local authorities do not welcome a private investigator from the outside, Sadler learns that Sheriff Dorman may have particular reasons for trying to keep a tight rein on this case. Other discoveries raise questions about the behaviors and intentions of both high school students and the adults in their lives. Whose behavior is more foolish? More dangerous?
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Thaalam. The rhythm of the nation. The pride of Kerala. 150 men from all walks of life come together at the Chundan Vallam races. Not a single one is a professional athlete. Yet they find their rhythm and row as one. How do they do it? An incredible film about finding rhythm. Can we find our rhythm as a nation? Can we find our Thaalam?
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Grid IQTM Insight, a new power management system from GE
Digital Energy's (NYSE: GE) Industrial Internet portfolio, is a platform
that consolidates data from a broad mix of sources including existing
grid management systems, smart meters and other intelligent grid power
equipment, sensors, weather monitoring and even unstructured social
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The Electric Power Research Institute estimates that power outages and
power quality disturbances cost utilities and consumers more than $150
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"Our Grid IQ Insight enables utilities to identify system outages
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GE's Grid IQ Insight, developed as a result of working directly with the
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1. Tyrene products manufactures recreational equipment. One of the company's products, a skateboards, sells for $32. the skateboards manufactured in as antiquated plant that relies heavily on direct labor workers. Thus variable costs are high, totaling $22.40 per skateboard of which 70% is direct labor cost. Over the past year the company sold 45,000 skateboard, with the following operating results:
Sales (45,000 skateboard) $1,440,000
Variable expenses 1,008,000
Contribution margin 432,000
Fixed expenses 288,000
Net operating income $ 144,000
Management anxious to maintain and perhaps even improve its present level of income form the skateboard.
1a. Compute the CM ratio and the break-even point in skateboards.
1b. Compute the degree of operating leverage at last year's level of sales.
2. Due to an increase in labor rates, the company estimates that variable costs will increase by $1.60 per skateboard next year. If this change takes place and the selling price per skateboard remains constant at $32.00, what will be the new CM ratio and the new break-even point in skateboard?
3. Refer to the data in (2) above. If the expected change in variable cost takes place, How many skateboard will have to be sold next year to earn the same net operating income, $144,000, as last year?
4. Refer again to the data in (2) above. The president has decided that the company may have to raise the selling price of its skateboards. If Tyrene Product wants to maintain the same CM ratio as last year, what selling price per skateboard must it charge next year to cover the increased labor costs?
5. Refer to the original data. The company is considering the construction of a new, automated plant. The new plant slash variable cost by 20% but it would cause fixed costs to increase by 80%. If the new plant is built, what would be the company's new CM ratio and new break-even point in skateboard?
6. Refer to the data in (5) above.
a. If the new plant is built, how many skateboards will have to be sold next year to earn the same net operating income, $144,000, as last year?
B1. Assume that the new plant is constructed and that next year the company manufactures and sells 45,000 skateboards (the same number as sold last year). Prepare a contribution format income statement.
B2. Compute the degree of operating leverage.
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1997s Hottest Businesses
This story appears in the December 1996 issue of Business Start-Ups magazine. Subscribe »
The world seems to be spinning faster than ever. What's "in" this morning is "out" this afternoon. In such an accelerated environment, a business's ability to stay on top of trends is key. Knowing what's happening in your industry and what's likely to happen tomorrow, what consumers want and what they need--these things make or break your business. To help you keep on top of the latest changes, we're offering our selections for the top 11 businesses for 1997.
Some pretty large forces are at work in shaping these business concepts. The aging of the baby boomers (and their parents) is giving rise to an interest in assisted living facilities for older adults and physical therapy to keep people in peak condition. Ongoing corporate downsizing means specialized staffing services and professional employee organizations continue to thrive; newly hot this year are business training companies that help people learn new skills.
The Internet, of course, offers a world of opportunities, as do computer training and consulting. And an increasing interest in "do-it-yourself" projects has spawned such successful concepts as brew-it-yourself custom breweries and paint-your-own-pottery stores.
Our look at next year's hottest businesses will help you target your goals and keep your business on track for success. Check it out--then get to work putting this information to use.
Educational Toy Stores
Back in the days when the words "educational" and "toy store" never shared the same sentence, opening a retail toy outlet was a formula. A toy store was a toy store was a toy store. These days, however, toy stores that feature learning-based playthings are all the rage.
Why is this market so hot right now? "Today's more educated parents are much more involved in their children's lives," says Katie Malone-Cordell, co-owner of Skokie, Illinois-based Brainstorms Inc. In addition, they often have less faith that the school system will supply all the education a child needs.
Despite the presence of monolithic chains such as Noodle Kidoodle and Zany Brainy, experts agree there's still room in this industry for savvy entrepreneurs. It's not child's play, however: "You need capital, competence and luck to make it," says Howard Davidowitz, chairman of Davidowitz & Associates Inc. in New York City, a national retail consulting firm.
So how can you ensure success? For one thing, choose a plum location, far from the upscale urban areas that large chains favor. But the key, says Sue Edelman, editor of Big Blue Box, a publication that reports on the children's market, is setting yourself apart from the pack: "Be sure you have something unique to offer."
Paint-Your-Own-Pottery Stores
Once again, entrepreneurs have broken the mold--this time by starting a slew of paint-your-own-pottery stores. Different from traditional ceramic studios, these contemporary studios are located in bustling retail locations and boast a hip, coffeehouse-like atmosphere. Here, the future Picassos of the world are given all the necessary materials to create their own works of art on functional, prefabricated pottery pieces such as platters or mugs.
With an estimated 200 retail outlets and counting, paint-your-own-pottery stores are painting the town from coast to coast. More than just shelves stuffed with pottery though, many stores also offer live music, cappuccino--even wine and cheese. And smart entrepreneurs bring in extra business by renting out their stores for baby and wedding showers, bachelorette parties and holiday celebrations. "When we throw parties, many referrals are generated," says Leslie Tall, co-owner of Paint 'n Plates in Irvine, California, "and in this business, word-of-mouth is absolutely imperative."
You can't just throw yourself into this business, however. Before opening their store, Tall and co-owner Terri Laine Klingner spent a year reading ceramics magazines, visiting warehouses and frequenting studios to research prices and themes. Barbara Tobias, editor of Popular Ceramics magazine, warns that thorough knowledge of safety regulations and the mechanics of ceramics are musts: "It could really turn people off if they have problems, don't like how their pieces turn out, or if you can't answer their questions properly."
Web Site Design
In light of the Internet's promise to place a company's products, advertising and marketing materials in front of millions of customers, it seems every business on the planet either has a Web site or wants one. That's why opportunities for firms that create graphics and content for Web pages are simply outta site.
"Businesses are continuing to learn how to use the Web," says Don Heath, president of The Internet Society, which seeks global cooperation and coordination for the Internet. "That means good Web site design companies that can provide excellent graphics and content are going to be important."
Market research firm O'Reilly & Associates estimates 40 percent of large companies and 25 percent of medium-sized and small businesses have either developed or plan to develop Web sites. Revenues are also coming from companies with poorly designed Web sites that need to be revamped. And because Web site design firms aren't limited by geography, the world market is in their grasp.
But while the Internet offers a huge audience, Web site entrepreneurs must market intensely to get their attention, says Heath. Another key? Learn more than just the technical aspect of the business. MacDonnell Ulsch, senior vice president of O'Reilly & Associates' Online Research Division, advises, "A Web site developer also has to be a management consultant so he or she can develop a site that reflects the mission, goals, culture and personality of the organization--not the Web site developer."
Computer Training/Consulting
A vast work force in need of up-to-date computer skills, companies adopting new technologies to do more with fewer employees, and a seemingly endless supply of new and updated software programs--put it all together, and it's no wonder computer training and consulting companies have a full plate.
Still, industry insiders say it's the Internet that's spurring much of the growth in these two fields, with corporate and consumer training on using the Internet leading this growth area. Opportunities for consultants to establish and manage Web sites and corporate Intranets are also ripe, says Sharon Marsh Roberts, vice president of the Independent Computer Consultants Association.
According to Framingham, Massachusetts-based International Data Corp. (IDC), a technology research firm, revenues in the worldwide technology training and education market are expected to exceed $27 billion in 2000. Likewise, IDC predicts the information technology consulting industry will reach $18.5 billion by 2000.
The challenge for computer consultants and trainers is competition. A strong commitment to marketing, adequate capitalization, extensive networking and systems to handle irregular cash flow cycles are all key to a computer consultant's survival, says Roberts.
Another important aspect is offering diverse training methods. "It's important to keep up with the trends in technology education to provide quicker, more efficient service," insists Deborah J. Clifford, co-owner of Bloomfield, Connecticut-based HBM Technology Group, an information and business technology solutions company, that offers classroom instruction, on-site training, a multimedia learning lab and CD-ROMs.
With no end in sight to the new and updated products that hit store shelves each year, computer training and consulting businesses appear poised for rapid growth.
Specialized Staffing
Staffing services have been booming for nearly a decade. In recent years, providing employees who have specialized skills--such as legal or accounting expertise--has emerged as an especially hot market segment, as companies find that hiring people with high-level skills on a temporary basis is much less expensive than keeping them on staff.
The latest trends in this field? Supplying long-term and temporary-to-permanent employees continues to be hot. Currently, says Bruce Steinberg of the National Association of Temporary and Staffing Services (NATSS), employees with technical and information technology backgrounds are on the most-wanted list. Also hot is the professional segment, which includes workers with legal, accounting and management backgrounds.
Despite the demand for workers, there are significant challenges in this industry: Finding adequate capitalization and qualified workers can be difficult, says Steinberg. You must also be cautious when expanding; it's essential to keep a tight rein on receivables while continuing to heavily promote your business.
"We do a tremendous amount of marketing," says Barry Cohen, co-owner of New York City-based Response Staffing Services, a staffing company specializing in providing permanent and temporary professional-level employees. "You're always looking for new business, so you've got to keep your name out there."
Despite the challenges, the industry outlook is good: According to NATSS, the overall industry receipts jumped an impressive 10.8 percent to reach $20.8 billion in the first half of this year as compared with the $18.8 billion earned in the first six months of 1995.
Physical Therapy
With Americans taking a more active approach to their health, physical therapy businesses are changing to address their health-care needs. Once found exclusively in hospitals and used solely for stroke or accident rehabilitation, it's more common now to find physical therapists operating out of fitness centers, schools, large companies and free-standing locations and offering a wide variety of services.
According to Peter A. Towne, president of the private- practice sector of the American Physical Therapy Association, private-practice therapists are thriving. "The entrepreneurial aspect of physical therapy is bigger than it used to be," says Towne. "Often, private practitioners enter joint ventures with hospitals to cover outpatient services."
Of course, you don't have to be a physical therapist to profit from this market. If you've got the business skills but not the medical know-how, consider hiring experienced therapists to handle the hands-on work while you tackle marketing, management and the rest.
Why the growing need for physical therapy? "The population is living longer," says C. Shelby Durham, who opened Rehab Options Inc., a certified rehabilitation agency in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania, in 1992. But physical therapy isn't just for older people, Durham is quick to point out; people with disabilities and sports injuries, among others, also benefit. "There's a tremendous need for our types of services."
Assisted Living Facilities
Why are assisted living facilities so popular? Just ask Paul Klaassen, CEO of Fairfax, Virginia-based Sunrise Assisted Living, a chain of more than three dozen residential elder-care facilities. "Americans are dissatisfied with existing options," says Klaassen. "[The typical] nursing home is expensive, offers a low quality of life and has a hospital environment not designed for long-term stays."
Assisted living residences, on the other hand, offer residents a homelike environment, much like apartment living, that provides the help they need, whether with taking medication, bathing, dressing, eating or transportation. This relative independence is vital to today's aging population, says Karen Wayne, executive director of the Assisted Living Federation of America (ALFA).
Since emerging in the late '80s, the assisted living industry has experienced astonishing growth. In six short years, membership in ALFA has soared from zero to 2,600 members. "Consumers are demanding this type of long-term care," says Wayne. And with America getting even grayer as baby boomers head toward their golden years, Klaassen notes, "You have all the ingredients for explosive growth."
Professional Employer Organizations
A rash of small businesses are shrugging off the endless paperwork, unclear regulations and red tape involved in handling personnel functions and are leaving it to the pros--professional employer organizations (PEOs), that is. According to Bankers Trust Research, revenues and earnings for PEOs (formerly known as employee leasing companies) are growing at about 30 percent annually.
How do PEOs work? Unlike staffing services, PEOs form a co-employment relationship with a small business so both parties "own" the company's personnel. Then, PEOs handle all the personnel duties, including payroll, hiring and salary reviews. And because PEOs pool employees from multiple companies, they can offer lower rates on employee benefits such as health care and retirement packages.
One major change in the past year is a move toward PEOs targeting larger companies. Until now, most PEOs limited themselves to clients with fewer than 100 employees, says Milan P. Yager, executive vice president of the National Association of Professional Employer Organizations. But businesses with 200 or more employees are discovering PEOs can serve their personnel needs as well.
Because of the potential for lawsuits and the very small margins PEOs operate on, Yager cautions that successful entrepreneurs must be knowledgeable in benefits and payroll administration as well as taxes and employment law to understand all the rules and regulations.
Keeping clients satisfied is also a must. "Most of our business comes from referrals," says Fran Morrissey, president of Staff Management Inc. in Rockford, Illinois, "so providing quality service is what's really helped us grow through the years."
Healthy Mexican Restaurants
Remember all that hysteria about the high fat content and inherent evil of Mexican food? Well, now there's an alternative: So-called "healthy" Mexican restaurants (often dubbed "fresh Mex") are opening at breakneck speed around the country--indeed, around the world. Apparently, diners want to have their guacamole and stay healthy, too.
La Salsa. Chico's Tacos. ZuZu Handmade Mexican Food. Las Fajitas. Cool Peppers Mexican Grill. The list of "light" Mexican fast-food restaurants is growing by leaps and bounds. "A restaurant concept is only as good as the pleasure it brings the customers," says Edward Anderson, president of Chico's Tacos, a chain of fresh-Mex restaurants. "The key to our success is taste and presentation."
The numbers justify--and fuel--Anderson's enthusiasm. According to the latest Census Bureau figures, sales of Mexican food are higher than any other type of ethnic cuisine, ringing up annual sales of $11 billion.
Some experts believe the healthification of Mexican cuisine is simply a reflection of trends in the restaurant industry--and changes in people's eating habits in general. Americans seem to be craving healthier fare. And if their hankering for an enchilada happens to coincide with a craving for something light, well, that's what fresh Mex is all about.
Custom Brewery
Microbrewed beer is a hot commodity these days--that's not news. What is news is that now there's a way to get in on this market without the expense of opening a full-scale microbrewery.
Entrepreneurs and beer connoisseurs alike are raising their glasses to custom breweries, which allow customers to brew their own beer on the premises. What's the advantage? For customers, it's the fun of brewing it themselves, right down to creating product names and designing labels. For entrepreneurs, it's the benefit of opening in a smaller space with less expensive equipment than is needed for a traditional microbrewery.
The initial capital outlay is smaller because there is no dining facility--you offer custom brewing and tasting only. That's one reason the number of custom breweries nationwide has grown from just eight in 1995 to more than 40 today.
"People are drinking less but drinking better," says Jeff Altvater, who opened Custom Brew Haus in St. Louis in 1994 after noticing a trend toward more personalized concoctions. "People really enjoy learning about beer and developing their own taste, trying to find a beer that is their style."
And for existing microbreweries, adding custom brewing to their operations is as natural a match as beer and pretzels--and a great way to pour on additional profits.
Job Training/Retraining
In a world where the skills you have determine how successful you are, it stands to reason that the more skills you have, the better your chances for success. That's why today's employees are clamoring for additional training to make themselves more well-rounded, increase their promotability or provide them with a backup plan in case they're laid off. No wonder businesses that train the general public and retrain the downsized-and-out are multiplying faster than you can say "You're fired."
"People are having to make changes more quickly than ever before," says Laura Berman Fortgang, owner of Verona, New Jersey-based InterCoach Business Development & Training. They don't want to wait until the ax has fallen before taking action, so they are reinventing themselves.
That trend has created a market of at least 1,500 individual job coaches nationwide and untold numbers of training businesses, according to Thomas J. Leonard, founder of Brandon, Florida-based Coach University, a training and development company.
Today's courses target everyone from newly divorced women seeking to re-enter the job market to people who want to learn word processing or executives hoping to become more promotion-worthy. And depending on the type of training you specialize in, you may be able to skip establishing an office altogether; some of your clients may prefer you to train on-site.
While laid-off or downsized employees (or those fearing such) are the hottest market right now, they aren't the only game in town. According to Leonard, tens of millions of self-employed and homebased individuals are also ripe for coaching or training. "People want to get ahead," he says. "They don't want to lose out."
Contact Sources
American Physical Therapy Association, (800) 999-2782;
Assisted Living Federation of America, 10300 Eaton Pl., #400, Fairfax, VA 22030, (703) 691-8100;
Bankers Trust Research, 130 Liberty St., 10th Fl., New York, NY 10006, (212) 250-2500;
Big Blue Box, 9 Galen St., Watertown, MA 02172, (617) 923-2583;
Brainstorms Inc., 8221 N. Kimball Ave., Skokie, IL 60076, (800) 621-7500;
Chico's Tacos, P.O. Box 890144, Temecula, CA 92589-0144, (800) 77-CHICO;
Coach University, 1971 W. Lumsden Rd., #331, Brandon, FL 33511, (800) 48-COACH;
Custom Brew Haus, 6701 Clayton, St. Louis, MO 63117, (888) 334-BREW;
HBM Technology Group, (860) 243-1000, firstname.lastname@example.com;
Independent Computer Consultants Association, 11131 S. Towne Sq., Ste. F, St. Louis, MO 63123, (800) 774-4222;
InterCoach Business Development & Training, 45 Wayland Dr., Verona, NJ 07044, (201) 857-5068;
International Data Corp., 5 Speen St., Framingham, MA 01701, (508) 872-8200;
International Trade Administration, (800) USA-TRADE;
The Internet Society, 12020 Sunrise Valley Dr., #210, Reston, VA 20191-3429, http://www.isoc.org;
National Association of Professional Employer Organizations, (703) 836-0466, http://www.napeo.org/peo/;
National Association of Temporary and Staffing Services, (703) 549-6287, http://www.natss.com/staffing/;
O'Reilly & Associates, 101 Morris St., Sebastopol, CA 95472, (800) 998-9938, ext. 332;
Paint 'n Plates, 4213 Campus Dr., #166D, Irvine, CA 92612, (714) 509-6115;
Rehab Options Inc., 111 Presidential Blvd., #101, Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004, (800) 430-7342;
Response Staffing Services, 271 Madison Ave., New York, NY 10016, (212) 983-8870;
Staff Management Inc., 5919 Spring Creek Rd., Rockford, IL 61114, (815) 282-3900;
Sunrise Assisted Living, 9401 Lee Hwy., #300, Fairfax, VA 22031, (888) 4-DESTINY;
Take Good Care, 160 Rte. 22, Springfield, NJ 07081, (201) 912-0200.


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NEA taps 21 educators for independent panel to study teaching profession
Diverse panel of accomplished teachers will explore issue of teacher effectiveness
WASHINGTON - December 09, 2010 -
The National Education Association (NEA) announced today that it is creating a national, independent commission to study the teaching profession and make recommendations on maximizing teacher and teaching effectiveness. NEA President Dennis Van Roekel first announced plans for the Commission during his keynote address at the NEA's 2010 Representative Assembly in New Orleans. The new Commission on Effective Teachers and Teaching (CETT) will draw on the wisdom and experience of 21 accomplished teachers—supported by researchers, policymakers and academicians—who will examine the policies and practices governing the teaching profession and craft a new teacher-centered vision of teaching and the teaching profession.
"There is a fundamental need to shake up the nation's collective thinking on quality teaching," said NEA President Dennis Van Roekel, "and we believe the best way to do that is to get the perspective of professional educators who are recognized for their innovation and accomplishments in the classroom. Our hope is that this Commission will not only focus on the professional practices that make a difference in student learning but also address the critical issues facing the future of the profession. NEA is dedicating significant resources and staff to support the Commission's work because we recognize the significance of this task."
Chaired by Madaline "Maddie" Fennel, 2007 Nebraska Teacher of the Year and fourth-grade teacher from Omaha, Neb., the Commission on Effective Teachers and Teaching is charged with accomplishing work in four areas:
- Analyzing existing standards, definitions, policies and practices related to teacher effectiveness and effective teaching and developing a teachers' definition of an effective teacher and effective teaching.
- Crafting a new vision of a teaching profession that is led by teachers and ensures teacher and teaching effectiveness.
- Developing a comprehensive set of recommendations for the National Education Association about the union's role in advancing and promoting teacher effectiveness and the teaching profession.
- Developing a comprehensive set of recommendations for education leaders and policymakers about the future of the teaching profession and the role of teachers in governing it.
The Commission will meet four to six times over the next year and conduct public hearings to gather input on topics of interest to the panel. Individual members of the Commission will work on various committees and activities in order to accomplish the goal of delivering preliminary recommendations to the 2011 NEA Representative Assembly in Chicago. Commission members will solicit feedback from NEA members and deliver a final report to the public in the fall of 2011. NEA will use the recommendations to examine the Association's policies and long-term vision for teaching.
"The current policies and processes that govern our profession do little to support teachers or students today," said Van Roekel. "Those with little understanding about student learning or the teaching profession have been allowed to establish programs, set standards and shape policies that impact teaching and learning. Absent a new approach to teacher policy, it is unrealistic to expect schools and teachers to prepare all students with the skills and knowledge necessary for the 21st century and beyond. Supporting the work of the Commission is one of many steps the NEA is taking to help transform the profession and give teachers greater authority over their profession, the quality of teaching and quality of public schools."
The 21 members of the Commission on Effective Teachers and Teaching are:
- Ronarae Adams, a National Board Certified Teacher (NBCT) program director at National University, from San Diego, Calif.
- Adele Bravo, an elementary school teacher from Boulder, Colo.
- James Brooks, a high school language and media arts teacher from Millers Creek, N.C.
- Andy Coons, a middle school math teacher from Tacoma, Wash.
- Madaline Fennell, a fourth-grade elementary school teacher from Omaha, Neb. (chair)
- Sharon Gallagher-Fishbaugh, president of the Utah Education Association and second-grade teacher from Salt Lake City, Utah
- Michael Geisen, a middle school science teacher from Prineville, Ore.
- Robert Goodman, a math and science teacher from Teterboro, N.J.
- Mary Hatwood-Futrell, a professor of education from Washington, D.C.
- Malinda Ice, a physical education teacher from St. Louis, Mo.
- Anne Keith, a middle school math and communication arts teacher from Bozeman, Mont.
- Renee Moore, an English instructor at Mississippi Delta Community College from Moorhead, Miss.
- Shelly Moore, a high school English and drama teacher from Ellsworth, Wisc.
- Lori Nazareno, a science teacher from Denver, Colo.
- Haydee Rodriguez, a high school language, literature and history teacher from El Centro, Calif.
- Kathleen Skinner, director of the Center of Education Policy and Practice from Boston, Mass.
- Peggy Stewart, a high school social studies teacher from Vernon, N.J.
- Mary K. Tedrow, a high school English teacher from Winchester, Va.
- William Thomas, a high school government teacher from Upper Marlboro, Md.
- Andy Tompkins, president and CEO for the Kansas Board of Regents from Topeka, Kan.
- Kathleen Wiebke, executive director of Arizona K12 from Phoenix, Ariz.
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I've amassed a portion of the inquiries perusers send in and made a test. Perceive how you do!
1. The most significant thing you can do to prepare your home for winter is to do an intensive stroll around examination outside. Indeed or No?
2. In the fall, the most widely recognized damage is getting chomped by a bug. Truly or No?
3. Batteries ought to be supplanted in all smoke alerts inside the home in the fall. Indeed or No?
4. Radon gas levels are consistently lower in the winter inside your home. Indeed or No?
5. Outside decks will keep going as long as the home. Indeed or No?
6. In the fall, you should consume the leaves that fall in your yard. Indeed or No?
1. Truly. An exhaustive stroll around examination will uncover issues that you can deal with now before winter climate makes it disagreeable. Talk a border stroll around your home searching for minor doorways where mice and bugs can get in. Seal them now. At that point take a gander at the siding, windows, and rooftop utilizing binoculars searching for anything not right. Take a gander at the rain boots around pipes vents – a typical spot for spills.
2. NO. The most widely recognized damage in the fall is sneaking off a stepping stool. This happens when drains are being cleaned, and rooftops are being cleared of leaves. Check your stepping stool before hopping on it, and ensure it has a strong grasp on the ground and the roofline. Have another person spot you – hold the stepping stool and watch for issues. Even better, get another person to clean the drains!
3. NO. You should CHECK your smoke alerts at each season change, however current soluble batteries will keep going for a considerable length of time. Present day smoke alarms will caution you when the battery gets low.
4. NO. Radon gas really peruses higher in homes that are quit for the day the winter climate. Radon gas leaves the earth and is the consequence of the regular breakdown (radioactive rot) of uranium. It is generally found in molten shake and soil, which we have here in the mountains in bounty. Expanded radon introduction causes lung malignancy and in the event that you have not had your home tried, locate a home controller or go to your preferred home store for a test unit. Radon levels can be brought down to safe levels in many homes utilizing a venting framework.
5. NO. Decks ordinarily keep going for 15-20 years and no more. Homes, then again, can remain strong for a long time or more, contingent upon the materials and structure.
6. NO. Consuming yard garbage makes various poisons, including carbon monoxide, dioxins, ozone-framing synthetic substances, nitrogen oxide, and residue. A few people experience asthma assaults or other respiratory issues because of introduction to the smoke, which is especially hurtful to the older, the youthful, and individuals with conditions, for example, emphysema or bronchitis. What to do? Make a manure heap. Step by step it will go to cultivate inviting mulch.
How could you do? On the off chance that you got at any rate two right, you are in the greater part. Three to four right and you are knowledgeable about home support and development. On the off chance that you got them OK, pat yourself on the back, you're a specialist!
Lisa is a North Carolina authorized general temporary worker and previous home reviewer, and the home improvement feature writer for the Clay County Progress. Lisa established Your Inspection Expert, Inc., a private assessment organization, in 2008. Experience gathered from many reviews structure the establishment for the counsel in these articles, and can be found in her most recent book, House Keys, on Amazon.


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You can't beat riding on top of the London double decker bus. That made us think, what other cool uses are there for the iconic red bus?
1. Hold your keys.
2. Pack your lunch.
3. Cover your phone.
4. Cover your dog.
5. Cover your baby.
6. Cover yourself.
7. Lace your neck.
8. Link your cuffs.
9. Tote your stuff.
10. Greet your friends.
11. Play around.
12.Work out.
13. Make some tea.
14. Get hitched.
15. Move in.
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Acts 2:38 King James Version (KJV)
38 Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.
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Hi all,
I wrote a little library for form generation. The way it works is you annotate a JavaBean like so:
class MyBean {
@CharField(index = 1, maxLength=50, allowBlank=false)
private String name;
@PhoneField(index = 2)
private String phone;
@TextAreaField(index = 3)
private String comment;
And from here a GXT Form is generated rather easily.
If interested, please take a look at the source and demo: http://gxtforms.googlecode.com/


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WASHINGTON, July 8 (UPI) -- Chief Justice John Roberts wrote the Supreme Court opinion last month declaring the individual healthcare mandate is constitutional because the penalty for violating the mandate may be considered a tax -- thereby igniting a political firestorm -- but what did Roberts actually say?
Roberts said he called the individual mandate penalty a tax, though he could have called it something else, because that was the only way to save the mandate.
The chief justice said Supreme Court precedent compelled him to interpret President Obama's Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act in a way that affirmed its constitutionality, if that interpretation is "fairly possible," even though it may not be the most reasonable reading of the act.
Roberts had his way because the court's four conservatives wanted to strike down the act and its four liberals wanted to uphold the act under the Commerce Clause -- Congress' power to regulate interstate commerce. The four liberals joined Roberts opinion, forming the five-justice majority to uphold the act under Congress' taxing power even though they weren't enthralled with the penalty as tax argument.
The administration's main argument was that the act is constitutional under the Commerce Clause. The justification under Congress' taxing power was secondary and barely touched on in oral argument.
For most of his 59-page opinion, Roberts said the penalty for violating the mandate, not buying some kind of insurance if you can afford it, can be treated like a tax, without actually saying it is a tax. He said it looks like a tax, walks like a tax and quacks like a tax. But it is only in the latter part of the opinion, after that considerable setup, that he calls the penalty "a tax" -- though he seems to prefer the term "shared responsibility payment."
A typical penalty for someone who can afford health insurance but refuses to buy it could be 2.5 percent of income, collected by the Internal Revenue Service. The administration says the penalty might affect about 1 percent of the adult public.
The political repercussions of the ruling and its reference to a tax have been confusing but fun to watch.
The White House and Democrats were delighted that the Affordable Care Act survived Supreme Court scrutiny, but sensing a political trap, said quickly Roberts had it all wrong: The mandate penalty is not a tax.
Some Republicans said it was so a tax. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R., Ky., appearing on "Fox News Sunday," said the law amounts to a "middle class tax increase."
But other Republicans were more conflicted.
Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus said on CNN he agreed with Obama's likely opponent, Mitt Romney, that Roberts erred in holding the mandate penalty constitutional under Congress' power to tax. To argue otherwise would leave Romney open to a charge of raising taxes with his own healthcare law and penalty when he was governor of Massachusetts.
Priebus tried to have it both ways, saying despite his own opinion, "The Supreme Court has stated that Obamacare is a tax, and so since they have ruled that it's a tax, it is a tax."
Romney himself reversed his position in an interview with CBS News, now saying that the mandate is a tax on the federal level because the Supreme Court said so but it remains a penalty on the state level.
The ABC News blog said in election season "attack ads -- despite top Republicans' on-the-record statements to the contrary -- party groups will call it a tax."
The court's four conservative dissenters, ironically, agreed with the White House that the mandate penalty is not a tax, even though they wanted to overturn the law.
Justices Antonin Scalia, Anthony Kennedy, Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito said in their dissent the Supreme Court has "never held that any exaction imposed for violation of the law is an exercise of Congress' taxing power -- even when the statute calls it a tax, much less when (as here) the statute repeatedly calls it a penalty."
Citing a 1922 precedent, the dissenters said, "When an act 'adopt[s] the criteria of wrongdoing' and then imposes a monetary penalty as the 'principal consequence on those who transgress its standard,' it creates a regulatory penalty, not a tax. ...
"The question is, quite simply, whether the exaction here is imposed for violation of the law. It unquestionably is."
So what did Roberts actually say?
"The text of a statute can sometimes have more than one possible meaning," the chief justice said in the majority opinion. "To take a familiar example, a law that reads 'no vehicles in the park' might, or might not, ban bicycles in the park. And it is well established that if a statute has two possible meanings, one of which violates the Constitution, courts should adopt the meaning that does not do so. Justice [Joseph] Story said that 180 years ago: 'No court ought, unless the terms of an act rendered it unavoidable, to give a construction to it which should involve a violation, however unintentional, of the Constitution.' ... Justice [Oliver Wendell] Holmes made the same point a century later: '[T]he rule is settled that as between two possible interpretations of a statute, by one of which it would be unconstitutional and by the other valid, our plain duty is to adopt that which will save the act.' ...
"The most straightforward reading of the mandate is that it commands individuals to purchase insurance," Roberts added, but the Commerce Clause does not give Congress that power. "Under our precedent, it is therefore necessary to ask whether the government's alternative reading of the statute -- that it only imposes a tax on those without insurance -- is a reasonable one."
If "the mandate is in effect just a tax hike on certain taxpayers who do not have health insurance, it may be within Congress's constitutional power to tax," Roberts said.
"The question is not whether that is the most natural interpretation of the mandate, but only whether it is a 'fairly possible' one," the chief justice said, citing a 1932 precedent. "As we have explained, 'every reasonable construction' must be resorted to, in order to save a statute from unconstitutionality" [citing an 1895 precedent]. The government asks us to interpret the mandate as imposing a tax, if it would otherwise violate the Constitution. Granting the act the full measure of deference owed to federal statutes, it can be so read. ... The exaction the Affordable Care Act imposes on those without health insurance looks like a tax in many respects."
Roberts concludes: "The Affordable Care Act's requirement that certain individuals pay a financial penalty for not obtaining health insurance may reasonably be characterized as a tax. Because the Constitution permits such a tax, it is not our role to forbid it, or to pass upon its wisdom or fairness."
In a seeming contradiction, Roberts said the challenge by 26 states to the individual mandate was not barred by the Anti-Injunction Act. That act prohibits state challenges to a tax that has yet to be imposed. The individual mandate, of course, does not go into effect until 2014.
"The Anti-Injunction Act applies to suits 'for the purpose of restraining the assessment or collection of any tax.' ... Congress, however, chose to describe the '[s]hared responsibility payment' imposed on those who forgo health insurance not as a 'tax,' but as a 'penalty,'" Roberts said. "There is no immediate reason to think that a statute applying to 'any tax' would apply to a 'penalty.'"
If Congress meant the Anti-Injunction Act to apply to the individual mandate, it should have said so, Roberts said. "The Anti-Injunction Act and the Affordable Care Act ....are creatures of Congress' own creation. How they relate to each other is up to Congress."
In other words, the penalty for failing to buy insurance is a tax when it comes to upholding the statute, but it is not strictly a tax when it comes to the Anti-Injunction Act's ban on challenges. You can almost see the liberals choking as they signed on to this reasoning.
In the wake of the Supreme Court healthcare decision, CBS News reported that after the high court heard argument in March, Roberts was ready to join the four other conservatives to strike down the individual mandate -- as many had predicted.
However, Roberts changed his mind and joined the liberals, then rebuffed Kennedy, who tried for a month to bring him back to the conservative fold, the broadcaster reported. This stance angered the conservatives, the report said.
The inner workings of the court are not normally a public matter, CBS said, but "word of Roberts' unusual shift has spread widely within the court, and is known among law clerks, chambers' aides and secretaries."
The report contended Roberts pays attention to media coverage, and "is sensitive to how the court is perceived by the public. There were countless news articles in May warning of damage to the court -- and to Roberts' reputation -- if the court were to strike down the mandate."
Internal deliberations sometimes make it into history books written by a justice. But such a revelation immediately after a historic decision such as the healthcare ruling, if true, would be unprecedented.


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Happy to share one of my favorite Stella bags, in perfect condition, and great for making a statement! Can be worn crossbody, on the shoulder, or in hand like a clutch.
From the Stella McCartney site:
Falabella shoulder bag in black shaggy deer fabric and ruthenium chain hardware.
Compact shape with flap front closure and Stella McCartney logo disc.
Fully lined with Stella McCartney logo print nylon.
Item Details
This bag is made from non-leather, cruelty-free materials using highly skilled manufacturing techniques.
The lining has been created from recycled plastic bottles.
This is part of our ongoing commitment to animal and eco friendly fashion.
100% Polyester
Spot clean with a soft damp cloth and a small amount of neutral soap.
Avoid scrubbing in order not to damage the textured surface of the bag.
Width: 22cm
Height: 12.5cm
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Integrated snap-on adapter that firmly holds our full line of plastic K-Frames in either portrait (vertical) or landscape (horizontal) orientation. Hinged style option is great for mounting signs in high-traffic areas - flexible hinge swings and returns to original position when bumped. The metal base is designed for extra strength/durability and fits the underside of most perforated shelves using included hardware. Removable and reusable. Patent Pending.
- Under-shelf mounting ensures no product interference
- Compatible with all plastic K-Frames in flag position (sold separately)
- Elegant, in-store advertising made cost-effective
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Then we wrote about what we would do if we were bunnies, and made this craft to go with it:
This sweet girl {left} said she would hop in the street and be cute so she could get more carrots. This cute boy {right} with the wink said he would hop right into your hand and steal your carrots! If you'd like to do this with your class, click here.
Today during center time, I introduced two new activities and the kids LOVED both. The first activity and idea comes from Sunny Days in Second Grade. Denise is amazing, and I've been eyeing her word shakers down for a while! I finally made some of my own:
Hehehe.. here's a better photo:
I made two, Awesome Antonyms and Super Synonyms. I have a lot of ideas for more: Vibrant Verbs, Amazing Adjectives, Cool Contractions.... I used dollar store water bottles tinted in pink, and white rice. Because the water bottles are tinted, I avoided having to dye the rice with food coloring. Unfortunately I only have one more bottle {it's all they had!} and I can't find the same kind ANYwhere!!! And believe me, I tried. I will have to let go of my OCD and settle on a different bottle for future shakers.... Anywho, be sure to visit Denise because she also offers freebies that go with her shakers!
The second activity and idea comes from Rowdy in First Grade. Jennifer used all of her dollar store Easter finds to make some super cute centers! I had about a zillion plastic eggs, so I easily made these:
And last but certainly not least, let's join a little Looky in My Lunchbox Linky!


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Pork and Chorizo Chile Burger
Ground pork gets a hit of flavor from spicy chorizo, grilled Anaheim chiles, and a grilled avocado mash.
Ground pork sometimes needs a little help in the flavor department, and the addition of spicy Mexican chorizo does the job here. Top these burgers with grilled chiles and a grilled avocado mash; wash it all down with a refreshing beer cocktail.... Read More
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This particular Washington doozy came out of another conflagration – the debt-ceiling fight of 2011. Republicans, fresh off their electoral landslide in the 2010 midterms, demanded $1 in spending reductions for every $1 increase in the federal debt ceiling.
The messy negotiations that ensued buried the stock market and undermined consumer confidence, but policymakers did, in the end, hatch a plan to raise the US borrowing limit.
More specifically, Congress and President Obama agreed to the Budget Control Act (BCA), which matched some $2.4 trillion in debt-ceiling hikes with a similar amount of deficit reduction over the next decade.
Of the total deficit reduction, $900 billion was to be achieved through spending caps affecting all government functions outside of entitlement programs. For the rest, Congress was to explicitly decide on how to make the reductions through a bipartisan commission of lawmakers known colloquially as the "supercommittee." That group was supposed to cut $1.2 trillion but also had a goal of $1.5 trillion, with the possibility of going even higher.
Vested with immense power and special rules for moving its recommendations through Congress, the committee did what Congress does frequently of late: stalemated and failed.
That triggered the BCA's backup plan: the sequester. This is $1.2 trillion in automatic, across-the-board reductions in nearly all government operations over the next decade.
These cuts were supposed to be so painful and so stupid that they would act as an incentive for the supercommittee to come to a deal. Apparently, lawmakers overestimated the painfulness of the reductions or underestimated their own fecklessness.
The sequester was set to go into place on Jan. 1 of this year, but lawmakers found some $24 billion in reductions (a 50-50 mix of specific cuts and new tax revenue) to delay it until March.
And thus, here we are.


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Some striking mile markers appear on the road through young adulthood: leaving for college, getting the first job and apartment, starting a career, getting married—and, for many people today, walking away from the Christian faith.
A few years ago, shortly after college, I was in my studio apartment with a friend and fellow pastor's kid. After some small talk over dinner, he announced, "I'm not a Christian anymore. I don't know what happened. I just left it."
An image flashed into my mind from the last time I had seen him. It was at a Promise Keepers rally. I remembered watching him worship, eyes pinched shut with one slender arm skyward.
How did his family react to his decision? I asked. His eyes turned to the ground. "Growing up I had an uncle who wasn't a Christian, and we prayed for him all the time," he said wistfully. "I'm sure they pray for me like that."
About that time, I began encountering many other "leavers": a basketball buddy, a soft-spoken young woman from my church's worship team, a friend from youth group. In addition to the more vocal ex-Christians were a slew of others who had simply drifted away. Now that I'm in my early 30s, the stories of apostasy have slowed, but only slightly. Recently I learned that a former colleague in Christian publishing started a blog to share his "post-faith musings."
These anecdotes may be part of a larger trend. Among young adults in the U.S., sociologists are seeing a major shift taking place away from Christianity. A faithful response requires that we examine the exodus and ask ourselves some honest questions about why.
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(CNN) -- Watching Sunday's long, sometimes awkward Academy Awards broadcast was made more entertaining by the steady stream of commentary on Twitter.
There were 6.8 million tweets during the event, 2.1 million tweets during the red carpet pre-shows, according to Twitter. The most Tweeted about moment was the Best Picture win for "Argo." It clocked in at 85,300 Tweets per minute, almost keeping pace with the number of words per minute in Ben Affleck's acceptance speech.
There were more musical numbers than usual in the show, and the highlights of the evening were Shirley Bassey, Jennifer Hudson and Adele. Twitter loved Adele: her performance of "Skyfall" was the second most popular moment on the social network, and her win for Best Original song was fourth. Other highly Tweeted moments included Jennifer Lawrence's win for Best Actress (and endearing stumble on the way to accept the award), and Anne Hathaway's win for Best Actress in a Supporting role.
Google also tracked the spikes in search traffic throughout the evening. When William Shatner emerged as Captain James T. Kirk, searches for the word "kirk" hit 1,500 a minute. Other jumps included searches for "tie" the after the tie for Best Sound Editing was announced, and searches for "michelle obama" when the first lady made a special appearance from the White House to help present the Best Picture.
Here are some of the other big moments of the night, as narrated by Twitter's army of amateur Tom Servos.
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ComputerShopper.com published this deansguide article 12-31-09
One quick, simple, and relevant Twitter strategy is to build lists. One of the easiest first steps is to build a list with all of your affiliates, parnters, or service providers. This list, much like a blog's blogroll, allows people to see who you work with and what they do.
Tip: if all of your partner-affiliates establish Twitter accounts and build an Affiliate list with you on it, this will increase your "findability" and viral effectiveness.
Build An Affiliate List
- Showcase your affiliates
- Add value to your readers by giving them a one stop shop for service providers
- Market your affiliates to your network on Twitter by creating the Affiliates list
- Viral effectiveness is increased by the number of lists you are on; to get there you have to give first
- Links are created for each list once you have established a list
- Deliver your Affiliates list link to people you believe would benefit from your service providers by writing a tweet which includes the Affilate's List link


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CANCELLED Afternoon Storytime
Share stories, music, and more with your children!
- Date:
- Monday, May 20, 2019
- Time:
- 2:30pm - 3:30pm
- Location:
- Greenhouse Community Room
- Library:
- San Lorenzo Library
- Audience:
- Kids Preschoolers
- Categories:
- Storytime
The Library is wheelchair accessible. An ASL (American Sign Language) interpreter will be provided for this program if requested at least 7 days in advance. For assistance, please contact your library or firstname.lastname@example.com. Events subject to change or cancellation without prior notice.
All Alameda County Library events are free.


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Publication Archive
This archive contains all documents published by cep over the last few years:
cepAdhoc: Incisive comment on current EU policy issues.
cepPolicyBrief: Concise 4-page reviews of EU proposals (Regulations, Directives, Green Papers, White Papers, Communications) – including a brief summary and economic and legal assessments.
cepInput: Impulse to current discussions of EU policies.
cepStudy: Comprehensive examination of EU policy proposals affecting the economy.
The Commission deems early childhood education and care (ECEC) an essential foundation for successful lifelong learning, social integration and personal development. Children with a solid ECEC foundation, later have much better options on the labour market for employability.
In its consultation paper the Commission presents a model for infrastructure financing ("Europe 2020 Project Bond Initiative"): Private or public-private project companies issue bonds on capital markets to finance infrastructure ("project bonds"). Limited payment guarantees or credits provided by the European Investment Bank (EIB) are to encourage private investors to buy project bonds.
The Commission wishes to introduce a number of amendments to the Prospectus and Solvency II Directive. The aim is to extend the powers of the EU supervisory authorities (ESMA and EIOPA) to develop technical standards, to substantiate their arbitration powers and to introduce transitional periods for the Solvency II Directive. In addition, the Commission's power to adopt implementing measures, which are still based on the legal position of the Treaty of Nice, are to be adapted to the Lisbon Treaty.
According to the Commission, Member States can reach their target for the development of renewable energy by 2020. To this end, the Commission calls for a "greater convergence" of national support schemes in the EU and an increased cooperation among Member States and with third countries. Moreover, networks should be further developed, interconnected at cross-border level and modernised.
To date, the "Unisex Directive" (2004/113/EC) allowed for sex-differentiated insurance premiums and benefits "where the use of sex is a determining factor in the assessment of risk based on relevant and accurate actuarial and statistical data". On 1 March 2011, the European Court of Justice held that this was not in line with the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights.
Citizens, organisations and authorities may comment on the Green Paper and its 114 concrete questions within a consultation procedure. The Commission wishes to reform the tools and methods of public procurement in order to improve teh process and to increase the efficiency of public spending. In future, public procurement is to take into account "policy objectives", such as the promotion of innovation.
According to the Commission's proposals "PNR data" of passengers travelling from or to third countries are to be collected by air carriers during the passengers' flight booking procedure and must be transferred to Member States' authorities. The Directive regulates data processing (collection, retention and analysis) through national authorities, the data exchange between Member States and the data transfer to third countries.
The Commission proposes two options for reviewing the Working Time Directive and invites the social partners to express whether and which issues they would wish to negotiate. The Commission intends to revise at least the provisions on on-call time and compensatory rest for on-call time (option 1). These revisions are anyway required by the ECJ's ruling. The second option provides for a comprehensive revision of the Working Time Directive. The Commission aspires to increase flexibility in working time. Moreover, rules on the "work-life balance", the "opt-out", paid annual leave and individual sector-specific issues are to be reviewed.
The Commission's first Annual Growth Survey marks the start of the first "European semester". The "European semester" is an ex-ante policy coordination procedure between the 27 Member States. Consequently, the Survey contains recommendations for future economic policy and fiscal measures in Member States. The implementation of these measures is to support economic recovery as well as achieving the targets of the "Europe 2020" strategy.