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Annie Gottlieb is a freelance writer specializing in psychology. She has contributed to many publications, including Mirabella, McCall's, and the New York Times Book Review and Op-Ed page. She is the author of Do You Believe In Magic?:Bringing the Sixties Back Home and coauthor of Wishcraft:How to Get What You Really Want.
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Henriksen Jet Center at Austin (Texas) Executive Airport has joined the Paragon Aviation Group, a network of "elite" independent FBOs. The facility is open 24 hours and features a theater room, VIP passenger lounge, atrium-style lobby and an 18,000-sq-ft arrival canopy. Austin Executive Airport, the newest business aviation airport in the U.S., is a 15-minute drive from downtown Austin.
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I kept seeing the angel numbers 555. No mater what I did or where I was going always seeing 555. Big Changes.
I thought it would be about my husbands start-up or our finances.
Never did I think I would be asking for healing prayers for my daughter Zoe.
Zoe is losing her hearing.
After flat out failing all levels of her 4th grade hearing test we got the diagnosis this month in early Jan. 2013.
Zoe has Enlarged Vestibular Aquduct Disorder. So it is a little more that just hearing. Her Vestibular senses may struggle - vertigo, nausea, dizziness, headaches.
We are waiting to rule out Pendred's Syndrome which affects the Thyroid, Heart, and eyes. Usually associated 30% of the time with EVA.
It has been very raw for us but is getting better. Zoe has her speech, she has a great deal of learning behind her.
I was reminded today of a gentleman in a wheel chair who was very disabled on many levels. He had just taken an image of his aura. The line was long and it wrapped around giving me a view of his aura image. It was a beautiful egg shaped white all around him with a purple crown.
It is hard to know what agreements we have made before coming to this earth plane.
In the meantime please pray for Zoe. I want nothing short of a miracle for her hearing and her vestibular health.
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When an organ is donated, lives are saved. These are just some of the touching success stories that result when people make the decision to sign their donor card. Take a moment to read these stories and see how lives have been saved by organ donation and families have been helped by the David Foster Foundation.
"It's all about sharing the gift of life..."
In her position with Transplant Services at the Regional Tissue Bank in Halifax, Denice Klavano has seen many donor families going through very difficult situations. She brings to her job energy, enthusiasm, grace and tact, and also something else - the experience of having been in the same situation. The experience of being a donor family.
In addition to her work, Denice is a mom, with four sons. In 2006 she went through every parent's worst nightmare - her second oldest son Brad was killed in an accident at the Halifax Armouries, where he was a reservist with the Princess Louse Fusiliers.
"It's funny - Brad and I had discussed organ and tissue donation shortly before his death," Denice says. "His new health card had come in the mail, and we talked about donation. I told him to do as he wished, that just because I worked in the field of donation, that shouldn't influence him. He shrugged and gave me that easy smile of his. "Mom", he said, gesturing to his body, "this is only a rental."
For Denice, as for many parents and families of donors, knowing that her son gave the gift of donation has given another dimension of meaning to her son's all too brief life.
"The act of donation is truly a gift of comfort to grieving parents and devastated families," Denice says. "To know that our precious child lives on through the gift of life or mobility to others. It is truly a living legacy."
Today, Denice spends much of her time educating the public and medical professionals about the need to talk to families about organ donation, especially if their child or loved one has died without becoming a registered organ donor.
"Too often, medical professionals in this situation feel that to ask the family at this devastating time would cause them more grief or be inappropriate or inconsiderate," Denice explains. "What I try to get across in my presentations is that the family has just heard the worst news possible, and asking about organ or tissue donation is actually a way of offering meaningful comfort. A gentle ask about organ or tissue donation gives that family an opportunity to make a meaningful decision that can help so many and give them a legacy for their loved one."
Denice and her family are comforted by the knowledge that Brad's eyes continue to see the world, although through a different lens. Tendons have helped an athlete regain mobility, and heart valves have saved the life of a child with a heart defect. And in giving a gift to those in need, they found it was also a gift to themselves. A gift of comfort, a gift of meaning and truly, a living legacy.
"It's so important to talk to your friends and family about the importance of becoming a registered organ donor," Denice says. "It's all about sharing the gift of life - Brad enriched our lives with his love, humour and belly laughs. I believe that in the lives of his recipients, as they live and love, there is a legacy. And when they laugh, I'm sure there is an echo to Brad's spirit - and he is smiling."
"I was off work all that time and without the Foundation's help I couldn't have made it."
Mason came into the world in September 2003. For first-time parent Bob, it was the highlight of his life. Bob knew very little about babies, but from the first week of Mason's life, he knew something wasn't quite right. Mason wasn't gaining weight, didn't want to eat, and would only sleep for an hour at a time.
After five weeks of this, Mason was taken to emergency. After a long day of tests, the doctor reported that the ultrasound couldn't find Mason's kidneys. Mason had only one underdeveloped kidney functioning, and the doctors were determined to make it last as long as possible.
Thus began the first of dozens of visits to Toronto. Far from their home in northern Ontario, the expenses for this family started to build. Lengthy stays in Toronto with food and hotel bills, combined with taking a leave from work, made a difficult situation worse for Bob who was a single dad.
That's when Bob was referred to the David Foster Foundation for help. He was overwhelmed with the amount of support and concern. The David Foster Foundation helped with food, travel, and living expenses so that he could live in downtown Toronto to be close to the hospital.
"I was off work all that time and without the Foundation's help I couldn't have made it," says Bob.
Mason's transplant finally happened six months later. It's been over three years now, and Mason is a happy, healthy seven-year-old. His school marks are excellent, he plays basketball and soccer, and he's even working on his orange belt in Hapkido. Mason still visits the hospital every three months for a checkup. And, with the Foundation's continued support, Mason has access to the best possible care in the world.
"It wasn't a hard decision. It meant helping my child live longer."
Victor was born with a genetic metabolic disorder called Cystinosis, a condition where cystine crystals cannot flush out of his body and accumulate in his muscles and organs. This meant that one day, he would need a kidney transplant. Thankfully, just before his 18th birthday, he got that transplant from his mom Liz.
"It wasn't a hard decision. It meant helping my child live longer," says Liz. "Once I knew my son would need a transplant, I changed my lifestyle dramatically. I began eating healthier so I could be ready if ever the time came."
Right before his surgery, Victor shared his gratitude with his mom. "He hugged me and kissed me and said, 'Thank you, mom. I love you for everything you do for me. I'm ready.'" Victor had both of his kidneys replaced. Liz was discharged a few days after the transplant, but Victor stayed in hospital for nearly three weeks afterwards.
"To know I was able to help someone in their time of need and that their life depended on me - that was so special," Liz says. "Being a donor for my son made it all the more meaningful. It was like seeing my baby take his first breath again." And, when asked if she would consider donation again, Liz says, "I personally would do it again if I could, now and after I pass away. Being a donor has allowed me to celebrate the gift of life with my son."
At five months old, Chace was diagnosed with dilated cardiomyopathy. In layman's terms, it meant that his heart was twice the size it should have been. In fact, it took up so much room in his chest that his left lung collapsed.
Chace and his family spent a month at BC Children's Hospital PICU while trying to medically manage his heart failure. But every time they backed off the meds his heart would start to fail. It was confirmed that a transplant was the only option for him. That's when the decision was made to move Chace from his home in Vancouver to the Stollery Children's Hospital in Edmonton for a heart transplant.
Then the waiting game started. Chace's parents practically lived in hospital with him and rented a small apartment not far away where they stayed. At first, Chace's dad flew back to Vancouver for his work shifts. But then he too got sick, making fewer work shifts and making their financial situation very tight. During Chace's stay, they tried to make a "normal" life out of a lousy situation. And, thanks to the David Foster Foundation, some of their living expenses were taken care of while in Edmonton.
The family continued to live in Edmonton for about six months until they got the call. A donor was found and a transplant was scheduled. Emotions were running high. But Chace came through his surgery with flying colours. He was sitting up after only 36 hours and discharged within 10 days of transplant.
In the year following Chace's transplant, he has shown no rejections on his biopsies. He is a happy two-year-old, and his family is thankful every day that he is there to run them ragged.
"We are so grateful to the donors who made the decision to save our little girl's life."
On a bright day in June 2009, a little girl's heart stopped. Her name was Phoenix and she was only eight weeks old. After being revived with epinephrine, Phoenix was airlifted to the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario. There, an X-ray determined that she had dilated cardiomyopathy, a condition that is untreatable by surgery.
Phoenix spent the next two weeks in the intensive care unit, on and off of breathing tubes and various medications. It was determined that she needed to be placed on the list for a transplant. But to get the treatment she dearly needed, the family had to relocate to Toronto. Her brother Isaiah was so distraught that he was plagued with nightmares. Her sister Alliyah was left back home and missed her siblings and mom so much that she became quiet and withdrawn.
On Aug 14, the family finally received the call they were waiting for and Phoenix was taken to the operating room for a new heart.
"We are so grateful to the donors who made the decision to save our little girl's life. We are also immensely grateful that the David Foster Foundation was there to help us stay together as a family during the most terrifying time of our lives," said Phoenix's mother.
After a successful transplant, Phoenix quickly caught up with life's milestones. There has been no rejection of her new heart, she is on minimal medication, and there have been very few complications. Today she is a big, healthy toddler who loves to talk, run, climb, and explore.


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This is a replica of Eli's Sword in the awesome film "The Book Of Eli. It's made of 440 stainless steel, extremely sharp and about 18" long. When I had bought this piece I was pretty impressed with the craftmenship. But it wasn't prefect. It needed a little TLC. The handle according to the description was wraped in leather and the sword came with a leather sheath. That wasn't the case. The handle was wraped with a cheap imatation but it was wraped reather nicely. the handle it's self was about was almost two inches wide. I have pretty small hands. So when welding the sword it would put a hurting on your hands. So,I had to unwarp the handle and grind the inside. If I had to guess I grinded down to about an inch. And rewarped the handle with black paracord. I had bought a new sheath for the blade as well. It's a Cold Steel and is home for their new Ninja machete. But fits Eli's Sword reather nicely. Also the last mod I had to do was lightly file the lower blade edge. So you'll won't cut your figure when holding the sword. Over all in my opion I'm pretty please vwith those few mods and pretty happy with the piece overall.
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September 19, 2014House Small Business Committee holds hearing on SHOP marketplacesRelated resources: A new Health Affairs Health Policy Brief examines the status of employee choice in SHOP marketplaces.Commonwealth Fund study on state action to establish SHOP marketplaces
September, 2014Families for Better Care, a Florida-based nursing home resident advocacy group, published its second annual state-by-state nursing home report card. The highest ranked nursing home states include: Rhode Island (1), New Hampshire (2), Maine (3), Vermont (4), Delaware (5), Florida (6), Hawaii (7), Arizona (8), Utah (9), and North Dakota (10).
September 14, 2014A new CDC report indicates that adults between 18 and 64 are less likely to be uninsured in Medicaid expansion states than ones that did not expand coverage under Medicaid. In the first three months of 2014, the percentage of those uninsured decreased from 18.4 percent in 2013 to 15.7 percent in states that expanded Medicaid.
September, 2014A new Urban Institute report, with support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, examined marketplace competition and insurance premiums across 10 states in the first year of the Affordable Care Act. The findings state that the premiums are contingent largely on provider and insurer markets, and are higher in less competitive states.
September, 2014New Health Affairs study reports that health care spending will outpace GDP again this year, but average rate of spending growth through 2023 is expected to be slower than experienced during 1990–2008.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), drug overdose is the leading cause of injury death in the United States. In 2010, opioid pain relievers accounted for approximately 17,000 of overdose deaths— more than twice the number of deaths from cocaine and heroin combined. Despite the tremendous importance of prescription drugs in treating pain, some medications have a high risk of being misused or abused. Some researchers have voiced concerns that prescription painkillers could even be a gateway drug for heroin users. With the steady rise in prescription rates and drug overdose deaths, policymakers are coming to a consensus that this national problem must be addressed. Read More
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Michele Samaroo and T. Omar Malone, write-in candidates for Miami-Dade State Attorney, won't appear on any ballots, don't have campaign websites and refuse to take phone calls from the press.
But their presence is nonetheless amping up the campaign rhetoric and political intrigue between incumbent Katherine Fernández Rundle and her challenger, fellow Democrat Rod Vereen.
On one side, Fernández Rundle accuses Vereen's campaign of running the write-in candidates — their last-minute entry closed the primary election, creating an Aug. 14 defacto winner-take-all race to be decided by up to just 525,890 registered Democrats. She calls it a "sneak attack designed to exclude more than 700,000 voters."
On the other side, Vereen denies he is behind the write-ins and blasts Fernández Rundle because her campaign website urges Republican and independent voters to switch to the Democratic party to vote for her.
He recently filed a complaint with Miami-Dade's Democratic Party saying Fernández Rundle violated her "loyalty oath" to the party.
"In essence, she's being a wolf in sheep's clothing and the Democratic party should not stand by and allow one of its own to do that," Vereen said. "That's the purpose of taking the loyalty oath."
The Democrats closed its internal investigation into the complaint last week after an internal committee found no "actionable violation of the loyalty oath," according to party chairman Richard Lydecker.
The political kerfuffle nevertheless underscores the controversial rule that govern state write-in candidates, who have beguiled both Republicans and Democrats in the past decade.
In 1998, Florida voters overwhelmingly voted to change the state's constitution, opening primary races to all voters if a candidate did not draw a challenger from the opposing party or independents in the general election. The idea was to make sure all voters could participate in choosing their elected officials.
But in 2000, the state's elections division issued an advisory opinion that decided that one single write-in candidate — they don't pay filing fees or appear on the actual ballot — could close a primary.
Since then, write-in candidates for both parties have sparked controversy in scores of partisan races.
While some are serious about campaigning, political observers insist most of the candidates have other motives.
In some cases, a closed primary allows candidates to keep campaigning and fund-raising, even though their opponent is essentially a phantom. In other cases, observers say, the write-ins serve to limit the number of people who can vote.
Former State Sen. Dave Aronberg, D-Greenacres, who unsuccessfully sponsored numerous bills trying to close the law's loophole, said politicians are loathe to change the rule because both sides use it.
"Along with gerrymandering, it is the most commonly used form of political manipulation," said Aronberg, who is running against a balloted Republican and an independent for Palm Beach State Attorney. "The voters' will is undermined when a write-in candidate disenfranchises voters."
Aronberg's county boasts a noteworthy recent case: a Port of Palm Beach Commissioner had her daughter and mother filed as write-in candidates — in case only another Democrat entered the race. Ultimately, the commissioner was reelected without opposition.
Locally, squabbles over write-in candidates are common.
In 2006, two 20-something women with no apparent political aspirations filed as write-ins in two separate races against incumbent Republican House representatives, Marcelo Llorente and J.C. Planas.
Because no Democrats were in the race, Llorente and Planas could have enjoyed support from independents and Democrats against their respective Republican rivals — until the write-ins filed.
At the time, Llorente and Planas blamed a rival Republican, David Rivera, now a U.S. Congressman. He denied the accusations. Rivera was investigated and ultimately not charged by Fernández Rundle's office for his questionable financial dealings.
(A Miami Herald reporter saw Rivera handing out fliers announcing Vereen's kick-off campaign press conference in May).
Planas, who is no longer in the House, said he believes the loophole should be closed.
"It's a crime that Republicans and independents are not going to be able to vote in this race. I'm ticked off that I can't vote in the State Attorney's race," said Planas, a former Miami-Dade prosecutor.
The Miami-Dade State Attorney's race does not lack in drama.
Fernández Rundle has held the post of Miami-Dade's top prosecutor since 1993, and did not draw opposition in 2008. In 2004, she won two hard-fought contests against Republican challenger Al Milián, who along with Miami-Dade's police union is now supporting Vereen.
No Republicans or independents entered the race this year.
But for the first time, she has drawn a Democratic challenger. Vereen, a criminal defense lawyer who is African American, is banking on carrying most of the black Democratic vote, which in Miami-Dade totals 195,650, a sizeable chunk of 525,890 registered party members.
Traditionally, Fernández Rundle has drawn strong support from black voters, winning over 90 percent of the vote in 2000.
But she may face a backlash among black voters after her office's failed prosecutions of Miami Commissioner Michelle Spence-Jones, who represents the predominately black neighborhoods of Overtown, Liberty City and Little Haiti. Spence-Jones is actively supporting Vereen.
Had no write-ins filed, Fernández-Rundle and Vereen would have squared off in an open primary and she could have drawn support from Miami-Dade's largely Hispanic Republicans and independents, from which she enjoys general support. Overall, Miami-Dade has 1.2 million voters.
Enter Samaroo, a Democrat, and Malone, a Republican, both African American lawyers.
Both have consistently refused to return e-mails or phone calls. Visits by a Miami Herald reporter to their respective condos proved unsuccessful.
Malone, 48, runs his own law firm. His website bio does not list any experience as a prosecutor, but notes nearly a decade as a Miami assistant federal public defender.
Samaroo, a Florida lawyer since 2001, says in her bio that she has worked extensively doing civil litigation, including cases involving people injured in auto accidents. She is also the past president of the Wilkie D. Ferguson, Jr. Bar Association, formerly the Black Lawyers Association, of which Malone is a member.
Samaroo worked with the Broward State Attorney's Office between 2002 and 2005 and did not leave on a good terms.
According to a personnel memo, Samaroo advised superiors that she was going to resign in two weeks, then told a co-worker she planned to derail some cases before leaving. The office asked her to leave immediately after she dropped one case without consulting her superior, then offered a lenient plea to a suspect with a lengthy criminal history.
For his part, Vereen said he and his campaign did not push Samaroo and Malone to run.
"They filed on their own and I expect they are going to stay in the race and face them in the general election," Vereen said. "I've seen both of them since the campaign started, in passing, and neither one of the stopped to discuss the campaign with me, neither one of them said anything about bowing out of this race if I'm the victor in the primary."
In his complaint to the Democratic party, Vereen took issue with Fernández Rundle's website that also noted that that changing political parties "would not obligate you to vote for any other Democratic candidate in future general elections," a suggestion that Republicans could switch back before the November general election.
"I believe we should sanction, suspend or revoke her membership within" the party, he wrote. "This is an important election year and we need to send a message to our rank and file that the [party] is serious about electing real Democrats."
Fernández Rundle stood by her website, saying she included the information on party change because angry constituents kept asking how they could vote for her.
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"My husband grabbed some towels and applied pressure to her wounds," said the neighbor, who asked not to be identified.
According to the 911 calls, a caller said "somebody stabbed her and she's bleeding so badly." The caller also said they had towels on her stomach and her feet up, but the caller later said she was fading.
Jamie Hahn, 29, and her husband Nation Hahn, 27, were attacked in their home on Tealwood Place Monday evening. Both were transported to WakeMed, where Nation Hahn was treated and released, and Jamie Hahn clung to her life until dying Wednesday morning.
Police have named Jonathan Broyhill, a man identified as the best man in the couple's wedding, as the suspect in the fatal stabbing.
The neighbor recalled Nation and Jamie Hahn running out of their home after the stabbing -- the two were screaming for help.
It was on her doorstep where Jamie Hahn collapsed from a heavy loss of blood.
"Nation was telling her that he loved her, and she responded back saying, 'I love you,'" the neighbor said.
He told her, "We will celebrate many more anniversaries together. And we are going back to the beach. We're going to go back to the beach."
He told her again, "I love you."
"Those were the last words she said," the neighbor said. "'I love you.'"
Those words were some of the last shared between Nation and Jamie Hahn. Jamie passed away just 36 hours after the couple's best friend stabbed her.
"Jaime lost her struggle to live this morning," the family said in statement released at 1:50 a.m. "We lost a beautiful and loving wife, daughter and friend. We all lost a pure and brave spirit."
Police have not released the motive for why Broyhill would have viciously attacked the couple with a knife. Police intend to charge him with murder and assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill.
Broyhill will be charged and processed at the Wake County Jail when he is released from WakeMed. Broyhill is being treated for self-inflicted injuries.
The Hahns are considered up-and-comers in the Democratic Party. Along with Broyhill, all three are Democratic political strategists, and Jamie Hahn was a prominent fundraiser for the state party.
Some of the groups Nation Hahn worked with include the Coalition to Protect All N.C. Families, a campaign opposed to the state constitutional amendment that limits marriage to a union between a man and a woman. He has also worked with the N.C. Sierra Club, the United Football League and former U.S. Sen. John Edwards' presidential campaign.
Jamie Hahn founded Blue Sky Strategies, a fundraising firm that focuses on politics and nonprofits. She also worked on campaigns for several politicians, including Edwards, former U.S. Rep. Brad Miller and former U.S. Senate candidate Ken Lewis.
State Democratic Chairman Randolph Voller says he has worked closely with the Hahns and says the attack is devastating.
"She has worked with a number of Democrats through her firm -- fundraising. She truly believed in the Democratic values," Voller said. "Her husband has also been working for years putting out the message."
Broyhill was identified as a strategist for Jamie Hahn's firm when he made a campaign contribution to Walter Dalton's gubernatorial bid last September, according to campaign finance records posted on the State Board of Elections web site.
Voller, however, says he was not familiar with Broyhill or his work with Jamie and her firm.
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Turn Dad's old ties into door decor. You'll need a 14-inch wire wreath form from a crafts shop and 19 ties. Cut all ties but one into 15-inch lengths. Position the narrow end of first cut tie, front side up, on a section of the wreath. Wrap tie around form until pointed end is positioned as shown, hiding the rolled tie; secure with pins. Repeat, overlapping ties slightly. Flip wreath over; sew rolled-up ties to the backs of points. Pin on the uncut, bowed tie.
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Recycle holiday greeting cards into holly leaves for this one-of-a-kind decoration. Using a holly leaf stencil, trace onto old cards and cut out holly shapes. With a glue gun, glue a toothpick onto the backside of each of the leaves to form a 1-inch pick at the "bottom" of each leaf. Take a 10-inch Styrofoam wreath and insert these leaf picks around the shape until it is completely covered, fanning and overlapping them as shown. Cut out more holly leaves as needed to cover the wreath with regifted greetings.
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A shimmery stunner takes Christmas ornaments off the tree and onto the wall. Buy a straw wreath about 22 inches in diameter from the crafts store. Using 1/2 yard of white felt cut into 3-inch-wide strips, wrap each piece around the wreath, pinning to secure and overlapping the edges. Take assorted Christmas balls and attach to the felt with a low-temperature glue gun, using the smallest balls to fill in holes and gaps. This is also a great way to use older ornaments that may not look good from all angles. You can also add small stars, snowflakes, or other ornaments to give your wreath a unique look. Hang with wire, wrapped securely around "top" of wreath. (Note: You'll need to add the wire before you cover the wreath completely with ornaments.)
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Business conditions overall have improved since last year. Most dealers are reporting business up anywhere from single to double digits. Margins remain tight, even for these dealers — most report flat margins. A few said they are up a little due to concerted efforts.
"Business is getting better," Sam Roberts, owner, Roberts Carpet and Fine Floors, told FCW, during the vendor round-robin, where members visit each of the group's core vendors in one day. Roberts' business is up approximately 17 percent versus a year ago, but margins remain tight. "I'm hoping as business continues to improve things will A, get better for specialty stores, and B, see margins improve," he said.
The first quarter was quiet in Montana, according to Jon Pierce, general manager, Pierce Flooring. "Then when the snow went away, something happened. We've had a nice uptick in retail, in builder business, property management business and contract," he said, attributing better business conditions in the region to the oil and gas boom in Western North Dakota, which has hit Billings, Montana "like a tsunami." Pierce added, "It's been a grueling four or five years. We do see light and we are geared up."
NFA convention format includes a Two-Minute-Drill when members share best practice or some operational information. But this year NFA president, Phil Koufidakis, also president of Phoenix-based Baker Brothers, asked each member to cover how much business was up or down, how margins were holding up, best promotion of the last six months, and biggest challenge.
Darren Braunstein, vice president for Worldwide Wholesale, based in Edison, N.J., reported that business slowed following last fall's Category 4 Hurricane. But, since December, business has been up double digits. "It's the benefit of pent-up demand," he said.
Margins for the store remain "consistent" though Branstein reported they have been trying to get margins up. "The challenge is that customers are shopping more. They have more time," he noted. One of the tricks in Worldwide's box — as with many NFA members — is private labeling. Braunstein said they have done so with carpet for many years. Now they are moving in that direction for hard surface.
Although the consumer is back in the market, she has changed her buying habits, said the group. "Lack of loyalty is compounded by technology at her fingertips," Pierce said. "She's more savvy and value conscious."
Business is up double digits in 2013 for Nebraska Furniture Mart as well, reported Dave Snedekar, director of flooring. Margins are up slightly over the past six months. Snedekar said his biggest challenge remains the perception by consumers that big box stores have the lowest prices. Nebraska's marketing department has started an advertising campaign to show that's not so, he said.
Many dealers report that the private sale is alive and well. Jim Mudd, president, Sam Kinnaird's Flooring, Louisville, Ky., said, "They give us big dollars and profits."
Jeff Macco, president Macco's Flooring in Wis., and Fla., concurred. "We have phenomenal success every time we run one." Macco said his business is up in the 20 percent range for the past six months.
One of the biggest challenges mentioned around the room is the hiring of competent sales people. More than one NFA member focused on the fact that the sales staff is aging, and that replacing them is becoming increasingly difficult. "Personnel is my biggest challenge," said Ian Newton with Flooring 101 based in Oxnard, Calif. "There is not a big pool of qualified people to draw from." Newton's conclusion? "One solution is technology. It's the key to training new sales people."
Jerry Jones, owner, Cassity Jones Inc., Longview, Texas, said his employee challenge is exacerbated by his location in an oil and gas community. The boom in that industry is attracting employees who might otherwise be sales staff. "No younger people want to come into sales," he said. Jim Winn, president, Carpet Distributors, and Roberts said specifically that their sales teams are aging and are hard to replace.
Koufidakis said that the sales personnel issue was nearly unanimous and he proposed the group put some resources toward looking at what might be done as a group to find solutions.
Marketing ahead
Over the years, the NFA has developed group buys that benefit the membership and provide significant volume for partner mills. The first major effort was a very successful roll buy from Shaw Industries. Next came a coordinated effort with Armstrong. Those programs continue to evolve as the group works on advantageous buys with a variety of product categories and vendors.
A group brand may be next, according to Koufidakis. "It just makes sense," he said. The exact name is under consideration pending approval by the membership, but the group voted unanimously to proceed with the concept.
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San Mateo Theater
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Opened on July 23, 1925, the San Mateo Theater was a beautiful movie palace with thick gold curtains. The 1,200-seat former theater building today is used for retail and office space.
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The San Mateo theatre was located at 66 3rd Street. In the early 30's it was operated by Fox West Coast Theatres. And was still with the chain till the early 70's, under the National General Corp.
The San Mateo was NOT torn down, though it was lost as a theatre. It still stands, in use as an office and retail building. Most of its Greco-Renaissance hybrid facade was allowed to remain intact, though the central arched pavilion feature and marquee were removed.
The interior was arguably the first, possibly anywhere, to be decorated in what would ultimately be known as Art Deco, the decorative scheme having been changed during construction to reflect the era's changes in taste.
The architect's of the San Mateo Theater were Irving F. Morrow and William I. Garren.
I use to change the marquee when San Carlos Cinemas leased it from Mann Theatres, The theatre was so run down from when mann theatres ran it the upstairs balcony was closed off the upstairs lobby which in itsday circled around that was boarded up and used to store all kinds of theatre crap, i remember when Beverly and scrappy ran it for mann it was the philtist dump, Bev use to live in the Janitors Closet and they would drink the night away at the Ben Franks, when i was changing the marquee all seats were a $ 1.oo what a fun time that was
Here is a 1965 ad from the San Mateo Times:
Here are some photos from the LA Library, circa 1925:
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I am a San Mateo resident doing a project on the San Mateo Theater. I am trying to gather any images I can, especially of the front of the the theater, and the box office. The photos I have so far been able to find are all at a distance and obscure the area under the marquee. If you have any other information or photos of the theater I would greatly appreciate hearing from you, or simply a chance to speak with you about the theater. Thank you.
Here is a November 1953 ad from the SMT:
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I'm moving my activity over to Twitter (https://twitter.com/hethesrodawa). I may still double post on this blog but blogger seems pretty dead. Twitter is hopping! These were for the Sketch Dailies thing (www.sketchdailies.com).
Wednesday, September 17, 2014
Tuesday, August 19, 2014
Ho Ho Ho
These were supposed to be player outfits for the holidays in defiance. It's Santa and a helper elf! The elf outfit never really got wrapped up. I really wanted them to feel plausible and not terribly out of place in the world.
Sunday, July 6, 2014
Moving Parts
Saturday, May 17, 2014
I don't usually get the opportunity to design machinery so this was nice. Top one is low tech and cobbled together while the bottom one was a redesign to make it look higher tech and manufactured.
Architectural details
This was another study when I was trying to figure out the architectural styling of the Volge. Like with the other stuff we were working backwards from the show's characters to how these guys built their hives, which hadn't been addressed on the show yet.
Wednesday, May 7, 2014
Function from form
The Volge from Defiance were a weird thing. They're bio mechanical but the mechanical parts that the show side designed were straight mechanical in a lot of ways, like bolts and wires. They were supposed to be sort of hive minded and living underground, like ants I guess. This sketch illustrated the idea that they have machines but the machines are Volge types themselves, birthed for a specific purpose. The mechanical bits are formed not in a factory condition but 'sculpted' from the spit of these creatures as it dries. The concept is a stretch I admit but we were designing function after form, which is never easy.
Friday, May 2, 2014
Hive chamber
This is a sketch from back on Defiance of a Volge chamber within their hive. I've got some others I'll dig up ... They had this biomechanical thing going on that had more structure than you usually see with this sort of thing. I thought that was a unique angle to play up.
Wednesday, April 30, 2014
On the run
Wednesday, November 6, 2013
Wasteland Samurai
Roaming the post apocalyptic wastelands, surviving by savage skill and strict honor, ect ect. You know ...
She's a coworker and super quality illustrator.
Sunday, October 27, 2013
... And Gentlemen
And here are some more. All of these were early ideas, trying to get the ball rolling.
You are in for a treat with this link I found!
Tuesday, October 22, 2013
Ladies ...
Some post apocalyptic pirates set to terrorize the polluted seas. You know.
And for the link of the week, I love this sketch, and the rest of his gallery is fantastic! http://cghub.com/images/view/671159/
Sunday, September 29, 2013
Rooftop Spelunking
Ok, so now suppose you're back up on the surface, above the trenches or buried underworld. In a natural field you may find (besides foliage and boulders) rooftop artifacts from the buried buildings. It's such a strange juxtaposition, the natural and the manufactured but also seeing rooftops under your feet. Rooftop ventilation holes are suddenly like sinkholes and caves, ready for exploring!
I really like the backgrounds in this person's gallery: http://arsenixc.cghub.com/
Saturday, September 21, 2013
Canyon Exploration
Continuing from my last post, what if you went down into these urban canyons to explore? The possibilities are exciting huh?
Check this guy out! I love how he draws. For one, it's really good but he also has a nice style or personal sensibility: http://shanyar.cghub.com/
Saturday, September 14, 2013
Buried Treasure
Some of the shots in Oblivion inspired this sketch. What an interesting idea huh? What if cities, which we think of as vertical, rising above us, were suddenly experienced as canyons? It's an unexpected flip on expectations.
I rather liked Oblivion. Granted I rented it with low expectations which is always a good setup for me. I happen to like many movies I may not have had I been hyped and paid out the wazoo in a theater for. For instance, I saw Elysium that way a few weeks ago and was bored out of my mind. It was just a waste of my time mostly. But, maybe I would have appreciated it more if I'd rented it with low expectations. I watched Oblivion a week afterwards and it felt refreshing compared to Elysium. I didn't think it was a great movie but it was interesting and engaging. As a sci-fi it showed me new things and fascinated me. What did you think of both?
I may have linked this guy before but check out that new sketch! I love it: http://pelengart.livejournal.com/
Tuesday, September 3, 2013
Crash Site
I think the composition got a little flat and there's some other weirdness I'll have to watch out for next time. I really wanted the ship panels to feel less structured than we build and more organic as a way of selling that it was alien in nature. As always, let me know if you have any thoughts on it.
I work with Raul Cabrales now and I find his work incredibly genuine feeling. He's a fantastic draftsman and painter. On the side he does some personal stuff for his blog. Check it out: http://rcabralesconceptart.blogspot.com/
Wednesday, August 28, 2013
The Warriors
The top guy is a foot soldier, a lethal warrior. The next one is a sniper that conceals himself with a cloak like the Predator's. The bottom sketches were my initial ideas for this alien military unit. The armor was initially inspired by a mix of samurai, Navajo masks and insects. The final designs changed a lot though as this project was collaborative. Maybe I'll explore my initial inspiration on my own sometime.
Tek is really talented and I imagine you'll appreciate his blog: http://tekkoman.blogspot.com/
Thursday, August 1, 2013
The Takedown
Here's a loose illustration, more of an elaborate sketch really. I was impatient on this one, dabbling in how successful an illustration can be even if left unresolved in areas. I passionately admire art that straddles that line, but I don't have a good handle on doing it myself. As a concept artist the final presentation is never of chief importance so it isn't something I've felt pressured to resolve. However, whenever I see an artist do it well I fall in love.
I like this guy's stuff!
Wednesday, July 24, 2013
The Surgeon
Now here's a shady little place. I love designing cluttered, intimate spaces.
Also, my friend Matt Rhodes has a pretty extensive post on concept design that I'm sure you'll enjoy. The rest of his blog is fantastic as well: http://mattrhodesart.blogspot.com/
Saturday, July 13, 2013
Comic con is this coming week! I go for friends, artwork and art books primarily! I can't wait. I saw Monters University a few weeks ago, and this was a movie I wasn't very excited for. The trailers didn't catch me although I love the original. Anyway, I ended up loving it. The story struck me as very real feeling which is rather unusual in children's stories these days. Things never played out in an ideal way. The character's circumstances, choices and consequences were very true to life and I love that. Also the colors and lighting were just astounding. Speaking of colors, my old coworker, Shelly Wan, worked on it and you can find tons of her stuff in the art book. Check out her blog if you haven't already: http://shellywan.blogspot.com/
Monday, July 8, 2013
Back to the wastelands ...
Back to the dreary wastelands. It's a case of terraforming gone wrong. I thought that mixing the mood and palette of a swamp with desert terrain would be a little more unique than the traditional warm hues you may think of first.
If you're reading this I hope you are well, I really do!
Tuesday, July 2, 2013
Joshua Nolan
These are some sketches I did for Grant Bowler's costume in the show Defiance. He had already been cast so I found a head shot of him online to use. These were early concepts, and after doing a wardrobe test with Grant Bowler using the basics of this design the director and costume designer decided to change direction to what you see in the show.
Oh Ian and your sketchbooks. Make sure to click his images: https://twitter.com/ianmcque
Saturday, June 22, 2013
Artificial Intelligence
Here are some designs for a female holographic artificial intelligence ... because every game has to have one apparently.
Anyway, really lovely stuff at this link:
Saturday, June 15, 2013
Clay Face
So my sweetheart got some of this air dry crayola clay for the kids and asked me if I wanted to show the kids anything with it. Now, she knows I don't sculpt but I usually handle the art stuff with the kids. Anyway, we played around with it for a bit and I got this itch so I got some wire, asked the kids what they wanted to sculpt and made these armatures like I've seen guys make online. I wish I'd taken pictures but I forgot. Then, I padded the wire out with some tin foil in spots and then set the kids loose with the clay. My youngest did the pony and because she's so little I touched a few things on there but now I wish I hadn't because of how well she did. She kept telling my oldest that hers didn't look real enough where as my oldest would say, "I'm making a unicorn and those aren't real to begin with!" Those two statements are fairly symbolic of their personalities.
Anyway, I had real fun playing with this stuff, although the medium was a bit of a struggle for various reasons. It started to dry on me as I was working for instance so parts were just too dry to mold by the time I got to them. Maybe if I had a small fine spray bottle handy that would help? Clay is exciting though! Mentally it felt a lot like sketching in my sketchbook, starting with wire, creating a pose, wondering where this would go, squishing on clay and making decisions on the fly. I love creation adventures like that, where things aren't planned. Sometimes it ends in disaster as any adventure can but the thrill of the journey is worth it. Oh, and this stuff cracks a few days later. If not for the wire skeleton underneath they'd be in pieces.
Anyway, another of my concept crew, Patrick Dailey put up his inspiring work:
Saturday, June 8, 2013
Ye Olde Bridge
Here are some concepts for the busted Golden Gate Bridge in Defiance. One of my coworkers, the multi talented Sacha Roberts, had done some initial sketches exploring this. I followed up those sketches with these so the environment team would have a clear picture of how to build this section.
Tuesday, June 4, 2013
Little Dancers
Nothing flashy this time, just some more Saturday morning sketches. It's difficult to study/capture kids. Even sitting it's shocking how much they keep moving. Oh, to have that kind of energy again.
Check out another of my very skilled coworkers!
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Due to unforeseen circumstances, Peter Sculthorpe will be unable to attend the event being held at the National Library of Australia on Thursday 9 May at 6pm. Instead, in conjunction with the Canberra International Music Festival, festival director Chris Latham will join Robyn Holmes to discuss Peter Sculthorpe's 1981 television opera, Quiros, and its reworking for the concert hall. We apologise for the inconvenience and any enquiry regarding your booking can be made by contacting Event Coordinator Lindsay Noone on 02 6262 1565 or email@example.com Thursday 9 May, 6 pm National Library of Australia, Free Bookings: 02 6262 1271 or nla.gov.au/bookings In association with the Canberra International Music Festival.


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Tips for Developing Classroom Assessments
As an educator, you know that standardized tests are a fact of life. They can produce useful information, but the results often are too late, too shallow or not what you needed to find out.
So, the best tool you have is the classroom-based assessment. Here are some suggestions to help you develop classroom tests that provide valid, reliable and usable information about how students are doing.
Start with the end in mind
Consider the outcome you want (How will students demonstrate achievement?) and "map backward" from the standards and the evidence needed to meet the goal (the assessment) to instruction. The assessment should represent what students need to know. As a result, it guides what you teach.
Teach to the assessed content, not test questions
Teaching to the content will come pretty naturally when classroom-based assessments reflect your state's content standards and curriculum. That is, the tests will be aligned with the curriculum and reflect what's happening in your classroom. Teaching to the content keeps students moving toward standards or goals. In this system, content standards, curriculum and instruction are the centerpiece.
Avoid teaching to the test items
This occurs when students are taught to perform well on particular test questions. This kind of teaching tells us little to nothing about how well students are actually progressing toward mastery of the standards-a true understanding of the content. Under the teaching-to-the-test scenario, test items are the centerpiece. As a result, the goal of measuring progress toward the content standards and curriculum is lost.
Use a combination of summative and formative assessments
Summative assessments are given at the end of instruction. They answer the question: Did the students get it? Examples of summative assessments include end-of-unit tests, final projects and final research reports. Formative assessments occur during instruction. These tests answer the question: Are students on the right track? Examples of formative assessments include feedback, observations, rough drafts and spot-check quizzes.
Second Chance
Chelmsford, Mass. High school teacher Robert Bradman gives struggling students a second chance by offering them a contract for improvement. The students agree to show him their daily homework efforts (or another area that needs attention), and in exchange Bradman doubles the weight of all the remaining grades for the term. "This puts more emphasis on future opportunities and can substantially raise their grades," he notes.
Incorporate formative assessment techniques
The best formative assessments are part of the instructional process in which teachers stop to make spot checks, engage students or see if they're "getting it." Formative techniques include:
- Observing. Use anecdotal records (for instance, focus on three to five students per day and make notes about each student's learning) and checklists (say, a set list of criteria, skills, behaviors, etc., that you fill out).
- Asking well-designed questions. "Closed questions" focus on recall of facts or simple comprehension. There is a right answer. (Who is the main character in the story?) "Open questions" focus on finding out what students know, understand or are able to do. (Would you rather live when the story takes place or now? Why?) Use Bloom's Taxonomy to develop questions that help develop students' thinking skills.
- Providing feedback. Feedback is communicating how students did in light of a goal-what was and was not accomplished. Evaluative feedback provides a judgment (in other words, a grade) summarizing the quality of the learning. Descriptive feedback provides specific written comments that help the student understand what needs to improve.
What's the Date?
Instead of writing the date on the chalkboard, high school math teacher Robert Bradman of Chelmsford, Mass., turns it into a math calculation for his students. For example, Nov. √32 + 42 would be Nov. 5, and Dec. 8 ÷ ½ would be Dec. 16. He also encourages students to design their own math/date calculations to post in class.
Improve your communication with students
They respond better to give-and-take than to a letter grade. Researcher Ruth Butler, an education professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, found that assigning grades to student work had no positive effect. It didn't improve students' performance. However, when teachers provided only descriptive feedback and no grade, student performance improved by 30 percent. When Butler looked at both assigning a grade and providing descriptive feedback, she found no positive effect-assigning grades negated the positive effects of the feedback.
Adding more standardized tests to the school calendar won't raise academic achievement. What will help students is timely, meaningful feedback on their schoolwork. Such assessments let you probe into what they know, what they still need to learn and whether they're on the right track. And that, ultimately, is how to help your students learn and grow.
Corrections Memo
Sometimes students will "lose" their graded math tests after getting them back, notes Chelmsford, Mass., high school teacher Robert Bradman. Try passing out a "Corrections and Mistakes" memo sheet on colored paper when the test is returned to students. Ask them to record correct answers and procedures and to write out what their mistakes were. Collect the tests and memo sheet and keep a file for each student's tests. It's useful to have these on hand for future reference.


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