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Programs and projects
The chief elements of the Performance Research Centre are:
- Post-Graduate Scholarships
- Visiting Scholars Scheme
- Applied Sensors Unit
- Data Analytics Unit
- Sports Research Funding
- National Small Technologies Program
- Workshops, Seminars, Events
Post-Graduate Scholarships
The AIS provides placements for post-graduates including honours, masters, PhD's, and post-doctoral students through a call for Expression of Interests annually in September. This scheme identifies specific areas requiring further research, thus providing a more focused assistance to AIS and national sports programs. It enables scholars to work with specific sports on a day-to-day basis, interacting closely with coaches in identifying and addressing issues of practical relevance. Since each of the scholars is enrolled through an Australian university and has both AIS and university supervisors, the scheme promotes the recruitment of external expertise to help solve sport-related problems. In the past financial contributions to the scheme are negotiated between the AIS, a partner University and a National Sporting Organisation, however under new direction, the AIS will primarily award scholarships to students who have obtained an APA (Australian Post Graduate Award). Under Australian Government policy, the AIS can only offer scholarships to non-Australian citizens when there are no suitable Australian candidates, however an appropriate VISA will need to be acquired.
The AIS Sport-based PhD Scheme (established in 2001) provided a model that is now being emulated in other countries.
Students interested in applying for a research scholarship should periodically refer to the 'Positions vacant' website.
Visiting Scholars Scheme
In 2007, the AIS Performance Research Centre commenced its Visiting Scholars Scheme with the sole purpose of supporting visits to the AIS by internationally recognised innovators who can contribute to the improvement of the AIS' delivery of innovative programs and science. The Scheme provides funds to allow AIS sport science and medicine researchers to bring specially targeted people to the AIS in Canberra for periods of about one month to assist with the planning or conduct of AIS research, or the interpretation of results. Generally, three Scholars each year are supported.
Applied Sensors Unit
The Applied Sensors Unit designs and develops advanced sport-specific software for coaches and scientists, typically utilising sensor and video technology. The Unit gives the AIS the capability of gaining competitive advantage through highly innovative use sensors in a variety of sporting applications. This capability enables our scientists to monitor athletes in the field, rather than being confined to laboratory settings.
Data Analytics Unit
The AIS Data Analytics Unit is dedicated to 'making sense' of data by analyzing and presenting the data in a way that will provide greater insights for Australian coaches and scientists. The Unit is comprised of three analysts each with a different set of expertise and responsibilities in the key areas of analytics.
Sports Research Funding
The AIS has long recognised the importance of research and the development of technologies to enhance coach and athlete performance. The AIS Sports Research Fund is an allocation of a specific, dedicated budget for research and development targeted at the needs of sports. With the limited funds available, A total of $240,000 is allocated as $20k grants to the following Category A sports: Athletics, Canoe (Sprint and Slalom), Cycling, Diving, Hockey, Paralympic Alpine Skiing, Rowing, Sailing, Swimming (inc. APC), Triathlon, Water Polo and Winter Sport. The Sports Research Consultant, Sports Performance Manager, Coach and Sports Coordinator in consultation with the performance enhancement teams for each sport will decide on the research projects that will likely deliver performance outcomes. The funding being made available to sports is viewed by the AIS as an investment in the future of athlete performance outcomes. As such, the AIS quality assures the research by assessing protocols and proposals through both the AIS Ethics Committee and an AIS Research Committee. This quality assurance check ensures that the research proposals are both scientifically valid and will also reap the outcomes envisaged by the sports research team.
National Small Technologies Program
Since 1997, the AIS has recognised a need for development of small, unobtrusive equipment to enable increased monitoring of athletes in field situations (as opposed to laboratory environments). There has been awareness that such equipment can enable more regular collection of data, providing a continuous and comprehensive picture of training adaptation rather than just occasional 'snapshots'. Because of limitations to 'in-house' technological capacity, progress in this area has depended largely on the formation of collaborative links. In July 2001, the Australian Sports Commission became a partner in the Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) for Microtechnology, and in the following years some very significant advances have occurred, particularly in regard to the development of prototypes for use in rowing and swimming. Strong technological and human resource platforms have been established to support future work (as evidenced at the 2004 CRC Annual Conference when there were no less than 23 presentations on sport-related developments).
Driven by the need to better service athletes and coaches, the Performance Research Centre has been at the foreground of developing technology which not only serves its purpose, but also has potential commercial scope as well.
Workshops, Seminars, Events
The Performance Research Centre organises a weekly series entitled, 'Smart Talk'. Originally created to disseminate research information, Smart Talk presentations provide a variety of opportunities for Commission staff to hear about various activities in Australia and around the world. In September 2007, the 100th Smart Talk was delivered by Professor Peter Fricker, Head of the AIS.
Workshops have been conducted to expedite collaborative research. The most successful of these occurred on 2nd and 3rd November 2006 when the AIS and CSIRO came together for a two-day workshop. From this event, no fewer than 12 research projects were seeded.
A follow up workshop entitled, 'Frontiers of Human Performance' was subsequently hosted by the AIS on 13th and 14th March 2008. This workshop will bring together scientists from the AIS, CSIRO, DSTO and NICTA to discuss where performance gains in human endeavour are likely to occur in the next 4-5 years.


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Eiger and Jungfrau Panorama Day Trip from Lucerne from USD $128.02/- (Posted on May 31 2011)
Eiger and Jungfrau Panorama Day Trip from Lucerne from USD $128.02/-
Eiger and Jungfrau Panorama Day Trip
For the best Alpine views in Switzerland, don't miss the opportunity to take a day trip from Lucerne to ride the rack railway for magnificent panoramic vistas of Mts. Eiger, Monch and the Jungrau.
- Full-day trip from Lucerne to Kleine Scheidegg
- 45-minute rack railway journey from Lauterbrunnen to Wengen and Kleine Scheidegg
- Panoramic mountain views of Mts. Eiger, Monch and Jungfrau
- Scenic, guided drive through Switzerland's magnificent Alpine regions
- Free time to lunch, relax or hike
This full-day excursion from Lucerne starts with a comfortable ride in a modern deluxe coach through Switzerland's scenic countryside to the enchanting Alpine world of the Bernese Oberland.
After a short interlude in Interlaken you'll travel to Lauterbrunnen. Here you'll board the Wengernalp rack railway for a 45-minute trip through idyllic Alpine meadows and forests to the little village of Wengen, and then further on up to Kleine Scheidegg (6,762 feet, 2,061 meters). Bring your camera, as the panoramic mountain views of Mts. Eiger, Monch and Jungfrau from here are magnificent. The imposing Eiger North Face is within touching distance!
You'll have free time for lunch, to relax or do some hiking on the well-signed hiking trails for all levels of competence. The unaccompanied trip back down to the valley follows the north-west slopes of the Eiger to the famous resort of Grindelwald. (During the winter season the tour is fully guided, including the down-hill train ride to Grindelwald.) You'll return to Lucerne at approximately 7pm.
Departure Point: Central Lucerne
Departure Time: 9.30am
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|Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute
Frank J. Gallucci
The Greater Antilles (West Indies) lie in tropical waters but because of the mountain areas and the brisk trade winds the climate is tempered.
In 1492 Columbus sailed from San Salvador (Watling Island) and discovered the islands of Cuba and Hispaniola. On his second voyage he founded the first permanent European settlement in the New World on the island of Hispaniola. On later voyages he discovered still other islands of the West Indies and claimed them for Spain. Columbus thought he had reached the East Indies, and when this was found to be incorrect, the entire Caribbean group of islands became known as the West Indies.
For more than a century the Spanish controlled the West Indies area. Gradually the English, Dutch, French and later the Danes and, for a time, the Swedes, gained control over some areas. The Spanish continued to control the important islands of the West Indies, but the English took over Jamaica in 1670. In the 17th and early 18th centuries pirates and buccaneers, often in the employ of the French and English governments, swarmed the Caribbean attacking Spanish harbors and ships. During the 18th century European powers squabbled over trading rights and ownership of the islands. In 1804 after a series of slave uprisings Santo Dominque became the independent state of Haiti. The Dominican Republic became independent in 1844. As a result of the Spanish-American War in 1898, Cuba became independent and Puerto Rico was annexed to the United States.
The West Indies are located in the Northern Hemisphere within the Tropic of Cancer. It is part of the Western Hemisphere. The coordinates range approximately 60į W longitude (Puerto Rico) to 85į W for the western tip of Cuba. The latitude position runs from about 23į N to 17į N. The fact that the Greater Antilles is located within the Tropic of Cancer suggests that the climate is subtropical to tropical. Although the West Indies are in tropical waters, their mountain areas and brisk trade winds temper the climate. Tropical plants do well on the lower levels and plants needing cooler temperatures thrive on higher elevations.
The world has a system, a grid system of imaginary lines running north and south, and east and west. The North Pole is the farthest point north, and the South Pole is the farthest point south, with the equator being the imaginary line halfway between the poles. The equator is the point from which we measure distance north or south. The equator itself is at zero degrees latitude. The N stands for north with the North Pole being 90į N. The S stands for south with the South Pole being 90į S. Latitude lines run from the equator north and from the equator south. Therefore, latitude is the distance north or south of the equator.
Latitude or parallel lines are used to help us locate places north and south of the equator. To determine east and west locations another system of lines is used. These lines are called longitude lines. While latitude lines run parallel and never meet, longitude lines run north and south and meet at the poles. Another name for longitude line is meridian. Just as the equator is at 0į latitude, there is a meridian of 0į longitude, it is called the prime meridian. The prime meridian passes through Greenwich, England. All longitude lines running east of Greenwich are labeled E and all lines running west of Greenwich are labeled W.
If the earth were not spinning on its axis, tilted and revolving around the sun, it would still be unequally heated by the sunís energy. This is because the earth is a sphere and more of the sun rays will fall on the equator than on an identical area near the poles. Because the earth is tilted more of the sunís energy will fall on the equator. Consequently, these areas will be warmer.
The earth does rotate and the sunís rays can only strike areas that face it. Obviously, if the earth did not rotate only that part of the earth facing the sun would get any heat. There would be enormous differences in temperature between the two surfaces, from very hot to very cold. The earthís rotation makes it possible for all the earthís surface to be exposed for an equal amount of time to the warming light of day to the cooling dark of night. The earth rotates on its axis once every twenty-four hours.
If the earthís axis pointed straight up and down every day would be the same. There would be twelve hours of daylight and twelve hours of darkness. This is not the case, the earthís axis is tilted. Summer days are longer and nights shorter and in winter the days are shorter and nights surface during certain times of the year than others. We call these times seasons. The difference in length of daylight causes the seasons.
There are reasons for changes in the length of day. The earthís axis is tilted and if you refer to the diagram, you will see the reason.
The earth also revolves around the sun every 365 1/4 days. This is called an earth year. Leap year accounts for the ďquarter day.Ē The earth, when it revolves around the sun, stays tilted in the same direction, always pointed toward the North Star. For this reason the North Pole is pointed toward the sun, while at other times it is tilted away from the sun.
The earthís tilt and revolution also mean that the part of the earth receiving more of the sunís energy also changes. In either hemisphere the days are longer and the nights are shorter in the summer, the opposite is true of the winter.
The times when the earthís axis is tilted to extremes have special names. The time when the poles are not tilted away from the sun is called equinox. One day a year the North Pole is tilted away from the sun more than at any other time of the year. We call this winter solstice. It generally occurs on December 21st. At this time the sunís closest and direct rays strike the earth along a line 23 1/2į south of the equator in the Southern Hemisphere. This line is called the Tropic of Capricorn. In the Northern Hemisphere, however, there would be no sunlight at all above the 23 1/2į line south of the North Pole. This area is called the Arctic Circle. After the winter solstice the days begin to get longer in the Northern Hemisphere. Around March 21st is the time of the spring equinox. During this time both hemispheres receive an equal amount of sunlight. The days begin to get longer in the Northern Hemisphere until we reach the summer solstice. This occurs around June 21st. On this day the North Pole is tilted as close to the sun as it will get. The sunís direct rays strike a line 23 1/2į north of the equator. This line is called the Tropic of Cancer. During this time the sun does not set at all in the Arctic Circle. The fall equinox occurs around September 21st and the poles are once again the same distance from the sun.Since the sun always shines and is sometimes overhead at noon between the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn, this part of the earth is always warm. Because the tropics are heated constantly, their temperatures do not vary greatly during the year.
Climate is the resultant energy from the sun. Because the tropics are always warm, an air flow pattern develops in which the warm air rises over the equator and flows toward the poles. As it travels toward the poles it is being cooled. Cold heavier air travels from the poles to the equator and a cyclical pattern develops. The rotation of the earth causes global winds and pressure belts result from the need to exchange or balance energy.
The Greater Antilles are in the climatic belt called the low latitudes, which extends from the equator to about 30į. Trade winds are the dominate surface winds in this region and blow mostly from the east. Between the humid tropics and the tropical and subtropical deserts are the wet and dry tropical climates. These climates are produced bythe seasonal movement of the sunís direct rays north and south of the equator. When the sunís direct rays move north of the equator, they increase temperatures in that region.
This increase of temperature shifts the area of warm, rising air northward towards the Tropic of Cancer. It also brings summer rainfall into areas north of the equator between the tropics and the desert. In the winter when the sunís direct rays move southward, warm rising air moves southward as well. A subtropical high pressure zone dominates the area and little rain falls in this region. There is a humid tropical climate pattern on this northern portion of the island of Hispaniola. This is because the northeast trade winds (cooler air) are meeting up with warm ocean currents causing heavier rainfall and because it is primarily coastal plain.
The climate of the West Indies is pleasant. Steady northeast trade winds moderate the tropical heat and humidity. The sun shines much of the year, and the islands receive 40 to 60 inches of rainfall. Crops can be grown throughout the year because of the favorable climate. The soil is fertile because of limestone and volcanic deposits. Sugar cane is the leading crop.
The climate, soils, landforms, and minerals in various parts of Latin America have meant something different to farmers. Each group has had a different technological base and has perceived the resource possibility differently. Latin America has productive environments in which plants and animal populations are sufficient to support hunters, gatherers, and in most places farmers. For this reason Indians were widely spread over the area at the time of Columbus. The economy of the Indian was locally based. Success or failure depended on the growing potential of the local environment as its possibilities were viewed by the local people.
The hot, wet, tropical forest were only lightly settled. Although the supply of natural food was plentiful, there were major problems. These problems were disease from the abundant insect and microbe populations, difficulties in clearing forest vegetation and maintaining fertility in tropical forest soils. The Indians were spread throughout, but preferred the highlands. The highlands were away from the problems of the humid rain forest. The lower slopes of the highlands were able to produce such crops as corn, tobacco, and bananas. Inhabitants of the tropical rain forest suffered not only from their own productive inefficiencies, but also from their inability to store the fruits of their environment effectively. The reason was that of rapid decay and animal predators. Carpenter points this out so effectively in his novel, ďExplosion in the Cathedral. French exiles are sent to Guyana to live in intolerable conditions. ďThere was something unpleasant and corrosive about the very sound of Maconi, Oyapoe and Approuague, which suggest swamps, a brutal fecundity, an implacable proliferation.Ē2 Today commercial interest concerned with the development of a particular resource must weigh the potential profit against the cost of overcoming environmental obstacles. This thought leads us to a discussion of several geographic viewpoints concerning the interaction of physical and cultural environments.
One of the earliest and simplest geographic viewpoints was called Environmental Determinism. Simply put, it states that all human actions are controlled by the physical elements in the environment. Many northern Europeans believed that any corruptive behavior on the part of Latin American natives or otherwise was due to the degenerative effects of climate and terrain. Modern geographers tend to discard the Environmental Determinism theory because of the many inconsistencies, although it still has many useful concepts. With the advent of modern technology a new geographic thought emerged, the theory of Possibilism. This theory engulfs the premise that modern technology can conquer and modify manís surroundings to suit his needs.
This idea was not generally accepted due to the natural environmentalist, cost factors, and the tampering with ecological system and the resultant and often damaging effects. For every action there is a reactionóso it was with the theories of Determinism and Possibilism. A compromise theory resulted called Probabilism. Probabilism employee the concepts of both Determinism and Possibilism. It can be summarized in this way: 1) The physical environment determines a good deal of mans actions; 2) Advanced cultures can overcome environmental constraints with the use of technology; 3) If a person knows both the physical environment and the cultural traits of an area, he can put the land to its best possible use and even predict future results.
What is the prevailing geographic viewpoint today? One must realize that the roles of environment and culture are constantly changing. Environment influences behavior and behavior influences environment. Phenomena acts upon phenom ena molding and changing within the culture and on the environment and this has brought upon the acculturation of what is Latin America today. Let us examine some of the phenomena that has brought about this acculturation in the Greater Antilles.
Latin American culture exists despite the great ethnic diversity among the people. In some areas native Indians dominate, particularly in Central America and in the Andes highlands from Columbia down through Peru. In Argentina, parts of Brazil, and in Venezuela, English, German and Italian roots are significant. In Guyana there are areas dominated by East Indians. In others still, such as the West Indies, African slaves are the major component of the population. It is to this area that I shall primarily address this paper. The distribution of blacks in the West Indies correlates with the areas of early sugar plantations. They account for a significant portion of the population of the Dominican Republic, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Jamaica and Haiti. Europeans are prominent everywhere in Latin America and in Argentina, Costa Rica and Uraguay have not mixed with other groups, but elsewhere they are part of an integration that has produced people of almost every skin color.
Zimolzak and Stansfield write that most conflicts that occur in Latin America center more on class, social status and wealth.2 Blacks are concentrated on the ďsugar islandsĒ and form the majority of populations. Racial mixture is prevalent in the Spanish islands where a relaxed atmosphere toward race exists. This mixture does not exist in Haiti and Jamaica because they were settled by the French and English, who did not have the same racial attitude.
In Haiti, for example, the ruling race has changed but not the style of political rule.
October 12, 1492 the connection between the Old and the New World was established, and as Crosby writes, ďa bond as significant as the Bering land bridge once had been.Ē3
The discovery of the New World thoroughly jolted the Old World Christian thought on the concept of creation. Life forms were so different in the New World that theories on multiple creation were formulated. Nevertheless, the European clung to the theory of monogeneticism. European Christian thought was brought to the New World and its validity had to be maintained. The Popeís Grant of 1493 ... granted Spain Ďall islands and mainlands found and to be found, discovered and to be discoveredí, the Requirements of 1512 that allowed the Indians to be subjugated and subsequently slaughtered, would have no meaning if all life hadnít developed in the manner of Christian thought. Everyone had to be a descendant of Adam and Eve and therefore, subject to the Pope. And so with the book of Genesis set comfortably in place, the white settlers began their domination and subjugation of the New World.
To understand how the Indian was so easily dominated one has to know the history of the Indians. Some tens of thousands of years ago a migratory group of Indians crossed the Bering land bridge and crossed into America. Their procreation to high numbers from only a small band of people is a simple mathematical exercise. A small percentage in increase could have generated a population in the millions within a time span of approximately 10,000 years. Geologists tell us that the Bering land bridge has submerged and risen several times during the earthís history and has submerged since this migration. Once here, the Indian was isolated. This isolation hampered the growth of their civilization and made them extremely susceptible to the diseases of the rest of mankind. Migrating through the cold of the high latitudes had a twofold effect. One, the severe climate killed off the weaker of the group and two, it strained many of the germs that could be spread among the group. They were alone for many centuries doing their thing. Then they came in contact with their apocalyptic man ... Columbus. The reason why so many Indians were conquered by so few Europeans was the spread of smallpox and other maladies to the very susceptible Indian.
The European had many other advantages but smallpox was the most debilitating. Once the Columbus phenomena had occurred, the land was open for conquest and change. The Indian became subjugated. Old World ideas were super-imposed upon the New World.
What about the invaders, the Indianís mythological ĎWhite Godsí who came to the New World to spread their religion and culture? They were called conquistadors. It was written, ďthe Spaniards learned to keep time in its place and the conception that life is worth living for its own sakeĒ and that the ďSpaniards sense of personal dignity that finds itself ill at ease with impersonal authority; and the rejection of rational criteria and especially the cult of progress.Ē4 These were some of the characteristics of the Spaniards who went to live in the New World.
The conquistadors were adventuresome men greedy for gold and fame. They were restless men, enduring and resourceful. Some were aristocratic, while others were peasants; and most had a fanatical desire to subdue the infidels. They were men of urban instincts for as soon as they landed they founded cities even if it consisted of only a few huts. These conquistadors were forerunners of the caudillos, who inherited the Spaniards individualism, their pride and their passion and their contempt for death. ďSooner or later personal issues are reduced to personalities, thereby becoming comprehensible. Personalism is the general rule today, as it was during the conquest.Ē5
The Spaniards came to conquer and dominate and, unlike the English in North America, did not come to colonize. They came to the New World without women and mixed with the native women who bore their children. This circumstance formed the basis for the relaxed Spanish attitude toward race. As Pendle writes that the Spanish were influenced by the Moslems and the intermarriage between the Spanish and the Moslems formed the basis for a relaxed Spanish attitude toward race. The Spaniards came to conquer and dominate and, unlike the English in North America, did not come to colonize. They came to the New World without women and because of this relaxed attitude were able to mix with the native women who bore their children. As for the Portuguese, the proximity of Africa tended to modify the Portugueseís attitude toward the heavy Germanic code.6
The horse, next to disease, was probably the single most advantage over the Indian in warfare. The animals prospered and certainly helped change the culture of the New World. The flora of the Old World did not impress the Indians as much as the fauna, but it nonetheless changed the style of living in the New World. As plantation type of crops began to flourish, black slaves were brought in from Africa. Sugar cane began to take hold in the Antilles and required a great deal of cheap labor to make it profitable. Sugar was a commodity known only to the wealthy of Europe. The demand for sugar in Europe exceeded that of any other commodity produced in the Americas. As cheap labor became more difficult to get, especially since the native Indian population was on the decline, black slaves were brought in to replace them. This phenomena changed the entire demography of the Antilles.
The source of early migrations came from Africa and not from Europe as one predisposes. The Europeans were not willing to fill the void of labor created by the declining aborigines of the New World. To fill this gap the white immigrants turned to Africa and literally stole a labor force to work as slaves in the New World. According to Crosby, almost 90 percent of the slaves brought to the New World were sent to the tropical regions. Of this amount 42 percent were brought to the Greater Antilles. The total number amounts to about 10.5 million.7 After the great influx of black slaves the greatest migration then came from Europe.
Dr. Guerraís book states, ďbasic to the relationship between men and land, then, is the relative availability of land for settlement and labor for employment.Ē8 Labor must strike a balance with opportunity. Since the plantations in the Greater Antilles had no access to labor, they had to resort to slave labor. The plantation had a difficult time trying to survive early on because of the loss of population, loss of imperial interest and arbitrary mercantilist policies of the Crown. During this time of tranquillity (amidst war and plunder) Cuba took on a different and distinct identity. This is when the growth of unstratified societies began, extremely liberal slave codes and the easement of color biases. Eventually the plantation took hold and here began the establishment of great families, the spread of culture and all the other amenities that wealth brings to a very few. The plantation was built on Indian land and slave labor.
Dr. Guerra coined the word ďlatifundiumĒ9 which means, ďthe large, corporationowned land and factory sugar combineĒ and according to Guerra this latifundium is the basis for the severe economic conditions of the Greater Antilles today. Because the concept was not so much to colonize, but to extract from the Americas as much wealth as could be had, the Greater Antilles became a one crop economy region. Cuba was spared this disaster for close to two centuries, for the Crown considered Cuba to be an unproductive island. Conscientious administering of land grants, the abundance of land and a meager population made it possible for Cuba to develop a healthy cattle industry mixed with agriculture. Cuba had struck a good balance with the land and a productive, if not wealthy, atmosphere flourished.
Two occurrences caused the Cuban growth to come to an end in the eighteenth century; the English industrial revolution 17501760 and the French Revolution of 1789. Guerra writes that the capture of Havana by the English in 1762 for a few brief months, the easing of Spanish trade restrictions on Cuba during the reign of Charles III, increased communication between Cuba and Spain, the creation of a great free market near Cuba and the destruction of Haitiís sugar and coffee wealth ... a consequence of the French Revolution, drew Cuba out of isolation.10
While the English occupied Havana, Cuba was flooded with African slaves to promote the sugar industry. As happened already to the rest of the Antilles, Cuba was drawn slowly into the latifundium.
Oligarchy ... a government of the few for the few, was to be the fate of the Greater Antilles. Wealth from outside the country financing the latifundium for its own personal gain at the expense of the common welfare of the native.
Dr. Guerraís succinct description of the latifundium in the Barbados is a good example of the cycle of events that occurred in the Antilles.10
Barbados is an island of approximately 166 square miles and colonized in 1627. ďIn 1628 Barbados had 1400 inhabitants all from England. In 1636, 6000 people and in 1643, 37,000 people all from England, the highest number of inhabitants in its history.Ē11 It had a good balance of products. The majority of the population consisted of indentured servants. When their contract expired, they were given a piece of land and became independent farmers. By the early 1640ís it became one of the most prosperous colonies. Sugar was introduced into the Barbados and by improving techniques of milling, by 1666 the wealth of Barbados had increased seventeen fold. When competition became keener profits decreased, when profits decreased other means had to be employed to keep the cost of production down and maintain a profit. Small landowners dwindled until the latifundium swallowed all the available land. Negro slaves in great numbers were brought from Africa. An unending cycle developed and fed upon itself until the entire economic structure of the West Indies was weakened.
A revolution has occurred in Cuba to hopefully change this condition, and whether it will or not is not for this paper to judge. As for the rest of the Antilles, slavery is dead but the misery of the former slaves lives on. The Greater Antilles is not the dynamic economic region it might have been. Greed and cruelty have taken their toll and poverty and misery is prevalent everywhere.
Goal To teach location by using longitude and latitude.
1. To use direction. 2. To be able to measure to the minute longitude and latitude of a place. 3. To be able to select a body of land and determine its location.
Materials World maps, regional maps, local engineers map (7 1/2į map of New Haven), ruler, compass.
1. Determine a location on a world map by using the longitude and latitude lines. 2. Have students read the longitudinal locationóE and W reference the Prime Meridian in Greenwich, England. 3. Have students determine location of latitude by using the equator as the reference. 4. Have students determine the hemispheres a body of land through location. 5. To use a 7 1/2į map of New Haven to be able to determine the exact location, to the second, of any particular site in New Haven, by using a ruler and dividing the degrees in minutes and seconds. 6. To be able to approximate time zones by using every 15į of longitudinal change to represent 1 hr.
Goal Once a location has been determined to approximate its climate.
Materials World map, text book to be used as reference to reinforce answers.
1. Determine the latitude primarily of a region to be studied. 2. Have students use the equator and the poles as reference points. 3. Determine if the region is in the lower latitude or the higher latitude. 4. Once this has been established have students tell if the climate is expected to be hot, cold or temperate. 5. Establish where any bodies of water are, if there are mountains, high plains, etc. as this will have some bearing on the general climate. 6. Have students develop a simple type of behavior from the geography of the land.
Goal Draw an arbitrary region and be able to choose the best possible site for cities, harbors, industries, etc.
Goal Draw an arbitrary location and be able to choose the best possible sites for cities, harbors, industries, etc. as given by the geographic conditions.
Materials Art paper, crayons, rulers, compass.
1. Determine the longitude and latitude of the arbitrary region. 2. Determine the type of climate because of its location. 3. Have students draw in bodies of water, mountains (if they so choose) to establish a climate pattern. 4. Have students clearly state direction of wind in the location of region and direction of mountains as this might determine precipitation. 5. Have students discuss the type of society that might develop from the geographic conditions theyíve drawn.
1. To build a 3D map of the Greater Antilles. 2. To be able to give its exact coordinatesóeach one of the islands. 3. Be able to explain the type of climates. 4. Know the chief products of the islands using the prose of this unit. 5. To understand in a primary way the culture of the inhabitants of these islands.
Materials 4' x 8' sheets of plywoodónewspaper, paper mache glue, topography map of the region and political map.
1. Draw a map of the Greater Antilles Region on the 4'x8' sheet. 2. Construct the topography of the region, copy from a topography map, i.e. mountains, lakes, rivers, etc. 3. Identify outstanding features and pinpoint with flags. 4. Number flags and make corresponding 3x5 cards with pertinent data information.
1. Zimolzak, Chester E. and Charles A. Stansfield, Jr. ďThe Human LandscapeĒ Columbus, Ohio, The Charles Merrill Publishing Co. 1979, p. 1. 2. Carpentier, Alejo ďExplosions In A CathedralĒ New York, Harper & Row Publishers, 1979, p. 213. 3. Pendle, George ďA History of Latin AmericaĒ New York, Penguin Books, 1963, p. 225. 4. Zimolzak, Chester E. and Charles A. Stansfield, Jr. ďThe Human LandscapeĒ Columbus, Ohio, The Charles Merrill Publishing Co. 1979, p. 15. 5. Crosby, Alfred W. Jr. ďThe Columbian ExchangeĒ Westport, Connecticut, Greenwood Publishing Co. 1972, p. 3. 6. Pendle, George ďA History of Latin AmericaĒ New York, Penguin Books, 1963, p. 28. 7. Ibid, p. 47. 8. Ibid, p. 28. 9. Crosby, op. cit., p. 213. 10. Guerra, Ramiro Y. Sanchez ďSugar and Society in the CaribbeanĒ New Haven and London, Yale University Publishers, 1964, p. XIV, foreward by Sidney W. Mintz. 11. Ibid, p. 211, Glossary. 12. Ibid, p. 44-45. 13. Ibid, p. 9. 14. Ibid, p. 10.
Carpentier, Alejo ďExplosions In A CathedralĒ New York, Harper & Row Publishers, 1979.
Carpentier, Alejo ďThe Lost StepsĒ New York, Alfred E. Knopf, 1977 .
Crosby, Alfred W. Jr. ďThe Columbian ExchangeĒ Westport, Ct. Greenwood Publishing Co., 1972.
Fuentes, Carlos ďAuraĒ translated by Lysander Kemp. New York Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1965.
Fuentes, Carlos ďThe Death Of Artemio CruzĒ Translated by Sam Hileman, New York Farrar, Straus, 1964.
Marques, Gabriel Garcia ďOne Hundred Years Of SolitudeĒ New York, Harper & Row Publishers, 1970.
Marques, Gabriel Garcia ďThe Autumn Of A PatriarchĒ New York, Harper & Row Publishers, 1976.
Pendle, George ďA History Of Latin AmericaĒ New York, Penguin Books, 1963.
Sanchez, Ramiro ďSugar And Society In the CaribbeanĒ New Haven and London, Yale Univ. Press, 1964.
Urens, Henriquez Pedro ďLiterary Currents In Hispanic AmericaĒ Harvard Univ. Press, 1949.
Israel et al ďWorld Geography TodayĒ New York, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1980.
Murphey, Rhoads ďPatterns On The EarthĒ Chicago, Rand McNally, Chicago Publishing Co. 1978.
Zimolzak, Chester E. and Charles A. Stansfield Jr. ďThe Human LandscapeĒ Columbus, Ohio, The Charles Merrill Pub. Co. 1979.
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I shot this session at sunset on White Rock lake. Jason and Kari Ann came really prepared to my shoot. Matching clothes, lots of props. We really had a good time and got great shots.
Monthly Archives: March 2012
Another bridal session at my favorite Las Colinas canals.
This wedding was one of the first ones in Nylo hotel in Las Colinas. Location was great and now Nylo is a very popular venue for weddings. This was also one of my first Jewish weddings. It was a great night. I hope you enjoy the pictures.:)
I love colors and beautiful traditions Indian weddings always have. Ceremony was held in spectacular St.Mary's Orthodox Church in Farmers Branch and continiue in Hampton Inn, Mesquite. Room was decorated by very talanted Farah Modi-Shah, Weddings by Farah.


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Q: "I'm building a barn in cold, northern New England …
What type of barn would you suggest and why?
A: Cold Climate Barns
Georgia Hickey, Equine Facilities Design
King Construction Company, LLC
While the primary considerations of siting, natural light and good ventilation apply
to all barns, they're even more important in a location where winter comes earlier,
stays longer and Nor'easters are not uncommon.
Barns should always be sited with attention to prevailing winds and sun patterns.
In cold country, I prefer to face the gable ends north and south – the worst of the
winter winds will hit the narrow end and blow past the long sides of the barn.
In the summer, your aisle end doors will open toward the prevailing breezes.
Horse stalls on the east-facing side of the barn will be warmed by the rising sun
and better sheltered from the heat of the summer sun past mid-day. With Dutch
doors and windows facing east and west, you'll bring more natural light into the barn.
Reduce winter condensation problems by installing a small venting window in
addition to the Dutch door windows.
This stall features a Dutch door and a small window
for ventilation in cold weather
Wood is a natural insulator, so a wood barn will be warmer in winter and cooler in
summer than a metal barn. If budget permits, insulate the outer walls on the main
level; if you can't insulate and finish the main floor ceilings, fully load the hay loft
to retain more heat over the winter. I don't recommend heating a horse barn unless
with radiant floor heat in the aisles.
Other types of heating systems can create bacteria, mold and respiratory problems,
so horses are better off with a blanket. Stall floors should be insulated against the
cold -- stall mattresses are best, or use tightly-fitted rubber mats under the bedding.
Automatic waterers with built-in heaters and a consumption gauge will eliminate
frozen buckets and allow you to monitor how much each horse is drinking. Since
most barns have well water, always plan for a generator in case of a power outage.
A metal roof will release its snow load more quickly than a shingle roof, so it's a
good choice in areas with snowy winters. Metal roofs should always be insulated
to control condensation, or you can install it over plywood. All roofing should
include ridge venting, and barns should have eave venting; venting cupolas will
also improve air exchange.
Barn with wood siding, metal roofing, full ridge venting and venting cupola -- the porches
also provide additional protection from snow, rain and summer sun.
With proper planning and good materials, a barn in the coldest climate can
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Centenary Hill (Mount Gambier)
Distance: 2 km
Average Gradient: 6%
Elevation gain: 132 metres
Traffic: Light traffic
Terrain: Scenic drive/walking track
Road Surface: Good/Average
Click here for link to the Strava segment.
(Warning: this climb reaches gradients peaking at 30%. Please do not attempt this climb unless you're confident with climbing such steep gradients or are happy to get off & walk your bike)
Mount Gambier is located 450 km's South east of Adelaide, and is an extinct Volcano comprising of several craters and is a stunning place to visit. Mount Gambier offers numerous parks and gardens, caves and sinkholes, and has two beautiful Lakes (The Blue Lake & Valley Lake). The Blue Lake is thought to be of an average depth of 72 metres. Early each November, the lake's sombre blue, which is in evidence during the winter months, mysteriously changes to an intense deep turquoise blue almost overnight. The colouring remains until late February, when it gradually changes. From late March, it returns to a distinct sombre blue colouring that remains until the following November.
This climb takes you up the scenic drive past the Valley Lake and offers great views of the Lake throughout the climb. The climb starts in earnest when you enter the Centenery Hill car park. You exit the car park and enter the 400 metre walking path up to the Centenery Hill Lookout which averages 14%, peaking at 30%.
The views up the top are stunning and well worth the climb.
The climb starts on Davison Drive.
The first 500 metres are at an average 8%.
As you pass the Devil's Punch Bowl you will see the Valley Lake to your left hand side.
At the corner of Elliot Drive turn right.
The next 400 metres is fairly flat.
The road ramps up & the last 200 metres as you approach the car park peaks up to 12%.
You will come to a gate and you will need to dismount from your bike to get through this gate.
From here the climb gets tough. The first 300 metres averages close to 11%.
The path is quite patchy in bits which makes the climb more challenging.
You will see stunning views to either side of the path.
This is a walking path and a very popular walk. You may need to give right of way to pedestrians.
When you see the Centenery Tower high up to the right side of the path the gradient starts pushing well over 20%.
The last 100 metres of this climb is extreme with the gradient peaking at 30%.
This climb has given many cyclist nightmares & there is no shame in getting off and walking your bike.
Not too many riders have made it all the way to the top without walking. Enjoy the 360 degree Panoramic views from the top
Please use caution when descending this climb, and ensure the safety of ALL pedestrian traffic.
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Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars
These are great tasting bars, just like a chocolate chip cookie, but very simple to make. It's made in the pan and cut into bars - Delish!!
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Best Ever Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe With Variations
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Wholesome banana chocolate chip cookies. Prep:10m
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This recipe is from the package of Guittard's Super Cookie Chips. If you are lucky enough to find them, they are THE best super-sized semi-sweet chocolate...
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An full-blended cookie with all the flavors you love to taste ! A great cookie for any occasion! Prep:1m
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Read This If…
- the technology in your family is taking over.
- you need some practical ideas on how to redeem technology in your home.
- you're looking for godly parenting resources.
Publisher's Summary
Making conscientious choices about technology in our families is more than just using internet filters and determining screen time limits for our children. It's about developing wisdom, character, and courage in the way we use digital media rather than accepting technology's promises of ease, instant gratification, and the world's knowledge at our fingertips. And it's definitely not just about the kids.
Drawing on in-depth original research from the Barna Group, Andy Crouch shows readers that the choices we make about technology have consequences we may never have considered. He takes readers beyond the typical questions of what, where, and when and instead challenges them to answer provocative questions like, Who do we want to be as a family? and How does our use of a particular technology move us closer or farther away from that goal? Anyone who has felt their family relationships suffer or their time slip away amid technology's distractions will find in this book a path forward to reclaiming their real life in a world of devices.
When it comes to technology, most of us are more like alcoholics than we are like sourpussed teetotalers.pg. 103
"Technology is good at serving human beings. It even – as in medical or communication technology – saves human lives. It does almost nothing to actually form human beings in the things that make them worth serving and saving"pg. 66
"If toil is fruitless labor, you could think of leisure as fruitless escape from labor. It's the kind of rest that doesn't really restore our souls, doesn't restore our relationships with others or God."pg. 87
I don't want to detail the entirety of the book, but I do want to draw out one more section that was especially eye-opening. Crouch explains that boredom is actually a result of being overly entertained. We have become so used to be entertain every waking moment, that we have lost the ability to be still, to enjoy solitude, and simply be quite. This is why – as soon as we have nothing to do, we immediately turn to our phones. This is why our children complain of being bored. They no longer need to exercise their imagination, learn to hold conversations, or explore the great outdoors. They can be entertained with the click of a button.


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Bernie Sanders on new Trump immigration ad: 'It is really sad'
'Unbelievable and so sad for our country'
WASHINGTON (CNN) - Sen. Bernie Sanders denounced a web ad recently put out by President Donald Trump's reelection campaign, which called Democrats "complicit in every murder committed by illegal immigrants."
"It is really unbelievable and so sad for our country that we have a President of the United States that says such nonsense and such outrageous statements," the Vermont Independent, who caucuses with Democrats, said on CNN's "State of the Union" Sunday morning.
The ad was released hours into the government shutdown. The largest point of contention between political parties that led to the government shutdown was immigration policy -- including the funding for a proposed border wall and the future of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, which has protected undocumented immigrants brought to the United States as children from deportation.
"They need a path toward citizenship," Sanders said, referring to the beneficiaries of DACA, known as Dreamers. "Then you see a President put something like that on the air, trying to divide us up, trying to foment hatred. It is really sad."
Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Illinois, said on ABC's "This Week" that the rhetoric used in the Trump ad "doesn't work," citing Republican Ed Gillespie's failed gubernatorial campaign ads, which attacked now-Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam for voting "in favor of sanctuary cities that let dangerous illegal immigrants back on the street" and linking his vote to the rise of the violent gang MS-13.
"It doesn't work," Durbin said. "The American people are not going to accept the premise that immigrants are criminals and that we ought to deport the Dreamers."
Durbin worked with Republicans to present a bipartisan immigration deal to the President earlier this month, which was rejected.
"You know, what it comes down to is we need a reasonable approach that is mindful of our national security, number one, but embraces a basic value in America," he said." We are a diverse nation, a nation of immigrants, and we're proud of it."
When asked about the ad in an interview on CBS's "Face the Nation," House Speaker Paul Ryan said, "I just saw that. I don't know if that's necessarily productive."
But Ryan added that Democrats "are complicit with not getting things done" and claimed the party "blew up negotiations."
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To have trust (faith) in God means we have to get to know Him. It is hard to have trust (faith) in someone if we don't spend time with them. This sermon, delivered by Associate Messianic Rabbi Bruce Neiger, examines one of the most well known of God's Attributes: Love. This sermon was given on 9/1/2007.
At the end of the sermon, Rabbi Bruce reads an article titled: A Father's Love Letter: An Intimate Message from God to You. If you want your own copy please click on the just mentioned article title to go to our congregational website podcast resources page and download it. Look for a link with the same name.
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Weekend project: Cream cheese creativity
Videographers who are also good cooks might want to use the weekend to start thinking about this cooking video competition sponsored by Philadelphia Cream Cheese.
Queen of Southern cooking Paula Deen is hosting a contest to find recipes that incorporate Philadelphia Cream Cheese in new, creative and, of course, tasty ways. During the next eight weeks, she'll be launching weekly competitions, giving aspiring chefs a chance to win a trip to Savannah, GA, and become one of the "Real Women of Philadelphia." (Sorry, guys. Deen says: "We're only looking for female chefs, but to all my men out there, you are welcome into the community.") Each Monday, she'll post a video of a side dish, appetizer or dessert to inspire your video submissions. All you have to do is submit a video featuring a recipe that includes cream cheese by that Friday. You can enter each competition as many times as you like, for as many weeks as you like.
If you're new to creating cooking videos, Paula's made a series of tutorials to help:
The first round starts on Monday, March 29, so be on the lookout for the latest video from Paula at http://www.youtube.com/user/LoveMyPhilly and get ready to show off you cooking (and video producing!) skills.


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Soccer needs 'Aussie Kossie'
If John Kosmina didn't exist, would the A-League have to make him up?
One way or another, "Kossie" certainly polarises opinion, as his latest touchline and post-match spat with Frank Farina, the Queensland Roar boss, again shows.
If he's not taking pot shots at the opposition, or getting involved in pushing and shoving matches, the former Adelaide now Sydney coach would find some other way of getting his face in the media. And a good thing too.
Football is a passionate and emotional game and it draws out strong responses.
Doubtless those who utter these instantaneous outbursts occasionally -- in a moment of sober reflection -- might wish they hadn't.
But Kossie is from the school of no regrets and is a bloke who calls a spade a shovel -- or any other variety of digging implement if he thinks it necessary. He is not everyone's cup of tea.
What do you think?
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The importance of Culina's return
Australian international Jason Culina's move to A-League new boy Gold Coast United is hugely significant for the fledgling competition and a career-defining moment for the player.
FRANK Farina, Eddie Krncevic, David Mitchell, John Kosmina, Graham Arnold, Robbie Slater and Alan Davidson were Australian soccer's pioneers.
They were players raised and nurtured locally who forged a bridgehead in Europe playing with well-known continental clubs in the 1980s and laying the groundwork for those from these shores who came after -- the likes of Harry Kewell.
Now Australian international Jason Culina is to become a pioneer in reverse.
The 28-year-old PSV Eindhoven midfielder is poised to quit Europe while at the peak of his powers and become the first member of his World Cup generation to return home to play.
Culina's move to A-League new boy Gold Coast United is hugely significant for the fledgling competition and a career-defining moment for the player.
Yes, Culina is on huge (by Australian standards) money, his marquee player status netting him anything between $1.2 million and $1.5 million a year depending on reports. Either figure would make him the best-paid footballer in the country, in any code, by some margin.
The fact that he is prepared to make the return home after more than a decade in Europe at his age says a lot about where the game has come in a short while.
It is no longer unusual in Melbourne for a Monday morning tea room moment to include reflection on the fate of the Victory at the weekend, while the performances of the Socceroos have become of national interest and debate.
Culina -- through his role as a starting member of Guus Hiddink's XI during the 2006 World Cup and his continuing presence in Pim Verbeek's side as it heads towards South Africa in 2010 -- enjoys a strong public profile and taking the marquee spot for the A-League's new "Bling XI" will make him, and the game, better known.
The one possible downside of his move is where the Socceroos are at in their World Cup campaign.
Culina will play for the Gold Coast in the 2009-2010 A-League season, which will finish several months before the World Cup in South Africa begins. Assuming the Socceroos make it, that could mean a key midfielder will be inactive for several months.
Hopefully he is able to organise a loan from March to May 2010, either with a European club or a leading Asian side, perhaps in the J-League, K-League or Chinese Super League, so that he can keep his fitness and match conditioning ticking over.
With Culina having made the first move, perhaps others of his generation will opt to return home when they are in their late 20s or early 30s rather than leave it until later in their careers when their bodies are more battered and their legs and reflexes slower.
The most successful of the A-League's returned Socceroos -- Victory skipper Kevin Muscat, Sydney's Steve Corica and Queensland Roar captain Craig Moore -- all returned when they were 31 or so. They have found that the standard (lower then they were used to), the duration of the season (shorter than they were used to) and the high-quality sports science and medicine available have all helped prolong their careers and allowed them to be hugely influential in the development of their clubs and the game.
If their example is anything to go by Culina could have a good seven or eight years ahead of him and could become the biggest name in the local game.
Perhaps current Socceroos, such as 29-year-olds Vince Grella, Mile Sterjovksi (another Gold Coast target) and Brett Emerton -- or even soon-to-turn-29 Mark Bresciano -- might follow if Culina has the influence and impact he is expected to.
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A special weekend
There are few better weekends for soccer fans than the third round of the English FA Cup. Early January, a new year, hope springs eternal. It's 64 clubs, 32 matches. Anything can happen.
THERE are few better weekends for soccer fans than the third round of the English FA Cup. Early January, a new year, hope springs eternal. It's 64 clubs, 32 matches. Anything can happen.
The cup offers the non-league battlers a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, consolation for the Premiership also-rans and a convenient route into European competition for clubs hoping to gatecrash the elite.
But most importantly it provides the potential for embarrassment for the big boys. No seeding here, thankfully, and the "Lord of Misrule" principle still operates.
The sooner Football Federation Australia follows suit and introduces a cup competition in Australia the better.
Imagine the interest and the potential drama if A-League heavyweights such as Adelaide United, Melbourne Victory and Sydney FC had to take on the state league clubs away from home in a hostile environment in a knock-out competition. It would add new flavour to the domestic game.
The FA Cup's uncompromised draw can, as it did this time, eventuate in European champion Manchester United travelling to lowly Championship club Southampton and Premiership plutocrat Chelsea hosting League One's Southend.
The smallest clubs in the land get the chance to dream of the improbable upset -- and often it turns out that the shock result is not quite so impossible after all.
Southend stunned Chelsea's World Cup-winning boss Luis Felipe Scolari when it stole a last-minute equaliser at Stamford Bridge to force Chelsea to travel to its Roots Hall ground for a lucrative replay. Lowly Nottingham Forest humiliated what is perhaps the richest club in the world, Manchester City, winning 3-0 at City's home ground.
And yesterday morning, Blyth Spartans of the Conference North showed that they were more than nuisance value when they hosted Premiership strugglers Blackburn Rovers, who had Socceroo Vince Grella in midfield.
Blyth is a team of part-timers and lads who failed to make the grade as professionals. They play in a league five divisions below Rovers and are coached by Harry Dunn, whose day job is as a caretaker in a children's home. Yet Spartans held the former Premier League champion goalless for almost an hour before being undone by a delicious free kick from Chilean international Carlos Villanueva, the only goal of the game.
Still, the nine-match cup run netted Blyth -- a town near Newcastle -- more than $700,000, wiped out its debt and set it up financially for the next few years.
Critics have argued that the FA Cup has lost its lustre because the biggest clubs in the country don't treat it seriously enough, conserving their best players for Premiership and Champions League fixtures that pile up in the early part of the year. But Manchester United boss Alex Ferguson has made it clear that the FA Cup is still "a massive trophy to win".
"I love the competition and I know the supporters relish the ties as well," he said after the win over the Saints.
There is plenty of drama still to come: Hartlepool will look to upset Lucas Neill's Premiership struggler West Ham in the fourth round, while Cardiff will hope to knock off Arsenal. The winner of the Cheltenham/Doncaster tie can look forward to embarrassing Aston Villa, while non-league Kettering can make history if it upsets Mark Schwarzer's Fulham.
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"The Skeptical Psychic" - A Revolutionary, Science-based Approach to Intuition
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"If you have ever been interested in the realm of the psychic, then Nancy's book, Psychic Intuition, is a must read. Using her skills as an attorney, Nancy quite systematically examines and cross-examines the evidence, the skeptics, the religious perspective, and the uses and abuses of psychic tools."- Eldon Taylor, PhD, FAPA, New York Times Bestselling Author of Choices and Illusions and Mind Programming
"Nancy du Tertre's Psychic Intuition gives the most compelling explanation of why humans have the ability to read each other's minds and see the future that I have ever read." -Uri Geller
by Nancy du Tertre
New Page Books - August 2011
Are psychics are really just psychotic? Why are women more intuitive than men? Is there a Sixth Sense? What do ghosts feel like? Are you skeptical that psychic ability can ever be explained in terms of science? Have you ever wondered what psychics actually "see"? These questions and many more are addressed in Nancy du Tertre's new book "Psychic Intuition: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know But Were Afraid to Ask." This book explores psychic ability in a brand new way.
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Do not prescribe a policy that the current group of officials cannot hope to implement because of who they are. I have had highly intelligent individuals -- including some with senior government experience -- sit in my office and lay out perfectly plausible policies that the current team, limited by time remaining in office, the pressure of competing and more urgent crises, and the all important mix of personalities, could never hope to put into effect.
Moreover, core beliefs and style constrain policy makers profoundly. So don't ask them to do something outside their range of psychological possibility by, for example, proposing cold-eyed realpolitik to a band of idealists or vice versa. There are no platonic ideal-type policies, valid no matter who is in charge. What may make sense for one administration may make no sense for another, not because of the external environment, but because of who has to execute the policy and live with its consequences.
High-quality commentary reaches audiences (including those overseas) who may not affect daily policy making, but whose opinions matter in subtler and longer-term ways. Well done, it sharpens a larger discourse -- and besides, it's more therapeutic than shouting at your television set. A prudent commentator should be modest in his aspirations, conscious of his limitations, and sparing with his exhortations.
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ALISON Johnstone MSP (Letters, June 9) rightly states "performance not personalities" matter more than "trying to claim a scalp" in reference to calls for the Health Secretary Shona Robison to step aside. The problem is the NHS Scotland performance is tumbling downwards year on year, and in many respects it is a Scotland-specific NHS poor performance, not mimicked south of the Border.
Take for example two key NHS areas where the Scotland performance gap to England NHS is not just a gap, but a gulf. Key diagnostic tests should and can facilitate early targeted life-saving treatment or avoidable adverse health outcomes. The percentage of patients not receiving these tests within six weeks in England has narrow ranged between one per cent and three per cent every month, stable over the last decade. While Scotland matched this England NHS performance in March 2012, by March 2015 it was nine per cent not receiving these tests within six weeks. By March 2018 the Scotland NHS figure is now 19 per cent missing the vital six-week diagnostics target, compared to just two per cent in England as at the same date. This is a nine-times inferior Scotland NHS performance, inferior every month for more than four years, and a declining performance trend for five consecutive years. In other words, it is not a sudden NHS poor performance that appeared out of nowhere.
In terms of delayed discharge patients, there has been no sustained progress in Scotland since April 2012 when there were 1,290 blocked hospital beds every day, compared to in April 2018 a figure of 1,380 blocked hospital beds daily, and no improvement on the April 2017 figure of 1,360 blocked beds. The welcome reduction since peaking in December 2014 at a ludicrous 1,840 hospital blocked beds daily, has not yet returned to 2012 levels.
In NHS England (taking a 10 per cent comparator figure to equalise for Scotland's smaller population) there were 500 blocked beds daily in March 2018 reduced by 20 per cent recently from 640 in March 2017, and 360 blocked beds daily in April 2012. The England NHS delayed discharge performance, a key barometer of NHS joint working efficiency, has been in a different league every month for at least seven years, with the Scotland NHS blocked beds rate well over double the England performance figure, and England NHS counts an additional category of delayed discharge patient.
Some localised downward movement in bed blocking in Scotland has been facilitated by the dubious practice of temporarily warehousing elderly people en masse in interim care home placements outside of hospital such as in both Glasgow and Edinburgh. The Care Inspectorate Joint Inspection of Services for Older People in Edinburgh of May 2017 was correctly concerned about this practice, reporting: "Older people were sometimes transferred to interim care while a care home or care at home services could be organised. While this helped reduce pressure on the acute hospitals, staff realised that this was often not in the best interests of the older person."
The emotional distress, uncertainty, and disorientation this extra temporary move must cause to some older people with memory or other health issues can never be a policy substitute for getting core joint health and social care assessment and discharge processes person centred, and working efficiently, as they should.
Richard Richardson,
Albert Road, Glasgow.


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A farmer's best friend
Tekapo's monument to the working dog has been photographed innumerable times, and with the advent of digital cameras and the internet, its image has gone global, more than meeting the hopes of those who attended the official unveiling in 1968.
MARCH 8, 1968 - New Zealand's sheep dogs, particularly the hard-working ones in the rugged Mackenzie Country, had become invaluable, and man owed them a great deal, said then governor-general, Sir Arthur Porritt, before unveiling a bronze statute of a collie at Lake Tekapo yesterday.
"It was Charles Kingsley who said, `Every dog must have his day' and it seems to me that this is the day," said Sir Arthur.
"I think the whole idea of this memorial is delightful ... there is something magnificent and mystical about it. And it is wonderful to think it was conceived in this district. There is a local atmosphere about it all. One can see the site is perfect almost alongside the Church of the Good Shepherd."
Sir Arthur, on behalf of Lady Porritt and Miss Porritt, thanked the residents of the Mackenzie Country for their wonderful hospitality and the warmth of their welcome.
Hopes were expressed by many of the 300 present that the native setting of the memorial would be preserved. The knoll on which it stands is covered with matagouri and spear grass. The statue is mounted on a huge greywacke boulder and the base consists of rocks and stones taken from the Jollie River.
Extending a welcome on behalf of Mackenzie Country residents, the chairman of the Mackenzie County Council, HW Fisher, acquainted Sir Arthur of the vastness of the Tekapo riding, which covered 2000 square miles (almost 518,000 hectares) and is one of the largest of any New Zealand county ridings.
RLG Talbot, MP for the district, said the Mackenzie was an area steeped in the history of pastoral farming.
"Even during your term as governor-general you are destined to see many changes in the Mackenzie. Science and modern technology will play a vital part, but the shepherd's friend and servant, the sheep dog, will remain to muster the profits of pastoral progress," said Mr Talbot.
AT Murray (chairman of the Mackenzie branch of Federated Farmers) outlined the history leading to the erection of the statue. The sculptress, Innis Elliott, was among the official party.
"Throughout the history of the high country we have seen the bullock teams replaced by horses, in turn replaced by motor vehicles, and station hacks, to an extent, by four-wheel-drive vehicles," said Mr Murray. "But the collie dog has and always will be with us."
Before asking Sir Arthur to perform the unveiling, Mr Murray read the last Gaelic line on the bronze plaque: "Beannachdan air na cu caorach" Blessings on the sheep dog.
A smile creased the face of Sir Arthur at the Fairlie reception when Mr Fisher addressed these remarks to him: "With your great interest in athletics, I am sure it will be of interest to you that the late Dr Jack Lovelock, one of New Zealand's first great milers, lived in Taylor St, Fairlie, with his mother and sister, Olive. His father was buried in the Fairlie Cemetery in 1922.
"Amongst those we can justly lay claim to for their fame and development, and I stress the word development, could be Jack Lovelock, Sir Edmund Hillary, who has climbed extensively in our mountains, and Jock Mackenzie, the sheep stealer. They all improved their techniques in our wide-open spaces."
Sir Arthur quickly acknowledged Jack Lovelock as a "close friend throughout". He knew him at Oxford University, watched all his running, "looked after him" at the Berlin Olympic Games, found him a position as a medical student in a London hospital, and later helped him find jobs in London and New York hospitals.
"As a matter of fact," said Sir Arthur, "Dr Lovelock's eldest daughter is my god-daughter. It is quite a thrill for me to visit the town where he spent his early years."
Mr Talbot said the vice-regal visit had been a memorable day in the history of Fairlie and the Mackenzie Country.
It would be necessary for Sir Arthur to return many times to witness all the beauty and development of "this important area".
Before and after the official ceremony the Mackenzie Highland Pipe Band played selections.
MARCH 23, 1968 Tekapo Dog Memorial by DMC Burnett.
In the Mackenzie Country we felt that by building the Tekapo dog monument we were paying our respects to loyal servants and in many cases gallant ones. Happily, too, it was felt this would add ornament and interest to the amenities of this increasingly attractive settlement, hence our care in choosing this site.
Of all the art forms, bronze sculpture is relatively unique by reason of its complicated fabrication, its cost and the comparatively few craftsmen capable of making high-class castings. It is essentially European and we owe much for its origin to the ancient Greeks who evolved the simple art forms of the Phoenicians and ancient Egyptians (relics of which are graphically displayed in the museum at Beirut in the Lebanon) to the near perfection of classical sculpture to be seen in the city museum in Athens. This culminated in the wonderful bronze Charioteer and the Athlete which over 2000 years ago caught the rippling muscles, the ideal figures and latent strength of the perfect human physique.
Although we think of this as a young country, we inherited the European tradition as a going concern (for example Samuel Butler's writings of 100 years ago) and so it is a matter for regret, and perhaps lack of finance, too, that we have so few examples of this form of art in this country. Of the unusual ones there is Tania of the Reef gracing the Napier marine parade.
Travellers from the Old World will surely pass the Tekapo dog monument travellers familiar with the special sculptures which are particularly associated with each city.
London has among its ever so many bronzes Eros performing his endless task above the mostly unheeding thousands. Kensington Gardens has its attractive Peter Pan. The famous bronze mermaid sitting on the rock outside Copenhagen entices seafarers into the haven.
The unusual animal studies in bronze in the Tuileries Gardens by the Louvre showing the eternal battle for survival in the kingdom of beasts make Paris especially remembered.
Thence to Berlin where its pre-war glories included the bronze groups of figures of Grimms' Fairy Tales still delighting the children of East Berlin. Then to the wonderful complex which once made the four-mile long Unter den Linden world famous. It was almost destroyed in World War II and is now replanted and the statuary is being replaced.
Innsbruck, Austria, in its mountain setting has its well-known collection of bronze statues of kings and leaders in the Hofkirche, and also the very striking bronze statue of the Tyrolean patriot and guerrilla fighter, Andreas Hofer, who defied the tyranny of France and now stands sturdily on his old battlefield on the verge of the forest of Berg Isel not far from a museum containing relics of the famous Tyrolean Kaiserjaeger Regiment.
Also close by is the big 90 metres Olympic ski jump, the scene four years ago of the ceremonial opening of the Olympic winter sports and battleground of 20th-century heroes.
Off now to the three lovely cities which were the centre of grace and elegance in the golden years of the Austro-Hungarian empire, to Prague with the sculptured Karlsbrucke spanning the slow-flowing Moldau made known in Smetana's Vitava music, and then the great bronze equestrian of King Wenceslas who has left us one of our loveliest Christmas carols and which sits surveying the wide tree-lined boulevard of the same name.
On to Budapest with its troubled history as well as its gaiety expressing itself touchingly in its lovely bronze and marble tributes to military and political leaders down the years. These are found in several city galleries besides Parliament buildings and down the banks of the Danube to the spectacular decorated Lanchia Bridge joining the hilly city of Buda, once a Stone Age settlement, to Pest on the Hungarian plain.
Returning to the third charming city in the Danube basin, Vienna, there are the remains still of Roman Vindobona and the aura of the Emperor Franz Josef still lingers on in Schonbrunn Palace, entered under the cold stare of two high-perched bronze eagles.
Within minutes of the Opernring and Staatsoper, the city centre we enter the lovely parks of the Volksgarten, the Burggarten and the Maria Theresien Platz with the majestic bronze statue to the Empress Maria Therese and another to Mozart standing in almost sylvan surroundings.
The empress, an able woman, imported some of the first merino sheep exported from Spain and established a prosperous flock at Meropail in Hungary, some stock from which eventually reached Australia. We leave regretfully as the zither strains of the Cafe Mozart waltz sound sweetly in a Heurigen.
We can be sure that travellers familiar with all these and more will not pass the Tekapo Dog without a second or a third look.
We would like to think this monument is dedicated to the good and faithful dogs who give of their best in burning heat and frozen snow, even sometimes with paws bleeding; but not to the ones who "button up their coats" as soon as the going is hard.
It is most appropriate that Sir Arthur Porritt, a man of action and familiar with Olympic athletics, should perform the symbolic act of unveiling the statue because similarly the men who fed, trained and handled these collie dogs on the hill were not a faint-hearted type, but tanned and fit, hard and contemptuous of summer heat and winter's icy blasts and believe me they can be icy!
Here's to the brave past, to the problems of the present and the hope with which we face the future, which is built not only on the past but on our attitude to the present. In spite of the possibility of troubled times may the mosses and lichens grow on this monument undisturbed in the words of the song "Memories Are Made Of This". So in the language of the first Highland shepherds: "Beannachd leibh." "Slainte!"
South Canterbury


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Siddhi Vinayak 27th June 2018 Written Episode Update: Shivam gets attacked
Siddhi Vinayak 27th June 2018 Written Episode, Written Update on TellyUpdates.com
The Episode starts with Pratima donating blood to Siddhi. She prays that Vin arranges extra blood units. Shivam apologizes to her and says I was blind in Riddhi's love, I didn't understand she is Vin's Siddhi, I m sorry. She says its not your mistake, anyone else would have done this too. He says none can separate Vin and Siddhi. Vin comes to hospital. Manjiri says Shivam has come here to meet Riddhi. Vin gets angry and says I won't leave Shivam. Manjiri says you won't beat him. Shivam comes and says I was finding you. Vin starts beating him. Shivam asks him to listen. Pratima comes and stops them. Vin asks will you kill my Siddhi. Shivam says I reached there after you left. Pratima says stop Vin, Shivam knows she is your Siddhi. Manjiri sees Kabir and thinks he has come now. Kabir blows
Manjiri signs Kabir. Doctor says Vin, this is hospital, not your set, move aside. He checks Pratima. He says maybe she fell weak by donating blood. He takes Pratima to ward. Inspector comes and asks Vin did he complain about the murder attempt on Siddhi. Vin says yes, Shivam has tried to kill her. Shivam says I wasn't there, how can I attack. Vin says he is lying. Shivam says I went to chawl, Siddhi wasn't there. Vin says you threatened to kill her.
Shivam asks did you see me attacking her. Vin says yes, I would have caught you, you had worn a hoodie and mask. Shivam says it means you didn't see my face. Inspector says we have to arrest you. Shivam says how can you arrest me, this is illegal. Police takes him. Manjiri smiles. Doctor checks Siddhi. Vin comes and holds her hand. Dil ki bechaini….plays… He says we have faced many troubles, you were always with me, you are my wife, I will never leave you. Bhool na jana….plays… she opens eyes. He gets glad and says you got conscious. Manjiri looks on. She says my problems aren't getting less. Kabir asks why, Shivam got arrested. Shivam comes to hospital and talks to inspector on call. He says thanks for letting me free and giving me a chance to prove that I m innocent.
Manjiri says Shivam will get free, Vin is mad in love, he will try to find out who tried to kill his lover, we have to kill Siddhi. Shivam looks on shocked. He says so you did all this planning. She says maybe you got mistaken. He says I heard everything right. Kabir blows the pin on his neck. Shivam gets shocked and removes pin. He asks what's this. She says this will make you sleep for long. He says you think you will faint me, I will reach your son and tell him everything. He pushes Kabir and runs to Vin. Manjiri follows and says my son is getting dizzy, anyone just hold him, stop him. The people hold Shivam. Shivam says let me go. She signs Kabir to get stretcher. Shivam faints. Manjiri hanks them and does the drama. Manjiri asks Kabir to take away Shivam. Vin is with Siddhi. He thinks of her childhood. She gets conscious. She says you… He says not Sir, I m your Vinu, Siddhi, I got to know everything, you are my childhood friend Siddhi, I m your Vinu.
Shivam asks Manjiri to leave Juhi. Manjiri says I have to kidnap someone else as well. She smiles.
Update Credit to: Amena


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Nevada Athletic Commission expected to hire new executive director Saturday
Four finalists to be interviewed from original pool of 350 candidates as three-month process to replace Keith Kizer wraps up.
By the time boxers Manny Pacquiao and Timothy Bradley arrive at the MGM Grand Garden Saturday for their world welterweight title rematch, the Nevada Athletic Commission should have a new executive director.
Four finalists are scheduled to be interviewed this morning by the commission and from those four, one will be selected to replace Keith Kizer, who resigned Jan. 10 after six years on the job.
"I'm beyond excited," NAC chairman Francisco Aguilar said Friday. "We have a tremendous opportunity to move forward and we've got four excellent choices to pick from.
"To me, it is one of the most important decisions the commission will make."
Interviewing this morning will be:
— Bob Bennett of Las Vegas, a former FBI agent and current boxing judge;
— Michael Martino of Reno, currently an NAC inspector and former interim executive director of USA Boxing.
— Andrew Foster of Sacramento, Calif., the current executive officer for the California State Athletic Commission;
— Jeffery Mullen of Germantown, Tenn., the current executive director of the Tennessee Athletic Commission and has a strong mixed martial arts background as a judge and referee.
Mark Smith of Las Vegas, was also scheduled to be interviewed but withdrew his candidacy Monday for personal reasons.
The meeting, which will be held in room 1100 at the Grant Sawyer State Office Building (555 East Washington Ave.) begins at 10:30 a.m. and is open to the public.
Aguilar said the four finalists, who were in the initial pool of 350 candidates, share some common threads.
"I see experience in dealing with external groups," Aguilar said of the similarities. "I see personalities that are even keeled and people with tremendous integrity.
"I also see four people who are independently strong yet have an ability to work with others. That's very important. I'm looking for someone who can take different individuals with different personalities and can blend them together and work with them."
The NAC has also been changing its staff in recent months, with a new chief inspector, new inspectors, new MMA judges and referees. Aguilar said the new executive director needs to work with the staff and lead them.
"I want to see someone who is proactive with the commission staff, someone who will motivate them and help them achieve the greatest amount of success," Aguilar said. "Whether it's setting up clinics and seminars or being willing to be open-minded and try different things, we need the next executive director to be creative and make our officials the best they can be."
Aguilar said the commissioners must also do a better job of communicating and working with whoever they hire.
"It is our responsibility to work with the hire and help that person adjust," he said.
Aguilar said he has reached out to several boxing, MMA and kickboxing promoters regarding the four finalists and he has not had a word of dissent on any of the candidates.
"The feedback I have received has been positive and I'm confident that we will have a new executive director at the end of our meeting," he said.
Contact reporter Steve Carp at firstname.lastname@example.com or 702-387-2913. Follow him on Twitter: @stevecarprj.


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I used a cute Lili of the Valley image called 'Doggie Delights'...I coloured it using watercolour pencils, then fussy cut around the top of the image. I added a strip of stripey paper (from the 'Chalk Studio' pad by My Mind's Eye to my card blank, then added my image over the top to create the effect of a wallpapered wall. I used a Lawn Fawn 'Stitched Hillside' border die to cut the curve at the top of the paper, and the sentiment stamp is from the 'Anytime Messages' set by Hero Arts.
Here are the challenges I've piled on:
- Pile It On! - Food and/or Drink
- Alphabet Challenge - Q is for Quick & Simple
- Crafting with Friends - Anything Goes
- Crafty Sentiments - Anything Goes
- Penny's Paper Crafty - Anything Goes
- Simply Papercrafts - Anything Goes
- Sweet Stampin' - Spots and/or Stripes
- That's Crafty - Clean & Simple
- Through the Craft Room Door - Anything Goes


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evening eye candy {metallic mosaics}
(via canadian house and home)
So inquiring minds (well, mine!) want to know-- what is your take on this look?
35 comments:
- Abbie said...
I *love* it... now if only my house were as flash to match.
- October 15, 2009 at 4:59 PM
- liza said...
I love it, too. A lot.
- October 15, 2009 at 5:10 PM
- Dena said...
very bold, indeed. but I like it!
- October 15, 2009 at 5:17 PM
- Crystal @ Plush Palate said...
Love it for a posh, girly pad!
- October 15, 2009 at 5:18 PM
- Mary @ JPM Design said...
I love it! What a great idea to paint the ceiling a fun shade of blue in order to add some color in an otherwise neutral space!
- October 15, 2009 at 5:19 PM
- Miss Absinthe said...
Love it!
- October 15, 2009 at 5:45 PM
Love the color combo - but it looks a bit like pennies. I think it's a bit too shiny, but would be curious to know how it's going to age. It would be nice if it eventually becomes green.
- October 15, 2009 at 6:04 PM
- At Town Square said...
I love the country and contemporary element. It's a great mix of both.
- October 15, 2009 at 6:20 PM
- TheFamousHome said...
Looks amazing! I wonder how easy it is to clean tho?!
- October 15, 2009 at 6:21 PM
- MyLittleHappyPlace said...
Don't know if I personally could commit to it, but I LOVE the tile paired with the oversized hardware.
- October 15, 2009 at 6:26 PM
- Daniella said...
Oooooo I like it!
- October 15, 2009 at 7:20 PM
- Callie Grayson said...
Adore, as well!
- October 15, 2009 at 7:36 PM
- layersofmeaning said...
Love it! We are adding a stainless steel blacksplash to our kitchen this fall.
- October 15, 2009 at 7:39 PM
- Rachel Follett said...
How elegantly done! I like the blue ceiling too. Love this look!
- October 15, 2009 at 7:52 PM
- Jackie said...
I absolutely love metallic mosaic tiles in the kitchen! I saw them in several magazines before and also in Lauren Conrad's old kitchen on The Hills! Ha! I love the sparkle and glam that it brings to the kitchen.
- October 15, 2009 at 8:19 PM
- Beach Vintage said...
I like it but would feel like I was in a disco all the time. Which maybe OK I guess.
- October 15, 2009 at 8:36 PM
- bananas. said...
i love it...the whole look...even the pale blue ceiling and i'm so not a pale blue girl.
- October 15, 2009 at 9:05 PM
- Vanessa said...
Wow, what a gorgeous idea! It's like fancy ear rings for a little black (or white) dress!
- October 15, 2009 at 10:15 PM
- Courtney said...
Ooh. I quite like this... a lot.
I agree with a previous comment: it is feminine, but it is also masculine (is this possible?)
Hands down: love the style, love the simple-yet-elegant features, love the magazine it came from.
- October 15, 2009 at 10:50 PM
- TERI REES WANG said...
What a gem!
It really is a jewel of a space.
The silver metallic tiles mirror the silver stainless, and that is what makes it work.
It could have worked just as well with glass tile.
- October 15, 2009 at 11:13 PM
- Donna said...
This is so dreamy!!! I love it...so crisp and clean...
- October 16, 2009 at 5:55 AM
- Design Esquire said...
I love how it makes this smaller kitchen sparkle. I love it!
- October 16, 2009 at 6:10 AM
- Emily said...
I love the glamour that backsplash exudes!! That and the hint of color on the ceiling. It's divine!
- October 16, 2009 at 6:21 AM
- Rachel said...
How classy and glamorous this looks. I love it!
- October 16, 2009 at 9:27 AM
- destined to design said...
i would TOTALLY do this! it comes off as very chic with the turquoise ceiling & white cabinetry.
- October 16, 2009 at 5:09 PM
- Courtney said...
I LOVE the backsplash. I think I might want to do this, in fact. We have a teeny-tiny vintage kitchen that desperately needs updating, and I LOVE this look. Thanks, for finding it.
- October 17, 2009 at 5:37 PM
- Diane James Home said...
Love it! Just toured Bary Dixon's kitchen/great room at the first "green" designer show house in McLean, VA where he used a mica walpaper in the kitchen paired with recycled crushed glass counters - really gorgeous!
- October 18, 2009 at 11:26 AM
- Pink Wallpaper said...
that is some major eye candy!
- October 19, 2009 at 10:19 AM
- pve design said...
I love it!
- October 19, 2009 at 10:22 AM
- susie q said...
I'd love to see those metallic penny tiles combined with a roughhewn rustic cabinet.
- October 21, 2009 at 2:22 PM
- Pawleys Island Posh said...
- October 22, 2009 at 5:38 PM
I LOVE THIS! I'm totally going to copy it when I get the chance to redo my kitchen.
LOVE LOVE LOVE it.
- November 2, 2009 at 9:21 AM
Those are pennies. This picture was posted on Tumblr showing homes with pennies incorporated into their design.
- August 31, 2011 at 10:19 AM
- Erma R. Souder said...
All of these are looking spanking . Great thanks . Remove White Background
- November 7, 2016 at 2:48 AM
- Robert Smith said...
I like it so much. It was so beautiful. Thanks
- June 7, 2018 at 11:30 PM