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|My Full Hollow Ichigo (Vasto Lorde Ichigo) from Bleach.
|Deviant Art
|My Full Hollow Ichigo (Vasto Lorde Ichigo) from Bleach.
I'm a 26 years old male cosplayer from Finland.
I'm a visiting judge and a guest in different conventions/events all over the world.
I live in Jyväskylä, Finland, and I study Business Management in the Jyväskylä University of Applied Sciences.
Team Finland 2011 in World Cosplay Summit
1st place in Tracon II Cosplay Contest
3rd place in Bakacon 2009 Cosplay Contest
1st place in Bakacon 2010 Cosplay Contest
3rd place in Desucon Frostbite 2012 Cosplay Contest
3rd place in Otaku House Cosplay Idol Europe Contest
~Numerous other nominations and awards.
-Cosplay contest judge in CosplayGaala 2010 (Finland)
-Eurocosplay 2010 preliminaries contest judge in Desucon 2010 (Finland)
-Cosplay contest judge in Bakacon 2011 (Finland)
-Eurocosplay 2011 preliminaries contest judge in Desucon 2011 (Finland)
-Cosplay contest judge in CosplayGaala 2011 (Finland)
-WCS 2012 Finland preliminaries judge (Finland)
-Calendario Cosplay 2013 cosplay judge (Costa Rica)
-Virtual guest in Cosplay ComCom 2012 (Mexico)
-Guest of honour and judge of CosplayGen in Otaku Festival 2012 (Bucharest, Romania)
-Guest of honour and judge in Desucon 7 2012 (Oslo, Norway)
-Organizer and translator in WCS 2012 (Nagoya, Japan)
-International guest of honour in JIAM, Japan International Apparel Machinery Trade Show 2012 (Osaka, Japan)
-Cosplay butler and guest in Lancer's High - Special Convention 2012 (Tokyo, Japan)
-Guest of honour and judge in Japan Weekend Madrid 2013 (Madrid, Spain)
-Guest of honour and judge in Play-Cos 2013, (Modena, Italy)
-Guest of honour in ConComics 2013 (Guadalajara, Mexico)
-Guest of honour in Titan tour's Vocaloid Concert/Event 2013 (Veracruz, Mexico)
-Judge in Desucon 2013 (Lahti, Finland)
-Guest of honour and judge in Desucon 8 (Oslo, Norway)
-Guest of honour and judge in Genki (Copenhagen, Denmark)
-Guest of honour and judge in Tracon 2013 (Tampere, Finland)
-Organizer and translator in WCS 2013 (Nagoya, Japan)
-Guest of honour and judge in Akumakon 2014 (Galway, Ireland)
I'm one of the few and active international male cosplayers. I love to meet new people, make new friends and experience new cultures and conventions all over the world. I would love to travel even more and see how the conventions and cosplayers look in different countries. I can also speak Finnish, English and Japanese fluently, so don't be afraid of the language barrier!
You can book me for:
° Cosplay contest judging
° Panels (f.e. about Finnish/European/Japanese cosplay, international cosplay competitions, costume making/prop making/workshops.
° Performances on stage
° Advertisements (f.e. advertising your convention in a specific outfit, modeling costumes of your cosplay store, making a costume for your game promotion, youtube videos, interviews etc…)
You can contact me trough: firstname.lastname@example.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/ElffiCosplay
Deviantart: elffi.deviantart.com/
Twitter: twitter.com/ElffiCosplay
Worldcosplay: worldcosplay.net/member/Elffi/
Otakumode: otakumode.com/Elffi
Flickr: www.flickr.com/photos/71521909…
Cosplay.com: www.cosplay.com/member/99958/
CureCos: en.curecos.com/profile/?ch=188…
Youtube: www.youtube.com/user/ElffiCosp…
Instagram: instagram.com/elfficosplay


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"Come on! This is supposed to be our fun weekend together. Let's just all try to calm down and get along," said Ciel, as she dumped another bag on top of the teetering pile in the driveway.
"I'll be just fine," I spit out through gritted teeth. "If I can just get this $#@! tailgate open so we can load up!"
The day had arrived. Our long-awaited mother daughter excursion to the Northern California Women's Herbal Symposium. We'd been attempting to synchronize our schedules for the last couple of years without success, and this year we'd finally managed it.
I was appalled to realize it had been seven years since I'd traveled to Laytonville to join the sacred fire circle and this tribe of witchy, plant-loving women.
This year I'd be returning with both of my grown daughters. As wee ones they'd frolicked with the hordes of children that attend the gathering, crafting fairy wings and flower head wreaths or getting their faces painted in the childcare teepee, while their moms took notes on medicinal uses of herbs and identified the wild plants that proliferate on the land.
Later, as adolescents, they each participated in the rite-of-passage ceremony for maidens who have begun their periods. In this ritual the maidens are honored and sung to by hundreds of mothers and crones, welcoming them to the creative power of womanhood.
Now Ciel and Rosie looked forward to attending workshops as adults and learning about the healing powers of the plants from a diverse group of experts. We'd sunbathe by the river, painting our bodies with clay. We'd chant and dance around the campfire together.
But, as so often happens when trying to get out of town, we were getting off to a rocky start as we scrambled to assemble all the necessary camping gear, warm clothes to protect ourselves from the frosty night-time chill and load it up in Tim's truck.
I'd awakened at first light to raindrops softly brushing the bedroom windows – usually a soothing sound, but not when I'm off for four days of camping in the mountains. It's going to clear up, I told myself as I brushed my teeth and glumly watched the puddles filling in the driveway.
And, to my delighted surprise, by the time we pulled out the skies had cleared and temps had risen so high that I changed into flip-flops and forgot my jacket.
We picked up Rosie's friend, Anna, who would be attending the Symposium for the first time, completed all those last-minute errands, and, although we were three hours behind schedule by the time we got on the freeway our moods lifted and excitement and anticipation once again reigned.
How could I have stayed away for so long, I wondered on Friday evening as sparks rose up to the stars. I gazed at the open faces of old and new friends around the fire – women who'd traveled from as far as Colorado to be a part of this healing gathering.
One by one, we spoke up sharing the pain, the love and the stories of the last years. As each woman introduced herself we repeated her name in welcome. Tears and laughter punctuated the stories as we wove a web of safety and healing around ourselves. And though we shivered in our wool ponchos, scarves and stocking caps, an inner warmth flared in my belly.
I've really missed this, I realized. I tried to gather courage to speak out to the crowd. I knew I wanted to put my sister-in-law, Sheila, who is battling breast cancer and healing from a recent mastectomy, into the circle for some group healing. But I also wanted to express my own inner struggles, and my need to break free of the self-imposed restrictions that are holding me back from pursuing my dreams and realizing my own potential.
"Hi, I'm Ciel," my daughter spoke up behind me. And choruses of "Hi Ciel, and Welcome Ciel!" responded.
Nervously, she proceeded, telling how wonderful it was to be back after enjoying so many weekends here as a child and young girl. "Tonight I have someone I want to put into the circle for healing," she said. She explained about her boyfriend's mother suffering from Stage Four pancreatic and lymphatic cancer.
Nymiah, an old friend and Symposium regular, invited Ciel to tell us what she would like us to all do for Laura, and Ciel was quick to respond.
"Well, when I was 10 years old I remember being around this fire and we would all sing the person's name," she said. "I guess I'd like it if we could all sing Laura's name."
And so we did, the melody of her name lifting to the night sky, infused with the good intention of all those women.
A bit later I did speak, and we sang Sheila's name. I managed to share some of what I was feeling about my own life transition, but wonder why I struggled with articulating my feelings since I was in such a safe and supportive circle. The answers to that are another story I guess.
Uplifted by our first evening campfire circle, I tried not to complain too much as Ciel and I snuggled into the tent trying to get comfortable. Our teeth chattered despite being fully layered in down jackets and two pairs of pants. We'll warm up, I assured her.
But icy drafts crept in through the cracks in the covers and neither of us grew remotely warm for the entirety of that first night. Memo to self: do not use an air mattress without insulating it underneath when the temperatures are dipping into the low 30's.
So, at Saturday breakfast my mood was less than cheery as I huddled in my camp chair, spooning up cold oatmeal and pulling my scarf tighter.
Then I felt the first drop.
That's just some dew, I thought and I gazed up at the leaden sky.
"I just felt a drop," my friend Joanne said, looking up.
"That's not rain!" Rosie declared. "It's going to be sunny and hot today." Rosie had insisted all week that we would be enjoying bathing suit weather for the weekend, despite forecasts to the contrary. She's a strong-willed girl and I almost believed she could will Mother Nature into submission.
But…not today. Those first few sprinkles quickly became a downpour sending me sprinting for my tent for my raincoat and boots.
A flurry of activity ensued as rain flies were staked down, and canopies (held up by nine women, one per pole) were moved into place to cover outdoor workshop areas.
"Site 3 is moving to the Wellness Tent," a voice shouted.
Now, I'm the first to admit it: I'm pretty much of a wimp about camping in the rain. And camping in the cold rain….well, let's just say if it wasn't the Herbal Symposium I would've already been packing the car. But, if there's anyone possibly even more wimpy than me, that would be my daughter, Ciel. With Rosie taking up a close second.
"What are we going to do?" Ciel wanted to know.
"Well, let's just see what happens," I replied, now fueled by a hot cup of coffee. "You never know, this could end soon and it might be clear and beautiful in a few hours."
We all sloshed over to the "Aromatherapy for the Nervous System" workshop taught by Arcata herbalist Christa Sinadinos, which had thankfully been moved inside to the Wellness Tent.
The rain beat down on the tarp, leaking through tiny holes, and causing Symposium workers to periodically appear with long poles which they poked up along the edges to slosh pools of water over the edge, thus preventing the entire tent from collapsing.
Christa rubbed her hands together, pulling gloves on and off to open each bottle of essential oil, or to write on the board and struggled to be heard above the thunderous downpour. We all shivered on our blankets and camp chairs as we passed around the oils.
But, amazingly, I ended up with pages of notes and renewed inspiration to pull out my oils and begin using them again. Rosie kept looking meaningfully over her shoulder at me as she recognized her own anxiety symptoms. Thanks Christa for inspiring us with some great new ideas!
And then it was time to pull up our hoods and step out into the freezing rain again. We stood on the muddy path waiting for lunch to be served and our friend Raven walked up.
"How're you guys doing?"
"Well, as best we can, considering," I gestured around to the hunched over crowd and streaming rain coats. "At least we have decent gear."
"Well, my feet are soaked," Raven said, looking down at her tennis shoes. "These are supposed to be gortex, but…"
"Oh, no! No boots?" I asked.
"We're thinking about getting a motel," said Raven.
"You mean, pack up and bail?" I asked.
"No, just leave everything set up and go get a motel, then come back tomorrow. A nice warm motel room, dry off and have a shower. Eat a hot dinner…"
"Mom, let's do it!" Ciel urged.
"We-el, we're definitely interested," I told Raven. "Let's see how things are looking after lunch."
So tempting. And so privileged.
"I think we should try to tough it out," I told the girls. "But let's just see if this keeps up."
"Actually, it looks like the sky is getting a little lighter," Anna said.
I looked over, the heavy grey did appear to be shifting to a lighter hue. And the rain had mellowed to a drizzle.
"There's a patch of blue!" Rosie cried.
A group of us spontaneously broke out into the strains of Here Comes The Sun, then followed up with a kid's song, led by Anna, "Hey Mr. Sun, Mr. Golden Sun, please shine down on me-e-e-!"
Mother Nature and the Goddess were smiling indeed, because by the time we held plates of food, the sun shimmered on the raindrops. The crowd whooped and roared, and murmurs rippled estimating how long it would take to dry up the mud.
I set up my chair on a sunny patch of grass for the next workshop, and peeled off the raincoat, then the down jacket as I began to sweat.
But within a half hour dark clouds blocked the bright orb and a few minutes later new drops were falling. Our group hurriedly gathered our things and moved en masse to a spot underneath a tarp.
Oh well.
The afternoon continued with half-hour downpours punctuated by ten tantalizing minutes of sunshine which would only give way to a fresh and freezing rainfall.
So much for the planned masquerade party to celebrate the Symposium's 21st birthday, I thought. How was that going to happen?
Well, those Symposium organizers it pulled off with aplomb, despite the downpour. Some women tossed away concerns about warmth and dryness and donned celebratory plumage and glitter on bare skin. Others like me, threw on some trinkets and colorful scarves over our multiple layers.
We all squeezed into the Wellness Tent, plates brimming with an Ethiopian feast. After dinner, one corner of the stage flashed with a slide show of photos and video footage from past Symposiums while organizers and attendees shared their favorite Symposium memories.
For the promised evening entertainment beloved songstresses Francine and Nymiah took the stage harmonizing heartfelt songs of love, resistance and healing.
"Do you think Nymiah remembers me dancing around the living room when I was 7 and doing splits while she played drums?" Ciel asked, while we swayed to the familiar tunes and sang along with the choruses.
Rosie gazed on starry-eyed. She recognized the songs from babyhood but had never seen the duo perform live.
"That was sick!" she proclaimed after the set, raising her fist in the air. (using the word 'sick' in a positive way of course.) "I want the CD!"
More women stepped up to the mikes, singing and playing as the night wore on, a new take on the campfire talent show of former years.
Slices of chocolate cake were passed around, a Saturday night dessert tradition. And in a special 21-year-birthday treat, popcorn popped in a giant cauldron outside the tent. Women milled around, some arm-in-arm, eating, sipping tea, singing and chatting.
By the time we wandered back to bed, eyes beginning to close, stars glimmered in a cloud-free sky.
"It's definitely going to be sunny and hot tomorrow," Rosie proclaimed.
And this time, she was right. Sunday morning the only things sunnier than the skies was the smiles on all of our faces.
Sure, it didn't heat up enough to strip down and dive in the river, but handmade goods sparkled in the afternoon marketplace, and not a down jacket could be seen.
Later, we welcomed the Maidens to womanhood in the annual ceremony, the Crones waved their hand-made brooms in celebration and the women drummed, danced and chanted into the darkness
around the blazing fire.
No way was some freezing rain going to stop this crowd of wild and witchy women from enjoying their weekend together. Another year of ancient wisdom shared and living on.
A motel? What were we thinking??
As we circled up to say goodbye on Monday afternoon, tears welled up as we held hands and moved in a spiral singing to each other. One of my favorite Symposium regulars, Copperwoman, led us with her guitar:
Older, Wiser, Stronger, Lighter
As the winters and the summers
Pass us by..
We are blessed indeed!


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A quick post 🙂 With the DeviantArt page all set, this page is more or less set as well (with the About and Character profiles coming soon). While the DA page will likely get updates to the actual comic part faster, this page will have a lot more when it comes to sneak peaks and info you wouldn't normally get there. Plus stuff to keep track (like with the Character profiles).
There may also be sneak previews of text excerpts before they are all set into a comic. So, both have their pros and cons 🙂 And it's your choice which to follow (if neither, just one, or both).
If you have any questions, feel free to ask.


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The handover of the keys to the proud owners of the Hill End Ecohouse occurred on the 19th of March. Some fine-tuning of landscaping and final touches have continued beyond. The house attracted large numbers during our invitation-only tours and 3 tours for the Australian Institute of Architects, leaving the architecture and building teams exhausted but happy to be able to share the building and knowledge.
Due to the house's rigorous aim to be sustainable and its high recycled content (estimated at 80%), the building has attracted media attention as far as Norway, China and New York and there have been almost 17,000 hits on this blog in a year. Our hope for this project was to inspire interest in sustainable building practices to a deeper level than just applying solar panels, sunshading and water tanks and that seems to be happening.
Such project couldn't have occurred without such dedicated and uncompromising clients. An architect's dream.
Here are some photos of the finished work by Chris Frederick Jones
Furniture from Retro ModerneStreet elevation with solar panels, just visibleEntry space with recycled hoop pine flooring stair divider. Leadlight window of old louvre blades is on the left. Artwork by Michael PhillipsNorth (street) facing balcony shared by front bedrooms/work spaces.Gallery space looking towards river. Courtyard to east (left) covers rainwater tanks (see earlier entries). Print in distance by Michael PhillipsCourtyard view back to Gallery and Dining (left). Print in Dining room by Michael PhillipsDining room with polished concrete floor, limewashed walls and recycled vj ceiling. Artwork by Michael Schlitz. View to river through staircaseKitchen with view to Dining. Stained and clear hoop pine cabinetry is throughout the house (no particle board)
Outdoor living connected to Kitchen and Living
View from the rear - pool below, outdoor living and living with bedroom balcony at the top
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
1 comment:
- VukahGogo said...
fascinating sustainable renovation.
What was the building cost and Professional Fees to achieve the high 95% recycling
- May 17, 2010 at 11:44 PM
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Padma Lakshmi On Her Morning Routine, Motherhood + More
We recently got a sneak peek into the diet of the sexiest Top Chef judge, author, actress and mom, Padma Lakshmi. Our interest was piqued, so we sat down to chat more with Padma on all things wellness — from her morning routine to how becoming a mom has changed the way she eats and more, including her Veg of Allegiance project. Check it out.
MBG: You recently told us that, although you pretty much eat (and have tried) every type of food and cuisine, you actually prefer a plant-based diet. Why is this?
Padma Lakshmi: I just personally feel better and healthier and have more energy when I maintain a plant-based diet. I'm by no means a vegetarian. On Top Chef, I'm required to eat everything. I grew up a vegetarian for religious reasons in a traditional Hindi home. I also grew up in the U.S. and was around other American teenagers and started eating meat.
But over the years, I've found that my system and chemistry work better on a plant-based diet. I think everyone can benefit from eating more vegetables and fruits and less meat.
I'm by no means saying to give up meat. Balance is important. It's important to eat a little bit of everything. But substituting a few meat meals per week for plant meals is a really easy way to make your own diet healthier, and to do something that's good for the earth. Plant-based protein needs fewer resources to produce than meat protein.
Are you seeing a shift towards wellness in the culinary world and with chefs at all? How?
Padma: I am. When I started on Top Chef, I noticed my co-judges poo-pooing dishes that only had vegetables; they viewed them as just a side dish. But I have seen a gradual shift in their opinions about how they look at vegetable dishes.
It's not about what you do, but how you do it. A beautifully roasted mushroom or a bowl of mushroom soup done with exquisite care and perfect seasoning is just as luxurious and valuable of a feat in the kitchen as is cooking a perfect steak. It's actually easier to cook a perfect steak than it is to make a beautiful, velvet mushroom soup. Now, people are going more plant-based, or using meat as just one component of a dish.
In my own home, we are mostly plant-based. For many Americans, they are forced to feed their families on a very limited budget. Learning how to cook delicious plant-based proteins not only benefits the earth, but it can also be financially prudent. We don't talk about that. You can feed more people with a bag of beans than you can with a package of steak. And those beans cost a fraction of the steak.
Has becoming a mom changed the way you eat at all?
Padma: Yes. Being a mother has made me eat less healthy. What's appropriate for me as a 44-year-old woman is not appropriate for my 4 or 5-year-old daughter. She does need more carbs and fat because she needs to feed her developing body and brain. I purposefully cook my child's eggs with a pad of butter. I've been known to give her a slice of cold butter while she waits for me to cook her meal. There's nothing wrong with that.
But I cook for her and as a single mom, we eat the same things. I wind up eating a lot of the foods that I wouldn't even keep in the house. But rather than reach for something fried, I might give her a baked product. I try to vary the snacks I give her; something with goldfish, raisins, nuts, etc. I want her to eat a lot of different foods. As a parent, it's my job to equip her with a respect and love for food. Your child's eating patterns are pretty much set by the time they're 5 or 6 years old. You can't eat one way and expect your child to eat another way. If you're not eating the broccoli on your plate, she's not going to eat the broccoli on hers.
Can you walk us through your morning routine?
Padma: My morning routine during weekdays is getting up at 7am and get out of bed at 7:20. We go downstairs and have milk and tea. We eat breakfast, which might be eggs with toast or a tortilla, oatmeal, cereal, or French toast. I prefer French toast to pancakes or waffles because it has more eggs, which is good for protein. Then, we go upstairs and get dressed and get out the door by 8:20.
What's the last thing you ate and or the last thing you cooked?
Padma: The last thing I ate was the last thing I cooked. Blacked-eyed peas and Chinese long beans in a tomato sauce. There's a great example for plant-based protein.
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I just re-read this thread for the same reason as the title, but for a BoltEV application. Let's say if the iMiev has a 60kwh pack and your typical daily usage only needs 16kwh, about 60-miles, or about 25% of the pack capacity.
What is the recommended SOC % to hover around for daily charging ? some says 50% but I haven't been able to confirm. Which is better:
1. Leave at 75%, return at 50% and charge up to 75%
2. Leave at 65%, return at 40%
or am I chasing after gnats ? My understanding is that it's better to shallow charge and stay away from 100% for long duration.


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Waycross, Georgia, March 12, 2014 -- /EPR NETWORK/ -- R&B Soul Singer Mel Waiters will perform at the launch of the Soulful Saturdays Concert Series hosted at Hush Nightclub in Waycross, Georgia on Saturday, April 12, 2014. Waiters' most popular songs, 'Hole In the Wall', Got My Whiskey', and 'She Ain't Drunk', are siren songs for many women in the deep swamps of South Georgia.
Mel Waiters, the true bluesman of the South, croons these and many others hits form his CD entitled "Material Things." His songs set the tone for nightly dancing and socializing for folks who love their food and drinks with good music. Waiters said, "I sing about real life from the experiences I've gone through and people respond because they've been through it too." Go to any juke joint, bar or house and if there is food, women and liquor flowing, you can bet you'll here these songs.
Waiters' song, "Hole In The Wall," from the 'Material Things' CD, is a finger snapping dance song. It brings to mind memories of going out partying and looking for some place else to go after the clubs close. So you search for or had heard about an after hours joint that's a hole in the wall; a place frequented by folks who know how to have a good time. It could be a bar or someone's house or a shack out in the woods. Waiters said, "An aunt of mine told me when she heard this song it would be one of my best sellers and she was right." Only the privileged few know where the hole in the wall joints are. "You go in a hole in a wall joint, start partying, you're having a good time listening to good music, eating chicken wing and drinking whiskey," and before you know it, he says, "It's seven in the morning and you're still in there." This song makes you want to find hole in the wall and have a good time.
Better then the hole in the wall is a full service nightclub, Hush Nightclub. Holding over 500 people, Hush offers top line drinks, exceptional service and quality sound and lighting. Every seat in the house is a good seat and stage lined VIP booths provide an intimate concert experience. Mel Waiters tickets are on-sale now at Hush Waycross, Peaches Sports Bar, HushWaycross.com and at listed locations across the city for only $25.00. Preferred tickets are $50 and general admission will be $30 at the door. Soulful Saturdays launches on April 12th with Mel Waiters, as it's inaugural guest. Doors open at 8:00pm and the show starts at 9:00pm. Local DJ, Mr. Frankie Bennett from Entertainment to Go will provide the music for the dancing that will take place before and after the show. Discounted group tickets available.
For more information or tickets contact Ms. N. Fobi at 912.816.2800.
Contact-Details: Ngwebi Fobi
Hush Waycross


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DAC Collection Artist Information
John Chester Buttre
American engraver
Artist ID number in the Union List of Artist Names®: ULAN 500079940.
The ULAN link above leads to a cataloging authority record at the Getty Research Institute.
Objects related to John Chester Buttre:
|John Chester Buttre after Mathew B. Brady
|Abraham Lincoln, ca. 1860
|Engraving on wove paper
http://dac-collection.wesleyan.edu/art35385 is a persistent link to this page with no user-session information.


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check this out!
"Spell 'honey' for me, hunny"
Bumblebees are so pretty xReplyDelete
Girl About Chelts
- AnonymousJuly 11, 2013 at 8:54 AM
Mariage très sérieux !ReplyDelete
Bumblebees always look so cute because they seem so hairy haha.ReplyDelete
I am so amazed! Yes, the flower was so small and yet super well photographed! Amazing pictures, such a great photographer, congratulations! The "crispy" wings of the insect, wow! I am really amazed! Sorry that I was absent for a while - I had high fever for days and I'm also dealing with other troubles... but better now!ReplyDelete
Great pictures, dear!ReplyDelete
Great shots ! Your backyard looks awesome :)ReplyDelete
I really like how you were quick enough to capture the mosquito!
Actually yes when I first saw this recipe.ReplyDelete
I love looking at your photos.
Would you like to follow each other?!
Let me know!
Which iso setting did you use? :o Bees are nice, they go in the foxglove we have and the buzzing gets quite loud XDReplyDelete
Waauw! Dat zijn echt mooie foto's. Eigenlijk vind ik al je foto's mooi, haha :3. -Vooral je food foto's, hehehe-ReplyDelete
Prachtige foto's!ReplyDelete
Die courgette bloemen blijken heel lekker te zijn! Ga je ze eten? :)
X, Jessy
awesome picture <3ReplyDelete
love your silver tee <3
check my new post maybe ?
Love a bunch,
awesome pic dear.. don't you scare with bumblebee?ReplyDelete
check my new post maybe ?
Love a bunch,
I love your bee shots! Beautiful photos!ReplyDelete
I love that snail he's so cute, but I am terrified of bees. That mosquito picture is amazing.ReplyDelete
Fashion and Happy Things
Ew. Nature xD HahahaReplyDelete
These pics are beautiful! Lovely blog! xo T. http://tickledpinkwoman.blogspot.comReplyDelete
such a close up shot of the bumble bee! amazingness!ReplyDelete
Oh Mei, these photos are so amazing!! I especially love the first one! It's so tiny - how did you capture it so perfectly?! You're too good!ReplyDelete
Mei, you are seriously gifted as a macro photographer. You capture textures and colors so well it makes me stare at your pictures over and over. Lol.ReplyDelete
Wow...fantastic photos. Those tiny flowers are insane.ReplyDelete
I love the pictures! :) And the tomatoes look like they are going to be really good!ReplyDelete
Gorgeous photos!ReplyDelete
Love the close-ups of the bee!! ^^
joyjoii+ {food, fashion, lifestyle}
Woow die laatste foto is echt gaaf! Je ziet er ieder detail op!!En die vleugels, wauw!ReplyDelete
beautiful photosReplyDelete
Just looking at the bee up close is giving me shivers! But you've got beautiful photos ♥ReplyDelete
gorgeous photos!! and i never knew that a 12-50mm lens could take such amazing shots...!!! :DReplyDelete
Bumblebees and honey bees are nice, as long as they don't decide to buzz near me, I'm terrified of every insects and bugs!ReplyDelete
And you mean to tell me, that zucchini flowers are edible? That sounds cool!
Wat een prachtige foto's!ReplyDelete
Those close ups are amazing. *w* The clarity is remarkable. Love the bee, particularly.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJuly 12, 2013 at 6:18 AM
Wat een prachtige beelden, zo scherp!ReplyDelete
Thanks for your sweet words on my last post, they brightened my day!ReplyDelete
These photos look lovely as always, I adore this tiny flower!
Hope you have a fantastic day,
nice photos and you got so close to the bee! have a great weekend!ReplyDelete
wow such crisp images!!ReplyDelete
Would you like to follow each other on Bloglovin and GFC? Let me know!ReplyDelete
Newest Post:How to wear one summer scarf in 5 different ways
Your photography is amazing. Nicely captured. :)ReplyDelete
je macro lens is wel super duper awesomeeeeReplyDelete
These images and shoots are beautiful!! I always admire your photography!ReplyDelete
These are such amazing shots! And I dislike my hairy knuckles as well :(ReplyDelete
These are such beautiful photographs!ReplyDelete
These photos are perfect :) xxReplyDelete
Ik wil jouw foto skills :(!ReplyDelete
great images, stunning inspirations:)ReplyDelete
AMAZING!! <3ReplyDelete
Your photos are just uh-mazing! *_*ReplyDelete


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$30,000 Settlement for a tenant who fell on a patch of ice at an apartment complex in the City of Farmington. Our client suffered an injury to her knee. She attended physical therapy. Client did not miss any time from work. (Robert J. Lantzy)
Slip and Fall On Ice Settlement - Apartment Complex


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My daughter loves her vegetables but I am always trying to add additional ones into her diet when I can, and once these came out of the oven my daughter loved them just as much as I do.
With no nuts, eggs or dairy these are great for kids with food allergies and special diets.
Here is how this delicious muffins will look first thing out of the oven!
Extra crumbles, extra blueberries… these are sure to please both kids and adults alike.
Blueberries are one of the most nutrient-dense foods in the world and contain large levels and a broad range of antioxidants, and spinach is a rich source of minerals, vitamins, pigments and phytonutrients. Both are nutritional powerhouses!
Kids will get a thrill out of the muffins being green (due to the spinach,) and parents will be happy about getting in some additional veggies!
Grab the easy recipe below and enjoy!
- 1 cup flour
- 3/4 cup oat flour
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- 1 cup applesauce
- 1/2 cup non-dairy milk
- 1/2 cup pureed spinach
- 1/2 cup light brown sugar
- 1/4 melted non-dairy butter alternative
- 1 flax egg*
- 3/4 cup blueberries
- 1/2 cup light brown sugar
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- 2 tbls non-dairy butter alternative
- 3 tbls flour
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Line cupcake/muffin pan with cupcake liners.
- Combine flour, oat flour, baking soda, baking power, and cinnamon in a medium bowl and set aside.
- In a large bowl combine applesauce, non-dairy milk, pureed spinach, light brown sugar, melted non-dairy butter, and flax egg.
- Combine medium bowl ingredients into large bowl, mixing throughly.
- Fold in blueberries.
- Combine ingredients together to form topping.
- Add batter into muffin pan (divide among 12,) and then sprinkle with topping.
- Bake for 15-18 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean.
- Cool on a wire rack in pan.
- Remove from muffin pan.
- Combine 1 tablespoon of ground flax seed with 3 tablespoons of warm water. Stir well, and allow to set for 5 minutes.
- Will yield 12 muffins.
- These muffins are great for breakfast or a snack and freeze well!


text: The Amfora Hotel is ideally situated in the popular Sunny Beach area of Bulgaria just 100 m from the sandy beach and 50 m from an assortment of shops, restaurants and cafes. This friendly 3 Star property has a good range of recreational facilities on site as well as countless water sports and beach access nearby. The 230 comfortable double guestrooms, family rooms and suites combine with warm hospitality and excellent service to make this an ideal base from which to explore all the area has to offer. The hotel is less than a mile from the beautiful old town of Nessebar providing guests with a chance to experience traditional Bulgarian life. Varna Airport is a 30 km from the Hotel. Local Tips: Sunny Beach is a bearer of the prestigious Blue Flag prize for proven ecological advantages along the Black Sea coast. There is a taxi rank next to the hotel along with the train stop which goes to the resort centre every 15 minutes. FACILITIES: Food, drink and entertainment: All inclusive accommodation with a main restaurant serving breakfast, lunch and dinner in a buffet style setting. There is a lobby bar, pool bar, and regular entertainment. All Inclusive program includes breakfast, lunch, dinner a on block table, tea, coffee, light snacks and ice-cream, Bulgarian soft and alcoholic drinks, Swimming pool, parasol and sun bed use at the pool included as well as table tennis, darts, beach volleyball, football, show programmes. Sports, games and activities: Outdoor swimming pool with fresh water and an integrated childrens pool, complementary deck chairs and parasols, volleyball court for beach volleyball and a childrens playground. Additional: 24 hour reception, currency exchange, credit card facilities, safe boxes with charge, supermarket, beauty centre with hairdresser, manicure and massage, doctor on call, hair dresser, parking.


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Outfit Details:
Shoes: Target
Tights: Target
Accessory Details:
Bag: Pinup Girl Clothing
Scarf: Gift
Belt: Pinup Girl Clothing
For Christmas last year I received THE BEST SCARF EVER and have be very excited about finally being able to wear it. I was quite the Spider-Man fan when I was younger and have re-discovered how much I love it now that I'm in my 20's so it's always a thrill being about to incorporate geeky elements to my vintage inspired wardrobe. I love how the blue and red combo of this outfit compliments the scarf, I guess due to the fact that these are the colours of the Spider-suit Peter Parker wears (total nerds will also notice my purple shoes match too since purple was also featured on the original Spidey-suit in the 1960's but was changed later in the series).
I'm hoping in the future to get my hands on some Spidey fabric to make a halter dress from New York Comic Con but so far everything I have found it far too expensive or a bit too busy to be a dress. The hunt continues!
Well that's all from me folks.
Until next time,
Your friendly neighbourhood Red Velvet Rosie.


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Franklin Campus
Contact Information
Main Office
100 North College Drive
Franklin, VA 23851
TDD (for hearing impaired): 757.569.7946
Mailing Address
PDCCC Franklin Campus
PO Box 737
Franklin, VA 23851
General Hours of Operation
8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday
(except during extended registration)
Maps & Directions
Google Map
From Richmond:
- Take I-95 South to Hwy. 35 – Exit 41 to Courtland.
- Bear right onto Hwy 35 (South). If you need gas, etc. stop at the station just after you get on Hwy. 35.
- Follow Hwy. 35 into Courtland (approx. 30 miles)
- Continue straight through downtown Courtland on Hwy 58 Business. (In Courtland, Hwy. 58 Bus. and Hwy. 35 intersect). Just after the downtown area and past the 7-11, Hwy 58 Business becomes 4 lanes. Get into left lane.
- At the stop sign, turn left onto Hwy 58 Bypass.
- Follow Hwy. 58 Bypass, approximately 5 miles, to Armory Drive exit. Turn left on Armory Drive.
- Proceed to the fourth stop light and turn left onto College Drive. The college is on the right.
- Turn into the second driveway on College Drive for the Regional Workforce Development Center. Parking is on your immediate left.
From Norfolk International Airport:
- Follow airport directions to exit the airport.You are on Norview Avenue.
- Follow Norview Avenue past Azalea Garden Road.Virginia Beach Blvd. I-64 exit is approximately 1 mile following Virginia Beach Blvd.
- Take 2nd exit for I-64, East to Norfolk/Virginia Beach.
- Exit from I-64 onto I-264 West (Downtown Norfolk).
- Take I-264 West to US 58 West to Suffolk.
- Follow 58 West Bypass toward Franklin/Emporia.
- Take the third Franklin exit, Armory Drive (Rt 671), and turn right.
- Proceed to the fourth stop light and turn left onto College Drive. The college is on the right.
- Turn into the second driveway on College Drive for the Regional Workforce Development Center. Parking is on your immediate left.
Area Lodging
Comfort Inn
1620 Armory Drive
Franklin, VA 23851
Days Inn
1660 Armory Drive
Franklin, VA 23851
Super 8 Motel
1599 Armory Drive
Franklin, VA 23851
An advocate of education, Paul D. Camp founded the lumber company, Camp Manufacturing, along with his brothers in 1887. Later, after establishing a paper mill, the Franklin facility became a part of Union Camp Corporation, then eventually International Paper. Company officials announced the mill closure in 2009 and then mill repurposing plans in 2011. The mill began its "high quality fluff" production in June 2012. The college in Franklin was built on over 80 acres of land donated by Paul D. Camp's daughters, Willie Younts and Ruth Camp Campbell, almost 50 years after his death.


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|Company list from Easy Army.
After lots of time spent on Easy Army, I eventually settled on the list pictured above. I really wanted to include some Panthers, but couldn't make them fit at 1650 points. The list has 10 Panzer IV Js and a full Aufklarungs platoon that can make Spearhead moves along with a Puma platoon with a recce move. The main core of the company is very fast with spearhead and stormtrooper. The Aufklarungs platoon provides some bodies for assaulting infantry on objectives and is capable of holding an objective on defence (although with Always Attack that should be rare...). The Panzer IV/70s are there as a bit of high anti-tank that can also serve as a bit of an area denial weapon against tanks. Unfortunately they become nice looking paper weights/really expensive and slow tanks against infantry armies. The nebelwerfers are a really cheap smoke template. Being reluctant trained they are unlikely to do much else.
So far I have played four games with this list. All of the games have been against tanks so far. I lost 3-4 to a Russian tank horde. I defeated a 7th Armoured Division Sherman/Jumbo/Easy 8 list 6-1 (no Patton so I got to attack). I lost 3-4 to a Cromwell horde and then defeated the Cromwell horde 6-1 in the next game against it. I think that this list really excels are massing armour and quickly overloading an objective. Where it seems to suffer is in battles of attrition as the fragile Panzer IVs can be whittled down quite quickly. The Panzer IV/70s have been great against enemy tanks so far (I have lost 1 Panzer IV/70 in one game, they have destroyed lots of enemies). They seem to excel at staying at long range and taking pot shots at targets trying to reach my Panzer IV spearhead. I'm still trying to figure out how to make half-tracks work. So far I just drive them up and deposit my infantry near an objective. The Pumas have been amazing so far. They are great at getting into the flanks of things and are great for pushing back ambushes and opponent recce moves with their jeep movement. We will see how the list fares over a five game tournament though.
|Watch out for the spearheading Panzers! This commander is missing in action. He fell off my game table and got lost somewhere...
The Painting
Astute readers may surmise that I have been playing with some unpainted models to be able to field this company in games so far. I am ashamed. I need to finish the company so I am not playing with unpainted models at the tournament. If I don't finish the Nebelwerfers I might have to put some Panthers in my list or replace the Nebs with Mobelwagens (although then I have to change the Pumas to 234/1s which is sad).
|A Draxian painting chart. Green is finished, yellow is in progress, and pink is just assembled.
|I don't know why I stopped at this step. Reluctance to edge highlight?
So far, I have 15 of the 31 models completely painted (3 of those just this week!). The Panzer IV Js and Pumas I almost finished in March before completely stalling. I just need to add edge highlights (my least favourite part for some reason), weathering, and dirt before they are totally done. The three panzergrenadier stands need the flesh highlighted, some insignia added, and a few missed details to be finished. The Nebelwerfers need the most work. The crew are all unpainted. I did most of the basing today. The Nebs are the platoon that I am really worried I won't finish.
|Work in progress. These were bare plastic and metal on Monday...
|Can you tell the basing theme?
I also need to finish my display board. I have started a display board I am very excited about. If it matches my imagination it should be quite exciting when it is finished. Right now it is built and basecoated. It needs quite a bit more love.
|Sneak peak at the 1iC.


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CALIBAN – yOUR Song (OFFICIAL LYRIC VIDEO). Taken from the album "Ghost Empire". Century Media 2014. Cloud Music Typography Get it now: Impericon: http://sma…
CALIBAN – yOUR Song (OFFICIAL LYRIC VIDEO). Taken from the album "Ghost Empire". Century Media 2014. Cloud Music Typography Get it now: Impericon: http://sma…
The words in this song doesn't only have the meaning to Caliban Every band
is the same every band has to travel even though all of them are tired and
exhausted but in the end we all enjoy watching them just as they enjoy
playing for us unlike those fucking Gaga, Cyrus and justin Gayber who would
sell they're souls to the devil or the CEo of whatever company they signed
we Metalheads make bands be more motivated to play for us just as they
motivate us to form our own bands!!
Amazing song! I've always liked this band, they should come to Puerto Rico
Like this song!
cool riff. rest is boring as hell.
love it !
All the album is awesome!
I'm not a fan of lyric videos, but great song, and fantastic album!
I always bring Caliban's song in many stages..
15/5/'14 @new age club,i will never forget that night, best band I've ever
seen ♥
This is such a great song !!!!!!!!!
Insane Breakdown!!! 2:57
Thanks All cremated equally as Peter had said R.I.P ROCK ON 4 LIFE!!!
Mainly the best metal songs of all our the ones to mosh too & have meaning
to it! m/
I love this !!!!!
well.. that was okay.. I guess? Not was I hoping for I suppose.
Khabarovsk is looking forward to you, Caliban!!
So underrated. :(
Good stuff!
Enormous song
Really good lyric video.
I love this song!
Thank you!
1:59 this is the NOAF Stage 2012 😀 Hellyeah
Thank you, was great fun to make!
Well, that wasn't a very good song. was more tolerable than the last two
from this album, but that's not saying much. I really liked I Am Nemesis
and a bunch of their earlier work, and this is majorly disappointing.
We are the many! We are one! This is our song! m/


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STORIES — Formless as a tadpole egg-sack, Adrift in a Vanishing City by Vincent Czyz, floats untethered to any narrative foundation. Snippets of characterization, dialogue, and non-sequiturs float in the prosey soup, slowly revealing the relationship of two women and a working class wanderer named Zirque, an international menege-a-trois unconfined by time or space.
The shapeless form of the book, echoes the culture chronicled in these nine sections. This is the culture of international airports where hookers work both Milan and Sea-Tac; but, regardless of their Italian phrases, the same thing is for sale fresh from some trailer park in Butte. Despite chronicling this culture, without a structural spine, the book has a heft like a fist-full of Jell-O; although there is a certain amount of substance here, it resists anyone possibly getting a grip on it. The prose dissolves. For example, "Budapest Blue" opens:
I could have told you of photographs I kept locked away in a drawer of unanswered desires, black-and-whites of you though we had never met, though I had never seen you, so then not you — but yes, you.
This self-nullifying statement destroys any literal meaning. I am not contending that every syllable of every sentence of every paragraph must contribute the big bang effect of the book, as if the book were a well constructed handgun (by this token Gertude Steins' Making of Americans could be sliced down to a single paragraph ); however, the concrete quality of this writing is weak because unlike Steins swing sing up into an apple tree, the opening to "Budapest Blue" has the musicality of a quality assurance report for a multi-center public health study and so demands to be taken literally.
A book as an information object must have some form besides the arbitrary dumping of text into a sequence of pages numbered one through two hundred. The sections of Adrift in a Vanishing City could have be arranged in any order. However, in the second of the two prefaces of the book, the one titled as a challenge to the reader, "Are You a Finely Tuned Reader?", the author tells us, To bring [the stories] into sharpest focus, its best to read them in the order in which they appear.
To demonstrate that perhaps I am not a finely-tuned reader, as I am American and I was educated in an U.S. university, I xeroxed the book and cut it up into 158 individual sections and arbitrarily rearranged them; I prepared five copies in this manner. I left an equal number of books intact. I found ten foreign friends, all of whom had read at least one book by either James Joyce or Samuel Beckett. I gave the rearranged book to the foreign national friends with the following nationalities: a Canadian, two citizens of the UK, an Irish woman, and a naturalized American born and raised in Singapore. I then gave the five placebo copies to the following national mix: two Filipinos, a Swede, yet another British citizen, and a citizen of Mexico. With these readers, I found that there was no large difference, and maybe a slight preference for the rearranged books.
All right, I didn't actually conduct a scientific study to find finely tuned readers. Readers cant be selected scientifically, and once the book is in the world no matter how many prefaces and afterwards the author stacks onto the reader either finds meaning in the text, or he doesnt.
In a sense, this book uses protective language. Instead of hiding behind the formal structures of a codified genre (a murder mystery that must fulfill the strict dictate of body-suspect-cocktail party) this book hides its meaning in neatly turned nonsense and fractured cause-and-effect as unlikely as a lesbian love triangle in a Harlequin romance.
When I began to piece together the text, instead of finding an original vision of the world, I found a sort of Bohemian love story featuring Zirque the tall, gorgeous world-traveler who throws away matchbook covers with the lyrics of pop songs written on them years before they hit the charts.
I also finally found myself asking some questions about the assumptions of Vincent Czyz.
1. Does the novelist do us a disservice by organizing his material?
I believe this is the largest service he does to his material. He shapes the raw material into a whole book. A pile of scrap metal is not a functional automobile.
2. Does the process of constructing a novel take away from the power of the raw material?
I am not sure why the quality of raw has positive connotations as if the process of cooking a story destroys its vital nutrients. I find raw data inaccessible. Open an image file like a JPEG in a text editor and you find a screen full of garbage, a literal translation of binary data into ASCII. We require an interpreter to construct the image from the raw data. Gertrude Steins' writing, for instance, defines its syntax in the course of the narrative. Writers like Italo Calvino and Georges Perec begin with a new interpreter (using constraint rules or new logical formulas) and then create a new text by fulfilling interpreters rules. Both Stein and Perec cook their data. It is just that they involve the reader in what the cooking process (the syntax of the book) is doing to the raw data. Raw data is just too difficult to digest. Czyz, while admirable in his fidelity to this ideal of honest information, does not provide for syntactical control over his material. In imaginative prose the author tells the reader something they know not to be true but in such a way as to inspire belief in the story. Adrift in the Vanishing City refuses to engage language at this basic level, and so without structure all the reader has left is ink on a bundle of pages bound into a book.
note: this is a correction to the original review published in The American Book Review Jan/Feb 2000


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See how I used the Unison Non-stick 10″ Omelet Pan for My Set, My Crabmeat Omelet Brunch.
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Click here to start customizing Your Set right now!
I was selected for this opportunity as a member of Clever Girls Collective, and the content and opinions expressed here are all my own.
Before I had kids Sunday brunches were one of my favorite times of the week. I loved doing crossword puzzles and chatting with friends over mimosas. Now that I have three little guys under 6 I barely get time to sit let alone go out to a leisurely brunch, so it's nice to occasionally make my own "special" brunch at home.
When I received a Calphalon Unison Non-stick 10″ Omelet pan I knew that a yummy brunch was in my future. This pan is ah-mazing.
Not only is it perfect for omelets with its smooth nonstick surface, it also helps with cooking low-fat recipes without all the extra oils and fats which is a huge bonus for me. I made this delicious crabmeat omelet with brussel sprouts and hollandaise sauce in the same amount of time it would have taken me to make my standard scrambled eggs and bacon.
You can find my full recipe as well as a video (be kind!) over at Relish.com (pretty exciting-I love Relish and am so honored to be featured over there!) While you are over there you can enter to win some awesome prizes courtesy of Calphalon so be sure to enter, I'd love it if one of my readers won one of the prizes!
Over Thanksgiving I also had the chance to use the other pan I was lucky enough to receive-the Accucore Stainless Steel 3 quart Saute pan. It was also divine-the stainless steel layers around a copper core to eliminate hot spots-it's also durable and versatile-two bonuses for me! My foodie step father uses nothing but Calphalon for his pans and I see why now- I have been really missing out in the pan department before receiving these!
Now that I'm officially a Calphalon convert I'm excited that they've launched a new initiative called "Your Set." They are giving you the power to mix and match your own cookware sets from their two most popular lines-Unison and Accucore. You can customize Your Set to suit your cooking needs which is really just awesome to me. We don't all cook the same things or have the same desires from our cookware, so why should we all have the same cookware sets? I invite you to hop over to www.calphalon.com/yourset and create your own set!
Thanks so much Calphalon for giving me the opportunity to try out this awesome cookware and share it with my readers!


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Crane Operator, Excavation Equipment, Bucket Truck, Personnel Lift, Fork Lift, Rigging, Signal-person
Employers that invest in workplace safety and health can expect to reduce injuries, fatalities, and illnesses. This will result in cost savings in a variety of areas, such as:
NOTE: In addition, employers often find that changes made to improve workplace safety can result in significant improvements to their organization's productivity and financial performance.
Thank you for being our instructor at MAA's seminar yesterday on, "Crane Training for Safe, Productive Tree Work." The material you covered is critical for our members to learn. We heard a lot of great feedback about the program and we're grateful for your time and efforts.
Thanks again!
Kristen Dreyer
Education Manager
Massachusetts Arborists Association
Good morning Steve,
Saturday's training class was great ! Once again I would like to thank you for a great job.
The class was very informational, even for the more experienced guys. I look forward to an on going relationship with yuorself and Cranes 101.
THANKS again,
By way of introduction, I am the Health, Safety and Environmental manager for Saint-Gobain, Northboro Research and Development Center in Northboro, MA.An engineer that works on my team, Kwame Gilbert-Arthur, had reached out to representatives of Cranes 101 to help us put in place a hoisting program and training of employees.
Mike Serapiglia
Saint-Gobain EH&S Manager
"On behalf of the MAA Board of Directors, I would like to thank you very much for speaking at our dinner meeting last night. Your presentations on OSHA LEPs: Are you Prepared? Was very educational.
Your handout packet is a valuable reference for the attendees as well. Thank you again for your time and efforts, and for your support of MAA's educational endeavors."
Kristen Dreyer
Education Manager
Massachusetts Arborists Association
"I wanted to let you know how much we enjoyed John Duff's training yesterday. I attended the class and can say that he was able to give our people tremendous amount of information in a short period of time and never at any time was the class boring."
Joe Seaman
Riggs Distler & Co., Inc.
Vice President
Good morning Steve,
Saturday's training class was great ! Once again I would like to thank you for a great job.
The class was very informational, even for the more experienced guys. I look forward to an on going relationship with yuorself and Cranes 101.
THANKS again,
"Steve is a very fun teacher! He kept me interested the whole time. I came to the class not knowing anything about cranes, and I left with a lot of knowledge!"
Derek Gaines with Youth Build Boston


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Poor ginger teen, Tiffany Haze hasn't seen a boy since her parents sent her to an all girls school. And it just so happens that Jack Cummings, pool boy by day and male dancer by night, runs into our little schoolgirl as she's just getting home! Lovestruck by his macho charm, Tiffany invites Jack in for a quick afternoon fuck! You're going to love this petite, fiery-eyed teen dream, from her milky white legs, to her perky ass and, of course, her unquenchable thirst for long dongs. Grabbing his cock like she owns it, she works his penis head furiously in and around her cheeks, even attempting a naive deep-throat. Jack wants to fuck that teen ass, but only if he promises to do the 'ol pull and pray! So, Tiffany plops right on his prick reverse-cowgirl and begins grinding to her pussy's delight! Then, Jackie Boy grips her by her thin waist and plows new directions in her teen twat sideways on the bed...heated friction builds up, her hungry, tiny fuckhole gets wetter and wetter by the moment...so warm...we all know how this story ends!
Gorgeous Latina brunette Abella Anderson takes a walk beachside in her skimpy schoolgirl outfit. She's joined by a curious dude, and he smooth talks her into letting him join her at her place. They're soon laying on his bed, and he helps her undress before she goes to work sucking his hard cock. She blow shim long and hard, and she sits on his dick to ride him reverse cowgirl. She gets on all fours to get pounded doggy style, and she thrusts her ass back against his pelvis as she takes his rod deep in her tight pussy.
Levi Cash certainly has a way with the ladies. He has this honest face that seems to just draw in all the hot school girls. The hottest one yet is his new find, Alexis Grace who he meets down by the water one day after school. This chick is so hot, he doesn't believe she's in high school, let alone eighteen. She shows him his ID, just to prove she's eighteen. Levi wants desperately to get under her insanely small mini-skirt, his dick can't think of anything else. While they watch T.V. things get really heated that he ends up fucking her twat so hard and fast that he accidentally fills her up with jizz.
When you are nineteen and bored there never seems to be anything exciting to do. Sitting in the park seems boring and you want excitement in your life. This is exactly how this adorable redhead Katey Grind feels when she stumbles upon good looking Shane Dizzel in the park. He is older, good looking and exciting, just the ticket she needs to get out of a boring afternoon. Shane is all over this desperate for attention chick and is quickly getting an invite back to her place for a little afternoon in the sack. Shane only has so much control though and can't pull out in time. So he departs, leaving behind a special gift.
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Lagan Valley Regional Park was accredited with the 'Investing in Volunteers' award at a recent Mayoral Reception.
The award was presented by Sandra Adair, Director of Volunteer Now Enterprises Ltd.
Hosting the reception, Mayor of Lisburn and Castlereagh, Councillor Brian Bloomfield, congratulated the staff and volunteers at the park.
"This is a fantastic achievement for Lagan Valley Regional Park, which is described as a park with people at its heart," he said.
"The strategic vision of the Park, which aims to include both the community and the work of volunteers, is essential in ensuring that it remains an area to be enjoyed by all.
"The Investing in Volunteers accreditation not only proves the effectiveness of the Regional Park's work with volunteers, but is a great standard by which it can continue to improve the effectiveness of the work Lagan Valley Regional Park does with volunteers and is a real boost to an organisation's reputation."
The accreditation, a recognised benchmark for the quality of volunteer management and involvement, was first awarded to Volunteering in the Lagan Valley Regional Park through the Laganscape Project.
Dr Andy Bridge, Lagan Valley Regional Park Manager, added: "This is a great achievement for the Park and recognises the hard work and dedication of our small team of staff.
"Lagan Valley Regional Park's volunteers are a great group of people from a range of backgrounds and abilities whose enthusiasm and help is a valuable asset to all our endeavours."


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First Dojo Workshop Series starts continues! Sign up and send us an email to email@example.com with your RSVP to get a slot for this incredible opportunity!
Come to one workshop, come to all three!
The Feldenkrais Method deconstructs movement patterns in order to discover a greater sense of ease and awareness in our bodies. Whether you are experiencing chronic pain, anxiety, or lack of inspiration; Feldenkrais has something to help you rest, recover, and create. Each class will be a different lesson, pulling from the thousands of movement lessons created by Moshe Feldenkrais. So come to one or all of these workshops. Each class will be different, focusing each week on a different body part and its relation to your general coordination and functionality.


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24 Incredible Camera Trap Images Of Animals: What They Get Up To When No-one's Around
July 9th, 2014Conservation, Wildlife
By Jemma Dicks
Camera trap images of animals are increasingly being used to raise conservation awareness. The cameras are hidden in areas of interest and activated by motion sensors, infra-red sensors, or light beams.
They provide information on what species are common in the area and act as a basis for further study. All of this is achieved whilst causing minimal disturbance to the wildlife. They are also important in detecting endangered and rarely seen species as well as documenting the results of habitat destruction on species populations.
Whilst looking through camera trap images of animals taken on conservation volunteering projects in Kenya, Botswana and Peru, I found some real gems. Some of the images are amusing, others have captured rare or elusive animals. All show incredible scenes that you would never get to see up close or in person.
1. Baboon in Botswana
Did you know? Baboons lack prehensile tails and therefore spend the majority of their time on the ground.
2. Hippopotamus in Kenya
Did you know? Hippos secrete a red, oily substance which acts as a sunblock and skin moistener.
3. Impala in Botswana
Did you know? When running, impala can leap over 30 feet ahead.
4. Male jaguar on the prowl in the Peruvian Amazon
Did you know? Jaguars catch their prey by the head.
5. Brown hyena in Botswana
Did you know? Unlike the spotted hyena, the brown hyena does not laugh.
6. Warthog in Kenya
Did you know? You can determine the gender of a warthog by the protrusions (or "warts") on its face. Males have two pairs whilst females just have the one pair.
7. Large spotted genet in Botswana
Did you know? Large spotted genets are often kept as pets. The trade in exotic pets is one of the major contributors for loss of biodiversity.
8. Two-toed sloth with baby in the Peruvian Amazon
Did you know? Sloths defecate and urinate only around once a week due to their slow metabolism.
9. Kudu in Botswana
Did you know? Male kudus often use their horns to fight each other. Occasionally the twisted horns become entwined and the animals are unable to disentangle themselves leading to death by starvation or predation.
10. Two young male impala fighting for females and territory in Kenya
Did you know? Female impalas can delay giving birth by up to a month if weather conditions are unfavourable.
11. Tree squirrel in Botswana
Did you know? There have been squirrels on the African continent for over 20 million years.
12. Leopard in Kenya
Did you know? Leopards do not need to drink much water – they are able to live off the moisture in their prey.
13. Honey badger in Botswana
Did you know? Honey badgers are among the most fearless creatures in the world and have been known to chase and steal the food of lions and hyenas.
14. Aardvark in Kenya
Did you know? The elephant is one of the aardvark's closest living relatives.
15. Ocelot in the Peruvian Amazon
Did you know? The ocelot has pointed teeth for biting, blade-like teeth for tearing, but no teeth for chewing. It swallows its food in chunks.
16. Elephants in Botswana
Did you know? Elephants could become extinct within the next 50 years if poaching is not controlled.
17. Black-backed jackal stalking a warthog and her baby in Kenya
Did you know? Jackals mate for life
18. Impala in Botswana
Did you know? The impala in the forefront of this image is an albino. This is caused by a reduction in skin pigmentation and is incredibly rare to see in the wild.
19. Puma in the Peruvian Amazon
Did you know? Pumas are born with spots and blue eyes, which they keep until aged around 6 months.
20. African civet in Botswana
Did you know? The African civet regularly eats poisonous millipedes that release cyanide when exposed to digestive juices. The civet counteracts this by eating the fruit of certain trees which neutralises its stomach acid.
21. Vervet monkey in Botswana
Did you know? Vervet monkeys have evolved unique alarm calls for when predators are nearby. Young vervets often sound these alarms for fun and wait to watch the reaction of the adults.
22. Spotted hyena in Kenya
Did you know? Female spotted hyenas have three times more testosterone than males.
23. Cape clawless otter in Botswana
Did you know? This is the second largest type of freshwater otter. As the name would suggest, its paws are clawless and only partially webbed.
24. Buffalo in Kenya
Did you know? Buffalo will mob predators, particularly when trying to protect a calf.
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Brokerage Gives One Home an 'Extreme Holiday Makeover'Posted in Social Media, Uncategorized, by Melissa Tracey on December 11, 2013
By Melissa Dittmann Tracey, REALTOR® Magazine
Clark Griswold would be so proud. The brokerage First Team Real Estate, based in Huntington Beach, Calif., sponsored an Extreme Holiday Makeover contest, promising to deck out one lucky home in holiday lights and make it the "brightest house" on the block, if not in all of Southern California.
Nearly 1,000 people liked the brokerage's Facebook page to apply for the contest. One lucky winner was chosen at random.
The winner received $5,000 worth of professional holiday decorations and $500 to pay for the energy use costs too. Two runner-ups were also given American Express gift cards.
The brokerage included a sign in the front yard of the home, noting it as the winner of the First Team Holiday Makeover contest.
"We thought the best way to say Happy Holidays after a record-breaking year was to let one lucky family let their whole neighborhood and all of those orbiting in space see how bright the holidays can be," Rick Brotherton, vice president of marketing for First Team Real Estate, said in first announcing the contest in late October. "Real estate has had a good year, and we want to make sure it is a great holiday season."
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Melissa Dittmann Tracey is a contributing editor for REALTOR® Magazine, writing about home & design trends, technology, and sales and marketing. She manages the magazine's award-winning Styled, Staged & Sold blog.
What a fun way to celebrate a record year, spread holiday cheer and get some good marketing! I love that they were even given money to help pay for the energy costs. How beautiful! I'm sure it lights up the whole neighborhood.
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Born in 1944 in Montreal, Canada, Roy Cullen earned his B.A. in Business Administration, and a Master of Public Administration. He qualified as a Canadian Chartered Accountant in 1972. Initially elected to the House of Commons in Ottawa in a by-election in 1996, he was re-elected in the 1997, 2000, 2004, and the 2006 general elections. He retired from the Canadian House of Commons in 2008. During his career prior to 1996, Mr. Cullen served as an assistant deputy minister in the British Columbia Ministry of Forests, and as a vice-president in the Noranda Forest Group (now Norbord).
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Legally speaking: False statements about "Coming Soon" can result in discipline
Source: Ohio Association of REALTORS: OAR Daily Buzz
By Peg Ritenour, OAR Vice President of Legal Services/Administration
The OAR Legal Assistance Hotline receives an array of real estate-related legal questions — including license law issues, disclosure, contract law, ethics and commission problems, among others. In an effort to help you work within the law, our "Legally Speaking" series spotlights some of the timely questions that are being asked by REALTORS. This explores potential pitfalls caused by "Coming Soon" signage…
Q: I represent buyers who called me about a house with a "Coming Soon" sign that they are extremely interested in seeing. When I contacted the listing agent I was told it would not be ready to be shown for a couple of weeks. I impressed upon the listing agent that my buyers were well qualified and that they wanted to see the property as soon as it was ready to be shown. About a week later I happened to be driving by the house and saw a "Sale Pending" sign in the yard. I have since found out that the listing agent sold it to a buyer he represents. My buyer is furious, feeling that the listing agent lied about the property not being available to be shown and I'm not too happy either because I lost out on a potential sale. Is there anything I can do?
A: This scenario represents the most common complaint about "Coming Soon" signs. Listing agents who represent to other REALTORS or buyers that the property is not available to be shown but show it to their own buyers could face both ethical and legal challenges. First, it may be alleged that the agent violated Standard of Practice 3-8 of the NAR Code of Ethics, which provides that "REALTORS shall not misrepresent the availability of access to show…a listed property." Such a complaint would be handled through the Professional Standards process at the Local Board/Association of REALTORS.
A similar allegation could also be filed with the Ohio Division of Real Estate and Professional Licensing. If it is proven that the listing agent lied about the availability of the property to be shown, the agent could possibly be disciplined by the Ohio Real Estate Commission for making a knowing misrepresentation or for misconduct.
For a more detailed discussion about coming soon signs and pocket listings click here.
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It has happened to multiple agents I know. It takes other agents to do the right thing of turning them in and let the Division or Commission sort it out. Those agents are afraid that if they do that, they will never be treated fairly again. That is also a common reason why agents do not turn other agents in.
There is some missing information here. Was the property finally listed? Was it in the MLS? Did it go pending during the 72 hour time period that the MLS allows between the time the listing agreement is signed and the time it was entered into the MLS? Or did the agent miss the first day it was in the MLS?
So many questions. So few answers.


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