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- Recruiter
- Detail 2 Leisure
- Location
- Farnham
- Salary
- From £25,000 to £45,000 per annum
- Posted
- 06 Jun 2018
- Closes
- 24 Jun 2018
- Job Function
- General Management
- Industry
- Other
- Position Type
- Permanent
Designate General Manager - Leading Gastro Pub Groups - Job Summary
This is an excellent opportunity to join one of the leading names in the industry, who offer the very best in great food and service, in some of the most stunning locations in the UK. Our client operates one of the UK's leading collections of Gastro Pubs. We are looking for someone who is genuinely passionate about great food, drink and service and also knows a thing or two about running great businesses!
Designate General Manager - Leading Gastro Pub Groups - Role Responsibility
The role involves the day-to-day running and development of stylish pub / restaurants across the South, which focuses on the highest standards of food quality. This is a great opportunity for a high calibre manager who has experience of managing a busy restaurant / pub with a high quality fresh food offer. The role really does offer the successful applicant the opportunity to manage a business with real autonomy.
You will be directly responsible for:
- Staff management and development
- Champion service excellence throughout the establishment
- Achieving targets set by the Area Manager, including pushing sales growth and profitability
- Delivering excellent customer service
- Ensuring that all health and safety requirements are met and adhered to
- All travel and expenses paid for Accommodation provided when on location
- A chance to be involved in multiple new openings
- Organised rotas month by month
Designate General Manager - Leading Gastro Pub Groups - The Ideal Candidate
The role offers the successful applicant the opportunity to be at the forefront of leading this prestigious business forward in its continuing development.
- Previous management experience, within a similar business essential
- A mature approach to business
- People management skills - with the ability to inspire the team
- Passionate about being a key figure in the community
- Financial awareness
- Merchandising and presentation skills
- Forward thinking - ability to think outside of the box
- Ambition to continually drive the business forward
- Financial reporting including stock management and reconciliation
Detail2Leisure acts as an employment agency in respect of this position. We will process your CV and personal information to assess your suitability for the role. If your application is taken forward we will record your personal information and contact you to discuss the role. We may consider you for other relevant roles we have that we believe will be of interest to you. Your personal information will be held securely. For more information please refer to www.detail2recruitment.com/privacy
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Eight years ago Addie Webster was the victim of the most notorious kidnapping of the decade. She vanished--and her high-profile parents were forced to move on.Mark Webster is now president of the United States and fighting to keep the Oval Office after a tumultuous first term. Then the unthinkable happens: the president's daughter resurfaces. Addie is brought back into the family fold, but who is this sixteen-year-old girl with a quiet, burning intelligence now living in the White House? There are those in the president's political circle who find her timely return suspicious.When a national security advisor approaches Darrow Fergusson, Addie's childhood best friend and the son of the president's chief of staff, he doesn't know what to think. How could the girl he's missed for all these years be a threat to national security? Still, at the risk of having his own secrets exposed, Darrow agrees to spy on Addie and soon realizes that his old friend is much more than the traumatized victim of a sick political fringe group. Addie has come with a mission ... but will she choose to complete it?
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Read information about the authorJan Gangsei grew up in small-town Vermont, reading Nancy Drew mysteries, putting on backyard shows with her best friend and dreaming about exploring the world. After college, she landed a job as a newspaper reporter covering politics and the police beat, and was astonished to discover she could actually get paid to write and tell stories. Since then, she's lived in Key West, New York City, DC and Barbados. She's now settled with her family in northern Virginia, where she writes full time with a cup of hazelnut coffee in one hand and a Jack Russell terrier named Watson curled under her legs. Her debut young adult novel, ZERO DAY, publishes with Disney-Hyperion in January, 2016.
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* Soon after she learned to walk she was stuck on a pair of skis (Vermont law), which she promptly removed and watched as they slid down the mountain solo -- likely explaining her future love of physics (and staying safely in the lodge).
* She's a graduate of the DIA's attache program for spouses, where she learned how to properly set a table, wear an evening gown, and disable an attacker with a few well-placed kicks. She suggests you don't ever sneak up on her in a dark alley, especially if she's wearing heels.
* She has tons of favorite authors, but some of her biggest influences growing up include: Judy Blume, Margaret Atwood, Edith Wharton and Kurt Vonnegut. (Also, whoever wrote the copy for the back of her Cheerios box, which she's pretty sure she'd memorized by third grade.)
* She loves meeting new people, and interacting with other readers and writers. Drop her a note and say hello here or on Twitter!
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The French teacher in me just can't be controlled! But here goes...
My friend CC Catherine at Catherine de thé Cups has tagged me with the 6th Picture Meme! Be sure to drop by to visit her blog! It's filled with beautiful photos of her tea cup collection and lots of information about tea and tea parties! Here are the rules:
1.Go to your Picture Folder on your computer or wherever you store your pictures.
2.Go to the 6th Folder, then pick the 6th picture in that folder.
3.Post that picture on your blog and the story that goes along with the picture.
4.Tag 6 other people that you know or don't know to do the same thing and leave a comment on their blog or an e-mail letting them know you chose them.
So when I opened my 6th folder, I found this beautiful photo of Fontaine de Vaucluse, France! This is the view across the river basin of the restaurant where we had lunch.


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Happy Monday!
I feel like it's been forever since I shared a MIM sketch from the Memory Nest...
even though I it's really only been 3 weeks.
I guess it's because the past 3 weeks have been very busy for me.
Madison was on Spring Break last week.
And one of the most fun things she did, according to her, is the topic of the layout I'm sharing today.
But first, here's the sketch:
And now my layout (w/ a few modifications):
"Batman VS Superman"
Journaling: "Madison is antisocial and hates to leave the house.
But she's also a huge Batman fan and a "Daddy's Girl" so when the new
"Batman (VS Superman)" movie was announced David promised to take her.When the
day came David also invited me and Joseph.
We declined though because we knew how much Madi was looking forward to her
"Movie Date" with her Daddy. Joseph and I saw it 2 days later"
I loved making this layout! I loved trying to incorporate all the Super Hero colors...
And that blue BG was perfect; it was like it was made for a Superman Layout!
The only aspect of making the layout that I did not enjoy was trying to figure out how to incorporate the journaling.
I loved the clean design of my layout and didn't want to clutter it w/ anything extra, even journaling... but I also wanted to include the story that went w/ the photos.
I finally decided that "hidden journaling" was the route to go... but where to hide it was my next obstacle.
I started lightly pulling at the different pieces of the layout and was pleased to discover that the top piece of yellow/white PP was not completely glued down.
Normally that would upset me , but in this case it was just what I needed!
I wrote my journaling on a PL card and then safely tucked it away w/ just a bit sticking out to invite the reader to "pull it out to read".
Also, as a side note I also love these "Days of the Week" stickers from Echo Park.
They came in the Echo Park "My Life" Collection but you can buy them separately and I think I'm going to stock up!
BTW - if you're wondering what I thought of the movie, check this out: Batman VS Superman


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All About Outdoor & Action Sports: VF's Quarter
That the outdoor and action sports segment (OAS) of VF's business is critical to its overall success is pretty obvious from the numbers. Total company revenue for the quarter rose 8% from $2.22 to $2.4 billion. OAS revenue rose 16% from $1.1 to $1.28 billion. OAS generated more than 53% of the quarter's total revenues. OAS revenue experienced "…double-digit percentage growth in every region and channel."


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Whether it's an intimate dinner party for 6 or an afternoon tea for a wedding party, we can cater for your needs.
Below are our occasion menus, along with a list of main courses and desserts.
If you require something that doesn't appear below please just ask and we will do our best to create it.
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Generally, when people are formally charged with criminal offenses or when they receive traffic tickets, they will have to appear in court. Whether it's a speeding ticket (an infraction), a misdemeanor, or a felony offense, they will be required to appear before a judge.
If you have a scheduled court appearance, you have to take it seriously. The court is not concerned if you have class at that day and time, or if you're supposed to be at work, or if you even have an important wedding to attend. Unless you're hospitalized for something critical, the court won't accept any excuse.
The court won't care if you forgot all about your court appearance, and it won't give you a break if your car broke down on the way to the courthouse either. So, if you have a scheduled court appearance make sure you show up, otherwise, you can face the following consequences:
It's not uncommon for people to miss their court dates. Sometimes they forget all about it, sometimes they're afraid of going to jail, or sometimes something happens, for example, their car breaks down or their baby is born. While some excuses may seem perfectly valid at the time, criminal courts take "failure to appear" violations very seriously.
Whenever a criminal defendant fails to show up for a scheduled court date, it's serious. If the person is on probation, their probation can be revoked and the probationer can be incarcerated. Even if the defendant is not on probation yet, failing to appear is a crime in itself and criminal penalties will be imposed.
If there is a warrant for your arrest after failing to appear, contact a local criminal defense attorney immediately for the legal advice you need during this heated time.


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A great article that pulls apart the term gamification, discusses gamification design, and then finishes by looking at a few interesting examples.
Game-ification: to transform into a game.
If creative commons internet linguistics resources are to be believed, the suffix -ification means 'to become', and is of Latin and French origin. You can see why the definition sparks so many debates. What exactly makes something "gamelike"? Are there different degrees of "gameness"?
What should and should not be gamified?
A quick internet search reveals that the vast majority of gamification is aimed at making "healthy" or "productive" tasks more entertaining. But don't we usually use the word "productive" to describe something that consists of work, and "work" typically describes something that is only done because it needs to be done, for economic reasons or otherwise. The very nature of work itself then calls into question the applicability of games as a delivery medium, since the so-called lusory attitude generally states that players engage in games not out of necessity, but for the enjoyment of the experience.
Habit RPG
HabitRPG, a gamified service. In essence, it is a fairly complex to-do list, spruced up with customization, themed collectibles, and social features. It's fairly easy to get into, and seemingly addictive, with a simple, straightforward premise: set your own goals, and earn trinkets and prestige for completing them.
Zombies, Run!
Zombies, Run!, an app that abandons traditional point-based systems to motivate exercise by immersing users in an intermittent zombie apocalypse during their workout.
Chore Wars
Chore Wars, an old-style Dungeons and Dragons-esque game for knocking out housework. The integration of social family features promises to create some interesting household dynamics.
Duolingo, an app designed to assist in learning a new language through simple activities and reward mechanics. I found this one particularly interesting because it focused on acquiring new knowledge, rather than on work or exercise like many other apps.
Be sure to check out the original post by Samantha Stahlke to read the whole article
Stahlke, S. (2015). Gamification: The Pursuit of Progression. Retrieved 17 July, 2015 from https://medium.com/@hcigamesgroup/gamification-the-pursuit-of-progression-7da523d213c8
Kappen, D.L. Nacke, L.E. (2013). The Kaleidoscope of Effective Gamification: Deconstructing Gamification in Business Applications. Retrieved 17 July, 2015 from https://hcigames.com/download/the-kaleidoscope-of-effective-gamification-deconstructing-gamification-in-business-applications/


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Q&A provides you with answers to some of the planning questions that may be of interest to you.
The Planning Team will regularly update and add to this Q&A on new issues as they develop. This has been provided to ensure services from Council are available outside normal office hours.
If you have any question that hasn't been answered use the 'Got a question for Joe' facility for a direct response.
Do I need a DA to do minor works to my heritage property?
A DA may not need to be lodged. You may be able to apply for a heritage exemption. read more
Can I vary development standards and what are they?
What controls under the LEP require a formal written request for variation? read more
What controls exist for front fences in Mosman?
Are there any controls for front fences in Mosman? Do they require a DA? read more
How do I calculate floor space ratio of my development?
Calculating permissible floor space ratio for development projects read more
How much of my site should be landscaped?
Calculating the minimum landscaped area of a site read more
Using the Codes SEPP – What can you do?
How to use the Codes SEPP read more


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The Anthropologist
It was spring, and Hayne, an avid vegetable gardener, needed seeds. He also needed some tomato plants, a pair of canvas gloves and a hoe, all in order to continue to cultivate the tiny patch of Eden behind his Chestnut Hill home.
So he drove to a garden center. He parked, got out of his car, walked across the lot toward the store. Then Dick Hayne stopped.
He noticed something. Namely, the other cars in the lot: a brand-new Mercedes here, some shiny BMWs there, a lustrous Escalade over there. On the other side, a shimmering sea of Jags and Saabs and Lexi.
Once inside, Hayne quickly forgot all about his shopping list. He was too busy trying to spot the owners of all those fabulous cars. Turns out they were easy to recognize: women with oversize Chanel sunglasses perched atop $400 highlights, their Lilly Pulitzer golf skirts peeking out from underneath Tory Burch tunics, accessorized by impeccable Red Door manicures that revealed a group fondness for bougainvillea and an aversion to weeding it. Going about their errands, the women stood out against the backdrop of the center's wide gray shelving, bulky plastic supermarket carts and displays of Miracle-Gro. And thus it was there, amid the concrete aisles, that Dick Hayne found his next customers.
So when Hayne says "I've spent my life studying women" — and he does — this is what he means. The statement isn't about being James Bond, but rather being Jim Cramer: seeing women not as a commodity, but as a market.


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Emily Herring simply sings purest country music. Gliding, her fourth record, produced by legendary instrumentalist Steve Fishell and released Oct. 2017, delivers all raw emotion with a voice branded at birth for honkytonks.As Emily says, "Gliding's a movement with a certain stillness attached," the You're at the mercy of the wind along with the extreme force of gravity. The title track leads you off the ledge and into a moment where time stands still, your thoughts slowly moving through what could have been with only the implication of the inevitable."
She loves floating through Western swing, gypsy jazz and traditional country influences to combine into her own signature sound. Her soaring vocals set her apart from the rest. She pulls no punches. Her hard-hitting-no-frills crooning is sung with a distinctive twang that pays dividends: Fresh off the heels of her Swedish tour and a residency at McMenamin's Crystal Hotel in Portland, Emily received a 2015 Ameripolitan Award Nomination for her CD Your Mistake. The album also won her the Carl T. Sprague Award from the Texas Music Awards, an honor she shares with only one other recipient, Michael Martin Murphey.
Your Mistake was featured in several publications including No Depression and CMT Edge. In turns dazzling and stark, Your Mistake is a love letter and a warning, a honkytonk when the lights come up, the ring of the last change in your pocket as you spend it on the only beautiful girl in town. Her songs are poetry, wrought with pedal steel, dobro, telecaster, a careful reverence, and an honest eye. Stretching across Texas and the new West, the songs recall the last fifty years of country music in a sound all their own. Now, with Gliding and her producer and now lifelong friend, Steve Fishell, she's able to take her music to a new level.


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(Source) (I actually have brown eyes, but this is beautiful nonetheless!)
My father…took me into the city, to see a marching band… (any MCR fans out there? God, I wish they'd reunite.)
I was adorable, I have to admit. The way I snickered when I put a little prank on someone, knowing the amount of trouble I'd get into.
But then, it dawned on me. When I was mischievous and mean to others, I realized that I was the bully. I was the one causing them pain. In the long run, they would ask themselves, "what have I done to her to deserve this?"
I started analyzing people's behaviour (yes, I used the authentic "u" the English used. Not a pun, I swear!) at a very young age, and as I grew, I realized,
"Wow, this could become my passion. I can actually help people!"
So, how did this all begin you ask? Well, you're going to have to stick around to find out!
I took a personality test (16 Personalities.com) and it is based on a theory that there are 16 personalities in the world. When I took it, I discovered I am an INFJ (Introverted, iNtuitive, Feeling, and Judging).
Which means, as you've already guessed, I'm a very sensitive individual. And not to toot my own horn, but, my personality makes up less than 1% of the entire population.
So was Prince's. And is Oprah's, except she may be the Extroverted version. So was Ghandi (intro) and, yes, even Jesus. (Source)
So, how was I a bully? Read the other parts of this blog to find out more!
Would you like to put your personality to the test? Here is my personal link to buddy-up with me and see how we compare intellectually, physically, and physiologically.


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…..hell, Simon Johnson for President. I waited awhile to read Johnson's soon to be seminal article on the financial sector and its total blame for the financial collapse because, from what I had heard, it was a doozey. It did not disappoint. Perfectly captures the creeping kleptocracy that formed over the last 25 years. He even goes into the larger sociological aspects that most economists ignore (my two cents: what the hell happened to America's rugged individualism? To the influence of the transcendentalists? How did we let these fuckers do this?). The sad thing is that Obama's administration, filled with the guilty, now are midwifing the slow leeching of what resources we have left to save their buddies. Do you hear that sucking sound? Its your grand-kid's taxes going into the pockets of today's oligarchs.
This is not alarmist. This is not wacked-out man on the grassy knoll conspiracy theory. This is real and it makes me ill. Enough of listening to the chattering class and the media elite rationalize away the actions of the financiers who they are in bed with. Enough of letting these idiots telling us that the bonuses given to AIG executives is no big deal and a hyped up populist story because, well, its only 165 million and its the billions we should be worried about. Thats supposed to make me feel better?
The elites leeched out a huge chunk of the profits over the last 25 years and now leave us with overvalued assets and a soon to be frighteningly devalued dollar. That is not a very good combination. And everyone just keeps sitting on their asses buying all of it. And the few that dare to protest are marginalized as "populists" and engaging in "class warfare" (here is a fine example of that tactic). And people just buy it:
By now, the princes of the financial world have of course been stripped naked as leaders and strategists—at least in the eyes of most Americans. But as the months have rolled by, financial elites have continued to assume that their position as the economy's favored children is safe, despite the wreckage they have caused.
At what point do people fight back? There is an old french saying, "Cet animal est tres mechant; quand on l'attaque, il se defend." Translation: "What a wicked animal; when attacked, he defends himself." Is that what we're afraid of? Looking bad? Angry when defending ourselves? Is that it?


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Women in Trouble - (2009)
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A serpentine day in the life of ten seemingly disparate women: a porn star, a flight attendant, a psychiatrist, a masseuse, a bartender, a pair of call girls, etc. All of them with one crucial thing in common. Trouble.
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- Added If any one know any salma hyak films? Plz send me the name
not a bad indie film at all. the description is very accurate.
while Carla Gugino (Elektra Luxx) has the biggest role as the porn star, Adrianne Palicki, Connie Britton, Sarah Clarke & Emmanuelle Chriqui, etc also have parts that are well done, each with their moment. Samantha Shelton plays a sexy singer.
6 out of 10 = quirky, fem-centric film. the screen writer & director's strong political opinions come out in this film. they they think they're being clever & sly, but instead they're obvious & transparent. for a film like this, the editing can make or break the film- it made this one.
there's a sequel called Elektra Luxx.


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Collection agencies love garnishment because it provides them with a way to recover unpaid debts without having to rely on the debtor to send in a payment each month. Garnishment ensures that payments arrive on time each and every month until the debt is paid in full.
I can't bring up tax refunds and claim that creditors cannot garnish them when there is one glaring exception to this rule – the government. If you owe back taxes or unpaid student loans, rest assured your tax refund will either be garnished or withheld in its entirety.
You see, its entirely too much trouble for the IRS to work with commercial creditors in order to facilitate garnishment of tax refund money. Your right to your full tax refund, even if a creditor holds a judgment against you, isn't a way for the government to ensure that you have the money you need. It's merely inconvenient for the IRS to permit creditors to garnish tax refunds before they are sent out.
How do I know this? All other forms of income that are exempt from garnishment are exempt due to a special status as a "benefit" (usually, but not always, a federal one). These benefits are exempt from both types of garnishment. Your tax refund is not a benefit of any sort. It's your money. It was always your money. You just used it to pay your taxes. It's no more exempt from seizure than money you receive when you return an item to a department store.
Because debt collectors cannot garnish your tax refund directly from the IRS, you should receive your full refund. Provided you cash your refund rather than depositing it into your bank account, debt collectors – even those with a judgment against you – will not be able to touch it.
|Get your tax refund on a pre-paid Visa card.
One thing to remember: If you are e-filing, request that the IRS mail you your refund via a check or prepaid Visa card (yes, they do that. Cool, huh?) rather than using direct deposit to deposit the money into your checking or savings account. While direct deposit is much faster than getting your refund through the mail, its also much safer and less stressful than waiting with baited breath for your refund to clear before racing to the bank to withdraw it before the collection agency can freeze your bank account.
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CHICAGO, IL.—January
4, 2005: Prospect Partners, LLC announced today that Education Corporation
of America (ECA) has recapitalized its business with Willis Stein
& Partners, a Chicago-based private equity investment firm that
is now the lead investor in ECA, and management led by ECA Chief
Executive Officer James Hutton.
Prospect Partners and management formed
Education Corporation of America in 1999 to purchase Virginia College,
a leading private, accredited for-profit post-secondary educational
institution that offers nondegree and associate's, bachelor's and
master's degree programs.
The team saw a great opportunity
to expand ECA's geographic coverage in the southeastern United States,
and focused its strategy on acquiring smaller career schools, introducing
new degree programs and making greenfield investments in new markets.
ECA is now the leading player in the post-degree career school system
market in the southeast. In five years, the company grew from about
1,600 students in two campuses in two cities in Alabama to approximately
6,000 students across nine campuses in six cities in four states.
During this time, ECA also introduced more than 35 new technical
degree programs across a wide variety of disciplines, including
culinary and automotive.
Kenneth C. Horne, who
led the company, is retiring as CEO, but will be a shareholder and
remain involved as a Director and assist in the growth of the business.
James Hutton, who has served as Chief Operating Officer since 1999,
will become CEO and remain a shareholder in the new firm, along
with members of the management team Jim Tolbert, Diane Clower and
Jim Foster.
"We were fortunate
to partner with such an experienced management team in Ken and Jim,"
says Louis W. Kenter, a principal at Prospect Partners. "We
developed a great working relationship and built Education Corporation
of America into a leading post-secondary school business.
The company is now well-positioned to continue its impressive record
of growth and its reputation for delivering high-quality educational
services to its students."
Mr. Hutton adds, "Lou
and the Prospect team were great partners professionally and personally.
Not only did they provide solid support and guidance in our development
to date, but they were also a lot of fun to work with."
Banc of America Securities
Corporation served as exclusive financial advisor to Prospect Partners
and ECA in this transaction.
Prospect Partners will
continue to actively pursue investment opportunities in the education
Prospect Partners, LLC
of Chicago, Illinois is a leading investor in unique lower-middle-market
companies, managing two private equity funds totaling $270 million.
Since its founding in 1998, Prospect Partners has focused on management-led
leveraged acquisitions and has invested in more than 40 leading
companies within many niche consumer, commercial, specialty distribution
and service markets throughout the United States.
July 19, 2001
Virginia College Expands to Include Medical Career Center, Inc. at Pensacola, Florida and Mobile, Alabama


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Betzler Life Story Funeral Homes
Kalamazoo Location
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Saturday, September 16, 2017
Betzler Life Story Funeral Homes
Kalamazoo Location
6080 Stadium Drive
Kalamazoo, MI 49009
(269) 375-2900
Driving Directions
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American Diabetes Association
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Life Story / Obituary
Always willing to help a friend in need or excited to share his passion for music, Eric was extremely bright and easy going. Whether he was playing disc golf or headed to a concert with friends, he was able to find the zest in life. His adventurous spirit will be forever missed in this lifetime.
The year in which Eric began his life was also the dawning of the 80's decade. Huge discoveries and technological advances gained momentum changing the modern life forever. The United States was awe struck with the first flight of Space Shuttle Columbia enabling two astronauts to enter space and return safely with a spacecraft. Their mission was successful because the craft could be used again. On land, Ronald Reagan became the president, and the highly anticipated wedding between Lady Diana Spencer and Charles the Prince of Wales was celebrated. In water, researchers found the Titanic in the North Atlantic Ocean providing answers to many questions. The year of 1981 marked the first moment the word 'Internet' became a part of the common vocabulary, but it was not fully understood by the world - yet. Closer to home in Kalamazoo, Michigan, William and Dawn (Benison) Simon were anxiously awaiting the birth of their first baby. Amongst the excitement of costumes and sugary treats, Eric began his life on Halloween, October 31, 1981. Soon, Eric held the responsibility of being the big brother to Ross and Stacey.
From early on, it was evident that Eric was not one to sit idle while life passed him by. Instead, he was always on the move - though not so much with sports, as his asthma made athletics challenging for him. Though he was laid back in personality, he was known to seek out adventure and excitement. He loved to ride his dirt bike and mini bike because it got him outdoors which was one of his favorite places to be. He even enjoyed the Michigan winters because he was able to snowmobile and sled down the hill in his backyard. When he needed a warm up from the outdoor fun, he found playing video games equally enjoyable.
As he matured, he attended Mattawan High School where he participated in the marching band. He was quite musically talented, and he played the alto saxophone and the clarinet. He also played the guitar - both electric and acoustic. Later on, he enrolled and studied welding at KVCC.
As time passed, something about heading west was intriguing to him, so he moved to California around the age of 21. He took along his love for music and continued his electronic DJ-ing in both San Diego, California and Tijuana, Mexico. In true Eric style, he also eased into the culture there, and learned to speak Spanish fluently. While there, he participated in the Baha 1000 with a chase vehicle creating memories of a lifetime.
Upon his return to the mid-west, he found work in roofing to make a comfortable living for himself. Before too long, he was doing sub-contracting work on his own with his self-made company named "Premier Remodeling." In time, he also became a member of the Plumbers & Pipefitters Local 357 and worked as an apprentice pipefitter and welder.
Though Eric worked hard to make a name for himself professionally, he also found balance in his life. This afforded him the opportunity to open his heart to love. After he moved back from out west, and through mutual friends, Eric and Amanda were introduced. She captivated his heart, and they became life long partners. The two spent many fun times visiting local establishments where they talked and listened to one another for hours. Eric found great joy in teaching Amanda everything he knew, and she taught him how to feel love. Together, it was obvious they were meant to be.
When Eric had time to enjoy without work, there was always plenty to do. A good evening might include the simple things like a cold beer or two (Bell's Amber Ale was his favorite) and some kind of Mexican food. He found contentment in hanging out with his favorite feline friends, Angel and Mittens. He held a special place in his heart for animals. He also loved to read, and The Legend of Drizzt by R.A. Salvatore was on the top of his reading list because he loved fantasy and science-fiction.
Sadly, Eric died unexpectedly in his home on September 10, 2017. It is difficult to say goodbye to such a young life, as Eric was only 35 years old. We will never forget the place Eric held in our lives. As we look to one another to find comfort in our grief, we will hold close the memories we shared with Eric in our heart.
Eric was preceded in death by his brother, Ross Simon and Uncle Daniel Simon. Surviving are best friend and life partner, Amanda Rogers; mother, Dawn (Chuck) Bickings; father, Bill (Janet) Simon; sister, Stacey Simon; nephew, Dylan Simon, grandmother, Patricia Benison; 3 uncles Gerry (Carla) Benison, Michael Benison and Michael Simon; 2 aunts: Diane Lee and Lori Hufford and cousins.
Visit with family and friends on Friday from 5-8pm at Betzler Life Story Funeral Home, 6080 Stadium Dr. Kalamazoo (269) 375-2900 where services will be held Saturday at 11 am.
Memorial contributions may be made to American Diabetes Association.


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While at RootsTech last week, I was reminded that MyHeritageDNA was allowing people who had tested at other sites to upload their raw DNA data into their database for free. I decided to take advantage of the opportunity to fish in another pond before that offer went away. Yesterday, I received an email letting me know that the first of my DNA matches were in.
How to take a MyHeritage DNA test from MyHeritage on Vimeo.
MyHeritage was out in force at RootsTech and they have a big following, so I will be interested to see how their database develops as I obtain more matches. Right now their test kits are on sale at a competitive price as well.
My top three matches were for ones who I already matched with at other sites, but the rest of the matches did not look familiar at all. So I have a new set of relatives to reach out to.
It does seem as if more of these matches have the family trees than those found at 23andMe or Ancestry.


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General merchandise retailer Argos has today reported a 1.9 per cent rise in like-for-like (LFL) sales in its first quarter driven by strong sales of electricals and consumer electronics as the retailer also strengthened its multichannel operations.
For the 13 weeks ended June 1st 2013, total sales increased 1.2 per cent to £828 million as Argos saw positive performances continues from electronics, electricals and white goods thanks to the popularity of tablets and TVs which "more than offset" declines in weaker performing categories including video gaming and audio, the retailer said.
Commenting on the positive growth, Terry Duddy, CEO of Argos and Homebase owner Home Retail Group, said: "Argos has delivered a good start to the year driven by continued success in consumer electronics and electricals, supported by growing internet and mobile commerce sales.
"Overall, its trading has been consistent with our expectations."
Last month, Argos posted its first LFL rise in five years as it began its digital overhaul, which will see the retailer close at least 75 stores over the next five years in favour of strengthening its online offering.
Over the quarter, total internet sales continued to rise, now accounting for 42 per cent of Argos' total sales while m-commerce sales soared 114 per cent.
While these results are to be applauded given the speed of the ongoing digital turnaround, Retail Consultant at analyst firm Conlumino Liz Faulkner, believes that Argos' must do more to realise its dream of becoming a digitally-led business.
She warned: "The core driver of Argos's success, the multichannel model, is vulnerable to replication, especially from rivals at the value-end of the market.
"Tesco and Amazon already offer online 'marketplace' formats, which extend choice and price competitiveness.
"In addition, they are both undertaking efforts to increase their physical presence, with Tesco Direct rolling out click and collect across an increasing number of stores, and Amazon offering high street collection points via Lockers and Collect + stores.
"Actions by such competitors are eroding a key point of difference for Argos, a fact these more modest results may be alluding to.
"Argos will need to work on its differentiation if it wishes to remain relevant. Sharper branding, more inspirational online content and greater innovation in product mix will all help towards this goal."
Home & DIY retailer Homebase also saw LFLs rise over the quarter, up 1.2 per cent following a strong performance across big ticket products.
Total sales grew by 0.2 per cent to £422 million though sales of seasonal products were impacted by adverse weather and represented 40 per cent of total sales while sales of remaining categories "were broadly flat."
Duddy concluded: "Homebase produced a positive LFL sales performance, however seasonal sales were adversely impacted by the volatile weather and as a result its performance for the quarter was slightly behind our expectations.
"Whilst we expect consumer spending to remain subdued, we are on track with delivering our investment plans to drive the long term development of both Argos and Homebase."


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Houston, Texas (PRWEB) June 06, 2014
International Port Security, Inc. (IPS) has announced the availability of experienced patrol and security officers for businesses in Houston. Long operational within the metropolitan area, this marks the first time the Dickinson-based company is doubling its efforts regarding quality security services within the city proper.
Patrol officers from International Port Security are available for a vast array of tasks, which include responding to nuisance or disturbance calls, imposing property rules and regulations, issuing warnings, locking up property like recreation rooms and pool gates, and citing and towing illegally parked vehicles. They ride in marked or unmarked vehicles, each of which comes with essential emergency equipment that includes mobile phones, dispatch radios, first-aid kits, and traffic cones.
International Port Security requires all its armed security officers in particular to wear level 2 retention holsters. Also, the company offers free in-house training by Certified Police Officers to enhance their skill sets and keep them updated on the latest security industry methods and technologies. From driving in SUVs and golf carts to standing or walking, security officers from IPS are trained to handle any assignment.
All patrol and security officers are trained and licensed to carry law enforcement tools, such as guns, batons, pepper spray, handcuffs, and tazers. International Port Security also ensures that they meet all state requirements for private security guards. Each person applying for a patrol or security officer position at IPS undergoes a background check that is conducted by the State of Texas, as well as mandated and completed by the company. Upon employment, each officer is required to maintain a clean driving record and a valid driver's license.
International Port Security ensures customer satisfaction with their patrol and security services by supervising officers. Clients would receive courtesy patrols from a supervisor posted to a marked patrol unit. This procedure not only holds IPS officers accountable; it also ensures that customers are getting the most out of their services.
About International Port Security, Inc.:
Headquartered at Dickinson, Texas, International Port Security, Inc. provides various types of security services. Security professionals available from the company include armed bodyguards, unarmed guards, bike patrols, and plain-clothes security officers. Customers who wish to get a quote on a custom security package can contact International Port Security by dialing 832-738-1591 or 832-434-4400.


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Looks like the folks behind the Thrifty Watch Phone are going to go up againt Neutrano's Nutec WristFone, where it comes with seemingly much more advanced specifications including an MP3 player, video recording capability, PDA services and a built-in media player. This quad band GSM device will also sport a 1.3″ touchscreen LCD display that supposedly makes it easier to navigate through the menu system – good luck if you do not have small hands! You can opt to use a Bluetooth headset or its hands-free speaker whenever you entertain a call. Available in a dozen strap sizes, the Thrifty Watch Phone will retail for $95 each.
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Ultimately Bend Golf Club is about a lot of things.
We're about a truly exceptional golf course. Aesthetically beautiful. A timeless, classic design, immaculately maintained.
We're about getting better. Thoughtfully designed and placed practice areas. Well qualified, experienced instructors that utilize the latest game improvement technology.
We're about getting healthier. We offer two indoor, two outdoor tennis courts, exercise equipment, and a salt-water swimming pool to help you achieve your fitness and wellness goals.
We're about sharing good times with family and friends. In addition to the golf and fitness related facilities, the clubhouse restaurants provide another place to enjoy good food and special moments with your family and friends. There's a variety of fun events that the club puts on throughout the year that enrich your membership experience even more.
We'd also like Bend Golf Club to be about you.
It's where you belong.
For information about joining BGC, contact Jeff Keller at 541-322-5765, or email at firstname.lastname@example.com, or scroll down this page to the Membership Information Request form.
Golf members enjoy unlimited use of our 18-hole championship golf course and practice facilities along with the full range of facilities the club has to offer.
Family Membership: These memberships provide all of our amenities for the whole family. Children are eligible for membership benefits up to age 24.
One Golfer Family: This membership offers unlimited golf for one member, while the rest of the family has access to everything else the club has to offer (swimming, tennis, exercise/fitness equipment, the clubhouse restaurants, and the special/social events provided through the club).
Single Membership: This is an individual only membership.
Non-Resident Membership- if you have another resident that you live in you may qualify for our non-resident Membership
Generations Membership- For families that want to share their experience with their parents, or kids, this is a great way to do it!
All categories of membership may bring guests to the club, subject to guest fees and event guidelines.
Tennis/Athletic – Tennis members are eligible to use the indoor and outdoor tennis courts, indoor salt-water pool, fitness/exercise equipment, racquetball court, clubhouse restaurants, and to participate in the various social/special events that the club puts on throughout the year.
Tennis Family: Includes your spouse and children up to age 23.
Tennis Individual: This is an individual only membership.
Members may bring guests subject to guest fees and event guidelines.
Athletic Membership - Athletic Members are eligible to use the swimming pool, fitness/exercise equipment, clubhouse restaurants, and to participate in the various social/special events put on by the club throughout the year.
Social – Social members are eligible to use the clubhouse restaurants, and participate in the various social/special events the club puts on throughout the year.
For complete information on our various membership options, requirements, fees or special promotions, please contact Jeff Keller, or fill out our Membership Information Request Form below.
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Tweedmouth Rangers 5 Wansbeck 1
With Alnmouth United already having been crowned Divsion One champions, the race is on for the runners-up spot and Tweedmouth Rangers did their chances no harm with a convincing 5-1 over close rivals Wansbeck, which sees Rangers move up a place to third in the table. Tweedmouth got off to a great start, with Graham Steele setting them on their way with the first goal after 15 minutes and another from Gary Robertson saw Rangers go in at half-time 2-0 up. Michael Freathy pulled a goal back for Wansbeck early in the second half but further goals from Sean Simpson, Robertson, with his second, and Ashley Pendrich saw Tweedmouth run out comfortable winners in what could be a dress rehearsal for next week's Anderson Cup final.
Highfields United 1 Red Row Welfare 2
In the only other game in Division One, a Connor Davidson goal saw bottom-of-the-table Highfields United lead Red Row Welfare at half-time. This lead remained right up until the 88th minute but two late goals from Dan Palmer saw Red Row Welfare return south with all three points.
The championship and promotion places are still up for grabs with the top three being covered by two points.
Springhill 15 Embleton WR 0
Springhill did their goal difference the world of good with a crushing 15-0 victory over Embleton WR. Springhill's goals came courtesy of Martin Bell, two, Michael Antcliffe, Chris Jenkins, five, and Paul Johnson, seven.
Alnmouth 1 Belford 1
Belford who had been leading the division for most of the season were held 1-1 at Alnmouth, where John Briggs had given the home side the lead in the first half but an own-goal from Andrew Lazenby saw Belford leave with a point.
Lynemouth Anglers United 3 Amble St Cuthbert 2
In another surprise league leaders Amble St Cuthbert were defeated 3-2 at Lynemouth Anglers, where goals from Darren Townsley, Scott Neill and Nick Storey saw Lynemouth produce their best performance of the season, with Amble St Cuthbert's consolation goals coming from Liam Ramsay and Connor Straughton.
Tweedmouth Harrow 2 Craster Rovers 2
The final game in the division saw Tweedmouth Harrow and Craster Rovers share the spoils in a 2-2 draw. Johnny Blythe gave the Harrow the lead midway through the first half, but James Woolett equalised for Craster Rovers just before half-time. Tweedmouth had most of the play and a penalty miss from Jordan Richardson on the hour saw the score remain 1-1 up until the 80th minute when Kurt Yule put the Harrow back in front with a screamer from 25 yards, but a late equaliser from Kyle Lowes meant Craster Rovers left with a hard-earned point.


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Meditating on scripture deepens our relationship with God and is a traditional devotional practice for the season of Lent.
A printable list of daily readings for the forty days of Lent can be found here. Daily readings include a Psalm, an Old Testament reading, and one or two New Testament readings.
The Revised Common Lectionary provides scripture readings for every day of the year and can be found here.


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Poliomyelitis (polio) is a highly infectious disease caused by a virus. In environments with poor levels of hygiene and water quality, and close proximity to sewage, the virus has an easy way to infect people. Most people infected with polio have no signs of illness and are never aware they have been infected. It invades the nervous system and can cause total paralysis in a matter of hours.
There are two types of vaccine that protect against polio: inactivated polio vaccine (IPV) and oral polio vaccine (OPV). There are currently 125 countries, mostly developing countries, using OPV exclusively, which while effective and easy to administer through oral drops, can in very rare occasions result in vaccine derived poliovirus. Between the years 2014-2015 these countries are scheduled to introduce one dose of IPV, which is delivered through injection, to boost immunity in preparation for the eventual withdrawal of OPV.
The Global Polio Eradication Intiative (GPEI) is a major global health partnership that includes the U.S. government, UNICEF, the World Health Organization and Rotary. GPEI works through routine immunization, mass-campaigns, and catch up campaigns to immunize children in developing countries. The world is 99% polio free with the disease endemic in just three countries: Nigeria, Pakistan and Afghanistan.
Shot@Life fundraises to support GPEI. Since the launch of the campaign, Shot@Life is on track to raise enough funding to help immunize more than 380,000 children from polio.* Additionally, Shot@Life advocates to the U.S. government to ensure that they remain an active partner and funder of GPEI.
Polio mainly affects children under 5 years of age.
One in 200 infections leads to irreversible paralysis.
Polio cases have decreased by over 99% since 1988.
Polio anywhere is a threat everywhere — as long as a single child remains infected, children in all countries are at risk of contracting the disease.
Global Polio Eradication Initiative:
http://www.polioeradication.org/Polioandprevention.aspx World Health Organization: http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs114/en/
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You will find it hard to find a better quality decking system than this, durable easy to maintain, and comes in ten colours, which can be used together to achieve some stunning two-tone effects.
Build joist at 12-inch centres from 6 x 2 you will achieve a solid quality long lasting top of the range good looking deck, designed to last for years.


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We like to toot our own horn, but so do others. See why we are so awesome.
I just wanted to say thank you for an amazing conference and reception last week. The KSAE Board of Directors met on Friday afternoon and the consensus was that the 2016 Conference was the very best in recent memory. This could not have been accomplished without your help. Judy, your name was brought up over and over as being an incredible asset to Lawrence. Again, thank you for your sponsorship, expertise, efficiency and assistance.
Christy Classi Executive Director, Kansas Society of Association Executives December 16, 2016
Lawrence provides H&R Block with a great change of pace and our employees want to come back again and again!
Ethan Harrington VP of Training & Compliance H&R Block March 27, 2015
Lawrence is a breath of fresh air for Sprint's training seminars! Our attendees came away re-energized, having a unique and fantastic time in Lawrence!
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Avesta Good Earth Foods Pvt. Ltd is a good food company with global ambitions, dedicated to developing nutritious alternatives for breakfast, daily snacks, staples, beverages and functional foods for Preventive Healthcare.
Derived from Avesthagen Limited's bioNutritional programme, the Good Earth Brand has been built to cater to consumers promoting well-being through a healthy diet.
The products target discriminating health-conscious consumers, who are concerned about using natural food ingredients for their nutritional requirements, and those who believe that their health can be managed better through diet rather than medication.
The Avesta Good Earth brand is synonymous and contiguous with:
- A strong identity with "Health & Wellness" through the "Good for Earth and Good for you" brand and products
- Extend product lines into newer markets, targeted at specific segments.
- Increase awareness of health through healthy eating.
- Emerge as the image market leader in the Health & Wellness foods sector, including quality leadership in breakfast cereals, staples, and beverages.
In order to achieve these objectives, the Company is alive to relevant opportunities in health and nutritional foods, and, more importantly, will take the functional food focus of Avesthagen's bioNutritional business forward into a range of health and wellness products for Indian and global consumer markets.
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Electric vehicles are becoming increasingly more popular and the demand for charging stations is growing. To meet this need in our community, BEMC has installed six EV chargers in our service territory:
- Brunswick Forest, 1112 E. Cutlar Crossing
- Calabash, 1045 River Road
- Sunset Beach, 419 Sunset Blvd.
- Ocean Isle, Monroe St.
- Holden Beach, 107 S. Jordan Blvd.
- Shallotte, 123 Mulberry Street
BEMC provides DC Fast Chargers and Level II chargers. Fast Chargers recharge an all-electric vehicle in approximately 30 minutes. Level II chargers typically take 4 to 6 hours, and can charge hybrids as well as electric vehicles. As of January 1, 2018 all electric vehicle charging stations in BEMC's service territory cost $7.50 per session.


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A recent article in Linux World discusses the expected Q4 launch of Wikipedia's search engine challenge to Google and Yahoo.
From the article —
Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales is targeting the fourth quarter of this year for the unveiling of an open source search engine that he hopes could challenge the dominance of market leaders Google Inc. and Yahoo Inc.
The project is being run through Wikia Inc., a for-profit company founded by Wales that seeks to use a similar model to the Wikipedia community-written and -edited encyclopedia. He hopes to provide the tools and technology to allow programmers across the Internet to collaborate on the development and testing of a search engine and make the results freely available.
"The essential core principles are that I think search is now a fundamental part of the infrastructure of the Internet and it's really fundamental to society as a whole, and therefore as citizens of the world we should be concerned about it being a secretive black box," he said.
Source: Wikia targets Q4 unveiling of open source search engine


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Kitchen Setup Ideas
Kitchen Setup Ideas – Choosing your cooking area design from the plethora of cooking area decorating suggestions that are plentiful could be an astonishing experience right into the insight of cooking area manufacturers. It is completely incredible exactly the amount of cooking area layouts are sold on the retail market and also even more of a surprise which ones are one of the most prominent. Invest an afternoon in among the many retail electrical outlets that sell kitchen areas and also pay attention in on the different conversations around you. People focus the ultra-modern kitchen areas like flies round a honey pot yet, as the chat proceeds, you hear them confess to not being able to deal with such a layout each day, at some point plumping for a much more modest middle-of-the-road design, or perhaps among the many rustic layouts. So, here we have Kitchen Setup Ideas that will give you the concept of cooking area decoration.
The cooking area is the center of the home. This holds true whether you are a single, young expert living in a studio flat or the homemaker in a huge home created for your household of 6. If you are considering providing this well-used and also well-liked area of yours a spruce up, there are many trends to choose from. One of them is kitchen setup ideas that will give you the concept of kicthen decoration. When it involves selecting out cupboard shades, floor covering, and also counter kinds, we have you covered. Maintain reading for an images of everything that's warm in cooking area remodels.
Producing a kitchen area with a specific concept could truly enhance the entire look of your kitchen location. Kitchen area is among one of the most important room of your house were you could develop some quite unique memories. You could develop your cooking area with your very own suggestions and also creative aspects such as Kitchen Setup Ideas If you desire then you could take additional assistance from your local home improvement shop, home improvement web sites and also even from your pals.


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Courtesy of Diesel
Looking for the perfect summer scent for the man in your life? We lined up a few of our favorites that are ideal for the season. Whether shopping for your hubby-to-be or dear old dad—fragrances to match every personality are hitting the shelves this summer.
Tom Ford's new Neroli Portofino fragrance is for men who love a good designer blend, while Nautica's Oceans is for the eco-conscious outdoorsman. Rough and rugged guys will love Diesel's new Only the Brave while the laid-back types may opt for Lemon Essential Oil from The Art of Shaving.
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I also got an e-mail from Freshly made sketcheswith a great sketch!!! So that was the start of this card. The challenge at Sassy Cheryls is pearls so pretty easy!
The paper is from Soho Garden - by American Craft. I used a little chipboard embellishment I got with my cardmaking & papercraft magazine. Some little pearls in the right hand bottom corner from my stash and that's it!
Here's a closer look at the sweetie colored with my copics!
- Freshly made sketches - Sketch
- Sassy cheryls challenge - Pearls, pearls, pearls with a sassy cheryl image


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5 Yoga Poses for Quick Energy
My two-year-old daughter is usually my alarm clock. She wakes up early and almost never takes long naps (quite often she doesn't take any daytime naps at all). I, on the other hand, have always enjoyed sleeping. So what's a constantly exhausted yogi to do?
First of all, I can't stress enough the importance of getting sleep. If you frequently don't sleep well or long, you should definitely reassess the underlying causes. Do you drink caffeine throughout the day and too close to bedtime? Did you have too many glasses of wine? Are you anxious? If the reasons behind your lack of sleep are reoccurring, you should seek professional help. Still, many of us are just like me—healthy yogis who have early-rising jobs or kids and just couldn't, in this moment in time or on that particular day, get enough sleep. If this sounds like you, here are yoga poses for quick energy.
1. Sun salutations. While sun salutations are a series of poses, this series is specifically designed to promote both strength and flexibility in your body. The traditional time for sun salutes is, not shockingly, while the sun's coming up. It's also traditional to practice these asanas on an empty stomach, making it ideal to start your day. I recommend learning sun salutes from a teacher as many of these postures require slightly complex micro-adjustments to get the full benefit. Once you're comfortable with your series, try unrolling your mat when you're forced awake a little too early for six to eight rounds of your sun salutation of choice and you'll feel much more awake almost instantly. (Tip: start out in child's pose. Most of us aren't ready immediately after waking to pop right into these poses, and child's pose will allow you to come into yourself and your breath.)
2. Backbends. Backbends are the caffeine of yoga. They stimulate the nervous and lymphatic systems—revving metabolism and releasing adrenaline. This is actually the same reason why some practitioners get nauseous or dizzy if they go too deeply into a backbend. So take it easy in the morning, even if you've done your sun salutes already. I suggest a pose like bridge or cobra. Really focus on feeling even sensation throughout the length of your spine. Repeat your backbend of choice three times, moving slowly in and out of the posture.
3. Warrior III. This is such a great strength pose. It works both of your legs, your shoulders and back, as well as your abdominals. Warrior III also improves balance and posture—making it a great anti-slump pose before work. Additionally, this pose gets your cardio on because you're working all of your large muscle groups. Hold this pose for a minute on each side, using props such as a wall or blocks if necessary.
4. Chair pose. I'd like to thank my fellow yogis at my new studio Yoga Bliss in Akron for letting me fall in love with chair pose again. It's a posture that these yogis work, and work hard. Here's the key to getting the most out of your chair pose—stay in the posture much longer than you want to. You'll be forced to stay in the present moment and focus on your breath because this asana is simply too challenging if you allow your mind to beat you. This is a prime example of yoga practice as moving meditation—and learning this in chair pose will help you stay present and calm in other situations throughout your day no matter how much sleep you've had. Make sure your hips are not lower than your knees, but sit low, and dig into your heels to activate your hamstrings. Remember to feel the sensations in other areas besides your quads—like your glutes—as this allows you to increase your duration in chair pose. Remember also that this pose more accurately translates to fierce or powerful pose from Sanskrit. So start your morning out with power—and feel it resonate throughout your day.
5. Restore. This might sound counter-intuitive, but if you've had a long day on not enough sleep and still have to feed your kids dinner or finish paperwork, restorative postures might be just the ticket. Try taking a soothing forward fold and visualize your backbody as your past. Let all tension and stress from before this moment drop away as you get deeper into your stretch. You can also take reclined bound angle pose—propping as necessary. This pose will relieve tension from your hips, which is another area yogis believe we store tension from our past—and a place all of us store tension from too much sitting throughout the day. Child's pose and side-bending postures are great ideas as well. Sometimes taking just ten minutes to nurture yourself with restorative postures is enough to get you through the last part of your busy day—and help you sleep soundly when the time finally comes.
Getting a good night's sleep is so important, yet it's not always possible. So when your little one wakes you up too early with her gorgeous good-morning smile or your boss asks you to come in for an early-morning meeting, try using these yoga postures for a fast-energy fix.
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Hello all,
My posts are going to be a bit random for the next few week or so. Vacation's getting over now and there is a lot happening before school reopens. I hardly have the time to craft.
I loved this week's Card Patterns Sketch# 66. It really did have lot of scope for layers and embellishments. Though I couldn't do complete justice to the sketch, here is my take on it:
It did take a little effort but I kind of like it. I think I'm using these colors for the first time and I like the bright n cheery feel.
My recipe:
CS: Base black CS is Fabriano, the golden yellow is a sheet of handmade n textured paper, the DP is an RAK from Tanja.
Stamps and others: Tim Holtz mini masks sponged with orange and yellow inks [Hobby Ideas], the stamp is also Hobby Ideas
Embellishments: The 'believe' and printed dome stickers are Heidi Grace (from Donna), all lace from my stash [thanks Mamma], flowers are also from my stash [I hate the quality though :-(]
PLUS a lot of faux stitching and a little embroidery floss for finishing the card. :-)
Ciao later...


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The 2012 London Olympic Games will be the greenest ever. Bring the Olympic Spirit home by creating some healthy, eco-winning strategies for your family.
The Olympic Games shine a spotlight on the athleticism and good health it takes to be the best in the world. But did you also know that this year's games will be one of the greenest in Olympiad history? The International Olympic Committee and the Commission For A Sustainable London have worked tirelessly to make sure that this year's games will set the sustainability standard for all future games.
Along with the thrill of worldwide competition, the Summer Olympic Games offer a great opportunity to encourage your family to put the spotlight on these winning attributes. That means you can bring the Olympic spirit into your home by including exercise, healthy food choices and sustainability as part of your daily routine.
Here are a few suggestions:
Spotlight On A Green Workout
Many athletes train and compete in outdoor venues. So what's the easiest way to make like a pro and green your workout?
Take a walk, ride a bike, play with your kids or your pet. Do your morning stretches on your balcony or patio. Start a garden, weed your flower beds––whatever. Summer is the perfect time to exercise outdoors. Plus, you'll be lowering your carbon footprint by skipping the car ride to the gym. But remember that hydration is key when exercising outdoors in hot weather, so carry a reusable water bottle containing your favorite après l'exercise beverage.
The plus? Exercising outdoors can actually improve your health. According to a University of Essex, UK, study, as little as five minutes of outdoor exercise can improve mood and overall health. Being outside lifts spirits and improves self-esteem. And if you can exercise near a water source, you'll get an even bigger benefit.
Spotlight On Healthy Snacks
Professional athletes know the importance of eating right to fuel peak performance, and healthy snacking can be an integral part of a balanced diet. Even though your mom may have told you not to eat between meals, it turns out that snacking may improve health and help maintain a healthy weight. According to the American Dietetic Association, snacking keeps your metabolism revved up and is a great way to boost your energy.
Okay, so snacking is a good thing, but what makes a good snack?
WebMD, says the best snacks are ones that contain three important qualities:
- Enough calories to be satisfying, but not so many that the snack becomes a meal.
- Healthy fats in appropriate amounts
- Fiber, protein, and/or other nutrients that give them staying power
Some eco-friendly choices might include:
Fresh Fruit: Any fruit you like - apples, oranges, bananas – are all loaded with vitamin C, antioxidants, and fiber. Fruit is portable, needs no refrigeration and is oh-so eco-friendly. And with summer in full bloom, your local farmer's market may have favorites like peaches, berries, and nectarines. Take advantage of them while you can, because they never last long!
Grab Some Nuts: Whether you prefer salted or raw, these crunchy morsels make for a wonderful snack. They're packed with good fats, which help you stay full. Nuts also contain fiber, and nutrients like selenium, and vitamin E. Plus, they're portable and really easy to measure. According to the dietary Guidelines for Americans, one handful is about 1 oz, a perfect portion. Take Blue Diamond Almonds, for example: one handful is about 23 nuts, the perfect snack. To live a greener life, don't seal them up in a plastic bag. Just reuse an empty peppermint tin to store your almonds in a purse or gym bag for quick energy.
Spotlight On Entertaining
Gathering family and friends together to watch as America competes at the 2012 Summer Olympic Games is yet another opportunity to incorporate healthy, greener goals.
Take a page from the Summer Olympic program and keep the focus of your party on sustainability by avoiding paper plates and plastic utensils. Set up a recycling station for any cans and bottles, and remember to compost any leftovers if possible.
Keep the focus on health by serving a variety of foods that will satisfy every appetite. Including healthy options like fruits, veggies, nuts and popcorn will make sure that everyone leaves your party feeling healthy, too.
Here are a few suggestions for healthy party fare.
Nuts To You
Once again, nuts fit the bill. Look for raw, unsalted or lightly salted varieties of your favorite nuts. Or, roast your own. Drizzle raw nuts with a little olive oil and your favorite seasonings like rosemary, cracked pepper or lemon pepper. Roast at 300 degrees for 10-15 minutes stirring frequently. Or try a something like this awesome Nutty Tapenade.
Break From The Pack
Of packaged snacks, that is! Nix the traditional bowls of pretzels or potato chips, and instead offer your guests a selection fresh fruits and vegetables. It doesn't just have to be the same old carrot schtick, either. (Ha-ha, pun fully intended!) Why not use the Olympic theme and go "around-the-world." How about an Asian-inspired vegetable platter of edamame, baby corn, snow peas and fresh mushrooms drizzled in a low-fat sesame dressing. Or highlight foods from the Middle East with low-fat pita chips, Light Lemony Hummus and olives. Get creative. You are only limited by your own imagination.
The Sweet Taste Of Victory
For a fresh take on dessert, skip the high-fat Mississippi Mud Brownies and cheesecake and opt instead for Angel food cake topped with fresh berries, or summer peaches.
And if you really want to go all out, set up your own Backyard Olympic Games and go for the gold. You might not win a medal, but if you let the Olympics inspire you toward greater health and sustainability, you will most certainly feel like a hero.


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Štěpán Němec <address@hidden> writes: > On Wed, 19 Oct 2011 10:22:09 +0200 > David Kastrup wrote: > >> What would people prefer for creating a Lilypond function that returns >> an "unspecified" value (what the Guile read-eval-print loop takes as a >> hint to print nothing at all) and is called for its side effect? >> >> define-void-function or define-procedure? The first is a bit more >> C-ish, the second more Pascal-ish. I am not going to consider >> define-subroutine though. > > Given that in the Scheme world, "procedure" is the standard term for > functions in general, `define-procedure' would IMO be a rather > unfortunate name for something used to define _only_ that subset of > procedures which return an unspecified value, if that's what you mean. Ok. Now unfortunately, Guile has a number of functions that one would expect to return SCM_UNSPECIFIED, but which return something else. hashq-set!, set-object-property! and a few others. So I need a nice way to tell Lilypond to ignore a Scheme expression even though it looks like it could be used as a valid Lilypond construct. I considered \call #(hashq-set! ... but it is a bit misleading since the Scheme expression would be called anyway. There is also \ignore #(hashq-set! ... but it sounds a bit like nothing would happen. \do #(hashq-set! ... looks nice, but due to namespace pollution, it is already taken by Guile, quite like \eval. All in all, I can't think of anything better than \ignore. An alternative syntax like ##(...) or ##[...] seems a bit too sneaky to me. One other possibility would be \void. It might look a bit nicer: \void #(hashq-set! ...) \void #(hashq-set! ...) rather than \ignore #(hashq-set! ...) \ignore #(hashq-set! ...) It's a bit C-ish, but not all that bad, and it fits with define-void-function. -- David Kastrup
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SakarLaunches New Barbie®, Ever After High™,Hot Wheels® and Monster High®, Products under 2-Year Renewal with Mattel, Inc.
Published on Wednesday, 26th February 2014
Karaoke Machines, Musical Instruments and Mobile Accessories Expand Last Year's Highly Successful Lines for Girls and Boys
NEW YORK TOY FAIR 2014 (February 16, 2014)—Youth electronics leader Sakar International today announced it will add to its line of Barbie™, Ever After High™, Hot Wheels™and Monster High™, products under a new 2-year licensing renewal with Mattel. The new products expand on the company's highly successful lines launched last year and will include karaoke machines, musical instruments and mobile accessories designed for both boys and girls.
Sakarpreviewed the new products at the 111thAnnual Toy Industry Association's International Toy Fair® 2014 in New York,and the company expects in-store delivery this spring and summer.
"These new items offer something for everyone—from monsterfied tablet and phone cases reflective of the popular Monster High franchise to electronics for the royally rebellious Ever After High fan. We are excited to offer newHot Wheelsthemed musical instrumentsand fabulously fun Barbie mobile accessories," said Liza Abrams, VP of Licensing for Sakar. "It's been a privilege to work with Mattel as a long-time partner and we look forward to continued expansion on these very successful brand lines."
The new products include:
- Ever After High™ CD+G karaoke machine with built-in screen, a molded Bluetooth speaker and a compact keychain Bluetooth speaker, adding to the extensive line of tablet and mobile phone cases, ear buds and other Ever After High™ electronics Sakar debuted at the Dallas Toy Fair in October.
- Dozens of new Monster High™ electronics and accessories, from tablet and mobile phone cases, sleeves and chargersto text messengers and walkie talkies; molded karaoke machines with options like a built-in camera or screen; aDJ mixing table, drums, electronic keyboard and upright piano; headphones with or without Kid Safe volume control and ear buds.
- Hot Wheels™ musical instruments, including a full drum set, two five-piece drum and instrument sets, a ukulele, youth-size guitar and an MP3 microphone.
- Barbie™ mobile accessories, including protective covers for iPhone 4/4S and 5, a Grip Safe 7" tablet case, plus molded wall and car chargers.
In addition, Sakar expects to launch a line of Max Steel™ electronics, audio and mobile accessories in advance of the first live-action screen adaption of Mattel's newest superhero series.
For more information about the new Mattel line from Sakar, visit Booth #1659 at the New York Toy Fair 2014 going on now through February 19 at New York City's Jacob K. Javits Convention Center or go to www.sakar.com.


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Microsoft, Amazon and Apple have come together recently. A joint amicus brief has been filed by these major companies like Google, Microsoft, Amazon and Apple. They filed the brief in order to support the clean power plan initiated by President Barrack Obama and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The aim of this plan is to introduce new emissions regulations. There were some drawbacks on the part of the Environmental Protection Agency so Apple, Google, Microsoft and Amazon are beside EPA to support the plan.
There is increasing availability of renewable sources in the nation's power sector and the clean power plan puts light on this. Tech amici too submitted the brief in support of the Clean Power Plan because it reflects some expectations that are reasonable and in the increasing use of renewable sources.
Lisa Jackson, the Vice President of Environment Policy and Social Initiatives (EPSI) of the Apple and she was the former Administrator of the Environment Protection Plan. Apple's environmental efforts towards the plan are led by Lisa Jackson. She left EPA in order to join Apple in the year 2013.
The arguments that these companies gave for their support towards the Clean Power Plan are that, that using more of the renewable energy does not affect the environment and the climate so it promotes better Business Sense, the trends that are underway in the United States Electric Sector confirms the generation of the renewable energy that's incorporation is in the EPA's Clean Power Plan. Another argument was that, that Tech Amici are using various Effective and Straightforward Strategies in order to increase the use of generation of the renewable sources which is available to the possessor of the Regulated Power Plan which is under the Clean Power Plan. The final result is yet to come as chances are there that case might go on for long.


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text: Steps 3 and 4 to mastering business IT disruption: Testing and reviewing your disruption-avoidance plan Posted on August 18, 2011 by Tim Burke So here you are with a solid How-We'll-Stay-In-Business-Plan. Time to relax, right? Well, not quite — although this is the point at which many stop paying attention to their disruption-avoidance plan. Step 3 to mastering business IT disruption requires that you test your plan often. This is essential because change has a way of sneaking up on organizations, and those changes can upend your carefully laid plan to overcome disruptions. Fortunately, the right service provider will include regular testing in the price of your service. Step 4 to mastering business IT disruption — regularly conduct a comprehensive plan review — is based on the same principle of keeping an eye on change. At least once a year, you should review your plan top to bottom and adapt it to reflect changes in your organization. This involves Updating your data backup/replication policies to incorporate changes and then testing for backup/recovery efficiency and accuracy, Testing/verifying the functionality of your hardware and applications, and Testing/verifying the effectiveness of your recovery protocols and processes in the face of business changes. The right service provider can help you with expert analysis, testing, and verification capabilities that ensure your IT infrastructure continues to be sufficiently resilient.


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Last month, Iran signed a deal with the South Korean state-owned company K-Water to construct the Karoun-2 dam. The dam will be built at Soosan, 40km north of the city of Izeh, and is set to significantly exacerbate Ahwaz's water problems
On June 2, Ahwaz residents formed a human chain in front of the Choubi Park opposite Street 17 in the Kianpars district in a protest that lasted four hours. According to the opposition National Council for Resistance in Iran (NCRI), protesters held up signs saying "Lifeless Karoun = Khuzestan's death", "Karoun is our life", "Transfer of water = Khuzestan's death", "No to diversion of Karoun's water", "Do not turn Khuzestan into hell by transferring its water".
The peaceful protests have been held regularly along the banks of the Karoun, despite police repression. Demonstrators been attacked by the regime and the neo-fascist Pan-Iranist Party, which accuse the demonstrators of being aligned with "foreign terrorists" and "separatists."
The Karoun is Iran's largest and only navigable river. The dam construction project is siphoning off billions of cubic metres a year to other provinces, particularly Isfahan. In place of the constant flow of water from the Zagros mountains is toxic saline waste water from heavy industry and intensive agriculture, particularly sugar plantations, as well as human sewerage.
The untreated water is pumped into people's homes with no attempt to purify it, causing severe illnesses such as dysentery, cholera, typhoid, various cancers and dermatitis. Meanwhile, fauna and flora that rely on the the river waters are being eradicated and the ancient marshes are drying up.
Controversy surrounds the Koohrang-3 tunnel, which is currently under construction and is set to transfer 255 million cubic metres of water per annum to Zayandeh Rood in Isfahan. The diverted waters will be used for agro-industrial projects, instead of irrigating traditional Arab lands where food staples are grown, such as rice and wheat. Already, three tunnels transfer around 1.1 billion cubic metres of water from the Karoun and its tributaries to Isfahan every year.
In October 2013, Vice-President Masoumeh Ebtekar visited the protest in an attempt to reassure the protesters that the government was acting to address the environmental problems. However, she ignored their demands to deal with the effects of low river water flow on the Hor Al-Azim (Huwaizeh) and Shadegan (Falahiyeh) marshes, which are being drained in a project reminiscent of Saddam Hussein's marsh destruction in Iraq. The Ahwazi environmentalists outlined 22 key concerns over dam construction:
- Karoun's diversion to central provinces
- Dust and resulting health problems
- The diversion of Dez river to Qum city
- The crises of Goutwand dam
- Catastrophic consequences of water dam building
- The catastrophic effects of drought on the Hor Al-Azim (Howayzeh) marshes in addition to destructive impacts of local oil companies
- The effects of drought and pollution from oil, metal and chemical production on Shadegan (Falahyeh) marsh
- The pollution of rivers by sugar cane projects and the effects of agricultural waste waters and stubble burning on drinking water and human health.
- The catastrophic crisis affecting Zoherh River in Hendijan (Hendian) due to the low volume of water
- The pollution of the Jarahi and Maroun rivers by oil companies
- The crisis of the marine environment at Khour Mousa (Bandar-e-Emam)
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- Deforestation in Izeh, Baghmalek, Behbahan and Dezful
- The destruction of the Izeh marsh
- The destruction of the Bamdej marsh
- The effect of industrial and residential waste water on the Karoun
- The deaths of many native yellow deer in Shush and Dezful
- Air pollution caused by smoke from the oil industry in cities such as Omidiyeh, Ahwaz, Masjed Soulayman, Haftgel and Dasht-e-azadegan (Khafajyeh)
- Pollution caused by the unmonitored burial of huge quantities of rubbish, which is leading to the spread of disease
- Pollution caused by the Foulad Khuzestan steel plant and the Abadan refinery
- The death of hundreds of palm trees in Shadegan (Falahiyeh), Khorramshahr (Mohammerah) and Abadan
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How does a protein get its shape? Students work with a dynamic model of a folding polymer, which allows them to explore the role of the hydrophobic and hydrophilic amino acids in protein folding. They expand their mental model of protein folding from that of a simple interaction between charges to the more complex interactions between all amino acids (charged, polar, and non-polar) with each other and with the surrounding water molecules or lipids. Based on this model, students construct differently shaped proteins, and learn to reason about their shapes, considering the property of specific amino acids and their position in the chain.
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Yet, that's precisely what happens during the "Turn On The Heat" production number sequence in the 1929 Fox film "Sunny Side Up" when unexpectedly, the camera cuts away from the manic jazz frenzy led by Sharon Lynn --- to focus on two of the film's auxiliary performers, Marjorie White and Frank Richardson. The pair, posing as party servants, have been standing on the sidelines watching. Richardson merely says "Listen to this," (not so much to his partner as to the film audience) and then lets loose with a rooster's crow of a vocalization that cuts through seventy-plus years of film grain, murk, damage and hiss like a machete. You almost don't want the moment to end --- it's that good, and that pure and so exhilarating --- and then you're kept waiting throughout the rest of the film to see if Richardson is given another such moment, but it never comes.
Well, actually it does -- but only as part of the "Sunny Side Up" end-credit exit music tag. Richardson isn't seen, he's just heard --- and he's not quite the strutting chanticleer here because this tune doesn't call for it, but in retrospect, Fox couldn't have left audiences who'd just seen the film with a better departing musical souvenir.
"Sunny Side Up" (1929) Exit Music Tag
Here, to the right, is an early glimpse of Frank Richardson's career on the move. It's 1923, and Richardson --- at twenty-five, has already had a career that's filled seventeen of those years. Born in Philadelphia, he'd later say he wanted to go on the stage almost as soon as he could walk and talk. Maybe so, but it wasn't until he learned to sing and developed himself into something of a boy soprano that he'd get his chance to step on a stage and exhibit the same strong presence he'd always possess. Someone took quick note, and before long the eight year old Richardson signed an engagement with Dumont's Minstrels, appearing as "The Wonder Boy Tenor."
Richardson would later join Emmet Welch's Minstrels at Atlantic City, New Jersey's Million Dollar Pier venue and then break out on his own, first with circus shows and then as master of ceremonies and entertainer in vaudeville and motion picture houses across the country.
When we next look in on Frank Richardson, in 1925, he was about to cut what he thought would be his last ties with his minstrel show lineage. Usually booking himself as "The Joy Boy of Song," he still relied heavily upon minstrel material and performance style in his act--- so much so that he sometimes billed himself as "The Ace of Spades," whenever he thought this title would have greater appeal.
By late 1926 though, his "Ace of Spades" persona was ready to be buried once and for all. According to a publicity placement likely composed and distributed by Richardson himself to newspapers in towns he was booked into: "Frank Richardson, the Joy Boy of Song, is no longer a blackface comedian. He will sing his songs 'natural,' which is the vaudeville slang for whiteface. One day Mr. Richardson, because of a delayed railroad schedule, reached a theatre where he was to play too late to make up. He went on in street clothes without the customary burnt cork. His act went better than it had ever gone before. Then and there he ceased to be a blackface comedian. In calling himself the Joy Boy of Song, Mr. Richardson merely announces that he is a singing comedian of a different type with individuality."
Richardson's "Ace of Spades" persona might have been buried then and there, but he little suspected it would come calling again, in less than four years time, and that he'd be donning the customary burnt cork for an entertainment medium that would present him to more people in more audiences in just a few weeks than he had ever played before in half a lifetime of show business.
Unfortunately, we currently have no way of knowing what Frank Richardson's debut performance in "Fox Movietone Follies of 1929" looked or sounded like, but he couldn't have been given a better tune, the cheeky "Walking With Susie," just right for the strutting, cocksure Richardson's barrel-chested ringing voice and demeanor.
In "Sunny Side Up," he's given more to say than he's given to sing --- but he pulls it off, and in a role (that of a braggart ham) that could just as easily prompt audience dislike as much as acceptance, he wins the day --- largely because he's an endearing, gentle sort of braggart ham who, the viewer feels sure, probably believes less in his boasts than anyone else. Interestingly, it's the secondary roles in "Sunny Side Up," enacted by Richardson, White and Lynn that linger long after Gaynor & Farrell's sticky affectation wears off. As for El Brendel, well.... that's something else entirely!
Richardson's first two successes proved a hard act to follow, although he'd briefly have a chance to shine again in Fox's minstrel-themed "Happy Days," where he's billed and presented as himself, singing the infinitely catchy tune "Mona." How Richardson and his highly recognizable voice eluded the phonograph companies is any one's guess, so while we don't have a 78rpm commercial recording of his performance, I offer the two next best things. First, an extract of Richardson's performance from the film "Happy Days" itself, and then George Olsen's equally fine commercial rendition of the same tune, released late in 1929 on Victor Records with Fran Frey providing the warbling in lieu of Richardson.
"Mona" (1930) Frank Richardson
"Mona" (1930) George Olsen & His Music
Following "Happy Days," Richardson would still have one more film appearance to put in before he could finally cast off and bury his "Ace of Spades" persona, although after he did just that, following end of work on "New Movietone Follies of 1930," his film career would evaporate along with it --- an irony that couldn't have escaped him entirely.