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Thank a Farmer
November 18, 2010 | 9:11 am
As Thanksgiving approaches, I reflect more about the things I should be grateful for. In my daughter's third grade class they are preparing a Thanksgiving play that portrays the Thanksgiving feast and the gratitude the Indians and pilgrims displayed on that day. When the pilgrims and Indians sat together for the first Thanksgiving feast, their entire livelihood was centered on producing the food, fiber and fuel they needed to survive. No doubt, much labor went into growing, harvesting and preparing the feast that we honor each year.
Today our food is grown, harvested and prepared as well, the difference being that we pay the farmers to do the work for us. You see, every time we eat, we are consuming the hard work of the American farmer. They toil over the land, producing a safe and abundant food supply for us.
I often cut coupons and rant and rave about my grocery bill. Instead, I should look at the big picture. In America, we spend less than 10% of our income on food (leaving more for me to spoil my kids with). We are incredibly fortunate to have farmers markets and grocery stores that are easily accessible and affordable.
I get frustrated when farmers are portrayed as uneducated and unsophisticated, especially when I know they are true professionals, many with college degrees. They protect and preserve the land as that is their livelihood and their families' future. The media use scare tactics and will lead you to believe that our food is not safe and that farmers are not being responsible. This is absolutely false. Farmers use sound science, sophisticated technology, and are trained and certified to apply the herbicides, insecticides and nutrients they need to produce our food.
This is a picture of my dad and two of my daughters. He is a farmer and proud of it. I have seen him work the land, sun-up to sun-down, and bring in the harvest. He is much like every farmer, hardworking, loyal and proud. It's reassuring to me to know that this is the kind of person feeding America.
To the American farmer, I thank you for your labor, expertise and dedication to your profession. I'm grateful for the bountiful, safe and nutritious food you produce. May you continue to prosper!


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You are hereAbout Karate
About Karate
A Little History
Karate, meaning "empty hand", is a system of unarmed combat which originated on the island of Okinawa, to the south of Japan. It was developed in response to a ban on carrying weapons, and for many years was practised in secret. After Okinawa and the other islands in the Ryukyu kingdom became part of Japan in the late nineteenth century, the art moved into the open, and the great master Anko Itosu introduced it into high schools. In 1922 master Gichin Funakoshi, one of Itosu's students, went to mainland Japan and demonstrated his art to great acclaim. Funakoshi's style of karate became known as Shotokan, and this is the form that we practise in our clubs. You can read more about Shotokan karate on Wikipedia by clicking here.
Training in karate can provide many benefits:
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- Useful self defence techniques
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- It's fun!
Karate training is broken down into three areas:
- Kihon (Basics) Learning the basic techniques of punching, blocking, kicking and striking, and then putting them together into combinations.
- Kata (Forms) These are set sequences of moves, that get more complex as you progress. Traditionally, learning kata and how to apply them to real life situations was the only way in which karate was practised.
- Kumite (Sparring) Shotokan karate has a carefully graduated scheme of partner work, which builds confidence and technique before moving on to fully free fighting. Some forms of karate use full contact, but in the SKA we teach that control is of vital importance.


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The Range Rover line is one of the most legendary in the auto industry. First introduced in 1970, is a luxury, four wheel drive SUV that his the flagship of the Land Rover company in England. Easily recognizable over the generations for its distinctive raised exterior, the Range Rover has enthralled generations of drivers and their families with spacious comfort with plenty of cargo room.
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Strangely, Jacob felt no anger at the man who had shot him and killed his fellow officer. Instead, reading about these events, he felt nothing, as if they'd happened to someone else. Hell, if they'd happened to someone else, he'd feel shock, pity, or some other emotion. Instead, he just felt blank inside. "I guess that's how my police career ended," he said, so quietly that he saw Lara duck her head to hear him.
He had killed a man, and he didn't even remember it.
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Some argue email marketing is dead and no longer relevant or effective. However, adult Internet users remain 11.8% more likely to follow a link to your company's website through an email campaign than a pay per click banner, pop-up or pop-under window, full motion video or a floating advertisement.*
This higher conversion rate explains marketers' top two objectives this year:
- Be more relevant – Improve segmentation and targeting
- Be more engaging – Improve digital demand generation and online relationship building**
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The best way to connect emails to your company's marketing plan is to create a strategic campaign map. This will help determine your campaign's plan of attack and the direction it takes your readers before the next email. Look at the big picture goals of your strategic plan, and break the points down into steps which you can correlate with email campaigns.
- Incorporate other digital channels into your landing page
Every email campaign should include some type of landing page; whether your blog, a customized web page you've created, home page or use of a social media outlet. Always help direct readers where you want them to go. Direct them to current news about your company and products on social media outlets or if you are not actively updating your social media accounts, directing them to your website.
Believe it or not, people are still 22% more likely to regularly follow a company's email campaigns than follow them on a social network***. So don't underestimate the importance of effectively engaging your customers through email and utilizing email to increase engagement through other channels.
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Social media has given customers a voice they have never had before and they are taking advantage of the new channels available to share their thoughts about your company and products. Marketers must be willing to listen if they want to be relevant and successful creating leads and sales. Listening to people allows marketers additional opportunities for data collection, determining trending topics, incorporating segments and creating marketing campaigns with high ROI. In addition, companies and marketers willing to listen to their customer base are much more likely to be talked about (in a good way) than companies who do not.
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*Experian Simmions, "National Consumer Study", February 16, 2011
**CMO Council, "The 2011 State of Marketing" sponsored by Deloitte and Openet, July 17, 2011
***Netpop Research, "Social Face-Off: A comparison of US and China Social Media Use", April 27, 2011


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Are you a party animal who wants to party every night? Or you're a workaholic who works tirelessly all week round and treats yourself to some fun at the end of the week? Every day or once in a blue moon, we all love to party. Be it your bank accounts or Facebook profile, you know you can't imagine your life without your smart-phone. Well, now it's time to party.
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We started off slowly with deep fried chicken wings topped with honey, lemon and sesame seed from Hungry Toad which lasted just long enough for a photo (She had already taken some before I took this.) before they were all gone. Next was Thai marinated chicken with a side of stir fried sweet noodles all topped with a sticky sweet and sour sauce from Buddha Belly. Good god, it was undoubtedly one of, if not the best chicken we'd ever eaten; sandwiched between the crispy outer shell and the tender chicken was a warm filling that was just indescribable and none of us could figure out how was created. It was just unbelievably good and if you ever see Buddha Belly serving it grab as many as you can – it is absolutely to die for. Next were three pulled pork tacos topped with salsa sweet chilli and assorted salad from Habanero which, as messy as they became, were absolutely delicious. Habanero has a stall in St Paul's which serves burritos Monday through Friday which always look so tempting and one day we will get them. One day. At this point we faced a dilemma, push on for dessert, another unexplored stall, or go back for more chicken. Chicken won this round.
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Saskatchewan Success Story
By Noelle Grosse, 1999
Morris on his rod weeder, Bangor, c. 1930.
Morris Industries Ltd.
George Morris was known to say that his 1929 rod weeder was just the "right thing at the right time." His progressive invention came not a moment too soon.
It was the dawn of the "Dirty Thirties" when George Morris patented a horse-drawn device that could uproot weeds with minimal disruption to the top layers of the soil. Morris embraced the concept of minimum tillage, which was not widely practiced by farmers at the time. Most changed their minds as they watched clouds of dry soil swirl from their fields during the Depression.
In 1930 George Morris sold his first Morris rod weeder to a farmer at Goodeve, Saskatchewan for $148. That sale launched what was to become one of Canada's largest family-owned farm equipment companies. In 1951 George Morris located and bought back one of his early rod weeders and donated it to the Western Development Museum, where it is display at the Yorkton WDM. He died in 1989.
Norman Roebuck of Yorkton was a long-time friend of Morris and is a fellow member of the Saskatchewan Agricultural Hall of Fame. Roebuck, remembered when Morris first began to build the rod weeders at tiny garage in Bangor, southeast of Yorkton.
"They were very primitive conditions where he was working," said Roebuck. "It was a small-town garage. I remember he came on horseback to my dad's place to sell his rod weeder."
George Morris was born in Bangor in 1904. He attended motor mechanics school in Winnipeg in the 1920s, and returned home to run a garage and tractor dealership. Among the equipment he often fixed were rod weeders.
In the 1920s, conventional rod weeders were horse-drawn machines with a cylindrical steel rod that was dragged several centimetres underground. The rod rotated as it moved along and uprooted,
But machines made in other parts of North America were no match for some Saskatchewan areas of stubborn, rocky soil. When the steel rods hit stones, the rods often snapped or bent out of shape.
George Morris redesigned the rod weeder and patented a model with a special automatic "trip" mechanism in 1929. When the steel rod hit a rock, it would spring to the surface of the soil and miss the obstacle before automatically plunging into the ground once more.
Dr. Ron Ford, a retired professor of agricultural engineering at the University of Saskatchewan and a WDM supporter, explained that the rod weeder "was a response to provincial needs" to limit drifting soil.
"A lot of Saskatchewan has fine, silty soil and it is easy for the wind to get a hold of it," said Ford. "The rod weeder gave good weed control with minimum disturbance of the trash cover on top of the soil," he explained. With the soil's cover intact, moisture wasn't sapped as quickly and land remained productive.
Large equipment companies ignored Morris' invention at first, but it was very popular with Prairie farmers. In this 1930s, the rod weeder was manufactured at Portage La Prairie, Manitoba, and in 1949 Morris officially opened the Morris Rod-Weeder and Equipment Company in Yorkton, where it still operates as Morris Industries today.
George Morris continued to have an interest in inventions throughout his life, and he created other machines including a rotary snow blower. He held 15 Canadian patents for his various inventions.
Norman Roebuck recalled the Morris was always interested in finding ways to improve designs made by his own company.
"He used to call at dinner time and we'd go out into the field," said Roebuck. "He liked to have a look at how things were working and maybe take a picture," he said. "Even when we'd travel in places in Australia, we'd visit a lot of factories."
George Morris' contribution to Saskatchewan agriculture has been recognized through many awards, exhibits, and tributes. He is always noted as a pioneer and innovator who encouraged better farmer through his entrepreneurial spirit.
rod weeder on display at Yorkton WDM.
WDM Photo: Garry Hayes
This article is from Museum Gold: Treasures from the Collection, available in Museum Gift Shops.
View the Original Patent Documents Online
Click on the patent number below to view the original patent documents on the Canadian Patent Office Patents Database.
George Morris, Regina
Patent No. 294870 1929
Note: George Morris and Morris Rod-Weeder Co. Ltd. hold several other patents. Use the Saskatchewan Patent Index to find out more.
Related WDM Research Papers:
Research Documents are in PDF format and require Adobe Reader to view.
Changes in Farming Practices in Saskatchewan by Amy McInnis (WDM)
Innovative Implements: The Strength and Legacy of Saskatchewan's Manufacturing Industry by Amy McInnis (WDM)
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Organised by: Obesity & Metabolic Surgery Society of Singapore, Endocrine & Metabolic Society of Singapore and Singapore Association for the Study of Obesity
Registration is free. Please email the OMSSS secretariat.
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What's 40 feet long, and has half a dozen wheels and carries a jumbo screen TV? Mobile LED displays and they are making their way across the country in growing numbers.
Sure, large-format LED video displays are not exactly a new concept. They come second only to neon in lighting up Las Vegas and Times Square these days. But let's be honest, it's not often you see a semi-truck rolling down the road broadcasting what amounts to TV commercials on its roof.
That could soon change. Sign companies are beginning to take this concept to the streets with new and improved technology and vehicles that can park at sporting events, political rallies, concerts, conventions and you name it. These mobile LED units can set up shop almost anywhere and capture the attention of event-goers everywhere with high-resolution images and up to 16.7 million colors.
A company with vision
Launched in 2002 by mobile event industry veteran Chris Curtis, Keller, Texas-based GoVision is a company that aims to live up to its name.
LEDs have become the technology of choice for video display boards because they offer significant advantages in brightness, energy efficiency and product lifetime over traditional illumination choices. But until the advent of high-brightness LED display technology, few options existed for daytime videotext and motion displays.
"Until we achieved breakthroughs in technology, the cost was prohibitive to use LEDs for mobile advertising units," says Curtis, president of GoVision, a national provider of mobile event services. "Now with the lower costs, we can make it more affordable for advertisers. It's a new and different way to get a message to the people attending a convention, for example. Seeing a giant TV coming down the road gets a lot of attention."
GoVision's custom-built GO BIG unit features a nine-foot by 16-foot LED screen that is visible in daylight or dark and can be operated while the truck is in motion. When parked at event sites, the screen can be raised 16 feet and rotated 360 degrees. The screen can also be removed and the size configured to meet the needs of event holders. The mobile units include a generator and on-board control room with switching, editing and playback capabilities. It also has a camera package that allows for turnkey production.
Of course, there are some unique obstacles to casting the vision to the masses, namely design and transportation of the supersized LED displays. Engineers have to accommodate tons of weight in a small area while still offering the necessary mobility, says Curtis, and getting to, in and out of an event area can sometimes be a jumbo challenge. Educating the public about the value is also key since the technology, operating costs and labor are more expensive than other forms of mobile advertising. Mobile LED display rentals typically range from $3,000-$9,000 a day.
But Curtis says the concept is catching on. One of GoVision's two GO BIG units recently drove the streets of Boston displaying a video work as it drove. The company also broadcasts racing action at the Texas Motor Speedway and aired the inauguration of Texas governor Rick Perry from the steps of the Texas Capital Building.
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It's funny how stuff keeps coming back. The compulsion to reenact trauma is intense sometimes. It's usually not a good thing to act on, and when I do, it generally creates more layers of trauma.
And then there's the church. Layers. Layers of guilt and shame, mindsets I don't even realize I'm presupposing onto others around me, institutions and individuals. The fear of hell and the fear I'm doing something wrong. Scarcity mentality. Terror of things that are new, different. Really, it's a brain wiring thing. I really want a brain scan. I want to see how my grey matter compares to people who didn't grow up being scared to death all the time.
Sometimes I make new and better memories. I can't always tell which experiences will make new good memories or new bad ones. I am sometimes pleasantly surprised. Sometimes things get worse than before. It's hard to know ahead of time which ones will be which, though I'm getting better at telling.
Someday I hope the pile of good memories outweigh the bad ones.


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Christmas campaign: As part of Gruner Group's social commitment, apprentices provided assistance for a farming family in Linthal (Canton of Glarus), helping them with numerous tasks around the farm. As well as being able to make energetic use of their specialist expertise, the apprentices also had a chance to learn something new. The work went a long way to realizing the farming family's plan to erect a new farm building. "To master challenges of this kind and move ahead, people everywhere need to take responsibility and roll their sleeves up. A good example of that is our apprentice project. I am proud that this has enabled us to deliver a little progress where it is needed," says Gruner Group CEO Flavio Casanova.
The job was a collaborative project realized with "bergversetzer", a joint venture of the Swiss Working Group for Mountain Regions (SAB) and the "Schweizer Berghilfe" (Swiss Mountain Aid) project.
On 25 April 2015, Nepal was shaken by a powerful 7.8-magnitude earthquake. In the Kathmandu Valley, many buildings were severely damaged and entire villages were destroyed.
In October 2016, Michael Geier from the Gruner AG Structural Design Department was invited to Kathmandu as an expert and appraiser of structural earthquake damage by the Prabina Foundation for Nepalese children and adolescents in need.
Among other assistance projects, the Prabina Foundation operates a girls' house where more than 20 girls between the ages of 3 and 16 live with their caregivers. The inhabitants were understandably concerned about the visible damage to the building that arose during the earthquake. The task of the expert was to assess the severity of the damage and to propose appropriate renovation and reinforcement measures that can be carried out by local craftsmen with the materials and know-how available in Nepal. Gruner AG Basel donated the cost of the worked hours to this good cause.
Christmas campaign: At the Gruner Group, it has become a tradition to dedicate our official Christmas campaign to supporting a social project rather than sending out client gifts. During a one-week project in October, for example, 10 Gruner Group apprentices assisted in the construction of a stable for a family of mountain farmers in Davos, Graubünden.
The campaign, which was completed in collaboration with the Coordination Office for Work Assignments in the Mountain Region (KAB), was met with keen interest among the apprentices. The assignment was used as an opportunity to translate theoretical knowledge directly into practice while serving a good purpose at the same time. Our "next-generation staff" were highly motivated and completed various construction works under the professional guidance of Gruner AG Senior Construction Manager Urs Dill. The apprentices' feedback on the campaign was universally positive: The cross-company networking, professional cooperation at the construction site and hospitality of the mountain farmer family were just as appreciated as the opportunity so socialize during the course of the assignment.
We would like to thank the apprentices and the team leader for their great contribution in the name of the Gruner Group!
Fun and Games Thanks to Gruner GmbH, Stuttgart. On the 25th of July, the time had finally come: Together with Friedhelm Köhnen of svt Brandschutz GmbH, Carsten Willmann of Gruner GmbH, Stuttgart, was able to hand the child care center Regenbogenkinder-garten Leinfelden-Echterdingen a check for 500 euros.
The sum stems from a surplus of the participation fees for a fire safety event on April in Stuttgart and was generously rounded up. The donation will be used for urgently needed toys.
Gruner's goodwill at Christmas: This autumn, 12 Gruner Group apprentices provided willing hands-on assistance to a family of farmers in Says, Graubünden, helping them to erect a new barn. We aim to make this type of active support a Christmas tradition at Gruner instead of gifting presents to its customers and partners. The Koordinationsstelle Arbeitseinsätze im Berggebiet (Coordination centre for work assignments in mountain regions, KAB) assisted us inselecting our project.
Instead of sending Christmas gifts to its customers and partners, Gruner is making 2014 a donation to the "Schweizer Patenschaft für Berggemeinden" charity.
For nearly 75 years, the "Patenschaft für Berggemeinden" charitable foundation has undertaken projects to strengthen solidarity between Switzerland's lowland and Alpine regions.
The Gruner Group's donation will go towards the rehabilitation of the drinking water supply system in the municipality of Surava (Canton of Graubünden). There is no doubt that a reliable water supply is essential for a healthy community and a functioning economy. For further details of this project and other opportunities to donate, please visit:


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|Reviews for Proof of Life
| CileSuns92 chapter 2 . 10/3/2013
Loved this idea of giving each other a Proof of Life. Seriously, it gave me the chills, just thinking about it. It's the picture of what it means to be working a job where you risk your life every day, by simply doing what you do to get a salary.
I loved how Rick got worried for Kate, how he shifted from the doting father taking pictures of Dash sleeping on his feet to the man worried for his murder board idea was brilliant and chills inducing. Once again, having Ryan and Espo there clearly made him relax and worry at the same time, but the fact that he had a good feeling kept him upright.
The moment they finally affirmed how much they love each other and the way Kate told him that she's pregnant was simply perfect. You always implement the contrast dark-light with striking accuracy.
Oh, and for your knowledge, I'm officially addicted to the Balck Keys now. Should I blame or thank you? A little bit of both, I guess...
| Mark C chapter 2 . 7/3/2013
This was amazing and the title was perfect.
Finding out that Kate was all right and it was a miscommunication put Rick and the boys at ease.
I liked how you handled Kate finding out about them being worried about her. That certainly makes sure that she will tell them where she is especially if she'll be without her phone for a time.
Loved the ending and seeing how Rick got the right to name their daughter.
| conservativegirl chapter 2 . 6/20/2013
Awwww, I love this! The POL's are too cute:) and of course Kate's right about little Ellery...Kate's always right
Also, I read them out of order again *sheepishly apologizes* That's why there's a review with the sleep series! I just want to read them that I go too quick, lol. It's a struggle
| ER-Freaky chapter 2 . 8/20/2012
I love all this background stories. This is a great one :)
| SparkleMouse chapter 2 . 7/23/2012
His chair is still there by the desk, always will be she told him, but he feels like that sitting in Kate's desk chair will somehow invoke her wrath, call her up. - I love this. The reasoning why he sits in her chair and that she'll always keep space open for him there.
Castle moves, but Esposito has already beaten him to it - the board is flipped to the clean side and the marker is placed in Castle's hand. Black for the timeline. Castle nods his thanks to Espo and starts to fill in the details. - I love that he works like this. That he gets down to the facts, just how Beckett would.
Castle takes the last few steps to meet her in the hall and wraps both arms around her, lifting her off her feet, his breath stuttering. His heart pounding. His body shaking in relief.
"Kate." - And once again I love how much he loves her, no boundaries.
The guys wanted to show you something on the case," he says, shooting Esposito and then Ryan intense stares. - Oh man. So he can erase the board before she sees.
"Yeah, break is good," Esposito says quickly. Ryan nods, Castle nods, they are all nodding, so relieved and feeling stupid too, at least, Castle is. Feeling stupid. He glances at the boys and sees on their faces the same pact.
She will never know of this.
How they overreacted. - And yet there's so comforting in that they DID freak out because they all care about her and love her so much.
"How much I love you, I love you, I love you," he murmurs into her neck, nudging her to the middle of the living room, his fingers at her waist, sliding under her shirt. - SO FREAKING CLENCHY RIGHT NOW, I CAN'T EVEN TELL YOU.
His fingers dig into her hips as his mouth closes over her exposed skin, his body bent nearly in half over her. - Oh that is so sexy.
"Oh, I know I will. You're wearing black stripes. Saw 'em this morning," he adds, his thumbs dipping below the waistband of her pants. "Sexy as hell." - They're so perfect.
"Oh God," she whispers, lifts her eyes to him. "I am so, so sorry." - I don't know what I want to say here but something. Yah.
He nods, cups her face in his wide palms. "I just - I love you. I really do. And it scared the shit out of me to think you might be hurt somewhere, and needing me, and I was just here, and I didn't even know it. All day I was here writing and having fun with Dash, and how could I not know you were - could be - might have been dying?" - All the clenches and tingles in the world.
"We haven't done this in ages," she whispers.
"Two days," he laughs, but it's also a growl by the end that makes her hips jerk.
"Two days is too long."
"You say that now." - I love that it's only been two days.
I'm watching the video on Brazenhead Books right now. SO cool. I should go next time I'm in NY.
She watches his face as he flips open the picture book, finds the father and daughter in a magical castle by the sea-
He looks up at her, stunned. Kate presses her palm against her still-flat stomach, and she sees the knowledge pass from her to him, sees it bloom in his eyes. - I love that you mention these moments and then go back and complete it for us.
"How does it feel?"
"Easy," she laughs, raises her hand from under his to stroke his cheek. "It feels like the best thing in the world." - SO IN LOVE.
She chuckles against him and lifts into his embrace. "I knew this time. Before you did. Yeah?"
"Yeah," he admits, laughs too. :) Smiling like a moron right now.
"I could feel it. Feel her," she whispers, brushes the back of her fingers against his chest. "I could feel our baby girl." - Man it would have sucked if she was a boy lol.
She hopes their baby has his eyes this time. - AW she will!
She cradles his face between her palms and lifts up into a kiss, gentle and adoring for the man who loved her through the first one and loves her enough to do it again.
But this time it's different. - So amazing and beautiful.
| SparkleMouse chapter 1 . 7/23/2012
And so the Life series reviews begin.
She calls or she leaves him voicemail or she comes over unannounced; she doesn't text him either. Their emails are filled with inane and stupid things - videos of flashmob pillow fights and medieval weapons, go figure. - I love the details in this. I love (despite the circumstances) them sending these kinds of videos to each other. Also that she'll come over unannounced like it's just what it is now, like after tragedy there are no rules.
But it's not just text, it's a photo of her beautiful, wide-open eyes, her soft and gorgeous face in the bed he just left, hair in a halo around her, lashes so long, that smile curving her lips: I opened my eyes, it says. He saves it, saves it everywhere; it's the screen lock picture on his phone. - I love that you went back to this and that he saved it everywhere. I've said this before but I love how you write their love. It's beautiful.
She texts him back immediately: Nice to see your face. How's this for POL?And she's attached a photo of the hickey he left just above her belly button.
Damn. - Damn is right.
He wishes he could call her and talk, but Alexis is curled up against his side, half-asleep as they watch stupid romantic comedies, neither of them talking about Ashley or the break-up (he knows she'll spill everything to his mother later, so he's okay with this). - There's something I really love about him texting Kate with Alexis next to him. Normal, but not. Flirty but innocent.
I like POLs that include Beckett skin. - So perfectly him.
all of this in texts between them, of course, because saying these things out loud just isn't how they work. - I feel that's so true of most people. So much easier to say it when you don't have to look at them. I love that after this, that's who they are.
POL: eating this amazing manicotti. veggie. you'd love it. leftovers in the fridge when you're done cheating on me with my book. - So much about this. That he leaves her food. That he calls it cheating as if they're dating even if technically they're not. That it's with his book.
she often interrupts her bath and book and wine nights to come over late, eat his leftovers and sit with him, too close, on the couch, making out or talking or laughing. - I JUST WANT TO SEE THIS!
"Oh my God, Castle. I'm pregnant." - Going back to the beginning is so fascinating knowing where and how they end up. And it's comforting to know that people change and lives change, sometimes without warning.
She sent him the video of her ultrasound appointment, the baby on the monitor. Proof of life. - That gave me chills. The connection and the meaning behind it now.
"I know I'm not being good about this," she says into his shirt. "But you're coming with me next time, okay? I shouldn't have - shut you out."
His heart soars.
She presses her mouth to his ear. "Next proof of life - you should be there in person." - I just want to sob at your brilliant words.
"Foot?" Toes. He felt actual toes. "This is - this is beautiful and yet so very weird, Kate." - I love that even though he's a father, he's done this, he hasn't like this and it's so new for him too.
"He's a wild man," - AWWWWW. Dash!
When did he make her promise anything? He's been so very careful not to ask for promises from her. - Hm. That makes me sad.
"What about when Bueller showed up?"
"You mean when Matthew Broderick came in and reported his car got stolen? That was a special occasion. What's the special occasion now?" - Hahahaha. Excellent.
His heart flips. "Ah. I got - I sent her a text a few hours ago. But. No. I-"
"Okay, just wondered. Gotta go!" And the phone clicks in his ear. - UMMMM. Ryan? That causes some panic lol.
Castle laughs. "Yeah, actually. But - for the night? He loves it at your place, and I-" - Is this the night Ella is conceived?
His chest constricts, between the warmth in Kate's father's voice and the warmth of his son at his feet, and hovering over all of that, haunting him, is the shimmering vision of doing this without Kate. - I know she's clearly not dead but this clenches my heart.
"Never mind. I won't plan on hearing from you. Trying for a girl, right?" - . My little Ella.
| TrapperII chapter 2 . 5/10/2012
Guh. Thanks so much for these companion pieces that fill in the gaps so deliciously! This was perfect in every way. Loved her realization at the end of how much she wants to make up for her selfishness/fear from the first pregnancy.
This expresses his inexpressible emotion so well:
He shakes his head, a hysterical sound bubbling up his throat that he absolutely, absolutely cannot let out, but that also means he can't answer her immediately.
| TrapperII chapter 1 . 5/10/2012
I'm still basking in the afterglow of Always :)
Very happy to have more to read in the Dash universe. Love this POL concept.
| Arrant Schemata chapter 2 . 4/28/2012
I love the way you tell a long passage of time through little snippets, and how it all fits in with what I've already read. Brilliant.
| itsourinsidejoke chapter 2 . 3/30/2012
Love this!
Love how different their circumstances are with Dash and Ellery. It's amazing how they go so well, even though they're different.
| Topsy chapter 2 . 3/29/2012
I loved it, as usual. On to the next. :D
| Guest chapter 2 . 3/25/2012
Man, I just love your stories! Cant get enough!
| onepowerball chapter 2 . 3/24/2012
Loving this new story Chezchuckles :) little bit of angst to go with all the sexy family goodness, just the way I like my fic's. Thanks heaps!
| Nat84 chapter 2 . 3/24/2012
| KMacD chapter 2 . 3/24/2012
Ah. Magical, just magical, and Kate realising the joy she denied him the first time? Oh, wonderful. I do wish this one had been longer but I guess 2 kids, 2 chapters? I don't know but I love these 'in-between stories' for the Dash verse.


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Utah Sustainability Summit is the premier gathering of business professionals focused on designing, operating and managing the spaces where Utahans spend most of their time, in buildings. This year's theme Striving for Wellness, allows us to invite collaboration with the ever more important health care community and to reach out to new sustainability professionals. We are offering content session tracks in business management, built environment and health care, with exemplary speakers featuring a range of expertise. In addition, we are offering a workshop track enabling participants to build leadership skills and address the sustainability challenges of individual workplaces.
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How to Wipe Your Smart Gadgets Before You Get Rid of Them
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A satirical blog about life, sports, cats and dogs, politics and politicians, books, sex, food, music, and whatever else I feel like writing about.
I will be watching and look forward to seeing if our opinions match.
The American public got it right sooo many years, but when it was more important to have a super sad back story and just plain be like-able, that was when the decline happened.
I'm watching - but it's a total snoozefest. Mildly talented kids, but no one who makes me go rah! Still pissed off about Joshua Ledet losing - he was someone I was excited about. I think AI's hope to get a "bookend" to Kelly Clarkson ain't gonna happen.
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Nana Adu Ampofo
Nana is a specialist in investment climate analysis with considerable experience delivering analytical and consulting services for private and public sector clients in Sub-Saharan Africa, particularly the Gulf of Guinea countries.
Before co-founding Songhai Advisory with Kissy in 2010, Nana worked in country risk and economic analysis with the international market intelligence firm, IHS Global Insight, closely monitoring developments in the region. From this vantage point, Nana built on professional experience and contacts gained with the Investment Policy Review team of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD).
Political risk modelling, sovereign risk analysis and macroeconomic forecasting were among Nana's core responsibilities at IHS. In addition to contributing to Transparency International and World Bank Governance indicators, Nana's responsibilities led him to chair the December 2009 Infrastructure Partnerships for African Development (iPAD) 2009 mining sector panel discussion and to be interviewed by print, radio and televised media outlets such as the BBC, Radio France Internationale, Bloomberg and Reuters.
Whilst with the UN, Nana was able to contribute to comparative benchmarking studies, flagship department publications and government advisory initiatives aimed at strategic FDI attraction such as the Investment Policy Review of Nigeria and the Ghana Blue Book.
At Songhai Advisory, Nana has played a leading role supporting clients in understanding and navigating local political economy and networks e.g. stakeholder assessment, reputational due diligence and establishment of bilateral chambers of commerce.
Born in the U.K., but of Ghanaian origin, this dual heritage is perhaps the fundamental premise of Nana's interest in Sub-Saharan Africa; an interest, which spurred a BA Economics and Politics at the University of York and MA Economic Development and Policy Analysis at the University of Nottingham.
Kissy Agyeman-Togobo
Kissy co-founded Songhai Advisory in 2010 having already worked with leading international risk and global information consultancies focussed on Sub-Saharan Africa. Her analytical approach is grounded in an LLB English & French Law, Risk Management in Developing Countries postgraduate from Sciences Politiques (Bordeaux) and a diploma in Governance, Risk & Compliance from the International Compliance Association.
Due also to extensive travel and research across Africa, she has a solid understanding of the investment climate in the region and has jointly conceived of the company's investment climate analysis model, reputational due diligence, strategic advisory and other service areas. She remains passionate about the need for credible qualitative and quantitative data to inform investor choice. She understands the importance of local knowledge and on-the-ground networks in order to inspire a 'grassroots-led' approach to investment climate analysis.
Kissy has led on a number of projects at the firm, most recently with regards to the company's social impact work in Ghana and Kenya, on behalf of the British Council and in partnership with the Overseas Development Institute, UnLtd and SEUK.
Prior to co-founding Songhai Advisory with Nana Adu Ampofo, Kissy was a Senior Country Analyst with global information service provider, IHS, where she cultivated a reputation as an authority for appraising how cross-border transactions in Sub Saharan Africa can be impacted by risk, specific to these jurisdictions. She has been widely quoted in the media.
By leading on the creation of Songhai's Accra office in 2012, Kissy's role in bridging sustainable economic activities in the region and sources of FDI has taken on an almost literal meaning. This has been further strengthened by her position as an Advisor to one of the foremost UK-Africa business networks, the Business Council for Africa.


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AG500: Agility Problem Solving
Instructor: Nancy Gagliardi Little
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Have a stubborn agilty problem? Weaves? Teeter issues? Can't master a front cross? Need help smoothing out your courses? We've got a great option for you! This class, Agility Problem Solving, is effectively a series of private agility video lessons. You'll videotape your work and get feedback. Any topic, except running contacts, is fair game.
Gold level spots will choose what they want to work on, whether it's a specific handling problem or a particular obstacle. This class will not include a lecture portion since it will be highly dependent on which students enroll and what issues they bring to the table. As a result, we will allow students at all levels to retain access to the forums for one year from the date of enrollment.
Silver Students, you can join and ask questions about the training that that Gold students are working on. We will not address any personal training questions. If you want to know what types of training the Gold students are working on, contact Nancy after October 1st.


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I'm a animal lover from long ago. When I was a kid I would try to save every baby bunny or hug every stray dog I met. That passion carried over into adulthood. When I got my first dog, Brandon my golden retriever. He was with me for over 15 years. When I lost him in 2006, I decided to start volunteering at the local shelter. This is where I got my first experience of life and death in animal shelters, with the thought that I could and wanted to do more. I started Loving Heart Animal Shelter in 2009. I asked a few friends to help and share this experience with me. Now 8 years has gone by and some faces have changed, but we all have the same goal. Our goal is to make Loving Heart great and have a place to for all to call home. There have been so many faces over the years that have touched my heart and made me who I am today. I will never forget any of them and where they are now, all because Loving Heart gave them a chance for life and love.
Kelli Kirkman
Head of Fosters
I have loved animals for as long as I can remember, and when I was a young adult, I earned the nickname "The Dog Whisperer." Now, I live happily with my
husband, two teenage daughters, and three wonderful rescue dogs from Loving Heart Animal Shelter. I am a part-time Certified Massage Therapist, part-time substitute teacher, and full-time animal
However, as I have grown older, I have felt a need to do more. Understanding the horrific lives neglected, abused, and abandoned animals endure, brought me to the great team of people at Loving Heart. They are truly making a change for animals in need. I was both thrilled and humbled to join the Board of Directors in 2015. I know we will continue to make a difference-all it takes is love, hope, and action.
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Born and raised in Lafayette, I have always been the token "animal lover" but never knew the true realities. After graduating from Purdue, I work full time with Hallmark Home Mortgage as a Loan Officer and a Director with Scentsy. Both of which I am extreemly passionate about and love, but I was missing the last piece... I found that with Loving Heart Animal Shelter. I joined LHAS in January of 2012 and am Head of Fundraising and Events. I now feel complete, hoping that we are truly making a difference in the lives of animals that may have had no other choice. In January of 2013 I became Treasurer and we are working hard into 2015 to make our organization Bigger and Better...with a Building!
I have two girls and one boy of my own, four legged that is! Sophia is my 5 year old Brindle Bombshell Mixed Breed. Khloe is my LHAS foster failure, Rottie baby with one blue eye and one half blue, half brown eye.... yeah little creepy in the dark! And last but not least my baby boy Chance, another LH foster failure he most definitely chose us and we have listened to his wishes and he has joined his two sisters.
LH has blessed me in so many ways, I have met people that I dont think I could ever live without in my life, I am able to help animals in a way that fills my heart, and I adopted my Ko-Ko Khloe and Chanceria Pizzeria!
Loving Heart Animal Shelter
512 Veterans Memorial Pkwy East
Lafayette, IN 47905


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Aircraft maker Boeing has said technicians found hairline cracks in some of its Dreamliner planes currently under production. The company says it is confident that in-service aircraft are not affected.
Boeing announced on Friday that it had found hairline cracks in the wings of some 787 Dreamliner airplanes that are currently being assembled.
But, while the company admitted the fault would lead to production delays, it said there was no wider safety issue.
The Chicago-based manufacturer said it was completing inspections of some 40 planes that were potentially affected by the problem. However, it said, the cracks were not believed to affect planes currently being flown by airlines.
"We are confident that the condition does not exist in the in-service fleet," Boeing spokesman Doug Alder said in an email. "We understand the issue, what must be done to correct it and are completing inspections of potentially affected airplane."
Boeing was initially notified about the problem by the manufacturer of the wings itself, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, according to the AFP news agency. The Japanese firm had reportedly found that "a change in their manufacturing process may have led to hairline cracks in a number of shear ties."
No long term hold-ups
Shear ties are attachment fittings that form part of the rib of a wing, connecting the framework with the wing skin. The company did not give a deadline for the checks to be complete. However, while Boeing said short-term delays to production could be expected, it predicted that all orders due for this year would be delivered on time.
Boeing outsourced much of its work on the 787s to other companies to save on production and development costs. The relatively lightweight twin-aisle planes use 20 percent less fuel than similar-sized aircraft.
However, numerous snags have beset production, with delivery delays and the grounding of some aircraft in operation.
Most notably, in April last year, 787 Dreamliners across the globe were grounded because of overheating batteries. While engineers said they the cause was unknown, the batteries, chargers and containment casing were redesigned.
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The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has temporarily suspended all Dreamliner flights. The news came as Japanese airlines grounded all Boeing 787 flights amid technological malfunctions. (17.01.2013)


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Today I received an email from the FBI. Oh no, now I'm in trouble. Probably because I started a blog. Or maybe it's about my stolen photo? But noooo.
The email said to "contact Agent Brian" and something about an "Agent In charge" and of course the words "Federal Bureau Of Investigation" to really scare me. There was a link, but I didn't click. I know never to click on a link in an unknown email.
And sure enough (I did a Google search)… Another email scam. Beware.


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It's too darn cold to go in the shop, and I have a lot of work to do. To hit our goal of 100 miles per gallon, we have to get MAX's drag down by about a third, and the only way to get there is streamlining. And to hit my personal budget goal (I want MAX to be a car you can reproduce at home for less than $10,000), MAX needs a simple body.
Jack McCornack
The practical problem with a slick sleek full fiberglass body is it's going to blow the budget — maybe not for me, 'cause I've built car bodies before and I'm willing to pay myself 35 cents an hour to build another one, but the Michelangelo technique (take a big rock and knock off everything that doesn't look like David) works better on paper than it does in practice. A full body from a commercial fiberglasser is going to cost at least few thousand, and if you don't live on the West Coast, how are you going to get it home? So we're going to try simple first ... or to quote Albert Einstein, "as simple as possible, but no simpler."
The idea is fiberglass fenders — which have to be a bit complicated — with complex curves to direct the air over and around them, joined together by sheet metal body panels with simple curves. And thanks to the miracle of modern technology, I can work out the details in a warm house instead of a cold shop.
This particular miracle is Rhinoceros, a 3D modeling program with a funny name. When I build a real body to match the electronic/virtual body, I'll know the parts fit before I fit them.
Another advantage of working electronically ... you remember a couple months ago when I mentioned the crew from the Science Channel shooting a Brink segment about us? It'll be on tomorrow (Friday, Jan. 30), and they wanted some graphics right away of what MAX will look like when it's done. Well, maybe it'll look like this, kinda. Except with a roof.
P.S. I saw an ad for the Brink episode and it looks like it'll be fun. To look up when it will show in your neck of the woods, visit the Brink website.
Browse previous MAX Updates.
Read the introductory MAX article, Here Comes the 100-mpg Car.
Visit the Kinetic Vehicles website for more technical details on MAX.
Yes Carol, that would be a head turner indeed. We're considering such for the 2009 Escape from Berkeley, we're going for a stagecoach look, and this time, instead of being the Prisoners of Petroleum, we're the Cowboys of Canola. For a nice execution of the strip canoe car concept, google Jory Squibb and Durago (I think I have Durago right, but I'm sure on Jory Squibb and I doubt there are too many guys named Jory Squibb making high mileage cars).
I'm pretty sure you've heard of strip canoes. Ever thought of making your body out of wood and fiberglass? It would be a very light load (perhaps you can use something like cedar?). Just think how heads would turn for a car like that!
So, there I was, paging through ME News and saw my friends Jack and Sharon. Good luck to you! Keep in touch! Yes, I've been a ME NEWS subscriber off and on for years. M
Yeah, ecomodder.com is on my favorites list--it's a spinoff of MetroMPG.com--and those guys are going to go crazy when we build MAXine! What's MAXine? Once we have the streamlining squared away on MAX, we're probably going to build a gasoline powered test bed with a Geo Metro three-banger. So...anybody got a Suzuki Samurai transmission for sale cheap? The Metro engines bolt right up to it (and really, we're looking for one).
Check ecomodder.com, they are a hypermiling forum and have done a lot of work with streamlining. You might find some shortcuts...


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Motorists traveling the interstate highways of Kansas can become mesmerized by long stretches of blacktop across the prairie. A break in the scenery is often just an exit ramp away at one of many antique shops in the Sunflower State.
More than a stop along I-70, Paxico has become a destination for antique shoppers. Some credit for the small town's revitalization goes to Steve "Bud" Hund Jr., owner of Mill Creek Antiques. Hund began buying antiques for his own satisfaction. "I was a single guy and liked old stuff. With a hundred dollars and a pickup truck, a farm sale in the early '70s was a lot of fun," he said.
Hund opened Paxico's first antique store 33 years ago when the town's business district had many vacant, rundown buildings. "It took 15 years before I was able to convince another dealer to open a store. In the late '80s it started to happen and happened quickly," said Hund.
Property owners renovated storefronts along Newbury Avenue and Main Street in the late 1980s and early '90s. Among the businesses that opened were about a dozen antique shops. Hund's building, a restored 1886 general store, also houses a cafe and an additional antique shop.
"The town is vibrant right now, very progressive," said Hund. "A tour bus stopped yesterday, and a blues festival over the weekend drew 4,000 people to town."
Hund's longtime specialty is antique heating stoves.
"I was living in an old farmhouse that didn't have an adequate heating system in 1973 when the fuel crisis hit. So I bought an old stove and put it in the farmhouse," said Hund. He has been restoring and selling stoves ever since.
"We do a lot of restoration work. We do museum restorations and a lot of grandpa's and grandma's stoves that had been relegated to a barn or shed," said Hund.
Oddly, the recent spike in gas prices last summer did not adversely affect business at Mill Creek Antiques. "We had an immense amount of tourist traffic. Either people wanted to get off the highway and go to a small town or fuel prices might have caused people to take shorter trips. We saw more regional traffic. People might have been spending the day driving through the rural areas and little towns," he said.
Paxico is 100 miles west of Kansas City and 38 miles west of Topeka.
A popular Topeka antique shop is Pastense, which Susan Henry opened in 1982. It is located at 3117 S.W. Huntoon St. in a fashionable shopping center. "It was built in the 1920s by the same man who designed the (Country Club) Plaza in Kansas City," said Henry. "This was the upscale shopping center in Topeka, but it's not so pricey as it used to be."
Henry said her prices have always been affordable, rarely reflecting book price.
"My father-in-law was a used-car dealer for 50 years and said the only book that bought anything in his place was a checkbook. I go by that philosophy. People who write price guides don't come to Kansas to see what we sell things for," said Henry.
Customers have taken notice of her competitive prices. "I have a dealer from Dallas who comes once a month and picks me clean," said Henry.
Also important to Henry's success is her insistence upon selling strictly old merchandise. "I don't have candles, potpourri, Beanie Babies or Hot Wheels," she said. "I'm been called an old soul. I've always loved old things and old people."
Henry said sales have been sporadic of late. "I've had the most no-sale days in September that I've had in the last 10 years. But I've also had a $6,000 day. It's just been up and down," she said. "When I can buy really good stuff I can sell it right away."
Andover Antique Mall on the far east side of Wichita benefits from a convenient location off the I-35 Kansas Turnpike.
"We have a wonderful toll taker at the exit that gives people directions to get here," said co-owner Mariam Holman. She and her husband, Tom, built the 30,000-square-foot mall and opened it 10 years ago upon learning she would lose her job of 24 years when Pizza Hut moved its corporate headquarters to Dallas. Mariam has been manager at the mall ever since.
"We just have high quality and don't take in any junk," said Holman of her 84 dealers.
Holman said Andover Antique Mall has had a good year that is still improving. "I'm amazed business was as good as it was, because of the high gas prices," she said.
Any dip in sales from fewer cross-country travels has been offset by increased patronage from area customers. "Andover is a growing community and will soon be part of Wichita because they're building so much out here. There's money in Andover and east Wichita," said Holman.
Local investors purchased the former Frontier Antique Mall on the west side of Wichita four years ago and renamed it Paramount Antique Mall. The 40,000-square-foot antique mall occupies a modern building located at 13200 W. Highway 54.
Manager Diane Vaughan describes Paramount as a premier antique mall. "The definition of an antique is something that's 100 years old. It's hard to keep finding them, but we sell antiques and collectibles. We're not a big Beanie Baby or junky place," said Vaughan.
She noted that Paramount Antique Mall is a two-time winner in Discover Mid-America magazine's "Best Of" awards. With about 225 dealers, Paramount Antique Mall is one of the largest in the state. It is open daily, until 7 p.m. weeknights.
About 30 miles northeast of Wichita, a short drive off the Kansas Turnpike, is El Dorado. This rural community founded in 1871 later became the capital of the state's oil industry. Recommended stops there are North Ward Junction Antiques, which is housed in an 1880s brick schoolhouse at 518 N. Star St., and Haverhill Antiques at 811 S. Haverhill Road, adjacent to the American Legion Golf Course.
Auctions have always been big in Kansas, as reflected by the National Auctioneers Association's move of its headquarters to Overland Park, outside Kansas City, in 1982. Founded in 1948, the NAA has grown to approximately 6,000 members.
Susan Stuke-Metzger, who has been an auctioneer for nearly 30 years, planned on studying accounting in college, but disliked being confined to an office. Having enjoyed attending farm auctions with her parents, she chose auction school instead and started working with veteran Topeka auctioneer Al Warner.
"At the time in 1977 there were so few women auctioneers. I just was at the right time at the right place," said Stuke-Metzger, who taught at Missouri Auction School for 10 years.
After getting married and moving to Nebraska, she conducted farm and livestock auctions, and purebred cattle sales. Following a divorce, she returned home to start Olde Mill Auction Center in Topeka three years ago.
She bought an 1894 brick warehouse adjacent to the municipal airport on the northeast side of the city. The auction center is convenient to I-70 and the Kansas Route 4 bypass.
"There was just a wide-open market here for an auction center. It has been 'blow and go' since we opened," said Stuke-Metzger. She conducts general auctions every Wednesday and Saturday and an antique auction every six weeks. She said the Oct. 21 antique auction marking the third anniversary of Olde Mill Auction Center was the best yet.
Improvements to the facility include rebuilt loading docks and a comfortable seating area, said Stuke-Metzger, whose mother's home cooking attracts customers.
"I think we have many people come to eat here and then stumble onto antiques," said Stuke-Metzger. Mother Pauline's crowd-pleasers include vegetable soup, beef Stroganoff and homemade pies.
Woody Auction Co. in Douglass has long been a leading seller of carnival and cut glass, and R.S. Prussia. John Woody founded company in 1965. Son Jason grew up with the business and joined full time out of college in 1993. While St. Louis is their preferred site for major specialty auctio ns, Woody Auction Co. has conducted sales from Washington D.C. to Portland, Ore.
Their next major auction will be an American brilliant cut glass sale Nov. 18 at the Holiday Inn Airport West, 3400 Rider Trail S., in St. Louis.
What promises to be an outstanding art glass auction on March 31 has Jason Woody excited. A big surprise awaited when he visited a client recently.
"I was the first one to walk into the apartment and the first two pieces I saw were both the best English cameo glass I've ever seen," said Woody. One item was a 13-inch plaque by renowned cameo glass artist George Woodall. "Auctioneers rarely see English cameo glass, let alone an English cameo plaque," he said. Another outstanding item at that sale will be a large cameo glass vase decorated in rock-crystal carving by Woodall.
Conrad Swenson of Swenson Auction & Real Estate in Rose Hill near Wichita has been an auctioneer for 10 years and already has more business than he cares to handle. "We turn down four to five a week and just take the good ones because that's what brings the crowd," said Swenson. His wife, Diana, is an owner-broker on the real estate side of the business.
"You won't find an auction service that's any more full-service than we are," said Swenson, "We mow their lawn, clean their house and even move them. We're the only service that, when Grandma goes to the retirement home, we move her free of charge," he said.
Raised on a Kansas farm, Swenson worked as a full-time horseshoer and at the Boeing Co. "I'd wake up at 6 and shoe horses till 3 and then go to work from 4 to 1. I did that for 14 years," he said.
Swenson stopped shoeing horses when he was 40 to start his auction business, which he said is now about the third or fourth largest auction service in the state. "We've had an increase in business of 20 to 30 percent each year. Every year has been a record year, and I think this is going to be a record year," said Swenson, who attributes his success largely to good service.
"We have a shuttle service no one else has. I have eight golf carts for people who have to park a long way away. We go get them and bring them to the auction. At farm sales we'll pick up an 80-year-old man walking with a cane down the road. He'll look at my boys and say, 'I've never had a ride to the auction.' And when they buy some tools, we'll deliver them to their car. That's got us some big auctions," said Swenson.
One of his biggest was a comic book auction that grossed $330,000 and made headlines in September 2004. "It was an old lady who called us. She had several auctioneers look at her little estate and told her they didn't want to take it. 'These comic books won't bring $10 or $5 a box,' they told her. I didn't promise her anything. I took pictures and put them on my Web site. Within two hours the phone started ringing nonstop," said Swenson. "Steve Geppi, who co-owns the Baltimore Orioles, spent $166,000 with us on the phone. He bid against Eric Roberts, Julia Roberts' brother, and he spent about $70,000 on three comic books," he added.
Swenson said the variety of work and the people he does business with make auctioneering enjoyable. "I hire only the best auctioneers and kids that have a heart for the business and love people. You can tell we all love our jobs," said Swenson.
About 100 miles west of Wichita on U.S. Route 54 400 is Greensburg, where members of the Brown family have been conducting auctions since the 1940s. Scott Brown and his son Jamie represent the second and third generations of auctioneers in their family.
Brown Auction & Real Estate began holding specialty antique auctions in the 1980s when collecting became a popular pastime. The Browns conduct about 25 auctions per year, most at their auction facility at 900 E. Kansas Ave.
"It was a bowling alley that had been vacant a few years. We pushed the wooden lanes together to make a nice big floor, which is unique," said office manager Susan Brown, who is Scott's wife and Jamie's mother.
Brown Auction is equipped to work anywhere. In July they were in the Detroit area to conduct an auction in conjunction with the International Association of R.S. Prussia Collectors convention. Conversely, buyers come from across the country to attend their annual New Year's antique auction.
"It's a big sale, two to three days, of higher-end antiques you don't normally see sell out here in southwest Kansas," said Jamie Brown.


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There's a new game that I love to play. It's pretty simple and you have nothing to do put tell the truth. The result is a conservative that goes over the edge and blows his or her top. Here's how you play: (keep in mind that this will get them really fired up…be ready to deal with the consequences)
Step 1: Engage in a discussion about Islam with a conservative
Step 2: When they start getting good and Islamaphobic, bring the fact that Muslims and Christians worship the same God into the conversation (this gets their blood boiling)
Step 3: When they deny this, bring the fact that both religions worship the God of Abraham.
Step 4: Sit back and watch the meltdown.
I found this game through real and honest debate with conservative Christians. I noticed that they would go from crazy (a conservative's natural state) to absolutely out of control when I put this fact in front of them. If you're in person, they will usually stammer and end up with some pitiful rant about how Muslims are terrorists and have just perverted the idea of God. If you're online, you will notice a long gap in their response while they Google this. They will eventually respond with some nonsense from a Billy Graham article or something like that.
In all seriousness, this isn't just about having fun by irritating conservatives (although that can be a great time). It's about making people face the facts that have either been hidden or ignored. It's about making them face their ignorance and make the choice of whether to face the facts and re-evaluate their perspective or move from being ignorant to bigoted and hateful. I don't blame people for ignorance, but I blame them for choosing hate and bigotry.
If you haven't seen the site for A Common Word or read the publication, take a little time and check it out now. Pass it on to those who are still living in ignorance about Islam and Christianity.