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Historically, plumbing has played a vital role in the development of civilization and the public's health overall. World Plumbing Day is an international event on March 11 celebrating the important role plumbing plays in the health and safety of modern society.
The International Code Council and its Members, support public safety and sanitation along with energy and water efficiency through the advancement of codes and standards. ICC focuses on code adoptions, often working at the grass roots level to assist governmental bodies to adopt the International Plumbing Code (IPC) for the first time. ICC also supports its Members and others in the adoption and understanding of codes, standards and related documents. ICC developed the new International Swimming Pool and Spa Code and is working in cooperation with Underwriters Laboratories to develop a new ANSI standard—Devices to Control and Operate Automatic Landscape Irrigation Systems. The standard will ensure the basic safety and function of landscape irrigation controllers.
While celebrating the laudable achievements of the industry, ICC also looks forward to the substantial work still to be done. ICC is proud of the role it plays in the PMG industry over many decades of work including by its legacy founding organizations. ICC is committed to playing a vital role in advancing the goals of the industry.
Recent years have seen the most substantial revisions to plumbing codes in modern history. Decreasing availability of suitable, raw water supplies and increased emphasis on sustainability and water efficiency are driving significant changes to plumbing codes, technologies and design practices. As the developer of the International Plumbing Code (IPC), used in 34 states at the state or local level, the District of Columbia, Guam and Puerto Rico, ICC is committed to tackling these challenges without compromising public health and safety. The IPC has led the industry in the embrace of new technologies such as PVC and PEX piping. That forward-thinking approach has resulted in advancements and initiatives that are poised to keep codes ahead of future challenges:
Around the World: ICC recognizes that much remains to be done to provide basic sanitation and safe water sources worldwide. To this end, ICC is a supporter of the World Toilet Organization (WTO) in its efforts to provide safe, sanitary toilet facilities around the world. ICC has collaborated with the WTO to produce ICC G3-2011 Global Guidelines for Practical Public Toilet Design. This document provides guidance on the construction, design, and maintenance of clean, convenient and hygienic public toilet facilities.
As ICC prepares to celebrate Building Safety Month in May, it remains committed to advancing public health and safety, and providing support products and services to the many dedicated building and plumbing officials worldwide.


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Qualified students may request permission to pursue a second major for sound academic reasons. Such a request requires the approval of an academic advisor and the Associate Dean (Room 117 BL). The student must meet all the prerequisites and other requirements for both majors. The final transcript, not the diploma, will record the completion of the second major. The degree granted will be the degree appropriate to the primary major. Two separate degrees will not be awarded to students who complete a second major.

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Decked out in a fedora and vintage clothes, Pokey LaFarge might be taken for a youthful Bing Crosby. Crosby drifted popward, but LaFarge, who turns 30 this year, has embraced a broad swath of Americana to complement his jazz inclinations, creating a distinct persona that's definitely not of this century. Yet the charismatic LaFarge and his fleet-fingered South City Three generate such crackling energy live that you'd swear somebody's time traveling. Although LaFarge occasionally whips up covers of classic tunes like Fiddlin' Arthur Smith's "Chitlin' Cookin' Time in Cheatham County" and Bob Wills's "The Devil Ain't Lazy," most of his songs are originals written in the style and spirit of bygone eras. Stuff like "Drinkin' Whiskey Tonight" and "Hard Times Come and Go" also resonate in modern times. Following up last year's Live in Holland, LaFarge next month will put out a new, eponymous studio album on Jack White's Third Man Records. (Photo by Joshua Black Wilkins)
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There's only one thing dumber than a bigmouthed racist — a bigmouthed racist who can't even get his racism straight. And Sunday night, that particular brand of stupid was on abundant display after 24-year-old Miss New York, Nina Davuluri, won the Miss America pageant.
Aside from the first, obvious question — who knew anyone still even cared about the Miss America pageant? – the vocal response to the coronation of Ms. Davuluri raises another mystery. How is it possible that individuals who are at least functioning enough to turn on a phone or computer and type words on it can be so brain-dead? The new Miss America is a former dean's list student, an aspiring cardiologist and recovering bulimic. She's also now the pageant's first Indian-American Miss America, a woman who performed a "Bollywood fusion dance" for the show's talent competition. And if you expected a deluge of racist trolling to follow because an Indian woman now has the word "America" attached to her name, you weren't disappointed Sunday night. On Twitter, a Mr. CHEEZ-IT, for example, swiftly declared, "Miss America? You mean Miss 7-11." And a One Proud Honkie asked, "How can you be Miss AMERICA and look like you should be a gas station clerk or motel owner?"
If you thought the haters would be outraged that a "foreigner" — Davuluri was born in Syracuse — took the crown, you'd also have been correct. But if you expected the bigots to at least get their racism right, you were in for a letdown. As BuzzFeed points out, the dopes were swift to express their disappointment that an "Arab" had won, wailing that her victory was a "slap in the face to the people of 9/11" (Related: Who are "the people of 9/11? Are they related to the People of Wal-Mart?) and calling her a "terrorist" whose victory was for al-Qaida. There was also something about "Egypt dancing." And it wasn't just the illiterate backwater yokels spewing this nonsense either — Fox News & Commentary radio host Todd Starnes huffily tweeted that "The liberal Miss America judges won't say this, but Miss Kansas lost because she actually represented American values" and then crowned Davuluri "Miss Politically Correct America."
This year's competition had already garnered a higher than usual amount of attention even before Davuluri won, thanks to that attention-getting presence of Miss Kansas, Theresa Vail. In the days leading up to the competition, the blond, blue-eyed Vail seemed somehow the pageant's big diversity contestant. In a contest famed for cookie-cutter beauties, Vail was a deer-hunting, tattooed member of the Kansas Army National Guard's Medical Detachment with a major in Chinese and chemistry. In terms of subverting the image of a traditional beauty queen, she seemed to have the year locked. She also represented a particularly beloved American bombshell — a blonde with a gun. For her to be bested, and not just bested but bested by someone with dark skin, well, this was obviously the work of those Indian terrorists who blew up the World Trade Center, right? Who knew that people who watch beauty pageants were such crazy, angry conspiracy theorists? I thought it was all grandmas who don't know how to change the channel. Apparently instead it's racists who've never seen a map or read a newspaper.
On Monday, Davuluri brushed off the inanity, saying, "I have to rise above that. I always viewed myself as first and foremost American." Which she is. Whatever you think of beauty competitions, she's also, by the way, super-beautiful, which is kind of the point of the whole thing anyway. And with her victory, Davuluri has made an outmoded, quaintly sexist relic somehow relevant — subversive, even. She's sparked a conversation about what it means to be truly American (Hint: The qualifications don't include European descent) and exposed the racists in their astonishing ignorance. She showed that while it's grotesque enough to hate, to hate without any degree of geographic, historic or cultural accuracy takes a person to a super-achiever level of grotesque. And if there were prizes to be handed out for sheer absurdity, a whole lot of people would be wearing tiaras today.
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5 Hidden Vacation Costs You Need to Know About
By Jihan Thompson
Beach Passes
Choosing a cheaper hotel off the beach may not be as penny-wise as you'd think. Private beaches often charge for entry, and non-guests can also incur hefty fees just to use another hotel's pool. Find out if the beaches near your hotel are public or private before booking a room.
Lya Cattel
Baggage Holding
Not long ago, if you arrived at your hotel before check-in or wanted to extend your vacation past checkout most hotels held your bags as a courtesy. Those days are over. Hotels are cashing in on the luggage you leave behind for a few extra hours. Expect to shell out as much as $5 per bag to get the hotel to hold it for you.
Dan Lecca
Hotel Fees
Hotels are notorious for tacking on fees for everything from bottled water to an extra pool towel. Hotels made $1.75 billion in fees alone last year, according to PricewaterhouseCoopers. Didn't use the hotel gym or business center? Carefully review your itemized bill, then ask if they'll remove charges for unused perks.
Diane Diederich
All-Inclusive Deals
Booking an all-inclusive package means you can relax and stuff yourself silly without worrying about the cost of every meal. But all-inclusive rarely delivers on the promise. It may say drinks included, but omit alcohol from the bargain. Some packages limit you to one dining facility only. If you want to sample the hotel's other cuisine, you'll have to pay for it. Be sure to ask what the all-inclusive deal doesn't include.
John Anderso
Rental Car Insurance
If you're planning on being your own tour guide, you'll probably need a rental car to do it. Most renters agree to the optional car insurance thinking it's better to be safe than sorry. True, but you may be just as safe without it. In most cases, your personal car insurance extends to rental cars as well — check your policy first. No car back home? Then it's a good idea to buy what they're selling.
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From prototype to result: Coco Rocha's 25th anniversary cover for Elle UK
To see just how a magazine cover is put together before the final sign off, Coco Rocha has tweeted a prototype of October's Elle (UK) 25th anniversary edition. You can see from the early prototype they changed quite a few things before settling on the end result. The biggest change was the choice of photo. Which one do you prefer?
Others to grace the cover of the magazine's 25th anniversary edition included Kate Hudson and Naomi Campbell. See Kate's cover here.
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My name is Adrian Marnewick. I'm a Cape Town-based social entrepreneur and ecommerce development director specialising in ecommerce and emarketing strategies for South African startups. I've been building online businesses since 2004, and building web sites since 1997.
I've worked at Amazon.com, EvaluNet, Click2Learn, and now eCommerce Lab. I've personally designed and built a number of successful, and a number of soon-to-be successful online businesses.
I'm a passionate believer in the future of ecommerce and mobile shopping in South Africa and I'm always on the lookout for like-minded companies, startups and entrepreneurs to partner with. If you'd like to talk, contact me.
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Since his arrest on alleged sex charges involving a teenage girl he met at church, former UK basketball player Michael Porter has been wearing an ankle bracelet to monitor his whereabouts. But, that's has now changed.
The former UK point guard had been on electronic monitoring, wearing an ankle bracelet, since his release from jail on sex charges involving a teenage girl he met at church. In court Friday, the judge removed the monitoring requirement since Porter has followed all the rules of his release from jail.
Porter is accused of having a sexual relationship with a teenage girl he met at Southland Christian Church while he was a group leader there. With the ankle bracelet removed, porter's attorney says he can now consider several job possibilities pending the outcome of his criminal case.
The judge still made it clear Porter must stay away from Lexington Christian Academy and anywhere else the alleged victim may be, including Southland Christian Church.
Porter is not allowed to leave the state of Kentucky. He is still married, and his wife and children have moved back to California.
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Songstress (and sister to Aimee Mann) pays her own homage to Dylan
For 26 years Hennepin County's head cataloger led the charge for libraries of, by, and for the people. When he took aim at a new target this spring, his boss fired back.
In 1956, Anna Elisabeth Colsch married a GI from the Frankfurt Army base and followed him to Minneapolis. He died in a car crash a few years later. Or so she was told.
As the Walker's retrospective shows, Hannah Höch's art grew far beyond the movement that birthed her.
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The following were reported to Meridian P.D. from the time period of Tuesday at 00:01 to Tuesday at 23:59.
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Last night just before 2100 hours, Meridian Police and Meridian Fire responded to a residence in the 2200 block of 8th Avenue on a report of an Attempted Arson. Upon arrival they found where someone had used Molotov cocktails in an attempt to burn a vehicle and a house. The attempts were unsuccessful. Police are investigating the incident.
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Yesterday morning, Meridian Police arrested 39 year old Mark Ruffin of Lisman Alabama and charged him with Felon carrying a Concealed Weapon. This charge stemming from a traffic stop. Bond was set at $250,000.
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"[An FBI] file of only thirty-five pages: that must have disappointed Vidal when he saw his file. A file that contained no secrets—that, he would have said, was disheartening. And only half a dozen letters complaining about him. With a twinkle in his eye, he would have called that fact a crushing blow."
-- Jon Weiner, The Nation, in his article, "The Gore Vidal FBI File," about the 35 pages of nothing, and the lame right-wing attacks, that the FBI accumulated about Gore Vidal during the 1960s. At the same time, I think Vidal would have liked the notion that members of the FBI were forced to sit through "The Best Man," taking notes. Like critics.
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A man involved in a break-in in which a Lawton police officer was shot twice last year has been sentenced on four of six charges.
Teen describes moments that led to her father, a police officer, shooting her new boyfriend to death. Brandon Richard reports.
Deputy shoots suspect to death after man intentionally slams pickup into cruiser. Caleb James reports.
Shortly around 2 a.m. on Sunday an officer involved shooting leaves a suspect dead.
Gunman kills two adults and four children, then surrenders after standoff with police. Dan Scheneman reports.
Police are investigating an officer-involved shooting at a Wichita Falls apartment complex.
A shooting last night in Altus sends three people to the hospital.
Wichita county authorities have identified the victim of a shooting in Electra early yesterday morning. They say he is no stranger to law enforcement officials.
A Texoma man shot early this morning is expected to survive, but officials say the man is not cooperating with authorities.
A man shot early this morning in Electra is expected to survive, but officials say he is not cooperating with authorities.
Wichita Falls police are searching for a man that shot another man in his car.
A dog is recovering tonight after Wichita Falls police say it was shot by man who was protecting his horses.
One of two Lawton men involved in the shooting of a Lawton officer is sentenced, and another is also sentenced, but will have to be tried again on the shooting charges.
A shooter fatally shot one student at a suburban Portland, Oregon, high school Tuesday morning, authorities said. The gunman is also dead.
Investigators say man and wife expressed anti-government sentiments prior to ambushing police officers, taking own lives in nearby Walmart.
Declaring a "revolution," a man and a woman armed with guns terrorized part of Las Vegas.
Seattle Pacific University students hold prayer vigil hours after fatal campus shooting.
One person was killed and three others were wounded Thursday in a shooting on the campus of Seattle Pacific University.
Tera Shea Wylie is charged with aggravated assault family violence with a deadly weapon.
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MIAMI – — San Antonio Spurs guard Danny Green has raised more than a few eyebrows with his 3-point shooting in the NBA Finals.
Perhaps the even bigger surprise is the Miami Heat are still leaving him open.
Facing a 3-2 deficit in the series, the Heat are at the point where they need to decide if it's time to make Green a defensive priority. With much of the focus on stopping Tim Duncan, Manu Ginobili and Tony Parker, Green had made a Finals record 25 3-pointers.


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CAPE CORAL, Fla.- A Cape Coral couple, who owned the former St. Jude's Pharmacy, is facing charges after allegedly conspiring to distribute controlled substances and hiding the illegal proceeds from 2009 to 2012.
Jorge Otano, 51, is charged with conspiracy to distribute oxycodone, a controlled substance, outside the usual course of professional practice and for other than legitimate medical purposes.
Both Jorge and 41-year-old Martha Otano were both charged with conspiring to evade the reporting requirements of the Bank Secrecy Act, as part of a pattern of illegal activity involving more than $100,000 in a 12-month period. They are each also charged with three substantive counts of structuring transactions to evade the reporting requirements.
If convicted of conspiring to distribute a controlled substance, Jorge Otano faces a maximum penalty of twenty years in federal prison. If convicted of conspiring to structure deposits to evade reporting requirements, they each face a maximum penalty of five years in federal prison. Each structuring transaction to evade reporting requirements charge carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison.
Prosecutors will try to seize computer equipment used to facilitate the crime, a house in Cape Coral, and two vehicles, which are alleged to be traceable to proceeds of the offense.
In addition, the United States is seeking a money judgment in the amount of $430,000, as additional proceeds of the crimes charged in the indictment.
According to the indictment, from approximately August 2009 until November 15, 2012, Jorge Otano conspired with others to possess with intent to distribute, and distribute oxycodone outside the usual course of professional practice and for other than legitimate medical purposes. In addition, Jorge and Martha Otano made cash deposits, including deposits of illegal proceeds, into domestic financial institutions in amounts of $10,000 or less in order to avoid triggering bank reporting requirements. The Otanos allegedly made multiple deposits below the reporting requirement at multiple banks on the same day and at the same branch on successive days. The indictment alleges that they made in excess of $100,000 in structured cash deposits in one year.
An indictment is merely a formal charge that a defendant has committed a violation of the federal criminal laws, and every defendant is presumed innocent unless, and until, proven guilty.
A nearby business owner says he knew there was something suspicious going on at the pharmacy. "They'd jump in and out of the cars, money exchanging, I knew something fishy was going on and one day I came to work and the DEA stormed the place, " said William Beltz, who works at Fort Myers Gold Exchange. "I think it's pretty messed up, I really don't need that here whatsoever, it's not good for business. I'm glad that he's gone to be honest."


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The Great Migration, vol. p. 217-219, Gamaliel Beamon: gives his 2nd born son as Joseph. It then gives Joseph's bp. as "Dorchester14 June 1657", citing Dorchester Church Records, p. 168 ("John Beamond 6 year Old") and ends with "no further record." Later the biopic under ASSOCIATIONS, discusses John Beamon who was in Dorchesterand Lancaster at similar times to Gamaliel Beamon and was a similarage to Joseph. Also, he named his 2nd born son Gamaliel (an unusualname) Miss Emily Beaman Wooden, A.M. in her 1909 "The Beamon and Clark Genealogy A History of the Descendants of Gamaliel Beaman and SarahClark of Dorchester and Lancaster, Mass 1635-1909", p. 19: stated "I know not whence the name Joseph in the above list was obtained, but I have searcht far and wide for Joseph Beaman and others have done the same, without finding any mention of him in any other place." Given the lack of any tie between Gamaliel and a Joseph and avery clear tie [DChR] to a John, it would seem the name Joseph isin error and Gamaliel's 2nd son should be John.


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The pilot took off to practice aerobatic maneuvers for an upcoming air show. After completing a hammerhead turn, he felt a slight vibration and the pitch control felt unusual. Returning to the airport, the vibration increased. The pilot landed but was unable to maintain directional control and the airplane ground-looped. The right horizontal stabilizer and elevator had separated from the airplane, striking the rudder and causing substantial damage. A postaccident examination revealed evidence of a pre-existing crack in the front spar near a riveted fitting. The spar moved outward and disengaged from the fitting. The inboard section rotated downward and separated from the airplane. The remaining portion of the stabilizer pivoted aft, separated from the airplane, and struck and damaged the rudder. A service alert from the airplane's manufacturer outlined a similar previous occurrence. Another emphasized the importance of properly rigged tail wires, noting that if the tail wires were improperly rigged excessive torque loads could be applied to the horizontal stabilizer front spar, causing the attach fitting to fail. Examination of the last annual inspection entry disclosed no reference to the horizontal stabilizer spar being inspected, nor did it indicate that either service bulletin had been complied with.
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According to the American Chiropractic Association, close to 31 million Americans experience back pain at any given time.
Those symptoms can be a nuisance, but many times that back pain can be debilitating.
Besides the obvious pain in your back, you could be developing spinal disk problems.
If you're having trouble bending or standing, feeling shooting pains when coughing or sneezing, or even losing strength in your limbs, you could be developing a serious back problem.
Bernadette Jacquet says she's never felt better, especially after suffering with lower back pain caused by a car accident in 2005.
"Last week I came and I had zero pain. And today I have zero pain", says Jacquet.
She's been stretching and attending rehab, and for the first time in a week, she's finally walking without pain.
"I can walk. And I can stand. And at one time I couldn't even take close out of the dryer. And now I can do that", says Jacquet.
Jennifer Watson, a physical therapist at Our Lady of Lourdes, says alleviating temporary back pain is about finding a comfortable position and sticking to it.
"Generally when you're at home it's about finding a comfortable position that limits or decreased the pain before they have to see a medical professional", says Watson.
Watson says if the pain persists, to see a medical professional before the pain increases, and Jacquet emphatically agrees.
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Manager, Rezidor Hotel Group
We created a smart concept - 'Aspire' - for Napier's prospectus and recruitment campaign that was successfully used to inspire and motivate prospective students to enrol and make the University their first choice.
The concept played on 'A' class words to communicate success, achievement and an aspirational mood. Low angle photography of go-getting students and attractive images of contemporary Edinburgh were used to capture the desirability of both the location and the University.
Publications Officer, Edinburgh Napier University
From rebranding Heineken's pub company as Star Pubs & Bars to designing and producing their internal lifestyle magazine Refresh, and creating and building Heineken's UK website, we are a key partner in the evolution of the Heineken brand for British communication channels. Working closely with the Heineken team, we ensure that the Heineken brand in the UK is consistent across all media streams.
Additionally, we work in partnership with the Corporate Relations team to produce all of Heineken's employee communications, both digital and print based. We have helped them to promote and evolve a broad range of projects, from initial planning to final fulfilment.
Communications Manager HEINEKEN
When Sykes, the $2 billion global outsourcing specialist, commissioned us to re-design their web presence 'from the ground up', the key thing we had to create was a comprehensive plan. The main reason being, that in dealing with the 'enterprise' and 'careers' focused sites, we had a 210-page challenge on our hands.
We spent time on site within the global HQ in Tampa. We got under the skin of the business at a corporate level. We grasped and challenged the current strategy and associated messaging. We gained insight into the market vertical dynamics that were at play, primarily via empathy maps.
Then it was time to understand more fully the regional recruitment activities: their key messages, competitor activity and how the web could facilitate agent recruitment and retention. Finally we went on a 'content deep dive' with the verticals.
Our plan incorporated clear tasks, clear milestones, clear responsibilities and a clear timeline to ensure that all stakeholders knew exactly where we were with the project. The plan paid off brilliantly.
Working closely with the Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group, we created the Red Bar and Grill restaurant brand.
As well as producing brand guidelines, our creative work included developing the new brand identity across photography, signage, uniforms, menus and advertising.
The new identity uses fresh photography, a mix of serif and sans serif fonts and a striking colour palette to compliment the prime cuts sizzling on the RBG open grill.
RBG restaurants are now open throughout the world in Carlson Rezidor hotels.
Teviot were commissioned to design and produce the book 'A History of the Chambers of Commerce'. Clean and refined typography coupled with a bold modernistic design style created an engaging and well documented archive.
A contemporary hardback A memorable retirement gift for 40 years service and a celebration of 200 years of BCC achievement. This hard back history book was designed to retain the corporate nature of the organization and yet is contemporary in style to appeal to a modern audience.
Teviot managed the design process from concept to delivery, with over 200 copies produced for retail. history book, designed with modern appeal to celebrate 200 years of BCC.
When Carlson Rezidor asked us to deliver a brand identity and all creative elements for their Global Business Conference, that welcomes 1300 employees from 33 countries, we weren't fazed. Quite the opposite: this is the kind of partnership Teviot thrives on!
Being a full service agency, projects like this provide a showcase for all our expertise: design, branding, film, digital and production, as well as the less glamorous but key roles of project management and logistics.
Add the fact that the conference was to take place in the Bahamas and we were in for a challenging and exciting project.
The brief required us to design all aspects of the conference identity and promotional collateral, including literature, website, invitations, video footage and signage. We worked closely with other agencies involved in the event to ensure consistency of branding and messaging throughout.
The conference itself delivered over 33 hours of presentations, over 1000 supporting slides, and 14 videos. This included a number of film elements that were shot, edited and delivered on site. This lead to a few sleepless nights for our resident film maestro Andy.
The conference met with huge approval ratings from delegates with particular praise for our film work.
Temple Spa is a lifestyle brand for men and women comprising skin care, aromatherapy and health supplements.
Teviot were involved in the creation and development of the brand, which is based on the concept of creating your own spa wherever you are and is strongly influenced by the ingredients, colours and lifestyle of the Mediterranean.
As brand partner, we were responsible for the brand identity, new product development, product packaging, pre-launch promotion and in-store point of sale. Our sophisticated sales collateral was instrumental in opening doors when the brand was being presented to major clients such as hotel groups and airlines.
Teviot were honoured to partner with the Refugee Council to create the Refugee Week programme and Annual Report.
The theme we created for the Refugee Week was 'We' which highlights and celebrates the common touch points between Scotland and other cultures. We used sensitive photography to communicate the personality and life of the Refugee community in Scotland and the positive effect it has on established communities.
We used uncoated paper for a tactile, down-to-earth feel with bold contemporary colours and clear, clean layout design.
Maxxium is a worldwide distributor of premium wines and spirits. They wanted a sales presenter/corporate gift pack to increase sales from the corporate market and tasked us with the challenge.
We created a luxury hard-cased box, housing a high quality colour brochure, transparent fly sheet and sample bottle of champagne. A mix of plike cover paper, embossing and foils we're used to create the attention grabbing cover. We employed lifestyle and product photography inside to convey the various gift possibilities the pack offered.
Maxxium ended up with a unique pack with a simple, classic feel that gives this sales presenter an enticing quality gift appeal.
Since Malmaison's original boutique hotel, Teviot's brand partnership has been instrumental in raising awareness of this iconic brand, billed as 'a stylish alternative to the mainstream'.
During our partnership we have created a visual style that accentuated the corporate point of difference through a combination of engaging, quirky copy, dramatic photography and strong production values, providing a fresh twist to all marketing collateral.
Located in the heart of the English countryside - just minutes from elegant Bath Spa - Lucknam Park is a proud member of Relais & Chateaux and has been awarded a Michelin Star, AA 5 Red Stars and Visit Britain Gold Award. Lucknam Park is the ideal place to leave everyday life behind.
Teviot were briefed to rebrand the hotel in tandem with a recent multi-million pound investment in the hotel and development of a new spa. We refreshed the current logo and revitalised the brand look and feel with a newly designed website, advertising, collateral and various hotel brochures.
The classic modern design style highlights the superb grounds and architecture of this 500 acre country house. Each key area of the hotel has its own unique colour palette whilst remaining part of the main brand family. Our new visual identity communicates the rich heritage and exacting quality and service of this superlative hotel.
Marketing Director
Teviot partnered with the ultra-stylish Hotel Missoni to create promotional collateral to allure international PR fashionistas and hospitality agents to engage with and experience its new hotel concept.
It was critical to create a unique, exclusive and luxurious feel across logo, print and online. Compact and glamorous, the booklet and information cards tucked inside were a colourful reflection of the distinctive Missoni fabrics. Photography was accentuated using a gloss varnish to capture the hotel's unique appeal through social gathering places like its Cucina, Luna Bar and Cocco Café. We extended our brand work with Missoni to cover the Kuwait launch event.
Working closely, once again, with the Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group, Teviot created the exciting new brand for Filini, the Italian bar and restaurant.
The communication items included a full brand guideline manual, signage, menus, collateral and website. The scalable brand started its journey in Europe. It was recently unveiled as the flagship restaurant brand at the new award winning Radisson Blu Aqua Chicago.
The essence of Filini is an unshakeable belief in Italian food and wines, style and service.
Filini's chefs create authentic Italian food, simply prepared to let the freshest of ingredients exhale. Menus are flexible with a view of food being there to share with friends and family. Filini boasts a wine list that matches its dishes – compiled to satisfy a full range of tastes. And to start? A killer cocktail or just a great beer.
We loved designing this and believe we designed in the 'amore'.
With an extremely tight turnaround time, Teviot created a glossy travel magazine promoting Carlson Rezidor's fantastic hotels around Europe.
The magazine used both insightful and useful information on the various European cities, plus relevant destination and hotel photography to create a stylish travellers' magazine.
Associated luxury brand advertising was utilised throughout to partner with the Radisson brand. Teviot's experience of the Group's various brands helped expedite the successful project within its tightest of deadlines…
The promotion of a Scottish tourism brand to an international business audience provided the focus of our five-year association with VisitScotland's Business Tourism Unit (formerly Scottish Convention Bureau).
Our primary marketing objective was to position Scotland as a must-see destination for meetings, incentives, conferences and corporate hospitality. With a vision to expand this market by 75% by 2015, their key markets included the US, Germany, Italy and France, and the Far East emerging as a lucrative territory.
Teviot created a visual style that immediately positioned Scotland as a sophisticated and welcoming location. We implemented this style across literature including a Conference Guide, Hospitality Guide and Incentive Guide. The style was also carried through to press advertising, support material and exhibitions.
The strength of the brand identity lies in the combination of a unique colour palette, engaging copy and the imaginative use of photography which captures the true entrepreneurial spirit and natural beauty of Scotland.
Bethany Christian Trust is a national charity that celebrates 25 years of helping homeless people this year. Working in close partnership with Bethany we created a new brand identity that communicates with potential funders, staff as well as homeless and vulnerable people themselves. The dynamic new brand captures the heart and soul of the charity through strong imagery and bold colours and has received acclaim and awards over the past few years.
When the SECC wanted to launch a new ticketing system to promote events, We were appointed to create the new brand identity. A visual identity that had had personality and a strong presence so that customers could relate to it and added a touch of humour.
We work with TGI Fridays across a range of their business areas, from the development of their external facing branding and restaurant interiors to the creative design and strategic development of their Employee Value Proposition branding. By building a strong foundation here, we have helped them to connect with their employees across the United States using both digital and traditional print solutions.
However, a visual overhaul of a brand without the strong foundation of solid content strategy and planning limits success, so we're helping TGI Fridays to develop their internal portal, employee communications and recruitment process. As part of this development, we are looking at the ways in which TGI Fridays can engage with their employees to generate enthusiasm and loyalty, creating ambassadors for the brand.
We are committed to investing our time, expertise and resources to help develop and maintain vibrant and sustainable communities. As our business has expanded over the years, we have created and/or supported an increasing number of local community projects around the world.
Our Mission…to make a difference, no matter how small.
All the guys and gals at Teviot are involved in giving and raising money for our company charities – as well as supporting their own chosen causes
In 2010 we were introduced to Children of Songea, a Scottish-based charity that works with communities in Tanzania to deliver education, health and livelihood programme for children that have been orphaned by AIDS.
COS work alongside Good Samaritin Mission who provided social, civil and health services within the community since 1999. GSM work with orphaned children, young people and carers, improving their access to education and health care.
Their partnership builds on the skills and knowledge within GSM, ensuring that the strategy is shaped by local people. In addition, COS contribute experience and expertise that assist GSM to build its capacity to help local people achieve a sustainable and happy future.
COS has managed to secure 1.5 acres of land on the outskirts of Songea. Their aim is now to raise enough money to build a pre-school, kitchen, counselling facilities and education rooms.
The Pre-school and kitchen will be constructed this year with the rest of the project due for completion in 2013.
Daughters of Cambodia is a faith-based non- Goverment organization reaching out to victims of sex trafficking in Cambodia.
Daughters has developed a unique model in Cambodia, one in which sex workers come direct to the organization from the brothels by choice. Daughters' day centre, in the heart of an area of Phnom Penh brothels, reaches out to girls working as sex workers and offers them ways out of this situation. We are not a shelter, but we facilitate the girls' exit from the sex industry by providing a number of resources and programs that enable them to set themselves free and sustain healthy choices for their own lives. They come because they are already motivated to change their lives, and Daughters gives them choice and dignity in building a different future, that make their choices sustainable and respect their human rights.
We're always looking for talented people to join the team, even if there are no roles shown here.
If you think you have the right skills and attitude to be a part of the Teviot family, Send us your CV, or a link to your show reel or portfolio and if you blow us away we might just find a space for you.
Branding is about capturing the essence of a brand, understanding its purpose and ensuring maximum impact in the market place. A brand mark is a powerful tool in communicating this essence. It's not a game of pretty pictures but a visual beacon of vision and purpose.
Good design is not about what we subjectively might want to see, but an educated and disciplined approach to ensuring all our clients maintain their visual identity with strength and integrity.
Brands now have the power to connect with the customer in many more ways than ever before. The channels of engagement progress relentlessly and a thousand new 'next big things' present themselves every day. Welcome to this brave new world. We're at home here.
The 24/7 online world gives us exciting opportunities to connect with customers. Video is the perfect medium, allowing customers to take a few minutes out from the frenetic clicking, providing a peaceful oasis to passively engage with brands, whilst the power of the medium hits an emotional centre that cuts through like nothing else can.
If you are starting a business from scratch, or have been established for years, we're happy to work with you to develop a marketing strategy or reinvigorate you're your strategy helping you increase engagement, grow sales and embed your brand internally as well as externally across all channels from print and advertising to digital and social media.
We can provide you with the experience and know how that will help establish your brand and stand out from the crowd. You want to be something more than a product or service in the minds of your audience. Branding is about building more than a business, done right it has the ability to, engage and enthuse your employees, gain loyalty and affinity with your customers and respect from your peers and competitors. We can ensure you get it right.
Our service culture creates a hugely positive impact. Great working partnerships mean connecting with each client on a level that goes beyond the project. We take time to understand what makes their job easier. We then fill in the gaps.
Our mission is to deliver a holistic, global creative service devoted, unreservedly, to making our clients, not just glow, but shine.
We're proud of our amazing, service driven culture and of our role as a market leader across all capabilities. And we're committed to maintaining our front-runner position.
Our body of work tells the story of how brilliantly creative Teviot is. Any agency worth its salt probably makes that claim - and promises great customer care! But, in reality,
how many actually follow that through in every minute detail of their service delivery?
We do.
And we believe that what sets us apart from the rest is that we are fuelled by a passionate, people based culture. Our collective DNA drives us to build truly meaningful partnerships with every client.
Each dedicated Teviot team is always on the case. We're here for our clients and for each other 24/7, all 365 days of the year.
That's the Teviot mantra. We achieve this – and that 'we' is crucial – by the teams we build and the relationships we forge. We achieve the results we do by working alongside every client as a totally committed and empathetic partner. For each and every one of us at Teviot, it's about going the extra mile to ensure the optimum outcome for every situation and every project. It's about pulling together as a seamless force to turn dreams into a vibrant reality.
Egocentric, prima donna behaviour has no place here: quite the opposite, in fact. We strive to be accessible, amenable and understanding. We work with respect for every individual and their differing deadlines, desires, needs and vision. We build on the synergy we have with our clients to create the most powerfully effective team. All of this is what we, at Teviot, believe service to be about…
We don't claim to be perfect. But we do claim to do the very best we can do to deliver what clients believe is best for them. And then some!
With clients all around the world we are positioned to provide an efficient, pretty well round-the clock service. While our partners in Asia sleep, we get their project underway. When our American friends wake up, we'll have their proofs ready in their inbox. It's not rocket science: as our client sphere has grown, so has the service we offer.
We use our belief in building amazing, truly dynamic partnerships as our bench mark for recruitment. We use it as our benchmark for dealing with our clients. We use this as our way of life: Teviot life. We love what we do, the way we do it and all those we do it for. If only everything in life was that simple.
We're always looking for talented people to join the team, even if there are no roles shown here.
If you think you have the right skills and attitude to be a part of the Teviot family, Send us your CV, or a link to your show reel or portfolio and if you blow us away we might just find a space for you.
Teviot have a great opportunity for an experienced Creative Artworker to join our team on a six month contract with potential for a permanent position. Working exclusively for a new client, we are looking for somebody with strong artworking skills, as well as the ability to develop existing designs within brand guidelines.
This role requires excellent Adobe CS skills (particularly InDesign, Illustrator and Photoshop), good typography and layout skills, and high levels of accuracy and attention to detail. A great position for somebody with good verbal and written communication skills, you must be willing to problem-solve and thrive under pressure, and a positive attitude is absolutely essential!
Candidates should be able to demonstrate experience of creating retail-focused campaigns, and be comfortable working to tight deadlines. Experience of building HTML emails is desirable, but not essential.
Teviot are looking for talented and experienced designers to join their design team, working on a range of brands for our high profile clients both in the UK and overseas.
Current positions are freelance with the opportunity for a permanent contract for the right candidate.
This role requires excellent creative design skills, being comfortable working to tight deadlines as well as high levels of accuracy and attention to detail. You must be willing to problem-solve and thrive under pressure, and a positive attitude is absolutely essential.
Candidates must:
Hourly and daily rates tbc based on experience.
No agencies.
Love is the thing that makes all the difference. We pride ourselves on our attention to the very smallest detail. Every one of our projects is done using industry standard practices and tools, but it's the extra layer of 'Teviot love' that makes the difference. Like our Talk Shops our Love Shops are designed to share our knowledge and experience of the little things that can make a huge difference. The shops are short talks, which you can attend in person or view as videos at your leisure.
What is the point in having in-depth knowledge of branding and how it works if you don't share it? Experience has taught us a lot, and it's valuable information we feel everyone should know.The aim of our Talk Shops is to share our knowledge and help others improve on theirs. They are short talks, which you can attend in person or view as videos at your leisure.
"For over 27 years, my team has continued to develop and ensure that we provide a holistic creative approach for all our clients across multi communication channels. As our clients grow, we grow. It's a very exciting and challenging time for us all."
"It's all about partnerships. There is no 'them' and 'us'. We work together with our clients, ensuring that we get under the skin of their company so we become an extension of their team. That helps communication and understanding, making their job easier and more productive. Anything less, simply doesn't fit within our DNA."
"Knowing the bigger picture, and why we do what we do, is crucial to the measurable success of a project. It's the flour in the cake, the base ingredient - without it, all we have is pretty pictures. We ask the 'elephant in the room' questions."
"Brands no longer only communicate ink on paper. They're connecting with their customers wherever they are. Being able to give that full creative service that we can now offer, allows us to be real brand partners with our clients."
"Having a traditional website won't cut it any more. Understanding who uses your site, how they interact with it, and their experience whilst on the site will directly affect their opinion of you and your brand. We do beautiful, that's a given, but equally we create brilliantly functional, usable, engaging online experiences."
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Jaunty Jackalope alpha 3 spotted in wild
The third alpha of Ubuntu's forthcoming 9.04 distro, dubbed Jaunty Jackalope, has been released. Alpha 3 includes the Linux 2.6.28-3.4 kernel and comes loaded with support for using the Ext4 file system. However, Ext3 is expected to remain the default file system for Jaunty Jackalope. The release also comes with improved …
Hey guys - heres that virus fix you need!
What ever the current percieved problems with Ubuntu or any other non- macroshyte OS, at least it is a LOT less likely to be part of some bot net and help to line the pockets of anti-virus software producers.
Fame-proof jaket was on 10 minutes ago and i've gone home.
Isnt that for NVIDIA chipsets and Not intel ones?
Propriety nvidea drivers? That's gonna delay my upgrade to say the least! Still, 8.10 is pleasent enough, so I don't mind sticking for a year, at which point I'll either upgrade my gfx card, or cry :P
Nvidia drivers.........
Well, the PC I'm posting this from runs Ubuntu 8.10, and the only difficulty during the install was a screen resolution issue caused by the 'free' Nvidia driver. I had to use the propriety driver, so I'll be sticking with 8.10 for a while then.
I of course blame Nvidia not Ubuntu. For the last couple of years all my hardware purchases have been made with an eye on linux compatibility. Who knows, maybe the Nvidia card will die so I can justify replacement?!
Jaunty Jackalope?
So, I'm guessing that they're going to fix the name as part of the beta acceptance process?
When you get grown up version names, you'll get treated like grown ups.
No driver?
The Nvidia drivers that come with it have never satisfied me. Then again, I started losing interest with the KDE4 interface. Let's hope this is an improvement.
Grown-up version names
> Jaunty Jackalope
> So, I'm guessing that they're going to fix the name as part of the beta acceptance process? When you get grown-up version names, you'll get treated like grown-ups.
You mean like Vista?
Oi, grumpy AC
The silly names are actually for development versions, on release they get a sensible, boring number. This one will become 9.04 (assuming it makes the planned release date).
Of course, those of us who never grew up will persist in using the funny names, because they are fun...
@ jaunty jackalope
what would you suggest then? its meant to be a bit of fun and easy to remember. If you want to be formal, just refer to it as "version 9.04 of Ubuntu Linux"
Oh no that would be too easy, why does no one mention Mac OSX with its daft names "Snow Leopard"....umm ok
and can we quit this stupid -tard business, sick enough of Orlowski spewing his mouth about free-tards without the balls to turn on comments.
Funny how everyone sticks the boot into Ubuntu over naming, yet doesnt mention Debian - Etch, Sid, Lenny - I dont see much difference in formality there.
Then again people seemingly would rather fork over a ton of cash to Msoft for "Windows 7" yeah great name, crappy OS.
RE: Jaunty Jackalope?
>> When you get grown up version names, you'll get treated like grown ups.
The name is 'Ubuntu 9.04' how is that not grown up?
Jaunty Jackalope is the developer code name for this branch of software distribution. Users have no need to really know of it. But so many of them (including in the media) find it fun to use the code names.
I would goto ubuntu, but for that horrid default colour scheme.
That and the nvidia driver problem
<<A happy fedora 6 user and sees no reason to change
Re: Jaunty Jackalope?
"When you get grown up version names, you'll get treated like grown ups."
I think you'll find that its grown up name is "Ubuntu 9.04"
Now now children...lol Can't believe this guy is making an issue out of a name. hell every os has em. OSX, winblow, and linux (all distros)
Wasn't winblows code name once longhorn. like the rooster on loony toons? People should have know better than to trust a os that was codenamed after a darn loony toon.
Anyway, I hope Ubuntu fixes it's graphical issue. i am still partial to hardy haron myself.
If you are a Linux user , you will accept Ubuntu's unconventional naming of their respective releases, even if they do not appeal to you. You will then judge that particular release on it's merits.
If you are a Windows user, all you need to know is that Ballmer frowns at you if you do not buy the latest version of Windows. And if you do not orgasm over the keyboard and monitor about this, the latest version of Windows, YOU NEED HELP!
Much as though I am a bit of an open sauce zealot, of late my Gnome login is shafted [wants to launch KDM - WTF?] and last night a DJ saved my li..., no, sorry, last night an ACPI module update fucked my youtube/flash sound on video playback - video runs fine, but no audio, and *only* on flash video websites. Regular videos [AVIs, Flashgot-ted FLV files, anything played back locally basically] are OK - basically anything I can set to OSS, not PulseAudio or ALSA.
Gah. Youtube-et-al sound works OK with a new profile or in KDE, but not in Gnome, so it must a .whatever confligration problem [probably in .macromedia, .pulseaudio etc], but that doesn't sort the inability to log in with anything other than failsafe Gnome.
And the CDROM on my laptop doesn't boot-from any more, nor is it new enough to support USB boot, and I'm not brave enough to try setting an install partition on the local drive and rebuilding from that, so any reinstallation requires a DHCP-PXE-boot solution from the other machine, which I am just far, far too lazy to do until a new release comes alone.
Hurry up Junkyard Jalopy, I need an excuse to back up my grot, er, essential business data, and do a nuke and pave!
[still, this is *far* less than the problems XP ever gave me on this machine, it looks nicer visually [subjective, natch] and sucks less resources and grinds the HD less, so credit where credit's due]
Steven R
Back to being OS Agnostic...
No nvidia proprietary drivers??
Show stopper for me. I like the performance of the proprietary driver and I like my dual screens working thank you very much. Of course nvidia is the problem, as is ATI. Both companies should provide detailed docs on how to write drivers for their hardware so they can concentrate on building and selling fantastic graphics hardware and not writing drivers. Get the community involved at the outset.
> Youtube-et-al sound works OK with a new profile or in KDE, but not in Gnome
Check to see if the new Flash is set to use ESD. Chances are it's set to ArTS or Phonon.
OTH, this might help too: http://www.oreillynet.com/onlamp/blog/2006/07/audio_problem_from_flash_video.html
nVidious drivers
If you want your graphics card working, write to your elected representative and ask for a law mandating driver Source Code disclosure as a precondition for the sale of any computer hardware. Caged, binary-only drivers are preventing you from using what you own as you see fit, enabling hardware manufacturers to tell lies, stifling competition and leading to unnecessary waste as hardware becomes unusable for want of drivers.
An imaginary creature which is a cross between a rabbit and an antelope?
Foghorn leghorn
Was the luney toons rooster. Now that is, I say, that is a proper name for an OS boy.
I wish they would fix 8.10 before moving on. 8.04 went in real easy but on 8.10 it took me longer to do the post-install fixes than the install.
Video drivers in time for release
As mentioned this in the article, this is only an alpha release.
Hopefully Nvidia will release a newer driver that supports new version of Xorg between now and march.
@ Steven Raith
Steven, sounds very familiar!
I don't want to second guess whats happened to your OS, all I'll chip in is that, from experience, you still need to be wary about mixing apps written for KDE on gnome, even when there in the standard Ubuntu repositories.
I made the mistake of starting my linux adventures with KDE4 and had nothing but hassle with variuos distros.
Gnome might be less 'bleeding edge' but is generally less trouble free for the novice to average linux user IMHO.
I end up reinstalling the OS every few months after meddling in places I shouldn't but hey you gotta learn somehow!
Unlike the sheer agony of a windows OS failure, a full reinstall including online update only takes an hour.
To facilitate this I'd recommend always mounting your /home directory on a separate partition as then there then is no need to backup, aherm essential business data, at least as part of the nuke process. (yes data should be backed up routinely anyway before anyone flames). Also all your application preferences/ firefox add-ons etc are retained and ready to go once the reinstall is finished.
nVidia Problems
For the last three Ubuntu releases, I've found that when I install the proprietary nVidia driver, it stops automatic recognition of the capabilities of my monitors. Even then, if I load the nVidia control centre application from the Administration menu, it doesn't try to run as root by default, so I can't save the config file it generates. It's so frustrating. To me, that's a small fix to make, but to someone else, that means you can't get X working at full resolution and decent refresh rate, without manually changing it each time you log on.
Lame, lame, lame. Small problems like this are a far greater barrier to Linux uptake than not having Photoshop or many native games.
@ Beard
If the nVidia driver was Open Source, then Ubuntu could customise it to match their system seamlessly.
As things stand, you're reliant on nVidia for drivers. And if they decide your graphics card is to old to bother with releasing a driver for it, you're shafted. Your elected representative may be able to help you.
Imaginary? I wish, we're rife with them in the Great White North. And due to our federal governments bowing to political correctness we can't club them like baby seals or poison them anymore.
@Wavey - sorting out the toons
<quote>Wasn't winblows code name once longhorn. like the rooster on loony toons? People should have know better than to trust a os that was codenamed after a darn loony toon.</quote>
The rooster was Foghorn Leghorn (Leghorn being a breed of chicken). The code name you're thinking of was Longhorn (Longhorn being a breed of bull...)
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Pronunciación: /kɒpt /
Definición de Copt en inglés:
1A native Egyptian in the Hellenistic and Roman periods.
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- When Muslim armies invaded Egypt, they were welcomed by the Egyptian Copts as liberators from Byzantine oppression.
- Outnumbered by the native Copts, they settled just north of the Christian town, within the area of modern Cairo, and dreamed of building a new Islamic city.
- Moreover, ethnically differentiated people have been lumped together, for example, the Copts and the Berbers are not ethnically the same people.
2A member of the Coptic Church.
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- On the eve of both Christmas day and Easter day, Orthodox Copts break their fast with a variety of dishes made of beef and poultry.
- The Copts, an indigenous Monophysite Christian church, are the largest and most important minority, some 12% of the population.
- Aswan was once an important centre for Christian Copts.
from French Copte or modern Latin Coptus, from Arabic al-qibṭ, al-qubṭ 'Copts', from Coptic Gyptios, from Greek Aiguptios 'Egyptian'.
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Work, carpool, laundry, grocery shopping, menu planning, PTA meeting, dinner with the in-laws, school festival, clean the house … the list of things that need time and attention seems endless.
Do you ever find yourself lying awake at night because your mind won't shut down from thinking about what has to be done tomorrow?
Have you ever felt that trying to keep everything in your life together is like trying to hold a beach ball underwater and, if you let go, things are going to explode?
If you answered "yes" to these questions, the good news is: You are in the boat with a lot of other women. The bad news is: It isn't a healthy place to be.
"I am seeing more and more women in my office who are experiencing stress at work and at home, relationship issues, peer pressure and a battle in their own mind about what it means to be healthy," says psychologist Jan Sherbak.
When one area of life is out of balance, it impacts other areas such as physical and spiritual health.
"In spite of feeling like things are out of our control, the truth is there really is a lot women can do to feel more in control of their lives," says counselor Jessica Jollie, owner of Yoga Landing. "Studies show that, when we exercise and have quiet time, whether it's meditation or prayer, it impacts how we feel physically and how we respond mentally to all that we encounter throughout the day."
If your life feels like it is reeling out of control, here are a few tips you might find helpful:
n Take five minutes to just breathe. Taking slow deep breaths can be very calming.
n Instead of leaving your "to do" list whirling around in your mind, write it down. Some women have a pad of paper on their nightstand so they can write down something that comes to them in the middle of the night instead of fretting about forgetting it by morning.
n Take a technology break and go for a short, brisk walk. Getting out in the fresh air can make a huge difference in your attitude.
If you are interested in learning more about balancing mind, body and spirit, consider coming to the Chattanooga Women's Leadership Institute's next luncheon on Oct. 9, when panelists Sherbak, Jollie and Dr. Vonda Ware will focus on this topic.
"This is a huge issue for women to tackle," says Meg Brasel, nurse midwife and moderator of the panel discussion. "I see so much of this in my practice – women not thriving because they are overwhelmed. This doesn't just impact the woman, it impacts everybody around her. Our goal at the luncheon is to give women tools to help them thrive at home and in the workplace."
For more information about the luncheon, visit cwli.org.
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New research from North Carolina State University finds that older adults who play video games report higher levels of emotional well-being.
Researchers asked 140 people aged 63 and older how often they played video games, if at all. The study participants then took a battery of tests to assess their emotional and social well-being. 61 percent of study participants played video games at least occasionally, with 35 percent of participants saying they played at least once per week.
The study found that participants who played video games, including those who only played occasionally, reported higher levels of well-being. Those who did not play video games reported more negative emotions and a tendency toward higher levels of depression.
"The research published here suggests that there a link between gaming and better well-being and emotional functioning," says Dr. Jason Allaire, lead author of a paper describing the study and an associate professor of psychology at NC State. "We are currently planning studies to determine whether playing digital games actually improves mental health in older adults. "
The paper, "Successful aging through digital games: Socioemotional differences between older adult gamers and non-gamers," was published online this week in Computers in Human Behavior. The paper was co-authored by Dr. Anne McLaughlin, an assistant professor of psychology at NC State; NC State Ph.D. students Amanda Trujillo, Laura Whitlock and Landon LaPorte; and Dr. Maribeth Gandy of the Georgia Institute of Technology. The research was supported by the National Science Foundation.
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Summary: Water worries becoming more central to the questions of electricity production.
Yes, there's plenty of water on the earth. But most of it is in oceans, or clouds. Less than 5% of the earth's water is potable at any one time. And modern, industrial-scale energy is often derived from a process that uses enormous amounts of water. Take coal...or nuclear...or natural gas. All boil lots of water to turn turbines to make electricity. You may hate dammed rivers, but at least that water is only drained of its kinetic energy and then passed on in pretty much its original state. Dams essentially tap into gravity as a source of energy. So far, not a single geologist has warned us of global gravity depletion caused by human activity. Whew.
Here's an interesting look at...ready for this...your water footprint. Sorta like the one you leave as you walk away from the swimming pool toward the cabana.
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As we reported earlier, Jay-Z and Kanye West have new dates for the Watch The Throne Tour due to the "overwhelming response to presale tickets." The North American tour will now begin on Saturday, Oct. 29 in Atlanta, Georgia at the Philips Arena. All fans who purchase their tickets online will r ... More >>
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Too much celebration?Posted Wednesday, January 9, 2008, at 4:16 PM
Please allow me to say I'm definitely old school when it comes to scoring a touchdown. Whatever happened to humble sports stars, the type who would pitch the ball to the nearest official rather than going into a bad dance routine, jumping up to bump chests with a teammate or some other routine?
Do you think all of this adds to the excitement of the game?
If so, do you still find it exciting when a player from an opposing team scoring against your team goes into some kind of wild post-touchdown routine?
This goes beyond football. Sometimes it seems basketball players can't score a field goal without excessive celebration.
During the past couple of weeks before teams head into their conference schedules I've seen some ridiculous routines.
One man stood there beating on his chest like Tarzan, even though he had been playing like Jane, and than pointed upward proclaiming himself number one...even though his team was down by 20 points and the game was still in the first half.
College basketball can be strange early in the season. Some major colleges would schedule a nursing home if they could find one with a basketball team to build a 20 or more win season.
I noticed in the bigger college bowl games, players were more likely to pitch the ball to an official after scoring.
Do you suppose the fact these teams made it to major bowl games may have been because the players had more energy left in the final minutes of regular season games because they didn't use all that energy up dancing, etc.?
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I heard some coach respond to this before with "Act like you've been there before". This is something that really turns me off when watching a game. It shows real class for a player to give the ref the ball, and I make a special note of the player when that happens.
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COCONUT GROVE — New Orleans rapper Juvenile often boasts of eluding authorities in his music videos, but there was no eluding the police early Wednesday morning in Coconut Grove.
Juvenile, whose real name is Terius Gray, was arrested during a brawl outside the Improv Comedy Club. Police said Gray smashed a club patron over the head with a champagne bottle, then tussled with officers who arrested him.


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Customer Reviews
- Quality Product! Review by B-Ball Damien
Put this hoop in my back yard for the kids. Rigged up my own free standing mount. Would love to see them come out with both a portable and in ground mounting pole. Can't express enough what a quality product this is. (Original 3/11/11)
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- Nice product...smallbackboard Review by Andrew
This is an awesome hoop that is very well made. My only complaint is that the backboard for the Mini-Xtreme is too small. The proportions just aren't right. I assume they use the same backboard for all their mini hoops. The Mini-Xtreme has the largest diameter hoop and it's not proportional to the backboard. It can make bank shots kind of hard. (Original 3/7/11)
JustInTymeSports says: Andrew, we do use the same size backboard on our 2.0 and Xtreme models as the previous request from customers had been to increase the rim size. Now, however, we will be coming out with a hoop with a larger backboard, and potentially even larger rim. Happy hoopin'!
(Posted on 9/24/12)
- Mini-Xtreme Hoop Review by Don88
We have this net set up in a 1 1/2 storey room in the front of our house. It makes for incredible 2 on 2 games for both kids and adults. The size, construction and quality of the net and backboard is great.
What really draws this product down is the method of attaching it to the wall. The upper attachment point has a single bolt hole, and it connects the wall to the top of the backboard with two pieces of non-secure thin metal. On the bottom there is a strong base, but it attaches to the wall with two bolts only onto the center line, behind the basket.
In use, the backboard gradually then increasingly rocks back and forth on the center pivot point and loosens all the attachment bolts. What is needed is to secure the backboard to the wall on the sides, as well, so it can't move when touched by the ball or by hands during play. And fixing the problem with the way the unit is constructed isn't easy. This is a major drawback in my opinion. We have had the net a week and already had to reattach it to the wall twice, each time with longer and longer bolts than those supplied.
We got the rubber ball with it and it has fallen apart after only 1 week of play. So count on getting some more better balls if you do any serious play.
With a redesign that adds additional attachment points to secure this unit, you have a fantastic product. Even with having to reattach it and now redesign it a little so it stays on the wall, we have had tons of fun with it.
In terms of further enhancements you might offer a larger backboard option. (Original 3/2/11)
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- Awesome Review by Coach
The basket is awesome, now just need a kid I can blame it on and not look like I bought such a nice indoor basket for myself.
(Original 2/28/11)
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- love it!! Review by mom of boys
I have 2 boys (8 and 11) and we have it set up in the basement. They love it! It's for sure their "go to" way to play. (Original 2/28/11)
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- VERY STRONG/GREAT SIZE..ball not so much Review by IDK
First off I want to say WOW.
This is a great quality hoop! I am really happy I bought the XTREME version as I like the bigger hoop. I've owned many indoor mini-hoops, but they all broke eventually. As of now, this one is holding up great.
The only 2 things you should watch out for are the WEIGHT and the ball. Also, would be nice if backboard was just a little bigger.
The WEIGHT: this hoop weighs A LOT when assembled. When I first set it to my wall it almost pretty much tore my wall apart! So what I did was I attached a wood frame to the wall and then attached the hoop to the wood. This really help distribute the weight a lot. Now hoop is a lot of fun.
The Ball: I got the 7" rubber ball. beware its sound a lot like a real (just smaller) official basketball when bounced on the floor. So what I did was I put an old foam mattress pad under my carpet so now when the ball bounces the people downstairs won't hear a thing (I live in an apartment).
Anyway the main downside to the ball (I don't know if this is just my ball or if this happens to all rubber Justin Tyme Balls) is that it is already starting to come apart! the rubber is tearing and I am really dissapointed. Again, this might just be my ball, as I have not heard any other complaints like this.
Overall: HOOP=GREAT QUALITY/BUILD/SIZE , just wish ball would hold up better.
I gave it 4 stars because even though the HOOP really is a quality product, it is expensive, i wish the backboard were a little bigger, it caused my walls and I some problems and the ball is getting annoying. But anyway, I would recommend the HOOP ITSELF to everyone as it is the best in the market.
(Original 2/27/11)
JustInTymeSports says: Thanks so much for a detailed review! We are sorry about the issues with the ball. In regards to mounting the hoop, it sounds like you may not have had a stud to tap into. Either way, sometimes additional support is just what you need if you're going to play extra hard!
(Posted on 9/24/12)
- Best mini basketball hoop ever Review by Jake
I bought this mini basketball hoop for me bedroom at my new house. The room is designed with a small basketball court in it so I wanted to go all out with it. This basketball hoop is very nice and has great construction. This is by far the best mini basketball hoop out there.
What I was wondering is when are you coming out with your new styles of hoops? What is going to be different with them? I might want to get anther one then if they are going to be good (Original 1/27/11)
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- Overall happy with product Review by red1game
I like the products, my sons and I play almost everyday. my 10 yr old can dunk and swing on rim and it holds up just fine. We all enjoy it.
(Original 1/24/11)
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- Incredible Purchase! Review by Happy mom
I purchased the Xtreme mini basketball hoop wall mount for my son who is seven and I could not be happier. The quality of the product is by the far the best quality for the price. I am always hesitant to shop online and when I couldn't find what I was looking for at the stores I stumbled on to this website. I am so happy that I did. My son LOVES IT!!!!! I would highly recommend this product to all moms. (Original 1/13/11)
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- NEW BASKETBALL 12' HOOP Review by ROCKET
WITH A 30' TO 36' BACKBOARD THIS WOULD BE OFF THE CHARTS..... (Original 1/6/11)
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Brian Orakpo Goes Through Individual Drills In Practice
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ASHBURN – Three days after tearing scar tissue in his surgically repaired left pectoral, Brian Orakpo participated in individual drills – something head coach Mike Shanahan said "was a good sign."
"He's not ready to practice yet," Shanahan said. "He's still a little bit sore, and so we'll just evaluate it day by day."
Orakpo will not play Saturday when the Redskins host Indianapolis in their third preseason game. Because Shanahan does not typically play the top units in the final preseason game, the linebacker will not return to the field until the season opener Sept. 9 at New Orleans.
He was lunging to make a tackle on Chicago receiver Devin Hester late in the first quarter when he aggravated the muscle, which he originally injured against Philadelphia in January. He later said the feeling in his chest and shoulder was nearly identical to what he experienced last year, which gave him concern the injury was more serious.
Rob Jackson, the primary backup at right outside linebacker, will replace Orakpo with the starters against the Colts. The Redskins are thin at the position behind Jackson; Chris Wilson has been working as the primary backup to left outside linebacker Ryan Kerrigan, and Markus White, who broke a rib and bruised a kidney in practice last week, may not be ready to play.
"At the end of the day, there's nothing like actually getting the reps and seeing it yourself," said Jackson, drafted in the sixth round out of Kansas State in 2008. "It's a lot easier making the mistakes on the field than watching somebody else making the mistakes."
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