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The Manuscriptorium project is creating a virtual research environment providing access to all existing digital documents in the sphere of historic book resources (manuscripts, incunabula, early printed books, maps, charters and other types of documents). These historical resources, otherwise scattered in various digital libraries around the world, are now available under a single digital library interface. The service provides seamless access to more than 5 million digital images.
The greatest part of digitised manuscripts of the Military History Institute in Prague is formed by reports of Prince Albert Casimir August of Saxony, Duke of Teschen, on various military conflicts of the last quarter of the 18th century, accompanied by extensive map material and tabular overviews. Smaller volumes contain copies of military orders, reports on military campaigns and treatises on ammunition casting.
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Another part of the manuscripts from the collections of the National Library that have been made accessible contains mainly modern handwritten copies of earlier historical sources coming from the Thun-Hohenstein library in Děčín (shelf mark XIX); handwritten copies of works by Bohuslav Balbín can be found in the two-volume manuscript XXIII.C.40. The medieval codices that have recently been digitised are of Czech origin and were written in the second half of the 14th century and at the beginning of the 15th century; in terms of content, they are an assortment of sermonic, mystical, natural-science, theological and philosophical works.
From the collections of the Museum of Eastern Bohemia in Hradec Králové, a homogeneous group of five sheet-music codices that were created in the 16th century and at the beginning of the 17th century and belonged to the literati brotherhood at the choir of the church of the Holy Spirit in Hradec Králové (Hr 30–34) has been digitised. They contain records of individual voices of Latin polyphonic motets and songs or sacramental hymns.
The digitisation of the National Archive collections continued by providing access to nine early printed books from the Waldstein Castle Library in the Doksy Chateau. They are all related to the events of the Thirty Year's War, but they were printed in a broader time range (1629–1650) and in diverse lands (Germany, the Netherlands, Italy, England and Spain).
The documents of the National Library of the CR that have recently been digitised comprise mainly medieval manuscripts with theological and homiletic content, usually coming from the Czech lands from the 14th century or the beginning of the 15th century. Medical (VII.H.16) and liturgical (processional VI.G.3b from the beginning of the 14th century from the monastery of St George's monastery at Prague Castle) manuscripts are represented as well.
In 2014, the Research Library in Olomouc digitised two manuscripts with theological and homiletic content. They both come from the second half of the 14th century; one formed part of the library of the Carthusian monastery in Prague – Smíchov (M I 326) while the other belonged to the monastery of the same order in Dolany (M II 246).


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A daily papercrafting blog which features my handmade cards showcasing Creative Expression's products including my own line of cutting dies and embossing folders, Cosmic Shimmer, Ranger, Justrite, Spellbinders and more which use various techniques and ideas to hopefully inspire the creativity in you.
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It is great to have the tutorial there for whenever it is needed, as I would never remember how to do the flower at a later date. I must try this as it is a beautiful flower.
- 28 December 2012 06:10
So kind of you to add these tutorials Sue. Thank you.
- 28 December 2012 19:06
- Mrs B said...
Thanks for the clear, easy to follow tutorial.
- 29 December 2012 06:52
- Sue E said...
These make beautiful flowers
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- Sue E said...
These make beautiful flowers
- 31 December 2012 00:19
very lovely flowers will have to try them
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- SusieRosie said...
What beautiful flowers! It looked really tricky but it wasn't thanks to easy to follow instructions. I'll be using these a lot! Thanks Sue
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- Carol Parker said...
Great flower. Thanks for tutorial. xx
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- Mia said...
Thank's so much Sue for the easy to follow instructions, NOW my flower look's like a flower :D
- 27 January 2013 10:50
- lynda said...
Thank you so much Sue for your instructions so easy to follow and the flowers are lovely Lynda x
- 28 January 2013 23:02
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Thank you so much Sue for your instructions so easy to follow and the flowers are lovely Lynda x
- 28 January 2013 23:02
- Phi said...
Oh wow. First the bud now the whole flower. Thanks for sharing your awesome skills.
- 11 March 2013 02:06
Hi Sue, I have this die set, thank you so much for the "blossoms 5 full flower" tutorial. Hugs SandyL
- 12 March 2013 16:27
Just bought the blossom s five dies, now I can use them in other ways too
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Just bought the Blossom Five dies yippee
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- Diane Mortimer said...
Thanks for all these great tutorials, I love the flower embellishment tutorials, they are great.
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Hi Sue
Thank you for helping me with flowers, but not quite as perfect as your but I am getting there.
- 15 May 2013 08:20
- Jennifer Swandells said...
Great tutorial Sue, I can't believe how easy it is to make both the bud and the flower. Great, I will try using these on my next card. Hugs, Jen :-) x
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Hi Sue, can you tell me, when your say you paper pierce around the edge, do you literally do it by hand. I know that sounds daft, but cannot believe how great it looks, and so even, is there a knack to this, as it is so effective. Thanks B
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Fabulous tutorial, thank you! What weight of paper do you use for these flowers please?
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it's very great, thank you.
I love all this wonderful cards on your website
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I am so glad I found your blog! Your tutorials are fantastic and written so a novice like me can understand. I really appreciate your in-depth tutorials! Beautiful cards!
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Christine Goodwin, CEO and co-founder of an online fundraising and sourcing platform called WishStars, was honored last week at the Virginia Center for Innovative Technology's GAP 50 Entrepreneur Awards program. The Locust Grove woman said it was a huge honor to be recognized by peer entrepreneurs.
A graduate of Spotsylvania High School and Mary Washington College (before its name change), Goodwin has 20 years of professional experience in systems and software engineering. She's spent much of that time writing computer code for clients in the U.S. intelligence sector, both as an employee and a small-business owner. Her current job is in North Stafford.
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LAGOS, April 2 (Reuters) - Nigerians headed to polling stations on Saturday for parliamentary elections, the first in a series of ballots that will test whether Africa's most populous nation can break with a history of vote fraud and violence.
Ballot stuffing, intimidation and thuggery were so widespread in the last nationwide elections in 2007 that foreign observers questioned whether they reflected the will of the people, saying they fell far below international standards.
The electoral commission hopes a new voters' register, tighter polling procedures and better security will help stamp out fraud, but there has already been violence in several regions during campaigning.
Voters have to assemble at polling stations from 8 a.m. (0700 GMT) and register there before voting starts at 12.30 p.m. The aim is to prevent multiple voting. [ID:nLDE72U1JJ]
"I am anxiously waiting to cast my vote," said schoolteacher Balami Dalta, who reached the polling station before election officials in the village of Shaffa in the dusty northern Borno State. "I hope it will influence the outcome."
But the late arrival of ballot papers there and in some other centres raised early questions over organisation.
In the plush Ikoyi neighbourhood of Lagos, Nigeria's biggest city and commercial hub, policemen and polling officials sat at wooden benches under mango trees, eating breakfast as they waited for voters to arrive.
Land borders were closed ahead of Saturday's vote and only election officials, security forces and emergency staff were allowed to travel on the roads during voting hours.
Gunmen threw explosives into a police station in the central city of Bauchi late on Friday in an apparent attempt to cause panic, although many officers had already left for the day and there was no immediate confirmation of casualties.
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The build-up to the polls has risked exposing ethnic and religious fault lines in the country of 150 million people, roughly split between a Muslim north and Christian south but with sizeable minorities living in both regions.
There have been isolated bomb attacks on campaign rallies, riots on the edge of the oil-producing Niger Delta, a series of killings in the northeast blamed on a radical Islamist sect, and sectarian clashes in central Nigeria in recent weeks.
But in other areas, observers have seen less evidence of politicians arming gangs to intimidate and harass voters than in the run-up to the last polls in 2007.
Saturday's vote will be a litmus test for the presidential election a week later and the state governorship polls in two weeks' time, both of them ballots in which the stakes for the country as a whole are considerably higher.
Parliamentary elections are also fiercely contested by candidates eager for the spoils of the job -- a pay package whose allowances alone top $1 million a year. [ID:nLDE7300WJ]
Violence could reduce the turnout in the later polls.
President Goodluck Jonathan is seen as the front-runner in the presidential race on April 9, but the ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP) is expected to see its parliamentary majority reduced.
The PDP holds more than three-quarters of the 360 seats in the House of Representatives and of the 109 in the Senate.
U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon said he was encouraged by electoral reforms and successful elections would allow Nigeria "to continue to play its leading role in the promotion of regional peace, security and economic integration."
The National Emergency Management Agency has cancelled leave for its staff and identified a third of the country's 36 states as potential flashpoints during the elections.
Amnesty International said at least 20 people had been killed in political attacks and clashes in the past two weeks, and scores of cars and buildings had been burned. (For more Reuters Africa coverage and to have your say on the top issues, visit: af.reuters.com/ ) (Additional reporting by Abdulwahab Muhammed in Bauchi, Austin Ekeinde in Port Harcourt, Camillus Eboh in Abuja; Writing by Nick Tattersall; Editing by Matthew Tostevin)
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I am thankful for so many things this Thanksgiving. I have my health, a job I love, a supportive husband, wonderful family and plenty of new and old friends.
But I'm probably most thankful this time of year that I don't work in retail anymore. For five years throughout college and after graduation I worked at Target. It meant being at work by 5 a.m. the day after Thanksgiving to take care of the Black Friday shoppers.
I can vividly remember standing in front of the electronics counter with a sales ad in hand and watching the stampede of deal seekers rushing toward me when the doors opened at 6 a.m. — it's really a terrifying experience. There wasn't a second to take a breath until my shift was over. But besides a few irate shoppers trying to put a damper on the day, it really wasn't that bad.
While my retail days are now a distant memory, Black Friday is still a reality for my husband Matt who works at Best Buy in Asheville. And now Black Friday has morphed into Black Thanksgiving as Best Buy joins several other retailers that are opening the doors on Thursday. He will be working 5 p.m. Thursday to 5 a.m. Friday then he will come back Friday night to close the store.
I must admit I was infuriated when I first found out — outraged that businesses would make their employees work on such a big holiday. How dare they take away a day that we typically travel to spend time with our families! After stewing on it for a while my rational thinking returned and I remembered this is not new. Many people have to work on Thanksgiving outside of the retail world and there hasn't been an outcry like the one heard this year.
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They have lost the first round, and this week, they may lose the second. The House has approved this wrongheaded measure, and the Senate takes up the debate this afternoon in Indianapolis.
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Summary: Noting that Cisco and HP are running CloudStack-enabled Ubuntu Linux on their cloud platforms, Ubuntu and Canonical founder Mark Shuttleworth said today at OpenStack Summit that Ubuntu 12.10 with the latest incarnation of OpenStack called 'Folsom" is now available and that the "'Folsom" upgrade path for Ubuntu 12.04 is also ready
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Ubuntu 12.10, code named "Quantal Quetzal," was officially slated for availability on October 18. Close enough. The "Folsom" version of OpenStack was released late last month.
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James Douglas Rhoton was born Nov. 4, 1940, in Hamlin to Thomas "June" and Maurine Rhoton. He was a lifetime resident of Borger, and married Jan Cole Sept. 2, 2004, in Stinnett. James loved operating heavy equipment, and worked at Anderson Construction as a equipment operator. He enjoyed the outdoors, dogs, and doing things for his family, and others.
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She is preceded in death by her parents; her husband, George in 2003; son, Jerry Leon Selvidge in 1945: and grandson, Kelly Jones.
Jack F. Hampton, 89, of Borger, died Monday, February 6, 2012 in Borger
Services will be 2:00 p.m. Thursday, February 9, 2012 at the Minton Memorial Chapel with Rev Leonard Forsythe of Bible Baptist Church officiating. Interment will follow in the "Garden of Devotion" at Highland Park Cemetery. Services are under the direction of Minton Chatwell Funeral Directors of Borger.
Donna Louise Wooldridge Sissel, 76, of Stinnett, passed away, Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012.
Mrs. Sissel was born Saturday, July 6, 1935 in Granite, OK to William Robert Wooldridge and Edna Sophieann (Price) Wooldridge. Mrs. Sissel worked as an office manager for several car dealerships in TX and CA. She was a Baptist.
She is preceded in death by her husband, Charles "Art" Sissel in February 16, 2010; her mother, Edna Wooldridge and her father, Robert Wooldridge; her 2nd mother, Dorothy Wooldridge; her sister, Sherry Wooldridge; her brothers, Jerry Wooldridge and B.J. Wooldridge.
Larry Andrew "Andy" Heidelberg II died Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012, in Borger.
Memorial services will be 4:00 pm Tuesday February 7, 2012 at Minton Memorial Chapel with Brett Gordon, youth minister at Faith Christian Fellowship officiating. Cremation was under the direction of Minton Chatwell Funeral Directors of Borger.
Clarence J. "Gabby" Stevens, resident of Fairfax, passed away Thursday, February 2, 2012 at his home. He was 88 years of age.
Clarence was born October 24, 1923 in Limon, Colorado, the son of Albert F. Stevens and Ethel (Van Cleave) Stevens. A WWII veteran, he served his country in the United States Army from January 1944 until June 1945. He was a member of Ponca City's American Legion Post 14 and the VFW.


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With the exception of Katy Perry curb-stomping Lady Gaga, this morning's matchups went as expected. The bracket of death, however, sets up two 2nd round matchups that are worthy of the Final 4: January Jones vs. Brooklyn Decker and Mila Kunis vs. Erin Andrews. Those will likely happen Wednesday.
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Fort Wayne police hope some surveillance photos will lead to the arrest of three people wanted in a home burglary.
On May 15, a man called police after he confronted the men at a house in the 400 block of Congress Avenue and they ran from him, according to a police report.
The witness told police he saw one man walking between the house and a car in the alley and another in the backyard of the home. When the witness asked what was going on, the man in the yard yelled something through the window of the Congress Avenue home and a third man emerged from one of the home's windows.
All three then fled in a dark green four-door car.
The home's owner told police two shotguns, some collector's coins and other items were missing from the home. Anyone with information about the burglary and theft is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 436-7867.


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Wearable tech is all the rage, or at least discussing it is all the rage, since gadgets like Google Glass and the rumored iWatch are just over the horizon for the most part. But does wearable tech have the potential to affect radio listening in its traditional form? It might. Case and point: "Smart earphones." Business Insider writes: In the near future, smart earphones could be used to enhance the world around you by providing supplemental information about the people you meet and the places you visit — without looking obnoxious. Bragi, which will make the Dash earbuds, … [Read more...]
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This is Research Steve Jobs Never Would Have Used
I have nothing against Mark Kassof, although I interviewed for a job with him at the very beginning of my career and he didn't hire me. Of course, some would say he made the right decision there. Kassof just released a piece of research which aims to prove not only that radio is primarily "local" but woe unto any broadcaster who thinks otherwise. Here's his first question: Now think about media – TV, radio, newspapers, the internet and so on. Some media are mainly local – focused on serving one city or town – while others are mainly national – focused on the serving the entire … [Read more...]
Radio and the Future of Mobile Phones
In January, Google will reportedly release a "modular smartphone" in an attempt to disrupt market leaders Apple and Samsung. From Business Insider: Project Ara is Google's attempt to make a mobile device where the major components, including the camera, speakers, GPS and other common features of modern smartphones, can be swapped out for new ones, mixing and matching modules to customise the phone to do what the user needs it to do. "Designed exclusively for 6 billion people," says the project site. While the jury is out on the future of this particular gadget, the lesson behind it is … [Read more...]
What Radio's Changing Audience Demos Means for You
As you consider your target audience, don't forget that target keeps moving. And it has profound implications for radio. Check out this chart from Business Insider via WSJ: This chart shows the changes in US demographics (age only) over the past six years. What you're looking at is a slight decline in the overall number of 25-54's (down 1.2%), a more sizable increase among 16-24's (up 3.7%) and a massive increase among those 55 and over - the folks who are traditionally of little to no interest to commercial radio broadcasters (up a huge 19%). That's just in the past six … [Read more...]
Wrist-Powered Radio?
There's a tendency to obsess on devices. But if you're in the content business devices are only channels of distribution for that content. The real challenge and opportunity for media brands is to spread content across all popular platforms in a form and a context that fits that platform. To chase a device is to miss the forest for the trees. For example, do you need iPhone and Android apps? Not necessarily, but you do need a mobile strategy. Because as consumers spend more time online with mobile devices your content is either part of that time stream or it isn't. Do you need … [Read more...]
What's the Future of Radio in the Connected Car?
What does the crystal ball predict about the future of the so-called "connected car" and radio's place in it? That was the purpose of my conversation with Toby Trevarthen, VP Monetization for Aha by Harman, a key provider of platforms and apps to automakers and the "connected" car. Here are two of the key questions I discussed with Toby: What will the auto dashboard look like in five years? What is the role of radio in the future of that dashboard? We talked about what's really on the horizon: a reimagining of the car and, more to the point, the time consumers spend in that car. … [Read more...]
What's REALLY Happening To Radio Listening? Read This…
In order to rally and fight a problem, we must begin by recognizing its existence. The realities of changing consumer usage have certainly provoked action for my clients in what used to be called "newspapers," I can tell you. But radio has been slower to action not only because the trends have been less dire, but also because so few are willing to stand up and tell the Emperor that he has no clothes. Indeed, some refute the trends altogether. So it is when we hear that radio usage is up and time spent listening is stable. Um, no. Don't take my word for it. Take it from this new … [Read more...]
11 Million New Users to iTunes Radio – in One Weekend
That's the news from Apple: Over 11 million unique listeners have already tuned in to iTunes Radio since launch with the most listened to song being "Hold On, We're Going Home" by Drake. A "Pandora killer"? Of course not. But does some of that listening come from Pandora? You bet. Does some come from other iTunes listening? You bet. Is some of that listening brand new - borrowed from nobody in the radio space? You bet. Is some of that listening stolen from radio? Absolutely. There's a slavish devotion among some in radio to research which asks respondents to dissect their … [Read more...]


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Monday, June 30, 2014
Cobalt Boats: The Promise Keeper
We take pride in building the best boats on the water. However, when mistakes happen, we take even more responsibility for providing you with a warranty that goes unmatched to any other boat manufacturer.
Our team at Southeast Marine Sales recently did a review on just how incredible our warranty is. Read more here:
Categories: Boating Safety, Cobalt Boats, Customer Service | Tags: Boating Industry, Cobalt Boats, Lifestyle
Tuesday, May 27, 2014
Let's Be Friends
We can all agree that social media has changed the way people communicate. What better way to embrace the social scene than by connecting with the people and companies that matter most?
Cobalt Boats wants to invite you to "Like" our Facebook page, follow us on Twitter, subscribe to our very own YouTube channel – engage with us and see more of what you love! Each and every day, we're posting photos, videos, footage and boating tips to our social channels.
Stay connected and learn about your favorite boats just by scrolling through your news feed. Do you have a customer service question? Or, maybe you want to check out a boat show near you? Simply follow us on any social channel for immediate service and answers to all your boating questions.
Below are a few links that will help you find us:
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Categories: Customer Service, Industry News, Innovative Features, Lifestyle, Tips and Hints, Videos | Tags: Boating Industry, Cobalt Boats, Family Boating
Tuesday, May 13, 2014
New Feature Items Online
First and foremost, Cobalt is proud to announce the launch of the new A40. This new sport yacht is designed for power and performance, combined with the elegance and luxury that is found in every model. Take a look at the new music video as well as the 360 virtual tour. These new features give you an up-close-and-personal view, only second to seeing this spectacular boat in person. Be sure to take a few moments and watch the joystick control and twin engine solutions video found here.
The second new feature to the Cobalt website is the 2014 Cobalt Full Line brochure, available for download today. This is your chance to marvel and learn more about all of your favorite boat models, just in time for boating season. The downloadable PDF presents stunning photography that is just as striking online as it is in person. Large graphics, vibrant colors and detailed spec information widened across your screen, giving you immediate access to boat models, accessories and amenities. This massive, thorough PDF is an exact replica of the hard copy so you won't miss even a page! But just in case you want a hard copy for the desk or coffee table, you can request the brochure to be sent directly to your home!
Simply go to our home page and click on the picture of the couple that says "The New 2014 Brochure Download Now". Then fill out the form, click submit and download the brochure of your dreams. Literally!
Lastly, don't forget to download your favorite Cobalt model wallpaper for your computer! Head over to the Download Library to view all the wallpaper options for your personal or work computer, as well as your tablet or mobile device. Customize and showcase your very own Cobalt dream boat. It's a simple way to relive the best memories and look forward to the ones yet to be made.
Categories: Cobalt Boats, Customer Service, Industry News, Innovative Features, Lifestyle, Tips and Hints, Videos | Tags: Award Winning Boat, Boating Industry, Family Boating, Lifestyle, New Boat
Wednesday, February 26, 2014
The Darlene Briggs Woman of the Year Awarded to Gordy's Boats Associate
It is with great pleasure and excitement that Cobalt Boats congratulates Rallee Whowell-Chupich from Gordy's Boats, who was recognized for her lifelong commitment to customer care and excellence in the marine industry. The Darlene Briggs Woman of the Year award was presented to Whowell at the Marine Dealer Conference.
The award is in honor of the late Darlene Briggs, of Wayzata, Minn., who was admired for her tireless dedication to the marine industry. To honor her memory, the Darlene Briggs Woman of the Year award was founded in 1987. It is presented annually to an outstanding woman who is actively involved in the marine industry at any level. It recognizes "long and devoted service, untiring commitment, and the advancement of women in the marine business."
Each woman who applies has to be nominated by either her dealership or affiliate. These nominated women are active in the marine industry either from manufacturing or retail, but also active in the industry and local community. Family and personal accomplishments are also of key importance.
Once nominated, the application is completed and submitted to the selection committee. The recipient is recognized at the Marine Dealer Conference at a luncheon and presented an award and a monetary gift for further education.
This is a highly sought after award for active women in the industry and Cobalt Boats congratulates Whowell on this monumental achievement. We would like to recognize that the award was passed from the 2012 Woman of the Year, Cobalt's own Debbie Meigs. Debbie has been a loyal and amazing Cobalt associate for 40 years, and is a customer care specialist. Cobalt congratulates these women for being the best of the best, and we look forward to carrying on Cobalt's tradition of excellence for many years to come.
Categories: Customer Service, Dealer Partners, Industry News, Shows and Events | Tags: Boat Dealers
Friday, September 21, 2012
Cobalt Enthusiasm
The rains have finally come to Neodesha, Kansas. After fifty-plus days above a hundred degrees Fahrenheit, we've become a bit philosophical. About our work. About its obligations and its rewards.
We've been thinking about you.
We believe in thoughtful fanaticism. We value enthusiasm in the pursuit of personal and collective standards of performance determined by the specific, identifiable needs and wishes of our customers. We understand the particular relationship between boats and their owners, the deeply personal nature of a product whose principal function is to introduce families to boating. The big abstractions matter: "quality," "innovation," "service,".
But we understand that the such words find meaning in the ten thousand daily completions of small, carefully defined tasks. Quality begins in the integrity of a wiring circuit. Innovation is subsumed in the first flicker of an idea for a better brace for a windshield. Service is a phone call.
We build boats so that your expectations are established after the first ride in your new boat. Boating is visceral. It's adrenalyzed, physical, full of sensations felt, first, in the middle of one's chest. And so Cobalt builds boats that thump, subtly sometimes, but thumping nonetheless, full of your family's best feelings about yourselves and your time together.
Cobalt builds boats for families and for friends. In the realization of individual dreams we find a corporate identity. Cobalt boats have become timeless in the terms that make them uniquely valuable: first the integrity and then the skills of our associates. To the degree that the people of Cobalt anticipate your needs, your wishes, we will succeed.
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Earlier this afternoon, Bronson Arroyo, Aaron Hill and Mark Trumbo of the Arizona Diamondbacks came by Fender headquarters in Scottsdale, Ariz., for a tour and an interview with Fox Sports Arizona for an upcoming "Diamondbacks 10th Inning" feature. Of course, the aspiring musicians couldn't resist having an impromptu jam session, as well.
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There was a time in my life when I would have gone completely nuts at the idea of an Alien prequel. Probably between Alien 3 (which is better than you probably remember) and Alien Resurrection (which is just as twatty as you remember) and long before Alien versus Predator (Whoever wins… you won't give a fuck…) which was so bad I was certain halfway through I had been sent on a rite-of-passage style vision quest. You can imagine my anger at the end to discover I was no more of a man then I had been beforehand; although now that I think of it, I'm a lot more world-weary than I had been, but that may be thanks to AVP – Requiem, which was a supremely demoralizing experience.
What have they done to my legacy! *sob*
Those days are long gone now of course. I wouldn't say sci-fi horror has moved on; but The Xenomorphs are no longer the only game in town. Movies like Event Horizon, Pitch Black, and Pandorum have come along and while they may not have been the shock to the system that Alien was upon its release, they've at least… That is to say they… Well shit. Two of those three aforementioned movies, the exception being Event Horizon; were kind of guff; and I can't think of many more I could be arsed including.
Plus only Event Horizon has the "Sam Neill Seal of Approval"!
I guess Horror Sci-fi is in more trouble than I'd thought. Thank the cosmos then for Ridley Scott, who has come storming back at the nick of time with his game-changing prequel story (sic):
Adult nappies were bought in bulk in preparation for the frenzy of shitting-themselves that was bound to follow the long awaited fruition to a million points of "wouldn't it be cool if…" speculation. The Space Jockeys; those ten-foot enigmas (who were surpassed only by Boba Fett in the disproportionate screen time/fan kudos stakes) were about to get top billing and all our questions were going to be answered. Ridley Scott didn't say any of this stuff exactly (at least not when he'd finally gotten around to starting work on the movie) but, y'know, we all knew what was going on, right?
No. No we did not. In our folly we didn't listen as Scott told us that no, this was not the prequel we were after, and although it would have some thematic similarities, and be set in the same universe, and HAVE THE SPACE JOCKEYS IN IT, it was still not going to be what we thought. "OK" we said, thinking we were getting a phantom whiff of misdirection. "So what is it then?"
Perhaps a completely shocking twist in the tale.
As details began to emerge, I heard two words that chilled me to the bone; "Ancient Aliens." Now at the risk of editorializing (by that I mean I am about to editorialize and you can just fucking live with it). This is the same lazy jumping off point that brought us AVP and Indiana Jones and the Bitter Disappointment, and presumably has a large chapter devoted to it in "The Ladybird Bumper Book of McGuffins for Dummies".
This served to pretty much torpedo the movie for me from the outset. Before the outset even. It seemed to be a pretty dumb move to have your movies opening premise mirror that of another movie from the very same franchise you are actively trying to distance yourself from. So either Ridley Scott had something up his sleeve that was gonna blow minds to the point where we would look back at our earlier fears with incredulity at how stupid we were at not trusting his genius and vision, or he had lost the plot and was just taking a lazy approach to writing a story.
This book only has one page titled "Steal everything; Originality is for losers"
Statistically there is someone somewhere that believes the first of those things. I'm sure of this because I'm sure that there is also someone, somewhere (Probably a hipster) who has attempted to use an upturned, but still armed bear-trap as a helmet (I think it's called "Accessorizing. Basically it's hanging silly trinkets off yourself like a foppish human christmas tree), and both of these someones will reap the benefits of their wrongness.
In the former case, because one or two sequels down the line they will be heartbroken to realize that the story has not gained any substance (I know that is a very speculative thing to say, but I really hold out very little hope for this series) and in the latter because when that bear trap goes off all the other hipsters will chase the guy around, ironically trying to dip toasted soldiers into the yawning hole where the top of his skull used to be. And good for them I say.
So if you're wondering whether or not I liked Prometheus, let me answer your question with another question. How much of a laugh would it be to compare it to another movie, to which its links could be described as "tenuous," or even "not there" instead of giving it a proper review? And the answer is:
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According to sources, while the trailers for THE SPIRIT are depicting that the movie looks something like SIN CITY, the producers are promising that that looks is only for the promotion and that the film itself will stay truer to the look and concept of the Frank Miller graphic novels.
I say that as long as ScarJo isn't allowed to sing in the movie, I'm righty-o with the whole gig.
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