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Monday, January 3, 2011
COCOCOZY Logo cotton knit reversible throw in navy on a white chair next to some beautiful Belgian tulips! (above)
So I said I would have a big announcement for the new year and here it is!
My first big risk this year is launching my first ever home furnishings collection - COCOCOZY Spring 2011!
This is only a small sneak peek of the collection. I'll reveal more of it over the coming month.
I've spent the last year and half...all of my life savings...and all of my free time...to bring you a collection of the finest linen pillows, luxurious cotton throws, elegant linen drapery, bedding and more!
The line includes 10 different original patterns that I designed myself and I added in one classic cane print.
The big launch for the COCOCOZY collection will be at the New York International Gift Fair at the end of January where thousands of buyers come shop for their stores. I made the decision a few months ago to become an exhibitor.
For those of you in the design business, this may not be a big deal. For me, a non-professional, non-design industry person, this has been a herculean task.
I've been trying to maintain my normal life (with a wonderful regular business job) and in every free waking moment working on creating and launching this line. I did this by myself...but I was lucky because I've had a huge cheerleading squad behind me along the way...with constant advice, counsel and help from of my darling mother and sister and with my dear friends providing a second set of eyes to bounce things off of from time to time (I'm sure they are all sick of me sending photos of every single design step I've taken over the last year...)...I had lots of love and support and encouragement along the way (uh oh...here I go...another one of the personal Academy Award speeches...I'll stop).
So to be honest, this month, I will be a nervous wreck. The biggest step outside of my comfort zone I've certainly ever taken. We'll see what happens. I'm ready for more highs and lows (as I've been experiencing a comedy of sorts in trying to manufacture this collection)...bring it on (I think...wait...don't bring it on yet....wait...oh boy...yikes...still scared....to be totally honest, terrified...oh boy...here we go....)!
During this month of January, I'll be sharing my story about how this all came about and show you some of the design and manufacturing process along the way. Just in case...just in case...just in case...this might inspire you to break out of your comfort zone in 2011 too!
COCOCOZY Quatrefoil - My original take on a traditional quatrefoil pattern! (above)
One of my favorite colors is green...so I put a wonderful hunter green and a soft sage green into the COCOCOZY collection mix in both pillows and throws (above)
COCOCOZY bedding consists of delightfully decadent linen Euro shams and boudoir pillows. (above)
Hope you enjoy this sneak peek of the first ever COCOCOZY home furnishings collection! (As usual, I welcome all comments and opinions...in other words say what you really think...I can take it...I hope...LOL)
Now, like always, I have to run off to work...am a tad late...and I am contemplating whether or not to wear sparkles...typical...some things never change!
Happy Monday! Happy January 2011!
P.S. As I share more of the line with you over the month, you might get a laugh when you see that I wasn't very creative with naming each style...they are pretty much named literally. Used all my creative juices on design I guess!
87 comments:
- AnonymousJanuary 3, 2011 at 9:00 AM
I love your work, although I'm in Asia. Truly wish you have a fantastic and successful new launching.
ReplyDelete - AnonymousJanuary 3, 2011 at 9:19 AM
Since I love your style, I know I will love your collection!
Congrats and best of luck.... - Arlene in IdahoJanuary 3, 2011 at 10:12 AM
I just bought pillows for my new white sectional. Wish you would have posted this last month. I think I went too heavy using gold and peacock colored pillows. I love the crispness of your design and colors better.
ReplyDelete - SweetvHomeJanuary 3, 2011 at 10:57 AM
Ooh la la! So far I love it all!!! Will you be selling just to the trade or can us regular mortals buy your goodies??? Congrats on
ReplyDelete - AnonymousJanuary 3, 2011 at 1:10 PM
I cannot wait to buy your things! Here is to a new year and to a leap. May you have success you would have never imagined!!!
ReplyDelete - AnonymousJanuary 3, 2011 at 1:23 PM
Congrats! It does take a lot of effort. That's why most of us gawk, than make. But every now and then I'm off creating something I saw here! You deserve such high after the constant dedication to your followers and employers ;)
N.Aldana Congratulations!! Very cool and exciting. Love the designs and I think you'll be a hit.
The Cheeky Cafe- AnonymousJanuary 3, 2011 at 1:46 PM
So excited for you! The collection so far looks awesome and the logo is fantastic! Hey, a navy & white rug with your logo would be awesome!
BTW: I found your website while I was on someone else's blog (sorry, cant remember which blog). WOW!!! How totally exciting and you must be so very proud of yourself- I sure as heck would be- I am always such a chicken when it comes to risk and venturing out so I greatly admire people who take the leap and try something they love- well done you! The designs looks absolutely gorgeous and I can't wait to see more!!! xo
ReplyDelete- ThomasMilwJanuary 3, 2011 at 3:14 PM
CoCo, I have been following your blog for a while now, congrats on your first launch! The patterns so far look very refreshing and new, absolutly loving them! I can't wait to see more of your creations.
ReplyDelete Dear Coco...and this is just the beginning!!! Well Done. We will continue to follow your progress with enthusiasm.
I'm sure yr collection will eventually make it to our neck of the woods. Please let us know when you are taking international enquiry's for stockists.
...continued success in 2011 - StuartCoco!
I've been following your blog for several months now and always love to come here for a quick bit of inspiration. Best of luck on the launch and please do let us have a glimpse into the process and thought. I, too, am thinking of walking the limb of creativity and risk all in faith and so am encouraged by what you're doing!- Holly at TextileRestyleJanuary 3, 2011 at 11:12 PM
Best of luck! Thanks for sharing your journey with us - it's an inspiration!
ReplyDelete Hi all!
Thank you so much! As mentioned, I am a nervous wreck...so all of these encouraging and kind comments really helped the situation by calming be down a bit...hee hee! In all seriousness, though, thank you!!
As far as buying, the collection will be available online here on COCOCOZY in just a bit and hopefully some stores around the country will carry the line too (will keep you posted on that after the NYIGF...fingers crossed).
Anyhoooo...many sincere thanks for being oh so wonderful dear readers...!
CocoSo THAT is what your 'brave' resolution is about! A huge step - but as you wrote, it has taken longer than a year to get to this stage, so I am sure you will blitz it at the trade show. As someone who also spent a truck-load of time and money starting their own designs/products, I completely know how you feel - and I also know the utter excitement of seeing the final product.
Oh, and the final product - absolutely perfect. L.O.V.E. the patterns, colours, photography - everything. Congrats!!!I've been eyeing all your stuff and its looking PRETTY nice! :) Congrats and I really think you should try wallpaper as well.... :)))
madebygirl.blogspot.com- Elle PoindexterJanuary 14, 2011 at 12:51 PM
Wonderful! Congrats on stepping outside your comfort zone!
Can't wait to see more. - AnonymousJanuary 21, 2011 at 8:21 PM
Coco, I haven't once been disapointed with your taste in design & style.... this is sure to be a success. Hopefully we'll all be able to afford some of your magnificent products. Good for you!


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Man, if there is one thing I hate it's those stupid, smelly Pirates! They are the pits! They think they are so cool with their black and yellow jerseys and their winning record and their Indian minor league pitchers. They think their better than us, that's what they think! Hey Pittsburgh, ketchup sucks! Yeah, that's right I said ketchup sucks! Stadium sauce drinks ketchup's milkshake punks! And racing pierogis? HOW ORIGINAL! Seriously though, what the hell is a pierogi? A boiled or baked dumpling of unleavened dough stuffed with varying ingredients? STUPID! That doesn't even sound good! Sausages bang pierogi's girlfriends and never call her again!
Check out this stupid blog I found called "Where Have You Gone Andy Van Slyke?" (he's probably gone to the same place every old Pirate goes, straight to HELL.)
You have probably noticed over the past couple days that I'm not exactly over the moon about the Pirates' play to this point in the season, 7-5 record or not. What would make me extremely happy, however, is a couple wins against the Brewers this week. I know Brewers' fans think it's funny that we Pirate fans get all worked up over these two teams, but I really, really don't like Ryan Braun or Prince Fielder or their stupid untucked shirts and frankly, everyone needs a little bit of a rivalry to get through the season.
"Waaa the Brewers beat us when they play us just like every other team, but they have Ryan Braun and Prince Fielder who have more talent than any single player we've had since Barry Bonds, waaa! Let's romanticize a player who had like five good seasons for us, his joy for the game was infectious! Waaa!" Why don't you guys pull the tampon out of your diaper and shut the hell up? Maybe if your pitching coach Dave Kerwin could teach your guys how to pitch you wouldn't give up eight runs to us. Way to "play up" to your rival, losers.
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Gaza from California
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By Geoffrey Cook, MMNS
Berkeley–Very often the media takes up a story as "sexy," and then drops it from their "radar" when the media judges it to be no longer to be of active interest for their target audience, even though a good deal of the public are still wondering what has happened to the issue. Well, much has happened to Gaza since the Jewish blitzkrieg through Gaza ended last month, and I, as a journalist, intend to keep going back as a venomous Gila Monster in the American Southwest and Northern Mexican hangs onto his attacker with his venomous fangs to keep my reader's consciousness focused on the subject and its aftermath as they should be.
About the most momentous event since the truce (which seems near failure) since it has been broken several times by the Israeli army, are the Israeli elections and the right-wing Likud leader, Benjamin Netanyahu has been asked to forming a government. He has pledged to wipe out Gaza, and to expand Settlements on the West Bank. On the other hand, the U.N. (United Nations) has been asked by Tehran to expel Tel Aviv from the General Assembly!
Few relief supplies have been permitted through the borders by either the Muslim-dominated Egypt or the Jewish State, also, to relieve the haggard denizens of the Strip. During the middle of February a fact-finding delegation from the British Parliament were beleaguered by Israeli military thugs. The chair of the delegation was quoted "It was a bit weird to be hassled by another country when entering a [sovereign] nation." A similar event occurred when an American Congressional deputation visited post-War Gaza.
About a month and one-half ago, a program on Gaza was presented off campus in this city. My criticism of the agenda was that it lacked the (academic) rigors of the campus assembly on the following day that I reported as "Gaza under Siege" printed here not many weeks ago. I must denounce the knee-jerk radicalism of Berkeley's hoi po loi, and their Americo-centric prejudices. The two Muslim Arabs were quite perceptive plus one American who has worked extensively in the area, and I shall consider their quotes quite carefully. The others I shall gloss over.
The organizer of the event called this an "emergency" meeting. "An emergency is a situation that demands immediate action!" Americans are stuck in an illusion. "We are demanding that the slaughter in Gaza to stop," but we in the American public are only accumulating misconceptions!
I gave an account of the Palestinian-American Professor Hatem Bazian of U.C. (University of California at) Berkeley comments in my previously mentioned article. The Gaza crisis began considerably before December 28th last. The prior Truce was violated by the IDF (Israeli Defense Force) on November 4th, 2008.
Israeli and/or U.S. State Department press releases dominate the American dialogue on what was the old Mandate of Palestine. There is a new campaign for the Middle East promoted by the United States, Israel and their "franchises" (the "moderate" Arab States) to corner the region's resources. The District of Columbia is enabling a classic "divide and conquer" between the Shia and Sunnis as a mechanism to force the Arabs, Persians and Central Asian Turks to sell the West their oil at a reasonable price.
"Israel acts as an advance 'aircraft carrier' for the U.S.A.," but, at the same time, Israel may possess different objectives from North America.
Curiously, though, Tel Aviv' myth of strategic invincibility was severely damaged by their defeat over Galilee by Hezbollah (and Iran technology's) missiles in their 2004 War.
Unfortunately, the major Israeli Parties all appealed strongly to the (illegal) Settler's vote. On this side of the Atlantic, "Obama isn't going to fight against Israel or AIPAC [American Israel Public Affairs Committee]." (An AmerIndian speaker, Tony Gonzalez, called it "Obama Romanization") which has swept the young and the idealistic off their feet.
The minor local politician (former Afro-American Oakland City Councilman and the son of a past Mayor), Wilson Riles, Jr., said "We have to listen to what Hamas is saying," but he equates a Fourth World country to the problems of the U.S.! "We got to move against…structures in this community." At least, "We have to commit to Palestine…," and, further "…We must [do our] research…" of course. Further, there was a Black minister who reacted with the correct moral outrage, "I feel the pain and outrage from what has happened!" Yet it was his pain from afar and not the outrage of the victims themselves. He does talk of the accusations of "anti-Semitism" for those who defend the Palestinian people. He declared that we must not cringe from the charge: "Silence is unthinkable…" Ultimately, though he goes back to the accountability of the American government (for which they unarguably possess and hold responsibility).
Denis Bernstein a supposed "investigative reporter" for the local Pacifica radio outlet (KPFA) felt "It is time to end the savagery to these people!" Agreed, but "It [also] is time for a one State solution!" [Sic!]
Larry Everest who seemed to come from an "Old Left" perspective, and was of (anti-Zionist Jewish) heritage was, also, in favor of a one-State solution, but this would be where the Palestinians would dominate in a way similar to M.K. Gandhi's envisioning on the "Jewish Problem" published in a seventy-year old issue of his Harijan, and republished on these pages quite some time ago, "Israel is a Settler Colonial State…a garrison State for [U.S.] Imperialism!" I think this is an over simplification of agency, and absolves Tel Aviv in its lack of morality where the U.S. is more than the enabler par excellence that makes it possible for the hand of the doer to enact the deed. The truth is that the "evil" can be stopped in either in D.C. or in Judah itself. Bazian pointed out previously above in this piece that the policies of the two oppressor allies do diverge.
Much of the rhetoric that night was polemic, and was direct more against the American State than the Modern Israeli nation who decided to devour Gaza for their objectives of a greater Israel. Our guilt lies in giving them the weapons et al., and that has to stop!
Paul Larudee, whose project to relieve the Gazans by sea was written up by me twice in these pages, stated that "Palestine is made to suffer because they are not Jews."
He notes how the State of Israel has expanded the definition of Jewishness to allow more potential Settlers within as citizens; therefore, he sarcastically, avers "Why not make the Palestinians Jews!" I am not sure of the taste of his suggestion, but Palestine is, also, a geographical "neighborhood," and all who live within should be considered Palestinian (again, back to the "Mahatma's" 1938 essay), and that would include the Jews as in the pre-Partition Ottoman Province.
He believes racism is the core of the problem. I would argue that it is not racism since they belong to the same race, but Sectarianism.
Hisham Ahmed is a blind Palestinian-American Professor at a small (San Francisco) Bay Area Roman Catholic College who was raised in a refugee camp located near Jerusalem.
"Israel had unleashed a savage attack upon Gaza… [and the Gazans] had to stand up! Before the onslaught a Cabinet Minister from the Knesset remarked "…We have to start a holocaust on Gaza!" This is a "…act of sadism!" As my readers know, and Ahmed re-emphasizes, Gaza has been under a total blockade for years. Although Dr. Hisham is a critic of Hamas, he attests that they had upheld their part of the prior treaty. The West bank is hell, too. They wish to "…destroy our will to resist," but their PR (Public Relations; i.e., propaganda) has failed! "…Israel is ugly…Egypt is sitting on a volcano…" which can only lead to lead to international instability! Before proceeding to sanctions, he suggests a legal campaign from granting visa to Israeli officials from entering the United States. "The fall of Palestine is real," but independence is near!
Laudree, Baziam and Ahmed were excellent, and the evening was well worth while, but many of the other speakers lacked a deep understanding of the dire Palestinian predicament. As Americans on the extreme Left, Palestine was a cause célèbre for them to help produce paradigm shift of power within the United States. Anyone who is aware of the history of Colonialism in the Nineteenth Century is well familiar that a few of the radical movements within the Metropolis (the Imperial homeland) were ultimately unsupportive of the Colonials themselves for fear of damaging their domestic privileges. Few of our mainstream American speakers understood Middle Eastern realities!


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"We started the Developmental Math redesign in the spring of 2008 and as our program gained national recognition; we talked with Pearson about developing a new approach for how students learn math," stated Wyrick.
"This whole thing was John's idea, and he asked if I wanted to help him. We were talking about doing the videos, the homework, the quizzes — everything online, but we wanted to break it down into individual topics where a faculty member could put this course together in one afternoon and not two months because that is typically how long it takes."
Squires said, "The series really comes out of our experience in the math emporium and blended learning, which is a combination of online instruction and on-ground assistance,,,in no sense is this a traditional textbook. The material is organized into bite-size topics that students can learn in a fairly short period of time. Instead of being built around chapters, the material is put together in terms of weekly assignments, which we call Mini-Modules."
According to Wyrick, both she and Squires began talking with Pearson in the spring of 2009, and the rest is history.
They recently finished their sixth course; five are currently on the market, and the sixth one will be released this May. In addition to being available in college bookstores, the series is also marketed through some of the nation's largest retail companies, including Wal-Mart and Amazon.
"We were really excited to hear of our award because a lot of work went into this and there are hundreds of great Pearson products out there," stated Wyrick.
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Reasons for Procedure
- Intestinal blockage
- Bleeding, infection, ulcers, or holes in the small intestines
- Cancer
- Precancerous polyps
- Crohns disease
- Injury
Possible Complications
- Excessive bleeding
- Infection
- Blockage of the intestine caused by scar tissue
- Hernia formation at the incision site
- Leakage from joining of intestinal edges
- Inability to get enough nutrients and vitamins if too much intestine needed to be removed
- Smoking
- Previous abdominal surgery
- Malnutrition
- Chronic illness
- Drug use
What to Expect
Prior to Procedure
- Physical exam
- Blood and urine tests
- X-rays of the chest and abdomen
- CT scan of the abdomen
- Talk to your doctor about your medicines. You may be asked to stop taking some medicines up to one week before the procedure.
- Take medicines as recommended by your doctor. This may include antibiotics.
- Your intestines should be cleaned out for the surgery. During the week before surgery, eat high-fiber foods and drink plenty of water. This will encourage bowel movements. Other cleansing methods may also be recommended, including enemas, laxatives, and a clear-liquid diet. You may be asked to drink a large container of solution that helps with the complete emptying of your intestines.
- Begin fasting as directed by your doctor.
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- Traditional open incision—An incision will be made into the abdomen in the area of the diseased intestine.
- Laparoscopic technique—A few small incisions will be made in the abdomen. Carbon dioxide gas will be pumped into the abdomen through an incision. A laparoscope, which is a thin tube with a small camera on the end, will be inserted through the incisions. Special tools will also be inserted through these incisions. The laparoscope sends a view of the interior of the abdomen to a video monitor.
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Average Hospital Stay
Post-procedure Care
- Your doctor will tell you when you can resume your normal activities.
- Check with you doctor about doing any heavy lifting or tiring activities.
- Do not drive unless your doctor has given you permission to do so.
- Ask your doctor about when it is safe to shower, bathe, or soak in water.
- Exercise your legs while in bed to prevent blood clots.
- If you go home with an ileostomy, you will receive instructions on how to change the bag and maintain personal hygiene.
- Be sure to follow your doctor's instructions.
Call Your Doctor
- Signs of infection, including fever and chills
- Any redness, swelling, bleeding, or drainage from the incision site
- Your bandage becomes soaked with blood
- Stitches or staples come apart
- Nausea and/or vomiting that you cannot control with the medicines you were given after surgery, or which persist for more than two days after discharge from the hospital
- Persistent abdominal pain or bloating
- Constipation or diarrhea
- Rectal bleeding or tarry-colored stools
- Pain that you cannot control with the medicines you have been given
- Cough, shortness of breath, or chest pain
- Pain, burning, urgency, frequency of urination, or persistent blood in the urine
- New symptoms
American College of Surgeons http://www.facs.org
National Cancer Institute http://www.cancer.gov
The Canadian Association of Gastroenterology (CAG) http://www.cag-acg.org
Canadian Cancer Society http://www.cancer.ca
Laparoscopic small bowel resection. Upstate University Hospital website. Available at: http://www.upstate.edu/community/services/mis/resection.php. Accessed May 23, 2013.
What is a small bowel resection? Greenwich Hospital website. Available at: http://www.greenhosp.org/upload/docs/FactSheets/English/surgery%5FResection.pdf. Updated May 2006. Accessed May 23, 2013.
6/3/2011 DynaMed's Systematic Literature Surveillance http://www.ebscohost.com/dynamed: Mills E, Eyawo O, et al. Smoking cessation reduces postoperative complications: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Am J Med. 2011;124(2):144-154.e8.


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The change in the DNR's leasing program results from legislation passed in the spring of 2013.
All DNR leased land is managed for wildlife habitat. Land quality varies from moderate to good, but most has some farming challenges, such as limited access, potential to flood or small fields.
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Starting in early November, the DNR Realty Services will post available lease lands at www.iowadnr.gov/realty. Interested farmers have a month to review the details, before the DNR begins awarding leases.
To participate in the beginning farmer program, the producer must be a permanent Iowa resident, have appropriate skills and have a net worth of less than $691,172. They must also be certified as beginning farmers by the Iowa Finance Authority. Applications are available at www.iowafinanceauthority.gov/IADD or www.iowadnr.gov/realty.


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Saying goodbye to the Ridge Theatre
It opened on Thursday, April 13, 1950, with a screening of Henry V, starring Laurence Olivier. There were searchlights and a pipe band, and patrons wore fine cashmere coats and stylish hats. It will close forever on Sunday, February 3, with a screening of Woody Allen's Midnight in Paris. The farewell will be casual, and fond nostalgia may lead to a few sentimental tears.
The Ridge's celebratory Last Film Festival, with $5 screenings that start this Friday (January 25), will mark the end of what is, right now, the city's most storied cinema. How things have changed. There are no more movie theatres on Granville Street's theatre row: no Plaza or Odeon, no Studio or Coronet, and no Granville 7. Neighbourhood cinemas are almost gone. The Varsity is an award-winning set of high-end condominiums. West Broadway's Hollywood is a Pentecostal church awaiting elevation to redevelopment heaven. The Vancouver East Cinema is a construction site. The Starlight is a restaurant. The Denman is a Dollarama.
The Ridge, one of the holdouts, was always the best of them. Since it opened with its soundproof balcony crying room, a parent-friendly innovation so unique that no one else in the city ever bothered to follow suit, it has been on the leading edge of the Vancouver movie business. That became particularly true after 1977, when a former draft resister who had been teaching psychology at local colleges took over the lease from Alf Knowles. Young Leonard Schein had no idea where his interest in movies—kindled at Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood and expanded at the Saskatchewan university film club he founded—would eventually take him. Quite some distance, as it happens.
On March 31, 1978, the Ridge became an independent repertory cinema, with a double bill of The Treasure of the Sierra Madre and Casablanca. It showed classics and first-run specialty films and was soon our art-house flagship, the crucible of the Vancouver International Film Festival, and home of our first movie-theatre cappuccino machine. It was also the stylish stage for the cross-dressing, toast-tossing partisans of The Rocky Horror Picture Show until two city councillors and bitter enemies, George Puil and Harry Rankin, finally agreed on something and, in 1981, shut down the midnight screenings.
On a cloudy Tuesday January morning, after a brief chat with Larry the cleaner about the traditional Rocky Horror detritus of toast and toilet paper, Schein sits at the back of the theatre and contemplates its pleasures: the art deco clamshells that frame the screen; the scalloped ceiling that laps toward the front like a series of gentle waves. Most new movie theatres today, he says, are charmless boxes. And virtually all of them are multiplexes.
Schein is sad but philosophical about the end, which became inevitable in June 2011 when Sondra Green, the daughter of the late long-time property owner Arthur Fouks, sold the property for $15.6 million to Cressey Developments. "It seemed pointless to fight it," Schein says. The zoning allowed for condos, and although the company briefly entertained his pitch to incorporate a multiplex, all the profits are in condominiums. "I know the reality of single screens," Schein says. "I know the reality of land costs. And I'm lucky that this property wasn't sold years ago."
Schein's involvement with the Ridge does have some happy endings. At the concession counter, he thumbs through some old programs, including the one-sheet for the first Vancouver International Film Festival, in 1982. It opened with Bruce Beresford's The Club and featured Bonnie Sherr Klein's documentary Not a Love Story: A Film About Pornography, The Secret Life of Plants, and Bernardo Bertolucci's The Tragedy of a Ridiculous Man. By 1985, the festival—which today is among the largest in North America—was growing so quickly that Schein sold his two theatre leases for nominal sums: the Ridge to projectionist Ray Mainland and the Van East Cinema to Alan Franey.
Schein, who also served a year as head of the Toronto International Film Festival, went on to spearhead art-house film-exhibition innovations across the country in partnership with Alliance Atlantis. Today, with long-time business partner Tom Lightburn, he runs Festival Cinemas, operators of the Ridge, the Fifth Avenue Cinemas multiplex on Burrard Street, and the Park Theatre on Cambie Street. The two also hold a mortgage on the Rio Theatre, where operator Corinne Lea has been dogged by Kafkaesque provincial liquor regulations in her effort to shift from a movie theatre with occasional live shows to a concert venue with the odd movie.
Schein came back to the Ridge, in 2005, after a tragedy. In 2000, Mainland was killed in a car crash on the Burrard Bridge. His successors failed to sustain the theatre as a rep house, and Schein took over the lease and returned it to its original role, showing more mainstream first-run films. Video and the Internet, despite wild predictions, didn't devastate film exhibition, but they killed the repertory cinema.
It's real-estate values, property taxes, industry economics, and competitive dynamics that are killing the neighbourhood theatre. That, Schein believes, is not entirely inevitable. "All the single-screen theatres are going," he says. "It's not unique to Vancouver." But he believes that neighbourhood multiplexes are viable. That was Schein's pitch to Cressey. He also has his eye on some city-owned property across from the Fifth Avenue Cinemas as a potential multiplex site.
"It's land value that throws everything off," Schein argues, noting that the resulting taxes, which were nearly $40,000 a year at the Ridge, can sometimes exceed the rent that theatre property owners receive. And that's where he believes the city can play a role: by offering city property for such cultural uses.
It's in this regard that Schein, a donor to the city's governing Vision Vancouver party, and Dunbar Theatre operator Ken Charko, a 2011 city-council candidate for the rival Non-Partisan Association, are in agreement. Charko is frustrated that his property taxes are based substantially on the land's development potential and contends that the city's effort to shift one percent of the tax burden to residences from business should instead take one percent from all payers and use it for tax abatement for enterprises the community particularly values. "If I were king for a day, I would target the tax shift—one percent from all to all," Charko says by phone.
Schein notes that in 2007 the provincial government gave municipalities new power to target tax relief for community revitalization. The province declared that Bill 35 "enables municipalities to use a broader tax-exemption tool to encourage many forms of revitalization within their communities". In November, he adds, the city provided an incentive to software developer Hoot Suite to stay in Vancouver by giving it a lease-to-own deal on a city-owned police building near False Creek. The city also recently leased an unused Industrial Avenue warehouse to the nonprofit Arts Factory Society for artist studio space.
Vancouver does a commendable job of supporting nonprofit arts organizations with grants and, particularly, with "density bonusing" deals where developers build community facilities in exchange for increased overall square footage. One such facility is the nonprofit Vancity Theatre, current home of the Vancouver International Film Festival, which—along with the not-for-profit Cinematheque and the new cinema at SFU downtown—is one of three remaining public downtown single-screen theatres.
However, the city's recent rearguard effort to preserve the innovative cultural programming at the Waldorf Hotel, which foundered, in part, because of the pending sale of the building to a condominium developer, left many wondering if Vancouver is doing all it can to foster "for profit" cultural institutions, which contribute enormously to our city's cultural life.
It is in my opinion simply pathetic that "Developers" are able to buy properties , destroy what was there and then if they haven't been able to sell their Condo's or whatever simply turn the property into a parking lot, I have seen it too many times and so have most of you.
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There is great value in such amenities, and their loss will be felt by many, for many years to come. Thanks for the memories.
I'll miss the theatre, but it's been about commerce not culture since shortly after Mainland's passing. I used see films there two or three times a month.
Schein has one thing right though: the city owns too much land.


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Visitation will be held from 1-3 p.m. Tuesday, October 22, 2013, at Ray Funeral home with services immediately following beginning at 3 p.m. with Bro. Tom Hazzard officiating. Interment will follow in Drew City Cemetery.
He was born on November 14, 1947, to William Logan Sr. and Inez Wilson Logan. He was raised in Rosedale. Billy was a retired Lieutenant on the Cleveland Police Department. He was a US Army Veteran of Vietnam where he was awarded the bronze star with V Device for Valor, The Silver Star, and the Purple Heart for being shot in combat.
Billy was preceded in death by his parents.
He is survived by three sons, Cliff Logan (Jamie) of Cleveland, Chris Logan of Divide, Colo., and Josh Logan of Cleveland; one daughter, Magan Lindsey Logan of Merigold; two grandsons, Keifer Logan of Cleveland and Ethan Logan of Divide, Colo.; one granddaughter, Kensley Logan of Cleveland; two brothers, Jerry Logan of Rosedale and Ricky Logan of Grenada; and one sister Paula Maines of Beulah.
Billy was Post Commander of the VFW Post 5168 in Forsyth, Mo. He was a member of the Purple Heart Chapter 748 of Forsyth, Mo., DAV Chapter of Forsyth, Mo. and Lake Taneycomo Elks Chapter2597 of Forsyth, Mo.
Pallbearers will be Terry Trotter, Rob Linkous, Mitch Millican, Frank Goss, Mark Hall, and Tim Burchfield.
Honorary Pallbearers will be Joe Lee Bassie, Tommy Taylor, Randy Townsend, Jeff Overstreet and Ronnie Livingston.
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Toronto Star Cult of Leonard Cohen Headline1
Uh-oh – THE MASTER Is Gonna Be Pissed
Every time Rolling Stone,2 the BBC News,3 Wikipedia,4 or some other publication or blog uses the C-word to describe the fans of Leonard Cohen, HE gets agitated – and for good reason. Enjoying Leonard Cohen's music, after all, hardly qualifies one as a member of a cult.
In fact, as a group, we Leonard Cohen fans have almost none of the qualities commonly associated with a cult.
OK, we do treat HIM and HIS sacred songs and writings with a certain reverence, and there is an inner group of true believers devoted to HIS work. And yes, the songs writings, and the web sites display more than a little religious symbolism and imagery. OK, the tribute concerts that go on all over the world with HIM present only in spirit do sort of resemble a combination tent revival and holy festival. But take those things away and what is left to make one think "cult?" … besides the Zen Monk stuff … and the realization that Cohen fans are, compared to the barbarians who pretend they don't see the appeal of Cohen, enlightened5 … and those nicknames for Cohen like the High Priest of Pathos, the Poet of Holy Sinners, and a dozen other titles of that sort6 … and maybe this excerpt from a previous Heck of a Guy post, Comparison and Contrast: The Whither Thou Goest Videos:
The … video player contains the song as the concluding number of a 1993 concert in Toronto.
I recommend viewers take special note of the morphing of Leonard Cohen, he of the distinguished Jewish heritage and Zen Buddhist involvement, into Reverend Leonard, the TV evangelist – "Put your hand on the screen … ."
Leonard Cohen & Backup Singers End Their 1993 Toronto Performance With Whither Thou Goest
On the other hand, I have found no evidence that Kool-aid has ever been served at a Leonard Cohen concert. And, not even in the most remote, kabbalistic conversational estuaries hidden deep inside the heart of darkness known as leonardcohenforum.com are there references to, say, a Leonard Cohen militia or plans to build a compound in Montana. Heck, there hasn't even been a documented virgin sacrifice since the 1976 Birmingham concert.7
For The Love Of Cohen, Don't Call Us A Cult
One would think the Toronto Star would know better than to test the patience of THE POET. For, as it is written in the Book of The Energy of Slaves,
I dream of torturing you
because you are so puffed up with pride
You stand there with a bill of rights
or an automatic rifle
or your new religion
I am the angel of revenge
The flowers and the mountains
the milky afternoons of childhood
all innocent and abandoned forms
have designated me
the angel of revenge
This machine is rubber and metal
it fits over your body and you die slowly
Does that sound like it's written by someone you want to screw around with? If the Don and Humber Rivers on either side of Toronto are suddenly filled with oh, I don't know … blood, well, I guess we know who is responsible for provoking The Prophet Of Despair.
Next: The sequel to this post is The Cult Of Leonard Cohen Heresy, Part II
- The illustration, headline, date, and masthead were taken directly from the article on the newspaper's web site but have been rearranged to better fit the space available in the blog framework. The original article can be viewed at the preceding link. [↩]
- The New Leonard Cohen: The cult hero on his songwriting, cooking and Chinese liquor [↩]
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Tomra Sorting Solutions has officially relocated into new operations in West Sacramento, Calif.
On June 18, Tomra sponsored a grand opening for the modern facility that is constructed on a site that is more than 30% larger than its previous building in the same metropolitan area, according to a news release.
A subsidiary of Norway-based Tomra Systems ASA, Tomra Sorting Solutions manufactures sorting and processing systems for the fresh and processed food industries.
Participants, which included city officials and customers, toured the 60,000-square-foot facility and viewed demonstrations of Tomra's sorting, peeling and processing systems which allow customers to experiment with their own applications.
They saw new technology for sorting almonds, walnuts and pistachios.
"With extra space and better facilities, including test, demonstration and development areas, the new West Sacramento site will enable our U.S. team to concentrate on developing solutions for the food industry in the region," Ashley Hunter, senior vice president, said in the release. "The new premises will enable them to better serve their growing customer base in terms of sales and service."
The move was triggered by Tomra in recent years experiencing average yearly U.S. total revenue increases of nearly 40%, according to the release.
The company has been hiring additional personnel and the new facility helps relieve overcrowding, provides for future expansion and offers larger offices and training rooms for customers and the more than 50 workers who work in sales, service, application engineering, finance and administration staffers, according to the release.
The opening of the California operation follows a successful relocation of Tomra's facilities in Dublin, Ireland, and an expansion of Tomra Sorting Solutions' global headquarters in Leuven, Belgium, according to the release.
Tomra has been based in West Sacramento for 15 years and in California for more than 30.


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Recently, a pair of sunglasses fell off my head and the frame cracked in the top right corner. I couldn't find a small (quite small, the size of a bb) piece of the rounded "corner" of the frame but it seems like I could use epoxy or something to seal it and fill in the small chunk of frame thus fixing my beloved shades. To note, the frame is black so ideally whatever I use would be black, or could be colored post-repair. asked May 25 '11 at 14:41 William |
I've successfully used Sugru to repair the arms of my sunglasses. It's a little bit more expensive, but it seems to hold up better than some of the other epoxies I've used in the past. The only downside is the texture is rubbery, but I kind of like it. Since it sets over time and is malleable for up to 30 minutes after you've opened the package it should allow for a bit more customizability as well. We have a bunch on offer in our Tool Review Contest prize pool, so if you have something to submit to our next contest you might be able to pick some up for free! linkanswered May 26 '11 at 07:19 oliver |
Two-part epoxy and rubber bands to hold the glasses together while the glue dries. JB Weld should work, and it's paintable. Keep everything very clean while working - I'd clean the area to be glued with alcohol or toluene and let it dry thoroughly before gluing it up. linkanswered May 26 '11 at 07:08 bugmenot |


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At this time, there are no specific guidelines for the prevention of ovarian cancer because the cause is unknown; however, women who have had children and who have breastfed them are at lower risk for developing ovarian cancer.
Genetic testing may help identify patients who should consider having a salpingo-oophorectomy . This procedure involves removing both ovaries and the fallopian tubes. It may be done, in some cases, to prevent ovarian cancer in high-risk women, such as:
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Hundreds gather to say goodbye to Hadiya Pendleton
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The pretty, light and dark purple gown she wore, maybe taffetta, with matching bolero, put one in mind of a prom dress. The angelic face in the casket was one that should have been filled with life, looking forward to all that high school brings — and more.
Mourners filed into the small funeral home in Englewood on Friday — family and friends and hundreds of grieving Chicagoans who didn't even know Hadiya Pendleton — to honor the 15-year-old murdered by a gun-toting gang-banger as she took shelter from the rain under a canopy in a park near her school last month.
They gazed upon the angelic face, cried, shook heads and held one another.
And you could tell the family and friends — their bodies wracked with grief, tidal waves of tears flowing as they bid Hadiya farewell, and stopped to give big bear hugs of consolation to her mother, Cleopatra Pendleton.
The woman greeted friends and strangers equally, stoically, her family sitting in folded chairs along the wall, just in front of the casket, and under a looping video tribute to a short life.
"We're holding up. About as well as can be expected," the grieving, teary-eyed mother, in a cheery blue and red flowered gown, told friends.
"But I'm still in denial. We all are," she said. "We're just trying to get through the next couple of days. Check on me when everything quiets down, because it's going to be a lot quieter without her around. You know it was never quiet with her around..."
Mourners had to walk past a media horde outside Callahan Funeral Home, 7030 S. Halsted, entering a small foyer where a lithograph of Hadiya greeted them, along with the video looping on three televisions throughout the small hall.
"In loving memory," the video began. It journeyed from the baby in newborn crib to a toddler with runny nose; the afro-puffed or corn-rowed little girl who always seemed to radiate a big personality; an album of photos over the years with a cherished little brother; and finally, the teenager in a permed bob — beautiful, poised, full of promise.
In the next interior, several huge whiteboard posters lined the wall, ready to accept the multitude of messages a traditional guest book would not hold, for a child who has become a national face of gang and gun violence run rampant in President Barack Obama's own hometown.
"We're miserable. I think that's the word," said Shatira Wilks, a cousin and the family spokesperson after being asked repeatedly how the family was feeling.
"We are very excited that the first lady is coming," Wilks said. "And we're grateful she's made this not about her, that she is coming as a concerned parent. The Obamas have shown care and concern from the very beginning, and her coming will certainly make this a more pleasant experience for us."
The family met Friday morning with the Secret Service and White House officials to hammer out the logistics of Michelle Obama attending the funeral at 9 a.m. Saturday at Greater Harvest Baptist Church, 5141 S. State, Wilks said, adding, "It will be a challenge, but a good challenge."
After signing the poster boards or registry, mourners queued to view the body in the roped-off casket, above which another TV screen broadcast Hadiya's peaceful face. Then they filed into the final interior, and past the family as they paid their respects, a huge rug-sized likeness of Hadiya — in the smiling photo the nation has come to know — a backdrop on the wall behind them.
For four hours, Hadiya's mother accepted condolences, finally tiring — Hadiya's father could not do it — and then headed home to prepare to bury her daughter on Saturday with the world watching.
"She loved a party, with marching bands and everything," Cleopatra Pendleton told another friend about her daughter, the King College Prep High School student who had performed with other members of her school's marching band at inaugural events. "We're going to give her one."


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CHESTER – A six-inch sewer main has broken in the city of Chester in Howard County. Sewage will be bypassing to the Upper Iowa River from the lift station at the intersection of River Minnesota streets beginning at 9:30 a.m. June 14.
The volume of wastewater that will be bypassed is unknown, but repairs are expected to finish later today.
The Upper Iowa River is nearly out of its banks in Chester and public recreation is expected to be minimal this weekend. However, people and pets should avoid the area for at least 24 hours after the repair is finished.


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Seacam D800 Housing
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Posted 08 June 2012 - 10:43 AM
Alexander Mustard - www.amustard.com - www.magic-filters.com
Nikon D4 (Subal housing). Nikon D7100 (Subal housing). Olympus EPL-5 (Nauticam housing).
Posted 11 June 2012 - 12:48 AM
$5714-SeaCam. $3899-Subal. $3600-Nauticam. $3199.95-Sea & Sea. $3199-Aquatica. $1599.95-Ikelite.
The euro may be getting weaker, but Seacam prices certainly aren't. The Seacam price is more than $2000 higher than that of any other housing except Subal. And the basic Seacam housing price often doesn't include the s/c/m (now AF/M) control for which Seacam charges an additional several hundred euros.
Underwater photographers will have to decide whether having a silver-colored housing is worth the price of an alternate housing PLUS a D800 camera body. It is all the more worth considering carefully since Nauticam, and perhaps other housing manufacturers as well, offer port adapters which allows the use of Seacam ports on their housings, sparing you the expense of buying new ports if you make the switch.
I will be looking very carefully at the controls on each alternative housing as I make my decision since I consider the controls, and how easily they can be used, especially when your hands are on the handgrips and the camera at your eye, to be the single most important aspect of any housing.
Posted 11 June 2012 - 02:15 AM
Yet another often not mentioned point is that of the regular servicing. The often intricate and complicated design and the use of loctite etc now makes servicing certain brands more expensive (sometimes up to double the hours charged). Obviously it's at most a bi-annual (if that) thing to do, but still something to consider.
"Journalism is what someone else does not want printed, everything else is public relations."
"I was born not knowing, and have only had a little time to change that here and there.
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Posted 11 June 2012 - 02:52 AM
I wonder why the production cost of Seacam is so much higher. Is it because the kind of metal alloy used? Ergonomics, maybe? Toughness?
It is not necessarily that the production costs are higher, just the prices are higher. They just want to place their product in that price range even though the technology difference with the other brands does not justify it at all IMO. The only thing they can claim is that they have individual controls for focus and zoom... Their viewfinders are very good too, but they are not included in the price (and they are very expensive too 1500-2000$)... But if it works for them good for them!
Aqualung Team
Posted 11 June 2012 - 03:17 AM
"Journalism is what someone else does not want printed, everything else is public relations."
"I was born not knowing, and have only had a little time to change that here and there.
Posted 11 June 2012 - 04:00 AM
And thank you for not using a car analogy!
I think that Seacam's housings also have a quality of finish that differentiates them from other brands. Whether their qualities are worth the price difference I think comes down to an individual choice, but it is a fair observation that you rarely meet a Seacam user who is unhappy with their housing choice.
To continue Fred's list - does anyone have any dealer quoted USD prices for other housing brands?
Alexander Mustard - www.amustard.com - www.magic-filters.com
Nikon D4 (Subal housing). Nikon D7100 (Subal housing). Olympus EPL-5 (Nauticam housing).
Posted 11 June 2012 - 04:17 AM
Very nice!
Posted 11 June 2012 - 04:36 AM
I think that Seacam's housings also have a quality of finish that differentiates them from other brands. Whether their qualities are worth the price difference I think comes down to an individual choice, but it is a fair observation that you rarely meet a Seacam user who is unhappy with their housing choice.
That is why I wrote IMO I don´t usually encounter anyone unhappy with their housings being usually the other way around (probably because most people don´t get to try many brands and because most of the housings are very good...).
And thank you for not using a car analogy!
Car analogy does not apply as there are undeniable technology differences there! (unlike in a drilled empty aluminum box... )
Aqualung Team
Posted 11 June 2012 - 05:40 AM
Car analogy does not apply as there are undeniable technology differences there! (unlike in a drilled empty aluminum box... )
Posted 11 June 2012 - 05:54 AM
I value functionality far more than appearance in a housing, so the controls are what is most important to me. Manual focus has always been something I have used a lot. And even though auto-focus has improved greatly since my F5's, I expect that there will always be situations where I feel manual focus works best. But I also feel that you should be able to change from auto-focus to manual focus easily, while you are underwater, for the feature to be truly useful. And you cannot do that with the current Seacam system with Nikon's non-AF-S lenses. This makes it very difficult or impossible to change focusing methods with any full-frame fisheye lens made for the FX sensor Nikon cameras because none of those fisheye lenses have AF-S focusing motors. Nor does Nikon's 24-85mm lens which I use more than any other single lens. Today's top digital SLRs have an array of buttons that you need to push or rotate to access camera features and capabilities. If a housing control isn't there or isn't easy to use, you are fighting the housing whenever you want to make those changes in the camera settings. I want to direct my attention and my thinking on the subject, on getting it in focus and framed properly, not on fighting the housing.
I feel it is important to look at a housing as one component in a system, in a complete photographic entity. An entity that is composed of the housing body, ports, extension rings and viewfinders; the camera body and lenses and the strobes that you want to use. And make your housing choice based on how well that whole system-entity meets your needs and the way you are comfortable working. A good craftsman needs good tools. The above-prism space in my Seacam D700 housing does not have enough room for the D700's pop-up flash to come up all the way. So the housing will not work with strobes that use fibre-optic sync cables to slave the underwater stobes off that pop-up flash. Perhaps the Seacam D800 will have enough room. This doesn't matter much to me because I am using several different kinds of strobes, Ikelite and Hartenberger, both of which I connect to the housing with wire sync cables. Fortunately, the Seacam housing does have enough space above the camera prism for a D700 camera battery. And I have run wires from the battery chamber of the D700 body to a "remote" battery that sits on top of the D700's prism. This allows me to change my camera battery without having to take the D700 completely out of the housing as do most Seacam D700 users. I only have to take off the housing back and slide the hotshoe adapter out of the D700's hotshoe to access this remote battery and change it. And this adds only a minute or two to the time I need to pull out the CF card to download the day's images. In some other housings there might not have been enough space for the battery there.
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Posted 11 June 2012 - 06:56 AM
Just got my Honda, I mean Nauticam ND800.
Very nice!
¿Honda? Naaaaaahhhhh!!! Hong Kong´s Nauticam would be more of a chinese Chery car!
Sorry Drew, but I didn´t start!
Aqualung Team
Posted 11 June 2012 - 08:21 AM
I buy my own photographic kit. Diving equipment manufacturers and diving services suppliers get even-handed treatment from me whether they choose to advertise in the publications I write for or not. All the equipment I get on loan is returned as soon as it is finished with. Did you know you can now get Diver Mag as an iPad/Android app?
Posted 11 June 2012 - 08:27 AM
In the UK you also want a car that's guaranteed to keep the water out....I like cars that are guaranteed to go when you want them to and housings that are guaranteed to keep the water out. I'm a simple character.
Posted 11 June 2012 - 01:03 PM
Exclusive official importer of Nauticam products into the UK and Ireland
Posted 11 June 2012 - 01:46 PM
Especially now...
Come back to Gran Canaria to re-enjoy some sunny mojitos!
Aqualung Team
Posted 11 June 2012 - 02:16 PM
Nikon D800, Subal, Sea&Sea D1's
Posted 11 June 2012 - 03:17 PM
If the above prices are real, what surprises me is that there is only a $300 difference between a Nauticam and Subal housing.
Subal ND800 lists for $4289 vs Nauticam at $3600
Nikon D800E, Subal ND800, Inon Z240, ULCS with StiX floats
Posted 11 June 2012 - 03:31 PM
With respect to keeping water out, no housing gives you a guarantee that it will keep water out. This takes care and vigilance when preparing the housing for the dive. In my dozen years of using Seacam housings, for the Nikon F5 and D700, I have found them to be no more leak free than the Aquatica housings I had for the Nikon F4 and Canon F1n and the Ikelite housings I had for the original Canon F1 and a more recent Fuji S2.
None of the "premium" metal housing manufacturers will replace your camera and lens even if the housing floods because of a manufacturing defect. Ikelite used to do this, but I don't know if they still do. I believe that the double o-ring seal on Seacam's ports and extension rings is a significant help in preventing leaks via that entry, but the housing body still has only a single o-ring like all other housings except possibly Light & Motion.
One could also look at the huge price difference between Seacam and the other housings as a form of flood insurance. If you buy one of those other housings, the price difference virtually pays for a second D800 camera body. And if you use that money to buy a second D800 body right away, you will have it on hand in case the D800 in your housing fails, whether because of a flood or simple mechanical failure. So it also becomes a type of trip insurance as well.


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Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, March 16, 2013, at St. Peter's Rock M.B. Church with Pastor Terrence Rash officiating. Burial will follow in Westlawn Cemetery in Cleveland.
Visitation will be from 1-5 p.m. Friday, March 15, 2013, at Brinson Funeral Home in Cleveland.
Survivors include mother, Mary Robinson; daughters, Mary Montogomery and Denise Cage, both of Memphis, Tenn., and Marilyn Montogomery of Atlanta, Ga.; sons, William Mays of Cleveland, James Montogomery and Dennis Montogomery, both of Memphis, Tenn., Roosevelt Robinson of Chicago, Ill., and Will Henry Robinson of Orlando, Fla.; 11 grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, other relatives and friends.


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What is the Best SUV For me?
stever Viva Las CrucesPosts: 42,386Edmunds has trouble distinguishing between SUVs, and then throw in Crossovers and it really gets muddled. Seems like we mostly separate them by price, not size. But the supersize SUVs based on trucks are mostly gone.
Think about an Acadia. Doesn't seem to be a supersize like a Suburban. But it's certainly roomy and can hold eight adults if you skip the captain's chairs.
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cmsp Posts: 1I've been searching vehicles for the last year, looking for an SUV that fits my unusual lifestyle, and I keep coming up short. Please help!
Here are my requirements (I put quiet and comfort at top because I drive a LOT for my job):
1. Quiet cabin at highway speed
2. Comfortable, comfortable, comfortable seats (for small person)
3. Capability to haul lots of stuff & my dog (all inside the cabin)
4. Good on snow and ice (including occasional tall drifts)
5. I won't die if I hit the occasional deer or other animal that jumps out in front of me unexpectedly
6. Reliable (won't leave me stranded in the middle of nowhere)
7. Brushes off gravel roads (okay on rocks)
8. All Weather Package
And, here are wishlist items:
1. Heated wheel
2. Nav
3. Would love to be able to opt-out of third row seating for storage space instead
4. Blind spot monitoring
5. Diesel or decent fuel mileage
Here are two that came close (if only I could merge them into one car):
1. Jeep Grand Cherokee, 2012, base engine. Handled and drove just okay. Lots of blind spots. Low on storage/interior space compared to how large it felt. However, great for offroad.
2. Volvo XC60 T6, 2014. Loved this car, but worried about offroad capability and it was $10,000 more than I wanted to spend.
Would appreciate recommendations of other vehicles to try.
Budget: around $35,000 or less (new or used)