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Category Archives: Public Sector
Making the Hybrid Cloud Work for Public Sector
What I love about the cloud is it has something of value to offer practically any government organization, regardless of size, maturity, point of view, approach. Even for the most conservative IT shops, there are use cases that just plain make sense. And with the growing availability of FEDRAMP certified offerings, it's becoming easier to procure. But, thinking realistically, for reasons of law, budget, time, architecture, we know the cloud will not be the solution for every public sector problem. Some applications, some data will never leave your agency's premises. And here in lies the new complexity. You have applications and data on-prem. You have applications and data in the cloud. And you have business requirements that require these apps to work together, to share data.
So, now that you have a hybrid environment, what can you do about? Let's face it, we can talk about technology, architecture and approaches all day long, but, it always comes down to this, what should be done with the data. You need answers to questions such as; Is it safe? Is it accessible? It is reliable? How do I know if the integrity has been compromised? What about the quality? How error-prone is the data? How complete is the data? How do we manage it across this new hybrid landscape? How can I get data from a public cloud application to my on-prem data warehouse? How can I leverage the flexibility of public IaaS to build a new application that will need access to data that is also required for an on-prem legacy application?
I know many government IT professional are wrestling with these questions and seeking solutions. So, here's an interesting thought. Most of these questions are not exactly new, they are just taking on the added context of the cloud. Prior to the cloud, many agencies discovered answers in the form of a data integration platform. The platform is used to ensure every application, every user has access to the data they need to perform their mission or job. I think of it this way. The platform is a "standardized" abstraction layer that ensures all your data gets to where it needs to be, when it needs to be there, in the form it needs to be in. There are hundreds of government IT shops using such an approach.
Here's the good news. This approach to integrating data can be extended to include the cloud. Imagine placing "agents" in all the places where your data needs to live, the agents capable of communicating with each other to integrate, alter or move data. Now add to this the idea of a cloud-based remote control that allows you to control all the functions of the agents. Using such a platform now enables your agency to tie on-prem systems to cloud systems, minimizing the effect of having multiple silos of information. Now government workers and warfighters will have the ability to more quickly get complete, accurate data, regardless of where it originates and citizens will benefit from more effectively delivered services.
How would such an approach change your ideas on how to leverage the cloud for your agency? If you live near the Washington, DC area, you may wish to drop in on the Government Cloud Computing and Data Center Conference & Expo. One of my colleagues, Ronen Schwartz will be discussing this topic. For those not in the vicinity, you can learn more here.
Is the Internet of Things relevant for the government?
Get connected. Be connected. Make connections. Find connections. The Internet of Things (IoT) is all about connecting people, processes, data and, as the name suggests, things. The recent social media frenzy surrounding the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge has certainly reminded everyone of the power of social media, the Internet and a willingness to answer a challenge. Fueled by personal and professional connections, the craze has transformed fund raising for at least one charity. Similarly, IoT may potentially be transformational to the business of the public sector, should government step up to the challenge.
Government is struggling with the concept and reality of how IoT really relates to the business of government, and perhaps rightfully so. For commercial enterprises, IoT is far more tangible and simply more fun. Gaming, televisions, watches, Google glasses, smartphones and tablets are all about delivering over-the-top, new and exciting consumer experiences. Industry is delivering transformational innovations, which are connecting people to places, data and other people at a record pace.
It's time to accept the challenge. Government agencies need to keep pace with their commercial counterparts and harness the power of the Internet of Things. The end game is not to deliver new, faster, smaller, cooler electronics; the end game is to create solutions that let devices connecting to the Internet interact and share data, regardless of their location, manufacturer or format and make or find connections that may have been previously undetectable. For some, this concept is as foreign or scary as pouring ice water over their heads. For others, the new opportunity to transform policy, service delivery, leadership, legislation and regulation is fueling a transformation in government. And it starts with one connection.
One way to start could be linking previously siloed systems together or creating a golden record of all citizen interactions through a Master Data Management (MDM) initiative. It could start with a big data and analytics project to determine and mitigate risk factors in education or linking sensor data across multiple networks to increase intelligence about potential hacking or breaches. Agencies could stop waste, fraud and abuse before it happens by linking critical payment, procurement and geospatial data together in real time.
This is the Internet of Things for government. This is the challenge. This is transformation.
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One Search Procurement – For the Purchasing of Indirect Goods and Services
One Search Procurement – for purchasing of indirect goods and services
Informatica Procurement is the internal Amazon for purchasing of MRO, C-goods, indirect materials and services. Informatica Procurement supports enterprise companies in catalog procurement with an industry-independent catalog procurement solution that enables fast and cost-efficient procurement of products and services and supplier integration in an easy to use self-service concept.
Information Procurement at a glance
Informatica recently announced the availability of Informatica Procurement 7.3, the catalog procurement solution. I meet with Melanie Kunz our product manager to learn from here what's new.
Melanie, for our readers and followers, who is using Informatica Procurement, for which purposes?
Melanie Kunz: Informatica Procurement is industry-independent. Our customers are based in different industries – from engineering and the automotive to companies in the public sector (e.g. Cities). The responsibilities of people who work with Informatica Procurement differ depending on the company. For some customers, only employees from the purchasing department order items in Informatica Procurement. For other customers, all employees are allowed to order their needs themselves. Examples are employees who need screws for the completion of their product or office staff who ordered the business cards for the manager.
What is the most important thing to know about Informatica Procurement 7.3?
Melanie Kunz: In companies where a lot of IT equipment is ordered, it is important to always see the current prices. With each price changes, the catalog would have to be imported into Informatica Procurement. With a punch out to the online shop of IT equipment manufacturer, this is much easier and more efficient. The data from these catalogs are all available in Informatica Procurement, but the price can always be called on a daily basis from the online shop.
Users no longer need to leave Informatica Procurement to order items from external online shops. Informatica Procurement now enables the user to locate internal and indexed external items in just one search. That means you do not have to use different eShops for when you order new office stationary, IT equipment or services.
Great, what is the value for enterprise users and purchasing departments?
Melanie Kunz: All items in Informatica Procurement have the negotiated prices. Informatica Procurement is simple and intuitive that each employee can use the system without training. The view concept allows the restriction on products. For each employee (each department), the administrator can define a view. This view contains only the products that can be seen and ordered.
When you open the detail view for an indexed external item, the current price is determined from the external online shop. This price is saved in item detail view for a defined period. In this way, the user always gets the current price for the item.
The newly designed detail view has an elegant and clear layout. Thus, a high level of user experience is safe. This also applies to the possibility of image enlargement in the search result list.
What if I order same products frequently, like my business cards?
Melanie Kunz: The overview of recent shopping carts help users to reorder the same items on an easy and fast way. A shopping cart from a previous order can use as basis for this new order.
Large organizations with 1000s of employees are even more might have totally different needs what they need for the daily business and maybe dedicated to their career level. How do you address this?
Melanie Kunz: The standard assortment feature has been enhanced in Informatica Procurement 7.3. Administrators can define the assortment per user. Furthermore, it is possible to specify whether users have to search the standard assortment first and only search in the entire assortment if they do not find the relevant item in the standard assortment.
All of these features and many more minor features not only enhance the user experience, but also reduce the processing time of an order drastically.
Informatica Procurement 7.3 "One Search" at a glance
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Is Big Data Good or Evil? Maybe Neither?
I just finished reading a great article from one of my former colleagues, Bill Franks. He makes a strong argument that Big Data is not inherently good or evil anymore than money is. What makes Big Data (or any data as I see it) take on a characteristic of good or evil is how it is used. Same as money, right? Here's the rest of Bill's article.
Bill framed his thoughts within the context of a discussion with a group of government legislators who I would characterize based on his commentary as a bit skittish of government collecting Big Data. Given many recent headlines, I sincerely do not blame them for being concerned. In fact, I applaud them for being cautious.
At the same time, while Big Data seems to be the "type" of data everyone wants to speak about, the scope of the potential problem extends to ALL data. Just because a particular dataset is highly structured into a 20 year old schema that does not exclude it from misuse. I believe structured data has been around for so long people are comfortable with (or have forgotten about) the associated risks.
Any data can be used for good or ill. Clearly, it does not make sense to take the position that "we" should not collect, store and leverage data based on the notion someone could do something bad.
I suggest the real conversation should revolve around access to data. Bill touches on this as well. Far too often, data, whether Big Data or "traditional", is openly accessible to some people who truly have no need based on job function.
Consider this example – a contracted application developer in a government IT shop is working on the latest version of an existing application for agency case managers. To test the application and get it successfully through a rigorous quality assurance process the IT developer needs a representative dataset. And where does this data come from? It is usually copied from live systems, with personally identifiable information still intact. Not good.
Another example – Creating a 360 degree view of the citizens in a jurisdiction to be shared cross-agency can certainly be an advantageous situation for citizens and government alike. For instance, citizens can be better served, getting more of what they need, while agencies can better protect from fraud, waste and abuse. Practically any agency serving the public could leverage the data to better serve and protect. However, this is a recognized sticky situation. How much data does a case worker from the Department of Human Services need versus that of a law enforcement officer or an emergency services worker need? The way this has been addressed for years is to create silos of data, carrying with it, its own host of challenges. However, as technology evolves, so too should process and approach.
Stepping back and looking at the problem from a different perspective, both examples above, different as they are, can be addressed by incorporating a layer of data security directly into the architecture of the enterprise. Rather than rely on a hodgepodge of data security mechanisms built into point applications and silo'd systems, create a layer through which all data, Big or otherwise, is accessed.
Through such a layer, data can be persistently and/or dynamically masked based on the needs and role of the user. In the first example of the developer, this person would not want access to a live system to do their work. However, the ability to replicate the working environment of the live system is crucial. So, in this case, live data could be masked or altered in a permanent fashion as it is moved from production to development. Personally identifiable information could be scrambled or replaced with XXXXs. Now developers can do their work and the enterprise can rest assured that no harm can come from anyone seeing this data.
Further, through this data security layer, data can be dynamically masked based on a user's role, leaving the original data unaltered for those who do require it. There are plenty of examples of how this looks in practice, think credit card numbers being displayed as xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-3153. However, this is usually implemented at the application layer and considered to be a "best practice" rather than governed from a consistent layer in the enterprise.
The time to re-think the enterprise approach to data security is here. Properly implemented and deployed, many of the arguments against collecting, integrating and analyzing data from anywhere are addressed. No doubt, having an active discussion on the merits and risks of data is prudent and useful. Yet, perhaps it should not be a conversation to save or not save data, it should be a conversation about access
Top 5 Data Themes in Emerging Markets
Recently, my US-based job led me to a South African hotel room, where I watched Germany play Brazil in the World Cup. The global nature of the event was familiar to me. My work covers countries like Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore, South Africa and Costa Rica. And as I pondered the stunning score (Germany won, 7 to 1), my mind was drawn to emerging markets. What defines an emerging market? In particular, what are the data-related themes common to emerging markets? Because I work with global clients in the banking, oil and gas, telecommunications, and retail industries, I have learned a great deal about this. As a result, I wanted to share my top 5 observations about data in Emerging Markets.
1) Communication Infrastructure Matters
Many of the emerging markets, particularly in Africa, jumped from one or two generations of telco infrastructure directly into 3G and fiber within a decade. However, this truth only applies to large, cosmopolitan areas. International diversification of fiber connectivity is only starting to take shape. (For example, in Southern Africa, BRICS terrestrial fiber is coming online soon.) What does this mean for data management? First, global connectivity influences domestic last mile fiber deployment to households and businesses. This, in turn, will create additional adoption of new devices. This adoption will create critical mass for higher productivity services, such as eCommerce. As web based transactions take off, better data management practices will follow. Secondly, European and South American data centers become viable legal and performance options for African organizations. This could be a game changer for software vendors dealing in cloud services for BI, CRM, HCM, BPM and ETL.
2) Competition in Telecommunication Matters
If you compare basic wireless and broadband bundle prices between the US, the UK and South Africa, for example, the lack of true competition makes further coverage upgrades, like 4G and higher broadband bandwidths, easy to digest for operators. These upgrades make telecommuting, constant social media engagement possible. Keeping prices low, like in the UK, is the flipside achieving the same result. The worst case is high prices and low bandwidth from the last mile to global nodes. This also creates low infrastructure investment and thus, fewer consumers online for fewer hours. This is often the case in geographically vast countries (Africa, Latin America) with vast rural areas. Here, data management is an afterthought for the most part. Data is intentionally kept in application silos as these are the value creators. Hand coding is pervasive to string data together to make small moves to enhance the view of a product, location, consumer or supplier.
3) A Nation's Judicial System Matters
If you do business in nations with a long, often British judicial tradition, chances are investment will happen. If you have such a history but it is undermined by a parallel history of graft from the highest to the lowest levels because of the importance of tribal traditions, only natural resources will save your economy. Why does it matter if one of my regional markets is "linked up" but shipping logistics are burdened by this excess cost and delay? The impact on data management is a lack of use cases supporting an enterprise-wide strategy across all territories. Why invest if profits are unpredictable or too meager? This is why small Zambia or Botswana are ahead of the largest African economy, Nigeria.
4) Expertise Location Matters
Anybody can have the most advanced vision on a data-driven, event-based architecture supporting the fanciest data movement and persistence standards. Without the skill to make the case to the business it is a lost cause unless your local culture still has IT in charge of specifying requirements, running the evaluation, selecting and implementing a new technology. It is also done for if there are no leaders who have experienced how other leading firms in the same or different sector went about it (un)successfully. Lastly, if you don't pay for skill, your project failure risk just tripled. Duh!
5) Denial is Universal
No matter if you are an Asian oil company, a regional North American bank, a Central American National Bank or an African retail conglomerate. If finance or IT invested in any technologies prior and they saw a lack of adoption, for whatever reason, they will deny data management challenges despite other departments complaining. Moreover, if system integrators or internal client staff (mis)understand data management as fixing processes (which it is not) instead of supporting transactional integrity (which it is), clients are on the wrong track. Here, data management undeservedly becomes a philosophical battleground.
This is definitely not a complete list or super-thorough analysis but I think it covers the most crucial observations from my engagements. I would love to hear about your findings in emerging markets.
Stay tuned for part 2 of this series where I will talk about the denial and embrace of corporate data challenges as it pertains to an organization's location.
Application Retirement: Old Applications, and Their Place In The Sun
What springs to mind when you think about old applications? What happens to them when they outlived their usefulness? Do they finally get to retire and have their day in the sun, or do they tenaciously hang on to life?
Think for a moment about your situation and of those around you. From the time work started you have been encouraged and sometimes forced to think about, plan for and fund your own retirement. Now consider the portfolio your organization has built up over the years; hundreds or maybe thousands of apps, spread across numerous platforms and locations – A mix of home-grown with the best-in-breed tools or acquired from the leading application vendors.
Evaluating Your Current Situation
- Do you know how many of those "legacy" systems are still running?
- Do you know how much these apps are costing?
- Is there a plan to retire them?
- How is the execution tracking to plan?
Truth is, even if you have a plan, it probably isn't going well.
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This is something every state and local organization aspires to do by reducing costs. Many organizations are spending 75% or more of their budgets on just keeping the lights on – maintaining existing applications and infrastructure. Being able to fully retire some, or many of these applications saves significant money. Do you know how much these applications are costing your organization? Don't forget to include the whole range of costs that applications incur – including the physical infrastructure costs such as mainframes, networks and storage, as well as the required software licenses and of course the time of the people that actually keep them running. What happens when those with with Cobol and CICS experience retire? Usually the answer is not good news. There is a lot to consider and many benefits to be gained through an effective application retirement strategy.
August 2011 report by ESG Global shows that some 68% of organizations had over six or more legacy applications running and that 50% planned to retire at least one of those over the following 12-18 months. It would be interesting to see today's situation and be able evaluate how successful these application retirement plans have been.
A common problem is knowing where to start. You know there are applications that you should be able to retire, but planning, building and executing an effective and success plan can be tough. To help this process we have developed a strategy, framework and solution for effective and efficient application retirement. This is a good starting point on your application retirement journey.
To get a speedy overview, take six minutes to watch this video on application retirement.
We have created a community specifically for application managers in our 'Potential At Work' site. If you haven't already signed up, take a moment and join this group of like-minded individuals from across the globe.
Talk Amongst Yourselves: Why Twitter Needs #DataChat
Within Government organizations, technologists are up against a wall of sound. In one ear, they hear consumers cry for faster, better service.
In the other, they hear administrative talk of smaller budgets and scarcer resources.
As stringent requirements for both transparency and accountability grow, this paradox of pressure increases.
Sometimes, the best way to cope is to TALK to somebody.
What if you could ask other data technologists candid questions like:
- Do you think government regulation helps or hurts the sharing of data?
- Do you think government regulators balance the privacy needs of the public with commercial needs?
- What are the implications of big data government regulation, especially for users?
- How can businesses expedite the government adoption of the cloud?
- How can businesses aid in the government overcoming the security risks associated with the cloud?
- How should the policy frameworks for handling big data differ between the government and the private sector?
What if you could tell someone who understood? What if they had sweet suggestions, terrific tips, stellar strategies for success? We think you can. We think they will.
That's why Twitter needs a #DataChat.
What on earth is a #DataChat?
Good question. It's a Twitter Chat – A public dialog, at a set time, on a set topic. It's something like a crowd-sourced discussion. Any Twitter user can participate simply by including the applicable hashtag in each tweet. Our hashtag is #DataChat. We'll connect on Twitter, on the third Thursday of each month to share struggles, victories and advice about data governance. We're going to begin this week, Thursday April 17, at 3:00 PM Eastern Time. For our first chat, we are going to discuss topics that relate to data technologies in government organizations.
What don't you join us? Tell us about it. Mark your calendar. Bring a friend.
Because, sometimes, you just need someone to talk to.
Why the Government needs Data Integration
Loraine Lawson does an outstanding job of covering the issues around government use of "data heavy" projects. This includes a report by the government IT site, MeriTalk.
"The report identifies five factors, which it calls the Big Five of IT, that will significantly affect the flow of data into and out of organizations: Big data, data center consolidation, mobility, security and cloud computing."
MeriTalk surveyed 201 state and local government IT professionals, and found that, while the majority of organizations plan to deploy the Big Five, 94 percent of IT pros say their agency is not fully prepared. "In fact, if Big Data, mobile, cloud, security and data center consolidation all took place today, 89 percent say they'd need additional network capacity to maintain service levels. Sixty-three percent said they'd face network bottleneck risks, according to the report."
This report states what most who work with the government already know; the government is not ready for the influx of data. Nor is the government ready for the different uses of data, and thus there is a large amount of risk as the amount of data under management within the government explodes.
Add issues with the approaches and technologies leveraged for data integration to the list. As cloud computing and mobile computing continue to rise in popularity, there is not a clear strategy and technology for syncing data in the cloud, or on mobile devices, with data that exists within government agencies. Consolidation won't be possible without a sound data integration strategy, nor will the proper use of big data technology.
The government sees a huge wave of data heading for it, as well as opportunities with new technology such as big data, cloud, and mobile. However, there doesn't seem to be an overall plan to surf this wave. According to the report, if they do wade into the big data wave, they are likely to face much larger risks.
The answer to this problem is really rather simple. As the government moves to take advantage of the rising tide of data, as well as new technologies, they need to be funded to get the infrastructure and the technology they need to be successful. The use of data integration approaches and technologies, for example, will return the investment ten-fold, if properly introduced into the government problem domains. This includes integration with big data systems, mobile devices, and, of course, the rising use of cloud-based platforms.
While data integration is not a magic bullet for the government, nor any other organization, the proper and planned use of this technology goes a long way toward reducing the inherent risks that the report identified. Lacking that plan, I don't think the government will get very far, very fast.
And now for the rest of the data…
In the first two issues I spent time looking at the need for states to pay attention to the digital health and safety of their citizens, followed by the oft forgotten need to understand and protect the non-production data. This is data than has often proliferated and also ignored or forgotten about.
In many ways, non-production data is simpler to protect. Development and test systems can usually work effectively with realistic but not real PII data and realistic but not real volumes of data. On the other hand, production systems need the real production data complete with the wealth of information that enables individuals to be identified – and therefore presents a huge risk. If and when that data is compromised either deliberately or accidentally the consequences can be enormous; in the impact on the individual citizens and also the cost of remediation on the state. Many will remember the massive South Carolina data breach of late 2012 when over the course of 2 days a 74 GB database was downloaded and stolen, around 3.8 million payers and 1.9 million dependents had their social security information stolen and 3.3 million "lost" bank account details. The citizens' pain didn't end there, as the company South Carolina picked to help its citizens seems to have tried to exploit the situation.
The biggest problem with securing production data is that there are numerous legitimate users and uses of that data, and most often just a small number of potentially malicious or accidental attempts of inappropriate or dangerous access. So the question is… how does a state agency protect its citizens' sensitive data while at the same time ensuring that legitimate uses and users continues – without performance impacts or any disruption of access? Obviously each state needs to make its own determination as to what approach works best for them.
This video does a good job at explaining the scope of the overall data privacy/security problems and also reviews a number of successful approaches to protecting sensitive data in both production and non-production environments. What you'll find is that database encryption is just the start and is fine if the database is "stolen" (unless of course the key is stolen along with the data! Encryption locks the data away in the same way that a safe protects physical assets – but the same problem exists. If the key is stolen with the safe then all bets are off. Legitimate users are usually easily able deliberately breach and steal the sensitive contents, and it's these latter occasions we need to understand and protect against. Given that the majority of data breaches are "inside jobs" we need to ensure that authorized users (end-users, DBAs, system administrators and so on) that have legitimate access only have access to the data they absolutely need, no more and no less.
So we have reached the end of the first series. In the first blog we looked at the need for states to place the same emphasis on the digital health and welfare of their citizens as they do on their physical and mental health. In the second we looked at the oft-forgotten area of non-production (development, testing, QA etc.) data. In this third and final piece we looked at the need to and some options for providing the complete protection of non-production data.


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Nov. 22 (Bloomberg) -- Thomas Cook Group Plc, Europe's second-largest tour operator, plunged 75 percent in London trading after a collapse in bookings caused the company to hold fresh talks with banks and delay its full-year results.
Business at the 170-year-old company has deteriorated in the current quarter, while the cash and liquidity position have worsened, London-based Thomas Cook said today, a month after announcing that banks had relaxed loan conditions and agreed to provide additional funds.
Thomas Cook shares declined 30.91 pence to 10.2 pence, slashing the company's market value to about 89.2 million pounds ($140 million). The tour operator, which had sales of 8.9 billion pounds last year and net debt of 902.5 million pounds as of June 30, has been affected by a slide in bookings to destinations in North Africa after political unrest and weak consumer demand in the U.K.
The announcement is "a terrible message to potential customers," Wyn Ellis, an analyst at Numis Securities, said in a note. "Competitors are likely to take advantage of the opportunity to grab market share leading to a potentially dangerous further downward trend in bookings."
Ellis cut his stock recommendation to "reduce" from "hold" and reduced his price target to 35 pence from 45 pence. Peel Hunt lowered its rating to "sell" from "hold."
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Having started out organizing a central England railway journey in 1841, Thomas Cook now has more than 30,000 employees, 3,400 retail outlets and 22 million customers. Chief Executive Officer Manny Fontenla-Novoa stepped down in August after the company reduced profit guidance three times in a year.
"Given the economic backdrop and likely adverse publicity that today's announcement will create, it looks a fair bet that things won't be getting better anytime soon," Peel Hunt analyst Nick Batram wrote in a note to clients.
Thomas Cook is seeking to negotiate an amount similar to the 100 million-pound bank facility it signed in October, Chief Financial Officer Paul Hollingworth said on a conference call with reporters today. "We're trying to set things in a way to cope with a more severe economic scenario," he said.
The tour operator aims to reach an agreement with banks in less than six weeks, executives said on the call, adding that they're confident lenders will be supportive.
"While the company currently remains in compliance with its financing covenants, it also intends to seek agreement from its lending banks to adjustments that will improve its resilience," Thomas Cook said in a statement.
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Full-year results, which had been scheduled for Nov. 24, will be delayed until after the talks. Thomas Cook said it expects so-called headline operating profit for the year ended Sept. 30 to be "broadly in line" with previous guidance.
Bookings in France are down about 20 percent, having been slow to recover from political turmoil in North Africa earlier this year, the executives said on the call. Intourist, a Russian joint venture formed in July, has started "poorly," they said.
Lenders, led by agent Bayerische Landesbank, last month accepted amendments to financial covenants on Thomas Cook's 850 million-pound revolving credit facility and 150 million-pound term loan, both of which are due to mature in May 2014.
The company said in August that it aims to generate as much as 200 million pounds from asset disposals, which may include hotels and office buildings, within the next 18 months.
Thomas Cook's larger rival TUI Travel Plc fell 9.2 percent to 136.7 pence in London, valuing the company at 1.5 billion pounds.
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Wow. This stuff is light and velvety and it glides smooth and soooo cool all over my face. Its fragrance free too! My skin breaks out with about any kind of oil and fragranced face cream. But this ,oisturizer is just perfect! It has this violet color and it is and it is silky yet feels light! I was deciding betwwen the lancome genifique, the murad essential c moisturzer, and the oke henriksensen sheer transforming cream. Then i tried the marry kay oil free hydrating gel. I fell in love with it,,, it soooo smooth goes on and disappears into my skin and it leaves this vibrant glow on my face! The texture of this is between a cream and gel..it's like silk gel! I forgot the rest of the others i was trying and have been using this may kay gel. I tried mary kay stuff before and did not feel differently about it until i got to is hydrating gel! I am hooked!!!
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This is what I currently use, as it doesn't break me out and I find that most moisturizers do.
It does contain silicone oil but maybe in a form that is not acnegenic? (For me anyway)
This product is comforting to apply, wonderfully light and leaves my skin feeling refreshed and quenched.
I have combination acne prone skin.
The packaging while not too bad, could be improved. The trial size are great though, in a soft plastic tube. I keep one of these in my handbag for use on the go.
Price is a bit higher than many but the tub seems to last a while.
I have already repurchased.
If you are oily or combo and acne prone I would say give this moisturizer a go.
If they discontinued this product I would cry!
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My current HG moisturizer. Very nice product, smooth, soft, cooling and lightweight. This is PERFECTION for rosacean skin or acne prone skin. The only downside is that I would prefer for it to have more sanitary type packaging.
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Mary Kay's Oil-free Hydrating Gel is by far my HG night cream. I haven't tried using it during the day yet, but I'm sure you could, it's so light. It has a fluffy, gel-like consistency that gives your skin just enough moisture but never any oil or greasy feel. I use it at night and never wake up feeling like an oil slick. My only complaint is that is comes in a jar so you have to stick your fingers in all the time...I'd rather a tube. But I have repurchased this several times and will continue to. If you are oily or acne prone I would definitely give this a try. I am not a MK rep, but I do have to say, please be careful buying off ebay unless you can read the expiration date codes. It's really easy to get expired product.
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I bought this just so I could get a sample of the microdermabrasion and I absolutely love it. It doesn't break me out and makes my skin feel so smooth. Wish there was SPF in it.
Really nice product. Deserving of all the five lippie ratings.Mary Kay skin care is way under rated in my opinion. This is an excellent, soothing texture. Fragrance free. Does what it says, and feels more decedent and high end than most oil-free light moisturizers, while actually doing what it says. Goes on light and very smooth. Don't hesitate to try. I love this for the summer time.
I had a jar of this sitting around for quite some time. At the time I bought it from a beauty consultant I thought I needed it at the time but I hardly ever reached for it. This past winter I had my first baby at 31 then turned 32 in January. My skin changed! No surprise there I suppose. I have dry patches on my cheeks and chin and a little on my forehead that were extremely uncomfortable
especially after I washed my skin. Very tight, flaky, red & irritated not to mention sensitive to other products I used in the shower normally such as st. Ives apricot scrub. :-( the oil free hyrdrating gel was there and I was desperate for some relief. It did make my skin feel silky and hydrated thank goodness. (and yes it was PURE RELIEF!!) Pleasant light scent and a little dab truly went a long way. I am
so pleased with this stuff. I'm so glad I had this around. I think it's a bit pricey but after what I went through it is worth the $30. :-) UPDATE-----this jar has lasted me for a long long long time i am almost embarassed to say. but ive kept it for a few years total and am a few uses away from it FINALLY being finished. it is truly worth the $30. I will definately be repurchasing.
I have combination skin, I get light acne, then those spots get dry. This product works nicely for me because it is light, but provides good moisturization and does not make me feel greasy. The best part is that it makes my skin feel baby soft! Using this plus exfoliating regularly with a soft wash cloth has made my skin look and feel great. I sometimes put it on my hands and other dry areas for extra moisture. Pretty packaging- the jar is really nice. This is the second time I have purchased it and I will definitely buy again!
Perfect moisturizer for all of us super oily girls. I have tried just about every "oil free" moisturizer out there from cerave to chanel, they all made my face like an oil slick. This is cool, refreshing and makes my skin super soft - non-greasy. I got samples of this off of ebay, I'm not sure about the $30 price for what you get, but I guess its worth its weight in gold for me.
Got this from a friend as shes a consultant for MK. However would never pay $30 for itself. Is a good moisturizer, but doesnt seem to last long. And since its a gel, was harder to spread throughout the face-hence i had to use more product. But I like that it was thoroughly moisturizing, especially at night.
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Political Animals will take the viewer on an emotional journey. Elaine will struggle through many issues in her political career. At the same time, she tries to keep her family together. Elaine goes from seeming like a cold, reserved First Lady to a vibrant, loving mother and dedicated Secretary of State. Most of all, Political Animals shows the difficulties of juggling a family and intense political career leading the viewer to have a new found respect for the families that enter the White House.
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In the first season finale, Elaine's intention to resign is put on hold, but her resignation letter leaks to the press. Elsewhere, Douglas confesses his betrayal and makes a rash decision; and an unexpected event leaves everyone at a crossroads.
In the aftermath of T.J.'s overdose, Elaine is torn between staying by her son's side and handling the rescue of a Chinese submarine. Bud finds out why T.J. attempted suicide last December, and takes matters into his own hands. In exchange for keeping Susan quiet on T.J.'s overdose, Elaine grants her unlimited access to the submarine rescue mission.
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Kohl's site work at Fischer Crossings to begin in May
It will not be long now for work on the new Kohl's department store at Fischer Crossings to get underway. The initial activity on the site across from the Sam's Club on Fischer Road and Ga. Highway 34 in east Coweta County is expected to begin on May 1.
Fischer Crossings developer Scott Seymour on April 13 said the project will begin moving dirt on May 1, with initial construction activities expected to begin in mid-June or July. The store is expected to open next spring, Seymour said.
The 64,000 square-foot Kohl's will be located in Pod B of the larger Fischer Crossings development. Pod B is located on the northeast corner of Hwy. 34 and Fischer Road. In terms of size and by way of comparison, the Kohl's at the Fayette Pavilion is 86,000 square feet.
Coming in at a total of approximately 225,000 square feet, Pod B will also be the location of a number of other retailers that will be housed in four or five "junior boxes" near Kohl's and eight outparcel buildings along the immediate northeast corner of Hwy. 34 and Fischer Road.
As for who those retailers might be, Seymour would only say that he is negotiating with a number of national retailers, including some of those that had previously shown an interest in locating in Peachtree City.
"Everybody has been sitting on the sidelines waiting for Kohl's," Seymour said. "Now that Kohl's is finalized the wait is over."
Pod B at build-out is expected to employ 310 people with wages totaling $6.75 million, according to a 2010 economic impact study by the University of West Georgia.
The portion of the Fischer Crossings development where Kohl's and other retailers will be located received final approval earlier this month from the Coweta County Commission. That approval came after several sticking points were ironed out between developer Scott Seymour and the Featherston Fishing Club, owners of the Wynn's Pond residential area situated to the east of the Fischer Crossings development and adjacent to Line Creek and Fayette County.


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A few questions about Beach Club
Other than the pool activities, does the resort offer activities for the kids?
The only other deluxe we've stayed at is AKL. In addition to the pool activities, they also had various activities throughout the day for kids to do that we loved (African drumming, animal bingo, animal trekking, flamingo feeding, cookie decorating, etc). I didn't know if the additional activities were unique to AKL (which I know those specific activities were specific to AKL) or if each deluxe resort has it's own activities it did as well. Also, what is there to do on the boardwalk area? What restaurants are there? Entertainment? Are those particular draws of staying at the BC or not really? I know you can walk to Epcot or HS. If you walk to Epcot, do you enter through the backside of WS or the front? Just tryin to figure out how that plays out on rope drop (mad rush to Soarin', you know).What is the transportation to MK and AK? I'm assuming bus, but wanted to make sure. Also, does the bus, share with other resorts beside the BC? How is the bus service? (assuming there is bus) Odd question, but I couldn't tell by the pictures in the BC thread. Is the sink area right out facing the room/sleeping area or kind of tucked around a corner area? In AKL, it is separate from the tub/toilet area, but it's still around the corner from the beds. We loved that because i didn't wake others up while I was getting ready like at Pop or POFQ where the light is directly shining on the bed area. I know...weird to ask, but something I'm interested in. We've stayed at POP twice, POFQ, and AKL. We really liked POFQ and loved AKL. We had a great discount both on our POFQ and AKL stay which allowed us to upgrade. Tinkering with the idea of BC, but wouldn't stay there without great discount. Not sure the additional expense can justify it. For those of you who like it, what did you like about it? Thanks for the help!!! |
I found better pictures on allears.net so I know what the sink/bathroom area is like now; it's arranged like AKL.
Can't wait to hear from others about BC. :) |
Yes, if you are staying at an Epcot resort you will enter Epcot through the International Gateway entrance. There are no buses to Epcot. The entrance is kind of by England and France. We never did rope drop at Epcot when staying there--hopefully someone else can chime in about whether or not they'll let you in with enough time to hightail it to Soarin before everyone at the front entrance gets there! And yes, it's bus only to MK/AK. When we were there last summer, BC, YC, BWI, Swan and Dolphin often shared buses. The buses were the only thing we really didn't like about staying over in that area...Otherwise it was awesome. LOVED being so close to Epcot. The BC is seriously like three minutes from the International Gateway. Have a great trip, wherever you stay! |
The sinks are separate from the toilet/tub area and the bed area as well. So yes tucked around a corner.
You do buses to MK and AK. I was just there last month and we shared with YC to MK but shared with the Swan, dolphin, YC and BW for AK. When I timed it, it was a little over 30 minutes to AK and more like 20 to MK. |
We experienced something similar when staying at AKL. It stopped off at Blizzard Beach on the way to HS, however, the bus didn't have to stop at another resort. Does anyone know if there are activities for the kids, other than the pool activities? The activities at AKL were a big appeal to our kids. |
I'm sure you can find the activities list on the Beach Club thread. I know they had t shirt tie dying. They have a campfire at night on the beach where they roast marshmallows and a nightly movie. We only did the campfire so I'm not sure what else was even there.
Just another thing to think about - entering through the International Gateway at park opening is SUCH a pleasant experience. No giant hordes of people like at the front entrance. The last time I did rope drop at Epcot through the IG, it was literally only my family and about 20 other people. No lines for bag check, etc. I think we got to Soarin right around the time people from the front did. It wasn't a big deal and it was SO worth it to skip the regular rope drop/turnstile rush.
You can't beat the Beach Club for proximity to both Epcot and the Disney Studios. But in my experience the trade of is longer bus rides to both AK and MK. |
We stayed at BC last august and loved it! The bus to MK was no more than 20 min and AK wasn't bad either. We stopped at blizzard beach on the way to AK, took all of 3 minutes and my girls got a peek at the place :) it was the bus ride to DD that was horrible, long, miserable, lol...you get it, not good at all! Not sure about the activities so I can't help you there. The pool was always bustling with music and happy children :)
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ROSEBUD, S.D. (AP) – A Native American tribe says it has reached an agreement to buy land it considers sacred in South Dakota's picturesque Black Hills, ending weeks of worry about possible development on the land.
Tribe President Cyril Scott says in a statement obtained by the Associated Press that the Rosebud Sioux's bid on nearly 2,000 acres of pristine prairie grass was accepted by the land's owners. The tribe has deposited $900,000 as an earnest deposit. Scott says the remaining $8.1 million of the agreed-upon $9 million purchase price has to be paid in November.
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Green Patriot Posters is a multi-media awareness and action campaign of over 50 unique posters encouraging U.S. citizens to build a sustainable economy. Design Museum Boston is featuring these posters in our latest exhibition: Green Patriot Posters: The Revolution Will Be Designed which is now on view at 315 A Street in Boston until May 31.
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The forums are already clogged as it is with these, so I will just post this to my profile. Give it a gander if you oh-so please. It is going to be in my high school newspaper.
Based on the infamous graphic novel by Alan Moore and directed by Zack Snyder, the director of "300," Watchmen definitely has some hype surrounding it. Pleasing loyal fans as well as appealing to newcomers is a must, considering the film's massive $120 million budget and the possibility of tainting one of the most revolutionary literary pieces of the 20th century. The end-result is a movie that should please both groups, and it is an excellent film overall.
To start, Watchmen opens with two excellent scenes of their respective type. The movie begins with The Comedian's murder (played with humor and menace by Jeffrey Dean Morgan), and it is one of the most impressive action scenes in recent memory. The room the action is filmed in is dark but remarkably well lite at the same time, balancing the night setting and the comic book feel perfectly. Each punch and crack is given another dimension due to the remarkable sound design and seeing this movie with proper surround sound is a must. The scene (and whole movie for that matter) follows closely to the comic but has its own flare that makes it familiar, though fresh and original at the same time. Subsequently, the title credits come up, and it is, at least on my humble opinion, the best opening titles I have ever seen. A montage of past Watchmen lore using slow motion techniques and recreations of past historic events (notably one with JFK) blew me away. It is a remarkable beginning to a remarkable film.
Okay, there is more to this movie than just the introduction. In fact, this movie is quite lengthy, clocking in at about 2 hours and 43 minutes. The story still abides closely to the novel and could have used editing here and there, but, for the most part, it flows and moves in a way that does not seem unnecessary or overbearing. The great sound and visual techniques employed in the beginning carry on, and the result is one of the most technically impressive films in years, catching the 300 vibe while not overdoing it to the point of nauseum. Clearly, a lot of time, work and money went into this one.
The performances, with few exceptions, are top-notch. The aforementioned Jeff Dean Morgan does a great job with his brutal, joking character. Malin Akerman is also very good at her role, Silk Spectre II, and she is the lone hot chick in the superhero crew (with a brief exception). Patrick Wilson is fine in his role of Nite Owl, even if his physical build is much more picture friendly than the somewhat portly version of the character from the novel. His post-superhero life is shadowed in early retirement, and he joins in on the action again quickly. He eventually falls for Silk Spectre II, and then, hijinks ensue. Billy Crudup also executes his role as Dr. Manhattan rather well, even if it is a boring character in nature. Still, he performs the emotions (or lack thereof) perfectly and is a real contrast to the rest of the dynamic crew. His origins story is also a highlight in the film, giving the static character some much needed humanity. However, the real standout here is Jackie Earle Haley, the man who plays Rorschach. His role is the standout performance of a film already bursting with talent. He completely becomes Rorschach, mask on or off. He adopts a late Eastwood-type growl and has great body language to go with his dynamic character. He is menacing yet lovable, and he becomes the character you root for until the very end. The only exception to the excellent cast is Matthew Goode, the man who played Ozymandias. The script somewhat skewed the original approach the novel took on him and his character is a bit annoying as a result, as his motives aren't fully clear. Also, I was honestly annoyed by that haircut of his throughout the film, even if that may be an artistic choice and nothing else.
Another aspect of Watchmen worth noting is its content itself. For starters, there is a lot of violence and it I was shocked to see children under 5 years old walk into the theater. I am sure the high school crowd can handle it, but your little brothers and sisters won't gain much out of this. Zack Snyder seems to love amputations of every sort. Another thing Snyder loves is sex. The pervert clogged 300 up with liberal amounts of unnecessary intercourse and, unfortunately, he does it again. Though not as much or as blatant as the aforementioned film, Watchmen still sacrifices plot development for some useless sex scenes that do not progress the film in anyway. However, as I said before, the high school crowd won't mind one bit.
However, those are the only cons I can bring up about this film. In the end, Watchmen is a tight, well-executed movie that should please both newcomers and veterans of Alan Moore's masterpiece. Technically, this film is near perfect with its visual and audio design, and the acting is sublime. The story does not deviate far from the source material (a smart choice), and, for the most part, the plot progression flows well, even when the runtime approaches 3 hours. Overall, with films like The Dark Knight and Iron Man filling theaters and pleasing critics, Watchmen continues this newly found tradition: the rebirth of the comic-book movie.
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When I was learning how to bead, I had no problems beading right-handed. But for other crafts like knitting and crochet, I was taught left-handed, since my mom was a lefty. I still do my knit and crochet like I'm left-handed, but trying to bead with my left hand, well, that's something else. I don't think I ever really thought about trying to learn how to bead with my left hand, but I know that learning how to bead can be a struggle for a lefty in a world full of right-handed directions and patterns.
So what's a left-handed beader to do? I asked my faithful readers on the Beading Daily Facebook page and in the forums for some left-handed beading tips, and here's what they said:
Beading table setup: Make sure your light is coming from your right side. Put your tools and beads on the left, where you will be able to grab them quickly and easily as you need them.
Reading a beading pattern: Flat peyote patterns need to be read backwards or they will BE backwards. For peyote stitch word charts, you can just start at the end of the row and work your way back. To help distinguish each bead color noted in the word chart, use a colored marker or highlighter on each different color in the row.
My favorite story from a reader came from Ragina Young who said that she tried to learn right-angle weave and was almost in tears during the process. She finally figured out that her "right"-angle weave is now left-angle weave!
Crafters who are already familiar with ways to reverse their crochet or knitting patterns may have some tricks and tips for how to bead left-handed, too. If you're already used to reversing patterns for crochet and/or knitting to accommodate your left-handedness, you can do the same thing to your beading patterns and instructions.
Are you a left-handed beader? Do you have any tips for left-handed beaders who are just learning how to bead left-handed? Share your tips, advice or ask a question here on the blog!
Bead Happy,
I'm ambidextrous, but left-hand dominant when it comes to many things including writing and...yes, beading. When I wrote my first tutorial I had to face the graphics dilemma - I realized halfway through the first diagram that I was charting for left-handed beaders, while most of my public was presumed to be righties. I solved the problem by going ahead making my left-handed diagrams, then flipping the image with a photo-editing software so it would read correctly for righties.
Likewise, any pattern or diagram can be scanned and the image flipped to make for easy as pie chart-reading for lefties!
Oh, I was so happy to read your post! Though I believe we lefties can learn any technique or stitch if we really want to, it is often funny - and sometimes frustrating - to be living in a right-handed world. As OriginalSin wrote, it is easy to read graphic patterns if you flip the image. This is why I prefer graphic patterns to written instructions - I often get confused when I try to follow a written tuto, because I tend to forget that what is left there will be right to me and vica versa. The two-needle technique is a nightmare, for the same reason... But if I could learn to use those horrible scissors which maime your fingers if you use them in your left hand - I will not be discouraged by a beadwork pattern :)
I am also a left hander, however I am able to use both hands for many things.
I really have never struggled being left handed even with knitting, crochet and even beading. I follow the pattern exactly how it is printed, I just hold the needle in my left hand. You may have to slightly adjust how you hold the angle of the body of your work for some stitches but it works just fine. If the pattern calls for circling to the right then that's what I do. It makes for less confusion then trying to read a pattern backwards. Once you get the hang of it, you won't even think twice!
I'm a lefty, but I usually hold my needle in my right hand. But I have noticed that when following patterns I tend to start on the right side and work myself to the left side. When following a peyote or brick chart, I find I turn the pattern on its side so I'm actually working up and down as opposed to left to right.
For leftys who are learning to bead and are following diagrams, consider scanning pictures and charts into your computer. Then, using the "draw" menu in Word or Publisher (or other graphic applications) choose "flip" horizontally and your pictures will reverse. Print those out and you won't have to follow charts backwards ever again.
I am a righty, but in my last class I had four lefties out of 15! I can bead awkwardly with my left hand but when I have to, I can feel this physical jerk in my brain as I switch! It is really weird.
With the way I draw my instructions it would not be hard to flip them horizontally but it would also involve rewriting them for the text to be oriented correctly. If lefties would tell me in advance that they would be in my class, I would try to do it for them because it would make teaching easier for both of us.
Also, it is good for all teachers to try beading with their left hand so they know what it is like for someone who is learning. You never know when a skilled left hand might come in handy.
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As a lefty, I sometimes scan the pattern on my computer and then reverse it. I also enlarge it to see it better.
I'm another lefty. until I read this article, i never really thought about it. I just automatically put the needle in the left hand and went. I do bead from left to right and I do the LAW rather than RAW. I never have written instructions or have done diagrams. So thanks for the heads up!
I am a lefty and what to know why no one has ever done a left handed beading book of all the basic stitches. I have left handed needlework, knitting, etc.books. I have sent numerous e-mails to Beadwork and Bead and Button asking why they have never printed left handed instructions. No replies.
I teach knitting & crochet and also bead and make jewelry. One of the tricks I have learned for crochet charts (which are quite confusing to follow backwards!) is to hold them up to the mirror (which allows them to be read "correctly" for a lefty) and take a picture. By printing the picture, you now have a correct chart. This would work for beading charts as well.
i'm a left-handed beader and spent a lot of time frustrated and upset with myself because i often 'didn't get it' when it came to some stitches. several years ago i teamed up with Glenda Payseno and began converting all of her patterns from right to left-handed. in my experience, it isn't always as easy as just flipping something to go in an opposite direction and she and i both struggled over it for several months. now i find i have very little problem reading 'righty' and beading 'lefty'. LOL however, i do still struggle some with netting and RAW stitches if i have to work from a righty pattern.
if you do a google search, you will find links at yahoo and Lulu that will help you find patterns geared just for the southpaw beader. and Crowbubbie, there is a lefty book of stitches in the works. [i hope i'm not breaking the forum rules by saying that if it's not ok, please LMK.]
I am left-handed and I remember quite vividly my mother teaching me how to bead, cross-stitch, knit and crochet when I was a child. She was right-handed, but a very saavy teacher and figured out that the best way to teach me was to sit directly across from me and have me follow her motions as if in mirror image. It worked very well and I think, as a result, it's helped me to be able to read and duplicate directions as written whether they are written for righties or lefties.
I would highly recommend this approach to anyone out there who is right-handed and has a left-handed child they wish to teach crafts to.
Thanks JannM for starting a book of left handed stitches. I just don't understand why it hasn't been done before.
I'm left-handed and have never really found it a problem - although it may explain why I rarely follow patterns exactly! I tend to find that once I've understood the thread path for a stitch or a component, it makes no difference which way up I'm holding the beadwork or whether I'm going from left to right - I can still follow a diagram and I just hold the beadwork whichever way is most comfortable for me. Designs with lettering are a bit more of a problem though...
I am left handed and also have Fibromyalgia (including brain-fog issues). But I LOVE bead weaving and I am absolutely determined to learn them all and then be able to make those lovely patterns in beading books and magazines that require you to know several different weaves. But I need help - desperately. Due to the severity of my illnesses - they are disabling - beading is one of the few things left to me that I can still do - that I truly enjoy. So if anyone has any help/advice they can give about learning RAW, ladder, square, ,brick tubular (everything), netting, herringbone etc. I would be very very very greatful.
I have made a few even peyote bracelets, a few simple netting necklaces, and done a few other kits (I even made berries that required several stitches but I didn't know it back then, I just muddled my way through the directions the best I could). But I am feeling frustrated and sad at my inability to make things (even from kits that claim to be very simple) due to being left handed. I am pretty much home bound due to illness so I haven't taken a class (although I would probably be too intimidated to do that as I would be afraid I would be the only one who didn't "get it" and would hold the entire class up...)
Anyway, all suggestions welcome.
Equinox, I share all of your problems plus a very bad back. I thought that beading was for me after back surgery. I am now frustrated to the point of throwing away thousands of dollars of beads due to not understanding the stitches and how to use them. Shops I have visited usually understand right hand very well. Left hand users are left only with their beads to admire, frustration. I am trying to convert the patterns only some are not easily converted. Hope we get some help somewhere,
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BATON ROUGE, La (NBC 33)- Starting at seven Friday morning, Mayor-President Kip Holden is closing the Mississippi river levees in the East Baton Rouge Parish.
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