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The age of consent is the age at which a person is considered to be legally competent to consent to sexual acts, and is thus the minimum age of a person with whom another person is legally permitted to engage in sexual activity. The distinguishing aspect of the age of consent laws is that the person below the minimum age is regarded as the victim, and their sex partner as the offender.
The term age of consent rarely actually appears in legal statutes;[1] it has sometimes been used with other meanings, such as the age at which a person becomes competent to consent to marriage,[2] but the meaning given above is the one now generally understood. It should not be confused with the age of majority, age of criminal responsibility, the voting age, the drinking age, driving age, etc.
Age of consent laws vary widely from jurisdiction to jurisdiction,[1] though most jurisdictions set the age of consent in the range 14 to 18. The laws may also vary by the type of sexual act, the gender of the actors, or other restrictions such as abuse of a position of trust. Some jurisdictions may also make allowances for minors engaged in sexual acts with each other, rather than a single age. Charges resulting from a breach of these laws may range from a misdemeanor such as corruption of a minor, to what is popularly called statutory rape (which is considered equivalent to rape, both in severity and sentencing).
There are many "gray areas" in this area of law, some regarding unspecific and untried legislation, others brought about by debates regarding changing societal attitudes, and others due to conflicts between federal and state laws. These factors all make age of consent an often confusing subject, and a topic of highly charged debates.[1]
In traditional societies, the age of consent for a sexual union was a matter for the family to decide, or a tribal custom. In most cases, this coincided with signs of puberty, menstruation for a woman and pubic hair for a man.[3]
Ancient Greek poet Hesiod in "Works and Days" (c. 700BC) suggests that a man should marry around the age of thirty, and that he should take a wife who is five years past puberty.
Reliable data for when people would actually marry is very difficult to find. In England for example, the only reliable data on age at marriage in the early modern period comes from records involving only those who left property after their death. Not only were the records relatively rare, but not all bothered to record the participants' ages, and it seemed that the more complete the records are, the more likely they are to reveal young marriages. Additionally, 20th and 21st centuries' historians have sometimes shown reluctance to accept data regarding young ages of marriage, and would instead explain the data away as a misreading by a later copier of the records.[3]
The first recorded age-of-consent law dates to 1275, in England, as part of the rape law, a statute, Westminster 1, made it a misdemeanor to "ravish" a "maiden within age," whether with or without her consent. The phrase "within age" was interpreted by jurist Sir Edward Coke as meaning the age of marriage, which at the time was 12 years of age.[4]
In the 12th century Gratian, the influential founder of Canon law in medieval Europe, accepted age of puberty for marriage to be between 12 and 14 but acknowledged consent to be meaningful if the children were older than 7. There were authorities that said that consent could take place earlier. Marriage would then be valid as long as neither of the two parties annulled the marital agreement before reaching puberty, or if they had already consummated the marriage. It should be noted that Judges honored marriages based on mutual consent at ages younger than 7, in spite of what Gratian had said; there are recorded marriages of 2 and 3 year olds.[3]
The American colonies followed the English tradition, and the law was more of a guide. For example, Mary Hathaway (Virginia, 1689) was only 9 when she was married to William Williams. Sir Edward Coke (England, 17th century) "made it clear that the marriage of girls under 12 was normal, and the age at which a girl who was a wife was eligible for a dower from her husband's estate was 9 even though her husband be only four years old."[3]
In the 16th century, a small number of Italian and German states set the minimum age for sexual intercourse for girls, setting it at 12 years. Towards the end of the 18th century, other European countries also began to enact similar laws. The first French Constitution of 1791 established the minimum age at 11 years. Portugal, Spain, Denmark and the Swiss cantons, initially set the minimum age at 10–12 years.[5]
A general great shift in social and legal attitudes toward issues of sex took place in the modern era and beliefs on the appropriate age below which girls should not be permitted to engage in sexual activity drifted toward adulthood. While ages from 10 to 13 were typically regarded as acceptable ages for sexual consent in Western countries during the mid-19th century,[1] by the end of the 19th century changing attitudes towards sexuality and childhood resulted in the raising of the age of consent to around 16.[4]
In England, the age of consent had been set at 10 in the 16th century, and since then, English common law had traditionally set the age of consent within the range of 10 to 12, but in 1875 the age was raised to 13. After intense sensational media revelations about the scourge of under-age prostitution in London in the 1880s caused respectable middle-class outrage, the age of consent was raised to 16 in 1885. Early feminists of the Social Purity movement such as Josephine Butler and others, instrumental in securing the repeal of the Contagious Diseases Acts, began to turn towards the problem of child prostitution by the end of the 1870s.
The investigative journalist William Thomas Stead of the Pall Mall Gazette was pivotal in exposing the problem of child prostitution in the London underworld through a publicity stunt. In 1885 he "purchased" one victim, Eliza Armstrong the 13-year-old daughter of a chimney sweep, for £5 and took her to a brothel where she was drugged. He then published a series of four exposés entitled The Maiden Tribute of Modern Babylon, which shocked its readers with tales of child prostitution and the abduction, procurement and sale of young English virgins to Continental "pleasure palaces". The "Maiden Tribute" was an instant hit with the public. Victorian society was thrown into an uproar about prostitution. Fearing riots on a national scale, the Home Secretary, Sir William Harcourt pleaded in vain with Stead to cease publication of the articles. A wide variety of reform groups held protest meetings and marched together to Hyde Park demanding that the age of consent be raised. The government was forced to pass the Criminal Law Amendment Act 1885 that raised the age of consent to 16 and clamped down on prostitution.[6]
In the United States, as late as the 1880s most States set the minimum age at 10–12, (in Delaware it was 7 in 1895).[7] Inspired by the "Maiden Tribute" female reformers in the US initiated their own campaign[8] which petitioned legislators to raise the legal minimum age to at least 16, with the ultimate goal to raise the age to 18. The campaign was successful, with almost all states raising the minimum age to 16–18 years by 1920.[4][9]
In France, Portugal, Spain, Denmark and the Swiss cantons and other countries, the minimum age was raised to between 13 and 16 years in the following decades.[4] Though the original arguments for raising the age of consent was based on morality, since then the raison d'être of the laws has changed to child welfare and a so-called right to childhood or innocence.[10]
In the 21st century, several Western countries have raised their ages of consent recently. These include Canada (in 2008 - from 14 to 16); and in Europe, Iceland (in 2007 - from 14 to 15), Lithuania (in 2010 - from 14 to 16), and Croatia (in 2013 - from 14 to 15).
Sexual relations with a person under the age of consent is a crime in most countries. Jurisdictions use a variety of terms for the offence, including child sexual abuse, statutory rape, illegal carnal knowledge, corruption of a minor,[1] besides others.
The enforcement practices of age-of-consent laws vary depending on the social sensibilities of the particular culture (see above). Often, enforcement is not exercised to the letter of the law, with legal action being taken only when a sufficiently socially-unacceptable age gap exists between the two individuals, or if the perpetrator is in a position of power over the minor (e.g., a teacher, minister, or doctor). The sex of each participant can also influence perceptions of an individual's guilt and therefore enforcement.[1]
The threshold age for engaging in sexual activity varies between jurisdictions (see below). Most jurisdictions have set a fixed age of consent.[11] However, some jurisdictions permit sex with a person after their puberty, including Yemen, but only in marriage, the state of Nayarit (in Mexico) and Bolivia.
The age of consent is a legal barrier to the minor's ability to consent and therefore obtaining consent is not in general a defense to having sexual relations with a person under the prescribed age, for example:
Some countries have age of consent laws which apply not only to acts committed within the country, but also to those committed by its citizens or inhabitants while they are on foreign soil.[1] For example, a federal United States law bans sexual activity by its citizens with foreigners or with a US citizens from another state, if any of the partners is under 18. This applies in cases where any of the partners travels into or out of the United States, or from one state into another, for the purpose of a sexual encounter.[27] The United States also applies this law in cases where the age of consent is lower than the age of both partners in both the states or countries involved.
The age at which a person can be legally married can differ from the age of consent. In jurisdictions where the marriageable age is lower than the age of consent, those laws usually override the age of consent laws in the case of a married couple where one or both partners are below the age of consent. Some jurisdictions prohibit all sex outside of marriage irrespective of age, as in the case of Yemen.
In some countries, the age of consent may be lower than the age at which a person can appear in pornographic images and films. In many jurisdictions, the minimum age for participation and even viewing such material is 18. Films and images showing individuals under the age of 18 in some jurisdictions may be classified as child pornography, even though the legal age of consent in those jurisdictions is lower. For example, in the United States under federal law it is a crime to film minors below 18 in sexual acts, even in states where the age of consent is below 18.[27] In those states of the United States where the age of consent is lower, charges such as child pornography can be used as alternatives.[28]
In many countries there are specific laws dealing with child prostitution.
Age-of-consent reform refers to the efforts of some individuals or groups, for different reasons, to alter or abolish age-of-consent laws. These efforts advocate five main positions:
Specific jurisdictions' laws relating to age of consent can be found, organized by region, on the following pages:


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Too Much Data!
In a world where tape is disappearing, how do I inexpensively backup all my data shoots?
By Art Adams | September 05, 2008
I'm going into a RED shoot this weekend and I've realized my hard drives are full. Now what?
Also, while I have several portable bus-powered drives that are small, solidly-made and easy to bring on set, they all have Firewire 400 connectors--and that's turning out to be way too slow for both P2 and RED work.
A producer I work with, Luke Seerveld, picked up an interesting method of backing up footage from editor Chris Fenwick: he uses a Wiebetech ComboDock.
Rather than buying expensive external drives or a tape backup system, he buys cheap internal hard drives at Fry's Electronics for $80 a pop and uses them to archive raw P2 or Firestore footage. The ComboDock attaches directly to the drive with an IDE ribbon and power cable and connects to a computer using Firewire 800. When done copying, Wiebetech sells inexpensive ($5) drive enclosures for storing the drive in a safe place.
This may not be the most reliable form of backup in the world, but when I can't get into a reputable and reliable tape backup drive for less than around $3000 this method looks pretty darned good. It might also be a handy way to store and transport data from the set to post (if the drives are handled VERY carefully, as they should be anyway) because the high data transfer speed makes a huge difference in the amount of time I have to sit around after wrap waiting for data to copy.
I'll keep my inexpensive Firelight portable drives for quite a while longer as they are a great way to get copies of final projects: I mail them to the editor with an SASE and the editor mails them back at their leisure. But I see very few portable inexpensive drives with Firewire 800 capability, and for medium-term backup internal hard drives are so cheap they might as well become part of my backup system--which is, at the moment, entirely hard drive based anyway.
I've ordered the Wiebetech UltraDock v4 along with a couple of storage enclosures for my next project, to be shot on the RED this weekend. I need to clear some space on my RAID in order to tweak footage and this seems to be a very quick and inexpensive solution. I'll report further when it arrives.
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RC Fisher: | September, 06, 2008
I use the Weibe tech combo dock for my IDE drives and now buy only SATA drives. For those I have a slide in SATA drive bay, no tray just slide the drive in and latch. I plan on buying one for my 3.5" drive case which has FW800/400, eSATA, USB2.0 interfaces. I got the quad interface drive case at Max Digital now if I could find a dual bay quad interface drive case I could put the trays in that would work really well. I also use those Wiebe tech boxes for the drives, Just Awesome! Now all of my drives are organized and protected.
Robert C. Fisher
abu nusaybah: | September, 17, 2008
Hello there,
Firstly, I'd like to say that I do really appreciate your contribution to the art of digital filmmaking. Thanks you for all the info that you keep feeding us.
Just to add something to the current headache that we all face in backing up our footage, here's a link to a recent Larry Jordan' article on hard drive back up.
Please comment.
Neil Sadwelkar: | September, 27, 2008
I've used this kind of dock too (Not wiebetech's but some other noname). But even if convenient, it goes get cumbersome making and taking out all those connections especially if one is 'browsing' many drives to find a folder.
On a trip to London two weeks back, I bought a HDD docking station like the one here…
There's even one with Firewire and eSATA, but mine is just USB. At Maplin it cost me pounds 30 so its affordable.
And a great way to 'browse; hard disks like they were floppies or CDs. I plan to drive the drive sleeves as well.
Neil Sadwelkar.
RC Fisher: | September, 27, 2008
My issue with those types of drive bay thinggys is that it's way too easy to remove a drive without unmounting it. My drive bay minus the tray is theres a light letting you know the drive is still on so you, Me, make sure it's unmounted then pop open the door and pull out the drive. I totally cleaned up my big pile of drive trays and stuff now I put the drives away in the cute littl wiebtech boxes after I'm done with them. I can fit a ton of them on a tiny shelf I have in my storage closet. I used up all 10 of the boxes I bought and now I need more!
robert C. Fisher
Neil Sadwelkar: | September, 28, 2008
No no that cannot happen.
If you see the pictures of the dock I sent you see that the drive sits vertically on its own weight. And there's a lock and a release button so it won't come off on its own.
There's also a blue LED showing the drive is connected, and a red access LED. And there's a power switch so you can safely power off and on when swapping drives.
Its really more convenient than a connecting type of dock. I have both. But of course, the one I mention only works with SATA.
Michael Morlan: | March, 21, 2009
I prefer to use a single external enclosure with my choice of connections (eSATA, FW800/400. USB2.0) so I can physically mount my bare drive with the adapter electronics. The weibetech solution feels like a disaster waiting to happen. It belongs on someone's desk at home, not on set.

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On sustainability
March 28, 2012 in About Day of DH, Admin Service, Biography, Blogging, Communication, Evening, Home, Reflecting, Writing
'Oh no, not sustainability again!' I hear you cry. 'Has Claire not bored us sufficiently by going on and on about users that she must mount the new-favourite hobby horse again?' Well tough whatever people: even the Day of DH can err, and I am going to rant about it right here (how clever and self-referential is that? And me not even an Eng-lit type anymore). Anyway, enough of the Prologue, as the Divine Francis might have said, let's get on with this post.
Here is my problem, lacking inspiration for another post in my attempt to catch up on the Day of DH I thought I would look at my old entries over the years since we began this venture. So I Googled Day of DH 2009. Imagine my horror: it's not there anymore. I can find 2010 and 2011, but not the very first (and arguably most important, because most innovative) iteration. How can this be? We DHers of all people ought to know about sustainability shouldn't we? I know that various people, my colleague Julianne Nyhan analysed the posts and wrote an article about them, but still, not to be able to find it on the web is a little worrying after only 3 years isn't it? Perhaps the TEI version still exists, backed up on a server somewhere, but that's hardly the point. If we can't make our own historical record available online after such a short time, what does that say about us, in DH, and our attitude to digital preservation? I could use the wayback machine, but that's not the point either, is it? OK, well, too many rhetorical questions and probably time for </rant> but really, I mean…
Anyhow, I did my best to research the recent history of my days of DH in 2010 and 2011: perhaps this is why I have come over all ranty. It is, after all, easier to have a go at others when you are less than happy about what you have just realised about yourself. The recent history of my DH self does not seem to make happy reading, I'm afraid.
In 2010 I'm talking about how much I love DH, how much fun I am having, how much I adore the newly-founded UCLDH, and how I'm dashing about the place telling everyone all about it. (Like most of those newly-enamoured, I was, probably, a bit of a bore, I realise, for which, if yours was one of the many ears I bent, my sincere apologies). Nevertheless, my blogs are full of wit, energy, jokes and a delight in the life digital humanistic-especially at UCL. In 2011, I am a bit more circumspect: I'd just become HoD and am thus talking about running things so others can do DH, but still, there is spark and passion, a few 'sweet phrases, lovely metaphors' remain- I am ignoring the harbingers who have already come. I am new to management, and still sounding quite brave and bullish about how it's not going to stop me doing DH, at all… ever… really… honestly. Actually, at the time of writing I was in the eye of a hurricane the like of which I had no experience, and just as well as it turns out- the bravado and confidence was all false.
Now look- the writing is very different. I am still here, still HoD: the storm has blown out, but blown a few things away as well. My blogs this year are those of the academic manager, sensible, serious, tired. There are no jokes, and not much energy, and there is much less time to do DH. But I do still care about it, and if there is no wit, there is still passion. In 2010 I wrote about being in love with UCLDH, but recognised that heady romance fades, and that we had to sustain our efforts beyond the fizzy phase, or another interdiscipline would come along and turn people's heads. I could not know, at that stage, quite what an extraordinary growth our discipline would experience in the two years to come. This has undoubtedly helped underpin our efforts to sustain DH at UCL, because it provides external validation for what we already knew about the general wonderfulness of our discipline. Even so, and however hard it has been, I am proud of what we have achieved since then. In 2010 I wrote that our task was to make DH so central to UCL that they could not imagine life without us. In 2012, I think that has not only come true within UCL, but the spirit of UCLDH has a resonance, and is recognised, far beyond our own university.
We are still here, and, I dare to hope that we have a real, sustainable, future. For this I owe my colleagues, who have worked so hard to make what might have been a brief affair into a long term partnership, more than I can possibly express. The same is true of the senior people in UCL who supported us, and gave us the chance to prove our vision was practicable. It has not been easy, and is, perhaps, why I sound so tired this year, but we have proved that, if you work at it, sustainability is possible in digital humanities.


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Chip Kelly Names Mike Vick Starting Quarterback
- Updated: August 20, 2013
The 2013 Philadelphia Eagles' QB battle felt like Christmas morning, when we already knew what's under the tree, but the parents, or in this case first year coach Chip Kelly, just wouldn't get out of bed, go over to that tree, and let us tare open some gifts.
In this case, our present would be knowing who our starting QB may be week one. Everyone guessed that Michael Vick was the no-brainer, seeing as his mobility and quick release would fit Chip Kelly's college-style attack. But Kelly held an open competition for QB in his first season, leaving Birds fans wondering if we would ever get to open any presents, I mean, hear Kelly name a quarterback .
Well Chip's got his guy, and it's Vick. No surprise there.
Everybody knows the stats by now. Vick was 12-13, for 199 passing yards and two touchdown drives his first 40 or so snaps the first two games this preseason.
Not bad. Some have even said flawless namely Greg Rosenthal of NFL.com. Kind of hard to argue with that assessment seeing as Vick's only incomplete pass so far was a meaningless interception the last play of the half.
Vick didn't just post good numbers through 2 weeks, but he passed the eye test this preseason. Essentially, he just looks good! His release has been quick & in rhythm, he's making confident decisions plus for the first time in a while, Vick looks comfortable in the pocket. At times last year last season, it looked like Michael was running for his life.
Former Eagle running-back Brian Westbrook weighed in with his thoughts a few days ao on the Mike Missanelli show.
Westbrook said that pure competition is not always the best for an NFL team. BWest highlighted the importance of team leaders. Westbrook finished by saying, on an NFL team, that the leader is almost always the quarterback, and it helps to have an established leader asap in training camp.
Well Philadelphia, Michael Vick is our starter. If that is not for you, let's find you a silver lining.
Even if Vick doesn't get hurt, he will probably win at least five games. And if he doea get hurt, (btw he hasn't played more than 13 games and over 5 years) than whoever the Philadelphia quarterback could probably squeak out more than five wins.
That's a silver lining baby!


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THE SATANIC VERSES by Salman Rushdie. New York:, Viking. 547 pp. $19.95.
WITH all that's happened - Muslim demonstrations, bannings and book burnings, a death-sentence from Ayatollah Khomeini - ``The Satanic Verses'' has begun to look prophetic. That's remarkable, if only because at first sight it's a savage satire of the very idea of prophecy, or the utterance, by man, of truth with a capital T.
The concept behind the book is simple: A plane from Bombay is blown up over the English Channel by terrorists. The only survivors are two media types from India, an actor and a voice-over artist.
The city they fall into, modern London, is the polyglot, multiracial sinkhole of the British Empire. The impact of their fall affects the two differently and even paradoxically. The mild voice-over artist is transformed into a devilish looking goat, while the macho actor, who specializes in portraying deities in the Indian pantheon, is encouraged to think of himself as a messenger of God.
This concept controls with varying degrees of success an enormous amount of detail drawn from contemporary London and Islamic tradition.
The constantly shifting point of view rarely gets outside the alienated consciousness whose symbol and wand is the TV remote-control stick. The ``tortured metropolis'' of London is seen as a ``composite video monster.'' The language of the characters and the book ranges from ``smart-alec Bombay English'' to parodies of the holy book of Islam, the Koran. This book about exile is drenched in fear and anxiety. ``Paranoia,'' Rushdie writes, ``for the exile, is the prerequisite of survival.''


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Alderson Broaddus Students to Participate in Undergraduate Research Day at the Capitol
PHILIPPI, W.Va. – Four Alderson Broaddus students will participate in the 10th annual Undergraduate Research Day at the Capitol in Charleston on Thursday, Feb. 28.
A total of 15 institutions will be represented at Undergraduate Research Day, which runs from 8:30 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. in the Capitol Rotunda. In all, more than 100 students will take part.
"Faculty-guided student research is encouraged and promoted throughout the disciplines at Alderson Broaddus," said Thomas Berlin, assistant vice president for academic assessment and chair of the division of natural sciences. "The day at the Capitol gives legislators and West Virginian institutions the opportunity to interact with students and witness how they are revolutionizing the future. We at AB are very proud of our students and faculty."
The following are participants from Alderson Broaddus: Ashley Creed, Melissa Kahlig, Shannon Stewart, and Hillary Heinrichs.
Creed, Kahlig, and Stewart worked with Dr. Charlie Chen, associate professor of biology, on his cancer research. Creed's research is entitled, "Chaetoglobosin K Enhances the Effectiveness of Paclitaxel and Cisplatin on Cell Viability and Apoptosis in A2780/CP70 Ovarian Cancer Cells." The title of Kahlig's work is "Effect of Chaetoglobosin K and nobiletin on the Effectiveness of Paclitaxel and cisplatin on OVCAR-3 Ovarian Cancer Cells." Stewart's research is entitled, "Chaetoglobosin K Inhibits VEGF Expression in Ovarian Cancer Cells."
Heinrichs conducted her independent research, "The Role of Aesthetics in Conservation Narratives since the Industrial Revolution," through a recent ACA Undergraduate Research Grant, working with Thomas Berlin and Dr. Jeffrey Del Col, professor of literature and writing.
Undergraduate Research Day allows students to present their discoveries in poster format and talk to legislators about their findings. The projects are original research, and the posters have been designed for a general audience.
In addition to AB, other institutions represented are: Bluefield State College, Concord University, Fairmont State University, Glenville State College, Marshall University, Ohio Valley University, Shepherd University, University of Charleston, West Liberty University, West Virginia University, West Virginia State University, West Virginia Wesleyan College, Wheeling Jesuit University, and the WVU Institute of Technology.


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A multichannel, multiple-impression marketing approach—a seasonal marketing campaign, if you will–is far more effective than the traditional "one off" promotions that are conceived and executed in a vacuum. This is particularly true in complex environments such as when direct …
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Minding the Store
As a multichannel merchant, you have to deal with fraud on many levels, from orders placed with stolen credit cards to employee pilferage in the warehouse. And once you enter the retail channel, it opens up a whole new level …
More...May 24, 2005
Multichannel at the Epicenter
Catalog veteran Tony Lee is back in the game pushing a retail concept to catalogers. Lee has teamed up with real estate developer Sheldon Gordon–best known for developing the Forum Shops at Caesars Palace–to develop Epicenter, a retail concept that …
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May 15, 2005
Our Favorite Channels
Sure, we cover all marketing channels here at Multichannel Merchant. But we'd be lying if we said we didn't have our favorites when we're out in the world as shopping civilians. For our first official issue of Multichannel Merchant, we …
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May 1, 2005
Getting physical
Successful catalogers know what makes a print layout work, and many have also mastered the layout or navigation of a Website. But laying out a brick-and-mortar store is a brave new world for many multichannel merchants. Just as a play …
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The latest matchback tools
By now most multichannel merchants know about matchbacks and the importance of understanding where online and retail buyers are coming from rather than guesstimating the percentage of sales driven by the catalog or an e-mail campaign.
To help marketers more …
April 1, 2005
Tears for a clown
A Catalog Age staffer in mid-January ordered an ornament from The Met Store, the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Web catalog. The ornament — a clown playing the violin — arrived within three days. Although the ornament seemed well …
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"Matters of the heart" is how this year's United Way of Adams County (UWAC) campaign chairwoman, Leslie Rhoades of Decatur, describes the 2011 drive toward a goal of $222,012.
At Wednesday's UWAC kickoff luncheon in downtown Berne, she also referred to the United Way campaign slogan, "When your gift becomes someone's lifeline," and used a simple demonstration to show how even a small amount of money can make a big difference.
More than 40 people attended the event at the Boys' and Girls' Club branch.
As part of the program, 120 $1 bills were dispersed among the audience. Then, representatives of two of the 32 recipients of UWAC funds told how $120 would help people aided by those two agencies: Decatur Operation Help, a food bank for more than 20 years, and the Adams-Wells Crisis Center in Decatur.
Longtime Operation Help leader Mary Jo Toole said her group provided services to 145 families in August, meaning approximately 500 people, while Angie Gunsett, director of the crisis center, said that site housed people for a total of 1,013 shelter days during 2010.
When you realize how many people are seeking various kinds of help, said Rhoades, "you want to give as much as you can."
United Way Executive Director Jim Compton touched on the same theme, saying there is "a tremendous number of people" who want assistance, but also a "a tremendous number" of people and groups willing to provide such aid.
Rhoades added, "If we work as a team, we'll accomplish a lot more." She then named the members of the UWAC team working this year to reach the goal:
• Assistant campaign chairwoman Susan Sefton, who will be the campaign chair in 2012.
• Advisors Compton, Sefton, United Way President Ron Storey, 2010 campaign chairman Wylie Sirk, and C.J. Garwood.
• Industrial Division chairman Pat McNamara.
• Commercial Division workers Steve Amstutz, Jamie McDonald, Deone Miller, Toole, Ronda Cowens, Gunsett, Marian Morgan, and Chet Longenberger.
• Government Division co-chairs Connie Moser and Bill Warren.
• Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate workers Brad Martz, Greg Sprunger, Matt Habor, Betty Melton, Jeanie Adkitson, and Tasha Nevil.
• Professional Division collectors Steve Bailey, Joyce Schultz, Derek Bailey, and Sefton.
• Public Service and Education Division workers Rex Hinsky, Sirk, Mike Pettibone, and Scott Litwiller.
• Agriculture Division chairman Leonard King.
• Rural and Amish Division chairman Jamie McDonald.
The mission of the United Way is "to improve health, human, and social conditions in Adams County by promoting organizational cooperation, stimulating volunteer participation, mobilizing and deploying community resources, and seeking solutions to urgent community problems."
At the end of the program, everyone watched this year's promotional video, which was made by people from Huntington University.
Lunch was catered by Bella Tower restaurant in Berne.
"Best start ever"
"We're off to our best start ever!"
That was the best news aired at Wednesday's kickoff luncheon in Berne for the 2011 fund drive of the United Way of Adams County. The goal is $222,012 to aid 32 local and area agencies.
Jim Compton, United Way executive director, made that comment and campaign chairwoman Leslie Rhoades elaborated by saying more than $60,000 has already been received from nine pacesetter donors.
That total includes $7,200 from the 19 members of the local United Way board of directors.
The other eight pacesetters are Bunge North America, Hoosier Pattern, North Adams Community Schools, and R&R Employment, all in Decatur; South Adams Schools, First Bank of Berne, and F.C.C. (Adams), all in Berne; and Adams Central Community Schools in Monroe.
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ACE Center Descriptions
ACE Center Descriptions
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
PI: Paul Smokowski, Ph.D.
Website: https://ncace.web.unc.edu/
The North Carolina Rural Academic Center of Excellence in Youth Violence Prevention (NC-ACE) was created in collaboration with the University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill, School of Social Work's Jordan Institute for Families (JIF), the UNC Injury Prevention Research Institute and many Robeson Community local organizations, including public, non-profit and county government entities. The specific aim of NC-ACE is to reduce youth violence in Robeson County by implementing and evaluating a multifaceted, evidence-based approach to prevent perpetration of youth violence. In accordance, researchers are engaging in a planning process with community partners to identify the needs of the community by identifying risk factors that are unique to Robeson County's population and adopting evidence-based interventions that have proven to be effective in preventing youth violence. The Center's youth violence prevention initiative will address significant gaps in youth violence research in multi-cultural settings through the evaluation of NC-ACE's prevention interventions in Robeson County.
The NC-ACE chose Robeson County for its unique population characteristics and socio-economic disparities. This county is ranked the third poorest mid-size county in the Unites States. Over 34% of the population is living in poverty. In addition, this county is part of the 10% of the Unites States that are majority-minority; its ethnically diverse (Native America, African American and Latino residents) residents consist of more than 69% of the county's total population of 129,123 people. Thirty-eight percent of the population consists of the Lumbee tribe, which has established itself as the majority ethnic group in Robeson County. In addition, youth violence has been an increasing concern in Robeson County. Juvenile arrests rates have increased from 18,457 in 2005 to 17,809 in 2006. For this reason, the county has been ranked first in juvenile arrest rates in North Carolina. The youth death rate within this community is nearly double (123.6 per 100,000 youth) the state's rate of 74.7. This is a reflection of the county's homicide rate which is almost triple that of the state's average of 7.2 between 2004-2007.
NC-ACE has a strong partnership with the Robeson County Health Department, the Center for Community Action, and the Public Schools of Robeson County. This partnership will enable them to implement and evaluate multiple programs in Robeson County and within the School System, the Justice System, and Family Services. The overall approach is to track community and school rates of violence (including school suspensions, juvenile arrests, delinquent acts, complaints against juveniles, and self-reported violent behaviors) within Robeson County and the other 99 counties in North Carolina using both propensity score matching and regression point displacement design.
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Mercedes McCambridge
Additional Information
Academy Awards
1949: Best Supporting Actress
Mercedes McCambridge as Sadie Burke in All the King's Men
- Ethel Barrymore as Miss Em in Pinky
- Celeste Holm as Sister Scholastica in Come to the Stable
- Elsa Lanchester as Miss Potts in Come to the Stable
- Ethel Waters as Granny in Pinky
McCambridge was one of the busiest and most respected radio actresses in the United States, as well as a Broadway success, when she was called to Hollywood for her first screen role in All the King's Men. Playing Sadie Burke, the cunning and ruthless political aide who advances the corrupt political career of Willie Stark (Broderick Crawford, AA), McCambridge gave the kind of intense performance that would become her trademark. Her highly dramatic voice and presence is best displayed in her eerie and sexually ambiguous roles in Johnny Guitar (1954) and Touch of Evil (1958). She was again nominated for the supporting actress Oscar for her role in Giant (1956). Later she provided the uncredited repulsive voice of the demon in The Exorcist (1973).
Mercedes McCambridge, in full CARLOTTA MERCEDES AGNES MCCAMBRIDGE (b. March 17, 1918, Joliet, Ill., U.S.—d. March 2, 2004, La Jolla, Calif.)


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Conducting Best Management Practices and implementing Pollution Prevention (P2) technologies can reduce operating costs and improve the working environment. Use the following checklist to review your operating practices and to identify technologies that prevent pollution. Mechanical Wipers on Mix Tanks Installation of Teflon Liners on Mix Tanks Countercurrent Rinse Methods High Pressure Wash Systems Automation Vapor Recovery System Design Process tanks with a 1:1 Diameter to Height Ratio Biochemical Substitutes Some biochemical substitutes can act as both a solvent and a resin, thus eliminating the need to add volatile hydrocarbon solvents. These biochemical additives are called "reactive diluents" and can be derived from either linseed or tung oil. These diluents work by reducing the viscosity of the coating, like a solvent. But instead of evaporating out of the coating, the diluent dries and becomes part of the paint film itself. Since it cures directly into the coating, it does not contribute to VOC emissions. The economics of using diluents are favorable because the cost of the additive is offset by the reduction in both solvent and resin components needed in the formulation. Use Paste Pigments Use Pre-Dispersed Pigments De-emulsify Spent Rinses Re-use Baghouse Dust Pre-determine Re-work Potential Reworking Off-Spec Materials Eliminating Heavy Metals and Chlorinated Compounds Inventory Management Using Re-usable and Recyclable Containers Enhance Communication Between Formulator and Production Worker Clearly Indicate/Highlight Formula Changes on Work Orders Use Re-usable Bag, Metal, or Vortisieve Screens and Filters Use of Sandmills Schedule Light to Dark Colored Products Dedicate Equipment to a Product Re-work Wash Solvent and Wash Waters Manually Clean Tanks Solvent Distillation Maximize Batch Size Use Shower Caps and/or Tank Covers Employee Incentives Rotate Laboratory and Manufacturing PersonnelPollution Prevention
In order to reduce the amount of paint left clinging to the walls of a mix tank, rubber wipers are used to scrape the sides of the tank. This operation requires manual labor and hence the percentage of waste reduction is a function of the operator. Since the benefits will be offset by increased labor, mechanization/automation should be considered. Many new mixers are available that are designed with automatic wall scrapers.
Installing Teflon lined tanks will reduce paint adhesions and improve drainage. The reduced amount of adhered waste will make dry cleaning (no solvent or water use) more desirable. This method, however, is more applicable to small batch tanks that are practical to clean manually.
Countercurrent rinsing is the process of matching a rinse solution to the rinse job, based on the initial level of contamination in the solution. This means, using "dirty" (but not spent) solvent for first rinse, followed by a slightly cleaner solution for the second rinse, ending with a final rinse of clean or virgin solvent. This method has proved to significantly reduce the volume of solvent or water needed for cleaning, and is particularly effective through at least three stages.
After scraping the tank walls, high pressure spray hoses can be used in place of regular hosed to clean water-based paint tanks. High pressure wash systems have shown the ability to reduce water use by 80 to 90 percent. In addition, high pressure sprays can remove partially dried-on paint so that the need for caustic is reduced.Process Materials
Volatile components, which typically consist of hydrocarbon solvents, account for 40-65 percent of the paint or coating formulation. They are necessary to lower the viscosity of the nonvolatile components, enabling the coating to be applied to a surface. It is this volatile component of the formulation that contributes to VOC emissions.
Pigments in paste form are dry pigments that have been wetted or mixed with resins. Since these pigments are wet, less dust or no dust is generated when the package is opened. In addition, most pigments in paste form are supplied in drums and therefore would eliminate the waste due to empty bags. While this method would increase the amount of pigment handling occurring at the supplier's facility, it can be argued that the overall number of handling/transfer points for dry powder would be greatly reduced along with the probability of spills and dust generation.
There have been several paint and coating manufacturers throughout the nation who are successfully reincorporating baghouse dust into product, thus preventing it from becoming waste.
A practice that several manufacturers are doing is having laboratory and management determine re-work potential of experimental products before they authorize the experiment. This practice prevents the product from becoming a potential hazardous/dangerous waste should the product fail to meet performance/quality standards.Best Management Practices
Reworking or blending of off-spec materials into new products is an on-going effort by many facilities. This practice is driven more by economics than environmental issues. Some facilities are even reworking solvent-based products into water-based products. This can greatly reduce the use of hazardous chemicals.
Chromium, lead, mercury-based bactericide, and methylene chloride can virtually be eliminated.
Centralize responsibility for storing and distributing solvents and other raw materials.
Actively pursue using recyclable containers for raw materials and finished product to reduce the generation of solid waste.
When manufacturing a new product for the first time, the formulator should work with the paint maker to limit the production of off-specification product.
Prevent producing off-spec products due to human error by clearly highlighting formulation changes on work orders.
Solid waste can be reduced in the paint filtering process by using re-usable filters rather than common disposable filters.
Instead of ball mills, sandmills should be used for grinding and mixing raw ingredients. Sandmills are more efficient and they require less solvent for cleaning. Also, by dedicating mills to specific colors or color-ranges, less cleaning is required.
This is a good technique to minimize the amount of cleaning needed between batches or similar formulations: milling is scheduled to start with light colors and progress toward dark colors.
To reduce the need for cleaning and the generation of wash solvent or wash water, equipment could be dedicated to a particular product or family of products.
Wash solvent and wash water should be worked into future product formulations rather than being disposed.
Clean tanks manually with a wiper or "squeegie" rather than with solvents.
Distill solvents from paint products and rework into new batches of product.
To reduce clean-out waste from many small batches, batch size should be maximized.
Install "Shower Cap" or other tank covers on in-process tanks or tanks of final product waiting to be packaged. Tank covers reduce the amount of volatile emissions from evaporation.
Challenge your employees to come up with waste reduction opportunities. Shop employees have a unique perspective on what is generating wastes and stimulating the thought process with a reward system could achieve positive waste reductions.
Rotating laboratory personnel into manufacturing positions, or vice versa, is a low-cost practice that has positive effect on communications between the two groups which often leads to reduced batch-making errors and inconsistencies.
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At last, it's summer.
How can you not love a season that encourages a relaxed wardrobe, increased exposure to the great outdoors and just a more laid-back attitude all around? And, to top it off, it starts with pretty much the coolest holiday ever. (Although any holiday that includes fireworks certainly ranks right near the top.)
Don't get me wrong: I love Christmas, Easter and Thanksgiving. Birthday parties? I'm in. But there is something to be said for a enjoying a full day of celebrations that don't include shopping, wrapping, cooking and stress. For Canada Day, the most difficult decision I make is which red tee-shirt I'm going to wear.
This year, the timing for our national holiday was perfect: stretched out over a three-day weekend that threatened rain but never delivered, there was plenty to do from one end of the city to another.
Chez Jefferies, the festivities included a jaunt down to the waterfront to check out the tall ships. While we didn't embark on the harbour tour, we thoroughly enjoyed learning about the history and culture of the majestic vessels and were treated, along with many other families, to a spectacular Saturday evening sunset on the water as live music provided an ambient soundtrack to the whole affair.
A trek over to the O Canada Day Ribfest in Waterdown is always a good time, and this year again was a huge hit. Great bands, a small midway for the kids, vendors and, natch, some of the best ribbers on the circuit provided a full weekend of activities (although, once a half-rack is consumed, you may want to change into low gear for a while).
But to me, nothing signifies the start of summer more than a trip to Lynden, a small dot on Hamilton's western-most border that seems to be a half-hour drive from just about anywhere else. Every Canada Day, a citizens' committee organizes a full programme of events, starting off with a parade and winding up with a fantastic pyrotechnic display that lights up the neighbouring cornfields.
As we made our way along the parade route, I reflected on just what the attraction is for me. After all, we don't actually live there. And hundreds of communities across southern Ontario do the exact same thing on July 1. What, then is different in this place?
Without coming to any great conclusion, I did realize that the folks in Lynden – and on the waterfront and at Ribfest, for that matter – were handed the beautiful gift of a day. And while they could have spent it catching up on yard work, getting a jump on work emails, cleaning the house or any one of a hundred chores, they decided to spend it together. The fact that they put considerable effort into planning that time together makes it even more special. There were lineups for food concessions, crying babies and traffic tie-ups in and out of the park – and no one cared. There were no raised voices or middle finger salutes from speeding vehicles, no irritated glances at misbehaving children, no butting in line for the washrooms.
Everyone, for a day at least, seemed to content to operate at a slower speed, and to show a little more patience and respect for each other. And what's not to love about that?
To all our readers, enjoy a safe and happy summer.


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quote:If this is true, then you're an observant dude. There were two fights between when he fired Rooney and when he fought Douglas. He won them both, but you could tell he wasn't fighting the same technical style.
quote:Holyfield fought them all, a total of six times, & only lost once.
quote:I was following boxing pretty well at that time and just had a gut feeling. Going to Japan, Out of sync with training. He was ready to get beat.
quote:he's a slightly less athletic version of Tyson.
quote:This is completely incorrect.
quote: Lennox Lewis was still an amateur when Tyson was in his prime.
quote:I agree. BUT he could ake a hell of a punch and would NOT be intimidated by Tyson. He may not have beat him but would give him a hell of a beating. If there was NO KO, I would take Frazier in a 12 round descion.
quote:has no bearing that Lewis was the superior fighter. Lewis would have beat him anyday of the week. When Tyson was lining up chumps like Carl Williams Buster Douglas,Henry Tillman and Alex Stewart. Tyson had to fight Razor Ruddock twice to earn a definitive win and went the distance with him. Lewis was the rising star in HW divison. He took out Ruddock with ease. Don King wanted no part of Lewis. Everyone inside the boxing world was afraid of Lennox
quote:And I think that a guy who would have given Tyson a great deal of trouble was a young George Foreman. I have no idea how that fight would play out. I would pay good money to see it.
quote:Lewis was not as "feared" as you insinuate... he got KO'd by Oliver McCall
quote:That would have been epic for about three rounds. Foreman would have KILLED him.
quote:Anyone can get caught by an inferior fighter.
quote:Tyson doesn't get caught by an inferior fighter even two years earlier
quote: Ali in his prime would have made Joe Louis look silly


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cat died suddenly
a week ago today (in the evening) I noticed that one of my cats wasn't eating. He normally runs to greet me and rubs all over my legs and wants attention. That night he didn't. I petted him and put the food right in front of him but he didn't want it. He did drink water though. I kept an eye on him. The next morning he came up to me when I put the food out and he wanted to be petted. I spent a long time petting him before I had to go to work. He didn't rub against me. Just huddled on the floor. I put him on the couch and put a blanket on him and he seemed to like that. I called the vet and they couldnt' get me in until the next day. I made sure he drank some more water (still wasn't eating but it hadn't even been 24 hours)I loved all over him before I left for work that morning. When I got home from work I found him laying in front of the door (like he was waiting for me) he had passed away. Devastating.
I have 6 cats (now). Over the years two of them have stopped eating at one point- one was a kitten and after two days of not eating had to have iv fluids. Both were diagnosed as having some type of infection, given antibiotics and recovered. I also leave dry food out all the time so it was difficult to tell if he ate any of that. I had adopted this cat from a shelter about 2 years ago. Fell in love with him (I was a volunteer there) because he was so scared when came in and wouldn't let anyone near him. They said he was around five years old at the time. He had been sick one other time (right after i adopted him he got some type of respiratory illness) and I took him to the vet and he was given antibiotics. The day I noticed he wasn't eating he ate that morning but not in the evening and the next day he didn't eat in the morning and he died sometime when I was at work. I should have demanded an appointment that same day but I didn't realize how sick he was. He didn't have watery eyes or sneezing or anything. He just wasn't himself. I feel so terrible like I let him down. Only had him for two years! Any idea what could have been wrong with him? Was it something I could have prevented? He had all his vaccinations and was an indoor- only cat. None of my other cats are showing any signs of illness.
Oh how utterly awful- the not understanding why would be making me crazy I think. I am not recommending this but just posing this as a question - might this be the type of situation where an autopsy or at least talking with your vet in great depth would be useful. A good vet understands that they are there to help the human too as much as the animal patient.
Is there any possibility he could have gotten into anti freeze or something toxic. Please be kind to yourself - there was no way you could have known - it may very well be that it was something like a congenital heart condition and that nothing could have been done anyway. You just don't know and that may be the most difficult part of it. My sincerest sympathies.
Very sorry you lost your cat. I have no idea what could have been wrong - he could have eaten something poisonous, ate something that caused blockage, maybe he had cancer or a heart condition - it could be lots of things. Try not to blame yourself. You sensed something was wrong and you made a vet appointment. Wasn't your fault his condition was so serious that it needed immediate attention, but you couldn't pick up on it. Even if you did get him to the vet that day, theres still a chance it was too late for them to save him. Lots of people (myself included) would not have understood what was really going on there, and lots of people would not have called a vet to begin with. They would have just waited a day or two to see if things improved on their own. If he didn't have any obvious behaviour that pointed to posioning, like throwing up, seizures, etc - how were you supposed to know what was wrong? You gave him love when he really needed it, and it's obvious you truly loved him, or you wouldn't be here now writing about it. He knew you loved him, and that's what matters. Sorry again that this happened, but one day you will see him again. Don't feel guilty - wasn't your fault.
Ditto re: the advice to not feel guilty. If it had appeared that death was imminent, or that his condition was at the very least, dire, you would have rushed him to the vet, appt or not.
I am so sorry for your loss. I hope your other kitties give you extra love and cuddles, and vice-versa during this sad time in your household. (((HUGS)))
I'm so sorry. I just loss one of my cats and I know exactly how it feels. You did nothing wrong. You noticed a issue and made an appointment. It did sound like how many cats act with simple infection.
In between my cat passing and visiting my vet for more answers, I read lots online about sudden death. Here's the things that came up again and again:
1. Poison
2. Heart Worm
3. Cardiomyopthy
If your cats are like mine, one getting into something wouldn't be possible without the others. I ruled that option out for my own house pretty quickly.
For heart worm and cardiomyopthy, I would go talk to your vet. I became so distrustful of my vet for a few days after my cat passed, but I felt much better after I just went in there and talked to the vet for 20-30 minutes. If you go to the same vet regularly, just go in and say my cat suddenly passed away and I have a lot of questions. That is what I said and there was no charge or anything.
The vet will likely explain the common reasons for sudden death and if anything else is needed to ensure your other cats are still healthy.
In the end, my cat concealed his illness very well until he started to lose weight just like many cats. Cats are not like dogs. If something is wrong, they may conceal it for weeks or months without ever giving a single clue until they are very sick. You can't blame yourself though. You did everything right.


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Job Search Tips for New Teachers
Posted by Nick Gray on March 04, 2013As spring approaches, Susan Levine, Bank Street's Director of Career Services, kicks into high gear offering workshops and resources for Bank Street students priming to start or advance their careers in education.
On March 5, Career Services offers a job fair for those seeking to work in public and charter schools. And on Saturday, March 9, you can attend a half-day workshop covering interview skills, preparing teaching demos, and writing application essays for the Department of Education.
Visit Career Services to learn more and to RSVP for events.
Susan offers the following tips for those just starting out.
Update your resume.
Attend a Resume Writing Workshop, which the Career Services Office offers throughout the year. Volunteer, childcare and camp experiences are all appropriate to put on your resume. Read Career Services' tips on updating cover letters and resumes.
Focus on your fieldwork.
Your supervised fieldwork/advisement component is an essential part of your Bank Street experience; it will also be an important part of your resume and your job search. It is useful to keep a record of your fieldwork experiences. A portfolio, which can include curriculum you helped to develop, photographs, and samples of children's work, can be updated throughout your career, and is a wonderful tool to use during a job interview.
Talk to people.
Get to know directors and principals of the schools you are working in. Invite them to visit your classroom. These people are potential employers and also can serve as references for you.
Use professional days wisely.
Visit schools you have an interest in learning more about. Schedule informational interviews with the principal or director. Keep notes during these visits to use during your job search. Don't forget to send a thank-you note after each meeting.
Network, network, network.
Networking is the most successful way to find a position in any field, including education. It is important to let everyone know that you are looking for a job. Ask friends and family with contacts at schools if you can mention their names in a cover letter.
Do your research.
Visit school websites to learn about them. Remember to make reference in a cover letter if you have visited a school's website.
Happy job hunting!


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A man from my town was also selling at the Boston Flower Show
Tag Archive: Design
I have set up a new blog where those who I follow and who follow me can post what they make. Handcrafted items made by YOU.
Do a blog post and add it here and I will promote it in my stores and get the word out as well.
I know it has my bracelet on header but ideally once a week to have one of your photos run there would be fun too!
Email me at Eunice356@gmail and let me know if you make something you would like to have showcased and generate some sales on. Once I add you as a contributor you can post or I can re-blog if you do a post on your blog.
Well some of you know I garden and others know I joined the local garden club and helped make a few corners pretty here is an update on that part of my life.
This past Sunday we held a Plant Sale to raise money and to get others to add pretty flowers to their landscapes. Let me show you what we had.
You can not be seen any better in out town on a Sunday morning unless you were signing in church.
We had Perennials and Mums that were not quite open yet just enough to show what color they were going to be.
See just beginning to show their beautiful blooms.
We planted 4 in two of our intersections and two at the town hall, three at the Safety Complex, and just three at the intersection close to my home since that one was so full of color already.
This is one of two planters that sit at the top of the stairs leading into our small towns Town Hall. Pretty work our member did. Remember there are just 5 of us and all part-time.
We are loving how they are filling in and are praying this winters snow plows do not destroy all of our hard work.
Hope you live in a town with a garden club who does things like this to make it special. We just have 3 corners done so far but that's not bad for 1 year and all that digging and re-planting and part timers.
Hi everyone!
Time for a little post to say I am still here and following posts of a lot of you on my new reader through RSS links thanks to those who added them for me.
First can you add me if you use Facebook or G+ so I do not lose you :) Mine is Eunice Miller (photo of JT is always what you will see first :) she is a star) I also have an artist page on Facebook too Folsom Mill Studio so please stop by and LIKE ME :)
Ok now here is something for you to ponder.
See what I mean!
If you stopped by you would think I was wouldn't you?
I am just craft and I recycle and no not from MY KITCHEN lol I stole these from the local landfill these are perfectly good bottles!
I will cut them up and use in other ways. Candle holders, drinking glasses, bust some that may not cut perfectly and throw them into the kiln and see what I can make out of the warm glass.
I can do so many things with them I can break them and place in my rock tumbler to get them smooth and wrap in silver wire and added to a pair of ear wires or on a wind chime.
So many possibilities for these rescued bottles do you recycle and make pretty things with them. Like a soup can you can punch a heart design on it with a nail and add a candle in the bottom just a tea light will do and place out where you have you glass of wine on a hot night under the stars.
Follow me on Pinterest I have Pinned a few ideas there YOU?
So if you stop by don't expect me to have a bottle chilling in the refrigerator or wine cellar just piles of empties to get off my butt and make something pretty with.
Inspiration comes in many forms but when it happens to me I either grab a camera or my Blue Tray upon which I do my Beading.
I head into the spare bedroom, though there is no bed and open up the many drawers and containers I have full of beads. As I poke around I zero in on the colors I have available. I used to just have colors of the Sea. I have been beading for two years now and have some of each color it seems.
So with tray in one hand I begin to add beads, needles, thread and findings to complete a project. Who knows if I will sit and work it to the end or put it aside half-finished for a later day.
Even when gathering the supplies to make something pretty and new, I slip into THE ZONE. You have to or the creative juices can stop flowing, even before you begin.
Now with all I think I will need, piled high upon my blue tray, I sit at the table over looking the yard and river with my dog and cat close by. I add the string to my needle, usually Fireline so the piece will last for years and then I use the needle to pick up one tiny seed bead at a time. I like using 15's and 11's the best. They are very tiny. I have to focus or prick myself.
As I sit and pick up each one and add them into my design it starts to come together nicely and as I do the world seems to stop. Yes I enter THE ZONE rather quickly when I place that Blue Beading Tray in front of me.
Do you BEAD?
Have a great day getting lost in THE ZONE!
You all know how much I adore nature and photography that seems to go hand in hand with it , when it comes to me.
I wanted to show you what I have been up to in my spare time.
Yes I am free everyday to do what I want but due to money like the rest of us I chose what I do accordingly.
I am a member of our local garden club I am sure I mentioned that a few times here. You knew we sell plants to put back into our community so here is the latest project 4 out of 5 woman in our group did. Not bad since most are 40-mid 50's.
This is a shot of a downtown intersection I had moved the urn to in preparation for our Memorial Day parade.
When I placed it here after the winter plows were safely parked I had no idea how grown in and messy this spot had become.
At our monthly meeting on the 13th it was decided we would tackle it weather permitting that upcoming weekend.
We went with shovels and rakes and trash bags too.
One of the woman in the club had borrowed her son in laws pickup to bring supplies. We were all parked off the road in the dirt, and had been for hours when a renter in a home at this intersection gets in his truck and steps on the gas, punches it really and shoots across this busy intersection, with all of us woman working in, and proceeds to slam into the trucks drivers door WHAM! He jumps out of his truck and proceeds to photograph where we were all parked. I laughed at him and said "They talk about WOMAN DRIVERS!" he got so angry, I was hoping he was drunk actually but it seems he is just not all there but still allowed to drive. So I asked for the police to be called so we could continue to work safely. A woman had just walked by his truck with her dog and we were going back and for with weeds, thankfully it was a truck that got hit.
So two officers arrive and the man points to ME lol what he doesn't know is who I am and how the police know me as a hero and a hard worker. His info was taken and he was sent on his way. The police put out cones for us and put police tape alongside all our cars and trucks. Then stood and talked, while we worked.
Now I have lived here since 1988 and know a few people who also call our town home. So as we are working like crazy woman, up against the weather forecast, a local man with his own excavating company stopped to say hello to me on the side of the road and wondered when I had developed such a Green Thumb!
I reminded him all he never knew me as was a hard-working trucker , then so hurt after the wreck with the bus in 2000 I never had time and then I couldn't move.
He asked if there were anything he could help me with and I asked if we could get a scoop of nice soil to really turn this corner into a beautiful spot in time. As we worked and tore out all the grass and weeds and junk from the area all this on a quiet Sunday morning he went off to church and his trucks worked all day on another project he was getting paid to do as a prior business owner I know those come first. So as we completed the removal process and I loaded all the saved plant material we would place back into this area, the ladies loaded their tools into their cars and 3 of us made plans to come back at 6 PM. Just before I took off Paul showed back up with his tri axle dump truck with a wonderful amount of soil for us, he is good and good to me. All the ladies had left when he showed up so him and I moved the urn out of the way and I watched him as he backed up and dumped his load of soil making sure no wires were hit or any dummies driving in behind him.
Looks good doesn't it.
So we go back at 6 PM before rains come and begin to shape this pile and lay down strips of fabric to keep the junk from growing back so we can keep it looking nice. We are too old to WEED!
The last of us here worked till dark laying the plants back in before they got to stressed. I had watered them well when we had taken a 4 hour break but I did not want to lose one plant.
Above is what the area looked like the next day as JT and I drove over some left over mulch the Garden Club had at my home.
I snapped this before I laid down pick up truck runs of the mulch. It had poured all night and it looked bad I was glad I did not wait till any others would be around to help.
This is heading down through our little town and finished intersection will be coming up on the left NEXT!
We will add a little punch of color for the summer but in the years to come these will fill in and the bulbs will add spring color too.
I sure hope the towns people appreciate these areas we work so hard on.
We do it all on plant sales and donations.
Thanks for checking out our town and how we plan on changing one corner at a time!
I attended a free talk today on Orchids. What a beautiful and peaceful place to enjoy, on a winter's day. You need to swing by if you are local and have never stepped inside. They are all very friendly and you will get a warm welcome from all including Oliver
He will say Hello and even laugh when you do. Not sure he liked my flash but he never stopped talking and even said Good-Bye.
Baby Tears sit here with Venus flytraps
Cactus too
Are you looking for COLOR now that your Christmas tree is down these are very pretty.
Plants of all types can be found here.
Lush Green Plants are great for cleaning the air you need to breathe
I wonder if this will hold my monster Spider plant
Orange and Yellow pop and the pretty fountain too
So precious placed in a beautiful garden. I must shop for my new English Garden I will be adding here at home.
I must say Oliver has the prettiest home I wouldn't mind staying her either.
Thanks to CHURCHILL'S for allowing me to take photos of their beautiful shop in Exeter, New Hampshire. Stop in I am sure you will love it as well and if you are reading this from another part of the US stop in one of your local garden centers and for those of you who follow me from all over the world should you find yourself in NH call me I will show you around.
Originally posted on 20 Lines A Day:
While traveling across our country
On the way to AZ
We pulled into a Texas Rest Area.
As soon as I saw the bathroom, I
ran back out for my camera, I got a lot of
FUNNY LOOKS for sure. That and a NH
Plate that said Gold Pan, didn't help.
My boyfriend was worried about what it was down here in the south,
in a bathroom no less, was worthy of a photo for me.
Got to keep him guessing!
He does have to learn to TRUST ME


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Rest in peaceRIP Buki (full name Kabuki): August 1998 - June 2012A month or two ago, we noticed that he was drooling. Thought it was old age, but then we felt lumps in his chin and found out that he had mouth cancer. We did what we could (antibiotics, bottle-feeding him, cleaning him because he couldn't clean himself), but in the past few days, it was just too much: his mouth had tumors that misaligned his bottom teeth, he could barely eat because of it, he didn't want to do anything, and he was bleeding. We finally decided that keeping him anymore would be selfish and didn't want him to suffer.Took him to the vet an hour ago. He kept burying himself in the familiar scent and warmth of the blanket from home. Vet gave him a sedative so he would relax and not feel any pain before the injection. He slowly became more peaceful and still, and we held him while the actual injection was put in.He was such a quiet cat. He really didn't deserve this.
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Saw Dark Knight RisesWas nice. I still like the second one best, but this was good too.I'll admit that I sobbed like a baby whenever Michael Caine teared up, and with the Gordon flashback: "A hero can be anyone. Even a man doing something as simple and reassuring as putting a coat around a little boy's shoulders to let him know that the world hadn't ended." ;___;
For anyone that need a new Art Program:I found out on Tumblr this morning that Adobe was letting people download programs like Creative Suite 2 and Adobe Illustrator for free.So if your like me and been using Programs like Photoshop elements and PSP 8 for the last couple of years and want to try something new, here's the Link:https://docs.google.com/document/d/1woD1x4CzokSxRsTaNU4K0nH7n0GAUSkXmwyfWAjLXu0/preview?sle=trueI would suggest just downloading the Adobe Illustrator first to see how you like it. Also it doesn't have the brush sets that the newer ones have so you might want to download a few brush sets. These are the one's I got:http://www.melsbrushes.co.uk/?p=177and one from DA:A few notes:When I save as a Photoshop file, you have to export it. And when you do that, the first box on is labeled color mode. It always has CMYK , and everytime I try to save that it says I don't have enough memory. I don't know if that's true because when I click that box and save it as a RGB file, it works f
The End of the Twinkie?http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2012/11/16/hostess-twinkies-ding-dongs-wonder-bread-going-out-of-business/1708409/World War 3 may just be months away, with much of the middle east currently being blown apart by missiles and the locals setting their neighbours on fire, but the real news is that the Twinkie, the USA's primary contribution to world cuisine, could cease to be."You eat those?" I hear people ask. Hell no. Never eaten one in my life. There's something about their unnatural, chemical-yellow colour and that they have a half-life rather than a use-by date that just sets off one too many alarm-bells.In fact, I'm pretty sure that if you read the print on the pack, you'll find asbestos to be a key ingredient.Even John McClane can't keep one down, and he took out a building full of terrorists with nothing but his bare feet and a Santa hat.Which leads to my point: Without the Twinkie, there are SO many lines from SO many classic movies that future generations just a
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Official Turian Female sneak peak and N7 Day... After 5 years, after 3 games and after much speculation we finally have an official in game Turian female. It's shame that Bioware didn't decide to include Turian female models in the main game, because now it feels like a token girl and not much more. Also the fact that it will be featured in the paid Omega DLC makes it even more bittersweet, but hey it's still better than nothing. The DLC will appear on November 27th and will cost 1200 Bioware/Microsoft points. Tell us what you think about her: For a little comparison I'll hotlink a picture of Lieutenant Abrudas, the very first Turian female shown in the Mass Effect Evolution comic: In other news - the first N7 Day is coming our way fast. The celebration is schedueled for November 7th. You can find more information about it on the official Mass Effect facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=380737978668258&set=a.259483477460376.58244.256213217787402&type=1...
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