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Broadcasting Architecture Worldwide. Addition. Court. Urban-context. COUNTRYSIDE. Balnarring House / Simon Couchman Architects. Architects: Simon Couchman Architects / Simon Couchman Location: Balnarring Beach, VIC, Australia Project Engineer: KH Engineering Building Contractor: Nepean Houseworks Landscape: Fiona Brockhoff Project Year: 2011 Project Area: ~300 sqm Photographs: Christine Francis The brief called for a family holiday house where family could be together but not on top of one another.
The wide, north-facing block some 5 minutes walk from Balnarring Beach on Victoria's Mornington Peninsula offered the perfect opportunity to build such a house. Amongst the tea-tree and banksia are the sandy driveways of 1950s-style fibro shacks alternating with the modern housing indicative of the continuing development of the region. While sympathetic to its surroundings, the design of the house seeks to make use of the entire site.
The single level U-shaped building steps up towards the rear of the block following the gentle slope of the land. MICRO HOUSE. Black slit house / THREE.BALL.CASCADE. Architect: THREE.BALL.CASCADE.Architecture Design Office.
Location: Okayama City, Japan Contractor: KONO CO. ,LTD. Structure Engineer: Shuji Tada Site Area: 250 sqm Total Area: 200 sqm Photographs: Courtesy of THREE.BALL.CASCADE. The site of this duplex house is near an industrial area, with big highways and factories, in Okayama City. The narrow shape runs south to north. Mercer House / Vibe Design Group. Architects: Vibe Design Group Location: Melbourne, Australia Project Area: 314 sqmPhotographs: Robert Hamer The client purchased an existing run-down home with the intention of transforming it into a striking contemporary styled residence.
Although unattractive to look at, the existing residence was of sound construction and worthy of part retention and utilization. Unlike their previous home that they described as too stark & cold, the client's called for a liveable family home with sophistication and warmth. An undeniable street presence was formed with a striking timber-lined shape that extends with the longest street boundary. Moonshine / Mitchell Taylor Workshop. Architects: Mitchell Taylor Workshop Location: Bath, England Main Contractor: Piers Taylor Structural Engineer: Structures 1 Project Year: 2008 Photographs: Courtesy of Mitchell Taylor Workshop The extension to 'Moonshine' is an addition to a 1786 castellated Stone building, which has no car access within 400 yards.
It is intended as a didactic building in the Smithsonian tradition and is intentionally raw. It was a self-build project, and finally completed in October 2008. MUR House / Apollo Architects & Associates. Architects: Apollo Architects & Associates Location: Yokohamam, Japan Project Year: 2011 Project Area: 80.39 sqm Structural Engineer: Kenta Masaki Mechanical Engineer: Zennei Shimada Photographs: Masao Nishikawa This one-story residence for a single woman is located in a hilly area of Yokohamam, Japan.
The client requested a house with an internal courtyard that would eliminate the differences in elevation throughout the site while ensuring a sense of privacy and comfort. In response, we decided to model the facade after a simple box encircled by the walls of the building. In order to prevent the interior from becoming just a simple one-room space, we considered each of the necessary components to be a "story." Hotchkiss Residence / Scott. Architect: Scott | Edwards Architects Location: Vancouver, Washington, USA Project Team: Rick Berry, Kelly Edwards, Jason Wesolowski Landscape Architect: Shapiro Didway Contractor: Hammer &Hand Project Area: 1,988 sqf Project Year: 2010 Photographs: Peter Eckert The owners, a couple in their 70's who have lived on the property for over 40 years, sought to rebuild their modular home which had outlived its lifespan.
They desired a "simple living" space. The 1,988 SF, 1.5 bedroom home sits nestled on the banks of the Columbia River and responds to amazing views of the river and Mt. 25th Street Residence / Shimizu + Coggeshall Architects. Architect: Shimizu + Coggeshall Architects Location: Santa Monica, California, United States Project Team: Joshua Coggeshall, Janice Shimizu, Sean Harris, Ryan Klinger, Danny Mascari Project Area: 2785 sf Project Year: 2010 Photographs: Joshua White LEED consultant: Glen Boldt, GB Works Landscape Architect: Sasha Tarnopolsky, Dry Design Structural Engineer: Efficient Consulting Engineers Contractor: deKrassel ConstructionFeatured Products: Runtal Hydronic Radiator units, Schuco Slim V Solar Collectors, Eco-GFX heat recovery fixture S3-60 by EcoInnovations, National Gypsum, Thermal Core phase changing drywall, TX Active finish coat- photocatalytic smog reducing stucco The project hinges on the following main ideas: the first was to insert a LEED platinum contemporary renovation into a 1920's structure in a way that would contrast and complement.
Small unused spaces were reconfigured by expanding them for a multiplicity of programs. V12K0102 / Pasel.Kuenzel Architects. Architects: Pasel.Kuenzel Architects Location: Leiden, The Netherlands Project Team: R.
Pasel, F. Künzel, F. Sack, H. Sneeoosh / zeroplus. Architect: zeroplus Location: Puget Sound, Washington, USA Project Team: Joshua Brevoort, Principal; Lisa chun, Principal; Casey Borgen, Intern Fabricators: River Ranch LLC and Meadow Works Manager: Bud Searle Carpenters: Neil Harrington, Mark Schrader Project Area: 1200 sqf Project Year: 2007 Photographs: zeroplus Our practice explores how architecture can develop a symbiotic relationship with its surroundings.
In this project, a cabin that is a retreat from the intense experiences of urban living, we found a number of ways to develop this ecological model. We started with a strict set of site rules that govern the design and construction process. The most important rule is that the previously undisturbed site full of mature Douglas fir and cedar trees, some up to three feet in diameter with a dense marine underbrush including salal bushes would be left as undisturbed as possible. Brione House / Wespi de Meuron. Architects: Markus Wespi Jérôme de Meuron architects Location: Brione sopra Minusio, TI, Switzerland Construction Supervision: Guscetti Arch.
Dipl., 6648 Minusio Engineer: Anastasi SA, 6604 Locarno Building Physics: IFEC Consulenze SA, 6802 Rivera Contractor: Merlini + Ferrari SA, 6648 Minusio Carpenter: Erich Keller AG, 8583 Sulgen Project year: 2004-2005 Photographs: Hannes Henz The new building is located in a privileged but sprawled urban area above Locarno, with an overwhelming view on the city, the surrounding mountains and the lake. The project is a discrete reaction to a daily subject: to build into a crowded and chaotic urbanized area. Cloudy House / LASC studio. Architects: LASC studio Location: Copenhagen, Denmark Project Year: 2011 Photographs: Stamers Kontor The Cloudy House is an extension of a 1930′s house, which had become too small for the young and expanding family in residence.
The roof of the existing house seems to stretch out over the extension, giving the extension a dynamic and contemporary expression, while clearly communicating its origin from the existing building. Gorgeous Light-Filled Swiss Home Overlooks Lake Lugano lake lugano house – Inhabitat - Green Design Will Save the World. The modern aesthetic certainly creates a stark contrast against the natural greenery, but roof plantings in addition to the views on the pavilion level make the home at peace with the surrounding landscape.
The house is built partially embedded into the slope of a hill overlooking Lake Lugano. The villa consists of two volumes that have been oriented to fit the topography of the site – the one set above ground hosts communal spaces, and the other set on a lower level contains private spaces such as bedrooms and bathrooms, as well as the garage. While established as separate volumes, the program of each level relates closely with the outdoor spaces. Law Street House / Muir Mendes. Architect: Muir Mendes Location: South Melbourne, Australia Project/Design Architect: Amy Muir and Bruno Mendes Builder: Bruno Mendes, Joaquim Mendes, Amy Muir Photographs: Peter Bennetts Muir Mendes was established in 2011 with Law Street House forming the practices first project.
Located in a tight single lane street in South Melbourne the original dilapidated one bedroom workman's cottage built in the 1880s formed the initial brief for architect's/owner builders Bruno Mendes and Amy Muir. To pursue the desire to construct using ones own hands formed a very important part of the brief. Joe Mendes who manages steel fabrication for a large construction company formed the final link. The following 3 and a half years of demolition, excavation and construction would be referred to as 'the daddy Mendes apprenticeship'.
Boathouse / TYIN tegnestue. Architects: TYIN tegnestue Location: More og Romsdal, Norway Project Area: 2011 Photographs: Pasi Aalto Traditional Norwegian boat houses have been used to store boats and fishing gear,but now many of them are being converted for recreational summer use. At this site, the existing boat house was in bad shape and had to be torn down, but its simple shape, sensible placement and honest use of materials inspired the new building. A lot of the materials were reused, either as shuttering for the concrete walls and footings or as internal panelling. Windows from the client's farmhouse were also reused. The exterior cladding is Norwegian pine impregnated with a by-product from the sugar cane industry, which will give grey patina. Box House / Alan Chu & Cristiano Kato. Architects: Alan Chu & Cristiano Kato Location: Ilhabela, Sao Paulo, Brazil Project year: 2008 Site area: 8,000 sqm Constructed area: 36 sqm Photographs: Djan Chu It is a small construction with an equally simple program: A caretaker's house of a property on an island on the North coast of the State of São Paulo, Brazil.


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Poem is no `Hamlet,' but it may be Shakespeare
TO be, or not to be, an early poem by William Shakespeare -- that is the question posed by a young American scholar in Oxford, England. Gary L. Taylor, who comes from Topeka, Kan., has in the last week made known to the world a nine-stanza Elizabethan love lyric with a complicated pattern of rhymes. He is convinced it is a previously ignored and unacknowledged work by the great English playwright. If genuine, it is the first addition to Shakespeare's canon since the 17th century.
Mr. Taylor, a respected Shakespearean textual analyst, has been working for nearly eight years as joint general editor of the Oxford University Press's ``New Complete Shakespeare,'' to be published in 1986. His discovery took place Nov. 15 in Oxford's Bodleian Library. During finishing stages of his exhaustive labors for the new edition, he noted a catalog reference in the library to a poem included in a ``very large'' 17th-century anthology. This poem was attributed by the scribe to Shakes peare. It was completely unfamiliar to Taylor. Over the following 10 days he became positive that Shakespeare wrote it.
Some scholars have already expressed doubts. In a telephone interview Tuesday, Taylor defended what he describes as a very carefully tested assertion to the press that the untitled poem, which he believes can be dated about 1593 to 1595, is undoubtedly an early work by Shakespeare. ``We tried to find a way to prove that it wasn't by Shakespeare,'' he said, ``because we thought that as soon as the poem was published, the first thing everyone would try to do was prove that it wasn't by Shake speare. . . . It is perfectly reasonable for scholars to be cautious,'' he agreed, particularly in view of ``the unusual situation'' of only partial evidence being made known before his own full scholarly article on the work has been published (it is scheduled to appear in the New York Times Review of Books on Dec. 15).

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Review: Tibetan Saffron Collagen Bionic Eye Mask
These are collagen eye masks of the brand Tibetan Saffron (西藏红花). I bought these last year while I was in Shanghai :). This is actually my last package eye mask of this brand. *note to myself: need to buy new eye masks >.<" After using this mask your eyes should look healthier, more energetic, brighter and it will feel fresher.
Price and where to buy
I bought these at Watsons in Shanghai for 10 RMB. One package comes with 3 pairs of eye masks. So they are around €0.33 each. Very inexpensive as you can see xD.
You need to pull the packaging open to get the eye mask out.
Structure & scent
The pads are jelly-ish and it doesn't have a scent. They are quite slippery because of the tonic which is on the eye masks. However the product will get absorbed by the skin after 5-10 minutes.
How to use
Clean your eye area and put the mask under the eyes. Press on the mask to get the air out and leave them on for 20-30 minutes. Lay down and relax...
When it's time you can remove the mask and gently massage the product on your skin. You don't have to wash your eyes after usage.
My opinion
♥ Repurchase? No
It was quite annoying when I had this mask on because it was very slippery! I was sitting behind my laptop while having this mask on and I had to adjust the pads every few minutes ~_~. Therefore I had to lay down and sit still while having the mask on. I couldn't see any instant results after usage, but it did feel a bit moisturized and refreshed ^__^.
My rate: ♥♥♥♥♥ 2.5/5
Have you tried these kind of masks before?


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Gurudev, if Isha is the force that protects us, what about people who are in poverty, disease, losses and danger? If it is their karma, isn't the divinity protecting people with karma?
Protection is relevant only when there is a challenge. A doctor is relevant only when there is a sickness. Did you get it? You have to rethink your question. How do you even know that there is protection by your side? When there is an issue, then you ... -
Gurudev, I am beginning to lose faith in you, what do I do?
That is good. Faith is not that which can come to an end, this is the first thing.You are trying to run away from something in your life, and you are using God or your Guru as a pretext or reason for doing so. Faith that is built in su ... -
How can a person build up faith? Or is it a talent with which one is born with?
You cannot build up faith, you should simply become aware of your doubts and drop them. When you drop your doubts, faith is already there.A doubt is like a cloud hovering over the mind. Wake up and realize, 'What is this doubt? It is o ... -
What is faith?
That which withstands all doubts is faith. Your doubt is always about something that is POSITIVE. You doubt the honesty of somebody, you never doubt the dishonesty of someone. You doubt the love of somebody, not the hate of anyone. You doubt your happin ... -
Dear Gurudev, what is the main mantra or key to happiness in life?
The key to happiness in life is to not stay stuck in 'I…Me…Mine' (meaning one's own personal desires or material gains). Dedicate your life to some larger goal, or to the service of others around you. The ... -
My faith is shaken. Can I as an individual help others to overcome this trauma?
Come on! A flood cannot shake your faith. Then it is no faith at all. Simply know that in every moment of crisis, you will get help and you are helped. There is a power that stands with you, which helps you. That is all you need to keep in mi ... -
Gurudev, in the Mahabharata who was closer to guru, Eklavya or Arjuna? How did Eklavya get such profound knowledge just with his Guru's idol. How is that possible?
'Shraddhavan labhate jnanam matparassamyat indriyaha', (one with faith gains knowledge).When one has faith, knowledge flows to them. Faith brings the knowledge.Nobody needed to tell Eklavya to surrender, or to have f ... -
Gurudev, you have said that a devotee never questions anything (meaning a devotee's total faith is in the Divine). But many questions arise in my mind. Does this mean that there is a lack of devotion in me?
This you need to figure out for yourself. Do you feel that there is a lack of devotion in you? If you feel there is a lack, then there is a lack. If you are feeling hungry, how can I tell, whether you are hungry or not? Will you come and ask me, 'Guru ... -
Gurudev, if faith is the only thing that matters, then a person who does not believe in God but only in himself is also correct, is that so?
Yes, but, belief in self implies that somewhere inside there is a higher self and that higher self is what is called God. You may not label it, but you'll definitely believe in a higher power. ... -
Gurudev, how to cultivate shraddha (faith)? The mind is fickle and wants proof before it believes.
The moment you understand that your mind is fickle then you're getting out of it. You can't have a fickle mind for too long, some interval has to come. That brings wisdom. 'I am being fickle minded', with that very awareness ...


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Kog'maw with a golem buff is quite possibly the most stupidly fun thing in all of LOL. <3 Koggy. I'll wait till fall to play him more often, though, as I'm abroad for the summer and he's quite possibly the worst character (with the possible exception of Ezreal or Twisted Fate) to play with high latency.
Great guide, definitely a rate +1. I tried it in a normal game today, and actually found kog to be fun and not 100% useless
If some of you don't feel like playing mage Kog (I don't ), try this Hybrid build He's one hell of a good Hybrid DPS/Nuker with extreme range. The masteries i use : 9/0/21 Runes : Magic pen Marks and Quints, Mana regen/lvl Seals and Cooldown Glyphs. For the skill order it depends on your gameplay, but usually I try to max Void Ooze and Bio-Arcana Barrage as much as possible. I play him as Hybrid so heres my build: -Doran's Ring + 1hp pot -Boots of speed -Fiendish Codex -Stinger of finish boots -Nashor's Tooth -Guinsoo's Rageblade -Lich Bane For the last item i take Zhonya's Ring but you usually dont get that far in the game... Doing this build, you'll do decent DPS, be a badass nuker and going mid against Heimer should be a breeze. Enjoy!
Lord Sturm
I have to say, I definitely like the build. It helps that it's exactly the same as mine up through boots, but that's ok. XD Never tried Rylai's on him. I really should though, it sounds like it would work really well on him. I'd typically build Rylai's on him at that spot, but I think that's worth a shot. And I gotta say I like Nashor's on him. It's great because not only does it give AP and some good mana management, the attack speed really increases your DPS by a lot when you have BAB up. But I'll give your build a shot next time I'm running Koggy. And yes, Caterpillar skin is the only way to go. :P


text: SAN ANTONIO — Longtime Oregon Defensive Coordinator Nick Aliotti will retire after Monday's Alamo Bowl, the school announced today. Aliotti has been Oregon's defensive coordinator for two stints that totaled 17 years, and has spent 24 total years at Oregon. Aliotti held his final pre-game press conference this afternoon. Here is the release from the … Continue reading »


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Juicy J - Cant Stop Us
Cant Stop Us Juicy J
Some thumping free music from Juicy J produced by Crazy Mike.
Give Cant Stop Us a spin - it's a new offering from Juicy J. It was dropped on Wednesday, August 15th, 2012. Juicy J's rap artistry continues to improve with every release, something which is most definitely evidenced on Cant Stop Us. His ever-expanding catalogue is definitely better for it, and we're looking forward to the next piece of the puzzle - aren't you?
Check out Juicy J on Know Betta, featuring Wiz Khalifa. If you're down, make sure to visit Juicy J's profile page for the newest info, news, songs, and mixtapes.
Let us know what you think, folks.
Quotable Lyrics
"Keep hustlin' bruh, mhm
Never give up
Keep gettin' paper...
It's hard times, niggas be loosin' they mind
Out here merking other niggas because they lost they shine
My old man told me "these the last days"
Errbody tryna get money at a fast pace
At any rate, my enemy ain't necessary"


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Front Seat
Car Seat Safety
I understand its not safe to put the babies car seat in the front seat but this can't be a good idea.
Reasons not to steal this truck!
Reasons not to steal this truck:
1. My father's a cop, 2. My mom's a body builder, 3. I'm very close with the ninja turtles, 4. You're on camera, 5. There's a german shepherd with rabies on the front seat.
Just A Little Unsafe (16 photos)
16 photos of why this car is so unsafe and should never be allowed on the road. Besides the holes in the floor large enough for a child to fall though and the gas can on the passenger seat hooked up to the engine what other problems do you see here?
"We have a Trooper Tale and the pictures tell the whole story. On July 1, 2012, an Minnesota State Patrol Trooper stopped this old Ford Pinto for unsafe equipment on US 53 in Koochiching Co. You can see why in these photos. Much of the vehicle was rusted out. A tire was actually holding in the front seat. And gas can – which was resting on what would be the passenger's seat – had been rigged up to the engine. The car was impounded and the driver was cited for a number of violations including; no Minnesota License and unsafe equipment." Photos Courtesy: Minnesota State Patrol Facebook Page
Carpool Lane Approved
So this is how Bubba gets away with driving in the carpool lane. It's sure better then sticking the blow up doll in the front seat!


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Spicy Pumpkin Muffins
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Serves: 12 muffins
Total Time: 1 hr
Prep Time: 25 min
Cook Time: 25 min
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- 2 cup(s) sifted all purpose flour
- 2 teaspoon(s) baking powder
- 3/4 teaspoon(s) ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon(s) salt, optional
- 1/2 teaspoon(s) ground ginger
- 1/4 teaspoon(s) ground nutmeg
- 1/8 teaspoon(s) ground cloves
- cup(s) butter, room temp
- 1/2 cup(s) brown sugar, lightly packed
- 2 whole(s) eggs
- 1 cup(s) mashed pumpkin, cooked
- 1/2 cup(s) milk
- 1/4 cup(s) honey
- 1/2 cup(s) almonds, chopped, unblanched
- Preheat your oven to 375, grease 2 1/2-inch muffin cups and set aside, or you can use paper muffin cups.Sift together dry ingredients,set aside.Beat together butter,sugar in middle size bowl untill blended well. Add eggs, pumpkin, milk and honey, beat on high untill light and fulffy, about 2 or 3 minutes. Stir in dry ingredients just until combined, do not overbeat.Stir in nuts, then divide batter evenly amoung muffin cups, cups will be full.Bake for 25 to 30 minutes or untill nicely brown and springy to touch.Cool 10 to 15 minutes. You can serve warm or at room temperature.
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This Website Can Be Yours! Starting Bid On Ebay – $15,000!
After rather lengthy deliberation on how to price this website for sale, I have decided to list it today at $15,000 on eBay as 10 day auction.
If you have no time to read the eBay listing, here is a short run down of things:
- Go-Beyon-MLS.com is being auctioned on as is basis.
- In addition to the website (both domain name and content and control over RSS subscriptions) the winning bidder will also assume control of Twitter Account as Facebook Fan Page (consider it as a free added bonus) associated with this website as neither will be of any use to me once the website sells.
I make this post sticky and will update it as the auction progresses and I find that some important questions should be answered and clarifications made.
I will also use this post to make a daily note about this auction, just like the one bellow:
Firday, October 15, 2010 minutes after listing went live: There is barely any activity as far as views/watchers are concerned only 2 views and you guessed it – 0 watchers. Hopefully things will change soon.
5 Responses to "This Website Can Be Yours! Starting Bid On Ebay – $15,000!"
don't worry about the bidders, they'll get in after a few days of posting, the site is really worth it, well established pr and advertisements, I guess this is earning a lot.
@Web Design Brisbane
I certainly appreciate the flattery lol. But I think there would have been a bid already… Do I think this website is worth it? I do. I just think there is a sort of fear out there as far as buying websites
Are you planning to lower the price and put it for sell again?
ebay has been so slow lately it has really become hard to sell items for there value. Everything must sell cheap for them to buy it on ebay.
Maybe you should try it again in 2011. The economy is picking up, maybe the time is right.


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Three Belfast buildings nominated for 'ugly awards'
Three Belfast buildings have been nominated for the "Carbuncle Cup", awarded to the UK's worst new building.
The Obel complex, St Anne's Square and the Boat are all in the running for the 2010 prize awarded by Building Design, a weekly newspaper and online site for architects.
Readers were asked to suggest buildings completed in the last year which they found "fiendishly ugly".
The Obel was damned by one contributor as "a south-facing glazed oven".
The Boat - designed by Todd Architects - is close to the Customs House building in the city centre. It was described as an oversized "blank gable wall".
But Paul Crowe from Todd said: "We think the building is a welcome addition to the Belfast skyline, we don't have that many landmark buildings."
Mr Crowe said the building, which cost £5.5m to build, overlooked two other sites. These are owned by other people and may be developed. Under current legislation, the building could not have windows where it overlooked the other sites.
St Anne's Square was called a "neo-classical, pastiche mess" by one contributor.
The £100m leisure, commercial and residential development is in the city's Cathedral Quarter in a major site of regeneration in Belfast.
It has won several awards for design excellence and innovation. The architects are WDR & RT Taggart.
But Ian, from Belfast claimed there was "a feeling of dread" as the building emerged and said its building services "stuck out like a sore thumb".
Other readers said they were "shocked" at the comments. They said St Anne's was "truly beautiful" with wonderful proportions and impressive design.
They said it led the way for architecture in the city.
Kieran Beggan, a partner at WDR & RT Taggart, said the building had won three major awards and also featured in the New Palladians - a book featuring classical and vernacular traditions in modern architecture.
"John Smylie was the partner in charge and he is a traditional classical architect," Mr Beggan said.
"St Anne's Square is designed in the traditional, classical style and it generated a lot of debate. In general, the public liked it, but modern architects do not like it."
Another nominator describes the Obel tower - a mix of living and office accommodation that dominates the city sky line - as "a confused barcode".
It was designed by Broadway Malyan architects. The company said they had no comment to make.
A shortlist for the award will drawn up later and the "winner" will be announced in August.
Last year, the flagship £10.5m ferry terminal at Liverpool's Pier Head won top prize.
It was designed by Hamilton Architects in Belfast.
Three judges for the Building Design (BD) magazine said the Merseytravel building was "a shining example of bad architecture and bad planning".
But a spokesman for Merseytravel defended the building saying it had "tremendous community support".
He said the negative comments were "only the views of two journalists and an architect."
The building incorporates ferry operations, a Beatles museum and a rooftop restaurant.
When contacted last year, Hamilton Architects said they had "no comment" to make on receiving the unwelcome prize.


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Prayer Circles
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Pray for my brothers marriage that they will stay together and communicate with each other and care enough to stop hurting the one they are suppost to love. They have 5 beatiful children. Also for my marriage. I am so hurt. |
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merena 11/26/2001 18:02 |
Lord I pray that you will help me and my husband Rey to find our path together again. we are going through an incredibly tough time. I love him very much and I want our marriage to last a lifetime. Help save our marriage and direct us through our troubles. Help him realize how important it is for us to work on this. I love him and our son loves him. I know that sometimes it is tough in marriage and make him realize this. I just want to go back to the way it used to be. |
Father I would like to pray for all marriages. And spouses that have strayed. Father we know this is not your plan, so please touch the hearts of those who have left their loving homes for who knows why, and soften their hearts and lead them home. IN JESUS NAME AMEN I Would like all of you to pray for my wife Cynthia that she would come home where she is loved very much. She has strayed from Gods path I pray that she see's that what she is doing is'nt in God's plan befor Our Wedding Anniversary DEC. 8th. PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR MARRIAGE THANK YOU DOUGUS I LOVE HER VERY MUCH |
Gods8minus1 11/26/2001 21:45 |
Papa God we thank you for allowing us to come into your presence. Thank you for choosing us to serve you. I come to you on behalf of "Merena" and "Dougus". Lord these two children of your's are in a covenant agreement with you. They are upholding their ends and we know that this honors you. We know that because they seek your kingdom first, you will give them the desires of their hearts. Give them wisdom and discernment to be tools of reconcilation with their spouses. Fill their spouses with the conviction of your Holy Spirit of truth. Crowd out all the lies of the Enemy and place your hedge of protection around them. Let sin be repulsing to them. Let sin be as gravel in the mouth and a stench to their nose. We will remain strong in our faith and trust in you. To you Papa God we will give all the glory. We give thanks to you, for you always hear us. |
Gods8minus1 11/26/2001 21:52 |
Lord I come to you on behalf of "sweet mitz". Father give this marriage your abundant blessigs. Fill this couple with your Holy Spirit that they may know your truths and be truly free. Let her know just how precious she is to you. Give her the heart of your son; a willingness to forgive completly. No looking back. Love covers a multitude of sin. We thank you father for hearing our petitions. To You be all the glory and praise. |
Msgulfus 11/26/2001 22:09 |
Lord, remove from my husband the spirits of unfaithfulness, anger, lying spirit, deceiving spirit, disobedience and rebellious spirits and replace them with the gifts and fruits of the Holy Spirit. In the name and the blood of my Jesus Christ, Place a hedge of thorns around him and all wayward spouses so whoever is interested in them will end the affairs and they will return their heart to their wife of their youth. Thank you dear Jesus for hearing and answering my prayer. Sacred Heart of Jesus, I place all my trust in You. Amen. |
mattfrye 11/27/2001 01:47 |
I wish first and formost to give my thanks, and all praise into God. He is desevring of ALL praise and honor. All glory and love. This I give, and hope that as I live each day, that I would live it completely for God, and that I would make him proud. |
jim67 11/27/2001 09:43 |
without faith,hope,and GOD,marrige would be nothing. |
deanslove 11/27/2001 11:51 |
Dear Lord, I come to you today to thank you for the love that you have given to me and my family. I know that without you, I would not have the things that I have. My husband and I are really communicating now and we are not fighting anymore. We are talking and laughing just like we did when we first started dating. I love him more and more everyday. |
growingfaith6659 11/27/2001 12:19 |
Please pray for the reuniting of my husband and I. We have been married for 6 years amd have been together for a total of 8 years. There has been a lot of strife and struggle relating to blending families (we both have children from previous marriages), and an interfering grandmother-in-law and mother-in-law as well as my husband's deceit and infidelity. I love my husband very much and have done everything I can with both prayer and delaying our divorce. He is currently living with another women who is pregnant with his child and claims that he is never coming back. There is a possibility that the child may not be his (we have never used any birth control in our 8 years together and he was going to have fertility tests run as my doctor had stated that there was no evidence that the problem was with me. When he moved in with her he said that he stilled loved me very much but that he could not leave the child. I have prayed every day the child is not his and that he return to me and that God use this situation to help us to finally get our marriage right. I need your prayers to help me to accept that it may not be God's will for my husband to return and to give me peace. Everyone who knows how he has treated me, including two therapists that I have seen have said that I must move on, that he is not worthy of my love. Despite such advice I have not been able to get over him nor have I given up hope that God will return him to me. I am struggling greatly with depression, self esteem issues and financial problems. All prayers and any words of wisdom will be greatly appreciated. I would also welcome any emails directly at firstname.lastname@example.com. I was raised a Christian but have not always followed the correct path but am now trying to do so. |
SMnNC 11/27/2001 14:22 |
I have been separatd from my wife and 3 children for 7 months now. Although we BOTH haven't put our whole heart and soul into our marriage, I shoulder the blame for quite bit of it. I, to this day, a living with grief and guilt for my actions. I have put my wife and wonderful children through something I DIDNT have to go through as a child. Abuse, and unfaithfulness. I just want reconciliation...a restoration of what WAS there, and a renewed sense of what we are SUPPOSED to do. Please say a prayer for us all. |
motherfae 11/27/2001 17:30 |
Please Pray for my family. My husband and I have only been married a year now but do to military training we've been together only a half the year in a year alone we have dealt with the passing of close family, he has been very supportive. Until lately I felt I could trust him with anything he's been hideing things and lying to me. I dont believe in devorce I don't think I could stand it but I feel sometimes that this may not work for us, we have a child on the way. I wish he'd help me find a church again but won't and won't tell me why. I need prayer for guidence, and to learn forgiveness. |
snowviolet 11/27/2001 17:57 |
I ask please to be remembered in all of your prayers, I am often too timid to speak up and ask for help-- but I know that there is strength in numbers and I do need all of your voices. Please ask that the Lord will completely restore my husband's health... and also to give him the strength and courage to be the leader of our household. We both very much love the Lord, but are feeling very discouraged. Thank all of you for your love and support, and thank you Father for hearing our prayer in Jesus's name. |
clemomof4 11/27/2001 19:34 |
I pray in the name of Jesus that he would touch each and every one of you and your spouses. I pray that we can learn to let God do his work and not try to heal things on our own. We need to wait on the lord. We need |
mattfrye 11/28/2001 02:37 |
First off, I would just like to give Thanks to God, for life and salvation. I wish to give HIM my thanks and praise for allowing me to wake up each morning, and do HIS will and not my own. I thank God, that I was numbered among the ones he called, and I thank HIM that he gave me the wisdom to answer that call. |
Msgulfus 11/28/2001 22:25 |
To MATTFRYE, That is a BEAUTIFUL prayer. Thank you very much for praying for all of us here. God bless you. |
deanslove 11/28/2001 23:27 |
Thank you MATTFRYE for the prayer. It is so beautiful. You just don't know how much we all appreciate the prayers that are said for us. I, for one, really do admire all the people here for letting other's know that they are children of GOD and are not afraid to let people see their faith. |
clemomof4 11/29/2001 08:24 |
The bible says... Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of His might. Put on the full armor of God, so that you will be able to stand firm against the schemes of the devil. |
Matthew1120 11/29/2001 09:01 |
Dear Lord, strengthen all those who are suffering in abusive marriages. Inspire the abuser, through the Holy Spirit in the light of your Son, Jesus Christ, to reform and to repent and to find love. And support the abused, and comfort and heal them. Amen. |
Matthew1120 11/29/2001 09:10 |
I try to pray without giving advice or preaching. But in diverging this once, let me speak directly to those, and you know who you are, who know they are doing wrong, and are doing it anyway. |
Melrosebruce 11/29/2001 19:14 |
Women! Don't you realize what is going on here? Satan is in full force trying to devoure marriages everywhere! He knows time is running out so he is a very busy Devil! |
Lord, |
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Press Release 11-208 Insights From Biological World to Inspire New Engineering Capabilities
Interdisciplinary teams to explore quietly powerful biological signals and the intersection between minds and machines
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September 28, 2011
The National Science Foundation (NSF) Office of Emerging Frontiers in Research and Innovation (EFRI) has announced 14 grants for the 2011 fiscal year, awarding nearly $28 million to 60 investigators at 23 institutions.
During the next four years, teams of researchers will pursue transformative, fundamental research in two emerging areas: technologies that build on understanding of biological signaling and machines that can interact and cooperate with humans.
Results from this research promise to impact human health, the environment, energy, robotics and manufacturing.
Engineering New Technologies Based on Multicellular and Inter-kingdom Signaling (MIKS): The first set of EFRI research teams will investigate the chemical and mechanical signals that allow living organisms to engage with and respond to their environment at the cellular level. These signals often affect cellular development and behavior, and they can lead to complex interactions between populations of a species or even between species from different biological kingdoms. For example, biological signaling has been found to initiate the formation of biofilms and to regulate symbiotic relationships between species.
With recent advances in microfabrication, synthetic biology, optical sensing and spectroscopy, EFRI researchers will create new technologies to measure and characterize the molecular and cellular interactions that occur with signaling. They will construct novel engineered systems to understand signaling principles and to learn how to use signals for achieving particular results. Ultimately, the teams aim to create technologies that harness the power of biological signaling.
"These eight projects will examine different types of signaling in an array of organisms and environments, ranging from the microbes inhabiting termite guts to the embryonic cells of fruit flies," said Theresa Good, lead EFRI program officer for MIKS. "The results from these investigations could enable new biological energy sources and better protection for human health and the environment."
Mind, Machines, and Motor Control (M3C): The second set of EFRI research teams will pursue machines that can interact and cooperate seamlessly with humans. Current technologies draw upon only a small fraction of the sensory data available to the brain. The analytical processes and control algorithms that govern existing prosthetic devices and robots require human users to accommodate their technological limitations. In numerous ways, the interactive capabilities of machines have a long way to go before they can match those of healthy humans.
EFRI teams will study how the brain senses the physical world and the body's place in it, how it processes this information, and how it achieves rapid, complex, responsive and even improvisational movement of the body. Researchers will use their knowledge of brain activity to create devices that can interface directly and cooperatively with the human body. The overall goal is to design machines--whether prosthetics, rehabilitative machines or robots--that work as an intuitive extension of natural human activity.
"These six awards could launch great advances in robotics, manufacturing and healthcare," said lead EFRI program officer for M3C Radhakisan Baheti. "Engineers, computer scientists, biologists and doctors will undertake extensive collaboration to discover ways to improve quality of life for people with brain disease or injuries and for people who use prosthetics."
"The EFRI research teams will probe some profound aspects of the interface of biology and engineering," said Sohi Rastegar, director of EFRI. "If they are successful, the principles and theories uncovered in their investigations could unlock many technological opportunities."
The fiscal 2011 EFRI topics were developed in close collaboration with the NSF Directorates for Biological Sciences; Computer and Information Science and Engineering and Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences.
EFRI, established by the NSF Directorate for Engineering in 2007, seeks high-risk, interdisciplinary research that has the potential to transform engineering and other fields. The grants demonstrate the EFRI goal to inspire and enable researchers to expand the limits of knowledge.
Summaries of the eight EFRI projects on Engineering New Technologies Based on Multicellular and Inter-kingdom Signaling (MIKS) are found on the award announcement Web page.
Summaries of the six EFRI projects on Mind, Machines, and Motor Control (M3C) are found on the award announcement Web page.
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Seen for the first time in centuries, a 1,500-year-old tomb comes to light via a tiny camera lowered into a Maya pyramid at Mexico's Palenque (map) archaeological site in April. The intact, blood-red funeral chamber offers insight into the ancient city's early history, experts say.
The tomb was discovered in 1999, though researchers have been unable to get inside due to the precarious structural state of the pyramid above. Any effort to penetrate the tomb could damage the contents within, according to the team, which is affiliated with Mexico's National Institute of Anthropology and History.
Instead, the archaeologists lowered the 1.6-by-2.4-inch (4-by-6-centimeter) camera through a 6-inch-wide (15-centimeter-wide) hole in an upper floor of the pyramid.
(Get the full story of the rise and fall of the Maya in National Geographic magazine.)
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Published June 29, 2011
Pyramid Overgrown
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Archaeologist Marta Cuevas, co-leader of the Palenque project, stands in front of Temple 20, the crumbling pyramid whose subterranean tomb was recently probed with a mini-camera.
The remains of a Maya ruler are thought to be buried in the funeral chamber, though no bones have been seen so far. Located in Palenque's so-called Southern Acropolis region, the pyramid itself is similar to a nearby one that was found to contain the remains of a ruler in 1959. (Related: "Superdirt Made Lost Amazon Cities Possible?")
"All of this leads us to believe that the Southern Acropolis was used as a royal necropolis during this epoch," Cuevas said in a press release translated from Spanish.
As a whole, Palenque was not among the biggest Maya cities, but scholars and travelers today prize it for its rich inscriptions, carvings, and architecture, which have helped unravel archaeological mysteries and yielded the first time line of rulers of a Maya city.
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Face-to-Face With History
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Exceptionally preserved due to their inaccessibility, nine black paintings of human figures adorn the Maya tomb's walls, the archaeologists said.
Who or what the figures represent remains unknown. However, the style of the art helped the team date the chamber to between A.D. 400 and 550, the earliest stage of this Maya city-state.
Extending south from southern Mexico, through Guatemala, and into northern Belize, the Maya Empire prospered from about A.D. 250 to 900, when it mysteriously crumbled.
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Dusty Treasure
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Lighted by the miniature camera, some of the tomb's 11 ceramic vessels dot the floor. The vessels' contents are so far unknown, the team says.
Scattered nearby are jade and shell pieces, which were "very hard to find and were only present in funerary offerings of important characters," the research team explained to National Geographic News in an email.
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Forgotten Corner
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Lowered about 15 feet (5 meters) below the small opening in the pyramid floor, the camera illuminates tomb walls that may surround the remains of K'uk' Bahlam I, thought to be the first ruler of Palenque, or another early ruler of the city-state, Cuevas said.
Another possibility for the tomb's inhabitant is a noted female ruler, Ix Yohl Ik'nal, David Stuart, a specialist in Maya inscriptions at the University of Texas, told the Associated Press. "The female ruler is mentioned in a number of the historical texts of the site," he said.
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A modern roof protects the tomb, which "is now located 5 meters [16 feet] down the hole depicted in this image," the research team explained to National Geographic News.
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China's oligopolistic state-controlled wireless industry could become a lot more competitive in the coming years. The country's Ministry of Industry and Information (MIIT) seems to have finally taken the decision to let domestic companies operate as mobile virtual network operators, or MVNOs, on home soil. A MVNO is a third-party service provider which leases network access from an existing wireless carrier and resells the service under its own brand. The decision to let MVNOs operate for a trial period of two years was reached after considering public inputs on the plan, which mandates that existing wireless carriers, China Mobile (NYSE:CHL), China Unicom (NYSE:CHU) and China Telecom (NYSE:CHA), provide access to their network infrastructure at fair and reasonable prices to at least two MVNOs each. Multiple media reports have claimed that MVNOs could be given the go-ahead to start operations as soon as May. [1]
If true, the ministry's move can be seen as a way of shaking things up in an industry that currently has only three players operating, with one (China Mobile) controlling almost two-thirds of the market. With 3G penetration still in the low-20s and China looking to drive data demand, adding MVNOs to the mobile market will definitely offer consumers more choice and incentivize them to switch to 3G. It will also offer the smaller wireless carriers an opportunity to attract more subscribers to their underused networks and recoup their huge CapEx costs through network access fees. China Mobile will feel most threatened by this and will therefore be watching the MVNO space very closely in the coming years.
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MVNOs have not been very successful
However, while the ministry's decision will undoubtedly encourage competition, the MVNO business model has had limited success globally and it is difficult to see why the scenario would play out any different in China. In the U.S., for example, there are quite a few MVNOs such as TracFone, Republic Wireless, FreedomPop and Ting, but the top three wireless carriers still control almost three-fourths of the market. MVNOs account for only about 10% of the U.S. wireless subscriber base despite being around for over a decade now. It is therefore tough to wager that the Chinese market will be disrupted any faster considering that the incumbent Chinese carriers will try their best to ward off competition from the new upstarts. But allowing MVNOs access to their wireless networks does leave the incumbent carriers open to more government regulation in the future.
Therefore, in order to meet the two-MVNO-per-carrier mandate, the three wireless carriers may just look to bring in companies that are reliant on the carriers themselves and would therefore not risk that relationship. For example, the carriers could choose some of the major local electronic retailers who already sell handsets for the mobile operators as MVNO partners. In such a scenario, the risk of serious competition is minimized.
OTT players could find support from smaller carriers
Where the carriers will be truly challenged is in countering the threat from over-the-top (OTT) players such as messaging service provider Tencent and web giant Baidu, both of which have grounds for MVNO aspirations. [2] OTT players use the Internet to provide end users with services and content such as audio and video – which are outside the control of broadband service providers. Launching an MVNO will not only help these OTT players monetize their currently free services through subscriber fees but also diversify their revenue streams away from the highly competitive ad business. It will also give them a chance to guarantee quality of service and start charging for premium services since being an MVNO gives them some amount of control over the network.
Proliferation of OTT services is a big threat to the carriers since these services are not only eating away at the carriers' high-margin messaging revenues but also endangering their voice business. Embracing such players as MVNOs will therefore give the carriers some pause. However, since the OTT services have become widely popular is a short period of time, it may not be a bad idea for the smaller carriers to try to differentiate from the industry behemoth China Mobile by partnering with OTT players and leveraging their popularity. China Mobile, being a market giant, has the resources to invest in the content business with its wireless music base doing well and rumors of an in-the-works mobile instant-messaging app, Fetion, doing the rounds. If MVNOs are allowed to enter the market, the other wireless carriers, China Unicom and China Telecom, could also partake in the growing demand for content, especially video, by allowing OTT players to lease their network for MVNO purposes.
However, partnering with MVNOs will pressurize ARPUs since the carriers will only get a cut of subscriber fees, with MVNOs pocketing the rest. If we look at Sprint, which is the most friendly of the top three when it comes to MVNO partnerships in the U.S., wholesale ARPUs are almost a fifth of the average retail ARPUs. Since the Chinese government will prevent any restrictive network lease pricing on part of the carriers, there will be little pricing upside to the carriers if MVNOs proliferate. Therefore, while the carriers may eventually warm up to MVNOs as subscriber growth decelerates and content becomes an important differentiating factor, the same is likely to not happen any time soon.
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- Green light for MVNOs opens Chinese mobile market for OTT giants, Informa [↩]


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Rebecca Zeiss: Reverence and Irreverence
March 4, 2015 • Alumni News, Alumni - Undergraduate News
The University of Toledo Department of Art welcomes photographer and artist Rebecca Zeiss (BFA 1978) to the UT Center for the Visual Arts for a lecture and an exhibit of her work. Zeiss's exhibit, Reverence & Irreverence,will be shown in the CVA Clement Gallery, Jan. 20 to Mar. 2, 2015. Read More >
Jordana Schrager Featured in Crain's Detroit Business
March 3, 2015 • Undergraduate News
Stamps junior Jordana Schrager's company, Sideline Sneakers LLC, has sold more than 10,000 pairs of Skicks - canvas sneakers in college logos and colors. Read More >
Oliver Uberti - London: The Information Capital
March 3, 2015 • Alumni News, Alumni - Undergraduate News
Combining data with stunning design, the new book London: The Information Capital, by Oliver Uberti (BFA 2003) and James Cheshire, shows us a city as we've never seen it before. Read More >
Susan Crowell Exhibits at NCECA in Providence
February 27, 2015 • Faculty News
Susan Crowell (BFA 1969, MFA 1972) will exhibit her work at the National Conference in Education in the Ceramic Arts in Providence, Rhode Island from Mar. 12 - 19. Read More >
Endi Poskovic: Artist in Residence at Nova Scotia College of Art and Design
February 27, 2015 • Faculty News
Nova Scotia College of Art and Design in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada is hosting Endi Poskovic as an artist-in-residence from February 26 through March 8. Read More >
Natives and Pioneers: A Panel Discussion Exploring Art & Gentrification
February 26, 2015 • Stamps News
As part of an ongoing collaboration with the Carr Center, the University of Michigan Stamps School of Art & Design hosts a panel discussion exploring the topic of art and gentrification. March 27, 5:30 - 7:30 pm at the Carr Center, Detroit, MI Read More >
Audra Wolowiec: Modern Painters Artists to Watch 2015
February 26, 2015 • Alumni News, Alumni - Undergraduate News
Audra Wolowiec (BFA 2002) is featured in Modern Painters: 24 Artists to Watch in 2015. Read More >
Anneli Arms: Exhibition
February 26, 2015 • Alumni News
Anneli Arms (BFA 1957) is featured in 75th Anniversary Show of the Federation of Modern Painters and Sculptors, at the The Sylvia Wald and Po Kim Gallery in NYC from Mar. 10 - Apr. 11. Read More >
Nick Tobier Exhibits at Kunstlerforum Bonn
February 26, 2015 • Faculty News
Nick Tobier's projects, Breathe In/Out and Weights and Measures, are part of the Kunstlerforum Bonn exhibition lying – sitting – standing – walking – jumping – flying/falling – carrying what the human is doing and how, Feb. 27 through Mar. 22, 2015. Read More >
Heidi Kumao's Film Screens in Atlanta & Vienna
February 26, 2015 • Faculty News
Heidi Kumao's film, "Swallowed Whole", will be screened at the Atlanta Film Festival, March 20-29, 2015 and the Tricky Women International Animation Film Festival in Vienna, March 11-15, 2015. Read More >


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T-shirt line takes mental health out of the closet
Saturday, February 15, 2014
BERWICK, Maine — Two local women aiming to end the stigma attached to mental health disorders are launching an edgy new line of apparel.
"Sharing laughs and smiles through social media made me realize just how many people, especially women, were feeling and experiencing the exact same things," she said. "I started realizing how many people feel that they are alone in their battle and that the medical community isn't helping them ... You can feel like a square peg in a round society pretty quickly." Before that, Duquette had always shied away from sharing her personal struggles with others. She said she has always struggled with anxiety, ADHD and learning disabilities, but would try to hide it from others. "I have found that when I share my struggles with others, they in turn feel open to share their own struggles, whether they are the same, or different from mine, the mountain climb can feel the same," she said. Duquette's 10-year-old daughter has also sparked more open conversation about illness and anxiety as her pancreas stopped working when she was only 4 years old and she is now insulin dependent. So, too, suffers from the occasional bought of anxiety.
Duquette met Menter when she purchased one of Duquette's 'Anxiety' T-shirts. The meeting sparked a discussion surrounding what it's like to suffer from depression and anxiety and the pair became an instant support system for each other. After that, Menter offered to help launch Duquette's ideas into a business. "And off we went," Duquette said. The line, called "Kiss My Disorder," allows individuals to wear their mental health issues on their sleeves. The designs label and depict issues such as "attention deficit disorder," "multiple personality disorder," "anxiety" and being "anti-social" or "bipolar." Duquette believes "the mental health community has successfully created their marketing campaign for them, and she is confident there is a disorder for everyone." With more than 20 years of experience in the art and design fields, Duquette has always pushed to accommodate her lifestyle around her mental health issues. By starting the Kiss My Disorder line, she finally feels she may be able to design a profession that works with her and her family's medical needs.
She hopes the T-shirts will help fight the stigma attached to having a mental health issue.
View their page on Facebook. Visit their website at www.kissmydisorder.com to keep up to date on their progress.


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I haven't been on in a considerable amount of time since being at home it is hard to have a moment without someone looking over your shoulder. But everyone is away right now, so I figured I'd take the time to make an entry.
I still haven't come out to anyone. Not even my best friend. This is because I'm the biggest procrastinator/wuss. To be fair, it's also because we usually hang out with a group of people, and I don't intend on coming out to a crowd for the first time. She's my closest friend, and the most accepting, so I figure she should be the first to know. Last night, she and a group of our friends and I were fooling around on aim, and we were trying to tell some stupid thing she'd done to another one of our friends, but she hit the delete, so we were trying to stop her. So I was holding her hands, and she was leaning against me... we were both wearing tank tops, and her skin was so soft. and for a while there, we were just standing, leaning together. "for a while" meaning like, 4 or 5 seconds together, but anyways. Just made me think that I really wish I couldn have that feeling more often, and without feeling guilty for it. More motive to come out sooner I suppose.
In other news... I have the coolest summer job ever. I am so excited.f tomorrow I leave for a residential summer camp for kids and young adults with special needs. It lasts for 9 weeks, including one week of trainging without the campers. Campers come in a week later and can stay for a full session or half session. Most of the staff there is international, so that'll be cool to meet people from all over. They have a swimming pool, a rock climbing wall, a sensory room (for campers with autism), and all sorts of stuff. And the camp location sounds reall good too. It's in the woods, with a creek, and lots of cabins and stuff for the campers. I'm already packed and set to go, and have been working on research and doing recomended reading on the different disabilites. there's things like autism and fragile x, and down syndrome, tramatic brain injuries, cerebral palsy, and oppositional defiance disorder. I'm not sure what group of campers I'll be working with, but regardless I think it's going to be awesome.
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Anticholinergics and antispasmodics for urinary incontinence in men
Generic Name | Brand Name |
darifenacin hydrobromide | Enablex |
fesoterodine | Toviaz |
oxybutynin chloride | Ditropan, Ditropan XL, Oxytrol |
solifenacin succinate | Vesicare |
tolterodine tartrate | Detrol, Detrol LA |
trospium chloride | Sanctura, Sanctura XR |
How It Works
These medicines calm the nerves that control bladder muscles. They may prevent uncontrollable bladder contractions that force urine out of the bladder.
Why It Is Used
Antispasmodics and anticholinergics are used to control the symptoms of urge incontinence. These medicines may also be used to treat stress incontinence, especially if you have both stress and urge incontinence.
How Well It Works
These medicines can help men control urge incontinence. Typically, men who take these medicines can hold their urine for a longer time. And when they do have the urge to urinate, it is not as strong as it is without medicine.1
Side Effects
Side effects vary with some of these medicines and include:
- Dry mouth.
- Headache.
- Decreased sweating, skin rash.
- Nausea, constipation.
- Eye problems.
- Rapid heartbeat.
- Skin rash.
- Drowsiness, confusion.
- Nervousness.
- Urinary retention.
See Drug Reference for a full list of side effects. (Drug Reference is not available in all systems.)
What To Think About
If you have the eye disease glaucoma, it is important for you to talk with your ophthalmologist before you start taking anticholinergics. People who have glaucoma may need to be watched more closely while they are taking anticholinergic medicines.
Some of these medicines may cause you to sweat less. In hot weather, this could lead to heat exhaustion. Ask your doctor whether you should be careful about being physically active in hot conditions.
Complete the new medication information form (PDF)(What is a PDF document?) to help you understand this medication.
Last Updated: July 21, 2008
Author: Monica Rhodes
Medical Review: E. Gregory Thompson, MD - Internal Medicine & Avery L. Seifert, MD - Urology


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Just Because: The World's First Tourbillon Wristwatch Caliber (In New Digs)
Admittedly, when the term "tourbillon" is thrown around, Omega is rarely in the mix of referenced examples. Sure they've got their Central Tourbillon in the DeVille range, but let's face it, this watch isn't clamoring for attention alongside offerings from the likes of Patek or Vacheron. It's worth mentioning then, none of us would be talking about tourbillon wristwatches if it weren't for Omega, as they produced the first tourbillon movement intentioned for a wristwatch.


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Among community developers the idea of creating walkable communities is the Holy Grail. Walkability is measured in many different ways (see this website on what makes a walkable community). We think Old Town is making great strides towards being more walkable, yet there are still many people that live and work close-by, people that would or should be the most likely to walk, yet in most cases they choose not to walk and complain about the lack of parking. This is puzzling to us at Cravings Gourmet Popcorn.
If you think about big city life, say Chicago, parking your car turns into a long-term event. This is out of necessity because it doesn't make sense to move your car from one of the precious few parking spaces. Residents and visitors willingly release their dependence on cars and walk the city. People are more than willing to walk 6, 8, 10 blocks and even farther to their destination(s) even in cold, windy weather.
To put this in perspective, the distance from the city center and State Capital building to Cravings in the heart of Old Town is 12 blocks, Lansing Community College is 10 blocks from Old Town, the Stadium District is 10 blocks from Old Town. Distances from Downtown to Old Town are even shorter if you use the River Trail. The distance from Arties Filling Station to Cravings is 2.5 blocks, from Cravings to Zoobies is 3.5 blocks, and Cravings to Golden Harvest is 2 blocks. Pruess Pets to Cravings – 2.5 blocks, Cravings to Elderly Instruments, 2.5 blocks.
Too far to walk? Really?
Cravings Gourmet Popcorn is located in Old Town Lansing, the hippest area of Lansing, Michigan. Cravings Gourmet Popcorn can be purchased online and shipped to anywhere nationwide.
"There was nothing like a Saturday - unless it was the Saturday leading up to the last week of school and into summer vacation. That of course was all the Saturdays of your life rolled into one big shiny ball." ― Nora Roberts, Rising Tides
Memorial Day is around the corner and vacation season is here. Before you take on a vacation that requires hours in the car and an endless litany of "…are we there yet?" – take a beat and Be a Tourist in Your Own Town. Spearheaded by the Convention and Visitors Bureau, on June 1st over 60 attractions open their doors to you with your special one-day passport. There is so much to see and do in mid-Michigan, you are going to have a great mini "staycation." From 10am to 5pm take a whirlwind tour of attractions using the dedicated CATA buses. New this year is a check-in contest to win prizes by using your GPS enabled phone to go on a scavenger hunt for points.
Be a Tourist in Your Own Town is a fun-packed day of sampling some of the area's best attractions. Pack for the day by carrying along a backpack or satchel with all the necessary items to keep your family comfortable and able to keep moving. Be sure to include drinks and snacks, and what could be better for snacking than a traveler bag of Cravings Gourmet Popcorn? Stop in before the 1st and stock up, or cruise in while you are touring Old Town. You'll be glad you did, and so will we.
If you choose to Be A Tourist In Your Own Town, you'll be able to answer the question "Are we there yet?" with the answer: "Yes we are!"
If you are planning a vacation this summer there is no better choice than a Pure Michigan vacation. Travel Michigan, the Great Lakes state, because it is perfect for boating, camping, hiking and swimming for the ultimate "Up North" vacation. The coast around our beautiful peninsula has 3,288 miles of shoreline which is more than any other state except Alaska. That is probably why there are 829 boat access points, ten spectacular light houses punctuating our shores, and 97 state parks that offer unique natural beauty experiences.
While you are planning your vacation, we would like to suggest that you take Cravings along. Check out our online store for tins of flavor-sealed popcorn to purchase for your vacation snacking, the shipping is FREE. Or, if you are local, just plan on making your last stop, before you hit the road a ,stop to our Old Town store on Turner Street in Old Town. You can't miss us, just look for the giant popcorn box.
Pretty sure you will gobble up the popcorn long before the vacation is over – here are some suggestions for the empty tin:
This is the time of year when most students are anxious to see the end of the school year. It is harder and harder to concentrate on lessons when the great outdoors is promising long days of fun and new adventures. The pace accelerates for the teachers and there is a frantic air as the list of things to accomplish before the end of the school year seems to get longer rather than shorter.
This week at Cravings Gourmet Popcorn we celebrate National Teacher's Day, and ways to say thank you. It is a good time to reflect on those teachers that gave you the powerful tools that have put you on your own path to success. Maybe this is a good week to acknowledge the teachers of your children (and maybe even your teachers) for their tireless efforts at providing not only education, but encouragement and empowerment.
I asked a friend of mine, a former teacher of second graders, to reflect on what those last days before the end of the school year were like for her. "The end of the school year was always bittersweet. Although we teachers were also ready for the summer break, it was a bit sad that we would be saying goodbye the children that we had invested not only our time but our emotional energy for 7 hours a day, 5 days a week for 9 months," said Suzy Winkel. "We have to say goodbye, and the best way is to remember what the students have accomplished and how they have grown. Truthfully, this is a big hand-off and I'm not going to lie, we worry about what is in store for these students over the summer and into the next school year. The only consolation is that we will have some time to rejuvenate and be ready for a new batch of students in September."
Suzy went on to reminisce about the one day at the end of the school year that created a sense of finality for students and teachers. "We called it rag and bag day. Each child was to bring a bag to carry all their personal belongings home and a rag to clean their desk. We cleaned the desks with shaving cream, which works surprisingly well and makes for a lot of fun for the kids."
Might we suggest that a great gift to acknowledge a teacher would be a tall bag of Craving's finest popcorn? Tie a ribbon around it and attach a card with your expressions of gratitude for a school year well done!
When people get together to share their talent in music and song, it's like the feeling you get when you sit around a campfire. Good feelings, good times – at Cravings Gourmet Popcorn, we love that about our little corner of the world. Take a look at this video, it is irresistible!
Every Tuesday from May through October starting at 6pm until dusk Burchard Park in Old Town fills with music. Pickin' in the Park is a weekly social affair and jam session for artists, musicians, and residents in the heart of Old Town.
Come on down, bring your instrument or just come to enjoy. Stop in and see us at Cravings for some snacks.
The ukulele fits the small but mighty description to a "T" – and perhaps that is why Mighty Uke Day is back by popular demand for the third year in a row. It all happens in historic Old Town and includes a festival atmosphere which brings together film, live shows, workshops, open microphone time, children's activities, broadcast, strum-a-longs, jams, all in a celebration of the "people's instrument." Organizer and ukulele aficionado, Ben Hassenger, commented on how he got interested in the ukulele- " In 2009 I took a trip to Hawaii and fell in love with the ukulele. When I got back I checked in with Stan Werbin from Elderly Instruments and we ended up forming the group LAUGH (Lansing Area Ukulele Group) which meets every second Saturday at the Sir Pizza in Old Town."
In 2011they pulled together the first Mighty Uke Day in just six weeks; it grew in 2012, and this year they've really kicked it up a notch with the help of sponsors like Elderly Instruments and the new Old Town General Store. "We kind of a kick-off the festival season in Old Town, we like to think we have the corner on quirkiness."
Cravings Gourmet Popcorn is proud to welcome this Old Town event which is scheduled for May 10 and 11, check out their website for a complete line-up of activities. There are free activities and some concerts which carry a cost. This year Mighty Uke Day will feature one of the world's finest ukulele players, James Hill headlining with a special concert on Saturday, May 11. James is well known around the globe for his technical, songwriting, and educational skills. But most important James Hill is a thoroughly entertaining performer.
In case you didn't know, the ukulele, a small 4-string guitar-like instrument, has been around since the 1880's when it was said to have been created by the Portuguese. The instrument gained popularity when it was brought to the Hawaiian Islands and embraced as a cultural icon. Since then the ukulele has been adopted around the world, mostly because of its size, accessibility and ease of play. In the 1920's the ukulele was symbolic of The Jazz Age. Most recently this mighty little instrument was re-popularized by a giant of a man, Hawaiian musician Israel Kamakawiwo'ole, particularly through his enormously popular 2003 medley of "Over the Rainbow" and "What a Wonderful World."
Friday and Saturday, May 10 and 11, don't miss Mighty Uke Day in Old Town, and be sure to stop by Cravings for a visit.
Now that the weather has finally changed to spring it is time to get out and have some fun. At Cravings Gourmet Popcorn we are proud to be part of a community that has so many great assets, Woldumar Nature Center is one of them.
May 10th and 11th are the dates for the Spring Celebration and 50th Anniversary Celebration of the association of the Woldumar Nature Center.
Friday evening is an adult craft beer and wine sampler and dinner fundraiser. Details included on the special events page of the Woldumar website. Saturday, the festivities are FREE, except for some minor materials fees for some activities. All day Saturday, beginning at 10am, you can experience the nature center coming alive from a long winter dormant state.
Spring Celebration activities include lots of educational events, a special eco pontoon boat tour of the Grand River, and a nature wildflower walk for a closer look at the returning foliage. For the adventurous try one of Woldumar's GPS devices to explore Woldumar Nature Center on your own. Each way point will lead you to an interesting feature or cool location. Test out your skills, as some points may lead you to unexpected discoveries! (Note: photo is a sample of the kinds of flower baskets for sale during the Spring Celebration at Woldumar)
This is a perfect family event to help you bust out of your winter rut. While you are out and about, plan on a visit to Old Town – stop in and see us at Cravings.
This holiday is an easy one to remember if you know how to count in Spanish. What day is Cinco De Mayo? Literally translated it is the 5th Day of May. This is a holiday originally created to commemorate an unlikely win in a battle against the French on May 5, 1862. The Mexican Army, against all odds, defeated French forces in the Battle of Puebla. Since that time the celebration has come to be a celebration of Mexican heritage and pride.
Cinco De Mayo is usually celebrated with music like salsa, tejano, mariachi, and more; Mexican food favorites such as tamales, chili rellenos, and mole sauce; decorations will include color pennants and flags with the Mexican colors of green, white and red; and of course drinking and dancing.
Come on Lansing, let's get our salsa on!


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rAge 2013: SA developers out in force
Local game devs will be on-hand to approach and inspire at rAge 2013
While rAge 2013 will feature some of the biggest games, consoles and personalities in the gaming world, it will also be a great platform for South African developers.
Fourteen of SA's most respected game developers will be showing off their latest games, and you're invited to come and play them all.
Many of the developers will be there in person, happy for you to pick their brains. They include Free Lives; QCF Design; RuneStorm; RetroEpic Software; Manikin Games; Level 3; Giant Box Games; Rogue Moon Studios; retroFuture; Celestial Games; Steven Tu; Deciduous Games; Made with Monster Love, and Red Dot Lab.
Learn 3D will also be present at the event to help nature and gain interest in the gaming dev talent in the country.
If local indie games are your thing then also make sure you get to the NAG stand at rAge this year. The NAG team have put together their very own game called Beyond the Dome: Roxy's Quest (Part XIII): Ain't Got Time for This Sh*t. It'll be available to play on the stand and your high score over the course of the weekend might put you in line to win a MSI GX60 gaming notebook valued at R14,999.
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