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Collectors looking for highly decorated art pottery
Q: I am enclosing a picture of a vase my mother had for many years. She always told me to keep it and don't get rid of it. Since her passing 10 years ago, I have moved it around to different places and wondered if it were valuable. Should I take more care of it? What I can make out on the bottom of the vase are "Slovak 814-AK." Could you give me some information about the value?
A: The shape, the red and cream coloration, and the partial markings on this ceramic vase tells the story of its history very eloquently. What it "says" is that while it is not all that monetarily valuable, it is something that your mother probably liked and wanted her daughter to keep because she thought it might become valuable at some time in the future.
First of all, the shape suggests that this piece is from the late 1920s or early 1930s and the "Chinese" red coloration on the handles and on the band between the body and the neck are typical of this period as well. The cryptic mark "Slovak 814-AK" is probably what is left of the name "Czechoslovakia" and a style number "814-AK."
This information tells me that this piece could not have been made before October, 1918 when this region (now largely the Czech Republic) broke away from the old Austro-Hungarian Empire and became its own national entity. Much of this new country was made up of the old "Kingdom of Bohemia," with had its capital at Prague.
In the second century B. C. (or "B. C. E. "Before the Common Era," which is more proper today), the Romans ejected from Northern Italy a group of people that include the Boii. The Boii (and others) retreated northward to an area that later became called "Boihaemum" — or "home of the Boii."
The story from here is rather complicated, so I will just shorthand it. Over time, the area known as "Bohemia" became populated by Germanic peoples, and major Slavic tribes, who were the precursors of today's Czechs. The turmoil centering around Bohemia and the larger Czechoslovakia would be hard to recount in less than a book sized dissertation, but suffice it to say that since the time of the European Renaissance, the region of Bohemia has been known for it production of glass and ceramics.
Bohemia is still a center for many fine glass factories, but the ceramics industry has died down. World War II took its toll and ceramic factories located around Karlovy Vary and Klasterec — among others — largely vanished with the war and the coming of the communist regime.
Beautiful art potteries that are sought after by today's collectors were made, but these are either highly decorated or sculptural while the piece in today's question is essentially unadorned with no painting except for the bands of color on its waist and handles. In other words, current collectors want spectacular art pieces, but the example shown here is rather "plain jane."
Because of the time period in which it was made, there are those who might call this piece "Art Deco," but it is not "Art Deco" at its purist and most recognizable. True it is nicely geometrical with neoclassical fluting rising out of a ball shape, but this shape misses the true spirit of the Deco Movements.
A few years ago, this vase should have been valued in the $65 to $85 range, but the antiques and collectibles market crash has reduced the value of this piece to about half that.


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Cadance, it's probably not a good idea to be searching around on another pony's computer. What you see cannot be unseen and it looks like Shining agrees with that notion.
Lots of comics lately! Oh well, I'm not complaining. Click for full!
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Annabelle Dean will celebrate her 80th birthday Sept. 26, 2012. Annabelle was born in Akron to Harry and Belle Gibbs.
She has been married to Thomas Dean for 62 years. They reside in Dover.
She is the mother and mother-in-law of Betty and Greg Weigand and Richard and Carol Dean. She has two grandchildren.
Annabelle has been a member of Dover Alliance Church for 42 years.
She also was past First Lady of Akron Unit of WBCCI-Airstream.
She graduated from Old Washington High School in Guernsey County.
Annabelle was employed at Ferrell Gas for 23 years, retiring in 1988.
There will be a celebration with her family Sept. 28 at the Pro's Table.
If you would like to send a card, please send it to 209 S McKinley, Dover, OH 44622.
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Born: March 14, 1942
Death: August 11, 2013
March 14, 1942 - August 11, 2013
Salley Rutledge Carr, 71, of Beaufort, SC passed away Sunday, August 11, 2013 at Coastal Carolina Medical Center.
The family will receive friends on Saturday, August 17, 2013 from 2-3pm at Anderson Funeral Home.
She was born in Aiken, SC on March 14, 1942 to Eulalie Salley Rutledge and Thomas P. Rutledge.
Salley was an animal lover who also enjoyed boating, fishing, horse races and being at the beach as well as knitting. She attended the University of South Carolina and was a Charter Member of the South Carolina Aquariam.
She is survived by her son Thomas J. Carr (Cyndy Carr) and step children; James Carr (Dawn), Stephen Carr, Jean Carr and Cindy Carr. Also surviving are her grandchildren; Andrew Rutledge Carr and Lillian Reese Carr and her step grandchildren; Patrick Carr, Brian Carr, Laura Brodie and Elizabeth Brodie.
Salley is preceded in death by her former husband, Dr. William S. Carr, DVM and step son, David Carr.
In lieu of flowers the family suggests donations be made in her name to Hunting Island Sea Turtle Conservation Project, 2555 Sea Island Parkway, Hunting Island, SC 29920 or to the American Cancer Society, 11 Mallett Way, Suite 301, Bluffton, SC 29910.
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Liking the Spook Month stuff, thanks!
I've been playing some Castlevania 4, a little Monster Party on NES, and some of the Haunted House remake on Wii. Have lots more stuff I'd like to play for the Halloween season, hoping I get to get some more gaming time in soon!
Monster Party is awesome
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The Stanford Quantitative Imaging Laboratory
The Stanford Quantitative Imaging Laboratory (QIL) conducts research to extract and use objective information in images (quantitative measurements and qualitative ("semantic") observations described using controlled terminologies) in machine-processible form for biomedical discovery and clinical applications. For discovery, we aim to identify novel imaging biomarkers of disease for diagnosis, prediction, and assessment of treatment response. For clinical applications. we are developing decision support applications that leverage quantitative information in images to reduce variation in practice and to improve the accuracy of physicians in diagnosing disease and in determining the best treatment in individual patients. We are also building computerized models that characterize the imaging phenotype of disease to enable precision medicine. Work in QIL thus spans a spectrum of activities ranging from basic imaging and informatics science to translational research and clinical service in which quantitative iamging-based discoveries are operationalized and evaluated in clinical practice to transform the practice of medicine. Our work includes applications in Radiology, Pathology, and Ophthalmology.
Current QIL projects:
1. Computerized Quantitative Imaging Assessment of Tumor Burden
QIL recently received a U01 award from NCI to develop informatics methods to transform clinical trial research. Imaging is crucial for assessing patients with cancer and for monitoring their response to treatment. However, current methods for quantifying the amount of tumor in the body, whether it is biologically-active, and whether it is optimally responding to treatment are limited to simplistic measurements that are inaccurate and subject to inter-observer variation. In addition, the workflow for capturing quantitative information from images is difficult, time-consuming, and costly. Our goal is to tools to automate and streamline to process of identifying, measuring, and assessing the amount of tumor in patients and enable oncologists to readily determine the response of individual patients and cohorts to a variety of cancer treatments.
The National Cancer Institute recently funded a number of national centers to establish the Quantitative Imaging Network (QIN). The Stanford QIL is a participating site in QIN, and we are creating computer algorithms to reproducibly and accurately measure tumor burden in patients. We are also developing methods to identify and quantify novel imaging biomarkers that can provide earlier indications of treatment response to cancer therapies. Our vision is to use computer methods to robustly assess treatment response in patients, to warehouse image data to enable researchers to compare many different imaging biomarkers collected in different types of cancers, and to enable establishing the best method of using imaging to assess treatment response in different cancers.
2. Radiogenomics research
Images contain detailed information describing the phenotype of disease. Much exciting research is leveraging the biological signal in molecular data to discovery subtypes of disease, however, analyses based purely on molecular data miss the opportunities of incorporating phenotypic information about disease into computational models to characterize the disease. Our lab is developing methods to integrate the information characterizing disease phenotype in images with moecular data and applying machine learning methods to discover subtypes of disease and to create computational models to predict the best treatments, to assess treatment response, and to predict clinical outcomes. Our computational approach is to develop computational models that extend the biological dogma, relating the phenotype in images to the molecular underpinnings of those phenotypes, consistent with the dogma that "form follows function." Ultimately this work will produce novel radiogenomic signatures of disease, biomarkers to assess treatment response, and understanding of the biological basis of the signals physicians recognize in radiological images.
3. The electronic Imaging Physician Annotation Device (ePAD)
Medical images contain a wealth of information, such as anatomy and pathology, which is often not explicit and computationally accessible. Information schemes are being developed to describe the semantic content of images, but such schemes can be unwieldy to operationalize because there are few tools to enable users to capture structured information easily as part of the routine research workflow. We have created ePad, an open source tool enabling researchers and clinicians to create semantic annotations on images. ePad hides the complexity of the underlying image annotation information model from users, permitting them to describe images and image regions using a graphical interface that maps their descriptions to structured ontologies semi-automatically. Image annotations are saved in a variety of formats, enabling interoperability among medical records systems, image archives in hospitals, and the Semantic Web. Tools such as ePad can help reduce the burden of collecting structured information from images, and it could ultimately enable researchers and physicians to exploit images on a very large scale and glean the biological and physiological significance of image content.
ePAD permits researchers to describe the semantic information in images in a manner that fits within the research workflow could help them to collect the necessary structured image data. This information is stored in compliance with standards developed by the National Cancer Institute's Annotation and Image Markup (AIM) standard format for image metadata.
4. Quantiative Retinal Imaging (QRI)
Imaging is a major component of evaluation of the retina. Beyond fundus photography, the advent of optical coherence tomography (OCT) is revolutionizing practice by permitting high-resolution, three-dimensional imaging of the retina. OCT images contain an enormous amount of information that characterize the phenotype of retinal diseases, but presently only a fraction of the information in OCT images is extracted and used for clinical decision making. Our Quantitative Retinal Image Group is developing methods to optimally leverage latent quantitative information in OCT images to enable precision care in Ophthalmology. We have several projects in quantitative retinal imaging which collectively comprise a pipline of processing these large datasets leading from the raw image to disease assessment and clinical decision support. We are currently applying these methods to provide robust disease assessment and prediction of clinical outcome in AMD, glacoma, diabetic retinopathy, and retinitis pigmentosa.
5. Radbank Data Warehouse: from imaging to molecular phenotype
Radiology data is fragmented, being stored in a variety of information systems in the medical enterprise: the PACS contains images, radiology reports are in the RIS, pathology reports and other clinical data are in the EMR, and molecular data pertinent to disease are stored in a variety of institutional databases with few standards for data exchange. The result is that it is challenging to link and discover novel imaging biomarkers of disease and treatment response.
We have developed an integrated data warehouse which brings together radiology reports with pathology and clinical information (and in the future molecular data) to enable researchers, clinicians, and educators to find cases of particular imaging findings, diagnoses, modalities, and other information. The resource (Radbank) has been used to identify teaching cases, to perform retrospective research, and to identify cohorts for new research.
Ultimately, this resource will inform decision support modules, providing evidence-based just-in-time information for practicing radiologists to render more accurate diagnoses.
6. Next-generation PACS: "Intelligent Image Viewing Workstations
Radiologists interpret images on commercial Picture Archiving and Communications Systems (PACS), the functionality of which is currently focused on retrieving and displaying imagage of particular patients. While this technology has advanced the workflow of image interpretation, there are substantial opportunities to leverage the computer processing capability of PACS and the massive image archives which they contain to deliver decision support to radiologists. The future PACS will be a "portal" to radiological knowledge--the literature, electronically accessible data pertinaining to diseases, and even functionality to enable radiologists to find similar images to those under review to help them with their diagnoses. Incorporation of quantitative imaging methods for more robust evaluation will also be incorporated. The key initial advance in these systems will be integration of a range of clinical, pathological, and even molecular data to provide radiologists and treating physicians with a more complete picture of the patient than solely the images currently provide. We are currently develolping the functionalities of these future intelligent workstations in several projects ongoing in the lab, including quantitative imaging, image annnotation, natural language processing, and decision support.
7. Annotation and Image Markup (AIM) Project
Images, in particular medical and scientific images, contain vast amounts of information. While this information may include metadata about the image, such as how or when the image was acquired, the majority of image information is encoded in the images pixels; however, information about how images are perceived by human or machine observers is not currently captured in a form that is directly tied to the images. A wealth of information pertaining to image content is thus disconnected from the images, limiting the value of radiology imaging to be related to other non-imaging data. We need tools that will allow both human and machine image annotations to be created and stored in a standard format that is syntactically and semantically interoperable with the infrastructure with other biomedical resources while supporting standards such as DICOM, HL7 and those being created by the W3C semantic Web community.
We are developing methods to describe the semantic content in images using ontologies, explicit representations of the entities and relations in biomedicine. We are also creating tools to compose ontology-based descriptions of image content and associate them with images. This work will change the paradigm of medical imaging instead of clinical systems storing just pixels, they will store image data plus the image meaning. This will enable a broad range of computational analytic functionality, including semantic search (see IQ Project), integration of image- and non-image data, statistical modeling of disease, and intelligent decision support applications for image-based personalized care.
8. Content Based Image Retrieval for Decision Support
The number of images in Radiology is exploding. Diagnostic radiologists are confronted with the challenge of efficiently and accurately interpreting cross sectional imaging exams that often now contain thousands of images per patient study. Currently, this is largely an unassisted process, and a given reader's accuracy is established through training and experience. There is significant variation in interpretation between radiologists, and accuracy varies widely, a problem compounded by increasing image numbers. There is an opportunity to improve diagnostic decision making by enabling radiologists to search databases of radiological images and reports for cases that are similar in terms of shared imaging features to the images they are interpreting.
We are creating software tools that can be used to create and to search databases of radiological images based on image features, which include detailed information about lesions: (1) feature descriptors coded by radiologists using RadLex, a comprehensive controlled terminology, and (2) computer-generated features of pixels characterizing the lesion's interior texture and the sharpness of its boundary.
Our goal is to develop methods to facilitate the retrieval of radiological images that contain similarly appearing lesions. We are currently developing a CBIR system in CT images of the liver.
9. Natural Language Processing in Radiology
A vast amount of imaging-related information is locked away in unstructured free-text. Ideally, all radiology information would be collected in structured format ("structured reporting"). We are creating applications to enable structured capture of image data called ePAD (which supersedes the prioriPADplugin for Osirix). However, much of radiology reporting is currently (and previously) unstructured, and in free text. Our goal is to develop computer methods to extract key radiology information from free text to enable mining radiology information in combination with quantitative image data. Ultimately, we envision that structured radiology knowledge will be derived and mined from vast collections of images and reports.
10. Bayesian Modeling for Decision Support
Radiology interpretation is challenging because there are many different imaging features and variation in how different radiologists combine the evidence of multiple combinations of these features into a decision about diagnosis or patient management (e.g., should this patient undergo biopsy?) Such decisions can potentially be improved through artificial intelligence methods such as Bayesian networks.
We are pursuing a number of projects to create models relating observed radiology imaging features to the possible diagnoses and decision points. We are developing these models to improve the diagnosis of breast cancer, to evaluate whether negative results of biopsy could be due to sampling error, and to help radiologists evaluate the malignant potential of thyroid nodules.
11. DICOM Ontology (DO) Project
DICOM (Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine) is the global standard for medical image information; a position it has held for over 20 years. It is pervasive throughout the medical imaging community, and nearly every medical imaging device supports some aspect of the standard. DICOM models the image acquisition process and information objects related to imaging, and it specifies how the image data, the metadata, and related objects are represented in a binary format. For example, DICOM models patients as both clinical and clinical trial subjects, imaging studies that consist of series of images as well as all of the technical parameters of imaging modalities. Despite its size and complexity, DICOM lacks a Reference Information Model of the imaging domain. A reference information model is a formal description of a domain that enables users to share consistent meaning and establish semantic interoperability beyond a local context.
There is a pressing need for an information model of imaging based on DICOM to enable the community to create intelligent imaging-based applications that are interoperable. We are developing the DICOM Ontology (DO), an ontology that will be a single common reference information model for the imaging domain. The DO will be analogous to the Gene Ontology (GO) and serve a similar role in radiology that GO serves in biology. The DO will unify and make explicit all the key entities and relations in DICOM in a human-usable and machine-processable format. The DO will ultimately become a reference ontology—one that comprehensively represents knowledge about the medical imaging domain independent from specific objectives or applications, guided by a theory of the imaging domain and by robust ontology design principles that encourages reuse.
12. Image Query (IQ) Project
Image query is a critical functional component of systems that integrate biomedical images with non-image data. Query tools are vital in order for them to find and retrieve information in all bioinformatics databases. Many biomedical repositories are accruing a wealth of images, such as the National Cancer Imaging Archive (NCIA) and the American College of Radiology Imaging Network (ACRIN), which are building image collections from diverse clinical trials. The current repositories provide the research community technologies to federate data archives, but techniques are needed to permit researchers to explore the various resources, pose questions, correlate image data with related non-image data, and formulate new hypotheses and research directions. There is an emerging need for intelligent image query tools to enable users to search the image resources in an intuitive way. Our goal is to create image query tools to help users create queries that exploit the capability of biomedical ontologies to enable search for images that are annotated using these knowledge sources.
In the IQ project, we will develop semantic methods for searching for annotated images. We will address these challenges: (1) Complexity if image content and semantics, (1) Relating radiology imaging to other non-imaging data, and (3) Terminology challenges of synonymy and polysemy. We will address these challenges by creating an ontology to support image query. An ontology is an explicit knowledge representation that specifies the entities and relations among those entities in a domain in a human-readable and machine-processable format. We will create methods to permit users to search for images based ontology terms, and the ontologies will also be used to expand user queries. We will also develop an intuitive interface to accessing the ontologies and composing queries.


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Dinner for Schmucks
"Dinner for Schmucks" tells the story of Tim (Paul Rudd), a guy on the verge of having it all. The only thing standing between him and total career success is finding the perfect guest to bring to his boss' annual Dinner for Extraordinary People, an event where the winner of the evening brings the most eccentric character as his guest. Enter Barry (Steve Carell), a guy with a passion for dressing mice up in tiny outfits to recreate great works of art. From Jay Roach, director of "Meet the Parents" and "Meet the Fockers" comes an unforgettable feast about two unlikely friends and one very memorable dinner.
- Director
- Jay Roach
- Actors
- Steve Carell, Paul Rudd, Jemaine Clement, Jeff Dunham, Bruce Greenwood, Ron Livingston, Stephanie Szostak
- Genre
- Comedy
- Run Time
- 1 hour 53 minutes
Reviews from Rotten Tomatoes
The movie has a slew of goofball moments that don't add up to a consistently hilarious outing.Lisa Kennedy, Denver Post, 08.02.2010
Should anyone ever be unfortunate enough to break bread with their characters in Dinner For Schmucks, you'd likely commit seppuku with your butter knife before the entrees had even been cleared from the table.Simon Miraudo, Quickflix, 04.03.2011
Dinner For Schmucks is hilariously entertaining. Its pointed messages, meanwhile, make it even more meaningful.Erin Free, FILMINK (Australia), 09.27.2010
'Dinner for Schmucks': Good Movie, Bad TitleJoe Baltake, Passionate Moviegoer, 08.16.2010


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Featured Designer: Steven Snell of Vandelay Design and DesignM.ag
posted by Matt Ward on Dec 8, 2009.
Featured Designer: In this article, I have the privilege of interviewing friend and fellow designer, Steven Snell, founder of Vandelay Design and DesignM.ag. We discuss everything from design, to social media, to where Steven came up with his memorable company name
If you read a lot of design blogs, or if you're an active participant in the design community, chances are you've had some connection with Steven Snell and/or one of his websites. He is the founder and owner of both Vandelay Design, DesignM.ag, and a variety of different gallery sites, such as CartFrenzy, FolioFocus and TYPEinspire, all featured below.
Recently, I've had a bit of communication with Steven, and he was able to help me out on a large-scale project that I have been working on over the past several weeks. I also had the chance to ask Steven some questions about his experience as a freelance designer, questions which he was kind enough to answer. I think you'll find that some of his responses are really interesting! Also, I've included several works from Jon's portfolio for you to check out.
1.Hi Steven! Thanks for agreeing to do this interview. Why don't we start with the basics. Tell us a little bit about yourself and Vandelay Design. I'm interested in how you came up with the name!
I'm a designer and blogger from New Jersey. Well actually I'm from Pennsylvania but I have been living in New Jersey for a few years.
I always struggle with naming things, so when I started Vandelay Design I didn't really have any ideas. I'm a big fan of Seinfeld and several Seinfeld episodes mentioned Vandelay Industries, which was a made up company. Since I had no better ideas I decided to run with the inspiration from Seinfeld. Looking back I wish I would have put more thought into it, but many people have told me that it makes it easier to remember and stands out, so I guess it's ok.
Echo Note: I'd actually wondered if there was a connection between Steven's Vandelay and the infamous Vandelay Industries from Seinfeld.
2.There are many roads that lead people into design. How did you get into the game?
My senior year of college I took an elective course on web design. I was a business major so I was pretty interested in learning web design because of all the opportunities it could bring, but I never really imagined that I would be a full-time web worker. It was a really basic course and by the end I could design a basic table-based site, but that was about it. Following that I did some reading and studying on my own to learn more, especially CSS, and that's what got me really interested in pursuing it even more. I started to do some small sites for family and friends and then I started Vandelay Design as a way to market my services on a bigger scale. At that time I had a full-time job and designing was more of a hobby than a job.
3.Let's play with time a little bit. Can you tell us a bit about where you were 5 years ago, and how those years got you to where you are now?
Five years ago I was working as an internal auditor for a leasing company, and doing a little bit of design on the side. During my time as an auditor I thought that was the career path that I wanted, but I got really sick of being an employee so I dedicated myself to growing Vandelay Design to the point that I could quit the job and work for myself full-time.
4. Looking the other way, where do you see yourself five years from now? It doesn't have to be specific, just a general
That's the one thing about my work that kind of scares me a little bit is that I have no idea what I want to be doing in five years. I change my mind at least every few months. I think I'll probably be doing a lot of the same stuff that I'm doing now, managing my own sites and some client work as well. I'm more of an entrepreneur than a designer, so I don't want to be dependent on client work, but I do like to mix it in with my own projects.
5.Tell us a little bit about your typical day at the "office". Any gear (hardware or software) that is absolutely essential for you?
My days vary depending on what I have going on at that particular time. My work involves writing blog posts for my own sites, some freelance writing for other blogs (not much of that anymore), updating my gallery sites, and designing for clients. The one constant is the need to produce new content for my blogs. I take client work on a limited basis and do freelance blogging when I have time, but keeping my blogs up-to-date with new content requires that I spend at least a few days each week on blog posts. Some of my everyday tools include: WordPress, Photoshop, Blog Desk, Twitter and TweetDeck, Fanurio, and probably some other stuff that I am forgetting.
6. As a full time freelancer, what is most rewarding for you? What is the most challenging?
The most rewarding is seeing growth. Whether it is my own sites growing in terms of traffic and income or the growth and development of a client's site. The biggest challenge for me is managing my time and focusing on getting things done before running off and taking on something new that I don't have time for.
In terms of working with clients, one of my biggest challenges is starting projects properly. Most of the sites I work on are small businesses or organizations, so in many cases they underestimate the importance of planning and preparing the project. Getting to fully understand their situation and the customers/visitors is a challenge if they just want to get a site designed and developed without much involvement on their part.
7.How do you typically go about finding new clients to work with?
Typically I don't go about finding new clients. I get a lot of inquiries through my site and I'm only able to work with a small portion of those people, so I don't pursue work actively since I really can't take on any more.
8.Could you comment on the state of the design industry at large, at least from you perspective? It can be positive, negative, observational or all of the above!
One thing that I have always noticed about the design industry is how helpful people are. I think most designers see their fellow designers as friends or colleagues rather than competition. I like the fact that the industry has so many learning resources available. I've benefited a lot from books and online tutorials, and really anyone that wants to learn more about web design can do so very inexpensively because of all of the resources that are available.
9.What about social media? Like the rest of the design world, you're on Twitter, but what else do you use? Do you think that the massively saturated social media world will be able to sustain itself?
I really don't use much social media anymore. I visit niche sites like Design Bump, DZone and Design Moo a few times a week and I'll vote on stuff here and there with StumbleUpon and Digg, but it's really a very small part of my day. When the Vandelay Design blog was pretty new I was much more active with social media and it played a big role in the blog's growth.
I think social media and social networking are here to stay, but I'm sure it will evolve pretty rapidly. Two years ago I was using StumbleUpon a lot to share articles that I found here and there, now I use Twitter a lot more. The concept of users interacting and sharing I'm sure will stick around, but I think the sites and resources that are popular will change with time.
10.I know you're spending a lot of time on your own network of websites recently, but your portfolio shows that you've done a lot of work for churches and other non-profit ministries. Why did you decided to specialize in this area and how (if at all) do you find it different than working with other clients?
I started to focus on church and non-profit sites because I have an interest in their cause and it feels good to work on a project that gives you a sense of satisfaction. And because traditionally their websites haven't been the best.
The biggest difference and challenge in working with these organizations is that it can be harder to nail down the business. In a lot of situations there is no real decision maker, so the contact person has to get all of the information, then go before a board or committee, and this process can take a while. The same situation comes up in some cases when trying to get information about the organization for the site.
11.When you're not designing or working on DesignM.ag or your network of design galleries, what do you do to stay inspired, or to blow off a little steam?
I like to watch football, mostly college. I used to play a lot of sports and go to the gym just about every day, but that's a lot less frequent now because I don't have much time. I also really like to just hang out with my wife. It could be staying at home and watching a movie or traveling somewhere.
12.Right off the top of your head, fire off the names of three other designers that you really dig/respect.
- Chris Spooner
- Jonathan Snook
- Henry Jones
13.How about three websites that you visit the most?
- MiamiHerald.com (University of Miami football news)
- Smashing Magazine
- Delicious
14.Last, but not least, the question that every interview has to have, and which most close with – the advice. Any pearls of wisdom you'd like to share?
My advice for aspiring designers is to focus on your own improvement and development. One thing about the design industry (either good or bad, depending on how you look at it) is that it's really easy to get started. As a result there is a huge range of abilities and experience from one designer to the next. It's easy to look at someone who is amazingly talented and feel bad about your own abilities, but there is really no need to compare yourself to that person. Learn what you can from the work of others and always try to improve your own skills. If you're always improving you're on the right track.
That's it folks! Thanks so much to Jon for doing this interview! What do you guys think? Any thoughts or comments on any of Steven's answers? Please feel free to ask any questions of your own, too!Post A Comment
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November 28, 2015
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - If you're one of those people who has been thinking about entering something in the Kentucky State Fair, it`s time to get moving.
The deadline for fair entries is July second.
Entry fees are eight dollars per department for adults, four dollars for teens who turn 18 after August first and free for anyone who is 55 by August first. State Fair Board spokeswoman Amanda Storment says about four-thousand entries have been turned in so far. She says the fair typically receives about 40-thousand entries. Those who miss the July second deadline have until July tenth to enter late and pay a 15-dollar fee.
Applicants may apply online for entry forms for some categories, including poultry, pigeons, rabbits, textile, antiques, culinary, hobby and fine arts. The Kentucky State Fair is August 16th through the 26th at the Kentucky Exposition Center, 937 Phillips Lane.
(For more information, check www.kystatefair.org or call the fair's entry department at (502) 367-5190.)
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November 28, 2015
Firefighters in Lexington dealt with a small fire at an apartment complex Friday night.
The fire broke out in a chimney at the Park Hill Apartments off Alumni Drive and Yellowstone Parkway.
Everyone got out safely.
Police had to shutdown Alumni Drive while firefighters checked for hot spots.
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Andrew Quarless has a thought for a new tattoo one that reads humble and hungry.
If nothing else, 2011 certainly has been humbling for the second-year tight end.
A season-ending knee injury to Jermichael Finley in 2010 elevated Quarless to starter throughout the Super Bowl run. He wasnt the threat Finley is, but the fifth-round draft pick caught 21 balls for 238 yards and a touchdown.
Quarless has since watched the organization add two tight ends (bringing the total to five). He missed chunks of training camp with a hip flexor and a groin injury suffered in the preseason opener against the Browns, then missed Weeks 5 and 6 with a knee sprain. Its not even certain he will be active each week.
The Packers come off the bye at 7-0 with a trip to San Diego this weekend as Quarless sits with one reception for 21 yards.
Throughout my whole life, I never really rode the bench, Quarless said. Now to kind of be playing a background role, it makes me stronger as a person. Im very confident in my ability on the field. Thats one of the things that keeps me motivated and keeps me striving.
You know youre a pretty good player and youre going to get better. Thats kind of the way I look at it.
Quarless, a natural receiving tight end, has put a premium on the development of an all-around game a better understanding of the playbook, blocking and special teams. But the lone reception easily was his highlight of the season and not just because of the catch.
Quarless lined up wide, outside of James Jones and Finley, and motioned in toward the line. The ball was snapped and Quarless threw a crack-back block that took out Vikings defensive end Jared Allen before getting into his route. The play broke down and Quarless made eye contact with Aaron Rodgers, who rolled right and eventually found the tight end in stride for a 21-yard gain.
It really affected Allen throughout the game, Quarless said. After that play, he was really worried about any tight end lining up over him.
It just felt good to have the ball in my hands. Ive been doing a lot of the dirty work, a lot of the blocking which I accept. Im trying to perfect that craft, but it feels good to have that ball in your hands.
Catching the ball was never the issue with Quarless. But as long as Finley wears a Packers uniform, Quarless will not be the primary offensive tight end. Finley has 25 receptions while the four other tight ends have four combined.
Im doing a lot of the dirty work, behind the scenes work like an offensive lineman, but at the end of the day, its all part of your profession, Quarless said. I just try to take it in stride and get better at whatever Im doing.
I dont think its been an adjustment. In college I did a fair share of blocking, so its not something Im not used to. At the end of the day, I want to be a tight end that doesnt have to come off the field. I want to be the versatile tight end that can block like a tackle and then run a route like a receiver.
Tight ends coach Ben McAdoo explained how Quarless had to increase his knowledge on the basics of blocking. Being a tall (6-foot-4) and lean player hurts him leverage-wise. So, hes put on about 10 pounds of muscle and has focused on pad level and technique.
He has grown since (2010) and is working to become a complete player, McAdoo said. I think he just has a better understanding of the fundamentals.
Just overall feel of the game. When you understand more and know more and you work on learning, it helps clarify things. The more you know, the faster you can play. That goes a long way because hes a big strong man.
Coach Mike McCarthy added: I think hes probably one of the better on-the-line tight ends in that group. He does a good job moving, going into the backfield sets and also is athletic enough to go to the displaced formations. Were very encouraged with his development. Hes definitely improved from last year.
The single reception was the perfect example. Quarless motioned, blocked, got into his route, made himself available once the play broke down, caught the ball with his hands and picked up more yardage with his feet. And now, he has the tape of roughing up one of the generations top pass rushers.
That Jared Allen was definitely a moment in my career, Quarless said. Thats one of the greats. He was pretty mad. He was actually looking for me, I heard. I went off the next play and he thought J-Mike hit him. He didnt know who hit him. When he found out it was me, he was pointing to me on the sideline.
I came on the field two plays later and he said, Oh thats what you do? Cheap shot? I said, Wake up, bro. Eighty-one is out here. Its simple. Wake up. Its all fun, its all part of the game. Watch out for 81. Eighty-one is lurking.
Eighty-one is humbly lurking on the roster, resembling a lineman more than a pass catcher during the first eight weeks. Hes not 100 percent recovered from the knee injury, but theres no time to rest when the meeting room is filled with four other skilled tight ends. The role calls for Quarless to be more nasty than fancy at the moment and he admitted there have been frustrating moments.
Regardless, a hunger for the ball and a more complete role in the offense remains.
Theres so much I want to show them, Quarless said of the coaching staff. Its really about that hunger right now. Right now Im starving. I need to eat. I gotta eat.
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this weekend was pretty productive- we made an upholstered headboard complete with tufting (22 buttons worth!) it took 5 hours from start to finish (including bolting it to the bed frame) i'm glad it's finally done! last week jon found a really good deal on tolomeo wall lights ($50 each!), so we put those up over the bed for reading. now it's time to find new sheets, and a few other things. i'll take some pictures once it's done!
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- erica said...
super nice! and what a great deal on the tolomeo lights.
- November 22, 2009 at 5:53 PM
- Shay said...
you can actually buy decent tabi socks at Daiso in Richmond or Yoko Yaya at Tinseltown. Those boots are wicked.
- November 22, 2009 at 5:58 PM
- Stephanie said...
erica- they weren't the exact ones i wanted but i couldn't pass up that deal!
shay- thanks, i'll check the place at tinseltown. i knew they would have them in richmond but i'm much too lazy/busy to go all the way there ;)
- November 22, 2009 at 6:56 PM
- styleodyssey said...
martin margiela, i presume? i was on the fence about tabi boots for so long. finally determined i must have some. but i want a silver pair. they're out there...somewhere...in my size. i can wait. :)
my own jon (interesting coincidence, i'm also stephanie) ought to install some cool lights, too- but it'll have to wait. no tolemeo lights around here, i'm afraid.
enjoy your boots! SO cool.
- November 22, 2009 at 7:43 PM
- Amanda said...
awesome- i've been wanting a pair too. i'll have to start searching more..
- November 22, 2009 at 8:22 PM
- -h said...
cool! that head board sounds awesome. i want tabi socks for some reason after seeing them on a friend.
- November 22, 2009 at 10:14 PM
- WendyB said...
Those are great.
- November 22, 2009 at 10:29 PM
- Gold Sphere said...
wow, i admire anyone who can pull the tabi boots off, i have been debating for so long but i think i would look too cartoonish.
Are they comfortable? And how do they run?
- November 23, 2009 at 6:53 AM
- Xing said...
awesome boots!
but I'm more curious to see the headboard!
also, where did you find the lamps? what a great deal!
- November 23, 2009 at 3:34 PM
- Stephanie said...
styleodyssey- yes, margiela. good luck finding the silver! there's a white pair on ebay right now but they're $1500! :(
-h- i found some hand knit tabi socks on etsy i think i might have to have for home/relax time
gs- yes, very comfortable and they run small.
xing- headboard won't be posted for a bit, but it's grey! ;) lights were from lightform
- November 23, 2009 at 11:10 PM
- yui said...
me too! i have a black pair covered in white paint and love them so im looking for a beige pair covered in white paint..the thigh high and the shorter ankle boot versions would be nice as well...they are so versatile. muji has nice tabi socks, i always get mine there
- November 24, 2009 at 8:38 AM
- Allure said...
Oh, the envy! ;)
- November 24, 2009 at 5:41 PM
- fleur_delicious said...
the closure up the back of those boots is so clever! Love it!
and can't wait to see the "new" room!
- November 24, 2009 at 8:49 PM
- Rachel said...
If it matters, Irregular Choice sells tabi boots at a fraction of the cost of margiela. While there are none out right now, i'm sure there will be some for the spring collection.
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"I didn't think to go back with her so I didn't get to meet him until later but he signed his practice stick and a puck and she got a Dallas Stars hoodie, all for free. I managed to get the puck that went through the glass and I got it signed not only by Peterson but by Steve Ott, who was also practicing shooting when that happened. I had Ott sign it "Check NHL.com"! I thought that was very cool. I also told Peterson to bring that shot to the game tomorrow night (vs. the Bruins) and he, in a very self-deprecating manner, said "Yeah but get it in net eh?" Was very awesome. Toby was very nice and the way the team treated us after that was just superb."
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Today, there are 6.7 billion people using more than 228 million barrels of oil equivalent of primary energy a day. By the middle of this century, there could be over nine billion people using twice as much energy, or more, than we do today.
Shell's oil products business makes, distributes and sells a range of petroleum-based products around the world for domestic, industrial and transport use. As part of our commitment to sustainability, we are developing lower-carbon fuels and working towards increasing our own and our customers' energy efficiency.
As the number of cars in the world is predicted to grow from a little fewer than a billion today to as many as 2 billion by 2030, it is vital that we find ways to increase their fuel economy – by developing better fuel formulas; by working closely with automotive manufacturers to help them develop more fuel efficient powertrains; and by educating consumers.
Cleaner engines are more efficient. It is as simple as that, and as one of the largest providers of transport fuels, we are committed to helping drivers to use less energy and reduce emissions through advanced fuels and lubricants.
Cutting smog and pollution caused by vehicles, particularly in the fast-growing mega-cities of the developing world, will become an even more urgent challenge. Stringent regulations on local emissions, combined with new engine and fuel technologies, are vital. In the European Union, for example, this combination has helped to reduce local vehicle pollutants by more than half since the early 1990s.
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SA men on home soil
Johannesburg - The 62 suspected mercenaries jailed in Zimbabwe over an alleged coup plot in oil-rich Equatorial Guinea have been freed and arrived back in South Africa, a relative of one of the men said on Sunday.
"The guys are here in South Africa and officials are busy processing their papers," said Marge Pain, whose husband Ken was one of 70 men arrested in March last year when their plane stopped at Harare airport to pick up weapons.
Zimbabwean authorities alleged the guns were to be used to unseat Equatorial Guinea's President Teodoro Obiang Nguema.
Pain told reporters that an ambulance had arrived at the Beit Bridge border post, the main port of entry between Zimbabwe and South Africa, to attend to some of the men who were ill.
"The ambulance has just gone into the border post with (the group's lawyer) Alwyn (Griebenow), so they are definitely here," she said.
A South African police officer at the post, 540km north of Johannesburg told reporters: "They have arrived," but could not give a time.
The men were formally discharged from prison on Thursday and placed in the custody of immigration authorities although they remained at Chikurubi maximum-security prison on Harare's outskirts.
The men, who all hold South African passports, were convicted and sentenced to 12 months in prison for violating Zimbabwe's immigration laws.
Pain said however that she was told that "eight men will be allowed to come through while the rest would be taken away where their citizenships will be verified".
Briton Simon Mann, founder of the defunct mercenary outfit Executive Outcomes and the suspected mastermind of the alleged coup, will remain behind bars as he is serving a four-year sentence on more serious charges of breaching firearms laws.
Two pilots who flew the plane into Harare will be released in two months. The three-million-dollar Boeing 727 that flew them into Harare has been forfeited to Zimbabwe.
British businessman Mark Thatcher was accused of partly financing the alleged plot to install opposition leader Severo Moto in Malabo and pleaded guilty in South Africa to violating its anti-mercenary law in January.
The son of former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher paid a R3-million fine although he has steadfastly denied that he knowingly took part in the conspiracy.


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The AJ is sensational, says presidency runner
I was pleased to receive press coverage of my RIBA presidential campaign launch at MIPIM (AJ 11.3.04), but am surprised the AJ felt the need to sensationalise a story which was perfectly credible and newsworthy in its own right.
Of course the institute should be politically aware, and contribute to policy making that affects the built environment.
This is a world away from 'hardcore politics', as reported by the AJ.
Of course the institute needs to run its affairs effectively, to provide first-class services to members, and to promote architecture - all as laid down in its charter. The RIBA is, after all, a membership organisation and a charity! Again, this is a world away from turning the institute into a 'profit-making machine', as described by the AJ.
The truth is, the AJ already had a sensational news story - an intelligent, talented, business-like and entirely different candidate is standing for RIBA president. So why not back a winner, and tell the story straight?
Valerie Owen, RIBA presidential candidate, London
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Susan,Queen of the Crocs
Don't call me Buttercup!
WTG, Triple Digits! Nice job, Saigyo and hfox!!
And even tho you're the "enemy," great job, Greg! LOL
Slow and steady wins the.... wait a second! I've been lied to!
Muddling through
And so ends the first quarter of 2013. I predict Happy Feet and Phoenix Rising will be challenged at the top by Triple Digits in the second quarter.
2015 Goals: Run IAT50K, run first 100K, and exceed 100K in a 24-Hour race
Go Happy Feet!!!
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Re: HM Movie Night #8 Announcement- Franchise Origins
LoudLon wrote:
I don't think I'll be able to make it. I still have family in town, they're not leaving until at least Monday and will likely be hanging out at my place. I learned on the very first movie night that my two year old niece is not conducive to me sitting online chatting through two movies, and it's kind of rude for me to do so with family sitting five feet away from me, anyway.
I hope I can make it. I just doubt I will.
i understand Lon, but ( sighs) who am i going to say "BOLLOCKS " to now? i could always crunch a stick of rhubarb for godzilla!
better test my equipment so i don't have problems like i did last time . we have got a friend round as well but he's only a half pint, i'll ignore the twit like i always do anyway!


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The Primary Class (2.5 – 6 years)
The Windsor Street Montessori School Primary Class is an early learning center offering a Montessori program in which each child, respected as an individual, is encouraged to develop his/her total personality at an individualized pace and within an individual growth style. Windsor Street Montessori School is committed to principles of respect for each child, concern for the worth of the individual and the ideal of human brotherhood.
In the "prepared environment" of the Windsor Street Montessori Primary the child may chose activities in the areas of daily living, sensorial education, language arts, music, foreign language, science, small and gross motor play, fantasy play, etc. The child's independent effort is fostered and individuality is honored. The out of doors classroom is available to the child as an extension of the indoor environment.
The Primary, Pre-K, classroom serves children ages 2.5-6 in a mixed-age classroom. Montessori class is in session from 8:30-11:30. All children attend classes for five days a week. If it is necessary for your child to arrive before 8:30, early arrival is available. Children may also stay through lunch, with pick up by 12:30. Extended childcare is available until 5:30. Children under age 4 are expected to nap in the afternoon.
The Extended Day Montessori class is available for non-napping children to age six. This session is 8:30-3:30. Children who are enrolled in this program are expected to attend school for these hours daily for the academic year. Early arrival and after-care are available in conjunction with the Montessori classes.
A certified Montessori teacher and one or more assistant teachers staff each class
The Elementary Class (6 – 12 years)
"To consider the school as a place where instruction is given is one point of view. But, to consider the school as a preparation for life is another. In the latter case, the school must satisfy all the needs of life."
-Maria Montessori
The young child explores the world and understands it with her senses, but the elementary child explores the world and seeks to understand it by using her mind, using memory, imagination and reason. Children this age are entering what Montessori recognized as the second plane of development. This age is characterized by three emerging traits: the transition to abstract reasoning, a strong urge for justice and morality, and the drive to explore the natural and social environments. They love to research and explore, to socialize and to use their imaginations.
With an individualized work plan and the abundant elementary Montessori materials each student can develop his own interests as well as master of basic skills and knowledge, including: math facts, spelling, vocabulary, grammar, sentence analysis, creative and expository writing, and library research. In addition, the WSMS elementary learning environment provides deeper education experiences in the areas of mathematics (including algebra and geometry), language, science and technology, the world of myth, great literature, history, geography, biology, art, music, foreign language, and physical education. Students have opportunities to plan, monitor and assess their own work, thereby further developing their independence, and responsibility for their own actions.
Lower Elementary (6 – 9 years)
The lower elementary class is for children ranging in age from 6-9 years old. Social development and deep learning occur as the older children model and teach the younger children in collaborative projects. Lessons are presented in all areas individually and in groups. Problem solving and reasoning skills grow along with personal responsibility and self-respect.
Upper Elementary (9 – 12 years)
The Upper Elementary class is made up of children ranging in age from 9 -12 years. At the Upper Elementary level children are ready for more abstraction and advance work, especially in the areas of science, history and math. Problem solving, accountability and critical thinking skills are honed. The students' works and projects stem from more complex lessons that leave questions to be answered by the child. The students make use of the outside community's resources by visiting places such as museums, galleries, natural areas, and other facilities. These activities are planned and carried out by the students helping them develop responsibility and community. Service learning consists of volunteering in younger classrooms, or at local facilities such as the Food Bank, and participation in local efforts such as Cleanup Columbia Day.


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text: Narol is an industrial area on the outskirts of Ahmedabad. Chemical and textile factories line the main road, which is in great shape. But once you get off the main road, the kaccha bylanes of Narol are not easily navigable, especially in the monsoons. Kids amuse themselves in puddles of stagnant water, while cars try hard to navigate their way around them. Half a kilometre of precarious driving gets you to a multistorey apartment block called Umang Narol. From a distance, Umang looks like any other newly constructed apartment complex. But it isn't.


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As of Tuesday, February 25, 2014
© Copyright 2015 Newton Citizen
The House began shifting gears towards more floor work last week as the intensity of the session ratcheted up. We voted on 33 bills and resolutions. I'm going to focus on four that were rather out of the ordinary.
Thursday saw the House considering measures related to amending the U.S. Constitution, something I've never seen in my tenure. That said, however, the central topic was something on which I've long hoped to see legislation. As you may know, Congress can initiate an amendment process on its own, by passing proposed amendments and sending those on to the states for ratification. This is how all 27 of the current amendments to the Constitution were enacted. Unfortunately, though Congress has tried to initiate a balanced budget amendment via the same process, the efforts have always failed. However, there is another path. In Article V of the U.S. Constitution, there is a method by which the states can force Congress to initiate an amendment process via a constitutional convention. This provision was included to give the states recourse if Congress refused or was incapable of initiating an amendment. A total of 34 states would need to issue an Article V call in order to trigger this provision. Currently, 20 states have already done so.
The dramatic federal overspending of the last decade and a half has stoked popular interest in Article V. I've become favorably inclined as well, since I've seen the balanced budget provision of Georgia's state constitution work very effectively. The ferment has reached many of my colleagues, and thus we had four Article V related measures to consider on Thursday. We spent several hours working our way through them:
SR 371 is a simple, straightforward call, strictly seeking a balanced budget amendment that would have an exception for national emergencies (essentially, war). I supported it, and it passed by 108 to 63.
HR 1215 is also a simple format call, but in addition to a balanced budget amendment, it adds the topics of limiting the exercise of federal power and of creating term limits for federal officials. I supported this one as well, and it passed by 100 to 65.
HB 794 is a much more complex piece of legislation, generated by a national group that is seeking a more expedited path to a balanced budget amendment. It attempts to do so by using an extensively predefined process. While I found the thinking behind it to be very creative and interesting, it does have flaws. Two of them loomed very large in my estimation. First, in the language provided for an actual balanced budget amendment, there was no exception for a national emergency. To my mind, war is the one instance where the federal government should be able to act with alacrity. Considering that many of the founders of this country felt that the primary reason (for some, the only reason) for a national government was for the purpose of defense, I think it's fair to conclude that they would consider this a very significant flaw.
The second serious flaw stems from the mechanics the bill uses to expedite the process. Specifically, the bill has a provision declaring that, by giving it passage, Georgia thereby pre-ratifies the amendment to be produced by the convention. While supporters claimed that the mechanics of the bill would guarantee that no amendment but the one it outlines can emerge from the convention, I find this a dubious promise. In nearly 10 years of legislating, I've seen too many instances where the best of intentions and the most involved efforts of attempted control through legal wording have fallen short. There is no way that a process with which we have no experience, and therefore no precedents, can be planned and controlled completely. Thus I simply refuse to deprive the people and government of this state of the right to review and vote on any amendment produced by convention. As I'm sure you've guessed by now, I voted no. Nonetheless the bill passed by 103 to 63.
The last item was SB 206. This bill is what is called a delegate limitation act. It would come into play if a constitutional convention were actually called. The bill sets out rules for the appointing of Georgia's delegates to the convention, along with processes for binding them to act only upon convention topics that Georgia instructs them to consider, as well as methods for recalling them if they don't stick to their instructions. I felt it was essential for this bill to be in place for any of the three previous measures to pass. I voted "yes", and the bill passed by 102 to 68.
Interestingly, since SR 371 came to us from the Senate, our passage of that resolution amounted to final passage. The governor's signature is not required for this type of measure, so Georgia is now the 21st state to call for a convention on a balanced budget amendment.
On Wednesday, Clay Jones came to page and did a great job. On Thursday, Danny Stone brought Leadership Newton for their state government day, and I enjoyed the chance to visit with everyone.
Doug Holt, R-Social Circle, represents District 112, comprised of Morgan County and part of Newton County, in the Georgia House of Representatives. He can be reached at 404-656-0152 or by email at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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All pictures taken in the Bay Area of San Francisco. This includes city shots, the Golden Gate Bridge and surrounding recreation areas.
Running late, as always...
For some reason when getting up to photograph sunrise always ends up in a race against the light. Even if I get up on time and I am well prepared, I usually end up running the last few minutes. In this case it turned out that some trees were blocking part of my view from the location I picked, something I did not remember from the many times I had been to this spot. So there I was, running along the trail and up hills, ignoring the spooked coyote on my path, to try and make it in time for blue hour. Arriving a bit late for the real balanced light I still managed to catch the various colors before sunrise race across the sky. Stay tuned for the timelapse as part of my upcoming "Sunrise in the bay" video!
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AT&T offers carrier billing for Android Market purchases
updated 09:45 pm EST, Wed December 22, 2010
Latest carrier to enable the payment option
Google has announced that AT&T will finally support carrier billing for Android Market purchases. The change will eliminate the need for AT&T subscribers to manually enter their credit card information to buy apps using the standard Google Checkout process, as charges can be automatically added to the monthly cellular bill.
AT&T is the latest company to enable carrier billing on Android handsets, following a similar move by T-Mobile late last year. Google made another push for carrier billing during the summer, however some carriers have been slow to integrate the new capabilities.
The feature is being gradually rolled out to all Android users on AT&T's network via an update, which also adds a 15-minute refund window, new Market categories, and a larger size limit for apps.