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IBM® Sterling Order Management provides a centralized inventory, order promising and fulfillment hub to support omni-channel fulfillment. It helps enterprises increase fill rates and inventory turns, reduce markdowns, improve customer loyalty and increase share of wallet. IBM Sterling Order Management enables you to make better decisions about how to promise and fulfill customer orders, resulting in improved profitability and customer satisfaction.
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- Tracks reverse inventory back to the appropriate location, including partner locations, to support reverse logistics for customer returns.
Integrated order fulfillment processes across store, call center and online channels
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The robust capabilities of IBM® Sterling Order Management empower your organization to optimize the wide-ranging aspects of the order and fulfillment process—helping to deliver moments that matter to your customers at every interaction.
Sterling Order Management capabilities include:
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- Delivery and service scheduling
- Reverse logistics
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- IBM Call Center for Commerce
Delivery and service scheduling
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Sterling Order Management provides a thorough view of inventory and demand across locations and stages of transit. It can optimize inventory, improve product availability and customer satisfaction, and help prevent lost sales. Key features include:
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- Advanced inventory search capabilities.
- Ability to provide accurate available-to-promise dates for products and services being sold.
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Use Sterling Order Management to schedule and provide promise dates for delivery, installation and other add-on services at the time of the order. The resulting optimized product and service fulfillment can help increase revenue with add-on sales and improve customer satisfaction through accurate scheduling of services. Key features include:
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- Integrated control of inventory, delivery and services execution.
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- Ability to offer alternatives to out-of-stock items.
- Support of multiple payment methods.
- Visibility to available and in-transit inventory across multi-store and partner locations.
IBM Call Center for Commerce
IBM Call Center for Commerce is a web-based call center solution that provides customer service representatives (CSRs) with a single point of access to commerce information. When used with Sterling Order Management, IBM Call Center for Commerce supports flexible customer interactions to help enable "order from anywhere, fulfill from anywhere" capabilities—enabling more informed omnichannel interactions with customers to help differentiate your brand and increase sales. Key features include:
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- Cross-channel views of supply and demand, providing the opportunity to save the sale in out-of-stock situations.
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(1) In the case of a plan maintained on January 1, 1974, pursuant to one or more agreements which the Secretary finds to be collective bargaining agreements between employee organizations and one or more employers, no plan shall be treated as not meeting the requirements of sections 1054 and 1055 of this title by reason of a supplementary or special plan provision (within the meaning of paragraph (2)) for any plan year before the year which begins after the earlier of—
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(1) No pension plan to which section 1052 of this title applies may make effective any plan amendment with respect to breaks in service (which amendment is made or becomes effective after January 1, 1974, and before the date on which section 1052 of this title first becomes effective with respect to such plan) which provides that any employee's participation in the plan would commence at any date later than the later of—
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(2) No pension plan to which section 1053 of this title applies may make effective any plan amendment with respect to breaks in service (which amendment is made or becomes effective after January 1, 1974, and before the date on which section 1053 of this title first becomes effective with respect to such plan) if such amendment provides that the nonforfeitable benefit derived from employer contributions to which any employee would be entitled is less than the lesser of the nonforfeitable benefit derived from employer contributions to which he would be entitled under—
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Source(Pub. L. 93–406, title I, § 211,Sept. 2, 1974, 88 Stat. 867; Pub. L. 99–272, title XI, § 11015(a)(1)(B),Apr. 7, 1986, 100 Stat. 265; Pub. L. 101–239, title VII, §§ 7891(a)(1), 7894(h)(2),Dec. 19, 1989, 103 Stat. 2445, 2451.)
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Section 1086 (c) of this title, referred to in subsec. (c)(1), was in the original "section 307 (c)", meaning section 307(c) ofPub. L. 93–406, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. Section 307 (c) was renumbered section 308 (c) by Pub. L. 100–203, title IX, § 9341(b)(1),Dec. 22, 1987, 101 Stat. 1330–370.
This chapter, referred to in subsec. (c)(1), was in the original "this Act", meaning Pub. L. 93–406, known as the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. Titles I, III, and IV of such Act are classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 1001 of this title and Tables.
Section 1017(d) of this Act, referred to in subsec. (d), is section 1017 ofPub. L. 93–406, which is set out as an Effective Date; Transitional Rules note under section 410 of Title 26.
1989—Subsecs. (c)(1), (d). Pub. L. 101–239, § 7891(a)(1), substituted "Internal Revenue Code of 1986" for "Internal Revenue Code of 1954", which for purposes of codification was translated as "title 26".
Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 101–239, § 7894(h)(2), added subsec. (f).
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Amendment by section 7894(h)(2) ofPub. L. 101–239effective, except as otherwise provided, as if originally included in the provision of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, Pub. L. 93–406, to which such amendment relates, see section 7894(i) ofPub. L. 101–239, set out as a note under section 1002 of this title.
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Pat Works [Madden Travis Works, Jr.]
Pat for being born on St. Patricks Day; Texas skydivers called me Crazy Pat. Now its 2-Cats as in: Works, you got more lives than two cats.
RWunderground Parachuting Publications (newsletter & books), 1970 to present.
Chief Technologist, Northrop Grumman Aerospace.
Adjunct Professor, the Claremont Graduate School.
Recently retired and loving it.
BA in English, University of Houston, 1967
MS in Information Systems, Claremont Graduate University, 1992
MBA, Executive Management, Peter F. Drucker Graduate School of Management, 1995
Post Graduate Studies, Ph.D. School of Information Science, Claremont Graduate University, 1992 - 1996 [all coursework for Ph.D. in the Management of IS]
Z51 Corvette
Pet Peeves:
dimwits and the U.S. Congress
Pre-Jump Superstitions:
Eyes-closed touch handles hand-jive
Tai-Chi, art museums, poetry, philosophy, shooting, reading, being .
Neat packer or a trash packer?
Doesnt matter. Parachutes dont worry how they are folded. Me neither. Parachutes are bred to deploy and Im averse to reversing that process by trying to close em back up. I use a packer.
Did you start out as an AFF, static line, or tandem student?
My Static Line 1st jump cost me $15.00.
Would you rather swoop or land on an accuracy tuffet?
I dont swoop. Low-pain landings allow multiple jumps where neither the paramedics nor the coroner need be called.
Jump Philosophy:
Pull prior to impact.
Many generous sponsors chiefly, Skydive Perris and the Conatsers who have been friends, patrons and supporters for 35 years.
Fun jumping, RW, Formation Skydiving; Big Ways; Freefly; Skydance
Home Drop Zone:
Skydive Perris
Year of First Jump:
First Jump 1961 Houston
1st Para Commander jump 1965 Houston
first 5-way star 1964 Houston
SCR-561 1970 Z-Hills;
SCS#1 1971 Hinckley
B-1513 (1962 Texas A&M)
C-1798 (1963 Texas A&M)
D-1813 (1965 Houston)
1966 NCPL National Champion, Team Event, National Collegiate Parachuting League, 1966 (Univ. of Houston Team)
1970 SCR-561 - Z-Hills
1970s My 10-way teams won the California Rumbleseat Meet three times.
1971 Founder of the RW Council
1972 SCS-1, Hinckley
1972-78 Competed in 4-way, 10-way and 8-way RW at the USPA Nationals in 72, 73, 76, 78
1972 Founder of the CG GodFrog Good Vibes Award
1972 Founder of the National Champion of Combined RW Award
1972 Instrumental in introducing 10-way RW to USPA and competed at the first 10-Way Nationals
1972-74 Three-time Conference Champion in 4-way and 10-way RW
1974 Founder of the RW Councils Certificates of Merit
Mid-1970s Team Captain of many skydiving teams, including multiple wins of the Chute-Out at the Gulch, a meet that featured free-form sequential maneuvers of your choice.
1976-77 Two-time Conference Champion in 8-way RW
1976 North American Sequential Sweepstakes, Original 8-way meet in Ft. Lewis, Wash.
1976 4 stack (#663) at Perris
1980s USPA National Director, three terms
1994 1st Exhibition Event of Sit Flying, Team World Skydance, Eloy Ariz.
1995 1st American Championships of Free Flight, Skydive Dallas, ESPN X-Games test event. (Entered on 2-teams: Perris vRW & World Skydance)
1995-97 Competed in the SSI Pro-Tour, Freefly X-Trials for X-Games in 95, 96, 97
1996 Perris Free Fly Championships, Solitary Birds, 3rd place, Perris, Calif.
1996 Pro Tour Free Flying X-Trials (Pre X-Games) event, Solitary Birds, 1st Place, Perris
1997 Pro Tour Freeflying, Monterey Calif.
1997 Universal Skydiver Award No. 2, Perris
1997 X-Games Judge for ESPN
1998 1st Place, National Championships, USPA Freefly US Nationals Competition Trial
Associations/Club Memberships:
SME Certified Manufacturing Engineer CMfgE (Life)
AIAA (past), NRA (current), SASS (current)
USPA, Number #189
Total Number of Jumps
: 8,200
Total Number of Cutaways:
Going back to student status - what was your canopy progression?
Over 1,500 jumps on round canopies starting with the 28-ft. TU; then PCs for 10 years: B4 harness, floating ripcord, sleeve, and double pilot chutes. In 1972 I switched to a piggyback. Went square in 76 I didnt jump a square reserve until 1993.
Most people don't know this about me:
People think that I am a dinosaur. However, in real life I am a fossil, and perhaps as much a myth as a legend.
Out of All of your skydives is there one particular jump that stands out the most?
Yes it was my first introduction to skydivings extraordinary eye-candy. Sunset jump, early 60s, Cessna climbing through flat-layered clouds interconnected by towering columns. Each respective layer had both floor and ceiling of cloud marble supported by alabaster cloud columns a sky cathedral. Blazing sunset ignited endless chambers in enchanted light. That sun disrobed, exchanging her golden gowns with burning oranges in exploding red hues. In her glow, my airship toiled up, dwarfed in Gods crimson glory. My eyes inked phantasmagorical tattoos on my brain.
How long do you plan on skydiving?
Til death do us part with a proviso that my polio relapse backs off.
What do you like most about the sport?
Flying the wings Ive won myself.
What do you like least about the sport?
Parachute packing
Who, if anybody, has been your skydiving mentor?
NA My guide is sharing flight poetry.
What are your future skydiving goals?
Fun jumps with good health.
What safety item do you think is most important and/or most often neglected?
Remembering that safety is a religion and survival is an art.
How did you become interested in skydiving?
Riding bulls at the Houston Rodeos paid $15 per ride. Easy money my high school buddies jumped on. Not me. Taunted, Works got no balls Bulls are bad-ass mean and plan to gore and stomp you. Parachutes are dumb with no ill will. Shoot, sez me, Id rather jump outa an airplane than onto a Brahma bull! So, I called every airport in the Yellow Pages, found a place to jump, signed Moms name to the age waiver, and leaped.
I skydive because
It scratches my itch to touch the poetry of perfection.
Any suggestions for new students?
Have you jumped into the arms of earth-pushed air and snuggled there, lazy, letting the fall just happen? Most make a skydive. Can you simply take one? Relaxed in mind and body, give yourself over to wind and gravity? Relax totally into the air. Let the wind cradle you. Letting the wind give you a position is to accept a gift. Allow the wind to configure you into your natural shape. Drift along on the arms of the wind so that intensity used to control flight is freed. Released from the chores of flight, your self-awareness has energy available to let you sense feelings that were before obscured by your fixation to do. Thus, by not-Doing and exclusively Be-ing, you earn a treasure. You receive a boon enlightenment about an aspect of the air which, like a love, you can call on as you need.
What's the most bad-ass thing you can do in the air?
I can teach you to nail a head-down position in one jump.
If you could do a "fantasy 2-way" with anybody (living or deceased), whom would it be with and where would it take place?
Ummmn . Fantasy 2-way . Thatd have to be with a drop-dead gorgeous woman in heat in a $5,000.00++ per night hotel suite on the French Riviera.
If you could make everyone on the planet do something to make earth a better place to live, what would it be?
have the children of our Abrahamic religions Judaism, Christianity and Islam share mutual respect.
Most embarrassing moment while in freefall or at a drop zone:
Shucks! Always thinking it to be the norm, I recently realized that I began as a Low-Puller! As a student, Ed Fitch (D-89) had us opening at 1,000 ft. AGL and at 800 feet for 20+ jump experts. Recently, Dr. Fitchs dear friend, Lenny Potts, affirmed that our DZs BSRs were nonstandard. (Today I open by 3,000 feet. { Instead of using chalk, Ben went and painted Pat Works on that old low pulls Warning Board in your dinky ticket booth over by the by the packing tables ..Loooong ago. It was difficult for me to open high then. . Id get hypoxia easy and it made finding the DZ tougher}.
Someday I am going to own:
A chunk of the hereafter.
The toughest thing to do in the sport of skydiving is:
to keep having fun with it. Once the fun goes, every sky jumper moves on.
Out of all your thousands of skydives, is there one jump you would like to do over again? Please explain for your fellow jumpers:
There is one jump I wish I hadnt made at all. 1963: Jumping my too hot 28-ft. TU flat circular canopy (Scissors mod) on a windy day, gusts deflate my canopy. Eeeek!! Id drop 50-70 feet and itd pop open, and then snap shut again. Bam! OUCH! Injuries kept me ground-bound for months.
What do you consider your most significant life achievement?
My triumph is that I am still alive.
While in freefall, what has been your strangest thought?
That the ground was covered with phosphorescent green worms wriggling in a morass of bright purple muck.
Suggestions for the USPA:
Keep on keeping on sustaining jumping for skydivers. Continue to keep our skies free.
Best skydiving moment?
Getting back in the air after recovering from the car crash that paralyzed me chest-down at the 1980 Nationals. Notes from that reentry jump:
Landing is a piece of cake The smell of the canopy as I gather it in my arms is like being with a lover from long ago. I bury my head and sniff. Its nice to be back.
Greatest competition moment?
Winning the NCPL Nationals in 66; also winning the X-Games Freefly Xtrial at Skydive Perris in 97, and Winning the USPA Freefly event in 1998 was nice.
Worst skydiving moment?
Ground rush: free falling so low that your impact point explodes up at you, the horizon looms above you, and the landscape bursts out and rushes away instantly, replaced by sick fear, knowing death is here.
Weirdest skydiving moment?
Doing formation skydives inside clouds gets weird and wonderful as cloud wisps strobe your vision on and off; you get the freeze-frame herky-jerky that strobe lights give to disco dancing.
Time for me to ask the impossible - explain "Pat Works" in five words or less:
Outrider seeking mind-food, eye-candy, enlightenment.
What is your perfect day like?
To pass the toe-tag-test. On awakening, check your feet. If your toes do not display a morticians toe-tag, it is a perfect day.
What drives your competitive spirit?
Competing within myself to attain perfect speed, perfect flight, and perfect position. Relaxed aggression. Being good being fast being there.
What quirks do you possess? (Examples: I like peanut butter on both slices; I jump only in Cessna aircraft; I partake in road rage; I fancy orange underwear, but jump in only pink boxers: etc.)
I am a black-belt Space Cadet. If aptitude conferred rank, Id be a general.
What makes Pat tick like a cat with fresh catnip?
New and different flight challenges that extend our borders and ignite our imaginations with new dimensions. Flight that tests us in the air and turns pages in our book of skills. RW formations now Skydancing is that. Skydive becomes Skydance when the flyers choreograph the levels, presentation and proximity to present aesthetically pleasing visuals. Any multi-person skydive having rhythm and choreography is a Skydance. In Skydance, flying movements are an end in themselves. Vertical, spherical and 3D air moves are involved. Beauty in motion is linked to rhythm so that the concepts of group aerial dance, video, and music merge. In traditional formation skydiving, the flying is a means to a grip completing a formation with grips is the metric of goodness. In Skydance flow is more important than taking any hand-hold.
(specialty question) 50 years of USPA Membership! What are your thoughts on your membership then and now with all the growth in between?
Hmmm Back then, there was no organization to oversee the national scene. The old Parachute Riggers and Jumpers Association had a loose affiliation with low influence. In the mid-1960s, Dr. Ed Fitch and Gunby et al. created and then linked a federation of area-specific Parachute Councils: an example was the Texas Parachute Council (TPC) which was a federation of Texas Parachute clubs. These federations were organized groups of affiliated clubs who met and drafted constitutions to promote the health and well-being of parachuting. The same things were coordinated in other parts of the USA and as a result, the PCA became not just a small clique of individual sport parachutists but a nationwide federation of unified state councils that we now call USPA Regions. That move broadened parachutings influence as a bona fide sport and began to transform what had been East-coast fraternity into a nationwide organization predicated on the thought that all parachutists don their gear one leg at a time.
A schism developed in the early 1970s real parachutists versus fun jumpers and at that time I got involved.
(specialty question)
The Art of Freefall RW
has been to skydivers what Ben Hogans
Five Lessons The Modern Fundamentals of Golf
has been to golfers. Looking back to when you were writing it, did you think it would have the profound impact on the sport as it has?
Yes and No.
I was oblivious to anything but getting the book published. The worldwide adoption of my 1975 The Art of Freefall Relative Work (2 editions, 7 reprints and translated into four languages) startled me a great deal. The international respect and attention I was accorded as the master and professor was a surprise and honor. I was elated my books led to extensive world travels and a succession of training camps, including the first USA RW training camps. I was proud to have both the SEALS and the Army Parachute Team as my students. I had a knack for training by sharing discoveries: no-contact, Skydance, relaxation and attitude as sure paths to flight for the joy of flying. Unwittingly, Jan and I became jump-celebrities. But while it is agreeable to be respected, celebrity can be a less-than-pleasurable thing for this Texas boy. Admiration and high regard is hard to accept and tough to adjust to when all youre doing is your thing.
On the other hand, Id expected some effect on our sport was assured because I had preceded my prescription for the art of flying with years of groundwork constructing a nationwide congress of RW alpha dogs to legitimize our pursuit. I called it The RW Council, and began publishing RWunderground, a subscription newsletter for which we had many contributors and that Jan and I produced on our kitchen table. The newsletter became a vehicle for articles and discussions surrounding the development and then promotion of formation skydiving as a competition discipline. Eventually the newsletter and its articles by various contributors around the country evolved into United We Fall, my second book. To my mind, United We Fall has had more relevance and impact on skydiving today because of its influence on the genesis of formation relative work. http://users.cis.fiu.edu/~esj/uwf/uwf.html
The Art of Freefall RW was successful because of good timing. In the 1960s-early 1970s, an infant RW was disrespected and disdained as just Fun Jumping, certainly not authentic parachuting with a conviction that real parachutists did style and accuracy (S&A). All parachuting competitions were S&A events; fun jumps were not on the dance card. There wasnt a word for relative work until the mid-to-early 1960s. Contact freefall parachuting consisted of baton passes or aerial grab-ass, and the lone book on parachuting technique was Russ Gunbys Sport Parachuting - a basic handbook of sport parachuting (1960) which described the two basic-stable positions and how to make turns. Contact RW remained elusive. At any parachute club that you traveled to, finding enough fun-jumpers to make a three-way was a Big Deal indeed. One of my goals with RWunderground and then The Art of Freefall RW was to describe how to do relative work skydiving, make its participants feel like part of a fraternity, and promote it as a legitimate competition discipline.
The book, being the first recipe book which told would-be flyers how to be RW skydivers, evolved into The Bible for performing those skills. I am pleased that it has done much more than I originally anticipated.
(specialty question) What has been your primary motivator for 50 years (and counting) as a skydiver?
FUN and sharing it, i.e. the communication imperative.
What goes around comes around for me. Learning what others know and then passing it on is a good path to keeping the fun in skydiving. Listen, learn and share with skymates, because learning skydiving in isolation takes a long time and costs a lot of money. More importantly, it can be downright dangerous.
Honor the Communication Imperative by being open to learning new things and then sharing what youve learned with others.
(specialty question) How did you cope with periods of burnout? Any advice for your fellow jumpers?
Focus on skydivings fun and its glorious visuals; thats the key to jumping continuity.
Any closing comments?
If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?
Of all skydivers, scribes are but a splendid few.* Recall and respect those who capture our history with their words and art. Hail our scribes or else our history is but dust in a wind. Honor our traditions else respect disappears. Say your story else the world is dumb and trees fall silently in our forests.
* These writers, plus all emerging wordsmiths:
J. Scott Hamilton
Lyle Cameron (RIP)
Skratch Garrison
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Uwe Beckman (RIP)
Matt Farmer
Roger Hull
Carl Nelson (RIP)
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Brian Germain
Charles Shea-Simonds (RIP)
Michael Horan
C.W. Ryan
A.C. Keech
Gene Hunnell
Kevin Gibson
Brian Giboney
Robin Heid
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Originally aired on January 17, 2010 on "Two-Way Street." Charles Peña, Senior Fellow at the Independent Institute, joins a panel of foreign policy experts to support the discussion topic: The U.S. should close its military bases around the world.
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Thursday, October 13, 2011
The Colorful Life of Zoya
A few days ago I posted a picture of 72 year old Zoya dressed all in black. Here she is again in a much brighter dress and floral sweater. What first drew me to photograph Zoya, was her confidence and beautiful spirit. Style isn't only about the clothes we wear, but also how we carry and express ourselves. Zoya's lives a colorful life filled with music, art, and fashion. Her style is a reflection of her rich appreciation of culture and beauty.
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- Gloria said...
All your ladies are armed with poise and what looks like a stability in their life. When I grow up, I want to be like all your ladies. Thanks Ari, Zoya is elegant and very poised.
- October 13, 2011 at 8:01 PM
- traci's mixed bag said...
Long time reader, first time commenter. First of all, I love your blog. The pictures make me smile, daily. Thank you for doing what you do.
- October 13, 2011 at 9:20 PM
- RocquelleIsLovely said...
I love the confidence she's exuding in this picture!! She looks beautiful in color!
- October 13, 2011 at 10:14 PM
- Frances said...
YES! I love Zoya. She gives the best face.
- October 13, 2011 at 11:19 PM
- Świat Ami said...
She looks like pink cupcake :) Cute.
- October 14, 2011 at 3:48 AM
- Caitlin said...
I thought Zoya looked glamorous in all-black. But she's even more gorgeous and inspiring in full colours! Great shot.
- October 14, 2011 at 4:13 AM
- SymbioticLife said...
I love the colors of her outfit, including those shoes which look super comfy.
- October 14, 2011 at 5:29 AM
- Hat Karaoke said...
I would listen to him speaking all day long. Very charming indeed.
- October 14, 2011 at 5:33 AM
- sacramento said...
She has it all. I adore her style even more in colour.
- October 14, 2011 at 5:43 AM
- Tikkitiboo + Ahka Vintage said...
I remember that post - I love her confidence. I think age lets you define your style - and years give you confidence to express yourself.
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- October 14, 2011 at 5:55 AM
- THE FASHION CLAKERS! said...
What an amazing blog! We never have seen anyone like yours, but seeing your blog we think that style doesn´t have age! It´s nice that old ladies love fashion and style if you want you can visit our blog!
- October 14, 2011 at 2:37 PM
- Karen Martin Sampson said...
I love looking at your pictures of lovely, sexy older women! I am 66 and hoping to maintain a modicum of style as I age, although where I live (on north Vancouver Island surrounded by forest, mountains, ocean, bears, cougar, and Elk, among other wildlife!) I don't get much opportunity to dress up - out here you put on your best Gum boots when you go socializing-) Still, I'm an artist and do have a reputation to uphold, so I like to keep up with what's in style when I can. Thanks again for this great blog!
- October 14, 2011 at 3:55 PM
The confident, stylish and beautiful women in their 70's that you showcase are so inspiring. Zoya, Beatrix Ost, Joyce, Mary and the fabulous Lynn Dell set such wonderful examples to us all. They are so individualistic in their style and personalities. I won't mind getting older if I can be like them!
- October 14, 2011 at 4:16 PM
- Dimitri Zafiriou said...
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- October 15, 2011 at 9:14 AM
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- October 15, 2011 at 10:27 AM
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- October 15, 2011 at 12:36 PM
- Spirale Rouge said...
It's great to see a woman like this, smiling and confident.
Feeling good about yourself starts with accepting how you look.
- October 15, 2011 at 12:54 PM
- vintage mum said...
And there's me thinking I'm too old for a pink flash in my hair. Must try harder :)
- October 15, 2011 at 4:31 PM
- LANA said...
I commend you on your open-mindedness to show that women of all ages, sizes and colours can be beautiful! If only the rest of the world thought the way you do. I think Zoya rocks!
- October 16, 2011 at 6:38 PM
- itsascrename said...
may i use this photo for a project of mine? like edit it?
- October 16, 2011 at 9:10 PM
- Bella said...
In black or in color, Zoya is a beauty! She has the kind of attitude and confidence all women should have! I have found in her the inspiration to wear what I want as long as I feel good wearing it. I lover her in this beautiful shade of pink!
- October 16, 2011 at 10:33 PM
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- Rennie, Ellie
- Abstract
- Ellie Rennie reviews Marcus Westbury's ABC TV series, 'Not quite art'.
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- Commentary
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- Swinburne University of Technology. Faculty of Life and Social Sciences. Institute for Social Research
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- Creative Economy Online, 25 October 2007
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A mother of four and competitive eater consumed a 72oz steak and all the sides -- twice in under 15 minutes.
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Monday, March 5, 2012
Italians in Tweed
Today was my first day teaching a seminar at IED Roma. My class is wonderful and I can't wait to see what kind of projects they come up with. While walking around the city, I noticed so many women in beautiful tweed skirts and wonderful shoes. I love this chic combination and can't wait to go out photo-hunting tomorrow.
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5 comments:
- Irene Buffa said...
ahah so fun:)
i am italian and this makes me smile!
- March 5, 2012 at 4:06 PM
- Theanne said...
love the tie shoes, the tweed, the tights (stockings?)...however, not in Florida, at least not this winter!
- March 5, 2012 at 4:31 PM
- Kieli_Heart said...
Very classic! Love the close-up of the skirts and shoes!
~ Kieli ~
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- Busy As Can Be said...
I love your blog! Amazing pictures!
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- Hummingbird5 said...
Love both the women and the men you've photographed on this Italy trip!
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- This study analyzed personality data from the authors' cross-sectional study of long-term imprisonment in order to elicit a wider and less theoretically bound picture of personality function and change within prison. 175 long-term prisoners were administered the Eysenck Personality Inventory (Form B), the 16 PF (Form B), the Hostility-Direction of Hostility Questionnaire (HDHQ), and the 58-item Femininity scale from the California Psychological Inventory. The data were analyzed using 2 programs described by M. B. Youngman (1971): FTAN, which performs a principal components analysis and then Kaiser's varimax rotation; and FASC, which uses the resultant factor matrix to assign factor scores to all Ss. Those variables that are a function of others (HDHQ Total Hostility, Extrapunitive Hostility, Intropunitive Hostility, and Direction of Hostility) were omitted from the analysis since their inclusion would have yielded spurious correlations and factors. Results show a factor structure that appears to be peculiar to prisoners. The top 3 of the 5 factors accounting for 57.86% of the total variance were Anxiety (21.48%), Extrapunitive Hostility (12.02%), and Extraversion (9.42%). It is suggested that factors that appear to be important in analyses of the general population are not necessarily important in prison populations.
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AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW) -- Nearly three months after a deadly shooting at University Hospital the man suspected of pulling the trigger remains out on bail.
Tim Grooms, 59, was shot and killed inside a patient room on the 7th floor of the hospital last October.
Deputies say Grooms' uncle, Charles Gorrell, was the gunman but he still hasn't been indicted on those charges.
"I've been robbed of so much," said Linda Grooms, husband of the victim.
Grooms, along with her husband's brother Terry, have one question about the man suspected of killing their family member.
"Why has he been out of jail since Thanksgiving and why is he still out of jail?" asked Terry Grooms.
Deputies say Gorrell is the man who walked into the hospital room and pulled the trigger. The Grooms say the 83-year-old is getting special treatment due to his age and health.
"We are very much against him receiving preferential treatment from the courts of Richmond County," said Terry Grooms.
News 12 was at Gorrell's first bond hearing right after the shooting. There, Judge William Flemming denied his bond, saying he was a threat to the community. But three weeks later, Judge Daniel Craig granted Gorrell bond due to poor health.
News 12 contacted the District Attorney's office, which wouldn't comment specifically, but did tell us, "The case is being handled appropriately."
It's little comfort for grieving family members who say they just want justice.
"I want him to pay for what he did," said Linda Grooms.
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- "Semi-legal, highly dangerous way of causing crowd unrest."
- — GTA Vice City Website.
In real life, Tear Gas is generally considered to be a non-lethal weapon, but in the world of GTA, it's anything but. Granted, it does take prolonged exposure to the gas to kill, but in confined spaces, this can be arranged. However, seeing as the gas causes people to stop what they are doing while they cover their face and cough, the most practical use for this weapon is to slow enemies down while the player is trying to escape or switch to another weapon and shoot them easily.
In Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories and in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories, by deploying the Tear Gas too close to the player, he too, will lose health from the noxious gas, and the longer he stays there, the greater he loses his health, thus dying, much like other pedestrians. In Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, Tear Gas can be used to attack pedestrians, while the player is unaffected and can freely walk around the gas, until the smoke subsides. Throwing a single can will last approximately 30 seconds, and by dropping more cans, the smoke will last longer and any pedestrians or cops who enter the smoke will be choke on the toxic gas until they die. However, using Tear Gas in a very populated area such as Ocean Beach or The Strip will give the player a high wanted level rather quickly and if the Tear Gas are used in succession, it may possibly award the player a six star wanted level.
The Tear Gas is not meant to be obtained in GTA Vice City (PC and Xbox versions), GTA Liberty City Stories and GTA Vice City Stories. However, the weapon is fully functional and can be obtained only by using trainers or modifications.
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
- Washington Beach - Behind the Washington Beach Police Station (original PS2 version only - grenade in other versions)
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
- Mulholland Intersection, Los Santos - On the steps of the building west of the car park and north of the ZIP store in Downtown Los Santos
- Ocean Docks, Los Santos - Beside some crates and boxes in a warehouse being passed by a railway
- Easter Basin, San Fierro - Inside the carrier at Easter Basin Naval Station
- K.A.C.C. Military Fuels, Las Venturas - On the tarmac
- Las Venturas Airport, Las Venturas - Beside some Shamal's and the yellow and white "ramps", to the left of the traffic control tower.
There is a glitch in GTA San Andreas involving the Tear Gas. After the Tear Gas is thrown into a crowd, the player can perform a stealth kill on any nearby people. Everyone affected by the gas will undergo the same animation and die at the same time. However there's a rare glitch that if the player performs this within the smoke, they will also die as if someone did the stealth kill on him.
- When you throw the tear gas at someone when they die, blood comes out like if they were killed with a gun or melee weapon.
- Tear gas is one of the few weapons which cannot be spawned by cheats.
- In GTA: San Andreas, casino security guards and enemy gang members during a gang war are immune to tear gas.
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Thursday, Nov. 22, 2012
ATLANTA -- The Georgia Department of Labor has released the preliminary unemployment rates for the CSRA and the metro Augusta area.
The rate for metro Augusta is unchanged from September's 8.6 percent. The rate back in October 2011 was 9.3 percent.
For the unemployment rate in the CSRA, the department found that rate has increased to 9.8 percent, which is up five-tenths of a percentage point from 9.3 percent in September.
In September 2011, the rate was 10.2 percent.
There were 819 more layoffs in warehousing, supportive services, health care, social assistance, accommodations, food services, manufacturing, construction, trade and transportation.
In Georgia, the seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate declined to 8.7 percent in October.
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The Director General of Customs and Trade at the East African Community, Dr Peter Kiguta, has said transformation of the EAC into a single customs territory (SCT) is required to spur liberalised trade as goods would circulate freely within the territory.
The study commenced in September 2011 and its primary purpose was to develop options and modalities for the attainment of a single customs territory.
Speaking at a two-day stakeholders' workshop in Arusha on Monday, he said the EAC still suffers internal controls, goods are not circulating freely because in customs union things should work like in one customs territory.
The workshop was called to review the draft final report of a study commissioned last year on the attainment of SCT in the region.
Kiguta noted in a statement issued yesterday that the EAC Heads of State Summit was concerned that internal controls were hindering the region from getting full benefits of a customs union.
To work effectively, a single customs territory requires, among others, a common legal framework, circulation of goods with minimal or no border controls, harmonisation of standards for goods moved through the territory, interconnected payment system and collection of customs duties at the first point of entry.
The study would also recommend an appropriate SCT model suitable for the EAC and determine the most appropriate institutional and legal framework for the execution of the single customs territory.
Over the two-day period, stakeholders drawn from partner states' institutions deliberated on the recommended policy options and gave inputs to enrich the final report for the proposed SCT, the statement added.
The study's consultants, Adam Smith International and MA Consulting Group, affirm that a single customs territory in the EAC region would provide benefits such as fewer internal border controls and use of rules of origin, since it would not be necessary to test locally produced goods for compliance with origin conferring criteria.
According to the statement, there would also be no requirement for strict bond controls or need to track consignments to ports of destination, thus allow faster movement of goods and ultimately lowering the cost of doing business.
The study's final draft report currently under discussion contains a raft of recommendations touching on the policy and institutional framework for attaining the single customs territory.
The key recommendations include: interconnectivity of customs systems in the region to facilitate seamless flow of information between customs stations, a payment system to manage transfers of revenues between partner states and legal provisions to enjoin them to enforce customs debts on behalf of each other.
In addition, the study recommended operation of single window borders (that is, clearance procedures are done under one roof rather than scattered), while in the long term, a regional customs authority with a stronger mandate to enforce compliance with the customs law has been proposed.
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A group of BMX riders that trains in Greenville will perform tonight on America's Got Talent.
All 48 of the acts that made it into the live broadcasts of NBC's hit show will take the stage this evening. You can watch all the action right here on WITN starting at 8:30 p.m.
Some of the riders of the American BMX Stunt Team were born and raised in Eastern Carolina.
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A local group of BMX riders went national on America's Got Talent on WITN Tuesday night. The American BMX Stunt Team members landed themselves a trip to Las Vegas with the performance. The team trains in Greenville, often times at Jaycee Park. Nick Logan says they have been great mentors.
"Coming out here riding with them and seeing them go to where they are now. It's pretty cool. " said Logan.
One rider described Greenville as the "mecca of BMX."
Members of the stunt team are not permitted to speak to us until the competition. Some of the riders like Austin Hardee not only train in Greenville, but were born and raised there.
Tuesday night's episode of America's Got Talent will repeat Thursday night, so you can see the stunt team's performance again on WITN. The show starts at 8 p.m.
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