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I hope I can join in 2014...still am not sure I could stand it...especially if I went to an Estate sale...yikes! I think I am a hopeless case!
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I hope I can join in 2014...still am not sure I could stand it...especially if I went to an Estate sale...yikes! I think I am a hopeless case!
"You must do the thing you think you cannot do"....E. Roosevelt
Yorkville, IL
So far I have stayed away from estate sales because they usually revolve around someone having moved on and I find the sales very sad.
Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Fabric!
Martina: I agree, estate sales can be very sad. The reason I do go to them is that in their place I would much rather my treasured stash go to someone to enjoy, then into a land fill. I went to one not to long ago, it was being given by the women's two sons, both in their 60s. They told me their mother had been in her 90s when she passed. She was still living in her own home and had a group of ladies over every week to quilt and talk. The "boys" had over eighty of her quilts. Hard to feel sad for a woman that lived such a rich and full life.
Well, in my enthusiasm to use extra fabric on scrappy backings, I accidentally used the fabric I specifically needed for binding on a quilt I just finished. Of course I realized this when the quilt was about 3/4 quilted, so I've got a scrap of it and I'm heading to the LQS this morning, hoping they still have some in stock. I'll only need 1/2 yard though so I'm giving myself a pass. The worst part is, I could have used the leftovers of maybe 10 other pieces of fabric that were in that quilt. I guess I really am drawn to that particular fabric...
Nilla, fabric purchases to complete projects are 'free'. It's stash building I know I am trying to avoid. That's why I have avoided going after the 1/2 yard of red I need for my B/W quilt during the month long sale. Sales are such enablers for me.
Martina, when my children have my final fabric sale, I will be smiling down to see my precious fabrics go to a new home. Around here 'Estate sales' are held when someone downsizes so there isn't always a death involved.
Found a bunch of ties at the local thrift shop--does this count for or against my stash?
Don't worry spider.
I keep house
I donate quilts to the AAQI.
ok, yep, unless you are going to wear them or sew them into a quilt immediately. Tomorrow's the 31th - the last day of the sale.
what sale???!!! about those ties, if you give them to someone ( me, me me!!!) then iy's a pass and you get a gold star for your forehead, and a new friend for life! (me me me!!)
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NMSU Football season tickets go on sale May 26
Las Cruces, N.M. - The New Mexico State athletic department released the season and single-game price's for the 2014 football season and have announced an exciting new initiative for children. Season tickets go on sale on May 26.
In order to make NM State home football games better for the whole family, season tickets for kids 12 and under will be just $50 for virtually any seat in the stadium. Only seats in sections G and GG are excluded from this special price. In addition, game day tickets for kids 12 and under will be just $5 in general admission or east side seats.
"We want to make NM State home football games the place to be for the whole community," said NM State athletic director McKinley Boston. "With our new kid pricing, family-oriented promotions, running on the field after the game and pre-game Kids Zone, we hope to create the most family-friendly entertainment option in the region."
As in past seasons, NM State athletics will also be partnering with local youth organizations, military bases and charitable organizations to provide season tickets and single-game tickets to select games throughout the season.
The 2014 NM State football home schedule includes non-conference opponents Cal Poly on Thursday, August 28 and I-25 rival New Mexico on Saturday, Sept. 20. In addition, NM State heads to the Sun Belt Conference after one year as an independent and will welcome four conference mates to Las Cruces: Georgia Southern, Texas State, Louisiana-Lafayette and Louisiana-Monroe.
The new conference is one of many new things to come to the football program this year. A new synthetic field will be installed, meaning that the field will look great and play consistently all season long. Construction on this important recruiting and community tool will begin in May. The Aggies also welcome veteran defensive coordinator Larry Coyer, who takes over the reins of a young defensive unit.
Fan favorite events will also be part of the 2014 home football campaign, as Ag Day will be on Aug. 28, Tough Enough to Wear Pink will be played on Oct. 4, Military Appreciation will happen Nov. 1, and Homecoming will welcome back alums on Nov. 8.
Groups of 20 or more can order single-game tickets at a reduced rate.
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I think I will never see you again; I think this is a letter to say goodbye. I last spoke to you on the phone on Christmas Day 2003. I remember putting off calling for months, and ending up not knowing why I was phoning at all. I remember hoping I could speak to you, that we could have a conversation, hoping that somehow everything would feel better afterwards. When I heard your voice that day, I said my name, and then didn't know what else to say; perhaps you didn't know either. We didn't speak, anyway, you just passed the phone to my dad. It had been months since we had spoken or seen each other.
I've written this letter so many times, sometimes on paper, sometimes just saying the words in my head; it seems that the more I rewrite it, the less angry it sounds. I don't know if I should feel angry; I don't know if how I feel even matters. I suppose I mean that I don't know if it matters to you.
From my point of view, this is how the story goes: you have been part of my life for as long as I can remember. I think my earliest memory is of the day I first met you. I remember the hot sloping street I walked up with my dad, to the house you shared with him. I'd come a long way from my mum and my home to meet you. I was three.
When I was little, you wanted me and my sister. I remember you and my dad fighting with my mum over access, and how the school holidays could be divided. It sometimes seemed like you hated my mum. When I was a child I remember spending a lot of my time defending her when I was with you, and defending you when I was with my mum; I don't know whether you knew I did that.
I remember arguments and silences, and being scared sometimes, and never knowing what might be coming next. I know there were good times too, but as the years go by, I find it harder and harder to remember what they were.
I don't know what happened in your relationship with my dad. Things must have been going wrong for years, but neither of you told us children what was happening, until it became obvious. As your marriage broke down, I saw you less and less; you would always be out when I called, and never there if I visited. After a while we couldn't talk to each other any more.
A couple of times since then we have arranged to meet, or you have said that you would call, but then I haven't heard from you. I haven't seen or spoken to you now since the phone call three years ago. I've spent time being concerned about you, and anxious. I've spent time feeling sorry for you; I'm guessing things can't have been easy. I've told myself that you've gone and that I should miss you and feel sad, but feeling sad is very hard. I don't like being so vulnerable. I've spent a long time telling myself I don't care that I don't know where you are. I don't care that you don't want to know me any more. I don't know if I'm still angry - I tell myself I'm not.
When I was a child you insisted that you were my parent; I don't understand how things have changed so much. I wasn't allowed to call the house I lived in "home", you didn't like the clothes my mum gave me to wear, didn't like how she cut my hair. Now it's been so long since you spoke to me, it makes me wonder whether you ever wanted me at all. Maybe you just didn't want my mum to have me; maybe you just wanted the piece of me you felt belonged to you because you had married my dad.
Without you, my parents would still have split up and they still might have found it almost impossible to speak to each other. I don't blame you. I was never sure I wanted you in my life, but I think that's how lots of children feel about their parents sometimes.
I tell myself I don't know why this happened, why you took yourself away from me. Maybe you didn't think I wanted you; maybe I should have tried harder to show you that I did, maybe this is my fault. I feel too wary to try to contact you again, too scared of being let down. Maybe I'm a hypocrite, maybe I shouldn't expect you to be the adult now that I'm grown up too, but I think part of me is still hoping that you will contact me and tell me you care about me and that you never wanted to leave me. When I think about you, I still feel like a child. Maybe I can't say goodbye yet, after all.
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In Smashed, a 2012 film about an elementary school teacher dealing with alcoholism, the consequences of alcoholism and the power of apology are depicted in sharp relief.
Alcoholics lie—all addicts lie. That's one reality the movie depicts. Also true: it's often the deception that creates the most immediate difficulties for the alcoholic. The movie dramatizes how effective apology is the alcoholic's most powerful took for recovery, redemption, and healing. It's no accident that thougthful apology is one of the twelve steps of recovery.
Candor and Apology
But candor and apology are difficult and unpredictable in their consequences. Apology never offers a free ride.
In Smashed, Kate Hannah, played by Mary Elizabeth Winstead, is hung over and doing her best with class of the most precocious and outspoken first graders in history. When she vomits in front of the class, she is intensely embarrassed. When one of the students asks if she's pregnant, Kate replies that yes, she is.
Soon the entire school knows and the lie spins out of control. Kate repeats the lie to the school principal and allows her fellow teachers to throw her a baby shower. We see how alcoholism is destroying her life and, when she hits rock bottom and decides, with the help of a fellow teacher, how AA offers a shot at recovery.
But Kate is not yet ready to embrace the truth. As the term progresses, her students question why her belly is not swelling. In response, Kate says she's no longer pregnant. But she learns that lies can't be ignored. "Did you kill your baby?" a student improbably asks? Kate doubles down on the lie and feigns a miscarriage.
It's not a pretty conversation to have with first-graders and a parent predictably complains to the principal. At this point Kate is ready to finally let go of the lie. Her apology is not perfect. She is a little too defensive. But she says it straight:Principal Barnes, I wasn't ever pregnant. I lied—to the class and to you—because I was scared. . . I'm really sorry. I am.
It gets worse as she tries to explain herself. And then Kate learns an indispensable truth about apology: mistakes and lies have consequences.
Trust has been broken. The principal forces Kate to take a leave of absence and find another job.
I can't have you here anymore.
And thus demonstrates the flinty truth about apology.
Not Necessarily Together
Apology is healing and it's redemptive. It allows both parties to move forward but not necessarily together. Kate is through with the lie but still has some demons to defeat before she finally makes the changes in her life.
Kate is now free of her job and shortly free of her alcoholic husband. Only now does she have the scope to make the changes she needs to recover. Depending on the offense, apology often requires us to strip ourselves of all that we once valued, the lighter to make our way on the difficult journey of redemption.


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It Only Takes One
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It Only Takes One
Adam failed the human race by not taking his God given authority and responsibility for His actions. He foolishly took the easy way out of a decision that went bad. "Because you have listened to the voice of your wife, and have eaten from the tree about which I commanded you, saying, "You shall not eat from it; cursed is the ground because of you; in toil you will eat of it all the days of your life. (Genesis 3:17)
There are always consequences to the decisions whether good or bad, think twice before you make a move that decision could cause happiness or devastation to your life.
Because of Adams disobedience and cover-up of his nakedness the consequences to His sin on mankind grew: Sin entered the world, Corruption is rampant in the land, man lost his dominion and power, separation between man and God, people have become lovers of themselves, lovers of money, arrogant, revilers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy, no self-control, brutal, haters of God, treacherous, reckless, unloving, irreconcilable, malicious gossips, conceited, lovers of pleasures, rather than lovers of God, holding to a form of godliness. (2 Timothy 3:2)
But God, not wanting to completely destroy His creation of sons and daughters sent His son, Jesus Christ. For God so loved the world in this way; that he would give up his son, The Only One, so that everyone who trusts in Him shall not be lost, but he shall have eternal life. Through the shedding of blood on the cross Christ made atonement for our sins allowing mankind the opportunity to return back to the presence of God.
All of us, like sheep, have strayed away. We have left God's path to follow our own, yet the Lord laid on Him the sins of us all. No more animals were needed to atone our sins. Jesus was the perfect lamb who took our sins to the cross; His blood has atoned for our sins. No more sacrifices are needed. Christ finished it. The veil which separated us from God because of the first Adams sins is no more. The second Adam, Jesus Christ rent the veil and now we can go boldly to the throne of grace and mercy.
We worship and praise our Heavenly Father for giving His one son to give us life through Jesus and not death through Adam. Adam gave us physical life resulting in death. But Jesus gives us spiritual life resulting in eternal life. All it takes is just one: one to take control of their body and mind, one to have no self control, one to kill, one to heal, one to love, one to hate, one to take revenge, one to forgive, one to be disobedient, one to be obedient, one to choose life and one to choose death. It takes on person who can change the world not a whole Army, just one. Will you be that one?
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I'm trying to patch a hole where a towel rod was pulled off wall over a pocket door. The towel rod needs to be reinstalled on the patched area. Any ideas for a very thin reinforcement behind the patch? Thanks.
You should be able to put a piece of 1/2" plywood or such behind it easily. Find somebody with small hands to hold it in place for you through the end of the pocket door recess.
Screw it with 1" screws, patch, then screw the towel rack through the drywall into the plywood.
Thanks. I,ll give that a try. Now I just need to find someone with small hands.
You can cut the holes a little bigger and insert strips of plywood or thin wood that are a few inches wider than the holes. You can use a screw for a handle. Screw through the existing sheetrock on each side of the holes to secure the plywood to the back of the rock. Then you can apply a patch piece of rock right to the strips of plywood with a couple screws. Tape, mud, sand, and you're good to go.
Just be sure to use short screws! I once nailed my pocket door in the open position by forgetting that it was there when I was running base during a remodel of my living room. The 2" nails I was shooting weren't the thing to use on the pocket wall. Doh!!!
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I painted my sideskirts a few days ago. I got all the supplies for the at Paint World and found out how to do it from this thread. Your paint code is located on top of your driver's side strut tower.
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Three to face murder charges in Virginia stabbing death
VIRGINIA - Harley Jacka was stabbed 15 times -- in the head, face, neck and chest -- before he was found dead in an apartment in Virginia last month, according to warrants filed against three men accused of carrying out the murder.
Virginia Police Chief Dennis Benz released the warrants Friday, and they detail a bloody scene April 27.
Benz said Bartholamy Drift, 39, of Nett Lake; Anthony Isham, 42, of Nett Lake; and John Isham, 38, of Virginia, are expected to be formally charged next week in district court with felony second-degree murder. All three are in custody on unrelated charges, Benz said.
According to a police complaint, a tenant at the apartment found the body of Jacka, 28, wrapped in a blanket with knife wounds. Police found four knives at the scene.
The tenant said he had been gone for several days and that Drift had been staying at the apartment. Police talked with Drift and, according to the complaint, eventually all three men admitted to being in the apartment in the early hours of April 27. Police eventually detained each of the men.
The men each told police the other men committed the crime, the complaint states.


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CatholicMatch has brought me the greatest joy and blessing of my life — my future husband. Paul Bailey and I have had a truly divinely-inspired courtship over the past year, and it brings tears of joy and gratitude to my eyes to announce to you that he and I were engaged in April. Our story is immensely detailed and beautiful, but I shall do my very best to be as concise (yet thorough) as possible in recounting the tale.
Paul had recently graduated from both the University of California-San Diego and the St. Patrick's Evangelization School in Soho, London. Currently a firefighter/EMT for CalFire in Napa Valley, Calif., he joined CatholicMatch in December of 2008 after nearly two years of not dating anyone.
He was committed to meeting a woman who shared his values and, most importantly, his fervent devotion to the Church. His desire to marry a strong Catholic woman was strengthened during his year of intense catechetical study and prayer in London. Therefore, despite serious concerns about the online dating scene, he took a leap of faith and joined Catholic Match, subsequently speaking with and dating several wonderful young ladies whom he met on the site.
Meanwhile, as a 2007 graduate of the University of Notre Dame and 2007 Teach For America corps member, I was remarkably busy teaching my students at KIPP DREAM Prep in Houston, Texas. My commitment to my students superseded my desire to begin dating again for quite some time.
Finally, however, after Ash Wednesday Mass in 2008, I saw an ad for Catholic Match on the back of my church's bulletin.
Like Paul, I had grave doubts about the efficacy of online dating, but something compelled me to create a profile. Thirty-three hours later, Paul sent me a string of messages through CatholicMatch. Having just joined the site hours earlier, I was amazed at how quickly he found me, and his statements that I "made him push the 'pause' button on life" and that he "simply must have a conversation" with me someday seemed to be quite strong!
I was also concerned about his location. "Napa Valley, California?!?!" I thought. "When would I ever go there?"
Just as I was about to delete his message, I paused. There was something about him that intrigued me, and I read further into his profile. It was like I was reading about myself. I couldn't believe how similar we were; how deeply and fervently he loved the Church; how similar our families were; how we were both deeply committed to educational equity (he home-schools a child on his days off from firefighting); and, yes…how much he loved sushi, too.
I have to talk to him, I thought. But I certainly wasn't going to give him my number, as he had requested. So I gave him my e-mail address instead.
He responded the next day with a lengthy and exquisitely-written e-mail about himself, punctuated with various questions about me. I wrote back that very night, sending him four long pages about myself as well.
On March 9, 2009, we talked on the phone for the first time for well over an hour and continued to correspond via text and email throughout the next week, after which point our conversations turned into nightly two to three-hour discussions on topics ranging from Catholic catechism to our hopes for our future families and everything in-between. Every Friday, I would send him what we fondly called "e-marathons," which were 4-5 page e-mails about anything and everything. He would await his weekly correspondence with bated breath and would save it until he could read it during his down-time at the station on Friday night.
Within three weeks, we knew that we wanted to meet in-person. He immediately booked a ticket to Houston, and on Saturday, May 16, 2009, we met for the first time at the George Bush Intercontinental Airport, and when we saw each other, we knew.
We went to Mass together the following Sunday morning at my parish church in Houston. In two years of living there and being an active parishioner, I had never been asked to bring up the gifts. The moment we walked in together, an usher approached us and invited us to present the gifts at Mass that day. The Gospel reading was John: 13 — Love one another as I have loved you." The priest ended his homily with the words, "So I ask you this: Look around you right now and ask yourself, Who is God calling me to love today?" Needless to say, we have chosen this Gospel to be read at our wedding next year.
During Paul's visit, we went to Brazos Bend State Park and the Johnson Space Center, and we also attended Eucharistic Adoration. By the time he left for home the following Tuesday morning, we both knew that we had been called by God to love each other for the rest of our lives. I spent a week visiting Paul and his family two weeks later in June of 2009, after which time I had to move to Chicago to begin working for Teach For America's national Recruitment Team. Despite the 2,000-mile distance (and 2-hour time difference, which was very difficult with both of our busy schedules), we saw each other once or twice a month and sustained our relationship through constant nightly prayer and open, honest communication. Additionally, our commitment to a chaste, holy, loving relationship has given us an unshakeable foundation for our future together.
In March of this year, I was offered a position to recruit from the West Coast, and my move to California has been planned for May 14th to begin the new job. Paul found me a darling townhome two miles from his house, and I will be living with a sweet girl whom he knows from town. I was thrilled that we would both be in the same city…but had no idea of what he had planned for this past weekend.
When I flew out to visit him on April 9th, we had plans to help me set up my new place. When he picked me up at the airport on Friday, we went to the San Francisco Zoo together and spent a wonderful day in the city. He seemed perfectly normal, and I suspected nothing. The next morning, he surprised me with a 5:00 a.m. hot air balloon ride over Napa Valley, and he was exceptionally excited for this adventure.
However, when we arrived at the drop-off site, we learned that the ride had been cancelled due to high winds. Though we were disappointed, we grabbed breakfast at a local roastery, went on a hike, took my new roommate to lunch and played a game of Scrabble.
Then, he started to act strangely. He abruptly informed me that he needed to help a friend whose car had broken down, and he asked me to get ready to go to a surprise dinner. Little did I know that he left to meet his mother at a local restaurant to pick up a private dinner for two and then to head up to a winery on a hill to set up a lovely table inside a wine cave for the two of us.
That night, he proposed to me. (Click here for a photo taken the night of their engagement.) Following our engagement, Paul wrote this e-mail and sent it off to our friends and family members:
To all loved ones, friends, and family,
It is with extreme pride and pure joy that I can finally let the cat out of the bag; Regina and I are ENGAGED!!! This last weekend was nothing short of a perfect miracle, and I am honored to say that I am the happiest and luckiest man on this planet! Despite handing out a few clues and cancelled hot air balloon rides due to weather, Regina was completely surprised when I proposed on bended knee in the midst of a private dinner for two within the walls of a candle-lit winery cave. It was an evening I will cherish forever, and a 'Yes' that will keep me smiling perpetually.
Thank you to all of you who kept it a secret and who have been so supportive of Regina and me since day one. Please keep us in your prayers. More details to come soon!
With much love, excitement, and gratitude,
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Koala retrovirus (KoRV) is a unique example of a retroviral group currently undergoing the process of endogenisation. While endogenous retroviruses (ERVs) are ubiquitous elements in vertebrate genomes there is currently little understanding of the process by which they enter, modify and are modified by the organisms whose genomes they colonise. KoRV displays elements of both an endogenous and an infectious exogenous virus. It is variably present in different koala populations and has probably arisen from a recent host species jump from rodents. This review outlines the initial discovery of KoRV, it's cross species infection potential and the exciting opportunities this virus provides to elucidate missing information on this fundamental process in mammalian evolution
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Games that feature co-operative play for 4 players.
Characters either begin with multiple outfits, unlock them through play, or purchase them as in-game items. These costumes are sometimes integral to play.
A protagonist who lacks some or all of the qualities traditionally seen as heroic.
Yor body is torn apart and your organs are falling out. But don't worry, you have the ability to pull yourself back together.
Some cooperative games let the players pick up and toss each other around. Sometimes this serves a purpose, like killing an enemy or leap over a gap but most of the time it just serves as an aspiration to great assholery.
Some game characters just cannot swim. This usually means automatic death as soon as they hit the water.
Whether someone has a villainous meltdown or a heroic epiphany, their alignment shift is usually unexpected and will bring a whole new moral dimension to the story.
Sometimes, rather than building a character model from scratch, a developer will choose to scan a real person, and use his or her physical attributes to create a similar character model to be used in their video game.
A concept in games with multiple characters, a screen with pictures of all playable characters with the possibility of stat listings.
The new badass way to look, as seen on 90% of hit video game covers.
Comic book characters who are also in video games. There are tons of games with superheros such as Batman and Spider-Man out there.
The CP System is a family of arcade system hardware manufactured by Capcom for their arcade games from 1988 to 1999, including the Street Fighter II and Street Fighter III games.
A divekick is a gravity-defying move found in many fighting games that allows an airborne fighter to propel themselves downward at their opponent at a high rate of speed.
A double jump is the ability to jump while already in mid-air to get some extra lift. In reality, double jumps are not possible and violate fundamental laws of physics.
A moment in a game where the main character walks slowly or stands/kneels still with their finger in their ear, hearing mission details.
When will those crazy scientists learn? Be it killer robots, invasions from outer space, sentient computers or mutations; they always seem to have the habit of leaving a big mess behind for you to clean up.
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Slow walking is when the player character can not move at full speed and is restricted to a slow walk, usually while talking to someone.
A status effect that may increase strength and vitality at the expense of drawbacks such as poorer dexterity and reduced stamina.
Video games that are based on existing comic books, manga, and graphic novels.
Whenever there's a new Pixar, superhero or Harry Potter movie they have to make one of these.
Sometimes movies are based on comic books, many of these movies go on to gain video game adaptations.
Games featuring guests introduce playable, established characters from outside of a franchise. Primarily but not exclusively seen in fighting games.
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Uses Havok Physics in the game Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2, and Marvel Nemesis: Rise of the Imperfects.
Featured on some of the Marvel Zombies covers, where they are all homages. As well as being homaged by games such as Bioshock Infinite for the classic X-Men cover.
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Dear Stata-listers,
For a survival analysis, I made a dataset where I had assigned a label
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For many women, you can't beat a good dinner party. And when the hostess is picking up the tab, all the better.
Top Girls is a 1980s play by Caryl Churchill that focuses on a night in which high-flying Marlene, who has landed a top job, celebrates with a bunch of her friends.
It's being put on by Silo Theatre Company at Q Theatre with a stellar cast: Danielle Cormack plays Marlene, supported by Rima Te Wiata, Nancy Brunning and Bronwyn Bradley. Apart from Cormack all play more than one role - Bronwyn plays three.
The Aucklander caught up with Bronwyn (Go Girls, Bro'Town) in a mad dash between dropping the kids at school and heading to rehearsals, and time is tight.
That situation seems appropriate given the play's themes. Although Top Girls is set in the UK during the reign of Margaret Thatcher, and was first performed in 1984, most of its issues are still relevant.
"It's a play about women and their roles," explains Bradley.
"One of my characters is Joyce, Marlene's sister. She's a working class woman who is the essence of what Marlene has left behind in her rise to the top.
"She is a mother but some of the other women in the play have had to give up on the idea of motherhood for their careers or have lost their children. There are parallel themes of career and motherhood."
The play encourages the audience to reflect on how far women have come and what sacrifices are still being made.
"I align myself with all the characters in some way," says Bronwyn, who also plays voluble showoff Isabelle Bird, a Victorian traveller, and wife Rosemary Kidd.
"Lots of people say, 'It's set in the 80s, is it still relevant?' but it's still hugely relevant. Society and women still face the same issues.
"I'm a wife, mother, sister and have a career so it's a juggling act, like it is for so many women. I have it easier than many with a good husband to help, but we still end up trying to do so much. I guess it's a case of being careful what you wish for."
Bronwyn, 41, lives in Point Chevalier and is married to actor-comedian Dave Fane. The couple have three children - daughter Mile, 14, and sons Harry 10 and Seleti, five.
"I tell my daughter she can be whatever she wants to be," says Bronwyn, ignoring any idea that a glass ceiling may influence her child's destiny. "I got that from my own mother who was amazing.
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Bronwyn says that attitude differed greatly from when her mother's generation was raised, so she has treated the encouragement from her mother "like a gift".
But she acknowledges - as the play does - that having all the options open to them may have complicated women's lives.
"What is interesting for me, and I am sure all women, is: 'How can you do everything? How can you have a great career, be a great wife and fab mum, dish up nutritious meals, be a taxi driver and do all these things?' It's a crazy treadmill and it's a universal experience whether women have kids or not - they still try to do a lot of things.
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Top Girls was groundbreaking, a play set to provoke and challenge themes of success and wealth, feminism and independence. It has been performed once before in Auckland, in 1984, when Jennifer Ward-Lealand took the lead role.
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Bronwyn agrees. "It's set in a time of Britain's first woman PM yet we still consider it important to note that Australia has its first woman Prime Minister and the US has its first black president - it would be great if we didn't even have to notice these things, that they were just natural occurrences."
So perhaps we shouldn't notice that the play has an all-women cast?
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Cedar Rapids Gazette (Newspaper) - February 27, 1974, Cedar Rapids, Iowa 2A The Cedar Gazette: Wed., Feb. 27. 1974 Authority on 'No-Knock' Struck from Crime Codef, Magistrate Court By Randy Minkoff DES MOINES (UP1) The Iowa senate Wednesday voted to] eliminate the "no-knock" au- citizen has been put in jcop- i ardy when officers entered j Cooley Bound Over Subsidies Needed for BART, Officials Say Burglary from Bus Complicates t Tug, Coasf Guard Captain Blamed for Bridge Damage without knocking. "In a free socielv j Steven I ninth avenue SW. was bound Traffic Snarl j It was like the Keystone Hops! WASHINGTON Thcjtlic bridge for several hours, cx- SACHAME.NTO, Calif. (AP) -Idaily in 22 commuter trainsiand 1-aurel and Hardy wrappcdjNational Transportation damaging bridge pil- ami we.si! "pin one big production. j Board said Wednesday (lie thu spun and portions at hours daily! At p.m. Tuesday in the j tains of a tugboat and a D I i-L SACKAA1ENTO, Calif. 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Robert Musgrove was driving operating [20 hours daily seven days north on Seventh when all of a tof infusions will lead to dam-j 1Ic is chargcd in jwith the Jan. 29 breakin'at the residence of liobert H. Cooper, Sejiator Gene Kennedy Second street Dubuque) a former state j trooper, said he supported j Man Pleads Guilty a residence. The amendment L, was approved in the lo 'lrotect the Prlvac-v third day of debate on the crim-101 inal code revisions. i don't want' this as a lool for The committee passed ver- sion would have allowed officers to enter a residence with a search warrant without knock ing. However, Glenn cited vari- ous instances where indi- vidual privacy has been violated and the safety of the (Continued from Page 1.) which it has contracts, fearing, thai if this information were made available to you, it migh fall into the hands of its compel itor, the Linn county data pro cessing center." 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Meanwhile, the first two vehicles stuck close together be- fore meeting up with a city bus at the Tenth avenue and Sev- enth street intersection. That's where it all ended, almost. While police were at- tempting to untangle the situ- ation, someone helped himself to the coin changer in the bus. Musgrove said he didn't witness any part of the ac- cident. He woke up in Mercy hospital with facial cuts. He was released after treatment. No charges were filed. The amazing part of the epi- sode is that, according to the police accident report, total damage to all vehicles came to only The bridge was when the tug Carolyn and its tow, the barge Weeks No. 254, struck a trestle on the western side of the bridge Sept. 21, 1972. The lug and barge had been heading north on the Atlantic ocean when bad weather forced them to seek refuge in the bay. The safety board said the ac- cident occurred when the tug headed into the wind to facili- tate the transfer of fuel from its port to starboard tanks. A por- tion of the towing hawser which bad been coiled on deck washed overboard and fouled both pro pellers, causing a total loss of propulsion. The U.S. coast guard Cutter Madrona evacuated the tug crew and made several unsuc- cessful attempts to take the tug into tow. The tug and barge then drifted into the bridge and tunnel, striking the structure in several locations. The tug even- tually grounded on Chesapeake beach while the barge pounded damaged Wed Outdoors; Downtown Cleveland CLEVELAND, Ohio (AP) Roland Johnson wanted to get married in downtown Cleveland, and his bride-to-be, Dannette Brandon, wanted an outdoor wedding. The compromise site: Cleve- land's Chester commons, sur- rounded by high-rise apartment buildings, motorists and pedes-' trians. "A lot of things are happening downtown, and Chester com- mons seemed appropriate for the said Johnson. 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The sixth season of Jersey Shore, which airs on October 4, will be its last.
The show was MTV's highest rated show with over 8.9 million views in its last season. I watched two seasons and while I wouldn't consider myself a fan, I did enjoy the laughs.
The cast members seem to have already moved on to other ventures and shows. Jennifer "J Woww" Farley and Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi (who recently gave birth) have their own show, Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino is appearing on England's "Big Brother" and DJ Pauly D also had his own show.
Ratings did drop for season five, but were still strong. MTV reportedly axed the show because the cast member's contracts end after season six and to continue to reproduce the show would be very expensive considering their level of fame.


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ok so i want to redo my headliner there is nothing wrong with it other than that it is a cream color that i have never liked and gets dirty very easily. Ive been thinking of doing it in some black seude along with the visors.
I am looking for advise and what do i do for the ceiling console? its the cream color i could paint it i'm not sure if they made them in black i would have to look around. but any advice would be great.
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most likely you could find a grey part for the overhaed. or it could be painted, not my first choice due to pint holding up over time.
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yah thats kinda what i am worried about.
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my 98 xj has a medium grey headliner and light. i dont have no console lol
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STAFF in one beleaguered government department claimed 22,700 days and millions of dollars in stress leave over 12 months.
The Department of Human Services cost Victorian taxpayers $2.4 million in WorkCover compensation for stress, anxiety or depression in 2003-04, with 195 employees affected.
Human services spokesman Bram Alexander said the department's staff worked in very difficult and challenging areas such as juvenile justice and child protection.
"We are working on a pilot with WorkSafe currently to understand the risks that may contribute to stress in the workplace," Mr Alexander said.
He said the pilot would tackle some contributing factors.
But the Community and Public Sector Union, which represents 5500 Human Services staff, said the department was not doing enough to introduce cultural change.
The union's WorkCover services director, Geoff Lewin, said the pilot scheme was a positive move.
"We argued for it, it will be vital in trying to change the pattern of behaviour there," Mr Lewin said.
But the real stress levels probably went undetected, he said.
Mr Lewin said the department still rated No. 2 on a black list of Victoria's 100 worst performing employers for WorkCover claims.
Victorian WorkCover Authority spokesman Michael Birt said the Focus 100 initiative, which started in 2001, was now defunct.
The secret list of 100 companies was never publicly released.
Mr Birt agreed that the real number of people affected by workplace stress may be much higher than recorded figures.
"A lot of it goes unrecorded. It is not like getting your hand cut off, which you can see and measure easily," he said.
■ The State Opposition requested the figures in February through questions on notice in Parliament and got a response last week. Spokesman Richard Dalla-Riva was alarmed at the Human Services numbers. "This is a department that is meant to be providing support and assistance for the most vulnerable in our society," Mr Dalla-Riva said.
"Yet they are demonstrating they are the worst offenders when it comes to providing comfort to their staff."
Two months ago, Human Services' juvenile justice system was criticised over an alleged culture of assaults and drug-taking among inmates. As many as one in six juvenile justice staff made WorkCover claims because of assaults or stress.
Human Services, with 12,700 staff and a $9 billion budget, is the largest of 10 government departments.
The Opposition also requested 2003-04 figures for the Department of Justice, where 2422 days and $493,000 of stress leave were compensated for. The department employs 4900 people.
In the Department of Sustainability and Environment, 231 days and $46,875 were compensated for. It employs 2600 staff.
The 600-strong staff in the Department of Victorian Communities claimed a total of 18 days' stress leave.
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Cafe Bruecke, at 2101 N. Prospect Ave., is changing hands.
New owner Stephen Marks will take over the business April 14. Current co-owner Jerry Patzwald said the employees, concept and name -- bruecke is German for bridge -- are to stay the same.
The last night at Cafe Bruecke for Patzwald and his wife, co-owner Christine Lorch, will be April 10. Musicians who have played at the cafe over the past six years will begin performing at 9:30 p.m.; the bar is staying open until 2:30 a.m.
Proceeds from food and drink sales that night will be donated to charity, Patzwald said.
Cafe Bruecke serves appetizers, salads and sandwiches, some with a German twist. Its beer list includes imports and American craft brews.
See the menu, beer list and other info at the cafe's Web site.
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Screening tests, like mammograms for breast cancer, are used to detect illness in a general population, including people who have no symptoms.
There are no screening tests for multiple myeloma.
If your symptoms indicate the possibility of multiple myeloma, your WellStar physician will prescribe various lab and imaging tests.
Lab Tests
A complete blood count will be run on a sample of your blood. This reveals:
A blood test called serum protein electrophoresis separates blood proteins and detects the presence of M proteins, called an "M spike," in your blood. Parts of M proteins may also be detected in a urine test; when found in urine, these parts are referred to as Bence Jones proteins.
If your doctor discovers M proteins, you'll need additional blood chemistry tests to measure levels of calcium, uric acid and creatinine. You may also have other blood tests to check for beta2-microglobulin, another protein produced by myeloma cells
A small piece of bone, blood, and marrow are extracted in in a bone marrow aspiration and biopsy. This tissue is examined under a microscope by a pathologist for abnormal plasma cells. This is the only definitive test for multiple myeloma.
In a fine needle aspiration (FNA) a very thin needle and a syringe are used to sample a small amount of tissue from a tumor or lymph node. The core needle biopsy is much the same, but a larger needle is used and a larger tissue sample is removed.
Imaging Tests
Before a Positron emission tomography (PET) scan, radioactive sugar is injected into your bloodstream. Since cancer cells are growing very quickly, they absorb high amounts of sugar, which is visible to the PET scan. When a patient appears to have a solitary plasmacytoma, a PET scan may be used to look for others.
When myeloma is diagnosed, your WellStar physician will categorize it by the current stage. Staging may require additional tests, such as blood tests, a CT scan and an MRI.
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Master Bath Remodel - Need Advice
Okay guys need some advice please as I plan for my next project. I am a novice at best but tend to figure things out once I am directed :)
I am looking to remodel my master bath, its original to the house, built about 20 years ago. I don't have the exact measurements handy but its about 10x14 not inlcuding the tub and closet. The necessary things to do are:
1. Remove the vanity and sink - its a 60" vanity but only a single sink, so I will pull that and convert to a dual sink vanity. I am pretty comfortable doing this so this should be easy.
2. Under the sink is a kick heater that has never worked properly, it runs off a 220v line - so now I am trying to figure out if I should keep it or put in a radiant heat mat. Any recommendations? The bathroom currently runs off the master bedroom heat zone and we like to keep it cold for sleeping (usually 60) so the bathroom is pretty chilly for taking showers in the morning.
3. Pull up the tile floor and replace with either porcelain tile or natural stone. Here is where I get a little lost - Once I pull the old tile up, I am assuming the plywood sub floor will get ruined and I will have to pull that as well? If that is the case should I put plywood back down or concrete board? Once the subfloor is done, what are the correct steps? Should I put Ditra to be safe, then the radiant heat (if that is they way we go) and then the new tile? Some guidance on this process would be great as this is pretty new to me. I have tiled before but it was new contruction (previous house) and I just simply installed it over a plywood floor.
4. We have a fiberglass shower tub combo that I am thinking of pulling out and making it a 5' walk in shower. We never use the tub and I think the fiberglass makes it look dated - I am assumining I can cut it out with a sawz all and take it out in pieces. My wife is afraid that if we remove the tub that we will lose value in the house since it will be considered a 3/4 bath versus a full bath. Any thoughts? I tend to think that the modern walk in shower is more valuable. Anyway, if I do this I know that I can either get an off set drain pan to keep the current drain configuration or I can move it. Moving it may not be bad since I am pulling the floor anyway. If we want to fully tile the inside of the new shower, what are the steps? I assume concrete board and Ditra, over a pan? What is the best method for longevity and durability?
5. Already purchased a new Kohler toilet and will replace that - I am comfortable with this part.
6. We have a small wall between the vanity and water closet, I am thinking of turning that into kind of a knee wall and tiling all exposed parts.
7. I would like to install a heated towel bar on the wall - no clue how to do this, I know I will need to run electic since the only outlets are next to the vanity
I will try to post pictures of the current state, but any help and reccomendations from you guys will be appreciated. I havent set a budget yet, but I'm hoping 5-7k or so in material.
Oh sorry one more thought, is travertine good for the floor or should we stay with porcelain? What is more durable or high end? And what heat mats have you guys had good luck with?
Wow, lots of questions.... I'll answer or comment on them by number
1) ok
2) The kick heater - You say it runs off the master bedroom controls. That would mean one thermostat for both the bath and bedroom. It will take some investigating but I would go to radiant electric with its own thermostat and timer. You could set it to come on a half hour before your alarm and things would be nice and toasty. Ideally you could use the electric feed from the kick heater (depending on how its run).
3) Yes, pull up the old tile. It could be in a mortar bed, could be on backer board, could even be right on plywood. If you damage the plywood subfloor when you pull it up then oh well. Check with the tile guys at the John Bridge forum if you want ad nauseam discussion on the topic. I go with 3/4" ply subfloor and then durock backer board. I set the backing in thinset and then screw it to the ply. I havent had any issues with the tile jobs I have done. If there are structural issues or undersized framing below then you may need a sturdier system.
4) for a first timer building a shower I usually recommend getting a solid surface, acrylic or fiberglass shower pan. Its easy to install. You then only need to tile the walls and you dont need to worry about leaks. I just use the durock on the walls. As for value. I think having a small shower would decrease value. Having a mac daddy walk in shower with all those fancy jets and stuff would add value but not enough to cover its costs. If you plan to be in the house a while just do what meets your needs and you like and dont worry about it. If this is the only tub in the house I wouldn't loose it.
5) ok
6) If you want, no problem
7) Yup, it may be able to be set to the same thermostat as the heated floor actually, that would be cool. You will need to research vendors and make sure you can get an end to end solution (towel bar, in floor, thermostat) from one manufacturer.
end - travertiene may hold dirt more I think unless its sealed. Check into that. I have done a lot of porcelain tile. For high end you can also do granite tile or marble. The last heated floor I did wasnt a may, it was one long wire that strung between a hook system on the floor. I dont remember the manufacturer, check at a tile supplier and see what they have. They are all pretty similar.
Good luck
Thanks Brik. The kick heater runs on its own - I also have some baseboard heat in the bathroom and that is what runs off of the bedroom thermostat. I am hoping to use the electric from the kick heater to power the radiant floor.
Bath Tub
I need to tell you I love Showers but, nothing is better for my Back than a Hot Bath. That is my preference but, when I was Looking for a House I looked at the following things
1- 3-4 Bedrooms with 2 on the First floor
2- Yard for the Dogs
3- Great School District
4- Baby friendly
I looked at several houses that had Nice Showers but, in the end no where to bath a child. So I would say instead of limiting your potential buyers keep the tub or upgrade it. If you Plan to stay there for a long time then do what you like.
--I'd recommend the NuHeat in floor radiant for your master bath on its own circuit. That way you can leave a coldish bedroom and have a warm bathroom. If the bathroom is super cold, not only is it uncomfortable but means your shower and bath moisture will readily condense on the cold surfaces (not generally good).
-- as mentioned, the Ditra might be needed if the existing floor isn't very stiff.
-- I'd recommend keeping a tub, even if it's not the same tub. You can rearrange your shower and such, but ditching the tub for bigger shower really narrows the market for the house
Its been years since I took a bath ........Hee hee
but I can tell you a master walk in with body sprays feels mighty good.
A couple of heat lamps ( on timers ) may break the chill in the bath.
I have a 250 watt one outside of the shower which is a little undersized for
my tastes.
What are your winter temps at the joists under the bath?
Mine are 69f ( statified air) at the joist with 63 at waist leval , my
porcelain floors don't feel cold.
I've thought about a towel warmer but your running electric 24/7 for a
couple/three minutes of luxury.
You tube has some good videos on how to construct a shower.
60 degree bedroom ...egads I'd wake up dead.
Thanks for the feedback guys, just a few points of clarification. We do have another tub in the upstairs hall bathroom, therfore if I pull the master tub for a bigger shower, the other tub is still available, although its the only remaining one in the house.
I will check out the Nuheat mat, having its own circuit should be easy since I am hoping to tap into the 220v line that is powering the kick heater. Currently that heater has no thermostat and is simple on and off although it never works.
Our programmable thermostat drops to 60 at 1o:00 at night and then raises to 65 at 5:30AM. Since the baseboard in the bathroom is really undersized, the Bath usually heats to about 63 or so, making the floor and air rather chilly for showering in the mornings.
I would guess we plan on being in the house another 8-10 years.
Do these details change any of your feedback? If I leave the tub enclosure and just replace the very outdated shower doors that are on it I could still dress it up a little and it makes the remodel MUCH easier. However I don't want it to seem like a half a$$ update.
I agree with what's been advised on here, however, if you have another bath tub upstairs, then go with the walk in shower with all the bells and whistles. It could actually be a selling point when that time comes
+1 mrgins
A walk in master is expected in newer homes ,
a separate tub/whirlpool is also seen on occasion if there's room but mostly
just a walk in.
Absolutely a selling point and also a deal killer if you don't have one.
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Radio host Dan Sileo is not exactly known for being appropriate or subtle. He's gotten himself into a lot of trouble over past insensitive remarks, already losing one job for calling three African American players "monkeys." The current 560 WQAM Miami host unleashed a bizarre, offensive Twitter attack on Erin Andrews that included a remark about her stalker being the best thing that could happen to her career. It really shows what kind of a person he is (hint: not a good one). It started with the following tweet: First of all, Erin Andrews wouldn't be the one to report on Manti Te'o. She's a studio host and sideline reporter. So I am not sure what provoked this statement at all. And it wasn't just one person who failed on the Te'o front. Everyone was duped, from ESPN, to Sports Illustrated, to Notre Dame's athletic director. And yet this neanderthal pinpoints Erin Andrews? Andrews quickly responded: Of course, Sileo could not let that go and goes on numerous offensive rants, first mentioning ESPN, who Andrews no longer works for, but then it gets worse with him telling her to bake him a cake, cook him dinner, and using her stalker against her amongst more misogynistic idiocy: @thejohncassio @erinandrews bake me a cake — BonecrusherDan Sileo (@DanSileoShow) January 17, 2013 @johndennisweei love Erin either naked or in a porn..not at a sports desk — BonecrusherDan Sileo (@DanSileoShow) January 17, 2013 @thejohncassio @erinandrews ur kidding right..make me dinner — BonecrusherDan Sileo (@DanSileoShow) January 17, 2013 @erinandrews no...ur right Erin...does of really matter were u work..pepe hole best thing for ur career — BonecrusherDan Sileo (@DanSileoShow) January 17, 2013 I'm sorry, what? Unfortunately, I don't need to ask if this is a joke or if he was kidding. First of all, try writing a complete, coherent sentence. Second of all, Andrews had a great career before the peep hole incident and has fought hard to increase awareness on stalking and to help others who have gone through the same thing. For Sileo to bring that up in any context, let alone bringing it up to insult her, is beyond horrifying. It makes you wonder how sports talk radio could produce people like this that continue to make a living by spewing garbage.
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PepsiCo's Beverages & Snacks: Two Great Tastes, Don't Go Great Together
Much has been made of Nelson Peltz's attempts to get PepsiCo (PEP) to spin off its fast growing snack business from its lackluster beverage business. Pepsi's rebuffed such attempts, but the pressure might rise. The reason: A majority of buy-siders think a Pepsi split is a good idea.
Bernstein's Ali Dibadj and team explain:
In aggregate, more than half of the respondents (55%) believe that the company should be split into SnacksCo and BeveragesCo, but only a small portion (25% of all respondents) believe the company will actually split up in the next 1-2 years. 55% believe that the structural change will not happen in that timeframe, with the rest not sure. Looking at results from PEP shareowners vs. non-owners, it is interesting to note that the proportion of non-owners supporting a split-up is slightly higher (57% for non-shareowners vs. 54% for shareowners). More than half of the respondents who own PEP shares (51%) think that the company will not actually split up in the next 1-2 years, and non-owners seem to have an even more pessimistic view of whether a structural change will happen (62%). These results may suggest some degree of investor frustration with PepsiCo's recent decision to maintain its current company structure, while also hinting that the low probability of structural change may be one of the factors keeping certain investors on the sidelines. Anecdotally, we have heard broad-based investor disappointment that PepsiCo has not offered more data and analysis to support its views.
It also doesn't help that Coca-Cola (KO), which also suffers from slow growth, made a daring move to team up with Green Mountain Coffee Roasters (GMCR) to bring its home-beverage business to life.
Shares of PepsiCo have dropped -.7% to $79.50 at 12:17 p.m., while Coca-Cola has dipped 0.3% to $38.08, Green Mountain Coffee Roasters has fallen 0.8% to $108.95 and Dr. Pepper Snapple (DPS) is off 0.7% to $51.74.


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One snap with a cell phone camera and its straight to your company website. Or to your LinkedIn page. Or to YouTube for a video.
A new email or sms message. Even a phone call. Free to make, easy to use. They can save you thousands and earn you more.
I'm talking about QR codes and dollars to doughnuts you're not using them for your business now. You should.
QR stands for Quick Response. It's a bar code that is read by QR readers of course and cell phones with cameras.
You might have noticed a sprinkling here and there of Black modules in a square pattern? This is one I've made for my business cards.
It takes you to my website. Although New Zealand adoption has been slow - I think QR codes will catch on very quickly. Why? Four reasons.
Ubiquitous - Smart phones have proliferated to the point that they're everywhere you like. When I sit at conferences now, without fail, 7 out of 8 people will have one lying on the table.
According to Roy Morgan State of the Nation Statistics, in December 2010, 85.3 per cent if households had a main user of mobile phones.83.5 per cent of homes have an internet connection while 70.7 per cent have broadband. The reach is here and grows daily.
Free - Smart phones require a downloaded application to read the QR Code- but there are a plethora of free apps and likewise free programs online to make the codes. The QR code can be encoded with text, a web address, a vcard (Outlook contact business card), a sms message, a phone number or other data. Once read, the smart phone responds by going via wireless to the hyperlink destination. Or creates a text message, gets a phone the number ready to call. Creates an email.
Benefits the audience - It's an easy way to get instant gratification. Be it further information. Instructions. A contest. A special code. A pre-formatted email or sms message. Details about a purchase about to be made. Facts about a house for sale. A how-to install video. Ingredients. Background information. It's a click away and immediate.
Benefits to business - Lowered costs, improved customer service. Marketing and sales opportunities.
Here's a sprinkling of ideas on how to use them
Product packaging - instillation instructions or videos, warranty, ingredients, background history (wine for example).
In store on shelves or in product catalogues - further information about products on shelf or paper. How to use them. Instruction of use or sale details.
Advertisements - lead people to buy, sign up, sms their phone number, contests, product information, contest entry.
Signs - homes for sale, tourist information, bus timetables, further information about building
Books - publishers or authors website. Deeper information, videos, interactive material.
Catalogues - from throw away supermarket flyers to thick, annual product catalogues. You create a link from the static printed world to the dynamic easy to change and update web world.
Social media - link to your other sites or vice versa.
Directions - Capture the location of your business on Google maps or Wises and use that as a QR code.
Supermarket flyers, restaurants - recipes, food history.
Events - marketing them, responding as attending or not. Directions to venue, conference, course content. Speakers. Scavenger hunts
Contact details - copy your email signature or your business card details.
Shop window displays - Further details, link to online store
If you have a smart phone with internet browsing, download a QR code reader now. Better yet go online and find a code generator and start using it. Doing so now puts you in the forefront of a new (to New Zealand), free, technological innovation that can help improve your bottom line or simply help you to engage your customers further.
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We're heard though the grapevine that some people are a little confused – and a little worried – by the new Homeless Emergency Assistance and Rapid Transition to Housing Act, a.k.a. the HEARTH Act. There seem to be some question about what, exactly, this legislation will do and how it will affect local direct service providers.
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One of the major homelessness policy debates over the past 2 decades has been about updating the Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD's) homeless assistance programs. After years of debates and several false starts, Congress passed a bill called the Homeless Emergency Assistance and Rapid Transition to Housing Act, a.k.a. the HEARTH Act. It was signed by President Obama on May 20, 2009.
The HEARTH Act makes mostly evolutionary changes to homeless assistance, although some of the changes are more substantial. The changes go into effect in about two years. Here are some of the highlights.
1. The HEARTH Act focuses much more on preventing homelessness. Currently federal homeless assistance programs don't fund many prevention programs. Because of the HEARTH Act, there will be a lot more homelessness prevention, particularly for helping people when they get behind on the rent or when they have a dispute with a landlord.
2. There is a greater focus on helping families with children move into their own housing. Families are typically homeless for several weeks or several months, but it doesn't have to be that way. With some help paying for first and last month's rent, deposits, and moving costs, most families could exit homelessness much quicker. The HEARTH Act puts more resources into this kind of assistance.
3. There will continue to be a focus on Permanent Supportive Housing for people with disabilities. Over the past several years, HUD has encouraged communities to spend more on Permanent Supportive Housing, which consists of a basic apartment with supportive services, like case management, mental health care, and substance abuse services. This effort has been very successful, significantly reducing the number of people with disabilities who experience long-term or chronic homelessness. The HEARTH Act continues this focus and also changes some of the rules to make it easier to develop Permanent Supportive Housing.


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Will Ferrell's son is working blue at the tender age of two. Axel Ferrell, third son of the actor and wife Viveca, is apparently picking up bad habits from his funny man father and older brothers Magnus, 8, and Mattias, 5.
"The two year old unfortunately is just wandering into vulgarity – he has two big brothers, it wasn't from me," Will Ferrell insisted during a recent conversation with David Letterman. "I'm trying to prevent it. I'm doing everything humanly possible. I'm having a good laugh and it's out of my hands, I can't control it."
Just what is young Axel Ferrell up to that's causing all the foul-mouthed hilarity? The actor explained, "He thinks it's hilarious — and so do his brothers — to walk up to anyone, male or female, and say, 'You have a little penis.' He'll get on a roll and say it over and over again."
At least one person thinks the random insulting of strangers could be upgraded just a wee bit more. "My brother-in-law wants me to have a big Hollywood party and invite loads of actors, then hopefully he'll walk up to a George Clooney type and say 'You have a little penis,'" Will Ferrell added. "He thinks it would be really funny."
Would it be? Probably. Toddlers can get away with almost anything, those lucky littles.
My two sons are now ages 7 and 6, and we've battled our fair share of "potty" humor already. I'm not sure if there's naturally something funny about butts, farts and private parts, or if it's the adults' reactions that turns these topics into comedic forbidden fruit.
What I do know is that upon a brief introduction of the concept of palindromes, my kindergartener shouted out "poop!" to the entire class much to the delight of 22 other small people. What could the teacher do? He wasn't wrong.
How intense was the potty talk phase with your little ones? Any memorable moments or phrases, as Will Ferrell shared?
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