text: Politics 11 January 2012 Why the Tories must shed their "party of the rich" image For victory in the next election, the Conservatives must appeal to hard-pressed but aspirational vot Sign up for our weekly email * Print HTML The Conservatives failed to win an eminently winnable election in 2010 because they weren't seen as understanding and empathising enough with the needs of ordinary working people. They were seen as the "party of the rich" and big business, rather than the party of hard pressed "strivers". This inability to connect cost David Cameron an overall majority. The Prime Minister's New Year offensive on executive pay, along with an overture not to remove the 50p tax rate, could mark a concentrated attempt to shift his party away from the "sectional party" label. Internal Conservative polling, as well as polling for Lord Ashcroft, showed that potential Conservative voters were dissuaded from voting for the Tories because of a perception that the party was still "for the rich". As Philip Cowley observed: Much more significantly, the party's own polling found a lingering distrust of the Conservatives among the public. When those who had considered voting Tory were asked why they had not eventually done so, the most common answers involved concerns that the party was still for the rich rather than for ordinary people. Polling by YouGov has shown that the Conservatives are seen as much closer to the rich and to big business than to any other group. To many, the party still looks very gilded, very southern and very public school. Indeed, some 42 per cent of voters still say that they would never consider voting Conservative. ComRes also recently found that only 27 per cent of voters believe that government "policies share the burden of hard times fairly so that we are all in it together." The Conservatives failed to make a sizeable breakthrough amongst the electorally crucial "skilled manual workers" at the last election, and have a mountain to climb if they can't persuade those voters to vote Tory in 2015. In an age of austerity and economic uncertainty, any perception that the Tories are governing in the interests of "their rich friends" would be electorally toxic, particularly combined with a perception that many in the top of the party lack empathy or understanding about the difficulties facing ordinary, hard-working people. Putting Cameron at the spearhead of a government drive to do something about excessive executive pay is a clear attempt to separate, in the eyes of the voter, the Conservatives and the "undeserving rich". It is an attempt to show the Conservatives as a party that understands the concerns and the anger of ordinary hard-working people when they are faced with stagnant real incomes, a rising cost of living and increasing job insecurity at the same time that they see executives taking home top rocketing rewards even when their companies are shrinking in value. Polling for Policy Exchange has shown that the majority of people highly value the concept of "meritocracy" and "something for something" when they are looking to define "fairness". Sixty three per cent of people said that "fairness" is about "getting what you deserve" and 85 per cent of people agreed with the definition of fairness that "people's incomes should depend on how hard they work and how talented they are." This clearly isn't a definition of fairness that equates to top executives taking massive severance packages for failure, or to executives taking a 49 per cent increase in compensation last year, which bore little resemblance to the performance of their firms. Action over executive pay and preventing "rewards for failure" will help reassure those working class and lower middle class voters, who both parties need to woo at the next election, that the government is serious in its "all in this together" rhetoric. And the same logic applies to the Prime Minister's declaration that the 50p tax rate would remain, until the next election at least. Although a cause celebre amongst some on the Tory right, the PM argued in a recent newspaper interview that abolition of the 50p tax rate would not be seen as fair by the wider public. While the government is keen to abolish the 50p rate over the longer term, it is clearly concerned about being seen to be on the side of ordinary people, rather than just the rich. The Prime Minister's interview will certainly help the Conservatives shed their "party of the rich" label if it is accompanied by action as well as mere rhetoric. If they are serious about winning the next election, the Tories need to go beyond merely not being seen as the party of the rich. They also need to be positively seen as a party that understands the needs and concerns of hard-pressed, but aspirational, working and middle class voters, which means developing credible policies on energy bills, the cost of living, childcare and job creation. David Skelton is Deputy Director of Policy Exchange. 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By far, the biggest objection I hear to converting from break-fix to the As-a-Service model is the change in cash flow. Experts and MSPs who've already made the transition have very clear advice: make the transition in stages and as your company can accomodate.
Brett Bennett, CEO of POSitive Technology, appear in our January issue ("Cloud Retail Software Brings Retail Win"). POSitive Technology, a Germantown, MD-based ISV made the shift to the cloud several years ago when it developed its OpSuite product, a cloud-based retail management solution for multistore operators. According to Bennett, POSitive previously offered traditional on-premise solutions but gradually transitioned to the cloud, because Bennett wanted to offer a low up-front cost of entry to customers and produce predictable monthly income for his business. His advice for making the transition aligns with other's who've gone before him.
"You can't do it quickly," he advises. "Just trying to cut off and make a big change will kill anybody. Your team is used to getting $80,000 up front and then you're swapping that out to a few thousand up front and living off that monthly income for a few years to make up the difference."
Bennett recalls his transition was a work in progress. "We had to continue selling traditional deals along with new SaaS deals. Luckily we had some good revenues built up from previous years that we could utilize as a cushion." He goes on to say that, from a sales and technician standpoint, this was a big deal because everyone is commissioned. "They were used to getting big checks, and this dropped them down to a much lower amount. Again, because we tapered it with traditional and SaaS, that helped out. Now we are 98 percent SaaS. The sales team makes money on a residual basis, and we commission them on the period of the contract."
If the financial burden is too much for you to bear, keep in mind there's no hurry and slow and steady might be the key to a successful and smooth transition.

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"Fall in love" with the natural beauty of the Croatian coast and spend the holidays in your own style , according to your own priorities!"
The village of Sabunike is a sweet tourist destination located 15 km from Zadar, in North Dalmatia region, known for its lounges sandy beaches, its beautiful landscapes, preserved nature, clear and warm sea, and a wind that gently blows all the time making the air frias!
If you're a fan of water sports , unspoiled nature, sailing arround islands, long walks by the sea, you like to play beach volley-the village of Sabunike is a place for you!!
There are numerous cycling tours that will allow you to discover surrounding islands and atypic dalmatian villages...on b i k e !
Have confidence in my sport and curious minde, and let me to show you Croatia in a special way far away from turistic crowd!!
You have possibility to rent rooms or apartments in my house of Art in Croatia!
What marks my life is sport, art and travel...all of this you will found in the atmosphere of my home!
The house is decorated in an Ethnic style and is a reflection of my travels arounde the world over the pass 20 years.
The furniture is unusual because it is composed of elements that people have left and I restored theme, and change their purpose.
The apartment of the first floor of the house includes a lounge, two bedrooms, a kitchen, a bathroom,a balcony and a large terrace.
The kitchen is brigt and complitly equipped: stove,oven, microwave, fridge with freezer,coffie maker, toaster, blender,cooking utensils,electric barbique...
On the terrace their is a large dining table for 8 people and it is a great place to spend time.
The Ethnic room I is big and spacious,equipped with a double bad,a double mattress, wardrobe and decorated in a Tunisian style.The balcony overlooking the garden has a table and four chairs.
The Ethnic room II is decorated in a desert style, equipped with two single bad,large wardrobe and small table.
The bathroom includes a toilet,Italian shower,a washing machine and sink.
The apartments on the second floor of the house includes a large living room,two bedrooms,kitchen and bathroom decorated in a Retro style.
The large terrace surrounds the whole apartment.
***towels and linens provided***
***there is a possibility to have a breakfast, lunch or diner , depending on the season***
***rent camping equipment***
***rent bikes***
***rent equipment for free climbing***
***private parking***
***as a qualified guid in the tourism, I can arrange you touristic tours around***
***Tax is not included in the price (1 euros per person per day)***
HARLEY DAVIDSON in Biograd Croatia!
Days Harley Davidson Croatia 12.06. - 15.06.2015.in Biograd
From 12 to 15.06.2015. Biograd is the city that will host one of the biggest events in Europe dedicated to motorcycles
If you've been in Croatia, you will understand the description "Brutal Beauty", if you've never been ... you must see to believe!
More than 50,000 bikers from all comers Europe during the days Harley Davidson ... It will be one of the biggest events this year in all of Europe!
Discover the coast and countryside on a bicycle!!!
Let's go together in an adventure to explore the nearby islands , towens, wild nature, saltwater bays,red rocks...on b i c y c l e s!!!
Or, why not to go to the National Parc of Paklenica and climb the beautifull rocks...?
You have the possibility to rent a bikes or equipment for free climbing...while staying in my house of Art...
Why "Art & Récup"?
- with wooden pallets I made beds
- with old wooden planks I built shelves
-with bear caps I decorated an old surfboard
-I used parts of old furniture ,painted them and I turned them into works of Art
-most of the furniture I found on the streets of Europe and Africa and restored it...
-as has a Eiffel Tower it was made with leftover fill...
Want to spend the holidays in an artistic environment and create something from "nothing"...?
I'am here to help you accomplish these ideas!!!
Want to spend the holidays on a diferent way?
... you want to spend the night in a small fishing boat?
... you want to share the everyday life experience with a shepherds or a fishermens?
... you want to relive pleasant moments with the hosts of a village, taking part in the preparation of traditional Croatian kitchen?
...you want to participate in an Art workshop at the studio of local artist?
...or...just want to spend the night in tent with the beautifull view of the starry sky?
........call me and give it a s h o t !!!
Sailing around islands
Be your own captain, look at the map and decide where you want to sail...
Discover Long island and beautifull bay Sakarun...only 2 hours sailing from Sabunike...
Or choose to sail in "Small Kornati", around the beautifull Island of Vir...
Enjoy Robinson tourism,and who knows ...you might finde a hidden treasure....
Let the game begin!!!
How to come to my House of Art in the village of Sabunike?
The city of Zadar is an easily accessible destination by air, land or sea...
If traveling by plane, the cheapest options offered by RYANAIR
Arrival by plane!
The town of Zadar has an international airport called Zemunik...It's a small but modern airport 30 km away from the village of Sabunike.(8 km away from the town of Zadar).
If traveling by plane, the cheapest options offered by the companyRYANAIR !
From April to October you can find a return ticket from 54 euros!
Flights from France : Paris - Bauvaix / Marseille
Flights from Germany : Baden-Baden / Frankfurt / Dusseldorf
*Dublin, Oslo, London...*
You can find lots of flights from major European cities to Zadar and a large number of flying companies : Ryan Air,Wizz Air, Croatia Airlines,germany Wings...
Arrival by car!
With the new highway Zagreb - Zadar(A1),you need just 3 hours to come from Zagreb to Zadar.
After the town of Zadar follow direction Nin - Vir.
Once you have passed Nin, after 2 km on your right is the village of Sabunike...
***Many guests make a mistake, they follow the GPS and instead Sabunike go to Privlaka,because it is a town with his own postal code...the same postal code is also for the village of Sabunike!!!***
Rent a car
If you want to rent a car you have many options and rental agency...
But the best offer given agency Jetcost, which is located in Zadar and at the airport!!!
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Merci à Tanja pour son accueil chaleureux.
Très bel appartement idéalement placé pour découvrir la région.
Hvala Tanza ...
Marie et Laurent septembre 2016
Nous avons été bien accueillis par Tanja qui est très sympathique et qui nous a donné volontiers des conseils pour visiter la région. Une voiture est souhaitable.
L'appartement correspond aux photos : il est agréable, la terrasse grande.
Les matelas sont confortables.
La salle de bain était un peu petite pour nous 6 personnes.
Quelques aménagements de rangement amélioreraient cet appartement qui est à conseiller sans souci. Merci Tanja.
Ein wunderschöner Aufenthalt, immer wieder gerne. Tanja ist wirklich eine sehr zuvorkommende Gastgeberin und hat viele Tipps für Sehenswüdigkeiten und tolle Strände. Perfekt für eine spontane Reise.
Tanja was such a nice person, even if I just met her on my last day in her apartment, she immideately was so sympathetic!
The "House of art" room and apartment was very nice and clean as well. Everything worked, it just seems like the house is not build finished yet. But no problem.
The place where the house is, Privlaka, is nice and quiet. But you probably need a car to get to the next cities.
I loved Croatia, it was so beautiful! Perfect holiday.
thank you Tanja!!!
We had a great time there! :)
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TPWD News Release — March 22, 2010
ATHENS, Texas — A snowy blast chilled Spring's debut in North Texas, but northeast Texas lakes were smokin'. Both Caddo Lake and Lake O' the Pines produced new lake records.
Keith Burns of Jefferson caught Toyota ShareLunker 487 from Caddo Lake, a 16.17-pound brute that ranks 16 on the list of the 50 largest bass ever caught in Texas. The previous record weighed 16.01. The fish bit a Senko in five feet of water.
The fish also vaulted Burns into the lead for Angler of the Year honors. The Texas resident who catches the biggest fish of the season receives a lifetime fishing license from the Texas Parks & Wildlife Foundation in addition to other prizes awarded to all the anglers.
James E. Hollis of Longview caught the new record for Lake O' the Pines-13.2 pounds-while fishing in a tournament. That fish was not only the new lake record but also the first ShareLunker from the lake. The former lake record was 12.74 pounds. Hollis caught the fish on a lizard in five feet of water. "I'm not saying what color lizard," he said.
The two-fish weekend coming in the midst of rain and snow driven by fierce north winds increased the possibility the current season will see the 500th fish entered into the Toyota ShareLunker program. The angler who catches that fish will receive $500 per pound for his or her catch-a minimum of $6,500.
The two catches also illustrated the importance of weighing big fish as soon as possible after the catch and calling ShareLunker program manager David Campell to report 13-pound or larger fish immediately. Hollis caught his fish at 7:15 a.m. but did not report it until after the tournament weigh-in that afternoon. Burns caught the Caddo fish at 11:30 a.m. and called it in shortly thereafter, so became entry No. 487, while Hollis's fish became No. 488.
"Fish that meet all the entry qualifications are numbered in the order we receive the calls from the anglers," Campbell explained. "The ShareLunker program rules require that fish be turned over to TPWD within 12 hours after the catch, since the sooner we begin caring for them the better chance they have of survival. We encourage anglers who catch a fish they think might weigh 13 pounds to have it weighed and put into a minnow tank at a marina or official ShareLunker weigh and holding station as soon as possible."
Anyone legally catching a 13-pound or bigger largemouth bass from Texas waters, public or private, between October 1 and April 30 may submit the fish to the Toyota ShareLunker program by calling program manager David Campbell at (903) 681-0550 or paging him at (888) 784-0600 and leaving a phone number including area code.
ShareLunker entries are used in a selective breeding program at the Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center (TFFC) in Athens. Some of the offspring from these fish are stocked back into the water body from which they were caught. Other ShareLunker offspring are stocked in public waters around the state in an attempt to increase the overall size and growth rate of largemouth bass in Texas.
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FunkyWatch: April's Most Depressing 'Funky Winkerbean' And 'Crankshaft' Strips
Over the past 40 years, Tom Batiuk's Funky Winkerbean has transitioned from a gag-a-day comic strip about a high school to an ongoing chronicle of pure, abject misery. Thanks to the ongoing commentary on Josh Fruhlinger's Comics Curmudgeon, I am now completely obsessed with it, which is why I spend a little time every month rounding up its finest examples of crushing despair.
As noted by T.S. Eliot in The Wasteland, everyone's favorite super-pretentious reference, April is the cruelest month, and it seems that Tom Batiuk has taken that to heart. After going all out with a military tragedy that left sixteen dead in last month's strips, this month's have involved a young woman going to prison to confront the man who murdered her father, and also some jokes about collecting comics. Here's what's bananas: It's the bit in the prison with the murderer that made me laugh the hardest. Look at that panel up there! It's hilarious!


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Jobs in Orange County grew at a 2.3 percent clip last year, faster than previously estimated, reflecting a strengthening economy in California and across the country.
Earlier estimates by state employment officials had pegged the growth at 1.6 percent.
The revised figures, based on new year-end data, came as the county's unemployment rate rose slightly for January, to 7.1 percent from 6.8 percent in December, due to expected seasonal factors such as stores cutting their holiday workforce.
"We are really recovering now," said Mark Schniepp, director of the California Economic Forecast which works with UCLA on regional studies. He noted that Orange County's jobless rate has dropped from 8.1 percent in January of last year. "Despite what the doom and gloomers think, momentum is building."
Orange County's 30,600 net new payroll jobs from January 2012 to January 2013 showed widespread recovery across the local economy, according to numbers from California's Employment Development Department. The fastest growth was in construction, 5.4 percent, reflecting a comeback in the housing market.
Jobs in financial activities, which include mortgage refinancing, jumped 5.3 percent. Health-care positions grew 5.2 percent. Professional and business services jobs, which include software development, rose 3.7 percent, while manufacturing jobs showed a slight increase of 0.6 percent.
The only sector that declined was government, with a 0.8 percent dip.
Dawson & Dawson, a staffing company based in Mission Viejo, is placing middle-management workers in insurance, property management, advertising, construction, architecture, health care and logistics, said Kathy Dawson, company president.
"Its getting better, and we are living it every day," she said. "Two years ago, we had 50 job openings to place people. This year, we have 100."
The fact that Orange County's unemployment rate rose in January "might look scary on the surface," said Chapman University economist Esmael Adibi. "But we always see an uptick at the beginning of the year. Fewer people are working in retail trade. People travel less. Businesses don't pile up inventory, so fewer trucks move around."
Adibi added, "The good news is that we are seeing a broad-based recovery in all the major sectors."
According to revised figures, California's payroll jobs grew 2.1 percent last year. In January, with a net of 254,900 new positions, California, the nation's most populous state, was second only to Texas in job creation.
However, the state's jobless rate is 9.8 percent, tied with that of Rhode Island as the highest in the nation. Nearly 1.9 million Californians were unemployed in January.
Economists have found no indication of a widening gap between California and other states. The Golden State's higher joblessness reflects a state more dependent on seasonal agricultural labor than many others, Schniepp said. Demographics also play a role.
"We have a surge in high school and college graduates inundating the labor force," he said. "Young people don't migrate to Ohio. They come to California."
Orange County's January jobless rate was the lowest in Southern California. San Bernardino had a rate of 11.6 percent, Riverside 11.5 percent, Los Angeles 10.9 percent, Ventura 9 percent and San Diego 8.6 percent.
Earlier this month, the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that the U.S. jobless rate was 7.7 percent in February, down from 8.3 percent a year earlier. State and county jobs data lag national data.
From January 2012 to January 2013, payroll jobs grew in 48 states and the District of Columbia, and dropped in two states (Maine and West Virginia). The states with the biggest percentage jump were North Dakota (5.4 percent) and Utah (3 percent).
North Dakota, which is in the throes of an oil and gas boom, registered the nation's lowest unemployment in January, at 3.3 percent.
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Martyn Rooney could not hide his disappointment at not winning his 400m event at ISTAF IAAF World Challenge event in Berlin on Sunday.
The 27-year-old, recently crowned European 400m champion, from Croydon Harriers failed over the closing stages at the Berlin Olympic stadium track as he was beaten to the tape by Botswana's Isaac Makwala.
Makwala, the African champion, clocked 45.11 secondss to Rooney's 45.14 while Belgium's Kevin Borlée was third with 45.36.
Palace fan Rooney said: "I'm disappointed, I really wanted to win. I didn't really take it a little enough on the bend so it cost me.
"I never ran quick here before (in Berlin) so 45.14 is decent and I'll take that."
Rooney has two races left in his hectic 2014 season.
He next heads off to Zagreb, Croatia tomorrow (Tuesday) for the Hanžeković Memorial meeting.
He said: "This will be my fourth race in 10 days so I'll see how my body is.
"It's been a long season but it's paid off. I still feel I can race and I want to race. The season's over too quick to not take these opportunities and races coming up."
Rooney ends his year at the IAAF Continental Cup in Marrakech, Morocco on the weekend of September 13 and 14.


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According to Marcella Hazan, the character of an Italian soup depends on two things: the season and the place.
If you plopped yourself into summertime on the coast of southern Italy for example, your bowl of soup would likely be a fragrant chemistry of ripe tomatoes, garlic, olive oil and sparkling fresh seafood; during colder months further north in Tuscany there'd be a hearty stick-to-your-ribs stew – ribollita – containing dried beans, potatoes, stale bread and winter vegetables like cabbage and kale.
Classic minestrone soup is a versatile recipe, easy to put together any time of year, comfortably bridging transitions between seasons. My summer minestrone would definitely include fresh tomatoes, zucchini and lots of basil, but the soup I made yesterday was based on what I have in the winter pantry: carrots, onion, fennel bulb, cooked Italian beans and a little tomato paste. I stirred in cooked whole wheat elbow macaroni, blanched green beans and dark green spinach too.
Sprinkle with a little freshly grated Pecorino Romano or Parmesan cheese, serve with crusty bread and call it dinner.
Classic Minestrone Soup
- 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
- 1 cup chopped carrots
- 1/2 cup chopped onion
- 1/2 cup chopped celery
- 1 fennel bulb, trimmed and chopped
- 3 or 4 finely chopped garlic cloves
- 1 tablespoon tomato paste
- Salt and fresh ground pepper
- 2 cups cooked dried beans or canned kidney beans, drained
- Large handful green beans, blanched in salted boiling water 3 minutes; cut into 2-inch pieces
- Small bunch dark leafy greens: spinach, chard or kale, washed
- 2 cups cooked bite size pasta, such as elbows, ditali or tiny shells
- Grated Pecorino or Parmesan cheese, for serving
- Heat the olive oil in a large heavy soup pot. Add the carrots and onion. Cook for a 3-4 mintues; add the celery and fennel and cook a few minutes more to soften.
- Stir in the garlic, tomato paste and about 1 teaspoon salt and some black pepper. Pour in 6 cups water and bring to a simmer. Add the dried beans, partially cover the pot and cook 15 minutes at a simmer.
- Just before serving, stir in the green beans and spinach. Taste the soup and add more salt and pepper if you want to. Sprinkle with cheese at the table.
- Like all soup, this tastes great made ahead a day or two and reheated.
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* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.


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REDLANDS - There are plenty of people out there who need a meal.
Barbara Wormser is trying to reach all of them.
Wormser founded Inland Harvest in 1990 and has since made it her quest to feed the hungry. Inland Harvest is a nonprofit organization that delivers food to food banks throughout the Inland Empire.
In the early days Wormser said Inland Harvest managed to deliver about 1,000 pounds of food in its first three months.
Today Inland Harvest delivers an average of 140,000 pounds of food every month.
Inland Harvest, on a daily basis, picks up surplus food from restaurants, cafeterias, caterers, bakeries and markets and delivers it to shelters and community food programs. Since its 1990 debut Inland Harvest has transported more than 18,000,000 pounds of good food to an assortment of locations in the Inland Empire.
"Every now and then I do take a step back," said Wormser, now 75. "We've grown so much more than I ever thought it would."
Unfortunately it seems like an never ending task.
"I can tell you, say at the Salvation Army, the people who are waiting in line for a meal are well aware of when we come," Wormser said. "We often get `thank yous' from those people who are sitting out there."
Inland Harvest is run and operated completely by volunteers, right now the number is at about 80. Inland Harvest covers the territory from Yucaipa and Calimesa to Ontario and from Moreno Valley to Norco and out toward Chino. Over the years Inland Harvest has added a number of fast food chains, grocery stores and individual businesses to its roster of partners.
"There is something about knowing that you are really helping someone," Wormser said. "It's a hard thing to see what people are going through. But at the same time we are trying to put quite a few locations out there for them to get the help. And by getting them food we hope we are getting them the help they need."
Helping the hungry was an issue Wormser embraced long before she founded Inland Harvest. Wormser saw the need while a member of the Redlands City Council. Wormser, an active Redlander, served on the board between 1985 and 1989.
It was Wormser, in fact, who worked for the approval of Measure O, a $6.5 million bond issue to upgrade and expand parks and open space in the area.
"I really enjoyed the council," Wormser said. "I feel like I made a difference."
Wormser, while still on the city council, said she was a part of concerned citizens who gathered to discuss the issue of helping the hungry, it was a meeting that eventually led to the creating of Inland Harvest.
"We could see the need," Worsmer said. "We all pulled together and discussed how can we best deal with it."
Wormser added, "We were all aware of it. I can't think of a city that doesn't have to worry about it."
Wormser, the mother of three and the grandmother of three, continues to maintain a busy schedule, conducting pick up and deliveries throughout the week.
"I'm young at heart," Wormser said. "This keeps me strong."
Reach Ed via email, call him at 909-793-3221, or find him on Twitter @TheFactsEd.


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We were there at lunch time. Wasn't sure they were open. It was about 12:15ish. The door was partially closed and the waitress was back behind the counter doing things. So we looked around and I had a peek at the menu that was on the table outside the door. Looked good some of the prices were a bit high, but need to see and taste the food before I make final judgment on the prices. Finally she noticed us and came over. I asked if she was open and she said yes, so we went in. They had A/C running which is why the door was almost closed. A/C was a nice touch! Not a lot of places have or use it here. During out time there only two gentleman came in to have a business lunch. So they were not that busy.


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A STARGAZING session at Hillworth Park, Devizes, on Saturday, proved a headturner.
Although the English weather was typically unco-operative, with clear skies clouding over just a couple of hours before the event was due to take place, about 70 people, young and old, turned up for the evening supported by Greenacres Observatory, Green Lane.
Carole Berry, services manager at Devizes Town Council, which organised the event, said: "It was very successful.
"We were expecting half that number of people to turn up and the atmosphere was very happy and relaxed."
Staff from the Richmond Fellowship, which runs the Greenacres Garden and Observatory, came along with 16in and 12in reflector telescopes.
They also brought a number of pairs of binoculars for local people to take a glimpse at the stars that were visible through the clouds.
The evening took place to coincide with the BBC's Stargazing Live series of programmes with Dara O Briain and Brian Cox and the town council is planning to repeat the event next year.
Mrs Berry said: "Because it was so successful, we have decided to run it for three nights next year alongside the BBC programmes."
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I have a collection of 135 titles (142 CDs) issued by Goldmine/Soul Supply record company. This is not a box set but rather it is a collection of albums that are similar in that they all are rare soul compilations by the same company. There are some tracks that are on more than one album but considering the scope and magnitude of this collection, the number of duplicated tracks is small. Some CDs have good artwork, some have none, most have some artwork of varying quality. All are 320 CBR MP3 and are fully tagged. Original post now has added CDs.
The Complete Motown Singles has been a dream project of Motown and soul fanatics for many years, ever since the first decade of Stax/Volt singles was compiled in an impressive nine-disc box set in 1991. The Complete Motown Singles might have seemed like a logical move to soul collectors and fanatics, but it remained in the realm of fantasy for many years because, as enticing as that set was, it was difficult to create.


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Coalesse Live/Work Furniture
Courtesy of Coalesse, I recently had the chance to visit their Chicago showroom to see their latest collection of furniture conceived for the modern workspace. The experience revealed a new brand (it's actually the merging of Metro, Brayton and Vecta under Steelcase's umbrella) that's totally in touch with — or perhaps even ahead of — clients looking for a reinvented approach to office furnishings. Taking into account factors affecting the ways people live and work today, such as longer hours, technology and collaboration, Coalesse's line marries smart design, an appreciation for aesthetics and durable construction. With their commitment to sustainability (of course), the company's approach is aptly termed "slow furniture."
Working with some first-rate designers and licenses, like Hans Wegner, Viccarbe and Otto & Jess, the collection's sense of color, craft and scale, as well as function, make it "not your dad's office furniture." Wegner's masterful designs, usually reserved for domestic spaces, are great examples. The legendary Wishbone chair's (pictured above right) gorgeously arcing line and its woven seat lends unexpected lines and materials to standard conference areas, while the funky Flag Halyard Chair (above left) encourages a supine position and what we can only suspect would be the wildest of daydreams.
Other pieces, like the forthcoming Saarinen-inspired table with an integrated port for cables and the like, are more practical, seeking to adapt classic furniture to office use. Above images via Core77.
In this category we also like a series of armoires, consoles and tables that have bells and whistles like self-closing drawers and magnetic, spring-loaded latches and are designed for needs most of us can relate to like hiding clutter and easy laptop docking. These items, meant to coordinate with couches and other more democratic furnishings, reflect a new approach to the executive office (image on right via Moco Loco) based on the idea that the workspace is 10% "I" and 90% collaboration. We'll take four, please.


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This is the fourth installment in our series about quarterback Nick Marshall.
GARDEN CITY, Kan. | Nick Marshall wants you to know something.
He's not Cam Newton. He's not going to be Cam Newton.
"I wouldn't say I'm rolling in his footsteps," Marshall said. "I'm a different guy. We had the same type of situations, but I really don't know how I'd compare (myself) to Cam Newton. It doesn't bother me at all. I'm just over it -- for real."
The comparisons are inevitable. Mobile quarterbacks from Georgia, started at Southeastern Conference schools only to get in some off-the-field trouble that prompted a move to junior college, resume SEC play at a second school, strong arms.
Yet these men accomplish things in much different ways.
Newton was 6-foot-5 and 248 pounds when he won the Heisman Trophy after the 2010 regular season. He was a quarterback, a shifty tailback and a bruising fullback in one wide-smiled package.
Marshall? He's currently 6-2 and 205 pounds. The Tigers' newest signal-caller is faster than Newton with the same kind of arm strength.
The biggest difference is on third down. Newton could barrel through defensive linemen in the "A" gap or bowl over linebackers in the "B" gap to convert on 3rd-and-4.
"I'm not that type of guy," Marshall said.
That may not be a problem. Auburn has significantly more depth at tailback these days with Cameron Artis-Payne, Tre Mason, Corey Grant and possibly newcomer Peyton Barber available to grind out tough yardage between the tackles.
Plus, Marshall will be a true home-run threat every time the Tigers run the read option with him behind center. Ten yards isn't a goal. Marshall craves the end zone and believes, without a single hint of doubt, that he can out-run and out-maneuver anyone who attempts to slow his forward progress.
Is he successful every time? Nobody is.
That didn't stop him from averaging seven yards per carry against the conference teams who had time to scheme him.
Oh, and don't forget about the arm. Marshall dropped jaws during the Mississippi Bowl when he scrambled away from pressure and threw a ball, while on the run, 71 downfield yards to an open receiver.
"Auburn is getting the best quarterback in the country, plain and simple," said Matt Miller, who served as Marshall's offensive coordinator last season at Garden City Community College. "Heck, I think they're getting the best football player in America -- at any school anywhere."
Marshall knows moving from the Jayhawk Conference to the SEC won't be easy. To help with the transition, he's been working out daily with Garden City slot receiver Tyreek Hill, who represented Team USA as a sprinter at the World Junior Championships in Spain last summer.
The quarterback's connection with Auburn is strengthening as well. He grew up playing travel basketball with current players Quan Bray and Gabe Wright, who have been dispensing pointers over the phone.
"(Bray) is really telling me I need to hurry up and get there so I can get a bond with the receivers, we can start throwing and stuff," Marshall said.
He held a long conversation with offensive coordinator Rhett Lashlee during his official visit in January about the Tigers offense. The crux? Lashlee and coach Gus Malzahn adjusts the offense to accentuate each quarterback's strengths. And Marshall believes the whole thing about this offense being complicated is overrated.
The quarterback said he'll arrive on campus in June and study the playbook from sunrise to sundown until it becomes second nature.
"I can pick it up quickly," he said.
Strategy will be one adjustment.
Humility may be a more taxing obstacle. Marshall rarely has crossed paths with better players. There simply aren't many. He was a revelation at Wilcox County (Ga.) High, played as a freshman at Georgia, dominated his junior-college league despite a change in position.
That success has given Marshall a massive dose of confidence.
The upside is that he expects miracles. No play, no idea, is too ambitious. No deficit is too large. No opponent is too formidable.
Miller, the Garden City coach, loved that about his star pupil.
And while Marshall's confidence may have a downside, it's one Miller believes will become a positive in time. Auburn, he believes, will watch that transformation with giddiness.
"He knows he's a lot better than everyone else out there and that need to be honed down a little bit," Miller said with a smile. "That's a problem you like to have as a coach -- as opposed to slow feet or a slow release. Going out there and believing you can make every play is more than half the battle. I've never really seen Nick Marshall fail. He might make a bad read or a bad throw, lose a fumble. That just makes him better the next time he gets the ball. He's exactly what every coach wants. Auburn got the best."


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The long-feared government shutdown kicked in, affecting millions of people.
The shutdown caused Farm Service Agency offices and Risk Management Agency offices around the country to close, and most government websites were shut down.
Food stamp benefits continue but federal funds for the Women, Infants and Children (WIC) will no longer be available though some states may be able to keep the program going for a little while.
Social Security payments continue through the shutdown and Congress did vote to continue to pay people in the military. However, even these payments will stop mid-month unless Congress raises the debt ceiling.
The Secretary of the Treasury says that the government will be unable to meet its financial obligations by Oct. 17.
There is so much acrimony in Washington that it is hard to see how Congress will bridge their differences and prevent even more damage to the U.S. economy.
As the government shutdown drags on, it is increasingly likely that USDA's October Crop Production and Supply and Demand reports will be delayed – or even canceled altogether.
There was some movement on the farm bill this week, albeit relatively modest. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., re-appointed members to a hoped-for conference Committee on the Farm Bill.
The Senate had already appointed them months ago.
But the House has still not appointed conference committee members and the extension of the 2008 Farm Bill expired on Monday.
There will be little impact until the end of the year. That's when, absent new farm policy, milk price supports soar by default under the provisions of "permanent" legislation set in 1949!
We would see stronger economic growth and more job creation in the short term if the sequester budget cuts were eliminated according to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO). However, the report also says eliminating those spending cuts would add to the federal budget deficit over the longer term.
If the planned sequester cuts for fiscal 2014 were eliminated CBO says GDP would be 0.8 percent higher and 1 million more jobs would be created than is the case if the cuts go into effect. Further, the larger budget deficit would then eventually reduce economic growth and income.
Other news from Washington:
- The Food and Agriculture Policy Research Institute (FAPRI) released an analysis comparing the provisions of the House and Senate farm bill proposals. FAPRI's analysis shows that the Senate bill reduces government outlays by $18.4 billion over 10 years (compared to a continuation of current programs) while the House bill's savings come in at $12.6 billion. The Congressional Budget Office calculated the net savings of both bills near $16 billion over 10 years. Net farm income would be lower under both bills due to the elimination of direct payments according to FAPRI. The analysis also shows the House bill provides a stronger safety net for crops such as rice, barley and peanuts while the Senate bill provides more support for corn and soybeans.
- The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has just issued a report that says it is "extremely likely" that human activity is the dominant cause of global warming observed since the 1950s. The co-chair of the panel said "Our Assessment of the science finds that the atmosphere and oceans have warmed, the amount of snow and ice has diminished, the global mean sea level has risen, and the concentration of greenhouse gases has increased". The panel predicts that sea levels will rise by between 10 inches and 32 inches by the end of the century. Significance for farmers? It provides new ammo for those seeking increased environmental regulation and restrictions.


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YOUNG chefs donned their aprons and whipped out their frying pans to raise money and awareness in the battle against a rare heart condition.
Members of Youth Vibe, Deafness Support Network's (DSN) youth group, took part in The Great Pancake Party in Northwich for the Cardiomyopathy Association.
A pancake themed quiz and other games were played by the group, whose 11 to 18-year-old members are both hearing and D/deaf.
Lorna Langton, lead youth worker at DSN, which has its headquarters in Northwich, said: "This was a brilliant evening – not only did we raise money for an incredibly worthy cause, but we also got to enjoy lots of delicious pancakes.
"The event was a lot of fun, it also highlighted a relatively unknown but surprisingly common health condition that affects the lives of many across the world."
Cardiomyopathy is the biggest killer of under-35s, and is the main reason for heart transplants.


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text: Where to Shop, Eat, and Stay during Art Basel Miami Beach\nJust in time for Art Basel Miami Beach, AD presents the design lover's essential guide to the Magic City\nSLS Hotel South Beach\\n\\nThis Philippe Starck–designed spot—a satellite of the Beverly Hills original—has reinvented a landmark Art Deco building in the heart of South Beach.\nSLS Hotel South Beach\\n\\nThe 140-room pleasure palace sits perfectly poised to give the W and Soho Beach House a run for their arty-partying money, boasting such luxe amenities as a restaurant by James Beard Award–winning chef José Andrés, an outdoor poolside lounge and dayclub, and even a "Champagne Now" app on every in-room iPad.\\n\\nDoubles from $445; 1701 Collins Ave.; 305-674-1701; sbe.com\\n\\n\nSt. Regis Bal Harbour\\n\\nThis glam, 1960s-style fantasia of antique mirrors, raw-crystal chandeliers, and sleek black marble—telltale design flourishes of the architect duo George Yabu and Glenn Pushelberg—rises some 27 stories above the beach in the ultrahaute neighborhood of Bal Harbour.\nSt. Regis Bal Harbour\\n\\nIts 240-plus residential-feeling rooms and suites, all featuring big ocean-view balconies, cool things down a bit, with a muted palette of cream, platinum, and aubergine. But the Remède Spa, J&G Grill by chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten, and drinks at the St. Regis Bar heat things right back up.\\n\\nDoubles from $850; 9703 Collins Ave.; 305-993-3300; stregisbalharbour.com\\n\\n\nThe James Royal Palm\\n\\nHaving taken on Chicago and New York, the James expanded to South Beach with this hotel in a restored 1939 Deco delight. Designed by Houston-based Lauren Rottet (whose redos of Manhattan's Surrey and Aspen's St. Regis won raves) the 393 rooms, studios, and suites—plus the spa, waterfront seafood spot, and signature lobby—seek to reimagine the hotel's storied past for a fun-filled future.\nThe James Royal Palm\\n\\nRottet has placed an emphasis on local art along with a clear-toned palette of bright whites, warm woods, and sea-foamy accents in blues and greens. Completing the package are two outdoor pools, a poolside bar, and rolling lawns dotted with the hotel's namesake palms.\\n\\nDoubles from $350; 1545 Collins Ave.; 305-604-5700; jameshotels.com/Miami\\n\\n\nFreehand Miami\\n\\nThis high-design, low-cost boutique stay—in a 1930s Deco building just a block or so from the ocean—was built by the AD100 design firm Roman and Williams, also responsible for the see-and-be-seen spaces at Manhattan's Ace and Standard hotels.\nFreehand Miami\\n\\nArranging a mix of private and communal accommodations around a central swimming pool and courtyard, the Freehand takes a hipster summer-camp concept as its jumping-off point, offering inexpensive shared boccie courts, Ping-Pong tables, vintage-inspired bicycles, and a kitchen garden to every guest. Plus, there's food and drink from the Broken Shaker, an award-winning Miami pop-up cocktail lounge.\\n\\nPrivate rooms from $150, beds in shared rooms from $35; 2727 Indian Creek Rd.; 305-531-2727; thefreehand.com\\n\\n\nJuvia\\n\\nPerched on the penthouse level of Herzog & de Meuron's gravity-defying parking structure at 1111 Lincoln Road, this book-well-ahead restaurant affords sweeping vistas of Miami Beach's Art Deco skyline and the sea beyond. Venezuela-based Alejandro Barrios Carrero designed the indoor-outdoor, white-and-wood space, incorporating an Amazonian green wall by vertical-garden guru Patrick Blanc.\nJuvia\\n\\nIn the open kitchen, acolytes of Nobu Matsuhisa, Alain Ducasse, and Daniel Boulud whip up dishes that mix Asian cuisine and French technique with Floridian and Latin ingredients and tastes.\\n\\n1111 Lincoln Rd.; 305-763-8272; juviamiami.com\\n\\n\nMacchialina Taverna Rustica\\n\\nBrought to delicious life by the trio of talented young Turks (and toques) behind the three-year-old Asian-flavored gastropub Pubbelly and the two-year-old Pubbelly Sushi and Catalan-inspired Barceloneta, this crowded Italian joint opened in June, with a kitchen overseen by Michael Pirolo, previously the chef de cuisine at the Miami outpost of Scarpetta.\nMacchialina Taverna Rustica\\n\\nThe menu travels the Italian peninsula, with rustic dishes and a casual feel to both the decor—brick walls, blackboard menus, red vinyl seats—and the food, which features small snacks called stuzzichini, pizzas, and crudo, plus homemade pastas.\\n\\n820 Alton Rd.; 305-534-2124; macchialina.com\\n\\n\nCooper Avenue and South Street Restaurant & Bar\\n\\nThis pair of popular spots come from the same well-established Miami restaurateur—Amir Ben-Zion—but their similarities, both aesthetic and culinary, largely end there. On the first floor of the three-year-old Frank Gehry–designed New World Center, the sleek, industrial-style Cooper comprises not only a gently priced American-focused restaurant, but also a gourmet goodies–and-other-essentials market.\nCooper Avenue and South Street Restaurant & Bar\\n\\nSouth Street, meanwhile, put down its retro–supper club–feeling roots in a Design District bank building, offering neo–soul food from Philadelphia's Amaris Jones, whose menu promises kindler, gentler, and healthier versions of comforting (albeit bikini-unfriendly) classics like fried chicken and shrimp and grits.\\n\\nCooper Avenue: 1661 Pennsylvania Ave.; 305-455-4741; cooperavenue.com\\n\\nSouth Street: 4000 NE Second Ave.; 305-573-5474; southstreetmiami.com\\n\\n\nAlchemist\\n\\nA high-fashion concept shop with a rocker-chick-chic sensibility, Alchemist opened on the fifth floor of Herzog & de Meuron's 1111 Lincoln Road garage, and husband-and-wife owners Erika and Roma Cohen are already expanding to the car park's street level, in a futuristic all-white, neon-lit space designed by Rene Gonzalez.\nAlchemist\\n\\nThe space features an installation by none other than starchitect Zaha Hadid, including a cooler where one can grab a drink from JugoFresh—a recently arrived minichain of Miami juice bars with a cultlike following. Fans include Lenny Kravitz, and lines at JugoFresh's other South Beach location often extend out the door.\\n\\n1111 Lincoln Road; 305-531-4815; shopalchemist.com\\n\\n\nDesign District\\n\\nThe city has been abuzz with the news that the luxury fashion and accessories brands of LVMH—Louis Vuitton, Christian Dior, and Bulgari, etc.—would be decamping from the Bal Harbour Shops to stake out new stomping grounds on the thoroughly gentrified blocks of the once-gritty Design District. Céline (191 NE 40th St.; 305-866-1888) was the inaugural LVMH boutique to land, back in August, with Dior Homme (161 NE 40th St.; 305.571.3576) set to debut before Basel.\nDesign District\\n\\nAs for Louis Vuitton (170 NE 40th St.), it inaugurated a long-term pop-up shop here in October 2012, with a neon-graffitied façade by Los Angeles artist Marquis Lewis (a.k.a. Retna), which will serve as the brand's Design District flagship until the permanent store opens in 2014. Beyond LVMH, August also saw the arrival of Cartier (151 NE 40th St.; 305-864-8793) and Prada (180 NE 40th St.; 305-573-9400). Ornare Home (4040 NE Second Ave., suite 103), a top-end Brazilian home-design brand, also recently opened a new and larger showroom amid all this high-fashion action.\nBal Harbour Shops\\n\\nThe celebrated Bal Harbour Shops has plans to build an entire new wing, but in the meantime, it's expanding in smaller ways, adding new boutiques from an ever-growing waiting list of retailers.\nBal Harbour Shops\\n\\nArrivals in the past two years include Alexander McQueen (305-866-2839), Moncler (786-477-5343), and watch wonders F.P. Journe (305-993-4747), and IWC (305-909-6935), with Saint Laurent Paris (formerly YSL) opened its first U.S. boutique under new creative director Hedi Slimane at the Shops last December.\\n\\n9700 Collins Ave.; 305-866-0311; balharbourshops.com\\n\\n


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Since its opening in 2005, the Museum of Biblical Art (MOBIA) in New York City has mounted first-rate exhibitions on biblical themes. Whether looking at the Bible through the eyes of Georges Rouault or Marc Chagall, or indulging in some fun with posters for religious films ("Reel Religion," 2009), MOBIA has offered fresh and engaging perspectives on the most familiar of subjects.
The current show, on display until September 27, is another stand-out. "Scripture for the Eyes: Bible Illustration in Netherlandish Prints of the Sixteenth Century" offers 79 prints ranging from simpler woodcuts to elegant engravings. Produced in today's Holland, Belgium and Luxembourg, this art emerged at a time of acute religious and political tension between Protestant and Catholic Reformers as well as between pro- and anti-imperial factions. Though it often transcends confessional divisions, at times it is discreetly—or overtly—partisan. The art ranges from a primary emphasis on religious function to interest in aesthetic achievement, not infrequently combining artistic ambition with didactic and devotional purposes.
In Lucas van Leyden's "Return of the Prodigal Son" (c. 1510), engraving skill and moralistic fervor are gloriously united. The story is not only one of the finest parables in St. Luke's Gospel, but was told again and again in school plays from the 13th to the 16th centuries in France, Germany and the Netherlands. Van Leyden's sheet shows the repentant son and the welcoming father at the center of a grand vista that masterfully integrates the disdainful other son and his friends, the family home and towns near and distant, with a river in the middle distance to the right and the slaying of the fatted calf to the left.
Hendrick Goltzius is another notable artist of the period, and his "Adoration of the Magi" from "The Life of the Virgin" (1593-94) is an exercise in protean imitation of artistic styles from Raphael to Dürer. It is accomplished and deeply felt, with highly individualized figures and utter control of spatial composition. Walter S. Melion's essay in the show's catalogue comments that "it is often difficult, or well-nigh impossible, rigidly to demarcate confessional positions where biblical prints are concerned." But confessional prejudices could certainly alter the reception of the work. Thus Goltzius's "Adoration" could be interpreted by Protestant Reformers as suggesting their own long journey of challenging the institutional church in their search for Christ, while Counter-Reformers might see their own journey through persecution and dissension as ending in true devotion before the Savior. Similarly, in van Leyden's "Return of the Prodigal," Catholics might identify the father as an image of the institutional church welcoming back penitent Reformers, while Reformers could see him as God the Father accepting the contrition of a corrupt Roman Church. Goltzius himself, a life-long Catholic committed to ecumenical tolerance, could also be polemical but in an even-handed way, as is evident in two earlier engravings that address (and discourage) inter-confessional strife, "The Wisdom of Solomon" and "Dissent in the Church" (both c. 1578).
Theological differences were often more explicit. Pieter Nagel's engraving "Man between the Old and New Covenant" (c. 1567) develops a theme deriving from the workshop of Lucas Cranach the Elder in the late 1520s. On the left are Moses with the tablets of the Law, Adam and Eve and a prophet accompanied by a skeleton; on the right John the Baptist pointing to the "Victory" of the risen Christ. Between them a distressed Everyman, wringing his hands, leans to the left but looks to the right. A literal pictorial translation of Luther's theology of justification by faith alone, the print is, as the show's catalogue points out, at once approbative, implicitly polemical and political.
Cornelis Cort's engraving of the Annunciation surrounded by kings and prophets of the Hebrew Scripture, modeled after the fresco by Federico Zuccaro for the Chapel of the Annunciation in the Roman College of the Society of Jesus (1571), represents an understanding of the Incarnation that could be endorsed by Reformers and Counter-Reformers alike. But passages in the print extolling the Virgin's motherhood and virtue seem to make it more sympathetic to Catholic Reformers. Jesuit influence also appears in lovely engravings by Hieronymus Wierix for two books of meditations on the gospels that were compiled by Jerome Nadal at the request of St. Ignatius of Loyola himself.
The overriding impression of this innovative art is of creative interaction between popular piety and an intense interest in newly available editions of the Bible, both St. Jerome's Vulgate and vernacular texts. The question of salvation became highly personalized. Treatises on modes of meditation proliferated. Mystic theologians were prized, including the Flemish Jan van Ruysbroeck, who presented Christ the mediator as reconciling the foreign and discordant elements of human experience. The sufferings of Christ were given increasing emphasis, with frequent depictions of the Man of Sorrows. Christ in the Wine Press, another popular image, could easily be taken to extremes: in 1619 Hieronymus Wierix depicts Jesus bleeding profusely as God the Father operates the press with the cross as its beam and the dove of the Holy Spirit alighting at its top.
Many of the prints on view are more peaceful, but none lack drama. Whether your interest is the Bible or first-rate art, and especially if you think both are indispensable, get out your magnifying glass and make your way to MOBIA if you possibly can before this show closes on Sept. 27.
"Scripture for the Eyes" is organized by MOBIA and curated by Dr. James Clifton and Dr. Walter S. Melion. It is accompanied by a fully illustrated catalog, Scripture for the Eyes: Bible Illustration in Sixteenth Century Low Countries.
One of Henri Nouwen's best books is "Return of the Prodigal Son" which was inspired by the painting.


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Snooty's 68th Birthday Celebration
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Lifesaving Championships at Siesta Key Beach
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Anna Maria Island Independence Day Parade
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Sarasota Multi-Cultural Earth Festival 2016
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All eyes to be on Halladay in Phils' final Grapefruit tilt
LAKELAND, Fla. -- There will be plenty of intrigue Thursday, when the Phillies play their final Grapefruit League game of 2013.
Roy Halladay will face the Toronto Blue Jays at Bright House Field. Normally, this would be a nondescript tuneup for Halladay, but this start carries significance. The veteran right-hander has had issues in each of his previous four starts, not resembling the pitcher who dominated the National League for the Phillies in 2010-11. But on Saturday, following a Minor League start at Carpenter Complex in which he allowed 11 of 18 batters to reach base, Halladay indicated he expects improved results Thursday.
"I think going into the last start will be more like a regular start, where you're trying to mix pitches like you normally would during a game," he said Saturday. "I think being able to figure out that cutter grip today, I can work on that in my bullpen more, and then my next time out, I feel like we can go out and pitch like I would pitch during a game."
Publicly, the Phillies are keeping a stiff upper lip on Halladay, claiming they are unconcerned and that his struggles are nothing unexpected or abnormal.
But they have seen what everybody else has seen this spring, so they would like to see some positive results before Halladay faces the Braves on Wednesday at Turner Field.
Todd Zolecki is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Tired of never knowing what plug to pull? With our Durable Printable Cord Tags, tugging the wrong cable will never be a problem. These heat resistant tags (tolerance from -22°F to 221°F) are perfect for organizing the tangle of cords from your home entertainment system and computers. They are also ideal for using as price tags on smaller items like jewelry or as small gift tags on party favors. Let your imagination run wild. With our cord tags you'll never get your wires crossed again.
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Great, great idea!! I always have cords that need labels and hate my handwriting. Thought these would be a great solution. However, didn't realize they were for Laser printers only. Definitely don't work with inkjet and although we're a pretty tech-friendly family, I don't see us having a laser printer anytime in the near future. Also, I only found this out after spending a lengthy amount of time trying to figure out the template(s) provided here. Wow. Have never had so much trouble with a template before. Not user friendly by any means.
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I have been looking forever for a printable tag I could use to label my jewelry line. The ones I did find were either to bulky or just not what I was looking for. Then I found the Printable Cord Tags by Avery. Wasn't sure if they would work at first for the look I was going for, But was I ever wrong.
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At my desk, I have 3 computers, speakers, a TV, a couple of receivers, and a huge mess of cords & wires. I wanted to label these cords, and this product seems perfect.
But when I tried to print to them, the labels were printed too lightly. As it turns out, these labels are designed for LASER printers, and I have an INKJET. These labels just don't work with inkjet printers. Very disappointing.
What's more disappointing is that I can't find an inkjet version of these labels.
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The documentation that comes with this product is sparse. The templates are great, but the sheet that comes with the product recommended that we set the printer to using "Labels" instead of regular paper, and my printer has no "Lables" setting; it is clear that the surface of the labels will require something other than the "Plain Paper" setting, but with only 5 sheets in the package, I couldn't exactly experiment.
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Diane von Furstenberg is a fashion fixture. Effortlessly glamorous, the 65-year-old icon and her covetable designs have touched and inspired women from around the world for almost four decades — yes, the wrap dress has been around for that long. Diane first appeared on the fashion scene in the late '60s, and after experiencing a lull in her label in the '90s, which almost put her out of business, she pulled off one of the biggest comebacks in fashion history. DVF recently sat down with Interview magazine to talk about her amazing career in fashion, and we culled some quotes you don't want to miss. Click on to see some gorgeous throwback photos of Diane, plus see what she has to say about her iconic curly hair and being a femme fatale in the slideshow now.
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Renowned philanthropist and billionaire Paul Parnell had reached the pinnacle of monetary success, but not without cost. Had he put too much emphasis on work and spent too little time with his family?
Determined to leave something far more valuable than money to his six children, Paul instructs his lawyers to create an unusual last will and testament. This unorthodox will, which stipulates that the lion's share of Paul's two-billion-dollar estate be given to the heirs who pass "the test", was Paul's last hope of creating a lasting legacy by inspiring his children to give back to society and embrace a code of moral values.
The six children - Rory, Frank, Dan, Monica, Carl, and Ashley - have only one year to make a difference. But what a difference one year will make.
Before these six very different siblings can complete the test, they'll be forced to face their personal demons, and the incredibly evil influence that could claim one of their own.
©2010 Patricia Gussin (P)2012 Patricia Gussin
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The only reason this book didn't get five stars from me was that it dragged and lagged a bit. It was a bit predictable, too. However, the characters were well-developed and their growth was believable. I kept turning the pages with interest.
"The only way to pass this test is to not read it!"
The description of the book and the story are very different and not the book I thought I was getting.
The premise of the book , The Test, is hardly in the book at all and becomes a sub story of a sub story.
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Details were few, but it appears as though the Woodland Police Department was involved in a high-speed pursuit early Sunday morning.
No one was immediately available to speak from the police department, however, witnesses reported that the chase got under way just before midnight Sunday and ended shortly after when the vehicle being pursued crashed into a home.
The condition of the driver or the home was not immediately available.
According to witnesses, it appears that the vehicle being pursued ran off the road and crashed into a home just off West Kentucky Avenue at 103 N. College St.
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Making The Film
Wild Caught: The Life and Struggles of an American Fishing Town
In 1999, at North Topsail Beach, Matt Barr watched the shrimp boats pull their nets just offshore. Curious, he followed the boats up the New River Inlet to where they offloaded their catch in the small fishing village of Sneads Ferry. Captivated by the ingenuity, wisdom, and sense of community the fishermen shared, he spent seven years filming them at work and with their families, interviewing them as they shared the lore of the sea that had been handed down for generations.
What started as the story of a tight-knit traditional fishing town changed in 2003. The price of shrimp, the main catch in Sneads Ferry, plummeted as the result of the rise of imported farm-raised shrimp. Around the same time, Sneads Ferry was "discovered" by real estate developers, pushing housing costs and property taxes sky-high. The small-scale fishermen went from being able to provide for their families to being a small step away from disaster.


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Below is a prescient speech given on the Senate floor years ago warning of the coming debt crisis. It was delivered when the national debt was $8 trillion less than it is today. It is reproduced here without comment:
"The fact that we are here today to debate raising America's debt limit is a sign of leadership failure. It is a sign that the U.S. Government can't pay its own bills. It is a sign that we now depend on ongoing financial assistance from foreign countries to finance our Government's reckless fiscal policies.
Over the past 5 years, our federal debt has increased by $3.5 trillion to $8.6 trillion. That is ''trillion'' with a ''T.'' That is money that we have borrowed from the Social Security trust fund, borrowed from China and Japan, borrowed from American taxpayers. And over the next 5 years, between now and 2011, the President's budget will increase the debt by almost another $3.5 trillion. …
I therefore intend to oppose the effort to increase America's debt limit."
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Warminster residents piled into The Bath Arms on Tuesday for the reopening of the pub by national chain JD Wetherspoon, almost two years after it closed.
The company has spent £2.26 million re-developing the pub in Market Place, which is a Grade II listed property and one of the town's three surviving 18th century inns.
The new-look pub, which has created 45 new jobs, features one bar and a beer garden, as well as a hotel comprising of five bedrooms set over two floors.
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Han fires Caroline after she insults his diner and Max tries to mend their relationship, on 2 BROKE GIRLS, Monday, March 25th on the CBS Television Network. Max Black (Kat Dennings), Caroline Channing (Beth Behrs) and Han Lee (Matthew Moy), shown. Photo: Adam Rose/Warner Bros. ©2013 Warner Bros. Television. All Rights Reserved.


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Soft, nature-inspired hues.
The host of W Network's Candice Tells All turns to the outdoors when choosing paint colours: "I use a lot of natural materials in my designs — wood, stone, linen — and therefore gravitate toward colours like those found in a stormy sky, misty cool waters, and others suited to those finishes," says Olson. "If it works in nature, it naturally works in your home." This bathroom is painted in one of her favourite warm neutrals, Benjamin Moore's Niveous (OC-36), which allows the antique wood vanity to stand out.
Read an interview with Candice Olson.
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Dramatic black walls with a white ceiling.
Toronto designer Connie Braemer decided this staircase had enough natural light for one of her favourite hues, Farrow & Ball's Pitch Black (256). Braemer painted the ceiling in Benjamin Moore's Oxford White (CC-30) to brighten the space and draw the eye upward.
Tour a home Connie Braemer recently designed.
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Fresh yet muted shades.
"When selecting paint colours, I don't follow trends," insists designer Philip Mitchell. "I gravitate towards shades of paint that have subtler hues and softer tones. The more neutral the paint, the more timeless the space. The colours and finishes I choose are usually inspired by the room's architectural details, the amount of natural light the room has and the direction the room faces." This beadboard wainscotting called for a blue with a bit of country, so Mitchell chose Benjamin Moore's Normandy (2129-40) and paired it with bright Ultra White (CC-10) walls. The result is fresh and clean, perfect for a bathroom.
View a gallery of Philip Mitchell's projects.
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Egg-inspired tones.
Toronto artisan and designer Heather Shaw thought this grouping of eggs from The R.O.M. was perfect for Easter, and also illustrates her love of soft neutrals. She came across this room from designer Robert Kristiansen's summer home outside of Oslo on Design*Sponge. It's mostly white, but has flecks of the brown and blue hues she's drawn to. Consider painting walls in Benjamin Moore's Moonlight White (OC-125) with accents of Mount Saint Anne (CC-710) to achieve this simple Scandinavian look.
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Cool greys with a punch of orangey red.
For her own bathroom, Vancouver designer Shelley Penner painted walls in Benjamin Moore's White Water (2120-60) and added drama with a vanity cabinet in Silhouette (AF-655). The living room adjacent to this space has a feature wall in Salsa Dancing (AF-280), which she carried into the bathroom with bold towels. She loves that the palette combines cool neutrals with warm accents, and admits the red is unexpected. "I gravitate toward blues and green-greys, perhaps because they reflect the west coast's sea to sky views, but I love this pop of colour," she says.
For more paint palettes designers are loving, see our photo gallery.
Soft grey millwork with white walls.
This practical mudroom by Feasy & Bleeks Design incorporates one of their top palettes; grey, black and white. "We often choose a darker colour (usually a shade of grey) for built-ins and millwork to contrast creamy white walls," says Feasby. The staircase railing (not shown) is a dramatic shade of black, painted with Interlux's Brightside Polyurethane for boats, which is durable enough for handrails.
For more paint palettes designers are loving, see our photo gallery.
Shades of grey with bright red.
Jennifer Reid, of W Network's Making House and Barlow Reid Design, gravitates toward grey for larger spaces. "I think this palette here is timeless," she says. "I lean away from bold colours on walls, and instead reserve them for easily changeable pieces like furniture and accessories. These chairs could be old wood hand-me-downs from the basement that were painted red — then orange, then blue. The rest of the palette is neutral enough that you could switch up the accent colour on a whim. You could even paint an accent wall in Benjamin Moore's Caliente (AF-290) if you wanted a good jolt of colour."
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