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Professor Mark A. Jobling
Professor of Genetics
Tel: +44 (0)116 252 3427
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Personal details
BA (Hons), DPhil (Oxon); MCSFS; FHEA
I was brought up and educated in Durham, and went to the University of Oxford to study Biochemistry in 1981. I then did a DPhil at the Genetics Laboratory there, where I developed an interest in human Y chromosomes. In 1992 I moved to the Department of Genetics in Leicester to study human Y chromosome diversity, under an MRC Training Fellowship, where I have remained until today, including a series of three Wellcome Trust Senior Fellowships.
I have a strong commitment to engaging the public about genetics and have given over 30 public talks in the last five years to groups including family history societies, U3A, and schools. I give annual lectures on DNA in forensics as part of GENIE's Dynamic DNA event for year 9 students and their teachers. Get in touch if you are interested in a talk from me on:
- Human or medical genetics
- Human evolution
- Forensics
- Genetic genealogy
- Ancestry testing
- Genetics in historical studies
I also play tenor saxophone in The Histones, the Department of Genetics house band.
Memberships and editorial boards
- Committee member for Area 'E' (evolutionary, ecological and population genetics), The Genetics Society
- Member, Commonwealth Scholarship Commission Advisers Panel
- Senior editor, Annals of Human Genetics
- Member of the International Society for Forensic Genetics
Other responsibilities
- Co-Director, Alec Jeffreys Forensic Genomics Unit
- REF2014 academic lead, UoA5 (Biological Sciences). See our results.
- Chair, Wellcome Trust funder working group
- College academic representative, University Concordat Steering Group
- Member, Wellcome Trust Institutional Strategic Support Fund Executive Committee and Governance Board
- Member, College Research Committee
- Organiser, EMBO Conference on Human Evolution, Leicester, April 1-4 2014
- PubMed at the US National Library of Medicine for this author: Professor M.A. Jobling
- Leicester Research Archive: Professor M.A. Jobling
- Google Scholar: Professor M.A. Jobling
- BS2026 Genes, Development & Inheritance
- BS3000 Evolutionary Genetics
- MB1031 Introduction to Medical Bioscience B
- MB2051 Current Issues in Medical Genetics
- NS3016 Natural Sciences module on Evolution
- External examiner, MSc Human Molecular Genetics, Imperial College London, 2014-2018
- External examiner, BA (Mod) Human Genetics, Trinity College Dublin, 2016-2020
Selected publications
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-8061-1308
Batini, C., Hallast, P., Vågene, Å., Zadik, D., Eriksen, H.A., Sajantila, A., Wetton, J.H. and JOBLING, M.A. (2017) Population resequencing of European mitochondrial genomes highlights sex-bias in Bronze Age demographic expansions. Sci. Reports., 7, 12086. (PubMed)
Maisano Delser, P., Neumann, R., Ballereau, S., Hallast, P., Batini, C., Zadik, D. and JOBLING, M.A. (2017) Signatures of human European Paleolithic expansion shown by resequencing of non-recombining X-chromosome segments. Eur. J. Hum. Genet., 25, 485-492. (PubMed)
Hallast, P., Maisano Delser, P., Batini, C., Zadik, D., Rocchi, M., Schempp, W., Tyler-Smith, C. and JOBLING, M.A. (2016) Great-ape Y-chromosome and mitochondrial DNA phylogenies reflect sub-species structure and patterns of mating and dispersal. Genome Res., 26, 427-439. doi:10.1101/gr.198754.115. (PubMed).
Sun, M., JOBLING, M.A., Taliun, D., Pramstaller, P.P., Egeland, T. and Sheehan, N.A. (2016) On the use of dense SNP marker data for the identication of distant relative pairs. Theor. Popul. Biol., 107, 14-25. doi: 10.1016/j.tpb.2015.10.002. (PubMed)
Batini, C., Hallast, P., Zadik, D., Maisano Delser, P., Benazzo, A., Ghirotto, S., Arroyo-Pardo, E., Cavalleri, G.L., de Knijff, P., Myhre Dupuy, B., Eriksen, H.A, King, T.E., López de Munain, A., López-Parra, A.M., Loutradis, A., Milasin, J., Novelletto, A., Pamjav, H., Sajantila, A., Tolun, A., Winney, B., and JOBLING, M.A. (2015) Large-scale recent expansion of European patrilineages shown by population resequencing. Nature Commun., 6, 7152. doi:10.1038/ncomms8152. (PubMed)
Balaresque, P., Poulet, N., Cussat-Blanc, S., Gerard, P., Quintana-Murci, L., Heyer, E., and JOBLING, M.A. (2015) Y-chromosome descent clusters and male differential reproductive success: Young lineage expansions dominate Asian pastoral nomadic populations. Eur. J. Hum. Genet., 23, 1413-1422. doi: 10.1038/ejhg.2014.285. (PubMed)
Hallast, P., Batini, C., Zadik, D., Maisano Delser, P., Wetton, J.H., Arroyo-Pardo, E., Cavalleri, G.L., de Knijff, P., Destro Bisol, G., Myhre Dupuy, B., Eriksen, H.A, Jorde, L.B., King, T.E., Larmuseau, M.H., López de Munain, A., López-Parra, A.M., Loutradis, A., Milasin, J., Novelletto, A., Pamjav, H., Sajantila, A., Schempp, W., Sears, M., Tolun, A., Tyler-Smith, Van Geystelen, A., Watkins, S., Winney, B., and JOBLING, M.A. (2015) The Y-chromosome tree bursts into leaf: 13,000 high-confidence SNPs covering the majority of known clades. Mol. Biol. Evol., 32, 661-673. doi: 10.1093/molbev/msu327 (PubMed). You can download the vcf for this dataset here.
Balaresque, P., King, T.E., Parkin, E.J., Heyer, E., Carvalho-Silva, D., Kraaijenbrink, T., de Knijff, P., Tyler-Smith, C. and JOBLING, M.A. (2014) Gene conversion violates the stepwise mutation model for microsatellites in Y-chromosomal palindromic repeats. Hum. Mut., 35, 609-617. (PubMed)
Hallast, P., Balaresque, P., Bowden, G.R., Ballereau, S. and JOBLING, M.A. (2013) Recombination dynamics of a human Y-chromosomal palindrome: rapid GC-biased gene conversion, multi-kilobase conversion tracts, and rare inversions. PLoS Genet., 9: e1003666. doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.1003666. (PubMed)
Balaresque, P., Bowden, G.R., Adams, S.M., Leung, H.-Y., King, T.E., Rosser, Z.H., Goodwin, J., Moisan, J.-P., Richard, C., Millward, A., Demaine, A.G., Barbujani, G., Previderè, C., Wilson, I.J., Tyler-Smith, C. and JOBLING, M.A. (2010) A predominantly Neolithic origin for European paternal lineages. PLoS Biol., 8, e1000285. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.1000285. (PubMed) (LRA)
Rosser, Z.H., Balaresque, P. and JOBLING, M.A. (2009) Gene conversion between the X chromosome and the male-specific region of the Y chromosome at a translocation hotspot. Am. J. Hum. Genet., 85, 130-134. (PubMed) (LRA)
King, T.E. and JOBLING, M.A. (2009) Founders, drift and infidelity: the relationship between Y chromosome diversity and patrilineal surnames. Mol. Biol. Evol., 26, 1093-1102. (PubMed) (LRA)
Adams, S.M., Bosch, E., Balaresque, P.L., Ballereau, S.J., Lee, A.C., Arroyo, E., López-Parra, A.M., Aler, M., Gisbert-Grifo, M.S., Carracedo, A., Lavinha, J., Martínez-Jarreta, B., Quintana-Murci, L., Picornell, A., Ramon, M., Skorecki, K., Behar, D.M., Calafell, F. and JOBLING, M.A. (2008) The genetic legacy of religious diversity and intolerance: paternal lineages of Christians, Jews and Muslims in the Iberian Peninsula. Am. J. Hum. Genet., 83, 725-736. (PubMed) (LRA)
Bowden, G.R., Balaresque, P., King, T.E., Hansen, Z., Lee, A.C., Pergl-Wilson, G., Hurley, E., Roberts, S.J., Waite, P., Jesch, J., Jones, A.L., Thomas, M.G., Harding, S.E. and JOBLING, M.A. (2008) Excavating past population structures by surname-based sampling: the genetic legacy of the Vikings in northwest England. Mol. Biol. Evol., 25, 301-309. (PubMed) (LRA)
King, T.E., Parkin, E.J., Swinfield, G., Cruciani, F., Scozzari, R., Rosa, A., Lim, S.-K., Xue, Y., Tyler-Smith, C. and JOBLING, M.A. (2007) Africans in Yorkshire? - the deepest-rooting clade of the Y phylogeny within an English genealogy. Eur. J. Hum. Genet., 15, 288-293. (PubMed) (LRA)
Books and selected review articles
JOBLING, M., Hollox, E., Hurles, M., Kivisild, T. and Tyler-Smith, C. (2014) Human Evolutionary Genetics (2nd edition). 670pp., Garland Science, New York/London.
Maan, A.A., Eales, J., Akbarov, A., Rowland, J., Xu, X., JOBLING, M.A., Charchar, F.J. and Tomaszewski, M. (2017) The Y chromosome: a blueprint for men's health? Eur. J. Hum. Genet., doi:10.1038/ejhg.2017.128
JOBLING, M.A. and Tyler-Smith, C. (2017) Human Y-chromosome variation in the genome-sequencing era. Nature Rev. Genet., 18, 485–497; doi:10.1038/nrg.2017.36. Read this paper here (public full-text access to a view-only version).
Batini, C. and JOBLING, M.A. (2017) Detecting past male-mediated expansions using the Y chromosome. Hum. Genet., 136, 547-557. (PubMed)
Hallast, P. and JOBLING, M.A. (2017) The Y chromosomes of the great apes. Hum. Genet., 136, 511-528 (PubMed)
JOBLING, M.A., Rasteiro, R., and Wetton, J.H. (2016) In the blood: the myth and reality of genetic markers of identity. Ethnic Racial Stud., 39, 142-161. doi:10.1080/01419870.2016.1105990.
Harding, S., JOBLING, M. and King, T. (2010) Viking DNA: The Wirral and West Lancashire Project. 148pp., Nottingham University Press, Nottingham.
King, T.E. and JOBLING, M.A. (2009) What's in a name? - Y chromosomes, surnames, and the genetic genealogy revolution. Trends Genet., 25, 351-360. (PubMed)
Online talk: JOBLING, M. (2015), "An overview of human migrations", in Rosenberg, N. and Nielsen, R. (eds), Human Population Genetics II, The Biomedical & Life Sciences Collection, Henry Stewart Talks Ltd, London (online at http://hstalks.com/?t=BL1963943-Jobling).
Current and recent projects
Growing the Y-chromosome tree with the help of citizen science
With the help of 'citizen scientists' who have had their own Y chromosomes analysed, we are expanding the Y chromosome tree and learning more about patrilineal histories. Find out more about this project here.
Sex, genomes, history: molecular, evolutionary and cultural effects on human genetic diversity (Wellcome Trust Senior Research Fellowship)
This project built upon progress made in the previous two Fellowship terms by addressing two major questions:
- How has residence on the sex chromosomes affected the long- and short-term evolution of genic and non-genic sequences in primates?
- How do the molecular evolutionary forces acting on these sequences interact with general and sex-specific population processes, and how can knowledge of molecular and population-level influences illuminate the histories of human populations themselves?
- To do this, we exploited the recent quantum leap in DNA sequencing and typing technology to provide a relatively unbiased and large-scale picture of diversity. We used sequence-capture and Illumina sequencing to generate high-coverage sex-chromosomal and autosomal data on 440 humans and 20 great ape males.
So far, we have published a Y-chromosome phylogeny and our population study of European Y diversity; we have also published our Y and mtDNA data on great apes. A paper on whole mtDNA sequences in European populations will soon appear, and we are also working to analyse multi locus data at the population level in Europe and integrate this with extant ancient DNA data. Other Y-chromosomal data from our sequencing experiments are being analysed to understand the details of gene conversion processes in palindromic sequences.
The Impact of Diasporas on the making of Britain
This multidisciplinary collaboration drew on the world-class expertise of academics based in the University of Leicester in the Department of Genetics, the School of Archaeology and Ancient History, the School of Historical Studies and the School of English. We aimed to reappraise key questions and evidence concerning the population history of Britain and the roots of the identities of the historical nations of the island, focusing especially on the methodological interfaces between academic disciplines. Funding came from the Leverhulme Trust as a programme grant (PI: Prof Joanna Story, School of Historical Studies). We are currently working on papers that describe Y and mtDNA data from the People of the British Isles project (PI: Walter Bodmer, Oxford), and also on Approximate Bayesian Computation (ABC) approaches to understanding Viking migrations. An ongoing project is examining the population of Normandy within the framework of Viking migration.
Genetic mechanisms of coronary artery disease in men – next-generation sequencing of male-specific region of the Y chromosome
This British Heart Foundation Project Grant is led by Prof Maciej Tomaszewski of the University of Manchester, and aims to uncover the MSY variants responsible for the increased risk of Coronary Artery Disease among men who carry Y chromosomes belonging to haplogroup I, found in Europe.
Next-generation sequencing approaches to short-tandem repeat sequence variation
This BBSRC-funded CASE studentship uses next-generation sequencing (NGS) to study the internal structure of human short-tandem repeats. These markers are universally used in forensic analysis, but genotyping considers only allele length, and not allele sequence. The next few years promise to bring the power of NGS to bear on forensic identification, yet little is known about what new opportunities and problems sequence data will bring. The project is co-supervised by Jon Wetton, and is partnered by the company Key Forensic Services Ltd.
We also have a number of other forensically-focused projects that are exploiting the power of NGS and third-generation technologies to improve human individual identification, animal species ID, and DNA tagging technologies.
Find out more about the research team.
We are interested in patterns of human genetic diversity, and how these are influenced by population-level processes including migration, social organisation, language and culture, as well as fundamental genome-level processes of mutation, copy number variation, gene conversion and recombination.
We have focused on the diversity of the non-recombining region of the paternally inherited Y chromosome. Comparisons with maternally inherited mitochondrial DNA provide information about sex-biased population processes, and we are also studying the haplotype block structure of the autosomal and X-chromosomal genome, which provides phylogeographically informative markers.
Our current population studies are on Western Europe and the British Isles in particular, including patrilineal surnames as cultural markers of male coancestry. We collaborate with colleagues in History, Archaeology and English in a multidisciplinary approach to understanding the human past.
PhD projects are offered in these general areas; applicants are encouraged to think of projects that would match their own areas of interest and complement our other activities. Contact me for more information or to discuss project ideas.


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Working in the hotel industry in China has always been a popular route to success for Hong Kong talent, as the country offers expatriates better opportunities for gaining experience and a faster track for promotion than Hong Kong.
But Benedict Chow, General Manager of the Harbour Plaza North Point Hong Kong is a definite trendsetter. He moved to China as early as 1984, just a few years after the mainland opened up its doors after the Cultural Revolution, and worked in hotels around the country for 18 years.
He resigned from his position as Reservation Manager in The Regent Hotel in Hong Kong and accepted an offer to work with the pre-opening team in the Garden Hotel which subsequently became a landmark in Guangzhou. Mr. Chow recalls: "It was a personal challenge, a new life experience and, actually, a promotion."
Chain of success
A series of success stories followed, as Mr. Chow joined several hotels managed by international hotel chains, including the Shangri-La Hotel in Beijing and the Sheraton Hua Ting in Shanghai. In 1991 he was appointed as General Manager of the Sheraton Guilin and in the following year the hotel obtained the Guilin Tourism Bureau's Best Service Award. Following that, he managed the Sheraton Tianjin and the Harbour Plaza Kuming, leading them to successfully upgrading from four-star to five-star rating.
As China developed over the years, the challenges of managing a hotel also changed. In the 80's the main issue was sourcing material. Hotels even imported tissue, toilet paper and stationery to guarantee the product quality. Since the early 90's, human resources have become the main concern. Mr. Chow explains: "With more job opportunities available from an increasing number of foreign enterprises, the hotel industry is not as popular as before among local talent."
Paradigm change
The hotel industry in Hong Kong has been undergoing rapid changes. Companies are striving to revive from the stagnation caused by the global economic recession. Mr. Chow says: "In the past, we just needed to focus on internal operations. But in these hard times, we have to think about proactive business strategy, strengthen the sales and marketing and keep pace with technological changes, incorporating all these elements into the hotel business."
As a result, industry professionals are also required to become more flexible and versatile. "Multi-function is the point. It is a paradigm change. One should no longer be restricted to one's own specialty, but updated with a set of skills and able to take up more duties. That's the way to justify your value to the organization and enhace your personal value," says Mr. Chow.
On the long run, sound business knowledge is the most important for running a hotel successfully, according to Mr. Chow. "It requires a smart and experienced businessman, who can make profit and control costs," he explains adding that candidates with a pleasant and outgoing character are always preferred.
Practical experience
One can choose from a wide range of job opportunities in a hotel, including human resources, sales and marketing, finance, front office, housekeeping as well as food and beverage, depending on one's strength and interest.
Mr. Chow believes, experience is much more important for long-term career development than a hotel management degree. He says: "Fresh graduates should prepare for hard work, starting at the bottom, regardless of their qualifications." Long-term commitment is essential too. Mr. Chow says: "You must have an interest in and passion for your lifelong career, take ownership and be willing to work hard. There is no easy job in a hotel, but there are jobs with long and irregular hours and pressure from the quick pace."
Multi-lingual capability provides the edge for career development in the hotel industry. Mr. Chow says: "If you speak English, Cantonese and Mandarin as most people do in Hong Kong, it won't be enough to make you stand out, unless you can master a fourth language, a European language or Japanese."
With the Olympics to be held in Beijing in 2008, the hotel industry is set for growth. However, it does not necessarily mean that there will be more opportunities for expatriates, predicts Mr. Chow. Mainland hotels have been localizing for some time, employing fewer expatriates to cut costs. While benefits and allowances for expatriates have been reduced, the salary difference between expatriates and local managers remains significant.
The middle management is already entirely made up by local talent, but there are senior executive positions for expatriates. Experience is always the reason for mainland hotels to employ expatriates, says Mr. Chow. "Also, some hotels may think it offers a better image to have expatriates in senior management level." As a result, it is rather unlikely for a local or overseas fresh graduate to find employment in mainland hotels.
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AMBACH & RICE is pleased to present Art for the Masses, Alon Levin's first U.S. solo exhibit.
The exhibit examines and explores the modes and aesthetics of exhibition presentation by reintroducing and re-imagining scaled up plinths and other three dimensional exhibition displays as entities unto themselves. Levin's works are separated into monochromatic groupings comprised of wood, oil on canvas, and alkyd on cardboard. The backside of the works reveals their raw wooden structures, which Levin describes as being reminiscent of "film sets or housing constructions."
The exhibit was conceived during visits to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Levin became intrigued by the galleries in the museum that were in between exhibitions and the way in which the vacant plinths and displays transcended their utilitarian function, becoming abstracted forms and inconspicuous installations. On these visits Levin compiled and recorded lengthy notes, sketches, and images examining their varying surfaces, the effects of directional light on color, and the sculptural forms of the displays.
Art for the Masses seeks to consider distinctions between art and design, culture and commerce. Levin's works suggest stages refused theater, absent are the rarefied objects the referenced Metropolitan Museum displays once hosted. These incomplete outsize displays become singular artworks that retain and enhance the meditative, semi-religious aura they endow on art objects and antiquities in museum and gallery settings.
But Levin's works evoke connotations that extend beyond institutional reference. The exhibit could easily recall the remains of an out of business department store. Art for the Masses explores the intersection between institutional and commercial settings. Artists have long adopted artistic strategies that aim to embrace and articulate the relationships between consumer and viewer, mass consumption and cultural value. The Store (1961) Claes Oldenburg, European Fluxus, Fluxshop, Amsterdam (1964) and Supermarket, Andy Warhol (1965) Bianchini Gallery, New York are all prime examples. Unlike his Pop predecessors who re-contextualized and re-appropriated commercial iconography and merchandise, Levin alludes to the means in which we covet and historicize objects.
Marcel Broodthaers once remarked, "The definition of artistic activity occurs, first of all, in the field of distribution." Art for the Masses further literalizes this sentiment, by re-presenting and aestheticizing the architecture of cultural and commercial dissemination.
Alon Levin splits his time between Den Hague, NL and Berlin, DE. KLEMM'S, Berlin, DE, recently hosted Postponed Modernism, Levin's first German solo exhibit. Recent group exhibitions include Weak Signlas, Wild Cards, De Appel, Amsterdam, NL, Shifting Identities- (Swiss) Art Now, CAC, Vilnius, LT and Word Event, Kunsthalle Basel, Basel, CH. He recently completed a stint as Visiting Artist, Sculpture Program, State University New York at New Paltz, NY, US. Forthcoming exhibits include History of art, the, The David Roberts Art Foundation Fitzrovia, London, UK, and Color Fields: Structure, Space and Sphere, Galerie Muensterland, Emsdetten, DE. His work is currently included in Remodeling Systems, CCS Bard, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY, US and Double Dutch, HVCCA, Peekskill, NY, US


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Tax avoidance
I've had a number of emails about the revelation that HSBC has helped many wealthy individuals avoid paying tax asking how I would respond.
As the home of HSBC's predecessor, the Midland Bank, this is a big issue for Sheffield. And it's important to remember that the vast majority of HSBC staff work with the utmost integrity. For the sake of the diligent and upright staff, and the reputation of the financial sector as a whole, we have to address this enormously serious issue.
If the government was as concerned about tax avoidance as they are about benefit fraud then we would have much less of an issue with inequality than we do now and a much stronger economy. It's scandalous that so many wealthy individuals and corporations who do business in the UK fail to pay a fair amount of tax while the poorest and most vulnerable are pursued with such venom.
With respect to how we might tackle tax dodging I'd suggest two things –
– that we close the loopholes that allow overseas-based businesses to avoid paying tax on their UK sales and income
– that we stop the ridiculous situation whereby commercial organisations such as banks and accountancy firms are given the responsibility to draft tax legislation and systems only to take that inside knowledge back to their clients. I think our tax rules should be constructed on behalf of the nation and in the interests of UK citizens by experts without a conflict of interest.
I believe a significant part of the problem and the reason that this issue hasn't been fully addressed is the way political parties are funded (for example, the Tories have received £875,000 from senior HSBC staff) – Parties tend to act in, or at least protect, the interests of their sponsors rather than the electorate. It is one of the reasons that I'm standing as an independent – I want to act on behalf of the people of Sheffield Hallam rather than some corporate paymaster.


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Happy Holidays and a little contest
The very best warmest friendliest holiday wishes to all of you gals and guys ....
Here is a little contest ....
email me where these two Dahon bikes were when the picture was taken .... bonus points when you tell me where those bikes were made ....
write the answer here but also email me the correct answer .. the first correct Email answer will win something from my desk
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It was taken near the corner of a building in front of some palms, and they were made in a bike factory. Too easy!!!
In Florida and the bikes were made in Taiwan
Between Thor's shop and the marina where he keeps his boat, and they were made in mainland China.
a hint...... they are not made in china or taiwan but thats only the second ( bonus ) question anyhow.....
and its not near the marina i keep my sailboat .... i wish we had palm trees anywhere close ..lol
Question - can one actually deduce the answer(s) from clues in the photo, or will it have to be a wild guess?
sure there are clues .... it helps if you have been there of course ..lol
The bikes appear to be a pair of Dahon Roos w/ the Radius Telescope handlepost, introduced in 2005. The palm trees suggest a tropical climate. Assuming the bikes are local, we are considering a country with a tropical climate where Dahon offered the Roo (after 2005). The bike archives on the Dahon website could be of use, provided the bikes are from 2008 or 2009 (only years available).
Was it taken in Barcelona, Spain? I know Bike Rental Barcelona uses Roos like those.
I read that Dahon has an office in the Netherlands - are the Roos manufactured there as well?
It's news to me that Dahons are manufactured anywhere but in the Far East. :)
Dahon Roo - Made in Japan
Picture taken in Japan.
OK, some pic analysis...
item - bamboo palms - could be anywhere but likely somewhere kinda tropical/sub-tropical.
item - white-washed tree trunk - could be anywhere ants are a problem, I have seen this in Israel, also in Australia
item - a bit of a vehicle in the background - actually looks like the cab of a ute! - so this could be Australia, since if it IS the cab of a ute, it is parked on the left side of the road, not that many places where people drive on the wrong side
item - Dahon Roo bikes - not available in the US (Dahon web site), ARE available in Australia
item - Building in background - hmmm not much there, just that it is not incompatible with what is around here
So my second guess is Australia, perhaps Brisbane or Darwin.
[edit] if not in China or Taiwan then I suppose Macau is left over...
Australia and Macau
Actually that could be in Hong Kong as well! More likely than in Australia. Fits all the visible clues in the pic.
I'll guess the location is Key West Florida...Made in California.
3rd and final guess... at or near the Dahon factory in Macau.
'We are headquartered in Los Angeles, California and our bicycles are assembled in our factories in Taiwan, Macau, the Czech Republic and China with parts sourced from the leading component manufacturers from around the world."
My guesses were off the mark... the sidewalk and the sun makes me think of California...so over to experts. :)
If in Cali, I would imagine probably close to Dahon HQ.
Honestly lot of houses with that kind of vegetation for bit run down area around any industrial complex in California. If someone has time, google mapping and cruising around Dahon HQ might not be bad idea. It could be also around older towns around beach (though most of side walk is much better maintained).
Thor, you have been awfully quiet. Perhaps another clue?
Looks way too tropical for Duarte, CA. Also, Loading Zone curbs (see the partially yellow curb in picture) in California are normally entirely YELLOW on their vertical & horizontal surfaces.
I'm thinking San Diego.
(I have never been there so have no reason to think this. I have seen Riptide tho. :P )
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We have produced three videos to help children, young people, and grown-ups have a better understanding of who Cafcass are and the kind of work the court might ask us to do after an application has been made to the family court.
These videos explain the types of work we might be asked to do by the court after someone has made an application for a child arrangements order in respect of who a child will see or where a child will live. These types of cases are often referred to as 'private law' cases.
While we've tried to include information that is relevant to most of the work we do in private law cases it is really important to note that every case is different. Sometimes, like when an application has been made at short notice, or where there are safety concerns, we might not do everything that is set out the video 'I've received a letter from Cafcass - now what?'.
It's also really important to understand that Cafcass can only carry out work at the request of the court. In many cases our involvement ends at the first hearing and we won't go on to do further work. When the court has asked us to do further work this may involve the types of work you will see in the video 'Working with you and your family' but what we do in each case is determined by the individual Family Court Adviser (FCA), based on his or her assessment of what they need carry out in order to provide the court with the information it has requested Cafcass to provide. Our FCAs are very skilled and will only carry out the work they need to inform their assessment. If you have concerns around the extent of enquiries we have made or any other professional decisions made in the case then it is really important that you make the court aware of these during proceedings.
In this video Kitty (15) and Jess (18), two members of the FJYPB, and Ewan (11), discuss their personal experiences of the family courts and how Cafcass Family Court Advisers (FCAs) supported and listened to them, keeping their best interests at the heart of proceedings.
This video is aimed at children and young people but we hope grown-ups find it useful too.
This video is aimed at grown ups and explains the steps Cafcass may carries out in most cases following a request from the court to help inform a decision about arrangements for children. When the court asks Cafcass to carry out this work, Cafcass will usually send a letter to each party: this video supplements that letter, with further information presented by our practitioners and parents who have experienced the process.
This video is also aimed at grown ups, and presents the type of work Cafcass may carry out when a judge asks us to provide additional information to the court so a safe decision can be made for the child concerned. This video also provides advice for parties ahead of meeting with a Cafcass practitioner, to ensure that they are focused on their child, not the adult dispute.


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Talent Attraction Through Branding
Attracting the right people to your business relies on being perceived as an employer of choice – especially at the executive level. The top talent is always in high demand, irrespective of economic conditions. But when the outlook is perceived as uncertain, it takes a more sustained commitment from organisations to convey their employer proposition to prospective new business leaders and functional specialists. Professionals with experience in a specialised industry sector or a proven track record of transformation and change, for example, are well aware of their market value and used to proactive approaches from search specialists and potential new employers. In a tricky climate or difficult operating conditions, the requirement for new hires is to make an immediate difference – whether that be to the bottom line, transformation agenda or business strategy. Those top-notch candidates with the requisite experience know that they're sought after to add value, and quickly, so will always ask, "what's in it for me?" Remuneration, rewards and the ability to influence all play a big part in the answer to that question – but so does the perception of the organisation, how it stacks up against the competition, potential for growth and organisational culture. The opportunities for earning and career development, in tandem with the perception of the business in a professional context all merge to form the employer brand, and it's something that requires attention when attracting key leaders.
Top talent is always in high demand ...
Employer branding – who plays a part?
Unless a business is a brand new start-up, they're likely to have an existing reputation as an employer – whether this is intentional or not. Given that potential new employees make decisions about joining based on this impression, it pays to define a strategy to make sure the right (and real) messages are being heard. Defining and implementing employer branding strategies is usually the remit of the human resources department, in conjunction with marketing and communications and increasingly senior business leadership. A full employer branding strategy is complex, with the need for stakeholder agreement, set deliverables and success measurement but here are some of the basics to bear in mind, as there's no doubt that a good perception of employer brand is essential in the process of attracting (and retaining) top executive talent. Employer branding to appeal to the execs – six top tips
Find out who you are. Before embarking on any active branding strategy, it's essential to determine if you're considered an employer of choice by your existing leadership team. Current and previous employees are your greatest brand ambassadors, and if they're not conveying a positive message, it's important to find out why not. Employee satisfaction surveys and monitoring reviews of your organisation online are useful ways to get a feel for the perception of the company amongst your staff. Providing an open forum for comment amongst senior management could also help to gauge sentiment.
Define culture and aims. What is it that keeps your employees engaged and differentiates you from your competitors? The answers should provide the reasons why people would want to work for you. It may be your environment of continual improvement with enviable training opportunities, or simply a friendly, collaborative atmosphere. Only when you've got a grip on who you are and what makes you different will you be able to communicate this to a wider audience.
Consistent messaging to different audiences. The experience of your brand you impart to graduates will obviously differ to that at director-level, so segment your audience and speak to them as groups. Make sure the tone and message that you're conveying to the leadership/specialist end of the market is at the appropriate level and sufficiently detailed, while adhering to the over-arching aims and purpose of the organisation. Most importantly, make sure that everyone involved in conveying your employer brand is informed of the right information to do so.
Leaders buy leaders. People want to work with others who're considered leaders – not just as 'heads of' departments or functions, but true leaders who define new parameters and encourage change. Promote the capability of your existing leadership team with examples of their innovation and how your culture and environment fosters this sort of talent. If you're looking to up-skill or improve an area of the business, the focus should be on opportunities to affect chance and shift culture.
Pay attention to your online presence. "59% of companies leverage their career website for communicating their employer brand" and "44% of companies use social media to enhance their employer brand" according to research released by Employer Brand International in October 2011. While the online/social medium may differ according to the level of employee being targeted, it's likely that online interaction will influence brand perception – whether that's the relevancy of information included on the corporate website, the research and insight that an organisation releases, or simply the LinkedIn profiles of the leadership team.
- Back to basics. Brand perception is an on-going process that can shift according to circumstance or situation. While there may be a positive impression during the initial awareness phase of research online or through networks, a poor interview experience (lack of feedback, delays) could negatively influence initial good perceptions. Make sure that all interactions with your brand are consistent and accurate – whether it's your online presence, leadership team, HR etc. "Although crucial for candidate attraction, ensuring positive employer branding also plays a big part in the engagement and ongoing retention of your top talent. Candidates who turn into employees have done so, in part, because of their positive experience of your brand," said Simon Bell, MD of Page Executive in the UK.
For a more detailed conversation about the role your employer brand has in executive-level talent attraction, please get in touch with your local Page Executive team.


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Moorea Seal's design background began in Illustration & Graphic Design. With a BA in Studio Art and an emphasis in Illustration, she hit the ground running pursuing her career as an entrepreneur, artist and designer as soon as she graduated college in 2009. She's never lacked gumption and drive and knows she is her very best when she is working hard. With her rising large online following on Pinterest in 2012, Moorea gained many opportunities to collaborate with various major websites and brands, curating collections of beautiful goods. Being that her childhood dream was to become a museum curator, in late 2012 Moorea recognized how best to connect all of her passions. The idea for an online retail site was sparked by her passion for curating beautiful and well made products, creating and designing women's accessories, loving and wanting to support the handmade community, and wanting to give back to worthy causes through her work.
As siblings growing up, Dan and Mer Dundin did everything together — from road trips, to swim team, to skipping school. Time has proven that nothing's changed! Together they create miniature house sculptures that are both whimsical and modern all-at-once.
Their shop 2 of 2 was opened in honor of their late mother, Patty, who taught them that the wonder of childhood can stay with you in life if you let your imagination pave the way. It usually takes two drafts for the the siblings to fall in love with a design, hence the name "2 of 2."
2 of 2 purchases benefit the "Protecting our Planet" nonprofits and charities!
B is an artist who is turned on by typography. As powerful as image can be, she sees typography first as image, so often her work is solely typographic based. The hands on process of letterpress printing is what hooked her in. Before being introduced to letterpress, she studied graphic design, which has given her valuable tools for designing from type. However, the computer just didn't do it for her. She missed the physical connection to her work, so after being introduced to letterpress in college, she knew this was the perfect craft for her. In the shop, she is fully responsible and connected to all steps of the process, which gave her that physical connection to the end product that she craved. B. has chosen "Health + Wellness" as her nonprofit and charity category because she knows in order to do what you love good health is a necessity. She wishes good health for everyone and is happy B.IMPRESSED can help health-related causes.
Balue/Co. is a paper goods and jewelry design studio, run by designer Lauren Wallace in Seattle, Washington. Inspired by organic shapes and pattern, Balue's line of stationery features hand-painted designs using vibrant color and texture. Sustainability is a big part of Balue/Co.'s ethos—all printed work is produced using recycled paper stock and earth-friendly inks, and all packaging is recyclable, all the way down to the single-card sleeves (which are even compostable!). Having grown up with horses and pets throughout her life,
Lauren has a deep love and respect for animals and their welfare. As a longtime supporter of animal rights groups and recent convert to veganism, Lauren is proud to collaborate with the Moorea Seal shop to help protect our animal friends.
Laura Wentzel is the founder of Bears Eat Berries, an independent design and letterpress studio newly relocated to the Southwest. A graphic designer by trade, Laura's work is typified by minimal design, animal illustrations, nature-inspired patterns, and folk motifs.
Her passion for real, touchable, and beautifully-designed paper products is seen through the antique method of letterpress printing. All letterpress products are created one at a time, one color at a time, using a half-ton, century-old printing press with a foot treadle that powers the press. Each piece undergoes a meticulous process using hand-mixed inks so the result is unique and handcrafted.
All Bears Eat Berries purchases go towards "Caring for Animals" charities. Laura is passionate toward protection and care of animals, from wildlife to our own furry pet friends!
Sarah Holbrook of Candyspotting produces exquisite cut-paper cards with lovely paper, a bit of adhesive, and laser beams. With a passion for design, modern manufacturing techniques and swatch books Sarah Holbrook launched Candyspotting in 2009. Each item is designed and manufactured in her Portland workshop. Sarah's workshop machines are cleaned with water and scrap cutouts are re-used or recycled. All workshop power is offset with wind credits and shipping runs are bipedally powered.
Carolyn Suzuki is a native Angeleno who continues to live and work in LA. She is a designer and illustrator inspired by nature, our past, our present, and her son Akira's imaginative mind.
Ever since I was a young child I have always enjoyed creating many things but, what I love most is the process of weaving yarn, rope, or any fiber together to form a piece. Currently my work is focusing on knitting, macrame, loom weaving, and dabbling in a few other things. Each piece I make is handmade with care in my tiny home in San Diego. When I am not creating in my home I love to be outside and enjoy nature which, is also what inspires the work that I do. My hope is that my work will bring others joy when they put it in their home and that it will empower someone to make something too.
Dear Hancock is a design studio based in the Los Angeles area. Co-created by and featuring the illustrations of a husband and wife team, Dear Hancock's stationery, custom invitations, greeting cards and prints are inspired by a mix of nostalgia, humor and everyday life. Created as a hand-illustrated homage to the art of formal correspondence, DH observes the propriety of expressing personal sentiments in a fun and unexpected way. Attention to detail and unique imagery are combined to create paintings that are re-imagined into various forms of correspondence. We believe that hand written correspondence is an important part of our culture, a sincere gesture and an art form that we would like to help preserve.
Debbie Carlos was born in Los Angeles and grew up in Manila, Philippines. She has since studied psychology at Clark University in Massachusetts and photography at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
Debbie Carlos designs benefit environmental causes. She considers the earth the tie that binds all of us; "We all need this earth and everything in it to nourish us and allow us to go on. A strong, and healthy world creates strong, and healthy people".
Her photos capture objects at the point of greatest clarity: In certain light, at a certain time of day, in a certain place. The method is to wander and notice. Moments of quiet strangeness, patterns of light and shadow, minute-by-minute surprises, changes that don't happen, something askew, something exactly in place, natural and artificial phenomena, are all sources of inspiration and the subjects for her work.
Jennifer Bastian was born in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, between the cornfields and coyotes. She was raised to love nature and animals, people and their environments. Most of her life has been spent watching the world around her, camera in hand, waiting for things to happen.
After spending the past three years as a photographer and archivist at a library, Jennifer decided to make a change to focus on her art. She had a photograph printed on a silk scarf, and Deserts and Lakes was born – named for her two favorite places, the dusty deserts of the West and the humid breezes of the Great Lakes. Now all she can think about is the prospect of wrapping herself and others in swaths of silk images.
Jennifer currently lives in Los Angeles with her cats and a view of some very small mountains.
Evidence Jewelry merges primitive design with that of modern day jewelers, telling a story of who we are and where we have been. Designer Katie McGinnis creates each piece in her studio in Colorado. She has a great respect for the past, emulating in her designs. McGinnis works in antique metal-smithing methods with a mixture of metals; because of this, no two pieces are ever exactly alike, creating a 'one-of-a-kind' feel. She believes that what a person wears is 'evidence' of who they are.
As a designer, Katie draws inspiration not only from past cultures but from her childhood as well. She believes that our childhood surroundings have the strongest influence in who we become, and what we will stand for in the future. By purchasing a piece of "Evidence" you can make a difference in a child's life, in order to plant positive evidence throughout the nations.
Emily McDowell is an illustrator, designer, and truth-teller. She taught herself to draw bubble letters at the age of six. Now, Emily's shop specializes in hand-lettered & illustrated greeting cards, tea towels, temporary tattoos, prints, and calendars. Emily says "my work reflects our shared human experience, in all its different, messy forms, and is based around universal, relatable truths. I'm also inspired by letters, nature, folk art, geometry, cultural quirks, and the crazy urban landscape of Southern California."
When Emily isn't working, you can find her hanging out with her partner Seth and his 8-year old son, searching for the perfect taco, having tragically unprofitable business ideas, and overcoming the constant guilt she feels for not tweeting enough.
Elise Pelletier of Foreshadow Press works in education by day and as a designer by night. She attributes her love for designing stationery and other paper accessories to her desire to express daily observations of living in New York City for many years, and now drawing from the wilds of the Maine landscape.
Elise has been a screen-printer for almost eight years and loves the versatility and inventiveness the process creates. Her focus is on stationery, original screen prints, and — soon — fabric designs. She lives in Portland, Maine.
Elise grew up appreciating the wilds of Colorado, and continues to be a conscious advocate of nature. She hopes more people see this as a vital topic that shouldn't be ignored. The more that we are educated and taught to be change unsustainable behaviors, the more we can change our course.
Samantha Carter is a ceramic artist living in the foothills of Western North Carolina. Her work is inspired by patterns, the natural world, and the intimacy of the hand-drawn line. She enjoys translating the beauty of nature into simple, functional works that reflect the craft of handmade. Her work explores different aesthetics while maintaining a continuity of palette and the importance of the hand in the work. Samantha enjoys days in the studio, photographing the landscape, and making her home comfortable and sustainable.
Samantha chose "Protecting our Planet" as her cause of choice because the Earth's resources are so crucial to our well-being and happiness and are limited, finite, and require humanity's actions to protect them. She is excited to give back in some small way to the very thing that allows her to mold clay, eat, drink, breathe, and live healthily.
Ian Gill is a full-time artist living in Seattle, Washington. His work ranges from jewelry to photography to large-scale sculpture. When Ian started making art, he was strictly a metalsmith working with copper and silver. He soon moved on to making wooden rings out of free scraps of guitar-body wood, and found enough success on Etsy that he makes at least one ring per day. Ian feels extremely happy with his progress so far. He believes forcing himself to create at least once every day has enlivened his creative spirit.
"Every pet deserves to find a forever home where they can love and be loved."
Animals help to define who we are as humans, help us gain perspective of our place the planet as a part of a greater whole, and appreciate the meaning of life. Without them we would not have evolved to the people are today.
Julia Kostreva is a designer and artist who likes to make things. Julia received her BFA in Graphic Design from Maryland Institute College of Art where she focused on printmaking, silkscreen, letterpress and illustration. In 2011, she made her way across the country and moved her studio to San Francisco, where she continues to develop her work with pattern & product design. Blending hand painting, patterns and photography, Julia creates products that are both simple and beautiful. Her designs are one part joy, one part exploration, one part craft. She draws stories from textures found in nature, vintage patterns, and color combinations from world travels.
The Karu collection is a thoughtful anthology of accessories handpicked by Moorea Seal. From sunglasses to hats, scarves and other lifestyle accessories, each piece speaks to Moorea Seal's dedication to accessible style and quality. With everything from the trending to the classic, Karu allows for a wide array of style options no matter what the occasion.
Lark Press is brought to you by Jean Sammis, a graphic designer and letterpress printer. Made in Portland, Oregon.
"Helping to protect and care for the environment benefits every living thing." - Jean Sammis
A native of Prague, Czech Republic, Marketa Psenickova received a degree in accessory design from the Fashion Institute of Technology. After graduating, she began a line of edgy-yet-classic handbags and Marketa New York was born. Utilizing minimalist aesthetic and subtle styling, Marketa creates a collection of handmade leather totes, clutch bags, and personal accessories. The line is sold in select boutiques and is manufactured in her studio in New York City.
Meg Myers makes glass terrariums and objects for the home. All of the glass she uses is repurposed from scavenged single-pane windows. At a young age, Meyers learned the art of stained glass from her father, and from then-on has been a maker of it. She is inspired by the beauty of nature and transformation, and finds fulfillment working with her hands.
A portion of all Meg Myers purchases are donated to the "Health + Wellness" charities!
Bethany Nelson, the creator behind Milkhaus Design, creates pretty and practical items for wear & home. She believe every item you own should be stylish, no matter what it is. All Milkhaus Design screen printed products are printed with Bethany's original designs that are inspired by the everyday details she notices as she goes about her day. She custom mixes all dyes based on feeling rather than formula and is (almost) always pleasantly surprised at the results. A portion of all Milkhaus Design styles benefit the "Health + Wellness" charities. Bethany believes that small changes in how a person manages their health can lead to a greater quality of life. She also knows that certain things we may take for granted are not available to everyone. Whether it's clean drinking water, a grocery store selling fresh fruits and vegetables, or affordable health care, Bethany believes everyone should have access to these basic needs so they can live a happier, healthier life!
The jewelry collection Mineralogy began after owner Theresa Cowan heard an inspiring earth science lecture on minerals. It only seemed fitting that the name was the definition — the study of minerals — since the design process is centered around that study. Made in Chicago, Illinois.
Taking care of animals has always been a part of my life from the family pets I had, to the horses I ride, to the little bunnies that I rescued as a child. Animals teach us so much about love and compassion and we need to always return the love and care.
Jessica Angel has always crafted and created things with her hands, but up until now, she has typically created just for herself. Jessica is so excited to finally share her creations and hopes they are well-received. Made in Seattle, Washington.
There are so many women out there with big and wonderful ideas and with a little help we can all see their greatness. A portion of all Oh So Antsy sales will benefit "Women's Causes".
Odd Daughter Paper Co. is a stationery shop dreamed up by Katie Hart. It brings to life her mom's middle-school nickname "Odd Daughter" -- a clever play on her last name Evenson. This small stationery company aims to return to the good ol' days when mail correspondence was the norm. It celebrates hand lettering + illustration, stamps, kraft paper, and washi tape-- the little details that make receiving snail mail extra special.
There are so, so many needs and important causes in this world. Although it can be difficult to decide how or where to help, Katie believes that empowering women can make a significant difference -- on communities, families, etc. Empowering women has the ability to make a large, long-lasting impact.
Stephanie Adams creates handmade pottery embracing the "wabi sabi" aesthetic. Each piece of her ceramic art is unique and one-of-a-kind, hand-thrown on a wheel and hand-decorated. Stephanie believes the beauty in art is seeing the maker's mark. A portion of all proceeds support the "Caring for Animals" causes. She lives in Nevada City, California with her dog Pickle.
Jess Marie Griffith runs a small studio in Seattle where she sews, paints, sculpts, and collaborates. In 2013 she launched Pine & Boon, offering her handmade bag and textile designs. Her work is informed by raw intuition, utilitarian construction, and artful details. Her products are made with durability and time in mind. She uses the strongest upholstery, belt leathers, and hardware. Each design is carefully constructed to fit the women's body and lifestyle. The bags are industrial in strength, yet light weight.
Pine + Boon purchases support the "Health + Wellness" causes, providing aid to those in need both locally and across the globe.
The founding designer and maker, Kimberly, grew up in Vermont. Once a year, her family would trek to the coast of Maine to see the ocean, smell the salty sea air, and play in the sand. It is no coincidence she ended up in the Boston area, with a warehouse studio within biking distance, right in her Cambridge neighborhood. Each piece of Porcelain + Stone jewelry is hand-formed and unique, including the hidden portions of the piece that reveal how the sculptures are made.
Benefiting women for her social cause, Kimberly holds great admiration for women with greater life experiences than her own. Recognizing the need for social change in a culturally systemic and sustainable way is persistent in her heart. In her spare time, Kimberly also volunteers for NYC non-profit, Reveal; which provides aid to women recovering from domestic violence and sex trafficking, helping them to feel strong and beautiful once again.
Heidi Schweigert started Redcruiser over three years ago after she left her full-time design job to have more flexibility for family and hobbies —gardening, cooking, painting, drawing... Redcruiser is a combination of all those things.
Heidi has been making things for as long as she can remember. She loves spending time in her sketchbook dreaming up ideas. She's also an extreme multi-tasker and Redcruiser gives her the flexibility to think of new ideas while making dinner, and sketch up illustrations while drawing with her little girls.
Red Cap Cards was founded in Beverly Hills California by Hal Mertz and illustrator Carrie Gifford. Red Cap is committed to promoting the work of illustrators, artists and designers from around the world. The artists behind Red Cap are storytellers who have created a unique collection of cards that are original and one of a kind. Not only do we make cards, we make art!
Growing up, Rouge & Whimsy designer Erika Riggs' mother sewed nearly all her clothes and in turn taught her how to sew. It wasn't until after college that Erika began sewing tote bags. Her pieces are designed to be classic, but not stuffy, with a fresh and modern vibe. A born-and-raised Pacific Northwest girl, Erika gets giddy over Seattle sunshine, good coffee, and browsing thrift stores.
Erika has a special place in her heart for children focused outreach; "I really believe in the dreams, hopes and future held by children. When we support and encourage children, we're supporting our world's future".
Sapling Press is a letterpress design and print shop owned & operated by Lisa Krowinski in the heart of Pittsburgh. Started in 2003 while working as a graphic designer, Lisa turned her love of typography, ink, paper and printing into her full time gig in 2005. Her collection of cards—including the popular Dear Blank series—focuses on wit & humor with a minimalist design approach.
Sarah Vale Rapp of Seaecho has always loved collecting things. As a hunter of precious things, it became increasingly important for her to keep her treasures in something equally special. Thus came Seaecho. Born out of the need to hold objects all in one place and wanting to nestle everything together, under your arm for a night out, or an unexpected trip to the beach. Each bag whether it be wool, leather, or other found fabrics are made to work together or can stand alone with a clean modern design. Designed with a utilitarian compass and eye catching fabrics, each Seaecho bag is constructed to stand the test of time. Seaecho is a vessel that carries the energy of every new day into loving objects you cant help but feel connected to; made with love in Portland, Oregon.
Shadow House is a curated collection of jewelry hand picked for the customer who wants to look amazing beyond the excuse of a special occasion. With everything from rings to bangles, each piece has been thoughtfully chosen to win your heart with its wearability and minimalist appeal.
Stefanie Sheehan is a recent graduate of Pratt Institute in New York. She began her creative journey as a painter, but after attending a metal-smithing class, she found what she truly loved to do. Stefanie's handmade work is edgy, unique, and wearable for all types of women, and even men. She wants her jewelry to be timeless -- perfect for any occasion, or no occasion at all.
Stefanie had always grown up with animals in her life and wishing she could take home any animal that needed a caretaker. She believes that every animal has their own unique personality like a human, and that they deserve to be treated with love and respect.
Emily fell in love with objects at a young age. She fondly remembers walking into her sister's room and saying, "Is there anything you don't want? Like, anything." Nothing makes Emily happier than making something with her hands. She is most excited when she has a lump of clay sitting in front of her, knowing it will become this physical, tangible thing. She makes up her own stories of how the object is going to be used once it is sent off into the world. Her hope to make objects with an heirloom quality, something that holds meaning for its owner. "As long as I can spend a part of each day creating, I will be happy." Emily is passionate about assisting women who have been victimized by violence. She spent time in college working as a student advocate at the Kansas State University Women's Center, and has been trained to educate others and promote a culture where we act with care, kindness and wisdom.
Chelsey of The Paper Mama is based in Portland, Oregon and is a fried chicken lover, craft addict, thrifting fool, illustrator, and blogger. When Chelsea isn't being a mama to her daughter, she creates prints, pins, stuffies, and tons of other goodies.
Allison Brennan & Jessica Tree are the design duo behind The Social Type. They take joy brightening someone's day with the perfect card, a beautifully wrapped gift and a glass of bubbly. They love bold color and don't shy away from a flirty detail. Functional, chic and cheerful are hallmarks of The Social Type. Allison and Jessica hope to inspire you and make life just a bit more radiant with their fine paper goods.
Tiny Armour is a modern jewelry line that combines shape and pattern in unexpected forms. Each piece is a reflection of the designer's visual obsession with texture, geometry, mid century modern design, and all aspects of nature. The designs are hand cut, or carved in wax then cast in sterling silver, 14K gold, brass, and bronze. Tiny Armour is owned and operated by Los Angeles based designer Angi Glenn-Quincy.
Angi Glenn-Quincy's roots as a Colorado native have been a wealth of inspiration for her nature inspired line Tiny Armour. It is important that her pieces are produced locally and use ethically sourced materials to protect the symbiotic relationship she has with the environment.
With each piece of art Jessica Rose creates, she hopes it will give at least one person the "warm fuzzies." Jessica is a self-taught artist, constantly inspired by everyday moments.
The story behind the name vol25: In 2008, when Jessica opened the doors to her little shop (via Etsy), she was 25 years old, and vol25 was like opening a new volume in her life, which in turn created several new chapters for her. All products are made in Washington.
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How to flush your DNS Cache in Windows 8
Description: This article will show you how to flush your DNS Cache in Windows 8.
- Press the Windows key on your keyboard and the letter X, then choose the option for command prompt (admin).
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The first section of George Packer's book on the Iraq war takes place in unlikely cities: Brooklyn and Cambridge. In Cambridge, Kanan...
"The Assassin's Gate: America in Iraq"
by George Packer
Farrar, Straus and Giroux,
467 pp., $25
The first section of George Packer's book on the Iraq war takes place in unlikely cities: Brooklyn and Cambridge.
In Cambridge, Kanan Makiya, a leading intellectual among Iraqi exiles, made an impassioned plea before the war for democracy, even at the point of a gun.
Paul Berman, an old lefty, was in his musty apartment in Brooklyn, calling the Iraq war an anti-fascist war fit for the grandest traditions of liberalism.
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In a sense, the sympathetic profiles of these two men, as well as an extended examination of the neo-conservative movement, represent the battle for Packer's mind. As one of the so-called "liberal hawks," he was drawn to alluring visions of a liberal, democratic Middle East, while repelled by anti-war sloganeering that seemed callous in the face of Saddam Hussein's brutality.
The promise of democracy makes the ultimate result — bloody insurgency, sectarian violence — all the more bitterly disappointing for Packer, a New Yorker staff writer who's been to Iraq several times since the war began.
With a mix of incredulity and anger in "The Assassin's Gate," Packer fills in the details of the Bush administration's failure of both imagination and execution.
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For instance, Leslie Gelb, president of the Council on Foreign Relations, tells Packer about being on a conference call with then-National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice and Chris DeMuth, president of the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), to discuss gathering experts and facts about the post-war.
AEI is a place the war's fiercest advocates call home. According to Packer's account, DeMuth said, "Wait a minute. What's all this planning and thinking about post-war Iraq? This is nation-building, and you said you were against that. In the campaign you said it, the president has said it. Does he know you're doing this? Does Karl Rove know?" Karl Rove. Needless to say, at the mention of the president's political enforcer, Rice canceled the idea for a consortium of experts.
Packer gives readers dozens of these anecdotes, but my favorite — or maybe I should say least favorite — is a scene on the Iraq-Kuwait border just after the war started when some civil-affairs officers are standing with a contractor from USAID, an American aid agency. Packer reconstructed the conversation, in which they're talking about policing a liberated Iraq.
"Albert, what's the plan for policing?"
"I thought you knew the plan."
"No, we thought you knew."
"Haven't you talked to ORHA?" (Office of Reconstruction and Humanitarian Assistance, the Pentagon agency in charge of reconstruction in post-war Iraq).
"No, no one talked to us."
It sounds like Laurel and Hardy, except that it led right to the looting of Iraq and the seeds of the insurgency. It stands in stark contrast, as Packer notes, to Gen. Dwight Eisenhower's fat briefing books on post-World War II Germany, prepared in the years leading up to the Normandy invasion.
This book, though, is much more than an investigation of failure. It is an engrossing account of war and chaos, and it provides rich portraits of ordinary Iraqis, about whom we know so little from daily news reports.
The most compelling figure, though, is an American father. Chris Frosheiser's son is a soldier. Like Packer, and like so many of us, he was conflicted about the war before it began. He believed it might represent the kind of strategic thinking that could fundamentally alter the Middle East, but he had doubts and fears. When his son was killed by a roadside bomb, the conflict deepened within him as he wondered if there would finally be a point to the killing, while also not wanting his son's sacrifice to be in vain.
This is the real power of this book — its portraits of the emotionally maimed. Hopefully, we can look, empathize and honor.


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Harrow targets war pensioners
By BBC Radio 4's Money Box programme
The Royal British Legion is warning that concessions on rent and council tax which help thousands of war pensioners and widows could be under threat.
That follows a decision by the London Borough of Harrow decided to stop the rebates from May.
War pensioners in the borough will lose nearly Ł1,700 a year each.
At the moment the council takes no account of their war pensions when it works out entitlement to help with rent and council tax.
Almost every council in Britain does the same but councillors in Harrow in North London have decided to withdraw this help, leading to large rises in the rent and council tax for the 53 war widows and pensioners in the borough.
One pensioner, whose husband was killed in 1944 is unhappy about the council's plans.
"I felt very angry because I feel that a lot of these people that are sitting behind the desks, I maybe wrong, but I feel that most of them probably weren't even born during the war so they don't know what we suffered and how we had to struggle.
"They haven't a clue what us older war widows went through."
Her husband was killed on 9 July 1944 and she has been living alone ever since.
If the cuts are made it will mean that she will have to pay Ł58.79 a week plus the council tax out of her pension - an increase she can ill afford.
"Well , it would mean going without food and what have you, because there's nothing left - there will be nothing left."
Harrow: no choice
But Harrow council says it had no choice. Keith Toms is deputy leader at the Labour controlled council. He has voted twice to cut the benefits paid to the 53 war widows and war pensioners.
"It is not an economy that we look at with a great deal of pleasure.
"On the other hand, when you come to consider that there are 53 people in receipt of Ł88,000 from the borough, and then you consider that this might mean we can employ four school teachers or four social workers," explains Keith Toms.
"You can put up your list of priorities and say what you think, but we've had to make some harsh decisions."
Of 353 councils in England and Wales only six penalise war pensioners in the way that Harrow is planning to do.
Harrow councillors will have one more chance to vote on this decision at the full council meeting on 1 May.
If they go ahead with the cuts the Royal British Legion is warning that other councils may follow suite, reversing a trend of recent years which has seen this concession become almost universal.
Tom House, the Legion's head of pensions, says this is not just about the war pensioners in Harrow and is unsympathetic over the council's financial dilemma.
"If we let down these 53 people it will snowball and we would have let down thousands.
"I think this is the thin end of the wedge, and I believe that if we let this go then other councils will follow suit and we've let everybody down who served us and defended this country from the last war onwards."
Money Box is on Radio 4, on Saturdays at noon British summer time (1100 GMT), and repeated Sundays at 2100 BST and on its website all week.
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The Associated Press
ALBANY — Gun enthusiasts fearful of new weapon controls and alarmed by rumors of government hoarding are buying bullets practically by the bushel, making it hard for stores nationwide to keep shelves stocked and even putting a pinch on some local law enforcement departments.
Mostly sunny, with a high near 70. Windy, with a southwest wind 10-20 mph, increasing to 20-30 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 40 mph. Partly cloudy at night, with a low around 41. Breezy, with a west wind 20-25 mph, decreasing to 10-15 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 35 mph.
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Thursday, April 4 — Announcement was made today by Les B. Dollison, owner of the Dollison Theaters in Santa Fe, that his company has purchased the Las Vegas Fort Union Drive-In Theater from its former owners, Ward and Elaine Olsen and H.C. Mitchell. . . . Dollison stated that he has great faith in Las Vegas, and plans many improvements to his theatre that will make the entertainment at the drive-in a pleasant evening for its patrons.
A Senior Olympic talent exhibition will be held at 2 p.m. this Sunday at the Abe Monoya Recreation Center. Everyone is welcome to attend.
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The Associated Press
WARSAW, Poland — She was a Polish farmer's daughter who emigrated to the United States, a maid who worked for a wealthy American heir, a third wife who inherited much of the Johnson & Johnson fortune after a sensational court battle with her six stepchildren.
Barbara Piasecka Johnson, the widow of J. Seward Johnson Sr., heir to millions made from bandages, baby oil and pharmaceutical products, has died at age 76.
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Las Vegas Optic
Dave Martinez says he lost everything but his faith in the fire that destroyed his home in Sheridan and most of his possessions last week.
"Everyone has been so supportive. It's really renewed my faith in the community," says Martinez, 46, who lost his home and most everything he owned to a blaze on March 23. "It's so overwhelming that all I can do is just take it a day at a time."
Estella's Café is closing its doors on Friday after a roughly 63-year run.
The Old Town café has been a staple in the city since 1950. It will be open from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. until Thursday and from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Friday.
"It is probably the best thing at this point, but it really wasn't my decision, said Adelita Lujan, manager of the restaurant. "Basically I will just go with it, and I'm ready to move on."
Ever thought about taking a Train Robber into your home? Here's your chance.
The Pecos League of Professional Baseball Clubs is seeking host families for about 30 players and coaches for its inaugural Las Vegas team, named the Train Robbers. It's a rookie level professional baseball league, and the season runs from May 14 to July 28.
The local team will play 35 home games and 35 road games in 72 days. Its home field will be at the city's Rodriguez Park.
A suspicious fire destroyed a single-wide mobile home on Taos Street early Friday morning and left the home owner hospitalized after she tried to save her pets from the blaze.
The fire is under investigation by the State Fire Marshal and Las Vegas Police Department after suspicions were brought to firefighters attention, said Phillip Mares, Las Vegas Fire Chief.
A report of the fire could not be obtained by press time. Mares declined to divulge what was suspicious about the fire due to the investigation.
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Adam Wingard's upcoming thriller, [The Guest](movie:997887), has just debuted its first full length trailer. From the looks of things, the action thriller starring Dan Stevens and Lance Reddick, will feature quite a lot of guns, fight scenes and ladies with long legs. Check out the trailer below:
A soldier introduces himself to the Peterson family, claiming to be a friend of their son who died in action. After the young man is welcomed into their home, a series of accidental deaths seem to be connected to his presence.
Surprisingly, The Guest currently has a 100% rating (based on 9 reviews) on RottenTomatoes.com. Although I imagine that will reduce slightly as it becomes reviewed wider, it does look like The Guest could be a fun little action romp.
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A World Without Women Trailer (2011)
06 April 2011 Drama, Comedy 58 mins
A little sea resort on the Picardie coast, the last week of august. When handing over the keys to a rented apartment, Sylvain makes the acquaintance of two beautiful women. This is a fabulous occasion for him to escape his routine, single life in which women are a rarity, even if only for a few days. Quickly Sylvain's new friends can't do without him. Unfortunately, things get complicated when feelings and flirty Gilles, the local lady's man, get mixed up in it all.
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Two dark comedies with ghost/mystery themes which are set around the period of the American War of Independence.Ichabod Crane is the hero of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. Peculiar-looking and socially inept, this schoolmaster is a joke to the people of Sleepy Hollow as he tries to win the love of the beautiful daughter of a rich farmer.
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The life story of Alamo survivor Susanna Dickinson reads like great historical nonfiction. Dickinson's trials and tribulations reveal a fascinating portrait of Texas ingenuity and pluck from a witness to some of the most dramatic moments in Texas history. Dickinson's escape during the fall of the Alamo and her subsequent rise to wealth and notoriety in Austin are, in many ways, a reflection of the long struggle to peace and statehood inherent in the Texas legacy. Today, visitors may learn all about Dickinson, her family, and Texas history at the Joseph and Susanna Dickinson Hannig House Museum. The museum, located in the heart of downtown Austin, is the only surviving residence of Dickinson, built in 1869 for Dickinson by her fifth husband Joseph Hannig. Built in the style of architecture known as "rubble-rock", a technique favored by many German immigrants who helped settle the Hill Country region, the home served as residence for Dickinson and her husband until 1875. The restored home is also part of Museum Row, a collection of three Austin museums that also include the O. Henry and Austin Fire Museums.
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No rest for the champ, but he wouldn't want it any other way DELAWARE, Ohio (Dec. 16) -- Streaking down the toughest bobsled course in the world, pulling 9.3 Gs with the U.S. Thunderbirds, touring one the most secure military installations in...
No rest for the champ, but he wouldn't want it any other way
DELAWARE, Ohio (Dec. 16) -- Streaking down the toughest bobsled course in the world, pulling 9.3 Gs with the U.S. Thunderbirds, touring one the most secure military installations in the world, gracing gaming chips in Las Vegas, running one of the largest mail order companies in North America -- it's all in a day's work for champion drag racer Jeg Coughlin Jr.
Competing in 24 NHRA national events and winning the POWERade title will define Coughlin's 2008 season but it hardly describes the daunting schedule one of the sport's most popular figures kept over the past 12 months.
Coughlin's whirlwind year started in snowy Lake Placid where he helped NASCAR legend Geoff Bodine raise some much-needed funds for Team USA Bobsledding. Not surprisingly, Coughlin proved quite adept at handling a 400-pound competition bobsled himself, finishing third overall against a group of select NASCAR and NHRA racers despite the fact he'd never piloted a bobsled prior to the three-day charity event.
A few weeks later at the annual Pro Stock Showdown test session in Las Vegas, Coughlin once again got up to speed in a hurry, winning the preseason event to set the tone for the year.
As the official NHRA season began, Coughlin used the first two races to introduce some very special guests to quarter-mile competition, hosting world renowned skateboarder Nick Dompierre in Pomona and award-winning rock group O.A.R. in Phoenix.
Back in Las Vegas for the spring race, Coughlin starred at the "Champion's Night" celebration at the Palms Hotel and Casino where officials honored him with $5 and $25 gaming chips adorned with his likeness and a photo of his JEGS.com Chevrolet Cobalt that were put into circulation on the tables. Over the weekend, he experienced another first when he took the wheel of a Thunder Roadster at the infamous Bull Ring at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in yet another fund-raising event.
His enjoyment of all things related to racing carried into May, first when he joined several top executives of the Coca-Cola Company at the Coca-Cola 600 NASCAR event in Charlotte, N.C. He then slipped behind the wheel of another style of hot rod -- a Late Model Stock Car -- and competed in a celebrity charity race at Bristol Motor Speedway.
Expanding on his racing exploits, Coughlin managed to steal away for a night and cheer on JEGS racer Kenny Wallace when he raced at Tony Stewart's hugely popular Prelude to a Dream short-track charity event in Eldora, Ind., against most of NASCAR's top stars.
Moving into the summer months, Coughlin saluted the 50th anniversary of the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) in Colorado Springs, Colo., by donating a special edition helmet he wore during the Denver race to the men and women who serve there. Coughlin was then invited for a private tour of the facility by NORAD's Deputy Commander, Lieutenant General Charlie Bouchard of the Canadian Armed Forces, who is the highest ranking Canadian Officer on U.S. soil. The visit allowed Coughlin to meet hundreds of members of the U.S. and Canadian military.
Donning his promotional hat, Coughlin then jetted back to Charlotte to help POWERade and the NHRA introduce drag racing to the millions of fans in the heart of NASCAR country. He used the pre-race visit to teach a few NASCAR stars how to drive a Pro Stock car, which was a huge hit with his stock car counterparts and the media.
That same week, Coughlin slowed down from 1,300 horsepower to one when he helped hometown officials in his native Delaware, Ohio, kick off the 63rd annual Little Brown Jug harness race, the largest event of its kind in the world. He even had a horse to cheer for, one with a decidedly drag racing-themed name, when he got to meet prerace favorite Badlands Nitro and his owners and handlers.
But perhaps the highlight of Coughlin's year, at least away from the drag strip, was a late October ride in an F-16 fighter jet with Major Tony Mulhare of the world-renowned United States Thunderbirds Air Demonstration Squadron.
Through it all, Coughlin squeezed in plenty of long work days alongside his three brothers as they collective guided JEGS High Performance Parts to its most successful year ever. Noted as a tireless worker who often arrives first and leaves last, Coughlin puts as much into the family business as he does racing and representing NHRA drag racing in champion form, no matter what the activity might be.
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