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Friday, April 27, 2007
Barracks open day
15 comments:
- Olivier said...
belle photo, avec ce contrasme militaire et enfant. bel instantané d'un moment de paix et d'amour.
bon weekend
beautiful photograph, with this contrasme military and child. beautiful instantaneous one moment of peace and love. good weekend
- 2:36 pm
- richard said...
Nice photo, and probably make a damn sight more sense than taking orders from the politicians. I like it when the community or society involves kids in things. Sechselaueten in Zurich was an example, the kids have their day, as a preparation for the time when they take part in the adult parade. Too often kids are kept out of things and when they become adults it's all a big mystery
- 3:28 pm
- magiceye said...
great concept!
- 3:38 pm
- The Salems said...
like any war it's always the children that suffer the most... here they are enjoying the experience...great photo with a depth of meaning...
- 5:49 pm
Great post.
- 6:16 pm
- alice said...
Do they open barracks one day in the year?
- 6:20 pm
- Kris said...
the open day was cancelled for the last two years due to soldiers had to assist in flooded areas.
the salems,
well, i didnt intend deeper meaning ;however what u mentioned is sad truth..
i see that the children truly enjoyed in your series on Sechselaueten. Fortunately for us, our town organises lots of prog. suitable for young and old.
Thank you all for stopping by and wish u a good weeked! :)
- 9:03 pm
- james said...
scary thought....kids can be mean!
- 1:35 am
- Kalyan said...
hmmm...nice one!
- 9:20 am
- Zsolt said...
in my childhood I was crazy for events like this:)
- 11:19 am
- Poulet S.A. said...
Such a pleasant shot, Kris!I saw it in my own way that LOVE always in the air. It depends on you'll see and/or keep it or not....
Have a beautiful weekend, dear! :))
- 11:45 am
- Fabrizio ikol22 said...
Richard say the truth and we have same day on 2nd of June (Republic holiday). About your shot I love so much the soldier expression's watching those happies kids.
- 12:04 pm
- Kala said...
this is cute - is that for real? ok, probably not but I dont kmnow hmmm
- 12:07 pm
- Kris said...
hahahaha..no no! but the soldiers are at their service ;)
June 2, i'll look forward to that.
hear , hear!
yeah, some can be annoying ..heheh
Thanks all again for stopping by!
- 10:30 pm
- Kate said...
Everyone looks happy here!
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Cynthia Meredith has been gardening with herbs, reading about herbs, and discussing herb gardening in Texas for more than 20 years. She has owned The Herb Cottage (www.theherbcottage.com) for over 10 years, selling herb plants to people all over our state.
Well, it's October. I love the month of October. In my area it's still hot some days... like today, for instance. It's quite warm, near 90 degrees and very humid. I'm hoping for a rain shower today as it is clouding up. As October continues the days become noticeably shorter, cooler and the sun has a golden glow that infuses the garden and landscape with a warm feel. Soon, it will be time to put cold tender plants under cover for winter.
With all the rain we've had recently, almost 7 inches for the month of September, the yard and gardens are blowzy with growth and new flowers. It looks like it did in spring after we had almost 7 inches of rain in 3 days.
Podrangea in full flower after the rains at The Herb Cottage.
So much new growth. Climbing pinkie rose in background with new leaves (flowers to come) at The Herb Cottage.
The roses have put on new leaves, as have the fig trees. Everything is growing so quickly. It's as if the energy from the sun stored in the plants over the summer is surging out due to the rain. Perhaps the plants know cold weather isn't too far off and they want to grow as much as possible in order to strengthen the root system and be strong for next spring.
As I wrote last issue, the weeds are also enjoying a resurgence. For instance, I have a bumper crop of purslane (Portulaca olearacea), also an edible weed like the Lamb's Quarters I wrote about last week.
Purslane, Portulaca olearacea.
Photo courtesy of www.wildmanstevebrill.com
Purslane is not so much a seasoning herb as it is a vegetable-type plant. The leaves are eaten fresh in salads, and steamed, or sauteed, as a side dish. The flavor is a bit lemony, some say peppery, and the texture is crunchy. One of the most amazing properties of purslane is that it is very high in calcium and Omega-3 fatty acids (five times that of spinach). Also, the stems are high in vitamin C.
Purslane buds and leaves.
Photo courtesy of www.wildmanstevebrill.com
In Latin America, purslane is known as verdolaga and it is very popular. It is also commonly used in the Mediterranean in soups and salads and is also found in the cuisines of Africa, Australia, China and India. In fact, it is used worldwide, and is just beginning to be known in America as anything other than a weed.
The crispy leaves are easy to prepare fresh with just olive oil, a bit of lemon juice, salt and pepper. Some added basil doesn't hurt either! Purslane can't really be preserved for future eating, the texture of the plant doesn't hold up. But, the leaves can be dried and used in soups, etc. Just 10 grams of dry leaves provides 500 mg of elemental calcium, which studies have shown to increase bone density in less than 18 months, according to information adapted from books by Dr. James Duke and an article by Sukhi Hertz.
So, while you may not want a whole garden filled with portulaca, it is a prolific reseeder and creeper. You might want to grow it in a large container away from your garden beds or keep a patch or two for kitchen use. It's good for you, it likes Texas heat and humidity, it grows with little water....and it's free!
Cucumber-Purslane Yogurt Salad
• 5 large cucumbers, peeled, seeded and cut into quarter-round slices
• 1/4 pound purslane, large stems removed, washed and drained well
• 2 tablespoons each, Fresh chopped mint, cilantro and chervil
• 4 cups whole milk yogurt
• 1/4 cup virgin olive oil
• 3 cloves garlic, puréed with the blade of a knife
• 2 teaspoons ground coriander
• Kosher salt
• Ground glack pepper
1. Place the cucumber, purslane and herbs into a large bowl. In another bowl, stir together the yogurt, olive oil and garlic, coriander and season to taste with salt.
2. Add the yogurt mixture to the vegetables and mix well. Add a pinch of ground black pepper.
3. Taste the dressed cucumber-purslane salad for seasoning, adding a little more salt if needed. Serve chilled.
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Well, what can I say? I'm an Aussie father of two grown kids, one, Frank, who will be 21 this year and the other, Nadia, who is 17. I've been blogging for pretty well 4 years now and have dabbled on the Internet for a bit longer. Before the Internet I ran Prestige BBS, an online Bulletin board which I loved, but the Internet pretty well killed it. Not to worry as you have to keep up with the times.
I've learned to love blogging, which you can probably tell by my signature. I love to read books, watch a good movie and play chess. I hope to learn a fair bit from you guys, and while I've been a member for awhile I haven't been 'lurking' as I haven't had the time, because apart from all my online activity I also run a wholesale business.
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Heather Christian & the Arbornauts, Mary C and The Stellars and Cole Williams to Play 92Y Tonight
Heather Christian & the Arbornauts, Mary C and The Stellars
and Cole Williams, three celebrated powerhouse vocalists, come together for one special show at 92Y Tribeca tonight, February 1st, 2013 at 8 p.m.
92Y Tribeca is located at 200 Hudson Street, New York, NY. Visit www.92Y.org for more information. Doors: 7:30pm/Show: 8:00pm. Tix: $10 adv/$12 doors.
Acclaimed singer-composer Heather Christian & the Arbornauts, one of Amanda Palmer's favorite bands of 2012, top off a night of up-and-coming female singer-songwriters at 92Y Tribeca on Friday, February 1st. Joining Heather will be soulful chanteuse Mary C and The Stellars, who Elle Magazine recently called a "powerhouse vocalist" with a "blues drenched voice", and indie-funk-rock goddess Cole Williams, who has been described as a "pint-sized hellion" and has backed the likes of Joss Stone and Diane Birch.
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I was parked in front of the W Hotel after attending a pre MTV Gift Suite waiting for one of my editors to bring down some of the goodies we received and suddenly my S500 Mercedes, normally an amazingly smooth running car started to feel and sound like an old truck! My check engine light came on and I gingerly drove to my mechanic. He called me the next day to tell me the bad news. I needed one Air Flow Meter for $523 and 2 Ignition Coils for $123 each plus labor! I trust my mechanic and in the old days would have said to go ahead but this is not the old days so off to Google I went. After checking the price on several top ranked auto supply businesses, I was intrigued by not only the price but the ease of use and information I found at CarPartsWarehouse.com. It was easy to search for the parts I needed and I received more information as well as a lower price than the other sites I had searched.
I was very impressed with the video (see below) explaining the difference between the expensive ON (oem part) for $350 and the AN (new after market part) for only $84.08 after their discount both with the same warranty, 1 year. This compares with the $523 I was quoted by my mechanic.
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Another year, another cheese and I'm starting off in my home state and revisting Yarra Valley Dairy - head to this post for further information on the Dairy.
Yarra Valley Dairy Gemello is a fresh cheese made in traditional farmhouse style. It's unusual in that it's a blend of Goat (30%) and Cows (70%) milk. The result is a extremely white cheese that is semi soft.
If you are careful you should be able to slice the cheese but it's more suited to being broken into odd sized chunks that are just great for salads. You could also use this as a spread.
Tastewise, the goat imparts a subtle sharpness, a perfect foil to the creamy characters of the cows milk. I would class this as a great cheese to give to those that are new to goat cheese or are just looking for something a little subtle and mellow.
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Cheese: Yarra Valley Dairy
Labels: Cheese
Born with a pearl spoon in her mouth, Haalo's future was soon decided..
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Haalo, I love your product review post. Because I can have a bit of information and try out myself. :)ReplyDelete
Haalo, I love this type of cheese and your review had me salivating at my desk. I only wish I lived closer to your "home" to be able to enjoy. I will have to search out something similar from a local dairy here in the greater Boston area.ReplyDelete
Thanks Anh - I'm really happy that these cheese posts are of interest and hopefully get people trying our local cheeses. You can get this one at the Yarra Valley Stall in Prahran Market.ReplyDelete
Thanks Breadchick - I would gladly share this cheese with you. Hopefully you'll find something similiar locally.
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Primarily an anti-surface and anti-submarine helicopter designed to operate from frigates and destroyers of the Fleet, this fast and capable aircraft has recently been updated to the Mk8 standard, which is now in service throughout the Fleet. The aircraft is being fitted with a very advanced Central Tactical System and Passive Identification Device in addition to the equipment currently fitted. Each independent flight comprises a pilot, an observer and a team of 7 maintainers.
They embark in their ship whenever it sails. Able to fire the Sea Skua anti-surface missile, which proved highly effective during the Gulf war, the Lynx forms an integral part of the ships detection and weapon system and can project the influence of a ship over great distances with the key element of surprise. In addition to the Sea Skua the Lynx has the Sting Ray torpedo and the older technology, but nevertheless most effective depth charge for anti-submarine warfare. The aircraft may also be fitted with a machine gun pod. The home base for all seaborne Lynx is the Royal Naval Air Station Yeovilton in Somerset.
A second variant of the Lynx (Lynx Mk7) is in service with the Royal Navy. The attack/utility version is operated in support of the Royal Marines in conjunction with the Commando Sea King.
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Saturday, February 25, 2012
You Are My Sunshine......
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Sorry to hear that Mary - hope all turns out well!ReplyDelete
Will be back Monday never fear!
Hope all is okay with your Mom! See you Monday!ReplyDelete
Thinking of you.ReplyDelete
Sending you well wishes for your Mom...ReplyDelete
Take your time, Moms are priority. xoxoReplyDelete
Sorry to hear about your mom... Take all the time you and she need.ReplyDelete
Dearest Mary.ReplyDelete
Your mom is in my every prayer.
Great big hugs coming your way!!
love your friend, Trish
Mary, I am praying for your mom and hoping she is going to be ok.ReplyDelete
I am thinking of you constantly, and miss our little chats too.ReplyDelete
Love to you all.
Life comes first and is so much more important than blogging. I hope things aren't too awful.ReplyDelete
Hugs and prayers for you and your Mum, dear Mary. Looking forward to some Monday quilty goodness! S xReplyDelete
Sending love and hugs! Take all the time you need !!ReplyDelete
take care of yourself and your mum! xoxoReplyDelete
Life and family need to come first in all things! I hope your Mom is doing ok. How sweet of you to think of us out here in blogland and leave us a note.ReplyDelete
Take care of yourselves and don't feel bad if you can't post as often as you wish!
- AnonymousFebruary 26, 2012 at 5:44 PM
Love to you and your mum xxxReplyDelete
Hope your Mother is doing better Mary.ReplyDelete
I'm so sorry to read that your Mother is unwell, I hope she is comfortable and on the mend. Beth (the linen cat) xxReplyDelete
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Can You Salvage Damaged Photographs?
By Sherry Stocking Kline
published in the Wichita Eagle's "Active Life" magazine in November 2005
If disaster strikes, whether it's Hurricane Katrina, your water heater sprung a leak, or your photographs have water and smoke-damage from a fire, don't make the trash your first destination of choice for the remains.
Sometimes, even wet, stuck together photographs can be salvaged, but you have to act fast.
"A lot depends on the circumstances," said Darrell Garwood, preservation officer, library archives division, Kansas State Historical Society, "There is a lot of dirt and contaminants in flood water," Garwood said, "If they have been in water, especially dirty water longer than 48 hours they may not be able to be re-claimed."
A lot also depends on what type of photographs are damaged. Are they fairly modern? Are they old? One-of-a-kind? Hand-tinted? What kind of paper are they on?
Before you do anything, you need to know what kind of photographs you are dealing with, and it may be necessary to consult a professional for help. To help you determine what kind of photographs you can safely repair yourself, or if you have no choice but to attempt the repair yourself, there are books, such as "How to Save Your Stuff From a Disaster" by Scott Haskins, and websites such as Northeast Document Conservation Center, www.nedcc.org, and the Kansas State Historical Society's website at www.kshs.org, (click on preserve) can help you determine what kind of photographs you have, and how best to preserve them.
According to Gary Albright, senior paper/photograph conservator, Northeast Document Conservation Center, there are a number of different photographic processes, and while some photographs can be immersed for a day or more and still be restored, others will be completely ruined by a just a few minutes of water exposure.
"Time is of the essence: the longer the period of time between the emergency and salvage, the greater the amount of permanent damage that will occur," Albright said.
Haskins stated that it's best to consult a professional who can deal with the photographs without adding to the damage, especially if you have old or vintage photographs.
Wet photographs should always be a priority. Albright said that wet photographs should be air dried or frozen as quickly as possible to prevent mold damage. (Yes, he really did say frozen.)
If the photographs are still wet, it's best to put them in clean, cool water, distilled water. Change the water often to make sure the water stays clean. Do not use bleach, detergent, fungicide or disinfectants. Do not touch, rub, scrub, or try to force stuck-together photographs apart. Handle them by the edge only, preferably with a blunt, clean pair of tweezers.
Drain excess water off the photographs, and lay them out flat, and separated, on clean, lint-free material to dry. Do not use newspapers. Negatives should be hung up by the edges to dry vertically. Circulate the air the help speed up the drying process and to prevent mold. Do not use a heater.
Can't deal with them right away? Freeze any photographs that cannot be cleaned and dried within 72 hours.
If they are already wet, rinse off any dirt, mud, etc., separate photos or groups of stuck together photographs with wax paper, put them into zip lock freezer bags and put them in the freezer. Do NOT stack anything on top of them.
If your photos are damaged, you still may be able to scan them at 300dpi or better, and use image editing software such as Adobe Photoshop or Corel's Paint Shop Pro to repair copies of your damaged photographs. You can use that new, digital copy to make new photographs.
Garwood stated that prevention is the most important thing, and Garwood agreed.
"Address prevention first," Garwood said, "store them properly and avoid basement storage because basements are always the first thing to flood in a house."
After prevention, Garwood suggested that you spend a little time in disaster preparedness. Know where your photographs, family letters, video tapes, DVD's, and important papers are, so you can go right to them for a speedy recovery should it become necessary.
If possible, Garwood said, have back-ups and replacements.
"Make this part of your emergency preparedness plan, and remember that your papers and photos are not as important as yourself," Garwood said, "People should always come first in a disaster."
2009 Author's Suggestion: Before freezing or beginning any restoration attempts, consult with professionals if at all possible.
This article idea came to mind following Hurricane Katrina, and the tornado that struck the Haysville, Kansas area. We drove through the tornado devastation where houses were turned into matchsticks, and papers and pictures were blowing in the wind. I realized that after life and limb were safe, it was the thought of losing my photographs that bothered me most if we were to be struck by a tornado.


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Spring launch for Apple OLED TV with Siri, says retail mole
Can it really make money when Sony et al can't?
Apple's voice-controlled 42in OLED TV could be out this April. Assuming, of course, that the Mac maker is indeed working on such an improbable beast.
That it's gearing up to launch such a product on the late April/early May timeframe has been claimed by "a high-ranking source with a major electronics retailer", cited by Engadget-esque blog TechnoBuffalo.
CEO? Store manager? Janitor? The mole's position is not revealed, but he or she does maintain that the Apple telly will be very thin.
More interesting: the source says Apple is considering using the TV's Siri functionality to control other gadgets around the home.
"Siri, put the popcorn on."
Actually, "Siri, fetch me an ale" would work too, if combined with this beer-serving robot.
But we digress. It's worth considering that while both LG and Samsung showed off 55in OLED TVs at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) and that both have promised to ship before the year is done, they'll be charging around $8000 (£5090) for their offerings.
A 42in OLED wouldn't be quite as expensive, but not so very far off, especially given Apple's mark-up policy and the technology being built in.
Assuming it would bother with OLED. Advanced LCD screens can deliver comparable picture quality and will be cheaper. Apple likes its margins, after all.
In November 2011, it was claimed Apple was getting large-format LCDs from Sharp.
But the big question is not who is supplying Apple with components but whether it can make any money out the final product. After all, none of its competitors can.
Consumers spent $115bn on 220m flat-panel TVs in 2011, but the major brands lose money on the sets they sell. Expanding production capacity from 2006 onwards resulted in panel prices falling by 80 per cent between 2004 and 2008. The component parts are low, but so are punters' expectations about how much they should pay for a new TV.
Adding extra features, such as 3D, and the ability to connect to the internet and run apps, doesn't seem to have adjusted consumers' willingness to buy TVs at a premium.
If giants like Sony and Panasonic can't make a profit on TVs, and others are struggling to do so, how can Apple?
One option, rumoured last year, is to offer a big iMac will HDMI inputs and TV tuners. But, again, it will be expensive, and punters generally prefer their computers to sit on their laps or on desks, not with the AV stack. ®


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The first order of people who don't get data analysis are those who believe it's impossible to make accurate predictions based on data models. They've been much discussed all week in light of the controversy over Nate Silver's predictions about the Presidential campaign. If you want to catch up on this topic, Jay Rosen has a useful round up of links.
There are, however, a number of other mistaken ideas about how data analysis works as well that are also problematic. For example, professional blowhard Henry Blodget argues in favor of using data-driven approaches, but then saying the following:
If Romney wins, however, Silver's reputation will go "poof." And that's the way it should be.
I agree that if Silver's model turns out to be a poor predictor of the actual results, his reputation will take a major hit, that's inevitable. However, Blodget puts himself on the same side as the Italian court that sent six Italian scientists to jail for their inaccurate earthquake forecast.
If Silver's model fails in 2012, he'll revisit it and create a new model that better fits the newly available data. That's what forecasting is. Models can be judged on the performance of a single forecast, but analysts should be judged on how effectively adapt their models to account for new data.
Another post that I felt missed the point was Natalia Cecire arguing that attempting to predict the winner of the election by whatever means is a childish waste of time:
A Nieman Lab defense of Silver by Jonathan Stray celebrates that "FiveThirtyEight has set a new standard for horse race coverage" of elections. That this can be represented as an unqualified good speaks to the power of puerility in the present epistemological culture. But we oughtn't consider better horse race coverage the ultimate aim of knowledge; somehow we have inadvertently landed ourselves back in the world of sports. An election is not, in the end, a game. Coverage should not be reducible to who will win? Here are some other questions: How will the next administration govern? How will the election affect my reproductive health? When will women see equal representation in Congress? How will the U.S. extricate itself from permanent war, or will it even try? These are questions with real ethical resonance. FiveThirtyEight knows better than to try to answer with statistics. But we should still ask them, and try to answer them too.
I, of course, agree with her that these are the important questions about the election. When people decide who to vote for, it should be based on these criteria, and the press should be focused on getting accurate and detailed answers to these questions from the candidates.
The fact remains that much of the coverage is, however, still focused on the horse race. Furthermore, much of the horse race coverage is focused largely on topics that do not seem to matter when it comes to predicting who will win the election. This is where data-driven analysis can potentially save us.
If it can be shown that silly gaffes don't affect the ultimate result of the election, there may be some hope that the press will stop fixating on them. One of the greatest benefits of data analysis is that it creates the opportunity to end pointless speculation about things that can in fact be accurately measured, and more importantly, to measure more things. That creates the opportunity to focus on matters of greater importance or of less certainty.


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* Screen patients for eligibility programs on the state and Federal levels
* Identify all areas of patients' needs and direct them to the appropriate agency for assistance
* Start the application process when possible
* Advise patients of the appropriate assistance program(s) to best suit their individual needs
* Provide detailed instructions to patients in regard to securing all available program benefits
* Advise patients of program time limitations and ensure that all deadlines are met
* Complete all necessary steps in locating patients and involving the outside field staff when necessary
* Obtain all necessary information from patients upon the initial contact when possible
* Record thorough and accurate documentation on patient accounts in the CUBS system
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* Contact government agencies when necessary
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U.S. Equal Employment
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Golf Center Manager Sexually Harassed Five Female Employees, Federal Agency Charged
OMAHA, Neb. -- GMT, LLC, doing business as Miracle Hill Golf and Tennis Center in Omaha has settled a sexual harassment lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.
The EEOC's lawsuit, filed on Sept. 28, 2011, charged that the center's general manager, Jerry Wilke, subjected female employees to physical touching and comments of a sexual nature, including pulling their clothes off to expose their breasts or buttocks, betting with a company owner about what kind of underwear they were wearing and making unwelcome sexual advances toward them. The women repeatedly complained to management about the harassment but it did not stop. Four women quit their jobs because of the harassment.
Sexual harassment violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The EEOC filed suit after first attempting to reach a pre-litigation settlement through its conciliation process. Five of the victimized women workers also employed their own private attorneys in the lawsuit.
The consent decree settling the suit was filed in U.S. District Court of Nebraska (Cause No. 8:11-CV-00336) and must be approved by the court. After the EEOC filed the lawsuit, Miracle Hill instituted a sexual harassment policy and provided sexual harassment training to its employees. The decree requires Miracle Hill to maintain the sexual harassment policy and continue training, file semi-annual reports with the EEOC about sexual harassment complaints, and to post a notice about discrimination in the workplace.
"We believe that this lawsuit and settlement has had, and will continue to have, a positive effect on the working environment for Miracle Hill's female employees," said Barbara A. Seely, Regional Attorney of the EEOC's St. Louis District Office. "We hope that Miracle Hill will conscientiously and aggressively work to prevent sexual harassment in its workplace in the future in accordance with the law. And we trust that Miracle Hill will be a different, more positive place for women to work in the future."
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Fanzine Ynfytyn 33.5Single zines, Zines8 page 1/4 sized perzine on pink paper. About that time Ernest Hemingway's heirs sent me a cease and desist for drawing his face. Note for customers outside the UK- you can fit three zines in one flat rate envelope.
Fanzine Ynfytyn 32.5Single zines, Zines18 page 1/4 sized perzine on pink paper. One long essay about various things.
- What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas
- Borges and Calvino
- Do actuaries secretly rule the world?
- Getting your revenge on society via accountancy
- Last Year at Marienbad
Fanzine Ynfytyn 32Single zines, Zines24 page 1/4 sized perzine on purple paper
- Suspicious whispering
- The joys of Latin
- Cogidubnus
- Aquariums
- Oulipo word games
Fanzine Ynfytyn 30- OxbridgeSingle zines, Zines36 page 1/4 sized perzine on pink paper About failing to study at Oxbridge, and then the miserable experience of working there. How do you continue a system of closed doors and in-group privilege (and keep the riff-raff like you and me out) in a tertiary education system where all universities are public and charge the same tuition?
- Baffling interviews
- Rigid hierarchies
- Strange social structures
- Terrible posh people
- Racism and classism a-plenty
- "Oxford is the city of closed doors"
- My friend H's depressing years at Cambridge
Fanzine Ynfytyn 31 + 31.5- Croatia & SloveniaSingle zines, Zine multipacks, Zines36 page 1/4 sized perzine on green paper + mini colour zine A split zine about a last-minute to holiday to Croatia this summer, and then a work trip to Slovenia two weeks later.
- The beautiful Dalmatian coast
- Game of Thrones location mania
- The joy of the humble burek
- Hostel life
- They really do love Iron Maiden in the former Yugoslavia
- Slovenia, the land of Žizek, potica cake (and sadly Melania Trump)
- Slovenia is very underrated
- Metelkova autonomous district in Ljubljana
- Ljubljana Biennial arts festival
- Lake Bled and Austria by train
Fanzine Ynfytyn 30.5 – 24 hour zine 2017Single zines, Zines24 page 1/6 sized mini perzine on yellow paper Made for the 24 hour zine project in October 2017- all pages written and laid out in one day. About moving house, and dreaming of Siberia.
- Oh I Do Like To Be Beside the Seaside
- Oh God Where Do I Put This Box
- To Get a Letter, Send a Letter
- Yakutia
- Small pleasures 20/01/2017
- Dream Club
- But Is It Art?
- Words we got from Farsi
- Vegan tteokbokki recipe
3x Valentina Tereshkova stickersSingle zines, Stickers, Zine multipacks, Zines3 x 6cm diameter kraft paper stickers of Valentina Tereshkova
Fanzine Ynfytyn 29 + 29.5 – ItalySingle zines, Zine multipacks, Zines24 page 1/4 sized perzine on yellow paper + mini photo zine About Northern Italy. Travelling for work, and a last-minute trip to Lake Garda.
- Italy in the 90s
- Getting sent to the wrong side of Italy by my job
- Legnago, the most boring place in Italy
- The joys of Italian electrics
- Lake Garda then and now
- The Name of the Rose
- Catullus and an impromptu Latin lesson
- Shadows of Fascism on Lake Garda
- Invisible Cities
Fanzine Ynfytyn 21- ParisSingle zines, Zines30 page 1/4 sized perzine on green paper Going to Paris when you are broke, and managing to do it while the Charlie Hebdo shootings are going on.
- Free Eurostar tickets
- Walking miles and miles
- French music magazines
- €30 a night central Paris hotels, whose colour scheme can only be described as "depressed Willy Wonka"
- Père Lachaise, Montmartre, Canal St Martin, St-Germain, Quartier Latin, Île St Louis, Jardin Luxembourg and a convenient view of the Eiffel Tower
- Accidentally getting caught in a march of 1 million people
- Zazie dans le Métro and other French film recommendations
Film Photography 101Single zines, Zines24 page 1/4 sized zine on green paper teaching you all the basics of film photography in a friendly jargon-free way.
- Vintage camera types
- How to fix common issues with second-hand cameras
- How to clean vintage cameras
- Lenses explained
- Film types and sizes
- Cross-processing
- Uses of filters
- Aperture explained
- Shutter speed explained
- The Sunny 16 rule
- Exposure and EV rating
- Tips for portraits
- Tips for landscapes
- The Rule of Thirds
Being Editors 1: Diana Wynne JonesSingle zines, Zines40 page 1/4 sized zine on purple paper A selection of essays about children's author Diana Wynne Jones.
- How I started reading DWJ
- Complete bibliography
- Interview with Diana
- DWJ and the curse of the terrible cover art
- Things reading Diana's books has taught me
- My favourite: Fire and Hemlock
- My favourite: the Ogre Downstairs
- My favourite: the Homeward Bounders
- My favourite: Howl's Moving Castle
- My favourite: Witch Week
- Witch Week as the anti-Harry Potter
- Adult villains
- Review of Farah Mendlesohn's book
- Polly's complete reading list
- The ending of Fire and Hemlock explained
Best of Fanzine Ynfytyn 1-13Single zines, Zines40 page 1/4 sized perzine on purple paper An anthology of articles from the first thirteen issues of Fanzine Ynfytyn which are no longer in print. A 12,000 word monster with 30 different articles.
- Why is your zine called that?
- The man and the song come to blows
- Pontefract 1982
- A Cake is Baked
- Banana cake recipe
- I demand the return of the flexidisc
- Junior school music lessons
- Pancake politburos
- Books about buses
- Aubergine parmaggiana recipe
- Things I would like to do
- My bizarre English teacher
- Exquisite corpse
- Why I like going to the aquarium
- Things I would like complete sets of
- Things I always look for in charity shops
- What does an amoeba have to worry about?
- Things I'm currently looking for in charity shops
- End of the pier
- Childhood ambitions in review
- Simulating painstaking digging
- Canterbury
- Top five napping albums
- Haiku ode to Papa Hemingway (including getting a cease-and-desist from his grandson)
- Nuclear sales
- Multiple Small Pleasures
- Things which are reassuringly the same every time
- Things which I tend to like regardless of quality
- The Sue Ryder sale
- Crosswords I can and can't do
- The pains of learning ballet
Fanzine Ynfytyn 24- Mirena IUDSingle zines, Zines24 page 1/4 sized perzine on pink paper This one's probably only of interest to those with a uterus. About getting a Mirena coil when you already have endocrine problems and have to take Prednisone.
- PCOS and Endometriosis
- Getting a Mirena coil
- Endocrine Meltdown
- Removal
Colouring Book ZineSingle zines, ZinesA5 colouring book with 15 different images to colour. Comes with free wax crayons.
Fanzine Ynfytyn 23.5 – 24 hour zine 2016Single zines, Zines24 page 1/6 sized mini perzine on yellow paper Made for the 24 hour zine project in July 2016- all pages written and laid out in one day
- Patchwork quilts
- Tidying up
- Modular Synths
- Rescuing Bumblebees
- Winning £4 on the lottery
- Not letting myself watch Stranger Things until I've done my work
- Getting frustrated with the inner workings of the Labour Party
Fanzine Ynfytyn 26 – camping in FranceSingle zines, Zines24 page 1/4 sized perzine on green paper This one is about the experience of growing up holidaying in a caravan at French campsites. A typical holiday for British people, but probably weird and exotic for those from further away.
- Ocean-going glamour of cross-channel ferries
- Family arguments about putting tents up
- The wonders of the French hypermarché
- Wholesome Dutch people
- Rubbish circuses where the attractions are one dog and one llama
Little Whisper Smoke Signals 2Single zines, Zines12 page 1/4 sized full-colour photo zine
- Butterflies
- Winter
- The future
Fanzine Ynfytyn 16.5 – 24 hour zine 2011Single zines, Zines24 page 1/6 sized perzine on yellow paper - made for the 24hr zine project
- El Topo & Sedmikrasky
- Hometown boredom
- Summer museum work
Fanzine Ynfytyn 22 – working in a mazeSingle zines, Zines24 page 1/4 sized perzine on purple paper
- Being in charge of a maze
- Foxes
- Multiple Small Pleasures
Fanzine Ynfytyn 23 – shinglesSingle zines, Zines24 page 1/4 sized perzine on blue about trying to be healthier after long-term illness and realising how superficial and gross I find a lot of fitness and health culture. (Note- numbers related to weight or calories are never mentioned).
- The joys of multiple bouts of shingles
- "Clean" eating is a terrible concept
- Attempting to take up yoga
- Trying not to creak like an old lady
Fanzine Ynfytyn 28 + 28.5 – JapanSingle zines, ZinesI won a trip to Japan. 32 page ¼ sized zine on pink paper. Comes with mini colour photo zine.
- Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto, Nara, Hiroshima, and Naoshima
- Ghibli museum, Shinto Shrines and Buddhist Temples
- Meat-free Japan on an extremely low budget
- Rabbits, Deer, Cats and Herons
Fanzine Ynfytyn 25Single zines, Zines24 page 1/4 sized perzine on purple paper
- Our Maxim from Almaty
- Exploring the World of the Ceiling
- Small pleasures
- Crispy Teriyaki Tofu recipe
Keep it cleanSingle zines, Zines24 page 1/4 sized zine on yellow paper about keeping your place nice with low effort.
- Bathrooms and kitchens
- Bedding and towels
- Mmm that smells good
Fanzine Ynfytyn 20Single zines, Zines24 page 1/4 sized perzine on pink paper
- Jeff Mangum
- North Korea
- Competitions I have won
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CLEVELAND - Presrite Corporation, a manufacturing company headquartered in Cleveland that makes gears and other industrial parts, will pay $700,000, offer jobs to no fewer than 40 women, and commit to other injunctive relief to settle a systemic class action lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.
The EEOC's lawsuit charged widespread discrimination against women who applied to work at one or more of Presrite's three plants in Cleveland and Ashtabula County. According to the EEOC, Presrite - a federal contractor - consistently passed over female applicants in favor of less-qualified males for entry-level positions at all three plants. The EEOC also cited evidence that women who were hired for such positions were harassed. The agency pointed to testimony from a former Presrite employee who testified that her male-coworkers told her women should not be working there; called her a "dumb b----h"; drew degrading pictures of her; and suggested that she open the top of her work uniform to pose for a photograph.
The EEOC also charged the company with failing to keep applications and other employee data in violation of federal law. The EEOC alleged that Presrite failed to produce more than a thousand employment applications for persons the company hired and failed to maintain accurate or complete data about applicants. As a result, the EEOC said, it was unable to identify by name all of the female applicants who were unlawfully denied hire.
Discriminating against applicants and employees based on sex violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Further, Title VII requires employers to make and preserve employment records relevant to determining whether the employer has engaged in unlawful practices, including hiring discrimination. The EEOC filed suit in 2011 (EEOC v. Presrite Corporation, Case No. 1:11-cv-00260) in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio after first attempting to reach a pre-litigation settlement through its conciliation process.
On April 24, Judge Patricia A. Gaughan signed a publicly filed consent decree resolving the case. Under the terms of the decree, Presrite will pay $700,000 in compensatory damages to establish a class fund for women who sought certain positions at Presrite and were denied hire. Over the course of the next three years, Presrite will also offer jobs to no fewer than 40 women identified by the EEOC during the claims process. The decree compels Presrite to give those females priority consideration and to offer them jobs before any current applicants.
The decree also requires Presrite to implement a number of measures designed to prevent future discrimination such as periodic reports to EEOC disclosing the number of females and males who applied as compared to those who were hired; mandatory training; and compulsory retention of applicant and employment records, including creating and producing electronic data. The decree includes an injunction prohibiting Presrite from discriminating against women in the recruiting and hiring process and compelling the company to make all good-faith, reasonably necessary efforts to find female candidates to fill vacancies in laborer or operative positions.
"We are pleased that we were able to reach an agreement with this defendant," said EEOC General Counsel David Lopez. "Moving forward, qualified female applicants will be judged by their talents and skill and not simply passed over because of their gender and women who were wrongfully denied positions will be compensated."
EEOC Regional Attorney Debra Lawrence said, "The EEOC continues to pursue class action litigation to obtain relief for victims of discrimination. As demonstrated in this case, the EEOC is committed to enforcing Title VII violations in all aspects of employment - particularly where employers refuse to hire women for jobs that or have been, or are perceived to have been, traditionally filled by men. Here, the consent decree not only includes substantive monetary relief, but also compels the employer to hire a significant number of women. Such a result not only compensates victims of discrimination, but also serves the public's interest in developing and maintaining a diversified work force."
According to the company's website, Presrite maintains more than 500,000 square feet of manufacturing space and produces forged parts for a broad range of industries including the truck, automotive, aerospace, railroad and agricultural industries. The company, headquartered in Cleveland, operates two plants in Cleveland and another plant in Jefferson, Ohio.
Eliminating barriers in recruitment and hiring, especially class-based recruitment and hiring practices that discriminate against racial, ethnic and religious groups, older workers, women, and people with disabilities, is one of six national priorities identified by the EEOC's Strategic Enforcement Plan (SEP).
The EEOC enforces federal laws prohibiting employment discrimination. Further information about the EEOC is available on its web site at www.eeoc.gov.


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I recently published an update on power and cooling in the data centre, and as I review it online, I am struck by the combination of old and new.
The old - the evolution of semiconductor technology, the increasingly elegant attempts to design systems and components that can be incrementally throttled, and the increasingly sophisticated construction of the actual data centres themselves with increasing modularity and physical efficiency of power and cooling.
The new is the incredible momentum I see behind Data Centre Infrastructure Management software. In a few short years, DCIM solutions have gone from simple aggregated viewing dashboards to complex software that understands tens of thousands of components, collects, filters and analyses data from 1000s of sensors in a data centre (a single CRAC may have in excess of 20 sensors, a server over a dozen, etc) and understands the relationships between components well enough to proactively raise alarms, model potential workload placement and make recommendations about prospective changes.
Of all the technologies reviewed in the document, DCIM offers one of the highest potentials for improving overall efficiency without sacrificing reliability or scalability of the enterprise data center. While the various DCIM suppliers are still experimenting with business models, I think that it is almost essential for any data centre operations group that expects significant change, be it growth, shrinkage, migration or a major consolidation or cloud project, to invest in DCIM software.
DCIM consumers can expect to see major competitive action among the current suppliers, and there is a strong potential for additional consolidation.
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Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn is a comedic talk show that aired on Comedy Central. The show featured roundtable discussions, inviting various guests of many views, mixing mostly comics/entertainers expressing themselves with journalists and political figures. Quinn's regular guests consisted mainly of Comedy Central affiliated comedians from the Comedy Cellar in New York City. It aired weeknights at 11:30 p.m. ET, immediately following The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. The show was similar in content to The Colin Quinn Show, Quinn's previous TV show.
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Organize your daycare or preschool classroom with a 4-Tier Toy Organizer from ECR4Kids. Twelve colorful storage bins - eight small and four large - provide plenty of space for toys, art supplies or sporting equipment. The space-maximizing, four-tier design and rounded edges will keep clean up easy and safe. And with reinforced steel crossbars, this colorful preschool storage rack will stand the test of time in your classroom.
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The St. Paul Ford plant has a long and rich history. Recent attempts to keep the sprawling plant from closing next year have failed.
State and city officials asked Ford to reconsider the decision to close down the plant for good, offering various incentives to keep the facility and its jobs in St. Paul. Ford declined the offers.
Morning Edition's Cathy Wurzer talked with history professor Annette Atkins about the plant and its place in St. Paul history. Atkins teaches history at St. John's University and the College of St. Benedict in central Minnesota.


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You could drive through the tiny town of Orwigsburg, Pennsylvania (pop. 3,000) as you wind through the mountains on your way to Pottsville from Reading and you would never that it used to a major hub for shoe manufacturing. In the late 1800's the steel, coal and manufacturing workers needed shoes and the town of Orwigsburg became the center for shoe manufacturing…perfectly centered between the coal region and the U.S. manufacturing epicenter in Allentown, Bethlehem and York. At the peak, Orwigsburg was the home of 11 shoe companies thatmanufactured over 1.4 million shoes per year.
Flash forward 120 years and Kepner Scott Shoe Company is STILL based in Orwigsburg and is still manufacturing its goods in Pennsylvania. Their focus has changed, they now specialize in high quality, leather shoes for children. In the 1960's, they saw a real market need for flexible children's shoes.
Kepner Scott Shoe Company employees a few dozen Pennsylvanians and would really appreciate your business :). If you visit their website, you'll be able to browse the selection of shoes, but you're better off searching for Amilio, Carpenter, Sandals by Carpenter and Self Starters branded shoes.


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Last April we obtained our first (and to date only) photograph of a flat-headed cat. This is the first time this species has been photographed within the Ulu Segama Forest Reserve and this record means that the Ulu Segama is the first known forest on Borneo where there is definitive evidence of the existence of the entire 5-species Bornean felid guild. The flattie was photo-captured in an area of primary forest about 300m away from the Danum Valley Field Centre buildings. To date we have collected over a thousand leopard cat and over two hundred Sunda clouded leopard photos, which demonstrates just how rare this little cat is. The flattie's conservation status was raised to endangered earlier this year by the IUCN: http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/18148
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Struggling to Afford Your Bills After a Serious Accident?
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Accidents that cause serious injuries can end dreams and lives in an instant. People injured in accidents due to the negligence of others have a right to seek justice. They have a right to claim compensation for medical expenses, loss of income, pain and suffering, and the cost of the repair of a vehicle or other property.
If you have been injured or if someone you know has been seriously harmed in an accident, we are the personal injury lawyers to call — immediately — before important evidence is lost or destroyed. Time and evidence can have a bearing in the outcome of your case. Call (209) 522-2211 or e-mail us today. We are the Modesto law office of Arata, Swingle, Van Egmond & Goodwin. We protect injured people. If you retain our law firm, you will be able to reach us any time you need us — our job is to help you and we want you to feel comfortable calling your personal injury lawyer.
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Ooten Gleeten Glotten Globin: Rock of Ages Is the Celebrity Karaoke Killer
Rock of Ages is so stacked with clichés and tropes that it feels like a comprehensive overview of American mythology, as dictated by pop culture. Set in a backdrop of L.A. that looks very much like a backdrop, the film tells a story about an aging rock star attempting to resurrect his career. By the end of the film, he's done so, courtesy of American pop culture's most relevant song of the past decade — Journey's "Don't Stop Believin'." As sung by Tom Cruise.
This is a movie about dreamers and up-and-comers and religious hypocrites and monkeys and strip clubs and puffy, pubic ponytails and dudes looking like ladies and "Nobody puts baby in the corner" references and Tom Cruise and tee-heeing over two men finding love. Mostly, though, it's a story about the pop culture phenomenon of celebrities doing karaoke. It's kitsch on kitsch.
"Believin'" comes with baggage, a chain of associations that run from the '80s to Monster to The Sopranos to Glee and shoot off from there. With any luck, the chain stops here. In Ages, Journey's standard is meant to do that thing that musicals' final numbers do and send you out on a high note. But along with that, there's a consciousness there that is typically absent from Broadway: These characters are not just singing a song, they're singing the last song. It's the song that validates the existence of several characters and, because its lines play off of the film's principles, it confirms the communal experience of pop music — the way it emotionally resounds throughout lives when it is working as it's intended.
Placing the most relevant '80s song at the end of the two hours of nostalgia bait is a manipulative move from director Adam Shankman, but with it comes an uncommon critique. For every earnest rendition of an oldie, Rock of Ages has several irreverent takes. For example, Cruise sings "I Wanna Know What Love Is" into Malin Ackerman's asshole. Drew Boley (Diego Boneta) takes a piss while he duets Foreigner's "Waiting for a Girl Like You" with Sherrie Christian (Julianne Hough), who's one bathroom over, making her hair '80s-big. Pat Benatar's "Shadows of the Night" fuels an opulent strip-club (actually bikini bar, since this is PG-13) choreographed pole number, and indeed a titty bar is the perfect venue for Benatar's kind of hard schlock. Catherine Zeta-Jones' Tipper Gore-esque Patricia Whitmore leads a bunch of church ladies through a pew shimmy to "Hit Me With Your Best Shot," while the film cuts back and forth from her husband Mike (Bryan Cranston) being spanked by his mistress in the rectory, his hands bound by rosaries. Different songs mean different things to different people, and here, most of the time, they mean "hahahaha."
Rock of Ages does that wonderful thing that the very best camp does by frequently alternating the ambiguity of its intentions. We get that it's supposed to be cheesy because it's set at some point in the '80s, because the performances are utterly stilted and because the only thing sillier than the words coming out of the actors' mouths when they are singing are the words coming out of the actors' mouths when they are speaking. But like any film, it does ask for emotional investment in its by-the-numbers plot. It's opulent while looking like a mess – literally, its color saturation and rainbow of neon lighting are something out of Showgirls/Burlesqueesque. It feels like a disaster of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band: The Movie proportions. But it's such a blast and it knows it.
You'll never look at a star singing that song you're about to stop loving the same way again. And whether Rock of Ages has complete dominion over what it skewers matters little because in the end it exposes just how ridiculous what we apparently hold dear is. At one point, Paul Giamatti's sleazy music exec character proclaims, "Rock is dead," and then a baboon named Hey Man who's wearing a camo hat punches him. Yep, that seems about right.


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Katy Perry + Rihanna Plan Girls Trip Following Russell Brand Divorce
No matter how rich and famous you are, sometimes you need your girlfriends to swoop in and save the day. That's just what Rihanna is doing with her bestie Katy Perry. RiRi is reportedly planning to whisk her pal away to Mexico in the wake of her shocking split with husband Russell Brand.
Despite the fact that RiRi didn't attend the couple's wedding in India in October of 2010 — she was putting the finishing touches on 'Loud' at the time — both pop stars are said to have cleared their schedules in order to do a girlfriend's getaway later this month.
The Mirror reports that a source said, "Rihanna has been there for Katy, texting her from Miami where she's on holiday. Now they are planning a girlie getaway so Katy can clear her head."
The same source indicated that Perry is "is absolutely devastated, but the rows over starting a family had just come to a head." The source continued, "Yes she had agreed to take a year out to focus on children, but she realized the timing was all wrong. She is too young and does not want to put her music on the back burner while she is on top of her game."
Perhaps a little R&R with Rihanna on an island will do Perry some good and help nurse her broken heart. That's what gal pals are for.


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UNDP's Executive Board approved in 2013 a new Strategic Plan to give the organisation a sharper focus in pursuing these goals. A key element is to improve UNDP's organisational effectiveness in achieving and reporting results, through greater openness, agility and adaptability. Alongside improved management of financial and human resources, this will enable us to deliver higher quality programmes to address development challenges facing the world.
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The other day I got the idea to make my boys some nutrient dense homemade granola bars. Today I made a
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1. cup rolled oats
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1. 1/4 cup honey
2. 1/4 cup brown sugar
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I pressed it all into a lightly greased, foil lined baking pan. The toppings were chocolate chips and one tablespoon melted peanut butter. (I mixed a little soy protein into the peanut butter, about .5 teaspoon)
The mixture was so thick that I easily formed bars, but it only fit half of my pan. If the boys like this treat I will double the recipe and make a full pan.
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Refreshing our look, our services, and our salon is a great way to get ready for the busy coming season. It is a great reminder, Jill, that we need to periodically look at our ourselves and
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We as a salon started going through the book "Over the Top" by Michael Cole this January. We had our monthly staff meeting yesterday morning and we are doing one chapter a month as a full
I agree Jill, writing for NAILS has been an amazing experience. It has been an honor and a dream come true to be a part of the Coaching Chronicles. Thank you NAILS Magazine for the opportunity and
It has been quite a year for you, Jill. I know it must have been difficult to write honestly about how your highs and lows for last year. I am humbled and reminded how easily we can
I hope that all of our readers had a wonderful holiday both personally and professionally, and that you were all as busy as you could be. My wish for all of you is that you all
This week I am going to respond to both of Jill's last posts. First I will talk about how a referral program during the holiday season has helped us to stay busy during January and February.
Last week I mentioned that I was off to help with the makeup for our benefit fashion show. I have to say it was a great experience. Myself and about five of the other employees at the
That is a cool look, Jill. This look can be done in a variety of ways. It can be done with Gelish by following the steps below. 1. Sanitize your hands and the guest's. 2. Push back
Jill, those are great strategies to help you pre-book your clients. I know that remembering the statements about the client's discomfort or length of her nails helps me to tailor the offering to the guest sitting in
The ways that Jill has suggested to use the seasonal scented products in your salon are great ways to freshen up your service menu for the holidays and can be extended throughout the year as well.
Seasonal scents are something we have used often to shake things up a little and provide a little treat for the guests in our nail department. We have used three main scents in our salon: pumpkin
Jill has some good suggestions for which tools you should consider replacing and for ways to minimize the cost for you in purchasing new tools and brushes. Besides being a really nice treat to have new
I can't believe it's time for back-to-school already. In Walla Walla our county fair is on Labor day weekend too, and school starts around it. We have two school systems right next to each other, so
You are right Jill, it is much easier to get started with your holiday planning now. Figuring out the types of service and product promotions — and pre ordering all of the things you will need
Yes Jill, Facebook is an awesome way to let your clients know what is happening in your salon. For instance yesterday we had a makeup party in the salon and we are going to post photos
I agree Jill. Posting your accomplishments on your salon website or Facebook page is a great way to keep clients and potential clients updated on all of the education your service providers take and are involved
There are some really great websites out there that you can learn from. Many of the product-specific websites now have salon locators on them that you can sign up on to let potential clients know where
That sounds like it was a great retreat, Jill. I know that our retreat really helped our salon recharge and regroup for this year. We got a head start on planning fun events for the salon
Wowza Jill, I am sorry that your foot is broken. It is definitely harder to work towards your goals when you are short a fully functioning limb. I can see why you were frustrated with not
We have hosted all types of events over the years we have been in business and I know we are always working on the plans for the next one. Events like the ones we have discussed
Jill, we have tried some of these methods for our client events. We have had them register at a different table instead of the front desk and this really helped us to make sure the guests
I agree, client events are a very fun way to let clients see what your salon has to offer. We host several events a year at our salon. We always host an event for our salon
I love the idea of the Top 100! That sounds like a great program to start in our salon as well, Jill. I love that this is a way to not only reward the guest for their
This is true Jill. I counted my loyalty cards and had dozens. They require an organizer all their own so they don't clutter up my wallet. I use several of them every week around town. For
I remember when we had all of those problems, Jill. It was a struggle to get some of the staff to retail and get them to ask for referrals. That did not make them comfortable at
Thank you, Jill. Without your coaching we would not be where we are today. It has been tough but it has been worth it to work towards making our nail department a success. In the beginning
When I first came to Misbehaven I was a booth renter. To say there were no service standards in the nail department is an understatement. We each had our own ideas about what the service should
Implement handling is an area that often has the most violations according to the state board inspector who comes in to visit us. In Washington we are required to use mostly single use items. There are
You are not that only one, Jill, who has to put away her winter clothes and get out her summer ones. In fact I still have some of my less conspicuous holiday decorations not only out
This is the opening ceremony. The Chinese lions bless and protect.Wow, that does look like a heck of a winter storm Jill. I am very familiar with the fallout from bad weather on my schedule too.
Our goals are going well. Rachael and I are working hard on our referral contest. Right now we are staying even with the previous two months' numbers and we have the rest of March to go
Thank you everyone for your comments. It is really helpful to us to hear you relate to how we have struggled and how we deal with those problems. I hope that our suggestions help those of
You know Jill it means a lot to Rachael to hear me tell her she is doing outstanding work, but it means so much more to see you commend her actions on this blog. She was
Wow, Jill, this roadmap is a great way to keep track of your progress. We can really see how to plan ahead to make the most of the promotion. I use my Jump Journal to keep track
This is a great series on goal setting. Like Jill talked about last week, setting realistic goals is key to being successful and also helps to motivate you to set new ones once you reach a
Wow! It has been a year, already? It is hard to believe that we have been writing The Coaching Chronicles together for a whole year, Jill. It has been a wonderful experience to be able to
Wow, it was a busy holiday season. I hope you all had a great season like I did. We had an amazing 2011. I am really thankful to have been able to experience such a wonderful
Jill, those types of items always help us at our salon to retail more products during the holidays. I often am able to help my guests find just the perfect thing for their last-minute holiday shopping. The
Thanks Jill! We are all working very hard and it has been great to see the other spa side girls get into the contest too. I can't wait to see the final numbers as well and
Jill, I too have made holiday gift bags. I used the treat bags most of the time. Once I found really cute little organza bags at the previous year's post-Christmas craft store sales and got them
When I first started out, I would only make out holiday cards for the clients I would see in a given week. I didn't realize that I would sometimes feel woefully unprepared to reciprocate. I would
Holiday cards are a great way to brighten your clients' holiday season. Many of my guests only get a few cards each year and they have said that they miss receiving them. I have a client
Jill, yes, it has been a great series on pre-booking. I know I have taken a lot of new ideas from it to implement over the next few months. I am really excited to see what
Jill, those are all great ideas to help raise our pre-book percentage. I can't wait to try some of the other ones out later in the year. We are going with the product-filled gift basket drawing
In the past I've run specials to try to entice clients to book their next appointment. I remember during my first year in business I would tell my clients that if they booked their next two
Photo: Nail competitor Elyse Perry took second in the Veteran Simply Salon category at the NW Nailtech Networking Retreat. I agree Jill, it is very important to make sure you are pre-booking during the holidays. For me,
I can really relate to the deflated feeling Jill talks about in her post when a client shoots down your pre-book offering. Early on in my career, as I mentioned before, this feeling happened to me a
I can speak to my experiences with using the tactics Jill recommends to improve my pre-book percentage. I have been doing really well for a long time at asking every client to book her next appointment
When I graduated from cosmetology school I had no idea how to project my earnings. As I said before, I just waited for my client to call or to walk in. As a result many of
Back when I first started to work in the salon as a booth renter, I did not know how to pre-book. If the clients didn't ask to schedule their next appointment before they left then it
Pre-booking has transformed our business. When we started the salon our pre-book percentage was abysmal — something like 20% for the entire salon. The phones were ringing off of the hook and the front desk staff
Regarding Jill's last post, I remember when I was a booth renter, the retail shelves looked like someone with a bad case of multiple personality disorder had picked out the products. And with at least four
I can attest to the fact that consistency is key to a successful salon from the front desk to the back room. Before we started doing things in a more organized manner when we started implementing
When our salon first started implementing the Summit Salon coaching strategies, our cupboards throughout the salon looked much like Jill said — filled with a hodgepodge of products. Even on the hair side of the salon the
I used to booth rent at the salon. However, the salon owner realized that type of business model wasn't working very well and went to aSummit Salon seminar. She learned a ton of information there about
Yes, thank you NAILS Magazine for the opportunity to write this blog with Jill. This has been a wonderful learning experience for myself and for my cohort in the salon. I completely agree will you Jill,
Jill, I will ask every client if she wants to schedule a pedicure with her next appointment. That is a great idea to build with my current clients. I have used this technique with my natural
On behalf of Rachael and myself, thank you Jill for the Kudos. We have both worked very hard to implement some of these suggestions and it is very rewarding to see it paying off. I am
Since we are finishing up with this fitness series, I thought I would take a step back and give an update on the new tech in our salon and how her business has grown since she
"If you quit moving, you rust." That is a very true statement. I have seen with some of my clients the very same thing take place. Many of them are having issues with their mobility and
Thank you Jill and congratulations to you for your success as well! I used to think of the other F-word when I thought of fitness. Then I hit "that number" too and finally woke up to
Much of what Jill is talking about should be natural for us to do. Get enough rest, eat right, and we will perform at our best. Unfortunately for most of us, this is the first thing
Congratulations Jill on your marathon! Great job meeting your goal and sticking to your plan. I am sure you feel a great sense of accomplishment and pride. What a wonderful achievement. Getting a good night's sleep is
Jill's last few posts have talked about the reasons techs give for not offering upgrades. I think one of these reasons that I have experienced is the idea that I needed to be fully booked with
When it comes to add-on services, these are some of the strategies I can tell you have definitely worked for me. A few years ago I was seeing the same clients every two weeks at the
We recently had a brand new nail technician join our salon and I know that I heard a lot of the same types of reasons Jill discussed from her when we talked about not asking for add-ons.
I think that every nail technician I know can relate to Jill's last post. At times in my career I have been at both ends of this scale. Up until a few years ago I was
Wouldn't we all like to add more money to our day? Boy, I definitely would. It is easy to come up with extra things that we can add that take more time, but that cuts us
We have our hand-washing station set up much like Jill suggests. We have had this set up for the last few years and it works very smoothly. Most of my guests do exactly as Jill said
While Jill continues discussing how to set up a hand-washing station, I am going to take a step back here and update all of you on the business-building techniques that we talked about a couple of
In my opinion, hand-washing should be a given procedure before any service is performed, ever. I have always had a hand washing-policy in effect for any of the guests that I perform services for — even
What a great post, Jill. I love that you plant seeds for the services you offer for each department during your tour. And I am definitely going to use what you say about husbands and the privacy
This week's post from Jill makes me think of an experience that I had last year. This doesn't involve the salon, but it did make me take an in-depth look at how I approach my first-time
I have read several of Michael Cole's books and am certain I have read the very theory Jill mentioned in her last post. The particular book I remember reading it in was geared more toward hairstylists,
So this week's post from Jill has me thinking about just how important these things are to the success of the service provider and to the salon. When any one of these things is out of
Jill, I have to thank you for posting on this topic. It is another of those things that we often assume is more of a common sense type of thought process that really isn't. Odor is a
Jill's post this week has me thinking about several things. The questions that her colleague Kristi Valenzuela asks remind me of a class I took a few years ago that had the attendees think about their
We here are having a lot of fun using the promotion ideas that Jill has suggested. We have done the Business of the Week and the Gift Bag Drop, so far. We are seeing new guests from
"Team Colors"— I love it. That is another great idea. At our salon we often try to do mini contests and have prizes to encourage the employees to participate. I think it makes everyone a little
So last week Jill talked about the "business of the week" promotion. At my salon we decided to do it as a team. Three of the service providers including myself are currently doing this promotion. One
Jill's "Business of the Week" strategy is a great idea! I am very excited to try this technique. I have spent the last couple of evenings figuring out which businesses to choose for the next few weeks
I know I would rather be working with clients than folding towels all day. What nail tech wouldn't want a book filled to bursting with happy guests who rebook, buy retail, and refer their friends. I
Jill, I know I can certainly relate to your last post. I am most definitely the person who wanted to beautify the nails of the world and thought that all that I would need to do
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Sarah Jessica Parker Takes Over Demi Moore's Role in Linda Lovelace Biopic
After Demi Moore landed in the hospital last week due to "exhaustion" and decided to take some time off, she dropped out of her role as Gloria Steinem in the upcoming Linda Lovelace biopic, 'Lovelace.'
Filling her shoes? Sarah Jessica Parker. Or should that be "filling her Manolo Blahniks"?
The 'Sex and the City' star was tapped by the movie's producers to tackle the role of Steinem, the iconic feminist who railed against adult films after the release of Lovelace's legendary 1972 flick 'Deep Throat.' She'll appear alongside Amanda Seyfried, who has the title role in the upcoming biography, and Peter Skarsgaard, who plays Lovelace's allegedly abusive husband Peter Traynor.
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Dr. Neal Clemenson Memorial Service
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The Great Plains Family Medicine Residency program is profoundly saddened to share that our Program Director, Dr. Neal Clemenson, passed away unexpectedly on Thursday, March 1.
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Today we celebrate the life and service of our co-worker, Barbara Anspaugh.
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This time of year makes me reminisce on the excitement and accompanying stress that surrounds trying to figure out which program suits your educational, family, and overall life needs. Therefore, I wanted to highlight three of my favorite aspects of the Great Plains Family Medicine Residency Program, so applicants have a better idea of who we are as a residency program.
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The faculty, residents, and staff at Great Plains came out to support the United Way Wacky Bed Races by entering two teams and they tied for 4th place!!
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Nationwide, there is a movement towards collaborative medicine and integrated behavioral health services.
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June 20, 2014 was a very good day...at least for the Great Plains Family Medicine Residents! The OAFP "Quiz Bowl" Trophy is now solidly at our home clinic for the 2014-15 year, thanks to Drs. Vonfeldt, Wright, Landt and Wheeler.
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - A possible levee breach in northern New Jersey on Tuesday, flooded three towns with 4 to 5 feet of water in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, prompting the evacuation of hundreds from their homes.
The towns of Moonachie, Little Ferry and Carlstadt were underwater after the swollen Hackensack River broke its banks, affecting around 2,000 residents, said Jeanne Baratta, chief of the Bergen County Executive.
Baratta, who was on the scene with emergency personnel, said there was the possibility that the river overflowed its banks rather than broke a levee while a New Jersey State Police spokesman described it as a levee break in the borough of Moonachie.
There were no immediate reports of any fatalities and rescue workers took approximately 200 residents out of the danger zone while some others left on their accord.
"They are wet and they are cold and they have lost their homes and their property. It is very sad," Baratta said.
"We are in rescue mode," she said, adding that the three towns had been "devastated" by the flood waters.
Baratta described a scene of rescue teams using boats and trucks to move residents to safety at a nearby school in Teterboro, which also is home to a regional airport heavily used by corporate jets and smaller aircraft.
The break came hours after Sandy, which dropped below hurricane status just before it hit the U.S. East Coast on Monday.
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