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Pretty Good. Pretty, Damn, good.
Got together with a group of friends tonight to watch the election results and I've got to say, the McCain and Obama speeches were fantastic.
It's not often that you see a moment like this one – the culmination of a two year campaign, a horrible state of American affairs, the need for new leadership and the hope that comes with a new President.
We've blogged a lot about the successful tactics of Obama. He won Marketer of the year and, as a result, has tried a number of different things (from an iPhone app to In game advertising).
That being said, the most memorable point of this campaign is this image of Obama – Alone, silent and human.
Brands rarely execute their promise – no matter what it is. Obama is just a man, but his story of hope and change is much more than that. And that story helped to transform the American voter and make them do something they've never done before.
I've never felt as hopeful as I have tonight when it comes to politics. The Obama brand is something I believe in and I've been a loyal consumer for the last 12 months. I'm excited, thrilled and so happy that a brand has acheived it's promise.
Yes, we can.


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"We love because he first loved us" (1 John 4:19 NIV).
Even before she moved in, the neighbors spread the rumor about what kind of woman was building the house. She would likely be out at night and sleep in the day. Sadly, she didn't find much grace in that neighborhood, though many of the neighbors wanted to extend it.
The neighborhood homeowners association pounced on her right away. She pleaded for help from everyone by posting her case for all to see. Many read it but, afraid to disturb the peace, didn't stand up to help her. She was gone in only a few months. The unnamed woman in that neighborhood needed God's grace, just as I do. But I wonder, Would I stand with her if she were in my neighborhood?
In Samford's Certificate in Women's Leadership, Dr. Noel Forlini Burt focuses on the verses in Luke 7:36–50, where the story juxtaposes two very different people: Simon, a teacher of the law, and the unnamed woman, a sinner in need of God's grace. In reality, both needed God's grace, just as we do. Surprisingly, it is the unnamed woman who humbled herself and received God's grace instead of Simon, the teacher of the law.
Sadly, sometimes we may say we know Christ
yet don't extend grace to others.
Have you ever been around someone who loves little? It's sad to see. The passage in Luke 7 indicates that loving little is a result of having been forgiven of little.
You can be forgiven by the grace of God through salvation in Jesus. Grace is something you can't earn. It is a gift from a God who chooses to bless you. But earning is what many want to do. Being indebted to others is not what one desires.
In the Bible story, the law teacher, Simon, knew all about love but didn't really know the heart of God, who is love (1 John 4:8). He may have felt that he earned his place in God's kingdom by knowing and teaching the law. He was seen as an expert, and he may not have felt that he had done much for which he needed grace.
Strangely, Simon invited Jesus to his home, but he didn't treat Jesus like a guest.
- He didn't anoint Jesus' head with oil.
- He didn't wash Jesus' feet or give Him water to do so.
- Simon didn't greet Jesus with a kiss—as was proper in that culture.
Yet Simon did judge the unnamed woman who came into his house, saying to himself, She's a sinner. He may have been embarrassed that she came to his home uninvited. As a teacher of the law, he may have considered himself too good to show love to this woman.
Simon knew about love, but did he know love? It seems he loved little, and so do many of us. Yet grace is still available to us as it was to Simon.
The woman mentioned earlier who built a house in the neighborhood needed love. She asked the neighbors to show her mercy and stand with her, but they did not. They may have felt that standing with her would cause problems for them in the neighborhood, but for whatever reason, they did not choose to welcome her as a neighbor should.
Showing grace is sometimes risky and may be costly.
But you want to receive grace, so why not give it?
Contrary to Simon, the unnamed woman kissed the feet of Jesus. In her culture, the feet were the least respectable part of the body, but as one who needed much grace, perhaps she felt most comfortable there.
The story doesn't say much about the woman, but her actions show that she wants to show love to Jesus.
- She found out that Jesus was at the Pharisee's house.
- She went to the house, though uninvited, with an alabaster jar of fragrant oil.
- She stood behind Him and wept as she washed, kissed, and dried His feet.
Jesus saw her and told her that her sins were forgiven and asked her to go in peace. Even though she had many sins, that day, she found forgiveness, acceptance, and peace.
How sad for that other woman in her new neighborhood. She built the house, chose all the furnishings, and dreamed to have some peace. Condemned already, she asked for grace, but she didn't receive it. I wonder if I would have given her grace. I hope so.
When you know that you are loved and wanted, your outlook changes. Having received forgiveness for many things, you realize it's important to give grace and mercy to others. You have an opportunity to point others to Christ as you serve them and stand by them in their times of excitement and in their times of sadness.
When you know you've been loved much,
you aren't stingy in showing grace to others.
As 1 John 4:19 indicates, you experience Jesus' love, and you love your neighbor as a result. When you fully embrace God's gift of grace, you are able to show grace to others. You will want your neighbor to experience God's grace as well.
How are you showing God's grace to your neighbors?
You can be a person who extends God's grace to your neighbors. Let's be intentional together and stand with our neighbors who need grace. Join me in the Know Your Neighbor Christian Women's Leadership Challenge.
Claudia Johnson is getting to know her neighbors near Birmingham, Alabama. She lives in a diverse neighborhood and describes it as a little slice of heaven.

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There is something about using a visual medium to explore blindness that makes Eskil Vogt's directorial debut intriguing. But it's where he and actor Ellen Dorrit Petersen take that premise, and how stylishly and wittily they do so, that makes the film compelling, clever and surprisingly warm.
Since losing her sight, Ingrid (Ellen Dorrit Petersen) has become reclusive, never leaving the apartment. We cut to another story, focusing on Einar (Marius Kolbenstvedt), a chronic consumer of pornography whose loneliness leads him to spy on a pretty neighbour, Elin. At first the shifts from story to story are a puzzle but soon we realize that Einar and Elin are figments of a story Ingrid is writing. But Ingrid starts writing her husband into the story, and Elin starts taking on more and more of Ingrid herself.
This is a peculiarly beautiful film, with the kind of hard-won optimism that feels truthful as well as hopeful. Stylish and engaging, and laying out a fine manifesto for the power of the imagination, Blind is a magnificently clear-sighted film.
Jessica Kiang
The Playlist
With the support of the Norwegian Embassy
Please note that the festival is for over 18s only


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Emergency services were called out to an Essex seafront after beachgoers said they were struggling to breathe.
Police, paramedics and the fire service attended the beach at Fourth Avenue in Frinton-on-Sea, after receiving calls at about 14:00 BST.
The cause is unknown and is being investigated.
Miriam Lansdell told the PA news agency: "My daughter started coughing. She said 'I don't feel good. It hurts to breathe in'."
The 45-year-old mental health worker from Derbyshire, who was in Essex with her twin daughters visiting her parents for the weekend, said she also had difficulty breathing as she lay on the sand drying off after a dip in the water.
'Not what you expect'
She said they all began to breathe more easily when they moved further away from the beach, but took the 10-year-old girls to a walk-in clinic to be checked over by medical staff.
Ms Lansdell said her father had been told by someone in a speedboat, whom he assumed to be associated with the coastguard, that there might have been a fuel spill.
She said: "My dad said he had been asked to get out of the water by a man on a boat. He asked why and the man said there had been a fuel spill. He said if anyone is having breathing difficulties they should probably call an ambulance."
She added: "It's not what you expect when you go for a day out to the beach."
The speculation that a fuel spill might have been to blame was not confirmed by police or the ambulance service.
One person tweeted that there were "lots of people coughing heavily", while a mother said her son began coughing after swimming and had to be given his inhaler.
Another said: "We have just left Frinton and have seen lots of fire engines on the way out. Has there been an incident? We were on the beach and all developed a cough and were struggling to breathe."
A spokeswoman for East of England Ambulance Service said: "We are aware of an incident on Sunday 25 August with reports of a number of people suffering from coughing on the seafront off Fourth Avenue, Frinton.
"We are assisting the police and fire services with this incident. The cause is currently unknown."
Essex Police said its partner agencies were working to try to establish the cause as quickly as possible, and advised people not to go into the sea for the time being.


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A close close friend of mine is going through a break up right now from her girlfriend of 3 years while I'm going through my break up with my therapist of 14 years. I keep saying to my friend, "There's no right way to break up." I think I've been saying this because she feels bad about the break up and she feels that she should be handling it better or more compassionately (she's doing the breaking up) and I just feel that all this extra guilt about not 'breaking up right' is adding to her stress.
But when it comes to breaking up with a therapist, well, I think there is a more effective way of doing this. And maybe there's something to be learned from this kind of therapeutic break up that could be applied to romantic break ups. Maybe. I would hope so. Otherwise, why am I paying all this money to break up with someone?
First of all, with my therapist, there's no 'dumping.' There's no bombshell, no "I'm leaving you" that comes out of nowhere and shatters the dumpee. There's conversation. There's a lead-up. "Things don't seem to be working out so well..." or, in my case, "I'm moving out of state..." And there's discussion about all the feelings that come up around this. ABANDONMENT, of course, betrayal, rejection, loss, sadness, feeling cheated, etc. I've found these discussions to be very healing and helpful as I've been in this closure process for the past four weeks.
Three more sessions to go.
Today is my last in-person session with my therapist. The next last two will be over Skype. So, for this last in-person session, I'm giving my therapist some gifts -- art pieces I've made for her. I have no delusions that she'll hang them on her walls or keep them in a special place. They are expressions of my love and appreciation for her that I want her to have. They were made with the idea of encapsulating our relationship in some way. I admit they have everything to do with me and really nothing to do with her. And I'm not put off in the least if she ends up throwing them out or putting them in the back of a closet somewhere.
I did also write her a poem, a 'farewell monologue,' which sums up a lot of how I feel for her. How amazing would it be if a person who was broken up with could have the time/attention of the person who left them for an hour four weeks after the break up to just process the relationship, the end of the relationship somewhat? I've offered that to some of the people I've broken up with and I've been offered that by one woman who broke up with me. I know for me it was HUGELY helpful in the healing process. On the receiving end, it was a bit excruciating, but it was only an hour and I felt it was a kindness I could manage.
I expect the next two sessions on Skype will be spent talking about our history, going over memories, processing some current issues that are going on due to the break up. I'm not crazy about the therapist I'm moving on to (how could I be?) so, there's that to talk about, too.
I had one girlfriend who suggested when we were talking about breaking up that we take a week off from talking/seeing each other and then check in in a week to discuss how we felt. We did so. We both still felt confused and unclear. We took another week. Talked. Still unclear and muddled. Took one more week off and I became clear that I wanted her in my life, but on a very limited basis. So, I suggested we go back to dating. She said she didn't think that was possible for her. We discussed it and came to the conclusion that we were incompatible at this point and should break up, which we did. That was probably the healthiest break up I've ever had. There was very little emotional fervor and we both had our own and each other's best interests at heart. 'Course, we'd only been seeing each other for under a year...
I think my close friend going through her break up is going to continue to suffer with guilt and aggravation. I don't imagine she's in any sort of place to withstand her soon-to-be ex's expression of loss, pain, anger, betrayal, rejection etc... Maybe she will be in a month or so. But by then, maybe her ex will not want to speak to her. We're funny creatures when it comes to break ups. We do everything we can to distract ourselves from the loss that we ignore how we can help each other through it.
Sometimes I wish that we could look at break ups as a 'reconfiguring' of the relationship from point A to point B. Same people, different dynamic. Then it wouldn't have to be so traumatic, maybe? I'm certainly no expert.
Well, I'm off to my therapy appointment. We'll see what comes of all these gifts I'm going to lay on her.


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December 16, 2011 in Arts & Crafts Impressions, Metalsmithing | Tags: Arts & Crafts Impressions, gift ideas, Ginkgo Leaf Earrings | Comments closed
Only 8 more shopping days til Christmas, depending on your threshold for braving the shopping malls. Are you in need of any last minute ideas for your holiday shopping? How about a pair my Ginkgo Leaf earrings from my Arts & Crafts Impressions line?
I'm offering free shipping via Priority Mail in the continental US only. You can shop from the comfort of your home or other location via computer! If you see a pair you would like to give as a Christmas gift, I would strongly recommend ordering them no later than Sunday, December 18th so that I can ship them by Monday, the 19th.
Ginkgo Earrings ~ Approximately 2″ long
Arts & Crafts Impressions
All of these earrings are light weight, which my clients really like. No two pairs are exactly alike. I cut out each individual Ginkgo leaf so they are very natural, just like you would find in nature! The Ginkgo leaves are copper with a bit of oxidation to emphasize their textures. The rest of the earrings are sterling silver, including the ear wires. I did not do a high polish on the silver sections because I thought adding an oxidation to them would compliment the coloration of the copper leaves.
Ginkgo Earrings ~ Approximately 1 1/4″ long
Arts & Crafts Impressions
Ginkgo Earrings ~ Approximately 2 1/4″ long
Arts & Crafts Impressions
Ginkgo Earrings ~ Approximately 2″ long
Arts & Crafts Impressions
Hopefully one of these will speak to you as a nice gift for someone in your life. If you have questions about any of these, leave them in the comments section and I'll respond.
Currently, I am working on a Storefront where you can buy more of my work through my Facebook Fan Page. However, I have run into a few technical difficulties and you can imagine how frustrating that can be for a techie like myself. I will continue to work on that and make an announcement here when I have that Storefront up and running.
Until next time, aspire to be more as an artist and a person.
Weekend Holiday Market
November 27, 2011 in Metalsmithing | Tags: Arts & Crafts Impressions, Front Range Studio Artists, Ginkgo Leaf Earrings, Holiday Market, Kathleen Krucoff, Nancy Bonig | Comments closed
Next weekend, I will be joining Nancy Bonig, Richard Pankratz and Margarete Seagraves in a Holiday Market, hosted by Nancy Bonig at her studio in Monument, CO.
Ever the creative, Nancy wanted to open her studio to our customers for a little holiday shopping. All of us will be offering special discounts, along with Holiday treats and a chance to visit with us about our work.
We think the timing is right, just after Thanksgiving….you've had a chance to partake of Black Friday Specials or Cyber Monday online shopping….now you can relax a little and look for a unique gift that can't be found anywhere else.
My featured items will be the Ginko earrings, an example shown below, from my Arts & Crafts Impressions.
If you are in the area next weekend, we hope you will stop by and visit us. I think you will find lots of unique items for your Holiday gift giving.
Until next time, aspire to be more as an artist and a person.
Commonwheel Artists Co-op
November 18, 2011 in Arts & Crafts Impressions, Metalsmithing | Tags: Arts & Crafts Impressions, Colorado, Commonwheel Artists Co-op, copper, Daniel Krucoff, Ginkgo leaves, Kathleen Krucoff, Manitou Springs, Sterling Silver | Comments closed
One of the positive things that came out of me being one of the artists at the Castle Rock Fine Art Festival this September was two members of Commonwheel Artists Co-op stopped at our booth. They liked my mixed metal Ginkgo leaf earrings, bought a pair, and invited me to participate in their Holiday Market that starts today, November 18th and runs through December 31st!
Commonwheel Artists Co-op is located in Manitou Springs, CO and is a group of wonderful, talented artists….some of whom I actually know! I am very happy to be part of their Holiday Market this year.
I thought it would be fun to share some of my latest Ginkgo leaf earring variations that will be available at Commonwheel for Holiday gifts. They are part of my Arts & Crafts Impressions series, which originally debuted at the Boettcher Mansion's Gathering of the Guilds this past May.
As I started to work on these, each one sort of evolved or morphed into another variation….all of which started with one simple little three leaf design. I am finding it fascinating how an idea will take root and grow during the creative process.
I'll let Dan's photos do the rest of the talking in this post.
The Original Ginkgo Earrings ~ My Starting Point
The evolutions begin…..
Until next time, aspire to be more as an artist and a person.
Introducing ~ Veracity
July 3, 2011 in Metalsmithing, Veracity | Tags: Arts & Crafts Impressions, copper, Daniel Krucoff, Gary B Wilson, Harold O'Connor, Kathleen Krucoff, Lexi Erickson, Mountainesque Series, overcoming artist's block, Sterling Silver, Veracity Series, Willow Creek Jasper | 8 comments
A New Day
Veracity Series
Photo Credit – Daniel Krucoff
This is the first of many in my new Veracity Series. Currently, they involve working with heart shapes, but I can see this moving to other stone shapes and no stones at all….just metal. There is something to be said about just working with metal!
As I worked on exploring several new series, I entered into a dark period that I think many artists….seeking growth….encounter. It's dismal. There were two people supporting me and giving me wings to experience this growth. Dan and Lexi. I wouldn't be at this point if it wasn't for both of them with their special gifts. Thank you.
I thought of a number of names for this series…"Fiercely Wild", "Fierce and Wild", "Untamed Hearts", "Courageous". As I sat down to write this post, Veracity came to me. This series represents strength, hope, courage, a willingness to grow and explore. The shape reminds me of a wild horse's mane or someone with that wild mane of hair. While the name of this series is not set in stone yet, I would welcome your thoughts, impressions and suggestions. The name of the series feels right to me, but I am curious about your thoughts.
So how did I get here? Well, Lexi's mentor is Harold O'Connor and Lexi is my mentor. They have discussions about art vs craft (among other things) and that generates similar discussions between Lexi and me. I don't just want to do craft, that is follow the shape of the stone for a design. Yes, this one sort of mimics the stone, but that was not my intent; it's not a true heart shape that follows the shape of the stone. It's funny, I never really considered myself a heart person, but these hearts that I have from Gary B Wilson really draw me in. I have a number of these and I didn't want to come up with some cutesy design to mimic the heart shape.
As I started to emerge from the darkness of the block, this was not my first design. That new series of designs will come in future posts and I will wet your appetite with a comment that they are just metal…simple, clean and in my opinion intriguing.
Several days after the break through, Veracity started to flow. It was just like Mountainesque as far as the channeling and the pen having a mind of its own as I drew the designs. A New Day was not the first design in the drawings, but it was the first one I decided to make.
I find I am having a love affair with copper and sterling. Ever since Arts & Crafts Impressions, I have developed a new appreciation for the warmth and richness of copper and sterling combinations. A New Day did not let me down in that regard.
The stone is Willow Creek Jasper, purchased from Gary B Wilson in April of this year. I can feel how drawn I am to these stones now…the delicate pastels. They are beautiful and I think they will remain in my palette. Of course, I see wonderful scenery in this stone; clouds, a beautiful valley with a river running along the right side of it. I thought copper was the perfect color accent for this stone. The silver back plate is meant to accentuate the copper and the stone. I have oxidized them and sanded the copper so it is bright and pops. I think that as the copper ages, the color it will assume will also provide an excellent backdrop for this piece.
There are at least another 15 designs in the 'book' so expect to see more of these as I continue to work on this series.
My heartfelt thanks to Dan for his encouragement, support and love during those dark days of the block. And also my deepest thanks to my sister, Lexi, for all of her nurturing through my dark period too. You will hear about my break through in a future post where that other series will be unveiled.
Until next time, aspire to be more as an artist and a person.
June 6, 2011 in Metalsmithing | Tags: Arts & Crafts Impressions, Chrysoprase, Daniel Krucoff, Destined, Gary B Wilson, India Jasper, Kathleen Krucoff, Soul Searching Series | 2 comments
Soul Searching Series
Photo Credit ~ Daniel Krucoff
With this piece, I am revisiting my Soul Searching Series. It has been a while. In my quest to find other ways to fabricate my work, I envisioned a slightly different way of bringing two elements together. I think part of this came from my previous wire wrapping experience. When I wire wrapped cabochons, I never really set out with a pattern in mind. It was an adventure to see where the wire would take me and how the cabochon would signal the wire's path.
Originally, I set out to create my first hinged pendant with this one. As happens with some of those first efforts, one learns but doesn't always succeed. I wanted to salvage the components I had already completed and re-worked things which led to this design. I think this is part of the reason I'm known as 'da fixer' in my metalsmithing circle of friends.
I realize it may be a bit difficult to see in the photo, but I'll try to describe the connection variation I used. I forged a bit of wire, wrapped it to form a multi-circle loop that allowed the bottom connector to pass through. With my Arts & Crafts Impressions, I started incorporating some copper elements. It seemed like this piece was a likely candidate for a few copper elements to enhance that pale peach/pink section of the top stone. The top copper accent on the bail is intended to carry the 'scene' from the top stone. The copper circle place on the connection was a just because I liked the idea.
The stones are India Jasper (top) and Chrysoprase (bottom) which I purchased from Gary B Wilson in April this year. I go through this process when I'm getting ready to work on something new; look at the stones, touch them, see what calls out. The pairing of these two just clicked. This was the first time I added pale greens to my palette and I was drawn to a number of these when Gary was in Denver. Set in sterling silver with the aforementioned copper accents. Textured some of the metal components and oxidized with liver of sulfur.
It's a small change in direction, which I plan to continue to explore. I'm quite fond of my Soul Searching Series and from time to time there will be those new works that are destined to become part of that series. Just as I feel that I am destined to "develop things according to plan".
Well, I guess I've dropped enough hints about the title of this piece….it is Destined. For me, it represents a promise of things to come, things that are destined to happen with my work.
Until next time, aspire to be more as an artist and a person.
Debuting – Arts & Crafts Impressions
April 30, 2011 in Arts & Crafts Impressions, Metalsmithing | Tags: Arts & Crafts Impressions, Boettcher Mansion, Colorado Metalsmithing Association, Daniel Krucoff, Ginkgo Leaf Earrings, Golden Colorado, Kathleen Krucoff, Lexi Erickson, Pattie Parkhurst, The Colorado Arts & Crafts Society, The Gathering of the Guilds | 9 comments
Ginkgo Leaf Earrings
Arts & Crafts Impressions
Photo Credit ~ Daniel Krucoff
Today, I am debuting my new series, Arts & Crafts Impressions. The Ginkgo Leaf Earrings pictured are the result of many experiments, learning experiences and more than a few frustrations that occurred during the creative process. All signs of personal and artistic growth in my opinion. I must say that I am very happy with the end results, along with a few other sneak peaks I will provide in this post.
This weekend, I will be participating in Colorado Arts & Crafts Society's The Gathering of the Guilds at the Boettcher Mansion in Golden, Colorado. This is the second year for this event and I am looking forward to being one of the participating artists.
The intent of The Gathering of the Guilds is to promote the ideals and aesthetics of the Arts and Crafts Movement produced by such local guilds as the Book Arts League, Castle Clay Artists, Colorado Calligraphers' Guild, Colorado Metalsmithing Association, Colorado Woodworkers Guild, Friends of Dard Hunter, Guild of Book Workers, Handweavers Guild of Boulder, Red Rocks School of Fine Woodworking, and the Rocky Mountain Weaver's Guild. Designed to be an interactive event, there will be featured demonstrations, presentations and/or workshops on the best craftsmanship in and around the Rocky Mountain region.
It became very important for me to explore an Arts & Crafts theme for this event. I have always loved the simplicity and elegance that the Arts & Crafts movement represented. To bring this into my work, proved to be a real design challenge for me. As I have mentioned, I certainly had my share of failures as I worked on this, yet it was worth it. I feel that I definitely experienced growth in my work and I am happy to provide a preview of some of the new art jewelry pieces that will be available on this coming Sunday, May 1st.
I'd also like to provide a little background about the Boettcher Mansion. It was built in 1917 as a summer home and seasonal hunting lodge for Charles Boettcher. The 110 acre estate is in the Arts & Crafts style located in Golden, CO. I'm looking forward to seeing this historic home.
I am happy to be one of the members representing Colorado Metalsmithing Association, along with my fellow metalsmiths Lexi Erickson and Pattie Parkhurst. Lexi, Patty & I will be demonstrating metalsmithing techniques, along with offering some of our works for sale.
The admission is $5 and the event runs from 10 AM to 4 PM on Sunday. If you are in the area, I hope you will stop and take in all this event has to offer.
Here are a few of my new pieces in my new Arts & Crafts Impressions Series.
Geometrics Pendant
Arts & Crafts Impressions
Photo Credit ~ Daniel Krucoff
I have a mixture of the circles and the Ginkgo leaves in this series. I was surprise at how difficult it was at times to create pieces with simplicity in mind.
My focus for this series was to work completely in metal. I used copper and silver combinations. It was a pleasant surprise to see how much warmth and interest copper added to the pieces. I was determined to make this series just about the metal, no stones, just metal.
Offset Circle Pendant
Arts & Crafts Impressions
Photo Credit ~ Daniel Krucoff
Again, my hat is off to Dan for the great photos he has taken of these new pieces. He really makes my work shine.
I have more pieces, but I wanted to provide a sneak peak and I will feature more of these in my posts over the next few weeks. Right now I'm hoping that I've peaked your curiosity about this new series and if you live in the Denver area, maybe this will entice you to come see my new works along with the work of other local artists.
Until next time, aspire to more as an artist and a person.


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Daytona Police say a disabled veteran was severely beaten by three men after he caught them torturing a live turtle and intervened on Tuesday.
Garry Blough, a 45-year-old Navy veteran who was injured in the 1991 Persian Gulf War, was walking with his wife and one-year-old daughter when he spotted three men smashing and kicking a live freshwater turtle outside of their apartment.
Plough's wife and child were crying because of the sickening act, and went into their apartment. Plough approached the men and told them to stop what they were doing. As he turned to tell his wife to alert the authorities, the men struck him from behind, knocking him to the ground. Once on the ground, Plough was repeatedly kicked and stomped by the three demented thugs.
Plough, who already suffers from daily seizures, sustained a shattered skull with multiple facial bone fractures. His eye was also severely damaged.
Police arrested the three suspects: Johnnie Beveritt, 18, Alfred Jose Chico, 16 and Ryan Ponder, 23, and they have been charged with felony counts of aggravated battery and bodily harm/disability and animal cruelty/intentionally causing cruel death.


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Businessman Warren Davidson of Troy won the Republican nomination to run for the seat vacated by retired House Speaker John Boehner in the 8th Congressional District, according to final, unofficial results from the Ohio Secretary of State's office.
"It did resonate with people that they were looking for different results and a different experience," Davidson said, adding that he was honored to win the primary and looking forward to the upcoming special and general elections.
Davidson, of Troy, owns several businesses and is a partner in Integral Manufacturing. He is a former Concord Twp. trustee. Davidson presented himself as an outsider and former Army Ranger who would bring a businessman's acumen to Congress.
His two closest competitors in the 15-person race were State Rep. Tim Derickson, R-Hanover Twp., and State Sen. Bill Beagle, R-Tipp City.
Davidson, of Troy, won with nearly 33 percent of the vote in the special primary election to be the nominee for the remainder of Boehner's term and received 32 percent in the regular primary. Derickson placed second, with 34 percent of the vote in both primaries, and Beagle was third with nearly 20 percent. Businessman Jim Spurlino of Washington Twp. placed fourth with 7 percent.
"Representative Derickson looks forward to uniting our party behind Warren Davidson, who will make fantastic conservative representative for our district," said Derickson Campaign Manager Colton Henson.
"This was a hard fought election and I am deeply grateful for the tremendous support I received from families, small business owners and community leaders across the 8th Congressional District," said State Sen. Bill Beagle. "I congratulate Warren Davidson on his victory tonight."
The Club for Growth Political Action Committee that endorsed Davidson also put news release congratulating him.
"With a strong message of economic freedom, Davidson came out ahead of a field of 15 candidates, including some career politicians," said David McIntosh, the group's president.
Democrat Cory Foister, of Fairfield, and Green Party candidate Jim Condit Jr., of Cincinnati, had no primary opponents and will face Davidson in the special and general elections.
The 8th District primary gives voters the rare opportunity to put someone new in Congress. Boehner spent 25 years in Congress before stepping down in the fall in an effort to defuse heated confrontations between tea party-influenced conservatives and his more moderate conservative allies.
The district is so dominated by Republican voters that whichever of Republican candidates wins the primaries has a good chance of ultimately winning the seat.
"I congratulate Warren on his victory and urge my fellow citizens in the 8th District to unify behind his candidacy," Boehner said in a written statement. "My friends, neighbors and former constituents have chosen someone to be on the ballot in June and November who can be counted on to continue the fight for a smaller, less costly, more accountable federal government."
The early front-runners in the GOP race appeared to be Derickson and Beagle because of their name recognition. But Davidson rose to greater prominence in the race after gaining endorsements from the conservative Club for Growth and U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Urbana.
The three candidates were all featured in vigorous television ad campaigns, some paid for by political action committees.
As of March 9 the three, plus Spurlino, had spent close to $560,000 on the campaign. Another $2 million was spent by outside groups to either support or oppose the three front runners. Political science professor John Forren called it "an extraordinary amount of money for a congressional race."
The Defending Main Street super PAC ran ads accusing Davidson of sending jobs to China. Davidson's campaign manager Meredith Griffin-Liedel called the ads "desperate, negative attacks"
Candidates J.D. Winteregg, Scott George and Kevin White signed a joint statement bemoaning the presence of outside money in the race.
Immigration, taxes and gun rights were central themes in the Republican race. As a group, the candidates all said that the economy will improve if taxes and regulations are cut.
The 8th Congressional District covers all of Butler, Clark, Darke, Miami and Preble counties and the southern part of Mercer County.
Tuesday's winners advance to a special June 7 election to fill the remainder of Boehner's current term ending Jan. 3.
Each party will send a candidate to the Nov. 8 General Election to compete for a full two-year term that begins on Jan. 3.
Staff writer Michael D. Pitman contributed to this report.
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By now, you would literally have to be living under a rock not to be aware of the increasing interest in emergency department–initiated medication-assisted therapy (ED MAT). Programs that initiate buprenorphine while patients are still in the emergency department are popping up all over the country and have been featured in The New York Times and elsewhere, but those are still the exception and not the rule.
Mid Coast Hospital is a 94-bed community hospital in Brunswick, Maine. We have a 20-bed emergency department with a three-bed ED behavioral health observation area and see about 30,000 patients annually. We are not dissimilar to any of you in terms of the impact that behavioral health emergencies, substance use, and opioid use disorder (OUD) have had on our department. At the same time that we have seen an increase in demand for substance use treatment, we seem to have experienced a decrease in community and statewide resources downstream of the emergency department.
The Mid Coast Hospital Program
In 2015, the initial D'Onofrio et al study that described ED MAT was published in JAMA. At the urging of one of our physician assistants, who was frustrated with the current state of affairs, we began to meet with our peers from the addiction resource center across town and created guidelines and protocols for ED MAT at Mid Coast Hospital. Blessed with an ED staff willing to take this on and a recovery center willing to grant quick access in follow-up, we created standard pathways so that expectations were predetermined. We provided a short educational session on buprenorphine for our ED providers. We did not require an X-waiver.
We introduced our program in the fall of 2017. It was a slow start, and we did not see very many patients the first few months. Much to everyone's surprise, the floodgates did not open. We did not, in fact, become a substance use treatment center first and an emergency department second. Over time, however, the program took hold. Our early-adopter providers led us through the process, and now even our late adopters have begun to get involved and embrace the program.
Over the first 14 months, we initiated buprenorphine on 35 patients. Most (94 percent) of these patients arrived at their initial intake appointment, and 70 percent remain engaged in therapy at our addiction recovery center at 30 days, while others have been referred to methadone or other residential programs.
These are low-volume but high-risk and high-impact situations. Compare this to stroke. In our emergency department last year, we gave tissue plasminogen activator 15 times. Like many of you who are medical directors in emergency departments, I have spent an amazing amount of time working on systems of care for our stroke patients, with perhaps much more doubtful impact than addiction recovery can have on a life.
One of the first patients enrolled in our program was a young woman in her second trimester of pregnancy, with a 3-year-old child at home, who was using heroin daily. She remains in treatment, delivered her child, and is successfully parenting both children while holding down a job.
Another gentleman was offered the program after an opioid overdose. Like many patients after overdose, he declined treatment. However, a week later, he re-presented to the emergency department, asking for help, largely because he knew of our program.
ED MAT is based on taking advantage of an opportunity to intervene. Every day, we see patients who have either suffered an overdose, experienced a medical complication of their use, or are simply asking for help. The emergency department can extend access to treatment and relief from withdrawal 24 hours a day seven days a week. We should be positioned to seize the opportunity when it presents, as it may not present again. A request for help should be viewed as an emergency medical condition, with the proper stabilization and referral.
Even if patients are not interested in treatment at the time of their ED visit, our program sends the message that the medical system is here to help, which unfortunately is not the message that many of these patients hear in the traditional emergency department. This is a patient population that is extremely sensitive to judgment, stigma, and bias. Sometimes an eye roll or a glance at your watch is all it takes to alienate a patient, steering them from medical care. Patients who leave the emergency department should know that when and if they are ready for treatment, we are ready to assist them.
EM-Specific MAT Waiver Training Offered at LAC19
The Leadership & Advocacy Conference (LAC) is coming up May 5-8 in Washington, D.C., and it's a great chance for emergency physicians to advocate for the profession, engage with members of Congress, and connect with other EM leaders. It's also the first time ACEP is offering EM-specific MAT Waiver Training and the ED Acute Pain Management Bootcamp at the tail end of LAC.
Sign up for the MAT waiver training.
Benefits for Patients and Physicians
Programs like these can be transformative for OUD patient interactions with the health care system, but perhaps more important, they may be transformative for clinicians as well. Most emergency physicians who I know like to be given problems that they can solve. While patients with OUD can sometimes be "difficult," I would argue that much of the stigma and bias surrounding these patients comes from our own frustration with the situation. Programs of this kind provide clinicians with the tools necessary to intervene beyond handing out a phone number.
Too often, physicians are asked to simply work harder or do better. To get physicians to accept and embrace change, we need to create systems that make it easier, rather than harder, to do the right thing. These systems require an emergency department willing to engage and also a recovery center willing to grant access. Partnerships with a local recovery center should be predetermined. Standard protocols for screening, dosing, and referral should be in place so that, in the moment, the ED clinician does not have to create a treatment plan on the fly.
The evidence for MAT is clear. From a harm reduction standpoint, interventions such as Suboxone and Narcan can save lives, even if 100 percent sobriety at 30 days is not achieved. MAT and engagement with treatment give patients a way to interact with the medical system as a partner, rather than an adversary, creating the framework to achieve full recovery.
On a higher level, we need to move past thinking about buprenorphine as "substitution therapy" and instead toward the preferred treatment model for this problem. This is a disease that, by nature, includes relapses, much like smoking and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and carbohydrates and diabetes, and is associated with an extraordinarily high mortality rate.
This will take you more time than simply handing out a phone number. Physicians are being given new tasks to perform during their shifts. However, most emergency physicians will accept the extra time that it takes to screen, administer medications, and make a referral if they believe in the impact.
We have shown at Mid Coast Hospital that you do not need to be in a large urban center to create these programs. In fact, in the under-resourced rural areas of the country, we need the emergency department to participate even more. In the emergency department, we are particularly well positioned to intervene in a way that will change not only your patients' perception of the health care institution but also your providers' engagement with these patients. I hope that you consider starting a program in your emergency department.
Dr. Advani is medical director at Mid Coast Hospital Emergency Department, president of the medical staff at Mid Coast–Parkview Health, and on the board of managers at BlueWater Emergency Partners.


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In this role, you assume full responsibility for the full scope of SC Johnson's commercial interaction with PEL. This ranges from the development and implementation of sales strategy to the management of promotional activities. You will manage the customer relationship on an ongoing basis leveraging all internal and external stakeholders to grow the account.
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Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden
Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden (新宿御苑 Shinjuku Gyoen?) is a large park with an eminent garden in Shinjuku and Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan. It was originally a residence of the Naitō family (Daimyo) in the Edo period. Afterwards, it became a garden under the management of the Imperial Household Agency of Japan. It is now a park under the jurisdiction of the national Ministry of the Environment. The imperial gardens, which were once meant for the royalty, were completed in 1906 and destroyed in 1945, during the later stages of World War II. The jurisdiction over the Imperial Palace Outer Garden and the Kyoto imperial garden was transferred to the Ministry of Health and Welfare (now part of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare) with Shinjuku Imperial Gardens in 1947. On May 21, 1949 the gardens became open to the public as "National Park Shinjuku Imperial Gardens." It came under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of the Environment in January 2001 with the official name "Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden." The gardens, which are 58.3 hectares in area with a circumference of 3.5km, blend three distinct styles: French Formal, English Landscape and Japanese traditional. A traditional Japanese tea house can be found within the gardens. The gardens are a favourite hanami (cherry-blossom viewing) spot, and large crowds can be found in the park during cherry blossom season. With its proximity to Shinjuku ni-chome, Tokyo's best-known gay village, the park is also popular among gay men, and mass hanami parties are organized in the park by local gay bars. The gardens have more than 20,000 trees, including approximately 1,500 cherry trees which bloom from late March (Shidare or Weeping Cherry), to early April (Somei or Tokyo Cherry), and on to late April (Kanzan Cherry). Other trees found here include the majestic Himalayan cedars, which soar above the rest of the trees in the park, tulip trees, cypresses, and plane trees, which were first planted in Japan in the Imperial Gardens. Horticulture work has been going on in the greenhouses in the gardens since 1892. The present greenhouse, built in the 1950s has a stock of over 1,700 tropical and subtropical plant species on permanent display. The gardens have three access gates: Shinjuku Gate, Okido Gate and Sendagaya Gate. Shinjuku Gyoen is open from 9:00 until 16:30. On Mondays the gardens are closed, except during the cherry blossom and chrysanthemum seasons: late March--late April and early November respectively, when the gardens are open seven days a week. The greenhouse, usually open from 11:00 until 15:00 is closed until some time in 2011. The last admission is 16:00. Admission is JPY 200 for adults, JPY 50 for children. The gardens are a short walk from Shinjuku-gyoemmae Station on the Marunouchi Line or Sendagaya Station on the Chūō-Sōbu Line. The garden is on the Fukutoshin Line near Shinjuku-sanchōme Station. From that station the garden is a four-minute walk. Shinjuku Gyoen should not to be confused with Shinjuku Central Park, a small green area located behind the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building in Nishi-Shinjuku. Shinjuku Gyoen official website : http://www.env.go.jp/garden/shinjukugyoen/english/index.html


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NUI Galway and The Royal Irish Academy, in association with the Heyman Center, Columbia University, New York, will host a Judging Shaw Day, featuring a roundtable discussion entitled, 'Shaw, Our Contemporary?' a keynote lecture by Fintan O'Toole and a Judging Shaw Exhibition, on this Monday April 16 at Columbia University.
George Bernard Shaw was the most famous Irishman in the world for much of his life – yet, for many, the prodigious nature and quality of his output is forgotten. As well as being a prolific writer and polymath, he was one of the first global celebrities who carefully created and managed his personal brand of 'GBS'. With his passionate interest in social justice and poverty, in human rights, in public discourse and in entertainment, he was a man with much to say to our times. This event will include discussion with academics, archivists and a publisher who will debate the relevance of Shaw today, on the stage, in the classroom and in print.
Speakers at the roundtable discussion include Catriona Crowe (Chair ), Member of the Royal Irish Academy; Adrian Paterson, Lecturer in English, NUI Galway; Ruth Hegarty,Managing Editor, Royal Irish Academy; Barry Houlihan, Archivist, NUI Galway; Lucy McDiarmid, Professor, Montclair State University; and Keri Walsh, Associate Professor, Fordham University
In the keynote lecture, Fintan O'Toole will explore Shaw's ambivalent relationship with Ireland and Irish nationalism. George Bernard Shaw described Irish nationalist fervour in 1913 as "a burning fire shut up in the bones, a pain, a protest against shame and defeat, a morbid condition which a healthy man must shake off if he is to keep sane". The only cure was national independence. Shaw always remained a paradoxical nationalist, arguing simultaneously that Irish freedom would do no good in itself and that it must be gained in order for the Irish to be able to think about other things. Author of a new book, Judging Shaw, Fintan O'Toole is a columnist and literary editor with The Irish Times and a Leonard L. Milberg lecturer in Irish Letters at Princeton University. He has written books on Irish history, politics, society and culture. He has been awarded the European Press Prize 2017 and the Orwell Prize for Journalism 2017.
The lecture will be followed by a reception to launch the Judging Shaw exhibition co-curated by Ruth Hegarty, Barry Houlihan, Fintan O'Toole and Jeff Wilson. This event is part of the Judging Shaw program to mark the publication of Judging Shaw by Fintan O'Toole, published by the Royal Irish Academy.
The Judging Shaw event will take place in the Butler Library, Columbia University, New York on Monday, 16 April from 4pm to 7.30pm. The Judging Shaw Exhibition will run at the Heyman Center for the Humanities for the month of April.


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One of the things I love about Japan is how they manage to blend the traditional with the modern. Most of Japanese society is, of course, very modern, but they continue to hang on to what came before. One of these things is the kimono.
The great majority of Japanese women venture outside wearing modern, western-style clothing. Still, now and then, one does see someone wearing a kimono. Sometimes it will be a group of women, perhaps all dressed up to attend a special event. Such sightings are not terribly unusual, but it is definitely not too common.
Of course, when I see this, I try to get a decent photo or two if I can. I usually use my little digital camera for this as it has autofocus to help do things quickly and it can capture the colors that my B&W film can't. It has flash, too, for dark or nighttime scenes. The photos you see here were made in Tokyo and Kyoto in the spring of 2005.
Kimonos come in a variety of patterns, from simple solid colors to very ornate designs. I've been told that elaborate wedding kimonos can cost thousands of dollars, but something like that is obviously not seen often on the street.
What I do find to be a bit unusual, as you can see from the photo at the bottom here, is that many (or most) of the mannequins used to display kimonos in stores and windows actually have western features!


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Thai chicken and coconut milk soup
This soup is a wonder for the upcoming winter. It is soothing with the coconut milk but spicy with the chili, heating and soothing just what I need after a day in the cold. The chicken gets poached in the broth so it is tender and full of flavors. I just love this recipe!
For the chili, if you like it super spicy, feel free to add more! Same for the cilantro, if you're a fan just like me, add more. I always add a handful more in my bowl because… it is so good! Slurp away under a big blanket watching Netflix.
Thai chicken and coconut milk soup (serves 4) :
- 400g chicken breasts
- 50cl coconut milk
- 1 liter chicken broth
- 2 shallots
- 1 garlic clove
- 2cm ginger
- 1 small chili
- 1 handful cilantro/coriander
- Salt and pepper
Slice finely the chicken (or cube it if you prefer).
Peel and slice finely the shallots.
Peel and grate the garlic clove and ginger.
Slice the chili. Remove seeds if you want less heat.
In a big pot, add a tablespoon vegetable oil. Heat it and fry the shallots, garlic and ginger for a minute while stirring.
Add the broth, bring to a boil.
Once it starts boiling, add the chicken. Cook for 8 minutes, then add coconut milk.
Taste and add salt if needed. Add a crack of black pepper.
Add the chili and keep cooking on low heat for 3 more minutes.
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Hi, me again.so i watched "tali-ihantala". and i can just recommend it to everyone. its one of the best war movies ive ever seen. thx for the information about this film, a shame i didnt know it before.- real stugs, t-34, t-26- panzerfausts, focke wulf and so on- and badass finns in ambush positionsand you see the interior and combat IN those tanksthe only thing i could say "against" that movie is that i got confused what soldier did what and who is who, but thats just me confusing/ being to stupid to get all those finnish names and i learned a bit finnish: perkele, perkele, perkele!9/10
Currently watching The Bunker - the Evil WithinA nice move so far so good . Will watch it fully later on tonight when ghosts come out to play Watched : American History X8/10Nice movie liked it a lot (excluding the rape , god damn that bitch had his ass owned literally , i mean 6 stitches!) Loved that he finally found out that politics/marking groups is bullshit and you should treat people as individuals and not ethnically/racially/by color . Still wonder what he might have done if the movie continued after his bro's death.A school shootout?
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Today's manicure sort of reminds me of the covers of the Goosebumps books from the '90s.
I used to not really be into the "drip manicure" look – I kinda thought it was weird unless it was done as blood or slime for Halloween. For some reason it's grown on me lately, but I've still only done it for Halloween, ha. I'm pretty pleased with how my drips came out here – I didn't want it to look too cartoony, despite the color scheme, and I think I managed the perfect oozy drip here.
I really love the green/purple color combo for Halloween – it evokes imagery of weird, bubbling concoctions in a mad scientist's lab – and I think it was a great choice for a slime-y look. I've discussed my love of yellow-toned greens before, but ughhhhh Def Defying is so great! I wore it by itself for a day before doing the drips because I didn't want to cover it up once it was on!
In keeping with the '90s Halloween theme, today I'd like to talk about Disney's TV movie Tower of Terror.
If you've never seen this movie as a kid, it'll probably be lame but if you grew up watching it like I did, you'll get a kick out of rewatching it like some friends and I did recently. It's really cheesy and definitely super '90s, but hey, I love cheesy '90s. Anyway, this was a TV movie that Disney made to promote their then-new Tower of Terror attraction, and it stars Steve Guttenberg and Kirsten Dunst, playing uncle and niece, respectively. "Uncle Buzzy" is a disgraced former reporter who now can only get work doing ridiculous stories and photos for tabloid magazines, using his niece Anna to pose as everything from ghosts to Bigfoot. An old woman gets in touch with Buzzy about the mysterious disappearance of five people sixty years ago that caused the closing of the glamourous Hollywood Tower Hotel – their elevator dropped (of course) and they were never seen again. Buzzy and Anna go to fake some photos of ghosts and some weird shit starts happening.
Buzzy and Anna find out the ghosts are real, and they work together with Abigail; Q, a mechanic and heir to the hotel if it should ever be fixed; and Jill, Buzzy's previous editor/lovah, to try and help free the ghosts. As seen in the above .gifs, the effects are hilariously bad and the dialogue/story isn't riveting, but it's a fun throwback that's probably easy to find on YouTube (I'm one of the last people to get discs from Netflix, which is how we watched it).
If you've ever seen Tower of Terror, please tell me in the comments so I know i'm not alone in my cheesy TV movie love! Thanks for reading, and I'll see you next time with another fun Halloween look. – A x


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ELECTRONICA POP HUMAN LEAGUE Usher Hall, Edinburgh, Fri 30 Nov.
Whilst Depeche Mode and New Order's bombastic returns to the fold heralded 2001 as the official 80$ electro-pop revival year, arguably the most iconic group of that era reintroduced themselves as the real masters of the genre. Human League's first album for five years, Secrets, is a truly rare experience. It's the sound of a band unembarrassed by their past, embracing their future and just generally doing what they do. Unlike the relief that Get Ready wasn't completely awful, Secrets' marriage of Don't You Want Me-style modern love songs and Travelogue-era instrumentals irresistibly asserts the League as an essential sound and a lasting inspiration.
Their influence on today's synth-pop (or 'electroclash', as the Americans are calling it) simply cannot be underestimated. Felix da Housecat blatantly steals the immortal intro to 'Sound Of The Crowd' on his track 'Harlot' while a mash-up of TLC's 'No Scrubs' and the early Human League single 'Being Boiled' has become a club favourite and the first official classic of the 'bastard pop' genre. The 1981 album Dare is still the electro-pop benchmark record, its brilliantly manipulated electronics endlessly imitated by everyone from the International Deejay Gigolos posse (Miss Kittin and The Hacker et al) to the UK's DMX Krew and Kitbuilders.
Secrets is a return to the trademark Human League sound, Oakey's insistent burr and outrageously camp wordplay backed up by the untrained yet emotive voices of Joanne Catherall and Susanne Sulley. The analogue sounds are all
back in place, albeit in a somehow digital way, and the over-produced glycerine of 'Human' banished for good. To say it's their best album since Dare is faint praise. Ever since 'Hysteria' failed to capitalise on their initial pop success all of twenty years ago, they seem to have knocked
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on every door to find a way back into the pop epicentre, leaving some truly bad records behind (1986's Crash anyone?), so the fact that in 2001 they are actually valid and making excellent pop music puts the Human League back to the top of the league. (Steven Clark)
Clyde Auditorium, Glasgow, Wed 5 Dec.
The talented Ms Amos brings her unique blend of intensely intricate piano lines and heartbreaking melodies to Glasgow on this mini-tour to promote new collection. Strange Little Girls: a collection of covers of misogynistic songs given a dark twist in the Inimitable Tori Style. Expect adulation aplenty as her in- depth and personal songs
seem to attract the most devoted of followers. and despite being well known for her creative flair and musical genius. it's not too often that we get the chance to Witness her electric live act. The show at the Clyde Auditorium has been preceded by an tiiicharacteristically calm comeback for our very own rock 'n' roll diva with a difference. The calm before the sterm? We await her arrival With baited breath. (Camilla Pia)
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String Jam Club, Galashiels, Sat 1 Nov; Montrose Folk Club, Tue 4 Nov; Edinburgh Folk Club, Wed 5 Nov.
At Edinburgh's Bongo Club. guitarist and Singer Martin Carthy recently played a sterm alongside daughter Liza on fiddle. An astonishineg agile and energetic veteran of 40 years in the folk biz. Carthy senior has been there. done it all. and run out of space for the T—shirts. Paul Simon famously ripped off Carthy's arrangement of Scarborough Fair' and didn't credit him. Dylan took his 'Lord Franklin' tune and did credit him ('Bob Dylan Dream' on the Freew/iee/in' albumi way back when the streets of 605 London were awash With sad guitar-toters. That Carthy has survwed. prospered and continued to churn out albums is in no small way due to the power of his material — based as it is on the huge legaCy of powerfully beautiful traditional songs that survived throughout the British Isles and the English language diaspora — and his refusal to be iudgemental about muSic-making.
'l'm glad that there are always new people coming along doing new stuff. beautiful stuff." says Carthy. 'Some l like listening to. and some I don't enjoy. but it's important to have that diversity.' Even the oft-noted lack of young singers doesn't faze him. 'I once used to harbour a sadness that the younger generation were turning away from singing. but now I don't see it that way. In our day the instrumental skills were generally crap. Now they're amaZing. YOung people love pub sessions. where there's an energy. and the competitive element they go for. Yes. the balance did swing toward the instrumentalist — but I've already noticed it turning back. | dOn't see any reason to be gloomy]
Awarded an MBE a cOuple of years ago for his services to English folk song. Carthy has no intention of hanging up his battered acoustic. While he might only rarely step on stage in the Steeleye Fairport reunions. more often. he's Out there gigging With wife and daughter (and being nominated for Mercury Awards) in Waterson Carthy instead. Lest we forget his seminal 'folk With horns' outfit Brass Monkey which has Just released another fine album. and he still tours the original Brit fiddle- and-guitar duo With Dave Swarbrick.
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BOSTON (CBS) — The American Diabetes Association is encouraging all Americans to find out if they're at risk for developing Type Two diabetes.
Tuesday is national "Diabetes Day."
Dr. Jorge Plutzky, Director of the Vascular Prevention Program at Brigham and Women's Hospital, says simple changes that make a world of difference when it comes to diabetes.
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It's always nice to go to a place which belongs to the category of 'The best in the UK for…'. This time it's, unusually for us, fish and chips!
Anstruther is a nice costal village in the East Neuk of Fife, Scotland, and the the celebrated venue is imaginatively called 'The Anstruther Fish Bar'.
Not only is this the 2009 winner of Yet Another Meaningless Food and Restaurant Competition, but it is also patronised by some of the Great and the Good. This last fact is generally also a poor, sometimes indeed a contrary, indicator of the quality of a venue. So, being in the vicinities, we decided to try for ourselves.
The first challenge for us is getting to grips with the the pronunciation of the word 'Anstruther'. We fail miserably. Let us just say we are happy this is not a radio broadcast 🙂
Once inside, there is the advertised permanent long queue for the takeaway section. It's not TOO long only because it is an indistinct Wednesday night – at weekends you have to stand the best part of an hour, but we jump it anyway because we are Italian and we don't do no queue…, ehm, no, actually because we decide to sit down in the unreconstructed 70's dining area: plastic tables, cheap lighting, Heinz tartare sauce, tattered menues…
The interesting touch is a screen showing images of fishing, a reminder of the harsh conditions fellow men have to endure to bring fish eventually to our table. This puts us in an expectant and respectful mood.
The bread arrives:
uhm, ok, let's not build too much on this…
While we wait, we have time to brush up our knowledge:
We have dressed crab, battered haddock with chips, mushy peas, and coleslaw. We can't be more conservative than that.
We expected the seafood to be very fresh and we were not disappointed. Indeed, the crab was very good. As for the haddock, was it the most flavoursome seafood we've ever had? No, it wasn't. Was it good? Yes it was. And the batter was really excellent, light and airy and fried well and in the right proprtion to the fish. The only real disappointment came from the chips, truly unremarkable. Not much to be said for the peas, either, while the coleslaw was rather good.
The prices are honest, each large course setting you back far less than a tenner, or about 20-30% less if you eat take away. The staff are cheerful and polite. When in the vicinities again (more on this story later…) we will probably be back, also to try their interesting looking ice-cream section. But we are also keen to try their (even cheaper) competitors: we are wondering whether we can really taste a difference between the best fish and chips in these fishing villages along the Fife coast: can it really be the case that their sourcing and their abilities in preparing a batter differ so much?
While mulling over this question, should you feel like a 'latte', cappuccino society has arrived here too…


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This Jalapeño Popper Dipping Sauce features a creamy base of melted cream cheese, cheddar cheese, and tangy sour cream, with sliced jalapeño and banana peppers, and a touch of Parmesan. This Jalapeño Popper Dip is a delicious appetizer for devouring on football weekends! Ready in minutes, and just a few ingredients!
Hey, how was your football weekend? I care about your weekend generally too, but I'm wondering if you had a good football weekend or not? Ours was 50%. My college team won, but our professional team lost. I'm through and through more of a college football person though, so that was the more important game to me!
But you guys know, I'll take any and all football. My nephew actually plays high school football, and we've gone to some games over the last few years. We make a point to attend the sporting events of all the nieces and nephews, whenever we can. They're very active kids – between them, they're involved in basketball, soccer, football, baseball, swimming… and I think I'm even forgetting a few activities.
We get together a lot this time of year to watch football. Whether we're hanging out to tailgate before a game, or we're watching games together at one of our houses, or we're celebrating post-game victories, we always have an array of snacks and food. For this past weekends' football games, I grabbed a Tony's® Pizzeria Style Cheese Pizza and a Tony's® Pizzeria Style Pepperoni Pizza at Walmart.
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There's currently an Ibotta offer for $1 off any 2 Tony's Pizza varieties. Click the link here for the offer if you want to grab a few to stock up. They're so handy to stash in the freezer. There's also an opportunity to win a ton of prizes!
Quick side note to take a look at the freezer aisle at Walmart. Can you believe how barren it is? That's totally not normal. Our grocery stores are still not quite stocked from Hurricane Irma, and I'm thinking there was a serious run on frozen pizza for an easy, post-storm dinner. That's what we made as soon as we had power back! We had to toss everything in our fridge, and one of the first things we picked up was Tony's Pizza so we had them on hand.
I love Tony's Pizza, and this is one of our go-tos. Tony's Pizza provides authentic pizzeria pizza, and they've been serving pizza for over 50 years, so they've got it down pat. They've had a lot of time and experience to perfect a high-quality, great-tasting, pizzeria-style pizza. The crust is crispy and crunchy on the edges, topped with sauce made from real tomatoes, and is smattered with a hefty layer of 100% real mozzarella cheese. It's as delicious as it is authentic, and they offer a lot of toppings and varieties.
You can have a few pizzas ready in under 20 minutes, and you can share them with the family whether you're fueling up for pre-game activities, you're celebrating post-game, or everyone is altogether to watch the game. And while Tony's Pizzas are an awesome meal choice for college and professional football game days, they're also a great choice for family nights and get-togethers for high school football.
We love our town here, and we want to support the local teams too, so we attend games when we can, and we root for our nephew's team! Tony's Pizza is a part of our hometown celebrations. Tony's Pizza started in a small town in Kansas, and they've not forgotten their roots. They take pride in their community too.
I LOVE banana peppers and jalapeños on pizza. They're probably my favorite topping, besides pepperoni. When I was deciding what to serve along with the Tony's Pizzas, I ran with the idea of peppers, and I created this Jalapeño Popper Dip to use as an appetizer alongside the pizza. Not only is it an awesome dip for crackers and chips, but a dollop on a slice of pizza is amazing. This Jalapeño Popper Dip is just like Jalapeño poppers, but in dip form, and it only requires a few ingredients, and about 10 minutes prep time.
Slices of pizza dunked into a spicy, cheesy Jalapeño Popper Dipping Sauce. It features a creamy base of melted cream cheese, cheddar cheese, and tangy sour cream, with sliced jalapeño and banana peppers, and a touch of Parmesan. It was perfect as an appetizer to accompany the pizza, and even more fun to use it as a pizza dip. Ready in minutes, and perfect for devouring on football weekends!
Jalapeño Popper Dipping Sauce
- 2 - 8 oz. packages reduced-fat cream cheese softened
- 1 c. sour cream
- 2 c. shredded cheddar or Mexican blend cheese
- 1/2 c. sliced banana peppers drained
- 1/2 c. sliced jalapeño peppers drained
- 3/4 c. shredded Parmesan cheese divided
- 1/2 c. breadcrumbs or crumbled crackers
- 2 tbsp. melted butter
In a small mixing bowl, beat cream cheese until smooth.
Add sour cream, beating until smooth.
Stir in cheddar cheese, jalapeño peppers, banana peppers, and 1/2 c. Parmesan cheese.
Spoon mixture into a 1-quart baking dish.
In a small bowl, combine remaining Parmesan cheese, breadcrumbs, and melted butter.
Sprinkle evenly over cream cheese mixture.
Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes, or until edges are golden brown.
Serve warm with chips or crackers, and Tony's Pizza.


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Ole, great Mexican flavors come at you the minute you take a bite. It's got great flavor, little to no heat.
Ingredients: Cheddar Cheese [(Pastereurized Milk, Cheese Cultures, Salt, Enzymes) Buttermilk, Whey, Salt], Dehydrated Onion, Degydrated Garlic, Red Pepper, Cilantro, Cumin, and Paprika.
Dipper Mix Directions
Combine the entire contents of a Davis & Davis Dipper Mix with 2 Cups Sour Cream. Mix well and chill for 2-4 hours to allow the flavors to develop.


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30 days to submit Bonner Bridge proposals
The N.C. Department of Transportation is taking advantage of a critical opportunity to save money on the Herbert C. Bonner Bridge Replacement Project in Dare County, which is estimated to cost $300 million.
NCDOT is giving the design-build teams competing for the contract an additional 30 days to submit their bids. The extra time will allow the teams to create proposals that will save more taxpayer money and complete the project sooner.
"In this economic climate, saving precious taxpayer dollars is increasingly critical," said NCDOT Chief Operating Officer Jim Trogdon. "This additional time will give us better proposals and a better overall project for the people who rely on the Bonner Bridge daily."
The department's original deadline for the teams to submit their bids, as well as their technical proposals, was June 2. Both are now due on July 1. NCDOT plans to award the contract by mid-July.
The idea to extend the deadline came from the shortlisted teams bidding on the project. They informed NCDOT that they wanted more time to amend and enhance their proposals to make them more attractive to the state.
The three teams competing for the contract include:
• Oregon Inlet Contractors LLC, JV and Figg Bridge Engineering Inc.
• PCL Civil Constructors Inc. and HDR Engineering Inc. of the Carolinas
• Skanska USA Civil Southeast Inc. and Parsons Transportation Group.
The new Bonner Bridge will be built parallel to the existing bridge.
Information generated by a coastal monitoring program will determine what types of improvements are needed on the remaining stretch of Highway 12 through the Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge and when that work would occur.
DOT was required to wait at least six months after the Dec. 20 Record of Decision on the replacement of the bridge to ask for bids on designing and building the bridge.
Construction will not begin until permits have been obtained from all of the federal and state agencies involved. DOT hopes that construction will start in early 2012 and says that the project will take about 3 1/2 years to complete.
With that timeline, the earliest a new bridge could be completed would be 2015, which is 22 years past the intended useful life of the current bridge, which was completed in 1963.
All state and federal agencies have now signed off on the replacement plan, and federal agencies began meeting in January to begin negotiating permits.
Meetings have involved the state Department of Transportation and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, said Victor Barbour, DOT's technical services administrator.
Currently, he said, the two agencies are working on conditions for a USFWS permit to retain the terminal groin on the northern end of Hatteras Island.
Also underway, he added, is work on transferring land from Fish and Wildlife and the National Park Service to NCDOT for the property where the replacement bridge will land on Hatteras Island.
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It has been an interesting and informative journey for nearly 3 months, now that I have changed my diet, which is really more a lifestyle change. I added another Forks Over Knives documentary today called The Engine 2 'Kitchen Rescue' with Rip Esselstyn, which is available on Netflix. Rip is the son of Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn, surgeon, who "completed one of the most extensive studies on the relationship between the heart and diet–proving that a plant-based diet can reduce and even eliminate heart disease" (source). Currently Rip is employed as a firefighter with the Austin Fire Department.
I was introduced to Rip in Forks Over Knives, as his story was used as an example at the firehouse he works at. The fire fighters at Engine 2 had a peer who's total cholesterol was 344. In a challenge they decided to move to a "plant strong lifestyle." This documentary explores two families who decide to take the challenge and learn about a plant based, whole food diet.
Much like FOK and The McDougall Program, Rip is introduced to the families and prepares them for the change they will experience. The refrigerator and pantry are open and foods that make up the "standard American diet" or SAD are removed. The families are introduced to reading the nutritional facts, as opposed to the label to see what they are eating. A trip to the local market for vegetables and a little education make these families eager to see what flavorful recipes Rip can cook up.
As a "SAD" eater I have experienced what these families were going through, looking for recipes that are filling or "having substance" as my wife calls it, as well as having good flavor, while avoiding those foods, such as meat, dairy and oil that are not healthy. Having cooked for 3 months now my library of recipes continue to grow. Initial it was difficult or found it time consuming to put together a good tasting meal that my wife and 6 year old would enjoy and look forward to eating.
With the help of the families rip put together a daily menu of breakfast, lunch and dinner for both. Needless to say the meals were quick, easy and from the comments of the families very tasty. For example, the Wali Family was introduced to Ann's Panani Sandwich with Hummus, Mushrooms and Spinach while the White couple were introduced to am American favorite, which has been made heart healthy, a vegetarian burger with potatoes cut into fries. Both meals made with plant based, whole foods and introducing both to a "plant strong lifestyle" in the kitchen.
The Engine 2 Diet 'Kitchen Rescue' also has a supporting web site that provides some good introductory recipes that are quick and easy for people wanting to take control of their healthy and eat differently. Rip also authored The Engine 2 Diet: The Texas Firefighter's 28-Day Save-Your-Life Plan that Lowers Cholesterol and Burns Away the Pounds. This book is similar to what Dr. John McDougall outlined in The McDougall Plan. Unlike Dr. McDougall's 12-day program, Rip provides readers with a 28-day plan to better health.
Overall I enjoyed the documentary, which I took as more supporting evidence for a "plant strong lifestyle." It's a bit quicker and easier to follow than Forks Over Knives and doesn't include the numbers, science or studies behind the diet. Rip does a good job of keeping it simple for the family members, while providing them introductory information to what the lifestyle change constitutes. I do have his book on my want list and look forward to reading it. While I am promoting a plant based, whole food diet I won't push others to join me. It's a personal decision and one must make a strong commitment and have the desire to change your lifestyle for the betterment of your health.


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Every business, company and organization needs to innovate. Whether you are in a non-profit or government organization, the truth is that every business model ultimately becomes redundant without innovation.
The world is constantly changing and conditions are always shifting. Innovation is the key to stay relevant to the current reality.
Perhaps you are aiming for stability in your company but if you are not ready for disruption, you will become irrelevant with your products.
Managers are usually not responsible for innovation. They are in charge of operations. Their focus is hiring employees who will optimize the processes and deliver high productivity with minimal errors.
In other words, managers are aiming to keep things running efficiently and smoothly.
Innovation Through Experiments
However, there is a trade-off between optimization and innovation. The best managers realize the importance of experimentation. They encourage their teams to try new things even if they might fail.
Efficiency requires standard processes that are predictable and controlled.
Experimentation on the other hand requires risk and acceptance of failure. Processes are not always going to give predictable results but they will always offer solutions. These solutions drive the vision of the company forward.
How do businesses aim for innovation while ensuring that optimization is not affected?
One way is to create a separate entity within the company that is encouraged to experiment. The new ideas might fail but they produce tested concepts that create the future of the business.
A traditional company with set processes will benefit from adopting a part of the start up culture. If a project is likely to fail, managers are encouraged to quickly change course.
The world is changing and business environments are becoming increasingly volatile and complex. In such environments, companies need to be more agile and also encourage a culture of constant innovation.
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Standing on the shores of the Dead Sea last Sunday evening for the opening event of the 2015 Feast of Tabernacles, it was inspiring to witness the most diverse annual assembly of Christians anywhere in the world.
Over 4,500 pilgrims from nearly half the world's nations assembled in colorful national array for a desert meal at the Ein Gedi oasis and then a dynamic worship experience to launch the annual Sukkot gathering of the International Christian Embassy Jerusalem.
But for a film crew with a mainstream news channel, the same scene was not making much sense. Earlier in the day, members of the crew had visited the Church of Holy Sepulchre in the Old City of Jerusalem, the first morning of their first trip to Israel. It was so quiet and somber there, but this was so loud and joyous. It was dark there and filled with tension, but color and light filled the desert.
The film crew took in the International Christian Embassy Jerusalem's (ICEJ) Feast of Tabernacles celebration through the eyes of secular people with little understanding of today's evangelical Christianity. Thousands of Christians from dozens of countries across the globe thronged before them, singing, dancing and worshipping Jesus. There were no ethnic or cultural barriers. No inhibitions.
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Yet, their questions were intriguing. Who brings all this together? How do you keep everyone on the same page?
"We don't!" came the simple, yet honest response. "We simply invite them to come and each year for 36 years, they've come!"
Suddenly, the music swelled again as the worship team led the gathering in a contemporary version of a very ancient creed: "We believe in the crucifixion; we believe in the virgin birth; we believe in the resurrection, and that He is coming back to earth!"
What holds all these people together, the camera team asked again? And as they did, the question was being answered before our eyes:
"We believe!"
There were many tribes, many tongues and many nations. One Lord. One God. One Bible. One Creed. And, there was a shared love for Israel and the Jewish people.
This is how the 36th annual Christian Celebration of the Feast of Tabernacles began, with one simple declaration that in Jesus we all become one. In His presence, all barriers of ethnicity fade away.
As the evening ended and the crowds streamed to the buses that would take them up the steep, mountainous climb to Jerusalem, the worship team kept singing: "Make me a house of prayer." These were the same words that Jesus cried out upon his final, triumphant entry to Jerusalem: "For my house will be called a house of prayer for all nations," (Isaiah 56:7).
The first night in En Gedi, thousands glimpsed just that: The gathering of the nations together in Christ, with one purpose and in one accord. A few in the crowd just stood there on the outside looking in. But no one left untouched by the sight. And even the most ardent skeptic was struck by the simple declaration that has brought us all together: We believe!
The ICEJ's Feast gathering has now moved up to Jerusalem for the rest of the week of Sukkot, with the diverse array of Christian pilgrims partaking in communion together in the Garden Tomb on Monday morning, ahead of the Opening Gala in the city's massive new Arena on Monday evening.
Over the coming days, the Christian visitors will be welcomed by Israeli President Reuven Rivlin, hear messages by prominent Christian speakers, and then march through the streets of Jerusalem to express their love and support for Israel.
And, they will keep singing and lifting worship to the God who has united them as one people.
To keep up with the Feast 2015, follow the live streaming at feast.icej.org.
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COLE was retained by York Region to conduct Phase Two Environmental Site Assessments for two (2) properties located at the northeast corner of the intersection of Yonge Street and Major Mackenzie Drive East in Richmond Hill, Ontario (30 Major Mackenzie Drive East and 10015 Yonge Street). This work was conducted to identify and characterize potential environmental concerns pertaining to the Site for due diligence purposes prior to development of the Site for roadway expansion.
The purpose of the study was to investigate the potential for on-site contamination related to areas of potential environmental concern (APECs) identified in the Phase One ESA for the Site, conducted in July 2016. APECs were related to adjacent automobile and tire repair shops and nearby historical service stations.
Based on the recommendations provided in the Phase One ESA, a Phase Two ESA was conducted on the Site. This included the drilling of boreholes, installation of monitoring wells and collection of soil and groundwater samples in areas deemed most likely to be impacted by potentially contaminating activities (PCAs). The analytical program targeted contaminants of concern as identified in the Phase One ESA. It was discovered that exceedances of the applicable site condition standards were identified in soil and groundwater. It was determined that the level of environmental risk associated with the Site was deemed to be low. It was recommended that any surplus soils generated on the Site during any future works should be properly managed and disposed of by contractors.


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