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May 30, 2018 | Cbonds
|The Ukrainian Finance Ministry sold EUR-denominated local Eurobonds maturing in 18 months for EUR 64.6 mln at its weekly bond auction held on May 29. MinFin also placed 6M and 5Y UAH-denominated bonds for UAH 31.6 mln and UAH 30.0 mln respectively, bringing total auction receipts to UAH 2.0 bln (in equivalent).
The government did not satisfy one bid for 9M, two bids for 1Y and two bids for 2Y UAH-denominated bonds as bidders wanted interest rates higher than in previous auctions. Two out of four bids for 6M bonds were accepted with a weighted average interest rate of 17.23% (vs. 17.20% on May 20). Meanwhile, 5Y bonds were sold to two auction participants at 16.00% (vs. 15.97% on April 24), while one bid at 16.40% was left unsatisfied.
The interest rate for EUR-denominated bonds inched up to 4.07% from 4.00% during the last placement a month ago.
Evgeniya Akhtyrko: Like last week, MinFin auctioned FCY-denominated bonds although they were not in the initial schedule for 2Q18. This should help to compensate an expected plunge in gross reserves during the month.
So far, the bidders who tried to hike interest rates didn't succeed. This means that the government is not that hungry for hryvnia resources to cover the budget deficit at the moment.
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Ziv Wities
Ziv Wities is a cheerful young gentlemen who enjoys criticizing others for fun and profit, and affecting a British accent for no good reason.
Ziv has previously participated in the Navi Commission Lexicon (Hebrew, secret history in Israel) and in the For Want of a Nail Lexicon (English, alternate histories); he also ran the Togel Lexicon as a contest for the Israeli Role-Playing Society.
Ziv will be playing the role of Omenscribe Theresa.
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Free Art Friday is an art scavenger hunt that happens all over the world. Participants make art and place it around town for others to find and take home. I started the Atlanta chapter back in 2010 and have recently relocated to Portland, Oregon.
Our goal is to encourage creativity, community building and sharing by getting people out of their cars and out walking and biking to explore their neighborhoods and local businesses while making and taking art. This project should be a stress free environment for people of all levels of artistic skill to make and show art without the trappings of the art world and free of crass commercialism.
Be a MAKER and a TAKER! Twice the fun!
Here is the basic info: Make art! Take art! #FAFPDX
• Make art. Artists of all mediums, ages and skill levels are encouraged to participate!
• The art should be weatherproof. It's going to be outside.
• No web address or company logos on the front of the art.
• Put your contact info, Twitter etc on the back so people can let you know they found the piece.
• Hang your art around town for people to find. Local businesses are a great place to hide your art as it encourages people to Support Local!
• Be respectful, family friendly and fun!
• Post a photo and clues to the location of the art on Twitter or Instagram and include the hashtag #FAFPDX. People will be able to search that tag and follow along for clues.
• When out hunting for art please remember that this is for everyone. Don't be greedy!
• If you already have a piece from a particular artist, leave it for someone else to find.
• When you find a piece, give the artist a high five over Twitter. Include the tag #FAFPDX so others know the piece has been found.
• We really encourage you to be Makers as well as Takers!
Here are a few of my favorite examples from Free Art Friday Atlanta! Take a look at the hashtag #FAFATL to see more examples.
Clunky Robot , Street Undies , Flounder and Ars Gratis .


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So many lyrics in this song fit Garrick perfect: He thinks he has a demon inside and you can see it when you look in his eyes (which are black whether he is human or a wolf).
Ilmarinen Playlist: Garrick's Song
Garrick's song is Demons by Imagine Dragons. He carries a dark secret and is a very cold man because of it. That doesn't mean he doesn't care for others, he just sucks at showing it.
So many lyrics in this song fit Garrick perfect: He thinks he has a demon inside and you can see it when you look in his eyes (which are black whether he is human or a wolf).
Past Songs:
Altana's Song: Saving Grace by ATB feat. Aruna
Ilmarinen Playlist: Altana's Song
Like many writers, I use music to help me. Over the years it has taken me to write the Ilmarinen series and finally see it published, I have listened to enough music to fill the doors in Valhalla (You'll understand that comment when you get to the last book of series).
I figured I would share with you all the songs that stood out for me while writing this story. First up is Altana's song: My Saving Grace by ATB feat. Aruna
Ilmarinen Book Trailer
I put together a book trailer for Ilmarinen. It is a beginner effort, but I like it enough. Every scene in the trailer represents a scene in the book. When you read it, you'll recognize them:
Walking through the barley: Walking through the fields with Shiras
Daffodil in the breeze: Daffodils are called Lovers Token's in Ilmarinen
Down the river: Crossing the river on the ferry
Sun through the trees: Forests are a huge part of Ilmarinen and Ilmarinen is also a giant tree
Lapis lazuli: Altana's bow is adorned with a lapis
Beach: Shiras and Altana end up on a beach
Boat on the water: Shiras and Altana cross the sea on a tiny boat
The Ilmarinen trailer is below! Enjoy! :D
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Writer Marilla Mulwane will post on this blog random, useless, sometimes funny, things about nothing important at all until she's popular enough to write about writing without sounding stupid.
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The 'Lost Hoops' photographic series by Adrian Skenderovic features different abandoned basketball courts. The street artist skillfully captures the juxtaposed urban neglect within jungle settings.These lonely hoops from his various travels are beautifully shot. Despite being in sunny and bright environments, the abandoned and decrepit feel still comes through.
One might be more accustomed to seeing an abandoned basketball court in an inner city area, so the green leafy foliage is an unexpected backdrop. In some shots the hoops have clearly been left unused for some time. In others perhaps they're only made out of found materials. Most feature rusting rims and chipped wood backdrops.
While Skenderovic's intentions and inspirations for this collection are unclear, this work makes him a street artist worth watching out for.
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Villa for 20 people
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with two large apartments
Villa Maddalena Sanremo was born out of passion and experience that the owners have for traveling, sports, and the wonderful Ligurian land.
This big Villa surrounded by a large English lawn which stretches out to the sea offers quality amenities, and fine attention to detail, the owners are more than happy to share all of this with their guests. It offers an unforgettable panorama with a 180° view of the horizon and the Gulf of Sanremo and its' turquoise sea..
Great thought and attention has been given by the owners for the security of its guests, keeping in mind even the unthinkable: the whole building was projected and built with modern anti-seismic technology, plus the absence of gas for cooking and heating has eliminated the risk of explosions or fires.
Villa Maddalena is totally self sufficient for energy and has zero impact on the environment. The production of energy and heating comes from its' photo-voltaic plant. The water that is used for the swimming pool, and for watering the garden comes from their private spring.
The entire property is non smoking be it inside the villa or outdoors, it is suitable for children even very young children.
At Villa Maddalena every detail was imagined for the serenity of its' guests designed to make every moment of your stay unforgettable.
The entrance to Villa Maddalena Sanremo is 2.4km. from the highway exit "Sanremo Ovest" located directly on the main street that brings you into the city center. Therefor it is only three minutes away from the highway entrance. Villa Maddalena is 1.8km. from the sea and 2.5km from Sanremos', city center the most famous city on the western side of the Ligurian Riviera.
A large and spacious private parking area on the property is always at our guests disposition.
There is a deli that is located about 1km. from the villa, and 2 km away there bars, a bakery, banks, pharmacies, and two big supermarkets opened all year round till 10pm., and one is even opened 24 hours a day.
The garden is totally level and it's facing south so there is sun from dawn to dusk.
From the garden there is a spectacular sea view, and also a view of Sanremo, the city of flowers and home to the festival of Italian songs.
Every apartment has a big lawn furnished with sunbeds, sun umbrellas, table and chairs, to live outdoor life comfortably. It also has a barbecue to grill local fish and meats on .
The swimming pool is safe for children! There you can enjoy fresh air and relax taking in a breathtaking sea view.
This Villa can be rented exclusively, or the two apartments can be rented separately, but you will have to share the swimming pool.
Internet is free, Wi-Fi is available in every room, and in all the common areas be it inside or outside Villa Maddalena Sanremo.
At your disposition there is a laundry room equipped with washing machine, sink, iron, and ironing board and clothes line.
Sanremo is the finish line of the well known bicycle path, Milano – Sanremo.
Near here there is the "Cycling Riviera", the most beautiful bicycle path of Europe that runs along the coast. You can visit MonteCarlo 25 km away and other towns along the "Costa Azzurra".
Wine and olive oil tastings can be organized upon request, and you can also visit a nearby olive press or vineyards that produce white or red wines.
You can also have a dinner prepared by our personal Chef (paid separately) who can also give Italian cooking lessons if requested.
Our staff would be more than happy to recommend local tourist excursions like MonteCarlo, Cannes, Provence, Langhe, Marine-land water park, The Aquarium of Genoa, or small inland towns.
They can also organize boat trips allowing you to admire the panorama from the sea, from Mentone to MonteCarlo and the "Costa Azzurra"
Villa Maddalena Sanremo has two apartments ("Royal" and "Garden") they can be rented separately or exclusively for a group of people, totaling 20, maybe to spend with family or friends.
Villa Maddalena is a non-smoking property indoors and outdoors.
up to ten people
This apartment has two levels approximately 200 mq indoor, it also has a splendid panoramic sea-view terrace 60mq and a large flat ground outdoor space with lawn, and eating space with a Barbecue with an oven.
The indoor furnishings are classic chic style, with antique furniture handed down from generation to generation.
All the rooms have high quality Italian linens, and prestigious fabrics.
The living area has a large kitchen, dining room, and ample size living room.
The kitchen is fully furnished including a traditional oven, microwave, dishwasher, ample refrigerator/ freezer, Italian coffee machine, and tea kettle, table and chairs for 10 people.
There are five bedrooms and three bathrooms.
There is one bedroom on the first floor with it's own bathroom with shower, and this room has direct access to a private garden.
On the Second floor there are:
1 bedroom with a double bed
1 bedroom with twin beds, closet, and private panoramic terrace.
1 bathroom with shower
a second completely independent bedroom area has:
1 Adjoining Bedroom, one room with a double bed and one room with twin beds, sea-view terrace 20mq, and private bathroom with a shower and whirlpool.
The Royal apartment has in total 10 beds, 6 double beds, and 4 twin beds.
The apartment has air conditioning, which can be independently controlled.
up to ten people maximum
This sea-view, lawn facing, one level, ground floor apartment is near the swimming pool. It's size is 120mq.
It has an ample sized kitchen living area, with a traditional oven, microwave, dishwasher, ample refrigerator/freezer, tea kettle, Italian coffee machine, table and chairs.
Two bedrooms:
1 bedroom with a double bed
1 bedroom with twin beds, (that can be put together)
1 good sized bathroom with bathtub and shower
Kitchen + living room – in the living room there is a sofa that can become a bed for two
a second completely independent bedroom area has:
1 bedroom, one room with a double bed
1 bedroom room with twin beds
1 bathroom with a nice size shower
The furnishings are "Ligure-Provenzale" style, and the blue tones inspired by the sky and sea make you feel like your vacationing outdoors.
The Italian, high quality, personalized curtains, and bed-linens are there for your enjoyment.
The "Garden" apartment can sleep up to ten people, four people in double beds, four people in twin beds, two in a sofa bed double.
Cribs and High chairs are available
One of the most renown touristic place in Italy
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Apartment extras that must be paid on the spot
for ROYAL:
50 euro (weekly stay) for bed and bath linens
100 euro (weekly stay) for consumption
150 euro for cleaning
for GARDEN:
50 euro (weekly stay) for bed and bath linens
100 euro (weekly stay) for consumption
150 euro for cleaning
or for the WHOLE VILLA:
100 euro (weekly stay) for bed and bath linens
200 euro (weekly stay) for consumption
300 euro for cleaning
this deposit will be returned at the end of the lease after the condition of the apartment and furnishings has been checked.
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Q. Why do I feel so sad and empty today. What is going on?
A. Think about the energy of the home that you are sitting in right now. You are picking up the residual pain and sadness of the recent loss that occurred. This is something that you do, tune into the energy of the places that you are in. That is why some stores are so hard for you to be in as well.
Everyone picks up energy in the places they go into. Some people feel this more than others depending on how you are "wired" so to speak. Some of you are just more sensitive to energy as this is how you tune into information – by feeling the energy around you
This can be a challenge as it is hard for you to determine what is your own feelings and what are the feelings of the energy that you are perceiving at the time. Most of what you are feeling today is the energy of the place you are in and not your own situation.
It is important that you learn to distinguish what is yours and what is not yours and there are several ways that you can do this.
One is to change locations. If you feel sad in one location, go somewhere else, like out into nature. Then pay attention to how you feel. Does the feeling change? And give yourself some time before you make this determination for it can take a while for the energy to shift in you , but most often about 10 minutes as you know time will do.
If you find yourself starting to feel better, you can be fairly certain that it is the energy of the place that you have been feeling, not what is going on inside of yourself that is causing you to feel this way.
Another thing you can do is to say a prayer of protection, to surround yourself in the love and light of source in whatever way you prefer to do. Just bring in the light of source and surround yourself with this energy and see how you begin to feel. Again, giving yourself some time for the shift to occur.
For some of you, the energy shifts will be instantaneous, but most often there is a time delay as the energy you have picked up moves out from your system of sensing.
Another way that you can determine the source of the feeling is to tune into your intuition. That higher part of your being can tell you what is going on as well. You just need to ask, "Is this mine?" and you can determine if this is your feeling being generated by you or if you are tuning into the energy around you.
Having this ability to tune into the energy fields in a location is a gift, but unless you learn to determine what is your own feeling and what is the feeling from the location, it can be a challenge to have this gift. The exercises I have explained are helpful to learn to distinguish the source of your feeling.
And the upside to this gift is when you go into a holy place or are in the presence of someone with a high level of light energy that emanates into a room. Not only do you have the ability to tune into the uncomfortable feelings in the location, but you also tune into the light energy of locations. This is the gift, feeling the energy of source that is uplifting and feels so good to be with.
This ability is one way to gather information about people and places, by feeling the energy. Once you can distinguish what is not yours, you can use this information to know what is happening energetically. This can be most helpful to distinguish the best locations and people to be with to feel uplifted.
This also helps you to know if someone is distressed and in need of loving support for you can feel this need in their location for the energy of pain and sorrow does accumulate in the locations where people experience these feelings.
You all have this ability built in as part of your sensory system. For some of you this is more well developed. You can easily learn to use this gift to your advantage for it is a form of communication that you can use to gather information to help you in your work and life.
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Wednesday Dec 10, 2014
An dramatic 89th minute strike by Dan Bradley (pictured) earned Alfreton Town all three points at home to Eastleigh on Wednesday night.
With latest loan signing, goalkeeper George Willis making his debut after joining from Sheffield United, the Reds led three times before finally claiming the points with a terrific run and strike by Bradley who picked the perfect moment to register his first goal of the season with a 25 yard strike into the top corner proving ultimately decisive.
Defender Cliff Byrne also netted his first goal since joining the club, his close range shot putting Alfreton ahead after just seven minutes.
Eastleigh levelled when Jai Reason's shot was deflected in on 25 minutes.
The Reds regained the lead on 78 minutes when Dan Bradley set up Karl Hawley but the visitors responded again two minutes later when Craig McAllister steered home a Ben Strevens cross.
With time running out, Dan Bradley then cut inside and struck home a superb shot to ensure three priceless points for the Reds.
The result moved Alfreton up one place to 21st and Nicky Law's side are now just one point away from safety after securing a second successive victory.
Dave Pursglove's match picture album here
Results for Wednesday, December 10thAldershot Town 0, Macclesfield Town 1ALFRETON TOWN 3, Eastleigh 2Gateshead 1, Southport 1Table
Alfreton take a break from their league campaign on Saturday when they travel to Lincoln City to contest an FA Trophy first round tie which kicks-off at 3pm at Sincil Bank.TransportATFC Supporters' Association transport for the Trophy game at Lincoln City departs at 10.15am and seats can be booked by contacting Mark Thorpe on 07857 558401.
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Earlier this week we reported that Surf Snowdonia will open it's doors and public surf lagoon on the 1st August and now we can reveal just how those 20 second waves will be created. Using similar technology to that used in snowploughs and ski lifts, a wavefoil will be pulled along a central underwater track, chucking up a barrelling wave either side of the foil.
The wave generated is shaped by the contours of the lagoon and will peel for up to 150 metres along the lake. The computer-operated wavefoil (shaped much like a snowplough) will be dragged back and forth by a gearless ropeway drive system which, for safety is covered by steel mesh. Experienced and intermediate surfers can look forward to catching around 18 waves per hour, whilst surfers in the beginner bay section will potentially get to paddle for 27 waves per hour.
The diagram above gives a detailed breakdown of the layout at Surf Snowdonia and as well as the Wavegarden Lagoon, also shows the various buildings, surf pods and main hub building housing the retail and food area. Either end of the lake will be known as East and West Bay and the waves either side of the central pier are to be called the North and South wave.
The machinery needed to create the UK's first manmade inland wave is now in place and we expect filling of the lagoon and testing of the equipment to get underway within the next couple of weeks. Incidentally the lake will be filled with rainwater from the local Welsh mountains, which will pass through a hydroelectric plant on it's way to the facility in Dolgarrog and will also mean the water onsite will be chlorine and salt free.
We can't believe that after only 13 months of construction, Surf Snowdonia becoming a reality is only weeks away and look forward to visiting the site to see the wave foil in action. Full details on opening times, session prices and other news can be seen at the official Surf Snowdonia website. Let us know what you think of the snowplough technology being used to generate the waves inland in Wales?


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"SENAC cannot support the implementation of this draft policy for a number of reasons and as a consequence we disagree with each point in the pro forma response.
Our main concerns are:
Home educating families are very concerned at the apparent disregard for the law, and for the legal rights of children in the responses by the Northern Ireland Commissioner for Children and Youth, and the Children's Law Centre.
Both state that the Board's have a duty to 'ensure' education under Schedule 13, in fact the word 'ensure' does not appear in any part of the relevant legislation and Schedule 13 creates no duty to act except if a concern arrises. The duty to provide an education is created by Section 45 and belongs to the parent, the Boards are not mentioned at all.
Further, the relevant legislation creates no powers or duties relating to welfare. If the Boards wish to annex powers and duties properly belonging to social services then they will need primary legislation to do so, a treaty unincorporated into law cannot create these powers.
We strongly suggest that the Boards and the charities set up to protect children's rights read the relevant legislation, and carefully consider whether the safety of all children is promoted by confusing education with welfare, by allowing the Boards to step outside the law and by arbitrarily labeling a group of families as a welfare risk, simply because they excercise a legally sanctioned educational choice.
Anne Rix, Chair of Education Otherwise Assocation, submitted their reponse to the consultation:
"We ask ELBs to consider the nature of their relationships with families carefully throughout the policy. Engagement between Boards and home educating families is and should be based on trust and mutual respect. The development of policies which undermine these principles will set the Boards at odds with home educators from day one. As a consequence, the legality of the policies will inevitably be challenged in court, resulting in an instant breakdown of relationships at a practical level.
It is worthwhile highlighting at this juncture that there is a significant and growing body of legal opinion that contends that policies such as these comprehensively and demonstrably breach the existing legal framework throughout the UK. EO firmly agrees with this opinion and hereby requests visibility of the Boards' own legal advice so that we may address the issue directly
The ELBs appear to be seeking covertly to avoid pursuing primary legislation and a national consultation by running local consultations without the rigour and review of an established process."
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"Since 2006 I have been a research associate of the Institute of Education, University of London specialising in home education practices and philosophy. Research undertaken by myself and in collaboration with Dr Alan Thomas, Visiting Fellow of the Institute of Education, has encompassed a number of European countries (including the UK and Ireland) as well as Australia, USA, New Zealand and Canada. I hold a PhD from the University of Birmingham in alternative education and literacy.
"If implemented, it would violate international law and hte fundamental human rights of the parents and their children. The proposed policy grants unreasonable access into the home, violating hte right of privacy guaranteed in the Convention and other European treaties. The policy interferes with families by permitting unnecessary and invasive questioning of children by government agents. The policy would implement an lengthy and bureacratic process of approval and curriculum review. The policy would implement a tracking system database program that would also violate the fundamental right to privacy of families and children. The proposed annual monitoring is unnecessarily invasive."
Fiona Nicholson, Ed Yourself, has submitted a response to the consultation.
"The law is quite straightforward and I can't understand why the draft policy makes such a half-hearted attempt at explaining it. Children have a right to be home educated, including where the child has a statement of SEN. It is parents who are responsible for their child's education, not the board, and it is parents - not the board - who are responsible for the outcome. Schools must delete the child's name from the register following notification from parents. The duty of the board is reactive not proactive, ie the law provides for the board to step in if and only if it appears that parents are failing in their duty. Any welfare or safeguarding concerns should be referred to the appropriate agencies for follow-up.
The draft policy has cut and pasted various gobbets of law which purport to justify the process set out in the document, including the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child,xxii the 1986 Education and Libraries Orderxxiii and the Children Order 1995xxiv. It is hard to single out the most striking error, but nowhere does the law say that boards have a statutory duty to ensure that all children in their area are receiving efficient full time education. Furthermore, it is astounding that anyone could believe the UNCRCxxv offers any justification whatsoever for the board's monitoring home education or interviewing home educated children."
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An excellent submission from the Family Education Trust
A short quote, the full text can be found in the pdf below:
"The principle of not requiring any intervention on the part of the authorities except 'where it appears' to a local authority that parents are failing to fulfil their responsibilities is not a legal loophole as some have characterised it, but a provision that conforms to three key principles at the heart of UK and European law:
• the responsibility of parents for their children's education (The Education and Libraries (NI) Order 1986, Article 45),
• respect for parental wishes and parental religious and philosophical convictions (The Education and Libraries (NI) Order 1986, Article 44; European Convention on Human Rights, Article 2, Protocol 1), and
• the right to a private and family life (European Convention on Human Rights, Article 8)."
Comments from the Educational Freedom response.
"The ELB draft policy on EHE does not fit with existing law, it is ultra vires.
The interpretation of the almost identical law that exists in England and Wales has been altered to suit what the draft policy seeks to achieve. It appears that the policy is attempting to set down rules and regulations without going through (due) parliamentary process. It selects parts of law that supports its aim and ignores other parts that disagree:
"An effective home education policy should foster co-operation between the education authorities and home educating families, supporting them to provide an excellent education for their children. HEdNI believes that such a relationship is possible but only if built on the firm foundations of an accurate view of the legal powers and duties of the Boards, a flexible and responsive system to support such a policy, and an acknowledgement of the parent as prime advocate for their children.
This draft policy cannot legally be enforced, and to attempt to implement it would encourage the intimidation and bullying of new or otherwise vulnerable home educating families. "
The full document is linked at the bottom, and may be edited before final submission, other responses can be found here.


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I think its my duty to encourage such honest people. Hats off ! Salutes and really proud as Amdavadi to meet such down to earth people.


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The 10th anniversary of Ray's passing is almost upon us. On that day, I'll be posting a few anecdotes and recollections of the great man from those lucky enough to have known him.


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These pages contain our 25th annual sugarbeet crop summary. All current North American sugarbeet production regions are represented in the reports included here.
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Amalgamated Sugar Company
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March 2018


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DescriptionOnce upon a time, the people of Holm lived happily and peacefully, protected by a powerful talisman. But one day, their land was attacked, and the talisman stolen. A brave warrior went out to investigate the talisman's disappearance, but returned mortally wounded. Before he died, he told his three sons that the talisman was stolen by the evil Necromancer, and must be retrieved at all costs...
The Faery Tale Adventure is a role-playing game in which the player can assume control of any of the three brothers - Julian, Philip, or Kevin. Each of the three has his own strengths: Julian is the archetypal melee fighter, Philip has high luck and intelligence, while Kevin is known for his kindness. Should the player fail while controlling one of the brothers, the next one will replace him. Each brother will be revived a few times when vanquished by an enemy, until his luck runs out, at which point he will die permanently.
Much of the gameplay is dedicated to exploring the large world, interacting with non-playable characters and building up the brothers' combat abilities by participating in battles. The fastest-growing parameter is bravery, which is comparable to experience points and strength combined. Each defeated enemy yields bravery points; as it grows, so does the hero's vitality (maximum hit points), albeit at a slower rate. Combat system is rather simple and is done in action style, with the player pressing a key or a mouse button while navigating the protagonist towards or away from the enemy. Predating Ultima V, the game has a day and night cycle, and the main character has to eat and rest.
The Faery Tale Adventure is notable for having a very vast world, usually considered the largest ever created for a video game at the time of its release. Players can explore approximately 17,000 screens of terrain. The world is also interconnected, i.e. there are no transitions between different types of areas. Items can be dropped by enemies as well as found anywhere in the game's world. There is also NPC interaction and quests the protagonist can undertake.
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lead:ology - Leaders vs Managers: A False Dichotomy
The 1989 leadership classic On Becoming a Leader contains what has become one of the most discussed and frequently misunderstood concepts in leadership literature. I'm referring to, of course, Warren Bennis' insightful list of twelve differences between leaders and managers. Before we begin, let me reproduce the list:
We are inclined by our own nature and encouraged by our educational system to favor management. We are content reproducing what we already know—or think we know. We have learned from the neurosciences that the mind is wired for efficiency and is most comfortable reproducing a limited range of responses to help us to better manage and make sense of our world. Management would seem to be our biological default as we tend toward the status quo—to equilibrium—and often for very life-sustaining reasons. But we need leadership to move us out of our comfort zone and grow to new possibilities. It is in the tension between the two—management and leadership—that we can be effective and relevant. Different roles, different results. Thus, both of these roles are needed not only on a personal level but also on a larger organizational level if we are to function efficiently and grow.
Management is based on the response to the questions we had yesterday. Today, some of those responses are still valid, many are not. Leadership is needed to address the questions of today and bring us to a different place. This is especially true in times of great change. As noted in Presence:
"Our actions are most likely to revert to what is habitual when we are in a state of fear or anxiety…. Even as conditions in the world change dramatically, most businesses, governments, schools, and other large organizations, driven by fear, continue to take the same kinds of institutional actions that they always have…. At best, we get better at what we have always done. We remain secure in the concern of our own worldview, isolated from the larger world."Debates about which role is better, misses the point. The list isn't about labels. It's about different roles that produce different results. By creating a leader-manager distinction, by pulling them apart, we get a better sense of how they fit together. John Kotter makes this clear in What Leaders Really Do:
The point here is not that leadership is good and management is bad. They are simply different and serve different purposes. The fundamental purpose of management is to keep the current system functioning. The fundamental purpose of leadership is to produce useful change, especially non-incremental change. It is possible to have too much or too little of either. Strong leadership with no management risks chaos; the organization might walk right off a cliff. Strong management with no leadership tends to entrench an organization in deadly bureaucracy.Management gives leadership a foundation to work from. Leadership keeps us growing and relevant. If a leader can not manage what they have created, then their leadership is not effective and serves no end.
I asked Warren Bennis about his thoughts concerning the Leader-Manager distinction twenty years after they were first put into print:
Unfortunately and unintentionally, my '89 book, On Becoming a Leader doesn't emphasize the role of and the need for effective managers. I thought then and still think that the distinction is a valid one. At the time I wrote about the differences, I believed that most organizations were under-led and over-managed. I still believe that's true of many of today's organizations. So while I still believe that distinction is still important, what I should have made much, much clearer is that both are important and sometimes those qualities are embodied in many exemplary leaders and, to repeat myself, both are important. If I had made that clearer and added that it's ridiculous to get polarized on the horns of a false dichotomy, I think a lot of folks would have welcomed that distinction. The best leaders I know are both leaders and managers.Warren Bennis' list of distinctions helps us to understand that as leaders, we can get so busy serving the system that we actually create barriers to leadership. We can easily fall into the trap of leading only to manage what we have created. Leadership is about continually asking the right, challenging questions. It is about renewal. Curiously, we manage better when we chose to lead.
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King County seeks budget advice in online survey
by Matt Rosenberg September 29th, 2011
King County Executive Dow Constantine has unveiled his $5.3 billion proposed 2012 budget for the county, and highlighted a range of efficiencies he said his administration had achieved. The county council will review, possibly amend, and adopt the budget by November 21. There's a way to have your say on the budget. If you live, work or go to school in King County, you're invited to take an online survey by October 16 that will help the county shape its budget priorities.
The survey is sponsored by Countywide Community Forums, a privately supported civic engagement program run in conjunction with the King County Auditor's Office. This is the eighth round of the community forums since the program began in 2007. The online survey includes an optional 10-minute video (below) and optional fact sheet that are built in.
According to CCF the intent of the survey is to let stakeholders take "a 40,000 foot view of the county budget with a focus on best practices. The key question is how can we create a sustainable budget that avoids 'crisis mode' budgeting and maintains vital services? Things like rainy day funds, efficiencies, dedicated funds, and structural gaps are a part of the conversation this fall. We take a closer look at Metro Transit as our "case study" and a new effort to increase employee productivity. It's a budget conversation for everyone, and in the end, what we're really talking about is the kind of King County that we want for the future."
The survey can be accessed by clicking on the top link at this page. Registration is optional; the survey can be taken anonymously but some demographic data must be given. Final reports based on surveys are presented to the King County Council's Government Accountability and Oversight Committee and are archived at a special page maintained by the county auditor's office. Past topics have included the county budget, transportation, public safety, customer service, public engagement, and economic opportunity.
King County Budget: Achieving Sustainability Together from CCF Admin on Vimeo.
CCF and its partners are also staging some face-to-face events which include conversation about King County budget issues followed by taking the survey. There will be a forum and barbeque this Sunday at the MLK Community Center in Seattle. Additional CCF budget conversations are scheduled in Issaquah, Seattle, Redmond, Carnation and Tukwila. See "current events and forums" at CCF's main page.
King County Executive Dow Constantine's 2012 budget Web site.
"The Good, The Bad (And The Ugly) of King County Government," Seattle Times editorial, September 23, 2011.
Audit of King County Sheriff's Office, King County Auditor, September 20, 2011.
Citizen Priorities For Government In Challenging Economic Times," report of King County Auditor on Round Six of Countywide Community Forums, Autumn, 2010.
(Full disclosure: Matt Rosenberg served as Executive Director of Countywide Community Forums in 2010.)


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Decide which of the choices given below would best complete the passage if inserted in the corresponding blanks. Mark the best choice for each blank on your answer sheet.
A person's home is as much a reflection of his personality as the clothes he wears, the food he eats and the friends with whom he spends his time. Depending on personality, most have in mind a(n) "(31) ______ home". But in general, and especially for the student or new wage earners, there are practical (32) ________ of cash and location on achieving that idea.
Cash (33) ________, in fact, often means that the only way of (34) _________ when you leave school is to stay at home for a while until things (35) _________ financially. There are obvious (36) ________of living at home—personal laundry
is usually (37) _________ done along with the family wash; meals are provided and there will be a well-established circle of friends to (38) _________. And there is (39) _________ the responsibility for paying bills, rates, etc.
On the other hand, (40) _________ depends on how a family gets on. Do your parents like your friends? You may love your family—(41) _________do you like them? Are you prepared to be (42) __________ when your parents ask where you are going in the evening and what time you expect to be back? If you find that you cannot manage a(n) (43) _________, and that you finally have the money to leave, how do you (44) _________ finding somewhere else to live?
If you plan to stay in your home area, the possibilities are (45) _________well-known to you already. Friends and the local paper are always (46) _________. If you are going to work in a (47) _________ area, again there are the papers—and the accommodation agencies, (48) _________ these should be approached with (49) _________. Agencies are allowed to charge a fee, usually the (50) ________ of the first week's rent, if you take accommodation they have found for you.
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38. A. call in B. call over C. call upon D. call out
39. A. always B. rarely C. little D. sometimes
40. A. little B. enough C. many D. much
41. A. and B. but C. still D. or
42. A. tolerant B. hostile C. indifferent D. good-tempered
43. A. agreement B. consensus C. compromise D. deal
44. A. go about B. go over C. go in for D. go through
45. A. seldom B. less C. probably D. certainly
46. A. dependent B. a good source of information C. of great value D. reliable
47. A. familiar B. cold C. humid D. new
48. A. though B. while C. since D. as
49. A. enthusiasm B. hesitation C. caution D. concern
50. A. same B. equivalent C. equal D. simiarity


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Derwentwater is a lovely lake to explore by canoe, with a number of islands to explore and some varied shoreline. Nichol End has canoes available to hire all year round. Hire costs £15 (<16ft) and £20 (17ft 3 Adults / 2 Adults, 3 Children) for the first hour then £10/£15 repectively for each hour after that. If you have any queries see our FAQ, or drop us an e-mail on email@example.com.
Are mainly Hou canoes. We have Hou 13's, Prospector's, 17's for hire.
90% of our canoes and kayaks are sold every year - half in early sept and the other half in late October. They have around 4 months use at this point. There is usually around 30% off RRP at this point - sometimes a bit more depending on condition and age.


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Regular readers will recall that in our previous Covington medical malpractice blog post, we described a trial over the death of a young doctor at a Pennsylvania hospital. The 26-year-old died of a brain hemorrhage at Geisinger Medical Center.
Medical malpractice lawsuit resolved
Young doctor's death prompts medical malpractice lawsuit
It is about a three-hour drive northeast of Covington to Plains Township, Pennsylvania. On the town's Facebook page today, there is mention of the opening back in 1981 of the NPW Medical Center. Today, the facility is called Geisinger Wyoming Valley and is "the largest healthcare facility in Northeastern Pennsylvania."
Listen closely: The stethoscope is dying
There are two sides of the stethoscope debate: those doctors who say the listening device is dead or dying and those physicians who say the instruments are still useful and are likely to be important for years to come.
Survey: Why are doctors sued for medical malpractice?
It seems likely that many of our Covington readers could answer the question that was at the heart of a recent Medscape survey of more than 4,000 primary care doctors and specialists: Why are physicians sued for medical malpractice? The bottom line is that they are sued when they are negligent and that negligence causes harm to a patient.
University settles medical malpractice lawsuits
A two-hour drive northeast of Covington lands you in Dublin, Ohio. The Columbus suburb is home to a family that recently settled a lawsuit in which they alleged medical malpractice caused the wrongful death of a family member. A 38-year-old Dublin man was not properly diagnosed at the university's Dublin medical center, the family and man's estate alleged in the suit.
Study: most Americans get at least one incorrect or delayed diagnosis
It's common knowledge that in order to get helpful medical treatments, you must first be properly diagnosed in a timely manner. Unfortunately, a new study indicates that most Americans will receive at least one incorrect or delayed diagnosis in their lives, an article in the Lexington Herald-Leader states.
Doctor-owned insurer looks at why patients sue
When a Covington patient is injured by a doctor, we don't ask the physician to decide if he or she has done wrong. Doctors are simply human. They can't be objective about what they do any more than folks in other professions can.
Doctor accused of aggravated assaults on patients
Sometimes people make a point about how simple a problem is by saying, "this isn't brain surgery." That's because operations on the human brain -- the most important and least understood organ -- are typically carried out by some of the most skilled surgeons anywhere.
The horror of malicious medical malpractice
A few days ago, NBC's news program broadcast here in Covington told the heartbreaking story of an "oncologist who inflicted excessive and painful cancer treatments on hundreds of patients — many of whom didn't have the disease in the first place." The cancer doctor wept as he was sentenced to spend 45 years in prison for his crimes and malicious medical malpractice.
Doctors miss totally blocked artery, man dies of cardiac arrest
As any Covington resident with a history of heart problems can tell you, there are a number of medical tests that can reveal the nature and extent of the issues involved. One of those tests is an electrocardiogram (EKG or ECG) which "checks for problems with the electrical activity of your heart," WebMD says.


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When your body is out of alignment, it does not perform at its best. Chiropractic care helps to improve your body's physical function for a wide array of motion-related conditions, including reduced mobility and chronic pain.
Chiropractic care can be effective in treating lower back pain, headaches, and other spine-related conditions. Our adjustments to your body help to improve its physical function through self-healing. As the body is put back to its natural posture, your muscles and tissue can begin to mend itself. No preparation is required before a chiropractic adjustment. Our treatments correct your structural alignment so you can feel better as you leave our office.


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Game : Stick Cricket
Rating : 8.6/10
Price: Free
Vidit Bhargava
You've got a paper toss game to pass your time throwing paper. You've got a game to shoot birds at pigs, you've got a game for everything but you don't have one decent game for Cricket. Well, now you've got one. Its the same one, you play while on the internet. Yes, you heard it Stick Cricket is now on iOS.
Eh Bien! For those of you who have already played it, you'd know, the game is addictive. It is super addictive. You've got no tension of bowling full length 50 overs or getting hit for runs, you just need to sit and hit sixes (with some good timing), that's it. And score as much as you can. Its Cricket, but its far more fun playing on the iPod (the iPad app hasn't arrived yet).
Gameplay: Its snappy. You've got 5 Overs to score as many runs as you can. Or you can chase down a hefty total and dominate the world world with a bunch of oldies (the likes of Jayasurya and Gavaskar).
What hampers the experience is a block! You don't get a full experience for free. After dominating three teams in the domination, you cannot dominate more "Without paying $2.99". More so, the two-player mode is disappointingly also in that $2.99 package. Then there is a whole world cup in front of you which cannot be played before upgrading. All This is free on the internet version of the game by the way.
Graphics: You don't expect great graphics from this game. Its the classic, stick-figure game. So you won't be seeing a next-generation graphic render of the Sachin Tendulkar while playing India in the all-star slog. So you see, graphics is not a forte of the Stick Cricket App.
GameCenter integration : Ok, now you've scored the runs, you paid some money, you've mastered your skills on the App, and won the world cup. Can you have competition? Oh... Yes, its the natural GameCenter integration you've got here. You can challenge your friends on the All-Star Slog to hit the maximum number of runs. You can get some wild achievements too like "Scoring a Century by one batsmen in 5 overs" or "Scoring 36 in an over" . Also, on the world stage you can compete, with the highest run-scorers. (I've not risen above the 725th Rank so far! )
Addictivity Meter: Angry Birds is addictive. Yes. Paper Toss is Addictive. Yes. But can a cricket game have so much power, to be addictive enough? The answer depends on the fact that how-much of a cricket fan "you" are. Well, I am a giant fan, in that matter. So My answer is Yes! It is as addictive than any other app in the app store.
Wrap-Up: Cricket fans will love it. The gamers will crib over the graphics. While the guys, who play for fun, will be playing it for hours until the batteries die.


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Re: AW: Prototypes bear 23 Apr 2003 16:46 UTC
On Wed, 23 Apr 2003, Michael Burschik wrote: >> > It might also be mentioned that the return >> > value is ambiguous with regard to #f, which might be a >> > vector element that >> > satisfied the predicate, or signal that the end of the vector was >> > reached without satisfying the predicate. >> >> Can you think of a better thing to do in this case? > >I can think of no elegant solution. Of course, you could always return >both the index and the element found. In my hash table library there is an optional third argument to the lookup function. It's the value to return in case you don't find something. So you call (hash-lookup htable key #f) and if it's not in the table, it returns #f. But if you call (hash-lookup htable key 'NOTFOUND) it returns NOTFOUND. I figured it was the right thing to do considering that no matter what value you pick to return when something isn't found, it could also be interpreted as the value stored under that key. That makes it a programmer choice instead of a library choice; the programmer, knowing what's stored in the table, will know what can be used safely as a meaningful thing to return if something's not there. I suppose you could make it optional, with a default value of #f if you want. Bear


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6:20am PT by Matthew Belloni
'Nice Guys' Producer Joel Silver Throws Tantrum After Being Told He Can't Take 20 Bags on Private Jet
If producer Joel Silver's new action-comedy The Nice Guys felt like a throwback to the 1980s, so did his behavior on the recent press tour.
Multiple sources report witnessing a loud tantrum Silver threw at the Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc near Cannes, where the film, starring Ryan Gosling and Russell Crowe, was premiering May 15 before its U.S. debut and a press tour to promote its rollout overseas.
Silver, famous for his bad behavior during his 1980s and '90s heyday with the Die Hard and Lethal Weapon films, was seen berating a petite female staffer working on Nice Guys. Why? She had the unfortunate task of informing Silver that his luggage — all 20 pieces of it, says one source — would not be flown on a private jet to the next European tour stop. The staffer was said to be in tears after the encounter and "completely traumatized."
For years, Silver had a reputation in Hollywood for his outsized lifestyle and difficult personality. "He's charming, he's funny, he's delightful. But keep your eye on him," director-producer Richard Donner told THR in 2015. "Joel will use you and get everything he can." More recently, Silver has faced tighter financial reins.
Nice Guys reunited Silver with Warner Bros., which was his home base for much of the '80s and 90s. Warners agreed to distribute the $50 million-budgeted film from director Shane Black in North America, where it has grossed just $23.6 million (it has not opened overseas yet). Some have questioned releasing the midbudget, R-rated film in mid-May in the heart of blockbuster season and opposite another R-rated comedy, Neighbors 2. But sources say Silver personally insisted on the May 20 release date.
Meanwhile, the Venice Post Office, a local landmark that Silver purchased as the future home of his Silver Pictures, remains boarded up and covered in graffiti.
Silver's reps did not respond to a request for comment.
A version of this story first appeared in the June 10 issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine. To receive the magazine, click here to subscribe.
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Agilent Technologies Inc.
Agilent Electromagnetic Professional
Electromagnetic Professional (EMPro) is Agilent EEsof EDA's software simulation design platform for analyzing the 3D electromagnetic (EM) effects of components such as high-speed and RF IC packages, bondwires, antennas, on-chip and off-chip embedded passives and PCB interconnects. EMPro features a modern design, simulation and analysis environment, high capacity simulation technologies and integration with the industry's leading RF and microwave circuit design environment, Advanced Design System (ADS) for fast and efficient RF and microwave circuit design.
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- Modern, efficient 3D solid modeling environment: EMPro provides the flexibility of drawing arbitrary 3D structures and the convenience of importing existing CAD files.
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January 2011
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I really think it has turned out magnificently! So here is a rather long post describing the process.
To start at the beginning… My beautiful second daughter had her yr 12 school formal this week. For US readers, that's the Australian version of a senior prom. The eldest didn't go to formal, she's not into dances and dressing up, but this one was always going to be a big deal. Laura has been thinking and planning for months. As a fashion design student and keen fashionista she wanted something a bit different, but when we went searching all the formal wear shops (and I mean all of them, sigh) in the Christmas holidays, it was all depressingly boring and plain. So many traditional bridesmaid style dresses, so much sameness. I never really wanted to make her dress, way too much pressure if you ask me, and although I'm a pretty good seamstress if I do say so myself, the last real formal wear I sewed was my bridesmaid dresses, 23 years ago. But in the end Laura decided the only way to get what she wanted was to get me to make it, so I finally gave in.
We knew straight away where we'd get the fabric – the wonderful Eastern Silk shop which is just around the corner from my workplace. The fabric is a glorious embroidered dupion silk and the lining is also silk. I found it absolutely wonderful to work with and am so glad we didn't choose a slippery fabric. The dupion is very robust, and put up with a fair few unpickings without showing the marks. I'm a complete fan now of the silk lining, also wonderful to work with, strong and fine but not slippery.
Laura had a specific design in mind. She'd tried on and photographed a couple of dresses that she liked the bodice design of, if not the fabric, and she had several 'inspiration' designer dresses she'd seen online that we could only ever afford in her dreams! Although I've drafted simple patterns occasionally in the past, and I'm confident doing alterations, I didn't feel I had the skill to draft this dress, we needed a pattern. We spent ages looking through the pattern books, but eventually decided that a pattern I already had could be altered for the bodice, and just by chance picked up a pattern for the skirt in an op shop for $1.50. The final dress has a bodice which is a combination of the two different bodices in Butterick 5181, and the skirt from Simplicity 2398 view A.The bodice has two separate cups attached to the bodice band like views A and B, but has very narrow straps like views C and D.
The embroidered silk is very strong but relatively thin where it's not embroidered, so I decided to line the entire thing with a reasonably thick, soft flannel fabric.I wanted something with the same amount of give as the silk (ie very little) and the flannel fit the bill. The front band, and both top back and bottom back sections of the bodice are boned, using flexible plastic boning which is just zigzagged to the flannel on the side closest to the lining. I LOVED doing the boning. There are 16 pieces of boning and I singed both ends of each piece using a cigarette lighter. It was so much fun. All that fire (laughs wildly…) After I'd stitched the boning in, I ironed a strip of interfacing over each one to add a bit of cushioning since the silk lining is very fine. You can see in the photo above, the way the pieces of boning are positioned means that the ends of each piece are also cushioned by the seam allowances folding up/down over them. If they weren't they would probably have needed something stitched over the ends to stop them digging in.
The dress has taken a very long time to sew, partly because I've had a lurking terror the whole time that I was going to stuff it up. So every single step has involved massive amounts of procrastination. Which is ridiculous because it hasn't actually been that hard to sew, it's just needed lots of attention to detail. The challenge was more in the fitting, but once I got the toile done and fitting well, it mostly came together nicely. Although I think I only finished it in the end because I was getting frustrated at not being able to sew anything else (self imposed) until it was done. Oh and the deadline of the event, there's that!
One thing I did have difficulty with was the straps. Laura wanted them really narrow, but I couldn't for the life of me get the rouleaus I'd made to turn out. I think it was precisely because the silk is not slippery, so I couldn't get it moving through the narrow channels. So we ended up buying ready made rouleau cord from Spotlight. Easy solution and it matches beautifully! Ideally the straps should have been enclosed in the bodice at the back but I needed to wait until the dress was nearly finished to cut them to the right length, so they are just hand-stitched to the already finished bodice as the very last step of construction.
The only major mistake I made was that I constructed the bodice by sewing the front and back top sections together at the side seams, and then lining those sections, then sandwiching them all at once into the lower bodice sections. This looks lovely both inside and out, however it then meant the lining of the top bodice back wasn't able to separate when I came to put the zip in. So the bodice and lining had to be treated as one piece to attach the zip. This worked fine, but I've had to then handsew some ribbon over the zipper tape to neaten it on the inside.What I should have done is construct and line the cups, then sandwich them into the front bodice band; sew the top back bodice pieces to the back bodice bands, do the same with the back bodice lining pieces, and just attach the lining to the bodice along the top seam; then sandwich the front bodice between the back bodice and its lining at the side seams. Hindsight is a wonderful thing!
Other than the zip's rather messy construction I found it really challenging to get the zip in the right spot. I'd left quite a bit of spare fabric for fitting, but how to pin it on my daughter so the dress was nice and tight (so it would stay up) and then accurately mark where the zip would go was really tricky. I ended up just using pins to mark the centre back, while I pulled it firm, and then working it out from there after I'd taken it off her, but I was really quite amazed when it did actually fit just right. I did say to Laura that if she wants me to make her wedding dress it better not be for at least another 10 years as it will take me that long to be ready to put myself through this trauma again!
The skirt lining was another casualty of the bodice construction mistake. It's too complicated to explain why, but I decided the best way to end up with it free to attach separately to the zip was to handsew it onto the bodice. It looks good. We had a lot of to-ing and fro-ing about whether to put some tulle on the skirt lining, but Laura chose not to in the end, she thought it flared out enough without it. She also debated the length, and whether an ankle length skirt would show off her gorgeous shoes better, but finally went with floor length as more elegant. The hem is narrow and hemmed with some grosgrain ribbon.
I'm super proud of this dress, and of my beautiful 17 year old. The best thing is that she put it on and declared that she loved it. I just love that she had the confidence to wear something a bit different that suits her own sense of style, and she got to go to her formal feeling gorgeous.
Here's just a few photos of the pre-formal party. We bought a stunning corsage from Flowers of Adelaide. They are a gorgeous florist in Torrensville where I've bought bouquets occasionally for birthdays etc. I knew they would do something elegant and they didn't disappoint. Laura spoke to the florist herself and explained what she would like and they did a custom wrist corsage on a black ribbon. I especially love the succulents!
And just to finish off… after being religious about keeping the cats off the fabric, and putting it away in the cupboard after each sewing session, Laura had finished her hair and make-up, and had just laid out the dress on the bed while she put her shoes on. We turned our backs for 2 minutes and look who took up very temporary(!) residence.


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Border Book Festival 2013 was a wonderful success!
The connection between artists, the synchronicity of their work and the theme resonated powerfully. We are grateful to Jesús Trevino,Viviana García Besné, Alistair Tremps, Nora Naranjo Morse, Rubén Martínez, The Mescalero Apache Youth Group and Sihasin, the Native American punk rock group for their incredible talent.
Border Book Festival video from Ramey Newell.
The films shown included Perdida by Viviana García Besné, Gangs and Raíces de Sangre/Roots of Blood by Jesús Trevino, Gia's Song, Clay Being and Always Becoming by Nora Naranjo Morse, and On The Rez and Otero Mesa by the Mescalero Apache Youth group composed of filmmakers ages 14-19. Each film was a powerful testimony to the human spirit and the act of creativity and love.
The Burrito Brigade was also a great success as we served over 600 burritos. We have a Burrito Brigade T-shirt by Katya Reka and Gatis Cirulis to remember Sihasin doing a round dance on the Downtown Mall as students and community members ate burritos donated by generous sponsors Happy Dog (Russ and Mercy Smith), Andele's (Andrea Schneider), Nopalito's (the Gallegos family) and others. Nearly 40 Burrito Brigaders sponsored the School Outreach program that brought the Anthony Charter School, Cross Roads Academy and Academia Dolores Huerta to the Río Grande Theatre.
Thank you to all who contributed to this wonderful event!
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Hey readers! Putting a quick post here to explain that me and Chris are still figuring out how we're going to do The Lonely Mesmer. Also, I'm an exceedingly lazy writer on top of that.
Regardless, I hadn't planned to start posting the series that soon, but because of the beta, I moved it up to cover that. It's possible we will start the articles being bi-weekly until we write out a bunch of reserve content and move it up to being weekly. Now that it's summer, we both have a lot more time to write than we otherwise would have had.
We do hope to make this our flagship article series, so we are focusing on it, and I have a few backup-writers who may also join in to write occasional episodes. The main authors are still going to be me and Chris, regardless, as well as it being a requirement that every episode has to have a pass through me so that I can add in Rebecca Blindspam parts 😉
Thanks to all who read and shared the first Lonely Mesmer, and I'll see you back here soon!


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Star Wars: The Force Awakens My Thoughts
February 9, 2016 | Sci-Fi Junk Podcast | No Comments|
Well Star Wars has been out almost two months, and I figured after my 3 hour podcast with Troy got not recorded, that I should finally try and record something that does go out. So I figured the part that is most important to me is how I believe that they did a better job on this movie then the movie itself. So here is is, hope you enjoy!
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Leonardo Inghilleri, Micah Solomon, "Exceptional Service, Exceptional Profit: The Secrets of Building a Five-Star Customer Service Organization"
English | 2010 | ISBN: 0814415385 | 170 pages | PDF | 2,1 MB
English | 2010 | ISBN: 0814415385 | 170 pages | PDF | 2,1 MB
In a tight market, your most powerful growth engine and your best protection from competitive inroads is this: put every thing you can into cultivating true customer loyalty. Loyal customers are less sensitive to price competition, more forgiving of small glitches, and, ultimately, become "walking billboards" who will happily promote your brand. In Exceptional Service, Exceptional Profit insiders Leonardo Inghilleri and Micah Solomon reveal the secrets of providing online and offline customer service so superior it nearly guarantees loyalty.
Their anticipatory customer service approach was first developed at The Ritz-Carlton as well as at Solomon's entertainment and technology company Oasis, and has since proven itself in countless companies around the globe from luxury giant BVLGARI to value-sensitive auto parts leader Carquest, and everywhere in between. Now, readers can take the techniques that minted money for these brands and apply them directly to their own businesses. As Ken Blanchard writes, "Leonardo and Micah's philosophies, rules, and winning examples of service excellence will make you want to implement their suggestions immediately in your own organization." Filled with detailed, behind-the-scenes examples, the book unlocks a new level of customer relationship that leaves your competitors in the dust, your customers coming back day after day, and your bottom line looking better than it ever has before.
"Filled with treasure and big ideas, this book will help you become exceptional." - SETH GODIN


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On my wish list for what seems an age, was to make a Scrappy Maple Leaf quilt. Well I didn't quite manage a full size quilt but I have made a Scrappy Maple Leaf table topper, which has somewhat satisfied the itch!
Obviously I knew exactly where to go for the pattern and pulled out my copy of Lori Holt's fabulous book Farm Girl Vintage Book...honestly if I could only have one quilting book this would be it! I used the Tabletopper setting from P.122 and combined a 12" Postage Stamp Block from P.57 with twelve 6" Scrappy Maple Leaf Blocks from P.58.
The fabrics I used are mix of scrummy 1930's reproductions and the background is a Black on Cream swiss dot from Riley Blake......whilst talking Black on Cream/White, there has been so many new arrivals this last week or so in that colourway......Thicket, Chestnut Street, Handmade...here's a little flat lay I did to celebrate Halloween, which of course was much enjoyed in our household!
I chose an orange stripe from Backyard Roses for the binding...I know, I'm so predictable when it comes to my binding choices! Maybe my New Years resolution for 2017 should be to use anything BUT stripes (however I can not promise that's a resolution I would stick to!)
For the quilting I initially decided to free motion quilt pebbles on the background fabric, which would have looked fantastic if I had used a solid fabric, but I didn't like the effect on the polka dots...after an evening spent unpicking....I eventually went for a spiral, which provides just enough interest without being over the top....lets be honest there's a lot going on in this little quilt!
I'm really pleased with how it turned out.....I would still one day like to make a full size Maple Leaf quilt, but for now this will have to do! By the way isn't it great to put on those winter boots and coloured tights...I think I'm definitely an Autumn girl at heart...I wonder what your favourite season is?
Thanks so much for visiting and see you again soon!
Find Farm Girl Vintage by Lori Holt HERE
Find our vast collection of 1930's Reproduction Fabrics HERE
Find Backyard Roses by Nadra Ridgeway for Riley Blake Fabrics HERE
Find Thicket by Gingiber (Stacie Bloomfield) for Moda HERE
Find Handmade by Bonnie and Camille for Moda HERE
Find Chestnut Street by Fig Tree and Co for Moda HERE


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Putting together an event of any kind can be stressful. As a professional events planner, I have planned corporate events, big and small, farm to table picnics and large-scale wedding receptions, so I know a thing or two about party planning and the stress that goes along with it.
Fall and winter are the most popular times for events – stating the obvious, it's holiday season! So, whether you're hosting Thanksgiving dinner for 20 or planning an ugly Christmas Sweater party, here are some of my top tips to make your party successful.
- Pay attention to the decor. Most people try to rush through the decorations to get straight to the food and beverage planning, but don't! Your party will be all the talk in the break room next week at work if you spend time decorating thoughtfully. I have one word for you; Pinterest. Pinterest is your new decorating bff. Full of millions of inspirational pictures, DIYs and tips you never even thought of, you'll find the advice you need to decorate like a pro.
- Plan for enough food. There's nothing worse than being at a party and the food runs out. I was recently at a medium sized wedding reception and when we got up to the buffet line, they were out of the main courses! Needless to say, we left hungry and agitated because after a long wait, a little bit of rice pilaf and salad greens wasn't going to cut it.
- Hand in hand with your decorations is your tablescape. Think about it – guests are seated here for possibly hours, so why not add little details and special touches right where they are sitting? I absolutely require cloth napkins for my events, no matter how small. Not only are cloth napkins reusable over and over, but it dresses up your place setting and makes your guests feel more important than dinner napkins. Check out the cute ones here. If you have to do paper, then there are some fun patterns out there these days, so choose wisely because you don't want it too busy either.
- When it comes to serving wine and beer, remember the golden rule of serving alcoholic beverages. A 750 ml bottle of wine yields 4-5 glasses (depending on who's pouring). If it's a standup party, you can count on an average of 2 glasses of wine per hour or 2-3 bottles of beer per guest.
- On the flip side, if it's more of a cocktail type party, you'll want to make sure there's plenty of water available as well as a "bready" type of appetizer to help soak up some of that alcohol. And ALWAYS make sure your guests don't drink and drive. Uber them home if you have to.
- Remember to relax and enjoy yourself! You put in all this effort now so you should be enjoying your guests and the gorgeous presentation you put together. Hire help if you need it. This is YOUR party and your guests will miss you if you're slaving over a hot stove in the kitchen.
I hope you enjoyed these tips and stay tuned for more on planning the party of your dreams this fall!