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taken outside of Signatures Restaurant & Visions Event Center in Winona, Minnesota.
More to come from this wedding!
taken outside of Signatures Restaurant & Visions Event Center in Winona, Minnesota.
More to come from this wedding!
For most, waking up to rain on a Saturday morning would normally mean rescheduling some outdoor activities that you may have had planned. When it's your wedding day, it could cause some unwanted anxiety – even though it's been said that rain on your wedding day is good luck, no one really wants it to rain on your wedding day. Continue to see the wedding photos
My wife & I met for the first time while employed at the same company and never really talked to each until we had a company Christmas party around 5-6 months later. A little over a year after that party, we were married. We're coming up on our 10 year anniversary this coming January. The reason I bring this up is, Katie & Scott met while working for the same organization and as they say – the rest was history.
It seemed like a perfect setting for the ceremony at Katie's parent's home. You can't make it any more personal than that. I also wonder what it felt like to get ready in the same room you grew up in. From the weather, the personal setting of the home crowded by all the family & friends, the beautiful details & decor added by Weddings By Nancy, the lovely music by the Seven River Strings Quartet, bouquets & floral from Flowers On Broadway, service at Visions Event Center and to the live reception music by Incognito – the day really came together perfectly for two of the nicest people.
Please enjoy the photos of Katie & Scott's beautiful wedding day… Read More
and a few scenes & moments from a recent wedding at a private residence in Winona, MN planned by Weddings By Nancy with the reception held at Signatures/Visions Event Center.
Emotions are powerful.
Do you remember when you first saw the love of your life? How did you feel? For those of you who are engaged, do you remember the feelings you felt during the proposal? For those of you who are married, do you remember seeing them for the first time on your wedding day? How did it feel? Was it joyful & perhaps a little scary at the same time? Or maybe your emotions were so overwhelming that you find it hard to recall??
Melissa & Jason's wedding had some of the most purest emotions I've been able to document.
With the beautiful weather we had on their wedding day, we decided to do their first sight outside of Central Lutheran Church. Prior to seeing each other for the first time, I had Jason wait outside the church while Melissa was helped by her mother & sister with some final touches…
That's exactly what Melissa & Jason did last weekend to help me create their last wedding photo.
Although there was a whole bunch of people watching us, it didn't matter. When you're in love, that's the only thing that matters…
I've known Alison & Chris for like four to five years now. I believe that they started dating not too long before I met them both. Seeing the two of them go from "a couple" to "husband & wife" is pretty neat. Being a good friend of Chris's father & stepmother, I've gotten the chance to know Alison & Chris better too. We've been on the river & sat around a few campfires together, watched Super Bowls & UFC fights, been on a motorcycle cruise or two (even though I sold my Harley a few years ago, I followed in my car) and even been to a few parties at either our house or his parent's. My wife went to Alison's bachelorette party & I went to Chris's bachelor party. While we don't necessarily hang out on a regular basis, I'd like to say that Alison & Chris are good family friends.
Being at their wedding was almost kinda like being a guest, I guess. I don't get invited to too many weddings anymore, since I'm usually working at a different wedding. ; ) Knowing many of the guests & all but one of the bridal party, (I know Bridgette's mom, so that counts right? Hi Bridgette!) it was kinda hard to not visit with those I know. (so sorry if any of you felt like I was ignoring you, but hey – I was working!) But the greatest part, other than seeing two people in love get married, was to see so many people having a good time. The weather was pretty close to perfect, even though it got a little on the warm side once the sun finally came out. As they say, it was a great day for a wedding.
Let's check out some pics, huh??
A kiss for his bride when they first saw each other…
Are you or someone you know planning a wedding? Or maybe looking for wedding ideas? I invite you to attend this upcoming open house bridal event of where I will be one of the featured wedding professionals taking place at Signatures Restaurant & Visions Event Center in Winona, Minnesota.
Here is an open invitation to any of you currently in the wedding planning process:
Wedding Visions
Designing Signature Dreams
Planning Possibilities with Quality
Congratulations on your Engagement!!!
Signatures Restaurant and Visions Event Center would like to cordially invite you to an open house bridal event on
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
-Meet with professionals in the wedding industry
-View various types of décor
-Sample wedding cake, wine and hors d' oeuvres
-Gain inspiration for planning bridal showers, rehearsal dinners, golf outings, receptions, and gift opening brunches.
-Register for door prizes!
-Take advantage of contract bonuses!
We look forward to helping you plan your
Signature Event!
I am donating my photographic vision & services for a wonderful cause here in Winona, Minnesota. I will be covering the Winona Health Auxiliary 2009 Birthday Ball – Venetian Masquerade. Proceeds from this year's Birthday Ball will help fund scholarships for those seeking a career in healthcare, provide improvements to Winona Health Manors, and assist in funding the TeleHealth initiative.
This year's Birthday Ball will take place on Saturday, September 19th, 2009.
Event Timeline
5:00 p.m. Pre-Ball Socials
7:00 p.m. Arrival at Signatures Restaurant & Visions Event Center
8:00 p.m. Dinner (view menu)
9:00 p.m. Music & Dancing until 1 a.m. – Entertainment provided by Incognito
10:30 p.m. Raffle Drawings
2009 Birthday Ball Masquerade Masks can be purchased at Pretty Things on 3rd and the Winona Health Auxiliary Gift Shop at Community Memorial Hospital, and will also be available at the Pre-Ball Socials.
Please visit the Birthday Ball website through the links above to learn more of how you can help support Winona Health & our future caregivers to our loved ones. If you are attending, I look forward to seeing you!


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I'm glad I found your blog before the end. I really enjoy reading your posts. :)ReplyDeleteReplies
Awe! That's sweet. Glad your like Caneyhead.Delete
- AnonymousMay 1, 2013 at 6:35 PM
Barbie, I have read every one of your entries. As I have said before to my momma your writing is amazing. You are able to cut to the core of who I am, how I was raised, what is meaningful to me. All these things come through so loudly and clearly in the pictures of your words. I laugh, but most often I cry. You remind me who I am inside, where no one else can see and no one over here can understand. You remind me that it is okay to be me, and that I am different... Because I AM different in the most wonderful way.. I'm from deep east Texas!!ReplyDelete
It means a lot to me to know that I can touch you with my words, that I can somehow allow you to celebrate and cherish who you are. I can honestly say that I have only ran into any real discrimination or pressure to change my obvious roots once. Bottom line, I figured I was three times the person THAT person was. Also, I've just always been so intensely proud of where I come from and what it means to be Texas and rural.ReplyDeleteReplies
P.S. - I think your comment is going into my "proof of his faithfulness" file.Delete
I realize I don't know you, but I'm nominating you anyway for the Liebster Award. Check out my blog for details: http://jasonmrazwasright.blogspot.com/ReplyDelete
How different we humans all are, and all wonderfully different experiences and ways of living. As a big city boy, I dream of living in a rural setting some day, and yet in the UK, just like many other countries in the world, the rural folk often want to live in cities to find jobs, to have new friends and to see new horizons. We're a funny old lot hey, never satisfied and rarely if ever counting our blessings.ReplyDeleteReplies
I've always lived in rural settings or small towns. Wouldn't trade Caneyhead for anything, even with my 67 mile round trip commute.Delete
Wow! You go 30 odd miles in the UK you've got a different accent to hear, possibly a different shire and completely different people. I think in some vast parts of America going 30 miles would be nothing at all. I'll have to google Caneyhead.Delete
I don't know if Google will give you Caneyhead. It's an old community, but not a township. You could get the little town ten miles South of us, Silsbee, TX. And I do cross a County line on my way to work and back. The people are mostly the same from one place to another in Texas, especially if they are third generation or more Texans. But being from rural East Texas, I do have a stronger Texas accent then many of the people I work around.Delete

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Thursday, June 16, 2011
All Those Eaten Feelings
I have seen several doctors and tried different medications, but what has made the biggest difference in my PMS is what I eat. Sugar and junk makes it worse. Low carb healthy eating makes it better. In fact when I am on plan, there are months I don't have even a hint of PMS at all! And even when it's at its worst, like right now, it is 90% better than it ever was before I was eating right.
Anyway, I have been on plan for 18 days now. (My goal is to make it to 100 in a row). But this week has been hard... very hard. Not so much the physical symptoms, which are there but very mild (very slight, occasional headache and nausea, and bloating/cramps that are pretty minor). But the emotional effects are there... and WORSE right now. Every day I have had moments where I felt like going off somewhere and crying. Every day I have felt frustrated, angry, and upset at least briefly to the point of tears. Every day I have had negative thoughts that aren't usually there. Why? Because I am not using food to cram them down.
When you stop eating your feelings, they start bubbling out. They need to be felt. They come to the surface instead of constantly being shoved back with chips and ice cream. Believe me, I am a pro at stuffing my feelings down with food. And now that I have stopped, PMS is just the hormonal tripwire that allows everything to slowly start coming up and out. And I have to sit with those feelings, and feel them, and acknowledge them.
The eating this week has not been hard. I am on plan and have very few cravings or desires to go off plan. Whenever I see or smell something yummy but off plan, I just think, "nope, not going down that path. Not worth it." And that's that. But throughout the day I find myself upset about the most random things, like that I am not sure which of my kids' lock of blonde hair I found in a baggie, or that my house doesn't have a decent deck, or that our yard is smaller than the neighbors. I saw a picture in the paper of a little boy running to hug his father who was returning from overseas, and the huge smile on his face and his mother's following behind to hug her husband, and I got all emotional because I never got to experience that kind of relationship with kids who look up to and adore their father, a father who is a pillar to the family, a life partner who adores me. I mean come on, looking at that picture and having this huge emotional reaction about my own failed relationships is a bit over sensitive, I think. I see the neighbors having a barbecue and my emotions get the best of me because I don't have the luxury of a husband who barbecues or a yard for entertaining or a lot of close friends to come and celebrate anything with me. Oh, it's all silly stuff, really, because I do have a good life, but it is stuff that apparently has been bothering me on some level, and the thoughts are all coming out NOW because I am letting them, instead of eating them.
So it's a rough week, I am emotional, but not turning to food and not considering turning to food. It does get exhausting dealing with a million little feelings that have been mashed down and contained for 20 years with binge eating, that are all slowly leaking out at once. All the "if only I hadn't"'s and "if only I had"'s is tiring, but it needs to be done. Once I think them through and let myself feel them, they go away. I don't dwell on them anymore. And I think that is healthy... letting it out. And I know next week will be much, much better.
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- MeeM said...
I think healthy eating makes everything better, PMS included. I no longer have the physical effects of PMS that I had as a teenager, that all went away with my first pregnancy. No bloating, no cravings, no horrific cramps, or nausea. But I still get some of the emotional side effects and it can be hard to not stuff them down with a box of Chinese take-out.
- June 16, 2011 at 9:19 AM
- Aaron & Carrie Warnick said...
Thanks for sharing that. I recently found your blog and found it incredibly inspiring. I have stuggled myself my whole life with weight loss and have been a rollercoaster in that struggle. I too have a blog but I am not ready to share with everyone what I write. but I look up to people like you who can put it out there and help people like me. Thank you so much. Hang in there. We are all with you on this journey. I too am an emotional eater but find that it is always better when I am PMSing that if I exercise and eat better I feel better. It is a weird concept and when I don't I always feel worse. Stay strong! Thanks for all your words of inspiration!
- June 16, 2011 at 9:34 AM
I'm sorry you are suffering from such back menstrual health issues! I was the same way with my own periods, except that no medications, prescription or over the counter, ever helped. My parents would not let me stay home from school for "just" cramps, so teachers would instead send me to the health room "because I looked green." It was awful. I also got killer migraines from the hormones. I remember lying in a room with a heating pad on my stomach and crying and flailing in pain (every month!)
I'm now going through early menopause, so no longer suffering from cramps, but I have terrible mood swings and horrible PMS-type symptoms from the shifting hormones. I know exactly how you feel, (((HUGS))).
Your post was incredible and really touched me, because I have the same problem with not stuffing down my feelings with food anymore. It's such a normal defense/coping mechanism in my family that my mother, sister, and a cousin I was close to growing up, have all become outraged when instead of doing so, I actually confronted them and told them what was upsetting me. We just don't do that in my family, we use food instead, which is likely why everyone is so obese.
No more. With Medifast, I have become much healthier, not only my body, but also my emotional responses to things.
Feel better!
Hugs, Maria
- June 16, 2011 at 9:42 AM
- Leslie said...
God Lyn, I'm in the same place right now. It's very hard and very painful. My thoughts are with you - you're doing what needs to be done, and that takes determination, perseverance and courage.
- June 16, 2011 at 10:06 AM
- bbubblyb said...
I know what you mean about PMS being the tripwire it is for me some months too. I know about stuffing the feelings with food too. I'm glad you are making it through without the food but I know too how hard it can be sometimes to feel the feelings. Hope you have a better week.
- June 16, 2011 at 10:09 AM
- ❦ fitcetera said...
*Hugs* Lyn!
- June 16, 2011 at 10:19 AM
- Bonnie said...
Lynn, have you considered getting a partial hysterectomy? It was a solution for me. So was a divorce.
- June 16, 2011 at 11:03 AM
- Amanda said...
Oh I feel you on the poor relationships wagon. My sons' father is... well, he wasn't a good choice, and it kills me because although I can handle the consequences of the choices that I make for myself, I see my boys knowing their father has basically abandoned them and it just kills me.
And ditto on the PMS as well. Mine isn't as bad physically as it once was, but psychologically it's like an anvil of depression and anxiety is dropped on my head twice a month: once at ovulation and once about 5 days before The Deluge begins.
Congrats on 18 days on plan! 82 more to go... it doesn't sound like too many at all at times :D
- June 16, 2011 at 11:46 AM
- Bunpoh said...
How often do I read your blog and go, wow, we're going through some of the same stuff?!?
While reading today's post I had an epiphany. What if, instead of being a pain in the ass, it's actually healthy for us to cycle emotionally? What if some degree of PMS is really actually a good thing?
Believe me, I know how bad it can get, just went through it without the benefit of my usually amino acid supplements that keep me more stable, and man, it was hard. I cried a bunch, I was pretty down. But also, as my counselor pointed out, I needed to grieve about a few things too, and this probably allowed that to happen to a degree that I normally can't get to. I got some great support that helped me feel better, went back on my supplements and suddenly the world lifted off my shoulders, more so than before that had happened.
I do think we should do what we can to suffer as little from PMS/hormonal effects as possible, but I am starting to see that there may be really good reasons for emotional as well as physical cycles.
Congratulations on being able to sit with your feelings and not stuff them. That's awesome.
- June 16, 2011 at 11:55 AM
Dr Christiane Northrup's book "Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom" has some pretty interesting stuff to say about women and our cycles, about stuff that rears its head repeatedly when we have PMS, about not dismissing all that 'stuff' with "oh, it's just hormonal..." At any rate, it's worth a read. I've learned a lot about myself -- and I thought I was pretty tuned in to my body already! I think you'd like it...
- June 16, 2011 at 12:08 PM
- hopeful and free said...
Some folks can run from their feelings for their whole lives, god bless them, who am i to judge? But. Sometimes you get a choice about doing that or not. It hurts like heck. On the other hand, you get to be real.
- June 16, 2011 at 1:48 PM
I totally agree, cutting out sugary carbs makes all the difference in many many health problems, not just PMS but a long list of health problems. I started eating Paleo about a month ago and it changed how I felt completely. I went from have lots of acne to none, I went from working out 5, 6 times a week and getting nowhere to 3-4 times a week and losing 7 lbs in no time. I have lots of energy and would never go back, eating sugary carbs is just not worth the health problems...just remember to add more healthy fats if you are cutting out your carbs or your energy won't be there at all.. Coconut oil is awesome!
- June 16, 2011 at 2:16 PM
- Lori said...
A very wise friend once told me not to judge my insides by someone else's outsides. I remind myself of that often. It is so easy to look at someone in a moment in time and think that person's life must be wonderful. That they must have no problems because they're pretty, have a nice house, have a spouse, have a car, and on and on and on. There is no way to know what their life is really like on the inside. What they had to go through to get that thing that makes us envious. That person may very well be looking at you thinking if I just had a pretty little girl in ballet, or strong high school sons, a yard just that size, etc, that life would be good. It always gives me comfort to think of that when I start to look at others and wish.
You are doing great. You have done so much with so little. Take the time to acknowledge your accomplishments. Don't dismiss or belittle them. You are a strong, strong woman. Remember that.
- June 16, 2011 at 2:22 PM
- RhubarbLady said...
I can relate to the husband remarks. Thank you for sharing Lyn. Review and preview. You have made the decision to move in a forward cycle-just keep moving forward one day at a time and pat yourself on the back for each bit of progress even if it may seem insignificant at the time. You're doing well and you can make it.
Like you pointed out in an earlier post, we're entering the seasons where it's easier to get better food for our bodies and minds.
P.S. If you're in for a bit of a laugh, you can see our post of how gummy bears should not have too much water: http://cookingandorscience.blogspot.com/2011/06/summer-se-1-gummy-bears-in-water.html
- June 16, 2011 at 2:36 PM
- MB said...
I was a pro at eating my emotions and stuffing my feelings back down with food. It's hard learning how to feel them and deal with them but the longer I do it the easier it gets.
Sometimes I think you should just let yourself cry, let it all out, even if you don't know exactly what it is you're crying about. It's a relief to just let it go.
Keep focusing on the good things and you'll get through the bad PMS days.
- June 16, 2011 at 6:55 PM
There are many fish in the sea Lyn. You need to go to the river to catch one. I may be wrong but I get the sense that you spend a lot of time taking care of your kids (you're a great mom)and not so much seeking grown up company. I'm not saying to go to bars or anything. Maybe take a course that draws lots of males or take up golf. Maybe take up actual fishing!
There's a lid for every pot. You deserve to be happy. At least you know what not to look for now. Don't think of the past as a failure. You have wonderful kids.
- June 17, 2011 at 4:47 AM
Wow. I needed to read your post this morning. It resonated with me. Thanks for being so honest. I hope you feel better today. *hugs*
- June 17, 2011 at 5:41 AM
a partial hyster worked wonders for me too. Hugs to you as you suffer.
- June 17, 2011 at 8:49 AM
I'm also worried about the emotional thing -- fortunately in summer I don't need to see anyone (except husband, who knows I'm odd) most days, so if I need a crying jag or whatever, I can take one. But it's hard for me to NOT go into "professional mode" or "hide mode." Professional = get done the minimum so I can handle the next class, maybe sketch out in more detail exactly what I'll say, so I don't accidentally go "wrong".
Hide = normally reading comic books, a novel, catching up on a tv show on DVD -- anything where I can get lost in a story -- someone else's life, basically, not my own. Hiding'll be my big temptation this summer - I consider Pro mode to at least be useful, but I want to see if there's some other, true mode, where it's not just crying or whining in writing, but actually problem-solving the feeling, so things don't recur. I'm rambling now, sorry.
(argyle's my handle on the mymedifast boards, but I don't have a google account with it)
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I am obsessed! Over the past little while, I have had a weird craving for oatmeal cookies. So I scoured my fave recipe books and Websites for the perfect cookie – healthy, delicious and super soft and chewy. And guess what, I finally found it! My girl Candice Kumai delivers once again in her book Pretty Delicious: Lean and Lovely Recipes for a Healthy, Happy New You.
These cookies are just so scrumptious. I have made them twice in the past few months and just can't seem to get enough. Now if you are a regular reader of my blog, you know that I have raved about Miss Kumai's book more than once (like here, here and here). Her recipes are all about cooking with real foods and eliminating all the processed crap from your diet. A concept that I have embraced since I made my New Year's resolutions.
Each and every recipe I have made from her book has allowed me to eat well and be fully satisfied with smaller portions that keep me full for hours. As for these sweet bites of yumminess, I would love to post the recipe for you, but instead I will highly encourage you to get Pretty Delicious. And if you already have the book (and I know some of you do), make these cookies! But I feel I have to warn you, they are extremely addictive!
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Natasha Frisch is an artist who employs modest materials, such as tracing paper and tape, to construct models and installations that closely approximate everyday objects and sites. Designed specifically for one space, the fragile and impermanent nature of the materials used ensures that the installations are temporary constructions, existing only for the lifetime of the exhibition. If the work is to be shown again it must be re-made and all that remains of each iteration is photographic and video documentation. Inspired by urban folklore, forgotten architecture and the natural world, Natasha's meticulous constructions aim to challenge our reading of the built environment, and interrogate the slippage between the real and the unreal.
Natasha completed her Bachelor of Arts - Media Arts - Honours at RMIT University, and since then has exhibited consistently both within her homeland and internationally. Her work has been presented in several solo exhibitions including, Somewhere In Between, Dianne Tanzer Gallery + Projects, 2010; Nasty Little Piece of Work, Next Wave Festival, 2004 and Living, Artbox at Sherman Galleries, 2001.
Natasha's work has also been featured in numerous group shows, a selection of which includes Holiday Salon, Lesley Heller Workspace, New York 2015; Flora Society, Gallery Factory, Seoul, 2014; The Last Brucennial, Vito Schnabel & The Bruce High Quality Foundation, New York, 2014; Paper Scissors Rock, Dianne Tanzer Gallery + Projects, 2011; Grow Wild, Utopian Slumps, 2008; Elsewhere, Nellie Castan Gallery, 2007; Pleasures & Terrors- The City, Blindside, 2006 and Papercuts, Monash Museum of Art, 2003.
During 2012 Natasha was an Artist in Residence at the Contemporary Artists Centre: Woodside in upstate New York and spent a month in Murray's Cottage as part of the Hill End Artist in Residency program in regional New South Wales.
In 2013 Natasha was an Artist in Residence at The New York Art Residency and Studios (NARS) Foundation and presented her first solo international exhibition On a Good Day at Gallery Brooklyn in New York, the project was assisted by the Copyright Agency Cultural Fund, American Australian Association, The Ian Potter Cultural Trust, The National Association for the Visual Arts and the Australian Government through the Australia Council for the Arts, its arts funding and advisory body. In 2015 she traveled once again to the United States to participate in the Artist in Residence program at Vermont Studio Center.
Recently Natasha's work was selected for the biennial exhibition CODA Paper Art 2017 at CODA Museum in The Netherlands and as cover art for the album Drums and Drones III: Acoustic by Brian Chase of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs.
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In a state known for dichotomies, there may be none greater than South Carolina's representation in Congress by both Rep. Jim Clyburn and Sen. Jim DeMint.
They share the same first names, modest means and low-key manner. The similarities end there, though, especially with regard to fiscal matters.
In fact, they arguably represent the bookends of the debate that incited the recent "TEA parties" across the country.
Motorcyclists and other good people are getting hurt and dying on our highways.
I found a national statistic on the Web that says there are 75 percent more motorcycles registered now than there were 10 years ago. Sometimes it is the biker's fault and very often it is the fault of the driver of the passenger vehicle.
If there's any good at all to be found in South Carolina's fifth straight year of debate over tax credits/vouchers for private schools, maybe it's this.
After years of feigning concern for poor students in struggling schools, of pretending to believe that taking money from public schools might make them better, we are finally debating what this plan has always really been about – subsidizing private education for the few at the expense of public education for the many.
We would like to take this opportunity to thank our entire community for its support and prayers during Fred Thomas Jr.'s illness and passing. You stood by us in a very difficult time and we are grateful. We all miss him terribly; but will hang on to the many memories and lessons he provided us during his wonderful life.
We are comforted in knowing that we will see him again.
The Thomas family (Anabell, Rosalyn, Kevin, Adrian and Fredrick)
Jordan Smith, a recent Winthrop University graduate, died in a two-vehicle accident Sunday in Rock Hill.
Lancaster County sheriff's deputy Sgt. Stacey Roberts was also killed.
Lancaster News reporter Jesef Williams, a Winthrop graduate, was friends with Smith, and is also friends with Smith's girlfriend, Bonita Davis, who was injured in the crash.
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Mother's Day history dates back to the spring celebration of ancient Greece to honor Rhea, the gods' mother.
In the United States, Mother's Day was first suggested after the Civil War by social activist Julia Ward Howe, who penned the words to the "Battle Hymn of the Republic." She was astounded by the war's carnage. In 1870, she tried to issue a manifesto for peace at international peace conferences in London and Paris.
This letter is in regards to the May 6 article about Sgt. Stacey Roberts. I don't understand why he is being hailed as some kind of hero when, in fact, he killed an innocent 22-year-old young man and seriously injured a 22-year-old young lady.
I've always believed there was a double standard between police officers and regular citizens, but to say "he loved pulling people over and writing tickets" is a blatant act of disrespect to Jordan Smith's loved ones.
Several weeks of some of the most hotly contested debate in recent memory culminated last week with a vote on the 2009-2010 state budget in the S.C. Senate.
While most media outlets have pitched this year's budget debate as a "Sanford vs. the Legislature" proposition, that didn't even begin to scratch the surface of the complexity of issues involved.
At the end of the day, the budget passed. I voted against it. Here's why:
First and foremost, I thought there was a better budget that had been offered.
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Facebook is reportedly testing call buttons on people's profiles in timeline. Last year, we saw some sort of a Facebook – Skype integration that allows Skype users to do Facebook video chat calls within Skype's platform. Well, that might all change for the better because some Facebook users are reporting that they are seeing a call button next to their friend's name on timeline. We can usually see a tiny video camera icon in the text chat window, and that was basically the only way to start a video chat. Sources from the web are saying that the reason behind the reported call button is due to Facebook's fierce rivalry with Google+ and its Hangouts, and the newly launched Airtime and its real-time video chat.
It's important to note that Facebook already has a call button feature in the old version of the social networking site, but that functionality wasn't really included when timeline was launched. Assuming that the call button feature will be added soon on timeline, it should make it easier for Facebook users to initiate calls. Google+ Hangouts on the other hand, is doing pretty well. One thing that Hangout does better is multi-people video calls which is free. Meanwhile, Skype's group chat feature will require you to spend a few bucks to avail it. So, let's keep our fingers crossed.
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June 2007: Professor Nicholas Payne will retire on July 1, 2007 after 38 years of service. He obtained his BSc in Chemistry in 1964 from the Imperial College of Science and Technology, England followed by his PhD from Sheffield University. After two years as a postdoctoral fellow and Fulbright Scholar under the direction of Prof James Ibers at Northwestern University, he joined Western in 1969. He has supervised 12 MSc and PhD students and published over 120 papers in chemical crystallography. Nick will be remembered for his excellent contributions not only as an instructor but, more importantly, as the coordinator of the first-year chemistry. His frank opinions on the Appointments and Promotion committees of the Department were always refreshing. His most lasting contribution, however, has been in the area of x-ray crystallography. Through his two graduate courses in crystallography, Chem 541 and Chem 641, Nick has not only trained, but also instilled an appreciation of the complexity and beauty of x-ray crystallography in a countless number of graduate students (and a few faculty!). We thank him for these contributions and wish him the best as he enters this new phase of his career.
June 2007: We are pleased to announce that Professor Peter Norton has been elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. Fellows of the RSC are recognized for achieving excellence in their endeavours. The RSC, founded in 1882, is Canada's oldest and most prestigious scholarly organization. Election to RSC is the highest honour that can be attained by scholars, artists and scientists in Canada. Congratulations, Peter!
June 2007: Prof. Mel Usselman has been awarded one of the inaugural Leadership in Faculty Teaching Awards from the Ontario government. The awards were developed to recognize and encourage teaching excellence at Ontario's colleges and universities, and are given to faculty who influence, motivate, and inspire students and demonstrate leadership in teaching methods for the diverse student body in Ontario. Congratulations, Mel!
June 2007: Prof. Roland Haines has been awarded this year's Dean's Special Award of Merit. Roland has been an integral part of the Dean's Office in the Faculty of Science for 23 years, and this award is an appropriate recognition for his years of outstanding service. More details here. Congratulations, Roland!
June 2007: Jessica McLachlan is the recipient of the Xerox Canada Award in the Macromolecular Science and Engineering Division at the Canadian Society for Chemistry Conference held recently in Winnipeg, Manitoba for her poster entitled, Microscale Bioactive Patterning: A Novel Surface Modification of Poly(dimethylsiloxane). Congratulations
June 2007: The Canadian Nuclear Society awarded graduate students Mike Broczkowski and Wei Xu, and undergraduate Kevin Daub, for their presentations at the student conference in St. John, New Brunswick. In addition, Mike Broczkowski and Jared Smith were recently awarded the R.E. Jervis Award from the CNS for their excellence in graduate research. Congratulations to Mike, Wei, Kevin, and Jared!
June 2007: We are excited to announce that the graduate students listed below have received A Special International Research (ASPIRE) awards for 2007. The purpose of the award is to provide graduate students with invaluable research and life experience outside of Canada.
May 2007: We are delighted to announce that NSERC scholarships and fellowships have been award to many Chemistry students or recent graduates. Congratulations to all!
May 2007: The Faculty of Science views high-quality teaching as the most important part of its mandate in mounting high-quality undergraduate programs. Banghao Chen, an exceptional teaching assistant for Chemistry 020, has been awarded a Faculty of Science Graduate Student Teaching Award. Congratulations, Banghao!
May 2007: Graduate students Jun Zhu, Stephen Jackson, and Natasha Patrito have been selected to receive the CSC 2004 Conference Travel Awards. These travel awards were made possible by the proceeds of the Canadian Society for Chemistry 2004 Conference, which was held in London in 2004. Jun and Stephen will be using the travel awards to attend the CSC 2007 conference in Winnipeg, while Natasha will be travelling to Germany for Euromat 2007. Congratulations, and have a great trip!
April 2007: Michael Andrews is the Western recipient of the Canadian Society for Chemistry Silver Medal for undergraduate studies in Chemistry for 2006. The medal is awarded to a student entering the final year of an undergraduate program in Chemistry or Biochemistry with the highest marks. Congratulations Michael!
April 2007: Dr. Nick Mosey was presented with the 2006 Paul de Mayo award for the best doctoral thesis in Chemistry. In the photo below, from left to right, are Dr. Kim Baines, Dr. Nick Mosey, and his supervisor, Dr. Tom Woo. Nick is currently completing his postdoctoral studies at Princeton University. Congratulations Nick!
April 2007: Pam Yakabuskie, a student in the third year of our undergraduate program, has been awarded one of two Canadian Nuclear Society scholarships to work in Clara Wren's research group. The scholarships are awarded to undergraduate students in nuclear science and engineering at Canadian universities for specific summer work projects related to nuclear science and engineering. Congratulations Pam!
March 2007: We are delighted to announce that Cheryl Carson (MAK) and Banghao Chen (YH) are winners of this year's Lumsden Graduate Fellowship and Lumsden Graduate Award, respectively. Congratulations Cheryl and Banghao!
March 2007: Eighteen students and two faculty from Western attended the SOUSCC Southern Ontario Undergraduate Student Chemistry Conference at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology in Oshawa. There were ~95 speakers in six concurrent sessions and 32 posters covering all areas of chemistry. Three Western students, listed below, were awarded prizes for their presentations. Congratulations to all, and thank you to Prof. Payne for organizing the trip on behalf of the many student presenters from Western!
March 2007: We are delighted to annouce that Dr. Bernie Kraatz will be joining our department this summer. He is currently a Professor and Canada Research Chair in Biomaterials at the University of Saskatchewan's Department of Chemistry. In 2006, he was awarded the Canadian Society for Chemistry's Award for Pure and Applied Chemistry. Dr. Kraatz's research interests are diverse, ranging from bioconjugate design to interfacial electron transfer, and complement those in Materials and Biomaterials in the Department of Chemistry and the Faculty of Science as well as those under the umbrella of WINS. Welcome, Bernie!
February 2007: Ms. Cheryl O'Meara, Graduate Coordinator, was nominated for a 2007 Western Award of Excellence. A lunch was held on February 26, 2007 for all UWO staff nominated for this prestigious award. With Cheryl at the lunch were (from left to right: front row) Mary Martin (Graduate Coordinator from Biology), Cheryl O'Meara, Kim Baines, Phil Dean, (back row) Sandy McCaw (Departmental Secretary) and Darlene MacDonald (Graduate Assistant).
January 2007: Congratulations to Profs. Ken Yeung and Brian Pagenkopf, who have been promoted to the rank of Associate Professor and granted tenure, and to Prof. John Corrigan, who has been promoted to Professor, all effective July 1, 2007. Congratulations on your achievements!
January 2007: Congratulations to graduate students Dong Fu, Kristina Jurcic, and Brad Payne for winning Christian Sivertz Scholarships in the Department of Chemistry for best overall performance in physical chemistry graduate courses. The students are supervised by Profs. Clara Wren, Ken Yeung, and Stewart McIntyre, respectively.
December 2006: We are thrilled to announce that Prof. François Lagugné-Labarthet will be joining the Department of Chemistry in January. François is presently at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique in France working on optical near-field scanning microscopy and spectroscopy techniques for the vibrational characterization of nano- and meso-organized materials. He obtained his PhD at the Université Bordeaux under the supervision of Dr. Claude Sourisseau. His experience also includes research on optics in the groups of late Prof. Almeria Natansohn and Paul Rochon (Royal Military College) and Prof. Ron Shen (UC at Berkeley). Welcome, François!
November 2006: Construction of the Materials Science Addition begins! Details of the MSA are found below (July 2006). Check out our live webcam and our Flickr photo gallery.
November 2006: We are delighted that Profs. Nathan Jones and Paul Ragogna are receipients of Early Researcher Awards from the Government of Ontario. These awards are provided to outstanding, early researchers to assist their recruitment of graduate students. Congratulations Nathan and Paul!
November 2006: Congratulations to Mike Johansen on the receipt of an Alfred Bader Scholarship from the CSC, which is offered as a mark of excellence for achievement in organic chemistry or biochemistry by undergraduates completing their final year of study in an honours program. For a description of his accomplishments, please see page 28 of the Nov./Dec. edition of the 2006 ACCN.
October 2006: National Chemistry Week. On October 21, the undergraduate Chem Club kick-started the event with a fun and educational outreach demonstration at White Oaks Mall, London (photo below). Children and their parents prepared colourful slime and experienced first-hand demonstrations involving dry ice and liquid nitrogen, and most of all, they also learned about the fascinating applications of chemistry. We thank Sandy Zakaria-Holtslag and all the Chem Club members for their excellent work!
September 2006: We are delighted to annouce that Professor Beth Gillies has been awarded a Polanyi Prize and appointed Canada Research Chair. In honour of Nobel-prize receipient John Charles Polanyi, the Government of Ontario awards the Polanyi prize to recognize the research accomplishments of talented, young scientists. The Canada Research Chair professorships are established by the Government of Canada "to attract and retain some of the world's most accomplished and promising minds." Congratulations Beth!
August 2006: Summer Picnic 2006 a Success. Over 100 members of our chemistry community and their families participated in this year's summer picnic. A good time was had by all! We are thankful to everyone who participated in the departmental picnic yesterday, especially members of the Social Committee Anna Vandendries-Barr, Nathan Jones, Andrea Wallette, Yun Yang, Robert Harbottle, Laura Pavelka, and others, including Sandy McCaw, Robert Hudson, Robert Harbottle's children, Bill Meath, Phil Dean, Darlene McDonald, Clara Fernandes and Kim Baines and everyone else that donated time and worked to make the picnic a success. We also thank Darlene Hagen for taking some pictures of the event.
August 2006: We are pleased to announce that Professor Nathan D. Jones has been selected for a PetroCanada Young Investigator Award. These awards were established to recognize, promote and support outstanding new faculty researchers whose work is particularly innovative, impacts positively on the learning environment in the department in which they study, and has the potential to be of significance to society at large. The program is intended to help attract and retain bright young minds at Canadian Universities and institutes and to help young researchers launch their scholarly careers and enable them to carry their research forward.
July 2006: We are pleased to announce that Professor John F. Corrigan has been selected for a Faculty Scholar Award. These prestigious awards were established to provide special recognition to a faculty member who has maintained an outstanding record in teaching and research and who is at a critical point in his or her career. Congratulations John!
July 2006: In September 2005, the Department of Chemistry, along with the Department of Physics and Astronomy and the Faculty of Science, secured funding for a new addition to the building (~45,000 sq ft). The addition will be nestled between the Chemistry Building and the Biological and Geological Building, uphill from the Chemistry loading dock. This much needed and long-awaited space will house new first year undergraduate chemistry (~5,500 sq ft) and physics (~7,200 sq ft) laboratories and the associated support space, offices for the ChemClub and the Science Student's Council, the NMR Facility (~1900 sq ft) and research labs with a Materials Science focus (~11,200 sq ft). With the three newly renovated synthetic labs and offices on the second floor of the Biological and Geological Sciences building (scheduled for completion in January 2007), the Department of Chemistry will, at long last, have space relief for our rapidly growing research and teaching programs! The initial designs for the Materials Science Addition are now finished; construction is expected to start in October 2006 and be completed by Spring 2008. We look forward to inviting you to the Grand Opening of the new labs! To read more about new construction and renovations on campus, see this story in Western News


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For anyone who doesn't know any better, Poland is pretty great. With beautiful cities all over the place and prices around half of what you'd expect to pay in Western Europe, Poland is a budget traveler's paradise. It's getting more and more popular along the backpacker circuit (particularly the party hotspot of old town Krakow), but even so, it remains comparatively quiet, considering all the old-world charm (and spectacular vodka) that'll greet you at every turn.
Part of the reason it's such a positive memory for me is that years later, I met an American guy who had never been to Poland, and had grown up on American playgrounds, hearing Polish jokes all time, poking fun at his culture. He had no idea what it was really like. All I wanted to do was share what made Poland so enjoyable for me, and inspire him to go visit. I think I succeeded.
There are a million fun things to do in Poland, and although it's becoming an increasingly popular expat destination, it's also huge, so it's easy to get away from the crowds. There's lots to explore, lots of places to see, lots of pierogis to eat, lots of vodka to drink.
Onward we go!
Awesome things to do in Poland
(according to me)
1) Savor the old town charm of central Krakow
There's a reason this is one of the most popular cities in Central and Eastern Europe, and for a lot of visitors to Poland, this is their only stop. It's not how I like to travel, but it's easy to see why. Krakow is one of the not-so-many cities in the region that didn't get flattened by Team Hitler.
The old town is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, with many buildings dating back hundreds of years, including many of the major sites, such as St. Mary's Basilica and the massive Cloth Hall on the town square, and Wawel Castle up on the hill, all of which date back to the 14th century.
But for plenty of visitors, it's not so important how old things are, but how drunk they can get. And Krakow knows how to deliver, with some of the highest numbers of bars per capita of any city anywhere in the world. From tiny hole-in-the-wall places to snazzy jazz bars and fancy clubs, there's evening entertainment all over the place. But it's also authentic bar culture, due to the massive student population, unlike some of the seedier nightlife in other former Eastern bloc countries.
Krakow is often referred to as "the next Prague" for its similar combination of comparatively cheap prices, lively bar culture, and nearly millennium-old architecture. It's absolutely spectacular. The world knows it, but it hasn't lost its charm. Which is why it's still called the next Prague, rather than another Prague.
PS: Krakow is obviously the sound of a spaceship laser gun. Just ask Calvin.
2) Get rejected by Face Control
People will tell you this is something that happens in Eastern Europe, but in reality, it's something that happens everywhere on the planet. If you're not cool enough to be in the club, they won't let you in. But it's a little different in Eastern Europe, where it's actually called Face Control, thus implying that the reason they won't let you in is because they don't like your face.
My only experience with this was in Warsaw, where the bouncer let us know the club "wasn't open yet." In his defense, it was only 9pm.
(Sidenote: The girl who was "totally sure" she'd get rejected by face control had no reason whatsoever to be fearful.)
This is generally only a thing in the discotheque or nightclub scene, but if that's where you're heading, it helps to follow a few simple tips:
- Be well dressed
- Don't be stumbling like a drunken idiot
- Bring lots of ladies with you
- If they tell you it's "full," just ask if there's another bar in the area they could recommend instead.
That last one worked like a charm.
3) Savor the magnificence of Żubrówka Vodka
If Poland is famous for anything, it's for vodka. And they do this very well.
One of the most famous Polish vodkas is Żubrówka Bison Grass Vodka, which is spectacularly good, and totally illegal in the United States. Apparently there's a compound called coumarin in the grass used to flavor the drink that has potentially toxic effects.
Apparently no one took the time to consider the fact that alcohol will totally kill you too. Seriously, they banned a drink because it has trace amounts of harmful substances? It's 40% alcohol! The alcohol will kill before the grass ever does!!!
Okay, rant over. I get very upset over my inability to purchase amazingly good vodka. But if you go to Poland, be sure to give this a try. It's actually so good that you can drink it straight from the bottle. Well, I can, anyway. But it's also mixed into cocktails along with apple juice, ginger ale, or other things.
It's a distinctively Polish treat, and one of the very few things on the planet that hasn't been made universally available through globalization, so it might be the only time you can ever sample the magic.
There are knockoffs available in the States (which, let me tell you, are absolutely horrible), as well as a coumarin-free version produced by the real company, but there's no substitute for the original. Mmmmm.
4) Dig through the Wieliczka Salt Mines
Let me describe to you the most ingenious idea for reviving the fortunes of an old mining town once the mine has run out: Make it a tourist attraction!
And that's exactly what the Wieliczka Salt Mine has become. You wouldn't imagine that a museum dedicated to people digging for salt would become a popular tourist draw, but that's exactly what it is. It's an easy day trip from Krakow, and it's just great.
The mine itself was in continuous operation from the 13th century up until 2007, and nowadays it sees over a million visitors a year, who take the tiny elevator down into the depths and explore the "buildings" inside, which include chapels, statues, and even a whole cathedral carved out from the rock. It's fascinating, and entirely different from the usual pretty buildings that make up most tourist itineraries.
There's plenty of beauty here too, of course, but it's interesting to walk through something that was a real work site for hundreds of years. And for most of that time, no one had flashlights.
5) Somberly visit Auschwitz
So it's not all fun and games in Poland. In fact, most of Poland's recent history has been anything but fun, and nowhere is this painful history more visible than at Auschwitz.
I'll save sharing my experience visiting Auschwitz for its own post, but suffice it to say it's something of a disquieting experience, though I'll make the quick point that it was a massive tragedy for huge numbers of non-Jews as well.
The (required) tour provides a great deal of information, taking the visitors through the showers and ovens, and other exhibits built later.
Particularly striking were the shoes, collected by the millions, and now piled behind a glass display. Every pair was a person. You can see which ones were the kids, the men, the women, and you start imagining stories, personalities, families, friends, and everything else that a real person has.
Of all the things to see in Poland, Auschwitz is a must if you're anywhere in the area. It's an easy day trip from Krakow, though the camp is large enough that the visit plus the drive will take several hours.
6) Confuse your friends by visiting sand dunes
"Hey guys, I'm in Poland! Check out the sand dunes!"
No one will have any idea what's going on.
Over at the Słowiński National Park in northern Poland, it looks just like the Sahara. You can take beach-like photos and annoy your buddies who thought you were going to a frozen wasteland because that's all they think Poland is. Yay!
Campsites and hotels offer accommodation for those wanting to stick around a bit longer, and walking trails lead you through the park. Aside from the sand, there are forests as well, so it's a nice place for the outdoorsy types to enjoy in between city visits.
7) Indulge your inner 7-year old boy at all the castles
Despite the fact that most people associate castles with Western Europe, and their only image of Central and Eastern Europe is communist propaganda and bread lines, this part of the world has been at war with itself for thousands of years, and thus…castles!
Easily the most visited is Wawel in Krakow, since, well…it's in Krakow. And no amount of vodka-induced hangover can keep people away. But there are plenty of other castles in Poland, some easily accessible, some a bit out of the way, and they're all pretty great. I mean, all castles are great. If you disagree, go away and hide in a cave forever.
#2 is Malbork Castle, which also happens to be the world's largest brick castle, just outside of Gdansk, way up in the north. It's a popular one as well, and a great day trip from the city.
Lesser-known Polish castles include Książ (which is absolutely spectacular), plus the ruins of Chojnik and Krzyżtopór. And I'll always vote in favor of visiting an out-of-the-way castle, since then you can get it all to yourself, and it's amazing.
8) Confuse the intricately carved cheese for wooden sculptures
So I know this is a bit of a dumb suggestion, since it's not that big a deal, but I love discovering distinctively local things, and "cheese that kinda looks like a neck massager or something" is something I've only ever seen in Poland.
And I had a lot of it.
This smoked, salted sheep's cheese, made exclusively in the Tatra Mountains of southern Poland, and known as Oscypek, is sold all over, and makes for a nice backpacker snack that'll last for a while and give you plenty of calories when you're dumbly stuck in the middle of some train station layover town out in the semi-wilderness. It never happened to me, I swear. Shut up.
I almost feel bad eating it because it's so decoratively carved, but then I bite into it and I don't feel bad anymore.
9) Get your Tatra on
The Tatra mountain range offers spectacular hiking opportunities to fans of the outdoors, with beautiful forests, craggy peaks, tranquil lakes, and diverse wildlife.
And I was far too exhausted to deal with any of that. Night trains take a lot of out a person, and dammit, I was tired.
But I did hike in the Slovakian Tatras, and that was pretty neat. They're the same mountains anyway. That's my excuse!
But if you love the mountains as much as I love a good bottle of vodka, there are hiking opportunities all over southern Poland, particularly around Zakopane. If you're feeling particularly adventurous, there's Orla Perć, which is considered the most challenging and dangerous of any hike in the Tatras.
Suck it, Alps.
10) Stay at an old lady's house
This is a tradition that might not be around forever. Back in the day (and that day is still somewhat here), tourist infrastructure was insufficient all over Eastern Europe, and many countries encouraged citizens to rent out a spare room to visitors. It's the original AirBNB! Well, not the original, but…whatever.
It's actually pretty neat. I was only able to do this a few times, and it's really all over the place in terms of accommodation quality, and it's not like you can see the room ahead of time (though you can say no once you get there), but come on, staying in an old Polish lady's house? How can you say no?!?!
They hang out at the train stations in some of the smaller towns, holding signs that say "room" in several different languages, and although the language barrier was practically insurmountable (it helps if you speak German), they were always friendly, helpful, and happy to have a guest. And just like any mom, the Polish lady that hosted me in Zakopane offered me a cup of tea before bedtime.
Prices are similar to budget hotels or hostels (which, in Poland, can be very cheap), and it's a great chance to get a look at "real" life, which is so often completely invisible on the backpacker trail. I enjoyed it every time. Don't expect a fancy shower, though. Expect an authentic cultural experience. And a new Polish mom.
Share your favorite things to do in Poland!
So this was just my personal list, which should be rather obvious given its 10% vodka ratio, but I can't possibly list every amazing Polish activity out there. If you've got any things to do in Poland that you're dying to share, share 'em, and I'll get to them on the next trip. Eventually.


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TSU, Mie Pref. - Hiroyasu Imura spent 19 years pursuing his boyhood dream of faithfully producing a replica of Himeji Castle in Hyogo Prefecture.
The 69-year-old former insurance examiner completed his model of Himeji Castle at a scale of 1:23 in the garden of his home in Ise, Mie Prefecture, in April.
Since completing the model, Imura has been deluged with visitors. The replica has even impressed a curator of the municipal castle research office in the city of Himeji, where the real fortress stands.
The castle was listed in 1993 as a UNESCO World Heritage site along with Horyuji Temple in the ancient capital of Nara.
The official said that if someone were shown a photograph of the replica, they might think it was a picture of the actual castle. The Himeji government has named Imura as a tourist ambassador.
Himeji Castle has escaped damage for nearly 400 years since it was refurbished by feudal lord Ikeda Terumasa between 1601 and 1609. Its main donjon consists of five layers and six floors.
The replica is about 160 sq. meters, with the main keep about 2.2 meters high. It cost Imura about 18 million yen to build. He made sure every detail corresponds to the original, including the curved lines of the castle's graceful roofs, its white walls, intricately combined connecting turret, stone walls and moat.
Imura's first encounter with the original castle came at age 14, when he saw a photograph of it in a boy's magazine. He was a fan of samurai movies and was inspired by castles. He wondered how people had lived in such palaces and kept thinking about reproducing Himeji Castle.
His wife, Ikuko, 66, gave him a book containing photographs of the castle on his 47th birthday. He saw a drawing of the castle in the book and made up his mind to build a replica.
Imura bought a plot of land in the town of Enza in Ise, which has a beautiful view of mountains unhindered by the sight of power lines — a setting he thought would be perfect for the replica.
He moved to the town and began building the model in 1989, using experience he gained as a joiner during his youth.
After retiring at age 60, Imura devoted his life to building the replica.
He used reinforced plastic material for the structure and carved patterns on wooden molds to show the unevenness of roof tiles.
Imura also studied reference materials to reproduce structures that no longer exist. He made repeated trips to Himeji Castle to confirm details in drawings and to count the number of stones in stairways. He once dropped a rope surreptitiously to measure the height of a stone wall while trying to avoid being noticed by a security guard.
His most difficult challenge was reproducing the stone walls. He bought stone plates, broke them into pieces several centimeters in size and then assembled the pieces in molds to reproduce the slanting walls of the castle.
Concrete was poured into the molds to solidify them — a process that took 12 years to complete.
His wife Ikuko had hoped that once the model was finished she would be able to visit hot-spring resorts, but now the couple have no time as visitors fill their parking lot.
Some visitors call Imura "lord of the castle" and ask if they can take photographs with him. "I am just a master builder," he responds and describes his wife as "the lord of the castle."


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Instant Deck Tech time! Today we are checking out an interesting Modern deck that takes advantage of not one, but two new cards from Shadows over Innistrad - Four-Color Dredge!
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With the launch of the fabulous drama, Pan Am, a series about the pilots and flight attendants who once made Pan Am the most glamorous way to fly and starring Christina Ricci, it looks like Air Hostess chic is the next big thing. I don't know about you, but when I think of air hostesses, I think of a very particular look: groomed, glossy and tanned. Three things I rarely, if ever, am - but with a bit of help from Revlon, I can get a bit closer!
Fascinatingly, Revlon is the brand behind the original Pan Am beauty look. Back in the Sixties, matching lips with perfectly manicured fingers were the order of the day. The founder of Revlon, Charles Revson, sat on the Pan Am Board making sure that beauty standards were kept high. And so it is that you can get the polished, retro makeup style today with five Revlon products:
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4. Revlon Super Lustrous Lipstick in Pink in the Afternoon (£7.49)
5. Revlon Top Speed Nail Enamel in Guava (£6.49)
I've got the PhotoReady Makeup and Concealer, which together work well together to create a flawless complexion. The concealer is creamy, easy to blend, but long wearing and very impressive. I've also got the Top Speed Nail Enamel in Guava and it's exactly the colour that comes to mind when I think of air hostesses (and, actually, beauty counter staff!). It's a warm, but bright, orangey-coral [above]. I must say as well that the polish wears extremely well, and does indeed dry very fast. It's a great formula. The Pink in the Afternoon lipstick is an easy to wear coraley-pink, that's not quite as bright as the polish, but still very nice.
I tried putting a little look together using the base, my own liquid liner and the lippie and polish, then rocked the Pan Am look at the weekend for a dinner. I felt very glamorous. It's definitely a look to check out, especially if corals are your thing!
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Outrage at Reading!
Reading is enjoying a fantastic debut season in the Premiership, but I don't know if they'll ever be able to overcome the sending off of its mascot, Kingsley, during Monday's match against Newcastle. Soccer America magazine provides some of the details here and youtube gives us one of Kingsley's great (unrelated) moments.
Nice goal yesterday too...
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Just wanted to say, sorry i've not been plaguing your computers with regular updates, but I have FINALLY got myself a little job... irritating the streets of Edinburgh with my "Don't know if you'd be interested in seeing a show tonight?... No?" approach to flyering. How very glamourous.
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What I really should be doing right now is cleaning my house to prepare for people to come over for dinner, but instead I have been watching Youtube videos and drinking coffee (at 5pm). Plus, I was thinking about my blog and how much I have (not) been writing. Really, I have been on a crazy work schedule and have had literally no time to do anything but exercise and work. I was living off of Cliff bars and mandarin oranges for about 2 weeks straight. Talk about healthy…yikes.
This of course got me thinking about my favourite things this month (or I have just been watching too many videos telling me that it is the end of the month where everyone talks about their monthly favourites). Do I follow this regime? Not really. But I will try.
1. Clif bars
Sounds crazy since I have been eating a ton of them, but really they have been getting me through a lot these past few days so I have to appreciate them for what they are. If you don't know what they are, they are basically just protein bars that actually taste like food. You can get the crunchy bars (which are like Nature Valley bars) or the chewy bars that I personally enjoy more. My favourite has to be the Chocolate Almond Fudge bar that comes in a pack of 18 from Costco. Generally these bars range from about $1 (on sale) to $2 and up (pretty expensive, I know). In the pack from Costco though they are about $0.83, so I have two boxes that I am working my way through.
I generally keep these bars in my purse and work bag for the times when I am really hungry, but don't have any food (which happens more often than I would like to admit). I really recommend trying these bars for sure. They are very tasty, and satisfy hunger effectively. My husband and I also took these when we were in Hawai'i on our 7 hour hike on the Napali trail. Since it was so hot and you didn't want to carry a lot, these really came in handy.
2. Sleep
Weird? I think not. To be honest, you know there are people who love to sleep? They could just stay in bed all day and sleep for countless hours. I am not one of these people. Personally, I don't like sleep very much and I only sleep because I have to. But sometimes I feel like I really under-appreciate sleep. Because I work strictly nights only, I can range from sleeping about 4 hours to 7 hours in between nights. That is like sleeping from midnight to 4am. What have you really gained there? Not much.
I have to say that I can definitely function very well for a few days on very little sleep, but when you work 5 shifts in a row, that completes about 60 hours, on 4 hours a "night", you aren't really able to sustain that. So I like to sleep when I can, especially on weekends. Appreciate the little things.
3. Coffee
Have I talked about my love for coffee? Likely not enough, even if I have written an entire post about coffee on this little blog. Hell, this has been running through my bloodstream all month. My husband and I actually have a Nespresso maker (the one that lots of celebrities endorse). It is really popular in Europe, and it makes amazing coffee. You buy capsules, put it in the machine, and out comes a perfect espresso. It is similar to a Keurig, or Tassimo, but better (because what comes out is stronger and tastier, in my personal opinion). Since it is a faster option to having coffee, with that lovely little shot of joy, I definitely haven't been skimping on having them this month with all of that sleep that I haven't been getting.
I wrote about this hand moisturizer in My Favourite Moisturizers post, and I do really love this stuff. I have been using it so much that I basically have barely any left. I am scraping the bottom of it for sure. I have to really squeeze the bottle to get a little bit out. Hopefully I get more for Christmas (or else I will have to buy more). My hands have been suffering a lot this month for sure from washing my hands continuously. Hopefully work won't be so bad this month like it was in November. So I definitely have been enjoying this stuff. Definitely makes a difference and the scent is heavenly. Certainly not too strong, but pleasantly gentle. God I love this stuff.
If you haven't heard of this app, you don't know what you are missing. This one has been awesome and totally essential to my Christmas shopping. (Yes, I have been Christmas shopping for a few weeks already and I only have a few left to buy). I usually end up forgetting my list somewhere, so having it on my phone has been really helpful (I always have it on me). So, my husband actually got me into using this and it has been really great. It links up from my iPad to my iPhone very easily, and I can add as many categories as I want. If you haven't checked this one out, go for it. Plus, it is free!
So, this list was definitely the more simple and practical of lists, but I haven't had too much time to get any new products and really try them out. That will be saved for December. Should I do a gift giving guide for this month?


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How to start an Alumni Chapter?
Starting a local chapter is ridiculously easy! Just gather the people in your area, start a Facebook group named "Jacobs Alumni Chapter XYZ" and organize your first event or discussion. Afterwards, fill in the registration form and send it per email to the Assessor for Event Management and tell us that you exist. Done!
Basically done. Starting an Alumni Chapter is very simple, keeping it alive a bit more challenging. To achieve longer-term success, we recommend the following when starting an Alumni Chapter:
- Do coordinate with the Assessor for Event Management. The role of this position includes the support and the development of Alumni Chapters.
- There should be at least five alumni as members including one chapter leader. There are several options to find alumni to join a chapter:
- Use the key word search function of AlmaLink to find alumni according to location, major etc.
- Use the Facebook "graph search" to find Facebook friends or even friends of friends.
- Make a general call in the Facebook group "Jacobs University Alumni"
- The Local Chapter Leader should be planning to stay longer in the area. It does not make sense to have a leader for less than one year. Moreover, the leader should know the city or area well. In case of a club or subject chapter, the leader should have a strong and visible connection, e.g. former club membership.
- Sharing a yearly plan of activities with the Assessor for Event Management and the chapter at the beginning of the (academic) year, can be very beneficial. The assessor can support in the organization and advertisement, for example. In case of local chapters for example, the cycle of events can be nicely started with having a welcome event for new graduate students at the beginning of fall semester.


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Small business financing platform Business Financial Services (BFS) has acquired merchant funder Entrust Merchant Solutions
BFS began financing Entrust clients in 2009. Over the last six years Entrust grew into one of BFS's largest independent sales organizations.
BFS CEO and Co-Founder Marc Glazer said the two companies are a natural fit.
"The two companies share a philosophy of empowering small business growth through timely and flexible financing. Entrust is a natural extension for our brand."
Entrust was founded in New York City in 2007. It has additional locations in Long Island and Tampa, Fla.
Entrust CEO Ilya Fridman will still run Entrust and will directly report to Mr. Glazer.
BFS funds companies across more than 400 industries, operating in all 50 states plus Canada and the United Kingdom. It recently passed the $1 billion funding mark since its inception.
BFS was founded in 2001 and receives support from private equity and institutional partners. It is based in Coral Springs, Fla.