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Researchers at Lincoln and Kent Universities in the UK are undertaking some interesting research into lap dancing. Here's the project description and link:
We are researchers from the Universities of Kent and Lincoln who are currently doing research on the impacts of businesses in the night-time economy. We are especially interested in the positive and negative impacts of lap dance venues, and are interested your feelings about the appropriateness of these venues in different locations. The research is sponsored by the Economic and Social Research Council, the largest supporter of academic research in the UK social sciences: the results of this research will help inform policies to ensure that UK cities at night are attractive and safe for all.
This short, anonymous survey will take up no more than fifteen minutes of your time, and you will be given the opportunity to leave your details for inclusion in a prize draw. There will also be information given about how you can become more involved in the research should you wish.
Link to the questionnaire.
Thursday, 7 June 2012
Research Study: Nightlife, nuisance and safety in English towns/cities
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Where are the women directors?
The Guerrilla Girls take on the problems of Hollywood. gurerrillagirls.com
Other most-anticipated lists are not very different. Slash Film's list of 55 must-see films does include one woman: Mira Nair's film Shantaram, set for release this fall. At least The Times' list of 50 biggest movies of 2008 includes a whopping three pictures: Persepolis, 27 Dresses and Mamma Mia!)
Clearly, the criteria used to make these lists are, well, pretty subjective. (I know I can't wait until the April release of Repo! The Genetic Opera!, a paranoid apocalypic musical starring Paris Hilton [no, not really].)
But it's not just a matter of exposure. According to the site moviesbywomen.com, only 5% of Hollywood movies are made by women, and the majority of women-directed films are small productions. Where are the women diectors? This is not the first time this question has been asked about film. In 2002, Salon ran an in-depth piece on the topic, and three years later, The Guardian asked filmmakers themselves to answer the question.
There are some bright moments: just this past week, films directed by women took half of the top prizes at Sundance. Women also won half of the directing prizes, and are well represented among the jury, too.
Makes me yearn for some good old Guerrilla Girls-style campaigns. Imagine how happy I was to find out that they are already on the case.


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Crafts for Church School
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In the Scriptures it says we should not hide our light under a bushel! So, don't be shy about sharing with us what has gone well for you in this past year, what you have found has
worked so well, and any ideas you may have for activities, crafts, or simply ways of teaching and student control in the classroom. We learn much more from each other than we ever can from books!
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Following the completion of the new church building and its consecration in 2011, the church school has been thrilled to be functioning in real, adequate-sized classrooms at last. This means of course, that we are able to put on the walls maps, pictures and students' work without having to take it down at the end of each session, because we share the space with another function of the parish. This means of course, that our program has become more vital, and more attractive to new students and their families!
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Monday, February 13, 2012
LD Manic Monday: $1 Valentines + Free Bugaboo Card and Candy Wrappers
CLICK HERE to get your $1 Valentines and HERE to get your free Bugaboo Valentine Card and Candy Bar Wrappers.
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Oh Jin, this is the first time I have been disappointed with LD. Its such a great thing that they are offering the bugaboo at a reduced price - but spare a thought for us who bought it at full price just a couple of weeks ago when it was first promoted.ReplyDelete
I am really pleased for everyone who has got such a great buy at this reduced price, but I cant help feeling a bit miffed that it has come so soon after it was promoted at full price. Especially since I posted a picture of something I made on facebook ecraft group which then prompted someone to buy it last week - they must be feeling pretty hard done by now!
This wont make me stop using LD - but it will make me make more use of the reduced sets and discourage me from buying the sets as soon as they come out - just in case they are reduced soon after I buy them.
I know its not your issue Jin, just thought it might be worth raising with LD. I suspect I might get a bit of grief from this comment but I just thought I would raise the issue of discounting sets that are still fairly newly released. I appreciate its just business etc etc.
Hugs to you Jin and glad you had such a wonderful disney cruise!


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Charlene M. Reilein
Charlene M. Reilein, age 58, of Winsted died Sunday, June 2, 2002, at Glencoe Regional Health Services.
She was born Dec. 21, 1943, in Springfield the daughter of Lellis J. and Eileen C. Platz Fiedler.
Charlene graduated from Sanborn High School in 1961 and later attended beauty school in Mankato.
Charlene M. Fiedler and Leonard G. Reilein were joined in holy marriage Nov. 11, 1967, in St. Thomas Catholic Church in Sanborn.
Charlene formerly worked as a receptionist at Supreme Feed in Howard Lake.
She was a member of Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Winsted, and also belonged to the American Legion Post #407 Auxiliary.
Charlene was preceded in death by her parents Lellis and Eileen Fiedler, brother Kevin Fiedler, father-in-law and mother-in-law Art and Theresa Reilein, and by brothers-in-law Clarence, Lloyd, and Ray Reilein.
She is survived by her husband, Leonard G. Reilein of Winsted; sisters, Annette (Dan) Schilling of Long Prairie and Sharon (Scott) Schultz of Lamberton; a brother, Allan Fiedler of Big Timber, Mont.; brothers-in-law and sisters-in law, Art (Alice) Reilein of Litchfield, Lorraine (Ray) Gordon of Arizona and William (Bette) Reilein of Cedar Mills; aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces, and nephews.
A Mass of Christian Burial for Charlene Reilein was Wednesday, June 5, at 10:30 a.m. at Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Winsted. The Rev. Paul L. Wolf was the celebrant, and interment followed at St. Raphael Cemetery in Springfield.
Friends called Tuesday, June 4, from 4 to 8 p.m. at the Chilson Funeral Home in Winsted. A prayer service was at 7:30 p.m.
Keith Reilein, Kurt Reilein, James Reilein, Chad Fiedler, Bryan Schultz, Matt Westerman, Michael Reilein, and Chad Maynard will serve as casket bearers.
The Chilson Funeral Home in Winsted served the family.
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The second Saturday of the college football season has arrived, and later today many of the best teams and players will be in action. Some of the matchups will resemble squash matches from 1980s WWF syndicated programming, e.g. Savannah State at Florida State. It's tough to get a true feel for the talent level of a given team or player when they face second-rate competition, but given the economic realities of college football, fans just have to deal with it. And, of course, there are always surprises, whether it's Youngstown State over Pitt in week one of this year or Appalachian State beating Michigan in Ann Arbor in 2007, a game so historic that it earned its own Wikipedia page listing.
But there will be plenty of entertaining matchups to watch today, albeit no games between ranked teams. We should have had West Virginia at Florida State to enjoy, but with WVU jumping to the Big 12 a year early *and* that conference going with a nine-game schedule, WVU opted out of playing the Seminoles in Tallahassee and instead we have the first 70+ point spread in the history of college football. Such is life. Though, as Utah State proved last night against Utah, anything can happen in college football.
The SEC debuts of both Missouri and Texas A&M happen today, with Mizzou hosting Georgia and Texas A&M hosting Florida. The Gators never play non-conference road games, so this scenario is the only way short of a crazy Jerry Jones style cash infusion that the Gators would end up playing in College Station. I liked the SEC at 12 teams and seeing it swell to 14 teams disappointed me, if for nothing else because of the geographical strain it will put on the league. Of course, expanded geography means a larger coverage area for the conference (St. Louis, Kansas City, and interest all across the state of Texas). The conference jumbling is destroying traditional matchups, which saddens me, but they didn't ask me for my opinion before the wheels went into motion.
At work the topic of the long-overdue I-A/FBS playoff system came up during the week, and one of my anchors said he thought the Mini Vader size playoffs started in 2013. I had to be the bearer of bad news through his IFB (earpiece): nope, we have to wait until 2014 for them.
The upside: once the huge power players see how much cash that a four-team playoff with generate, we'll see it expand to eight and then hopefully 16. But a four team system is a good start, and if nothing else it should ensure that an unbeaten major conference team won't be left out of the chance for a national title, like Auburn was in 2004. It will take some time, but the Mini Vader Playoffs are a good start.
The real fun starts tomorrow for pro football fans, with 13 games to enjoy (and two more on Monday night). To say that I'm giddy about having the NFL Red Zone channel for the first time is a colossal understatement. Besides seeing it at my buddy Mike's place when I lived in Nashville, I've been deprived. And, while I miss Nashville in many ways, I won't miss the silly blackout rules on Sundays when the Titans had a home game on a network that didn't have a double-header. One early game, one late game, and that's it for the day games unless you have the NFL Sunday Ticket package. I can't say that I'm excited for a heaping helping of Bengals and Steelers and Browns games, but at least three local OTA games will be in play every week... and there's something to be said for that.
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Trial Set For Former Corrections Worker Accused Of Providing Drugs To Coworkers, Phone Sex To Inmate
A former corrections officer at the Southeast Ohio Correctional Institution was set to go on trial on Monday to face dereliction of duty charges.
Amber N. Stanley, 25, of Lancaster, was working at the prison last fall when the Ohio State Highway Patrol said she engaged in phone sex with an inmate and supplied coworkers with drugs.
A search warrant showed the Highway Patrol began listening to an inmate's phone conversations after it received a tip that an inmate was bragging about having a relationship with a corrections officer.
As a result, investigators said they recorded more than 300 conversations between Stanley and one inmate, with references to marijuana and cocaine use.
The patrol said Stanley sent the inmate explicit photographs of her body and had phone sex with him several times.
Authorities said one conversation suggested that Stanley supplied drugs to co-workers.
Court documents indicated that when troopers confronted Stanley in October 2012, she admitted sending pictures of herself to an inmate and receiving calls from him.
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That's what jargon looks like from a blimp over Silicon Valley. But developer jargon is a whole different matter. It's what helps make this world of humans who make computers, well, useful. It's a culture in and of itself.
High level but hands-on
Our upcoming DevBeat conference, Nov. 12-13 in San Francisco, will have a lot more on this topic. Featuring hacker legends like Stallman, DHH, Rasmus Lerdorf, and Alex Payne, it's a hands-on developer event packed with:
- workshops
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It's all aimed at boosting your code skills, security knowledge, hardware hacking, and career development. Register now.
Jargon is not to be confused with slang or techspeak in this world. Jargon is something of its own. Slang is what you hear in high school. The general population comes up with ways to describe the world around them, and suddenly everyone becomes hip to that jazz. Or something. Techspeak is literally that: a collection of the technical terms developers use to correctly describe what they're doing, building, hacking, etc.
Jargon, on the other hand, is a specific melding of the slang and the techspeak — where developers and techies come up with inner-circle ways to describe their work.
And jargon construction is a huge part of it. Devs aren't all numbers and logic; they love word play and emotional expressions of their work. I'm sure you've heard the term "elegant solution" thrown around or frontends and backends that elicit some visual of physical space the software exists in beyond hardware.
Yup, let's get philosophical, people.
This is unlike crackers, who in the dev community are NOT hackers, who have their own jargon construction that seems to be a little harsher. Back in the days of bulletin boards and pre-Def Con meetups, crackers and fone phreakers started creating their own jargon style that is still used by Anonymous hacktivists yelling on Twitter and more.
It involves purposeful misspelling, Zs where Ss should be, all-caps typing, and more.
But any kind of jargon can lead to some hilarity and inside jokiness. So let's take a look at some of our favorite jargon-y dev quotes (attributed and non), which are undoubtedly hanging on the sides of your monitors in Post-It note form.
All quotes taken from The Jargon File, a must-read for would-be nerds and a hilarous time-suck for confirmed neckbeards of all genders and facial-hair statuses.
"To go forward, you must backup."
"I/O, I/O, It's off to disk I go. A bit or byte to read or write, I/O, I/O, I/O… ."
"Q: How many software engineers does it take to change a lightbulb? A: It can't be done; it's a hardware problem."
"Hardware /nm./: the part of the computer that you can kick."
"SUPERCOMPUTER: what it sounded like before you bought it."
"UNIX is an operating system, OS/2 is half an operating system, Windows is a shell, and DOS is a boot partition virus." — Peter H. Coffin.
"Linux is only free if your time is worthless." — Jamie Zawinski.
"This is Macintrash."
"It took me 48 hours with no sleep, but I'm done. I'm progasming."
"We are going to reconfigure the network, are you ready to suck mud?"
"I haven't done it yet because every time I pop my stack something new gets pushed."
"Is reading in the bathroom considered Multi-Tasking?"
"Premature optimization is the root of all evil." — Donald E. Knuth.
"The first rule of optimization is: Don't do it. The second rule of optimization (for experts only) is: Don't do it yet."
The story of Tom Knight and the Lisp Machine:
A novice was trying to fix a broken Lisp machine by turning the power off and on.
Knight, seeing what the student was doing, spoke sternly: "You cannot fix a machine by just power-cycling it with no understanding of what is going wrong."
Knight turned the machine off and on. The machine worked.
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I couldn't find a thread for this game yet, so here this goes!
The project initiated before the launch of the PS3 (2006) and originally titled "Final Fantasy Versus XIII" was renamed to "Final Fantasy XV."
This is the Versus XIII reveal trailer from 2006 (before YouTube had decent quality).
I had tried to get into Final Fantasy in the past, but I could never like it for some reason or another. The gameplay wasn't quite to my taste, and even the action-oriented Crystal Chronicles got repetitive and boring after a while, and it's one of my only GCN games (or games, period) that I've never completed. I also hate Chocobos and Moogles.
However, when Versus XIII was genuinely exciting when I saw it back in 2006, and finally, after about a decade, it's getting released under Final Fantasy XV.
There have been multiple trailers since it was revealed in 2014, but these are the most recent two trailers, which really have me itching for this game!
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I'm thinking Final Fantasy XV will be the first Final Fantasy game I wholly enjoy and complete. Up until now, I've really only played Final Fantasy VII up until the part where you get Red 13 and have a fight on descending elevators, and the aforementioned Crystal Chronicles.
...I just hope that I won't be missing out on any important story elements when I play it. Final Fantasy XV is part of the "Fabula Nova Crystallis" series, which originally consisted of just FF:XIII and FF:VersusXIII. That, again, was conceived before 2006, and since then has spread out to six titles (FF XIII, FF XIII-2, Lightning Returns: XIII, FF Type-0 [coming out in March 2015], and the set of seven episodic mobile [upcoming Vita] games, FF Agito). Aside from the three XIII games, they seem to be only loosely related, though--not by characters or plot points. I suppose it will be similar to Tales of Phantasia and Symphonia, which are both connected on the Aselian timeline, but their stories are completely independent. Thus, I shouldn't have much to worry about, despite FF XV's ties to the Fabulous Crystal Whatevertheshit™ mythos.
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Today we drove to Nice Airport in the morning to drop Gigi off for her flight back to California. Before we left, we had decided that about mid-way through our trip she would return home to visit her mom. The cold Mistral wind has been blowing 6 of the last 7 days, but today when we arrived at the airport, the air was calm and the sky blue. Off to the north behind Nice, we could see snow covered mountain peaks. Justin asked, "Is that the Alps?" The answer is no, but I hear that there is skiing off in those mountains, maybe 30 minutes from Nice. Gigi was relieved for the calm weather, the plane would not be bobbing and weaving from a buffeting wind.
Gigi was encouraging us to go exploring the coast, not just take the freeway straight back home. I decided to drop into Cannes and see what was there. Cannes is only about 30 minutes from Nice on the way back to Grimaud. It took quite a lot of weaving through the streets from the freeway to actually get down to the town center/harbor area, Cannes is part of the densely populated Cote d'Azur, much different from the St. Tropez area, which is downright rural in comparison. Once at the harbor, we parked in an empty parking lot right at the harbor. The sun was shining, the car thermometer showed 13 degrees Celsius. From the car, we saw people wearing fairly heavy jackets, but we ventured from the car only in our long sleeved shirts, and soon took those off and just had on our T-shirts. This felt sooooo good! For the past week we have been bundled in our heavy jackets, gloves and hats whenever we went out. I feared that winter had hit, and it was going to be long and cold. Today broke that pattern. After taking a picture in front of the Hotel de Ville, we doubled back and went down to the beach. Maybe 20 people were on the beach, all of them sitting up against the rocks or concrete wall and sunning. Only Jordan and Justin were close to the water. They took off their shoes, hiked up their pants and went looking for polished glass and pebbles in the sand. They also rock-hopped on the small jetties that are spaced every 100 meters or so to prevent beach erosion. Justin was very excited to find geode-like crystal deposits in the large rocks.
Afterward, we crossed the street to a café and had ice cream at an outdoor table.
Such a beautiful day. I just read a book called 'The Olive Farm' that is set in the hills just behind Cannes. Very much in the same vein as Peter Mayle's 'A Year in Provence.' The author comments about the crazy crowds each summer. I can't imagine what that would really feel like as we enjoy an empty beach for as far as we can see, and walk-up sidewalk café tables. I am willing to forgo the warm summer Mediterranean waters and sun worshipper people watching for this opportunity to have the beach at Cannes almost to ourselves, and in T-shirts.


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The ever-popular Kinderconcerts Series – presented by the National Arts Centre Orchestra and Jeunesses Musicales of Canada
OTTAWA, November 30, 2009 — Le grand bal de Noël is a special Kinderconcert with a wonderful Christmas theme. As in all Kinderconcerts, music, instruments, theatre and storytelling capture youngsters' imaginations, providing tons of fun and discovery of the endless wonders of music.
Le grand bal de Noël takes place in the Panorama Room (on the floor, so bring a cushion!) on Sunday December 6 at 1:30 and 3 p.m. This magical Kinderconcert – performed in French only -- is perfect for families and children aged 3-8.
From their distant home on an ice floe, three penguin musicians (in full penguin costume) have waddled all the way to the North Pole for a great Christmas party. But what a disappointment -- they're refused admission! To get in, they have to perform an original Christmas song. For Amatin, Ademain and Atemplein, making up a Christmas song on the spot is a real challenge. Will the three chums find inspiration? Will they be ready in time for the dazzling celebration? Help them out and come along to the party! After all, Christmas is about more than just a song. Le grand bal de Noël features Marc Fortin (trombone), Pierre Blais (banjo), and Jean Sabourin, (sousaphone).
Upcoming Kinderconcerts include:
Sunday, February 7, 2010
Featuring Steve Grenier, percussion, psaltery; François Rainville, cittern, mandore, oud, tromba marina, vielle; François Perron, recorders, flute
Take off on an adventure to medieval Europe with the members of Skarazula! Travel with them along the roads of France, Spain, Italy, Turkey, the countries of Eastern Europe… listen to them sing in different languages and discover some rather odd instruments. A musical voyage that promises to delight both young and old.
Giggle and Stomp
Sunday, April 18, 2010
Featuring Bruno Roy and Louis-Daniel Joly, percussion
This powerful history of percussion starts in Africa, the land of rhythm, where instruments resonate and music resounds. This animated concert takes listeners on a magical journey through percussion history, with stops along the way in the Middle East, Europe and the Americas. From African and Brazilian music to the hip-hop of today, these instruments transcend all culture and time. Discover exotic and colourful percussion instruments like the kalungu, djembe, derbouka, tambourine, cymbals and apito in this rhythmic concert experience!
A Journey to Dixieland
Sunday, June 13, 2010
Featuring Le Dixieband, clarinet, trumpet, trombone, banjo, sousaphone and drums; Marielle Grenier, actress and singer
The ageless, electrifying music of Dixieland recalls the festive atmosphere of the early years of the 20th century when the New Orleans and Dixieland styles emerged. The show focuses on the songs, dances and dreams of this colourful period, as a lively old lady called Miss New Orleans relives her young, carefree years. Like a gramophone that takes us back in time, Miss N.O. introduces the audience, to her marvellous memories, as she recounts the legends of blues, Charleston, shimmy and scat music. A magical, rhythmic show that is educational, exciting, and nostalgic, and that will enchant the whole family!
All Kinderconcert performances are in the NAC's Panorama Room.
English performances are at 9:30 a.m. (recommended for ages 3 – 6); 11 a.m. – recommended for ages 3 – 6; and 1:30 p.m. – recommended for ages 5 - 8
The French performance is at 3 p.m. – recommended for ages 3 – 8
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Mandela fights lung infection
Dec. 11 - Former South African President Nelson Mandela is responding to treatment in a military hospital for a recurring lung infection, the government said Tuesday. Lindsey Parietti reports.
Former South African President Nelson Mandela is being treated for a recurring lung infection. The 94-year-old was hospitalised four days ago for tests, and is responding to treatment, according to the government. The anti-apartheid leader's health in recent years has made front page news. (SOUNDBITE) (English) LOCAL RESIDENT, MOSES MASEMONA SAYING: "I think all the people of South Africa, they like Mandela, and all of them they wish him to recover very fast in his health." Mandela, a global symbol of resistance to racism and injustice, was flown from his home in the rural Eastern Cape province and admitted to the Pretoria Military Hospital on Saturday.


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The Dallas City Council this week voted 10-5 to remove Dallas Area Rapid Transit board member Richard Carrizales, smack dab in the middle of his two year term. It was a progressive move seen by many as a way to finally wrangle DART and demand some accountability.
(If only it were so easy to get rid of Council members!)
Mr. Carrizales' was vice chair of the DART board, representing the city of Dallas. His boot was effective immediately,
Council members who voted against retaining Mr. Carrizale's say it was because they want fresh new blood on the DART board, it is nothing personal.
Sandy Greyson, a member of the city's transportation committee, said that the vote was about creating a stronger representation on the board, not because of Carrizales' vote in October with the majority of the DART board to fund the Cotton Belt rail line, which will travel from Plano to Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, as well as a downtown Dallas subway.
But there is speculation that was the very reason why he was let go. In October, the Dallas City Council unanimously passed a resolution to tell DART to prioritize the D2 Subway in downtown Dallas over the $1.1 billon Cotton Belt Line that would serve Plano with a direct route to DFW even as it slices and dices through homes n North Dallas.
Lee Kleinman is the ONLY city councilman still hanging onto the dream of the Cotton Belt. No one else wants it.
Funny thing from our campaign: during a forum for the American Society of Civil Engineers, Kleinman told the group that even his constituents who live near the proposed Cotton belt line still vote for him.
Very funny: later I realized Kleinman ran unopposed in 2015, and I was his opponent one week ago. So that was a big fat LIE.
"This vote today is about taking the opportunity to provide strong new leadership on our Dallas delegation to the DART board," she (Council woman Sandy Greyson) said. She said at the meeting that the vote was not, as City Council member Lee Kleinman told The News on Tuesday, "a mean-spirited, vengeful reaction to last October's vote."
Greyson, a City Council member who actually works hard at her council job, attended several DART board and committee meetings last year and says several Dallas board members "just sat there meeting after meeting, rarely ever asking a question or making a comment or offering a thought," she said.
Dallas appoints seven of the ___ DART board members (and shares another seat with Cockrell Hill). Six of the city's current board members are up for reappointment to new two-year terms.
DART needs to be audited and more transparent with how it spends taxpayer dollars. Adam McGough says it was time for a change anyway so that the board can focus on improving other forms of transportation beyond rail — I am so glad to hear him say this:
"Other transportation is crucial to this city, and we need to focus on high-frequency bus system that gets people who need to get there where they are going and I just don't believe this board has done so up to this point," he said.
Amen. Voting to remove Mr. Carrizales were Adam McGough, Adam Medrano, Carolyn King Arnold, Jennifer Staubach Gates, Mark Clayton, Philip Kingston, Rickey Callahan, Sandy Greyson, Scott Griggs, and Tiffinni Young.
Voting to keep him (or oppose the motion) were Mayor Mike Rawlings and Casey Thomas, Erik Wilson, Monica Alonzo and shocker, Mr. Fake Fiscal Conservative Lee Kleinman. Take out a bond to fix our streets and alleys? Heck no. Go into $1.1 billion debt for a rail line for Plano and the 'burbs? Yes, he is all over it. I just wonder why…


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How many treatments does it take to remove a tattoo?Laser tattoo removal in NYC typically requires multiple treatment sessions. The results of this treatment vary, depending upon the colors of the tattoo, the age of the tattoo, and pigmentation of the patient. Different lasers are necessary to treat the various colors within a tattoo. These include the Q-switched ruby, Q-switched Nd:YAG, Fraxel Re:store Dual®, Fraxel Re:pair®, and PicoSure™ lasers.
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Who performs the tattoo removal treatments?Our board-certified dermatologists will perform your tattoo removal in NYC, typically administering a local anesthetic to minimize any discomfort. Repetitive treatment sessions are usually necessary, at intervals of one to two months. We also specialize in the treatment of cosmetic tattoos on the eyelids, eyebrows, and lips, as well as "road burn" injuries and radiation tattoos.
To discuss the best combination of treatments and technologies for your tattoo removal, please call us for an appointment today. Our New York based office offers tattoo removal treatments for patients in New Jersey and the surrounding New York Metropolitan area, as well as tattoo removal in NYC.
Additional information on Tattoo Removal:
What Patients Should Know About Tattoo Removal (American Society for Dermatologic Surgery)
Tattoo Removal Before & After Photos
Learn how PicoSure Laser Removes Tattoos
- Safety of a Perfluorodecalin-Infused Silicone Patch in Picosecond Laser- Assisted Tattoo Removal Publication: Dermatologic Surgery (2019)
- FDA Investigating Safety of Tattoo Ink - Bloomberg (2016)
- With This Tattoo, I Thee Wed - Roy G. Geronemus, M.D., NY Times (2016)
- Tattoo Regret (Or Sun Damage) Meet PicoSure - Robert T. Anolik, M.D., Yahoo! Beauty (2015)
- Combination Technique Significantly Speeds Up Tattoo Removal - MD Magazine (2015)
- Tattoos may stop apple watch from working CNN Money (2015)
- Picosecond lasers usher paradigm shift in tattoo removal Via Derm Times Now (2015)
- The physicians of LSSC recently gave 15 presentations at this years ALSMS annual conference including the following about groundbreaking research on tattoos performed at our clinic.
- "Tattoo Regret: Why The Majority Of Middle-Aged Americans Are Deciding To Blast Away Their Ink" (2014)
- Clinical Studies Confirm Superior Tattoo Clearance with PicoSure (2013)
- Topical perfluorodecalin resolves immediate whitening reactions and allows rapid effective multiple pass treatment of tattoos (2012)
- Cynosure Receives FDA Clearance for PicoSure™, the First Picosecond Device to Remove Tattoos and Benign Pigmented Lesions (2012)
- Successful and Rapid Treatment of Blue and Green Tattoo Pigment With a Novel Picosecond Laser (2012)
- Laser Plus Resurfacing Best for Tattoo Removal (2011)
- Best Tattoo Removal, New York Magazine (2007)
NYC Tattoo Removal News Update
2015 American Society For Laser Medicine and Surgery Lectures
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"State-of-the-Art in Tattoo Treatment: New Lasers and Concepts"
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'A new Paradigm for optimal tattoo removal using three picosecond laser wavelengths"
2014 Tattoo Removal Lectures at Various Conferences
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"Tattoo Removal: Innovation Is Finally Here!"
"Tips for Faster Tattoo Removal"
"Removal of Eyeliner and Eyebrow Tattoos"
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"Tattoos - Ultra Short Pulses vs. Multiple Pass Technique"
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"Advances in the Laser Treatment of Tattoo Removal"
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"Advances in Laser Tattoo Removal - New Lasers/New Concepts"
Dr. Geronemus presented the following discussions at this years American Academy of Dermatology (AAD) meeting in Denver, Colorado (March - 2014).
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New Tattoo Removal Techniques to be Presented by Dr. Roy Geronemus at the National Laser Conference
Dr. Geronemus will be presenting two breakthrough concepts in tattoo removal at the April 2013 American Society for Laser Medicine and Surgery meeting in Orlando, Florida. He will be discussing a new technique developed at our Center for more rapid tattoo clearance, by providing multiple treatments in one session without delays between treatments. He will also be presenting on the new PicoSure laser for the rapid removal of green and blue tattoo inks.
Our Center Offers New York's First PicoSure Laser For Tattoo and Pigmented Lesion Removal
The FDA has cleared the PicoSure™ laser for tattoo and pigmented lesion removal. The approval is based on the clinical work performed at the Laser & Skin Surgery Center of New York under the direction of Dr. Roy G. Geronemus which has been published in the Archives of Dermatology. At the present time there are three PicoSure™ lasers in the world, two of which are at the Laser & Skin Surgery Center of New York, located in midtown Manhattan.
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New Tattoo Removal Techniques to be Presented by Dr. Roy Geronemus at the National Laser Conference
Dr. Geronemus will be presenting two breakthrough concepts in tattoo removal at the April 2012 American Society for Laser Medicine and Surgery meeting in Orlando, Florida. He will be discussing a new technique developed at our Center for more rapid tattoo clearance by providing multiple treatments in one session without delays between treatments. He will also be presenting on the new PicoSure laser for the rapid removal of green and blue tattoo inks.
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ReferencesReddy KK, Brauer JA, Anolik R, Bernstein L, Brightman L, Hale E, Karen J, Weiss E, Geronemus RG."Topical perfluorodecalin resolves immediate whitening reactions and allows rapid effective multiple pass treatment of tattoos." Lasers Surg Med. 2013 Feb:45(2):76-80.
Brauer JA, Reddy KK, Anolik R, Weiss ET, Karen JK, Hale EK, Brightman LA, Bernstein L, Geronemus RG. "Successful and rapid treatment of blue and green tattoo pigment with a novel picosecond laser." Arch Dermatol. 2012 Jul; 148(7):820-3.
Weiss ET, Geronemus RG. "Combining fractional resurfacing and Q-switched ruby laser for tattoo removal." Dermatol Surg. 2011 Jan; 37(1):97-9.
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Cove Hollow Tavern
85 Montauk Highway
East Hampton
Dinner Thursday through Monday
It shouldn't have come as a surprise that dining at the new Cove Hollow Tavern, in its infancy at the time of our visit, was a seamless, professional, and delicious experience. The reason it shouldn't have been a surprise is that this new restaurant in East Hampton is brought to you by the fine folks of Vine Street Cafe on Shelter Island.
Cove Hollow Tavern is in the old Cafe Max space, or for the more nostalgic among us, Hobson's Choice, on the corner of Montauk Highway and Cove Hollow Road. This has always been a tiny, cozy spot and it still is. If you are familiar with Vine Street Cafe, you will see some similar simple but sophisticated design elements: white walls with exposed beams, wooden chairs and tables, dark wood floors, and a few mirrors. A rowboat hangs from a back wall, railroad spikes are bent and hammered to become coat hooks, there's a propellor ceiling fan, and what looks like an old torpedo on another wall. The menu also has some familiar items, such as Vine Street's stupendous mushroom Bolognese, crinkle-cut fries with aioli, weekly specials, and some serious steak offerings.
We began our meal with flash-grilled yellowfin tuna, squid ink pasta, and haricot vert with soba noodles.
The flash-grilled tuna was a neat row of six rectangular pieces of tuna divided by pickled shiitake mushrooms. It had a mild soy ginger sauce underneath, was garnished with cilantro micro greens, and was delicious and tender. The squid ink pasta (made with tonnarelli, a square rather than round-edged pasta) was garlicky and had shreds of pea tendrils and toasted bread crumbs. It was a perfectly sized portion to be an appetizer. The haricot vert and soba noodle salad was another delicious winner. The haricot vert were finely sliced and mixed with frisée, shredded carrots, and slivers of red onion, and topped with peanuts.
For entrees we ordered the mushroom Bolognese, roasted chicken, Atlantic snapper, and a side order of the crinkle-cut fries with aioli. The mushroom Bolognese is a signature dish of Vine Street Cafe (and now Cove Hollow, I presume), and it is superb. This version was made with mafaldine pasta, a.k.a. "little queens," a flat ribbon-shaped pasta with wavy edges on both sides. The sauce is not too rich but full of flavor. I'm thinking there is some serious porcini action going on there. The roasted chicken was also excellent, but was not crisp-skinned as my guest had requested and had been assured that it was. Oh, well. It was served on top of braised kale, which had a nice peppery bite. The mashed root vegetables alongside seemed to be primarily potatoes with some carrots for color and sweetness.
The Atlantic snapper was a very generous portion of fish that had a superb grilled flavor (I'm not sure what Atlantic snapper is, perhaps Northern red snapper?). It was served with "energy greens," which seemed similar to the kale served with the chicken, cooked al dente with a hint of red pepper, along with some roasted sweet red pepper strips. As much as I appreciate a light fish on top of greens, I was ever so grateful for the rich, buttery sauce adorning it. The crinkle-cut fries with aioli were outstanding, but I couldn't tell if they were commercially made or house-made. No matter, my only complaint is that there weren't enough for us little piglets. The aioli was perfectly balanced, just a bit tart and garlicky.
The service on the night of our visit was excellent, which is once again surprising, considering how young this place is. Our waiter, Mikel, knew his stuff, went with the flow (as in our flow), and was charming. Prices at Cove Hollow Tavern are moderate to expensive. Starters are $13 to $21, mains are $28 to $54, weekly specials $28 to $135 (that's for a Flintstones-sized porterhouse steak for two), sides are $11, and desserts are $12.
There were three desserts that night. We tried all three, and each and every one was a winner. They were orange creme brulée, profiterole, and a berry grunt. When's the last time you heard that old fashioned Maritime dessert name?
Creme brulée is a great, classic dessert, seldom served in restaurants anymore. This version was a perfectly set rich custard with just the right glass-crackly bruléed sugar topping. The profiterole was one big pate a choux puff filled with vanilla ice cream and topped with an excellent fudge sauce that got slightly hardened on contact. As if that wasn't enough, the profiterole was sprinkled with a toasted almond brittle, giving the whole thing a warm, cold, creamy, crunchy texture.
Grunts are old-fashioned desserts similar to cobblers and pandowdies, usually made with seasonal berries or apples. with a biscuit/cobbler-type topping. They are rustic and homey. This one was made with blueberries, blackberries, and raspberries and topped with a dollop of house-made mascarpone cheese. What was particularly nice about it was the fact that neither the fruit nor the topping was overly sweet. It was a subtle dessert, letting the fresh ingredients shine through.
I have always been charmed and impressed by Vine Street Cafe and the owners/chefs, Lisa and Terry Harwood. Now they have brought that charm, simplicity, and elegance to East Hampton. Let us rejoice and pass the Bolognese!


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What intimidates you?
I had a read-through today for a show I'm doing next Sunday, called Listen to Your Mother. It's a group of women (and one awesome man) reading essays they've written about motherhood.
I was a bit nauseous this morning and on my way to the rehearsal, nervous that strangers were about to hear me read what I had written. I was also worried that everyone's pieces would be better than mine. Funny, smart, successful women intimidate me. Not in a way that makes me want to avoid them (thankfully), but in a way that makes me want to know what makes them tick. I sometimes feel "less than" around them. I feel like I don't do enough with my time, that I'm not ambitious enough, that I'm not… Interesting.
So I was a bit sick to my stomach on the way there. And then I decided to turn it around before I even turned the door knob. I decided that I'm also smart and funny, even if nobody else thinks so. I decided that I was asked to be a part of this group because I have something to offer, just like the others.
I decided not to be intimidated, but to be open. It was a good decision.
These women (and one awesome man) were talented and smart and funny. And I really enjoyed meeting them and hearing their stories. I look forward to hearing them again next Sunday, and hopefully spending more time talking to them.
Smart women (and men) are awesome. And I don't have to be intimidated. I've been learning that these last few years.
So, who or what intimidates you?


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Principal's Message
Welcome to Oso Grande - Jayne Martin, Principal
Dear Parents and Students,
As we begin our thirteenth year at Oso Grande Elementary, I would like to extend a warm welcome to all of the new families entering our school and welcome back all of our wonderful returning families. It is my honor and pleasure to be the principal of such an outstanding elementary school that enjoys tremendous support from our school community.
All of the staff at Oso Grande is dedicated to providing the best possible education for your child. Working with you, our parent community, we will continue to build a school with high academic standards, a warm, nurturing atmosphere, and well-behaved and respectful students. Our goals remain the same:
- Allow every child to achieve his or her potential
- Create a small school feeling where everybody feels a part of something special and worthwhile
- Establish active parent partnerships to promote student learning
- Use technology to enhance student learning and home-to-school communication
- Create a culture where character counts for all stakeholders (our BEARS traits)
Be Ready, Encourage Kindness, Accept Responsibility, Respect Others, Solve Problems
I encourage you to be our partner in your child's education by getting involved. There are many, many opportunities for you to get involved including participating in school events, attending parent information meetings and conferences, becoming active in the PTA and volunteering in your child's classroom. These elementary years go by so quickly and yet are the foundation to your child's educational future. Your involvement will ensure that your child gets the most out of their elementary experience.
We look forward to working with you as partners to help your child achieve at his/her potential while creating happy and lasting memories for the years to come.
Until next time. . .Go Grizzlies!
Jayne Martin


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How do you crop a photo?/
As a food blogger, I take pictures upon pictures of food. Today, I'll share with you some secrets of photo editing and answer the the question "How do you crop a photo"?
I have always believed that paying attention to the details is hugely important. With everything. A sandwich is much tastier when I take the time to spread the mayonnaise all the way to the edges of the bread and when I think to sprinkle a bit of seasoning salt on top of the cucumbers. There is more respect and love in a marriage where each person remembers to do the "little" things, like unloading the dishwasher or remembering an anniversary.
Photo editing is no exception to this rule! The "details" in this post may seem simple and insignificant, but when I make sure to do all of them, I am guaranteed to have a better looking photo. Learning how to crop a photo properly can make an image stand out and convey the message you're trying to share.
Before I even begin editing my photos, I like to make sure I am going to have options. When I take photos, I take a lot of them. If I see one of my boys doing something especially cute, I grab my camera and click click click. When I import the photos into Lightroom for editing, I can sort through them and hopefully find that perfect one (or two, or three) photo that captured the light just right and kept Samson's eyes in focus.
Walk away
When I feel like I am about done editing a batch of photos, I close up my computer and walk away. I give myself at least an hour before I can look at the photos again. It is a cleansing of the palette, of sorts, except I'm cleansing my vision. Almost every single time I look at my photos the second time, I see something I did not see before. "Ooo, that looks way too green," or "There is definitely not enough contrast in this photo!"
How to crop a photo:
The crop tool is one of the most important tools in Lightroom, in my opinion. I don't always leave everything out of the photo exactly the way I intend to when I snap the picture, so cropping is often necessary. I do almost all of my cropping in Lightroom, as opposed to Photoshop, because Lightroom retains the part of the photo that is deleted when the crop takes place. Photoshop deletes that information forever (once the file has been saved and closed).
Depending on each photo and what I have in mind for the end look and feel, sometimes I crop before editing and sometimes I crop after I have already edited the photo.
I decided to do my editing on this photo before I started cropping because I didn't know exactly what I would want to crop out until I saw my final product.
Here is the photo after a few Lightroom edits.
And here it is after the crop. Much better!
One quick thing about cropping photos. If I want to constrain the proportions for printing purposes, I hold down the Shift key while I resize the crop box.
Here is a good example of a photo that needs some major simplification. Although I do find everything in the photo appealing to the eye, there are way too many things going on.
My crop gave the photo a main focal point and made it much less cluttered.
In unique situations I like to use vignettes instead of the crop tool. For example, in this photo there is a lot of dirty, unappealing garage junk that I really would rather not have to look at.
But I don't want to crop it all out because part of the "feel" of the photo is that Elijah is hanging out in the garage with Daddy. So instead of cropping, I go crazy with a vignette.
Now I can't see the oil spot on the ground or the tv or garbage can or exercise ball on the left side of the photo. Elijah is the focus of the photo because the drastic vignette surrounding him pulls my eyes straight to him.
Using these simple tips and tricks can help you edit your images and showcase your subject. Learning how to crop a photo is a simple way to make your photos pop and show off your beyond adorable kid!


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Today is a blog post in real time. Ever since we got to Dickinson, Kathi has been talking about getting our RV washed and waxed. We found several brochures in the RV office, but she has not been able to make a deal with anyone until today.
Yesterday our next door neighbor, Tom Yeo came over and brought me a brochure for Spic-N-Span Detailing and told us they were coming this morning to wash his RV. They arrived about 9 am and started getting their equipment set up. They had a trailer with their own water and cleaning solution container which they feed into their pressure washer. There were two men working and looking out my window, I thought they were brothers.
|Spic-N-Span Detailing brochure
Kathi went out to talk to them to see if they would wash our motorhome also. She found out they are a father and son team. The father's name is Detrick Little and the son's name is Justice Sheppard. They show a lot of pride in their work and Kathi and I liked their work ethic and the quality of work
they do.
|Justice ready to guide Detrick to hook up their trailer.
|Justice in front of their trailer. Note the large water container.
After they were through washing Tom's RV they went to lunch and told Kathi they would wash and wax our Alfa after lunch. Kathi and I went to Jimmy Changa's for lunch and were gone a couple of hours.
When we returned home Detrick and Justice were hard at work. Kathi and I went inside. She spent her time reading and I was writing for a couple of hours. Then Detrick knocked on the door and asked us if we wanted to come inspect their work. I knew I did not need to inspect, but I did want to go out and admire what they had done. To say the least, we were well pleased.
|Our nice clean Alfa motorhome
More important than the work, we met two friends. They are both so personable and happy it was a pleasure talking and doing business with them. I would recommend them to anyone that wants to take advantage of their service. We will definitely be calling them again.


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Several companies have been trying for a little while now to use existing technologies to make indoor navigation better, with mixed results. A new product is being developed specifically to address this problem, with planned applications in emergency response and industrial environments.
If you use an indoor map on your phone today, you're often not much better off than you would be if you were holding a paper map. The current technology relies on knowing the location of a wireless access point, and placing you on the map relative to what your WiFi radio tells the phone. There's been limited success with this method in places like airports or sports stadiums, but it's hard to apply that technology universally. Network congestion alone in places like this can often be disruptive enough to render your location on the map irrelevant. However, a more focused piece of tech made by Cambridge Consultants relies on an external piece of tech now, but could one day be integrated into your smartphone.
Cambridge Consultants is showing off a demonstration board that combines many of the low cost parts that are seen in smartphones already today. The accelerometer, magnetometer, and gyroscope sensors can be found in just about any device you pick up off the shelf today. Barometers are less common, but still found in several current generation smartphones.
The team deploys an algorithm with Bayesian probability to give a more accurate representation of your movement within a space, instead of pinging the GPS sensor every second and trying to figure out whether or not you have actually moved. This technique winds up being significantly more accurate for indoor use, especially when trying to track movement inside a small space.
The company hopes to deploy this technology first to firefighters and other emergency responders, but the technology could likely be adapted for consumer use pretty quickly. Currently their focus is on standalone units that can be clipped to users, with a separate piece of hardware like a phone that monitors the hardware remotely. As industrial use increases, it'll be a short hop to this tech reaching our phones.


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Silvio's Organic Pizza hopes to attract late-night crowd with live music, dancing
Janet Miller | For AnnArbor.com
The family-owned restaurant opened in 2005 at 715 N. University Ave. as a hole-in-the-wall pizzeria, and since then, Silvio's has expanded to become a full-service restaurant with seating for 75 customers.
Silvio's has now started hosting live bands and dance nights, in an attempt to get more people through the doors.
Owner Silvio Medoro recently applied for a dance permit and outdoor service permit that will allow the restaurant to serve alcohol on its patio.
He said he hopes to make reggae nights and tango nights regular events at Silvio's. They also have different bands playing in the restaurant, including jazz and folk artists.
The restaurant is known for its organic pizza and pasta and homemade Italian cuisine. Medoro uses mostly local ingredients, including items from his own garden.
As Silvio's celebrates six years in business, manager Georgia Richardson-Melody said they are trying to find "new and diverse" ways to use the restaurant's expanded space.
The restaurant moved into the adjacent space once occupied by Beanie June's clothing boutique in 2010.
"With businesses struggling and people not spending money as much anymore," she said, "we're trying to figure out what niches we can fill."
"I know that we are trying to cater to the student population and just make this a fun place," she continued. "We have an environment that is both good for studying during the day and dancing, or listening to music."
Medoro said that since last year's expansion, business has improved, but he is now focused on improving the restaurant's customer service.
"We are transforming the service and pretty much the whole experience people have here at Silvio's," he said.
Lizzy Alfs is a business reporter for AnnArbor.com. Reach her at 734-623-2584 or email her at email@example.com. Follow her on Twitter at http://twitter.com/lizzyalfs.
Dan Martin
Thu, Jul 5, 2012 : 1:18 p.m.
I used to love Silvio's Pizza, and Silvio is the nicest guy ever...but right around the time they expanded, the crust got bad. I had three pizzas in a row where the crust was wet, doughy and nearly raw on the top (beneath the toppings), and burnt on the bottom and edges. I had friends complaining to me because I recommended they go there, and it was the same concern. The pizza was wet, doughy, and soggy. I miss going there, because at its pinnacle it was the best pizza in town.
rusty shackelford
Fri, Oct 28, 2011 : 6:53 p.m.
I mean, my previous comment notwithstanding, I love Silvio's and this article makes me want to go there this weekend. But with passable service this place would be at least a weekly thing for me.
Patti Smith
Fri, Oct 28, 2011 : 6:12 p.m.
They have a very nice MI craft beer selection too, including Original Gravity (from Milan). :)
Ann E.
Fri, Oct 28, 2011 : 5:49 p.m.
The food at Silvio's is wonderful. I had delicious pumpkin ravioli with a creamy marinara sauce last night after not having had a chance to stop in for a few weeks. As with any restaurant where food is cooked at the time it is ordered, if I am in a hurry, I usually have success telling the waiter my timetable and asking what menu items are possible to order and receive quickly. I've found the wait staff to be relaxed, genuine and eager to please. The fresh ingredients and varied menu tempt one to eat there quite often.
Fri, Oct 28, 2011 : 5:24 p.m.
Service is _painfully_ slow. Hopefully they are listening. Everyone at our office has stopped going there because of the slow service. A 30 minute lunch should not take 1.5 hours and require us to keep asking, "where is our food?" and then following up with the staff because we are missing items.
Wolf's Bane
Fri, Oct 28, 2011 : 12:52 p.m.
Food is great, but he has only family working there and friends of friends. Not a good business practice. Not sure late-night slices and bands are going to make a difference.
Ann E.
Fri, Oct 28, 2011 : 6 p.m.
There was a terrific jazz band there last night.
Jerome Blue
Fri, Oct 28, 2011 : 12:25 p.m.
I ate there once or twice when they opened and they had the worst pizza I had ever had. Give me Cottage Inn any day.
Wolf's Bane
Fri, Oct 28, 2011 : 12:53 p.m.
That's because Silvio's is authentic Napoli inspired Pizza. You should really go to Italy and try the food sometime. Authentic Italian goes way beyond Chef-Boy-Ardee!
rusty shackelford
Fri, Oct 28, 2011 : 11:45 a.m.
I'm glad Silvio recognizes his place has a customer service problem. I love the food there, but trying to actually GET the food can be an extremely vexing experience. Honestly I would go there much more frequently if it didn't take 20+ minutes sometimes just to get a few slices into my hands. If there are even just 2 or 3 customers ahead of me, forget about it; it will take forever. The staff seems to be constantly moving around, trading duties minute to minute for no discernible purpose like some kind of Marx Brothers style comedy. They need to learn how to deal with a lunch rush and also need to make it more clear what their alcohol offerings are and when in the process, exactly, I'm supposed to order it.
UM owns
Fri, Oct 28, 2011 : 1:39 p.m.
I agree. There are times when I feel like getting a slice of something that is a little off the beaten path -- which Silvio's generally offers with all of their specialty pizzas. I head in there, and then balk when I realize that it's not worth it. Once I went in at 5pm when there are no other customers at all, and they had ZERO slices available -- they said I could order a personal pizza, but that would take 20 minutes. I always end up walking two blocks to NYPD, where the slices are abundant and the service is quick!
Fri, Oct 28, 2011 : 11:58 a.m.
Apart from the alcohol issue (with which I have had no experience at Silvio's), I can confirm everything else in your comment. They may be paying more attention to details these days. At their last Health Dept. inspection on 8/16/11, they had no critical violations and 4 noncritical violations, a significant improvement from past inspections. I wish them good luck; they have the potential to offer an excellent product: food, service, and now entertainment. I hope, though, that the music is not too loud. That would drive me away.


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This Haunting Poem by Marshall Jones Will Seriously Make You Rethink Your Digital Life
This video performance by Marshall Jones is truly inspiring and will make you think. Check it out.
Our digital world is constantly changing all around us and as a result it changes us too. There are things that we do now that we never could have been able to do 10 years ago and much of what surrounds us would seem otherworldly to people even 50 years ago.
The poem does a good job reminding us that we are all still people living on Earth. Some things will never change and those are the best things that we have in life.


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Elsie Betts, Tantallon
To view photos of quilt shop, click here
Bonnie Spinney
The Green Store in Concession
Phone: 902-769-2325, Toll free: 1-866-226-0833
Website: http://www.lsboudreauquiltfabrics.com
10251 Hwy # 1, Paradise
Panier d'Art
Anne Comeau
464 Comeauville, Digby County
Website: http://www.panierdart.com/


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Hello Friday – so glad you've arrived 🙂
My gratitude list for this week include:
- Breakfast at Greens on Saturday morning, shopping afterwards and then an afternoon drive to Rooiels
- Awesome hike on Sunday – we went to Cecelia Forest and it was a great workout with beautiful scenery
- Flapjacks for breakfast
- Feeling better after having a sore throat on Monday
- Soothing cups of tea with honey
- Organising my e-mails this week – worth the effort!
- Sorbet nail polish
- Boerewors rolls and oven chips – perfect comfort food 🙂
- Rain last night. Please let us get more!
- Weekend is around the corner


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JSCD and UNICEF collaborated to provide support to the marginalized pregnant females. This collaboration resulted in the planning and successful realization of the activity, 'support to the poorest of poor'.
Specific objective of this activity was to motivate and counsel pregnant females to;
1. Seek regular antenatal and postnatal care.
2. Prepare in advance for the delivery and any obstacles that may arise in due course
3. Deliver in the presence of skilled birth attendant
4. Take proper care of the newborn; delayed bathing and early initiation of breast feeding
5. On family planning.
For the successful realization of the above objective, JSCD with considerate guidance from UNICEF devised a plan with the following important steps;
1. Identification of vulnerable population
2. Validation of the data
3. Distribution of newborn kits
The initial steps of identification and validation were conducted from July-December 2013. The third and last part of the activity was initiated from 1st January 2014. The activity has been summarized as follows.
1. Identification of marginalized population
JSCD approached Benazir Income Support Program for the acquisition of data of vulnerable population through National Program for Family Planning and Primary Health Care. The requested data disclosed approximately 2000 households per Union Council resulting in a total of 24,000 households in 12 Union Councils.
2. Validation of acquired data
A validation exercise was undertaken to affirm the accuracy of data received. Additional efforts were made to identify households with pregnant women. The cluster coordinators in each Union Council were provided with the BISP data of their respective Union Council. Thereafter a door to door approach was taken to validate, identify and register pregnant women in each household.
3. Distribution of Newborn Kits
In order to achieve the specific objectives of this activity, a 'support to the poorest of poor form' was designed by JSCD. This form addressed various aspects of antenatal care, birth preparedness, care of the newborn and family planning. The form was distributed to cluster coordinators of each Union Council. The registered pregnant women were then approached by the female cluster coordinator of the respective Union Council twice with the support to the poorest of poor form. The first meeting was conducted at the beginning of third trimester and the second meeting was conducted around the expected date of delivery. During this one-on-one interaction the registered pregnant females were motivated to; seek regular antenatal and postnatal care, prepare for delivery and any delays that may arise in due course, delivery by a skilled birth attendant, proper care of newborn with attention towards delayed bathing and early initiation of breast feeding and importance of family planning.
Successful completion of this form at the second visit (before the expected date of delivery) entitled the pregnant female to a Newborn Kit and monetary aid for transport to a health facility at the time of delivery (if required). A newborn baby kit carried;
1. Two baby suits
2. One baby blanket
3. One small towel for cleaning the newborn
4. A baby cap and mittens
5. Two pairs of baby socks
The above mentioned were packed in a personalized gift bag with printed messages regarding newborn care, breast feeding, delayed bathing and birth spacing, destined to serve as a reminder for the new mother.
The activity of support to the poorest of poor reached to a total of 1,848 beneficiaries from January- December 2014.


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|I got to ride a panda at the Adelaide Zoo - it was near the enclosure for the real ones, so good enough.
Well, back in June? the decision was finally made to go to Adelaide and stay with my Aunt who I hadn't seen for ages and he hadn't met. She also used to be quite the sewer and has a formiddable stash - not that that had any bearing on me deciding on Adelaide ;) . Normally I'd only take carry on for a trip lasting 2 weeks or less but she informed me that I had to bring at least one bag to check in because she was counting on me to clean out some of her stash, naturally, I'm a considerate niece and I obliged.
Unfortunately for me, my Aunt does not wear the same colour palette I wear and loves shiny fabric. I did mention to her that she could have kept me and my future tastes in mind while purchasing fabrics decades ago, you know, if she really loved me. She admitted that it was shameful negligence on her part. It seems that she also got rid of all her vintage patterns eons ago and what she has left are mainly 80's styles (as I came of age in the mid 80's, it's not something I like to revisit). I did however manage to get a stack of fabric, some notions (dang it, I forgot to take her bias binding!), and some patterns - yes, I used that checked bag!
Speaking of colours, PoppyKettle did a post on having her colours done and I wrote an essay in reply - I'll just repost that essay here:
My aunt was a big follower of the whole "having your colours done", my mother however was completely opposed to it. I've never really known which colours did or didn't suit me (or anyone else for that matter) but I've always wondered if there was a magical set of colours for me. Over the years I've found that there are colours I avoid (yellows, beiges, greys and pastels) and colours I always gravitate towards (black, occasionally bright but dark colours and more recently red) but as for shades? No clue. I was really just going with colours I liked and had no idea whether they suited me or not. Oh, I like purple too - I think it makes my eyes look bluer. To make things trickier, my hair has been every shade between platinum blonde to fire engine red, including deep, dark auburn - surely that's got to make a difference as well.
I don't think I have an 'eye' for these things. Recently I went to said aunt's place and while going through her stash (to pilfer fabric) this topic came up so I asked her to "do my colours" as she was the expert (anyone is compared to me). After much draping with fabrics she concluded that she thought my instincts had been fairly correct and that yellows looked awful on me, pastels looked wishy washy and although black looked pretty good, red and deep orange were better. One thing she said was that if you wear something and everyone says how fabulous you look in it, that's probably a great colour for you (which is why I pounced on red a couple of years ago, a particular red dress I have never fails to get lots of compliments - thinking I was on to something, I asked tigerboy about it "I think red dresses just stand out." was the reply, not helpful, apparently we're both useless in this area). But those compliments are going to depend on the style of the garment too, aren't they?
I've known women who slavishly followed the colour swatches they had and in one case in particular, I thought she always looked washed out and dreary - I'm sure that's just my particular preferences interfering, so maybe it depends on the "eye" of the person that does them and their particular preferences? Upshot - I'm still clueless and likely to be wearing all the wrong colours now that I'm actually injecting something other than black into the wardrobe. Maybe all those years of wearing black, black and more black have made me even less clued in to this concept and I'll improve - for crying out loud, if anyone ever sees a pic of me in a colour that either does or doesn't suit me, please give me the heads up, I need all the help I can get!
|Adelaide Zoo
We went to Hahndorf in the Adelaide Hills where I bought more patterns and such from an op shop. I also picked up this nifty thing - apparently, it's for communion glasses but it's very close to a scissor holder that someone on pattern review got her husband to make (I promptly ordered one from tigerboy), the only difference is, hers didn't have holes at the bottom.
I couldn't resist the chocolatiers in Hahndorf either - the mocha I had from one was so rich that later that day tigerboy asked if I wanted to visit a chocolate factory - "I never thought I'd say this in my entire life but I think I'm still chocolated out!!". I bought a dark chocolate with chinese five spice (a combination I hadn't tried before) - amazing! If you get the chance, try it.
|Getting some petit fours for dessert.
Gorge Wildlife Park
We also went to Gorge Wildlife Park which was fantastic - I'd highly recommend it if you're in the area. We could have easily spent the whole day there, the place is huge with so much to see. They also have free koala holding where you can cuddle with the koala for ages and take as many pics as you want - at most places these days that would cost you more than the $15 entrance fee, actually, I think that at a lot of places these days you don't even get to hold the koala, just pat it while someone else holds it. Major bonus, there wasn't a two mile long queue, booking or any of that palava, just turn up, wait a couple of minutes and cuddle with the koala while it eats eucalyptus leaves (their breath smells nice).
|Cuddling with a koala at Gorge Wildlife Park in the Adelaide Hills.
|You can ride a hippo there too, a blue one, no less! (I'd say blue hippos are fairly rare)
|Playing with kids - one of them thought my jeans bag was very tasty, and tigerboy started to panic when another one started eating my hair (probably wouldn't have been any worse than some hairdressers I've had!)
The park had a lot of albino animals - kangaroos, wombats, peacocks and probably others that I've forgotten. You can see a lot more albino roos in the background of this shot of me with a mother and her joey.
|See the joey in her pouch?
|They had some strange birds too - this one is looking straight at the camera, rather a limited field of view.
|A pigeon? with a perm?
I think I've been successful in either doing something crafty or picking up some crafting supplies on each of our long weekends - aren't I a lucky duck!
Don't you know it but the day after we came back from Korea, tigerboy started hassling me about where we'll go for Christmas if his workplace is going to shut over that period. It can't be somewhere that closes for Christmas (to hard to do things if everywhere is shut), and it needs to be close (we'll probably only have about a week), so soon I have to start looking into that.


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|Flowers for the Cabin
I have to say this issue of Quiltmaker's 100 Blocks contained quite a surprise for me. I was not at all expecting to see this block when I opened my designer preview issue of Volume 13 about a month ago. You see, Flowers for the Cabin has a bit of a backstory which can be found here if you're interested.
Flowers for the Cabin makes a perfect springtime block using the light pinks and crisp white fabrics shown above. In my area of the country we have a huge celebration each spring called the Apple Blossom Festival and these fabric are perfect for it :o)
However, Flowers for the Cabin can easily become a basket of flowers suited for the harvest season by changing out the floral fabric, as shown in this example:
|Flowers for the Cabin
I think a Flowers for the Cabin block would make a perfect center for a medallion quilt. Or, maybe use it in a four-block arrangement like one of the examples shown below. I just pasted an image of my block in Google Slides and copies/rotated/added colored squares to create these mock-ups.
|Four-block layout options
How about a drawing?! Quiltmaker's is generously giving one of my blog readers a free issue of 100 Blocks, Volume 13. For a chance to win leave me a comment telling me about your sewing machine: Love it? Hate it? Have your eye on a particular model? I hope to upgrade my machine in about a year and I'd love to have input on machines to consider :o) If you suspect you may be a "no reply" blogger please make sure to include your email address in your comment. I'll draw a random winner on Saturday morning, May 7.
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Marion & Tabitha Broderick Ride Scooters In NYC — Cute Pic
Look out NYC, the Broderick twins are on the move! The youngest daughters to Sarah Jessica Parker and husband Matthew Broderick explored the city on their scooters during a playdate on Oct. 4 — how adorable!
Like mother, like daughters! The fashionable Marion and Tabitha Broderick, 3, wore cute frilly dresses and matching pink helmets while riding twin scooters during a playdate on Oct. 4 in New York City. The twins took off on the sidewalk, navigating the city streets like champs.
They were joined by a friend, who also rode a matching blue scooter and blue helmet — safety first!
It looks like all three of them were having a blast!
Do YOU let your kids ride scooters down the street HollyMoms? Let us know in the comments below!
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