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Can't face Lent without the charm of chocolate?
Give up bad things instead, suggests our Director of Ordinands and Vocations, Derek Walmsley.
"I once wrote an article about Lent for our parish newsletter with the headline "Give Up..!" It suggested that we might want to consider an alternative way to observe Lent," says Derek.
Instead of giving up chocolate, booze, television, or even Facebook, why not give up some of the negative things we do to other people?
We are encouraged to love our neighbour, so why not give up gossip, hurtful comments, resentment and unforgiveness?
Now I don't want to criticise the way many Christians celebrate Lent – there is real value in self-discipline and using it to come closer to God.
If you want to do without something for six weeks and find it helpful, then please go ahead. But, whether we give up luxuries or give up bad attitudes, let's think what the purpose might be.
There is an interesting section in Colossians that helps us here:
Therefore do not let anyone judge you by what you eat or drink, or with regard to a religious festival, a New Moon celebration or a Sabbath day. These are a shadow of the things that were to come; the reality, however, is found in Christ.
Colossians 2: 16-17 (NIV)
The purpose of any spiritual discipline should not be to "get" something, even a really good thing.
The real purpose is to "get" God in Christ. Jesus himself put it this way: "Seek first the Kingdom of God and what He requires of you – and then all these things will be added to you."
Those words come from Matthew 6 and that would make a great chapter to read for reflection throughout Lent. Don't give up!"


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Gina E. Gallo was educated at the University of Rhode Island where she received her B.S. in Communication Disorders and her M.S. in Speech-Language Pathology. Gina has worked as a medical Speech-Language Pathologist since 1998 across various levels of care, concentrating in swallowing and voice disorders. She is a Certified VitalStim Instructor and uses Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation in her clinical practice at Spaulding Outpatient Center. Gina recently became one of the first SLPs to earn the NDC credential (NMES for Dysphagia Certified). She has worked extensively with patients diagnosed with head and neck cancer, and previously served on Head and Neck Tumor Board at Rhode Island Hospital. She has also served as a guest lecturer for the Southern New England Rehab Center annual conference, and as Adjunct Faculty at the University of Rhode Island in the area of Voice Disorders.
Financial Disclosure: Gina receives honoraria from CIAO Seminars for the presentation of this course. She also receives royalties for the purchase of her recorded course(s)
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Stag Cottage is situated in the grounds at Melmerby Hall just through the sandstone entrance archway and has 3 double ensuite bedrooms that can accommodate up to 6 guests.
There is a bedroom and ensuite shower room on the ground floor. Two of the bedrooms, including the one on the ground floor, may be converted to twin beds upon request. The first floor Master Bedroom has an antique five foot bed and an ensuite bathroom with bath and a separate shower and dressing area. The entrance hallway leads to a spacious and cosy Sitting Room with log burning stove and padded window seats and the through to a Dining Room. The Breakfasting Kitchen has granite worktops, dishwasher, washer, dryer and french doors leading to a sandstone terrace with a walled and gated garden.
Stag Cottage is set in walled front and rear gardens in the village of Melmerby which has a little village post office tea room shop, a great and reasonably priced antique shop and The Old Village Bakery which serves breakfasts, lunches, coffees and has a lovely ladies fashion, interior and gift shop upstairs called 'Hollberrie' which is definitely worth a visit.
Melmerby has a wonderful village pub called The Shepherd's Inn which is very welcoming and serves delicious food. All these are within an easy walk of the cottage across the village green. There are some great country pubs for dining (The Fetherston Arms & the Crown) which are a short journey away in Kirkoswald or nearby at The Shepherd's Inn in Langwathby.
- Children welcome
- Telephone
- Television
- Ironing facilities
- Private parking
- Garden
- Building of historical interest
- Central heating
- Laundry facilities
- Freezer
- Microwave cooker
- Dishwasher
- Linen provided
- Telephone (public)
- Fishing
- Pony trekking/horse-riding
- Cycles for hire
- Dogs/pets accepted by arrangement
- WiFi or internet access
- DVD player
- Single sex groups welcomed
- Hairdryer
- High chairs available
- Cots available
- Real log/coal fires
- Barbecue
- Drying facilities
- Washing machine
Blencowe Hall,
Leave the M6 Motorway at J40 sign posted Penrith
At the roundabout take the A66 exit heading East towards Appleby/Scotch Corner
After 0.9 miles at the next roundabout take the 2nd exit onto the A686 sign posted Alston
After approx 5 miles you will reach the metal bridge, over the bridge is the village of Langwathby
Continue on the A686 and you will enter the village of Melmerby
As you enter the village, there is a sandstone wall on the left, take the next turn left and then left again
Directly ahead Melmerby Hall & Stag Cottage are located through the sandstone archway directly ahead
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- Parking for Single unit properties:
- Parking space provided
- Within 50 metres approx. of entrance
- Parking for Multiple unit properties:
- Surface of the car park and pathway leading to entrance:
- Gravel
- Route from the parking area to the entrance:
- Steps and no ramp
- Level access (no steps/thresholds) or access by ramp or lift to:
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- One or more bedrooms
- Lounge
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- Dining room
- Toilet suitable for wheelchair users
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- Good contrast between the floor and walls
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- Bedroom furniture can be re-arranged if requested by guest
- Bedrooms available with non-allergic bedding (ie non-feather pillows)
- Bedrooms available with no fitted carpets
- Bathrooms available with:
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- Separate shower unit with support handrails available
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- Entrance is well lit
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- Call system with vibrating pads
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Matthew 9 International Children's Bible (ICB)
Jesus Heals a Paralyzed Man
9 Jesus got into a boat and went back across the lake to his own town. 2 Some people brought to Jesus a man who was paralyzed. The man was lying on his mat. Jesus saw that these people had great faith, so he said to the paralyzed man, "Be happy, young man. Your sins are forgiven."
3 Some of the teachers of the law heard this. They said to themselves, "This man speaks as if he were God—that is blasphemy!"[a]
4 Jesus knew what they were thinking. So he said, "Why are you thinking evil thoughts? 5 Which is easier: to tell this paralyzed man, 'Your sins are forgiven,' or to tell him, 'Stand up and walk'? 6 But I will prove to you that the Son of Man has power on earth to forgive sins." Then Jesus said to the paralyzed man, "Stand up. Take your mat and go home." 7 And the man stood up and went home. 8 The people saw this and were amazed. They praised God for giving power like this to men.
Jesus Chooses Matthew
9 When Jesus was leaving, he saw a man named Matthew. Matthew was sitting in the tax office. Jesus said to him, "Follow me." And Matthew stood up and followed Jesus.
10 Jesus had dinner at Matthew's house. Many tax collectors and "sinners" came and ate with Jesus and his followers. 11 The Pharisees saw this and asked Jesus' followers, "Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and 'sinners'?"
12 Jesus heard the Pharisees ask this. So he said, "Healthy people don't need a doctor. Only the sick need a doctor. 13 Go and learn what this means: 'I want faithful love more than I want animal sacrifices.'[b] I did not come to invite good people. I came to invite sinners."
Jesus Is Not Like Other Jews
14 Then the followers of John[c] came to Jesus. They said to Jesus, "We and the Pharisees often give up eating.[d] But your followers don't. Why?"
15 Jesus answered, "The friends of the bridegroom are not sad while he is with them. But the time will come when the bridegroom will leave them. Then his friends are sad, and they will give up eating.
16 "When someone sews a patch over a hole in an old coat, he never uses a piece of cloth that is not yet shrunk. If he does, the patch will shrink and pull away from the coat. Then the hole will be worse. 17 Also, people never pour new wine into old leather bags for holding wine. If they do, the old bags will break. The wine will spill, and the wine bags will be ruined. But people always pour new wine into new wine bags. Then the wine and the wine bags will continue to be good."
Jesus Gives Life to a Dead Girl and Heals a Sick Woman
18 While Jesus was saying these things, a ruler of the synagogue came to him. The ruler bowed down before Jesus and said, "My daughter has just died. But come and touch her with your hand, and she will live again."
19 So Jesus stood up and went with the ruler. Jesus' followers went too.
20 Then a woman who had been bleeding for 12 years came behind Jesus and touched the edge of his coat. 21 She was thinking, "If I can touch his coat, then I will be healed."
22 Jesus turned and saw the woman. He said, "Be happy, dear woman. You are made well because you believed." And the woman was healed at once.
23 Jesus continued along with the ruler and went into the ruler's house. Jesus saw people there who play music for funerals. And he saw many people there crying. 24 Jesus said, "Go away. The girl is not dead. She is only asleep." But the people laughed at Jesus. 25 After the crowd had been put outside, Jesus went into the girl's room. He took her hand, and she stood up. 26 The news about this spread all around the area.
Jesus Heals More People
27 When Jesus was leaving there, two blind men followed him. They cried out, "Show kindness to us, Son of David!"
28 Jesus went inside, and the blind men went with him. He asked the men, "Do you believe that I can make you see again?"
They answered, "Yes, Lord."
29 Then Jesus touched their eyes and said, "You believe that I can make you see again. So this will happen." 30 Then the men were able to see. But Jesus warned them very strongly, saying, "Don't tell anyone about this." 31 But the blind men left and spread the news about Jesus all around that area.
32 When the two men were leaving, some people brought another man to Jesus. This man could not talk because he had a demon in him. 33 Jesus forced the demon to leave the man. Then the man who couldn't talk was able to speak. The crowd was amazed and said, "We have never seen anything like this in Israel."
34 But the Pharisees said, "The leader of demons is the one that gives him power to force demons out."
35 Jesus traveled through all the towns and villages. He taught in their synagogues and told people the Good News about the kingdom. And he healed all kinds of diseases and sicknesses. 36 He saw the crowds of people and felt sorry for them because they were worried and helpless. They were like sheep without a shepherd. 37 Jesus said to his followers, "There are many people to harvest, but there are only a few workers to help harvest them. 38 God owns the harvest. Pray to him that he will send more workers to help gather his harvest."[e]
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"The Point After" Show on WWL Radio broadcasts live from Deanie's for Saints' playoff game against Detroit
NEW ORLEANS (Jan. 3, 2012)--Deanie's Seafood in the French Quarter hosts another season as Saints Radio Headquarters with live broadcasts of Saints Radio Network's "Point After" Show following the Saints' home and away games. The NFC South Division Champs New Orleans Saints (13-3) will host the Detroit Lions (10-6) at 7 p.m. CT/8 p.m. EST Saturday, marking the first post-season game for the record-breaking team on their way to the Super Bowl.
Saints fans gather at Deanie's Seafood, located at 841 Iberville St., to participate in "The Point After" radio show featuring former New Orleans Saints quarterback Cajun Cannon Bobby Hebert and commentator Big Chief Deke Bellavia. The next "Point After" show at the French Quarter restaurant will take place Saturday, January 7.
Deanie's Seafood is an exciting game-day destination, where Hebert and Bellavia integrate questions and comments from the live audience along with providing detailed post-game commentary. With a relaxing atmosphere, a full menu of New Orleans favorites before, during and after the game and beverage promotions and beer specials, Deanie's Seafood is where serious Saints fans go after the dome goes dark.
Named "New Orleans' Best Seafood Restaurant" by readers of Gambit Weekly, Deanie's Seafood in the French Quarter is the second location of Deanie's Seafood, famous for its heaping portions of the best boiled, broiled and fried seafood. The French Quarter location opened in 2001 one block off of Canal Street at the corner of Iberville and Dauphine streets in the former D.H. Holmes department store.
"The Point After" is sponsored by Deanie's Seafood and Zatarain's and is broadcast locally on the flagship station of Saints Radio Network, WWL 870 AM and 105.3 FM, as well as 33 other Saints Radio Network affiliate stations throughout Alabama, Louisiana and Mississippi.
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For nearly 50 years, Deanie's Seafood Restaurants and Market have been serving huge portions of the best boiled, broiled and fried seafood in New Orleans. We invite you to visit the original location in Bucktown at 1713 Lake Avenue or in the French Quarter at 841 Iberville Street (located at the corner of Dauphine and Iberville streets).
Deanie's Seafood is open 11 a.m. - 10 p.m., Sunday through Thursday and 11 a.m. - 11 p.m., Friday & Saturday. The Bucktown location is closed on Mondays.
To learn more about Deanie's Seafood, visit us at www.deanies.com or call the restaurant directly at 504-581-1316.
Karen Hales
Deanie's Seafood
Melissa Izor
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Dead End Follies recently published a list of 10 up-and-coming authors everyone should be reading. One of the names on that list was Ryan Sayles and since I've had The Art of Brutality on my To-Be-Read pile for quite a while, I knew I needed to take the plunge and see what all the hype was about. After reading this stellar book, not only do I see why all the hype concerning Sayles is warranted, I am surprised there's not more hype surrounding him.
Richard Dean Buckner is a former cop, turned private eye who is hired to find a missing woman. Buckner's not your typical PI who simply follows the clues to solve a mystery, he's a throwback to an era when law enforcement extracted revenge on perps and followed their personal moral compass. An age when PIs didn't care if they trampled the alleged rights of the scum they were hunting. Buckner is a strong lead character who was easy to root for, and dare I say, love in a special way, because he will save you from the evils of the world and do it in a way that leaves no question that the bad guy is eradicated.
"The best way to teach a child abuser to stop abusing is not counseling. It is not therapy. It is a mouth full of broken teeth and arms that, when the bones heal, cannot produce the force necessary to hit or burn another child. The gift that keeps giving. That is how I sleep at night." --Richard Dean Buckner
When Buckner makes the promise to find a missing woman, he doesn't realize how far the case will take him into the bowels of human misery. He discovers the hell that's been this woman's life and how far into this living hell she may have fallen. Every page of the book seemed to introduce new potential suspects in her disappearance and also new levels of depravity that humans inflict upon each other.
The strength of Sayles' writing style is the brutality his words bring to the page, yet his style is one of simplicity. Perhaps it is because his main character is such a straight forward "man of few words". The story is dark, twisted, and simply stated, a pleasure to read. Sayles is a poet and his poem is one of human misery and deprivation. Very few books leave the impact this book left on me when I read the last page. I am a big fan of his and I can only wonder what hole I've been living in to wait so long to enjoy this fine novel. If you haven't read this yet, you are in for a treat. The best part? There is already a sequel…I can't wait to revisit Sayles' morally-bankrupt world again.
Highly Recommended
Reviewed by Derrick Horodyski.


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Centrepieces exists to promote mental health recovery through the arts, providing opportunities for people to participate in art activities and to exhibit and sell their work. It also tries to promote a better understanding of mental health to the wider public.
Our mission statement is:
To help adults within the local community who have mental health issues to improve their well-being and achieve better social inclusion through art.
Centrepieces was founded in 1999 after an explosion of enthusiasm and creativity amongst a group of artists, all of whom were experiencing mental health problems and living in the London Borough of Bexley and surrounding areas. After successfully applying for a £5,000 National Lottery Millennium Award, Centrepieces was for many years based at and supported by the Crayford Centre, a local authority and NHS mental health service.
In June 2014 Centrepieces moved to new premises at The Lodge in the tranquil grounds of Hall Place Historic House, with financial assistance from Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust.
Centrepieces is now a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO), registered with the Charity Commission. You can read our Constitution here.
Centrepieces' board of Trustees makes decisions about strategies and the development of the project, and also helps with fundraising. Many Trustees also lend a hand in a practical way with the activities of the organisation.
Centrepieces is currently run by a team of over 20 committed volunteers, who help provide art activities as well as admin, financial and other support.
The Co-ordinator is Geoff Norris, who is responsible for the day to day running of the charity. Geoff is a trained Social Worker and Counsellor, who for many years worked in the fields of mental health and substance abuse. He helped nurture and oversee the development of Centrepieces from its beginnings in 1999 up until the present time at The Lodge.
We work closely with other local organisations, including:
Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust
Hall Place House and Gardens
London Borough of Bexley
Bexley Voluntary Service Council
Click here to read more information about Centrepieces


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Days are set aside to commemorate different things, mark anniversaries and so forth. When a whole month is set out to create awareness, you know it's serious and people mean business. October was made the official breast cancer month in 1984 and the movement has grown in leaps and bounds as women religiously support each other. I think it is the only time women are not being their own enemies. If it is detected early enough, it can be controlled
Support &Advocate
Since inception of World Breast Cancer Awareness Month (WBCAM), women oriented organizations, mostly, have consistently made it their sole aim to promote breast cancer awareness. All over the world, women are enlightened on how to take charge of their own breast health. Mainly, self-breast exam being the easiest and cheapest way to help women detect any changes in their breasts for early detection.A mammogram is recommended annually for women from 40 years to 70. A cancer's stage is a crucial factor in deciding what treatment options to recommend, and in determining the patient's prognosis.
Breast cancer is not a foreign ailment as it is the most common malevolence in women worldwide both in developed and underdeveloped countries. Most of those who succumb are from low- and middle-income countries, where most women with breast cancer are diagnosed in late stages due mainly to lack of awareness on early detection and barriers to health services.
You have either lost a friend or a relative or know someone who is suffering from it. There's a probability of 1 in 8 women developing breast cancer in her lifetime. A minority of these cases are hereditary say less than 10%. Breast cancer most commonly develops in cells from the lining of milk ducts and the lobules that supply the ducts with milk. There are more than 18 other sub-types of breast cancer. Some cancers develop from pre-invasive lesions.
Men also suffer from Breast Cancer, however in very rare cases. This occurs mainly at the age of 65 and above. There have been a few cases of younger men suffering from breast cancer between the age of 20 -90. "The American Cancer Society estimates that each year, about 1,990 new cases of breast cancer in men will be diagnosed and that breast cancer will cause approximately 480 deaths in men. A man's lifetime risk of developing breast cancer is about one in a thousand." –Sy Kraft (B.A) , Medical News Today.
Compiled by Tracy Gesare
Source Wikipedia, WHO, WebMD


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One such example occurred in a speech yesterday at Cincinnati's Coney Island, on the occasion of the AFL-CIO's huge annual picnic there. At that event, Ohio Governor Ted Strickland lashed out at the party of gubernatorial opponent John Kasich as, according to one local reporter, "overrun by extremist elements."
I don't know that this is exactly what Strickland said, but it seems highly unlikely that veteran WLWT reporter John London would have strung those words together on his own.
Strickland's characterization of his opposition as relayed by London, which you will find at this Bing video and also at WLWT's own web site, "somehow" didn't make it into the the station's accompanying text report on the event, which, contrary to what I believe is the norm at the station, doesn't in any way follow the script of the London's coverage. The "overrun by extremist elements" reference also was not noted at either of the city's two other news-following TV stations which covered the event (here and here), nor in Howard Wilkinson's coverage at Gannett's Cincinnati Enquirer. Imagine that.
Here is the first 70% or so of the verbiage in the WLWT broadcast:
Strickland (during speech): What we are fighting for is the middle class of Ohio and America!
Jack Atherton (in-studio co-host): Governor Ted Strickland of Ohio. Labor Day usually means you get a day off from work. But too many Tri-Staters are out of work altogether, and the governor was reminded today campaigning at Coney Island.
Sheree Paolello (the other co-host): Now with the poor economy and President Obama calling for another $50 billion program to improve roads and runways, people had a lot to say today, and News 5's is John London is live with reaction to the Governor's visit today. John?
John London: Well, Sheree, he gave them matches for the bonfire. He blamed Wall Street greed for the loss of hundreds of thousands of jobs in Ohio, declared the Republican Party has been overrun by extremist elements, shouted "Hell no, we won't give the state over to them!" This was Governor Ted Strickland, gloves off, some three weeks before the start of early voting.
(begin newsreel with John London voiceover) Ohio's Governor arrived with a four-letter word on his lips: Jobs.
Candidates of every political stripe can't say it or promise it enough.
Strickland (during speech): What we are fighting for is the middle class of Ohio --
London: But can any of them deliver it?
Erin Kramer, Director, SEIU Local 1: Our members do well when cities do well. And cities do well when people are working.
London: As if to hammer home the point, many of these union workers and their families are suffering: laid-off, worried, discouraged. Here's what Governor Strickland told us after blasting what he termed "Wall Street greed."
Strickland: This recovery is starting to take hold, but this is not a guarantee that, that we will not have a double-dip recession.
London: The mood lightens out here if you let it. Pete Wagner's orchestra sprinkled a little Dixieland into what is a combination event: one part picnic, two parts politics.
Doug Sizemore, AFL-CIO labor leader: The economy that we're in right now is due to the failed policies of the Bush administration.
London: The Democrat candidates mine this turf each Labor Day -- Thousands of union families within campaign reach, perhaps a little fewer this time as mid-term elections approach. As one worker put it: "There have been so many layoffs."
Strickland: Quite frankly, Ohio is starting to see signs of growth.
London: And what the Governor means by that is that tax revenue in the state is exceeding projections, not by much, but by a little bit. He continues to acknowledge that unemployment remains a huge problem. ...
Anyone who knows anything about the hidebound Ohio Republican Party would double over in laughter at any description of them as "extremists." The ORP was so hostile to and felt so threatened by Tea Party insurgent candidates for statewide office and its Central Committee -- candidates who would only be considered unwanted "extremists" by people who also believe this country's Founders were -- that it spent large sums of money on misleading Tea Party-pretentious campaign literature and on Election Day poll watchers who handed out slate cards to defeat them in the May primary.
Much of the rest of London's report unfortunately segues to what I would describe as a "long hot summer" riff, even though summer is over, the message being that crime won't come down until employment goes up.
Going back to Strickland -- It must be nice to be able to fire up the base mostly without having to worry about whether your inflammatory language will escape the confines of the venue where your speech is taking place. It's highly unlikely that a Republican or conservative at an open event covered by the press would be that lucky.
Cross-posted at BizzyBlog.com.


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Today marks the 50th anniversary of one of the darkest days of the 20th century, the assassination of the 35th President of the United States, John F. Kennedy. In my collection of found photos, I have two photo slides of JFK's temporary gravesite at Arlington National Cemetery. The photos were taken in early 1964, a few months after the assassination. I have no clue who snapped these photos, but I'm sure they would say that viewing the grave was a poignant reminder of that fateful day, November, 22, 1963.
I noticed that the LBJ Library uploaded some silent raw film footage of the temporary gravesite to their YouTube page. Click here to view the video.
In 1967, a permanent gravesite was finished and open for public viewing.
2005 photo of the eternal flame.
1964 commemorative postage stamp.


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VanderbiltCupRaces.com Exclusive: The Vanderbilt Cup Trophy Today
Courtesy of Roger White, Associate Curator, Division of Work and Industry for the Smithsonian Institution, yesterday I received a special birthday gift- a visit to see the Vanderbilt Cup trophy. Stephanie Gress, Director of Curatorial Affairs of the Suffolk County Vanderbilt Museum, Roz Kroplick and I took a special trip to the Smithsonian storage facilities in Maryland. I am pleased to report the Cup is in wonderful condition:
A fine portrait of William K. Vanderbilt Jr. in his 90 horsepower Mercedes at Ormond Beach is worked up in bold relief on the front of the Cup. It celebrates Willie K's greatest personal racing accomplishment of breaking the one-mile land speed record on January 27, 1904 going 92.3 mph.
The back of the Cup has the following inscription:
Presented By
To The
under deed of gift
to be raced for
yearly by cars
under 1000 kilos.
Won By
Two more surprising discoveries:
-The 1915 and 1916 race information were never engraved on the Cup. Only winners for the first nine races (1904-1914) are on the cup.
-The engravings for the winner of both the 1912 and 1914 races, a Mercedes driven by Ralph DePalma, list the owner of the car, Edward J. Schroeder, rather than Germany, the country of the car's manufacturer.
Stephanie Gress and Howard Kroplick documenting the Cup.
Howard and Roz Kroplick and our favorite sports trophy.
Stephanie Gress, Howard Kroplick and Roger White with one of America's sports treasures.
Thanks Roger for hosting this special birthday celebration and to Stephanie for joining Roz and I at the very last minute!
Feedback request: If you would like to see an exhibit of the Vanderbilt Cup trophy on Long Island, please leave a comment below.
Links to related posts on VanderbiltCupRaces.com:
Yes, let's see the Vanderbilt Cup come back to Long Island for an exhibit, that would be absolutely wonderful.
The cup should come back to LI and be housed in the Vanderbilt Mansion.
How did it ever got to Wash DC anyway ????
How can it be transferred from a "storage" facility to a full time display ???
Jim Barnes asked how did the Vanderbilt Cup get to D.C., Vanderbilt himself donated it to the Smithsonian in the early 1930's. Can we get some of our elected representatives to petition the Smithsonian for permission to display the Cup some where on Long Island ? If security is an issue I'd settle for a location in the City. Al Velocci
That would be terrific! Please keep us posted.
All the best,
Howard,I worked with Roger White on another loan project for our museum and I have done appraisals on cars and artifacts for them. He is a great guy, he can get a loan approved with the proper , insurance , site security etc. It also helps if a Congressman or Senator writes a support letter. Jim
Please! We'd all love to see the cup.
A reproduction existed here LI until the late 1960's. This was awarded to the victor of annual runoffs held at the Bridgehampton circuit between the EMRA and SCCA clubs. I recall that the EMRA clubs usually won and may have been the owner/keeper of the cup. Perhaps a visit from the original cup can shake it loose from it's unknown keeper for public enjoyment as a part of Vanderbilt's contribution to motorsports on Long Island.
If the Cup isn't going to be on display at Smithsonian, it should be in New York State.
Hi Howard,
I think it's a great idea to have the trophy on permanent display at the Vanderbilt Museum and perhaps they would loan it to you when you display the Alco 6.
Howard, This trophy is a work of art. It would be great if it came to Long Islan again. Joe(Motorpky)DeBono
From James Elliot:
"I think it would be far more beneficial to have an exhibit of this cup on Long Island rather than in storage in Washington, DC. I also think it is important for the improved access to the cup which is an important link so much Long Island auto racing history."


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Connecting advice to art (adviart).
Posted Jun 14 2012 in Adviart 2012, Entrepreneur, Northern Virginia with 0 Comments
You can only the connect the dots by looking backward. Steve Jobs gave a speech at Stanford. Wood because it had holes in it to connect. Green and black to stand out. Dots are points in life. Entrepreneurship plays a role in everything having meaning.
xoxo Gypsy Tornado
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Praise for Come and Eat
"I love how Bri invites us to see the world through someone else's eyes--whether we're getting on a plane to go and serve abroad or standing in our kitchens serving up dinner to our neighbors."
—Lisa-Jo Baker, bestselling author of Never Unfriended and community manager for (in)courage
"In her book, Come and Eat, Bri shares stories and recipes--not only to nourish our bodies, but to nourish our hearts and prepare a place for deep connection. Bri is one of the most beautiful and genuine women I know. Her words will give you insights and inspiration, not only in the kitchen but around the table. This book is a recipe for cultivating deep and life-changing relationships."
—Lisa Leonard, founder, Lisa Leonard Designs
"Funny, thought-provoking, and totally real, Bri writes in a way that makes you feel like you are sitting down in your comfiest pajamas with your oldest and dearest friend. Come and Eat inspired me in ways I never expected—I literally could not put it down. It's a message every woman needs to hear….even (perhaps, especially) if you hate to cook!"
—Ruth Soukup, New York Times bestselling author of Living Well, Spending Less and Unstuffed
"The first thing I noticed about Bri is that she has a smile that takes over her whole body and you immediately feel welcomed into her life. Reading the pages of Come and Eat is basically that same exact feeling. In these days where everyone seems to be in such a hurry and too busy for real community and deep relationships, Bri invites us into her story of discovering the importance of fellowship found around something as simple as the dinner table. You will read the pages and be inspired to gather the people you know, and the people you have yet to really know, around your table and experience a little bit of God's kingdom right here on Earth."
—Melanie Shankle, New York Times bestselling author and speaker
"Come and Eat is an invitation to every hungry heart who's craving faith and love with a sprinkle of holy adventure. Bri is a vibrant, welcoming hostess who serves up truth and grace in equal measures. You'll finish this book both full and longing for another helping."
—Holley Gerth, Bestselling Author of You're Already Amazing
"Bri takes the best of life--neighbors, good food, the hope of Christ--and cooks it down into an invitation to reach for the solace of community. I'll be holding onto Come and Eat, both for the go-to recipes and for the reminder that God's love for me is a feast best shared with those around me."
—Shannan Martin, author of Falling Free: Rescued From the Life I Always Wanted
"The invitation that Bri extends through Come and Eat is so equally inspiring and practical that we simply won't see our dinner tables the same again. With honesty, insightfulness, and a call to action…Bri shows us we can make an impact right where we are, around the table."
—Ruth Chou Simons, artist and author of GraceLaced: Discovering Timeless Truths Through Seasons of the Heart; founder of GraceLaced.com
"With every page of Come and Eat I felt as though Bri was welcoming to me to her table and we were having a fabulous meal together. Her transparency in her stories throughout this book made me feel loved and not alone in this world. This book is a breath of fresh air, breathing life into something I believe in with all my heart--sharing meals together transforms lives."
—Jamie Ivey, host of The Happy Hour with Jamie Ivey podcast, author of If You Only Knew: My Unlikely, Unavoidable Story of Becoming Free
"A coveted place at Bri's table also means she has made a loving space for you in her heart. In this book, with unbound generosity, Bri shares both table and heart with all of us."
—Joy Wilson, author of Joy the Baker's Over Easy
About the Book
Come with your brokenness, your celebration, and your worries, but most of all come and eat.
In today's busy and often superficial world, we all crave something deeper and truer. Maybe it's relationships that go beyond the surface or gatherings that allow for joy and pain. Bri McKoy tells us this is within reach! All we need is a table, open hearts, and a simple invitation: come and eat.
McKoy invites us to discover how a common dining-room table can be transformed into a place where brokenness falls away to reveal peace and fellowship. Whether the table is laid with bounty or with meager offerings, whether it is surrounded by the Body of Christ or homeless, broken souls, she shows us that healing begins when we say, "Come in. I may not know you, but I know your maker. And so I offer you my heart."
For all those who are hungry and craving more of God's kingdom in their homes, Come and Eat offers recipes, tips, and questions to jumpstart conversation, while reminding us that fellowship in God's love is always the most remembered, most cherished nourishment. Because when we make room for others, we make room for God, and our homes become a vibrant source of life, just as he means them to be.
Bri McKoy is a writer and home cook. She first worked with Youth with a Mission (YWAM) in journalism and then at Compassion International. She currently serves as the visionary and leader for Compassion Bloggers, successor to Shaun Groves, connecting with bestselling authors and popular bloggers daily. She is the owner and writer for her blog OurSavoryLife.com, a food blog with recipes and stories from around her table.
Her recipes have been featured on Blendtec's (known as the world's most powerful blender) website as well as Civilized Caveman Eats (whose author has written two New York Times bestseller cookbooks). Another of her recipes was recently featured on Shape.com, which is the online home to Shape magazine, the second largest young women's magazine. Bri is a contributor to the award-winning Compassion Blog and to GraceTable.org, a community blog about food and faith.
She currently lives in Hermosa Beach, California with her husband and dog. You can find her in the kitchen or in her neighborhood knocking on doors inviting people to her table!


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Flint is one of the minor protagonists of the Game Boy Advance video game Mother 3. He is the father to Lucas and Claus, and the husband to Hinawa. The two named their children those names probably on the account that they can both be rearranged to the contrary name. He has a dog, Boney, and is only playable in the game's first chapter. Hackers have discovered that Flint originally played a bigger role in the game, and would be playable in later chapters. This was changed for an unknown reason.
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Director: Eric Bress, J. Mackye Gruber
Starring: Ashton Kutcher, Amy Smart, Melora Walters
Release: 23 January 2004
IMDB Rating: 7.7
Rotten Tomatoes User Rating: 81% (Critics gave it 33%)
Well, my original plan was to simply sit down on my couch on Saturday night and watch a film that I have already watch with the intention of not actually writing anything about something. Well, I guess The Butterfly Effect is not the type of film that one can simply walk away from and not think too heavily about what just occurred. Well, okay, you probably can, but as people suggest I have this annoying habit of thinking too much - not that that is a bad thing, but some people do feel somewhat threatened by people who do have this annoying habit of thinking about and analysing things and want to put a stop to it. However, this isn't a post about anti-intellectualism, so I will leave it at that.
Anyway, as I suggested, I simply couldn't just go to bed after the movie and not think about what had just occurred, even though I had seen it previously. Look, it isn't the best movie that I've seen, and it can be quite slow in parts, however it is still quiet a confronting film and raises the question of whether it would be a good thing to be able to go back into your past and change things for the better, and if one could, what effect would it have on the future. The question is also raised as to whether it is possible to be able to change one's decisions in the past to in effect create the perfect life.
I have already written a review of this film on IMDB, and about halfway through, when it started to drag on for a bit, I jumped onto the computer to discover that I had indeed written a review on the film, and had given it a six. I sort of now understand why it gave it such a rating, because it did have this annoying habit of dragging for a while, and also being somewhat disturbing in places. I also noted that it starred Ashton Kutcher, whose claim to fame in my mind happened to be a rather sleazy film starring Natalie Portman. Upon seeing this my immediate thought was that she seemed to be dumbing down her ability somewhat, especially after Leon the Professional and the Star Wars Prequels (depending on your opinion of the prequels mind you). Oh, they have also released a sequel, and even a third installment, which at this stage seems to have absolutely nothing to do with the original film.
As I do with similar posts, here is trailer:
Anyway, before I continue I will once again make the statement that if you don't actually want to know anything about the film then there will be spoilers, namely because my review is on IMDB, and my purpose here is to explore the film indepth. So ....
The Effect
The movie is one of those movies that begins at the end, that is with Evan crouching under a desk scribbling something onto a notepad. However we don't know anything about the circumstances that brought him to this situation, which is why we jump back in time to his childhood, and to a class where the teacher calls his mother inside where she is shown a drawing of Evan holding a knife and standing on a pile of bodies. It is then that we discover that he suffers from black outs. We also learn that his father is in a mental asylum, and when Evan goes and meets him he has another blackout and wakes up with his father chocking him, at which point the guards come in and bludgeon his father to death.
We then encounter three events in his childhood where Evan has a blackout - one where he visits another family and goes to play Robin Hood in front of a camera, only to discover that he is suddenly naked and in the basement with Kayleigh, the man' daughter (and the brother, Peter, is looking on jealously). The second time occurs when they are teenagers, and Peter stole a stick of dynamite from his father's basement, and convinces the other member of the group, Lenny, to put it into the letter box of a random house. However the show then skips to when they are running away and we have no idea what has actually happened (though with the previous blackout we have a pretty good idea what was going on). Finally they are in a junkyard and Peter has tied Evan's dog in a bag and once again there is a blackout, but we do know that the resulting event was not pleasant for the dog.
As such, he discovers that not only does he have the ability to travel back in time but he can also make some changes that will affect the future - thus the title of the film.
Things Get Much Better
To describe Evan's childhood as horrific is an understatement, and in a way it paints a picture of the reality of what it is like growing up in Suburbia. Not only do we have a pedophile living in the neighbourhood, but his children are being tormented by him in a way that results in them growing up as shells of their formers selves. Actually, Evan attempts to change the past begin not when he first goes back to the basement, but when he decides to catch up with Kayleigh and find out what actually happened that day that they put the dynamite in the letter box. In a way this dredging up the past has brought about some unwanted memories, and a rather vicious Peter makes it known that he is not happy with Evan's meddling, and that by Evan attempting to dredge up the past has resulted in some rather unexpected consequences (Kayleigh ends up committing sucide).
However, having discovered that he can change the past, he does just that and confronts Kayleigh's father in the basement. He then wakes up in a sorority, of which Kayleigh is a member, and the present has changed dramatically. In fact Evan is also a member of a fraternity, and it appears that life is now much, much better. However there is a catch - he still remembers his previous life, and as such has two lives crowded into his brain, and in having these two lives he suddenly discovers that he is living neither one nor the other. For instance, Kayleigh makes mention that he has changed, and he is no longer walking the way that he used to walk. It seems as while he may have changed Kayleigh's life for the better, as well as his, he hasn't truly shaken his past.
This is where it starts to get really tricky because it turns out that Peter hasn't changed, except that where in the first iteration of Evan's life he spent a couple of months in juvenile detention (due to his assaulting somebody in a movie theatre), this time he spent much longer, and when he is released he is absolutely fuming at the fact that Evan and Kayleigh are dating. In fact he makes it his duty to hunt Evan down and make it known that he is not happy. Yet it turns out much worse because when they do confront each other, Evan ends up killing Peter and lands up in gaol.
Third and Later Iterations
Realising that the life that he has fallen into is much, much worse that his original life, Evan decides to fiddle with the past a little more, and this time he changes what happened outside the house. Having discovered that the dynamite prank resulted in the death of a mother and her baby, Evan decides to save them, and runs straight for the letter box. Well, in part it seems as if everything has sorted itself out because Peter is actually a pretty decent person, and Lenny is no longer a recluse, hiding in his room building model airplanes. The catch is that Evan no longer has any arms. Also, Kayleigh is now dating Lenny as opposed to dating Evan, which is something that Evan is not really all that happy about. Sure, in one way things have turned out much better, however Evan is not particularly happy with having to live his life without any arms.
Actually, that might be the forth iteration, but that is beside the point because as it turns out the more Evan tries to interfere with his past the worse it seems to become for everybody involved. Well, okay, the second iteration was somewhat better, that is until he landed up in gaol. However the more he tried to change his life the more her descends into madness, namely because with every interation he gets more and more memories piling into his brain, so while at first he has a minor nose bleed, these eventually get worse and worse. The thing with the film is that there are two endings, but both of them stem off from the fact that Kayleigh decides to remain with her father because she did not want to move away from Evan, and it is then that Evan discovers that he is the element that is making their lives horrendous. In the cinematic ending Evan goes back in time and has a fight with Kayleigh, causing her to move away when her parents divorce, while in the version I watched Evan lands up in a mental institution, and then goes back to before he was born and strangles himself while he is still in his womb.
One of the keys to this ending is when Evan and his mother go into a psychic who tells Evan that he has no life line and should not exist. The other interesting thing is that we also discover that his father was also able to time travel in this way, which is why he landed up in the metal institution (and also why he freaked out when Evan began to ask him about changing the past). What we learn, and it is quite subtle, is that while Evan would time travel through the use of his journal, his father time traveled through the use of photographs - which is why Evan was able to use the film to escape the metal asylum.
Changing the Past
This film opens up one of those dreams that many of us (in particular myself) have, and that is being able to return to the past and making different decisions so as to make life much better for us and those whom we love. The problem in Evan's case is that he can only return to times when he has a blackout - which in a way are significant times in his childhood which eventually resulted in a huge change in the future. In a way these blackouts are effectively blank moments in his life where the decisions that can be made aren't made, and in effect during the moments Evan simply does nothing. Mind you, some periods, such as the blackout in primary school, exist as plot devices - the primary school scene allows Evan to gain the stigmata so that he might be able to use them to get his Catholic cellmate on side and thus escape prison. Other times, such as when he grabs the knife, seem to have no purpose at all.
The other catch with Evan is that while he can change the past at this one specific point, it doesn't mean that he can live his life from that point namely because he then returns to the future (or the present) and despite having changed the course of his life, he has no ability to be able to change any further decisions from that point on. In a way by changing the main decision he has automatically created a series of decisions that have resulted in the past in which he is now living (as well as creating two, or more, sets of memories). In a way what this is suggesting is that our past is defined by a few major decisions that we make when we are young, and that all of the decisions that we end up making in the years afterwards are the consequence of these couple of important decisions. This is despite the fact that in the film Evan's decisions were effectively do nothing and go with the flow.
Actually, maybe that is why Evan's life turned out the way that it did - his decisions were always based upon doing nothing and simply going with the flow. Yet this was not the case when he gets to university since he makes the conscious decision to start digging up the past, and bringing about the resultant chaos. We must remember that when Evan goes back in time and changes the past, he does so with the full knowledge of what the original decision (or lack there of) brought about. When he confronts Kayleigh and Peter's father he does so with the mind of an adult as opposed to the mind of a child (which is why their father is so shocked when he is confronted by Peter).
The other thing with changing the past is that it is not necessarily for the best. We see a conflict within Evan that he wants to change to past to make it better for his friends, but for him as well. This is probably why the original ending was better, that is that he has a fight with Kayleigh as a child, she and Peter move to live with their mother, and the events that resulted in the first iteration never occurred. In a way this worked out much better for Evan because in this scenario he got to live, where as in the director's cut he kills himself as he comes to the realisation that the only reason Kayleigh's life turns out so bad is because he is in it (though we must remember that when he lost both of his arms their lives turned out quite well, it is just that Evan had to live life as a cripple, which in his mind wasn't acceptable).
A Christian Interpretation
I remember somebody suggesting that every film has a Christian interpretation, and that one can take a film and use it as a spring board for a conversation about the Gospel. Well, I'd argue against that because I suspect that you can't actually use Debbie Does Dallas in that sense, though theoretically it is possible but since I haven't seen it, and have no intention of seeing it, I can't speak from experience (though one could use it as an example of the destructive nature of pornography, but I am getting way off topic here). The thing is that years ago I took that idea on board and tried to examine the Christian aspect of every movie that I saw, and the argument could actually prove plausible in a sense, but is it true in most movies?
Let us consider Butterfly Effect - it could be argued that by Evan committing suicide in his mother's womb it meant that his friends could live good and prosperous lives as opposed to the hell hole that they landed up in while Evan was alive. However, I don't actually consider that to be satisfactory namely because the suggestion is that it is better for Evan to be dead than to be alive because by him being alive he simply ends up bringing misery and heartache on everybody around him - if this were the case then theoretically everybody should follow Evan's example because while we may not be the movers and shakers of the world, our self-centered nature means that as long as we live we bring about pain and suffering on all around us.
The question that rises is whether Evan is a noble person. Personally, it is difficult to say because in one way he is attempting to save his friends, but in another way he is also trying to make his life as comfortable as possible. However, it is only when he realises that he has an answer to these blackouts that he decides to go and hunt down the truth, yet in attempting to seek out the truth he ends up reawakening Peter's wrath and driving Kayleigh to suicide. Further we have him changing his life for the better, until he is confronted by Peter, kills him, and lands up in gaol, which isn't a satisfactory outcome for him. In the third iteration Kayleigh has become a prostitute, and in the forth Evan not only has lost his arms, but his mother is dying of lung cancer after becoming a chain smoker. Thus, the final solution is to bring it to an end by dying in the womb.
It is interesting that the hints are scattered throughout the film as to the final conclusion - his father landing up in a mental institution, him being one of a long line of miscarriages, and eventually becoming a miscarriage himself when he decides to start meddling with the past, and also the idea that his father could also time travel, but instead of using a journal he uses photos. While not explicitly spelt out, it is suggested that Evan's ability is a curse that has been passed down from generation to generation, though when they find themselves trapped in a mental asylum it is basically game over - there is no escape - it is only that Evan learns how to use the film to be able to take himself back to a time before he was born to prevent himself ever entering this world and causing such pain and suffering to those around him.
However, the question that eventually arises is whether there is any time when we can say that it is better that we were not born. Personally, if we were born then we were born for a reason, and the life that we have is a precious gift - we should take hold of that gift and make the most of it because it is only one life that we get and even if we do make mistakes there is always, as long as we live, some form of redemption.
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ps as well as Matt Blatt considering Milan Direct as they seem to have some good deals. Anyone got any experience with this company?
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Posted 11 November 2009 - 11:40 AM
Considering ordering some dining chairs online as unfortunately can't get to their warehouse to take a look. Anyone ordered from Matt Blatt before? What did you think of the quality?
ps as well as Matt Blatt considering Milan Direct as they seem to have some good deals. Anyone got any experience with this company?
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Posted 11 November 2009 - 11:47 AM
We bought some bar stools for our kitchen bench from Matt Blatt. Had to take one back straight away is it was broken. Ended up replacing all of them within two years as they basically got all cracked or the gas lift stopped working. Now have some normal ones from a furniture store and they seem to be holding up better.
Posted 11 November 2009 - 12:23 PM
mm, not such a positive experience then!
We are looking at replica Eames DSR chairs - the ones with the Eiffel bases. So I guess not going to have any gas lift issues, but there's plenty of other things that could go wrong.
I'd still be interested to hear from others, but thanks for the feedback to date tothebeach - food for thought!
Posted 12 November 2009 - 01:05 PM
Can't help I'm afraid, but I always look at their ads!
I've seen another similar company advertised lately:
And this one came up on google when I was checking the name of the above:
NO idea about either of them, but thought they might be worth a look!
Posted 12 November 2009 - 01:17 PM
I've bought a chair from Matt Blatt and love it! It's the Jens Risom replica lounge chair. I hadn't seen it either before buying it, as we don't live in Sydney.
The quality seems good to me. Admittedly it does just sit in the corner of our bedroom and never actually gets sat on! but it looks great. I also think, you do get what you pay for, and it is all made in China. There used to be a shop next door to where I work that sold similar replica designer furniture, the owner of the shop told me about his buying trips to China, he said there are massive warehouses full of this stuff and there are different quality grades. You can see on Matt Blatt's website for some of the furniture they have a 'premium' grade and a cheaper version. I'd probably go for the better one rather than the cheapo version.
Friends of ours bought some Matt Blatt bar stools a couple of years ago and haven't had any problems.
Hope that helps!
Posted 12 November 2009 - 02:02 PM
I've been wanting to buy those chairs for AGES, but never did because the postage costs to our home were ridiculous. Also I was worried about the metal legs rusting/tarnishing - they're just cheap chrome.
A few days ago I ended up ordering the Eames DSW (maple leg) chairs from another replica site, that were cheaper than Matt Blatt. I thought the timber legs might actually wear better, and they're not much more expensive. Plus I think they go with our furniture better.
Will let you know what they're like. As a PP said, I'm fairly sure they all come from the same CHinese manufactuers. I believe the "premium" versions of furniture at Matt Blatt mostly relate to leather - the premium sofas use real instead of bonded leather or vinyl.
Posted 13 November 2009 - 07:45 PM
Levity, I'd be keen to hear what you think of your new chairs. Also the store you ended up buying from, if you are okay with saying.
DSW is actually the type I'm after - got mixed up earlier. The ones with the wooden legs. I figure these will look nicer with my table plus the lazy housekeeper in me thinks the dust/marks will be less noticeable on wood! DH is a bit worried they won't be comfy.
Posted 13 November 2009 - 07:48 PM
I bought the Eames RAR rocker from there and haven't had any problems.
Posted 13 November 2009 - 07:58 PM
I have the Eames eiffel base chairs (6) for about 18 months and have had no problems. We live near the Coast and no issues with rust/tarnish as of yet..
I did think when I screwed the bases in they were a bit cheap - but hey they are cheap - and there was no way I was buying originals.
Posted 17 November 2009 - 01:37 PM
Hi Levity, just wondering if you've received your chairs, and if so, what did you think of them?
Posted 18 November 2009 - 09:55 AM
Hi - I just received a clock I ordered, but am still waiting for the chairs - they're supposed to arrive "any day now", sigh, I hate waiting!
Posted 19 November 2009 - 01:38 PM
They finally arrived!
I bought the ones from here:
You have to screw the legs onto the base which is very simple.
They have clear plastic 'feet'.
On the site they're described as being "ABS Molded", but on the box they say "Fibreglass"... I'd say they're probably ABS but they do seem like fibreglass - certainly significantly different to standard plastic.
They have a super glossy smooth finish, and are very comfortable. Overall quality seems high. I'm very pleased with them!
They seem to be a quite faithful reproduction of the original:
Posted 19 November 2009 - 01:57 PM
thanks so much for popping back in with an update. Sounds like you are happy with your purchase!
I've been eyeing off those Milan Direct ones as well. Now just have to convince DH (who is coming around to the idea of this style of chair but tells me now he prefers the metal leg. grrrr!)
Posted 27 November 2009 - 09:02 PM
We have the eames dcw chairs and can't fault them at all.
They are comfortable and wipe down easily even after my grub DS has finished dinner. They were freighted 500km a bit exxy but they arrived in one piece.
Posted 04 May 2011 - 06:31 PM
I've bought both the Milan direct version and the Matt Blatt version. I must say when you put them side by side the quality of the Matt Blatt version is better (and it's only 10 dollars more)
Matt Blatt has a showroom as well so I went to have a look at the latest ones they have on discount at $69
I'm interested in buying a couple more but not sure if the gloss will go with the matte.
You gotta be careful when buying replica's because they are all manufactured in factories in China and the images the companies used are all stock photos (of probably the real thing). I'm glad Matt Blatt has a showroom so I can check it out before I spend a bucketload on my furniture. I mean if you think about it, you buy a couple of duds and you might as well fork out money for the real thing.
In general Matt Blatt's stuff is quite good! I think that's the reason why you find their prices are a bit more premium, I believe they buy the higher quality replicas.
Posted 27 June 2011 - 11:56 AM
I bought some Eames dining chairs from them (the wood ones, DCW I think?) and they've been great. Had them for years and no problems.
HOWEVER I am less than impressed with Clickon furniture, on the weekend I picked up some of the plastic "eiffel tower" style chairs and - having waited weeks and weeks for them to arrive, found 3 of the 4 of them broken! Not happy.
I agree all replica furniture is going to be pretty cheaply made o/s but my Matt Blatt experience was a lot better.
Posted 27 June 2011 - 12:02 PM
My mother has a lot of Matt Blatt furniture and has been very happy with it. One thing that made her very happy recently was their customer service policy, as I overbalanced on crutches over Christmas, fell heavily onto a Borges Mogensen 3 seater sofa, and cracked the base The sofa was two years old, but they were more than happy to take it back to be repaired, and I think mum actually got a new sofa out of it. There was not problem at all and they couldnt' have been nicer about it.
She also has a couple of Eames replicas and has never had any problem. They're very sturdy.
Posted 27 June 2011 - 12:07 PM
FYI: A couple of advertising posts have been removed from this thread, which explains why it has been bumped.
Posted 27 June 2011 - 12:09 PM
Thanks Jupiter
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The Fed Has a Few Problems – Like How to "sell" QE3
First, it's a victim of its own success.
Until around 2008, no one cared about the Fed. It was the nerdy kid that never got invited to the party… The market snoozed through its policy briefs.
But since the global financial crisis began, you could say the Fed's "stock" has been on the rise. That's because it boldly claimed it could "fix" the problems. If you ignore the economy, and only look at the equities markets, it seems the Fed HAS.
Just look at the lift quantitative easing has given to the S&P500 since 2009:
QE1 pushed the S&P500 up 26% between January 2009 and April 2010.
QE2 pushed the S&P500 up 24% between September 2010 and July 2011.
Operation Twist / LTRO have pushed the S&P500 up 17% since September 2011.
So, now the market believes the Fed has magic bullets that can fix anything. What's more, equity investors are now addicted to the stimulus… speculating when the next booster shot will come and clamoring for more market-moving rocket fuel.
The market's expectation for continued stimulus is pressuring the Fed to keep acting. And we actually expect the Fed to comply and implement QE3 this year. But now they have another problem…
The S&P500 just made a four-year high! The Fed can't claim the equity markets need saving or fixing. Well, they've never outright framed their justification for easing this way, but it's been the unspoken understanding of equity investors.
It was easy to "sell" QE1 after the S&P500 dropped 41% between October 2007 and January 2009.
It was easy to "sell" QE2 after the S&P500 dropped 12% in a five-month period.
It was easy to "sell" Operation Twist / LTRO after the S&P500 dropped 16% in two months.
But now, with the market hoping for QE3, the S&P500 has gained more than 10% since June. Justifying QE3 will be a lot more difficult than any previous easing the Fed has done.
While it's hard to say exactly what the Fed will do in Jackson Hole, one thing is clear: it's now THE guest of honor at the (stock market) party… and everyone's hoping it shows up with a boat-load of booze.
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Indian shuttlers Saina Nehwal and P V Sindhu continued their winning run at the Malaysia Open, notching up contrasting victories to reach the quarterfinals of the women's singles competition at the USD 550,000 Super Series Premier tournament here today.
After Sindhu edged out Korea's Sung Ji Hyun, seeded seventh, 22-20 21-17 in a 47-minute clash, Saina brushed aside another Korean Bae Yeon Ju 21-10 21-16 in a match that lasted a little over half an hour.
The two-time bronze medallist at World Championship, Sindhu had lost to Sung Ji at Hyderabad during the Asian badminton Championship team event but today avenged the loss and took her head-to-head record against the Korean to 5-3.
The 20-year-old from Hyderabad will next meet former World Champion and two-time India Open winner Ratchanok Intanon of Thailand, while Saina has set up a meeting with Thailand's Porntip Buranaprasertsuk, who stunned All England champion Japan's Nozomi Okuhara, seeded 8th, 21-12 22-20.
Olympic bronze medallist Saina, seeded third, stamped her authority on the second round clash against Bae as she reached a 11-3 lead at the interval in both the games and didn't give much chance to her opponent to make a comeback.
Saina has now beaten the Korean nine times in 13 meetings.
Sindhu almost blew away a 9-6 and 20-18 lead in the opening game before managing to surpass Sung Ji and earn the bragging rights.
In the second game, she fought back from 6-8 down to finally break off at 15-15 with five straight points, reaching 20-15. The Korean saved two match points before Sindhu sealed off the issue.
Chinese Taipei's Tai Tzu Ying stunned Olympic champion Li Xuerui of China, seeded second, 14-21 21-18 21-1 in another second round match. Interestingly, Li had reached the finals at India Open last week.
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Daniel Pemberton is a composer best known for his work in television and film with over 500 credits to his name – including countless award winning dramas and documentaries such as Prey, Space Dive, Occupation, Dirk Gently, Upstairs Downstairs and Hiroshima. His music to the period supernatural film The Awakening (2011) caught the ear of Ridley Scott, who, having decided Pemberton had done his '10,000 hours in the garage' through countless years working in British television, advertising and videogames, hired him to score his latest feature The Counselor (2013). He collaborated again with Scott on the director's first foray into television – The Vatican (2014).
Working across a wide range of musical mediums Pemberton has embraced everything from large scale orchestral works to innovative electronic sound design. Recent works have varied musically from full live salsa band (Film4 feature Cuban Fury) to incredibly minimal textural scores (the BAFTA winning Complicit). His music varies considerably from creating iconic sonic identities – such as the 'pop pop pop' ident for British TV comedy series Peep Show – to designing complex sound atmospheres for pieces such as the recent Artangel/Saskia Olde Woldbers installation Yes, These Eyes Have Windows. He has worked across countless mediums from videogames – his work on the iconic LittleBIGPlanet won him a BAFTA nomination – to fashion shows (Vivienne Westwood, Erdem, Boudicca). Pemberton was also the co-founder of influential London fanzine Shoreditch Twat.
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(Breitbart) – Video has emerged from Illinois of a "calibration error" that causes voting machines to switch votes from Republican to Democrat. The video, posted on YouTube, purportedly shows voting machines in the public library in Moline, IL registering votes as Democrat when the Republican is clearly the intended choice. Several voters in Rock Island […]READ MORE »
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No voter fraud, eh? At least 270 dead people have voted in Nassau County, NY
Once they finish insisting they're racist, the leading objection Democrats offer to voter ID laws is the simple claim that voter fraud doesn't really exist – that it's a figment of Republican imaginations or just an out-and-out lie designed to justify ID laws that can then be used to oppress minority votes. I will even […]READ MORE »
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Here are the facts: To date, 46 states have prosecuted or convicted cases of voter fraud. More than 24 million voter registrations are invalid, yet remain on the rolls nation-wide. There are over 1.8 million dead voters still eligible on the rolls across the country. More than 2.75 million Americans are registered to vote in […]READ MORE »


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|Queen Elizabeth II, Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, Prince Charles, Prince of Wales and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, Prince Harry, Princesses Eugenie and Beatrice, Sophie, Countess of Wessex, with children Lady Louise Windsor and James attend a Christmas Day church service at Sandringham on December 25, 2015 in King's Lynn, England.
British Royal Family attend Christmas church service
34 comments:
- KristinaW.December 25, 2015 at 2:08 PM
It is nice tradition in that walk of Royal Family for the Christmas Day church service.ReplyDelete
Countess sophie is regal and wore the most best outfit according to me..... Merry christmas!!ReplyDeleteReplies
- AnonymousDecember 25, 2015 at 3:51 PM
I agree... I also like her children. But why are Louise and James not called princess/prince? Their father is a prince, like Charles and Andrew.Delete
Merry Christmas to all :-)
Yes because prince edward is not given the peerage of a dukedom. He is an earl and sophie is a countess. The rank of prince and princess is far higher than earl and countess. That is why louis and james are not the princess and prince of the united kingdom, instead they are lady and lord viscount severn.Delete
- AnonymousDecember 25, 2015 at 4:21 PM
Her father, Prince Edward, is only an earl, not a duke. This is why.Delete
- AnonymousDecember 25, 2015 at 5:30 PM
Sophie and Edward made the decision to call their children Lady Louise and Viscount Severn.Delete
I may be mistaken but I seem to remember reading that the title of Philip, Duke of Edimburgh, will pass on to Edwarsd. I find Sophie very "sympathico".Delete
He will be the Duke of Edinburgh after the death of his father, Prince Philip.Delete
- AnonymousDecember 25, 2015 at 6:20 PM
Yep. Sophie looks best. Kate looks old.Delete
- AnonymousDecember 29, 2015 at 12:35 PM
You're hopeless.Delete
Please,can we see the Queen?ReplyDelete
Merci pour les photos de la Reine Elisabeth ,surtout que ce sont de très rares photos SANS BROCHE sur le manteau ! Très belles garnitures de chinchilla ,l'une des plus douces fourrures .ReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 25, 2015 at 4:23 PM
Her Majesty looks absolutely stunning!ReplyDelete
I have been wondering if Duchess Catherine is pregnant again. Recently she has looked unwell and wears a high belt in this photo....Replies
You don't need to be pregnant to look unwell or to wear a high belt.Delete
- AnonymousDecember 26, 2015 at 4:22 PM
Obviously. Which is why I said "I have been wondering." Yet you felt the need to type out a comeback. Get a life.Delete
- AnonymousDecember 29, 2015 at 12:36 PM
You're a bully.Delete
- AnonymousDecember 29, 2015 at 9:34 PM
A bully? Because I objected that the commentor @20:15 contributed nothing to the discussion (such as observations on the Duchess's attire or wellness, or her/his own observations or thoughts) and merely typed out a putdown to my conjecture?Delete
The commenter @20:15 is the bully if there is one, it's a retort. Dare I object to it then I'm a "bully" - silly and unfounded.
If people actually thought about their comments with intelligence in order to contribute to discussion and stay on topic (my comment is not the topic, the photographs posted and the blogger's commentary is the topic) then there would be cordial discussion and not this endless flaming. I don't post comments here as fodder for bullies like yourself, but in order to discuss and to read others' thoughts as well. Grow up.
- AnonymousDecember 25, 2015 at 6:27 PM
This time I don't like Herr Majesty's outfit that much. The fur collar seems to strangle her.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 25, 2015 at 6:33 PM
The Duchess of Cambridge looks brilliant. Flippen badmouth even on Christmas day. She looks fresh, healthy and happy.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 25, 2015 at 9:14 PM
...and I'm quite sure she wears Great Plain, an old one from 2012 in green. She has it in burgundy and obviously in green tooReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 25, 2015 at 11:35 PM
Lovely photos, so glad they are all together to celebrate Christmas!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 26, 2015 at 12:30 AM
How many Christmas services does the royal family attend? It seems are two! In the same morning! Can someone please explain me?ReplyDelete
lovely too see the BRF nowReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 26, 2015 at 11:44 AM
Kate looks lovely so much more elegant with her hair taken up. Sophie is as elegant as usual, however the York sisters... what can I say, other than please consult a stylist. The shoes Beatrice is wearing are shockers, doesn't the poor girl own a mirror. The York sisters could take a leaf out of their Grandmother's book when it comes to style and grooming in my opinion.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 26, 2015 at 7:38 PM
Who are the two young ladys acompiend Prince Harry ? They are not Beatrice and Uginie , beacause they dress differentReplyDeleteReplies
- AnonymousDecember 26, 2015 at 11:40 PM
It is Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie, but at a church service earlier in the day.Delete
- AnonymousDecember 27, 2015 at 9:19 AM
So how many church services do they attend?Delete
- AnonymousDecember 27, 2015 at 9:49 PM
2, one in the early morning and one a little bit later.Delete
- AnonymousDecember 28, 2015 at 1:44 PM
Is it a Royal tradition? Or an English tradition? I'm Italian. Here we use to choose to attend the midnight service or the morning service.Delete
- AnonymousDecember 29, 2015 at 12:56 PM
Obviously they like to pray!Delete
- AnonymousDecember 27, 2015 at 3:54 AM
I don't like that color coat on Duchess Kate. It's very old looking. She should have bought it in a different color, or added some color underneath. I like her hair up and the hat too.ReplyDeleteReplies
- AnonymousDecember 29, 2015 at 12:38 PM
She's conservative not flamboyant.Delete
- AnonymousDecember 29, 2015 at 9:46 PM
I agree that the olive green color of the coat does not suit her well. The hat is less olive and more pine green, which seems to be a better compliment to her complexion.Delete
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I am a teacher, and I write books. I am not the only one. Raymond Bean teaches 4th grade in New York City, and has two best selling series with Amazon, Sweet Farts and School is a Nightmare. He teaches 4th and I will be teaching 5th, and judging by pictures we both seem to have the same hairline. But the difference stops there, as he has written two series and is on his way to releasing a third series.
He was nice enough to answer a handful of questions. But it was how we came to connect through James Altucher deserves a mention. James is also a best-selling indie-publisher whose recent Choose Yourself sold over 40,000 copies in it's first month. Enough to put him on the Wall Street Journal's best seller's list, and the New York times for that matter. But because he didn't sell them in stores the New York Times list doesn't include his work. That's a post for another time. (See my review of Choose Yourself. James retweeted my review, and consequently that was the biggest day on my blog so far. There is a lesson there.)
James does a weekly ask me anything through Twitter on Thursday afternoons. Typically I can't participate because I am in school during that time, but during July my schedule is a little more open. After the success of James' Choose Yourself and a subsequent post on Tech Crunch about self publishing 3.0, I asked him on Twitter how would his advice differ for selling children's books. And this is how James replied:
@mctiller great question. I'm going to throw it over to @raymondbean . he's self-published some children's bestsellers. I shld interview him
— James Altucher (@jaltucher) July 25, 2013
Three things on this:
- James thought I asked a great question.
- I stumped him enough that he passed me off to Raymond Bean.
- I steal James' idea and interview Raymond myself.
And from there Raymond was nice enough to respond to the tweet and then was nice enough to answer some questions for me.
(I believe this is a very important 21st century skill. We should be teaching our students and children to expand our connections through technology.)
Enough backstory, here are the questions that Ray was nice enough to answer:
1. How long have you wanted to be a writer?
I've always written. I remember a pencil box I had in elementary school (probably second grade) that had an elaborate scene of kids having a snowball fight on the cover. I wrote speech bubbles next to each kid.
2. Did you ever send the manuscript for Sweet Farts to agents or publishers before sending it to KDP?
Yes, I sent Sweet Farts out to many publishers and several agents before and after self publishing on Createspace/KDP. Amazon Publishing ultimately picked up the first book and the rest of the series.
3. Did you use any services from Createspace such as editing, cover design, or illustrations?
Createspace does all the services for my indie titles.
4. How long did it take for the book to begin selling well? Was it immediate or did it take a while for mouth-of-mouth to kick in?
It took about three months for sales to kick in. I was lucky because the book seemed to generate a good deal of word of mouth between readers.
5. Where did you get the idea for Sweet Farts?
See the video.
6. What sort of promotion did you do?
I gave away a good deal of free copies. It was way back in 2008. I think I was fortunate because self publishing hadn't really exploded yet. Once my book started selling on Amazon it pollinated with other popular children's titles and its discoverability increased dramatically.
7. When did Amazon approach you to sell through their imprint?
I don't remember exactly, but it was in 2009. I remember googling Amazon Publishing and nothing came up. I took a leap of faith that Amazon would grow its publishing business. I'm glad I did. Today they are growing at an amazing rate and announcing new imprints all the time.
8. What sort of advice would you give to new writers considering self-publishing?
I think the most important thing is to get your work out there where readers can find it. Once it's available, write more. Self publishing helped me land a fantastic agent and kick start my writing career.
9. What do your students think of your success?
They're very supportive. I try to use my love of reading/writing to encourage my students to read and write more.
10. Who is your favorite sports team?
I'm a big basketball fan. The Knicks for sure.
Thanks so much to Raymond for taking the time to answer my questions. If you're a teacher of old elementary school students I would recommend checking out his work.
In spite of basketball being his favorite sport, Raymond's upcoming book is about baseball. Which is my personal favorite sport. So I will be checking it out.
Any other indie writers I should track down and interview? Leave suggestions in the comments.
Also check out my interview of best-selling children's author AJ Cosmo.


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Friday, February 3rd, 2006
Creating an Ajax Scribble application with Microsoft Atlas
Rama Krishna Vavilala has written up a tutorial on creating an Ajax version of the good 'ole MFC scribble application.
It walks through creating An Atlas ASP.NET application from scratch, creating a Web service for the backend, and Atlas JavaScript for the front end.
The Atlas Magic
- It automatically created a JavaScript proxy for the Scribble web service methods. The JavaScript proxy script file for an ScribbleService.asmx file has the URL ScribbleService.asmx/js. This is generated by the Atlas HTTP module added in the web.config.
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The internet was blazing with reactions to a poor showing by new Miami quarterback Tate Martell during a recent spring scrimmage, and it seemed as though we could be in for a sub-par follow-up as the Hurricanes closed out their spring with a scrimmage in Orlando. Martell was not one of the top two quarterbacks to start the spring game. N'Kosi Perry and Jarren Williams were the first passers to get some work in.
As the afternoon continued, however, Martell seemed to provide some highlights with his new teammates at Miami, suggesting there still could be a positive outlook moving forward for the Ohio State transfer. Martell ended the spring on a positive note by throwing for 154 yards and two touchdowns.
So maybe Martell just had a rough day in the previous scrimmage that was scrutinized heavily and maybe he showed to new Miami head coach Manny Diaz the ability to shrug that off his shoulder pads to come back strong the next time out. There could be some positive to be drawn from this performance, but whether that means Martell will elevate himself above Perry for the starting job is a bit of a reach right now.
With the spring in the books, Diaz and his staff will now be able to spend some time digging into everything that observed in the spring practices and scrimmages and determines what needs to be done in the summer leading up to the start of the new season. Martell is eligible to play for the Hurricanes this season after receiving approval from the NCAA for his waiver request after leaving Ohio State. Unlike some transfer quarterbacks, Martell didn't walk into a spot where he is going to be given the starting job right away. If the spring is any indication, he needs to prove he is worthy of the starting job in Miami.


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The Porso Fayz hotel has contributed to the number of mini-hotels of Bukhara quite recently. Having been opened in 2012 it got almost at once positive feedbacks from the tourists who came to Bukhara to enjoy the ancient monuments of the oriental Middle Ages.
The hotel is located in the heart of old Bukhara, 100m from the Lyabi Khauz complex with an old artificial basin dug by order of a Nadir Divan-Begi's vasier (Advisor) at the beginning of the XVII century. Up to now, the complex near the basin is a key touristic object of Bukhara, passed by no touristic group by.
A two-storey hotel Porso Fayz was built in a style of old Bukhara merchant house, however, the inner decoration of the building made in a modern style. The hotel was named after a disciple of Bakhouddin Nakshbandi, famous eastern thinker and Sufi – Porso Khoja who continued the matter of his great teacher. The room fund of the Hotel consists of 12 cozy 1,2 and 3-person rooms, each of which is equipped with new comfortable furniture, air conditioner, separate bath-room, TV set and other conveniences. The hotel has a restaurant where you can enjoy dishes of local and European cuisines.
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