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Needed Equipment for PE
Must be in their locker AT ALL TIMES. Subject to Locker Check Quiz Grade.
**Baby Wipes
**3-5 Pads or Tampons (in a Ziploc baggie)
I understand this takes a little more preparing than expected, but all of these necessities are crucial to your young ladies practicing good personal hygiene and feeling comfortable to participate fully during class.
The following are needed daily for the best success of the student:
-Loose fitting T-shirt. Must be Blue, Gray, Black or White.
No "V" necks. Crew Neck cut is allowed, subjective to my coach's opinion.
-Loose fitting shorts.
Can not be shorter than mid-thigh in length.
Nothing tight fitting, or curve showing is allowed.
-Laced about shoes.
All shoes must be able to have their laces tied in a bow for full dress credit.
Socks must be worn at all times.
-Hair Ties or headbands to keep hair out of the girls' faces.
*Hoodies and Sweats are allowed, but students understand T-Shirt and shorts must still be worn underneath for full dress points.
Suggested Items:
Sports Bra (2 if needed for full support)
Change of underwear
Change of socks
Plastic grocery bags (to transport clothes to and from school)
Showers are optional and available to all students. If students elect to shower, the following items are MANDATORY.
-A bar of soap
-A plastic travel container for the bar of soap.
-Flip Flops must be worn in and around the shower area at all times.
-A clean towel. *Towels must be home daily after use to prevent mildew and mold.
I understand this is more thorough than what most of your students are used to, but I believe that since these young ladies are becoming young women it is important to focus on good hygiene and give them all the tools necessary to become physically active without having to compromise how they want to look for the rest of the day in their class. The goal for my class is to have the girls participate FULLY, get a great workout in, get their heart rate up, build meaningful relationships with their classmates, and above all, feel comfortable in the locker room and comfortable in taking care of their bodies at all times.
Thank you for your support and cooperation.
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Top Ten Tuesday is a section where I show you some top 10 books about a topic. This was created by The Broke and the Bookish. Is a fun list and easy way to share experiences or opinions about some books.
I am not very good at this of matching authors but I'll do my best!
- Morgan Rhodes (author of the Falling Kingdom series) & Darynda Jones (author of the Charley Davidson series)
- Tahereh Mafi (author of the Shatter me trilogy) & Sarah J. Maas (author of the Throne of Glass and A Court of Thorns and Roses series)
- Wendy Higgins (author of the Sweet series) & Jennifer L. Armentrout (author of the Lux series,Dark Elements trilogy and more)
- Colleen Hoover (author of Confess,Maybe Someday and more) & Jamie McGuire (author of the Maddox series and more)
Okay, so…at least I tried.
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Odd though it may seem, the California-based firm MrSpeakers doesn't make loudspeakers; instead, it makes world-class headphones at sensible prices. The company name derives from the fact that company founder Dan Clark was, at an earlier point in his career, a talented loudspeaker designer-for-hire who was contracted to create the excellent but sadly short-lived family of Platinum loudspeakers. More recently, Dan launched MrSpeakers as a headphone company whose initial products were progressively more intensely modified variants on the Fostex T50RP planar magnetic headphone. These models carried colourful names such as the Mad Dog, Mad Dog Pro, Alpha Dog, and Alpha Prime, and they collectively won the firm and its founder considerable respect within the high-end headphone community.
But excellent though MrSpeaker's Fostex-derived headphones were and are, Clark had a vision for driving his company forward by building a set of top-tier headphones entirely of his own design and manufacture. The result is pair of superb planar magnetic models: the open-back ETHER, which launched first, quickly followed by the closed-back ETHER C. Now common wisdom has it that closed-back planar magnetic headphones will never be able to achieve the open, transparent, and free-flowing 'feel' of their open-back brethren, but Clark—well aware of these perceptions—was determined that his ETHER C would offer sound quality fully competitive with that of his well-regarded ETHER model. The result, in my assessment, is the finest closed-back headphone that I have heard to date.
The ETHER C features machined, black-anodised aluminium driver baffles, pivots, and gimbals, with a distinctive NiTinol 'memory metal' headband frame from which is suspended an adjustable Italian leather 'microsuede' headband strap. Within the baffles are suspended sets of MrSpeakers-designed 2.75 x 1.75-inch single-ended planar magnetic drivers fitted with the firm's proprietary V-Planar driver diaphragms (which we will discuss later on). For the sake of a good and comfortable fit, bevelled lamb-leather-clad ear pads are provided. Completing the picture are sets of rigid but lightweight, precision-made carbon fibre ear cup enclosures, which give the ETHER C's an elegant, upscale, and decidedly high-tech look.
Interestingly, although the ETHER C is a closed-back design, it is not a fully sealed design; instead, the aluminium ear cup baffles provide tiny, oblong vent holes on top to help relieve backpressure from the planar magnetic driver. Ordinarily, these vent holes are barely visible, since they are partially blocked from view by the ear cup suspension frames. Each ear cup baffle is also fitted with a distinctive four-pin signal cable connection fitting and our review samples came with a set of the firm's optional premium signal cables equipped with four-pin metal plugs with quick disconnect locking rings.


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Stephanie Tuszynski is Director of the White House Historical Association Digital Library in Washington DC, USA
The White House Historical Association was founded in 1961 to "enhance the understanding and appreciation" of the White House by offering educational resources to students, teachers, scholars, and the general public to help them learn about the building and its history. The WHHA Digital Library is a key piece of our outreach strategy, with more than 10,000 images and documents in our growing collection available to the public for free at whha.org/library.
The "Cloud-Enabled Preservation of Life in the 20th Century White House" project is making previously-inaccessible images of the White House available for the first time. The Association has thousands of photos covering public and private events at the White House from the Kennedy era through the current administration, which we are adding to the Digital Library with the help of Amazon Rekognition (a cloud-based facial recognition technology) in the processing of our collections, and by using Amazon Glacier cloud storage for the long-term preservation of these materials.
From our founding through the 1980s, the WHHA worked with photographers from the National Geographic Society to take pictures of major events and day-to-day life in the White House. Those images were preserved on more than 20,000 35mm slides, which were placed in cold storage, remaining there for more than two decades. As most people did in the 1990s, we switched to using digital photography, which generated a legacy collection of nearly 300,000 discrete files as of 2017, roughly 7TB of data stored on external drives and not searchable. These born-digital materials were in need of a preservation plan just as much as the physical slides.
When the Library team was formed in 2015, we adopted a holistic approach to preserving the entirety of the WHHA's legacy collections, both physical materials and born-digital files, following best practices available and leveraging new technological innovations. The evolution of digital asset management systems (DAM), combined with the relative low-cost of cloud computing technology provided the best approach to digital preservation for a small, private non-profit like WHHA.
Thanks to an agreement between WHHA and Amazon Web Services, the large-scale slide digitization project began in March of 2017 with our partners Digital Divide Data and Creekside Digital. At the same time, the Library team ingested the 7TB legacy backlog into our Fotoware DAM using an Amazon Snowball device. The team uses Amazon Rekognition, a facial-recognition software that runs in the cloud, to explore the legacy digital backlog. By creating a sample set of images, Rekognition is able to compare other photos against the sample set and identify facial matches in the targeted folder. This allows us to find images amid a sea of randomly labeled folders quickly, which has greatly sped up our processing and response times.
Within both the slide collection and our legacy backlog, we have already found a number of amazing pictures that have not been available to the public before, including Gemini astronauts and their families enjoying a dip in the White House pool by invitation of President Lyndon B. Johnson; former First Lady Mamie Eisenhower with Mrs. Nixon after the former received an award in the Diplomatic Reception Room; Mrs. Kennedy surprising a group of tourists visiting the White House, and many more, all of which are accessible via our website's projects page and the Digital Library.
To ensure the long-term accessibility of all these images, WHHA utilizes Amazon Glacier, which is a cloud computing equivalent of cold storage. Both camera-raw versions and archival TIFF files are being kept in Glacier. Should a freezer stop working, or an external hard drive fail, WHHA will no longer be at risk of losing its unique collection documenting life in the White House during the last half of the 20th century.
Going forward, as well as creating more interactive tools in our WHExperience app and on our website for visitors to explore the project's collection, we will continue to assess and invest in the most appropriate tools and processes to safeguard and maintain sustainable access to these important images for generations to come. Through our work with partner institutions, we hope to build the most definitive resource for the history of the White House on the web, and we are continually looking at ways to incorporate new technologies, including the mobile app, the voice interaction tool that powers our WHHA History Chatbot, and hopefully in the future, augmented and virtual reality exhibits. We understand the need to guarantee our materials can be accessible by anyone at any time, and that we are gifted with a unique record of events in one of the most famous buildings in the world, which we have a duty to protect and preserve for future generations.


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Eating the Right Food and Why it is Crucial For People That are Trying to Build Muscles
There are definitely a lot of people nowadays that have the desire to build muscles, and would usually do whatever it takes to find success at the end of the road. Now when it comes to finding success with such a task, eating the right kind of food can really help you achieve the goals that you have set for yourself. So to help you further understand the importance of eating the right food during the process of muscle building, then here are a few bits of information for you.
One of the biggest benefits of eating the right types of food throughout your attempt to build muscles, is that they can help you achieve better results. For instance, protein is an integral part of muscle building and eating food that can provide ample amounts of protein to your body is something you must do. As a matter of fact, if you want your body to be more successful in building muscles, then it is highly recommended that you have a diet that is composed of thirty percent protein.
Fueling your body properly throughout your muscle building attempt, is another huge benefit of eating the right types of food during that time. If your body doesn't have the necessary fuel that it needs to perform these exercise routines, you will definitely struggle with your desire to build muscle. This is a very common mistake that many people make, and the reason they often end up having less energy to perform their routines.
Third, you will also be able to keep your body healthy throughout the process if you eat the right types of food when building muscles. This is definitely the most important benefit that you can enjoy if you do this, and that's because you really want to have a healthier body once everything is done. This is even more important these days, and that's because people now don't only want to build muscles, but also improve the overall health of their bodies throughout the process.
Spending a bit of time figuring out what types of food you should be eating while you try to build muscles, is definitely something that you should do if you have any plans for it. Since there are a lot of information on the internet today about such things, you will not struggle at all when you decide to conduct more research about the right types of food that you should eat. For those people that are following a complete program or have a trainer for muscle building, then this is something that you won't have to be worried about at all.


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Daglingworth, Gloucestershire Family History Guide
Status: Ancient Parish
Parish church: Holy Rood
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1561
- Bishop's Transcripts: 1577
Nonconformists include:
Parishes adjacent to Daglingworth
Historical Descriptions
Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales Circa 1870
Daglingworth, a parish in Cirencester district, Gloucester; on Ermine-street, 3 miles NW of Cirencester town and r. station. It has a post-office under Cirencester. Acres, 1,884. Real property, £3,270. Pop., 355. Houses, 78. The property is divided among a few. The manor belonged to Godstow nunnery. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol. Value, £266. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is Norman, in excellent condition, with a square tower; and has an old stone crucifix over the chancel window. A weather-worn ancient cross is in the church-yard. Charities, £7.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
The British Gazetteer 1852
Daglingworth, Gloucester, a parish in the hund. of Crowthorne and Minety, union of Cirencester: 98 miles from London (coach road 92), 3 from Cirencester, 9 from Stroud. Gt. West. Rail, through Swindon to Cirencester, thence 3 miles: from Derby, through Birmingham and Stonehouse to Cirencester, &c, 122 miles. Money orders issued at Cirencester: London letters delivd. 8 a.m. : post closes 9 p.m. The charities amount to about £6. 17s. per annum. The living (Holy Rood), a rectory, formerly in the archdy and diocese of Gloucester, now in the archdy of Bristol, and diocese of Gloucester and Bristol, is valued at £8. 6s. 3d. : pres. net income, £266 : patron, Lord Chancellor : pres. incumbent, H. C. R. Barker, 1841 : contains 1,700 acres: 55 houses: pop. in 1841, 302: probable pop. in 1849, 347: assd. propy. £1,312: poor rates in 1838, £103.
Source: The British Gazetteer, Political, Commercial, Ecclesiastical, and Historical: Showing the Distances of Each Place from London and Derby--gentlemen's Seats--populations ... &c. Illustrated by a Full Set of County Maps, with All the Railways Accurately Laid Down. Benjamin Clarke 1852; Published (for the proprietors) by H. G. Collins.
Leonard's Gazetteer of England and Wales 1850
Daglinworth, 3 m. N.W. Cirencester. P. 302
Source: Leonard's Gazetteer of England and Wales; Second Edition; C. W. Leonard, London; 1850.
Lewis Topographical Dictionary of England 1845
Daglingworth (Holy Rood), a parish, in the union of Cirencester, hundred of Crowthorne and Minety, E. division of the county of Gloucester, 3 miles (N. W.) from Cirencester; containing 302 inhabitants. This place was not a distinct parish at the time of the Conquest, but a waste in the manor of Stratton: the earliest mention of its present name occurs in a record of the thirteenth century. It comprises by computation 1811 acres, of which about 1157 acres are arable, 310 meadow land, and 342 wood; the soil is in general light, and there are quarries of stone for building. The living is a rectory, valued in thebking's books at £8. 6. 3., and in the patronage of the Crown: the tithes have been commuted for £261, and the glebe comprises 64½ acres, to which there is a glebe-house. The church was built at the expense of the abbess and nuns of Godstow, in the county of Oxford, to whom the place was given in 1499. A school is supported by an annuity of £4. 10., arising from bequests of £100 by Jeremiah Hancock, in 1730, and £35 by Wm. Belitha, Esq. The Roman Ermin-street passes through the parish, and a tessellated pavement has been discovered.
Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis Fifth Edition Published London; by S. Lewis and Co., 13, Finsbury Place, South. M. DCCC. XLV.
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Daglingworth Kellys Gloucestershire Directory 1856
Daglingworth is a township, parish and village, in the Hundred of Crowthorne and Minety, Cirencester Union, East Gloucestershire, archdeaconry of Bristol, and bishopric of Gloucester and Bristol. It is situated 3 miles north by west from Cirencester, and near to the old road between that town and Gloucester. The living is a rectory, in the gift of the Lord Chancellor, value £250 per annum, with residence, and 60 acres of glebe land. The incumbent is the Rev. H. C. Raymond Barker, M.A. The church is a stone building in the Norman style, with square tower and 4 bells; it is supposed by some to have been dedicated to the Holy Rood, from the existence of a very ancient stone crucifix above the east window in the chancel. There is also an ancient stone cross standing in the churchyard. The extent of the parish is 1,880 acres, and the population, in 1851, was 320. The soil is a stone brash (oolite), and the subsoil, limestone rock. The principal landowners are Lord Bathurst (who is lord of the manor), Edward Haines, Esq., and William Hinton, Esq. There is a charity of £4 10s. annual value, for the education of children of the parish.
Barker Rev. Henry Chas. Raymond, M.A.
Hinton Mrs. Elizabeth
Bryan George, shoemaker
Curtis John, shopkeeper & baker
Edwards Richard, farmer
Hayward George, stonemason
Mace Daniel, blacksmith
Millington William, wheelwright
Moss John, butcher
Parsloe Ann (Mrs.), shopkeeper, beer retailer & baker
Parsloe William, butcher
Richardson James, baker & beer retailer
Wilton Thomas, shoemaker
Post Office. – Mrs. Eliza Mellington, receiver. Letters are received from Cirencester 8 a.m. & dispatched 6 p.m. The nearest money order office is at Cirencester.
Parish school, Mrs. Sarah Taylor, mistress.
Source: Post Office Directory of Gloucestershire with Bath and Bristol. Printed and Published by Kelly and Co., 19, 20 & 21, Old Boswell Court, St. Clement's, Strand, London. 1856.
- County: Gloucestershire
- Civil Registration District: Cirencester
- Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Gloucester (Episcopal Consistory)
- Diocese: Pre 1836 - Gloucester, Post 1835 - Gloucester and Bristol
- Rural Deanery: Cirencester
- Poor Law Union: Cirencester
- Hundred: Crowthorne and Minety
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Some serious moves were on display at County Hall last week as over 500 people signed up to 'be a dancer for cancer' as part of Today FM's 2019 Dare to Care fundraiser.
The event asked people to sign up, donate and dance to a specially chosen song in order to raise funds for the Irish Cancer Society and the event at the County Council HQ was said to have been among the biggest in the country. The driving force behind the day's fun was council employee Jennifer O'Connor.
'I'm involved with Relay 4 Life for the Irish Cancer Society as well,' she said, explaining how things came about.
'Then we had a charity ball there earlier in the year as well. I just love organising these fundraisers, so I went to management and asked if they'd be up for hosting an event here and they said go for it. So many of the staff here and their families have been affected by cancer, so I think it's something that's very close to the heart for a lot of us.'
What resulted was a wonderful morning of fun with Today FM's Phil Cawley arriving to hand out t-shirts and headbands, while DJ Martin Gordon pumped out the tunes to get people going and Catherine Biddy Walsh motivated those present in her own hilarious style. Afterwards, there was also a cake sale and a cuppa for everyone involved and it was said to have been a huge success, raising nearly €4,200 and counting.
'It was a real team effort here at County Hall,' Jennifer said.
'Everyone chipped in and did their bit and it was a great atmosphere.'
You can still contribute to the cause by visiting www.justgiving.com/fundraising/jennifer-o-connor2019.
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Posted on 8th May 2015
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Garden Snake: A piece of the bigger picture / In San Francisco, mosaic artists have retrieved a playground, bit by bit, from urban blight.
A monthly column by The Chronicle's design editor to showcase new talent, new homes and new design ideas.
New art parks in the Mission District and other parts of San Francisco represent a quiet kind of activism against urban rot brought on by illegal drug dealing and other crimes. Activism and art have never been far apart, if you look at religious and political history. More recently, art in the United States and abroad has been swept into a new movement that engages another kind of omnipresence -- corporate hegemony.
Avant-garde Danish group SuperFlex, in residence at Montalvo Arts Center in Saratoga, is driving home the idea that its arcane experiments -- biogas-collecting balloons in Tanzania and Thailand; blacked-out no-name labels, tongue-in-cheek ad films and other branding materials for a new energy drink in Brazil -- are art.
Perhaps. But by trying to make their interactive art projects viable businesses that local growers and farmers can adopt, SuperFlex is pitting itself against powerful international corporations that usurp resources to the detriment of locals.
In a simiilar sense, the revitalized 24th and York Street Mini Park symbolizes a retaking of public land usurped by nefarious businesses.
One Sunday last month, costumed dancers unveiled the revitalized park opposite the Brava Theater. The garden was an artful set designed for play, but it contained a secret: a stunning concrete and mosaic Quetzalcoatl, the mythic feathered sea serpent of the Aztecs.
It took center stage before excited children, parents and even Mayor Gavin Newsom (escorted by mounted police). The snake, dipping in and out of the rubberized paving that surrounds it, nimbly skirts slender jets of water that spout, erratically, straight up from the ground like Old Faithful. Its easy-to-climb, 10-foot-long head is studded with mirrors, flower-shaped tiles, and bits of glass and porcelain carefully set in place by volunteers assisting husband-and-wife designers Mark Roller and Colette Crutcher.
"In my wildest dreams I've always wanted to do a snake like this," Crutcher said, "but I never thought I'd actually get to do it."
Crutcher, Roller and their associates realized more than a dream. They created an object that will attract children and their parents to venture deeper into what was once a forbidding place. This relatively narrow but deep park had become shaded by neglect. Misshapen trees that blocked sunlight, broken play structures, poor lighting and a narrow front gate made it unsafe.
"Regular people had stopped using this dysfunctional space," said landscape architect Martha Ketterer of the San Francisco Department of Public Works, who was in charge of the project. She drew inspiration from murals that surrounded the park on three sides.
"They had images of Quetzalcoatl, and we decided to use it again," she said. She researched jet fountains and created a plan for beds of drought-resistant plants, decks, sculpture, the fountain and the snake. The new gateway is as wide as the park, and the sidewalk is an extension of the park's new glass terrazzo paving.
"We wanted to draw people back in, to use every part of the park in a variety of ways," Ketterer said. The fountain is meant for hot days, and a jacaranda tree planted for shade will lose its leaves in the winter, letting in sunlight when parkgoers most need it. Play structures toward the middle of the park and benches close to the gate will invite "more eyes to come in and watch over the park." Ketterer said.
Crutcher, Roller and many volunteers got their chance to join in this benign "activist" artwork when the Recreation and Park Department (working with DPW) contacted Precita Eyes, a Mission District nonprofit arts group noted for its colorful murals. Familiar with Crutcher and Roller's 2003 low-relief cast-concrete mural for the Ocean View branch library, Precita Eyes founder Susan Cervantes invited the couple to work on the snake. Ketterer told them where the snake could wrap around the fountain.
"We planned the elevations from there," Crutcher said. Rudimentary scale models were made from plasticine. The committee, comprising Ketterer, Cervantes and other representatives, such as Alfredo Pedroza, a neighborhood liaison for lower 24th Street, reviewed the models, and the artists cleared their schedule for summer 2005 to do the work. Then they heard nothing more until February.
"All of a sudden, they asked us for design details. We didn't even know we were still in the running," said Crutcher, who loves mosaic work. "That's the way the city works, but I was thrilled."
Crutcher and Roller quickly made a larger, more detailed model of the head and were given the nod to proceed on the roughly $50,000 commission.
This is Crutcher and Roller's first large sculptural project in a public setting, and its success on opening day is not just due to the fact that the Gaudi-esque dreamscape appeals to children or that the meticulous pattern on the colorful feathered snake is eye-catching. It is also undoubtedly one of the best pieces of usable art in the Mission.
Its accomplished design and collaborative spirit (reminiscent of the work of artist-educator Ruth Asawa, who often enlisted the help of schoolchildren) raises the bar for any such public project in San Francisco. It is also a rare example of good art that happens despite tangled bureaucracies.
"When we started working in the spring, they had roughly graded the surface of the park, and only one old tree remained," said Roller, who remembers the days when his college-age children were little and the park was well used.
Most of the original unkempt turf is now paved with terrazzo and safety surfacing made of recycled tires topped with colored rubber shaped into swirling blue forms and patterns around the snake. Because the gleaming mosaic head of the snake is deemed a play structure, the area directly under it is made of the same dull rubberized material.
"It would not have been our first choice, but the tiles and rubber have made friends with each other," said Roller, who has gotten used to seeing the design evolve to suit safety codes.
Roller, an accomplished painter and sculptor who works in a variety of media, does not consider mosaic work his natural forte. The task of covering much of the 1,800-square-foot concrete snake with fragments of tile fell to Crutcher and nearly 60 volunteers (some of them Web designers) who were selected by Precita Eyes. Roller, meanwhile, used the time to sculpt custom tiles and other refinements for the serpent's head.
"I am glad I did not have to stick tiles inch by inch," Roller said. "It is an enormously time-consuming process. You have to cut or smash each of those tiles to fit."
Much of the material they used was discards donated by friends and Precita Eyes. That made it possible to buy expensive grout and clay and glazes for custom tiles they created with the help of Aileen Barr, an Irish artist whom Crutcher collaborates with frequently. Barr's flowers, prominently embedded in Quetzalcoatl's head, were left over from another project, and she designed new leaves to match. The rest of the tiles were designed by Roller and produced at Barr's Mission District kiln.
All this work indicates meticulous planning, but it turns out that wasn't so. "As a matter of fact, we had not given a whole lot of thought to the actual mosaic," Roller said. The Arts Commission was not involved, thus no preliminary sketches had to be made.
To save time while the substructures of rebar and concrete were fabricated off site by Interplay Design, some oval shapes and space fillers were made, and Precita Eyes volunteers helped to piece together patterns for the spine onto mesh backing. When the solid concrete head and the rebar armature for the rest of the snake were delivered, the donated materials, prefabricated or not, demanded improvisation and flexibility.
Two or three boxes of vivid green tiles were shaped into hexagons for a gleaming spine. Since there weren't enough of those to cover the entire 170-foot snake, gemlike 1-inch-square glass tiles filled in. Little round mirrors from a South of Market novelty bead and glass store helped to dress up more mundane colors. The best pieces were lavished on the head. Had the funding been more generous, Roller said, perhaps the entire snake would have the same level of realization.
But perhaps budget restrictions were a good thing. The snake's elaborate head contrasts well with the rest, which is simpler.
"I said flippantly that we did not make sketches, but it was because we couldn't," Crutcher added. "You can say I want to use green tile, but which one? From Heath? From someone's bathroom? It is different from being a painter, when you can mix any color you want," she said.
Clearly, like the seat-of-their-pants, underfunded activism that SuperFlex practices on an international scale, mosaic art requires the skill to play the cards you're dealt. If the mothers and children drawn back to the park are any indication, Crutcher and Roller's improvised, grassroots Quetzalcoatl is a winning hand.
-- Grout Camp is a bohemian mosaic retreat on a private 40-acre farm in Mendocino County. Weekend workshops for small groups led by internationally known mosaic artist Elizabeth Raybee are offered summer through fall. Mosaicists of all levels make one-of-a-kind wall panels, furniture and objects.
Details: www.eraybeemosaics.com; email@example.com. Elizabeth Raybee, (707) 743-1437.
-- The Institute of Mosaic Art, a school started by Laurel True, is staffed with instructors and visiting artists who teach people how to make tile or glass mosaics for murals, sculpture and furniture. The courtyard enclave includes an art studio, a production studio and Mosaic Studio Supply, a store for mosaic supplies. Informal drop-ins at cafe workshops where you pay by the hour are also available. Institute of Mosaic Art, 3001 Chapman St., Oakland. (510) 437-9899. email@example.com; www.instituteofmosaicart.com.


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Release Date: Mar 10, 2015
Record label: Metropolis
Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, New Wave/Post-Punk Revival, Punk Revival
The Rezillos are back with their first full-length studio album in over three decades. To no one's surprise, it was worth the wait. It seems remarkable that a band which has been around in various forms since 1976 has only recorded two studio albums in that time (they have released a number of singles during the intervening period, and a full-length live album).
One of the great virtues of Scottish pop-punk geniuses the Rezillos was they broke up before they could do anything wrong. They formed in 1976, made a splash in 1977, released their superb album Can't Stand the Rezillos in 1978, and said farewell with a live album in 1979, fading into the sunset before they could tarnish their reputation. However, a new version of the Rezillos has been playing live shows since 2001, and in 2015 the group decided to tempt fate by cutting a new studio album, and Zero is the first time this band has honestly let us down on plastic.
Describing themselves as a "new wave beat group", Edinburgh quintet The Rezillos formed during 1976, yet they eschewed the nihilism and social commentary spouted by most of their first-wave punk contemporaries. Having little truck with Situationist slogans or sten guns in Knightsbridge, their lone 1978 LP, Can't Stand The Rezillos, instead featured DayGlo anthems about flying saucers and sexy sculptresses, and even spawned evergreen hit Top Of The Pops. Feisty and irreverent, the record paraded a host of killer hooks and still hasn't aged a day.


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The first step to having a healthy relationship with anxiety is reframing your state of mind. As a sufferer of an anxiety disorder fear is likely your biggest issue. Fear of the fear response – that is fear of anxiety.
Once you can acknowledge that anxiety itself in its rawest form is just an evolutionary asset designed to keep us alive. You will never get rid of this asset – every normal person feels it every day. When the car in front of you slams on their brakes and you need to react – that is anxiety.
You aren't ill or sick – what you have is a behaviour problem. The way you respond to anxiety creates more anxiety and creates a loop. This then affects chemicals in your body and before you know it your mind and body are very unhealthy.
Start looking at anxiety and anxious feelings for what they are – just feelings. They aren't harmful in any way. As soon as you can stop struggling with them you take away their power and can concentrate on what matters most – you.
Eating Healthy
Healthy mind, healthy body. Or is it healthy body, healthy mind? as a matter of fact it's both. So don't try and treat just one while ignoring the other. Your body needs fuel to be at its best so be sure to feed it healthy meals throughout the day. Start with breakfast the most important part of the day.
This means avoiding takeaway or microwaved boxed meals. Cooking or obtaining fresh food, full of vitamins and flavours. Skip the preservative filled processed foods and refined sugars. Keep your blood sugar levels steady. It'll give you less to be anxious about too.
Get Moving
Exercise – yep, the dreaded word. You don't have to run off and join the RIO 2016 olympics but get moving, outside with nature. This is as simple as walking. If you want to step it up and do more, sure, go for a run or join a group fitness class. An outdoor bootcamp class has many benefits besides just exercise. Many of these are full of people also having a laugh, you can interact and socialise with others and maybe even make some friends.
These may or may not help.. but there's no harm in trying and making up your own mind. I would recommend Omega 3 (high strength EPA), Vitamin D and magnesium. All have had studies done on depression and/or anxiety. Some of these you can get a doctor to check your levels for, some you will either have to trust your own experience or trust the science.
While the emphasis of mindfulness is on meditation – this is also about changing your mindset. You can be mindful all day every day in everything you do. Walking.. shopping.. relaxing.. and yes of course, meditation. So do all of these. There is more and more evidence popping up every day that mindfulness can actually change your brain.
Follow Mindful.org on Facebook to see some great articles every day that will really get you thinking. Regarding meditation there are many guided meditation mobile apps such as Headspace, Stop, Breath & Think and Calm. Give it a chance, it's helping many people every day from business people to elite athletes and even students.
There are a few books I can highly recommend for helping change the way you see anxiety. These concentrate on mindfulness principles and acceptance. I believe this is the biggest single factor which can change your relationship with anxiety. As mentioned at the start as soon as you can change your relationship with anxiety and stop struggling, the monsoon is lifted and then you are simply left with a few cloudy days.
The Happiness Trap is based on ACT principles and is about becoming psychologically flexible – that is embracing all emotions – positive and negative that life will throw at us. This is a great book that you can apply to anxiety, depression and just being stuck in a rut and help live by your values.
The Dare Response gives you clear, concise steps to respond to anxiety and especially panic. The benefits of these simple steps is they are easyish to remember in the throws of panic.
Play It Away is about getting back to simpler times like when you was a child. Having fun and just experiencing life with a far more relaxed attitude. Again this goes back to mindset and making time for yourself.
Connect with nature. Spend more time outdoors. Go to the zoo, go to the animal park. Experience all the wonderful creatures on this earth. Spend time with trees, grass, natural scenery. All of these things are truly amazing. Take the time to notice things around you, the clouds in the sky, the sounds of running water or birds chirping.
Connect with others. Spend time with friends. Spend time with family. If distance is a problem call your family often. Be friendly with strangers at the shop serving you. Take the time to ask how they are or how their day is. We all crave human interaction so make it a point to connect.
Just Do It
I recommend reading all three books and then just do it. Stop looking for answers, stop looking for a miracle cure because the answer is to stop struggling and start living. You will have cloudy days but that isn't to say that it isn't working. Cloud days are part of life for every person, anxiety disorder or not.
Stop thinking there is something wrong with you because there isn't. You are just feeling the full range of human emotions – unfortunately over 60% can be classed as negative but they are still normal. The sooner you can accept that and stop struggling with them the less power they have.
Remember life is just one big experiment. Every decision we make affects the outcome. If you concentrate on making the right decisions then outcome of the experiment can be considered successful.


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Not Chess - Warhammer 40,000: Regicide Gameplay Trailer
The 'Chess' wodged in the middle of its name when Warhammer 40,000: Regicide [official site] was announced made us grown, roll our eyes, bite our lip, stomp our feet, and refuse to eat our vegetables. Surely even the lazybones in Games Workshop's licensing department wouldn't give the go-ahead to a game that was simply chess with Space Marines? Turns out, no.
As we got a peek at before, Regicide's a turn-based strategy game which looks mighty chess-like until someone whips out an AoE frag grenade. Now a new video explains more of how it works.
Here's project lead Cathrin Machin of Hammerfall Publishing with words and moving pictures:
Looks interesting, that, dunnit? Not just because of the Space Marines blowing the 'heck' out of orks. It's hard to get a sense of quite how it'll feel to play but yeah, I kinda dig what they've on top of chess.
Regicide is due to arrive on Steam Early Access (of course it is) on May 5th. It'll cost $14.99 (so, what, £9.99?) and sounds like once it's done it'll sell DLC things like extra subfactions and new story campaigns. It'll have cross-platform play with the tablet and pocket telephone versions when they launch, sharing the same account across all.


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"I feel an obligation to the pollinators," said Dr. David Susko, Director of the Environmental Interpretive Center and professor at UM-Dearborn, who introduced the initiative of Bee Campus USA to students and faculty.
The Bee Campus USA initiative will provide awareness to the decline in pollinators, and help to make UM-Dearborn more efficient with its practices when it comes to the surrounding pollinator habitats.
Pollinators are experiencing a loss in habitat which could take a toll on the food industry. According to Michael Perrin, the Administrative Manager in the EIC, one pollinator is not enough when it comes to food. The more that a food item is pollinated, the better quality the food will be. This includes foods like blueberries, almonds and apples.
Student Government co-sponsored the Bee Campus USA initiative event because the Environmental Sustainability Committee has a drive for making a change. They are really excited because they have already established connections with the EIC.
"Being an environmental major, I have had the opportunity to learn how pollinators affect us. I wanted to make a change on campus," said Ashley Kasper, Student Government Chair of the Environmental Sustainability Committee.
"I wanted to 'bee' the change," said Kasper.
This new campus initiative will need a signature from Chancellor Grasso, along with a committee of students with the drive to expand this idea on campus and gain certification. Receiving this certification will be $300 annually to remain members of this initiative.
The roles that students can fulfil consist of giving tours, creating flyers and promotional material, hosting events and creating a social media presence. There are many more opportunities that will come about as this initiative progresses.
Students and faculty will be working together to assist facilities with creating a more efficient way of taking care of the campus without interrupting pollinators.
Some of the ideas that Dr. Susko and Perrin have are to put flyers in eating areas on campus, stating facts about how pollinators affected the process of receiving certain foods that are available for purchase. They also plan to host workshops that will teach people ways that they can help pollinators, which could include creating bee houses.
The campus is already fulfilling the needs of pollinators. Various habitats, such as the Organic Garden, Insect Hotel, Rain Gardens and the Bee Yard, have all contributed to the success of pollinators on campus. A large amount of milkweed has been planted for many years, giving the pollinators a place to lay their eggs and continue pollinating.
Currently, the Environmental Interpretive Center holds a demonstration to which talks about the different components of the hives. Students and children from surrounding schools can watch from indoors and communicate with Perrin, who is outside talking about the hives. This is only one of the many learning experiences that the EIC gives. Perrin and Dr. Susko have been able to fulfill their many passions at their job for many years.
"I am not any more passionate about pollinators than I am about fish in the river or birds in the trees," said Perrin. "I am continually amazed at the complexity of the natural environment and how it really has allowed us to develop into the species we are."
Dr. Susko grew up working in a garden, which caused an interest in plants. He found that 90 percent of plants require pollinators to thrive.
"They've co-existed and co-adapted over tens of millions of years," said Dr. Susko. "With the unprecedented changes that have happened in the last 100 years, they're both under assault."
The goal of bringing this onto campus is to set an example for the city of Dearborn as a whole. Eventually, the organizers of the UM-Dearborn Bee Campus USA initiative would like to see Bee City USA take over in Dearborn.
To sign up for the UM-Dearborn Bee Campus USA committee, visit the link to commit to making a change bit.ly/2FMugtj.
The Environmental Interpretive Center is a campus resource geared toward environmental sustainability. The building is open six days a week, from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The grounds are open year-round. To find out more about the EIC, visit their page on umdearborn.edu.


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Dinner In A Pumpkin Recipe
Preheat oven to 375?F. Lightly grease a 10" circle in center of a baking sheet; set aside. Place pumpkin on a firm surface. Using a sharp knife, cut out stem end and about 3 inches around stem. Cut on a diagonal by slanting knife from outer edge of pumpkin in toward center. Reserve top. Remove s
Cole-Slaw Salad
Keep the shredded cabbage in a bowl of iced water till required. This will keep the cabbage crisp. Mix all the ingredients with French dressing or mayonnaise. Serve chilled. Keep the shredded cabbage in a bowl of iced water till required. This will keep the cabbage crisp. Mix all the ingredients
Mock Apple Cobbler
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Grease a 15 x 10 x 1-inch baking pan. For filling, cook and stir zucchini and lemon juice in large saucepan over medium-low heat for 15 to 20 minutes, or until zucchini is tender. Add sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg. Simmer for 1 minute. Remove from heat.
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Classic Prime Rib Roast
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Combine garlic, thyme leaves and black pepper. Press evenly into surface of beef roast. Place roast, fat side up, on rack in shallow roasting pan. Do not add water or cover roast. Roast approximately 2 1/4 to 2 1/2 hours. Use instant read thermometer and
Better Than Sex Cake
Toss the chocolate chips and pecans in a tablespoon of the dry cake mix. Beat the remaiong ingredients together for 3 minutes then fold in the chips and pecans. Pour into greased and floured Bundt or tube pan and bake 50 minutes at 350 degrees, or until cake test done.
Henry Bain Sauce
In a large bowl, thoroughly blend peach preserves, orange marmalade, apple preserves, pineapple preserves, ground dry mustard and prepared horseradish. Transfer the mixture to sterile containers, and chill in the refrigerator until serving.
Easy Macaroni Dinner
Set out peas approx. 20 minutes before cooking. Cook noodles and drain. Mix noodles in pan with soup and peas. It is great!
Buttermilk Fried Chicken
Combine buttermilk, salt and pepper; stir well. Skin cut up chicken, if desired. Place chicken in a shallow container and pour mixture over top. Cover and let stand 20 minutes, turning once. Remove chicken. Discard buttermilk. Dredge chicken in flour, coating well. Coo
Christmas Hermits
Cream butter and sugar. Add milk and eggs. Sift powder with 3 cups flour, add to creamed mix, Mix well. Add raisins, currants, nutmeats and orange rind. Mix well. Sift spices with remaining flour. Add to creamed mix and blend well. Drop by rounded teaspoonsful 1 to 1 1/2 inc
Aloha Cheesecake
Combine crumbs and margarine; press onto bottom of 9 inch springform pan. Bake at 350 degrees F., 10 minutes. Combine cream cheese, sugar and milk, mixing at medium speed on electric mixer until well blended. Add eggs, one at a time, mixing well well after each addition. Sti
Chocolate Cream Torte
Meringue: In large mixer bowl, beat egg whites,salt,cream of tartar and almond extract at high speed until soft peaks form. Gradually add sugar;continue until stiff peaks form. Spread on greased and floured sheets, making 3 6 inch circles. Bake at 300 for 25 min. Remove from
Three Layer Deck The Halls Dip
In a shallow, clear glass bowl (straight sides are best), layer guacamole, sour cream and Pace. Place the bowl on a tray and surround it with chips or colorful vegetable dippers. strongServings: 1/strong
Apple Mash Irish
Peel potatoes. Cook in salted, boiling water. Meanwhile peel, core, and slice apples. Place in a pot with a tablespoon of water, and the sugar. Cook until soft. When the potatoes are cooked, drain and mash thoroughly. Beat in the apples and butter. This mash goes particularl
Okra Italiano
Combine onion, garlic, tomatoes, okra nad wine in a lare skillet and bring to a boil. Add bay leaf and oregano. Lower heat, cover and simmer for 20 minutes, stirring occasionally. Season with salt and pepper and ladle over rice. Garnish with parsley and olives.
Cool Cherry Soup
Stone and stalk the cherries with a stoner, then halve them. Or, halve the cherries with a knife and remove stones. Put about half the stones into a strong polythene bag and crush with a mallet. Put the crushed stones, whole stones and stalks in a saucepan. Add wine, cinnam
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Mashed Potatoes Low Fat
Boil potatoes until soft, drain, cube and mash in a large bowl. Add all ingredients and mash together until well mixed. 1 % Fat From: The Susan Powter Show Jan 20, 1995, NBC TV Meal Mastered by: Roberta Thompson strongServings:4/strong
Irish Soda Bread
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Chili Casserole
Simply layer the chili, then chips, then cheese. (Usually good for two layers :) Heat in oven at 350 or 375 until cheese is melted and chili is warm. Serve with additional corn chips if desired. (Since so many ppl seem to be confirmed SAD and/or m**t eaters, I often add one
Befsztyk Tatarski Steak Tartare
Using a grinder or food processor fitted with a metal blade, process beef until finely minced. Process a second time. Do not puree. In a medium bowl, combine beef, egg yolks, onion powder, salt, pepper and oil. Cover with foil; refrigerate at least 1 hour. Garnish with chiv
Green Corn Tamales
1. Chop stalk end of each ear of corn flush with the base of the ear. Shuck, being careful to keep corn husks intact for later use. Wash husks, and drain. 2. Cut corn off cobs. Grind corn with the Jack cheese in a meat grinder, blender or food processor. 3. Cream l
Cajun Chicken Sandwiches
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Creamy Turkey Pie
1. In a large skillet, cook turkey or turkey sausage and onion until meat is browned, stirring to break up meat. Drain. Stir in cream cheese till combined; add mushrooms and set aside. 2. For the crust: Lightly grease a 9 inch pie plate with non stick spray. Unwrap biscuit
Roasted Carrots Julienne Vegetables
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Cut carrots and potatoes into short shoestrings ( 1 1/2 inches long) of equal thickness. The squash should be chopped iinto chunks twice as thick as onions, potatoes and carrots. In a large plastic bag, mix all ingredients (except sesame seeds)
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Spicy Spam Party Dip
In medium mixing bowl, combine cream cheese, SPAM, Worcestershire sauce, salsa, and cayenne pepper. Beat on medium speed until smooth. Stir in bell pepper, celery, onion, and cilantro. Cover and chill 1 hour. Serve with crackers, chips, and vegetables. &nb
Cheesy Bacon Egg Slice
Recipe by: [email protected] (ALHS_BURMEIS) Trim crusts from bread, cut bread into 2.5 cm (1") cubes, place bread in single layer in ovenproff dish. Sprinkle with cheese. Cut bacon in 2.5 cm pieces, fry until crisp and brown, drain, place over cheese, top with chopped
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Brown Seed Bread
In large bowl, combine all purpose and whole wheat flours, natural bran, rolled oats, sesame and poppy seeds, baking powder, baking soda and salt; stir in honey. Add enough of the yogurt to make sticky dough. Knead lightly in bowl until dough is well blended. Fit dough into
Herb Crusted Parmesan Bread
Brush frozen loaf with melted butter to prevent surface from drying. Cover and thaw at room temperature for 2 3 hours. Cut dough into thirds. On lightly floured surface, roll each portion into a long strand. Braid strands. Coil braid into a spiral on greased baking sheet. Br
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Pineapple biscuits
Pineapple Biscuits1/2 cup packed brown sugar1/4 cup butter or margarine, softened1 (8 ounce) can crushed pineapple, drained1 teaspoon ground cinnamon1 (12 ounce) tube refrigerated biscuitsPreheat oven to 425 degrees F. Grease 10 muffin cups.In a bowl,
Cranberry butter
Cranberry Butter3/4 cup cranberries6 tablespoons powdered sugar2 teaspoons grated lemon peel1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter room temperatureCut butter into pieces. Coarsely chop the cranberries with the sugar in a food processor using on/off turns. Add butter and blend until
Marshmallow fudge frosting
Marshmallow Fudge Frosting3 cups miniature marshmallows4 tablespoons cocoa (unsweetened)1 pound confectioners` sugar1/2 cup butter, softened1/4 cup milkSprinkle top of hot cake with marshmallows. Bake at 350 degrees F for 7 to 9 minutes until lightly browned and pa
Jam Filled Carrot Cake
Jam Filled Carrot Cake4 eggs, separated1 1/2 cups granulated sugar, divided1 cup carrots, grated1 cup walnuts, finely chopped1 1/2 cups all purpose flour1 teaspoon baking powder1/4 teaspoon nutmeg1/2 teaspoon cinnamon1 teaspoon vanilla extract1 teaspoo
Yellow divinity
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410 diner onion and artichoke soup
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Teriyaki Finger Steaks
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Parfait bars
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Robert`s restaurant chili
Robert`s Restaurant ChiliSource: Robert`s Restaurant Milwaukee, Wisconsin3 tablespoons roast beef drippings, lard, vegetable shortening or butter1 1/2 pounds good quality hamburger1 cup chopped green bell pepper (divided)1 1/2 cups chopped onion
Sweet tooth snowballs
Sweet Tooth Snowballs2 cups prepared baking mix1 cup applesauce1/2 teaspoon nutmeg1 eggOil for frying1/2 cup confectioner`s sugar or sugarCombine baking mix, applesauce, nutmeg and egg.Drop by teaspoonsful into deep hot oil. Cook until golden brown. Remove with a
Rock candy
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Red Raspberry Chocolate Bars
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Ham and Bean Soup
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Millennial generations are growing up. This means they are slowly captivating the attention of businesses and retailers alike in their spending habits and concerns as consumers. Baby boomers are now making way for new standards, interests, color preferences, ethics, and general taste.
While there are nearly unlimited ways to slice and dice consumer behavior, one of the key consistent trends found in millennial shopping is sustainable manufacturing and ethical business practices. And this isn't just to give retailers and businesses a hard time. millennial are more educated than their predecessors on global issues and have grown up hearing about the environmental impact of plastics, global warming and neglectful overproduction of goods.
As a result, shoppers in this generation prefer to do business with corporations and brands with "pro-social messages, sustainable manufacturing methods and ethical business standards", according to Forbes. And just to make it tougher on businesses, this doesn't just mean slicing off ten percent after annual earnings and donating it to a relevant charity. It means crafting the entire corporate identity around solving a fundamental world issue – a la Toms shoes providing shoes to children in third world countries: "more than eight in 10 millennial (81%) expect companies to make a public commitment to good corporate citizenship, according to Horizon Media's Finger on the Pulse study", says HRDIVE. This means benchmarks of honesty, transparency, and participation for customers so that a do-good feeling comes hand in hand with spending.
So what does this mean for the jewelry shoppers specifically?
Well known luxury brands like Tiffany & Co and Cartier are preferred among millennial shoppers. And despite the self-effacing, consciences and ethical hearted nature of the generation, they are "self-gifters" and actually invest in merchandise like diamonds. But why? Why does this generation not want to spend too much money on other expenses but will spend money on jewelry? The answer is simple: "It comes down to investing in quality over quantity…millennial are conscious about sustainability and buying products that last longer than their mass-produced counterparts," according to Inc. Diamonds are probably one of the most universally known symbols of wealth, status and beauty, so it is important for their jewelry to fall within their standards as well.
Ethical & Lab Grown Diamonds
millennial buy diamonds and jewelry. but will invest more and feel more comfortable with their purchase if it is from an ethical brand. "In its 2015 Global Corporate Sustainability Report, Nielsen found that 73 per cent of millennial would spend more on a product if it came from an ethical brand." This explains the generations affinity towards lab grown diamonds; they're ethical, fully controllable, and reasonably priced. According to MarketPlus "In the survey among 1,000+ American consumers, aged 21-40 years, across all income ranges with half having household incomes of $50,000 or higher, nearly 70% of consumers said "Yes," they would consider a lab-grown diamond for the center stone in an engagement ring if they were shopping with someone for an engagement ring. That represents an increase of 13 percentage points in only one year, when 57% said the same." So it seems like the world is heading in a greener and more sustainable direction, but why does it seem like millennial are putting their money with their mouth is.
For the report Nielsen conducted an online survey of 30,000 consumers in 60 countries to assess purchasing patterns. Here are some key insights.
It is not what some people assume which is that these next generation shoppers are just "full of it", talk a big game and don't live up to it. It is mostly that they simply don't know enough about which brands are ethical and which ones to avoid. Clear marketing and a strong direct message to consumers will draw these ethical shoppers in – and we are not talking green-washing. We are simply talking transparency, open communication and being upfront about who you are as a brand and where you stand in the landscape of ethics and sustainability.
Digital, Digital, Digital
Millennials, as we all know, are also the first digital natives. This means online shopping is big and important – and the most common channel for millennial to spend their hard-earned cash. This has been a hurdle for the luxury jewelry market as most high-end products are sized and chosen in person, so how do they assimilate an oppositional shopping culture? Jewelry businesses have addressed this issue by providing a fully integrated experience, meaning both online and brick and mortar are available and sometimes used in tandem with one another.
For example, Brilliant Earth offers an online customization tool along with a showroom. You can pick your perfect ring and style it online, and then go try it on in person before committing to it. "And there is help available at every step of the journey, whether online chat, phone, or in-person. Once a shopper contacts a jewelry specialist, that specialist is usually the one who helps that shopper all the way through the rest of their purchase journey," says Forbes.
And Brilliant Earth isn't the only brand doing this. Engagement ring companies, like Miadonna Diamond, are offering online selection with at home try ons.
Looking Forward
The jewelry industry is a constantly shifting and morphing organism with changing styles, trends and prices. The new frontier is sustainability and a morally conscious generation demanding a fundamental change — not in the design or look of the jewelry per se , but in the nature of its production process and in the ethics of material sourcing. Lets see if the industry can step up and adapt to this new challenge.


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SINGAPORE – 19 OCTOBER 2010 – Numerical Technologies Managing Director Hideyuki Torii presented at the 2010 GPU Symposium hosted by GPU Computing Study Group and held at the Tokyo Institute of Technology. In his presentation, Mr. Torii discussed the rising popularity of GPGPU technology in high-performance computing (HPC), the GPGPU performance in complex scientific and financial calculations, and the barriers that impede financial companies from investing in GPGPU technology.
Mr. Torii also demonstrated the derivative calculation capability of NtParallel, an API library that Numerical Technologies has developed to help businesses easily and cost-effectively support GPGPU computing. NtParallel supports Microsoft Excel®.
A copy of Mr. Torii's presentation titled "Application of GPGPU in the Financial Industry" is available upon request.


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Sarah Chamberlain | One Year Later, It's Time To Vote On USMCA
by Sarah Chamberlain
Remember Aesop's fable about the grasshopper and the ant? While the ant worked hard to store food, the grasshopper sang and played, believing the current time of plenty would still be there in the future. While our economy enjoys a year of low unemployment, low energy prices, slight inflation, record setting stock markets, and corresponding growth in retirement portfolios, we may be tempted like the grasshopper to think this plentiful trend will continue forever. But it won't. Even in times of plenty, the thoughtful person (and the ant) should always have an eye on preparing for a not so plentiful future.
Congress is behaving like the grasshopper now, spending its time gleefully dancing and singing partisan political songs. In the meantime, the people wish they were preparing for a future to stave off any crisis. Over the past few months manufacturing numbers in some sectors have flattened out. This is the time to be passing legislation to strengthen manufacturing. Watching any news, however, you would think the only thing that mattered inside the beltway is vicious partisan warfare.
The US Canada Mexico Trade Agreement (USMCA) is now coming up on its one-year anniversary. But so far Congress has failed to act on it. The North America Free Trade Agreement is over 25 years old, and needs to be updated. That is where Congress should be working. NAFTA was negotiated by President George HW Bush and implemented by President Bill Clinton. It received bipartisan support in the democratically controlled Senate and House when passed in 1993. NAFTA has its share of supporters and detractors since. Supporters say it increased US trade, created five million US jobs and increased wages. Other benefits included protection of intellectual property, opening up Mexico for US small business opportunities, and several trillion dollars in increased US trade.
NAFTA detractors claim, however, manufacturing jobs were lost in the US, particularly in the automotive industries, US wages were stifled as companies "threatened" to move to Mexico, and immigration increased as Mexican workers crossed the border in search of better USA wages. At the time, Mexican workers were viewed as suppressing US wages as they were willing to take US jobs in construction, manufacturing and agriculture at lower levels than US workers, because even those lower wages were preferable to Mexican wages. While automotive sector jobs did grow in Mexico, many US automotive jobs were actually replaced by automation, while imported parts from China grew.
In the quarter century since NAFTA, the world has changed. China now is the largest manufacturer in the world. The lower costs of Chinese made goods have made it necessary for many US companies to close domestic manufacturing further eroding US jobs. European nations now are joining together to negotiate their own trade agreements, with the increased clout of their multi country strength. Immigration from Mexico and Central America into the USA continues to rise as workers seek better paying jobs. Several areas of trade agreements are out of date including intellectual property protection, tariffs and markets across the US, Mexico and Canada. Keeping NAFTA as is, does not meet the demands of the current global economy.
Click here to read Sarah Chamberlain's entire article on Forbes.Com


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A historic residence in Demopolis, Alabama.
The house was built in 1832 by Allen Glover for his daughter, Sarah Serena Glover, and her husband, Francis Strother Lyon. The Lyons used Bluff Hall as a townhouse; they also resided at Bermuda Hill, their plantation near Arcola. Bluff Hall was one of several homes built atop a limestone cliff overlooking the Tombigbee River, known as White Bluff, on land that Francis Lyon had purchased a few years earlier from the town commissioners of Demopolis.
The house was altered in the 1840s with the addition of the two-story front portico and a large rear wing. The new rear wing contained the dining room and kitchen at ground level and two bedrooms on the second floor. This new construction also added the other Greek Revival details.
The house remained in the Lyon family until 30 October 1907 when it was sold to A. R. Smith. The Smith family maintained it as a residence into the 1940s, though the upper floors were converted to apartments. The house was sold again in 1948 and continued as apartments. The Marengo County Historical Society purchased the house on 22 March 1967 in order to restore and convert it to a historic house museum.
The house is a two-story brick structure, with portions covered by smooth stucco. The front portico features six two-story square columns, constructed in brick with a stucco finish. These columns are very similar to nearby Lyon Hall. The balcony under the portico spans the width of the entrance doors and is supported by wrought iron brackets. The double parlor in the interior features two columns that were an anniversary gift to the Lyons from the Whitfield family. The Whitfields lived nearby at Gaineswood.


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The Savannah strain arose from the wish to bring the breathtaking exotica and beauty of the Serval into harmony with humans and their day to day lives. So every Savannah still carries the legacy of the Serval. As a hybrid they are extraordinarily intelligent and resilient in regards to their health which are unique features in the world of cats. Often you will witness an almost dog-like dispositon to retrieve or to be put on a leash for a walk.
Given that they are socialised well enough they easily and unproblematically interact with children and other pets. They are highly affectionate to their owners. When you see a Serval you will immediately know why people brought forth the Savannah. No other hybrid strain displays a grace that can satisfy our desire for propinquity to the wild.
A Savannah is a crossing between a Serval and a female cat, which makes it the first generation, called F1. Subsequent generations come out of the mating of a Savannah and an outcross strain (allowed are OKH, Ocicat, Egyptian Mau or Savannah). You will learn more about the registrations that come along with it in a couple of paragraphs. Today the Savannah is the biggest hybrid cat in the world. They are smaller and more temperate than the Serval and the males will reach, depending on the generation, a weight between 6,5kg and 15kg, females between 4,5kg and 8,5kg. Because of their tall and slim body shape they appear bigger and heavier than they really are.
Not only their size is unique, but also their extraordinary personalities. Being as friendly, ingenious, intelligent, even genius, playful, suave and highly energetic as they are, the Savannah often reminds you of a dog. The cat loves their human and loves to play with him, join him for a ride in the car or take a walk on the leash. Most Savannahs love water. It is very likely that you will have to fight your Savannah for the garden hose. It is also possible that she will follow you into the shower or join you in the bathtub. Caution! Please do not use shower oil, otherwise you will have to rinse the cat repeatedly to remove the oil again. Their ability to vertically jump is incredible. Our F2 Kaischa can jump three meters high.
Because Savannahs have so much energy they tend to fatigue other pets. This is why the Savannah is no optimal company for solely older pets which are in need of rest. Apart from that, the Savannah will get along perfectly with any kind of pet. Most of the time they will take the role of the alpha cat without being aggressive and then watch out and care for their fellow playmates. Many people ask me whether a Savannah will get along with the family dog and the clear answer is: Yes. Dogs are perfect playmates for Savannahs. Their intelligence and levels of energy make Savannahs and dogs a perfect fit. We were able to witness two Savannahs taking care of our dog who suffered from intervertebral disk disease until his last day which was very moving to see.
Some owners reported that their Savannah is waiting for them at the door when they come home. They quickly learn how to open doors! Nasal sprays and tissues will be stashed in lairs, milk cartons will be moved from on place to another and everything that can be thrown will be retrieved until your arm falls off. A Savannah will follow your every step. One of our Savannahs even broke two Bengals´ of their habit to destroy the wallpaper in their new owner´s home in a very short time.
Besides time and love Savannahs don´t need much special care. They use the litter box and are ideal pets who get along with children and all kinds of other pets. Much to our delight we know of not one Savannah owner who regretted his decision to get one of these beautiful cats and we do everything we can to make it stay that way.
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The Serval (Leptailurus serval) is a middle-sized, spotted wild cat whose home are the mountains and wide lands of the Savanna regions of the African continent.
A fully grown Serval reaches a body length of 70-100cm and a shoulder height of 50-60cm. Striking are his long legs and his relatively small head with big and erect ears. No other cat strain has longer legs than the Serval. He reaches a weight of 10-20kg and his slim and mesomorphic body make him look extremely elegant. Another spectacle is his spotted fur which highly resembles a cheetah – black round spots on yellow-orange-gold fur. There are – much more rarely – completely black Servals (melanistic animals), as seen in the highlands of eastern Africa.
The Serval is a very active animal which can jump three meters high out of a standing position. His prey are lizards, mice, partridge, squirrels and rabbits. Servals love water, are outstanding swimmers and even have specialised in hunting fish or small prey living in and around water. The Serval´s biggest enemy in the wild are leopards and lions. Held in a zoo they live up to 20 years old.
The Serval is not a good pick as a regular pet!!! Even though it can be observed that Servals grow very affectionate to their owners – much more than any other wild cat – his untameable will to always move, special feeding needs and his uncontrollable spraying behaviour make him a very inappropriate roommate in a conventional household. They are very sensitive to every subtle change in their environment and probably could only hardly bear a single change of owner in their life. In addition to that, keeping a Serval is connected to very strict regulatory requirements. Violations of those will result in high penalties and the confiscation of the cat.
The abbreviations are part of the registration code of the International Cat Association (TICA) which is responsible for registering every Savannah. The letters tell you how many generations of Savannah matings there are in the bloodline of a cat.
This abbreviation says that one parent is not a Savannah. A Savannah emerges out of the mating os a Serval and a domestic cat. These Savannahs carry the registration code "A", because they are an offspring of different strains. That means that F1 Savannahs always have the registration code "A". Because male Savannahs are not fertile until they are in the 4th or 5th generation (F4/F5), the females have to mate with non-Savannah cats or "outcrosses", until the males become fertile. If a Savannah mates with a pure non-Savannah male the result will be an "A" registration, which also makes it possible to get "F2 A" oder "F3 A" (etc.) registration.
A crossing between to "A"-registered Savannahs gives you a "B"-registered kitten. "B" means that both parents are Savannahs but at least one grandparent is not.
If you cross two "B"-registered the result is a "C"-registered cat. So "C" means that both parents and grandparents are Savannahs.
If two "C"-registered Savannahs mate the outcome will be a "SBT"-registered kitten. This means that at least three preceding generations have been Savannah-Savannah crossings. So parents, grandparents and grand grandparents have been Savannahs. This registration is required to be eligible for the registration "Champion".
(Female x Male = Kitten)
F1 A x F5 A = F2 B Kitten
F2 B x F5 B = F3 C Kitten
F2 A x F5 C = F3 B Kitten
F2 B x F5 SBT = F3 C Kitten
F3 C x F5 C = F4 SBT Kitten
F4 SBT x F5 SBT = F5 SBT Kitten
F2 B x F5 A = F3 B Kitten
F3 B x F5 SBT = F4 C Kitten
F4 B x F5 C = F5 C Kitten
F5 C x F5 SBT = F6 SBT Kitten
F5 B x F5 C = F6 C Kitten
F1 A x Outcross = F2 A Kitten
We exclusively feed raw and never had any problems with salmonellae, diarrhea etc.
Even a big litter of ten kittens produced a lightest one of 95 grams and a heaviest one of 127 grams. After three to four weeks our kittens start to use the feeding dish and really like the food. Once a year we make a complete blood count of our cats. Even our veterinarian who was not very thrilled by that in the beginning had to admit that all of our cats have a exemplary blood count and all of their teeth are healthy. The TIHO Hannover (apprenticeship- and research facility for prospective veterinarians) was impressed, too. One TIHO-instructor examined our food and is now feeding his cats the same way.
Some more tips:
You will find food here: http://www.futter-fundgrube.de (located in Germany)
You will find minced turkey and chicken the cheapest. In addition you will need three table spoons of oil (i.e. sesame oil, flaxseed oil or comparable), a pinch of taurine (you will find that the cheapest in pharmacies), three hands full of mixed dried vegetables (made from 1kg mixed dried vegetables for hamsters/bunnies and 1kg of kibble for dogs and a hand full of dried parsley stems. Mix everything in a bowl.
Mix 1kg of minced chicken with three hands full of your kibble-mix, taurine and three table spoons of oil. Add a cup of hot water and mix it in before serving. Have fun feeding!
By the way: Hybrids have a strong bone structure which is why you need to pay attention to giving the cats enough calcium. We have the best experiences with whole plucked chickens which are delivered already minced.


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Re: searching for a game
It actually wasn't a troll question Player interaction would seem to be the major selling point of an MMORPG over a Single player RPG. I understand some players prefer the NPC side of things, but this is presumably because its different from PvP or other forms of player interaction. What I'm asking is why would you then want the AI to be more human like, when it seems the reason to enjoy it is that its not human like?
Also confirming RL ganking is bad


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This day has been a long time coming.
As many of you know, while The Natural History of Us is completely a stand-alone novel, it's also a companion to The Fine Art of Pretending. That book released way back in the fall of 2014–my 7th book out of now 9 books published (eep!)–but it was actually the first book I ever wrote. I first fell in love with the characters in this world SIX years ago, so I can't tell you the joy in brings me to be here today, celebrating them again. Justin and Peyton, and all their crazy friends, have a very, very, very special place in my heart.
Reviews are pouring in already, and I'm just so tickled that readers love this story as much as I do. Second chance love is one of my all-time favorite stories to read and to tell, and the personal growth that Peyton and Justin both go through on their journey inspired me while writing. They challenged me (and each other!) and boy, did they make me swoon!
So much excitement is happening. If you visit any of the stops on the Blog Tour, you can be entered to win one of five copies of The Fine Art of Pretending. Also, if you aren't already a member of the FLIRT SQUAD, consider this your invitation to join my reader's group! I just posted a fun, five-book giveaway from a few of my favorite author pals, to celebrate release week.
And just for those of you visiting me here, I thought it'd be fun to giveaway a Swag Pack…because, who doesn't love Swag?? This pack will include Trading Cards, bookmarks, and the highly coveted Wanna Flirt button 😉
Finally, don't miss the VIRTUAL SIGNING happening now for a signed, personalized copy of The Natural History of Us! This ends April 8th, so order your copy now 🙂
All the details can be found HERE.
Have a great day, friends!!


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Thoughts on the mountains, lakes, people, plants, animals and everyday life here in the North Country.
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
The Pulse of the Adirondacks!...
To kick off its fourth year of providing the North Country with information on local politics, environmental issues, history, outdoor recreation, culture, and regional development, The Adirondack Almanack has brought on board two new contributors.
Check out this online journal for the work of original editor John Warren, (also writer of the New York History blog), plus the two talented writers/artists who just joined the Almanack. I believe you will enjoy the well-written posts by Mary Thill and the writing and artwork of Mark Wilson. Put your finger on the pulse of the Adirondacks!
7 comments:
- Dog Trot Farm said...
Ceder, have only driven through the adirondacks a handful of times, It certainly is beautiful country! Is the snow gone?
- April 14, 2009 at 8:01 AM
- Cedar ... said...
Snow is all gone! whew! Come on over and visit again.... I'd love to meet you.
- April 14, 2009 at 12:40 PM
- Cedar ... said...
OOOOPPPPS! While approving comments I noticed that one comment was a duplicate of the one right above it. I had check marks to approve five other comments and when I went to reject the duplicate comment I hit the wrong thing and they all disappeared. Thank you to you, my friends for your comments and I am here with a red face for that HUGE goof! A very big apology!
- April 14, 2009 at 12:43 PM
- Robynn's Ravings said...
I read the book, "A Walk in the Woods." Does that count? Read it aloud to the family - had to EDIT FAST on the fly - but we loved it!
- April 14, 2009 at 12:54 PM
- Betsy Banks Adams said...
Hi Cedar, How neat to have your OWN almanack. I always enjoy the Farmer's one--but mostly for the weather.
You do live in a fabulous area of the country. Thanks for posting.
- April 14, 2009 at 2:30 PM
- troutbirder said...
Hey Cedar. I've done the same thing twice. Frustrating it is.
- April 15, 2009 at 7:32 AM
That's really a good publication! Informative and well done. I think any more we get more and better local news from sources like that than the general media.
- April 15, 2009 at 11:00 PM


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When we went to see the oncologist he basically confirmed what we already thought would be the likely route of treatment and confirmed that the cancer had spread to the lymph nodes in my collarbone and advised I was HER2-positive as well which means that I can take the new drug herceptin and that the cancer is not hormone based , that is isnt fuelled by the female hormones oestrogen or progesterone
He can't give me a definitive prognosis because of the aggressive nature of this disease.
Due to the "nature of the beast" Gertrude having started in the lymph nodes of my breast, has spread very fast to the lymph nodes in my armpit and in the last week to the lymph nodes in my neck.
I probably haven't had "Gertrude" more than a couple of months. Because it is already in my lymph system I have already got cancer cells circling around my body. At the moment it appears that they haven't found a home anywhere else.
Because it is already in circulation, I need 6 cycles of chemo 3 weeks apart to start with. I will start losing my hair 2 weeeks after the first dose of chemo so I have already booked or semibooked a haircutting/shaving party at the hairdressers mid-September. – exact date to be determined when I know exactly when my chemo starts. MDs boyfriend has offered to get his head shaved at the same time as me so we're going to have a bit of a drinks and shave party.
I have already picked out a wig because I didn't know it, but the nearest stockist that stocks the hair dye that I use, also are the wig and headcover stockist /advisors. I went there today to pick up some hair dye yesterday because I decided to dye my hair one last time before I lose it so it looks its best for the next few weeks.
At the moment I am in a lot of pain from the inflammation but the oncologist has prescribed 100mg Voltaren for the pain and Amitriptyline sedatives so I think that side of things is going to be much more under control.
My work has been very understanding – they will have to employ some one else to cover most of my shifts, but they have said I can work when I feel like it while my treatment is ongoing, although I did offer to resign if it was too difficult for them.
After all the chemo cycles things will be reassessed and then surgery and radiotherapy will follow. The order of which will be determined by how much they think they have got 'Gertrude' under control.
It is only then once they have done the mastectomy and autopsied my breast and lymph nodes that they will be able to give me a prognosis. If there are any cancer cells still living then they will repeat chemotherapy but the chances of me developing more secondary cancers is very high. If the cancer cells are all dead then I have a very good chance of being a five-year survivor.
The Chemo is likely to start within two weeks but before they start I have to have an ECG (seeing herceptin can affect your heart) and I also need a porta cath put in under general anaesthetic (this is a permanent tube they will put the chemo through. it will go into the vein in my neck with a reservoir and connection port in my chest ) as well as consultations with oncology and liason nurses and the oncology dr before the treatment starts. I am on leave from work as from this Saturday just for the next few weeks just while we get the chemo routine set up and know how I react to the chemo. I am hopeful to return to work for a few hours a week when my chemo cycle allows. My treatments will be daystay at Auckland Hospital.
The good news is that all my chemo (taxotere and herceptin) can be done in the public sector and because I have got it in my neck (classed as secondary cancer) I qualify for having the herceptin carry on in the public health sector after the initial chemo and the oncologist says due to the nature of 'Gertrude' at the moment he thinks I will be on herceptin indefinitely.
This is great news and has taken some of the weight off me and OH as we worried we would end up massively in debt if we had to fund treatment (our medical insurance would only cover so much stuff done in the private sector) OH and I have restructured our finances a bit so we dont need to worry about money while all this is going on.
We are trying to figure out when and what to to tell YD, more comments on this on a seperate page
The older girls and we are coping as well as can be expected and as you can tell I am trying to organise as much as possible before the chemo etc takes over.
MD calls Gertrude "Mad Boob Disease" and OD calls it "the Space Amoeba" (which probably means nothing to you if you havent read Piers Anthony, Cluster series Vol 3 Kirlian Quest – he's one of my favourite authors) but suffice to say both of these are fairly accurate descriptions of Gertrude.
Will keep you updated as news and views come to hand