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Speedo's LZR Racer suit is world's fastest
Swimmers will stop at nothing to shave a few milliseconds off their times, and if that means shaving their head bald, or taking a dip in a vat of Vaseline, so be it. At this summer's Olympics in Beijing, you'll see a number of swimmers trying to gain an edge by wearing Speedo's new LZR Racer, the world's fastest swimsuit.
Developed with the help of NASA and the Australian Institute of Sport, the suit has a 3D anatomical shape with a core stabilizer that has a corset-like grip so swimmers can maintain an optimal body position in the water. It is also "ultrasonically welded" to give the effect of no seams.
At the Olympics, the LZR Racer could be the difference between grabbing a gold and bronze medal. Of course, if I know those crafty Russians, they'll all show up with muscle suits, and leave team Speedo in their wake.
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The collaboration of the Ford Motor Company and Carroll Shelby gave us some of the most powerful cars to ever prowl the street. Shelby's... More
1969 Shelby GT 500 This GT 500 is one of the lowest mile Shelby's in existence today. This rare vehicle has spent it's entire life... More
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With all the SS clones out there it is refreshing to see a 69 Chevrolet Chevelle Malibu that doesn't pretend to be something it... More
This 1969 Dodge Coronet R/T convertible is kind of a big deal and nails every important factor that a serious Mopar collector would want.... More
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"Maddow to Fox?"…And Other Recent Storylines
Was Rachel Maddow being shopped to Fox News? That's what Radio Equalizer hinted at, and Jossip confirms from a "reputable insider" today.
"Maddow's agent, Jean Sage at TV Talent (also Keith Olbermann's agent), asked to send her tapes over to FNC's head of programming, Bill Shine, we're told by a reputable insider," writes Jossip. "But Shine declined."
Jossip does point out this very easily could have been, "negotiating tactics"…but FNC?
Meanwhile, a throwaway line during Maddow's Tuesday night appearance on Countdown echoes a tactic employed by CNN. Of Maddow's 9/8/08 premiere, Olbermann said, "it probably will start at like 9:02 or something like that. Your show and my show will sort of be indistinguishable for a couple of minutes there."
As TVNewser reported last week, Lou Dobbs Tonight frequently employs this method leading into Campbell Brown: Election Center. This marks a major change at MSNBC, however, as Olbermann currently, "refuses to introduce," the 9pmET program.
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Larry Kozlove, Champion bridge player
Later this year, Larry Kozlove will compete in the World Bridge Tournament in Veldhoven, Netherlands. A member of one of two teams chosen to represent the United States in Veldhoven after competing in the U.S. Senior team trial in Detroit, Kozlove is certainly a talented card player. However, until recently, he hadn't played bridge competitively in more than 20 years.


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Most entrepreneurs fund their startup companies with a personal credit line, but experts say a growing business needs to establish a credit record separate from its founder. "You can build solid business credit in as little as a year or two," says one financial adviser. Keeping solid records and getting trade credit with individual suppliers can help a business establish a credit line, experts note.
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Best post-lockout Ranger: Final Four: Dan Girardi (2) vs. Derek Stepan (4)
Henrik Lundqvist beat out Ryan Callahan in yesterday's Final Four matchup in Best Ranger since the 2005 lockout tournament. Today, #2 Dan Girardi takes on #4 Derek Stepan in the other Final Four matchup, with the winner facing Hank for the tournament title. We want to thank Matt Josephs of Blue Line Station (Twitter: 11Matt_Josephs8) for pitching this idea to us. It was a great success and we hope you had as much fun voting as we did posting and seeing the results.
Dan Girardi (acquired – 2006 undrafted free agent)
Girardi is this team's version of a Cinderella story. Signed as an undrafted free agent out of the OHL's Guelph Storm (and Ryan Callahan's teammate), Girardi was never a noted scorer, which is why he was never noticed. But the Rangers noticed him (presumably) while scouting Cally, and signed him to an AHL deal in the summer of 2005. They didn't sign him to an NHL contract until 2006 after impressing in the ECHL and AHL. After his deal, he played another 45 games in the AHL before sticking with the big club permanently.
Over the next six seasons, Girardi missed a total of just four (!!) games. When you take into account the minutes (sometimes up to 30) he plays and the number of shots he blocks, that's an impressive feat. Girardi isn't a noted scorer (31-123-154 in his career), but he's one of the best shutdown defensemen in the game today. Girardi has been the steady rock on defense, and players such as Fedor Tyutin, Marc Staal, and Ryan McDonagh have flourished while playing with him. Girardi was given the 'A' when Staal went down with his injuries, and it's no mystery as to why.
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Giffoni Film Festival: history
Originally concocted by Claudio Gubitosi, an artful and ambitious youth who sought to create an exciting event for his home, the Giffoni Film Festival was pretty revolutionary in its beginnings – and continues to be today. Not only did Gubitosi want to showcase children's world cinema (though he was limited in his selection at the start...); he sought to give power to the people he wanted to entertain – children were to judge and award the films, too. It was in 1982 that French filmmaker François Truffaut said "Of all the film festivals Giffoni is the most necessary"; and after that, it's safe to say the then small event would never look back.
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BRIGHTON BEACH, NY (PIX11)—An Amber Alert has been issued for Ferrari Tiesto Stojka, a 3 year old from Brooklyn, N.Y.
Stojka was abducted from the corner of Ocean Parkway and Avenue P at about 3:30 p.m. on Friday.
He has brown hair and brown eyes and weighs about 40 pounds. Stojka was last seen wearing a white shirt, white shorts and a Yankees hat.
The suspect, Jacob Laslo, was last seen traveling on foot. He is a white 33-year-old male, with blonde hair and blue eyes. He is around 5 foot 9 inches and weighs about 180 pounds. Laslo was last seen wearing a white t-shirt and blue jeans.
Police say Laslo assaulted the mother of the child, abducted the child and fled on foot in Brooklyn. The suspect lives in New Jersey, but his last known location was in Manhattan.
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Carolina at Tampa Bay. The Lightning held off Carolina's late-game rally to edge the Hurricanes 4-3 in overtime on Feb. 12. Carolina scored twice in the final minute of play to force the extra period. Marc-Andre Bergeron netted the game-winning goal.
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Alpha Natural Resources Cools; Is It Time to Buy?
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Alpha Natural Resources is a leading Central Appalachian coal producer that also has significant operations in Northern Appalachia. Alpha Natural Resources trades an average of 14.4 million shares per day with a marketcap of $1.7 billion.
Alpha Natural Resources has lost about 14% of its marketcap from Friday's close. The loss in market cap is a result in part from analyst Meredith Bandy at BMO Capital Markets in Denver lowering its rating on Alpha Natural Resources from a buy to a sell. Of the 19 analysts covering this company, most still rate it a buy. The average analyst target price for ANR is $20.72.Monday's move lower follows the bearish trend in the 60-, 90-, and 200-day moving averages. Usually, the first break of the widely watched 200-day moving average fails and investors can expect a retest. (Read why I believe
The demand for thermal coal has been diminished by the relative absence of winter weather in much of the United States and the related phenomenon of near-record-low gas prices, which has spurred coal-to-gas switching among utilities, including, for the first time in a significant way, utilities that burn Powder River Basin coal. We could devote a lot of time to talking about issues in the domestic steam market, but the long and short of it is this: utility inventories have risen rapidly and now exceed 200 million tons, near record high levels, and coal-fired generation has recently fallen below 40% of U.S. electricity generation.Institutional holders have aggressively walked away from Alpha Natural Resources. Over 32 million shares sold in the last six months resulting in a reduction of 22.5%. It's no surprise Alpha Natural Resources is trading at multiyear lows when the big money has transitioned out to the degree they have. Other companies in the space are gapping down in price in sympathy Arch Coal (ACI) down over 4%, Consol Energy (CNX) down over 2%, and Peabody Energy (BTU) was lower in the morning session, but pushed higher as the day moved along. Peabody Energy reached oversold status on my chart in June and now Alpha Natural Resources is oversold. I like Peabody Energy as well for a stock that is unloved by the market. ANR data by YCharts
I don't believe natural gas has to move higher, but I do believe natural gas is oversold as well. As natural gas rises, so can coal move higher. Peabody Energy and Alpha Natural Resources are positioned to capture an increase in coal use. ANR Operating Earnings Yield data by YCharts
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19 October 2014
This report synthesizes findings of evaluations conducted between July 2013 and July 2014, covering 12 operations with a combined planned value of USD 3 billion (totaling over USD 1.7 billion funded), which targeted 14.3 million beneficiaries a year, were of varying types, durations and sizes and implemented in diverse settings.
The evaluations found all operations cohered well with national and sector policy frameworks. WFP is directly influencing policy and strategy formulation, and increasingly engaging in joint programming. WFP delivered broadly relevant food assistance, with most operations appropriate to overall needs; however, insufficient differentiation in the analysis and planning of some operations compromised planning for specific beneficiary needs. Results were inadequately documented, particularly at the outcome level, mainly because of weak monitoring systems. Evaluations revealed that the full extent of WFP's achievements – and under-achievements – is not currently reflected in reporting systems. General food distribution, school feeding and nutrition activities delivered well against coverage targets, with weaker performance in food assistance for assets. Evidence found that WFP served beneficiaries with less food than planned, however. Gender sensitivity was limited.
At the outcome level, WFP made most progress under Strategic Objective (SO) 1 - saving lives. Only limited data were available on SO2 (preventing acute hunger and investing in disaster preparedness and mitigation) and SO5 (capacity-development). Assessment of efficiency and sustainability was shallow; few operations were characterized as generally efficient or potentially sustainable.
External factors affecting results include WFP's complex operating terrain and funding. Internal factors are symptomatic of an organization in transition, progressing in introducing changes, but with business processes needing to adapt. The lessons presented in this synthesis report aim to support WFP as it becomes increasingly fit for purpose.
5 February 2014
The mid-term evaluation covers WFP's country programme (CP) 200163 (2011-2015). It was intended for both accountability and learning and focuses on assessing: i) the appropriateness and coherence of the operation; ii) its results; and iii) the factors explaining the results.
The evaluation assessed the following activities: school feeding, nutritional support to children under five, pregnant and lactating women and HIV/TB patients, cash and food for assets, local purchase and support to local production of fortified foods as well as capacity development. The evaluation, which makes a number of recommendations for the future, was managed and conducted by a consultancy firm, with fieldwork taking place in January/February 2014.
27 March 2013
The evaluation covers WFP's 2009 Policy for "Promoting Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women in Addressing Food and Nutrition Challenges" and its associated Corporate Action Plan (CAP). It was intended for both accountability and learning and focuses on assessing: i) the quality of the policy; ii) its results; and iii) the factors explaining the results.
WFP's 2009 Gender Policy suffered from both quality limitations and a fragmented institutional response to its implementation. Yet there is evidence of some potentially valuable results for gender equality from WFP's work, albeit disconnected from the Policy itself. External factors have formed the major drivers for implementation and results. Recent improvements, notably in accountability systems and human and financial resourcing, suggest a welcome course correction. But a shift in gear is needed if WFP is to equitably realise its mission and mandate and respond to its international commitments on gender.
Four recommendations support this process calling for a clearer position and a more comprehensive approach to addressing gender within WFP policies, strategies and operations going forward.
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Overall, WFP's Gender Policy 2003-2007 surpassed those of many comparable organizations. Going forward, the evaluation team submitted five sets of recommendations:
1. take immediate steps to communicate WFP's commitments to women and gender equality;
2. build gender mainstreaming capacities by extending and deepening training and expert guidance;
3. re-orient the roles and headquarters, country offices and regional bureaus;
4. make more funding available at the country level; and
5. complement the gender balance use of targets with building capacities and commitments among hiring managers and identify systems issues.
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The project seeks to encourage regular attendance at health facilities of expectant and nursing mothers whose children are at risk of malnutrition. While attendance has increased in the beneficiary centres, it has not become more regular, for a variety of reasons.
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You know when you promise yourself you are not going to buy any more fabric as you already have lots that you haven't used (and haven't touched for years) and you really, really mean to stick to that promise but then along comes a really special something so you have to buy it even though it is a bit naughty? Well that happened to me last week, was just buying some tickets for the Knitting and Stitching Show in November and was checking the list of exhibitors and happened to see one of our local fabric suppliers, Simply Solids, listed so just had to have a little look at their website and they had the most fabulous themed fabric and it was on sale! I think this first one is going to be my favourite – though the others are fab as well. It arrived on Friday but did not have time to really appreciate it until I got back from the weekend. The other exciting thing is that she is opening a shop in town soon with classes and everything! That is probably going to a major dent in my budget but at least the kids will know what to get me for Christmas as I am sure she will do gift vouchers. The justification is that I am planning to make Christmas gifts so it can count as spends for that and not fabric spends, (I did have other stuff to make Christmas gifts with though – just have to use them up quick as well!) We usually go and have a little look in the National Trust second-hand book stalls when we visit properties and came away with a brilliant haul this time. As well as a big pile of fiction books they had just had a lot of quilting books donated so I bought these four. The pink bordered title was published in 1937 and is a detailed study of the history of 19th century quilting and the front book gives lots of hand quilting patterns. My favourite one is this wonderfully titled publication from 1984 which is so detailed in the process of making a block quilt. It has all sorts of useful things like a sizing chart for different bed sizes, a block design page where you are encouraged to colour in sample blocks to see which look best and most useful of all are sets of card templates for all of the blocks. I have decided that I will concentrate on quilting and patchwork for a while (in between lots of kit making sessions). I will still be knitting socially but after 9 bunnies and 3 elephants am going to swap skills for a while and there is so much that I have been wanting to do quilt wise. Quilting and patchwork will be the focus of the Christmas presents this year (so that I can feed my hexagon addiction!) and I will be making sewing notion gifts, two more aprons and hopefully a cushion based on this wonderful quilt using found textiles which have been embellished with embroidery and beads. This is from a Bee Quilt Stitch along that I found on this blog - I think it is made by someone called Chantal, the site is in French so not too sure but there are some wonderful hexagon quilts on there done using the quilt as you go technique where each hexagon is made and bound before being stitched together. Isn't it gorgeous and will be a great was of using up some of the vintage things I have bought over the last two years. So am going to be very busy and happy during the off-season! Take care and thanks for visiting.
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The baking that is , the weather has been pretty bad, that lovely blend of freezing sideways rain that with wind Yorkshire does so well. So I used that as an excuse to do some baking and sewing (not that I really need an excuse but was considering a walk until the heavens opened).
I used a recipe from the BBC Food site for my gluten-free muffins, you can find it here and adapted it to a savoury mixture by adding leftover baked sweet potato and cheese.
I have found gluten-free needs more moisture and flavour as the flours (potato, rice and tapioca mainly) do not give much of these. I used the Doves Farm Gluten free self-raising blend.
Before they went into the oven they didn't look very promising but came out nicely – a good crumb as Paul Hollywood (Great British Bake Off) would say and a nice colour. They could have done with a bit more flavour but ok with a bit of butter!
The loaf was an adaptation of the recipe on the back of the Doves Farm gluten-free bread flour, I added orange juice, cranberries and seeds , mainly sunflower and pumpkin my favourites :-).
Straight out of the oven it was very good, though the loaf weighs a lot and could prove a handy weapon if needed the warm slice was lovely. Later on when cold it was a bit dense and again could do with a bit more flavour but will be ok toasted.
I forgot to tell you yesterday about some very good books I have been reading, the Cobbled Court novels by Marie Bostwick.
They are a set of quilt themed novels (as in they are about a woman who owns a quilt shop) so quilting is mentioned and there are related free patterns on the author's website. They are brilliant and I really enjoyed reading them and can't wait to get the last couple I haven't read, the one below will be released in April.
I have put myself on a strict monthly diet in terms of my Amazon books orders and have already had my quota for Jan. It doesn't help being registered so all that lovely stuff is just a few clicks away :-)
I do try and buy secondhand and from the charity suppliers when I can so I don't feel so guilty. And I do pass them on, Mum and her friends are really enjoying the Cobble Court ones I left in Spain.
Well back to making curtains now and I have a padded arming jack to start making this afternoon. Have a lovely rest of the weekend and thanks for visiting.
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Well I am having a lovely autumn here, am not going to be going to China anytime soon now so I am making the most of the season in the UK with some more lovely walks, practising being a domestic goddess and still more bunny knitting :-)
Have been busy baking cakes and crumbles, cooking stews and soups and have just taken possession of a new cookbook, Paul Hollywood's Bread – inspired by watching The Great British Bake Off. Today I made some delicious Stilton and bacon rolls from this recipe and have lots more great ideas for the coming weeks.
You will notice I also have a pumpkin all ready for the now obligatory pumpkin soup with melting cheese - yum, yum.
I have just sent off another bunny, this one is a very special one as it is a present for one of my daughter's very good friends.
Ellie is being a bridesmaid this weekend for her school friend Charlotte and the bunny is a present for Charlotte's daughter Elizabeth. I was asked to make the dress in the same colours as the bridesmaids will be wearing and added a little hairband as well.
Here are some photos of a beautiful cottage garden from a walk on the hills above my house a couple of weeks ago. There were some donkeys in the field next to the house as well, looking very cute.
Also went to my favourite reservoir, they have partly drained it as they are doing some work so went right down to the water.
It is the Marsden Jazz Festival this coming weekend so I will be manning the Box Office all weekend. Looking forward to it and hoping for very good weather, we have had beautiful sunshine just lately :-)
Hope you have a lovely weekend whatever you are doing and thanks for visiting.
Hello everyone and I hope you in the UK have been enjoying all this beautiful sunshine we have been having!
It has been wonderful here and we have been really enjoying ourselves. This also bodes very well for our favourite event of the re-enactment year as this coming weekend it is the Tewkesbury Medieval Festival and I am beyond excited :-)
You may remember that last year the event nearly got called off do to the site flooding and it was a mud fest to say the least but this year we are looking forward to lovely sunshine just like the old days.
Do come and visit if you can – it is the 30th anniversary of the event this year and is a brilliant day out, free entry as well though please donate as much as you can to our bucket collectors as it costs a lot to put the event on and we want it to continue! The town and Abbey are also fantastic to wander round and if it is hot there is the river to paddle in.
I have been making lots of kit for friends and have been busy finishing it off in time which is why I have been practising making holes. If you want more info on medieval men's kit then go to my page which details what everything is called.
I am not very good at this part of the kit making process (my lovely friend Kerry is a dab hand at it and her dresses have beautiful lacing holes down the back). I have usually cheated with using ribbon loops on my dresses but wanted to make a shirt with a laced neck and hose with holes to tie them to the brais.
They are not too bad but could be neater.
I will take some photos of the garments on their recipients and post later – Jake has been very kindly trying things on for me as I go along but as he is lots skinnier than my friends they have looked a bit big on him!
So far I have made a shirt, lined hose and slightly different style of brais so it has been good for me to learn new skills.
I have also been practising neatening my seams by stab stitching as I always zigzag raw edges before sewing together to prevent fraying and this makes them a bit neater and means the sleeves can be rolled up if needed.
I am thinking of adding a new page to the making costume bit with more details of these garments as I know I get lots of hits for that so it is on my to do list now that summer is here and work is quieter.
It was my birthday recently and I got some lovely presents, my sister-in-law Amanda who is a very keen cross stitcher made me this beautiful Celtic design scissor keep which came in very handy as the scissors had really fine points for cutting the holes.
She also stitched this birthday card for me – very appropriate!
And from my lovely kids I got this gorgeous book which was a total surprise as it was not from my wish list. Ellie saw it when one of the staff at Hardwick brought it in and thought I would like it and it is brilliant, just my sort of book with lots and lots of detail about techniques and sources.
It is called Sweet Bags by Jacqui Carey.
And look another version of the Layton Jacket that I have posted about previously, this one is a portrait of Lady Dorothy Carey dated 1615 and I had not seen this pic before.
My lovely Mum gave me some money for garden furniture so I have bought a BBQ and last Friday we had our first Marsden barbie – here is Jake enjoying the sun (and a little cider!)
Still got to get a new table and chairs (that is our camping stuff) once I have decided what I want, tempted by a lovely mosaic bistro set but think the table is a bit small.
Well I shall be posting again in a couple of weeks as after Tewkesbury Kerry and I are off on a National Trust fest making the most of our memberships to go and visit some lovely properties, hope the weather holds for that.
Take care and thank you as always for visiting, liking, following and subscribing :-)
Oh the joy of having nothing to do apart from sit and watch movies and stitch!
I was contemplating doing some gardening (which I did not want to do as it was boring lawns) but it being a Bank Holiday weekend it has been pouring down along with thunder and lightning so I have the whole afternoon to do as I please!
I am still working on the hand quilting of the throw, this will be a long job but a very pleasurable one. I decided to hand quilt some of the flower motifs from each of the patterned squares with metallic thread rather than just outlining the squares and it is looking really good.
I am still not very confident with my machine skills for doing any other type of quilting – I look at Crazy Mom Quilts with envy. One of my targets for this winter (in my new craft room!) will be to get better at this.I think I will make some little art quilts for the walls to practise.
My Summer Exchange piece has arrived at last in the USA so I can reveal it to you. This was organised once again through the Seasonal Exchange blog and was sent to Sarah who does not yet have a blog herself.
Strawberries always remind me of summer so I stitched part of an Elizabethan knot garden design from a book I have had for a while, 'Elizabethan Cross Stitch' by Barbara Hammett. It is a beautiful book with loads of lovely designs.
Once again it is stitched with Silk Mill threads. I made it into a pincushion with plain green evenweave for the backing and I have put a little strawberry charm from my stash on the back and a couple of beads from my Xmas ornie making stash on the front in the middle.The strawberries also have seed beads on them.
Am off to see Ellie tomorrow so lots more stitching time on the train – what a lovely life!
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I am building up a collection of antique needlework, some I have got via Ebay, others on my travels (like the Chinese embroidery), partly due to my interest in all forms of historical needlework but also as I feel a need to rescue things sometimes that may have been loved but for many reasons end up discarded.
I have been doing a lot of sorting out and decluttering recently and realised that although I bought this piece a couple of years ago I have never blogged about it.
What made me particularly think about what might have happened in both the creation and the subsequent life of this piece of stitching is that I have been doing lots of reading since teaching ended and I have more time.
I have been reading lots of books by Maureen Lee ,who I mentioned in an earlier post, which are set in wartime Liverpool and I wonder if this was to commemorate something.
I have not tried to take it apart to see if there are any details on the back as it is sealed in the frame. It is needlepoint and all of the canvas is covered in tent stitch in a fine wool. It is a small tray about 14 inches by 8 inches.
I would like to think it was a wedding gift for someone but hope it wasn't to commemorate something less happy. I would like to imagine it being given to the happy couple who hopefully came through the war and were able to be together like my Nana and Grandad and raise a family.
My lovely Nana died this week after a short illness so I am feeling very sad. Thankfully she was able to come to the UK and see everyone for her 100th birthday which was brilliant.
Whenever I see stitching at museums and in historic houses and pieces like this I so want to know what happened, who made the piece and why, what happened to them after that. There is so much of our little history, our ordinary women's history lost because it was never recorded which makes me so sad.
My contribution, however small, is to collect and love and cherish and share these things to honour their makers whoever they may be and whatever happened to them.
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Regular readers may know that my grandmother Evelyn Alice celebrated her 100 th birthday this week so we all gathered for a family celebration last night. My Nana has not been very well and had travelled over from Spain to be here but was determined to make her party to see everyone and get her telegram from the Queen.
Here she is at the start of the party and my cousin Neil (along with Ellie in the background) presenting her with the framed telegram. Apologies that the pic of the actual telegram is not good but you get the gist of it.
My Mum and Aunt had organised a little display of family pictures and mementos so I just thought I would share some of these with you. Ellie absolutely loved this, being a history buff and it was amazing to think of all that Nana has lived through.
She was born 3 months after the sinking of the Titanic in a small Welsh mining village.Her mother, my Nana Polly, was born in the late 1880s and there were some lovely pics of Nana Polly as a young girl in Edwardian dress and Nana as a baby in smocks sitting on her mother's knee.
She has lived through two World Wars, getting married at the start of the Second World War and had two babies during that war, my Mum and Auntie.This is her wedding picture.
My grandfather, Arthur Percival George (who you can see looking very like Eroll Flynn in one of the pics at the top of this poster below) served in North Africa during the war. On this poster are also her ration books and ID card. Grandad died 28 years ago after a long illness caused by his time as a miner.
I have been reading some very good books recently by Maureen Lee set in wartime Liverpool and it really makes you think about life for Nana and her friends during those times. Have also just read an amazing book called White Dove by Rosie Thomas , a brilliant love story about family history set between the wars.
They were a very adventurous couple – early pioneers of travel abroad (must be where I get it from), going to Spain twice a year from the late 1950s even though they were a very ordinary couple, he a factory worker and she a housewife. They never owned a car and I remember my Grandad cycling to work every day in his blue overalls.
She has 5 grandchildren and 8 great-grandchildren , ranging in ages from 21 (Ellie) to 1 month old (Alice Evelyn my cousin's daughter) and who knows may even see her great-great grandchildren.
It is so amazing to think of all the things that our parents and grandparents have seen change and to wonder what life will be like for us in 25 or 50 years.
Happy 100th birthday Nana with all our love xxxx
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Hasn't the time flown? Nearly forgot to do this as the end of the month seems to have come so quickly.Click on the pic above to go to Kathy's blog where you can see all the other lovely pics as well.
Most of these were taken on our recent trip to Lake Como in Italy.
We went on a boat trip across the lake from where we were to a little town called Varenna. We were just wandering up the hill on a little path and came across this villa which is now a museum and this was the view from the terrace – wow!
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I hadn't got the list for this month's hunt before I went so used the computer in the hotel to check. As soon as my Mum and the kids heard this category they said 'red wine' – so here is a pic of the wine we had every evening – even Jake got into drinking it. Though I think I could live without it …. but do love it!
The ferry-boat going in the direction of Bellagio across the lake from our hotel on a very misty first morning.
This had to be one of my (many) door pics – this one from the Duomo Cathedral in Milan – what a door!
While in Milan we visited the Milanese version of Harrods and this was in the Food Hall , designer water . I don't know if you can see the price tag but it says 59 euros – the phrase 'more money than sense' comes to mind!
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From the same store these lovely Pantone mugs – have just bought Jake a couple of the cheap version of these from our local store for his 'bottom drawer' for going to University in Sept.
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Our amazing train journey over the Alps – the Bernina Express train.
The first morning was very dull and misty but that meant there were amazing clouds clinging to the rocks in the village behind the hotel.
Ellie has just bought me this book from my wish list as a pressie for help with her dissertation -she is such a lovely daughter and it did make me smile lots and lots! I love Rick Stein, the series was brilliant and he has a lovely smile as well!
Beautiful wisteria in bloom all along Lake Como.
They would be if you tried to wear them! Miniature chocolate shoes from the Milan store food hall – yours for 35 euros.
The clematis and honeysuckle over my garden arch – just waiting for it all to bloom now.
Well the very busy week at work did not go as planned as I have had an ear infection, not good for workload but this meant that there has much stitching been done and catching up on missed TV. One of the things I have been watching this week is a BBC series called Illuminations – The Private Lives of Medieval Kings which has had me drooling over the art.
You may remember that a while ago I shared with you my latest purchase from my very talented friend Pat of Buckles Medieval Art and I promised to take some more pics if I could. Today we have had really lovely sunshine (which is very good as there was snow last night!) so I have been able to take some nice pics of my other bits of her art.
My first piece from Pat is a triptych – a three section religious painting, in this case of St Andrew and his fisherman.
I also have this beautiful painting hanging above my bed of Archangel Michael. She has painted one of my favourite castles Castle Coch in South Wales in the background. Castle Coch was rebuilt in the 19th century by the Marquis of Bute (who also at one point owned Cardiff Castle) and both buildings have some wonderful recreations of medieval decoration.Well worth a visit if you are in the area.
I also have a facsimile of a medieval bible from the 15th century which I bought as a real bargain some time ago from the Museum Selection (one of my fave catalogues) , here is a peek at one of the wonderful page decorations.
This is one of my favorite books – again another real bargain from Waterstones one day when I was in Leeds. It is available cheaply on Amazon as well at the moment at only £13 which is really good as it is huge book.
It has copies of illustrations from so many wonderful manuscripts including one of my all time favourites the Bedford Hours which was featured in the second episode of the Illuminations series.
I love looking at medieval art, as well as being great for research on costume and artefacts I just marvel at the wonderful richness of it all. I have so many ideas for embroidery designs based on all my lovely books and museum and church visits. All I need now is a few more hours each day to get them all down on paper!
Below is a pic of the finished Snow Poem piece, all I need now is a nice silver frame for it. It is very appropriate that I am able to post this today as Google informed me when I logged on that it was the 125th anniversary of the world's largest snowflake today which was 15 inches across!
Now I am trying to decide on my next piece, maybe another snowflake or I might start one of the Spring Quaker ornies that I mentioned in the last post.
Hope you have all had a lovely week and have a nice week ahead of you. We have Ofsted coming to visit us at work, those of you who work in the education system may well know what that means! Suffice to say that there may be lots of need for stitching for sanity in the next few days!
Take care and see you all soon. Thanks for visiting.
Hello everyone , hope you are all well and happy. I am currently feeling tired but happy after a very busy first week of term, I must be getting old as I was very glad to see Friday :-). I have had a lovely time with my new group of students, they are very lively and I'm sure we will have a great year ahead.
I had a nice relaxing weekend planned and I have been enjoying myself – once again surrounded by textiles. My local branch of the Embroiderers' Guild were having their biennial exhibition on Saturday so after meeting at Lydia's lovely yarn shop Spun for a couple of hours of the WI monthly craft session where I cast on for a new pair of wristwarmers I wended my way to that.( I love that word 'wended' don't you – always sounds like something out of a fairytale!)
I have not been able to attend a meeting this year due to work pressures but it was very lovely to see everyone, eat nice cake and marvel at all the wonderful talent that is in the group. The slideshow below shows just a small selection of the fabulous work there was on display.
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I also bought a couple of books on historical textiles (bargain at £1 each) and added this little piece of needleace to my collection of textile creations.
Today we had the first full planning meeting for our new re-enactment group Swords of Mercia held at the Hardwick Inn, this is a lovely old pub – see pics below, in the grounds of the fantastic Hardwick Hall – once home to my heroine Bess.
Apart from a very nice lunch and a catch up we also organised lots of things about how the group will be run , I am to be secretary, booking us into events and also help with costume making and advice. We have until next year probably before we do our first show but I already have some fettling to do to make new hangings for the display tent we will use for talks.
I have finished the stitching on my Autumn exchange pice (no pics allowed as it is not be posted till 1st Nov) so as well as the wristwarmers I have started on another Xmas stitch – this is a Nordic inspired tree design from the Cross Stitcher mag I treated myself to yesterday.No pics yet as not much stitched.
So a busy week but a very nice one, have had great fun once again and am very much looking forward to the year ahead – both personally and professionally.
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Oh. My. God. Your poor grandma!! I do hope that eventually someone got Uncle Carl back for this.ReplyDelete
THAT was pure gold!
That is hilarious! Love it!ReplyDelete
Love it!
On our wedding night, when I went to give my Grandma a kiss goodbye, she said, "OH! It's your first time!" and gave me a squeeze and a little giggle. Then, as she was saying good night to my husband, she held him tight and, voice quavering, said, "please take care of her".
Glad we had her fooled...
I can't believe you passed it on! I would have taken full advantage of the gift! Then again I am a sex toy consultant and passion party planner so sex toys are nothing but super fun for me and my hubby. Kinda funny how things happened with grandma though! I actually gave my mom a vibrator for Christmas because I felt she was becoming senile. Figured it would help! FYI, she has been much more calm lately. ;)ReplyDelete
I am totally going to do this at my cousin's wedding in May....ReplyDelete
Let me preface this comment by reminding everyone we live in the middle of nowhere, Kansas.
My parents, aunts, uncles, and their friends passed around a goat. Yes. A goat. It would show up in the back seat of the newlyweds' car on the wedding day and live in their back yard until the next wedding. I asked once what happened to the goat after the last wedding. Everyone just looked at each other with big eyes and no one had an answer for me. Hmmmm...
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HA HA HA! I love it! Thanks for the laugh!ReplyDelete
Baaahahaha hilarious.ReplyDelete
I love it! In college, me and some of my friends gave a club sister handcuffs, whipped cream and a sex book for her wedding shower. When I was getting married, my supervisor gave me the Pop-Up Kama Sutra, along with all of the items she thought I would need if we used the book -- IcyHot, an Ace bandage and band-aids. My husband's boss, knowing his love of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and an episode that features Anya in a bunny suit, gave me bunny ears and a g-string with a cotton tail on it.ReplyDelete
hahhaha this was awesome!!!! Poor Grandma :( Hope you all explained it to her gently! and haha yea this was a good one! way to go Carl!ReplyDelete
After my Meemaw met my soon to be husband, she kept going on and on about how hot he was. Then, 3 weeks later for my birthday, I receive a package in the mail from her. It is a white bra and thong set TRIMMED in FUR. Still wrapped in the Walmart bag with the tags on it.....ReplyDelete
I wish my in-laws were more willing to accept a good joke because I would LOVE to do something like this!ReplyDelete
I have a friend who got kicked out of a sex shop because she brought her baby with her. She was buying a bachelorette party gift, and it never occurred to her that her infant would fall within the "under 18" guidelines.
For our wedding my new mother-in-law gave me a "secret bag" to open on our honeymoon. Imagine my surprise when I opened it to find steamy lingerie - drenched in HER favorite perfume. This is wrong on so many levels I haven't quite recovered yet. Needless to say, we kept it balled up in the trunk of the car until it could be washed - again...and again.
Thanks for the laugh Jenn, I sure needed it today.
I love your family!ReplyDelete
Seriously, I have an Uncle Carl, but swear he doesn't have the sense of humor for something like that, but his brother John on the other hand, lol!! Your family cracks me up and thanks for sharing this!!ReplyDelete
That's great! It reminds me of the Christmas presents my grandmother got Hubby and me the Christmas before we were married - anatomically correct his and hers toothbrushes. Take a minute, read it again and yes, that's what she gave us. SHE gave us. (She's also the grandmother who left me her light-up heels and light-up earrings when she passed.)
I have more stories . . . ;-)
So I was at the DMV when I read this. And I was laughing out loud at the thought of a grandmother giving a sex kit as a wedding gift. I got a lot of strange looks. Because let's face it. No one is laughing at the DMV.
I'm also feeling a little worried about the discount stores where you live if one if these kits could be found in the sale bin. Note to self: Do NOT visit the Big Lots if we ever visit Kansas.
Oh my gosh, this is too funny! My grandma was actually the one who bought me lingerie at my bridal shower. She was very conservative (what happens behind closed doors stays there), but she was also a big fan of a *happy* marriage. :DReplyDelete
This is hysterical! I can safely be assured that my grandparents/parent's-in-law aren't going to do this, but my friends? Can't trust 'em.ReplyDelete
Go Uncle Carl! At my wedding reception my husband's grandmother, who I had never met before, gave me a special gift. It contained 20 dollars in quarters (to call my mother when things got rough...can you tell I've been married a while?), and a box that was labeled 'something you'll be getting a lot of'. I opened it: it was filled with manure. Yep, good ole horse manure. His grandparents were dying of laughter and I wish someone would have gotten a picture of my face, cause I'm pretty sure it was priceless.ReplyDelete
That is hilarious!
Neither my grandma or uncle gave us a gift like that but my grandma did give us so pretty solid advice. As everyone stood in a circle around us giving us words of wisdom my grandma said "Never go to bed angry, but if you do make up before morning." The entire room burst out laughing and grandma's face turned several shades of red!
This is awesome! My focus is on Joni. I need her to replace a few of my facebook friends, please. Some of my people get uptight when I share an ecard with the word 'hell' or 'damn', I can not even think of sharing anything with 'fuck'....damnit. If a vibrator discussion showed up I think there would be some deaths among my facebook friends. So yeah, I need her!
My MIL gave me lingerie, fairly conservitive - appropriate. It was not weird, like your thing. LOL! Devan
This made me RAWR! Hilarious. I love Joni.ReplyDelete
I'm dying over here - that's SO wrong, and you'd better believe I'm doing that to someone the next chance I get.ReplyDelete
Soo funny. I'm so giving that as a gift when I'm a grandma and no one will ever suspect me. hahahhaReplyDelete
I want to party with Uncle Carl, I'm just saying.ReplyDelete
That's hilarious. I once got pick underwear that said Playboy and had the playboy bunny logo on them from my grandma. For reals.ReplyDelete
For a wedding gift? That beats a vacuum cleaner every day, all day long.ReplyDelete


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The shortcut menu, also known as the right-click menu, appears when you right-click a selection, a toolbar, or a taskbar button, for example. It lists commands that pertain only to that screen region or selection. For example, if you're typing text in Word and you right-click, you get a shortcut menu like the one in the illustration, with commands that are related to that activity: Copy, Paste, Font, and so on.
Read on to learn more about why you'd want to change the shortcut menu, and then click the Next button to continue the lesson on your own.
If you insert a lot of pictures in your text, for example, it would be very convenient to have the Insert Picture command available from the textual shortcut menus. To insert a picture, you would just have to right-click instead of using either the Insert menu or the Pictures toolbar. You can also open the shortcut menu by pressing SHIFT+F10.
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Australian actor Chris Hemsworth (R) poses with fans in Playa de Santiago, on the Spanish Canary island of La Gomera on November 23, 2013, during the shooting of the film 'In the Heart of the Sea' by US director Ron Howard. With its outrigger canoes and sailing whaler anchored off the coast, a Hollywood blockbuster started shooting more than three months ago in the small port of Playa de Santiago, where the few bars and restaurants are now always full thanks to the production. A godsend, welcomed in this region of Spain battered by the crisis and an unemployment rate reaching 35.1%.
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My main research interest is computational complexity, where the aim is to discover which computational problems are feasible, which are inherently infeasible, and why. It is known that if P and NP are different then there is an infinite hierarchy of different complexity classes which lie strictly between them. Thus, even if it is proved that P and NP are different, there will be problems in NP whose complexity is difficult to pin down because they are neither in P nor NP-complete. Fortunately, there are wide classes of NP, such as classes of constraint satisfaction problems, which are rich enough to include important problems arising in applications, but which are sufficiently well-structured that dichotomy theorems are possible - within these wide classes, it can be shown that every problem is either in P, or is NP-complete.
I am particularly interested in dichotomies arising in computational counting. Computational counting problems involve the computation of weighted sums. They arise in practical applications from diverse fields including statistics, statistical physics, information theory, coding, and machine learning.
Efficient algorithms for approximate counting often rely on the Markov Chain Monte Carlo method. These algorithms are based on simulations of Markov chains, and a key research question is how long the Markov chains must be simulated in order to achieve a distribution which is close to the stationary distribution of the chain. In general, I am interested in convergence rates of stochastic processes, and in algorithmic questions related to the generation of random samples, as well as in algorithmic questions related to counting.
I am a Professor of Computer Science at Oxford University and a Senior Research Fellow at St Edmund Hall.
I grew up in Los Alamos, New Mexico (friends from there know me as "Leslie Henderson"). From 1983-1987 I was a student at Rice University in Houston, Texas. From 1987-1992 I was a student at the University of Edinburgh, in Scotland. From 1992-1995 I worked in the Algorithms and Discrete Math Department at Sandia Labs in New Mexico. From 1995-2006 I worked at the University of Warwick, in Coventry. From 2006-2013 I worked at the University of Liverpool.
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Audubon, Pa.— December 4, 2014—RSI Content Solutions, a publishing automation and content management solutions provider to the publishing industry, is pleased to announce that it has been named to the 2014 EContent 100 list of companies that matter most in the digital content industry for the fourth year in a row. Selection of the companies for the EContent 100 list falls to a team of judges including editors from Information Today, Inc., EContent magazine contributing editors, and other industry experts. Additional companies on the list include Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google, LinkedIn, O'Reilly Media, and others.
"This year we had three new judges and lots of new companies to consider. We also included a new category: Big Data. These days, data is the driving force behind almost everything on the web. From the targeted ads you see while surfing your favorite sites, to the articles and videos that those sites serve up to you, data is behind it all. Congratulations to all of the companies on this year's EContent 100 List and kudos on all they contribute to the digital content industry." - Theresa Cramer, Editor- EContent Magazine
RSI Content Solutions' flagship product, RSuite CMS, is the leading publishing automation solution for publishers of any size to manage their full lifecycle of content. RSuite is trusted by leading publishers worldwide including Audible (an Amazon company), Oxford University Press, LexisNexis, HarperCollins Publishers, Macmillan Science and Education and many more.
"Our team is thrilled to have been named to the EContent 100 for the fourth year in a row," stated Barry Bealer, CEO/Co-founder, RSI Content Solutions. "We strive to build and deploy cost effective publishing automation solutions that help our publishing clients realize their multi-channel publishing goals."
To learn more about RSI Content Solutions and RSuite CMS, please visit www.rsuitecms.com.
About RSI Content Solutions
Since 2000, RSI Content Solutions has helped companies automate their publishing process by implementing cost effective and scalable content management solutions. With a global publishing client base, RSI Content Solutions flagship product, RSuite CMS, has helped STM publishers, education publishers, trade publishers, government organizations, and non-profits transform their publishing organizations to meet their multi-channel publishing goals. For more information, please visit www.rsuitecms.com.
Today, October 21st, between 12:30 PM -1 PM EDT, Barry Bealer, President/CEO of RSI Content Solutions, will be taking a virtual stage at the NISO Two-Day Virtual Conference, sponsored by none other than RSuite client, SAGE Publications.
Barry's presentation, 'Trends in Publishing Automation' will be about publishers and how they have traditionally focused on the development of content along product lines. Barry will speak about how today, publishers are moving towards a product agnostic production focus that requires automation to meet time to market demands. He will then review the current trends in automation technology within a publishing organization.
For more information or to register, please visit NISO's event page.
Philadelphia, PA — October 7, 2014 — RSuite CMS, the leading multi-channel Content Management System for the publishing and media industry, has been selected by the World Bank. The World Bank's publishing program consists of books, serial publications, technical papers, and multilingual content. They needed a secure central repository that could manage each aspect of their publishing process while also synchronizing metadata with third-party systems. A major goal is to update metadata once and synchronize it across systems automatically.
"As you can imagine, organizations such as the World Bank require significant security to operate their systems," stated Michael Fishkow, Senior Project Manager at RSI Content Solutions. "Meeting the high-level security requirements with RSuite is a feather in our cap."
"After selecting RSuite in a competitive process, we look forward to the support it will provide as we move into a faster-paced and XML-early workflow," stated Stacey Frank, Publishing Technology Officer, the World Bank. "The ability to manage production and delivery of our content components, with a tool that will be updated regularly, is a key part of our future plans."
RSI Content Solutions accelerates publishers' revenue and profit growth through better content management. Since 2000, RSI Content Solutions has provided publishers, media companies, and technical publishers with award-winning software solutions that transform their businesses to provide clients with the ability to delivery content in any format, to any channel, at any time. RSI Content Solutions products include RSuite CMS—a content management system for publishers and DocZone DITA—a SaaS XML component content management system for technical publishers. For more information, please visit www.rsuitecms.com.
About the World Bank Group
Since inception in 1944, the World Bank has expanded from a single institution to a closely associated group of five development institutions. The mission evolved from the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) facilitating post-war reconstruction and development to the present-day mandate of worldwide poverty alleviation in close coordination with its affiliate, the International Development Association, and other members of the World Bank Group: the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the Multilateral Guarantee Agency (MIGA), and the International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID). For more information, please visit www.worldbank.org.
Diane Burley, Chief Content Strategist at MarkLogic explains how RSuite CMS has improved productivity and reuse by ease of search across their sales and marketing departments. MarkLogic also sees RSuite being used as a central repository, not only for sales and marketing, but expanding throughout the company. As RSuite is completely rolled out, they plan to see consistent new uses.
Over the years we have worked with hundreds of publishers spanning many industry verticals. Some publishers do everything in-house, some outsource pretty much everything. The question for me is what is the definition of a publisher these days? Is it an organization that does everything from soup to nuts in the entire publishing process or is it a publisher that outsources as much as possible and only worries about brand management?
According to Oxford English Dictionary (OED) published by our RSuite CMS client Oxford University Press, the definition of a publisher and brand manager are:
Publisher - A person or company whose business is the preparation and issuing of printed or documentary material for distribution or sale, acting as the agent of an author or owner; a person or company that arranges the printing or manufacture of such items and their distribution to booksellers or the public
Brand Manager - the supervision of the promotion of a particular brand of goods
So, do these definitions define today's environment? Let's look at two examples:
We do everything publisher
We have worked with some publishers who like to control everything about the publishing process right down to printing and binding their publications onsite. These types of publishers are few and far between these days, but they do still exist. I can certainly understand the desire to own the entire publishing process since I am sure the company is a traditional publisher, have employed many of the people for 20 plus years, and have honed the process to be very efficient. The questions are, can outsourcing a specific piece of the publishing process drive better profits or maybe adding some key automation tools (i.e., RSuite CMS) help deliver more and higher quality content? The "we do everything publisher" is generally a niche publisher (e.g., safety information) and has not had too many competitors in their space to drive change. However, as with everything in publishing, the digital age requires publishing to deliver in multiple formats and print no longer can support the company growth. Therefore the call to automate as much of the process to really drive multi-channel publishing will continue to grow and require change along the way. What these types of publishers need to realize is that change is not a bad thing and frankly, change is inevitable. Selective automation is better than no automation.
We outsource everything publisher
Several years ago I had a rather heated conversation with an executive at a global publisher. I asked her what exactly they do in-house anymore since it seemed like all they wanted to do was to outsource the entire publishing process and enjoyed beating up their vendors to hit their quality standards and profit targets. First, I'm sure the offshore vendor deserved some of the beating up. Second, I'm sure some of blame was due to poor input from the publishers. In other words, there was blame on both sides, but the fact was that this global publisher became nothing more than a brand manager in my opinion. Other than the acquisition team, everything else was outsourced (mainly offshore). Is this the face of publishing today? I suppose that companies who are attempting to drive profitability as much as possible feel that outsourcing everything is the best alternative. Long gone are the days when the art and craft of publishing required a solid team who were dedicated to the higher cause of publishing. It's about brand management and its about profits in this scenario.
We selectively outsource publisher
Now I am sure there are publishers that fall in between these two examples where they do a lot in-house and selectively outsource production processes. If I had to guess, I think that is where most publishers fall today. The question that still remains is which direction is the industry headed? Will publishers become so highly outsourced in their production process that they only manage their brands or will they want to continue to control every step along the way? My guess would be that most publishers are going to continue to move towards the brand manager model and outsource and automate as much as possible to drive profits because of the pressure of replacing print with digital revenue. Unfortunately that is not a dollar for dollar replacement and publishers will be forced to do something in a very short period of time or begin a slow decline until they go out of business.
When publishers look to automate their publishing process, I hope they take some time to look at the amazing results our RSuite CMS publishing clients have achieved by implementing our software. When we set out to build a better publishing automation tool, we never envisioned our clients enjoying a 50% reduction is production time, 30% increase in website traffic due to better metadata management, or 100% content processing automation. These numbers are staggering but real and we are proud of how much we have helped our clients drive revenue and profitability within their organizations.
Steven Calderwood, Director, Content Engineering and Digital Delivery at Human Kinetics explains how RSuite CMS allowed his organization to see immediate ROI by enabling in-house journal production. They've also gained a huge increase in quality control for their ebook process and can now meet ebook standards without involving third party vendors.
In this video, Mike McGinniss, SVP of Digital Technology Services of HarperCollins Publishers, explains how RSuite is a new way of thinking for their company. HarperCollins is transforming their publishing processes across multiple business units and RSuite is playing a major role to meet the new vision.
The rapid shifts in publishing over the last few decades has lead most publishers to realize that the tried-and-true processes that served them well in the twentieth century may be hindering their ability to respond to the demands of twenty-first century publishing. Oftentimes part of the solution is a revision to the tools and technologies used to publish content. Technologies and tools can serve to catalyze and support needed change in an organization, but they cannot guarantee a successful outcome.
It is tempting to look at successful peers for leadership when looking for effective revisions to your publishing workflow. After all, if a set of technologies and tools enables others to succeed, wouldn't the same approach succeed in any similar organization? Apparently the answer is "no" based on the number of failed attempts to address digital publishing requirements. Never forget that the success you see elsewhere is not just fueled by tools and technologies. There's a lot of work involved in the transition as well.
It is tempting to blame the technology or tools when a transition begins to go badly. But remember, you cannot expect success with today's tools to succeed if you apply legacy techniques when using them. The tools of an 18th century blacksmith couldn't expect to compete with those of the industrial age. By the same token, modern tools cannot hope to achieve their promise with the techniques of the blacksmith. Modernization is doomed unless the blacksmith also changes. It is easy to blame the tools and technologies when transitions fail. Doing so, however, will only return you to your past - and a slow decline as more adaptable organizaeetions overtake you.
Change is often a slog rather than a glorious revolution. Never forget that it takes real effort to support a transition. Any transition will be accompanied by resistance and temptation to return to the past. Don't forget to prepare for the effort needed to move your organization after the tools are deployed.
Think about likely objections in advance. Be ready to address the real problem that lies behind the objections. Here are a few common examples when moving from traditional to digitally-oriented processes:
This explanation is often heard when those using the new tools or technologies have not had the time and/or training to understand the new environment. It is a challenge to continue production while migrating to a new environment. Unless those participating are properly prepared for the additional effort and given the appropriate resources, there is a good chance the transition will not succeed.
Provide training and resources to the staff as well as a knowledgeable champion who can serve to help facilitate a transition. When identifying such a person don't assume they will be the masters of your current systems. After all, masters of the artisanal processes may not be the right fit for transitioning to a modern machine shop. The current masters are no doubt critical to the future of the organization, but if they are firmly rooted in the current approach they may be slow to adopt new approaches. Sometimes, turning to external sources for these examples can work. Consultants or contractors can sometimes ease the transition. Don't forget to look for mentors in similar organizations who have made a similar transition.
Often publishing professionals assume that the standards of the 20th century are fully applicable in the 21st century. Remember, prior to the rise of sites like Google with is sparse design and interface web sites were highly designed. While pretty under carefully controlled conditions, as browsers evolved it became costly to maintain high-design sites. Today the web is dominated by utilitarian design and interfaces.
Consider whether your consumer will notice or care about any formatting issue requiring additional programming or effort. Oftentimes formatting issues that seem critical to a professional go completely unnoticed by the consumer. In many cases faster, accurate delivery trumps artisanal design for consumers.
Transitioning to a digital-oriented publishing strategy is challenging. It is easy to find reasons to abandon new systems in favor of the old. But remember change is inevitable if you hope to adapt to and deliver digital content efficiently. The benefits available to publishers today can only be realized if you succeed at working your way out of your legacy approach.
In this brief video, Keith Lawrenz, Sr Business Analyst & Content Systems Supervisor at SAGE Publications, explains why RSuite CMS is a great fit for publishers and how RSuite CMS has enabled SAGE to control their content. You'll hear how SAGE had tens of thousands of zip files that they couldn't begin to look at until RSuite CMS was implemented. Now, they're able to search and discover their content within RSuite.
Interested in seeing how RSuite CMS can manage your organization's content?
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Abercrombie Sales Rise Less Than Forecast
NEW ALBANY, Ohio ( TheStreet) -- Abercrombie & Fitch (ANF) said comparable-store sales in March rose 5%, while total net sales of $275.4 million were an increase of 19% from a year earlier.
Analysts surveyed by Thomson Reuters forecast same-store sales to rise 6.6% in March.
Abercrombie & Fitch said Thursday that total company direct-to-consumer net merchandise sales increased 45% to $27.9 million. Total international net sales, including direct-to-consumer net sales, increased 112% to $45.8 million.
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