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I love the texture I love,love this scarf is one of my favorites, I soft and long enough to wrap it around your neck and stay warm. Thank you so much is a excellent product . December 31, 2014
beautiful great quality/color. Bought it on sale which makes it even better. December 30, 2014
Gorgeous! VERY generous size, washes well and SO soft! Definitely recommend! December 29, 2014
Perfect! Very Beautiful and versatile ! It is exactly what I wanted! December 13, 2014
Great find! I ordered this shawl as a gift for a group of people attending a meeting. I had low expectations because the cost is so low but I was pleasantly surprised. I would definitely order it again and I wouldn't mind having it in other colors as well. Color is exactly as shown. December 5, 2014
My favorite accessory by far! I love, love, love this pashmina. I have it in 4 colors. Its very soft and feels comfortable around my neck. I loved it so much I bought one for my daughters, my mom and my best friend! I look forward to buying it in more colors! February 18, 2014
Purchased as Gifts I bought 4 of these as gifts for my bridesmaids in my wedding. I already have 2 and love them. I hope they love theirs! February 11, 2014
Decadently soft I'll admit, I'm a big fan of shawls, pashminas, wraps, and scarves in general. But this one is exceptionally soft. It's warm enough to keep the draft away and perfect for layering. The color has a bit of shimmer. I also got this in a lovely blue. Very glad I treated myself to these. January 25, 2014


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Apple friending FaceBook for iPhone OS 4?
Rumor has it Apple could be increasing their Facebook integration for iPhone OS 4, perhaps to include contact sync and messaging support for end users and Facebook Connect for developers.
Apple's relationship with social networks has been tentative at best, with Mac OS X 10.6 and iPhoto 09 offering rudimentary integration for things like photo tags. The Facebook app on the iPhone has done some contact syncing (initially with funny to off-putting results), but nothing thus far as hinted at Palm webOS or Microsoft Kin level integration.
Business Insider cites only a "source", and coming as it does with Facebook once again in the eye of the user-privacy storm, it's sure to be met with mixed reaction. Here's why it might just happen:
Some 34.2 million people were "active users" of the Facebook iPhone app in the last month, according to Facebook. That's about a little more than a third of all the iPhone OS devices -- iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad -- out there. And it's almost 10% of Facebook's 400 million users.
It's one of the rare instances where Apple is way behind the consumer curve. They don't "get" social media (perhaps their hyper-secretive corporate culture doesn't allow them to) but they're slowly and painfully realizing that if they don't do something, they lose an element of user tie-in, and Apple certainly "gets" user tie-in.
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Apple friending FaceBook for iPhone OS 4?
This is the last thing I want--Facebook to have access (or sync) with any of my personal contacts on the iphone. Facebook has serious issues with privacy and I would hope that Apple doesn't put its users at risk.
I don't not want auto integration just like FBs shady "auto personalization" I can add photos to my contacts manually. I'm not that lazy that I need FB to do everything for me. The more we let them do for us the more they take from us.
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Yes, you are.
I'm not sure that I buy this. As we all know, Apple is notorious for tying things down to their way of doing business. They hold up the "complete user experience" as being most important, even to a fault. With the questionable way that Facebook handles privacy, I can't see Apple wanting to tie themselves into Facebook until Facebook addresses those problems. Otherwise, it could leave Apple open to liability. That's not something Apple would take on, IMO.
Ugh. No, no, a thousand times no. Facebook is the one company whose privacy policies make Google look like Thoreau on the pond.
From http://www.digitaljournal.com/blog/6766
- Facebook's Privacy Policy is longer than the United States Constitution
- To manage your privacy on Facebook, you will need to navigate through 50 settings with more than 170 options.
Add to that the fact that Facebook turns on features with the least privacy, and forces you to opt out, not to mention Zuckerberg's history of screwing over friends, partners, and users, see http://tinyurl.com/36m6yfr
and http://bit.ly/bmRip3 ), and you have the closest recipe for evil in a tech company we have seen to date.
Keep that off my iPhone, please.
i've just disabled my facebook account .. would be uncomfortable about facebook having access when I look at how my privacy settings are chosen for me !!!
Figures, just as facebook begins upsetting people with their ridiculous privacy policy, this happens. Well, if its a another default app that cant be deleted, Into the Junk Folder it goes!
Myspace entire design is better than that ugly arse fb. But hey these r apple freaks here they can't even customize their phones so more than likely they don't like the idea of cusyomizing their blah fb pages
Not sure about this move by Apple. FB has serious problems. Too many security holes. For a test, make a fake account. Delete it. If you search the name two years later, it will be there with no activity, but your profile never goes away. FB really needs changes. There are virus problems also by hackers on FB. You may not get the virus on the iPhone, but I think it can be a carrier, and pass it to your computer via USB sync. I may be wrong. On the good side, may be Apple can cause proper changes in FB.
Three letters and two punctuation marks: 3.3.1
Since Apple is so concerned about being screwed by depending on third parties I'm going to go with a "might put it there but in a totally non-essential way". I don't really think Apple will trust Facebook enough to not screw them over with changes or privacy nonsense. Think about it this way as well, if Apple feels the need to have social networking, and ties itself to Facebook on the OS level then Facebook is the one in the top negotiating position, even to the level of dictating OS design and maybe even carrier relationships. Not saying they would, but they would potentially be powerful enough that they could,
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In the past couple of days we have seen some major changes in the content that we can get via Overdrive, our ebook and audiobook vendor. For quite a long time, we have been unable to offer ebooks by publishing house Penguin. As of yesterday, we now can acquire books from the Penguin catalog.
Just today came a second announcement, one that will be of particular interest to Kindle owners. For our existing Penguin books, Kindle owners could only download them via the USB cable. I will spare you the reasons why Penguin required this, but suffice to say, Overdrive and Penguin apparently have made up. So, in addition to the previous announcement, Overdrive has said that Penguin titles can be downloaded via wifi.
With the return of Penguin, we will be able to offer new releases by Lee Child, Tom Clancy, Nora Roberts, Charlaine Harris, Ken Follett, Khaled Hosseini, Maya Banks, Harlen Coben,and others.
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Yaeger's Farm Market
Farm products available for purchase include plants, fresh fruits and vegetables, plus a wide variety of Amish jams and jellies. A pumpkin patch and corn maze are featured in the fall.
Varvil Orchard
This orchard offers in-season peaches, apples, pears and pumpkins.
Urbana's Market at the Square
Join thousands of residents and visitors during Market season and connect with growers at Urbana's Market at the Square. Choose locally-raised foods and treasure-hunt among the art and craft vendor booths. Gather information about local non-profits, schools and other community groups on our Community Row. Catch up with friends, take in a set from local performers, and enjoy the public square atmosphere the Market has to offer. Saturday morning at Urbana's Market at the Square is one of our city's signature institutions. It's a great way to kick off your weekend! Open May through November.
Shawnee Hills Wine Trail
The Shawnee Hills Wine Trail features 12 award-winning wineries located along a 25-mile scenic drive along highway 127 and highway 51 in the Shawnee National Forest. Along the way have a picnic, go on a hike, visit a shop, and stay in a cozy B&B or cabin. Many of the wineries host special events throughout the summer and fall.
Rendleman Orchards Farm Market
Tree ripened peaches & nectarines from July - August, and apples from September - December. This farm market is open 7 days a week with seasonal produce, preserves, pickles and other specialty food items and gifts.
CITY:Alto Pass
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Ram Restaurant & Brewery
We offer a cozy setting for dining, an impressive bar, as well as our own selection of delicious micro-brews made on-site. Our restaurant features a huge variety of menu choices. Banquet rooms available.
Prairie Fruits Farm
Prairie Fruit farms is a farm-to-table experience located in Champaign, IL that celebrates eating locally and sustainably. Working with Culinary Institute of America trained chefs they create multi-course meals using only the freshest local ingredients. Many of the vegetables and fruits come from the farm, as well as the milk, eggs and cheeses. You can even take farm tours and learn how they harvest the crops and milk their large herd of sheep for the creation of cheeses and milk. Perfect for kids of all ages.
Owl Creek Vineyard and Winery
Producing world-class wines made from Southern Illinois grapes, Owl Creek is located near beautiful Giant City State Park, country bed and breakfasts, and antique shops. Wine by the glass may be enjoyed on the deck, or in the picnic area surrounded by the vineyard.
Orlandini Vineyards
Orlandini Vineyard began its roots in 1988 when their first vines were planted. Over two decades later the grapes are still flourishing. Orlandini Vineyard is located on one of southern Illinois' highest ridge tops, deep in the heart of the Shawnee Hills A.V.A. After years of practice and experimentation in wine making, Orlandini Vineyard began releasing wines to the the public in 2001. Novices and connoisseurs have been enjoying our hand tended vintages ever since.
Orchard View Winery
Taste the tradition of over 100 years of quality grown fruit from the Mazanek family orchards. Even connoisseurs will appreciate a glass of John James, a delightful semi-sweet blend of Golden Delicious and Jonathan apples aged in American oak.
Orangeville Farmers Market
Enjoy fresh produce, fresh baked goods, crafts and more provided by local farmers. Open: 8 am - Noon. First Saturday in July through Second Saturday in October.
Obed & Isaacs Microbrewery and Eatery
It all about the freshest and best in local beer, great food and top service. Featuring a diverse and eclectic menu and locally crafted beer, located near the Lincoln Home National Historic Site.
Moon Dog Farm & Vineyard
This farm offers fine Illinois wine-making grapes, organic vegetables and a small selection of fruits.
CITY:Creal Springs
Monte Alegre Vineyard & Cellars
Monte Alegre is the first vineyard and winery within the Southern Illinois city of Carbondale. Come stroll down Ponce Wine Trail and taste the wines grown in this beautiful region of the heartland. Offering spectacular vineyard views and prime red and white wines that have made Southern Illinois a favorite tourist destination for wine lovers and their families throughout the Midwest. Southern Illinois residents and tourists alike flock to this wine trail to get immersed in the beauty of growing, bottling, and degustating wine. Monte Alegre Vineyard and Ponce Cellars form the perfect stop in Southern Illinois for learning how to cultivate grapes for white and red wine, touring the wine cellars, degustating wines. Come visit the Ponce Wine Trail and Monte Alegre Vineyard and Cellars in Carbondale, Southern Illinois!
Mickey Finn's Brewery
Mickey Finn's Brewery is a landmark casual social gathering place famous for handcrafted beer. Since opening in 1993 as Lake County's first brewpub, Mickey Finn's has won a trophy case full of national and international awards for their beer. The menu offers a variety of items including burgers, pizza, fish n' chips, and buffalo wings. Also enjoy seasonal outdoor dining, a huge banquet facility, carry-out food and beer, live entertainment on weekends and a diverse clientele.
Massbach Ridge Winery
Sample award-winning, estate-grown wine while enjoying the breathtaking Jo Daviess County hills. Open daily, 11 a.m.-5 p.m., year round.
Mackinaw Valley Vineyard
Experience a bit of Napa Valley in Central Illinois. Visit the winery, tasting room and gift shop. Enjoy the panoramic view available for weddings, receptions and meetings.
Lyn-Nita Vineyards
Lyn-Nita Vineyards was established in 2010 with the planting of three acres of vineyards. The Wine Cellar was opened in November 2010 and features wines from Illinois grown grapes. Local wines produced and sold.
Lynfred Winery & Tasting Room
Welcome to Lynfred Winery Wheeling, a satellite location for Illinois' oldest and largest, continually-operating winery. Since 1979, Lynfred Winery has been offering guests with great wine, food and lodging. We offer wine tastings, flights, and bottles every day of the week. We have received numerous awards for our wine, and we have countless events that go on throughout the year at the winery. We also have a variety of gift and gourmet food items.
llinois River Wine Trail
Located two hours south of Chicagoland, this central Illinois wine trail features wineries dotted along the Illinois River Road Scenic Byway.
Lincoln's Farmer's Market
This open-air market provides a great opportunity to buy local produce, baked goods, flowers and more. The market runs from May 1 to the end of October on Saturdays and Wednesdays at Scully Park Downtown Lincoln.
Lincoln Heritage Winery
Offers complimentary tastings of hand crafted wines and frequently offers special wine recipes to sample as well. Gourmet cheeses, salamis and crackers are available for purchase and you are invited to bring a picnic basket filled with your own goodies. There are a small selection of other beverages on hand.
Lau-Nae Winery
This family-owned winery offers fruit wines and a shop selling homemade quilts, crafts and gifts.
CITY:Red Bud
Lasata Winery
Lasata is a Native American word for "place of peace," and this winery's atmosphere lives up to the name. A variety of wines from blush and sweet to white or dry are created here and offered for tasting. Assorted cheese and other goodies are available, so bring your significant other and friends.
Lake Hill Winery
Lake Hill Winery was built, not only to be a winery, but to be a gathering place and have the ability to hold a wide variety of functions. Besides the wine production, there is a tasting room bar, a small gift shop, and two banquet rooms. The first is the barrel room, which holds 100 people. This room is typically booked for smaller events such as reunions, rehearsal dinners, showers, company parties, birthday parties, etc. The other banquet room is the main hall. With two levels, capacity for over 400 people, a 160" TV/projector, and two bars, this room is capable of accommodating almost any event.
Kickapoo Creek Winery
A full-service winery with a tasting room and gift shop. We invite you to walk the grounds and visit the vineyard. Located just minutes from I-74 at the Kickapoo-Edwards exit.
Illinois River Winery
Come tour the winery, visit the tasting room and outdoor wine garden, featuring award-winning wines made in the Illinois River Valley. Open everyday!
Huron Farm Market
This multi-seasonal shop offers a garden center in the spring, a summer produce market, and fall and Halloween items in the autumn. From April thru October, also enjoy a flea market every Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
Hopewell Winery
Hopewell Winery opened its doors in 2007 in Pike County. The winery sits on an acre yard and has a banquet hall. Hosting corporate events, weddings, and other private events. At Hopewell Winery, we boast wine, draft beer and bottled beer and make sure to try our Candy Bar Chocolate Wine. Open weekends and located a half mile outside of Summer Hill, IL on Hwy 54 near Pittsfield, IL.
Homestead Orchard
This u-pick orchard features 14 varieties of apples, plus rhubarb and raspberries. The Homestead's store is located in a century-old horse barn, stocked with homemade honey, candles, dried flowers, dried apple chips and more.
Hill Prairie Winery
Hill Prairie Winery is a great place to relax, enjoy some great wines and reunite with nature in the rolling vineyard. Bring your friends to take in live entertainment each weekend as we are open all year. We offer over 15 award winning wines (along with beer and soft drinks) by the glass or the bottle. Enjoy our rural environment with rolling hills, ponds, our 100 year old barn, windmill and acres of delicious grapes. We even offer tours of our wine making process. Our facilities are available for special occasions, weddings and corporate meetings.
Hickory Ridge Vineyard & Winery
Hickory Ridge is nestled in the hills of the Shawnee Forest, and is family owned and operated. All wines are made from grapes grown solely on the premises, and include excellent dry wines, as well as award-winning whites and rosés.
Herrin Farmers Market
Local farmer's market with large selection of fruits, local specialties, organic food, vegetables, and crafts.
Hawkins-Schwartz Orchards
This orchard features fresh-picked apples, peaches, a pumpkin patch, cider and special events for children during apple season.
Harrison's Restaurant & Brewery
Upscale casual restaurant and micro-brewery featuring an American eclectic menu with a Cajun flair, eight hand-crafted beers, cigar bar, patio and private dining room.
CITY:Orland Park
Hailey's Winery
Hailey's Winery specializes in handcrafted wines from grape varieties native to Illinois, as well as other varietals, and seasonal fruits. We are a fully functioning winery, with all wines produced and bottled on the premises. Wine tastings are available in our tasting room any time during our business hours, and we also have weekend music events. In addition to wine, we have homemade bread, cheeses, chocolates, and gift items.
Grayslake's Fall/Winter Farmers Market
Come out to downtown Grayslake on Saturdays for the Fall Farmers Market. The market will offer seasonal produce, baked goods, wine and cheeses, spices, organic selections, ready-to-eat food, live entertainment and much more. The fall market is located at Centennial Park 147 Center Street in downtown Grayslake. For details and vendors please visit the website.
Grafton Winery & Brewhaus
Located in the quaint river town of Grafton Illinois along the Great River Road Scenic Byway, the Grafton Winery and Brewhaus overlooks the confluence of the Mississippi and Illinois Rivers. Nestled among the river bluffs, our winery offers great views of the river for every season. Come join us for dinner with soup, salads, sandwiches, burgers, and pasta dishes. Private parties & banquets are welcome.
Goshen Market
Saturdays, May through October, experience the Land of Goshen Community Market! The Market is your best source for locally grown, fresh, naturally ripened farm products; tasty baked goods with locally grown ingredients; and wonderful art and gift ideas.The selection changes weekly so plan to visit more than once to fully appreciate the wide selection available. Live entertainment and free demonstrations add to the festive atmosphere. A safe, wholesome environment for kids, so bring the family and stop on by! From 8:00 a.m. till Noon.
Goebbert's Pumpkin Patch - Hampshire
Ride the wagon to pick your own pumpkin, shop the Harvest Market and visit the Farmers Wife Cafe and Bakery. Goebbert's has a second location in South Barrington.
Goebbert's Pumpkin Farm and Garden Center
Fall: festival with haunted house, corn maze, farm animals, and more. Spring/Summer: large selection of annuals, perennials, vegetable plants, trees, shrubs, aquatic plants, roses, planters, and gourmet food items. Admission is free - cost for some activities.
CITY:South Barrington
Glunz Family Wine & Cellars - Long Grove
Enjoy four generations of wine making at Lake County's first winery. Our award-winning wines are available for tasting and to purchase by the bottle or discounted cases. Shop unique gifts and accessories for wine lovers at every level.
CITY:Long Grove
Garden Market at Elawa Farm
Seasonal flowers and vegetable crops will be supplemented from the kitchen with soups, jams, pestos, breads and muffins. Please visit our market, kitchen and garden when you come to shop, it's a lovely trip worthy of time spent in a most beautiful place. Open June through October.
CITY:Lake Forest
Galena Cellars Vineyard & Winery
You're in good company. Experience the charm of Galena in suburban Geneva. The newest addition to the Galena Cellars Family, the Geneva Wine Tasting Room & Gift Shop hosts a beautiful oak bar in a light, airy setting. In the warmer months, enjoy live music with wine and cheese on the outdoor patio. Sit. Swirl. Sip & Savor. Relax on our beautiful Wine Patio after shopping Geneva's historic district.
Galena Cellars Vineyard
The Lawlor family proudly offers tours and tastings of more than 40 award-winning wines at its Galena Cellars Vineyard & Winery. Take a vineyard tour, then kick back with a glass of wine on the veranda. Galena Cellars also has a tasting room on Main Street in Galena, housed in a beautiful brick 1840s grain storehouse with a shaded wine patio.
Freeport Farmers Market
A fabulous variety of locally grown produce, as well as, a scrumptious selection of home-baked treats in a festive market atmosphere. Open May 9th thru October 3rd.
Fox Creek Vineyards
Situated on a farm settled by the proprietor's great grandmother, the vineyard sits amid low rolling hills. Enjoy sampling the wines and spend some quality time in the country.
Flamm Orchards/Fruits & Cream Stand
Take a drive out to the orchards and buy in-season strawberries, peaches and apples. Flamm's Fruits & Cream Stand offers treats like homemade strawberry shortcake, cobblers, apple dumplings and pies.
Famous Fossil Vineyard & Winery
Taste soft reds, crisp whites and luscious fruit wines all make at the winery using the best of Illinois grapes. Watch wine being made and then relax and enjoy a glass of wine in the tasting room or on the deck overlooking the vineyard. The Sweet & Savory Plate of meats, cheeses, fruits and chocolate is available daily for a light lunch or snack. Special events are held throughout the year including vineyard tours, festivals and wine & food pairings and a small private room is available for showers, parties & meetings. To learn more about Famous Fossil wines or upcoming events, visit our website. Open: June thru December: daily: 11 am - 6 pm; January thru May: Wednesday thru Saturday: 11 am - 6 pm; Sunday: Noon - 5 pm.
Edwards Orchard
Open August through November, come visit our farm this fall to share in our rustic culture and enjoy a taste of the season. Many varieties of apples to taste. Also available, in season, are raspberries, pumpkins, home-made goodies, and our famous apple cider donuts. Take a horse drawn ride out to the orchard to pick your own apples too. Family tradition starts here! There's a petting zoo too.
CITY:Poplar Grove
Eckert's Country Store & Farms - Grafton
Eckert's rustic barn and farm looks just like it did years ago, specializing in peaches, apples and pumpkins. Take a free wagon ride out to the farm to pick your own produce, and enjoy the charming country store and bakery.
Downtown Crystal Lake/Main Street
Visit our award-winning Premier Main Street which is full of charming shops, delightful restaurants, quality entertainments and life-enhancing opportunities and events.
CITY:Crystal Lake
Didier Farms
Didier Farms offers a variety of vegetables and flowers in our greenhouse this spring, and our farmers market in summer. U-pick opportunities are plentiful throughout the summer, weather permitting. During our Pumpkinfest, the last week of September and all of October, we offer hayrides, pony rides, and an exotic zoo, in beautiful Lake County.
Crooked Creek Winery
Enjoy fine handcrafted Illinois wines served with a personal touch in a relaxing country atmosphere. Experience the outdoor beauty of Southwestern Illinois' rolling farmland or sip wine indoors by a cozy fire.
Cooper's Hawk Winery & Restaurant
Experience Cooper's Hawk... a modern, casual restaurant with a menu created with our own handcrafted wines in mind. Start in our Napa-style tasting room, where you can view our wineries and sample our winemaker's latest creations. Shop in our gift store for unique food or wine related gifts.
CITY:South Barrington
Cooper's Hawk Winery & Restaurant
Experience Cooper's Hawk... a modern, casual restaurant with a menu created with their own handcrafted wines in mind. Start in their Napa-style tasting room, where you can view their wineries and sample the winemaker's latest creations. Shop in the gift store for unique food or wine-related gifts.
CITY:Burr Ridge
Chicago French Market
Come visit Chicago's first and only year-round, indoor marketplace providing you with permanent, convenient and personal access to local artisans and purveyors.Featuring nearly 30 individual specialty vendors, Chicago French Market offers fresh ingredients for cooking at home, delicious grab-and-go options for breakfast, lunch and dinner, light snacks, picnics, easy party planning for home and office settings, plus meaningful gift ideas, all in one convenient location.
Cannon Park Community Market
Cannon Park Community Market is a producer-only market that features many of the Southern Illinois region's farmers, growers, and artisans. Wednesdays from 3-7pm at the Carterville Community Center in Cannon Park, the market provides the Tri-C area with fresh local foods, artisan crafts, and family-friendly activities.
Cameo Vineyards
This family-owned winery manages seven acres of French-American hybrid grapevines and makes eight different wines, including reds, whites and blushes. A gift shop, and complimentary tastings and tours, are available.
Brickstone Restaurant and Brewery
Relax in the warm, comfortable atmosphere and try beers made on-site at Brickstone. Their ample menu includes pub favorites and full meals. During the warmer months enjoy your brew on their outdoor patio.
Blue Sky Vineyard
Along the majestic Shawnee Hills Wine Trail you'll find Blue Sky Vineyard—a stunning Tuscan-inspired winery and vineyard. Stroll through the vineyards, enjoy wine tastings, and relax on the outdoor terrace with the rolling countryside as your tapestry.
Blind Pig Brewery
Located in downtown Champaign, Blind Pig brews its own craft beers. With its beautiful wood interior, casks full of local brews and friendly locals, this bar is a must-see. When the weather is nice, venture outside and enjoy the large outdoor beer garden.
Bent River Brewing Company
Bent River Breweries in Rock Island serves as the distribution center for Bent River, including a bottling line so the beer can get to the people. This location also includes a tasting room with full bar, an expanded merchandise room, a party room for catered banquets, and great live music.
Baxter's Vineyard and Winery
Baxter's Winery is the oldest winery in Illinois. Homemade arts and crafts, wine tastings, Carol's Pies and tours are available at Baxter's.
Batavia Farmers' Market
Come enjoy over 18 different vendors offering a variety of fresh vegetables, fruit, eggs, meat, cheese, herbs, flowers, music and more. Along with weekly pop up vendors, check the website weekly for who will be in attendance. 3rd Saturdays will feature the Artisan Collective where you can enjoy living and shopping local. Shop for handmade items from your favorite artists and designers. Also, be sure to check the website for bi weekly activities just for kids. There will be fun activities such as a "make and take art project", a dress up photo shoot, face painting and more!
August Hill Winery
Visit the August Hill Winery & Illinois Sparkling Co. tasting room and experience locally-made handcrafted wines. Wine tastings and flights, wine gifts & accessories, gallery of local art, outdoor patio, private events. Open Monday - Thursday, 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM, Friday - Saturday, 10:00 AM - 8:00 PM & Sun 11:00 AM - 5:00 PM.
Alto Vineyards Tasting Room
Alto Vineyards' retail wine shop and tasting room offers custom gift baskets, gourmet foods and local artwork. Indoor and outdoor seating offers a place to relax with a glass of Alto's finest. Alto's original location is situated in Alto Pass, on the Shawnee Hills Wine Trail.
Alto Vineyards - Alto Pass
This award-winning winery's original Shawnee Hills Wine Trail location (Alto also has a Champaign outpost) offers free wine tasting and a gift shop, in addition to spring, summer and fall festivals with music and food.
CITY:Alto Pass
All Seasons Apple Orchard
Take a wagon ride to the orchard where you will be surrounded by thousands of apples trees and 12 varieties of apples and pears. Enjoy seasonal activities like pumpkin picking and the corn maze. There is also a cow train, goat bridge, corn crib, giant swings, a spider web, jumping pillow and a petting zoo. The weekends even have pig races and a magic show for the kids. Take your whole family down for some apple picking and make sure to stick around for the many other activities.
Aerie's Riverview Winery
The view is incredible and the wine selection is unbeatable every season of the year on top of the bluffs at Aerie's Winery. During the spring and summer, the outdoor deck offers a breathtaking view of recreation on the river. As the temperatures cool, you can lounge inside next to the fireplace. Aerie's also offers cottages and a lodge to accommodate the needs of overnight guests, all within walking distance of the winery. Seasonally, check our calendar for live music on the decks Wine, cheese, sausages and pizza are available.
Ackerman Farms
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Why Musicians Shouldn't Work for Peanuts
Just saw this blog about the ever-present problem of musicians being woefully underpaid and somehow putting up with it; I know this is not exactly a new topic, but it's the one that burns me the most about this whole business of music and drumming and I found the piece to be quite well written.
P.S. Gotta love the comment from the smart-arse who asked the author if her blog was undercutting professional writers . . .
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I was thanked by a local artist last week, for pushing local prices up. He said his take had increased in two venues where we play, as the landlord had changed his policy of hiring acts to reflect the act quality, & ultimately the fees paid.
As a counter to this, I saw a band last night who were, frankly, crap. They could play, but the time & energy devoted to getting numbers tight, slick song transitions, personal appearance, PA & lighting quality, was zero. They were complaining about the fee they received, well, what did they expect.
Get good, get very good at everything to do with putting on a show, start filling venues, then the tables start to turn. Yes, it means putting the work in up front. Yes it means putting investment into gear up front, but you have to speculate to accumulate. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. It's not called the music business for nothing.
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It seems the writer wants amateurs to charge pro rates so as not to impact on the pros ... might be hard for the students to get gigs.
Supply and demand ... noise laws, gaming machines, DJs and drink driving laws ... it's a shame but times change and musicians either adapt or perish.
The café scene seems a good source of gigs for small outfits, and then there's YouTube heroes and others monetising the web. Probably some other types of opportunities I haven't thought of.
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But isn't this why we have a Musicians' Union?
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This article doesn't make sense to me. Is she calling for a sort of musician's cartel to keep fees high? I would prefer a free market situation myself.
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"There is currently no fair-wage regulator for small-medium music venues to sign up to. The Musicians Union have made some attempts but they can only be enforced if you are a member and are mostly ignored by the musicians themselves."
"Anyone has the right to play music to earn cash, regardless of ability and experience as we are in a free market and music is subjective. But there is a responsibility that comes with charging a fee and all musicians should be aware that by undercutting the going-rate, or working for free, they are affecting the profession of music."I think the problem comes because so many musicians who work for any kind of fee are self employed. If you can get a salaried job as a member of a long established orchestra or be part of one of those bigger West End/Broadway productions then you're more likely to get paid on a more equitable level according to the amount of work you're actually doing; largely because such large companies are subject to the kind of employment laws that everybody else is. If you're trying to sell your own act as a teacher/function band/original artist etc and you can survive on playing for nothing or very little, all well and good. If not, there are consequences for everybody, not just the starving artist.
I believe the main gist of her argument is that if, from now until Doomsday, we all want to have DJs playing recordings of gradually ageing music at our weddings/clubs/arenas/outdoor festivals with nothing new coming up behind and have our children take music lessons from Expert Village because aspiring musicians, teachers, and composers have been priced out of the market - then fair enough: that is indeed the essence of capitalism. If we would rather that weren't the case, then I guess we better do something about it; after all, our favourite pop and rock stars ain't gonna live forever - despite what the kids from Fame think.
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As I said before, this is small potatoes compared with the other forces working against live music these days.
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I'm always hearing stories reciting gig fees readily available in the 70's, 80's, etc. I know, I earned my living in those times. It's true, gig fees haven't kept pace with inflation, that's for sure, but hang on just a minute, there's a bigger picture than just venue cost cutting and/or exploitation. The author is excluding the greatly diminished value of live performance. Back in the day, people didn't have anything like the availability of instant entertainment they have today. If you wanted to listen to a song, you went out & bought the record. Either that, or you recorded it from one of your mates. Videos of live concerts were few & far between, & you were pretty much limited to watching whatever the 3 or so TV channels decided was worthy of air time. The live concert was a big deal. Live music was a big deal. It sounded so much better than recordings of the day. It was a total experience, both audibly & visually, & then there's the sense of occasion.
Of course, these days, you can get hold of pretty much anything you want. The audio & video quality is in a different league to that of a few decades ago, & most content is free, or close to it.
What I'm getting to is this. You used to be able to set up your kit, a few amps, maybe a light or two, & jam out a gig. Now, people expect more, much more. The game has moved on. We're competing with crisp audio, clear video, fully mobile music access, so setting up in a corner & delivering a budget sound just doesn't cut it anymore. People want & expect a total experience, & those who deliver that get the best piece of the pie.
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My 20yo nephew next door has tons of his friends over and I chat with them a lot (apparently I'm a "cool auntie"). The only time they go see live music is at the big festivals (how much attention they're paying to the music is another matter). One of the girls said her dream was to be a DJ ... it made me wish I had one of those old KEEP MUSIC LIVE t-shirts that were around when disco was taking over a lot of the old venues.
These young guys and gals go to bars to play gaming machines, they go to raves, they go to dance clubs, they get drunk at someone's place to watch the football or play online games all night ...
Competition for the entertainment dollar is far more intense than in the past.
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As much as everyone claims to hate "pay to play' clubs, they all are booked with 5-6 bands a night, 6-7 nights a week, with no problems finding eager and willing musicians who will work for free, or even lose money, just for the opportunity to appear live.
Even on bigger tours, opening for name acts, the opening band might get paid to be there, or there is a chance, the band paid the headlining act for the chance to open for them. Why? Because the supply of bands willing to do anything for fame far outweighs the demand for new bands.
I know grown adults who have never seen a band live. It blows my mind how many people just have no interest in live music. Clubs with Djs or just sitting on youtube is enough for them. Personally, I get twitchy if I go too long without seeing a live act.
Yet for so many others, if you give them a choice of going to see a live band or going to a club where a DJ will play familiar music, they'll choose the DJ every time.
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I try to get what I can when I play, but I'm not much of a complainer. Around here, you're lucky to find a band that needs a drummer or a guitarist or a vocalist or whatever.
Last gig I played, I filled in for their drummer, and we all went home with $30 each. That included my gas trip up to the town which was $20. But I had a blast. And the other two members were good friends of mine.
you can't put a price on a solid St. Patrick's Day memory!
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Good point about the plumber. How many occupations are there where workers look for places to do their work free?
How I wish that I could get a lawn service to care for my yard for free. I'll give them free drinks. Heck, they can even put up a lawn sign advertising themselves while they're here.
We must be crazy for doing what we do for what we do it for.
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Once you bring money into the equation it's a different story. Premises that pay a license for supplying entertainment should properly cover the cost of that entertainment or not expect to be able to provide it at all. How many people on this forum have played or at least been offered one of those "it's-£5.00-per-person-on-the-door-but-each-band-doesn't-get-anything-unless-they-bring-at-least-20-people" gigs? If all bands in a given area agree to that then logically one could have a gig where 4 bands each bring 19 fans through the door: the venue pockets £380 plus whatever they take at the bar from those 76 people and the bands get sod all. They pay the alcohol license, the entertainment license, the bar staff, the bouncers, even the idiot sound man gets paid - but the band? Nah, bollocks - they'll do the gig for the sheer love of music . . .
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Pressuring inexperienced players to forego the chance to gain experience makes as much sense as pushing DJs to cease and desist because they undercut bands. The world doesn't owe anyone a living (apart from banks).
This straw being clutched at is doomed to failure unless you can talk government into regulating minimum payments for live music, but that would kill off even more live music venues.
The plumber analogy only works if kids dream of becoming great plumbers (some hoping to become glamorous plumbing stars), who assiduously practice their plumbing, live and breathe plumbing, and who plumb every chance they get. Sometimes they carry around a plunger so they can practice when they travel.
The arts are different - people do it for love, and that results in a skewed supply/demand situation that forces payments down. Ask any designer. They need to be FAR more experienced, knowledgeable and skilled than, say, an accountant or lawyer to make the same money.
Sorry guys, expecting people to make sacrifices with no return is just naive. There are much bigger forces at play.
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At same time, people who do go into plumbing/trades, usually start off as an apprentice, getting paid little to start with. People take non-paid internships in a variety of fields. So the analogy of the beginner working for peanuts is not without comparisons.
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From my own experiences, being a wanderer and moving across a few countries as certainely jeopardise my dedication to any arts making, and thus, any prospect at making out money, including music, being a family man, other priorities are "more" important when establishing yourselves in a new environment, so everything "arty" is somehow put in the background, and when you're finally ready, it's like a new start altogether, the not so good gigs, the tiny venues, building a reputation (again), and when you start to get where you could be in a position, where you could assume a decent rewards as a musician (or a band), you move away again, and you start all over again, no big drama, I choose this way of life incidentaly and for the love for my family, but it is my love for music and drumming that keeping me doing it all these years, I couldn't be without it :)
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The music industry can no longer enjoy milking fans for *copies* of albums, forcing the whole thing down consumers' throats, even if 9 out of 10 songs on the album are crap. The internet has decimated the protectionism that IP laws have forcefully held in place, for far too long.
This is my opinion, BTW...I don't wish to debate whether or not Intellectual "Property" is a good idea. Please, let's pass on that subject for now.
Today...we're in charge of our art and that's exactly how it should be, IMO. It's the difference between being self-employed or being just another corporate employee. I thoroughly believe if you have a marketable product with broad appeal, and you put the work in that's necessary to propel you to success, then there is still plenty of opportunity out there. Whatever replaces the crumbling music label empire is surely going to be an improvement.
My goal; just have fun and make (what I think is) great music. The rest is a bonus.
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But isn't playing live how you guys cut your teeth and get better? I've never seen vast improvement achieved by playing in a bedroom on your own. It always comes from slogging it out live in front of an audience....the ultimate test and quickest and most brutal learning curve I know of. That's where the real improvment is seen IMHO. If you're encouraging kids to sit at home until they're "pro" enough to get out amongst it, they'll be there forever.
Everyone has to start somewhere. All this "taking money out of my pocket" talk is a bridge too far. When I was starting out and still playing at a "garage band" level, we didn't get the big gigs....simple as that. We played in dives to 10 people including the bar staff on a Tuesday night for a percentage of the door. You can't honestly tell me that is any threat to a working pro?
Seems many of you have forgotten where you came from, to me. How else are these kids supposed to improve if you're all moving to deny them the opportunity to do it in the first place? In a normal course of a working life outside of the music scene, I've never seen a "master" threatened by an "apprentice" yet.
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I'm advocating that all gigs that involve money should include adequate payment for the performers: if the promoter/whoever decides that any given band isn't good enough - whether they're greasy teenagers or wrinkly old farts - then I guess they don't get the gig. As I've already said, there's plenty of opportunities for bands to polish their acts that don't involve any money for the band or venue; But it astonishes me how many venues are run by people who simply put no value in music at all. If that's the case, fine: DON'T HAVE BANDS.
I cannot accept that it's part of paying dues to allow venues to rip off performers. Surely it's simply not good for one's self esteem? It's no coincidence that as popular music has lost a lot of its monetary value via various routes it has become more and more boring. I believe if you don't have a sense of worth about your music then you'll never excite an audience enough to provoke any kind of reaction - let alone a positive one.
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Once you've pushed the kids who aren't very good out of the way how are you going to get rid of the DJs? How about the poker machines?
If the "pros" in the bar scene picked up their own acts and learned to sight read at a high level they might pick up gigs at shows, with orchestras, on tours etc. Since the 70s (and no doubt before) bars have always provided lean pickings for all but a precious few.
Look at how the real culprits have pushed things to the point where musos turn on their own. Why should we attack young people just wanting to gig? Not good.
It would help far more to attack the real biggest source of our problems - gaming machines.
Maybe musicians could band together with like-minded lobby groups and campaign against gaming machine laws that make them so much more attractive to bar managers than music. It's more work and maybe less fun than picking on kids, though.
DED, there is only one plumbing superstar - Kenny, the self-proclaimed Dalai Lama of Waste Management - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yM5a5QM4R8
Modern Plumbing magazine haha ... nice ring to it, DED. It could catch on ...
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If there are gigs to be had, kids will take them. People tend to have a hard time looking at their own music objectively.
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Now a days if you want to play any club in my town, you will most certainly play for peanuts or free. This is where it's evolved to over the few decades I've been doing this. Prior, the money was actually great. Then came DJ's, stiffer DWI laws and no public smoking.
If you choose to participate in one of those options then you understand what it means. For me, I've burned all need to ever play live again - though I do. So, I personally don't care anymore.
If the band thinks it's going to be fun and we have the personal free time to do it - we do it. Whether or not we are doing is completely irrelevant whether or not the place will be open. We take up space in their opinion.... If my band is not there - another band will be.
At this point of my life, I'll play for free for the sake of having fun with the band. I personally find the gigs at this stage of my life a hassle - especially the paying ones. The free ones - we pick the start/end times - the length of the sets and breaks.
I truly just don't care enough any longer about the money involved in playing.
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From my perspective, it all seems relative. I consider my practice of engineering to be very important to society. I doubt many people want to drive over a bridge that has been designed by an engineer that isn't qualified. There are a lot of steps (education, testing, experience, etc) that an engineer has to go through to obtain their license and be able to sign engineering drawings. In this field, I make a pretty comfortable living (I'm now at the management level), so I'm definitely not complaining. However, with the economy in the crapper, clients are significantly cutting back what we can charge for our services, as if somehow what we do is worth less now.
Ironically our clients are squeezing us, yet continue to pay upwards of $400/hour for legal services, and the attorneys aren't cutting back on their fees.
Meanwhile, professional (and non-professional) musicians continue to earn less, yet professional entertainers and athletes continue to make obscene salaries.
Two of my bandmembers are unemployed, so paid gigs are pretty important to them. Right now we can only find one venue that is willing to pay us, and fortunately they haven't squeezed us yet. There are so many horror stories about how venues have broken promises about hiring or payment.
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Also because peanuts are not legal tender to pay for things.
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- What good would it do for an unqualified "engineer" to build a bridge that collapses and kills people? In a theoretical situation where there were no coercive regulations and licensure for your profession - who would want to hire someone with such a reputation...and why would an inexperienced engineer accept a one-time paycheck for what are clearly much more severe consequences than the paycheck can justify? Even if I were the most sinister of con-men, the valuation seems obvious here. With that, a rhetorical question; why are so many bridges, roads, and other infrastructure crumbling, anyhow?
- Lawyers can charge what they want...the law is a monopolistic institution. If/when engineers become a function of government, they'll enjoy the same monopoly privileges. Licensure and regulation can only go so far in squeezing out competitive (price-reducing) forces. What you do is in fact, worth less now, according to the market. Value is subjective...which means prices are ultimately determined by the market.
- Athletes make obscene salaries because of us - the market. People are willing to pay obscene ticket prices to attend sporting events, therefore athletes can continue to demand obscene contracts. Musicians are seeing less money because consumers aren't willing to pay as much to see them, and are fed up with paying protectionist prices for copies of mediocre, rushed, over-produced albums, cranked out by the corporatist music industry. No longer can musicians afford to put out electronically-enhanced, carefully airbrushed albums, and put on relatively poor performances. Thankfully!
My wife is our band manager. She also manages a few other bands in town and has become pretty active in the local music scene. She hears the same thing from club/bar owners all the time - prices are rising and profits are falling. The owner of the Knitting Factory wrote out all of his costs for doing a show, in detail. These guys are squeezed as tight as they can possibly get and most of them are *still* willing to do whatever they can, as far as paying a band to come and play. Too often, bands want to walk into a bar, lay it down for a couple hours, and still complain when they only walk away with $50 in each of their pockets. It's the band's responsibility to get people into the venue and spending money. If you're doing that, you deserve to get paid. If you feel it's not good enough, renegotiate or just quit playing there. If someone fills your spot for the same pay...you weren't worth more. The supply of musicians is typically much, much higher than the demand, so competitive pressure keeps the prices low, for club owners.
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Look at American Football players, only 0.2% of high school football players make it to the NFL. Of those who do, the average NFL career is 3.5 seasons long. Which means for every player who plays 10 to 15 years, there are dozens of players who only play for a year or less. And if you don't make money in the nfl, there are only a few options, none of which play nearly as much.
And even the very best athletes in nearly every sport (outside of Golf) are generally retired by their mid-30's.
In Athletics, only the cream of the crop make money, and only for a short time.
In music, it's possible not be quite the cream and still make a living far longer than an athlete.
Although one tie in is we see numerous formerly high paid athletes and formerly high paid musicians end up broke due to poor money management.
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It baffles me when, to this day, some people who run small venues still have the attitude "I'll book this band but if they don't bring X amount of people through the door then they don't get booked again etc" - and then simply do nothing themselves to encourage people to come to the event which they have organised. Then they have the nerve to turn around and moan that they lose money by putting on gigs that no one comes to. Well whose fault is that?
This whole situation seems to have fallen arse-over-tit: I mean, no one's going to just pop round my house of a Friday evening out of the blue on the off chance they might hear some good music; but if somebody opens a club in a populated area which sells booze and has an area large enough to dance around in and he makes the place as inviting and welcoming as possible so that people actually start going there on a regular basis, may be then he could think of a way to entertain them. Honestly, none of us need a bloody MBA to work that one out.
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For here it's still a DJ or a gazillion large screen TV's that play sports, etc...
Again, the places here will be open and doing fine whether or not anyone is there playing live music. Many of the same people will be there as well - except for the people the band brings is. The owners are in a win/win situation. They make money regardless if there's a band there. If there is a band there, they make more money.
Again for me, the money issue is no longer a part of the equation as it was back in the 80's and 90's. Players of all levels get this - professional or otherwise. No one is taking anyone's opportunity away to make money or play for free. We all know which places pay and which ones do not. It's fair game and it's up to each band to decide.
Fortunately for me, in most cases, I prefer the free ones since they tend to be more fun than the paying ones.
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That's pretty much not an option for CA bars... No gambling allowed, unless of course it's the state-run "lottery" which is completely different because only the state gets to take people's money with insane payout to profit ratios. It's okay for them.
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Here's an interesting development in "playing for free" - backyard gigs:
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That's a very thought-provoking piece! The lowest I've ever been paid for a gig is £30 and there's something about that figure...
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Patient Protection and Affordable Care ActPosted Mar. 15, 2013
Kent State University is studying provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to determine its effect on the number of hours worked in relation to health care eligibility. At this time, the University is awaiting guidelines from the federal government. These guidelines are expected to be released in June 2013. For more information regarding the Affordable Care Act visit http://www.healthcare.gov/law/index.html.


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WILMINGTON, North Carolina – UNCW Director of Athletics Jimmy Bass has announced a restructuring of the department's fundraising arm designed to confront rising costs and address increasing needs within the Seahawk program.
Bass has announced several personnel moves to spark fund raising efforts. Veteran fund raising professional Patrick Ransdell has been named Senior Associate Athletic Director and Executive Director of the Seahawk Club, Tim Duncan has been appointed Associate Athletic Director for Major Gifts and Kathleen Bowles and Adam Keen have been named Assistant Directors of the Seahawk Club.
"Part of our first 90 days action plan was to evaluate the external operations of UNCW's athletic program," said Bass, who took over the helm in mid-October. "Getting our people in the right jobs that suit their individual talents and abilities has been a priority.
"All of these new personnel assignments will make UNCW Athletics' external operations more effective and responsive to our many constituents, while serving to improve our customer service functions for Seahawk Club members, corporate partners, students and faculty/staff."
Ransdell comes to UNCW following stints at five different institutions, including the last three years at Coastal Carolina University in Conway, S.C. He began his association at CCU as a major gifts officer before being named Assistant Athletic Director for Development and Marketing in May of 2009 and Assistant Athletic Director for Marketing and Sales last April.
"Patrick is a rising star in intercollegiate athletics," said Bass. "His extensive working knowledge and experience in external operations will help UNCW revamp its athletic department, marketing and multi-media rights programs. We welcome Patrick, Brooke and Walker to the UNCW family."
In his roles with the Chanticleers, Ransdell helped raise more than $1.3 million to complete the school's football field house project, contributed to the planning and development of the $30 million Convocation/Recreation Center and provided assistance with several facility improvements to the baseball complex. Most recently, Ransdell controlled all marketing and sales responsibilities within a restricted external relations department.
Ransdell also worked in various administrative positions at Western Kentucky, Georgia Tech, Ohio University and the University of Mississippi before moving to Coastal. He was a four-year student-athlete in baseball at WKU prior to embarking on his marketing and fund raising career.
"My family and I are tremendously excited to join the Seahawks and the Wilmington community," said Ransdell. "The opportunity to play a leadership role under Jimmy Bass, coupled with the chance to make a significant impact on Seahawk Athletics, was an opportunity that I couldn't pass up.
"I'm confident my experiences at past institutions will be a great fit for the opportunities we have before us at UNCW. I strive to succeed in everything I do and I look forward to what lies ahead. I look forward to meeting as many of the Seahawk faithful as soon as possible, and putting down roots in this beautiful city."
Ransdell earned his Bachelor's Degree in Mass Communications from Western Kentucky and completed his Master's Degrees in Business Administration and Sports Administration from Ohio University.
Duncan joined the Seahawks in the spring of 2009 as Associate Athletic Director for Development and Executive Director of the Seahawk Club. He had served as Director of the M Club at the University of Memphis, where he helped the Tigers increase their revenue by 35 percent and membership by 40 percent over his first year. He also solicited major gifts from donors and former student-athletes, including the largest single gift ($1 million) for naming rights to the school's Athletic Hall of Fame.
Bowles, a former tennis standout at UNCW, returned to her alma mater as Assistant Director of Athletic Development in May of 2009. A native of Richmond, Bowles worked as VCU's Director of Community Engagement program, "Lobs & Lessons." While developing the youth and community outreach program, she was hired by Fortune 500 companies to produce and lead annual fundraising events involving recording artists and tennis champions such as James Taylor, Sheryl Crow, Andre Agassi, Serena Williams, Andy Roddick, and James Blake.
Keen joined UNCW's athletic staff as Assistant Director of Athletic Development in April of 2010. A native of Goldsboro, N.C., Keen worked on the development staff for East Carolina's Education Foundation (Pirate Club) briefly before coming to the coast.
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Liberal Arts at Lakeland
Employers value well-rounded job applicants with a liberal arts education, according to a recent survey of 318 decision-makers at U.S. companies.
The survey, conducted by Hart Research Associates on behalf of the Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U), provides strong evidence that company decision-makers are most interested in job candidates' ability to think critically, communicate verbally and solve complex problems. A large majority of those surveyed (93 percent) ranked those skills as more important than a prospect's undergraduate major.
A liberal arts education, one that focuses on broad knowledge in a variety of areas as well as knowledge in a specific field of interest, is critically important, 94 percent of those surveyed said. Nearly three in four surveyed employees (74 percent) said they would recommend a liberal arts education to their own children.
Lakeland College has valued the tenets of a liberal arts education for more than 150 years. Lakeland's curriculum stresses critical thinking, hands-on learning, internships, extracurricular activities, community involvement, professor-student interaction and broad knowledge.
Lakeland College President Dan Eck said Lakeland strives to provide its students with those types of skills sets with its liberal arts education platform.
"No matter the major—business, art, computer science, or criminal justice—all of our programs are built upon a traditional liberal arts foundation," Eck said.
"This commitment to the liberal arts enhances our students' critical thinking and communication skills, teaches them how to be inquisitive and well-informed citizens, and makes our graduates stand out from the rest. We challenge our students to think deeply about the questions they will face as professionals and community members."
Among the conclusions of the survey, according to the 15-page report:
- Employers recognize capacities that cut across majors as critical to a candidate's potential for career success, and they view these skills as more important than a student's choice of undergraduate major.
- Eighty percent of those surveyed agreed that, regardless of major, every college student should acquire broad knowledge of the liberal arts and sciences.
- Employers strongly endorse educational practices that involve students in active, effortful work – practices including collaborative problem-solving, internships, research, senior projects and community engagements.
- There is broad agreement among employers that all students, regardless of chosen field of study, should have educational experiences that teach them about building civic capacity, broad knowledge about the liberal arts and sciences and cultures outside the United States.
Interdisciplinary Studies
We believe our "interdisciplinary studies" program is the heart and soul of Lakeland's liberal arts approach to education.
No matter which major you choose during your Lakeland College journey, you will also be immersed in our interdisciplinary studies curriculum, where you will gain important lifelong skills and explore the many, varied disciplines of the liberal arts.
Our interdisciplinary studies program stresses and enhances critical thinking and oral and written communication skills, which are so sought after by the employers who make hiring decisions. You will graduate from Lakeland College a well-rounded and versatile person, someone who can communicate clearly, who has the ability to solve problems, and who's equipped with a broad base of knowledge.
According to Professor Jeff Elzinga, "Our faculty have been saying for many years that Lakeland prepares students not only to make a living, but also to make a life. That's especially true today."
The liberal arts focus of our interdisciplinary studies program will help you do both, and it will give you an edge over students at other schools who choose an education that only specializes in one narrowly focused subject.
To learn more about Lakeland College's liberal arts-based approach to education, or to schedule a visit, call 1-800-242-3347 or email us at .
For the second time in six months, a new major study has suggested that employers value graduates from liberal arts institutions over those with more narrowly defined educational backgrounds.
Northeastern University released its public-opinion survey, which was conducted by FTI Consulting, on Sept. 17. Findings were based on interviews with more than 260 employers.
According to results from the survey, as reported by The Chronicle of Higher Education, employers want colleges and universities to produce graduates who can think critically and creatively and who can communicate verbally and through writing.
Nearly 75 percent of employers agreed with the statement: "Being well-rounded with a range of abilities is more important than having industry expertise, because job-specific skills can be learned at work."
These findings are in line with a previous poll of employers that the Association of American Colleges and Universities released earlier this summer.
Personal Touch
Lakeland's faculty members embrace a personal teaching style. They know our students by name, not number. They attend our students' athletic events. They happily write personal letters of recommendation. Lakeland is proud of its small-school identity, and it shows.
Following is a small sampling of our professors' thoughts about how much they care about their students. Doesn't their passion shine through?
"You've got a group of faculty members here who are truly committed to students' success. At Lakeland, you get faculty who really, deeply care about the students. We spend a lot of time thinking about how we can help our students become the great leaders and thinkers we know they can be."
- Joshua Kutney, assistant professor of composition
"We set up tutors for our courses, and there is incredible student access to our faculty, which you wouldn't find at a large-scale research university. At those, you may have office hours for faculty members that are one hour a week, two hours a week. Our faculty members are available."
- Paul Pickhardt, natural sciences division chair
"We take great pride in the personal attention we give our students. We don't just know them as students; we know them as people. We know what they want to do with their lives and why. What's special for students here is that ability to interact with their faculty members on a personal level. We want that personal interaction with students. If we didn't, we wouldn't be here. The students are our lives."
- Greg Smith, associate professor of biology
"This is an amazing place in part because of the relationships students enjoy with faculty here. By the time students leave, they are pretty much lifelong friends with the faculty."
-Karl Elder, Fessler Professor of Creative Writing & Poet in Residence
Thoughts on Liberal Arts
At Lakeland College, we believe wholeheartedly in the value of a liberal arts education. We urge and encourage our young men and women to be well-rounded and open-minded in their academic pursuits.
Recent studies indicate that many employers prefer to hire college graduates with liberal arts educational backgrounds. Why? Because these graduates are often more able and willing to be flexible, solve problems and adapt.
Following is a small sampling of our professors' thoughts on the value of a liberal arts education.
"In my mind, the value of a liberal arts education is that it helps you prepare for anything. The world is changing faster than we can possibly imagine, and with the tools and basic skills of critical thinking, communication, problem solving and cross disciplinary thinking, a liberal arts education helps graduates prepare for just about anything that's going to come their way in the future."
- Meg Albrinck, VP for academic affairs & professor of literature and writing
"The value of a liberal arts education is that employers want critical thinkers. Well-rounded people are what they want. They don't want pillars of specialization."
- Cynthia Lindstrom, assistant professor of computer science
"Liberal arts provide the full package, and I would guess most CEOs and small business owners agree. Employees that have liberal arts degrees are well-rounded in so many ways, including the way they interact with others and the way they present themselves."
- Katie Fronczak, Spanish instructor
"What we hear from employers over and over and over again is that they want graduates who can think critically, problem solve and communicate effectively. They say to us, 'We can do the training.' What's most important to those employers is not that graduates come out of college with a particular technical skill, but that in addition to their skills, they can think critically, express themselves well and solve problems. Those are the basic elements of a liberal arts education."
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Another look at gun deaths
With intensity, gun-control advocates have associated the high number of firearm-related deaths in the U.S. with the high number of firearms.
An Organization of American States 2012 survey (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_firearm-related_death_rate) indicates that over the last year there have been almost a staggering 32,000 firearm-related deaths in this country.
However, once one looks more deeply into the survey, one notices something curious. Of the 32,000 firearm-related deaths, 19,000 have come from suicide. In fact, the survey indicates that our country has the second-highest reported suicide rate in the world (only behind Montenegro).
What should we conclude from this?
First, suicide, not homicide, should receive the bulk of social concern with regard to firearm deaths.
Second, although we are shocked by mass shooting of innocent people, homicide rates by gun have been falling over the same period in which our gun laws have been considered by some to be too loose: specifically, they fell 58 percent from 1993 to 2009 (source: http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/compareyears/194/rate_of_gun_homicide).
Finally, although restricting gun availability would probably cause suicides to decrease in the current social context, I ask: do you really believe that it is the government's role to protect us from ourselves?
Rather than an indictment of the relative availability of guns, the U.S.'s high suicide figure is more an indication of the spiritual impoverishment which we are experiencing in our own country, ironically the richest on earth.
So, we come back again to the pragmatic argument of whether fewer guns will mean less lives lost. It may mean fewer suicides due to firearms, but, in considering the data, the impact of firearm restrictions on the homicide rate is highly debatable, to say the least.
Law-making must be driven by facts rather than emotion.
Soren McMillan
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*Formatted from an email to my instructor for here*
In one of my spares im wieght lifting now. (As you dudes know)
I try and go for 5X5 of heavy wieghts, and then 3X12 for endurance which I do for well...whenever I feel like it hahah.
So right now im doing sorta
5X5 of 135 pounds (benchpress)
5X5 of 200 pounds (Shoulder shrugs, I have no problem at all with these, in fact next week I'm gonna move it up to 225)
3X12 of 135 pounds (leg press, low wieghts cause I wanna be safe on my knees,every week i'll watch and move it a little bit more up in wieght)
3X12 of 90 pounds (45 pounds for each arm, its like a thing where you sit down and you push forward two handles, and each handle has a thing where you put wieght plate thingers on it)
5X5 of 140 pounds (those things where you sit down, then move your shins 90 degrees up then 90 degrees down)
2-3X20 30lbs(Cable punching, i work jab from normal and south paw, and cross from normal and southpaw to prevent muscle imbalances)
then once or twice a week, depending on how my neck feels i do 4-5 neck bridges holding them for 10-20 seconds each
3X12-20 50lbs(this thing where theres a bar layed horizontally over your head and you grab it like youd do chin ups with your arms spread wide, and you pull it down)
3X20 10-15lbs wirst curl thingers( i take one of those zig zaggy curl bars, then place my forearms down on a flat surface and move it up and down with only your wrist)
I'v tried to remember the advice you all gave me, but can you guys comment on this please?
BTW till mid winter i don't have access to free/olympic wieghts, these are like all machines, cept for dumbells and curls. Thanks.
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sorry bout the spasticity of my posts.
I wanna keep my shrugs as too get very strong shoulders, because the more I have strengthed my shoulders the harder i seem to punch, plus it helps for labor work I do.
No wrist curls? k then but any other substitution for wrist strength?
pullups? I need em but unfortunately this wieght room has nothing for them.
thanks for the comments poop loops, i appreciate em.
BTW, how should I do my curls (Wieght and reps)
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Overhead presses, on the other hand, simulate you lifting something above your head. Which you might actually do, or if you want to get from under someone from north/south, or if you just want to keep them at bay or whatever.
Instead of wrist curls, you can do regular bicep curls and reverse bicep curls.
If you don't have a bar to do pull-ups/chin-ups on, then you can do mid rows and bent over rows. If you ever find a bar, you can substitute your bicep curls for chin ups.
The way I do my curls:
First I do my pull-ups/chin-ups (alternating), then I jump onto regular barbel curls (none of that faggoty bent bar ****, I'm STRAIGHT), doing 2 sets. Afterwards, I do reverse curls, 4 sets. I don't like doing reverse curls, they hurt my forearms. I know, I'm being a pansy... :(
If you don't do chin ups, then I'd just treat them like any other exercise.
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Don't drop the shrugs, shrugs are excellent for 2 reasons. Injury prevention and knockout prevention. Shrugs strenghten your traps which run up the back of your neck. Strengthening your traps is one of the best ways to stabilize your neck.
You should be doing the military press though, in addition. It's one of the better lifts for developing real power.
I agree about the wrist curls, personally I think there are much better ways to develop the forearms/grip.
I never understand when people say they can't do pullups because there is no place to do them at their gym. There's almost always a place to do them at the gym. All you need is a sturdy horizontal bar of some sort. If there is no place at the gym, then find a playground. Playgrounds always have a place to do pullups, either on a bar or on the rings. Do them from a tree. If there is no branch low enough, then throw a rope over a tree limb and do them holding either side of the rope (better for you anyway). Find a place at your house. For years when I was a kid, I would do "fingertip pullups" on a wide piece of molding over my parent's garage door. Find a rafter, beam or pipe. Alright, enough of that. The bottom line is PL is right, as a martial artist, you really should be doing pullups.
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Aight, I'll find a place at home and **** to do pull ups.(What reps/with sets do i use?)
I wasn't going to get rid of the shrugs, because my shoulder strength helps me alot in grappling with pushing and **** and stablization for striking.
I'll add on military press, I should do 5X5, right?
K, I'll say **** off to the wrist curls, is holding onto a plate in each hand of say 10-15 pounds as long as I can good? or somethin like that? I need to strengthen my wrists, cause I'm starting to hit harder, and I try and keep good form but sometimes when Bas starts to yell long combos I tend to slack.
I'd do straight curls, but the only bar available is that bent one.
again, 5X5?
K thanks guys.
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split your routine into 3 work-outs, mon, wed, fri for example.
Mon upper body push muscles chest, shoulders and back arm
Wed oull muscles, biceps, lats, traps, forarm and wrist
Fri Legs and lower back, squats, dead-lift, sumo lifts etc.
Wrist curls work. period. Curls and reverse curls will not build the wrist. Wrist rolls are another good wrist exercise.
keep your work-outs under 90 min. do 5 sets of each exercise to begin.
set 1 = 15 reps of 100lb (eg. only)
set 2 = 10 reps of 90lb
set 3 = 8 80
set 4 = 6 65
set 5 = 4 max
this is a good beginners routine and will hold you for about 3mo, at which time you will need to change your routine, or you will stop making gains. Your body will adapt to any routine very quickly, so you must change it often to shock the body.
Hope this helps you.
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As far as sets/reps for pullups, I'd probabaly start with 3-5 sets going to failure each set. Your reps will drop significantly between each set. I think the set rep scheme is less important, especially at your stage, then simply doing the lifts. In fact, I usually advise beginners to do 10-15 reps for the first 4-6 weeks of lifting. But, once again, the important thing is just to lift. No matter what you do, as a noobie, for the first couple of months you'll make gains. If 5x5 feels good to you, then stick with it.
There are hundreds of good ways to strengthen your grip/forearms/wrists. But, since you're limited due to your situation, let's just keep it simple. Pullups/chinups are one of the better ways to strengthen your grip/forearm. If you're strong enough, sling a towel over the bar and do your pullups from the towel. If you have access to heavy dumbells (I can't remember), farmers walks are great.
Reverse curls are good, especially in terms of preventing injury from punching. Yes you can do them on the E-Z curl bar (that curved bar you're talking about). Most of the wrist injuries are a result of rolling the wrist forward, so doing traditional wrist curls doesn't make much sense, in fact, might even increase the likelihood of injury due to a muscular imbalance. Reverse wrist curls would be better, but personally I think they're both inefficient exercises. But, once again, if you like them, then it's certainly not going to hurt anything to keep doing them. I would reccomend though that if you are doing conventional wrist curls, you also add reverse wrist curls.
If what you're trying to do is specifically strengthen your wrists, I'd take a wooden handle (like an old broom handle, or something similar), drill a hole in it, put a piece of rope through the hole and tie a knot in the end of it. Then on the other end of the rope tie a weight. Then, hold the handle out in front of you with both palms facing the ground. Then, roll the handle (like working the throttle on a motorcycle with each hand) all the way until the weight reaches the handle. Then reverse it and lower it back down. That's an excellent way to strengthen your wrists, and has been used by boxers for that specific purpose for years.
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