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The History of the Arts and Crafts Movement
Program Number:
Start and End Dates:
9/14/2014 - 9/19/2014
5/22/2016 - 5/27/2016
9/18/2016 - 9/23/2016
10/16/2016 - 10/21/2016
5 nights
East Aurora, New York
Price starting at:
$1,145.00 -
Price may vary based on date, departure city
Program Type:
Arts, Misc.; History & Culture
15; 5 Breakfasts, 5 Lunches, 5 Dinners
Meal Options:
Vegetarian; Gluten Free
Join us at the historic Arts and Crafts community of Roycroft � founded by the entrepreneur Elbert Hubbard in 1895 � to explore Western New York's turn-of-the-century trail of architecture, art, craft and philosophy. Discover the renaissance of preservation, 21st Century decorative arts and the holistic ideals of an era of new thought. Field trips to the Frank Lloyd Wright Martin Complex and Graycliff Estate offer a look at the architect�s local gems, while an investigation into the works of William Morris and John Ruskin offer a look at the roots of the Arts and Crafts Movement.
� Meet Roycroft Renaissance artisans and observe their crafts during on-site demonstrations.
� Delight in evening receptions at two historic Roycroft homes and experience their ambiance.
� Learn about the life and work of Roycroft�s charismatic founder, Elbert Hubbard.
Activity Particulars
Walking up to 5 city blocks; standing up to 1-1/2 hours. Climbing stairs and standing during visits to historic homes.
Coordinated by Road Scholar.
East Aurora
Notable one-time residents of this rural village in Erie County include former President Millard Fillmore and Elbert Hubbard, founder of the Roycroft Movement that profoundly influenced 20th-century American architecture and design. Visitors to its bustling Main Street can enjoy a variety of local businesses, specialty shops and preserved homes.
Roycroft Inn, a National Historic Landmark featuring Roycroft furnishings in each suite.
Meals and Lodgings
Roycroft Inn
East Aurora, NY
5 nights
Roycroft Inn
Historic 28 room Arts & Crafts style Inn that went through an $8 million renovation. 2005 marked the 100th Anniversary of the opening of the Roycroft Inn. Highlight will be the viewing of the new Four Season murals in the entrance that were created to mark this event. Furnishings include both authentic and quality reproductions of Roycroft Furniture and other decorative items. Quaint country Inn surroundings will add to the pleasure to your experience.
Contact info:
40 South Grove Street
East Aurora, NY 14052 USA
phone: 716-652-5552
Room amenities:
Internet access, phones, cable television
Facility amenities:
The Roycroft Inn, a National Historic Landmark, offers wide porches and various cozy seating areas just perfect for a game of chess, curling up with a good book, or sitting and contemplating life. In addition, a wide variety of recreational activities such as golf, tennis and skiing are available within close proximity to the Inn. A nice continental breakfast is available each morning.
Smoking allowed:
Elevators available:
Additional nights prior:
call for a quote "Road Scholar Rate" available upon request.
Check in time:
Additional nights after:
call for a quote "Road Scholar Rate" available upon request.
Check out time:
Travel Details
Start of Program:
3-5 PM check-in at the Roycroft Inn Salon (lobby) You will be staying at
Roycroft Inn
that night.
End of Program:
5 PM You will be staying at
Roycroft Inn
the night before.
Required documents:
The Participant Information Form is required. You will need a USA passport or a birth certificate and picture ID if you take a side trip to Canada during your free time.
Parking availability:
Free off-street parking at the Inn
To Start of Program
East Aurora, NY
Nearest city or town:
Buffalo, NY
Nearest highway:
NY State I-90 to Route 400
Nearest airport:
Buffalo Niagara International Airport (BUF)
From End of Program
East Aurora, NY
Additional transportation information same as above
Travel Details
Buffalo Airport
From Airport
Commercial Van/Shuttle
phone: 800-551-9369
Transportation is usually available through an East Aurora car service. Call Mike Zawisky directly at 716-880-7010 for availability and price.
Driving Directions
From EAST (Rochester / Syracuse / Albany)
Travel West on the NYS Thruway (Rte 90). Take exit 54 to Rte 400. Exit at Rte 20A / East Aurora. Turn right off the exit onto Rte 20A which becomes Main Street. Continue through the Village and turn left onto S. Grove St. The Inn is on the left at 40 S. Grove St.
From NORTH (Buffalo / Toronto):
Take Rte 190 South to the NYS Thruway (Rte 90) West. Take exit 54 to the Rte 400. Exit from Rte 400 at Rte 20A / East Aurora. Turn right off the exit onto Rte 20A, which becomes Main Street. Continue through the Village and turn left onto S. Grove St. The Inn is on the left at 40 S. Grove St.
From SOUTH (Pittsburgh):
Take I-79 N to I-90 East to NYS Thruway. Get off at Exit 54 (Rte 400 / East Aurora). Exit at Rte 20A / East Aurora. Turn right off the exit onto Rte 20A which becomes Main Street. Continue through the Village and turn left onto S. Grove St. The Inn is on the left at 40 S. Grove St.
From WEST (Erie / Cleveland):
Traveling East on the NYS Thruway (Rte 90), get off at Exit 54 (Rte 400 / East Aurora). Exit at Rte 20A / East Aurora. Turn right off the exit onto Rte 20A which becomes Main Street. Continue through the Village and turn left onto S. Grove St. The Inn is on the left at 40 S. Grove St.
Elevation Note:
After checking in with the Welcoming Committee, get settled in your room and explore until dinner.
The prices listed for commercial services and facilities that are not included in the program cost, such as airport shuttles or extra nights lodging, are subject to change without notice. Since Road Scholar cannot guarantee the accuracy of these prices, we strongly suggest contacting the companies directly for the most up-to-date information.
Daily Schedule
Day 1:
Check-in to the hotel and with your East Aurora hosts. Dinner will be in the library of the Roycroft Inn at 6 pm.
(Sunday, September 14)
We will meet each other and go through an overview of the program.
3-5 pm - Registration in the lobby of the Roycroft Inn. There you will receive a packet with information about your stay in Western New York.
Dinner at 6 pm at The Roycroft Inn
Overview of the program with an opportunity for folks to begin to get to know one another.
Roycroft Inn
Meals Included:
Day 2:
Tours of the Roycroft Inn, the Roycroft Campus and an historic Roycroft home, including a reception.
(Monday, September 15)
Self serve continental style
Learn about the history of the Roycroft Inn with a docent. Lecture - History and Philosophy of the Arts & Crafts Movement - Lecture to be held in one of the historic buildings on the Roycroft Campus
Box lunch
Continuation of walking tour. Your afternoon ends with a wine and cheese reception in the historic Fournier House, one of the landmark buildings on the Campus.
Catered Dinner from one of the village restaurants.
Roycroft Inn
Meals Included:
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Day 3:
Lecture by our Executive Director, Kitty Turgeon and Artisan Demonstrations
(Tuesday, September 16)
Self serve continental style
Alburn Sleeper was one of the first Roycroft Renaissance artisans. His expertise is in metalwork. Al will give a lecture on his craft, explain his tools and show off some of his wares. One of the print artisans will explain the process and show us how to print on the old presses
Lunch in a local restaurant
Kitty will give a lecture on Arts and Crafts around the World
Dinner at a local restaurant
Show and Tell - Guests are encouraged to bring an Arts & Crafts item, photo or PowerPoint for discussion and information.
Roycroft Inn
Meals Included:
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Day 4:
Visit to East Aurora churches and Hubbard/Roycroft Museum
(Wednesday, September 17)
Easy walk to sites within blocks of the Roycroft Inn
Self serve breakfast
Walking tour to St. Matthias Episcopal Church and Baker Memorial Methodist Church which has all Tiffany windows. Then we'll tour the Hubbard Museum which houses our historical society's collection of books and furniture within a Roycroft designed and built home, circa 1910.
Lunch on your own.
The afternoon is to do with as you wish. There are many options! Our upper Main St. district features Vidler's 5 and 10 as it's largest store and it is definitely worth a visit. The Millard Fillmore House will be open from 1 - 4 pm. Built in 1826, is the only home remaining that was built by a future President. Buffalo is half an hour away and Niagara Falls is an hour away.
A Reception, Tour and Dinner will be at White Hyacinths, 423 Oakwood Avenue. Completed in 1902, Elbert and his wife Alice lived here after their marriage in 1904.
Roycroft Inn
Meals Included:
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Day 5:
Two Wright houses, a usonian house and a cemetery.
(Thursday, September 18)
Shuffle off to Buffalo and the lake shore area to see All Wright all day!
Self serve breakfast
We'll tour the Darwin Martin Complex in Buffalo which includes the Martin House, the Barton House, the gardeners cottage and the carriage house/Wisteria Gift Shop.
Lunch on the bus as we see the Blue Sky Mausoleum, the Richardson Towers, and much more as we proceed to Graycliff.
Tour of Graycliff, the summer home of the Martin Family, designed by Wright with Isabelle Reidpath Martin as the client. There are beautiful views of the lake and the city from here. Next we will tour a Wright-inspired usonian house in nearby Elma, NY owned by The Roycroft Potter,Janice McDuffie. Her wonderful creations will be on display for sale!
Dinner at the locally iconic Old Orchard, just up the hill from the Village of East Aurora.
Roycroft Inn
Meals Included:
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Day 6:
East Aurora historian Robert Lowell Goller will speak about East Aurora's past and plans for the future.
(Friday, September 19)
Final lecture will take place in the Salon.
Self serve breakfast
Rob Goller will speak about East Aurora, his hometown.
Early Luncheon at the Roycroft Inn
Guests depart for home at approximately 1pm.
Meals Included:
Breakfast, Lunch
Free Time Opportunities
East Aurora, NY
Buffalo Visitor Bureau
call 1-800-BUFFALO (283-3256) to receive information about events and tourism opportunities in the Buffalo and Niagara Falls Region. For additional information, visit
Buffalo and Erie County Historic Society
Housed in one of the original building built for the Pan American Exposition of 1901. This museum and library has a wonderful permanent exhibit on Buffalo commerce and history. Special exhibitions throughout then year usually focus on Western New York themes For additional information, visit
Burchfield Penney Art Center
Art Center dedicated to Western New York Artists. Affiliated with Buffalo State College and located next to the historic Richardson Tower Complex with grounds designed by Frederick Law Olmsted. For additional information, visit
East Aurora Chamber of Commerce
Offers information for your stay in East Aurora and surrounding areas. For additional information, visit
Roycroft Inn
The Roycroft Inn who celebrated the 100th Anniversary of it's opening in 2005 is the first building to go through a major restoration on the Roycroft Campus. Plans are underway to revitalize the rest of the Campus through the efforts of the Roycroft Campus Corporation. The next few years will be interesting to watch For additional information, visit
Important information about your itinerary:
Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy and completeness of the information featured on this website. Itineraries are based on our best information at this time. Circumstances beyond our control may require us to adjust itineraries or other details. We regret any inconvenience this may cause and appreciate your understanding. Information will be sent to you from your Program Provider approximately three weeks prior to the program start date. The prices listed for commercial services and facilities that are not included in the program cost, such as airport shuttles or extra nights lodging, are subject to change without notice. Since Road Scholar cannot guarantee the accuracy of these prices, we strongly suggest contacting the companies directly for the most up-to-date information.
Suggested Reading List
Art & Glory
Author: Freeman Champney
Description: From 1895-1915, Elbert Hubbard was an American celebrity, in an extensive variety of roles. He crusaded for studied simplicity in the American home and as an opinion-molder and popular philosopher, Hubbard had many themes. At various times he called himself an anarchist, a socialist, and a defender of big business. He agitated for feminism and women's rights, for liberal divorce laws and greater marital freedom - to the last of which he lent momentum personally. He preached a health-and-salvation gospel that featured fresh air, honest toil, individualism, and positive thinking. Hubbard's gospel reached his public through several channels. Thousands of people heard him lecture in Orpheum Circuit vaudeville. His monthly magazine - the Philistine- was another torch he held. For fifteen years, Hubbard published monthly "Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great". Still more thousands of people came to visit his headquarters at East Aurora. He was a combination of lord of the manor and father and prophet to his employees; host and innkeeper to the pilgrims, honeymooners, and tourists; and as disturber of the peace and proprieties, giver of work, and unpredictable neighbor for the East Aurora population. Writer Freeman Champney, founder and editor of The Writer's Forum and manager of the Antioch Press for twenty years, captures fully the art and glory, life and times of the bedazzler that was Elbert Hubbard.
Arts & Crafts
Author: Kitty Turgeon and Robert Rust
Description: This coffee table book looks at American Arts and Crafts and is a stunning photographic survey of the style that epitomizes simplicity and quality. "Arts and Crafts" captures the beauty of timelessness of Craftsman houses, furniture, lamps, textiles and more. Whether you are a collector or plan to furnish your home with select reproductions, this exquisitely photographed volume is sure to provide a wealth of inspiration for decorating in the Arts and Crafts style. A number of the photographs were taken at the Roycroft Inn.
As Bees in Honey Drown
Author: Charles Hamilton
Description: Ten years of thorough research checked and rechecked along the way with his close friend and mentor, Elbert Hubbard II (Hubbard's son), has enabled the author to take his readers back to Hubbard's day and see him as he really was behind the blinding aura of fame that hid many sides of him from his contemporary critics and admirers alike. He shows how Elbert Hubbard was strangely invigorated by Alice Moore, a brilliant, comely and adoring school teacher who was the abiding love and lift of his life. At first secretly and then openly buoyed by Alice, Hubbard's career and influence expanded far beyond the field of writing. Skilfully employing Hubbard's own words whenever possible, author Hamilton dramatically, frankly, and with well-documented authenticity, portrays the public and private life of this many-faceted man. Elbert and Alice were good for each other before they rightfully belonged to each other and this caused heartbreak for others and for them but they made amends as best as humans can. Together, these two loved, suffered, achieved and died "as bees in honey drown". The book is generously illustrated with photographs of Hubbard-Roycroft memorabilia.
City of Light
Author: Lauren Belfer
Description: City of Light is the story of one of the largest cities in turn-of-the-century America, host of the Pan-American Exhibition and center of the emerging hydroelectric power industry: Buffalo, New York, the "city of light," a fountain of wealth and sophistication admired the world round. City of Light is also the story of a woman whose safe existence within Buffalo's prosperous ruling class is suddenly threatened by scandal. She has led a rare life for a single woman in her time, as headmistress and hostess for Buffalo's most affluent families. But she has secrets whose revelation would destroy all she has worked for.
Head, Heart & Hands: Elbert Hubbard and the Roycrofters
Author: Maria Via & Eleanor Searle
Description: This is the catalogue that accompanied the exhibition by that name, mounted by the Memorial Art Gallery, and created by Marie Via and Eleanor Searle to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Roycroft in 1995. The show travelled to 7 venues around the US commencing in Rochester, NY at the Memorial Art Gallery. The show was a stunning and unique display of Roycroft's historic wares, each part documented by experts in each category and edited by Via and Searle. The chapter on the Roycroft Copper Shop, titled "Alchemy", was written by shop owner and Foundation for the Study of the Arts and Crafts Movement (FSA/CM) at Roycroft Executive Director Kitty Turgeon along with Robert Rust who were both very involved in living the Roycroft experience. "Alchemy" refers to transformation "so beyond the copper". That nugget will be a part of your experience at our Roycroft Road Scholar program where Kitty Turgeon is head of faculty. This book is available at the Roycroft Shop. It is the definitive "must read" book for the serious arts and crafts student!
The Arts and Crafts Home
Author: Kitty Turgeon and Robert Rust
Description: "Authors Turgeon and Rust, two of the most knowledgeable and respected figures in the field of Arts and Crafts study" says the book cover of this writing duo. In this expanded volume is shared the fruits of years of fascination with the Movement focusing on decoration, but with forays into the history behind the style. This lavishly illustrated coffee table book leads you through the Arts and Crafts home, discussing architectural styles, interior details, furniture, paint and color, textiles, lamps, art pottery, the garden and much more, showing one how to achieve the simplicity and harmony characteristic of the style. This edition covers Arts and Crafts philosophy and traces the International variety of styles comprising a significant period of reform for human rights and social justice that Executive Director Kitty Turgeon (lead faculty of the Road Scholar program) considers the "real" legacy of Elbert and Alice Hubbard's Roycroft.
The Roycroft Campus
Author: Robert Rust & Kitty Turgeon
Description: A picture is worth a thousand words! This rewarding read is short on words but has over a hundred historic images. It is one of the Arcadia series bestselling books. Each chapter written by Foundation for the Study of the arts & Crafts Movement (FSA/CM) a.k.a. "Foundation at Roycroft" Executive Director Kitty Turgeon features 128 photographs that were in the authors' collection. It covers founders Elbert and Alice Hubbard's family, the Roycroft Campus, its products and buildings including the workers and even the 50 year old Roycroft Renaissance. If you read no other book, this one will give you an overview of the history of this place that Hubbard described as "more than a place; it's a state of mind".
You can't find a better value than Road Scholar.
As a not-for-profit organization, we are dedicated to providing all-inclusive educational programs at great value. From lectures to gratuities to field trips to accommodations - the tuition you pay up front is all that you pay.
Specifically, this program includes:
5 nights accommodations
15 meals: 5 breakfasts, 5 lunches, 5 dinners
Expert-led lectures: 9
Expert-led lectures
Led by one or more of our world-class instructors, typically in a classroom setting, lectures come in the form of presentations, discussions or workshops and offer expert insight into your area of study.
Field trips: 9
Field trips
The world is your classroom, as you're on location with an instructor to pursue your educational theme firsthand.
Hands-on experiences: 1
Hands-on experiences
Learn by doing in these "hands-on" activities directed by an expert.
Plus these special experiences...
Learn about the history of the Roycroft Inn and Campus buildings and the story of its charismatic founder, Elbert Hubbard.
Explore Buffalo and Western New York's architectural gems including Frank Lloyd Wright's Martin Complex in Buffalo and Graycliff on Lake Erie's shore.
Encounter Roycroft Renaissance Artisans in their workshops, continuing today the tradition of fine handwork begun over a hundred years ago.
Tour two historic Roycroft homes of East Aurora and experience their ambiance while partaking in wine and cheese receptions during your visit.
View the Daily Schedule to see more
And included with all Road Scholar programs:
Learning led by expert instructors who are authorities in the field of study.
An experienced Group Leader attuned to the needs of Road Scholar participants.
Customary gratuities throughout the program that you would normally pay yourself.
The Road Scholar Travel Assistance Plan, providing 24-hour-a-day emergency assistance coverage.
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Ten bridges feature in the collection of first-class stamps, while a special postmark will also be issued later today. Crossings featured on the stamps include Tarr Steps (top left) in Exmoor, Somerset – and the Tees Transporter Bridge (bottom right) in Middlesbrough. They also include Row Bridge (top centre) in the Lake District, Pulteney Bridge (top right) in Bath, the Royal Border Bridge (bottom centre) at Berwick-upon-Tweed and The High Level Bridge (bottom left) over the River Tyne linking Newcastle and Gateshead. Royal Mail bosses say the range of 'beautiful and ground-breaking landmarks' tell the story of 'Britain's engineering genius'.This article caught my eye, as I've crossed each bridge in the stamp collection more than once – especially the Tees Transporter Bridge as it some times offered an escape from my work as a civvie 'iron fighter. Philately; the world's most popular hobby – that takes some licking! Yours Aye.
Category: Crafts
Axe making by John Neeman
The Birth Of A Tool. Axe Making by John Neeman If you have six minutes to spare, first make yourself a cup of tea/coffee (delete or mentally ignore as appropriate), then sit down and take the load off your feet. You can almost smell the wood induced coke fire bellowing in the forge.
As a young engineering apprentice, I and my fellow trainee journeymen had to make certain tools for our intended trade by hand, which meant working with an 'olde-school' Blacksmith who was also a Bladesmith. The end result being a large selection of hardened and tempered chisels that had to cut, chip, and shape heavy steel with the aid of a pneumatic air gun.
The 'Smith' who taught the apprentices was in his late 60's; 'hand hands of iron, and fingers of steel, each one a marlin spike'… The perfect piece I made was done so privately, as the 'Smith' knew I was leaving to join the Corps. He instructed me on how to make a tang handled stainless steel hunting blade, forged and cut by hand without the use of a steam hammer. Some cruel 'bastardo' stole it just before I left to join the Marines, such is life! Yours Aye.
He's gone and nailed it
I have known people with some strange hobbies, whose collections were real eye openers. ('Sam, mate; if your reading this, collecting horseshoes is just weird, especially as you've never rode a horse in your life, and riding a donkey on the beach at Blackpool when you were a kid, just doesn't count')! A while back I spoke with a guy who lives in the village who collects house bricks, a retired builder who has collected since he was 16-years-old, he has some bricks that are several hundred years old. They are stored in a large wooden shed, on display; In truth he has sufficient to build his own mental asylum. And then we have Richard Jones, a 78-year-old retired joiner from Blackwood, South Wales, who deserves a mention over his 50-year-old hobby. He has amassed a collection of over 3.000 nails from around the globe, which he has catalogued and framed for all to see. In his own words "I don't drink, I don't smoke, and I don't get out a lot" Which is understandable! Man shows off his 3,000 NAILS that he spent 50 years gathering… Each to their own I suppose. I collect useless bits of information, but that's between us… Yours Aye.
Does size really matter?
Bigger isn't always better, or is it? I suppose it comes down to the fact of how often the item in question is used, and how much pleasure is taken from it!
The Emirate Royal Family now rule the celebrity waves after it was revealed they own the world's biggest mega-yacht, knocking Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich's yacht 'Eclipse' off the top spot. 'Eclipse' had been the world's biggest yacht for the past three years, but it has now been totally eclipsed by 'Azzam' which is 54ft (16.5m) longer. The 590ft (180 metre) super-yacht is set to launch a new round of one-upmanship among the world's super-rich. Roman Abramovich loses 'world's biggest yacht owner' title to Emirati royals' Personally, I'd much prefer one of these; negative brass work to polish, no chipping and painting, and who cares if it gets scratched or muddy when your out with your chums enjoying your self?
" A Life On The Ocean Wave, A-home on the rolling deep! Where the scater'd waters rave, And the winds their revels keep. Like an eagle caged I pine, On this dull, unchanging shore. Oh give me the flashing brine,The spray and the tempest's roar".
Yours Aye.
Dust, Clouds, and a Hooligan 930 feet above sea level…
Lou left a comment on NavyOne's post on "DUST DEVIL DOGS" on April 14, 2013 at 14:45.
Lou (Who I will now refer to as 'Dusty Lou') expressed her love of such 'dusty' themed pictures and paintings, which brought back a recent, as well as a far distant memory flooding back…
I was awe-struck upon seeing my first real painting as a young child at Preston Park museum, the 'Charge of the Light Brigade'. Since that day I have had a fascination for 'action' paintings and artwork. At the time of viewing I asked why [the scene] was painted, and not photographed, which raised a laugh from my Dad; he explained camera's had not been invented at the time. This confused me somewhat, as I had watched silent black and white movies with Charlie Chaplin gently falling about… No one was older than Charlie Chaplin?
'Charge of the Light Brigade'
Obviously there was the most basic camera around at the time, though they were incapable of capturing such a volatile moving charge. Though they did capture the result of what the 'Light Brigade' endured, through a still shot taken some time after the action.
In an attempt to draw out my artistic inner self, I have tried and dabbled with drawing and painting, using charcoal, pencil, oils as well as watercolour. After many hours and years of painful expressions, aching lower back, tears of frustration, and 'Van Gough' style tantrums, the result has always been the same; an absolute waste of time and money, the artistic demon refused to be drawn out. Watching a true 'artist' who is able to flow and place their interpretation of a subject to canvas, leaves me feeling like I have watched an illusionist; it also makes me want to scream with frustration, and ask "How? How, on God's green earth did you do that"!
Which leads me onto past history, without breaking protocol…
One morning many years ago. I, along with five other Marines, were selected to attend a covert surveillance/photography course (think sniper with a Pentax SLR). The experience of which, I could (and will probably/eventually) write into a story for a book. 'The beast in me' had been tempted out; it was a glorious moment that I recall to this day, an artistic interest of sorts had revealed itself.
My 'active' work entailed covert military Op's, mainly outdoors for long periods, some times in atrocious conditions using dug out hides, or laid half-submerged in babbling brooks in mid winter (covered in black neoprene from head to toe) watching the serious bad guys from 'across the water'. After which, hours of solitude in my own darkroom, observing and working to my own rules, and because every one thought photography was a dark art (developing and printing actually was back then) I was left to my own devices to the frustration of my Boss, a Royal Marine Lt (if your reading this 'Paul H', you have my most sincere apologies). The result of such covert work, created a chain reaction that in turn produced some great effective Counter Terrorism results. I was hooked, the down side was that after eighteen months I had to leave the dark art, and return to the routine of a RM Commando Unit. Photography then became far too expensive to enjoy.
That was until the arrival of the digital camera, and the world suddenly changed from monochrome to colour! Life began again when I splashed out and bought my first, of several cameras.
Only those of a certain age will understand the feeling of liberty that the digital age has brought about; I still have two rolls of film in my fridge that requires developing, each time I reach for the milk I make a mental note that it should be done!
(A quick show of hand's from those who still have a 35mm roll in a drawer or a box lying around the house)! I thought so; it's not just me. As usual I digress…Vague memories of the 'Gnome' and 'Devere' enlarger are almost mystical. The tainted smell of developer and fixer on hands and clothing are just a memory, their time has long since ceased to be. The digital age opened Pandora's box.
For Coffeypot & Navy Davy…
The enlarger's I mentioned are two types of photographic machine that use exposed & developed film, which is placed within a lens system. Using controlled light conditions, the resulting image is projected onto a single piece of 'Kenthene' print paper for light activation. The machines are not for the use on male appendage… (beat you to it) 😉
*I need not wax lyrical over the variety of digital systems that are now available, or how simple they are to use. Each with the capability of creating countless thousands of images inexpensively, all without the use of messy chemicals and machines whose names produced schoolgirl giggles (*why; because I have just done so, and yes we did giggle like schoolgirls when the 'enlarger' was introduced to the course, it's a man thing)…
Quick Dit…
Just recently I asked friends what they would like as a late wedding gift. They mentioned a copy of a photograph I had taken, as the colours, as well as the subject, matched a scheme within their home. The resulting image was transferred to a large canvas print, framed within a piece of polished oak taken from a fallen tree within the scene. It looks better than I describe, and I did feel a little awkward giving it as a gift as it felt as though I was cheating over what a true artist could produce. (Doffing my cap at the true artists among you).
Extension to the Dit…
Two years ago, well before dawn broke (on one of my numerous adventures), I walked to the summit of Roseberry Topping on the North Yorkshire Moors, to watch the sunrise from the sea. Setting off at the base there was a slight chill breeze that turned into a gusting wind as I climbed higher along the twisting worn trail. As I reached the highest point of the Topping, the wind was blowing a hooligan (40 mph); I settled down in the lee of one of the rock outcrops, upon which I caught sight of a fellow walker, who had also taken cover. It was too noisy to speak above the pitch of the gale, so I simply gave him the thumb up gesture of 'OK', from which I received a smile and a nod.
Settling in and down below cover, I took refuge and broke out one of my flask's of tea, followed by a heavily laden cold bacon sandwich; just as the sun went from pre-dawn into early sunrise. Reaching for my pocket Sony camera I crawled to the edge of my vantage point, capturing the morning's burst of energy as it glowed over the far distant white caps out at sea. All was well with the world as I settled back into my cubby hole; though I did ponder over the thought that "those who do not participate in the delights of pork, are indeed missing out on one of life's greatest pleasures"! Studying my surroundings, I noticed that my fellow walker did not appear to be a 'happy chappy', indeed he looked absolutely windswept, battered and forlorn. As I did not receive a thumb down earlier I presumed his lot was not a happy one, but at least an adequate and acceptable one (oh how I hoped he wasn't a potential jumper, as several had done so in past years)!
It has always been a habit of mine to over pack on hot drinks and foodstuff, so I was quite happy to sit and take in the distant view from my calm spy-hole for a while longer; ready to block and tackle the unhappy one's attempt at flight, should it be required. Eventually, having taken my fill, I considered my return route options.
Whilst re-packing my small Bergan 'unhappy chappy' motioned to me; once I was fully booted and spurred I wandered over to his spot, taking hit after hit from the punching buffering gale, and noticed that he had a large canvas satchel stuffed behind him, with what looked like a small collapsible easel strapped to it, along with other bits and pieces of paraphernalia?
'Windblown man' was not dressed for the great outdoors; his old tweed jacket with the collar turned up, worn over a thick brown woolen jumper, matched his faded brown corduroy trousers. He was either, the old school 'Matterhorn' adventurer type, or simply a teacher separated from his class of pupils? His attire sufficed on this warmish early morning, but only just… Unprepared outdoors walkers are a blight on society, who often put others at risk through their stupidity. What added insult to injury was the fact he was wearing heavy leather brogue shoes.
And then I noticed the lapel badge on his jacket; this was no ordinary great outdoors adventurer, or a teacher separated from his group! This was a 'Fellow of the Royal Academy of Arts'! An elderly angel had transcended from above, and the powerful gale had temporarily grounded him. My inwards growl subsided to pure admiration, as I unceremoniously parked my backside down next to him, thus cutting the 'Tyson-esque' air punches dead. After going through the good morning courtesies, we got down to the nitty-gritty, as well as the whys and where for' of his dilemma.
In a nutshell' the 'Fellow' had wished to capture the pastel colours and shades presented by the dawns rising sun, and hadn't taken that morning's wind calculation into account (at 930 feet above sea level)? That morning as he arrived at the summit, the wind started picking up from a soft gust that switched into a battering hooligan. Unable to set up his easel and watercolours, he decided to wait it out. A bad calculation, as the wind was destined to hit 60 to 70 mph by lunchtime, of which I explained.
As we discussed the situation I offered, then insisted, that he take my spare flask of hot tea, and then went one step further and offered him my back up bacon sandwich, which he again politely declined (phew), though I insisted he took half, of which he did (ohhh)! Followed by a banana and a large chocolate caramel wafer. Having drunk and ate our fill it was decided that I would carry his large satchel, as well as the 'monkeys & parrots' strapped to the outside; allowing him to walk down hill in front of me, as I could take the main buffering from the nor'easter gale.
My main concern was that the small 120-pound wiry frame of the 'Fellow' inside his jacket, would act as a sail and blow him from the track, and over the edge (I had seen more meat on a jockey's whip at York races, my morning snack must have been a two-day feast for him)! Gradually and gingerly he made his way down wards as I acted as his back stop; en-route we deterred a young couple carrying a small child in a back knapsack from walking up! Unprepared outdoors walkers are a blight on society, etc, etc. Having reached the base safely, we then walked back to the car park discussing the merits of painting over photography. We eventually shook hands and parted company.
Over the last year or so the 'Fellow' and I have bumped into each other several times both socially, as well as accidentally whilst wandering around the Yorkshire Moors. At his request I did mail him my collection of photographs taken from that wind-swept morning, who knows if they were of any use? But through the marvel of modern-day digital imagery, at least I achieved my aim, which I often rib him about.
He always has the last laugh though, and does laugh longest, as he is the true artist and painter with a thousand years of history supporting him.
However; the time previously spent burning money as well as brain cells at my attempt at art, have not been wasted. The same principles are required when formulating the subject using 'old school photography'; they work even better with digital photography, as the principles also be brought to play when editing the image on a 'puter' screen.
A question for 'Dusty Lou'! Are clouds as difficult as dust to capture on canvas?
Yours Aye.
Red Cup Living
Ah, the ubiquitous red cup. Toby Keith even has a song about 'em called the Red Solo Cup. (Not to be confused with the Han Solo Cup, which was one of Han's biggest supporters.) Now the good folks at Red Cup Living are introducing the Red Cup Margarita Glass, Red Cup Cocktail Cup, Red Cup Wine Glass. And the Red Cup Coffee Mug:
Yes, it is ten bucks. No, it is not made of plastic. But stoneware. As in stonerware. . .
Andrew Tuohy's Flowers
Mr. Andrew Tuohy likes to give his dear mother flowers from time to time. But he also adds a twist to his traditional gift. What are his flowers made of?
Hey! It turns out Andrew was an HM2 (FMF); which translates, to those of you who don't speak Nav-glish, as: Andrew Tuohy was a Navy Corpsman. Good job, Shipmate!
Wine Etching
Are you searching for a gift for your boss or co-worker, someone in your life? A person who is nearly impossible to buy for?
Well, hunt no more my exhausted friend, for the Mellow Jihadi has located the perfect gift for you. A custom-etched wine bottle.
The wine bottle artists: Etching Expressions. They have a great product. (As evidenced by the bottle to my left. Price and etch/label options are at their site.)
Being the only Lieutenant in my office, planning and executing farewell luncheons is often within my target deck.
It is a bad feeling indeed, with a week out from the event, and you do not know what to get the departing Sailor.
Three etched wine bottles later and I can say that these folks do fine work. I did not know them prior to ordering my first wine bottle, nor do I receive any kick-back from my endorsement here. Only a promise: that you will be cheered as the conquering hero should you present this bottle to your next adios'ing team member. Trust me, I have conquered three lunches already! Tell Mike I sent you. . .
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The Ritz-Carlton is looking to bring its signature luxury to mobile users by making it easier for them to check in and out with mobile check-in, among other enhancements to its app.
In an effort to bring the luxury for which it's known to its mobile customers, The Ritz-Carlton has introduced a revamped app that features mobile check-in among several other new additions. These improvements are the latest move in a growing trend of hospitality brands seeking to capitalize on the opportunities mobile affords.
"The big challenge for everyone in the travel industry is that a lot of technology underneath the covers is not up to date," says, Ben Reubenstein, president of global digital agency Possible's mobile division. "All of us carry these mobile devices and have access to these networks, so streamlining experiences like check-in is pretty powerful."
First launched in 2012, The Ritz-Carlton App now includes mobile check-in and check-out, real-time service requests, the ability to order food and beverages, and exclusive localized content. Though The Ritz-Carlton certainly isn't the only hotel with its own app - Mandarin Oriental allows users to book rooms or research its restaurants on its app, while the Caesars Palace Las Vegas app lets guests request room repairs and schedule spa treatments - it aims to be the most comprehensive.
Reubenstein first noticed the app not as a marketer, but as a traveler. Despite his disappointment that the Web, iOS, and Android apps are all the same, rather than optimized for individual platforms, he was nonetheless impressed by the overall experience.
"The app kind of has two modes: 'I'm getting ready to book my trip' and 'I'm here, ready to check in' or 'I'm at the pool, ready for a drink,'" Reubenstein says.
Christoph Heyn, The Ritz-Carlton's director of mobile and digital guest experience, stressed the importance of keeping in mind that travelers have drastically different needs at home than they do once they're physically at the hotel.
"If we do mobile, we wanted to do it The Ritz-Carlton way and fulfill the promise to our guests that they'll get a superior experience, not just when they stay with us, but when they're on their mobile devices, too," Heyn says.
The most notable enhancement to the app is the mobile check-in feature, which is also newly available for 10 other hotel brands under The Ritz-Carlton's parent company, Marriott International. While Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide is currently testing a mobile check-in feature, which also includes keyless room entry, at two of its properties, one of which also unveiled a robotic butler earlier this week, The Ritz-Carlton's version is available to all customers.
Guests who worry about the absence of human interaction needn't worry - the front desk and concierge aren't going anywhere. This is just an option for guests who prefer to communicate electronically. When the app launched, an email was sent out to Ritz-Carlton rewards members with upcoming visits and according to Heyn, 18 percent opted for mobile check-in.
Additionally, though customers are none the wiser, another aspect designed to make their experience more seamless is an update to the food and beverage system's back end. Typically, the dining room manager receives orders as emails and dispatches them; now, they'll be sent straight to the kitchen and printed on-site.
In October, The Ritz-Carlton will launch the next phase of its app, a feature that involves using filters, titles, and stamps to turn users' photos into 1920s-style retro travel posters and lets them share on social media.
These continuous upgrades may prove to be effective for the hotel chain, as Reubenstein points out that it's crucial for any brand with an app to keep working on it.
"You need to pay attention year after year to what Apple and Google are doing, to what's going on in your industry, and keep it moving," he says. "You can't just write the app, put it in the store, and check the box. It's a continuous investment."
Before joining the ClickZ team, Mike O'Brien was a reporter for newspapers in Brooklyn and Eugene, Oregon, where he earned a Master's degree in journalism from the University of Oregon. Having also worked in newspaper sales, Mike enjoys writing about marketing and advertising much more than selling it.
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Wine you'd be happy to drink (Recipe: grilled beef and potatoes with chimichurri sauce) {gluten-free}
You know that I seldom give relationship advice here in The Perfect Pantry, and when I do, it is the very best advice. So you can trust what I'm about to tell you.
If you are seeking your life partner, and you are a non-drinker who likes to cook with wine (like I am), ask yourself these very important questions before you give your heart away.
First, does your prospective partner drink wine, and will he or she be happy to drink whatever is left from your cooking? (This is the best case.)
Second, if you ask this partner-to-be to bring home a bottle of wine you'd be happy to drink (if only you weren't a teetotaler), will he or she know that cooking wine is not wine for cooking?
Third, will he or she ask the all important question: what are we having for dinner?
Fourth, will he/she be willing to knock on doors with an empty measuring cup to borrow a cup of wine from a neighbor when your own supply runs out?
If the answer to these questions is yes, you are on the road to a happy life together. Trust me.
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Matrix 3D Cubes 3!!! Try it buy it! New update!
Matrix 3D Cubes 3 LWP play.google.com.livewallpaper
Matrix 3D Cubes 3 Live Wallpaper is renderer with Open GL ES2.0 and are enhanced with more options, touch enabled, more cubes (125 cubes). Report any problems to me by email thanks! No issues reported! Tested on Samsung Galaxy S3 but work on other devices as well.
Crash issue resolved when setting wallpaper.
In settings you can change,
- Framerate Control Enabled (try this if your device has trouble to render at full framerate)
- Framerate (1-60 Hz)
- Dome image
- Dome brightness
- Dome On/Off
- Color shifting of cubes color and specular color
- Use static cube color that you can choose
- Use static specular color that you can choose
- Touch enabled or not.
- Touch sensivity
- Speed
- Color Presets!
Required Android O/S : 2.3.3+
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Flow Theme for CM9/CM10.1 v2.5 APK
Flow Theme for AOKP/CM10!
Flow Theme for CM9/CM10 play.google.com.flow
This theme works with AOKP/CM9/10 and it supports [XHDPI/HDPI(the HDPI version still needs some work but i don't have an HDPI device to solve all the issues as fast as the XHDPI version)] screen resolutions! AND now works with Paranoid Rom too!
I tried to make this theme as bugfree as possible with a really clean and elegant look.
Almost every thing is theme with 15 unique new android icon redesigned from scratch!
You'll really understand how great this theme looks on SAMOLED screens.
- Improved Soft keys
- New keyboard theme
- New very clean and modern blue system color
- 15 New system icon with HD quality clean and sharp
- and they give a new fresh look to Android
- New cleaner settings look
- New switchers
- New Volume sliders
- New Contacts design
- New Messaging design
- New clean and modern blue Spinner animation
- New design for notification panel
- New dialer
- New and really awsome camera design!
- Improved compatibility with Nova, Trebuchet and Apex Launchers
- Fix Small CM10.1 Circle Battery
- Fix Tabui Small Icons
- Fix Tabui Small Clock Font
- Fix White on White Text
- Improved Notification Header
- Improved MMS App
- Improved People App
- Improved Notification Toggles
- Restored White Text Color on Settings Separators
Required Android O/S : 4.0+
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Bladeslinger v1.4.0 APK
BLADESLINGER is a visually stunning, fast paced 3D action brawler developed exclusively for high-end mobile devices!
Bladeslinger introduces graphics features never seen before on mobile devices. Multiple mind-blowing 3D environments and characters, dynamic lighting and shadows with no detail spared. As mobile games approach console quality, Bladeslinger pushes the bar further than ever before.
You play as William Glaston, a native of Hammer's Peak returning home from war to find his once peaceful town deserted and overrun with hostile creatures he's never seen before. Follow William's quest for truth and the salvation of Hammer's Peak.
Bladeslinger takes full advantage of the flexibility and unique options for gaming with touch screen devices. Quick shooting, split second dodging, combo attacks, monster punching and punishing special moves -- all achieved with simple, intuitive touch gesture controls.
Multiple highly detailed and complex environments with escalating challenges will push you through hours of compelling, non-repetitive gameplay.
Bladeslinger is optimized Android devices with 512MB+ RAM, and offers additional graphics optimizations on NVIDIA Tegra devices.
We are personally here to answer your questions, and incorporate your feedback into ongoing improvements for Bladeslinger.
Developed by Luma Arcade and published by Kerosene Games.
Dynamic and progressive Storm Effects system: rain, lens drops, more reflective puddles, lightning and 3D positional thunder.
What's in this version : (Updated : Apr 18, 2013)
- New gunblades in the store
- Localization for French, Italian, German, Spanish, Korean, and Japanese
- Subtitles
- Various bugfixes and improvements
Required Android O/S : 2.3+
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Next Launcher 3D v1.27 APK
Next Launcher, designed by GO Dev Team, is officially released now!
Next Launcher 3D play.google.com.nextlauncher
At the end of 2012, we have a surprise for you! Next Launcher, designed by GO Dev Team, is officially released now!
Next Launcher is a new launcher application which is full of glorious 3D elements and dynamic effects. Fancy 3D visual elements, gorgeous transition effects and humanized gestures bring you a unique and splendid operation experience and visual enjoyment.
- Various operation for icons: icons support rotation, reset, select, align and so on. Operation is easy and fantastic.
- Unlimited screen layout: placing icons or widgets randomly which forms your own home screen.
- Stereoscopic screen preview: lots of screen display effects, dazzling animation of screen switching about adding or deleting screen.
- Quick screen management: adding different kinds of elements in screen edit including application icons, folders and widgets. It'll support changing wallpapers and themes soon.
- Rotatable dock: inverting upward or downward the Dock can quickly switch among home screen, screen edit and screen preview.
- Powerful app drawer: icons can be arranged by names or by time, and folders can be created by overlaying icons. Batch mode and operation of adding apps to screen are also available.
- Beautiful scrolling effects: a variety of app drawer scrolling effects that provide a distinctive screen switching experience.
- Fancy 3D widgets: 3D widgets that are based on Next Launcher are coming soon!
- Please make sure your device has installed Google Play.
- Phone performance:Android 2.3.3 and up; Dual-core models is better.
- Suggestion:Watch the video of Next Launcher first, to know about the cool operation of the product.
- Notice: We suggest users which use Galaxy Nexus don't remove the Menu icon.
- (New)Personalization themes mix mode(Click Next indicator—>Themes mix)
- (New)Element swing with homescreen transition(Menu—>Preferences—>Effects settings)
- (Improve) Homescreen transition performance
- (Fix) Some FC bugs
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Paperless-Draw, sketch, tablet v1.1.7 APK
"Painting has never been so easy, the ink engine is fantastic, lines are looking smooth, the feeling is amazing!
Paperless-Draw, sketch, tabletplay.google.com.drawing
This is a Drawing application that let you sketch and paint with water colors, feather, pencil, brushes...
The engine is Really Fast ! There is No delay between the touch and the following line.
✓ The engine is customizable, you have all the control over the drawing line, which means : Size, Opacity, Smoothing and Thickness Factor.
✓ A selection of 6 drawing tools let you do just what you want.
✓ Drawing, painting, coloring, sketching, writing, all these are possible with Paperless.
You can save your works and classify them in books and pages with a super simple drag/drop & add/remove navigation.
✓ New layers feature is now set. 3 layers are available and ready to use. Toggle visibility and adjust Layer Opacity. It's preserve the transparency on each layer.
✓ You can zoom in & out and drag with two fingers to navigate inside your drawing.
✓ With the brush tools you can paint by using simple brush, blurry brush or even watercolor.
✓ You can adjust the size, the opacity, the thickness according to the speed and even the smoothness of the curve.
✓ The ink pen allow you to hand write, take notes, with a smooth ink design.
Fill an area with the selected color in one touch with the paint bucket.
✓ The undo and redo let you go back and forth in the history of your action. You can go back up to 15 steps in the history.
✓ Choose your color according to the hue/saturation/brightness, a history of the last 6 colors can be picked and a nice selection of brightness variances is available.
✓ The color picker let you pick any color on the screen.
✓ You can save your drawing into the gallery as a photo.
✓ You can also import picture from your photo gallery such as your photo or a drawing that you saved earlier.
✓ You can share your works on Facebook.
✓ A selection of backgrounds/textures is available.
You should not work with USB storage connected, because it blocks the save from the application, this may result in a loss of your drawing !
- Full canvas, use all the screen space (designed for tablets use)
- 6 drawing tools
- Feather ink
- Painting brush : basic, blur, dirt...
- WaterColor Brush
- Pencil Brush
- Special ink pen for writing
- Eraser tool
- Paint bucket tool
- Color picker tool
- Preview for all tools
- Two finger zoom & drag
- Dynamic thickness
- Dynamic smoothing
- Control the thickness according to the speed
- Control the smoothness of your line's curve
- Control the size of the brush
- Control the opacity
- Choose any color with hue/saturation/brightness
- History of 5 last colors
- Selection of 6 color variances
- 15 undo redo
- 12 backgrounds
- Share on Facebook
- Save to your gallery
- Save as PNG with transparency in storage
- Import any picture from your gallery
- Fixed bug with zoom and unwanted strokes
- Changed the current first layer to the top one
Required Android O/S : 2.2+
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Paperless-Draw, sketch, tablet v1.1.7 APK
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Action Launcher Pro 1.5.7 APK
Getting you where you need to go, faster!
Action Launcher Proplay.google.com.actionlauncher.pro
Action Launcher re-imagines the concept of an Android launcher. Put simply, Action Launcher is designed to get you where you need to go, faster.
It looks and feels like a natural launching pad for the Android ecosystem.
- Sliding app drawer for instant access to all your apps
- 'Covers', a powerful new way to quickly launch apps and shortcuts without compromising the look of your carefully crafted homescreen.
- Action bar present on the home screen
- Highly organized customization options
- Strong Play Store integration
What's in this version: (Updated : Apr 18, 2013)
- NEW: Shutters - finally, you can unlock the power & potential of Android's widgets. Shutters are similar to a cover: press the app icon to load the app, but if you swipe the icon, that app's widget will automatically be created & displayed. (Note that due to Android API limitations, shutters require Android 4.1 or later)
- NEW: Full tablet support.
- NEW: Many stability improvements.
- NEW: WAY more features than Google will let me list here. See here for a full breakdown: http://bit.ly/WZtfzP
Apps , Personalization ,
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ESPN ranks Knicks with 21st-best decision maker
ESPN Forecast asked their panel to rank the "basketball decision maker" in each organization. The duo of Phil Jackson and Steve Mills ranked No. 21 out of 30.
"We asked the voters to rate each team's front-office management on its guidance and leadership in terms of how it affects overall on-court success, both in the short and long term," the report said.
The Spurs ranked at the top of the list, while the crosstown Nets ranked No. 28.


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The Blood Type Diet Archives Volume 4
eating (drinking) clay
Posted By: Louise
I have just read a very interesting book called "The Clay Cure -Natural Healing from the Earth"
Well, needless to say, if it can do all of that, we have tremedous healing tool here. He makes a very good argument
It occurs to me that it must be drudging up and evacuating sludge, because more is coming out than going in, if you follow my drift.
I feel great, by the way, and about 10 pounds lighter!
I am almost hoping no one is going to tell me something horrible about it, but I do want to know the real deal...
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When is the Idaho Regatta?
Three days of the fastest Inboard Circle Boat Racing in the United States.
It's called the Idaho Regatta and it happens at the end of June every year on the beautiful Snake River in Burley, Idaho.
Three days of the fastest Inboard Circle Boat Racing in the United States.
It's called the Idaho Regatta and it happens at the end of June every year on the beautiful Snake River in Burley, Idaho.
Both my husband and I are Superman freaks! He wants to be Superman and I want him to be Superman, so it works out. Except for about a month my husband has been non-stop asking me when the movie comes out? He knows that it's THIS WEEKEND!
For those of you who are as excited as I am, here's everything you need to know to see the new New Superman Movie - 'Man of Steel' Playing in Twin Falls this weekend.
While NBC has mostly struggled in the comedy department over the last few years, such critical gems as 'Community,' '30 Rock,' 'Parks and Recreation' and even 'The Office' failing to bring in the big ratings, the network's recent success in the last year may lead them to some bolder choices. To that end, the peacock has decided to extend its relationship with 'Fashion Star' judge Jessica Simpson, affording the singer her own semi-autobiographical sitcom in the near future. But how true to life would a Jessica Simpson sitcom be?
As we roll toward the season of renewals, pilots and pickups, CBS has a great question hanging over its head with regard to the fate of 'Two and a Half Men.' Having survived two additional seasons past Charlie Sheen, the show may face additional departures as its looks toward a potential eleventh season. Yet if 'Two and a Half Men' were to come to an end in the near future, might all be forgiven enough to allow Charlie Sheen a brief return to the series before a potential finale? Sheen speaks out on his 'Two and a Half Men' future inside!
We all remember the beloved book series 'The Baby-Sitters Club,' which spawned a tv series, a movie and 'The Baby-Sitters Little Sister' book series. But did you know that the series was based on another book about baby sitting? Or that the author, Ann M. Martin, was a freelance author at the time Scholastic published it? If not, read more to get the best up-to-date facts about this beloved series and indulge in a bit of childhood nostalgia.
The closer we get to 'The Walking Dead's' February 10 premiere "The Suicide King" we get, the more ravenous we become to see where the back half of AMC's zombie-killer drama takes us. And while the recent showrunner shake-up won't take effect until season 4 begins this fall, we can't wait to find out what proved so divisive about the back eight episodes of 'The Walking Dead' season 3. Now that AMC has released all the episode titles for the coming run, do we have a clue where 'The Walking Dead' will take us?


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Magmatic history of Dabbahu, a composite volcano in the Afar Rift, Ethiopia
L. Field et al., School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol, Wills Memorial Building, Queen's Road, Bristol, BS8 1RJ, UK. Posted online 25 October 2012; http://dx.doi.org/10.1130/B30560.1.
Dabbahu is a volcano in northern Ethiopia that comprises a range of lavas from basaltic to very evolved rhyolites which have a high silica content. L. Field and colleagues present 93 new whole-rock analyses, mineral analyses from 65 samples and 9 new 40Ar/39Ar dates, together with a new geological map of the volcano. They use these data to show that Dabbahu has been active for over 67 thousand years, but there is an apparent hiatus of about 20 thousand years in its eruptive history that occurred between the eruption of the most evolved magmas. Some rhyolites erupted both effusively and explosively. All magmas were erupted from a relatively closely spaced network of vents and fissures, and field evidence indicates that magmas were not erupted in a simple fractionation sequence. Some mixing occurred between magmas of less evolved compositions, together with more evolved compositions shortly prior to, or during, eruption. The differentiation of basalt to rhyolite must have occurred on timescales that were relatively short compared to the lifetime of the volcano, probably due to the small volumes of basalt intruded into the crust and consequently enhanced cooling and crystallization rates. A network of stacked sills or closely spaced dykes in the shallow to mid crust represents the most plausible configuration of the sub-volcanic plumbing system. Input of new magma batches into such a system may serve as a key eruption trigger at Dabbahu.
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Testing the snowball Earth hypothesis for the Ediacaran
Alexei V. Ivanov et al., Institute of the Earth's Crust, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Lermontov Street 128, Irkutsk 664033, Russia. Posted online ahead of print 16 May 2013; http://dx.doi.org/10.1130/G34345.1.
Earth experienced ultimately cold climates several times in its history, such as glaciers reaching the tropical latitudes, and the ocean probably stayed completely frozen. This type of climate stage is known as snowball Earth. Siberia was once tropical during the Ediacaran period about 580-570 million years ago, yet it was glaciated. If Earth was at the snowball stage and thus completely covered by ice, the ice prevented accumulation of cosmic dust and micrometeorites at oceanic floor. The dust and micrometeorite particles would have accumulated rapidly on the ocean floor at the ice-melting event, providing a geochemical signal. However, unlike a previous Cryogenian glaciation at about 635 million years ago, which is a classic example of the snowball Earth conditions, Alexei Ivanov and colleagues find this signal to be at a background level, suggesting that Ediacaran glaciation recorded in Siberia did not reach the snowball Earth stage. The severe cold climate and open oceans probably were prerequisites for evolution of metazoan and a later burst of life on Earth.
Evidence for extensive methane venting on the southeastern U.S. Atlantic margin
L.L. Brothers et al., U.S. Geological Survey, 384 Woods Hole Road, Woods Hole, Massachusetts 02543, USA. Posted onl
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Geological Society of America


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Elektron Introduces Full Line of Collision Repair Equipment for Aluminum Components
Elektron Introduces Full Line of Collision Repair Equipment for Aluminum Components
Line includes MIG/MAG welders, stud welders, and complete workstation with dent puller
Madison, Ind. (Nov. 13, 2013) – At the SEMA Show in Las Vegas last week, Elektron unveiled a new family of collision repair equipment designed specifically to fix aluminum vehicle components. The new line includes MIG/MAG welders, aluminum stud welders and an aluminum repair station complete with dent puller and dedicated accessories.
Prevent Ceramic Brake Damage with New Rotary Lift Mobile Wheel Lift
Prevent Ceramic Brake Damage with New Rotary Lift Mobile Wheel Lift
Madison, Ind. (Nov. 13, 2013) – Because they are lighter, can withstand higher temperatures, and offer other benefits, ceramic composite disc brakes are offered as factory options on a growing number of performance vehicles. However, the same properties that make ceramic disc brakes desirable also make them susceptible to accidental chipping and cracking during service. For shops that cater to performance-based vehicles, Rotary Lift's new MW-200 Mobile Wheel Lift takes the worry out of the wheel removal and installation process.
Chief Introduces LaserLock™ Live Mapping: The First Real-Time, Self-Leveling Collision Repair Measuring System
Chief Introduces LaserLock™ Live Mapping: The First Real-Time, Self-Leveling Collision Repair Measuring System
Madison, Ind. (Nov. 13, 2013) – Chief Automotive Technologies introduced its LaserLock™ live mapping™ system, the next evolution in computerized collision repair measuring, at last week's SEMA Show in Las Vegas. Chief's LaserLock system includes a new laser scanner with out-of-level measuring capabilities; 45 targets and a wide range of attachments; a lockable, portable workstation equipped with dual flat screen monitors, computer and color printer; and exclusive Chief software.
Makers of SLAMSTOP Captures Success at SEMA 2013 Show: Innovative Door Retracting System
SLAMSTOP, a division of the Upstream Capital Management PTE.LTD, was thrilled to announce the launch of the new innovative door retracting system technology to the USA automotive market at this year's "SEMA Show" taking place this past week in Las Vegas.
The SLAMSTOP booth, over the course of the four days, was visited by more than 10,000 attendees who were intrigued by the new innovative solution which highlights universality, simplicity, reliability.
The key result of participation at SEMA Show 2013: SLAMSTOP has a brilliant future and garnered lots of perspectives. "American Market is important strategically for us. We are ready to present unique and innovation product which had been only available for the luxury segment of automotive market in the past. We're geared to offer this for every car or truck," commented Alexander Abdullaev, Vice President of Upstream Capital Management PTE.LTD:
mPower Announces new Distribution Opportunity for the Jump It Emergency Jumpstarter
East Rutherford, NJ (November 8, 2013) mPower Technologies Inc. (http://mpowertech.com/), the consumer products division of mPhase Technologies, Inc. (OTCQB:XDSL), announced today a new opportunity for distribution partners in the auto accessories category. Officially launched on October 5, 2013 at the SEMA show, the mPower Jump It is an extremely powerful and portable car battery jump starter that's so small it fits in a glove box.
"The mPower Jump It is an exciting opportunity for auto accessories distributors and retailers," said Ron Durando, President and CEO of mPhase Technologies. "It fits perfectly into the multi-billion dollar battery, safety and accessories categories – a simple value proposition, fulfilling a strong consumer demand, at a price point that virtually any family can afford."
HH2 Hydrogen Water Energy cell cleans toxic exhaust emissions
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HH2 Hydrogen water cells vapors cause fuels to burn inside an engine prior to exhaust, HH2 is a disruptive catalyst vapor. HH2 Water Cell vapors reduce toxic exhaust emissions and harmful poisons. HH2 improves the fuel combustion prior to exhaust discharge. Gasoline and Diesel exhausts get cleaner using a few pennies of water.
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Knobbe Martens Attorneys to Offer Updates on Key Automotive IP Issues at SEMA 2013; Complimentary IP Legal Consultations for Members Available on November 5
Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP, one of the largest intellectual property firms in the United States, will be in attendance at the SEMA conference, Booth #32236, from Tuesday, November 5 to Friday, November 8. The attorneys will be available to discuss the latest protections against auto part counterfeiting, protecting your brand, when to file for a patent, trademark or copyright as well as other topics of importance to the automotive industry targeting the protection of your valuable IP assets.
On Tuesday, November 5, SEMA members will have an opportunity to meet one-on-one with Knobbe Martens' Robb Roby and a panel of attorneys who will provide complimentary 15 minute private legal consultations from 9 a.m. to noon at LVCC N263C.
The attorneys are available to discuss legal issues of interest to members such as:
• legal limitations of counterfeit parts and unlawful knockoffs
• applying for a patent or registering trademarks and copyrights
Wedge Clamp Systems launches a lighter duty puller that gives you more versatility and dual pulling capacity. Pulling up to 5 tons, the Quick Puller offers dual independent pulling capacity to enable you to set up two pulls at same time. It boasts a 20% smaller footprint than Wedge Clamp's reknowned EZE Roller – perfect for tight spaces. The integrated handle and swivel wheels ensure mobility for easy set up and storage. Combine the Quick Puller with Wedge Clamp's EZE Tie Down anchoring system for an ultra productive Express Repair bay!
Wedge Clamp's sophisticated frame measuring and straightening systems, new compact EZELift car-lift system, and NitroHeat nitrogen-charged painting systems are distributed worldwide. Visit us at SEMA –Booth 10669 - online at www.wedgeclamp.com or call 1-800-615-9949.
KC HiLiTES Unveils the KC Gravity Series and Flex LED Line at SEMA
WILLIAMS, Ariz. - KC HiLiTES, the pioneer of off-road lighting, is unveiling the KC Gravity and Flex LED series at this week's SEMA Show in Las Vegas, Nevada. The KC Gravity Series offers a patented LED technology making it the brightest option on the market, and the KC Flex Series will be the industry's first truly modular and customizable LED product line.


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