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Someone once gave me advice. Things like "Don't buy a white bedspread." And "You will hate bangs. You won't be able to style them." And "Maxi dresses don't look good on you. You're too short and wide." This was someone giving advice out of love, not being mean, but it's funny how things sound when falling on insecure ears. I spent years believing these "truths." I hid in frumpy, baggy clothes. I didn't trust or love what I saw when I looked in the mirror.
Then I met my soul sister. It wasn't exactly love at first sight, but I was certainly intrigued. We met at new teacher orientation, and I remember looking across the conference table at this "girl" with bright red hair and some kooky outfit and thought, "There's no way this chick is a teacher." She said she thought I was a "know-it-all." From all outside appearances it wouldn't seem like the beginnings of a soul sister-type relationship, but this was a predestined friendship.
She gave me something I had never gotten from a friendship- complete support and acceptance. Through her eyes, I saw a very different Katie. Someone with beautiful curves and amazing hair and a perfect heart-shaped face. She gave me confidence that I never had on my own. Somebody once said I shouldn't wear maxi dresses because I am short and wide. I may be, but now when I look at pictures like the one below, I see awesome womanly curves in a great dress. And that's what friends can do for you!


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The Companions of the Cross was founded in 1985 by Rev. Robert Bedard, CC. In 2003 we were established as a Society of Apostolic Life.
We are a community of Catholic priests inviting people to know Jesus and empowering them to share Jesus.
"I see the Church waking up and coming explosively alive to the point where it, with the power of the Holy Spirit, will shake the earth and the nations with its dynamic presence. (Fr. Bob Bedard: Evangelization-A Challenge for the Catholic Church, pg. 10)"
Our priests preach the Word of God with passion, celebrate the sacraments with devotion, and lead with confidence.
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As we get closer to beb's arrival, my urge to nest is growing as rapidly as my belly. And while a few new dresses accommodate the bump, the home part isn't as straight forward.
For those not in the know, a few months ago Aaron and I said goodbye to our sunny three-bedroom apartment for a smaller place as the space was unnecessary. Little did we know, those extra rooms would be needed much faster than anticipated.
As a result, another move is on the cards, and just like I did with the wedding, full planning mode is in gear — only this time when it's go time, I'll be seven months pregnant and it will be summer. Someone fetch me a frosty fruit.
With a clean slate of potential baby rooms in front of us, I've become addicted to building out ideas. Let's just say I never quite got the whole Pintrest movement until now.
Since finding out we're having a little boy, blue and different hues of blue (exciting I know), have been my focus. I like things clean and neat, so white, wood, and you guessed, shades of blue, is what I'm leaning towards.
I'm sure as I fall into even deeper Pinterest wormholes this vision will change, but until then, here are some nursery spaces I'm loving. Now only to find the apartment!
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World Community/Internat'l Service
Rotary Club of Seaburn works with communities overseas, mostly through The Rotary Foundation.
The mission of The Rotary Foundation is to enable Rotarians to advance world understanding, goodwill, and peace through the improvement of health, the support of education, and the alleviation of poverty. The Foundation is a not-for-profit corporation supported solely by voluntary contributions from Rotarians and friends of the Foundation who share its vision of a better world.


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I live in St. Louis, MO, but my heart and soul hang out at the beach. I am a multi-genre, award winning writer, and speaker. I am a seasoned pre-k teacher, on line writing instructor, wife, mother, Nana to twelve. Hopefully, something I say will make you smile, further your writing career, or inspire you to write from the heart, too. email@example.com. Twitter, @WriterLindaO.
Monday, July 11, 2011
Playing with Paw-Paw
Nicole and Paw-Paw have a growly relationship. He 'arrhs' at her, and she glares back, points her finger and says, "No! Paw-Paw" Then she runs to me. She'll hug him good-bye, but mostly they tease each other.
She was visiting one day. I was on the computer and she was playing in the guest room with her toys. I heard giggling and 'voices' in the living room, and there sat hubby and Nicole engaged in imaginative play, he was Woody, and Nicole was Jessie (from Toy Story). They were acting SO silly, using different voices and playing. Made my heart swell with pride for this man I married.
There's a wall of fame in the office dedicated to Paw-Paw Bill. Each child's photo is framed with a comment or essay about why they love him. Nicole's comment: "He chases me and says, "Bwaaa-haaa-ha-ha." Now she can add, "He plays Woody and Jessie with me."
So, all this time I thought she was afraid of him. I would tell him, "Be NICE to her." She was engaging him.
When our oldest granddaughter (21) was Nicole's age, she would say, "Paw-Paw is my favorite kid." Yep! It's unanimous.
9 comments:
- Kim said...
IMO, that's the highest praise that a grandchild can give to a grandparent.
I wanna be just like Paw-Paw when I grow up!
- July 11, 2011 at 5:53 AM
- Unknown said...
That was wonderful Linda, thanks for sharing. You are blessed.
- July 11, 2011 at 6:06 AM
- Sioux Roslawski said...
Yes, Paw-Paws and Poppis have unique relationships with their grandkids. They are different from Nana/Grammy, but the kiddos wouldn't trade them for anything.
- July 11, 2011 at 6:37 AM
- jabblog said...
Grandfathers and grandchildren need each other.
- July 11, 2011 at 6:51 AM
- Peggy Frezon said...
Nicole is adorable! Woody and Jesse are great pals to play with. So nice Paw-Paw let himself be a kid again to relate to his granddaughter!
- July 11, 2011 at 8:21 AM
- BECKY said...
So fun! Bill's a sweetie!
- July 11, 2011 at 8:52 AM
- Southhamsdarling said...
Isn't it wonderful when we can play with our grandchildren like this. We are blessed indeed! I'm sure Nicole will remember all this when she gets older, and I'm sure your hubby absolutely adores her!!
- July 11, 2011 at 1:51 PM
- Lynn said...
That is just too sweet!
- July 11, 2011 at 8:54 PM
- Tammy said...
This is why God invented grandparents. Sweet, sweet story.
- July 12, 2011 at 12:06 PM


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With the website change, the blog is moving too. From now on, you can follow the HTS Undergraduate Student Blog at www.hsoc.gatech.edu/undergrad-blog. The old blog (this one!) will stay live and all the posts will remain, so don't worry if you forgot to jot down a deadline or make note of an internship opportunity. The information is still there!
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On Friday, April 22, 2016, the School of History and Sociology at Georgia Tech is hosting a day-long symposium that will feature a roundtable discussion composed of leading historians and sociologists, a series of breakout sessions led by those experts, a panel marking the 20th anniversary of the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, and a reception. More information is in the flyer below and on the School's website: http://hsoc.gatech.edu/symposium.
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Spring Faculty and Staff Luncheon Awards
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The Life and Loves of Thaddeus Stevens
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The Life and Loves of Thaddeus Stevens is an insightful look at one of the most misunderstood figures of the 19th Century. Stevens, the driving force behind landmark civil rights laws, education policy, and economic development initiatives, is presented in this book as both an uncompromising politician and a vulnerable human shaped by his own passions. The book captures the highlights of Stevens's career at the local, state, and federal levels but does not shy away from the story of his relationships with several paramours. These relationships, whispered about during his lifetime and long after his death, denied him his proper place as a true historical figure, a key counselor to Presidents, and a visionary leader who lived and died for the basic right of equality for all men and women.
Mark Singel was Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania from 1987 through 1995 and, for a period of time, Acting Governor. The only person in Pennsylvania history to serve an extended period as Acting Governor, Singel received high marks for his stewardship. He led the state by enacting the first modern workers' compensation reform package, refinanced the state's park system through the "Key 93" program, and helped launch the high-tech era with landmark telecommunications legislation. He was also instrumental in reducing state and local taxes, the implementation of a statewide 911 emergency phone system, and the creation of thousands of new jobs in recycling and environmental technologies. He was the original author of the state's mortgage assistance bill that has saved 35,000 Pennsylvania homes.
Prior to his terms as Lieutenant Governor, Singel served six years in the Pennsylvania State Senate and was chief of staff to two members of the U.S. Congress.
Singel ran for U.S. Senate in 1992 and for Governor in 1994. He served as Chairman of the Pennsylvania Democratic Party from 1995-1998 and was the President of Pennsylvania's Electoral College in January 1997.
Upon leaving public service, he founded Singel Associates and later established The Winter Group which is now part of the McNees Wallace family of legal and governmental services.
Singel served as chairman of Governor Ed Rendell's Transition Executive Committee and maintains strong personal and political ties with leaders at all levels today.
A magna cum laude graduate of Penn State, Singel has served on the Boards of Penn State and St. Francis Universities. He holds several honorary doctorate degrees. He is the author of a book about his service as Acting Governor entitled "A Year of Change and Consequences." Singel is a regular commentator on local and statewide political broadcast programs. He is a sought-after speaker at both political and academic events and is active in numerous community and philanthropic activities. He currently serves as the Vice-Chair, Board of Directors, Harrisburg University of Science and Technology.
Singel has been married to Jacqueline for over 45 years and has three children and five grandchildren.


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WAG Your Wall
From figurative art to abstraction, one client's journey is teeming with bold colors and contemporary landscapes
Where we started: Residing in Houston, Texas' established River Oaks neighborhood, our client had not redecorated their home in two decades. With their children nearing college age, the timing was perfect to renovate, to consider their art collection and to make it a significant component of their lifestyle. For this couple, art was the focus….Read More


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Mausoleum for the Image
"The individual no longer belongs to God, to himself, to his beloved, to his art or to his science, he is conscious of belonging in all things to an abstraction, just as a serf belongs to an estate."
Søren Kierkegaard, The Present Age: A Literary Review (1846)
The ever changing imagery of our virtual self has weakened our presence in the reality. We change our bodies, our faces, we change our beliefs our professions and opinions, we change the substance of ourselves, until the point where it is no longer possible to say who we really are. Who is Madonna? Who is that banker or politician? Who is a person whose contact I have on my social network? My childhood friend? Who are they now and who were they?
Which symbols can be used to represent the totality of our lives? It is hard or even impossible to find a meaningful connective narrative to explain the random collection of events and changes that constitute our lives. Our lives are no longer coherent and linear, they are fragmented and diffused.
The imagery that we have become is a reproducible commodity. It spreads and recycles itself indefinitely. A real person or the physical carrier of the iconic concept is for this reproduction irrelevant. We make new songs out of our graves, we act in the movies and we write books. A real death, a definitive "game over", has almost become a utopian dream.
"And this is the simple truth – that to live is to feel one lost. He who accepts it has already begun to find himself, to be on firm ground. Instinctively, as do the shipwrecked, he will look around for something to which to cling, and that tragic, ruthless glance, absolutely sincere, because it is a question of his salvation, will cause him to bring order into the chaos of his life. These are the only genuine ideas; the ideas of the shipwrecked. All the rest is rhetoric, posturing, farce."
Søren Kierkegaard, The Sickness Unto Death (1849)
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The Mausoleum for the Image is a tomb for a digital persona. It is a labyrinth, made out of its loosely connected fragments. A visitor is invited to enter this space and explore the parts out of which the life of the deceased was made of. Making their way through the labyrinth, one constructs a totality (that perhaps never existed) of the life of the deceased. The mausoleum gives its visitors an opportunity to part from their beloved one, by allowing them to individually reconstruct the random particles of their Image into a real person. Filtered through personal and ephemeral interpretations of the people, the Image is detached from the reality, thus setting the "physical carriers of its iconic concept" free to vanish in the reality.
Monumental Masonry Competition Entry
Monumental Masonry is a collaboration between Bompas & Parr and Sir John Soane's Museum and called for architects and designers to create epic monuments
in a magnificent celebration of death.
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"Life is full of major events and challenges for which we have to prepare. Some spend months or years preparing for a wedding, the SAT exams, or the launch of a new business. For others, getting ready for Christmas each year is a yeoman's task of baking, cleaning, buying, and decorating. Establishing a dental clinic in Ghana, West Africa, was a major challenge for me. After shipping equipment halfway around the world, I found the entire nation of Ghana had only one dental equipment technician! Sometimes life takes us by surprise, and we must adapt our preparations."
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"Most radio stations in this country no longer feature live DJs. For the most part, stations play a prerecorded program, including the DJ's banter and preselected music. Many times a corporation hundreds of miles away records the programming. !ese prerecorded programs can result in awkward situations. Nashville, Tennessee, experienced one of the most severe "oods in its history a few years back. While the Cumberland River was destroying numerous historic Nashville landmarks, nearly every radio station featured a DJ saying, Welcome to Music City, USA. It's a beautiful day in Nashville! !e radio stations were completely disconnected from the reality outside their windows."
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"Does God have a special plan for his household in the time before Jesus's return? Does he have a plan for those of us he has set in charge of that household? He certainly does. In chapter two we looked at the illustration of the head of the house and the thief. We saw that the head of the house were Christian leaders. We also learned that if they were watchful they could protect their house (churches) from Satan, who is the thief. Immediately after this illustration, Jesus tells us what makes a faithful leader of his house."


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What will they think of next? A lo-o-o-ong line of people, a car with something on the top and the hatch open. Walked a half block closer.... I used Fly Pixel Studio's "Coffee Time", which can be found in the Memory Mixer Store.
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Trip reference number: 75
Trip Operator: Oasis Overland
From: £6450.00
Travelling from Ghana we cross through Central Africa, along routes rarely travelled by the average tourist and immerse ourselves in a culture few get to experience. Cape Town brings us back to 'western' civilisation before we head north to vibrant Cairo, experiencing some amazing adventure€tivities along the way and some of the best known gameparks East Africa has to offer. Days 1 to 6 Free days on the beaches near€cra.
Days 7 to 32 Togo & Benin
Visit a fetish market to see the still thriving religion of Voodoo.
Ganvie Stilted Village - visit a village built on bamboo stilts on Lake Nakoue.
Drill Monkey and Chimpanzee rehabilitation centre.
Hectic cities with vibrant nightlife & bars.
Buea - climb Mt Cameroon or relax on the beach at Limbe.
Days 33 to 84 Gabon, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo Angola
Travel through some of the densest jungles, toughest terrains and some of the most challenging roads we will encounter on the entire trip.
Etosha National Park
Skeleton Coast
Swakopmund - quad biking, dune sledding & buggies, tandem sky diving & more!
Windhoek, the modern capital.
South Africa
Cape Agulhas - Africa's most southerly point.
Cape Town
Days 85 to 90 Free time in Cape Town to experience the city - Robben Is. prison tour, shark diving, Table Mountain, great nightlife & much more. The time spent here is at your own cost.
Days 91 to 104 Namibia
Fish River Canyon - Africa's Grand Canyon.
Namib-Naukluft Park.
Sossusvlei Sand Dunes - the world's highest dunes.
Swakopmund - quad biking, dune sledding & buggies, tandem sky diving & more!
Cape Cross Seal Colony.
Days 105 to 116 Brandberg Mountains in Demaraland.
Cheetah park - an up close & personal experience with these amazing cats.
Etosha National Park - game drive by day & relax at floodlit water holes by night to spot rhino, elephant, giraffe, lion, leopard amongst a horde of other wildlife.
Okavango Delta - 1 night mokoro canoe trip on the delta to spot elephant, crocodile, hippo, buffalo, zebra plus more.
Chobe National Park - river game cruise.
Days 117 to 133 Zimbabwe
Victoria Falls - view these spectacular falls from Zimbabwe or Zambia, and try your hand at grade 5 whitewater rafting, and kayaking trips. Something for all - Flight of Angels (microlite or helicopter), sunset cruises, gorge swing, abseil, bungy jump, jet boating and more! - Adrenaline Heaven.
Overnight sleeper train Vic. Falls to Bulawayo
Bulawayo, Matobo National Park - game walks to spot Black Rhino & many other game.
Cecil Rhodes' grave & Ancient Rock Paintings
Great Zimbabwe Ruins
Antelope Park - a privately run game ranch - game viewing on horseback & walk with lion cubs!
Eastern Highlands - Chimanimani National Park or Vumba Gardens - hike through this vast mountain wilderness area bordering Mozambique or visit bridal veil falls, enjoy the surrounding scenery from this sleepy village.
Harare - the capital city
Mozambique - travel the Tete corridor.Malawi - described as the warm heart of Africa.
Lilongwe - the capital.
Lake Malawi - windsurf, scuba dive along with other water sports, horse riding, school visits, village meals & craft markets.
Days 134 to 146 Tanzania
Mikumi National Park - spot giraffe, zebra, elephant, buffalo from the roadside.
Zanzibar Island - Stone Town & spice tour, swim with dolphins, snorkel, scuba dive & serious beach time!
Marangu - Foothills of Mount Kilimanjaro - you have the opportunity to hike up to Base camp, or walk through the pleasant surroundings visiting waterfalls and rivers in the area
Maasai Village Tour - back at camp in Arusha.
Ngorongoro Crater Reserve - take a jeep safari into the crater to spot lion, zebra, elephant, hippos, flamingos & gazelle
Serengeti National Park - continue on to see lion, cheetah & leopard, wildebeest, giraffe, and elephant, along with various species of gazelle and antelope.
Days 147 to 148 Free time in Nairobi, visit Langata Giraffe Centre, Nairobi National park, or an Elephant orphanage.
Days 149 to 169 Elsamere - visit the home of Joy Adamson & Elsa the lion, of Born Free fame.
Visit either Crater Lake Game Sanctuary or Hells Gate National Park (walk through or hire mountain bikes - the only park in Kenya where this is permitted).
Lake Nakuru National Park - games drives to spot lion, leopard, buffalo, rhino & flamingo.
Uganda / Rwanda
Jinja - the source of the Nile, whitewater rafting, quad biking or visit a local education project.
Mountain Gorilla trek. Trek to see these amazing creatures, the closest species related to man.
Kigali Genocide Memorial.
Kampala - Uganda's capital, take a city tour.
East Africa Rift Valley
Days 170 to 189 Ethiopia
Omo Valley.
Addis Ababa, the capital.
Blue Nile Gorge.
Bahir Dar - take a boat out onto Lake Tana with monasteries dating back 900 years.
Visit the 12th century rock-hewn churches of Lalibela.
Gondar - organise a trip to the Simeon Mountains or the holy city of Axum.
Days 190 to 196 Sudan
Khartoum, the capital.
Visit Hamed al Nil Tomb - experience the largest market in Sudan: Omdurman Souq, as well as visit the daily camel market or take a boat trip on the Nile.
Pyramids at Meroe.
Follow piste tracks through the Nubian Desert.
Days 197 to 203 Ferry€ross Lake Nasser from Wadi Halfa to Abu Simbel
Abu Simbel - visit the great stone monuments of Ramses II.
Aswan - stroll along the corniche, visit the temple at Philae or Elephantine Island.
2 day traditional felucca sailboat cruise trip to Edfu &/or Kom Ombo.
Days 204 to 209 Luxor - take a day tour to the Valley of Kings & Workers, also visit Karnak & Luxor Temples.
Red Sea Coast - relax on the beach for a couple of days or try your hand at various watersports such as snorkelling, windsurfing or scuba diving in the cool clear blue waters of the Red Sea.
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San Francisco, CA — A man is dead after he and a woman were found bound and gagged in the middle of a San Francisco street Sunday night.
According to San Francisco officer Albie Esparza, a motorist driving on Brussels Street in the Bayview District saw two people lying in the road and called police around 8:30 pm.
The man, who was believed to be in his early 20s, was unconscious. The woman, who also appeared to be in her early 20s, was "out of it," according to Esparza. The two were taken to the hospital, where the man died and the woman remains in critical condition.
Police are waiting for the medical examiner's report to determine what caused the male victim's trauma. Esparza said it could have been blunt force trauma or a gunshot wound.
"No one saw or heard anything," Esparza said. Esparza added that investigators are still trying to determine if the two were attacked somewhere else before being dumped on Brussels Street. Police are hoping the female victim will be able to speak with them soon and provide more information about what happened to her and the male victim.
Esparza said the neighborhood where the two victims were found is "pretty quiet."
"It's just your typical working-class neighborhood," Esparza said. He added that investigators are canvassing the area to see if any of the homes had video surveillance that may have captured the incident. They are asking anyone in the community who may have information about the crime to come forward.


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Christs Work and the gospel writers are concentrated into a 33 year period. The highest attentionwas paid to. and pinnicle of Christs saving power took place over a three day period.
We will better understand the last three days of Christs life with us in the world. Geographical and historical background will reinforce this life changing culmination of Gods gift to us.
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Before installing the machinery, proper layout planning is important. You must identify the places for raw material storage, machinery installation space, packaging unit and storage for finished goods. If you want to operate the whole business from the same space, then you need to have some space for office work also.
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The process of making staple pins has been simplified with introduction of sophisticated fully Automatic Staple Pin Making Machines. The preformed round wire is fed to the machine which flattens it and produces the necessary staple pins in pre-determined lengths of 50 staple pins in each length. The formation of this length is assisted by the use of a special staple pin adhesive, also developed in India. Pack the staple pin lengths suitably with each packet containing 1000 pins. 20 of these packets are packed in a box and 40 of these packets are packed in cardboard carton. These are common packaging, you can also develop packaging according to the market demand.
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WASHINGTON, September 4, 2016 — Some of the television ads run by attorneys and law firms are awesomely bad. Some are merely weird, while others border on the insane. Typically, however, the most outrageous of these ads are run to promote personal injury attorneys and their firms. In many parts of this country, beating the bushes for personal injury clients has literally become a dog-eat-dog competition in which personal injury lawyers run aggressive ads that push the boundaries of the legal profession in many ways.
Spend a weekday morning watching television, particularly those popular "judge" shows (Judge Judy, The People's Court, Judge Mathis, Judge Alex, Divorce Court and others) and you will see a bevy of lawyer ads that run the gamut from good and tasteful to horrible and offensive.
Advertising is a good thing, and it's a given that the public needs to have access to legal services. Despite our current, almost hyper-connected electronic world, real, useful information is surprisingly scarce in numerous arenas, and ads on TV often make up for that information gap. But while we can mostly agree on the objective, we don't always agree on the means some employ to get there.
Advertising is actually a never-ending guess about what works and what will attract potential clients and customers. Because of this, the generally accepted approach for successful advertising is to be bold, disruptive and unique. The more an ad can surprise you, the more it takes you out of your "automatic pilot: ignore" zone of consciousness, the more it will result in inquiries and new clients.
To the surprise of many non-lawyers who view all those televised attorneys' ads, there are actually ethical standards for them, and these standards are routinely upheld.
When outrageous legal ads are believed to cross the ethical line, the allegedly offending firm's competitors are not slow to complain to authorities, and ads are promptly investigated. The states themselves monitor legal ads and act to get them off the air if they violate rules.
In 2005, for example, the Florida Supreme Court ruled that attorneys could not run ads that conjure up images of viciousness, and thus ruled that an ad featuring a pit bull was not allowed, noting that had the court approved it "images of sharks, wolves, crocodiles and piranhas could follow."
In 2010, New York's Supreme Court barred a number of ad concepts, including testimonials from clients relating to pending matters, portrayals of judges or fictitious law firms, attention-getting techniques relating to attorney competence and trade names that imply an ability to get the desired results.
Some attorney ads can give the entire legal profession a negative image. The commonly used term "ambulance chaser" is a prime example of the negative publicity this kind of commercial can bring.
This unfortunately popular term has been around for a long time, and its roots lie in the early ads and commercials that promoted and hyped certain personal injury attorneys and firms. Bar associations and lawyers themselves fully understand the perception caused by these ads. Enter today's ethical advertising rules. Legal ads cannot be false or misleading.
The so-called ambulance chaser, as the myth goes, is a lawyer who's trying to secure a client for a personal injury case even when that potential client doesn't have a case or would be unlikely to make a claim. In other words, the potential benefit of the proposed personal injury case is not for the client. It's for the lawyer who's chasing him down. Very few lawyers do this, however, for two key reasons.
First, attorneys, like everyone else, value their time. If it's clear there is no case, taking such a non-case on ends up being an extreme waste of time. That's because in these personal injury cases, the lawyer does not get paid until funds are recovered for the client. The lawyer's fees are termed "contingent," and the contingency is the recovery of money for the client. Second, attorneys are prohibited from bringing frivolous claims. They can be subjected to financial sanctions for doing so.
By its very definition and implication, the notion of "ambulance chasing" also creates a very real and vivid image in the public imagination. Suffice it to say, lawyers are not allowed to chase ambulances. In fact, ethical rules prohibit such behavior.
An attorney may not solicit or "directly contact" a potential injured client. The client must contact the attorney first. This rule is aimed at direct, personal contact, however, not general ads run in public media outlets. The reason behind this is the belief that an attorney possesses an inappropriate advantage over someone who is injured. The injured party is concerned about and perhaps overwhelmed by numerous issues stemming from the injury, and is perhaps emotionally more susceptible to the private importuning of a trained legal advocate than might otherwise be the case.
That's why both federal rules and state laws prohibit attorneys from making in-person, live telephone or real-time electronic contact to solicit professional employment when a significant motive for so doing is the lawyer's financial gain.
The ethical standards of advertising differ from state to state, but all have common themes. Ads cannot be false or misleading in any way, even subtly. An attorney, therefore, cannot advertise that he or she is "the best" or "the only," Most importantly of all, an attorney cannot guarantee results.
Some lawyer ads, nonetheless, do push the boundaries of ethics, and certainly, taste.
New York attorney James Alexander ran a TV spot for his firm showing lawyers offering their services to space aliens who had crashed their UFO. Unhappy New York court officials said the ad contained "patent falsities." The prosecuting attorney for New York wrote in a court filing "it cannot be denied that there is little likelihood that the lawyers were retained by aliens."
Numerous attorneys around the country assign themselves names, nicknames and the like that summon images suggestive of super powers. Use of the label "The Hammer" has been seen in many ads across the country. Many attorneys' ads promise "big cash rewards" and others "get what you deserve," mostly all of which follow with small print at the end detailing that all cases are different and no guarantees are being made.
Attorney Jim Adler, regarded as a legend in Texas, calls himself "The Hammer" and is seen on ads yelling and shaking his fist and using phrases that some say are hard to get out of your head. Like the ad for The Texas Hammer.
New York Attorney Jim "The Hammer" Shapiro tells you he is your last resort, and that, although he cannot rip the hearts out of those that hurt you, he will take the cases other lawyers won't and he'll hunt down those responsible until he gets you every last penny, as in an ad for Jim "The Hammer" Shapiro.
Shapiro himself got hammered in 2002 when the New York Supreme Court revoked his license to practice law for a year following a malpractice jury verdict against him that included findings that his ads were false and misleading.
A group called Criminal Justice (CJ) says that Dallas attorney Bruce Flint's rap style ads look like a crappy version of Grand Theft Auto. (Bruce Flint rap ad.)
CJ and many others regard Baltimore, Maryland Attorney Barry Glazer's ads as highly offensive. Glazer's ads call on all urination victims to call him, so the flow generated by the insurance companies will stop. He tells viewers he will stop the insurance companies form "urinating on your leg and tell you it's raining." Glazer's website features a "Don't Pee on Me" tab.
Good Super Bowl ads can touch our emotions and make us laugh and cry, while helping brand the advertiser's products or services. Lawyer's ads attempt the same. They don't always succeed.
Looking for a lawyer? Checking out an ad may not be the worst way to start the process.
Paul A. Samakow is an attorney licensed in Maryland and Virginia, and has been practicing since 1980. He represents injury victims and routinely battles insurance companies and big businesses that will not accept full responsibility for the harms and losses they cause. He can be reached at any time by calling 1-866-SAMAKOW (1-866-726-2569), via email, or through his website.
His book "The 8 Critical Things Your Auto Accident Attorney Won't Tell You" can be instantly downloaded, for free, on his website: http://www.samakowlaw.com/book.
Samakow has now also started a small business consulting firm. His new book "Step By Step, Achieve Small Business Success" is available at www.thebusinessanswer.com.


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As predicted, one of the local West Michigan firms that has been deceptively posting sales / event promotion jobs as marketing, advertising and public relations jobs has changed names. I received a tip from a former employee that Prestige Enterprises is now "Xcell Enterprizes."
That appears to be confirmed by a job posting on Indeed.com where they used the Prestige Enterprises login to post jobs for Xcell Enterprizes (and the fact that the Prestige Enterprises website is now dead):
The name change was likely necessary because word was again getting out about the quality of the working environment. Unfortunately operations like these tend to churn through a lot of employees, so they spend an inordinate amount of time recruiting. That turnover is also a sign that you should be wary about applying for a job with any organization that has a lot of jobs posted. Here are some other ways you can tell if a job posting is worth responding to:
- Real People?: Check their website and social media presences for photos of actual, real people (look in the "About" section for bios). It's a Red Flag if they don't have any or if the people listed aren't visible in the community.
- Cool Clients?: Do they talk about "Sports Marketing," "Entertainment Industry," "Fashion Marketing," "Fortune 500," or other really desirable industries that seem too good to be true? – Red Flag: they probably are.
- Suspicious Words?: Does the job description use terms like "Entry Level," "Fast-Paced," "Competitive Environment," "No Experience Needed," "Rapid Advancement," or "High Energy." Guess what? – "Red Flag!"
- Degree Required?: Does the job require a bachelor's degree? If not – it's a Red Flag.
- Do They Rank?: Search for the company name in your local business publications (for example the Grand Rapids Business Journal, MiBiz or Rapid Growth) – have they made any lists? Are there any profiles of their executives or employees? If not – that's a Red Flag.
- Stock Photography?: Is their website covered with stock photography? – Red Flag. [If you're not sure if the photography is stock, try opening a separate browser window and opening Google Images – then drag the image from the website over to the Google Images search bar. That will do a search for images like that one, and if you turn up a bunch of identical results of the same photo used on other sites it's most likely stock.]
- Registered?: Check your local County Registrar or the Michigan State Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (DLEG) – they will allow you to search for people who have applied for DBA record ("Doing Business As"). Most, like Kent County, have an online search feature. This can tell you who is behind the company and much more about them – particularly the State of Michigan DLEG directory; it contains the company's annual report and incorporation documents (watch for companies where the same person holds all of the offices – ie President, Secretary, Treasurer, Director). Not listed? – Red Flag.
- Boilerplate Copy?: Find what appears to be a unique string of text somewhere in their website (usually from the "About" section) and search for it in quotes in Google. When the results come back, if you see the exact same string of text in multiple other websites – you'll know they're not legit. Note: Google will sometimes omit similar results – so you may need to click the "repeat the search with the omitted results included" link. If you find matches, it's a Red Flag.
- Linkedin?: Look for a company on Linkedin. They should have a company page (especially if they're a marketing, advertising or public relations firm). If they don't have one, Red Flag. If they DO have one, you can use it to get more intel on the company: if you view a company page and click "Insights," it will give you a wealth of data. You can find out who some former employees are (so you can look up their work history or perhaps even contact them to get insight on how it was working there), who some current employees are, what similar companies people also search for, and the most common places their employees came from.
- Lots of Jobs?: Search for the company on job websites (I recommend Indeed.com, which is right now by far the best job website). If they have a LOT of positions posted and yet they're small enough that you've never heard of them, that should be a big Red Flag. Just look, for example, at how many positions Xcell Enterprizes is trying to fill (and the variety of titles).
- Irrational Exuberance?: Exclamation! points! are! a! Red Flag!!! The more a job description uses, the more likely it's not something you're looking for.
Let me reiterate that I have no problems with sales jobs. What I have a problem with is falsely advertising a sales job as something it's not (ie public relations, marketing or advertising).
Contrary to what companies like Prestige/Xcell claim, these "entry level" jobs will not give you experience that is transferable to a career in marketing/advertising/PR. They won't build your skills, give you relevant experience, and any hiring manager worth his/her salt can see through the title to discern that the job you came from was in sales.


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Outreach isn't easy. That's why there are hundreds of software companies out there who have built specialist tools just to help us manage our outreach campaigns! Links can be the competitive edge between your site and the other sites in your industry who are targeting the same search terms. While it may not be easy, securing those top link placements is definitely worth it when they rank your site at the top of page one!
Listed below are some of the best outreach tools that can help you plan, track and manage your outreach campaigns. Let's jump straight in!
Buzzsumo is a great all-round tool, not just for outreach. It's a content marketing goldmine which is used by marketers and agencies across the globe. The main way to use Buzzsumo for outreach is by taking advantage of it's wealth of content analytics.
With Buzzsumo, you can find the top performing content in a particular niche, topic or industry. You can review top performing content around your chosen topic and create a shortlist of sites you'd like to use for outreach. This can be achieved with guest posts, link insertions or any other method – just make sure you're offering some sort of value in return for the mention.
Extra reading: How To Craft The Perfect Outreach Email Template
This tool is very easy to use and allows you to filter by location, number of shares, content type and much more. Definitely a handy piece of kit!
Pitchbox is an absolute machine when it comes to outreach. There are so many features, it can be slightly overwhelming at first. That being said, once you learn the process, Pitchbox can be your all-in-one outreach manager and it's extremely powerful.
You'll have access to prospecting tools to find outreach opportunities, automatic email finders, automatic follow-ups, personalization data and an email automation system. There are so many elements of this tool that deserve a mention but we'll stick to the basics.
With Pitchbox, you'll be able to scale your outreach and focus your time on the more important outreach tasks such as negotiating with influencers and building connections. Prospecting is a breeze with plenty of campaign options and quick campaign set-ups. You can manage all your conversations in one inbox, using 'milestones' to track progress which is very helpful for streamlining your efforts.
Buzzstream is another powerful tool that can pretty much be an all-in-one solution for outreach. It's a tool which will assist you with your outreach research, relationship management and campaign delivery. Again, you can build a wealth of data using this tool and scale your outreach thanks to extremely efficient software.
Buzzstream has an army of advocates, mainly due to its unique features. The magic of Buzzstream is its ability to organise and manage data. You can build a huge database of contacts and store a wealth of info, adding new bloggers to your account with one click.
The tool is also incredibly customizable. You can build a unique platform to manage your outreach with a set up that's built for you. It streamlines the entire outreach process. Buzzstream is definitely worth a look, particularly if you deal with a lot of blogger link building.
Ninja Outreach
Similar to Buzzstream and Pitchbox, Ninja Outreach is a full service outreach tool. It's a tool that's sometimes overlooked, with many marketers opting for the alternatives on the market. Ninja Outreach certainly deserves its place on this list, being a tool that has powerful email template features automatic outreach options and much more.
Ninja Outreach also has some great built-in email analytics. You can track your best performing outreach templates, analysing open-rates, click rates and reply rates. Overall, Ninja Outreach is a top tool that will definitely improve your outreach success.
Link Prospector
This is my prospecting tool of choice. Link Prospector (By Citation Labs) has immense capabilities when it comes to finding relevant outreach opportunities for your site. It will scour the web for your chosen keyword(s) and bring back a detailed list of potential opportunities.
It's up to you to filter this list down and decide which sites are worth reaching out to. You can export all the sites in a click, this makes filtering and quality-checking much easier.
Ahrefs is a complete SEO suite that's considered by most top SEOs as the #1 tool to have in your arsenal. It's second to only Google when it comes to number of pages crawled. You'll often find that (when compared with rival tools such as Majestic and SEMrush) that Ahrefs always brings back more data, rankings and links than anything else on the market. This is mainly due to its overwhelming amount of data.
Unfortunately, data this good doesn't come cheap! Ahrefs is relatively expensive as a tool but that isn't too much of a drawback when you consider how useful it is for your business. Right now (2018), nothing can match Ahrefs. You can analyse any website's backlinks, monitor keyword rankings, keep on top of anchor text distribution and carry out just about any other SEO task.
How can you use Ahrefs for outreach? Here are some options:
- Use the content finder to locate relevant link opportunities
- Monitor your anchor text ratio to keep everything natural
- Monitor which pages have which backlinks to decide your target pages for link building
- Analyse competitor backlinks to find new outreach opportunities
SerpStat is a great little tool. It's similar to Ahrefs, tracking many of the same metrics including keyword rankings and backlinks. While SerpStat isn't as powerful as tools such as Ahrefs and doesn't pull back quite as much data, it's very well priced.
Starting at $19.00, SerpStat is by far the most affordable tool of it's kind and when you consider the amount of data the tool can give you, it's a bargain. This is the better option for niche site owners or bloggers who don't have big agency budgets but need a reliable way to track their site's performance. The metrics and analytics available will better inform your outreach campaigns and provide further link building opportunities for your site.
So, those are some top tools to support your outreach campaigns! Leave a comment if you know any other great tools that would be a good fit on this list.


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Detroit rock band MC5 celebrates the 50th anniversary of the recording of their landmark album Kick Out the Jams with a concert at the Ford Theatres on Oct. 5. All the proceeds will benefit the charity Jail Guitar Doors.
The famous Wayne Kramer and musicians will perform the entire Kick Out The Jams album as MC50. MC50 features Kramer, the founder of MC5, on guitar and vocals, Kim Thayil of Soundgarden on guitar, Brendan Canty of Fugazi on drums, Billy Gould of Faith No More on bass, Marcus Durant of Zen Guerrilla on vocals, and other special guests.
In honor of the event, we put together a photo gallery of photographer Tracy Ketcher's stellar pics from the MC50's Irving Plaza New York show last week.
In addition to the full Kick Out The Jams album, the MC50 will also perform song selections from MC5's additional two albums Back in the USA and High Time.
The bands Starcrawler and Jason Heath and The Greedy Souls open.
See some remastered MC5 video here courtesy of Wayne Kramer himself:
MC50, Wayne Kramer, Jason Heath and JGD
And while the name of his band may indicate otherwise, Jason Heath's soul certainly isn't greedy. The leader of Jason Heath and The Greedy Souls works with Kramer and the crew for the charity Jail Guitar Doors. JGD brings music instruction and musical instruments to incarcerated people across the United States.
Read more about Jail Guitar Doors here.
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Question: Can you tell us who was supposed to end up pregnant in the Desperate Housewives finale?
Answer: I believe it was Susan. Speaking of Wisteria's reigning train wreck, she's getting a new love interest next season. Casting will begin in the next week or two, and the role is for six to eight episodes.


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We have some great looks for you to seek inspiration to create your own look this week. Take a look!
The Queen of Hearts creation, a brilliant inspiration for anyone who wants to really stand out in a fancy dress party. This look is really easy to achieve, begin with Rich Liquid Foundation 100 and create a square base around your eye and set with Loose Powder 010. Then take Medium Pencil in S.O.P.H.I.E and trace around the square. Take Medium Pencil in Feisty and sketch three small hearts and outline again with Medium Pencil in S.O.P.H.I.E, along with the heart use S.O.P.H.I.E to write two small letter 'A"s. With Medium Pencil in Feisty again trace a small heart the the middle of your lips by accentuating the cupids bow and then narrowing down on the lower lip. Outline again with Medium Pencil in S.O.P.H.I.E and you are ready to take the party by storm.
This look is amazing, so post-modern and edgy. The ombre lips can be re-created using Lipstick in Apocalips on the outer lips and Liv on the inside. These shades are very complimentary and create a fusion of colour. Apply a generous amount of Cream Blusher in Laid over your cheek bones, creating dramatic contour with this beautiful shade of purple. For those perfectly sculptured eyebrows take Eye Brow Cake in Vehement for a pure ebony finish and our excellent Angled Brush creates crisp edges. Very Cleopatra! Apply a layer of Cream Pigment in Bedaub above the eyebrows, which really shows a contrast between the green and black. Create a colourful smokey eye with Powder Eye Shadows in Daemon and Inception blending the two together with a dab of Pure Pigment in Furore in the center of the eye. Apply Masquara in Raven and Medium Pencil in S.O.P.H.I.E to intensify the eye.
The detail on this is extraordinary. Base the skin with Liquid Metal in Electrum for a golden surface to begin your pattern. Take Lipstick in Pristine for a statement lip. In come the Precision Ink's, but a steady hand is required. The patterns intwine with one another but will change colour when moving from the black to gold background. Firstly take Precision Ink in Abyss and draw your lines over Electrum, then once met to the lip take Precision Ink in Alchemy and run this through Pristine.
Cat by name, cat by nature. Cat Suit has created this wild look and we love it. For an animal effect this can be copied by using Powder Eye Shadows in Vernau and Servant as a base on the eye lids. The using Medium Pencil S.O.P.H.I.E create small circles and lines for a cheetah print!
Hope you have enjoyed this weeks You Are Beauty Gallery and don't forget to keep the looks coming in!


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In a modernization effort, the US Navy is adding a fleet of autonomous submarines with the purchase of four of Boeing's Orca Extra Large Unmanned Undersea Vehicles (XLUUVs) that will become multi-mission for the service, according to the US Naval Institute.
Last Wednesday, the Navy awarded Boeing a $43 million deal to manufacture four of the 51-foot Orca XLUUVs capable of traveling 6,500 nautical miles unaided.
The service is eyeing the submarine for "robot wolfpacks" of remotely-operated vessels to conduct anti-submarine warfare, electronic warfare, mine countermeasures, and strike missions.
"We are pleased with the Navy's decision to award Boeing a contract to build and deliver four Orca Extra Large Unmanned Undersea Vehicles, and are committed to providing this important autonomous undersea capability to meet the Navy's unique mission needs," the company said in a Thursday statement to USNI News.
The Orca is a fully autonomous diesel-electric submarine launched and recovered from a naval port. With a range of 6,500 nautical miles, the vessel can run for weeks at a time. The sub is enormous, in terms of a robot submarine, measures 51 by 8.5 by 8.5 feet and weighs 50 tons.
The sub features a high-tech inertial navigation system, depth sensors, and can surface to transmit data back to base. The vessel can dive to a maximum depth of 11,000 feet and has a top speed of eight knots.
One crucial piece of the sub is the payload system that allows it to haul up to eight tons in an internal cargo bay that measures 34 feet.
Popular Mechanics points out, the sub's modular design and cheap price tag make the vessel a potential game-changer for the Navy.
Orca could even pack a Mk. 46 lightweight torpedo to take a shot at an enemy sub itself. It could also carry heavier Mk. 48 heavyweight torpedoes to attack surface ships, or even conceivably anti-ship missiles. Orca could drop off cargos on the seabed, detect, or even lay mines. The modular hardware payload system and open architecture software ensures Orca could be rapidly configured based on need.
This sort of versatility in a single, low-cost package is fairly unheard of in military spending. The nearest rough equivalent is the Navy's Littoral Combat Ship, which costs $584 million each and has a crew of 40. While LCS is faster, has the benefit of an onboard crew, and carries a larger payload, Orca is autonomous—and cheaper by orders of magnitude.
The purchase of these robot subs comes amid a push into autonomous vessels for the service. Last month, the Navy's autonomous Sea Hunter ship, conducted its first surveillance mission from San Diego to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, and back without a crew onboard.


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I come from what you might call a colorful background. My mom is an American Jew with Ashkenazi heritage, and my dad is an Iranian immigrant who grew up in a Muslim family. My childhood caretaker and de facto grandmother was a practicing Catholic who made me Easter baskets—and I went to a Quaker school, where we practiced silent meditation on a weekly basis.
I wish I could say that all the disparate aspects of my formative years melded together into one rich and cohesive whole, but the truth is that the Christmas cookies and the borscht and the pomegranates generally have stuck together disjointedly, like some macabre one-pot meal. Add to that a physical appearance which strangers feel compelled to inform me is neither Iranian nor Jewish (and certainly not Christian), and at times I've been a mystery even to myself.
Strangely, I didn't realize how unusual my situation was until the last few years, when I began trying to articulate the different food influences that had given me my particular cooking style. As I documented them in my cookbooks, and saw people's wide-eyed stares when I told them about my mixed bag of a family, I started to become conscious of just how polyglot my background really was.
Fortunately, food is a magical substance that binds us all, and through the process of writing two books that feature the food of my heritage, the disparate parts of my cultural inheritance have, to a large degree, begun to synthesize. Researching my second book The New Persian Kitchen was especially eye-opening, not just because I discovered an incredible cuisine that is mostly unknown in the West, but because it helped to put my own disjointed background into perspective.
Take for example the fact that the world's oldest Jewish population outside of Israel is in Iran. As it's written in the Old Testament, the Jewish slaves of Babylon were freed by King Cyrus, the conquering leader of the Persian Empire, around 539 B.C.E. Cyrus said the Jews could return to Israel, and even paid for the rebuilding of the Second Temple. But many Jews chose to stay in the land of such a benevolent leader, and did so for centuries, until the Islamic Revolution of 1979 when most felt it was safer to leave. Learning the history helped me to understand that being both Iranian and Jewish actually makes perfect sense, and isn't the meeting of polar opposites that I'd always imagined it to be.
I also found that the food of Iran has a lot in common with the food of Russia, Poland, Austria, and Germany, where my mother's family hails from. On a map, you can see why. Iran borders on the former Soviet countries of Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan, and Armenia, and Iran has always had a robust cultural exchange with Russia. Also, if you look at the path of the Mongol invasion in the 13th century, it crossed through Iran and went as far west as Poland, mixing the tastes and traits of the countries it passed through, much as the Arabs had done when they marched from the Middle East up through southern Europe 700 years earlier. Just a few of the culinary connections that I found between my mother's and father's ancestors were a love of foods cooked to a crisp (these include Iranian bottom-of-the-pot rice known as tahdig and Eastern European potato latkes), pickles, pickled fish, dill, raw onions, sour flavors like sour cherries and rhubarb, and a love of mayonnaise.
What's more, it turns out that Iran and Europe had been in contact for literally thousands of years. Through the prehistoric trade routes generally referred to as the Silk Road—travelled by merchants since prehistory—to the ancient wars between the kingdoms of Greece and Persia, you'd have to go very far back to find a time when there was no cultural exchange between Europe and Iran. I started to seriously wonder if my parents maybe shared the same DNA. It occurred to me that my particular biological make-up, that of an unlikely mutt emerging from the American melting pot, could just as easily have occurred a thousand years ago.
In the process of gathering material for the book, I researched recipes, tracked down the origins of foods like persimmons and garlic, and interviewed family members. Lacking the documentation to visit Iran, I traveled instead to Los Angeles, aka Tehrangeles, home to the largest Iranian population outside of Iran. There I feasted with my extended Iranian family, ate in Iranian restaurants, and purchased ingredients like saffron, sumac, rose petals, dried limes, and pomegranate syrup. I experimented with traditional recipes, but I didn't want to simply recreate the same dishes that had been in existence since the ancient days of Persepolis. Maybe it was due to my mixed heritage, but I wanted to come up with a new version of Persian cooking that put the focus on fresh fruits and vegetables, while still highlighting the exotic seasonings of the Silk Road.
I created a slew of dishes that reflect my own influences and inspirations. The result is not traditionally Persian, and not Eastern European, but it's clearly influenced by both. The tastes, the smells, the colors of the food are all the strands of history and character that have shaped me. I can't imagine a more malleable or seductive medium for transformation. Like paint and clay, or music and poetry, food holds the essence of a time and place, and a dish can be the final manifestation of complex ideas and feelings, however unconscious. I'm at the end of the journey of this book, but at the beginning of my own route to discovery, as I continue to explore my family's unique history through food.


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Amy Martin
Animal Behavior Consultant, Writer, and Intuitive Empath in Washington, DC
Amy Martin
Animal Behavior Consultant, Writer, and Intuitive Empath in Washington, DC
In 1999 I graduated from Louisiana State University with a B.of Science in Wildlife Management. After graduation I worked and taught at a variety of animal facilities: LSU's Veterinary Teaching School, vet clinics, nature centers, and The Audubon Nature Institute.
Throughout my professional career, my work has always focused on enhancing the human-animal bond, while promoting choice-based (force-free) training for all species. I am passionate about teaching these techniques to youth and adults everywhere. I am dedicated to inspiring and educating people of all ages and backgrounds to create a stronger connection with their animal companions while increasing safety and well-being of everyone in the home.
I have studied animal welfare, applied behavior analysis, animal training, animal husbandry, ethology, and animal enrichment for nearly 20 years. During this time I have experienced the "A to Z" of stress that comes with living and working with exotic and domestic animals, so I am empathetic to people who are experiencing behavioral issues with their animal companions.
As an Intuitive Empath and an Energy Healing Practitioner, I have learned my greatest life lessons from animals, trees, and nature. Since childhood I have always been passionate about connecting with all forms of life. I have a deep respect for every scaly, feathered, and furry species! I am dedicated to inspiring and educating people to create a stronger connection with their animal companions and to connect with nature.
These days I am the owner and chief operator of Conscious Companion™. I am on the advisory board for Family Paws Parent Education. I am a licensed presenter of the Dogs & Storks® and the Dogs & Toddlers™ programs. I serve on the Pet Professional Guild's Cat Committee. I am a Doggone Safe presenter. I am an active member of the Pet Professional Guild and the International Association of Animal Behavior Consultants. I also serve on the board of advisers for the Cape Fear Parrot Sanctuary.
Some of my published works include "An analysis of the post-release success of captive-bred Louisiana Pine Snakes", "Target training and voluntary blood drawing of the Aldabra Tortoise", and "Whisker Stress".
My life's work is dedicated to honoring and exploring the human-animal bond. Building trust while respecting an animal's individual needs and preferences builds bonds.
The result is "Life With Our Animal Companion, Improved!"


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"Clever girl…"
65 million years in the making
Welcome to Jurassic Park… along with The Lost World: Jurassic Park, Jurassic Park III and Jurassic World! Experience an epic adventure spanning all four blockbuster movies, rebuilt brick by brick on PlayStation Vita.
Whether you're sizing up a friendly brontosaurus herd or facing down deadly raptors, make sure you don't become extinct as you explore the abandoned wilderness of Isla Sorna and the mysterious jungles of Isla Nublar.
Don't miss the rare amber studs on your adventures – collect enough and you'll be able to create your own unique dinosaurs that you can use in Free Play missions. But if you're clawing for some bite-sized excitement straight away then wreak havoc with any of the 20 dinosaurs already in your paddock, including the venom spitting dilophosaurus, vicious compy and mighty T. rex.


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Eat What You Tweet: Toaster Strudel Personalizes Pastries on Twitter
Pillsbury Toaster Strudel — the store-bought pastry filled with everything from apple to cream cheese — didn't have a social presence until three weeks ago. Now on Facebook and Twitter, the brand is bringing attention to its social network activity in a sweet way.
Pillsbury's Strudel Düdeler, a machine powered by tweets, makes icing art on your Toaster Strudel. Starting on Tuesday, Twitter users who tweet details about what they to do get their morning going (along with the hashtag #StrudelArt) will receive a picture of a Strudel with personalized icing art.
See also: 10 Hot Social Networks to Watch
The brand hopes this will lure more fans to its social pages — it currently boasts about 55,000 Facebook followers and fewer than 100 on Twitter at the time of writing.
The technology behind the process is automated, so after tweets are selected by the team, the pastry gets the icing treatment (artwork is based on the early-morning activity tweeted in). The Strudel is then photographed, uploaded to a photo gallery on Toaster Strudel's Facebook page and sent back to the submitter via a Twitter message.
For example, if you start your day by reading Mashable, you might receive a picture like the one above. Delicious.
The concept is a part of a greater effort to promote the brand's new spokes-character Hans Strudel, a boy from the fictional land of Breakfürg.
The icing machine will come to New York City on Aug 27 (Union Square) Aug. 28 (South Street Seaport), where visitors can receive their Strudel creations in person.
Image: Pillsbury


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Are you looking for bathroom renovation tips that will help change the face of your bathroom? Well, if that is the case, then you need to keep reading this article. First, you need to understand that for you to have a great bathroom, you need to find the right experts to help you in the entire process of renovating your bathroom.
Some contractors will claim that they have all that it takes to make your bathroom the best but when you give them the chance, that is when you will realize that they are the most disappointing. This, therefore, tells you that you need to be keen when it comes to looking for bathroom renovation experts. Here are some of the bathroom renovation tips that can help get that perfect bathroom that you desire.
Plan first
Once you realize that the condition of your bathroom is not pleasing, the first thing that you need to do is to plan on how you are going to have the renovation process. You need to know what designs you are going to adopt and why. For you to arrive a perfect design. You need to do an extensive research. Get to know what people who have similar designs like the one you want think about them. If they recommend them to you, then you have all the reasons on earth why you need to embrace them.
Bathroom space
Once you have figured out on the designs of the bathroom that you want, the next thing is to find out if your bathroom size is good for the design that you have chosen. This might demands that you do the measuring on your own. If you find that the size is perfect, then you are liberty to continue with your plan.
Another important thing that you should always bring into the picture whenever you think of renovating your bathroom. Both the flooring and wall tiles need to be of a desirable quality so that they can perfectly serve their purpose. One thing that you need to understand is that this is the only opportunity that you can use to make your bathroom beautiful and attractive.
Find the best contractor
You also need to make sure that the person who will be doing the renovation will determine whether the whole project will be a success or a failure. For instance, If you find an inexperienced contractor, the chances are that you will never get to like the job as they are likely to do a shoddy job. Be sure to find contractors who have a good reputation as they are in a better position of giving you that quality services that you need. Ace Bathrooms Dallas is what you need to make your bathroom desirable.


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Many of the events which took place at the recent Katherine Mansfield week in Menton, 21-26 September 2009, were photographed by a professional photographer and KMS member Mary Gaudin. The photographs are absolutely stunning. Mary has generously offered the KMS 50% of the proceeds from the sale of all the Menton photos and related items. Click here to view and purchase. Mary Gaudin is a New Zealand photographer currently living in Montpellier in south-western France. As well as studying botany and landscape architecture in New Zealand, she studied photography in London. Her last article on the cuisine of Marseilles is in the current issue of the New Zealand travel magazine 'Inspire'. When Mary left New Zealand for Europe the only book she brought with her was The Garden Party and so as a KM devotee she was thrilled to be at the symposium in Menton.
More of Mary's images can be seen on her website : http://www.marygaudin.com/photography.html