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Where do exhausted 1951 smiles go?
I don't know when the first illustrated advertisement appeared, and I don't know when the first picture of a smiling human face was used in that in order to sell a product displayed in a mass market printed publication. My sense though is that the smiling, happy (and too-happy) face was first used in the first or second decade of the 20th century, but that the general, templated use of the eagerly over-sized mega-toothed smile topped by wide-spirited painted eyeballs came into play in America right after the end of WWII. The enthusiastic smiled-upon objects seem to become more slight and mundane as time passes, coming to a point fairly early on of the mysterious basis for this happiness over such modest products. The smiles and happiness brought by these items was surely short-lived, the smile becoming a fossil, a relic, to simpler times and simpler consuming needs.
Breezing through a hand volume of LIFE magazine for 1951 finds many examples, and quickly too: how exciting can a bottle of 7Up possibly be? This entire family seems to be serenading the object of their collected desires, the father certainly being the most moved of the bunch. Baby has its own bottle and, of course, drum.
Is that Jerry Mathers smiling so contentedly at Mother brining in his hot water bottle? (The doggie is staring at something to Mother's left, probably focused on some trainer threatening/rewarding it to make it seem interested in the hot water bottle, too. ) It is hard to image this item bringing a smile to anyone's face, at least from this standpoint in the future. Its a simple rubber bag, brought to a simple room. In a weird and unexpected King of the Hill neighborhood sort of way, the whole scene seems very comforting. Maybe its the cowboy holster at the foot of the bed and the perfectly folded blanket that seals the deal.)
Pumps? This is actually half of an ad featuring a number of very accommodating couples allowing themselves to be happy while looking at women's shoes. I can't tell what is going on in the background, but in the foreground there are several of men infected with broad-beam smiles brought on by looking at a glass case filled with pumps. The glass "treasure chest" seems to be guarded by garishly-festooned black men, a sign of the un-lliberated LIFE magazine times.
This man seems overly exuberant with the pleasure brought him by his underwear, though he is at least alone while experiencing this private Underwear Emotion. (In many other ads by Jockey there's a man & boy setting, each usually with big smiles, straddling things to show the comforts of their underthings, caught in what seems today to be pre-porny trash poses of extremely dubious ease...no one today would ever come close to publishing such a thing in today's (legitimate) advert community.) So too for the woman who seems to match appreciation for her new engagement band with the fortitude of her bra--it isn't exactly clear that the ad is celebrating uplifted pointy breasts with marriage proposals, but it doesn't take too much of a leap to get there.
There was a time that the *something* that made us smile didn't make us smile any longer. The smile is gone, gone to where smiles go once they're no longer needed, replaced by thin-lipped satisfied need.There was a time in 1951 when advertisers thought their products to be so appealing that they used monumentally misplaced smiles to convince the buying population of the United States to purchase their product, expecting I guess to produce that photographed smile onto the face of every purchaser, or at least to image the smile in the consumers' noggins. That smile didn't last long—after all, we're just talking about 7Up and underwear.
I wonder about the issue of the impossible smile of promised pleasures like these, and how it changed over the years. As a casual observer of millions (?) of these sorts of things over the years, my own general impression is that the smiles are era-dependent and semi-generational. Or not.


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What a fabulous week of dive from Blue O Two's vessel Blue Fin last week.
Our route took us to the very active reef of Daedalus, St. John's and Fury shoal, also taking in Elphinstone reef on the tour.
Our Dive Machine divers and other guests had a very active week of shark sighting's. Oceanic White tip's, Reef sharks, lot's of Hammerheads and also a few Whitetip Reef sharks.
The Caves at St John's allowed divers to really put their buoyancy and finning techniques into top practice to minimise silting.
We even had the oppertunity to dive the caves at Abu-Dabab. First time I have dived the outside of this reef in 20 years. It's was absolutely stunning and must be done again.
Plenty of small life as well and for some also had the oppertunity to dive with the giant Green Turtles.
Thank you all for coming along and making it a very memorable trip. Hope to see you all diving again soon.
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Munich Re announced that it has "become the first insurance group to offer serial loss cover for offshore wind energy units. Corresponding cover for a North Sea wind farm has been signed by Marcus A. Wassenberg, Chief Financial Officer of manufacturer REpower, Dr. Thomas Blunck, member of Munich Re's Board of Management, and Thomas Haukje, Managing Partner of Nordwest Assekuranz."
The bulletin described the agreement as a further extension of the reinsurer's "range of solutions" that it "offers for risks involved in the production of renewable energy."
Munich Re said its coverage "will pay for the repair or replacement of defective turbines or individual components if there are serial losses affecting a number of elements – such as the gearbox, the rotor or the tower."
It will also "cover the substantial costs involved in deploying the special vessels required. The five-year cover includes retrofits carried out on units in which defective parts have been installed, even if no loss or damage has been sustained. One of Munich Re's specialty primary insurers is involved in providing this insurance solution, which was developed in conjunction with Nordwest Assekuranz."
The announcement underscored the importance of Munich Re's "serial loss cover" for a manufacturer like Repower, which, it said, "is able to secure its guarantees, since the cost of repairing turbines at sea can be extremely high. The serial loss cover also facilitates the financing of major offshore projects by giving investors more security. Before the cover was concluded, Munich Re carried out a detailed survey of REpower's manufacturing processes."
Wassenberg noted: "Serial loss cover for offshore wind farms gives our customers certainty regarding the funding of major projects, and the insurance cover and the guarantee Munich Re provides with it testify to the quality of our wind energy units."
Haukje added: "With this insurance solution we are again breaking new ground in the cover of special risks for the booming offshore energy industry. It marks a milestone in the field of major offshore wind projects."
Blunck, stated: "With innovative solutions like this serial loss cover, we create investor security and help new technologies for the production of renewable energy gain a foothold in the market."
The bulletin also explained that in addition to "more conventional property insurance, such as machinery breakdown cover, Munich Re has developed a number of other special renewable energy covers in recent years. In the offshore energy sector, in addition to the serial loss insurance agreed for the first time, cover is also being developed relating to delays that may affect offshore projects if vessels cannot be deployed due to bad weather conditions. In addition, Munich Re already has covers to insure the risk of loss of income if there is less wind than projected."
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2 Lessons from LinkedIn Power User Profiles
LinkedIn Power Profiles
I noticed recently that LinkedIn have quietly produced a short list of the most viewed LinkedIn profiles in each country of the world. They are known as Power Profiles.
To view the most popular profiles in the UK use this link https://lists.linkedin.com/power-profiles/uk and if you're not in the UK replace the 'uk' on the end with your country's initials e.g. 'sg' for Singapore.
It has been split into 6 different areas – Leaders, Technology, HR, Finance, Marketing and Advertising and Students. Students didn't work when I clicked on it.
I thought it would be beneficial to point out what's special about some of their profiles and use of LinkedIn and how you can use this to improve your LinkedIn results.
The first Leader is Richard Branson
Now looking at his profile, it's really bare, there's nothing to it at all. Just stating he's worked for Virgin for over 47 years and links to his Twitter account and to his blog.
He doesn't actually need to put anything on here. I'm not advising this for everyone but when you are a billionaire then you're not really looking to attract new business via LinkedIn.
What Richard is doing very well is demonstrating Thought Leadership via posts. He is one of the most followed people on LinkedIn with 8,317,741 followers as I write this article.
The article with a title of "You can't fake Personality, Passion or Purpose" caught my eye.
When I clicked on this it says it is part of a "sharing hiring secrets" series on LinkedIn that anyone can join by adding #HowIHire into their post.
The title is great, it has good photos and it's relatively short and easy to read and there are only two main points. It has had lots of views and interactions.
The second Leader is James Caan
James's profile is really good.
He's looking to attract people who want him to invest in their companies.
He has an attractive photo, headline, cover photo and a summary with links to books and videos some free, some paid. You can download a book to help with job hunting or get business advice by getting his free app.
He's actively giving away free content both in his profile and in his posts.
There's a lot of detail in his profile, partnerships, job roles, skills and expertise with endorsements, honors and awards, publications, organizations and recommendations.
In one of his publications he talks about "how to become your own Dragon" which links to the BBC programme he is well known for.
He also posts regularly on LinkedIn and has 237 posts to date, roughly one per week covering the two subjects he is known for – recruitment and entrepreneurship.
What do you think of their profiles? Are there elements you can use in your own profile? Please let me know in the comments below.
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How many lies must Obama tell before he falls off his perch as an "Agent of Change" and comes back down to earth and is recognized as a gifted but flawed politician, no better and no worse than McCain or Hillary Clinton for that matter?
Lying about one's personal affairs in order to avoid taking a political hit is an art form that most politicians must eventually master if they are to survive. All of us have some kind of skeleton in the closet whether it's our own or someone close to us. Beyond that, innocent situations can be twisted by opponents and unfriendly media into the appearance of wrongdoing. Eventually, just about everyone will come face to face with a situation where a choice will present itself; tell the truth and risk the wrath of the voters or lie and hope no one catches you.
In Obama's case, he has lied about the extent of his relationship with Tony Rezko from the beginning. And yesterday, the chickens came home to roost.
Prior to yesterday, Obama described his relationship with Rezko in casual terms:
Mr. Obama says he never did any favors for Mr. Rezko, who raised about $150,000 for his campaigns over the years and was once one of the most powerful men in Illinois. There is no sign that Mr. Obama, who declined to be interviewed for this article, did anything improper.(6/14/07)
Mr. Obama has portrayed Mr. Rezko as a one-time fund-raiser whom he had occasionally seen socially. But interviews with more than a dozen political and business associates suggest that the two men were closer than the senator has indicated.
When Mr. Obama first fielded questions about Mr. Rezko last fall, he said they had had lunch once or twice a year and had socialized with their wives "two to four times.â€
A "one time fundraiser?" Occasional socializing?
That was then. This is now:
Trying to put his past with Antoin "Tony" Rezko behind him, presidential candidate Barack Obama on Friday said he never thought the nowindicted Chicago businessman would try to take advantage of him because his old friend had never asked for a political favor.
But in a 90-minute interview with Tribune reporters and editors, Obama disclosed that Rezko had raised more for Obama's earlier political campaigns than previously known, gathering as much as $250,000 for the first three offices he sought.
Rezko helped bankroll all of Obama's subsequent campaigns except his presidential bid. Rezko was on Obama's campaign committee in his failed run against U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush and gathered between $50,000 and $75,000 of the estimated $600,000 raised in that race, Obama said.
Rezko also was on the finance committee for Obama's 2004 U.S. Senate run. "My best assessment is that he raised $160,000 during my U.S. Senate primary," he said, adding that those funds had been given to charity.
At first, Obama claimed that Rezko raised no more than $50,000 for his campaigns – which was a lie. Any politician who doesn't have a good idea how much an important fundraiser like Rezko raises for him wouldn't be winning many elections. The figure rose to $150,000 and now stands at $250,000.
Any bets on how high that number will eventually go?
Beyond that is the extent of his friendship with Rezko – something both Obama and the campaign have sought to minimize since day one by simply telling outright lies about how well the two men knew each other.
Even Obama's statements about the purchase of his house were full of falsehoods as far as the reason Rezko went in on the deal.
At first, Obama downplayed the entire matter:
"I don't recall exactly what our conversations were or where I first learned, and I am not clear what the circumstnces were where he made a decision that he was interested in the property," Obama reportedly said.(11/2/2006)
"I may have mentioned to him the name of [a developer and] he may at that point have contacted that person. I'm not clear about that," he said.
That was then. This is now:
But they talked about the upcoming sales. "He said, 'I might be interested,' " Obama recalled. "My response was, 'Well, that would be fine.'"
Obama added: "This is an area where I can see a lapse in judgment." He said his motivation was "if this lot is going to be developed, here's somebody I knew. So I didn?t object."
In his first accounts of the purchase, Obama did not divulge that tour. He said Friday that he simply didn't feel the information was salient and insisted the tour didn't mean he and Rezko coordinated their purchases.
Is this plausible? Your friend of 20 years is buying the lot next to your dream home (although the sellers insist they gave no "discount" to Obama they also said that they wished to sell both the lot and house at the same time which Obama confirms in the Trib interview) and you don't "coordinate" the sale in any way? This after touring the property with your friend and discussing possible development of the lot next door?
Obama is asking us to take an awful lot on faith – faith in his truthfulness.
Finally, in the matter of Reverend Wright, we are asked to believe that in a 20 year relationship with the pastor, he never once uttered the kind of vicious racial and anti-American statements that were revealed yesterday:
The statements that Rev. Wright made that are the cause of this controversy were not statements I personally heard him preach while I sat in the pews of Trinity or heard him utter in private conversation. When these statements first came to my attention, it was at the beginning of my presidential campaign. I made it clear at the time that I strongly condemned his comments. But because Rev. Wright was on the verge of retirement, and because of my strong links to the Trinity faith community, where I married my wife and where my daughters were baptized, I did not think it appropriate to leave the church.
Is that true? Rich Lowry did a little digging:
Before he ever thought he would have to deploy Clintonesque spin to try to get himself out of a campaign controversy, Barack Obama wrote (an achingly good) memoir. In the book, Obama makes it clear that Wright when he first got to know him was pretty much the same Wright we're getting to know now (the one that Obama is at pains to say is on the verge of retirement). Wright was striking some of the same notes, saying racially venomous things and attacking the bombing of Hiroshima. Note this passage about the first sermon Obama heard from Wright, the source ultimately of the title of Obama's second book and one of the central themes of his presidential campaign:
"It is this world, a world where cruise ships throw away more food in a day than most residents of Port-au-Prince see in a year, where white folks' greed runs a world in need, apartheid in one hemisphere, apathy in another hemisphere…That's the world! On which hope sits!â€
And so it went, a meditation on a fallen world. While the boys next to me doodled on their church bulletin, Reverend Wright spoke of Sharpsville and Hiroshima, the callousness of policy makers in the White House and in the State House. As the sermon unfolded, though, the stories of strife became more prosaic, the pain more immediate. The reverend spoke of the hardship that the congregation would face tomorrow, the pain of those far from the mountaintop, worrying about paying the light bill…
Is it possible Barack Obama forgot the things that Reverend Wright preached? Or, more frighteningly, is it possible that Obama can't recognize hate speech and anti-American rants when he hears them?
And then there's this curious comment from his Wright "Mea Culpa" quoted above:
When these statements first came to my attention, it was at the beginning of my presidential campaign. I made it clear at the time that I strongly condemned his comments.
"At the time?" People are still digging but no one seems to be able to come up with any comments "condemning" anything Wright has ever said that occurred anywhere near the beginning of his campaign for president. He condemned s Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan's anti-Semitic statements (not the man) when it became known that Wright's Church bestowed the "Rev. Dr. Jeremiah A. Wright, Jr. Lifetime Achievement Trumpeteer†named after Wright's church's magazine that featured the racist demagogue on the cover:
"I decry racism and anti-Semitism in every form and strongly condemn the anti-Semitic statements made by Minister Farrakhan," Obama said in the statement. "I assume that Trumpet Magazine made its own decision to honor Farrakhan based on his efforts to rehabilitate ex-offenders, but it is not a decision with which I agree."(1/15/08)
This is certainly a long time after "the beginning" of his presidential run – almost a year.
And what do we make of this excerpt from his book Dreams of my Father where he specifically mentions Wright's "radical" reputation:
In his 1993 memoir "Dreams from My Father,†Obama recounts in vivid detail his first meeting with Wright in 1985. The pastor warned the community activist that getting involved with Trinity might turn off other black clergy because of the church's radical reputation.
What exactly did Obama think Wright's "radical reputation" was all about?
Obama's statement published at Huffingtonpost is at best a careful dissembling of the truth and at worst a tissue of lies as this piece at American Thinker makes clear:
We noticed on the videotaped sermons that when Rev. Wright fires up the crowd, they jump to their feet. A Harvard-trained lawyer like Obama inserting the phrase "sat in the pews" knows exactly what he is doing. If he was on his feet applauding and shouting approval like so many other Trinity congregants, then this statement becomes true, if utterly misleading.
It is time for the Obamamaniacs to wake up and come down from the mountaintop. Support him for president if you must but base it on his positions on the issues and his abilities not on his perceived messianic visions of a new kind of politics – "post racial" or "post partisan" or any other unique attribute that his leadership supposedly will bring out.
Barack Obama is just another politician – devious when he has to be, vague when it suits him, and a liar when necessity calls. May this incident involving Reverend Wright open the eyes of most of those who have lost themselves in Obama's rhetorical fog so that they can see who and what they are supporting for President of the United States.


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Okay, I realize that maybe of you are about to say something to the effect of, Why am I posting about 2013 fall wedding trends in January of 2014? Well, that's pretty simple and you are going to run in to me doing this on a fairly regular basis – I like to post about past topics so that I can have a reference point when the next year / season, call it whatever you like come around and I can look back on what was going on previously in the industry. This is basically my way of bookmarking pages and stories that I've been reading.
"From silver screen glamour to Victorian elegance, here are the wedding dress styles that stole the spotlight during Fall 2013 New York Bridal Fashion Week."
Trend: Blush Wedding Dresses
Trend: Sweet Romantic Wedding Dresses
Trend: Sleek, Minimalist Wedding Dresses
Trend: Elegant, Victorian-Inspired Wedding Dresses
Trend: Floral Wedding Dresses
Trend: Old Hollywood-Inspired Wedding Dresses
Trend: Classic, Long Sleeve Wedding Dresses
See the full article and slideshow over at Brides Magazine.
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Even though the Arizona State Board of Cosmetology only requires proof of 10th grade education,
All Beauty College requires a prospective student to have a high school diploma, GED or legible transcript showing graduation date.
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text: Awakenings Wellness Center, Portland Oregon Workshops and Classes at Awakenings For a complete list of all our events, view our Calendar Ongoing Classes and Series Te School Qigong Thursdays - 8:30 AM - 9:45 AM (January 1, 2020 - December 31, 2020) Other Upcoming Workshops November 08: Quarterly Sound Healing + Bowenwork for Women Laura Yee . Instructors Teaching at Awakenings Te School Qigong We, of the Te School, are a student-led group who studied Qigong and Tai chi under Daniel Villasenor for three years. Daniel, a westerner, was trained in Qigong in the Sun monestary in Beijing, China. He has left the Portland area for other pursuits in June of 2006 and we have carried on since, employing and continuing to explore his teachings from the Daoist perspective. We whole-heartedly welcome newcomers! During each class, we typically Qigong, which is the energy preparation for Tai Chi, for the first hour or so, and then Tai Chi for the last fifteen minutes. Please feel free to drop-in at any time: class fee is $6. Questions: please contact Barbara Hampson at 503-754-0058. Phone: 503-754-0058 Email: email@example.com Trance Fusion Movement Arts Sally Dubats, Trance Fusion Instructor I am a metaphysical teacher, published author, and certified Sivananda yoga instructor, and I believe these times call to us to integrate our highest Self. I have been teaching dance, yoga, meditation, metaphysical, and motivational work for twenty years in Michigan, Colorado, California and Oregon. Directing and Choreographing theatre for ten years eventually lead to alternative trance-style dances and a love of yoga. I was an ecstatic dance DJ for Sacred Circle dance, previously directed Thursday Dance Temple, and I love taking dancers on an internal journey. I have a healing background in Reiki, energy medicine, and laying-on-of-stones, and my metaphysical classes and healing sessions include these healing modalities along with deep vision work, sacred energy work, meditation, and discovery through Tarot and Jungian archetypes. My spiritual background and time on the Sivananda ashram gave me a desire to create a mind/body/spirit class. My business background allows me to empathize with so little time to accomplish our personal growth goals. I have created Trance-Fusion to integrate these tools into one fluid and joyful class. Life is so deeply meaningful. Lets show up and be amazing! 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Episode 11 Karaoke (SIDE B)
Hey everyone coming up in the next few weeks is everyone's favourite thing Exams! wait no… KARAOKE!!! That's right it's been ages since our last trip so come join us and let's destroy our vocal chords together at KARAOKE!
We will be going during the mid semester break on Monday the 11th of September and we will be going to our favourite location Echo point karaoke from 12:00 – 6:00pm so come join us at anytime and let's all embaress ourselves or impress everyone!
Where: Echo point karaoke – 262 Pitt Street
When: Stuvac 11th of September
How much: This event will cost $15 plus a drink so somewhere between $18 – $22 (it's generally easier to bring cash for making group payments)
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The former Cambodian Khmer Rouge prison chief Duch, who was convicted of crimes against humanity, will appeal against his sentence, his lawyer has said.
Duch, 67, whose full name is Kaing Guek Eav, was sentenced to 35 years in prison by a UN-backed court on Monday.
He was found guilty of overseeing the torture and execution of thousands of people at the notorious Tuol Sleng prison in Phnom Penh.
His lawyer gave no further details of the grounds for the appeal.
Duch was the first of five surviving senior Khmer Rouge figures to go on trial.
He had admitted his role in the killings and torture of thousands of men, women and children at the prison, but said he was following orders and had asked the court to acquit him.
He is expected to serve 19 years in prison, because of a reduction for time already served.His lawyer, Kar Savuth, told the AFP news agency: "We will appeal against the decision."
A spokesman for the tribunal said the lawyer had indicated soon after the verdict was given that an appeal would be launched.
"He said he would have appealed a sentence of even one day," said Reach Sambath.
Up to two million people died because of the policies of the Khmer Rouge, which ruled Cambodia from 1975-1979.
Only about a dozen people who were held at Tuol Sleng are thought to have survived, three of whom are still alive. Up to 17,000 people are believed to have died there.


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Story and Photos by Veronica Prigmore Zoolumination, a Chinese lantern festival, took place Friday November 15, at the Nashville Zoo. Zoolumination is the largest light festival in the United States, and aims to share Chinese culture with zoo-goers. As visitors entered the lantern festival, the atmosphere faded into a world of mystical wonders. The exhibits …


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The camp will be built on a 10-hectare lot in Barangay Kapantaran where the old city hall complex is located. Michael De Guzman
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY , Philippines — President Duterte has confirmed plans to put up another military camp in Marawi.
The camp will be built on a 10-hectare lot in Barangay Kapantaran where the old city hall complex is located.
"I'm planning to set up a camp here, but I will pay you," the President said during his visit to a temporary shelter for Marawi evacuees in Barangay Sagonsongan on Tuesday, referring to residents who would be displaced by the construction of the camp.
"Whatever it takes, we will pay para walang gulo (to avoid trouble)," Duterte said.
Camp Ranao, the home of the Army's 103rd Infantry Brigade, a unit of the First Infantry Division, is the only camp in Marawi.
However, Maranao ethnic groups, such as Tindeg Rano and Moro consensus group, questioned the government's plan to set up a second military camp in Marawi, saying most of the lots in the military reservation had been awarded to them.
Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said his office is reviewing the proposal of former vice president Jejomar Binay to distribute a portion of the military reservation to its occupants.
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Peonies can be left undisturbed in the garden for many years. Occasionally, however, it becomes necessary to move established plants. Peonies shaded by large trees or shrubs should be moved to a sunny site to improve flowering. The redesign of a perennial bed or border may require moving the peonies. Large, vigorous plants can be dug and divided for propagation purposes.
September is the best time to transplant established peonies. Begin by cutting the peony stems near ground level. Then carefully dig around and under each plant. Try to retain as much of the root system as possible. Promptly replant the peonies in a sunny, well-drained site.
Division of large peony clumps requires a few additional steps. After digging up the plant, gently shake the clump to remove loose soil from the root system. Using a sharp knife, divide the clump into sections. Each division should have at least 3 to 5 buds (eyes) and a good root system. Smaller divisions will require several years to develop into attractive plants.
Peonies perform best in full sun and well-drained soils. When selecting a planting site, choose a location that receives at least 6 to 8 hours of sunlight each day. Avoid shady areas near large trees and shrubs. Poorly drained soils can often be improved by working in large amounts of compost, peat moss, or leaf mold.
When planting a peony, dig a hole large enough to comfortably accommodate its entire root system. Position the peony plant in the hole so the buds are 1 to 2 inches below the soil surface. (Peonies often fail to bloom satisfactorily if the buds are more than 2 inches deep.) Fill the hole with soil, firming the soil around the plant as you backfill. Then water thoroughly. Space peonies 3 to 4 feet apart.
In late fall (mid-November to early December), apply a 4 to 6 inch layer of mulch over the newly planted peonies. Excellent mulching materials include weed-free straw and pine needles. Mulching prevents repeated freezing and thawing of the soil during the winter months that could heave the plants out of the ground. Remove the mulch in early spring before growth begins.
Transplanted peonies usually don't bloom well the first spring. In fact, it's advisable to remove any flower buds that develop the first spring to promote root and foliar growth. The transplanted peonies should bloom well by the third or fourth year.
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Yesterday's debate in the House of Lords on the Second Reading of the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Bill didn't finish until 11.30pm. As the 38th speaker I got to make my contribution at about 9.30pm.
This is what I said:
"Lord Harris of Haringey: My Lords, I declare an interest as a member of the Metropolitan Police Authority, as vice-president of the Association of Police Authorities and as chair of the All-Party Group on Policing.
Fundamental to the model of British policing is the notion of policing by consent, particularly in our society, where the police are largely unarmed and must rely on the good will and confidence of the citizens to carry out their duties effectively and sensitively. The lifeblood of policing is information, and the reason this information flows from the public to the police can be summed up in one word, trust-trust in the police to act fairly and with integrity, and trust in the police that the information will be used judiciously and without attracting retribution from anyone.
Without that trust, information stops and policing becomes ineffective. To achieve this trust, you must have accountability. Without accountability the police become a controlling force, an oppressive instrument of powerful and self-interested groups. In parts of the world this will be the military, in others local warlords, and in some, perhaps, the senior officers in the police force itself. If policing is thus distorted or dictated to by unrepresentative groups, the trust of the public is gone. The only possible result is a downward spiral that manifests itself in corruption, organised crime and abuses of human rights. So, getting it right matters. But how confident can we be that the Bill does get it right? The drafting is certainly deficient. Take the centrepiece of the Bill-the creation of directly elected police and crime commissioners. The dictionary tells you that a "commissioner" is "one who commissions", and that "to commission" is,
So in England and Wales we are to have 41 directly elected police and crime commissioners procuring, committing or performing crime. That is brilliant drafting.
Of course, in London we are not going to get directly elected commissioners, partly because we already have two commissioners: the Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis and the Commissioner of the City of London Police, who is responsible for a resident population of around 10,000, the size of a local government ward elsewhere in the capital. Instead, the corporation will continue in its own unique and, I have to say, rather opaque way, and the rest of the city will have the "Mopsy"-the Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime. Because we already have a directly elected mayor, we will not have a directly elected individual in charge of the police service; so instead the mayor will appoint a deputy-to be called the deputy "Mopsy"-to run the "Mopsy". That is what the Bill says.
I have no problem with the principle of direct election. Indeed, when I was the first chair of the police authority in London I would have welcomed the additional authority that direct election would have given me-not, I hasten to add, in dealing with the noble Lord, Lord Stevens of Kirkwhelpington, who, as all his colleagues knew, was an absolute pussycat in all such matters. It was much more about authority in relation to other elected individuals, all of whom would otherwise claim primacy in trying to set a general direction for the police force. Therefore, I would have had no problems with that principle, but had I been elected directly to the office of chair of the police authority, I would have been surrounded by an effective governance structure. That would have made arbitrary decisions by myself, or inappropriate directions to the chief officer of police, impossible.
Most of the governance mechanisms that police authorities currently provide are swept away by the Bill. What is also lost is the visible answerability of the chief officer of police. At the last meeting of the Metropolitan Police Authority, the Met not only gave and answered questions on its regular operational report and on the policing budget for the year but apologised to the family, present in the audience, of Daniel Morgan, who was murdered in 1987 and whose killers have not been brought to justice because, it is alleged, of police corruption; made a statement about the delays in bringing Delroy Grant to justice for the attacks on elderly people in south London over many years; responded to questions about phone-hacking and the News of the World; and heard from people in the audience about the death of Smiley Culture who allegedly stabbed himself during a police raid.
Where would that happen under this Bill? How would the visible answerability of the police service work under these proposals? The answer is that there is no such mechanism. It may be that the Minister, in response, will talk fondly about the proposed police and crime panels, and say that somehow they will be a substitute. That would be nonsense. If that is the argument she was planning to deploy, I suggest that she does not do so. Those panels will not have authority over the chief officer of police, and they will not even have the power to require his or her attendance at their meetings. Their remit is to scrutinise the elected commissioner, or the MOPC in London. Those forums, by necessity, will be overtly party political, as one group of elected politicians seeks to score points over another elected politician. This is what will happen. It is not clear how the new arrangements will ensure that there is a balanced model of policing everywhere in the country. How will the national policing requirement be enforced to ensure that every force plays its part in delivering effective policing to combat serious organised crime and to counter terrorism? Yes, there will be a national policing requirement, but how is that to be enforced?
There are many other problems. For example, as presently drafted, the Bill makes each chief officer of police a "corporation sole". This is intended to permit them to employ police staff. Leaving aside whether or not this is a desirable objective-it is a function that could perfectly satisfactorily be carried out by police and crime commissioners, and is currently carried out by police authorities-the function of this corporation sole is not effectively limited to this specific function, potentially allowing chief officers to enter into procurement contracts and detracting from the authority of police and crime commissioners.
The Bill also creates two statutory chief finance officers for each force-one for the police and crime commissioner's office and one for the force itself. Having two corporations sole for each force will in practice create two auditable bodies, two sets of accounts and consequential cost and bureaucracy, along with a blurring of lines of accountability-the exact antithesis of what the Bill is supposed to achieve. There will be more additional expense and duplication, with a worsening of accountability.
However sound or otherwise the intentions of this Bill, it fails to do what it says on the tin. The risk is that it will weaken police accountability; that the police will be less answerable, not more; and that we will create a system that is more expensive, less efficient, and will in the end undermine that trust on which policing by consent depends."
One of my key points was the danger that the Bill will remove what I called "the visible answerability" of the head of a police force.
In reply, the Minister, Baroness Neville-Jones, slightly missed the point, until I interrupted, but when she did answer the substantive point her proposed solution clearly struck many colleagues as bizarre. This was the exchange:
"Baroness Neville-Jones: … I have no doubt that in debate we will spend some time on the arrangements in London. I am not going to deal with those this evening, but I should like to make a comment on one point raised by the noble Lord, Lord Harris. He seemed to be suggesting-perhaps I have him wrong-that because the precise method of accountability of the chief constable had not been prescribed in the legislation, therefore it could be assumed that there was no such answerability. That is not the case. The PCC has the same statutory responsibility to hold the chief constable to account as he has at present to the police authority. Not everything has to be spelt out in detail in the legislation as if no one is capable-
Lord Harris of Haringey: My Lords, my point was not that there is not a clear accountability mechanism, because that is set out in the Bill; my point is-it applies not just in London but to all the PCCs-that the one-to-one relationship between the elected individual and the chief officer of police does not allow for the visible answerability of the chief officer of police, answering questions in public on matters that affect the locality. That is what will disappear in this Bill.
Baroness Neville-Jones: I do not think that that is the case, my Lords, because there is nothing to stop meetings taking place in public. Indeed, the records have to be put into the public domain, so I do not think that somehow this relationship will be conducted behind closed doors. On the contrary, I think that it will be extremely transparent."
This creates a very strange picture of the relationship between the elected Policing and Crime Commissioner and the Chief Officer of Police, in which all their one-to-one dealings will be in the form of public meetings.
Still in closing the debate the Minister did agree with me about something:
"… while I did not accept many of the points made by the noble Lord, Lord Harris, he said something with which I profoundly agree; namely, that trust is crucial to the preservation of our tradition of unarmed, impartial policing. In making the changes, the Government are determined to preserve this long-standing principle and great tradition. I commend the Bill to the House."


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When we refer to "transportation" in the lead battery industry, most people think of the batteries that power engines in vehicles, trucks, trains and watercraft. But for one of our member companies, it's all that and … soccer.
MK Battery, with the battery brand MK Powered, is the official battery of the United States Power Soccer Association (USPSA) and its Team USA. Power Soccer is a sport played by those with disabilities who use battery-powered wheelchairs to play soccer. The USPSA governs the sport in the U.S., as well as promoting it internationally through events like the World Cup.
Wayne Merdinger, executive vice president & general manager for MK Battery, a subsidiary of East Penn Manufacturing Co., explains how MK Battery first got involved in 2014. He said it began by sponsoring a Power Soccer exhibition, and it has been a privilege ever since.
"We wanted to help promote the show and generate additional sponsorship support for USPSA. It's a great cause that means so much to these very brave athletes and their families." Wayne noted that MK Battery's support is twofold: financial, and providing a battery product that is safe, reliable and the ideal fit for the rigorous use of the athletes' electric wheelchairs.
"This is a challenging sport. It's exciting to watch players use the speed and power of their chairs to attack, defend and spin-kick a 13-inch soccer ball across the gym."
Power Soccer originated in France in the early '70s and was introduced to the U.S. a decade later. It is the first competitive team sport designed and developed specifically for power wheelchair users. Athletes may have quadriplegia, multiple sclerosis, muscular dystrophy, cerebral palsy or other health issues. The game is played indoors on a regulation basketball court with two teams of four players.
"We love USPSA's mission to help people of all ages and genders who use power wheelchairs to play and experience Power Soccer. Like any other team sport, it helps build character through teamwork, communication, hard work, perseverance and good sportsmanship," Merdinger added.
Supporting athletes through Power Soccer is just one example of how the lead battery industry gives back to the community. To learn more about coaching, playing on a team, becoming a member, volunteering at events, becoming a sponsor or a fan, click here.
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Until people stop looking for answers in all the wrong places, they will continue to be led astray. Or worse.
I saw a news story out of Albuquerque that mentioned that "several organizations are asking how the (mayoral) candidates plan to keep people safe".
Sorry, but no mayor can "keep people safe". Nor can their employees or co-workers. That is YOUR job.
In a similar vein, some people beg politicians to show "leadership" on one issue or another.
Looking to politicians for leadership is like fishing for bluefin tuna in your kid's wading pool. You're going to either come up empty, or someone is pulling a fast one on you. Leadership from politicians? You might as well beg a newborn to rebuild your transmission.
Any leadership you imagine you see from politicians will lead to the wrong place. And why would you want to follow them anywhere? This group of people is notoriously incapable of running their own personal lives. Why would you want them "helping" you with yours?
Don't look for politicians to "help" the middle class, or families, or taxpayers, or anyone else. They are not capable of doing anything to help anyone but themselves. Even if they give the appearance of helping you, it is an illusion that will end up doing more harm in the long run.
The only positive effect any politician or bureaucrat can have is by getting out of the way. But that isn't rewarded with votes; it looks too much like "doing nothing". In truth, "nothing" is the best thing they can do.
Don't waste your precious life waiting for help to come from someone else. Life is built from the bottom up, not handed down to you from Washington DC or Austin.
That doesn't mean it's completely pointless to pay attention to what the Keystone Kongress or the current president are doing. If you like Three Stooges movies you may get a laugh from watching the elected buffoons, too. Everyone needs a hobby. Just don't take them too seriously, and never look to them to provide leadership of any sort. That's a futile, and counterproductive, wish.
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- AnonymousThu Sep 12, 09:41:00 AM 2013
The best way government can help the middle class or keep them safe is to remove artificial barriers that prevent them from helping and/or protecting themselves.ReplyDelete
Laissez-Faire: an economic policy that allows businesses to operate with very little interference from the government. French imperative of laisser faire: to let (people) do (as they choose).ReplyDelete
Also, Kent, your article reminded me of a definition of a politician, told to me by the mayor of South Lake Tahoe. He said a politician is a person who sees which way the herd is going, gets in front of it and say follow me.
- AnonymousFri Sep 13, 08:42:00 AM 2013
The fact that people look for leadership is the essential problem.ReplyDelete
As long as one is willing to believe that you can fish in a swimming pool (productively), he/she is toast. A person who can't rely on himself and respect himself enough to look there first is incompetent, in a fundamental way.
I know I'm not telling you or your readers anything you don't know already. If I thought that, I would never bother to read your blog.
It just seems almost unbelievable to me that anyone would not be able to understand the importance of 'self' and that leadership would be the last thing one would want.
It must be, as Aldous Huxley postulated in 1953, that the result of allowing TV to guide the development of children would ultimately lead to a population of mindless automatons, guided by the advertisers in every way.
see 'Brave New World Revisited'.
Brave, indeed...
- AnonymousFri Sep 13, 11:31:00 AM 2013
Or how about the movie "Idiocracy."ReplyDelete


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Our protein are made from dehydrated chickpeas, spices, mushrooms and more. We use gluten/wheat free breads, fresh salads, rice with grilled veggies, delicious desserts, cold-pressed juices and smoothies….there is so much research showing how dehydrating food helps maintain 100% of the vitamins, minerals, etc here is a quick link http://dehydratorliving.com/benefits-of-dehydrating-food/
If you are in the west palm beach area stop by for a snack, one of the best selling sides /appetizers is the fried chickn, but instead of chicken we use jackfruit. Jackfruit is packed with nutrition so it's gaining lots of interest in the USA for healthy eaters everywhere. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackfruit
Our juices are cold-pressed and done every day so you get 100% of the nutrients…our smoothies are also fresh, with almond milk, fruits, and no ice so you get 100% real fruit in your smoothies.
If you are in the area it's definitely worth to stop by. Our cocktails are also made with 100% cold-pressed juices (no chemicals, no fake syrups, just pure cold-pressed juices making your cocktail 100% vegan and natural).
In our building we also have the tabletop games so you can play before during or after your dining experience, a fair trade gift shop, plaster painting studio and event venue – this is one stop shop for things to do in west palm beach 😉
See you soon at our vegan restaurant.


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Dave's experience includes extensive time on a variety of vessels. He has accumulated an estimated 200,000 miles at sea, including transatlantic passages (in both directions, as well as under pure sail) and Panama canal transits. He continues to log cruising miles annually. Dave is a certified diver, a light aircraft pilot, and owns both power and sail boats. He also volunteers time to the American Malinois Rescue Association and takes in foster dogs who need of special care and temporary homes.
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I have helped with take home materials such as homework problems. I have tutored online too. In addition, I have worked with students who prefer to strictly focus on conceptual understanding.
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London Calling!
The First Movellas Meet Up.........
Calling all London based Movellians (apologies if you're not from London, but we'll come to a town near you soon).
We are hosting our first Movellas Meet Up next week and we'd love you to join us.
Date: Thursday 20th February 2014
Location: Tower Hill (Address will be sent when you register your interest)
Time: 11am-3pm
Here's 10 reasons why you should join us (incase you were having any doubts):
1 - Meet other Movellians in real life!
2 - Tell us what you think of Movellas and help us improve the experience.
3 - Test out some new product ideas
4 - Eat lots of pizza, chocolate and other delicious delicacies
5 - Meet the Movellas team and the new community manager
6 - Help us to shape the future of Movellas
7 - Get a Movellas tote bag
8 - It will be great
9 - It's just near the Tower of London
10 - It's half term week and you'll need something to spruce it up
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Teacher Magazine's take on education news from around the Web, Jan. 26-Feb. 1.
You might call it the last frontier of discrimination. Decades after courts ordered schools to racially desegregate, and years after studies found that girls often get less teacher attention than boys, it seems the less-fair sex has been treated less than fairly. Or so a Massachusetts high school senior is claiming. According to 17-year-old Doug Anglin's filing with the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights, Milton High School discriminates against boys by making it easier for girls to succeed academically. "The system is designed to the disadvantage of males," says the student, whose lawyer father wrote the complaint for him. "From the elementary level, they establish a philosophy that if you sit down, follow orders, and listen to what they say, you'll do well and get good grades. Men naturally rebel against this."
Discrimination is the usual suspect when affluent parents pull their children out of a predominantly African American school system. But the parents of Los Angeles' Ladera Heights—an expensive hilltop neighborhood with ocean views and spacious houses owned by doctors and lawyers—are also black. Still, what they want—to secede from adjacent Inglewood, a poor city with troubled schools, and join a richer, more racially mixed community—is sparking plenty of resentment. Spurned district officials say Inglewood's public schools would improve if Ladera Heights students attended them instead of private schools. County leaders have sided with the district so far, but parents in what's sometimes called "the black Beverly Hills" aren't giving up. Resident Alisa Ivie says she pulled her son out of the neighborhood elementary school after two months because he was bullied and her complaints fell on deaf ears. "I don't have an obligation to sacrifice my children to make the schools better," she said.
Choice, or the lack thereof, is also causing consternation in the Pacific Northwest, albeit on a smaller societal scale. Concerns over childhood obesity have prompted schools across the country to ban soda and sugary foods, but officials in Longview, Washington, are finding there are downsides to such a junk-food embargo. With an open-campus high school lunch policy and a Starbucks, a pizza joint, and several convenience stores close by, the cafeteria's not exactly hopping these days. "They don't have enough variety," says junior Brittainey Miller, who describes the flavored water now for sale in lieu of soda as tasting like "lip gloss." "All the school is doing is losing money," 16-year-old Amber Buckee observes. School leaders insist some students like the new offerings, but they can't be happy about the tardies and absenteeism the school has faced since the new policy went into effect this year. "All the kids do is take time out of our day and go over to the gas station," Buckee adds.
Second thoughts—and second chances—are very much on the minds of parents and students at the elite Villanova Preparatory School in Ojai, California, this week. Revelations that a soft-spoken classics teacher had stabbed his father to death in a motel a decade ago have brought wrath down on administrators, who had kept Shannon McCreery's past to themselves. The boarding school's officials say he was upfront about what even his prosecutors describe as a consensual killing—part of an abortive family suicide pact. "We are a Catholic school seeking redemption through faith in God, offering mercy to all who seek forgiveness," notes headmaster Anthony J. Sabatino, who hired the instructor. "Based on Christian compassion, I believe that I made the right decision." Parents, who plan to meet and discuss their options, have a different viewpoint. "A school is not the correct venue or forum to offer redemption," argued Ron Polito, the father of two Villanova students who also serves on the school's finance committee.
But school is the place for senior proms—even when the seniors in question are long past school age. Beneath the white twinkle lights strung from the ceiling of Baltimore's Seton Keough High School, as a jazz band played a swing number, students danced with about 60 residents from Catholic Charities' Jenkins Senior Community. On the dance floor, 18-year-old Justin Coleman was having trouble keeping up with the moves of his 85-year-old dance partner, Audrey Quinn, who shook her shoulders and twisted her hips in time to the band's booming drum. Senior citizens "know how to live life to the fullest," Coleman noted as he took a break. Eva Scott, 85, was out of breath by her third dance—each with a different partner. "I had fun," she said. "I asked one of the boys, 'Is this your punishment?' But he said no, he volunteered. It's picked up my spirits."
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Streaming: Prince, Zooey Deschanel's 'FALLINLOVE2NITE'
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FALLINLOVE2NITE, teased on The New Girl after the Super Bowl Feb. 2 and now streaming in full on YouTube, finds Prince dueting in a seductive falsetto with Zooey Deschanel.
He opens the synth-drenched, funk-dance tune with the question, "Anybody wanna fall in love tonight?"
The new song, announced on his 3rdEyeGirl Twitter account, will be released Monday through iTunes other digital retailers by Epic Records, marking Prince's first song release with Epic Records chief L.A. Reid.
Will it be on Prince's upcoming Plectrumelectrum album? That has yet to be revealed by His Purple Highness.


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Monday, September 29, 2014
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Thanksgiving is almost here in Canada!
Thanksgiving is a time to unwind and reconnect with those we care about. Many of us are fortunate enough to enjoy a turkey dinner in a warm home, and to take time to visit with family and friends this holiday.
Thanksgiving is a time to unwind and reconnect with those we care about. Many of us are fortunate enough to enjoy a turkey dinner in a warm home, and to take time to visit with family and friends this holiday.
Thanksgiving also provides us with a wonderful opportunity to reflect on the things we are thankful for. This includes the people in our lives who matter most—the ones who boost our spirits, cheer us on, make us laugh, or help pick up the pieces when things go badly. We may also be thankful for good health, for a job we enjoy, a dream vacation, or any number of other blessings in our life.
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Symphony House Bhd Organizes Earth Hour Awareness Day According to BAC Report
14 May 2012 • by Natalie Aster
LONDON – Late March was marked by an Earth Hour Awareness Day organized by Symphony House together with WWF. The event took place in Symphony House's Lobby Area and helped to collect RM 3,672 in less than three hours. Various WWF-themed merchandise (like t-shirts, pins, posters) was being sold, and an Animal Adoption Programme of endangered species was displayed.
The following actions were taken in the Earth Hour Awareness Day: The lights in the building were switched off till the next day's evening; 5 elevators out of six were shut down for an hour; Perimeter lights illuminating the building were switched off for an hour
In April Symphony's activities for the environmental awareness continued: the company held an awareness talk about energy saving and adopted a monthly environmental fee of RM 10 through salary deduction.
Symphony House has not been financially efficient in the past years. Last financial year, however, was way more successful than the previous one. End of 2011 brought revenue increase of 6.5% to MYR 185.9 M, gross profit decline by 4.4% to MYR 45.1 M, operating and net income growth to MYR 2 M and MYR (4.3) M, respectively. December 2011 was the weakest quarter in the year, with revenue of MYR 46.1 M, gross profit of MYR 10.4 M, operating income of MYR (1.8) M, and net income of MYR (2.1) M.
Founded in 2002 and headquartered in Selangor Darul Ehsan (Malaysia), Symphony House Bhd engages in business outsourcing services. The portfolio includes Corporate Secretarial Solutions, Cheque Processing Solutions, Wealth Management Solutions, Share Issuance and Registration Solutions, Business Process Outsourcing. Since 2003 Symphony trades on Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange under the ticker SYMH.
Further review on the company's services, solutions, financials and opportunities for growth can be found in the report "Symphony House Bhd Fundamental Company Report Including Financial, SWOT, Competitors and Industry Analysis" recently published by Market Publishers Ltd.
Report Details:
Title: Symphony House Bhd Fundamental Company Report Including Financial, SWOT, Competitors and Industry Analysis
Date: Apr, 2012
Pages: 72
More company reports featuring SWOT and financial information, industry and competitors analysis can be found in Company Reports Catalog.
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text: Donni of The Magic Onions is mom to a daughter and son and blogs out of Southern California. Her son had made a yellow yarn chick and then her daughter wanted to make something. When Donni asked her what she wanted to make her daughter replied: "a soft little brown nest with three speckled robins' eggs in it"! Donni had the perfect yarn for a fluffy little nest that gave birth to this tutorial a "Fluffy Yarn Easter Nest"! As you can see it is a charming nest and I want one 🙂 Her daughter was so proud of her nest she played with it all afternoon. Donni has a complete tutorial for us to follow and thanks so much for sharing it.


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The Highlands is most well-known for three things: its oddity stores, its stretch of bars, and its diverse selection of restaurants. While most tourists to Louisville head down to Fourth Street Live for a night on the town, most locals head to the stretch of Bardstown Road that is home to the Highlands' bars, pubs, and clubs. The following drinking establishments can be found in Louisville's Highlands.
Akiko's is one of the signature hole-in-the-wall bars that are so popular in the Highlands. Karaoke is hugely popular at Akiko's, but good luck getting your name pulled out of the hat to sing. The one time I went drinking at Akiko's, we couldn't figure out how people knew it was their turn to sing, and we waited for over an hour to sing before finally leaving because our names were never called. Akiko's also only sells beer, cheap wine, and Saki, so it's not the place to go if you're out to drink cocktails.
Bambi Bar
Many people argue that the Bambi Bar has some of the best burgers in town. I've not ever personally eaten a burger there, but I've heard good things about them from enough people to believe the statement holds some truth. The bartenders are friendly and the establishment really has the feel of a neighborhood bar more than some of the trendier bars on Bardstown Road.
Buffalo Wild Wings
If you like hot wings, beer, and sports, then you'll like drinking at Buffalo Wild Wings. Buffalo Wild Wings is one of the more mainstream bars in the Highlands. The bar and restaurant is hopping on big game nights when there is typically some sort of wing special in addition to the game being played across the restaurant's many big screen TVs. When its not a game night, Buffalo Wild Wings isn't generally as crowded, though there are always a least a few people sprawled across the restaurant indulging in wings and beer.
Cumberland Brews
Cumberland Brews, as is evidenced by its name, is a bar and brewery with delicious and interesting beer choices that can't be found anywhere else in Louisville. It also has a fantastic location – if you're sitting outside it's almost a guarantee that you'll see someone you know. If you're looking for a quiet place to drink and talk, you'll want to check out the top floor where the light music sets the tone for an intimate and relaxed evening. If you're hungry, try the BLT. It's one of the best in Louisville.
Flanagan's has one of the largest selections of bottled beer in Louisville and the best fries in town. During the week, Flannigan's is a laid-back and quiet place to spend an evening having conversation with friends or getting to know someone better. On the weekend, however, dance music blasts through the speakers and you can find people dancing and drinking in areas of the bar that you might have never known existed if you'd only ever been there during the week. Servers during all hours of the night mean that you can avoid standing at the bar for the most part, and a fenced-in outside area is a lovely place for drinks on warm summer nights.
Hideaway Saloon
Hideaway Saloon is characterized by its claim to be a hidden treasure among the sprawling stylishness of Bardstown Road -- the hidden treasure at Hideaway is that the bar is anything but a treasure. With narrow hallways, creaky stairs, and pool tables placed on barely-even floors, Hideaway Saloon embodies the definition of a hole-in-the-wall perfectly. It even has its own group of regulars, and, if you're not one of them, it can sometimes be hard to get a drink. There's occasionally a live band and sometimes a cover, but these things just seem to happen whenever they happen as opposed to with any regularity.
Highlands Taproom
The Highlands Taproom is just across the street from the Mid-City Mall. There is both a downside and upside to drinking and listening to live music at The Highlands Taproom. The upside is that they showcase live bands that play solely original music every night of the week and never charge a cover. The downside is that the bar is tiny, and it's often extremely difficult to get to the bar to order a drink or to find a place to sit. However, in the summer when the deck is open, The Highlands Taproom is one of the best places to drink and listen to some of the best live music in Louisville.
Molly Malone's
Molly Malone's is an Irish pub that sits atop a green hill across the road from the Highlands' other two Irish bars, O'Shea's and Flannigan's. Molly Malone's is best visited in the summer when the deck bar is open – it is one of the best people-watching spots in all of the Highlands. At other times of the year and some weekend nights, the back area at Molly Malone's is the stage for local bands, writers, and artists. The only downside to drinking at Molly Malone's is that sometimes it's difficult to get to the bar for drinks. However, at other times there are servers who will take care of you throughout the night.
O'Shea's is one of three Irish pubs that are crowded together on Baxter Avenue just before the Bardstown/Baxter split. Like Molly Malone's across the street, O'Shea's has a very nice deck area with ample seating and lovely scenery. It's a little more secluded than the porch on Molly Malone's, so there's a little more privacy from the people walking down the street. O'Shea's has a full food menu and a large wine menu as well as a traditional bar and all of the imported beer you would expect at an Irish pub. Live bands often play there on weekends on the small stage inside.
Outlook Inn
Back in my drinking days, you could have found me at Outlook Inn on any night of the week. Though everything about Outlook looks like a hole-in-the-wall from the outside, on the inside it's anything but. The drinks are strong and cheap at Outlook, the bartenders are friendly and quick, and the crowd is diverse. It's a good place to play pool, listen to a jukebox, and just chat with friends. And with the focus on live music at most Louisville bars, being able to have a conversation in one is a thing to cherish.
The Back Door
If you think that drinking and playing pool go well together, then you'll love The Back Door. The Back Door is located on the side of Mid-City Mall opposite of Comedy Caravan. It features one of biggest pool rooms of any bar in Louisville, a game room, a kitchen with really fantastic bar food, and a full-service bar. The Back Door has really grown in popularity over the last few years – it's one of the few places you can still get a pitcher of beer to share with a group of friends. It's also a great place to go if you actually want to have a conversation with the people you're drinking with.
Wick's Pizza Parlor
Wick's is well know for both its pizza and its nightlife. On any given night at the Wick's Pizza Parlor in the Highlands you'll find some sort of entertainment on the bar side of the establishment, from live music to karaoke. When I used to go out drinking a lot, I spent a lot of time with friends drinking and singing at Wick's on Sunday nights. The bartenders are friendly, it's a great place for conversation as well as dancing and singing, and it's rare that you're bothered by other patrons of the bar.
Note: Jessica Elliott's article was edited by a current expert in March, 2016.


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COPsync Announces CEO Departure
Mar 28, 2017, 08:28 ET
DALLAS, March 28, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- COPsync, Inc. (NASDAQ: COYN) today announced that on March 24, 2017, the Board of Directors (the "Board") of COPsync, Inc. dismissed Ronald A. Woessner as Chief Executive Officer and terminated his employment. Mr. Woessner did not have an employment agreement and remains a director of the Board. At the same meeting, the Board appointed Mr. Philip J. Anderson as Interim Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Anderson remains as Chief Financial Officer.
The COPsync Network™ is an advanced communication and information sharing system that protects citizens from violence and domestic terrorism. Community and officer security is increased with advance warnings of dangerous people and real-time notification of crimes in progress. The COPsync911™ threat-alert system safeguards schools and keeps America's children safer and protects other high-risk targets such as courthouses, government buildings and energy infrastructure. COPsync's systems can save minutes when seconds count, save lives and protect citizens and communities.
About COPsync, Inc.
COPsync, Inc. (NASDAQ: COYN) is a technology company that connects law enforcement officers across the nation, so they can communicate and share mission-critical non-adjudicated information in real-time. This saves officers' lives and keeps the public safer; helps law enforcement officers catch criminals and stop child kidnappings, vehicle thefts, bank robberies and other crimes in progress; and arms the nation's law enforcement officers with needed information so they can help defend against terrorism. For more information, go to www.copsync.com.
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Director of Media
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