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Get plans, Phoenix. Here are Jackalope Ranch's top picks for things to do this weekend.
Chambers of Fear Haunted House For true adrenaline junkies Halloween is much more than just cutely carved pumpkins, trick-or-treaters, and adults in slutty costumes. To get the blood pumping these brave souls venture out into the Valley's most terrifying attractions including the nightmare-fueled necessity that is Chambers of Fear.
See also: New Times' Calendar of Events
Coincidentally located in Surprise, this maze of monsters and mayhem offers three haunted attractions spanning over 25,000 square feet that encompass Chambers of Fear, Den of Darkness, and the new Scary Tales. The doors to Chambers of Fear Haunted House will be open throughout September, October, and early November at 11340 West Bell Road. General admission is $22 and R.I.P. admission is $27, with either ticket giving you access to all three houses. Haunted House hours are 7 p.m. to midnight Fridays, Saturdays, and Halloween night; 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. all other days. For more details, visit www.chambersoffear.com. -- Katie Johnson
The [Sic] Sense Sketch Comedy Presents: Revenge of The [Sic] @ Phoenix Center for the Arts In spring, swallows return to Capistrano. While we support swallowing in general, autumn reappearances are often even better -- like The [sic] Sense Sketch Comedy Troupe, our fave performance group with a Latin editorial comment in its name. Formerly on Grand Avenue, the Siccies hit the comeback trail with Revenge of the [sic], in the groovy, air-conditioned Basement Theatre at Phoenix Center for the Arts, 1202 North Third Street.
New peeps and new sketches will make the new space buzz with song parodies, adult humor, and weirdness starting at 9:30 p.m. Friday, September 27. It's a case of "the later the better," because this stuff really synchs with the indecent-hour biorhythms. Get advance tix for $15 at www.brownpapertickets.com/event/450482, or take your chances at the door for $20, for shows through Saturday, September 28. If you want to try a conversation, go for 602-214-4344. But honestly, we've already said it all. -- Julie Peterson
Keen Halloween Leave it to Steam Crow's Daniel and Dawna Davis to bring us a much needed alternative to the commercial Halloween monotony. The indie artist duo that eats, sleeps, and breathes Halloween (and possibly candy corn) has taken charge yet again in the hunt for handmade, artisan, and retro-style tricks and treats with the second annual Keen Halloween.
The two-day event will offer all forms of the creepy and creative including sugar skull and zombie makeup demos, Thriller dance classes, appearances from Dr. Diabolic, and of course some one-of-a-kind shopping at the Monster Market.
Keen Halloween returns Saturday, September 28, from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Sunday, September 29, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. inside Sano Fitness Studio at Metroenter Mall, 9617 North Metro Parkway West, Suite 2004. Tickets are $9.18 for a day pass, $15.30 for a weekend pass. For the full schedule, visit www.keenhalloween.com. -- Katie JohnsonKathy Griffin @ Desert Diamond Casino
Kathy Griffin might be our favorite person. Between her celebrity trash talking, being BFFs with Anderson Cooper, and her readiness to skewer her own life by poking fun at her abundance of butt sweat, badass wino mom Maggie "Tip It!" Griffin, and romantic woes we're pretty sure that we could hang tight with the woman who is most definitely the heiress to the Joan Rivers Queen of Mean throne.
All those reasons with the added incentive of fresh A-lister gossip and impressions make driving down to Sahuarita -- yes, you'll pass Tucson on the 10 -- to see her Saturday, September 28, 100 percent worth it. Griffin will perform her latest material (lordy, we're hoping for some Kimye baby jokes) at Desert Diamond Casino, 1100 West Pima Mine Road. Based on recent set reviews, expect a solid bit of bitchy over Miley Cyrus and her ongoing twerkathon. Doors open at 7 p.m., and the show starts at 8. Tickets are $35 to $55 via www.ticketmaster.com. -- Becky BartkowskiCaptive Beauty @ Phoenix Art Museum
It may sound like an episode ofOrange is the New Black
, but for one week a Colombian jail transformed itself, complete with evening dresses and makeup, to host the Miss Penitentiary Crown.
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Captive Beauty, playing at the Phoenix Art Museum for a one-time-only showing this Sunday, chronicles the lives of four contestants, prisoners whose crimes span the likes of murder, kidnapping, con-artistry and revolution. Through personal interviews and pageantry footage, the film tells the story of growing up in Medellin, Colombia, one of the most violent cities on earth, and how this shaped their identities, conception of innocence, relationship to beauty and own femininity.
Clocking in at 72 minutes, the 2011 feature is shown in Spanish with English subtitles.
The film starts at 1 p.m. Sunday, September 29, at the Phoenix Art Museum, 1625 North Central Avenue. Tickets are $7 for members, $10 for non-members. Call 602-257-1222 or visit www.phxart.org. -- Janessa Hilliard


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Shaun T, the developer of the Insanity fitness program, married his longtime boyfriend Scott Blokker Saturday.
Shaun T, whose real name is Shaun Thompson, has always been a private person, so very little is known about the ceremony. The news was confirmed on Twitter after he retweeted a friend's message regarding the pair's nuptials.
T's first big break before he became a hugely successful fitness trainer was as a backup dancer for Mariah Carey. He began dancing in college after he was required to teach an aerobics class as part of his Sports Science degree at Rowan University in Glassboro, New Jersey. After graduation, he moved to Los Angeles to work as a trainer, dancer and choreographer. He said he had an agent and went to "a million auditions with the exception of Mariah Carey" who picked him just based on his picture.
"My agent said, 'Do you want to dance for Mariah?' and I said, 'Yeah. When is the audition?' Then she told me, 'She picked you off your picture.' When I tell you I loved working with her…she kept it so real," T said.
Shaun T has also danced for Aaron and Nick Carter and reggae artist Elephant Man.
Shaun T started Insanity after the creators of Beachbody, Carl Daikeler and Jon Congdon, approached him to augment their line of fitness DVDs. The first Insanity workout was released in 2009 and emphasized "max interval training." It is considered the hardest workout ever to be put on DVD. Shaun T released a new workout called Insanity: The Asylum in 2011.
Congratulations to the happy couple.

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Air Canada's director of sales for Western Canada, Bonnie Walker (centre), with flight attendants Marie-Pier Papakonstantinou (left) and Jessica Corlett (right).
Air Canada's regional sales manager for British Columbia, Edna Ray, with Syed Hussain, regional sales manager at Air Canada.
From left: Denise Flemig, manager of corporate sales at Air Canada, Alissa Wunder, office manager at Goldcorp Inc, Alex Tsourpis, office manager and senior executive administrator at B2Gold Corp, Tracy Thiessen, corporate travel manager at Hootsuite, and Ilona Lukovskaya, executive assistant at B2Gold Corp.
James Howey, manager for business development for Air Canada in Western Canada.
WD World Travel's General manager Renato Ferrari, corporate agent Shazia Kumar, and corporate travel specialist Carlotta Perrozzi.
The great and good of Western Canada's travel industry gathered at Vancouver's uber-stylish Bar None nightclub on Thursday evening to celebrate Air Canada's expansion out of YVR with a few cocktails and a lot of good humour.
There was plenty to toast, with the airline celebrating its 80th birthday and an astonishing 60% increase of capacity in and out of Vancouver over the last five years - as well as the opening of its brand-new Maple Leaf Lounge at YVR and the launch of fresh routes to Yellowknife, Orlando and Melbourne this winter.
But the highlight of the evening had to be the superbly tongue-in-cheek presentation from the airline's director of sales for Western Canada, Bonnie Walker.
The crowd got a real buzz out of her down-to-earth, sassy style.
"We just celebrated our 80th birthday," she smiled, "and for those of you who don't know, TCA -- which was Trans Canada Airlines at the time - operated its very first flight out of Vancouver to Seattle on September 1, 1937.
"We carried two passengers on a Lockheed L10A. Yeah, the passenger load-factor wasn't so great, but they paid $7.90 each!
"You're thinking 'What a bargain!', but in net-present-value that's about $135, so considering that we sell one-way tickets from Vancouver to Seattle for as low at $75 today, we really haven't raised our prices! Don't let anyone tell you otherwise!"
But if the carrier's fares haven't – in Walker's eyes – really changed over the last eight decades, there are plenty of things that have, especially when it comes to expansion out of YVR.
Walker had all the stats at her fingertips: AC carried an incredible 10.5 million pax in and out of YVR last year. It also inaugurated routes to Denver, Dallas, Boston, Phoenix, Frankfurt, Taipei and London Gatwick. This winter it's launching Yellowknife, Orlando and Melbourne and reintroducing Delhi on a seasonal basis.
Next year Paris and Zurich will be added to the line-up, while Melbourne will expand to year-round service. Seasonal service into Dublin will be reintroduced and there will be double-daily service to LHR.
There are even more expansion plans in the pipeline, as the airline takes delivery of Boeing 737 Max aircraft, which will initially serve Toronto to Shannon and Montreal to Dublin. However, as Walker hinted, we could soon see the Max in YVR.
"Given its range you can be guaranteed that it will do flights out of Vancouver," she said. "I'm really excited about what some of these routes may be. I can't share them yet, but I have seen some exciting route maps in regard to the addition of these aircraft to our fleet.
"We are an 80-year-old company that's thinking like a start-up, which is really exciting," beamed Walker.
"We keep bringing in new routes and new aircraft and I honestly do not see an end to the expansion.
"Vancouver used to be our trans-Pacific hub, but a lot of our expansion is over the Atlantic. We're far more than just a trans-Pacific hub here in Vancouver."
Vickie Sam Paget Western Correspondent
Hailing from the UK, Vickie Sam Paget is a travel and tourism storyteller located in Vancouver, BC. When she's not on the road, creating engaging travel content or gazing at the North Shore Mountains, you can usually find her curled up with a good book or sipping a pint of the good stuff in her local Irish bar.


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Karl "Jack" Frost, who tried to make a "citizen's arrest" of a jogger last week in Gilbert, told police he struggles with "inner demons" now that he's no longer a police officer.
Frost believes he was right to restrain the 52-year-old jogger, but police arrested him after the morning dust-up on suspicion of unlawful imprisonment and other charges.
His explosive anger can be heard in a recording of the call he made to 911 while holding on to the victim. Check out the call at the bottom of this post.
As Frost explained to us last week, he was a London Metropolitan police officer for 14 years before moving to Arizona a few years ago and becoming a U.S. citizen.
In a police report obtained by New Times, Frost, 47, is quoted as telling a police officer he spent nine years in the British Special Air Services before becoming a SWAT officer in London.
"Karl told me he had been trained his entire life to meet conflict with violence, which was creating a problem now that he was a civilian," the report states. "Karl said he 'struggled with inner demons' over the ability to enforce laws as he used to."
That seems to explain a few things.
Like why Karl, who goes by "Jack," decided to confront a man for something as petty as unlawfully jogging in a bike lane. And why Frost decided to restrain the man until police arrived. And perhaps even why, in 2005, Frost ended up being Tasered by Chandler police in his home after a squabble with his wife.
Frost told us on Friday that he didn't make a citizen's arrest because the guy was jogging in a bike lane, but because the jogger "shoved" him.
However, statements by Frost in the police report and the 911 call make it clear that Frost was enraged over the fact that the man, Kevin Thompson, was running in the bike lane. According to the report, it wasn't until after Frost was arrested that he mentioned the alleged "assault" by Thompson.
Thompson, also of Chandler, could not be reached on Tuesday by New Times. His account of the incident in the police report differs quite a bit from Frost's.
Thompson told cops he'd been running south on South Islands Drive West in the northbound bike lane when Frost rode up on his bicycle from the opposite direction. He moved toward the curb to give the bicyclist "room to get by," and was surprised when Frost "attempted to run him over," the report states.
Frost then got off his bicycle "and grabbed Kevin by the throat" while raving about having friends who had been killed recently on their bikes. Thompson tried to walk away, but Frost -- who, at 6-foot-2, is taller than the victim and reportedly outweighs Thompson by 50 pounds -- "pursued" the smaller man, grabbed him, and began shouting "citizen's arrest!"
As we read the report, this part reminded us of a classic episode of the Andy Griffith Show, in which Gomer Pyle keeps yelling "citizen's arrayest, citizen's arrayest!" at Deputy Barney Fife, who had made an illegal u-turn. The difference between the real-life incident in Gilbert, though, is that Frost was really, really angry -- and armed with a .40-caliber Glock. Frost never pulled out the gun, but that's maybe only because Thompson didn't produce a weapon to defend himself. Frost told us on Friday he might have met force with equal force, had it come to that.
While preventing Thompson from walking away, Frost called police on his cell phone. As you can hear in the 911 call, he's charged up and won't obey the dispatcher, who tells him to stop arguing with Thompson and to let him go. Frost drops numerous f-bombs and yells repeatedly about the bike lane while Thompson bleats that he just wants to "move on with his day."
A witness in a nearby car told police that Thompson tried "at least 20 times" to get away from Frost, who kept "chest-bumping" the jogger.
When the cops finally showed up, they found Frost "agitated" and demanded that they "'do their job' and enforce bike-lane laws." Gilbert Officer Devon McClaws told Frost that he couldn't make a citizen's arrest for a civil offense, which made Frost "extremely upset." He accused McClaws of being "ignorant."
After he was told he was under arrest on suspicion of assault, disorderly conduct and unlawful imprisonment, Frost yelled "bullshit" and said he was the one who'd been assaulted.
"Karl claimed he rode past Kevin and Kevin nudged him with his shoulder, causing him to fall off his bike," the report states. Frost added, though, that he hadn't really fallen off the bike - he'd just been forced to put a foot down. He admitted to grabbing Thompson around the neck "in a sort of headlock," then holding his arm as Thompson "was yelling at him to get away and attempting to flee by running."
Later, at the police station while getting fingerprinted, Frost calmed down and made the statement about struggling with "inner demons," the report says. Frost was booked into jail and released on bond.
He's still is ticked off at Gilbert police for arresting him and seizing his handgun. He accuses police of trying to smear him in a press release last week that mentioned his "prior felony arrest" and the possibility that he might not be allowed to own a gun.
Fact is, Frost isn't a prohibited possessor -- he even has a state-issued concealed-weapons permit, which wouldn't have been issued without a background check. He also isn't a convicted felon.
He was, however, arrested in 2005 in connection with a suspected aggravated assault on a Chandler police officer.
In that incident, Frost's wife, Alisha, called police during a heated argument with Frost. While two officers were in their home, Frost allegedly grabbed the arm of an officer and wouldn't let go, causing another cop to hit him with two five-second bursts of a Taser. Frost said he was just trying to get his identification, which was in the kitchen, and which one of the cops had asked him to retrieve.
No charges were filed in the incident. In 2007, Frost filed a federal complaint against the Chandler Police Department but later dropped the case voluntarily.
He tells New Times he's legally barred from talking about the case and why he dropped it.
Frost is sticking by his account about the jogger shoving him, and tells New Times he still feels like he was in the right.
We'll update this post if prosecutors move forward with criminal charges.
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Meantime, Frost says he's disillusioned with the country he nows calls home. He says he left England because his American wife didn't want to live there. But the police here can't be trusted, he maintains.
He's right, at least sometimes, about the latter part -- but we'd still rather be arrested by a police officer, if it ever came to that..
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Secure stand for your music sheets - a healthy posture for you!
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Its 3-leg design provides best stability without the hassle of shaking and tilting. The legs are sturdy and they have rugged rubber sleevs, which ensure non-slip and stability. Furthermore, the stand can be adjusted in height, so it is equally suitable for both children and adults as well as for practicing while standing or sitting.
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Fangirls do you find yourself wondering what sexy geekery you can wear to the next Con, Halloween, party, or just to the supermarket (if that's how you roll)? Well look no further!
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Evening Arwen–
The sexy and chic Star Wars and Star Trek corsets below were custom-made by Evening Arwen. They can make you a custom corset too! Wallets be warned they are all over $200.
The Vintage Doctor–
The corsets below are made by The Vintage Doctor and she does custom work. These are also pricey and run well over $200. There are Sonic, Harry Potter, Pokemon, Spiderman, and Sally from The Nightmare Before Christmas prints available on her site for custom corsets.
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Helsinki, Finland
Founded in 1550, Helsinki has been the Finnish capital since 1812. Helsinki pulls off the trick of being something of an international metropolis while retaining a small-town feel with a population of 620,000. The "capital area" including the two surrounding cities of Vantaa and Espoo, has a population of over 1.4 million, which is a fifth of the entire Finnish population.
Helsinki is a vibrant seaside city of beautiful islands and great green parks. The city's rhythm is laid back yet at the same time refreshingly active in terms of both the number and quality of events, restaurants and nightclubs.
A combination of walking and public transportation might be most convenient to cover the sights in Helsinki. There are numerous beautiful churches, museums, parks, beaches, saunas, market places and even a fortress on an island (Suomenlinna) to see and visit.
Travel Information
Visit Finland – Website
Venue Information
Finlandia Hall – Website
Finlandia Hall is one of the most iconic buildings in Helsinki, designed by world-renowned Finnish architect, Alvar Aalto. In addition to his overall vision for the building, Aalto designed many of its details, such as the lights and door handles, creating something very unique in the process. The building complements the surrounding park and forms an almost unbroken link with the local landscape. The interior includes many typical Aalto features, such as asymmetrical forms and natural materials and colors.
Hotel Information
Scandic Park Helsinki – Website
Use booking code BINS150917 for a conference rate
Set in a glass and concrete building, this contemporary hotel is a 3-minute walk from tram and bus stops and 2 km from the Market Square. Finladia Hall is a couple minute walk away.
The modern, muted rooms feature dramatic accents and offer free Wi-Fi, minibars and flat-screen TVs. Room service is available. Breakfast is free. There's also an indoor pool and a gym, as well as saunas and a solarium. A casual restaurant serves international cuisine, plus a chic bar offers pub-style fare. Bikes and walking sticks can be rented, and a rooftop hot tub can be reserved.
Crowne Plaza Helsinki – Website
Use booking code "Arctic Energy Summit" for 17% conference discount
This business hotel is a 5-minute walk from the Finlandia Hall, 2 km from art exhibits at Ateneum, and 2 km from shopping at harborfront Market Square.
Featuring dark wood furnishings, the modern rooms have free Wi-Fi, flat-screen TVs and desks. Amenities include a lobby bar, and a warm restaurant serving buffet-style breakfast, as well as an a la carte menu. Additional perks consist of a spa, a gym, and an indoor pool. Parking is offered for a fee.
Holiday Inn Helsinki City Centre – Website
Use booking code "Arctic Energy Summit" for a 17% conference discount
Less than a 10-minute walk from the Finlandia Hall, this casual hotel in a modern building is located right next to the Helsinki railway station.
Straightforward rooms with Scandinavian-style decor offer free Wi-Fi and TVs; some add pull-out sofas, minifridges, and/or tea and coffeemaking facilities. Amenities include a fitness center and a children's play area. A bright restaurant with a terrace serves Scandinavian breakfast and lunch buffets.
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Date: Monday, July 4 2011
From/to: Olonne sur Mer to Redon
Distance: 198km
Type: Flat
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With just one fourth category climb along the 198km route, it's easy to think stage three is all plain sailing for the sprinters and their teams.
Nonetheless, because of the proximity to the Atlantic, the threat of cross-winds, splits in the peloton and crashes will result in a rather nervous peloton throughout.
Oh, before we forget, that categorised climb comes at the top of the Saint-Nazaire bridge, which should lead to some great shots on the television coverage.
Tour de France 2011: Related links
Tour de France 2011: Cycling Weekly's coverage index


text: What is the secret of these extraordinary creations we call "icons"? In fresh lucid prose, the writer Max Kozloff explores the impact on viewers of the 17th century painter Vermeer, one of the most emblematic and fascinating artists of our visual history. "Here is an eye of immense power," Kozloff writes, "unrelentingly trained in every direction all at once." Acknowledging the "phenomenal radiance" of these Dutch interiors, the "silent eventfulness of light itself," Kozloff suggests that Vermeer creates an atmosphere of "volatile proximity" that, across centuries and societies, delights and envelops us—and draws us deep into his paintings. "In the history of Western painting, certain works have been accorded a standing higher even than fame. Admired without reserve, they belong to a special class, luminous across time, distance, and varied societies….Popular culture naturally exalts such pictures, though it also has the capacity to degrade them….Yet a work's familiarity to the widespread public does not minimize, it actually enhances the mystery of its power. In order for an image to become an icon, magnificence may be an asset, whereas charisma is a prerequisite." Max Kozloff


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Virtual Tours Increase Bookings on Travel Sites
According to a joint press release issued by ICE Portal and Leonardo in May of 2006, "Current research indicates that moving images, such as animated images and virtual tours, generate 46 percent more bookings than still images on travel sites."
ICE Portal specializes in production, management and delivery of moving content, such as virtual tours, steaming videos and flash, in multiple languages.
Leonardo is the world leader in travel content management, e-marketing and content distribution across the global travel chain.
According to RISMedia's 17th Annual Power Broker Report and Survey conducted in 2005, 73% of the top 500 real estate brokerages in the USA, offer Virtual Tours. This is a 13% increase from 2003.
The increased percentage of brokerages offering virtual tours indicates a growing understanding of the value of virtual tours among industry leaders.
Lesser producing real estate brokerages will likely bear witness to the fact that the industry leaders have embraced this tool, which is sure to have a positive effect on real estate related tour growth.


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The surfing community in Doonbeg, Co Clare, remain wary of Trump's plans to turn the golf resort at Doonbeg Lodge into one of the world's top attractions.
Locals also say Ireland should be embarrassed by the over-the-top red carpet treatment – which included harpists and a welcome from Finance Minister Michael Noonan – laid out to welcome the billionaire at Shannon Airport.
"It was pathetic. Someone in Failte Ireland should be shot, if that's the image we're promoting. It was a cringe," Dexter McCullough, treasurer of the West Coast Surf Club and owner of the Clare Surf Safari.
"Times have to move on, but at the same time I'll be looking out to make sure that he doesn't take the advantage," he said.
McCullough is concerned about a right of way, which crosses between two greens at the Doonbeg golf course and is used by surfers and other beachgoers to access the Doughmore beach. The right of way used to be manned by a hotel staff member to stop surfers crossing as golfers teed off.
"We had a lot of trouble here years ago to make sure that the right of way was open for us," he told the Irish Independent.
"The surfing industry brings a lot of tourism to Ireland as well, not just the golfing industry and we have to go hand in hand with each other."
Joe Russell, the general manager at the lodge, told the Independent that there were no plans to close the right of way, or change the current set-up for surfers and the public wishing to access the beach.
"I'm a golfer," said Russell, "and I know of a number of golf courses around the world where they have paths and public rights of way. We have people walking the beach and surfing and people playing golf here every day and it's beautiful to see everyone enjoying the place."
Susanne Magee, who runs the local Dolphinwatch, said: "When the lodge at Doonbeg golf links was first built, there was a lot of controversy over the preservation of a sensitive dune system and its inhabitants, micro or otherwise, as well as an issue over right of way for surfers and beach walkers to Doughmore Beach. Eventually, compromises were made."
Some local business are welcoming Trump's development plans.
"We welcome the Trumps 100 percent. We met Donald Jnr and everything he said inspired confidence for the future of the area," said Hugh McNally of Morrissey's Seafood Bar & Grill.
Mcnally renovated his business on the impending arrival of the resort nearly 10 years ago.
"The golf course gave me the confidence to do the expansion. I spent a lot of money around 2006. The last two or three years have been difficult, but this investment brings back the confidence of those early 2006 days," he said.


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Amish Countryside
Explore a thriving Amish community of tours and sightseeing, just west of Dover, and add an unexpected adventure to your outdoor vacation
A Strong Community of Craftsmanship
Travel just west of Dover and you'll find Kent County's working, thriving Amish community that offers touring and sightseeing opportunities. Here you can find a collection of country stores with handcrafted furniture and fabrics, as well as fresh produce, baked goods and much more. Wander this peaceful Amish countryside, savor its simplicity and sample some hearty dining along the way.
While the community's private residences and schools are not open to the public, visitors are more than welcome to stop by the community's cabinetmakers, woodworkers and other Amish-owned shops like those listed below.
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Dogwood Glen Greenhouse
One of the Amish-owned shops that are sprinkled along the Amish countryside
Rose Valley Furniture
One of the many Amish-owned cabinetmakers, woodworkers and furniture places located in the Amish Countryside
Rose Valley Greenhouse
A wide variety of plants, flowers, perennials, annuals , veggies and much more. Monday-Friday: 8AM-6PMSaturday: 8AM-5PMSunday: Closed
Shady Lane Selections & Countyside Shoes
Visitors can see handcrafted quilts, shop for quilt supplies, and fabrics along with kitchen glass, housewares, china and gifts.
Spence's Bazaar & Flea Market
Spence's Bazaar is located in Dover Delaware and is open on Tuesday, Friday, Saturday from early morning until afternoon. This bazaar is part flea market,…
Yoder's Greenhouse
Pick up all your gardening supplies and needs. With a large assortment of flowers, plants, and so much more!


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Bespoke Treatment: A Timely Alternative
Why bespoke treatment is important for executives, entrepreneurs and successful clients world examine the challenges of opioid use and a proliferation of other use disorders and related behavioural concerns, old models that are more rigid and inflexible need to be replaced with more nuanced and integrative approaches. Insights in behavioural health and other clinical settings demonstrate that alliance with the client is paramount, and that "you should" is simply not an effective formula for eliciting successful behavioural and personal transformation.
A term once best-known for its relevance to tailor-made clothing, the team at Urban Recovery in Brooklyn has adopted "bespoke" as a cornerstone of its treatment philosophy for persons and families affected by addiction. Although addiction treatment best practices have argued for decades on behalf of "patient-centred" practices, a truly bespoke treatment model grounds itself in the client and builds its content around that centrepiece, rather than 'tweaking' a formulaic program to add customized elements.
Storied Treatment: Liminality, Structure, and Anti-Structure
Addiction treatment is a liminal experience. There is a sense of "edge" to the crises that precipitate treatment admissions, but also to the quest to find a way out of the personal, familial, legal, educational, or professional dilemmas faced by clients and their families. There are dynamics of the unknown, of a turn from the past, of necessary engagement in the substantive struggle, and the authoring of a new beginning, a path forward. Such journeys are not solitary, nor generally time-bound; instead, they require support, wisdom, and patience. While historic observations of a common meta-structure that underlies quest certainly apply, each heroic journey is its own. This is the heart of the bespoke treatment model, authoring the next part of one's movement toward lifelong wellness in spite of whatever obstacles life may present.
Having reached some awareness of a need for significant behavioural, intrapersonal, and social change, clients embark on a journey that is necessarily disorienting. Clients can find it meaningful and helpful to think of this change process as a "rite of passage." In this context, "bespoke" is not structure-less, but recognizes an intricate balance is needed: elements of dismantling the familiar are juxtaposed with dynamics of regularity. Circadian, weekly, and other rhythms, expressed in routine wake-up, meals, check-ins, and wrap-ups before closing the night: these natural elements provide a temporal and nutritional structure that supports the authoring of a "bespoke" clinical experience.
Yet another element of balance between structure and flexibility is found in thematic elements which shape the phase of treatment and link to the shape of the week, but which must be aligned in each case with the particular challenges and objectives of the client and family system involved.
Scheduling: Looking at Clients rather than Staff
A fundamental component of the reversal of thinking developed at Urban Recovery involves scheduling. Beyond the circadian rubrics of daily and weekly meal and sleep/wake cycles, truly bespoke treatment inverts its orientation to scheduling. Clients are not fit into schedules. Instead, clinical resources are allocated to clients. At Urban Recovery, the scheduling of client days is authored from that vantage point – not starting with a bank of clinician's calendars looking for openings, but with client opportunities waiting to be filled. This open real estate on the daily client calendar is the canvas on which truly customized care emerges.
Clients are not fit into schedules.
Instead, clinical resources are allocated to clients.
Permeability: "Soft Walls" of Urban Treatment
One of the great growth challenges of the addiction treatment industry is the movement away from a limited notion of 'products' to which all clients are recommended, fixed 'containers' that have been labeled as "IOP, detox, residential, extended care, and sober living" — with 8-week, 3-5 day, 28-day, 90-day, and 3-6 month commitments respectively. Each level structures its "inside" as a type of "treatment bubble" and specifies how permeable or not that "level of care" is. One used to hear, "There are no phones in detox." Or residential. "There are no passes until extended care." "You don't get a job until you get to sober living."
In locating a facility in New York City, the model for "stabilization" and "inpatient" care that Urban Recovery has developed for its clients is conceived differently. While initial commitments are encouraged in order to provide clients and their families some guide around which to base their participation and support, the design of daily programming, the ongoing development of treatment planning, and the incorporation of elements either within or outside the walls of the facility that in other settings are often segregated to "after" is at the heart of Urban's bespoke treatment care. Examples include visits to one's apartment, office, or food and beverage establishments, or specific visits with wellness, medical, or behavioral health providers – permeability means that the latter professional and services opportunities may also occur on the facility premises.
Virtual reality (VR), biofeedback, teleconferencing, and video journaling are among the technology resources that are also used at Urban Recovery to expand and modify the context of treatment. Clients can use VR to visit meditative or challenging spaces, even to revisit past sites of important life experiences. Clients benefit from biofeedback tailored not only to provide information about their wellbeing, but to retrain the brain in relation to anxiety and other mental states. Video journaling and augmented reality present yet further frontiers that are being incorporated for appropriate clients into the Urban Recovery bespoke treatment experience.
Embracing Complexity
"Dual diagnosis" and "dual-addicted" are among terms explored in the past generations of work with clients suffering from substance use disorders. Each of these binary categorizations are in less common use, as the American Society of Addiction Medicine and other influential bodies have called the industry to view clients in a holistic way, to understand addiction as a presentation with biological, psychological, social, and spiritual manifestations.
If there are other forms of illness present which predate an active use disorder, they are significant as such. If other forms of illness emerge in the context of an active or in-remission use disorder, they too are significant. The entire person, and their social relations, suffer. Together the person-in-system and system-of-persons move toward greater wellness.
One of the fundamental shifts in embracing client complexity is to view treatment as at once individual and systemic. Urban Recovery integrates this as foundational thinking through the pairing of key individual and social focal elements in treatment planning. Educational and behavioral interventions rooted in a "practice-based evidence" approach see clients as unique, particular, and complex, not as "population-based health care" constituents subject to global algorithms which are linked to media and political focal concerns.
Tracking Outcomes in Methods-Based-Practice
A clinical model that embraces complexity and seeks to be accountable documents and measures as it applies practices that are rooted in the best clinical reasoning and experience. Behavioral health concerns can benefit from the long and complex journey of randomized, controlled studies in some instances, but clients deserving our best should not be limited to exclusively those systems and methods which allow for and have benefited from a double-blind, controlled examination that holds limited variables in view.
Therefore, the clinical philosophy of Urban Recovery places Acceptance and Commitment Therapy as one of its favored models, but not as an exclusive offering. Urban clients explore their values and acquire competencies in mindfulness; at the same time, they are examined from a systems perspective and offered opportunities to engage in specific methods and practices that are determined by their primary therapist and treatment team as best suited to their current staging and objectives in care.
|Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
|Functional Family Therapy
|Systems-Based Practice
|Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
|Motivational Interviewing (MI)
|Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
|Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT)
|Twelve Step Facilitation (TSF)
|Exposure Therapies
|Spiritual Assessment and Cultural Formulation
|Wellness Assessment
|Nutritional Evaluation
Cultural and Spiritual Integration
Rev. Jack Abel, Vice President of Wellness and Culture at Urban Recovery, has developed specific models for clinical chaplaincy in substance use disorder care. These models incorporate the very best in client-centered clinical ethics and practice, attending to the unique story and preferences of each person in shaping a trajectory for enhanced connection and resilience – for these are the hallmarks of spiritual fitness.
Adapting a variety of proposals for formal spiritual assessment in hospital and end-of-life care to the ASAM criteria which are the "gold standard" for multidisciplinary assessment in use disorder care, the Urban Recovery client is empowered to relate their clinical and social experience to cultural and spiritual frameworks, traditions, and methods of their choosing. Contemplative, nutritional, and fitness practices can play a vital role in enhancing spiritual fitness, but relationship and community also figure prominently in shaping belonging and authoring personal meaning and purpose.
Flexible Stays and Levels of Care
"How long will I be at Urban Recovery?" This question is understood differently than it has been in relation to treatment centers of the past. Clients and families benefit from authentic estimations of their needs, but these can only be approximate until a comprehensive assessment is completed and clients and their families are able to participate in shaping an informed wellness plan.
The bespoke treatment model of care at Urban Recovery uses measured increments that are approximate and interconnected. "Discharge planning" from any current level of care – even initial referral – begins as part of the onboarding process, and "next steps" emerge in an unfolding dynamic of relationship between the client, the family, and the multidisciplinary clinical team. Since its inception, Urban Recovery has pioneered "soft walls" and flexible approaches to stays. A tour in advance of admission is an early instance. Bringing potential providers for next steps on the journey in for interviews and question-and-answer opportunities is another. Perhaps the most significant, however, are the experiences of titration back into the urban environment that are built from short passes through overnight stays to initial discharge with planned "recharge" opportunities.
Real world circumstances impact clients on a day to day basis, and treatment providers in the past have often been challenged to flex treatment to accommodate these real-world concerns. This models an inflexibility which can undermine the encouragement provided to clients to increase their adaptability and resilience. Therefore, Urban Recovery's treatment philosophy includes a fundamental commitment to practicality. Client schedules, lengths of stay, and permissions for incorporation of on- and off-campus events are not dictated exclusively by restrictive policies. Instead, as clients progress in stabilization and, if appropriate, into an inpatient treatment stay, the primary therapist and treatment team collaborate with clients to provide a rich and focused treatment experience that also is engaged in appropriate and necessary ways with their actual circumstances.
A Timely Alternative
This article does not exhaust bespokeness – it only begins to open up what is in the end not a method as much as a commitment. Medical providers report that substance use disorder concerns, when discovered, often do not result in use disorder care at any level. Many medical providers are only now learning about models for brief intervention and referral to treatment. Insurance provisions can be complex and onerous. Focus on opioids, while laudable, also is obscuring important concerns with alcohol, benzodiazepines, cannabinoids, and other substances – as well as correlated behavioral concerns like gambling, disordered eating, shopping, internet use, and more.
Media have presented movies which celebrate an outdated "28-day" fixed-method approach. Well-meaning insistence by regulatory and accrediting bodies have moved the top providers to make adjustments for specific instances and to articulate treatment plan content in the client's 'voice.' But, these efforts are insufficient to meet the depth and breadth of the use disorder crises in our midst and the "many and varied" portraits of those affected by such illness.


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Zoe Gillings can hardly walk. Even wearing shoes is painful for Britain's best snowboarder. For the 24-year-old, ranked fifth in the world and hoping to win a medal in the snowcross final on Tuesday, it is a worrying state of affairs – but one that she is well used to.
Five years ago Gillings shattered eight bones in her left foot while attempting to perform a stunt for an Audi advert. An x-ray showed her cuboid bone – vital for stability – was a mess. "It looked like cornflakes," Gillings says, matter‑of‑factly.
Her surgeon pronounced her career over, but Gillings refused to bow to expert opinion. "He probably thought I was very naive, but there was no way I was giving up." The following year she qualified for the Turin Winter Olympics, despite having had her foot in a series of protective casts for four months, and finished 15th.
Even now, after all the rehabilitation she has done, Gillings cannot stay too long on her feet. To keep the pressure off, and get to the gym or the shops, she stores a fold-out scooter in her snowboard bag.
Pointing to the lump on her foot she gives it a little rub. "When the bones healed it wasn't into eight different bones, but into one big lump," she explains. By the end of a day's competition Gillings is usually in agony. Big jumps are particularly painful as her foot takes the full force of a hard landing. There are plenty of them in snowcross, which involves racing other boarders down a steep slope, round corners and over jumps. Unable to take painkillers any stronger than ibuprofen – for fear of contravening the anti-doping rules – Gillings simply grits her teeth and bears it.
"To make the Olympic final it's 12 runs [on the course] in one day so by the end of the day it will be very sore. But I won't care by that point, I just want to win a medal."
The memories of the day she almost ruined her career are strong. She smiles wryly as she notes with faux pride that she "did clear the car, though".
She adds: "Afterwards I was telling myself to breathe. I knew it was broken. I took my boot off because I needed to see it and when I did there was a big lump on the side of my foot. I don't wear shoes very often at all now. I can't wear high heels, except once every three years I'll wear them to walk across a stage."
Gillings received no compensation after the accident that stalled her career for two-and-a-half years, and yet she is remarkably cheerful about it. She was not even being paid to perform the stunt. Does she not resent Audi for what happened? "No!" she laughs. "I was sponsored by them last summer. All is forgiven. I don't really hold a grudge. Although I'm never jumping over a car again. I was asked to do it at a Nike photoshoot two years ago and I was like: 'No way!' It took them a moment to register."
Her attitude to the accident says much about her attitude to life. Gillings is a maverick – the Isle of Man's champion under-13 gymnast, "although I never liked the dancing bits" – who takes an unusual approach to her training. With less access to snow than her international competitors, Gillings makes do with a purpose-built practice gate – a plywood and Velcro contraption located in the basement of the University of Bath's sports centre. To improve her balance she unicycles ("my personal record is once all the way around a 400m track") and to improve concentration and focus she taught herself to juggle.
"I was trying to think what I could do at the top of the course to keep my mind awake. I thought if I could juggle snowballs that would be pretty good – co-ordination and reaction. You can have long waits up there, anything from five minutes to two hours, so you need things to keep yourself occupied."
Sir Clive Woodward has been an influence. In his role as performance director of the British Olympic Association, he took Gillings to visit an eyesight specialist to work on her reaction time. "We used a programme that's a bit like a computer game, and by the end your eyes actually feel tired. Clive's been really helpful, he just seems incredibly interested in trying to help people make the most of their talent."
That Gillings is even in contention for a medal is impressive after the demise of Snowsport GB hit her preparation last year, leaving her without a coach for six months. The governing body have since gone into administration, with the BOA and UK Sport picking up the pieces.
"We're British athletes so we're used to facing adversity when it comes to snowsports," Gillings says. "It did worry me, I'm only human, but I'm just trying to not expend too much energy on it and concentrate on training and competition."


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Network Space and Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council worked together to bring forward this strategic 28-acre site, located within Knowsley Industrial Estate comprising two adjacent plots acquired by Network Space from Uniq (St Ivel) and Yorkshire IMI.
Network Space was able to broker a deal between the respective landowners and in turn, facilitate development. Works were carried out to provide a new junction and environmental improvements to the A580, together with provision of an estate spine road.
Works commenced in April 2006 to deliver Phase 1, 43,000 sq ft of workspace in units ranging between 6,500–11,500 sq ft. A second phase of 49,000 sq ft commenced in April 2007. Both phases were aided by grant funding.
With support from Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council, Network Space were able to provide the following:
- Support regeneration of the most deprived areas and most deprived wards by strengthening the economic base.
- Ensure that the development was delivered within an agreed programme and produces outputs agreed at the outset
- Ensure that local people were able to access the new job opportunities provided
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Recent years have seen the publication of a wide variety of memoirs in the form of everything from self-help manuals to 12-step recovery sagas; standard show biz bios like Lauren Bacall's, to the writings of disgruntled ex-mates of the rich and famous, etc. Early Plastic isn't like any of these. I have no "raised consciousness" axe to grind and there is not one ounce of self-pity or trendy disfunctionalese contained herein; still, if the odds stacked against me in childhood had toppled over, you could have heard the crash from here to Zaire. I lost my father when I was four, my mother had a serious drinking problem, I was sadistically beaten up by a grown family member on a fairly regular basis, and I could barely pass a test in school. I was poor and for the better part of my life have managed to stay that way. (Ah! la vie de la Boheme.)
Before biting the reaility bullet in my mid-thirties my life was out of control; I was even reduced to sleeping in my car on occasion. But with the exception of a couple of bad drug episodes, I have pretty much remained my usual sunny self---Candide incarnate. As to why I sat down to write this book? There's no simple answer. My life hasn't been all that exceptional, but it's been far from ordinary. The thing that did occur to me as I began trying to put the pieces of it together on paper is that, either by accident or design of the fates, I've been witness to some of the most interesting social phenomena of the last half-century: particularly the 1950s, growing up, and the 1960s, during which I reached adulthood. One reason increasing numbers are writing and reading memoirs nowadays is because the official histories of certain periods and events are so inadequate and misleading. I find this especially true of the Fifties and Sixties in which fads, fashions and important social movements tend to be collapsed into one another to form a kind of nostalgic stew. As if liking the Beatles and opposing the war inVietnam were exactly the same thing. The end of the so-called "Summer of Love" and the rise of Charles Manson were not as radically opposed to one another as some of us might have been led to believe. I was there from beginning to end, and the Sixties weren't the way they've usually been represented in print up to now. It was much less I romantic, far scarier and not nearly as ingenuous as some are prone to remember it.
Nearly three decades ago an urban morality fable appeared in the New York Times about a woman awaiting her turn on free appraisal day at Sotheby's. Ahead of her stood dozens of others also queued up and clutching the requisite mooseheads, kitschy paintings and antique snuff cans, etc. from grandma's attic. Unlike most of the others' wouldbe treasures, however, hers was a small one in the form of an unassuming piece of jewelry. Upon reaching the front of the line which stretched out the door and part of the way down New York's Fifth Avenue-she proffered the item to the auction house official seated at the table in front of her. He examined it for a second or two, then gasped: "But madame, this is plastic!"
Without missing so much as a beat (and as if any further proof were needed that hope does indeed spring eternal in the human breast) the undaunted woman immediately, ingenuously, and hopefully replied:
"Early plastic?"
I know the feeling.
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The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Pune police has arrested the CEO and MD of Bank of Maharashtra Ravindra Marathe along with five others for their involvement in the Rs 3,000 crore DSK Group loan default case. Police also arrested bank's Executive Director Rajendra K Gupta and Zonal Manager Nityanand Deshpande was also nabbed by Pune EOW in the case. Bank's former CMD Sushil Mahnot was also arrested from Jaipur in connection with the case. Among the persons arrested today in the same case were two officials of the DS Kulkarni Developers Ltd - Vice President (Engineering) Rajiv Newaskar and chartered accountant Sunil Ghatpande.
The Bank of Maharashtra officials have been accused by the Pune EOW of colluding with the DS Kulkarni Group by entering fraudulent transactions and sanctioning loans that were later siphoned off. All persons arrested today have been booked under the Prevention of Corruption Act along with sections 120 B (criminal conspiracy), 406 (criminal breach of trust), 409 (Criminal breach of trust by public servant, banker, merchant or agent), 420 (cheating), and other sections of the Indian Penal Code.
"Bank officers colluded with DSK Developers Ltd by misusing their power & authority with dishonest and fraudulent intention to sanction & disburse the amount of bank under the garb of loan which was siphoned off," a statement by Pune EOW said.
DS Kulkarni, the Pune-based realtor and the owner of DSK Group, was arrested earlier this year in February along with his wife Hemanti. Charges levelled against him included swindling Rs 1,154 crore from over 4,000 investors Rs 470 crore from homebuyers, along with siphoning loan funds worth Rs 2,892 crore.
In May this year, the Maharashtra government had issued a notification to attach 124 properties, 276 bank accounts and 46 vehicles belonging to the DSK Group.
Meanwhile, the Bank of Maharashtra stock which opened at 12.75 level fell to a fresh 52-week low of 12.50 level in trade today. The bank's market capitalisation on the BSE fell to Rs 3,346 crore. The stock has been losing for the last two days and has fallen 4.22% during the period.


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Family and Consumer Sciences Department Course Offerings and Descriptions
1 semester; 1 credit
Culinary Arts is a course which exposes students to culinary basics. This course teaches students the skills needed in order to prepare a variety of foods. Culinary experiences will focus on fruits/vegetables, soups/salads/sauces, dairy/eggs, grains, quick/yeast breads and meal planning/entrees. Industry recognized safety and sanitation practices will be emphasized. Students will have the opportunity to earn dual credit with Triton College upon successful completion of the course.
704/2 Baking and Pastry
Prerequisite: Culinary Arts
1 semester; 1 credit
This course will concentrate on advanced food experiences in baking and pastry making. Students will build on the beginning baking skills learned in Culinary Arts. Experiences will focus on safety/sanitation, basic principles in baking, ingredients, yeast breads, breakfast breads/pastries, basic syrups, pies, tarts/cobblers, cake preparation and decoration, fondant, cookies, ice cream/sorbets, chocolate, and candy making. This class is recommended for students planning to pursue a degree in the culinary or pastry arts, as well as culinary enthusiasts.
7071/2 global foods
Prerequisite: Culinary Arts
1 semester; 1 credit
Global Foods is a culinary tour of the world and an adventure into advanced food preparation skills. Expand your horizons and broaden your knowledge of other countries as you develop an appreciation of international food customs and practices. You will prepare foods from various regions of the United States and other continents, such as Europe, Africa, Asia, and South America. While exploring connections between what we eat and cultures around us, we will cover the history and each region's dietary customs, cuisines, and cooking methods.
708 mini-restaurant
Open to sophomores, juniors, and seniors
Prerequisite: Culinary Arts
2 semester; 2 credit
This course provides opportunities in menu planning, meal preparation, and table service with emphasis on quantity food and commercial food service in a mini-restaurant (Kettlestrings Cafe'). The class requires a specific level of knowledge and maturity to work in the fast-paced, highly visible setting of the Kettlestrings Cafe'. Topics include buying and storing foods, kitchen management, food service careers, safety, and sanitation. Students who earn credit in 703 Culinary Arts and 7072 Restaurant Management with grades of A or B may receive credit for HIA 132 Nutrition at Triton (see Triton College Credit section of this catalog).
715/2 Parenting
1 semester; 1 credit
This course addresses the major lifelong responsibilities of parenting. Units of study include parenting skills, roles and responsibilities, family planning, teen parenting, heredity, prenatal care, birth, and infant care and development. Students will participate in a project with a computerized doll called "Real Care Baby" by Realityworks.
716/2 Child Development
1 semester; 1 credit
This course is designed to provide the student with an introduction to the growth and development of children. Areas of study include physical, mental, social, and emotional development of infants, toddlers, and preschool-aged children. It is beneficial to students interested in human behavior and development, as well as those interested in child-related careers.
717/2 early childhood education
Open to sophomores, juniors, and seniors
Prerequisite: Child Development
1 semester; 1 credit
Early Childhood Education is a course offered to students after successful completion of Child Development. Students will be able to experience teaching as a possible career choice. The course includes the practical experience of preparing
and teaching preschool- aged children. The students will prepare lessons, observe children, and teach lesson plans in the River Forest Community Center's preschool lab (at OPRF). Units of study include developmentally appropriate guidance and teaching techniques for preschoolers in the areas of art, music, social studies, language, writing, math, science, literacy, storytelling, dramatic play, and healthy snacks.
722/2 Housing and Interior Design
1 semester; 1 credit
This course provides experiences in housing choices and interior decorating decisions for both independent and family living. Emphasis is on activities and case problems pertaining to housing needs, costs, styles, furnishings, arrangements, and career opportunities. Special features include guest speakers and field trips to ASID Showcase House and the Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio. Final project includes planning rooms and decorating schemes using the elements and principles of design.
705 Clothing Construction 1
1 semester; 1 credit
Students with knowledge of patterns and use of the sewing machine will increase their skills in clothing construction techniques. Projects emphasize current fashion and industry technology. Wardrobe planning is evaluated through color and figure analysis and design elements and principles. Clothing maintenance is studied from the consumer perspective.
7061 Clothing Construction 2
Prerequisite: Clothing Construction 1
Semester 1 only; 1 credit
Students with knowledge of patterns and use of the sewing machine will increase their skills in clothing construction techniques. Students incorporate design principles and personal creativity into a variety of projects. Students are responsible for providing project materials.
711/2 Fashion Merchandising
1 semester; 1 credit
Students interested in fashion and merchandising as a career are encouraged to take this introduction to the various areas of fashion creation, marketing, and technology. Fashion Merchandising explores both the development of fashion and the marketing and merchandising aspects of the fashion industry. Topics include textile design development and production, wardrobe planning and consumer demand, fashion buying, display, and presentation. This hands-on, project-based course encourages students to explore numerous career opportunities within the fashion industry.
719/2 Life on Your Own
Open to seniors
1 semester; 1 credit
This course prepares graduating seniors for life after high school with hands-on experiences for surviving on their own. Students will develop the life skills to handle situations encountered when living away from home. Topics include quick and easy meal preparation, simple clothing care, nutrition and wellness, and everyday home repairs. Students will create a personalized handbook to serve as a reference and resource for future use. This course does not fulfill the state consumer education graduation requirement.


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The NW Ski & Snowboard Demo Village sets up shop at Mt. Hood Meadows this Sunday, March 18th. Dive into fresh tracks with skis and snowboards that don't hit the market until next year. From 9 am to 1 pm, or even as late as 3 pm, manufacturers from all over the globe will be sending you into the future in hopes that you will put their shred sleds on your wishlist. Manufacturers present will include: Volkl, Rossignol, Dynastar, K2, Line, 4FRNT, Atomic, Armada, Fischer, Icelantic, Blizzard, Nordica, Salomon, K2 Boards, Capita, Never Summer, Lib Tech, Gnu, and Arbor and possibly a few more. Don't miss out! This is your chance to experience first hand the newest lines for 2013.
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Why Do Couples Resist a Win-Win Goal?
A win-win outcome both in business and in marriage is the ideal. No one would argue that point. Some feel that trying to achieve that ideal in marriage is immoral, impossible, or impractical. They feel that there's something about a romantic relationship between a man and a woman that rules out win-win resolutions to conflict.
The problem usually begins with confusion over the value of the sacrifice strategy-one partner is willing to lose so that the other partner can win. It's a time-honored way to prove that you care, and it's the way most romantic relationships begin. It gives your account in a prospective mate's Love Bank an initial boost.
It's a lot like the way a business introduces a new product. It's sold at a greatly reduced price, or is even given away, to give prospective customers a taste of what the business can do for them. In a dating relationship, partners want an opportunity to get to know each other, so they will often sacrifice their own interests to motivate each other to spend time together. When I would call Joyce for a date, she would agree to go even before I told her what we'd be doing.
But it's at this point that business and romantic relationships usually part. In business, the product that had been initially given away is now priced to provide a profit for the company and value for the customer. In romantic relationships, however, sacrifice continues to be expected. After all, it's regarded as the romantic ideal.
The Policy of Joint Agreement
To help couples keep their eye on the ball, I challenge them to consider a rule that leads to win-win outcomes. I call it the Policy of Joint Agreement: Never do anything without an en- thusiastic agreement between you and your spouse. Enthusiastic agreement becomes the goal of negotiation whenever a couple faces a conflict. In other words, they both must win or they keep negotiating.
If you follow the Policy of Joint Agreement (POJA), it will force you to resolve conflicts the right way-the way that takes the interests of both of you into account simultaneously. Not only is this the mutually caring thing to do, but final decisions made this way are usually wiser than any decision you would have made on your own. By joining together to make each decision, you're able to consider a much broader range of options, and come to conclusions that take more factors into account.
Why "Enthusiastic" Agreement?
In most marriages, a simple agreement can be challenging. So why do I insist on "enthusiastic" agreement? Doesn't that requirement make difficult decisions seem impossible?
Unless you have enthusiastic agreement, it's tempting to settle for reluctant agreement, where one spouse goes along with what the other wants just to get along. In that case, rather than winning, the reluctant spouse actually loses.
But reluctant agreement not only leaves one spouse on the short end of the deal, it can also lead to failure to follow through. Have you ever had an agreement with your spouse that was not fulfilled? Your spouse agreed to do something for you and then didn't do it. Usually such failure to follow through on an agreement is the result of a reluctant agreement. At the time of the agreement, your spouse felt pressured to agree, but when the time came to carry out the task, he or she lacked the motivation to do so. Such behavior is not only very frustrating but also makes agreements essentially meaningless.
Enthusiastic agreement solves that problem. When an agreement is clearly in the interest of both spouses, follow-through is rarely a problem. It's in both spouses' best interest to keep their commitments, and their agreements can be trusted.
Without such an emotional connection, the POJA is the next best thing. It forces us to give advance notice of how we will be affecting each other. While we can't actually feel our e$ect on each other, it makes us behave as if we did.
"How Do You Feel?"
The Policy of Joint Agreement helps you to become sensitive to each other's feelings, especially when you don't feel like doing so. Since you're required to have each other's enthusiastic agreement before you do anything, it forces you to ask each other a very important question: How do you feel about what I would like to do (or what I would like you to do for me)?
That simple question and its answer helps you build a crucial understanding of each other. You may not actually feel what your spouse feels, but at least you give your spouse the opportunity to tell you how he or she feels. And then, even when you find yourself in a thoughtless mood, the POJA forces you to be thoughtful.
You are now a team, no longer two independent individuals. As life partners, you should work together to achieve objectives that benefit both of you simultaneously. Why should one of you consider your own interests to be so important that you can run roughshod over the interests of the other? That's a formula for marital disaster. A team can't survive if each member is pulling against the other.
The Democracy Strategy
The democracy strategy has none of the disadvantages of the other four strategies we've discussed, sacrifice, dictator, dueling dictators, or anarchy. Instead of failing to resolve conflicts, it succeeds. Instead of destroying romantic love, it builds it. It's the only reasonable way that a husband and wife should make decisions.
But as successful as democracy has been in world politics, it's di%cult to implement and it's complicated. The same is true for democracy in marriage. It requires training, creativity, and patience.
In the next chapter, I'll describe the training you should have that will give you the skills you need to resolve marital conflicts the right way. If you follow this training program, you'll eventually find yourselves solving some of the most di%cult problems you've ever faced in marriage. And those solutions will help make your marriage everything you'd hoped it would be.
Adapted from He Wins, She Wins, by Willard Harley, Jr.
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March 4, 2011 is a day of peace.
I found the link on Facebook: a day of peace. For twenty-four hours we try our hardest to be kind to one another. A day of peace reminds me of growing up in the sixties and seventies. I was young but we all walked around saying "Peace, Love and Happiness!" and of course flashing the peace sign. I always loved this. No matter what was going on around us we hoped for better things, for better times. We had hope that we, as people, could rise above the situations storming around us and accomplish great things together. Seeing this link on my Facebook profile reminded me of that. People haven't completely given up. Maybe it's time for all of us to stand up again and wish Peace out into the world. I think this creates more change than anger. It creates bonds, repairs and restores people to one another. This thinking may be naive, maybe it always was, but I don't care.
On this day of Peace and for every day that will come, I wish you Peace, Love and Happiness!
Hope you join in!
juliet 🙂
"Be the change you want to see in the world." – Mahatma Gandhi


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Transfer/Adult Orientation FAQS
Is orientation required?
Yes! All degree-seeking transfer and adult students must attend an on-campus orientation. The information you will receive at orientation will be the foundation you need to ensure your academic success. The orientation will cover details related to campus services, academic support services and UofL academic technology. Please note: Students admitted to an online degree program will complete an online orientation module in Blackboard.
Am I required to pay an enrollment deposit?
Adult first-time freshmen are required to pay a $100 non-refundable enrollment deposit before they can register for orientation. Both the enrollment deposit and orientation are requirements to enroll in classes. At this time, transfer students are not required to pay an enrollment deposit.
When can I register for classes?
Upon meeting with your academic adviser you will be permitted to register for classes with your academic level cohort. The registration schedule can be found here.
Are there any Financial Aid resources you can offer?
Please visit our Financial Aid website, where you will find the Net Price Calculator to estimate your costs.
How do I contact my academic advisor?
Academic advising contact information can be found here. You must register for orientation before making an advising appointment.
Can I go on a campus tour?
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PLA Resources
What is prior learning assessment (PLA)?
Many colleges evaluate the college-level knowledge and skills an individual has gained outside of the classroom for college credit. This evaluation is called prior learning assessment (PLA), but can also be called experiential learning or credit for prior learning.
Here are examples of PLA policies at different colleges. Contact the college you plan to attend and ask them if they have similar policies:
- Anne Arundel Community College (Arnold, Md.)
- Delaware County Community College (Media, Penn.)
- Edmonds Community College (Lynnwood, Wash.)
- Ivy Tech Community College (Indiana)
- Maricopa Community Colleges (Phoenix, Ariz.)
- University of Southern Maine
What are some ways to demonstrate prior learning?
- Workforce training
- See what workplace training programs have been evaluated for college credit:
National Guide to College Credit for Workforce Training
- See what colleges and universities accept ACE credit recommendations for workplace training:
Adult Learners: Using Your ACE Credit Recommendations
- Military training:
- See what military training programs have been evaluated for college credit:
ACE Military Guide
- See which colleges and universities are part of the Servicemembers Opportunity Colleges (SOC) Consortium. These institutions are military friendly with flexible policies to help servicemembers complete their degrees:
Servicemembers Opportunity Colleges (SOC)
- For more information about credit recommendations for military training:
A Transfer Guide: Understanding Your Military Credit Recommendations
- Healthcare training for veterans and military spouses:
Military to Medicine
- Certifications (colleges that offer college credit for certifications):
- Exams (colleges and universities award credit for the following exams):
- Credit by Exam: Excelsior College
- Credit by Exam: UExcel
- Portfolio Assessment (colleges that award credit for portfolio assessment):
In a portfolio, you document the college-level learning you have gained through work and other experiences. Learning Counts, a program of the Council for Experiential Learning, offers virtual portfolio assessment with advising services. See if the college or university you plan to attend is a participating institution:
LearningCounts.org Affiliated Colleges and Universities
- Community College of Rhode Island
- Penn State University
- Peirce College
- University of Southern Maine
What other resources are there?
The ACE Lifelong Learning Resource Center can help answer your questions about which colleges and universities accept ACE credits:
ACE Center for Lifelong Learning


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His photographs capture the culture of rock and punk music; the beguiling moments with the Ramones, Patti Smith, Talking Heads, Blondie, Dead Boys, Richard Hell, Lydia Lunch and many more as they made New York's CBGB club their home in the late 1970s.
David Godlis, a photographer simply known as GODLIS, was deeply influenced by Brassai's Secret Paris of the 1930s – which portrayed its opium dens, its brothels – when he decided to photograph music history in 1976. "I looked at [Brassai's book] every morning over coffee at Burger King in Times Square before going to work at a photo studio nearby," Godlis writes in the introduction of his latest photobook, History is Made At Night. "But sitting at the CBGB bar that night, I suddenly had the epiphany that may be I could be shooting at CBGB like Brassai shot Paris."
History is Made At Night brings together Godlis' iconic black-and-white photographs from the time he spent in and around the famed CBGB club on the Bowery, offering a rare look into the early punk rock scene that transpired in New York's East Village.
Crowdfunded via a Kickstarter campaign and published by Matte Editions, this book is a gem for music and photography lovers alike. History is Made At Night acts a portal to the raw and innocent beauty of the mid to late 1970s in New York City. It's an ode to the culture and creativity of the late CBGB club at a time when we're increasingly feeling nostalgic for that slice of time (as seen in HBO's music drama, Vinyl, Netflix's The Get Down, and in Garth Risk Hallberg's debut novel City on Fire.
David Godlis is a photographer and artist based in New York City. Follow him on Instagram. Some of his pictures are exhibited at the agnès b. gallery until Oct. 16.
Michelle Molloy is a senior international photo editor at TIME.


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The purchase took place for a special fund which Art-Invest established on behalf of the pension fund Rheinische Versorgungskassen.
"The transaction was one of the most challenging deals this year", said Peter Oberlechner, Head of Real Estate and team leader at Wolf Theiss. "We are proud of the confidence placed in us by Art-Invest to help carry out this complex transaction."
The financial and tax aspects relating to the acquisition of Austria's second highest office building were implemented by the Partner Nikolaus Paul (Banking & Finance) and Partner Benjamin Twardosz (Tax), Consultant Melanie Dimitrov (Tax) and Senior Associate Mimo Hussein (Banking). The field of real estate law was in the hands of Counsels Birgit Kraml and Stefan Weishaupt, as well as Associates Lisa Rösler, Natascha Johannik and Stefan Horn.
The 50-storey Millennium Tower boasting a height of 202 meters is a fixed component of the Viennese skyline, and features about 40,000 m² of commercial rental space. The building stands out due to its strategically favorable location at the Handelskai transport and traffic hub with its own railway connection in Vienna's 20th district.
Wolf Theiss Advises Art-Invest Real Estate In The Acquisition Of The Millennium Tower
The purchase took place for a special fund which Art-Invest established on behalf of the pension fund Rheinische Versorgungskassen.


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J-Lo has shared the truth about *those* rumours of a third child...
J-Lo. A woman so ageless, you could tell us she bathes in anti-wrinkle moisturiser for seven hours a day and we'd probably believe it.
According to the rumour mill, J-Lo is currently expecting her third child with partner Casper Smart. Hmm.
See: Proof Jennifer Lopez Is Getting Hotter With Age
A recent report by US publication Life & Style alleged that the couple were expecting their first child together.
However Jen, who already has eight-year-old twins Max and Emme from her former marriage, has spoken out about the claims that she is expecting.
And, the pregnancy allegations are completely untrue- with a rep for Jen reportedly telling ABC News that the couple are not expecting a new arrival together.
However, despite most of the report being found to be false, Jen *did* recently share herself that another marriage wasn't entirely a no-go.
Yep- earlier in July, Jen told The Daily Mail that she didn't think 'marrying again is out of the question – but then, nothing in my life is out of the question'.
We're hoping this is a 'watch this space' type situation…
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And whilst Jen definitely isn't celebrating a bun in the oven, she is celebrating a recent birthday- having turned 47 (we repeat, 47) just last week. Yep, *still* not looking a day over 25…
Sharing a snap of her 'birthday suit' to Instagram last week, many fans were quick compliment J-Lo- with comments reading messages such as 'perfection at its finest' and 'I loveeeeeee your outfit'.
People of Instagram, we totally agree.
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Complex questions asked by defense lawyers linked to convictions in child abuse trials
Defendants in child abuse cases are more likely to be convicted if their defense lawyer uses complicated language when interrogating young victims according to new research out of the University of Toronto and the University of Southern California.
The National Institute of Health funded research project conducted by Angela Evans, a PhD candidate, Kang Lee, a professor at the University of Toronto and Thomas Lyon, a professor at the University of Southern California, involved an examination of 223 transcripts from felony child sexual abuse cases in the U.S.
"We looked at whether defense lawyers would ask children unnecessarily complicated questions and whether their complex questions would lead to the designed effect – to make the witness look incompetent thus influencing the jury to decide in their client's favour," said Evans. "To our surprise, defense lawyers who use more complex questioning were 2.16 times more likely to produce a guilty verdict for their client than those who use less complex questions."
An automated linguistic analysis program called Connexor Functional Dependency Grammar (FDG) parser was used to analyze the child witness's testimonies and the attorneys' statements. Such linguistic software programs have been used in the past to determine the author of text such as Shakespeare plays written under a secrete pen name. This is the first time such a linguistic program has been used in a legal context.
"It's also interesting to note that the complexity of questions asked by the prosecution was not significantly related to the trial outcome," added Evans.
Source: University of Toronto
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Debunking 6 Myths about Commercial Sales
Commercial Truck Training, a frequent partner of Commercial Truck Trader™, often helps dealers develop a commercial department from scratch. Yet too often, after their team leaves, the dealership's top management stops following their expert advice and institutes new systems based on faulty assumptions about the commercial industry. These mistakes are classic cases of "fantasy vs. reality." To help you avoid falling into these misconception pitfalls, we're debunking 6 myths about commercial sales that don't match the reality of the industry, along with our recommendations for each situation. Continue reading "Debunking 6 Myths about Commercial Sales"


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The French family drama is another festival perennial. No one does a deceptively lightweight examination of personal idiosyncrasies with as much panache as the French — they've been specializing in this type of film for more than a hundred years. The 2009 SFIFF's finest example is Mia Hansen-Løve's Father of My Children, in which a lovably disorganized movie producer (Louis-Do De Lencquesaing) leaves his family ill-equipped to save his financial shambles of a company. The wistful mood of regret is heightened by director Hansen-Løve's selection of needle drops, including "Egyptian Reggae" by Jonathan Richman. It screens at the PFA Monday, April 26.
Sweet-natured discombobulation also is the theme of Fatih Akin's German comedy, Soul Kitchen, the story of Zinos, an accident-prone restaurateur in Hamburg for whom nothing is more important than throwing a good party. Turkish-German filmmaker Akin, who made 2007's The Edge of Heaven, gets TV-sitcom-style performances from actors Adam Bousdoukos (as Zinos) and Moritz Bleibtreu (as Zinos' ex-com brother), and makes us like it. Soul Kitchen has two showings, April 26 and 28, both at the Kabuki.
Opening the festival this Thursday, April 22 (7:00 p.m.) at the Castro is Jean-Pierre Jeunet's Micmacs, a typically busy Jeunet tale of neglected people rising up and righting wrongs, very much of a piece with Amelie and Un long dimanche de fiançailles, minus Audrey Tautou.
Other recommended films: My Dog Tulip, Paul and Sandra Fierlinger's delightful animated "my best friend" story about an elderly Londoner named J.R. Ackerley (voice of Christopher Plummer) and his Alsatian canine companion. Not just for dog lovers, the Fierlingers' earthy, vital portrait of friendship is yet another example of the ongoing animated film renaissance. It plays the PFA on May 1. Patricia Clarkson stars in Ruba Nadda's travelogue-ish character study Cairo Time, in which a woman comes to Cairo to meet her husband and finds novel ways to kill time waiting for him. April 28 and 29 at the Kabuki. Animal Heart, a Swiss drama by Séverine Cornamusaz about a brutish farmer, his abused wife, and the hired hand who comes to stay, is one of the fest's hidden treasures of characterization. It shows at the Clay, April 30 and May 2; and at the Kabuki, May 3.
The festival honors three more-than-usually-notable individuals this year, all of whom make personal appearances. Writer, producer, and Focus Features studio chief James Schamus (The Ice Storm; Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon; Brokeback Mountain; Lust, Caution) receives the Kanbar Award for excellence in screenwriting. He'll also be on hand to show the director's cut of Ang Lee's 1999 western Ride with the Devil, for which he wrote the screenplay, May 1 at the Kabuki.
Actor Robert Duvall, a driving force behind many memorable movies (Apocalypse Now, The Great Santini, Lonesome Dove, Tender Mercies, etc.) is feted with the Peter J. Owens Award on April 30 at the Castro. A clips reel, onstage interview, and a special screening of Duvall's latest film, Aaron Schneider's Get Low, are part of the evening.
The Mel Novikoff Award goes to indefatigable critic Roger Ebert, who is scheduled to show Erick Zonca's 2008 drama Julia at the Castro on May 1. For years Ebert has walked the most difficult of critical tightropes, balancing a legendary command of his subject with a daily newspaper reviewer's knack for speaking plainly to a general audience. His special talent is to educate and raise awareness without condescending, and in the best Midwestern manner Roger almost never takes himself too seriously. Ebert will be joined on the Castro stage by filmmakers Philip Kaufman, Errol Morris, Jason Reitman, and Terry Zwigoff. Best wishes.
For up-to-date info on all the events, go to: SFFS.org.


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Get rid of musty smell coming from vents when blower is running
If your AC smells musty, you have mold growing in the evaporator coil. Forget about Lysol, it's not a permanent solution. You need a special anti-mold treatment.
The cooling fins on an R-134 A/C system are tightly packed to get maximum cooling in a small heater box. The brainchild engineer that came up with this design was really thinking on his feet. Unfortunately, all that condensation wicks deep into those fins and pretty soon your AC smells musty because it's growing mold. You can spray a can of Lysol into the fresh air intake on your car and it will help, but only for a short period. You really need to attack the problem.
Kool-it makes an antibacterial spray that not only knocks out the science experiment growing
inside your dash, but also treats the evaporator coil to prevent it from happening again soon. The manufacturer says that one treatment lasts a full year. I'm have no connections with the company, but their product works well.
Find the drain tube from the evaporator/heater box and remove it. If a lot of water comes out it means the drain tube is plugged and you must clear that before proceeding with the repair. Insert the tubing from the spray can of cleaner and depress the nozzle. That'll fill the entire evaporator with foaming antibacterial cleaner. Follow the directions on how long to leave it in. Reconnect the drain tube and the foam will dissipate and the crud will flow out the drain tube.
A clogged evaporator drain can make the problem even worse. If the mold gets bad enough, the slime clogs the drain hole and turns the whole evaporator box into a swimming pool of toxic sludge. So make sure you snake out the evaporator drain before attacking the rest of the mold problem. Run your A/C. If you don't see a puddle of water under your vehicle, you've got a plugged drain. Use a pipe cleaner to clear it. Then inject some clean water to flush it out. You might be tempted to add some bleach to the flush water, but don't do it! Bleach is very corrosive to the metals in the evaporator.
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How Writing Helps Customers Relate to Your BusinessTips & Advice
Brands are interacting with customers on a more intimate level than ever before. Companies can no longer spread empty messages to consumers and expect a zombie like response to go buy their products and services. The consumer now expects to be able to have open conversations and a relationship with the businesses they support. Simply being cheaper or having more advertisements than the competition isn't enough. Earning a sale takes relating with and properly serving the needs of customers.
So how can your business relate with and engage customers?
Social media is often the first choice and seems to get all the credit for businesses building meaningful and long-lasting relationships with consumers. Sharing bite-sized pieces of content is great, but 140 characters doesn't allow for much insight. Engaging followers on Twitter and Facebook is important, but if your only media strategy is social networking, you're missing opportunities to grow your voice and brand just as a company that only advertises on television is missing those of us who have ditched our TVs.
How writing engages customers
Storytelling isn't just for soap operas and movies – storytelling sells, and the stronger the story, the stronger the engagement. The next time there's a commercial break during your favorite TV show, consciously look for the story within each 30-second spot, you'll be surprised with the level of storytelling in a short ad.
Think storytelling doesn't impact you as a consumer? Ever watch six seasons of a television show? You stayed with it because they were able to tell a compelling enough story to grab your attention and engage you. There is a reason good movies can gross $500 million in a year. Writing, whether a novel or a series of well-written articles from your voice, if done correctly, can accomplish this as well…not $500 million in a year, but building an audience that will come back time and time again.
Putting Your Name Where Your Logo Is
Your logo helps define your brand, but your face and name is what consumers care about. Door-to-door selling was effective for decades because of the interaction between a buyer and seller, not because of the product offered. The product was often cheap in quality and more expensive than that found in a local grocery store.
Consumers are more conscious about their spending decisions and want to know that they are supporting a responsible company with a positive vision and mission. Being relatable as a founder and connecting with consumers can be your strongest and most effective marketing effort. Companies with great stories and missions have been able to gain massive followings and loyal customers. Put your name, face, and voice out there, and customers will be able to connect with you on a personal level and buy into your vision and mission.
Why customers want to hear from you
As mentioned above, we want to connect with the brands we buy from. As someone involved in the startup world, and after getting to know entrepreneurs; the entrepreneurs I have a strong relationship with, I want to hear from on a regular basis and I'll buy whatever it is they are selling. Building relationships is not easy, but it can be done through writing. Some of my favorite people are authors, screenwriters, and entrepreneurs who I have never even met, but they've told a convincing story and I want to hear more from them.
Sharing is caring
All entrepreneurs and small businesses have information that can help consumers, but many choose against giving away their 'secret sauce.' Mike Veny, entrepreneur, speaker and professional drummer recommends that entrepreneurs give away their secret sauce to build relationships and help potential clients. Some time ago, Mike provided information and a guide to an event organizer on how to host a drum circle and specifically, how he does it. This instance of giving away the secret to his business resulted in the event organizer still hiring him to come and do it for them.
Sharing your knowledge and advice with current and future customers will help you earn their respect and build rapport, making it more likely to result in a purchase in the future.
Ready to get started writing for your business? Here are some great resources:
How to Create a Successful Company Blog (Mashable)
The 12 Dos and Don'ts of Writing a Blog (Writers Digest)
The Prepared Writer's Process for Creating Excellent Content Every Day (Copyblogger)
Michael Luchies is the Founder of TrepRep, Director of Content Programming for Pursuit, Interview Editor for Under30CEO, Entrepreneurship Lecturer at Illinois State University, TEW 2 contributor, and writer of all things entrepreneurship. Connect with Michael on Google+, LinkedIn and Twitter.


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- 500ml (18fl oz) fish stock
- 3tbsp dry white vermouth
- 250g (9oz) salmon fillet, skinned and bones removed
- 200g (7oz) white fish fillets, such as haddock or coley, skinned and boned
- 200g (7oz) undyed smoked haddock, skinned and bones removed
- 75g (3oz) large, shelled, uncooked prawns
- 40g (11/2oz) small gherkins, chopped
- 2tbsp capers, rinsed and roughly chopped
- 1tbsp chopped dill
- 1tbsp chopped flat-leaf parsley
- 3 eggs, hardboiled, shelled and chopped
- For the sauce:
- 75g (3oz) unsalted butter
- 75g (3oz) plain flour
- 150ml (1/4pt) double cream
- For the topping:
- 1kg (2lb 4oz) King Edward potatoes, peeled and quartered
- 25g (1oz) butter, melted
- 150ml (1/4pt) milk, warmed
- 2tbsp breadcrumbs
- 75g (3oz) mature Cheddar, grated
- You will need
- a 1.7-litre (3pt) baking dish
Preheat the oven to 200 C, 180 C fan, 400 F, gas 6. Place the fish stock and vermouth in a saucepan and heat until almost boiling. Add the fish fillets and cook for 5 minutes until just cooked. Remove the fish to a plate with a slotted spoon and allow to cool. Strain the fish stock into a jug and reserve, rinse the pan and return to the heat.
To make the sauce, melt the butter in the pan, add the flour and cook for a minute, whisking constantly. Gradually add the reserved fish stock, whisking until you have a smooth sauce. Add the double cream and season. Allow the sauce to cool then add the gherkins, capers, herbs, eggs and fish. Stir and pour into the baking dish.
For the topping, steam the potatoes for 20 to 25 minutes. Mash until smooth, then add the melted butter and hot milk, and season. Place the mashed potatoes on top of the fish mixture, using a palette knife to smooth the top. Mix the breadcrumbs and cheese together and sprinkle on top. Place in the oven and cook for 35 to 40 minutes until the top is slightly browned, crisp and the filling is bubbling. A bowl of buttered peas is the perfect partner.


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Lineup :: DJs :: Psyryn
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When this pint size elph isn't busy baking cookies in a tree somewhere, she is busy whipping together a concoction of pure confectionery and uniquely mixed sounds. This Jade of many trades began her psychedelic journey over 12 years ago and has continued to work the Psy levels in many forms. So be prepared to be enchanted by this Psyryn's alluring sounds!