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|The Swan in The Castle Tower Attic by The Lavender Hinge, 2013
Monday, 11 November 2013
Monday, 28 October 2013
Lavender Vodka
The lavender is steeped in vodka. The infusion requires as little as four days to rest. Total (in)fusion may take a little longer......
|Lavender Vodka
Tuesday, 15 October 2013
Design Behind Desire - a reading.
On 17th October 2013 I shall be reading from Design Behind Desire at Kiki de Montparnasse in NYC. A small collection of films by The Lavender Hinge will also be on view.
|Design Behind Desire published by Farameh Media, 2011
A film by Eric Magnuson and Lisa Z. Morgan alias The Lavender Hinge. Knickers by STRUMPET & PINK. Soundtrack by Nick Cave and Warren Ellis.
Friday, 20 September 2013
Buttonhole Practice
One has to begin somewhere...........
|Buttonhole Practice by The Lavender Hinge, 2013. Linen, cotton thread 16 x 12 ins
Tuesday, 20 August 2013
The Huffington Post
A very nice piece has been written about The Lavender Hinge by Dr Michael Petry for The Huffington Post.
|"Worsted Men's Hole (with cashmere and silver mink)" by The Lavender Hinge, 2013. Wool, cashmere, silver mink and cotton. 32 x 30 ins
Sunday, 11 August 2013
Lavender Hole
A Lavender Hole by The Lavender Hinge.
|"Lavender Hole" by The Lavender Hinge, 2013. Dyed leather, 18 x 12 ins
Thursday, 1 August 2013
Lavender Hole (for Kiton)
The Lavender Hinge have inserted and stitched a lavender leather hole into a vintage cashmere Kiton jacket.
|Lavender Hole (for Kiton), 2013.
Assisted readymade: cashmere, leather, cotton 38 x 24 x 5 inches
Friday, 21 June 2013
The Enfleruage continues........
The gathering of the roses, the laying of the petals. The process of enfleurage is time consumingly fragrant.......
|Rose Harvest, Petal Lining by The Lavender Hinge 2013
Tuesday, 11 June 2013
Enfleurage in Parallel, 2013
The Lavender Hinge have started their 2013 enfleurage, beginning with the roses that are currently in bloom and then as the lavender comes into its fragrant full-ness, this too will be added to the shea butter bed. Currently the enfleurage is being created in parallel with a climbing garden rose in Providence and with civic roses in Brooklyn.
|Enfleurage 2013. Shea butter bed and garden rose.
Thursday, 6 June 2013
Legacy of Lace
Alice Palmer is currently part of an exhibition about the history of lace at The Dick Institute in Kilmarnock, Scotland which runs until 7th September 2013. The exhibition focuses on the Legacy of Lace that has been created by MYB Textiles which is now the only producer in the world manufacturing with original Nottingham Lace Looms, some of them over 90 years old. This manufacturing process is extremely labour intensive using traditional skills and processes which are passed on from generation to generation through MYB's apprenticeships.
|Alice Palmer the Peony
|Alice Palmer the knickers. The centre of the peony is between the legs and the petals open out to hold the body.
Sunday, 26 May 2013
Flower Bomb Scene, Exhibit, Action, Site (B)
The Lavender Hinge have been releasing their Flower Bombs. To date they have been detonated in and around Brooklyn, New York and Providence, Rhode Island.
|"Flower Bomb Scene, Exhibit, Action, Site, Brooklyn, NY, April 14 2013" by The Lavender Hinge
Tuesday, 7 May 2013
Spotted Joe-Pye Weed
A similar experience took place with the Spotted Joe-Pye Weed. Again all sign and yet no sign.
I shall have to return when the blooms are signalling their own presence.
Wednesday, 1 May 2013
Hollow-Stemmed Joe-Pye Weed
The only sign of the Hollow-Stemmed Joe-Pye Weed at the Brooklyn Botanical Gardens was the sign.
However, curiosity being kindled, what a wonderful discovery to find that Joe-Pye Weed is indeed a glorious pink bloom.
Sunday, 14 April 2013
Flower Bombs
Flower Bomb prototypes. Currently the mixture contains a Wild Flower Mix ((Baby's Breath, Scarlet, Flax, Lupine, Four- O'Clock, Purple Coneflower, Lance Leaved Coreopsis, Sulphur Cosmos, Gaillardia, Tree Mallow, Corn Poppy, Annual Red Phlox, Gayfeather, Scarlet Sage, Gaura Gilia, Moss Verbena, Clasping Coneflower, Plains Coreopsis, Black-Eyed Susan, New, England Aster) and Echinacea was also added.
These bombs of beauty will be released over the coming weeks...........
These bombs of beauty will be released over the coming weeks...........
Saturday, 30 March 2013
In The Studio, at The Castle
The Lavender Hinge are in the studio......... a glimpse by Malcolm Harris a.k.a. Mister GoLightly....
Friday, 1 March 2013
The Sowing of Lavender on a Boundary
The 1st March and the air is closely touched with Spring. Almost time for further Lavender plantings.....
|The Sowing of Lavender on a Boundary, Brooklyn 2012
Monday, 11 February 2013
Painting White Snow Pink
On Friday 9th February the East Coast was hit by a tremendous blizzard. It was both stunning and remarkable. I am now thigh deep in snow and painting pink.
|Painting Pink. Carmine ink and snow.
|Pink Evidence. Badger brush, carmine ink, ceramic saucer.
Sunday, 10 February 2013
The Art of Underwear
I was recently interviewed for AHAlife. The published piece, The Art of Underwear, can be read here.
|Composite 1353 by Fileti Studio
Thursday, 7 February 2013
Study for Caravaggio's Doubting Thomas by The Lavender Hinge:
|Linen and velvet
Monday, 21 January 2013
Kama, Sex and Design
Design Behind Desire has been chosen to be part of the Kama, Sex and Design exhibition at the Triennale Design Museum in Milan; chosen as an object of desire within itself.
"The exhibition wants to investigate how sexuality incorporates itself in the things and makes them a medium of knowledge. For the designers, but also for the users."
The exhibition is open to the public from 5th December 2012 until 10th March 2013.
"The exhibition wants to investigate how sexuality incorporates itself in the things and makes them a medium of knowledge. For the designers, but also for the users."
The exhibition is open to the public from 5th December 2012 until 10th March 2013.
Tuesday, 15 January 2013
Capturing the Reverie
I wrote an article about Ryan McGinley which is available to read in Issue 2 of TWELV magazine.
The following is the opening paragraph to Capturing the Reverie:
The following is the opening paragraph to Capturing the Reverie:
Standing before the images created by Ryan McGinley, one becomes entranced by the irresistible visions of freedom and joyous irreverence. As we gaze upon these captured glimpses of nubile and ecstatic lives, the pace and perception of our own reality becomes, perhaps equally momentarily, transformed. It is as though we are inhabiting a dream, reliving a memory or visually absorbing a wish. There is ample room for us to imbue the imagery with our own imagination and narrative, and our mind wanderings encourage us to indulge in the ebullience of youth, whether that is the youth we have lived, recognize or are yet to comprehend. But regardless of our own position in time, the experience of witnessing a life in the present is persuasively clear.
|Peacock (Rose Quartz), 2012 by Ryan McGinley
Saturday, 5 January 2013
Button Hole Composition (Horizon) with The Lavender Hinge.
|Button Hole Composition (Horizon), 2012. Linen, cotton and thread, over wood support. 28 x 34 inches
Tuesday, 1 January 2013
Button Hole Composition
Button Hole Composition with The Lavender Hinge.
|Button Hole Composition (Blond Linen), 2012. Linen, cotton and thread, over wood support. 46 X 40 inches
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- Lisa Z. Morgan alias The Pink Investigator a.k.a Pink
- Lisa Z. Morgan is an artist, designer and writer. The subject and object of desire has been a palpable constant within her artistic expression both as a motivation and in its embodiment or articulation. Through her creativity and research Morgan examines how the value of provenance, of rarity and storytelling, puts into question or provokes our understanding and relationship towards desire and the desire impulse. Her focus has been how we may access, stimulate and touch the internal points of registration or the emotional dynamics of bodily perception. In essence she attempts to define and make manifest the feeling of feeling. Her work inhabits a space where art, semiotics, design and fashion intersect. Morgan is the Co-Founder of STRUMPET & PINK and the Co-Founder of The Lavender Hinge. She is the author and creative editor of Design Behind Desire and also a contributor to SHOWstudio and The Laboratory Arts Collective.


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Alata (Thunbergia)
Latin Name: Thunbergia alata
Item #: 1350
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THUNBERGIA (Trailing Types)
Annual Approx. 500-1,000 seeds per oz/28. Variable seed size.
GREENHOUSE: Sow Feb. 20th for May sales in 2.25 in/6 cm peat pot strips, 1/8-1/4 in/3-6 mm deep at 2 seeds per pot. Germination may be irregular unless you keep your soil temp. fairly high, about 75-80°F/24-27°C for 15-20 days. Grow seedlings rather cool at 50°F/10°C to prevent soft spindly growth. As seedlings become established space them out a bit, so that plants do not become entangled. Some growers use 6 in/15 cm bamboo sticks in each pot to encourage climbing. Thunbergia is one of the most popular annual climbers, or hanging basket material. Full sun plantings should be transplanted closer (3 in/8 cm apart) to protect tender root systems from drying out.
DIRECT SOWING: Plants are rather slow growing and seed needs lots of heat for Germination, so outdoor seeding should not be attempted until mid June. At this late date you may not have much of a show until mid August. Therefore indoor sowings are more practical. Sow indoors Apr. 1st (as above).

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Mel Gibson, Demi Lovato open up in candid interviews
By Sean O'Connell
Hollywoodnews.com: Two stars with decidedly checkered pasts are opening up to the media, telling their side of two highly publicized meltdowns that fuelled gossip and speculation for months.
The big get has to be Mel Gibson, who sat down with Allison Hope Weiner for a candid Q-and-A indirectly tied to the release of Jodie Foster's drama "The Beaver." The interview, which is up and running on Deadline, dives into the recorded rants aimed at Gibson's ex-wife, Oksana Grigorieva, which turned the Oscar-winning actor-director into Public Enemy No. 1. But the interview isn't only about Gibson's scandalous past. It questions him about his acting, his opinions of his compatriots in the entertainment industry, his professional regrets, his friendship with Foster, and other interesting components. Take the time to check it out, as it's a compelling read.
The other candid interview comes from pop star Demi Lovato, who appeared to have it all before she broke down on tour and checked herself into a treatment center. Now that she's out, the young starlet sits down with ABC News' Robin Roberts about "her struggles with cutting and food addictions, and … the depression that has plagued her since childhood," according to reports.
A portion of Roberts' interview will air on "Good Morning America" Friday morning, with the full clip airing on "20/20" later Friday evening. Check local listings for channel and time.
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Jared Cohen is one of seven recipients of the 2011 Top American Leaders awards, bestowed by The Washington Post's On Leadership section and the Harvard Kennedy School's Center for Public Leadership. This year's recipients were chosen by a selection committee convened by the Center for Public Leadership, and will be honored at Ford's Theatre on December 5, 2011.
This profile was written by Michael Useem, director of the Center for Leadership and Change Management at the Wharton School and a member of the 2011 Top American Leaders selection committee. Visit On Leadership to see more of the winners' profiles.
If the polymath is a person of great learning, Jared Cohen is the polymath plus: the informed doer who moves diverse knowledge into great action.
Educated at Stanford and then at Oxford as a Rhodes scholar, author of three books, a four-year veteran of policymaking at the U.S. State Department, and adjunct fellow of the Council on Foreign Relations, Cohen now runs Google Ideas, a "think/do tank" that is targeting some of the world's most intractable problems. All this by age 30.
While on the Policy Planning staff of the State Department, the youngest member ever, Cohen traversed the Middle East, feeling the currents of unrest but also appreciating that the dissidents' social dispersion thwarted their political action. The Web could change all that, he believed, and in a position to make a difference, he did so during the Iranian uprising of 2009.
Sparked by the flawed election that had "re-elected" president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iranian protesters took to the streets with a coherence that could never have been mustered before the advent of social media. Iranian authorities predictably blocked text messaging and satellite feeds as the demonstrations mushroomed, but they were unable to squelch Twitter. By sheer coincidence, however, Twitter itself was about to go off the air for scheduled maintenance.
With a foot in both technology and statecraft, Cohen contacted friend Jack Dorsey, Twitter founder and chairman, with an urgent plea: "It appears Twitter is playing an important role at a crucial time in Iran. Could you keep it going?" Dorsey did, and though the White House had taken a stance of no visible interference and officials were angered by Cohen's call, tweeting continued in Tehran. The regime ultimately crushed the uprising, but the political power of new media had been proven and would later help catalyze the Arab Spring.
Moving to Google in 2010, Cohen would again combine his yin and yang, technology and statecraft, in the context of redefining corporate social responsibility from charitable giving and harm avoiding to conundrum solving. Why not, he thought, harness the new technology and brain power of a company built from the Internet to attack what has little to do with the Internet but everything to do with threats to our existence – failed states, corrupt judiciaries, terrorist attacks?
Google Ideas, created in October 2010 with Cohen at the helm, is located not in the company's philanthropic arm but inside its business operations. As a signature event, Cohen gathered on Google's nickel some 80 ex-extremists – skinheads, neo-Nazis, jihadists. Now former extremists, they knew something about what they spoke, and in collaboration with company employees, terrorist victims, and academic researchers (the former president of Colombia sat with former Colombian guerrillas), they brainstormed on innovative strategies to combat extremism.
Neither the warp of corporate earnings nor the weave of shareholder value, Jared Cohen is moving Google into new territory to improve our existence, whatever the bottom line. Other companies, take heed. And some are. From a week-long trade mission to Russia with Cohen, eBay CEO John Donahoe concluded, "guys like Jared are going to change the world."
In an era of specialization, knowers of dissimilar fields are scarce, diverse combiners more so, and disparately informed go-getters the rarest of all. Jared Cohen's leadership path, with an abiding focus on radicalization and its containment, reminds us of the insistent need for more "polymath pluses" who can put and instead of or between expertise and action.
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The Kinetic Theory of a Dilute Ionized Plasma
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Part of the Springer Series on Atomic, Optical, and Plasma Physics book series (SSAOPP, volume 53)
Part of the Springer Series on Atomic, Optical, and Plasma Physics book series (SSAOPP, volume 53)
This book results from recent studies aimed at answering questions raised by astrophycists who use values of transport coefficients that are old and often unsatisfactory. The few books dealing with the rigorous kinetic theory of a ionized plasma are based on the so called Landau (Fokker-Planck) equation and they seldom relate the microscopic results with their macroscopic counterpart provided by classical non-equilibrium thermodynamics. In this book both issues are thoroughly covered. Starting from the full Boltzmann equation for inert dilute plasmas and using the Hilbert-Chapman-Enskog method to solve the first two approximations in Knudsen´s parameter, we construct all the transport properties of the system within the framework of linear irreversible thermodynamics. This includes a systematic study of all possible cross effects (which, except for a few cases, were never treated in the literature) as well as the famous H-theorem. The equations of magneto-hydrodynamics for dilute plasmas, including the rather surprising results obtained for the viscomagnetic effects, may be now fully assessed. This book will be of immediate interest to the plasma physics community, as well as to astrophysicists. It is also likely to make an impact in the field of cold plasmas, involving laser cooled Rydberg atoms.


text: PGA Championship July 28, 2013 Crazy Finishes At The PGA By Alex Myers Share this story: Facebook Twitter LinkedIn After a triple bogey on No. 15 in the final round, Keegan Bradley trailed leader Jason Dufner, who stood on the hole's tee box, by five shots. But the 25-year-old PGA Tour rookie responded by birdieing the next two holes and when Dufner bogeyed three of his final four holes in regulation, the two went to a three-hole playoff. Bradley again birdied No. 16 and put away his first major title with a par on 18 to complete a stunning turnaround. This one had a bit of everything. A spectacular setting, clutch playing, major gagging and yes, a rules controversy. Unfortunately for Martin Kaymer, his first major victory will be remembered just as much for Dustin Johnson throwing a way a chance to win by unknowingly grounding his club in one of Whistling Straits' countless bunkers on the 72nd hole. The penalty knocked him out of a playoff with Kaymer and Bubba Watson, which the German won. With Tiger Woods holding a two-shot lead through 54 holes, many thought Sunday's final round was a foregone conclusion. Instead, it turned into one of the biggest upsets in golf history. Y.E. Yang more than hung with the best player in the world and put him away with two of the most memorable shots in tournament history: a chip-in eagle on the par-4 14th and a hybrid over the trees and through the wind to 10 feet on No. 18 to seal the deal. Thunderstorms late Sunday forced the conclusion of the final round to be pushed to the following day. When play resumed, one of the major characters was nowhere to be found. Tiger Woods had finished his 72 holes and sat just a couple shots off the lead, but figuring his chances of making it into a playoff were non-existent, he flew home. He turned out to be right as Phil Mickelson made a closing birdie (left) to beat Thomas Bjorn and Steve Elkington by one and leave Woods three back. As was the case in 2010, Whistling Straits' first go-round as a major-championship venue also provided plenty of excitement. After three days of relatively easy scoring, Sunday turned into a survival test as big-name contenders like Phil Mickelson, Ernie Els, Justin Leonard and Darren Clarke all shot over par. Meanwhile, 54-hole leader Vijay Singh didn't make a birdie in regulation on his way to a 76, but made one in the first hole of a three-man playoff that he eventually won over Leonard and Chris DiMarco. Shaun Micheel has turned out to be one of the least memorable major champions ever, but he still produced one of the most memorable closing-hole shots of all time. With a one-shot lead over playing partner Chad Campbell, Micheel hit an uphill 7-iron that rolled to within a couple inches of the cup for a tap-in birdie that locked up his only PGA Tour win. Long before Y.E. Yang took down Tiger Woods head to head, a former cell phone salesman outdueled the top-ranked golfer, albeit not in the same group. Beem led for most of the day, but a brilliant late charge by Tiger in which he birdied the final four holes put the pressure on Beem to close things out. Despite a bogey at the last, he finished on top by a shot, creating one of golf's all-time Cinderella stories and setting off an, um, interesting victory dance (left). Before Phil Mickelson began winning major championships, he was best known for his heartbreaking losses. This definitely ranks up there with the toughest when it appeared he could be headed for a playoff after David Toms laid up short of the water on the par-4 18th. But Toms hit a wedge to 10 feet and drained the par putt to capture his only major. Also, before the wild back nine, it was an unlikely ace by Toms with a 5-wood late on Saturday that helped put him in position to win. Another year, another relatively-unknown upstart tangling with Tiger Woods at the season's final major. This time, it was Bob May's turn as he battled with a 24-year-old Tiger, who had just captured the last two majors by a combined 23 strokes. Unfazed by the situation despite never before contending in a big event, May, along with Woods went deep into red numbers at Valhalla, coming up one shot short of a major-championship scoring record in relation to par that Woods had just set at St. Andrews. Both shot a back-nine 31 that included birdies on the final hole (left). Woods' 30-footer on the first of three playoff holes was enough for a one-shot victory. The following April he would win the Masters to complete the "Tiger Slam". Stuck on one major championship win at age 23, Tiger Woods looked in danger of being caught in that department by an even younger player. Nineteen-year-old Spaniard Sergio Garcia made his own charge on the back nine, most famously with an incredible shot he manufactured from the base of a tree (left) and onto the 16th green. In the end, though he became a global star in the process, his theatrics weren't enough to overcome Woods. Despite all his success in Europe, Colin Montgomerie never won a PGA Tour event. This was arguably his most painful loss. A final-round 65, including three straight birdies to finish got him into a playoff with Steve Elkington. But Elk, who shot a final-round 64 of his own, rolled in a 25-foot birdie putt on the first hole of sudden death to wrestle the Wanamaker Trophy away. Another close call for Greg Norman might not seem that crazy, but the way Paul Azinger pulled off his lone major was. After stalling in the middle of his round on Sunday, Azinger birdied four of the final seven holes on Sunday to catch Norman. He then won on the second hole of a sudden-death playoff when the Shark missed a four-footer for par to become the second player to ever lose all four major championships in a playoff. First of all, holding a PGA Championship in Florida during the month of August? Now, that's crazy. After four grueling days, Larry Nelson and Lanny Wadkins finished tied with a total of 287 -- the highest aggregate score ever at the PGA Championship by five shots. Nelson won by making a six-foot par putt on No. 1. By that point, he probably wished he had a teammate to dunk a bucket of Gatorade on him. Dan Jenkins wrote about the conditions afterward: "A month before the championship the greens were struggling in the humidity to be 80 percent bent and 20 percent Bermuda, but then they were kidnapped by a strange fungus. By tournament time they were 80 percent dirt, 10 percent wire and 10 percent herpes." The 1986 season was crazy in general, especially for Greg Norman. The Shark held at least a piece of the 54-hole lead in each of the four majors, but only won the British Open. His wild year at the majors began with Jack Nicklaus' improbable back-nine run at Augusta and it ended with an equally-unlikely finish. After blowing a four-shot lead on the back nine, Norman looked like he'd at least find himself in a playoff, but Bob Tway holed out from a greenside bunker on the final hole for the victory. The historic shot gave Tway the lone major of his career and added another painful chapter to Norman's.


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Here are a number of our favorite trinitarian songs. Also, shout out to Liturgy Letter for a great list of articles and other liturgical resources.
"Trinity Sunday calls us to repent of this forgetfulness. The gospel of Trinity Sunday, and of the whole church calendar, is the good news of today's sermon text: Behold your God." – Peter Leithart
"For with your co-eternal Son and Holy Spirit, you are one God, one Lord, in Trinity of Persons and in Unity of Being; and we celebrate the one and equal glory of you, O Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit." – The Book of Common Prayer
"On the contrary: the doctrine of the Trinity is, if you like, a signpost pointing ahead into the dark, saying: 'Trust me; follow me; my love will keep you safe.' Or, perhaps better, the doctrine of the Trinity is a signpost pointing into a light which gets brighter and brighter until we are dazzled and blinded, but which says: 'Come, and I will make you children of light.'" – N.T Wright
"Almighty God, you have revealed to your Church your eternal Being of glorious majesty and perfect love as one God in Trinity of Persons: Give us grace to continue steadfast in the confession of this faith, and constant in our worship of you, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit; for you live and reign, one God,
now and for ever. Amen." Collect for Trinity Sunday
Trinity Song – Sandra McCracken | chart
A Prayer to the Trinity – Peters Branch Music | chart | leadsheet
O God of Our Salvation – Matt Boswell | chart
Father, Only in Your Power – Zac Hicks | chart
My Only Comfort – Dustin Kensrue | chart
Glorious the Three – Vineyard Worship | chart
Triune Praise – Shai Linne
John Witvliet
– "The Opening of Worship – Trinity" (PDF) from A More Profound Alleluia
– "The Trinitarian DNA of Christian Worship" (PDF)


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Five Guys Comes to GatewayMay 24th, 2006
Five Guys Famous Burgers & Fries has opened a franchise in Wayne's (really KoP's) Gateway Shopping Center. We typically stay away from chains, but a "Best of Philly" fries win has us intrigued. We just hope the "well done" only rule for burgers is just a rumor.
Update: Went to Five Guys, and yes it is true that you can't order a burger anything but well done (although mine came with a little pink in the middle). Burgers are still pretty darn good though, and two quarter pound patties cost less than $5. Fries, on the other hand, are solid but outrageously expensive — $4 bucks for a "large" which is about enough for one hearty appetite. This is easily the restaurant's money maker — they are probably taking home 90% profit on these babies. Service is pretty bad too, but overall this is a good place to pick up a burger if you're in the mood.
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Just ate at Five Guys for the first time, had heard it was a good place for quick takeout food. The burger was fair, I can understand the law about them having to cook it well done though medium rare would have tasted much better. The fries were ok though as someone posted, way too expensive. My issue with the cheeseburger we both got was the cheese – it was a cheap, processed, fake orange slice. We were certainly not expecting gourmet food but for almost $6 per cheeseburger, at least throw a little real cheddar on the burger!
Five Guys is really coming to Wayne (Lancaster Avenue)! The new spot will be next to Chipotle in the shopping center ACME recently left.
I found this info when I searched for their locations and I see:
Coming Soon!
309-311 E. Lancaster
Wayne, PA 19087
A good hamburger, but I agree with the poster above who said the burgers are overcooked. It's a shame you can't order them the way you want them. However, it looks like a hamburger should, it tastes like the ones I remember as a kid, and the fries were great.
They overcook good meat to the point that it taste like coal. It's a shame because it is a nice operation with excellent help and good quality food. They are not permitted to do the burgers med-rare. So go to Baxters in Paoli for wonderful burgers cooked to order. If a resturant doesn't trust its meat enough to cook it med-rare than I don't trust it at all.
Have been to the Clifton heights place twice, most recently this past sunday.
Burgers are really good, I think Charlie's is better, fries are very, very good.


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How to Hide the Posts of My Recently Added Friends on Facebook
If you have many friends on Facebook, you may end up with scores of posts and updates to read in your Facebook news feed. The more friends you have, the more messages and status updates you'll have to wade through. Important or interesting posts from close friends and family members may go unnoticed in the deluge of posts from people you don't know well. If you've recently added new friends to Facebook but you don't want to see their posts and status updates, use the "Hide" feature to remove their posts from your Facebook news feed.
Log in to your Facebook account. Your Facebook homepage opens and displays your news feed of posts and status updates from your friends in the center of the page.
Scroll through the news feed to find a post or update from a recently added friend that you want to hide.
Click the "X" button next to the friend's post or update. Select the "Hide All From" option from the pull-down menu. All posts and updates from this friend will now be hidden. Repeat this procedure for each recently added friend that you want to hide.
- After hiding posts from a recently added friend, she remains your friend on Facebook and you can still view her posts by clicking on her name in your friends' list.
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When I was ten or eleven years old, someone asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I said I didn't know, but the truth is I did. I wanted to be an author and a publisher. Well, editor was the biggest I let myself dream back then, but it grew into publisher and author by the time I was about twenty-five. I kept it to myself and made the choices that put food on my table and kept creditors off my back. They kept me in the writing profession, but didn't fulfill my dream.
Part of the problem was, I didn't believe I could do it. Little by little, I circled that dream, and little by little I gave it up. I even gave up on writing altogether just a few years ago. I had so many failures on the way I plumb ran out of drive. The dream exhausted me.
It wasn't the first dream that didn't come true. I'd burned with desire to travel the world when I was younger. That didn't happen. It turned out that travel belonged to my sister, and when I saw that, the desire vanished completely, leaving me peaceful and content. Watching my dream of publishing die was hard, yet it was a huge relief. Unlike the travel dream, it didn't leave me content, but it did give me peace.
Now, I'm watching my dream of being a publisher and author manifesting in a way I never would have imagined. It's as if I'd sent my baby out into the world and she's come home with a whole trunk of opportunity and growth. When I watched her go, it felt like death.
Today, I stand just inside a whole new world. I am co-author of The Practical Herbalist's Herbal Folio series, editor and publisher of The Pocket Herbal: Medicinal Plants that changed the World by Sue Sierralupe, and am a published author of a series of fiction and non-fiction articles relating to herbs and herbalism.
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) -- Investors should use the current volatility in the markets to scoop up large-cap bank stocks, Sterne Agee analyst Todd Hagerman said in a note Friday.
"While the Bernanke taper has rattled markets from their May highs, the fundamental underpinnings remain intact: the positive mix of labor, housing, and consumer confidence each continue to make strides," he wrote.
Anxiety that higher interest rates will hurt consumer spending and derail the housing recovery has hurt investor sentiment. But Hagerman believes concerns are overdone given current economic conditions do not support sharply higher rates. "As long as slack in the labor market continues and wages remain depressed, our sense is rates retreat in a pedestrian growth economy contrary to the skyward trajectory."
He also appears to doubt the Fed will follow through on its plans if the economic data comes in worse than the central bank expects. "The Fed continues to hold a questionable track record with its economic growth forecasts during the sluggish economic recovery with forecasts routinely falling well short of initial lofty expectations," he wrote.
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In the case of JPMorgan, the underlying earnings remain strong and the analyst expects regulatory overhang to pass. "While low rates, elevated compliance costs and expectations for slowing mortgage banking revenues will challenge pre-provision profits, better than expected credit leverage, lower legacy mortgage-related costs and efficiency initiatives will continue to drive healthy earnings and TBV growth in '14," he wrote.
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Miles Burkholder Carpenter was born on May 12, 1889, in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and was the son of Wayne M. Carpenter, a farmer, and Elizabeth R. Burkholder Carpenter. He attended a one-room school and with his ten siblings worked on the Mennonite family's farm. In the spring of 1902 the family moved to Virginia, where his father acquired a 340-acre farm near Waverly, in Sussex County, and also constructed a sawmill. On May 19, 1915, Carpenter married Mary Elizabeth Stahl, of Carbon County, Pennsylvania. They had one son.
With financial assistance from his father Carpenter purchased a vacant factory in Waverly about 1912 and soon began operating a lumber mill that produced finished wood for local builders. He added his own sawmill to his enterprise and also began making and selling ice. For several years beginning about 1915 Carpenter joined a partner in operating an open-air theater showing silent movies. Occasionally tinkering with wood scraps, he made a violin and incised trinket boxes. During a slow period in his successful lumber business in 1941 he began whittling to pass the time. His first carving, a primitive polar bear, delighted his wife, who encouraged him to create more animals. The building boom following World War II (1939–1945) left Carpenter little opportunity for further woodcarving until several accidents suffered while operating machinery caused him to close his lumber mill in the mid-1950s.
Carpenter's affinity for woodcarving probably derived from the rich Pennsylvania German folk art culture, a functional and ornamental tradition that inspired other members of his family to build furniture and clocks. His subjects included animals, especially birds, dogs, monkeys, pigs, and snakes, and human figures often expressing the artist's quirky reflections on biblical subjects or on such current events as the war in Vietnam, the Watergate scandal, or the 1973 protest at Wounded Knee, South Dakota. He also carved celebrity portraits of such notables as Charlie Chaplin and Elvis Presley, usually with an eye to their commercial value. His favored tools included chisels, files, hatchets, pocketknives, and saws.
Carpenter created sculptures in a naïve style using both whittling and assemblage. After sanding, polishing, and preparing each piece, he painted it, usually with enamel house paint. He dressed many of his human figures in handmade clothes. Some works included moving parts or sound effects, such as one multipiece sculpture of a female pig feeding a litter of piglets in a pen that he equipped with a noisemaker that squealed when squeezed. His early sculptures were representational, often small and carefully detailed. Later in his career driftwood, twisting tree limbs and roots, and other found pieces of wood inspired him to create larger, more interpretational works such as the nightmarish Root Monster and Sea Monster Catching a Fish. Of these fantastical, often deeply symbolic pieces Carpenter observed, "I see the hidden objects there and bring them almost to life." He produced the majority of his carvings after his wife's death on November 5, 1966.
Carpenter displayed his colorful sculptures at the roadside stand where he sold ice, drinks, and produce. To attract customers he carved a 200-pound watermelon, a piece eventually acquired by the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum at Colonial Williamsburg. By the 1970s his work had drawn the attention of collectors, including Herbert Waide Hemphill Jr. One of the preeminent folk art enthusiasts of the twentieth century and a founder of what became the American Folk Art Museum in New York, Hemphill helped win critical acclaim for Carpenter's work. The sculptor received one-man shows at Virginia Commonwealth University in 1974 and 1985 and at the Yorktown Visitor Center in 1980. The Hand Workshop Art Center, in Richmond, and Radford University mounted centennial retrospectives in 1989 and 1990, respectively. Carpenter's imaginative carvings have been included in numerous group exhibitions across the country and featured in publications on American folk art. Few other twentieth-century Virginia folk artists elicited such national enthusiasm. In 1981 the president invited Carpenter to the White House, and the next year the sculptor received a Visual Artist Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts. In 1982 he published his autobiography, Cutting the Mustard.
Carpenter died in a Petersburg hospital on May 7, 1985, and was buried in Waverly Cemetery. The following year the Miles B. Carpenter Museum opened at his Waverly home to display his work and to provide an arts facility for area residents.
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May 12, 1889 - Miles B. Carpenter is born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and is the son of Wayne M. Carpenter and Elizabeth R. Burkholder Carpenter.
1902 - Miles B. Carpenter's family moves to Sussex County.
1912 - About this time, Miles B. Carpenter purchases a vacant factory in Waverly with financial assistance from his father. He soon begins operating a lumber mill that produces finished wood for local builders.
1915 - Starting about this year, Miles B. Carpenter joins a partner in operating an open-air theater showing silent movies.
May 19, 1915 - Miles B. Carpenter and Mary E. Stahl marry. They will have one son.
1941 - Miles B. Carpenter starts whittling to pass the time at his sawmill.
Mid-1950s - Several accidents suffered while operating machinery causes Miles B. Carpenter to close his lumber mill about this time.
November 5, 1966 - Miles B. Carpenter's wife, Mary E. Stahl Carpenter, dies. Following her death, Carpenter produces the majority of his carvings.
1974 - Miles B. Carpenter receives a one-man show at Virginia Commonwealth University.
1980 - Miles B. Carpenter receives a one-man show at the Yorktown Visitor Center.
1981 - The president invites Miles B. Carpenter to the White House.
1982 - Miles B. Carpenter receives a Visual Artist Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts. In the same year, Carpenter publishes his autobiography, Cutting the Mustard.
1985 - Miles B. Carpenter receives another one-man show at Virginia Commonwealth University.
May 7, 1985 - Miles B. Carpenter dies in a Petersburg hospital and is buried in Waverly Cemetery.
1986 - The Miles B. Carpenter Museum opens at Carpenter's Waverly home.
1989–1990 - The Hand Workshop Art Center, in Richmond, and Radford University mount centennial retrospectives for Miles B. Carpenter.
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- APA Citation:
Ray, T. H., & the Dictionary of Virginia Biography. Miles B. Carpenter (1889–1985). (2015, November 2). In Encyclopedia Virginia. Retrieved from http://www.EncyclopediaVirginia.org/Carpenter_Miles_Burkholder_1889-1985.
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Ray, Tom H. and the Dictionary of Virginia Biography. "Miles B. Carpenter (1889–1985)." Encyclopedia Virginia. Virginia Humanities, 2 Nov. 2015. Web. READ_DATE.
First published: April 16, 2013 | Last modified: November 2, 2015
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Balancing demand and supply: 'Lifting the bar higher'
Reflecting on the performance of companies post Global Economic Crisis (GEC) I wondered how some companies had managed to thrive during a period of extreme business certainty.
Much of my work (both as a practitioner and academic) has focused on developing business models that have business alignment at their core. Business models where the product, marketing and supply chain strategy are in unison and ensure superior business performance in terms of growth and profitability. The business models with best alignment tend to be contemporary, with value creation and value delivery closely coupled and self-reinforcing. Good examples of such business models include Uber. Uber acts as a market mediator. They make the demand (for individual journeys) visible and the potential sources of supply (the drivers). In this way demand and supply can be balanced. Uber make their profit by taking a percentage of the value of the service.
Alignment tends to slip away as initial sales begin to plateau and organisations seek new ways to grow. They often do this without considering the impact on the supply chain and the costs associated with growth. Value creation and value delivery become decoupled and businesses destroy both customer and shareholder value. At the moment Uber are growing by replicating their model in different major cities. It will be interesting to see how they pursue growth once their core markets are saturated.
The analogy of lifting the bar higher is an important one. Traditionally organisations conceptualise the apparently conflicting objectives of the supply chain trying to reduce costs and marketing try to grow sales as a set of scales. This suggests tension and that the organisation cannot achieve both simultaneously. I would argue that a more accurate analogy is to consider the organisation as a weight lifter. The goals of minimising costs and maximising sales are the two weights at either end of the bar. A well-aligned business strategy lifts the bar in a level way and the weight lifter (the organisation) stands strong. If sales growth or cost reduction is pursued in isolation the bar becomes unbalanced and the weight lifter struggles to hold the weight of the bar. The business suffers from mis-alignment and performance suffers.
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- Do you think the Uber model could work in more rural locations?
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Comedian Danny McBride and the creative team at Wieden + Kennedy have conspired to create an infectiously catchy tune for Southern Comfort that has every possibility to become the pre-gaming anthem of millennial across the US.
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As with all hit tracks, 'ShoattaSoco' comes with a music video—and it's utterly outrageous. Featuring McBride flying through a retro video game universe, the music video should be terrible, but you simply can't pull your eyes away from it.
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Number of apprentices 'must double by 2020' or the State will need foreign builders
The number of new apprentices entering construction must more than double by 2020 or the State will need foreign competitors to satisfy market demand, the industry has said.
Dermot Carey, the Construction Industry Federation's director of safety and training, made the remarks during an appearance before the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Education and Skills on recently.
He said construction employment could rise to 213,000 by 2020, and that the number of applications for apprenticeships must rise from 1,700 to 4,000 by then in order to deliver housing and infrastructure requirements.
The Republic's economic recovery "may be hampered" by a potential skills shortage within the sector if more is not done.
Among the "mounting challenges" he said are facing the sector, there is "the potential for foreign competitors to enter the Irish construction market to meet the increasing demand for labour".
"We are facing an enormous challenge," he said. "We're here today with a very clear warning. There is an urgent need for Government and industry to collaborate in attracting more people into the industry and to invest in construction skills training.
"The alternative is that we will fail to meet these targets, our housing crisis will continue and our infrastructure deficit will stall economic progress. This is a huge threat to Ireland and the long-term capacity of the construction industry.
"We need to address this by attracting people back into the industry from the live register, through our education system and by reaching out to those members of the diaspora with construction experience, and upskilling our existing workforce.
"We also drastically need to address the apprenticeship system, to ensure that we have a steady stream of skilled employees to sustain the construction activity our economy and society requires."
The Irish construction industry has been hiring at a rate of 1,000 additional employees a month since 2013.
The sector is the principal industry sector in Ireland for the employment of apprentices. At its height, it employed nearly 27,000, or 92 per cent, of apprentices.
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Newly minted Acer CEO Jason Chen held a press conference today in Taiwan, his first since taking the helm of the sluggish PC manufacturer last month. To kick off his tenure as Acer's head cheese, Chen offered some thoughts on why he felt the company has ceded significant chunks of marketshare to rival computer manufacturers, stating that the firm made a costly error by diving into investments of touch panels and Ultrabooks too hard and too fast.
"We wanted to stimulate demand using new technology and we took the initiative more aggressively than anybody else, to the point where we got hurt," Chen said. "Hopefully we won't repeat the same mistake we made before." Chen also stated that "We need to dig ourselves out of a hole," according to Bloomberg.
And what a hole it's been. Despite the fact that Acer has released solid products, like its unconventional but excellent R7 notebook, market research firm IDC found that, during the fourth quarter of 2013, Acer suffered from a 21.4 percent decline in sales of their PCs when compared to the previous period in 2012. This was also the largest drop experienced by any of the big PC manufacturers, which include Lenovo and HP.
Though Acer has made some progress in the tablet market, with its slate marketshare having grown from under 1 percent in the third quarter of 2012 to 2.5 percent in the same period during 2013, Chen and the firm will both need to do something swiftly in order to halt the free fall that the company has experienced in recent times.
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Since that moment four years ago, I graduated from high school and found my passions in college. I declared a double major, found numerous amazing communities, and was living a life that I never could have predicted. Then one day I got another email newsletter. Though my studies were so different now, I knew this would be the adventure of a lifetime.
As the plane touched down on the runway, it all became real. I was actually here, and about to meet an amazing group of people just as excited as I was to start this journey! The next eleven days were some of the best of my entire life, filled with new experiences, wonderful people, and amazing adventures!
The Save the Frogs 2017 Costa Rica EcoTour was everything I imagined it to be, and then some. Waking up to the sounds of birds and frogs in the foggy mornings, boating through the jungle, learning how to make coffee and chocolate, and witnessing a sea turtle lay eggs and return to the moonlit ocean waves. These are only some of the experiences that I have, and they are as vivid in my memory as they were when they happened. I made lifelong friends, and lived a dream I had since the information session at my high school during my junior year.
Though I am now studying Political Science and Religious Studies, the relevance of ecology, environmental protection, ecotourism, and resource conservation are topics that I have always been passionate about. I came into the EcoTour with a limited specific knowledge of amphibians, and left with an abundance of new information and experiences that I knew I would use in the future.
I shared about my journey on social media, but wanted to write a post about the impact that this EcoTour had on me. I still think about it every day, and sometimes I journal about experiences that remind me of those amazing eleven days. I've had many people ask me about the trip itself, and how they can find out more.
And guess what? There's going to be a 2018 Costa Rica EcoTour!! This is amazing news, because 2017 was the first EcoTour to Costa Rica. I would love for you to share in the experiences that I had!
Not only do you get to have the adventure of a lifetime, but your EcoTour funds amphibian conservation efforts all around the world! This year's Costa Rica EcoTour runs from July 14th to July 28th, 2018. It is the perfect opportunity for you to travel on your own, with friends, or with family.
So what was my experience like? Life-changing. Seriously. Here are a few photos and videos to give you an idea of the daily adventures we had!
Are you ready to take the trip of a lifetime? If you would like to learn more about the EcoTour, including itinerary information you can find out more here! (They also have an amazing photo gallery from this year's EcoTour–you'll see me in lots of the photos! 😀 ) Save the Frogs also has another EcoTour this year, traveling to Ecuador! I highly recommend an EcoTour if you have wanted to explore conservation and amphibian ecology in breathtaking places! It is the perfect opportunity to travel on your own, with friends, and/or with family too!
Since I have been on an EcoTour before, I have a referral code that you can use if you are interested in the trip! First, you can fill out an expression of interest form, where you can enter my referral code in the section that says "How did you hear about this EcoTour?". My referral code will save you $200 on the EcoTour price!
REFERRAL CODE: alyssafrogs200
If you have any questions at all, feel free to reach out to me via messages on any of my social media channels or via email (email@example.com)! You can also contact anyone at Save the Frogs (email@example.com). There are additional discounts for multiple trip members, early registration, and for full-time students too!
I hope you consider these EcoTours if you are looking for an adventure for Summer 2018! I would love if you shared this with anyone who is interested too–the more the merrier! 🙂 These EcoTours are scheduled on a year-by-year basis, so if you are interested in going this is the perfect opportunity! (The locations may change in the future, so there is no guarantee there will be another Costa Rica or Ecuador EcoTour!).
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$1.7 Billion Securitization of Over 7,000 Re-Performing Modified Loans
MCLEAN, VA--(Marketwired - Oct 5, 2017) - Freddie Mac (
Freddie Mac Seasoned Credit Risk Transfer Trust, Series 2017-3 is expected to issue approximately $1.4 billion in guaranteed senior certificates and approximately $290 million in unguaranteed mezzanine and subordinate certificates. The issuance is expected to settle on October 11, 2017. The collateral backing the certificates are 7,176 fixed- and step-rate modified seasoned loans. These loans were modified to assist borrowers who were at risk of foreclosure to help them keep their homes and have all been performing for at least 12 months as of issuance.
The loans are serviced by Nationstar Mortgage Holdings, Inc. The servicing of the loans will be in accordance with requirements that prioritize borrower retention options in the event of a default and promote neighborhood stability.
Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC serve as co-lead managers and joint bookrunners. KGS-Alpha Capital Markets LP, Loop Capital Markets LLC and Samuel A. Ramirez & Company, Inc. are the co-managers.
To date, Freddie Mac has sold $7 billion in nonperforming loans (NPLs) and securitized $31 billion in re-performing loans (RPLs), of which $26 billion are in PCs and $5 billion are in structured offerings. Additional information about the company's seasoned loan offerings is at http://www.freddiemac.com/seasonedloanofferings/docs/rpl_sales_guidelines_factsheets.pdf
This announcement is not an offer to sell any Freddie Mac securities. Offers for any given security are made only through applicable offering circulars and related supplements, which incorporate Freddie Mac's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2016, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on February 16, 2017; all other reports Freddie Mac filed with the SEC pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Exchange Act) since December 31, 2016, excluding any information "furnished" to the SEC on Form 8-K; and all documents that Freddie Mac files with the SEC pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c) or 14 of the Exchange Act, excluding any information "furnished" to the SEC on Form 8-K.
Freddie Mac's press releases sometimes contain forward-looking statements. A description of factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the expectations expressed in these and other forward-looking statements can be found in the company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2016, and its reports on Form 10-Q and Form 8-K, filed with the SEC and available on the Investor Relations page of the company's Web site at www.FreddieMac.com/investors and the SEC's website.
Freddie Mac makes home possible for millions of families and individuals by providing mortgage capital to lenders. Since our creation by Congress in 1970, we've made housing more accessible and affordable for homebuyers and renters in communities nationwide. We are building a better housing finance system for homebuyers, renters, lenders and taxpayers. Learn more at FreddieMac.com, Twitter @FreddieMac and Freddie Mac's blog FreddieMac.com/blog.
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Artist: Lazy
Album: Iconic Soul
Genre: Hard Rock
Label: Lazy Records
Date: 6th December 2017
01. Wake Up Call
02. I Don't Care
03. Love Poison
04. Cry Your Eyes Out
05. Iconic Soul
06. Journey to Eternity
07. Temple of Vanidicus
All good rockers know Norway is the new California, from a few years to this part, for what concern the fascinating world of glam and sleazy hard rock.
From Oslo, Lazy, formed by Lasse Bjerkan, Suicide Bombers' ex-lead guitarist, from 2011-2017, released his first solo mini album "Iconic Soul", containing seven brilliant e rough tracks.
The "Wake Up Call" introduce into this work, fusing a horror sound with a hint of hard rock, more than a minute of music that made us curios to carry on listening the rest of the album. It's just with "I Don't Care" that we've pure and genuine hard rock, a powerful song that throw us into Lazy' universe, basic, essential and stylish.
Beautiful the third song "Love Poison", with a clear echo to Aerosmith's "Dream On", let's fall in love with Lasse' voice.
Just rock' n' roll again with "Cry Your Eyes Out", while in the title track"Iconic Soul", we can find harmonies, a touching guitar for a complete musical piece, well done.
With an intro made like a carillon, starts another very good piece, "Journey to Eternity", a melancholy song, absolutely one of my favorite song in this album.
"Temple of Vanidicus", the sound is a recall to horror movie at its beginning, to transmute in a brilliant rock track, with Aerosmith' recall in somehow. Good guitar, great atmosphere for this piece. "Iconic Soul" is a very good work, a record where breath the essential of hard rock with a touch of class, in seven intense songs. No politic, no religion, no polemic themes, just the passion for rock for an album made of decadent sound, glam, simple and enchanting music, just like every rock album could be.
Valeria Campagnale
Lazy "I Don't Care" Official Video


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Euro 2016 Spreadsheet Sweepstakes
Confused about who will play who based on the third place rule? Get this spreadsheet now to see what the knockouts will look like based on different match results!
Update: See all our latest fun office pool sweepstake spreadsheets for sporting events
Our Euro 2016 sweepstakes spreadsheet (built in Excel) has the ability to:
- Automatically update the actual scores when the tournament is on, direct to the spreadsheet (no need to capture them yourself!)
- UEFA rankings included for countries you are not familiar with. This will assist you with the comparative rankings to make better predictions for the tournament
- Input your predictions and compare them to what actually happens
- See the likely group winners after adjusting your predictions for the actual results (including the more complex 3rd place finishers who progress).
- Automatically addresses the tiebreaker rules for Euro 2016 where sides on equal points are split based on the matches between the tied teams (see Euro 2016 Tiebreaker Rules).
- Automatic update notification when new versions become available
Much like the other spreadsheets we have built for other sporting events, all this is done without any VBA macros!
The spreadsheet is built in Microsoft Excel 2013 but will work in all versions with some loss of functionality if you are using Excel 2003.
Screenshots and instructions for use
For the Organiser- Initial Setup
Watch the video clip or read the instructions below
Once you purchase the spreadsheet, you will be able to download a zip file which contains 2 files as shown below.
The first file ('2016-Euro-Spreadsheet-v1-SweepstakesInput2003') is what you need to send to the other players.
The second file ('2016-Euro-Spreadsheet-v1-Sweepstakes-upto-50_2003') is for the organiser and is where all the predictions are saved, where the match scores are automatically updated, and the sweepstake points are compiled.
Before you send the files out, you will need to decide on the point scoring.
When you open up the '2016-Euro-Spreadsheet-v1-Sweepstakes-upto-50_2003' spreadsheet, and go to the instructions sheet, you will be able to decide how the points work.
As noted above you can decide on the points scored by each player for predicting certain aspects of the matches and tournament. We have inserted some defaults. Your options are:
Group Stages
- Getting the right result irrelevant of the score (i.e. win, loss, draw)
- Getting team 1's correct number of goals (e.g. you predicted 1-1 and the score was 1-0)
- Getting team 2's correct number of goals (e.g. you predicted 3-2 and the score was 2-2)
- Correctly guessing the net goals even if it is the wrong way (e.g. you predicted 2-0 i.e. a +2 margin and the result was 0-2 i.e. a -2 margin)- Depending on your feeling you may switch this off by making it zero. See more about this option
- Correctly guessing the net goals and the correct way e.g. you choose 0-2 and the score is 2-4 you get points. See more about this option
Knockout Stages
- Each correct team in the last 16 bracket stage of the tournament
- Each correct team in the Qtr Final bracket stage of the tournament
- Each correct team in the Semi Final bracket stage of the tournament
- Each Correct Team in the Final bracket stage of the tournament
- Correct Winner
Once you have decided this, you can inform the players of how it will work and send them the '2016-Euro-Spreadsheet-v1-SweepstakesInput2003' spreadsheet.
Instructions for the Players
Watch the video clip or read the instructions below
When the players receive their spreadsheets they need to make their predictions. On the 'Player' sheet (shown below)
- Enter your name (if the group has similarly named people use a unique name)
- Enter your predictions of the scores in the blue cells (column G and I)
- As you enter your scores the group standings in column O will be updated so that you can see who is going to progress to the next round (top 2 of each group and the 4 best 3rd placed teams).
- Note: per the competition rules, teams on the same number of points will be separated by comparing their head to head results first, before net goals and goals scored. The spreadsheet will take this into account.
- The spreadsheet will also work out the top 4 3rd placed teams and correctly place them in the knockout round.
- Note: Because of the complex rules to decide who progresses to the bracket stage of the tournament, we suggest you look at the resultant knockout bracket matches and make sure you are happy with the teams progressing. If it is not what you want, change some of the scores.
- Once you have completed predicting the group stages, the knockout bracket stage of the tournament will auto populate and you can predict the scores in these matches.
- Note: at this stage you only get points for who progresses. Predict a winner in each match instead of a draw and penalties.
- You complete the knockout bracket stage of the tournament until you get to a winner.
- Save the file and send it back to the organiser.
Watch the video clip or read the instructions below
When the organiser receives back the spreadsheets, they need to capture the players predictions into the masterfile. This is very easy:
- Open the masterfile and the player predictions spreadsheet
- In the player predictions spreadsheet, copy from cell F9 to cell J84.
- Go to the masterfile, choose one of the player sheets (e.g. player 1) and PASTE AS VALUES in cell T9.
- In case it isn't emphasized enough, PASTE AS VALUES.
- Do this for all the players.
- You can change the sheet names to reflect the player's name.
Once you have done this you are all done!
During the Euro 2016 tournament
During the tournament, all you have to do is open the master spreadsheet and let it connect to the internet. We will update the match scores periodically and these will be pulled through to the spreadsheet (to see how we do this, look at the video on Importing data from the web ).
As shown below, on the Masterfile sheet, as the real scores come through the cell colours will change to show that it is an actual score.
On the player's sheets, as the real scores come in, you will see the matches that are finished (dotted cells), the total sweepstake points scored and a breakdown of how the points were earned.
On the 'Overall Pnts' sheet you can see a table ranking all the players. There is also a graph sheet showing the player rankings as each match progresses.
Feedback from previous sweepstakes spreadsheet
Our most recent sweepstake spreadsheet was for the rugby world cup.
Games were played all over the world. Some feedback from a pub in New Zealand
Well all finished and what a great result for us. [NEW ZEALAND WON 🙁 ]. The winner of our picks was April Barnett. We had 40 entries which was a good number.
Attached is a photo of her holding the cash in our rugby club rooms at Dunsandel. Thanks for all your help
Q: Is there points awarded for actually predicting the scores of the knockout bracket stage of the tournament or just the teams playing?
- It is just for the teams playing. Getting the scores right does not add to the points
Q: Lastly, I put in some results just to see how it worked and I put a draw for some of the knockout bracket stage of the tournament. It seemed to randomly select one of the teams to go though. How does this work?
- For the knockout bracket stage of the tournament you need to have a winner.
Q: Can you use the spreadsheet on Google Docs
- It wasn't built with Google Docs in mind, but some users have tried it and say it works. As an idea get all the information via Excel and then upload the masterfile to Google Docs and allow the players to see what is happening. Only limitation is that it won't automatically update so you will need update the scores
Q: Will you score points for correct team through to the bracket stage of the tournament (1/4, 1/2 and final) regardless of if the team advanced from a first or second place in the group stage? Or do you have to predict the correct placing in the group stage to score points?
- You get points for your chosen teams getting to the bracket stage of the tournament. How they got there is not important
Q: Can you confirm that for the knockout bracket stage of the tournament, we can enter decimal places and the master file will be able to recognise that because the actual scores are going to update themselves so will it be done in a the format to give points correctly etc
- Yes, use a decimal if you want to indicate that there was a penalty shootout. See the note below about decimals though
Q: Hello. I'm having issues opening the spreadsheet on my Mac.
It gives me an error message and just opens as a "read-only" file.
How can I go about fixing this issue?
- Try and expand it out of the zip files and save it in a separate location


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Softball: Gaelettes come back falls short
The Shelton High softball team opened its season with an 11-8 loss to Wolcott High on Thursday.
The Gaelettes fought back from a 10-1 deficit and brought the tying run to the plate in the bottom of the seventh inning.
"I liked the way we came back," coach Joann Desrouchers said. "We gave up too many walks and then had untimely errors in key spots. We have work to do. But, I told the girls how impressed I was with how they didn't give up."
A pair of walks and a hit batter loaded the bases for Wolcott in the first, before Kayla Resto caught a liner and threw to Jenna Bennett at third for a double play.
Another walk loaded the bases, but Sara Rivers notched the first of her six strikeouts to strand three runners.
Shelton traded runs in the second inning with the Eagles out of the Naugatuck Valley League.
With one run across, Bennett field a ball hit to third and got the out with a throw to Hope Komornik at first. Komornik then fired home, where Bryana Heuser made a fine tag to end the inning.
Jill Komornik reached on an infield hit in the Shelton second and later scored on a misplayed ball off the bat of Jackie Turiano.
After Wolcott went on top 2-1 in the third, and with runners on the corners, Turiano saved at least one run with a running catch of a sinking liner in left field.
Wolcott batted around in the fourth to go in front 8-1.
They tacked on a pair in the fifth to make it 10-1.
Sparked by Emily Renkowsky's one-out triple, the locals drew one run back in the bottom of the fifth. Jenna Bennett batted Rekowsky in.
Shelton scored six times in the sixth inning.
Jill Komornik (fielder's choice), Turiano (single) and Bennett (sacrifice fly) had RBIs.
When Maggie Carlucci's pop up was misplayed, another run scored to make it 10-6.
Heuser, who had singled in her first two at-bats, then singled to right field to plate two more.
Wolcott scored in the top of the seventh.
Hope Komornik was robbed of a hit on a a tumbling catch in center field by Sarah Hughes to open the home seventh.
Jill Komornik and Turiano drew walks, but a pair of strikeouts by the Eagles' Nicole Antonowicz clinched the win.


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