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So having Conor's service dog is great. He is working really well and Conor really loves him. He goes everywhere with us–grocery store, speech therapy, school and our regular adventures to random places. We get all sorts of comments; folks who say they shouldn't pet him (not the case), those who just pet him without asking, those who ask what type of service dog he is, and most commonly what type of dog he is so they can tell us about their dog. All good, and a great way for folks to learn a bit about autism, and that dogs are trained to help folks with it.
So, we were at Sea World yesterday where we get the most interesting/ridiculous comments. Best so far: we are sitting at a picnic table and a "gentleman" yells over to us "where's his cane?". I thought he must be talking to someone else, but he yelled over again (from 3 tables away) "where's his cane?". Must say I was shocked. I just told him that Peyton didn't need a cane as he is a service dog and isn't blind. That ended the conversation.


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What is Viticole?
Viticole is a wine club born from the elusive idea that world-class, organically-farmed wines can exist for $35-$55 per bottle. My monthly mission is to hunt down – and often create through custom collaborations – special bottlings that transcend their market value.
How do I purchase Viticole offers?
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• Become a Viticole Wine Club Member and automatically receive a guaranteed allocation, shipping discounts, as well as access to exclusive special offers.
How does the wine club work?
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What are the perks of the Viticole Wine Club?
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• Access to exclusive special offers outside of club allocations
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• 2.0 has all the same perks as the Viticole Wine Club with the addition of a larger guaranteed allocation and steeper shipping discounts per bottle.
How do I determine if the Viticole Wine Clubs are for me?
• Place: Viticole Wine Club selections (and the subsequent blog) span grape varieties and countries all over the world.
• Colors: Viticole offers an even mix of white and red wines. Currently, there are no red only options or white only options. You must be color blind…
• Styles: Viticole runs a range of styles from light to rich but ultimately the selections come down to my palate. I simply can't write an article about something I wouldn't be excited to drink.
• Brian's Palate: I tend to be a fan of organically-farmed wines that are made with minimal intervention - wines that are dry and elegantly crafted at low alcohol levels. More often than not this template sacrifices pleasure for purity. The trick is finding wines that have both. I'm all for having my cake and eating it…
Are the wine club allocations all the same wine or a mix of bottlings?
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How do you handle summer shipping/shipping to warm regions?
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• In the beginning of each year we offer and ship out mostly 'summer wines' while the weather is cool.
• In the summer months (June, July, August, September) we do not ship but instead offer out fall pre-arrival wines that will be delivered in one full case along-side the October shipment.
• In May and October we ship on temp-controlled trucks, with ice packs when appropriate.
• If there is a rogue heat wave in any month, we hold and do not ship.
Is there any charitable outreach with Viticole?
Every winemaker/importer chooses a charity near and dear to their heart that corresponds with each monthly offer. In turn, Viticole donates $5 a case to that charity.
Why is it important to follow the Viticole social media accounts?
Social media is a great forum for interaction. Currently, you will see up-to-the-moment content including photos, videos, and conversations with winemakers and importers following our Instagram: @viticolewine and tagging the winemaker's Instagram handle in the comments section. Look for future implementations (like Facebook Live) as we grow.


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Gaudi Inspired Circles 1 & 2. Watercolor on paper
While looking for inspiration, my husband gave me a Gaudi book and said "I think you will find inspiration here". I sure did. I have always admired the works of Antoni Gaudi.
This is the result, a homage to his work with colored tiles arranged in mosaic patterns.
These two paintings have found new homes, the first one belongs to my sister and the second one to my parents.


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Degree apprenticeships launched to boost hi-tech skills
As part of a new scheme which has been backed by government and industry, young people will now be able to achieve a complete honours degree whilst they earn a wage and pay no fees. The new Degree Apprenticeship qualifications are going to be taught in England from next September, beginning in the field of digital and software. The government would pay two-thirds of the costs and fees whilst employers pay trainees' wages and other costs. The government stated that employers of every size can take part in the scheme. Ed Vaizey, the Digital Economy Minister stated that this has stemmed from government collaboration with higher education and industry. Already, 150 places have been guaranteed on the programme by the employers involved, in subject areas which range from software design to information technology for business.
The goal is to integrate academic learning at degree level and practical training – "to ensure that education and training routes are providing the skills which employers need now and in the future", stated Mr Valzey. The employers include Accenture, BT, Capgemini, Ford, Fujitsu, GlaxoSmithKline, HM Revenue and Customs, Hewlett Packard, IBM, John Lewis, Lloyds Banking Group, Network Rail and Tata Consulting Services. The academic side of the courses will be provided by universities including Aston, Exeter, Greenwich, Loughborough, Manchester Metropolitan, University College London, the University of the West of England and Winchester.
Christine Hodgson, the UK chairman of Capgemini, said that the scheme would "enable young people to build the academic and practical skills needed for success in the tech sector and help create the talent needed to boost the digital economy". Richard Pettinger, the director of information management for business degree programmes at UCL, stated the university was delighted to work with employers and government on the new qualifications "to help increase the flow of skills into the tech industry". The school's head teachers have also welcomed the scheme – Brian Lightman, general secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders characterised it as "a really interesting development in the growing range of alternatives to traditional university courses".
Mr Lightman stated; "There is massive demand for recruits to these industries who are highly skilled and knowledgeable." He went on to say that it was very important that enough information and guidance on the new options was available to schools. The government is hoping that if this programme is a success in the digital field, it could be extended to some of the other industries.


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Sometimes called red cabbage and at other times purple or even blue cabbage the colour of this vegetable depends on the pH of the soil it is grown in. The more acidic the soil the redder the leaves and so explaining the different names it has depending on where you are.
Red cabbage has a more tightly packed head that green cabbage and is very crunchy. While available pretty much year round autumn and winter are when it is most plentiful and this traditional braise is the prefect cooler weather dish.
I often serve this braised red cabbage dish with a baked potato as a vegetable meal – obviously not vegetarian because of the bacon. Or it is delicious served alongside roast pork or grilled lamb chops. With this longer method of cooking adding an acid ingredient such as
vinegar, lemon juice or wine helps preserve the red colour otherwise the cooked dish can be quite blue.
Braised Red Cabbage with Bacon & Apples
This dish can be made in advance or reheat leftovers for another meal. To reheat, add a 2-3 tbsp water to the pan, cover, place over a medium heat for 5-10 minutes or until heated through.
Serves 6
2 tbsp olive oil
2 medium (about 180g each) apples, cored and chopped
1 medium (about 150g) red onion, chopped
200g chopped bacon
1 medium (about 1.5kg) red cabbage, cleaned and chopped
¼ cup apple cider vinegar
¼ cup quince jelly or other fruit jelly such as crab apple or feijoa
salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste.
1 Place oil, apples, onion and bacon in a large saucepan over a medium heat and cook, stirring occasionally, for 5 minutes or until onion starts to soften.
2 Add cabbage and cook, stirring, for 5 minutes longer.
3 Add 1 cup water, vinegar and jelly, cover, bring to simmering and simmer, stirring from time to time and adding more water if
necessary, for 1-1½ hours or until cabbage is tender. Uncover and simmer for 10-15 minutes or until most of the liquid has evaporated.
Serving suggestion: For a hearty meal spoon over a split baked
Happy cooking and eating.
Recipe by Rachel Blackmore
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Featured Pet of the Week – Mini Lop Rabbits
August 28, 2011 by Jasmine
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Tweet The Featured Pet for this week is: The Mini Lop Rabbit! I personally really love rabbits as pets – with lops being my favorite! Mini Lops are quite cute with their long floppy ears, and in my experience, if they are handled regularly they tend to be very affectionate and sweet. I had several […]


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Housing Law: Factoring and property management
DescriptionThis morning session will look at the Property Factors Act and Code of Conduct and how this impacts on the day to day working of property factors in Scotland with particular reference to the written statement of services which property factors require to produce and issue of all of the recipients of their service and the recent decisions of the Homeowner Housing Panel. The session will also concentrate on the interpretation of title deeds for the purposes of property management, what to do if the title deeds do not include the information which you require, the Tenements and Title Conditions Acts and Factoring Agreements
Learning Outcomes/objectives
At the end of this session you will be able to:
• Understand the legal requirements of the Property Factors Act.
• Identify what requires to be included in the written statement of services document to be produced by property managers.
• Identify where the information for the written statement is located.
• Carry out a basic interpretation of title deeds and identify if provisions of legislation require to be utilised to solve particular issues or fill any gaps
Who should attendHousing management staff who are involved in any part of property management or factoring.
Trainer InfoSusan McDonald is a partner with HBJ Gately law firm. Susan has specialised in social housing and regeneration law since joining the firm in 1998. She has a particular focus on housing management and leads the low cost home ownership unit within her team, in addition to dealing with conveyancing for development sites and refinance transactions. Susan has been involved with numerous large scale stock transfers, mixed tenure development transactions, regeneration projects and a large number of development site acquisitions for social landlords. She has also been involved in a significant number of large volume refinances on behalf of clients. She regularly presents at conferences on a wide range of topics within the social housing sector, was a member of the Scottish government's sounding board for the evaluation of the Mortgage To Rent Scheme and is a committee member of Ore Valley Housing Association Ltd. Susan is currently advising clients on the impact of the Property Factors legislation.
Dates & Locations5 December 2017, Glasgow
Standard price - Half day £150 + VAT
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I had put together a trip plan of 4 short easy days skiing along pole lines or groomed trails and camping at 3 huts, with a choice of Cope or Wallace Hut on the last night depending on whether I wanted to start the final day a bit closer to my destination. In the middle was a section that I hadn't visited before with pole lines. The final day would be a gentle ski along the generally level and groomed Bogong High Plains Road back to Falls Creek. For that reason I would suggest this is the best direction to undertake this circuit. A few fit day skiers do the entire journey in a single day.
The short skiing days would allow me to enjoy the camping part of my journey, give me a chance of exploring around the camp sites (I wasn't sure of the usual water sources at all the huts) and avoid the problems such as wet socks and heel blisters, forgetting items at camp and falling over with the pack.
I had about 4 days of food and the weight was about 23kg, including 2 litres of water and a snow shovel but excluding the skis. After the trip, my gear shakedown found about 800g of items I didn't use and might not take next time. A similar amount of food remained. But next time I would take extra socks and blister treatments.
|Mt Buffalo - doesn't get as much snow these days
|West peak Mt Bogong from Tawonga South
It was about 12:40pm before I started skiing up moderately graded Pretty Valley Road from Windy Corner. The grade is fairly even and at this time of day the snow was taking traction. I paced myself in to a nice rhythm. The sky was clear.
|The road ahead. Mt McKay on right.
The weather along this top section can be bad enough to force parties back and wait for the weather to clear.
|Sun Valley - another way up
At the top there is a short flat exposed top section on the road before it then goes down the more protected road cutting.
I might have spent 50 minutes climbing up to the top. The only downside being you will need to run the usual gauntlet of bogans on the chair lift. Then another 40 minutes skiing along the top exposed section of the road. This was the first time I had been along this exposed top section.
There were good views all around and only a slight breeze. I saw no-one out on the trail, but plenty of evidence of recent visitors.
|Mt Feathertop
|View South West From Gate
|Long shadows about 2:40pm.
|Pretty Valley Dam Wall turnoff.
The dam wall area makes for an interesting side trip of a couple of hours. You can explore over the pondage causeway after camping and return via this trail. Ski west from Pretty Valley Hut, cross the causeway and circle around to the North. There is a small hill with a tubular bell on its summit near a quarry. From here ski across or just below the dam wall. From here you can ski North down the East side of the narrow valley to a pumping station.
|PV Hut early July
I got to the hut about 3:00pm. A long climb and 2 1/2 hour ski up. It would be good to get here by about 1pm, which would allow time exploring.
One of the joys of bushwalking/ski-touring is camping and spending the night immersed in the natural world. I setup camp immediately and spent some time preparing the snow surface under the tent into a shallow hammock profile with the head end slightly higher than the feet.
As it was I didn't have a lot of time to explore. After pitching the tent in some delightful late afternoon sunlight it got gloomy. I knew the snow would get icy and the temperature would drop quickly as the sun dipped below the mountains.
I found shallow slow-flowing water nearby, but had to dig through 2 feet of snow to a point where I knew it could be found. That took 20 minutes.
The toilet for this hut is located a couple of hundred metres away (about a 5 minute ski on groomed trail and then through some trees near the horseyards and camping area)
A snow groomer appeared about 4pm and went up to the horseyards and back
|Cold evening approaches
I retreated to the hut to ready the fire and set a brew. It didn't take long for the sun to set.
A Cold Night on the High Plains
Inside a couple of skanky cement-encrusted shovels graced the wall. How hard would it be to clean them before donating them to the hut? An ancient decrepit pair of 3-pin XC skis also leaned next to the doorway looking like a binding would give out on the first use. Why is this old junk here?
|Inside the filhty, cramped but warm hut. Not sure how those logs will fit in the stove though.
I emptied the huge pile of ashes out of the small pot belly stove and set and lit it. The chimney draws well. The hut is cosy/cramped and only a small fire is needed. I heated water for dinner on the stove – it has great air control. The hut is small and the stove hardly uses any wood to heat it.
There was plenty of evidence of rat occupation left on the food preparation bench. On the plus side, this vision of filth reduces your appetite significantly.
I used a Snowpeak Multi-Compact Titanium cookset. This 300g kit has nice wide 1L (100+ 65g) and 780ml (82+51g) pots with lids. Perfect for a remote canister or shellite stove. You can fit a 230g gas canister in the small pot if you remove the plastic canister cap. You may squeeze in a small fire steel as well.
I had brought a Primus Omnifuel stove and shellite fuel as the forecast was for -5 degrees lows. Shellite stoves can turn into a fireball. You need to practice using the Omnifuel stove to learn the proper set up and pull down sequence to minimise fuel spillage. Make sure both valves are shut before pressurising.
I decided to save on fuel and mostly used the hut stove for this meal once the fire got going. Be careful about eating out of the main pot lid even as the handle looks like it is designed to be used as a vessel. The wire handle on the lid opened up under the weight of the food and it slipped its catch. The lid flopped down and dumped the food unceremoniously on to the hut floor. Things were looking good for the hut rat. Back home I used needle nose pliers to bend the flanges around to catch the wire handle better. Doing this makes the connection better, even after a period of time has elapsed in which the spring in the wire handle has had some time to relax. A clip to hold the handle together would be useful here.
I quickly made another meal by taking some food from each of the meals for the next 2 nights. Plenty spare was left so no problems down the track.
Retiring to the tent, I put on Primaloft trousers and an uberlight down vest over day thermals, as well as a merino neck warmer and beanie. I had a full length 3mm PE foam mat fitted under the XTherm air mattress and a short 6mm mat on top covering shoulders to hips. This also attenuates elbow or point forces on the mat that eventually break the internal baffles. This makes for a warm and comfortable night, the key being to sculpt the snow underneath into a nice hammock shape.
A big day. I had driven 400km and now I was ensconced in a snow camp on the High Plains. I drifted off, warm and cosy.
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The N.K. Hurst Company was established in 1938 by Needham King Hurst as a distributor of coffee, tea and sugar. Mr. Hurst had worked with the C.D. Kenney Company as a sales representative when he decided to go into business on his own. 9 years later, he began packaging dry edible beans into 5 pound packages for the grocery trade. His decision would lay the groundwork for the future of our company.
As the years went on, Hurst began packaging dry beans for many retail customers including the A&P Tea Company, Winn-Dixie, and Kroger. The Hurst brand became widely known as a top quality product.
In the mid 1960's, Mr. Hurst went to an acquaintance who was a chemist and asked him to create a dry ham flavoring. The result would be a line of seasoned dry bean products under the brand name Hurst's HamBeens®. In 1986, we introduced our HamBeens® 15 Bean Soup® which includes 15 varieties of beans and peas, along with our famous ham seasoning packet.
Today, our HamBeens® products are sold in every region of the United States. We are distributed from Maine to California and from Alaska to Florida. Our seasoned dry beans have expanded to nearly 20 items including Cajun 15 Bean Soup®, Spanish-American Black Bean Soup®, Pasta Fagioli, and Confetti Lentil Soupreme®.


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The OSC yesterday announced the approval of amendments to IIROC's Dealer Member Rules that are intended to promote compliant trade matching practices and eliminate the sending of duplicative trade related correspondence to clients.
Specifically, amendments to Rule 800.49 will seek to provide dealers with clarity in respect of broker-to-broker trade reporting and matching requirements, while amendments to Rule 200.1(h) will provide an exemption from the trade confirmation requirement in cases where certain conditions are met.
The amendments were originally proposed in April 2010.


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"WHO RUN IT?" by Steve Siddle
December 15, 2011 § 1 Comment
So Worcester, It Hurts.
"Who Run It?"
by Steve Siddle
I hesitate to continue. It's hard to go on bitching about the city I live in the wake of such a devastating loss. Last week Worcester, Ma lost a young firefighter in an early morning blaze on Union Hill. The death of Fireman John Davies occurred only days after the anniversary of the historic Worcester Cold Storage Fire that claimed the lives of six Firefighters.
I believe that it is important for us to stick together and stay positive in the face of tragedy and, in many ways;Worcester is at its best during the toughest times. I will never forget feeling for the first time, true pride in my hometown in the days and weeks after the Worcester Cold Storage fire.
I stood silent, with thousand of others, on Gold Star boulevards the funeral procession for the six firefighters drove slowly by, and I listened on a small radio at work as President Clinton spoke at the funeral service. For the first time in my life,Worcester, Ma was on the national news.
Now, once again, our hometown is on CNN for the same damn reason. We lost one of our bravest in a fire that shouldn't have happened. Twelve years ago it was an abandoned factory building that killed, this time it was a condemned triple-decker. These are the monsters that haunt our city.
Never the less, we must take the opportunity to look at our city through the eyes of outsiders. What would you think of Worcester, Ma if you only heard about it after some tragedy? What would you see in the brief clips shown on CNN, on Newscenter 5, and on Inside Edition? Would you feel anything more than pity for this old working class town?
In many ways,Worcester shows its best side in the wake of a tragedy. We show ourselves as a tough, dedicated community who stick together when times get hard. We look like a rugged, rough around the edges, but endearing bunch of old school New Englanders. And we are.
But in these important moments when, for whatever the sad reason, the nation turns their eyes upon Worcester, who speaks for our city? Where is our Mayor?
Look at a photo of last week's press conference and try to find the leader of the city. Who looks like he (or she) is the one in charge during our hardest hours? Is it the Fire Chief; is it the City Manager or the Lt. Governor? Can you even see our Mayor standing behind everyone else?
Look, I like Mayor Joe O'Brien and I don't blame him for his insignificance. I suspect that he senses the lunacy of his powerless position and that is why he decided not to run for re-election. Perhaps he has greater ambitions. I hope he does.
Part of the problem with Worcester is that the only people who would want to be Mayor must have little to no ambition. Because of our outdated City Government structure, we will never have a "Strong Mayor."
In 1947 Worcester residents voted for a "Plan E" type government which takes power away from the Mayor and distributes it among 11 city councilors. It is a groupthink mentality applied to government and it breeds indecision and inaction. Essentially we have been denied a true leader and given instead a bunch of low-level bureaucrats. And it shows.
At 3 pm on January Second, the inauguration of Joe Petty as the new Mayor of Worcester will take place at North High School. I voted for Joe Petty but I couldn't really tell you why. I know next to nothing about the guy.
Unfortunately, I found out after the fact that Petty has already been a city councilor for twelve years, so he must be entrenched in the petty (pun intended) bullshit that our city council chooses to focus on. Still, I have hope.
We need to let this new Mayor know how important his role will be in the fight for our city. Send Joe an email and encourage him to buy a new suit or take voice lessons or something. In other words, tell Joe that he needs to act like a real politician with grand ambition. Tell our new Mayor that we need a leader who looks and acts stronger than we know he really is.
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"This is my adaptation of my sister in law's favourite granola bar recipe. You can sub out the dry ingredients to suit your taste... I would keep the large flake oats the same though for consistency. For the nuts I prefer to use dry roasted unsalted, you could use raw or salted but I don't like the texture of raw and I don't want the sodium of salted! The longer you bake the crunchier they'll be, 25 minutes gives a chewier bar. Enjoy!"
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- 3 cups large flake oats
- 1 cup chopped almonds
- 1 cup chopped walnuts
- 1 cup pumpkin seeds
- 2⁄3 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips or 2⁄3 cup dark chocolate chips
- 1⁄3 cup flax seed (dark)
- 1 tablespoon cinnamon (I use more)
- 1 (300 ml) can sweetened condensed milk
- 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
- Preheat oven to 325.
- Chop your almonds and walnuts by hand or pulse in a food processor.
- Put all dry ingredients into a large mixing bowl.
- Sprinkle the cinnamon on top.
- Pour the olive and oil and can of sweetened condensed milk on top of the dry ingredients.
- Mix well.
- Line a large rectangular baking sheet (needs to have a lip around it) with parchment paper.
- Pour the mixture into the pan and press down with a spatula into one even layer (mixture will stick to spatula a bit, I just wipe that off and throw it on top when I'm done).
- Bake on middle rack in oven for 25-30 minutes depending on the desired consistency.
- Let cool COMPLETELY before removing them (in the parchment paper) for cutting or they will fall apart! (You can sneak one corner off because they will smell so good.).
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I have a new Mantra … and yes I came up with it all by myself… and it only took me 45 years!
We are all set on a particular journey but we can choose the path we travel.
I found this to be true during the course of many struggles AND joys in the first part of my life. I am hoping, as I start the second part that I will continue to act on this. I know what it means to be dealt a bad hand. I know what it is to wallow in the self pity. I know what it is to embrace the pain. I know that if I continue to make certain choices it will head me back to the road I really didn't want to be on. I know now that there are ways to deal with the bad times that jump up in your way or try to derail you on your "journey".
I have, in my stumble through the years, chose some really not-so-good ways of dealing, some disasterous ways and some fantabulous ways! I have been duped into thinking that because somthing or someone comes into my life that I must embrace them and try at all costs to hold on. I am sure I have also bypassed some extraordinary people and experiences becasue I was so busy searching out the nonsense.
So I have not been blessed to come into this world with a great support of family or money in the bank. I wasn't given the skinny -beautiful gene and these, as it turns out, were blessings in disguise! Lord knows, I can be pretty sure my friends aren't "hangers on" looking for the handouts or the fame! They are here because they, like myself, are getting something else out of relationships with friends. I have been forced since childhood, to build my own character and make it strong enough to withstand the forces that try to knock it down. I have had to fight for much, learn to let go of a lot and I think I finally am learning to just look ahead and enjoy the jpurney for what it is.
How was that for a heavy Monday morning babble. Hey, when I finally learn something I think I should be generous enough to share! Just sayin' ….
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In today's world, business is getting tougher as the competition is now more aggressive than ever. Many sales and marketing techniques are now obsolete, and as a result, large companies and small business owners are losing a lot of business.
We are living in the Information Age; Only the strongest businesses will survive..
The internet has changed the way people shop and make buying decisions. It has provided a place for everyone to share their thoughts, experiences, and opinions. People now have a place to research goods and services before making their purchase. Last month, over 45 million people used Google to search for reviews. Not only do they research the products, but they can find out where to buy them, and even find the best prices at the click of a button. This has made it harder for companies to market their products and for the salesman to make his pitch effective.
Entreprenuers need to differentiate themselves from the competition in order to stand out from the clutter. In todays world, you can't just own a business; you have to be the business!
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Provide Quality: The quality of your product says a lot about you. If you are willing to sell something of poor quality, it shows that you are willing to settle for less. Your product represents you!
Strive to be the Best: Look at your competition and come up with strategies to do things better than them.
Be Original: Come up with original ideas. Be creative.
Earn Respect:Work so hard that people have no choice but to respect you and what you do.
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Become a Commodity: Become valuable to others, add value to your business, and become a resource for people.
Build your Empire:Continue to reinvest in yourself and your business. This will make your enterprise grow to be more powerful and far ahead of your competitors.
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Lunacharsky, Anatoli Vasilyevich ənətô´lyē vəsē´lyəvĭch lo͞onəchär´skē [key], 1875–1933, Russian revolutionary, dramatist, and critic. He began his revolutionary career in 1892 and joined the Bolshevik party when it appeared, forming with Gorky and Bogdanov the left wing of the group, which was in opposition to Lenin . Later he was Lenin's ally in overthrowing the Kerensky government. His most important position was as commissar of education (1917–29). He advocated the creation of a new proletarian literature, but was also instrumental in the preservation of Russian cultural monuments during the revolution.
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Tuesday, October 18, 2011
There's something cool shooting with Nikon F's and this one makes number three for me. This particular camera basically sat around a dry storeroom for almost 40 years and never got used and the meter works just nicely with Wein cells.
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
From Friday's hike up at Forks of the Credit Provincial Park after lunch. Camera: Rolleicord IV Film: Fomapan 100 processed in Xtol 1+1.
Tuesday, October 04, 2011
I have been using Vuescan as my software interface with my Epson V500 since I got my Macbook Pro back in July and with my black and white workflow, it's amazing. With colour film, still trying to get it just right and I think I'm getting there. This past weekend the Oakville Camera Club had an outing up at Forks of the Credit Provincial Park, thankfully the rain held off until 1 PM. It was fun even though I was leading a large group of photographers and one Australian who was scared she would get lost. The fall colours I found this year to be muted, partially because 40% of the leaves were already down after a storm that went through and it was a dry Summer.
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baby aka the 1 stunna – ms. bird lyrics
(feat. mannie fresh)
[intro: baby]
uh huh uh huh
cut me up in my head, cut me up n-gg- f-ck
ay ay fresh, its all gravy baby
its my turn n-gg-, i'm under the burn biotch
if you ain't getting money, you's a crazy motherf-cker (got to be a crazy motherf-cker)
i ain't getting money, i'm probably a crazy motherf-cker (lord help me)
this is a biotch, biotch
come on n-gg-
its them pimpin, ballin, gangster macks
theys old school caddies with them bows and racks
the new school bens with them bows to match
but its the birdman daddy got them o's of crack
a n-gg- off the diet cause a n-gg- gettin fat
them throwback jerseys with them throwback hats
burberry timbs with the fence to match
and i'm so so fly, and mommy like that
ounces of that purple and we do it by the sac
rag-top bens with them rag-top lacs
nothing to a gangsta n-gg- choak your strap
we live for money, hoes cooking that cr-p
them 20″ rims and them tires are flat
there ain't no question, that stunna is a mack
a n-gg- thought it was over but b-tch we back
with daimonds in the middle pimp, daimonds in the back b-tch
[chorus: mannie fresh – repeat 2x]
every place that i went to
about a hundrend bad broads say they sent you
a picture of themselves but naked, ya heard
they all wanna be ms. bird, ms. bird
you know i got that crystal on the rocks
you see a n-gg-'s jewels, no name on the watch
until a n-gg- die these cops gon watch
but i don't give a f-ck n-gg-, the sh-t don't stop
all i'm trying to do is stack a knot
them aligator seats with them brand new drops
them hoes gonna jock cause they see a n-gg- hot
riding on my jet skiis behind a n-gg- yot
ten up in my ear ma ten up on a watch
real hot girls gonna jock a spot
so grab a n-gg- d-ck b-tch drop it like its hot
the same old n-gg- off them up-town blocks
i came around your corner and i sh-t your spot
it's (?) and i serve your block
a cash money hot boy and i pop the lock
a know beat boy with the rooka rooka rock biotch
[chorus – 2x]
[mannie fresh]
now dada, barbara, kiesha, tarisa and dawn
i'm tired of having s-x and i want to go home
but i cant leave yet cause they kissing each other
plus i'm hot and i'm h-rny, i'm getting my rubbers
what that tatoo on your t-ttie say, hood rich
let me your -ss, oh wolves' b-tch
god d-mn ms. kiesha ain't your momma a teacher
your sister is a mister and your daddys a preacher
now you's a mixed up screwed down dike type chick
if you ain't eating p-ssy then you sucking good d-ck
now every place that i go to
about a hundred grimey n-gg-s say the know you
and they all got that movie that you made with that man
don da don don don, stop playin
if you seeee, the movieeee (triple x bitoch)
[chorus – 2x]
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Notes from the last barsati ♦ Delhi, early morning. The sun burns through the haze, like a lighthouse lamp growing brighter as the bustling port of waking life approaches, pulling the tides of thought out of the ocean of dreams and towards the shores of reality, where I find myself cast up, suddenly solid, embodied. […]Read More...
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"You know that you're drunk when.....
1. You lose arguments with inanimate objects.
2. You have to hold onto the lawn to keep from falling off the earth.
3. Job interfering with your drinking.
4. Your doctor finds traces of blood in your alcohol stream.
5. Career won't progress beyond Senator from Massachusetts.
6. The back of your head keeps getting hit by the toilet seat.
7. Sincerely believe alcohol to be the elusive 5th food group.
8. 24 hours in a day, 24 beers in a case - coincidence?? - I think not!
9. Two hands and just one mouth...now THAT'S a drinking problem!
10. You can focus better with one eye closed.
11. The parking lot seems to have moved while you were in the bar.
12. You fall off the floor...
13. Your twin sons are named Barley and Hops.
14. Hey, 5 beers has just as many calories as a burger...screw dinner!
15. Mosquitoes catch a buzz after attacking you.
16. At AA meeting you begin: "Hi, my name is... uh..."
17. Your idea of cutting back is less salt.
18. You wake up in the bedroom, your underwear is in the bathroom, you fell asleep clothed...hmm.
19. The whole bar says "Hi" when you come in...
20. You think the Four Basic Food Groups are Caffeine, Nicotine, Alcohol, and Women.
21. Every night you're beginning to find your roommate's cat more and more attractive.
22. Roseanne looks good.
23. Don't recognize wife unless seen through bottom of glass.
24. That damned pink elephant followed me home again.
25. Senators Kennedy and Packwood shake their heads when they walk past you.
26. "I'm as jober as a sudge."
27. You wake up in Korea in August and the last thing you remember is the Fourth of July party at the Halekulani in Honolulu.
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Back after a long hiatus.............too many stories that are too long to relate.
I just want to say thanks for all the feedback I have received and I will be in touch with as many as I can.
I started many entries. The trouble is, I have been picky about the content and outrageously busy trying to keep creative juices going as a working musician and in personal writing. I have been unsure how to express ideas here but have just decdided it is more important to get it out regardless of literary "whatevers". Dozens languish as drafts. I am often caught saying "get on with it" or being "disciplined" is necessary for garbage hunting bliss. However, the world economy being what it is these days, I feel an urge?...................duty?.................. to finish all these off and share. They may start to take on many shapes, styles and sizes as I attempt to just spit them out rough hewn. I hope you enjoy them.
So lets just get on with it. What I really want to address here is efficiency.
Here is a tip that will be specific to those that drive. Driving should make the process faster; however, it should be organized in a circular pattern or repeating swirl if necessary to accommodate as many right turns as possible(they are legal here in Canada on a red-they may not be elsewhere). When you have a 'trap line" you want to check....................sorry, I could not help myself...................you will be on it hundreds of days a year. Wasted time adds up. Avoiding lights by utilising right hand turns, especially at reds is a must. This is not meant to represent a factor of greed whereby you are rushing to "get it all", just common sense. The quality time is the second of revelation. When you can't believe what you have. The acquisition. Not sitting waiting at lights. In a year you will save weeks of time if you are out there as often as me. And if you can and are wise, you will spend it with loved ones or doing the stuff you enjoy. Sometimes garbage pickin' is just plain old garbage pickin' and it gets "old".
All objects great and small.
Never physically visit a can and leave empty handed. Obviously you do not (and most likely will not) want to be taking anything or everything. However; once you make the commitment to stop and look, as a matter of discipline and habit, you should take something of value to reward your time and energy. Even when you think there is nothing there look harder. Small objects are ideal in these moments. The stuff that may not seem worth it like stationary, hardware , nails & screws..........oddball items that normally do not appear to be a big catches. Taken, used,reused and energy/money/landfill saved, it will just be more slow moving leverage in your favour. Once again, in a year, hundreds, if not thousands of dollars of saved money as you move through life. Think of it as personal pyramid building. I mean we all know deep down that thousands of average workers really built the great Pyramids the hard way. Little piece by piece. It's only epic in hindsight. But it is your pyramid you are building.
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Cover Reveal: Unwritten (Unspoken #1) by M.C. Decker~ Includes Excerpt and Giveaway
We spent the morning, once again, interviewing some of Rich's contacts at the Exchange. It started snowing just as we were exiting the building for lunch. I pulled my red, wool peacoat tighter to my chest and wrapped my knitted, white, infinity scarf closer to my neck. I was glad that I chose my knee-high boots rather than the black pumps I had originally unpacked this morning.
"Why don't we skip our afternoon appointments and play hooky this afternoon," Rich said. "I have the perfect idea."
"Did Rich Davis just suggest playing hooky?" I questioned in disbelief.
"Shockingly, I did," he answered amusingly.
"You've come a long way since you referred to me as the 'slacker-type.'"
"You never let me forget my arrogant ways, do you Miss Anderson? Now let's go have some fun, shall we?"
How could I argue with this playful side of Rich?
"Lead the way, Mr. Davis," I said with the widest possible smile on my face.
We took a cab back to The Plaza where Rich insisted I change into something warm and comfy. I went into my bedroom and changed into a pair of skinny jeans and my favorite white, cashmere sweater. I pulled on my pink Ugg boots and completed my ultimate snow-bunny look with my matching pink puffy jacket. After wrapping my scarf around my neck, I added a knit headband to cover my ears. I figured I would be prepared in case Rich was planning an outdoor activity.
I headed downstairs to the living room and noticed that Rich was already waiting for me, dressed in his winter gear. I tried my best to hide my disappointment after seeing his ski jacket covering so much of his sexy body.
"Where are we headed, Rich?"
"That's my surprise, Brooke. You said you had never been to the city before and I thought we could have some fun and maybe tackle a couple of those locations that are probably in your precious Frommer's Travel Guide."
I soon realized, when Rich didn't immediately hail a cab that we were walking across the street to Central Park. Rich's hand clung to mine as we made our way through the gates and headed toward the signs that pointed toward the Wollman Rink.
"Oh my god, are we going ice skating?" I questioned, as I began jumping up and down on the sidewalk.
"Somehow, I knew you would love this. Is this part of your Home Again movie, too?" he asked.
I couldn't help but laugh at Rich's error. "First, it's Home Alone and no, no ice skating. I've just always dreamt of skating in Central Park. And, we're also so close to the zoo."
"Well, I'm not sure if we'll have time to make it to the zoo. If memory serves, it closes fairly early in the winter. But, I do have another surprise planned for this evening."
Rich and I rented skates and glided over the ice for several hours. The snow started coming down more heavily as the afternoon flew by. After I was certain that my nose was going to fall off, Rich pulled me into a warm embrace. I gazed into his eyes and knew he was going to come in for a kiss. In that moment, I desired his kiss more than my next breath, but instead of letting my heart win, my head pulled away from Rich's arms. "Just colleagues," my inner voice whispered.
Although no words were spoken between us, the carefree atmosphere that had lingered between us all day began to fade away. I had ruined what would have been the most beautiful and romantic kiss in the middle of the Wollman Rink in Central Park. If our lips had met, the falling snow would have coated us both in a light dusting. My already rosy cheeks would have further flushed as a result of his tongue dancing with mine. But, I had ruined that picture-perfect moment. Instead, I just wanted to go back to my room and sulk. Why do I have to be so damn stubborn?
Even though I wanted to head back to the suite, Rich wouldn't hear of it. He may have lost some of his earlier, carefree spunk, but he was still determined to show me the "right way to play hooky."
"If you're gonna be a slacker and play hooky, you might as well do it up right," he kept saying.
"Go big, or go home," I added.
We grabbed hot cocoas and hot dogs, minus the pickles for me, from a street vendor, before Rich waved down a cab to take us the few blocks to his surprise destination.
I laughed to myself when I realized we were stopping at Rockefeller Center. "Hey, this one is in the movie," I said, as I lightly nudged him in the side.
"I figured. Any Christmas movie set in NYC has to include the tree here."
It really was beautiful. As I stood there in Rockefeller Plaza looking up into the tree, illuminated by thousands of tiny white lights, I began thinking about how perfect this day had been. I didn't want to leave because I was afraid of what tomorrow might bring. I didn't want to think about Rich's possible relationship with Janine, my career, or my reservations about us. I just wanted to stay here with Rich – forever.
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And another season goes by. Friends come and friends go, and that's the way it is in our line of work. People come for a short mission of a couple of months, or three or six, and others stay. Some come for a visit, and some who have been here for years, pack up and get ready to move on while you still remain. That's how it is, in the humanitarian world, in the military world, and in the expat world. It's good, it's rich, you meet people from countries you've ever only heard of when they announce them in the Parade of Nations at the Olympics, or at world beauty pageants we used to watch when we were growing up. You meet people from various organisations and agencies you used to read about, thinking, dreaming, hoping, aspiring to work with them at some point. But you also go through endless farewell dinners and parties and speeches and get-togethers for one last time. December is an especially difficult farewell time. So is June/July. In September we always welcome new people, in August the country is a ghost town, each season has its peculiarities, its significance.
Gibran talks of time in The Prophet. He says: But if in your thought you must measure time into seasons, let each season encircle all the other seasons, And let today embrace the past with remembrance and the future with longing.
Indeed this is what one must do. You hear of friends who are about to leave and you prepare for that, though one never really prepares for it. But when you have a moment to yourself amidst the demands of work and the busy farewells and coffees and colleagues from the field who come and go, you sit quietly and reflect on the times you spent together.. you remember an exceptional day at the pool, or a dinner that was out of the ordinary. You remember the day you stole out for lunch on a weekday and observed the birds along a narrow strip of sand in the middle of the sea when the tide was low. You remember the sky full of twinkling stars, an exquisite sunset, the moon's reflection on the sea. You look back upon an afternoon of playing tennis, secretly promising yourself to take up tennis, knowing deep inside that you never would. You remember an evening at the Sky Bar thinking this is the dodgiest place in town, or a dinner at the refugee fish restaurant in the field. Parties, receptions, formal, informal, film festivals and walks down town. And then little things.. always the little things. Small gestures like, I'll pass by to pick you up, I made a cake for your birthday, a phone-call to check how you are because you may need some tender-loving-care at that moment, a ride to the airport and a text once you return from a trip abroad, a sweetly wrapped packet of chocolate carefully placed on your desk, a friend offering to cook for you, texts and inquiries and the "family" you have, your 'ozwa, the need to look out for each other, and random gestures of kindness when you would least expect them. You remember little things, a sentence from a movie, a joke that was said, a song that describes a feeling you're going through at a particular moment, a word or two. And you remember the warmth of a new experience that transforms you.
The comings and goings, the time, the seasons, looking this life in the face and knowing it for what it is. As 'Virginia Woolf' says in the film The Hours, "To look life in the face, always, to look life in the face and to know it for what it is. At last to know it, to love it for what it is, and then, to put it away. .. Always the years between us, always the years. Always the love, Always the hours". Things are not that dramatic, but sometimes it hits you that there are so many welcomes and farewells, so much travelling, so many beginnings and a few endings. And sometimes it doesn't really hit you, because you know that the beginning was the beginning of a time together that will not end with a flight back home. There are memories that have developed. There are smiles and gestures and hugs and jokes and words exchanged. My recent trip to India and reuniting with friends I hadn't seen in 17 years and picking up from there, as naturally as if we had been together a few months ago, is in itself worthy of wonder.
My friend Anna Rohleder says she travels to get lost. I do too, and in India, I felt I was losing myself in the continent. I didn't travel too long nor too far, but between the different groups, I tried to lose myself in the vastness of the country, and in the crowds of participants of the reunion. On the last days especially, I lost myself because it was exhausting to be surrounded by friends and exploring a country of wonders without having the time to reflect and to observe. I usually get lost when it is my birthday because I don't want too much fuss, because then too I want to reflect and see where I stand and where I will soon stand. I get lost at times here.. the Kempinski pool and gym are expensive. Everyone says so. For me it is where I can get lost for a few moments, where I can walk aimlessly on a treadmill while listening to music without interruptions and where I can swim monotonously for some time, without having to engage in conversations or eat or be constantly on the move. I need the time to get lost. Last year I did a lot of travelling, I did a lot of working too and both the travelling and the working were good for me. Now I am here and it is my friends who seem to be travelling, one after the other. I always said it was harder for those who stay, and I've always been happy that I'm the one who picks my suitcases up and leaves.. most of the time. I'm the one to explore the new territory, or return temporarily before coming back again. Now it is different. As I stay longer in Djibouti, I see more and more people leaving. And I feel more and more the need to "get lost" to process this leaving.
There will have to be another account of India, with photos even. All this time, I have not been able to sit and write about it. I think the nature of the experience required some reflection, and though the details risk being forgotten, the time it takes to process a reunion of friends I hadn't seen in 17 years, and the magnificence of the country I was visiting with all its temples, and palaces and adventures and road trips, requires a little more than an immediate write-up and a display of pictures.
Apart from that, Djibouti goes through waves of emergencies and crises unique to its location. It played a central role because of its proximity to Yemen during its crisis. It's been on standby since Kenya announced the closure of Dadaab refugee camp. And yet again because of what is going on in neighbouring Ethiopia, it has begun to receive hundreds, even thousands of asylum seekers of the Oromo ethnic group choosing to leave Ethiopia to find refuge in Djibouti, where even this small number may cause strain on a country where scarce resources are available to the host community. Scarce to the people, but not scarce to a small minority where, some sources assume that if money coming into the country was equally divided among the population for just a few years, this country – which is witnessing one of the highest development growths in the world, at an annual rate of 6%, would actually boom and provide equity to all its population in 5-10 years. But what do you say to the tiny minority that enjoys the privileges it receives. And what do you say to a population that values khaat more than it values producing food for its family. It is said that the government once prohibited khaat for a few years and the crime rate grew so significantly in the country, that they had to permit it again. It is also said that agricultural development projects allocated plots of land to some farmers and taught them how to cultivate certain crops which could grow in this harsh climate. The farmers only used part of the land which was enough to grow their daily intake of khaat and left the rest to deteriorate. Likewise, fishermen only fish what is necessary for their daily intake with a little extra to sell, but not much more. No entrepreneurial skills or ideas. Education is one of the lowest rates of the world, and the businesses are all monopolized by the powerful few who reap all the benefits available in the country and make things really expensive for those living in it. It is a sad state.
And yet the country itself has its advantages to those who can afford them. It has lovely beaches, a world of wonder underwater, a rare season of whale sharks, mangroves, and a salty lake second to the Dead Sea in Jordan, and magnificent volcanic hot springs. You have breathtaking sunrises and sunsets. It has a variety of restaurants serving international cuisine, and you have supermarkets that import French products and you occasionally even have Ben and Jerry's ice-cream! It has stability and security. You have a small expat community where you can form bonds and friendships, and you have the opportunity to excel at work if you really want to. There are sacrifices involved, but it is possible. You also have minimal traffic and the opportunity to exercise and to read and to unwind if you want to.
I've been reading Pamuk lately. His latest book, A Strangeness in my Mind. Yet another 700 page novel about Istanbul and the life of the people of Istanbul. And yet again, I never tire from his style and his descriptions of a city I would dream to live in and be a part of. This novel is about a boza/yoghurt seller and his extended family. Each member of his family has a story, a history, and a struggle. I am also re-reading The God of Small Things. Once again as I read it, I realise and appreciate the beauty of the language that Arundhati Roy uses as she writes. Almost magical. Expressions flowing like a stream. Now she is about to publish another novel, and you read that piece of news and you wonder how someone with such a style could have gotten away with writing just one novel in 20 years.
I listen to music too. I've been listening to more music lately and re-listening to old music, and once again I wonder why one tends to disregard something that lifts one's spirit up so much. Why do we forget to listen to music? For the past few days I have been listening to music in my room in the morning as I get ready to go to work. And since then I have had a little bird come and visit me, coming in between the shutter laps of my window. It's the most beautiful thing. On Friday, the day we learnt of Leonard Cohen's passing, I had two little birds come and visit me.
I have been listening to a lot of Cohen lately, even before he left us. His voice and his latest album have touched something in me and I listen to him, as I do Joan Baez and Joni Mitchel and a few others of their generations. Today I learnt that he joined the folk scene a little later than the others and he was and felt at least 10 years older than them, so thought he never really fit in. Today I had some time in the morning, and I listened to song after song after song.. the more spiritual ones. The less known ones. There is much to discover in this singer/songwriter/poet/mystic if you will, and there is more music to be heard.
It is Saturday and tomorrow we start a new week, a new emergency and a new season of hard work. Tomorrow, a series of Japanese films will be shown at the Institute Francais and starting next week on Mondays, a series of films of Catherine Deneuve. So there are little perks about Djibouti that we come to enjoy because they make a big difference in the routine of our life. It is Saturday and life will go back to normal. No more farewell dinners for now. For now, just a focus on the present, a need to embrace the past with remembrance and the future with longing.


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Dylan Silver: Tahoe Clarity
November 1, 2017 @ 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
An event every week that begins at 8:00am on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, repeating until November 9, 2017
The Capital City Arts Initiative [CCAI] presents its exhibition, Tahoe Clarity, by artist Dylan Silver at the Community Center's Sierra Room. The exhibit will be in the gallery from July 7 – November 9, 2017. The Community Center is located at 851 E William Street, Carson City.
Dylan Silver is a Lake Tahoe-based journalist and photographer. He first started exploring underwater at age 8, diving overboard from a rubber dinghy in the coves around Sand Harbor. After finishing high school near Eureka, California, Silver returned to South Lake Tahoe to attend Lake Tahoe Community College before moving on to San Francisco State University where he completed a bachelor's degree in journalism. Again, he came back to Lake Tahoe.
As a reporter for the Tahoe Daily Tribune, he picked up photography, documenting the people, environment, and businesses of the Tahoe Basin. He always knew he wanted to take his camera into the water to photograph the beauty of the lake's clarity. It took a fortuitous bid on eBay to gain the necessary equipment. When his funky, red underwater camera housing arrived in December 2014, Silver was in the water the next day.
Over the next two years, he shot for more than 60 days and gathered more than 100,000 images. He swam at least once every month of the year, sometimes in water that hovered around 40 degrees. In July, 2016, he started sharing the images under the banner Tahoe Clarity.
Silver earned his M.A. in Journalism from the University of Nevada, Reno in 2017 and lives in South Lake Tahoe, California. More of his work can be found on tahoeclarity.com, Instagram.com/tahoeclarity, facebook.com/tahoeclarity, and his personal website, dylansilver.com.
During the exhibition, Silver will give talks about his work to art students at Douglas High School in Minden and at Carson High School in Carson City.
The Sierra Room is open to the public during the City's official public meetings — most weeknights Monday – Thursday, 5pm – 8pm. For Sierra Room access, call 775.283.7421, email to firstname.lastname@example.com, or check meeting schedules online at www.carson.org/government/meetings-and-events


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An agent at the scene has indicated that the "smoking objects" were found near the north portico, according to Politico.
Update: According to a Fox News report, smoke bombs were thrown over the White House fence during an Occupy Congress rally that, while mostly peaceful, grew intense as the day wore on. "The missile was thrown as some 1,000 people rallied outside the White House," writes Fox News DC. "There were no arrests reported, but the Secret Service warned that could change." Even on a dwindling budget, there's room for a few smoke bombs.


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I have a friend who used to complain about the government's attempt to solve the question of poverty by throwing money at an array of programs. Now he complains about the government's attempt to solve the problem of national security by throwing all sorts of money at it!
It's not unusual for a democratic society to shift back and forth in determining the most appropriate way to use its funds. Citizens need to be informed if they are to help representatives find a proper balance in spending the taxpayers' contributions.
But underlying the need for discerning the wisest way to spend is an even greater need. It has to do with the moral and spiritual tenor of public thought. We might tend to assume that elements of national security provide the protection for our way of life. Actually, it's just the other way around. The right way of life will give us the proper approach to national security; it will lead us to the most appropriate balance of spending for social and military needs.
The more our way of life is based on the assumption that security is in materiality, the less safe and assured we will be. On the other hand, the stronger our understanding of God, Spirit, grows, the more perceptive we will be about how to move society steadily through very unstable and threatening times.
Those who love the Bible will remember time after time when people were saved - both individually and collectively - not because they relied primarily on matter, but because they trusted the security of Spirit. There's beautiful evidence throughout the Bible that Spirit is omnipotent, almighty. As we really love God from this point of view, we will find ourselves acting wisely when it comes to decisions about national security spending.
The Psalmist reminds us of the source of our strength: ''Through thee will we push down our enemies: through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us. For I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me. But thou hast saved us from our enemies, and hast put them to shame that hated us.'' n1
n1 Ps. 44:5-7.
And just who are our enemies? If we're engulfed in materialism, the tendency is to see enemies as other people. But the more we turn to God and recognize Spirit as the only power, the more we begin to see that an enemy is the opposite of Spirit; it is a materialized state of thought. Fear, intolerance, hatred, aggressiveness - these are enemies. How does defining the enemy in this light enhance our national security? The more we love one God, Spirit itself, the freer we are from such false gods as fear or aggression.
You might wonder if it's honestly realistic to think that one individual can do much in terms of the direction of an entire nation. It certainly is realistic. It's realistic because God is the source of all intelligence; He provides each individual with limitless capacities. An understanding of this eternal metaphysical truth can have major implications in your life. Moses was a clear example. Mary Baker Eddy, the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, states, ''Moses advanced a nation to the worship of God in Spirit instead of matter, and illustrated the grand human capacities of being bestowed by immortal Mind.'' n2
n2 Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, p. 200.
Here is a man who literally ''advanced a nation.'' He set an example of ''the grand human capacities'' that every individual receives from divine Mind.
None of us should limit or underestimate what we can contribute to the national security. A truly significant contribution will be our increasing conviction that Spirit is the only genuine power. The more clearly we understand this fact and demonstrate it in our own lives, the more difficult it will be for nations themselves to act from the basis that power comes from materiality. Power stems from God, Spirit. It is the Christ, Truth, that reveals this profound fact in consciousness. A surrendering to God's power can change the course of one's life - and contribute to the direction of his nation. DAILY BIBLE VERSE God hath spoken once; twice I have heard this; that power belongeth unto God. Psalms 62:11


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The brainchild of 28-year-old celebrity promoter Elizabeth Mazzocchi, the new targeted media will feature a 24-hour loop of original two-hour programming daily during the twice-annual fashion shows in New York and L.A. The programming will focus on interviews with the fashion folk including designers and photographers as well as coverage of the runway events.
Ms. Mazzocchi has lured advertisers including JetBlue Airways Corp., FreshLook Color Contacts, Bombay Sapphire and Redken, among others, with the promise of reaching roughly 20,000 fashion insiders, media and socialite attendees in the posh hotels, restaurants, clubs and stores they frequent. Fashion Week this year will be held Sept. 12-19.
"I look at it as a CNBC for the Fashion Week traveler," said Ms. Mazzocchi, who in researching her idea found that the "very vain" group returned to hotel rooms an average of seven times a day to change outfits.
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Deals with roughly 25 hotels, among them Starwood's W chain, Ian Schraeger hotels and New York's Bryant Park Hotel and hip Soho House will carry Fashion Week TV on their open channels during Fashion Weeks for the next five years. Hotels will also give guests a copy of the Fashion Week TV Guide featuring a program overview, Fashion Week schedule, articles and VIP party information. The programming will be carried in the windows of Saks Fifth Avenue and Sony Style stores around the country and other high-fashion boutiques, restaurants and clubs as well as on www.fashionweek.tv.
Many advertisers will run actual 30- or 60-second commercials during the programming, but the real boon, Ms. Mazzochi suggested, is how the brands will be incorporated into programming and featured in a VIP Lounge. Redken, for example, a major sponsor of New York's 7th on Sixth show managed by IMG, will be featured prominently in an hour-long segment that features interviews with celebrity hairstylists and the president of Redken. Redken plans to use the footage in its salons following Fashion Week.
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FreshLook Color Contacts, a division of Novartis's Ciba Vision, will be featured in a 10-year-retrospective where models will vary eye color and a voice-over will tell viewers that the change is brought to you by FreshLook. The VIP lounge set up in the Bryant Park Hotel during the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in New York will feature JetBlue airplane seats, and flight attendants in JetBlue uniforms wearing FreshLook Color Contacts will serve Bombay Sapphire cocktails.
"The fashion industry itself is a very important target for us, since we fly domestically where that audience wants go to, including South Beach [Miami], New York and L.A.," said Tracy Sandford, director of marketing for JetBlue, whose uniforms were designed by Stan Herman, a founder of 7th on Sixth. Fashion Week TV, she said, offered the non-traditional company a non-traditional way to reach that audience (different from the more staid sponsorship of the event itself) and offered "a brand new multi-media approach to reaching this audience."
After it's all over, Ms. Mazzochi plans to send DVDs of the programming to various would-be advertisers and "thought-leaders" to build Fashion Week TV in the future. She said next-year estimates are that the revenue stream from sponsors could reach $20 million. She plans to reach into other fashion markets, among them Paris, Milan, London and Sao Paulo with the concept going forward.


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Kelly Osbourne's on-set embarrassment
Kelly Osbourne had to "dry-hump" her co-star on the set of her debut movie.
The 25-year-old media personality - who portrays groupie Nicole in upcoming film 'Should've Been Romeo' - admits she had an uncomfortable scene to act out, but the experience has made her consider acting as a full-time career.
Writing in her column for Closer magazine, she said: "I've just finished the first week of shooting on my new film 'Should've Been Romeo'. My character Nicole is very different to me - she's a bit of a crazy groupie! I just had to dry-hump my co-star Paul Ben Victor for one of the scenes - and I was s***ting myself because it was so sexual and not me.
"It's been one of the most amazing experiences of my life - I want to do a gritty drama next."
Earlier this week Kelly - whose on previous film experience consists of a cameo in 'Austin Powers: Goldmember' - took to twitter to reveal her nerves at filming the role.
She wrote: "Good morning today is my first day of filming for the movie and im so excited!(sic)"


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