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James Kennedy Patterson was born in 1833 in Scotland. He attended
Hanover College
and received a B.A. in 1856 and an M.A. in 1859.
He taught at the Presbyterian Academy in Greenville, Kentucky from
1856 until 1859, when he moved to Stewart College in Clarksville,
Tennessee. At the start of the Civil War he came to
Lexington, Kentucky
as principal of
Transylvania University,
which at the time was a high school. In 1865 Transylvania merged with
Kentucky University and the newly formed
Agricultural and Mechanical College
where he taught and became president in 1869. He retired as president of
the State University of Kentucky in 1910 and died in 1922. He was buried
in the
Lexington Cemetery.
Patterson Hall,
the first women's dormitory at the University of Kentucky, and the
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Title: Caught
Studio: Fratboy (Helix Studios)
In one way or another these naughty fratboys are caught sniffing jocks, stealing or breaking the rules. Paybacks are a bitch, especially when you're tight hole hasn't been fucked in awhile.
Scene 1: Jayden Ellis Gets Fucked Hard By Paul Pratt
Run Time: 20 minutes
Jayden Ellis and Paul Pratt are in excellent shape. Sit back, relax, unbuckle your belt, whip out your cock and get ready to watch two extremely handsome studs go at it on camera! Paul is a cute, muscular stud that loves pounding young men in their tight little assholes. Jayden is a bit smaller, but still quite fit, and he lives only to suck cock and get fucked hard in his butt. As soon as Paul takes off his shirt, you can see the passion and admiration in Jayden's eyes as he runs his curious hands all over his hard, muscular abdomen. Paul lets him have his fuck, then shoves his hard cock in Jayden's hungry mouth. This hot stud then rams Jayden hard in his ass and makes him scream with both pain and pleasure. Fortunately, the only way to shut him up is by dumping a big load of cum in his mouth!
Scene 2: MIchael Lee Pounds Jake Lyons
Run Time: 20 Minutes
Straight into the fucking is just how Lee likes it. Lucky for Lyons fucking his tight frat hole is just the way he likes it.
Scene 3: Matthew Singer Fucks Jayden Ellis
Run Time: 20 Minutes
Jayden is one vocal frat fuck! Matthew plunges his 8+ inch cock in and out of Jayden's ass in this sultry frat scene.
Scene 4: Michael Lee and Jayden Ellis Fuck
Run Time: 20 Minutes
Micahel Lee pounds Jayden hard.
Scene 5: Brody West Spreads His Cheeks For Paul Pratts Big Cock
Run Time: 20 Minutes
Paul's cock loves Brody's hole.
Run Time: 20 Minutes
Matthew gets Marc to ride his 8" thick frat cock.

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There are no teams! There are no departments. There are no business units. There are no customers and there are no suppliers. There are, however, individuals who comprise all of the above! The human person. It is the human in management that must take primacy at all times. Teams don't under perform – individuals in […]Continue reading →


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Section: Women
BelleBelly Breastfeeding band
What is a BelleBelly?
Its what youve been waiting for a belly band designed to fit you when you breastfeed. Its A-line shaped (smaller at the top and bigger at the bottom), and full length (from underbust to hips).
Use a BelleBelly to turn all your tops into nursing tops, expanding your wardrobe and saving you money.
Its also a must have for pregnancy to fill the gap between your tops and your bottoms when your bump gets bigger.
How do I wear my BelleBelly?
Put it on over your head before you put on the rest of your clothes. Wear it tucked in or out at the bottom for a layered look. Wear it every day. No more only going out between feeds, put on your BelleBelly and be ready wherever you are.
When its time to feed, just lift up your normal top and your BelleBellys got you covered.
Its 95% cotton so it doesnt make you sweaty keeps you cool in summer and warm in the winter.
Its also 5% elastane which gives it the stretch your belly needs as youre growing your baby. And the spring it needs to return to its original shape just like your belly.
Its available in 3 sizes Small, Medium and Large:
Small designed for UK dress sizes 8 to 10
Medium designed for UK dress sizes 12 to 14
Large designed for UK dress sizes 16 to 20
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Boob Fast Food Swimsuit
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Closer To Nature Cooling Pads
The breast cooling pads are a handy 6 pack. The pads are sterile and are individually wrapped. The advanced technological hydrogel used in the pads is suitable to go in refrigerator to cool and soothe sore breasts. The pads moisturise the skin and maximise healing.
- Helps prevent and heal cracked nipples
- Maximises healing
- Moisturises skin
- Cooling, soothing and refreshing
- Individually wrapped
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Cupcake Nursing Bra & Knickers
Bright, young, fun and sexy yet still practical.
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Cuski Great Swandoodle
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Frugi Diva Dress
The most modern and practical breastfeeding dress out there.
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Lansinoh Breast Milk Storage Bags
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Lansinoh LatchAssist
Have your baby positioned for breastfeeding and then use the LatchAssist as directed. This will enable your baby to latch on to your breast as soon as your nipple is drawn out. Small and convenient, the LatchAssist comes with a case so that you can have it with you wherever you are, whenever you may need to draw out your nipple for a better latch.
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Lansinoh Milk Storage Bottles
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Mama Jewels Baby Proof Jewellery
Teething necklaces, Breastfeeding necklaces, Nursing necklaces andMexican Bola pendants all Gifts for gorgeous motherhood
Mama Jewels is all about gorgeous motherhood, whether it's Mum to be gifts, unique new mum gifts or breastfeeding necklaces, we have a gorgeous selection of teething necklaces and nursing necklaces too.
We believe that Mum shouldn't sacrifice their style and that a happy mummy makes a happy baby. Our unrivalled selection of New mum gifts, breastfeeding bracelets and pregnancy baby bola necklaces create the perfect new mum gift at any stage.Anyone that has had to give up wearing jewellery for fear of either baby breaking it or hurting themselves will love this product. Great for mums and babies.
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From birth, babies experience the scent of their mothers, especially during breastfeeding. Research has shown that the smell of the mother, and in particular the smell originating from the breast region, is vital as: Babies can recognize their mothers by smell alone. Babies are calmed and comforted by the smell of their mother. Pheromones from the nipple region promote healthy feeding behaviour (latching, sucking, etc) Scent helps to keep a healthy bond between baby and mother. Mamascent is a bottle attachment that reproduces these sensory benefits of breastfeeding for bottle-fed babies. It consists of a pad that becomes infused with the smell of the mother. A petal from the pad can be attached to a bottle to calm and comfort baby during bottle feeding.Mamascent is for mothers who wish to integrate a bottle with breastfeeding, enabling someone else to feed the baby. Mamascent can also be used for weaning a breastfed baby from the breast to a bottle and for mothers seeking an aid in how to stop breastfeeding too.
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Milkies Milk-Saver
Perfect for the breastfeeding Mum. The Milk - Saver collects milk from the non-feeding breast while breastfeeding. Don't let your precious breast milk be absorbed into a nursing pad and thrown away. The average nursing Mum leaks 1-4 ounces of milk each time she feeds her baby. Save every drop.
Helps easily store extra milk. Discreet and easy to use. Keeps Mum dry and comfortable. Usable with any bra style. Durable - use it as long as you choose to breastfeed.
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Momby Breast Feeding and Bottle Feeding Support
Momby Breastfeeding Support comes with many benefits including assisting with thesymptoms of reflux and colic and flat head syndrome. Momby ensures correct positioning of baby during breastfeeding and bottle feeding. Momby reduces back pain for mothers, as well as shoulder and tummy pain.The inventor of the Momby, leading Korean paediatrician Professor Do Kyun Kim, is a renowned medical doctor specialising in emergency medical science and pediatrics.Professor Kim holds a Ph.D in paediatrics and is widely published. The Professor is a member of the Korean Society of Paediatrics, the Korean Society of Paediatrics Respitory and Allergy as well as the Korean Society of Emergency Medicine
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Nutrimum Breastfeeding Cereal Bars
Preparation and UsageDosage: One portion per day.Do not exceed recommended intake.Instructions for use: One nutrimum cereal bar per day replaces the need for other supplementation. Do not combine with any other form of supplementation without seeking medical advice.This product should not replace a varied diet.
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Pregnacare® Breastfeeding - 84 tablets/capsules
Pregnacare® Breast-feeding is an all-in-one pack with key specific ingredients for the postnatal period. The carefully balanced comprehensive formulation of micronutrients helps safeguard healthy milk production in women and includes specific supporting nutrients e.g. calcium, and vitamins D3 and K.I have taken other vitamins from the Pregnacare range but didn't realise they had breastfeeding tablets. Very practical for forgetful new mums and provides peace of mind.


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Cast This: Max Walker from Timecop
I thought this edition of Cast This would be for fun.
Now that TIMECOP is getting a reboot why not cast the role of Max Walker? I wouldn't say this was a classic by any means, but it wasn't a crappy movie in my humble opinion. Most movie fans I know would actually say it was a fun time. That said, Jean-Claude Van Damme isn't irreplaceable in this role. Sure, he is a one of a kind guy, the "Muscles from Brussels" but we can easily make someone else Walker without worrying about our emotional attachment. Right? Unless it's a nostalgic issue.
What kind of person would play Max Walker? Is there even anyone on the same level as JCVD? Okay, maybe I'm starting to catch a case of unrelenting nostalgia. I mean, it was one of Van Damme's top grossing films after UNIVERSAL SOLIDER, of course. So would we go for a more well known name actor or someone from the B-list? When TIMECOP came out, JCVD was 34 years old. Maybe someone like Dominic Cooper or Jeremy Renner? I'm just throwing ideas out at this point. Are kitchen splits a requirement? If that's the case, doesn't Channing Tatum do the splits? This might be a harder one than I thought. I still think we can come up with something. Let's get this cast before the year 2004...wait. Just get on it!
But we can't replace Mia Sara...can we?
RESULTS FROM PREVIOUS 'CAST THIS': Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver
Quicksilver: 1. Tom Felton 2. Ezra Miller Scarlet Witch: 1. Eva Green 2. Gemma Arterton
I didn't realize until after the fact that we had never established ages for Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch. Would they be younger or older? Well, if Aaron Taylor- Johnson does in fact take the role for THE AVENGERS 2 then they are possibly looking for actors in their late teens/early twenties. The "prototype" for Scarlet Witch, Saoirse Ronan is 19-years old. Despite not having this knowledge, you guys kept your choices fairly young. The oldest of the batch here in Eva Green who is 32 years young. There was also some debate on whether or not to use the brother-sister team. Regardless you made your choices, and honestly I'd like to see Green team-up with either of these actors.
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The folks at the New Oxford American Dictionary have picked "unfriend" as their annual Word of the Year for 2009, a testament to how much social media is affecting the lexicon.
Here's how the Oxford University Press USA blog defines the word:
Unfriend – verb – To remove someone as a "friend" on a social networking site such as Facebook.
Or as used in a sentence, "I decided to unfriend my roommate on Facebook after we had a fight."
Of course, Facebook would not like its 325 million users to start applying "unfriend" en masse because the whole point of the Palo Alto social network is to do the opposite.
"In the online social networking context, its meaning is understood, so its adoption as a modern verb form makes this an interesting choice for Word of the Year," the blog post quotes senior lexicographer Christine Lindberg.
As the social media site Mashable.com points out, "Facebook" became the 2007 Collins English Dictionary word of the year and "Twitter" was selected this year.
Here are the tech words Oxford also considered:
Hashtag – a # [hash] sign added to a word or phrase that enables Twitter users to search for tweets (postings on the Twitter site) that contain similarly tagged items and view thematic sets.
Intexticated – distracted because texting on a cellphone while driving a vehicle.
Netbook – a small, very portable laptop computer with limited memory.
Paywall – a way of blocking access to a part of a website which is only available to paying subscribers.
Sexting – the sending of sexually explicit texts and pictures by cellphone.
The dictionary staff also considered a long list of words from political, economic or pop culture circles, including "funemployed," "birther," "death panel," "teabagger" and "tramp stamp."
Whether "unfriend" proves its longevity remains to be seen. Oxford's pick for Word of the Year in 2008 was "hypermiling," a verb meaning "to attempt to maximize gas mileage by making fuel-conserving adjustments to one's car and one's driving techniques."


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20 comments found.
Very cool theme, good luck with sales man..
Awesome Theme! GLWS
Wonderful Theme! Good luck with sales
An excellent job. Good luck with your sales
Hi, What an amazing theme, but i'm missing a full screen photo presentation, like "home-fullscreen" but without cropping the image and the option to hide the thumbnails. I like how an image is displayed when I click on the LOUPE icon, but it just display one image. Congratulations for the job done, I'm looking forward to purchase this theme if you can clarify this small details. Best MH
Hi, What an amazing theme, but i'm missing a full screen photo presentation, like "home-fullscreen" but without cropping the image and the option to hide the thumbnails. I like how an image is displayed when I click on the LOUPE icon, but it just display one image. Congratulations for the job done, I'm looking forward to purchase this theme if you can clarify this small details. Best MH
Thanks for the kind words! You can set an offset to drop the fullscreen below the header, I just updated the demo. So there are actually 2 fullscreen options for you, the one like you saw on the demo (you can remove the thumbnails easily), or the Revolution Slider which is included also has a fullscreen option.
Also, if you were asking about linking more than one image in the overlay, you can do that. See the second image on this page: http://bit.ly/1bzKq4X That is a "gallery" style. For each portfolio item you can link the magnifying glass to a single image, a series of images, or a video (YouTube or Vimeo).
Thanks for the answer!! Just one more question: I wondering in which different ways (fullscreen) could be displayed the small images that appear in the Portfolio after click the icon (+) ? Thanks MH
I'm unclear of your question. The fullscreen(s) are image sliders, they don't have the image hover like the portfolio items in the other sections have.
Ok, I'm sorry. Can I display a set of images from the main image of this page using magnifying glass? And from the main image on a Blog post?http://gentleman.beantownthemes.com/flv_portfolio/cappuccino-catcher-urna-placerat-ornare-18/
Thanks again
We are going to add that option in the next update, thanks
Is there a way that the images are not cut in the inner gallery?http://gentleman.beantownthemes.com/flv_portfolio/cappuccino-catcher-urna-placerat-ornare-2/
obs: Sorry for my bad english.
Please start a post on our support forum so we can help out: http://support.beantowndesign.com
I am having an issue loading shortcodes when editing a page. It just keeps hanging and never loads after I click on the 'G'. Please can you also send a link to more detailed documentation on the revolution slider because the youtube video is no longer available in your instructions.
I am having issues getting the revolution slider to display via shortcode.
Home page error https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_jtjJPAze_OZVBxQkp1aTY3QnM/edit?usp=drivesdk
Please start a post on our support forum so we can help out http://support.beantowndesign.com
Purchased the template… wanting to know the slider image size for the display of Home – Services and Activities so we can have them display correctly.
Try 1200×635px
Pre-Sales questions 1) Can the sidebar be removed from pages and blog posts? Hope so. 2) The demo doesn't show the rev slider on the boxed version, so I would like to know if used boxed, will the slider fit to the box 100% or will it sit inside with margins? (I hope its 100%) 3) Is there any options to have Pagination for the blog posts instead of it loading a set amount and then showing the "load more" button?
1. Sure, we could create a 100% blog layout, and pages can be any configuration.
2. By default it would be within the margins but we could customize to have 100% width from edge to edge, I like that idea.
3. Yes, you can choose the "load more" or "pagination" style for each blog type, see a pagination example on the bottom of this layout: http://bit.ly/1hmDhGI
Thank-you for the replies. I can't change my current theme without the 100% blog layout, as my images will get reduced in size to fit the sidebar in – I use 900 pix wide images. Would like to see the update and then will purchase. 100% boxed sliders do look great. Thanks!
The update will be available for download later today
Thanks, looks like the update includes the blog width, and is the rev slider now fitting the boxed version too ? I didn't see any new examples in the live demo.
I also wonder if I can change the css row page wrapper 1170px down to 1000px without causing anything else to break ? e.g. the portfolio columns ? Assuming I do this via a child theme, would this be a simple change?
The full width blog is included. We aren't going to include the boxed rev slider, this cn be custom created. You would need CSS editing skills if you were to change overall wrapper widths, thanks.
Sorry to keep asking, but I just want you to clarify this as you haven't already. Is the full width blog for Posts ? You haven't mentioned the word post in any of your replies, and your demo is of the blog Page full-width.
Are you referring to the single article post? The layout I showed you is a full width blog landing page, we can add a full width single article option if that's what you need.
duplicate, woops..
Yes, back to my original question – "1) Can the sidebar be removed from pages and blog posts? ". Sorry if this was not clear. Pages & Posts are what I wanted to see without the sidebar. So, yes you showed me the full width blog landing Page, but then I wanted to click on to see the actual Blog Post without a sidebar too.
Yes pages can be full width, for example this is a full width page with no sidebar: http://bit.ly/1caLgaQ Regarding full width single post view, we missed that but will add it in the next update
I just want to know if it is possible to have "Password-Protected Galleries" in "The Gentleman" Theme ?
Thank you!
You can use a regular password protected wordpress page.
is this compatible with bbpress and other wordpress plugins?
No WordPress theme is compatible with all WordPress plugins. This theme isn't compatible with bbpress, if you let me know what other plugins you are wondering about..
It's not WooCommerce compatible (our themes Hipster and Swag both are), I'm not familiar with the Membership plugin. If the plugin doesn't require custom theme templates/integration (like bbpress and WooCommerce both do) then it should work
Hi, Amazing theme! Is there a guide like " The Gentleman Theme for Dummies"? I really need it! :/ Or any video support?
Thank you.
Open the documentation that came with the download (the index file in the download folder). You can also start a post on our support forum if you have any questions: http://support.beantownthemes.com
Open the documentation that came with the download (the index file in the download folder). You can also start a post on our support forum if you have any questions: http://support.beantownthemes.com
Thank you so much. Have a nice day!
Great Theme! Does this come with psd file?
I can provide you with the PSD files shown here: http://bit.ly/Qd997Q There are some differences, we used those as a base for the design but did make some changes for the responsive framework, etc. The photography images aren't included of course. So yes, I would be happy to provide you with those files after purchase
Any issues with the 3.9?
Nope, works fine
Very great and dynamic theme, a lot of options and customisations possible but there is a big lack about performances issues which is very annoying.. If you solve this performances issues, it's near the perfect theme !
This performances issues are mainly due to: - flv_portfolio plugin (70% of the waterfall latency) - revolution slider plugin (30% of the waterfall latency) Tested with webpagetest.org.
Flv_portfolio is a good plugin, but not well designed.
The fact is for every display of a portfolio, it loads for every thumbnail of a project every image of this project in a synchronous way. When you decide the last 3 projects on your homepage for example and you have 5 images by projets, total loading images are 15 !
To solve this, i have modify in flv_portfolio.php in line 361, 1320 and 1650 : for($h=0;$h<count($pieces);$h++){ by for($h=0;$h<1;$h++){By this modification, I lost the slider feature when you click on the thumbnail, so i remove the icon to by commenting this following snippets of code 50 lines below the line 361, 1320 and 1650 :
$func_output.='<a href="'.$item_source.'" rel="'.$rel.'" title="'.$post->post_title.'" class="'.$item_class.' portfolio-search v2"> <i class="app-icons-search-copy" /> </a>';
I lost this feature, but i recover performances.
Ideally, this plugin should simply load images of the project asynchrnously when the user click on the glass and only load the thumbnail when users load the webpage with porftfolio features.
My 2 cents.
Great theme, one quick pre purchase question. Can I change the colour of the menu font rollover and 'read more' buttons on blog etc. from pink/red to another colour and can I change the colour of icons for 'services'.
Would be happy to do the icons myself if I can have the .psd files. But wondering if any of this can be changed within the theme settings?
Thanks in advance.
You can change colors from theme options. And the icons are icon-fonts so they can be changed easily also
Thanks for the quick reply, thats perfect.
Just purchased the template and can't get the slider to work on the homepage. Can you please provide steps to create a slide like the one your demo site?
Thanks, Tony
Please start a post on our support forum so we can help out: http://support.beantownthemes.com
Really need your help to complete my website. Can you please follow up my questions in the support forum?
Please do not abandon your customers. Posted questions two days ago and still have not heard anything.
We were just off for the weekend, please revisit your post on the forum, thanks
Hi, Great Theme… But i'm having trouble inserting my own logo… nothing shows up. Is there something specific I need to do?
Cheers G
Please start a post on our support forum: http://support.beantownthemes.com
Hi, I tried that. But it says I don't have permissions to view discussions and I'm logged in… I don't understand how to get into the forum??
Send your purchase code to me through the form on my profile page and I'll get you setup on the forum, thanks http://themeforest.net/user/BeantownThemes
thanks, I just sent it.
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Please try a different browser, I just tested the download and had no issues.


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So, as mentioned in my last post, I sent in my iPhone 5 to be fixed. Day after day of calling the local Apple Store paid off and I managed to get in there when they had a loaner iPhone available for me so I would not be phone-less.
The sending in to repair process is fairly easy, but the first thing to do and most important is to make sure you have a good back up before the whole process starts. (Do this at home before you get to the store). Then you will need to turn off Find my iPhone. Then basically they wipe the phone removing all your information and resetting it to factory. You did a backup, right? (even so, a sense of panic sets in as you click the "erase and reset")
The next step is for them to install a diagnostic tool that checks all the components of the phone. If anything fails they make note of it, and some things may actually stop them from continuing with the battery/wake sleep replacement and repair. Basically the phone has to be in good condition prior to it being sent in for repair. After the diagnostic tool completes, the next step is them checking over the phone cosmetically which could take some time. This is really a CYA thing for Apple and you. Making sure you don't get your phone back and come in ranting about how it now has a big scratch on the screen, etc. Then you fill out a bunch of forms, signed a bunch of stuff, and surrender your phone to them. Next step is doing the cosmetic inspection of the loaner phone. Which finally they set up with your Sim card in it and you can restore from iCloud, or another backup if you choose. Whole process took about 1.5 hours. Thankfully the Apple guy that was helping me was quite sociable and there was another guy at the table doing the exact same thing with the replacement/repair of his wake/sleep button. So my ambidextrous Apple genius did both at the same time only screwing up once when entering information, but caught it before anything was submitted.
It took a lot longer to restore from iCloud than anything else. But I couldn't restore using my computer because my iPhone 5 is a 64 gig and the replacement loaner is only 16. It kind of weird having a loaner phone. Sort of like wearing someone else's shoes. Even if they are the same, they still feel somehow "off". It is a 7 to 10 day return period typically, which gives you just enough time to get really frustrated with the lack of storage and the missing apps and data you had to delete just so you could use the loaner.
A week later (i was checking the progress on Apple.com), it was fixed and shipped back. I followed that along with Fedex, which stated it was delivered to the local Apple store (after a few side-trips along the way – California to Memphis TN to Mississauga to London) so I called the store and was told it was still in transit. "Um, no, its in your store and signed for at 4:10pm" after that I was told it needed to be unpacked and logged in as received, etc, and I would get notified shortly. I ended up calling the next morning because I still hadn't heard and again was told it was in transit, so again I explained that "no, in fact, it was in the store". Put on hold, then "what was the name again?" On hold again, and then "oh yes, it's here." It took longer for them to receive and unpack it than it did to get from Memphis to London. sheesh.
Strangely enough I actually got the email notification that it was ready for pickup while standing in the store at the genius bar about to wipe the loaner phone.
Anyway, I have it back, repaired and after a very lengthy restore from a combination of iCloud and then connecting to my MBA, it was back to where it was a week ago. And just in time to throw caution to the wind and install iOS8. I figure now is the time to potentially screw it up, since it's all fixed and I have a good back up of it all just in case things go horribly wrong. But that's not going to happen, right? After all Apple doesn't make mistakes. *returns to drinking the apple koolaid


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Founders' Day Dinner
03/24/2018 @ 6:00 pm - 11:00 pm
Grip Hands as we celebrate Founder's Day with the West Point Society of Atlanta.
- Guest of Honor: MG John C. Thomson III '86, Deputy Commanding General, III Corps and Fort Hood
- When: 24 Mar 2018 (Saturday), 6pm
- Where: Capital City Club – 7 John Portman Blvd NW; Atlanta, GA 30303
- RSVP options:
- To guarantee class seating, please RSVP by 16 March
- Online RSVP: https://secure.west-point.org/wpsa/events/fdd.mhtml
- $75.00 per person for current dues-paying members and their guests
- $85.00 per person for non dues-paying members and their guests
- A reservation made is a reservation paid!
Early RSVPs and payment are strongly requested.
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Pedro Martinez is on the DL again. Perhaps we should abbreviate it to the PM. Ice that calf, get well and…ah, you know what to do, Pedro. You always do.
Heath Bell will be killing time with the Mets until he is allowed to go home to Norfolk. Taking Pedro's place in the rotation will be somebody wasn't all that great to begin with or somebody who used to be but hasn't been lately. But it won't be Lima.
Think we need pitching depth after the last two episodes of corporal punishment? The Cubs used all 25 players in an 18-inning win over the Astros last night/this morning. How is that even possible? How can you leave yourself without a bench and without a bullpen? One line drive pings off the wrong wrist and you're gonna lose 9-0. I only watched the final six innings, so I didn't see all the buttons Dusty pushed to get to the 13th, yet, it's practically unbelievable. Bobby Valentine and Davey Johnson managed historic, marathon wins in the postseason and held a body or two in reserve. Bobby Valentine also outmanaged Dusty Baker in the postseason.
Cubs beat the Astros 1-0 in a day game today. They used a pitcher called up from Iowa to start. And coffee by the potful.
As you may have heard, the Rockies and Diamondbacks also went 18 innings. Watched it sleepily to get my money's worth out of the aptly named MLB Extra Innings. First time four teams have played two games that went 36 innings in the same day ever…on the same day a National Leaguer hit three home runs in the same year he hit for the cycle and his team lost both games. And just now, with the Dodgers succumbing to the Marlins after winning 17 of 18 (best NL stretch since our own in early '86), Vin Scully said, "the wheels have come off the golden coach."
Do other sports have stuff like this? Are there such angled oddities in football or the indoor activities associated with winter? Or legendary platinum voices who slice glittering phrases paper-thin like an expert deli counterman? If there are, I've missed them.
Meanwhile, right around the time the Minute Maid Park grounds crew was simultaneously punching out and punching in, shovels were hoisted and cameras were mugged for in advance of the erection of a facility somewhere in northern New York City. Comedian Billy Crystal was on hand, so you know it was a somber affair. Hours later, an official with the team that will use said structure told its sycophantic announcer (who masquerades as a sports talk host on an obscure staticky frequency), that if his employer didn't get to begin construction right this very minute, it would have very possibly forced his team to very seriously consider moving to the state of New Jersey.
How's that?
That Yankee COO Lonn Trost would address Michael Kay's softball with anything but WE HEART NY makes me wonder if something can still go wrong with the burgeoning blight in the Bronx. Trost used very peculiar language like "if we couldn't start in the next 24 hours…" before making his weird retro threat (just in case the state supreme court changes its mind?). Maybe we should all hop the 4 and form a human chain to stop this project in earnest. Call their bluff, pay their toll and get them out of our Metropolitan Area once and for all. Or as Trost's intrepid interrogator would put it, See Ya!
I have mixed emotions about watching the current Yankee Stadium close up shop…half of me wants to see it imploded in one grand swallow; half of me wants to see it knocked down arrogant piece by arrogant piece with a dynamite-packed wrecking ball. All of me says atta way to Piscataway, fellas.


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Tes-5200, Particle mass Counter* Particle mass & particle counter in a single handheld unit.
*Six mass ranges and eight particle sizes.
*User K-factors setting for special particulate with different densities.
*Integrated temperature / humidity sensor (no need for external add-on).
*Flow rate 2.83 L / minute (0.1 CF / minute).
*Rechargeable battery provides up to 4 hours of continuous operation (charge time 2 hours).
*Buffer function allows storing and redisplay of up to 500 measurement data sets.
*SD storage device.
*Optical system:Sideway light-scattering method
*Light source:Laser diode
*Laser product class:Class 1, IEC 60825-1 / EN 60825-1
*Mass concentration ranges:PM1, PM2.5, PM4, PM7, PM10, and TSP
*Concentration range:0 to 1000 mg/m3
*Sample time:1 minute (2.83 L / min)
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*Counting Efficiency:100% for particles > 0.45mm (per JIS B9921:1997)
*Sample flow rate:2.83 L / min
*Maximum particle concentration:105,900 particles / L (coincidence loss max. 5%) Measurement time:6 s. (0.01CF), 21 s. (1L), 1 min. (0.1 CF, 2.83L), 3 min. 32 s (10L), 10 min. (1 CF, 28.3L), any length (MANUAL), any length (1 s. to 59 min. 59 s.) Relative Humidity:±7%, 20% to 90% non-condensing Temperature:±3°C, 10°C to 40°C (50°F to 104°F)
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Today is September 15.
On December 4th I will run the St. Jude Half-Marathon in Memphis for the second time.
Why am I not motivated to train!?!?! Ugh.
Taking the first step is always the hardest for me. I know that if I just get out there and run, then I will remember how much I enjoy it.
I want to run.
I want to run.
I want to run.
Goals for this year's race:
#1-Beat last year's time (2 hours, 38 minutes...I think)
#2-RUN the entire race....no walking, none, nada
#3-Keep up with Lauren the whole time....Last year she left me at mile 9 when I almost died. Thank goodness for that Gu I found at the water station! Luckily I was able to catch her.
I can do this.
Lacing up.
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digits: Is Motorola Buy a Good Deal for Google?
Some analysts are wondering if Google's $12.5 billion dollar deal for Motorola was the best use of it's cash hoard. MarketWatch's Ben Pimentel and Heard on the Street's Rolfe Winkler join digits to discuss. (Photo: Getty Images.)
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It started on a Saturday.
As we walked through Nieman Marcus, Ale noticed a t-shirt that resembled the print Alex had made in art class. "Hey!" Mamie said, "we could so make a shirt like that!" And after that, we were no longer drooling over the Christian Louboutin shoes or the Chanel purses; all we focused on was starting up this new t-shirt business. And that's how we came up with A(squared) + M.
Fashion has always been important to us. Mamie's role model is Anna Wintour, Ale has an infatuation with Marc Jacobs, and Alex is the next Rachel Zoe, we promise.
Even though we admire these influential figures, we wanted to create a style of our own. A style that would emulate the girl we strive to be. Someone who is confident, independent, a risk-taker, charming, and effortlessly chic. The look we are going for with our t-shirts encompasses all of these qualities and creates a vintage "street-style" look.
Not only did we want to make stylish t-shirts, we wanted to raise awareness about something we care about as well. A(squared) + M is a way for us to embrace our interests in fashion and the arts, while doing just that. We chose to support March of Dimes because it is an organization that is close to our hearts. March of Dimes is an organization that focuses on bettering the health of babies, specifically the prevention of birth defects, premature birth, and infant mortality. A(squared) + M donates a percentage of its profits to the organization in hopes of making a difference in a baby's life.
Our goal is to donate $500 dollars in the next 6 months to March of Dimes, starting after our first order.
So today we started experimenting with different ways that we could get our design on these t-shirts. It didn't quite work out like we planned. It wasn't consistent, the print came out too light, there was a lot of smudging going on--overall, it just didn't work.
Our next plan is to try silk-screening. We'll let you know how that goes soon, wish us luck!
We will be posting pictures so don't be a stranger and visit our blog again!
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5 Reasons Why I'm Thinking
I'm not a fan of blog memes but I could not help but make this post because I was tagged by my dear friend, the one and only, beautiful Jean MacManus. It always makes me wonder who is the one to start these things in the first place. Some bloggers might be quite frustrated (no?) when tagged but I think at times it is beneficial for my reader friends. So, here is 5 reasons why I blog:
1. Knowledge grows when shared. This is my favorite quote of all time and my main motivation to blog.
2. Makes me feel good. If anything was of little help to someone (I hope) then sharing information always made me feel good.
3. Meeting like minded people. The Internet would be a cold place without blogs and receiving comments from readers who like what I write might lead to some great friendships in the future. If you come to Turkey, you can stay my house!
4. Just another hobby. Time left over from studying, sports, and hanging out with friends, this is what I enjoy doing. Its some serious fun!
5. Not for the money. Blogging is not one of my career aspirations so no amount of money will buy me. But hey, I made 5 bucks from Adsense, now I can go buy a magazine that will keep me thinking!
I'm tagging Robert, Divya, Anita, Tisha and John. I would love to hear the reasons why you blog!
On the lighter side, I would like to finish off this post with a (de)motivational poster I got in my inbox. For all you bloggers out there, no matter the reasons why you're blogging! =)
UPDATE: I got tagged again for the same meme by Ray Dotson, Media Lizzy and Louiss Lim.
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I'm going to go out on a limb and guess that you might have one or two cluttered bookshelves in your home. Or maybe you've flipped through a design magazine and asked yourself – why don't my bookshelves look like that? If so, follow these five steps to organize your bookshelves in a way that would make even Nate Berkus proud.
Step One: Define the purpose. A dumping ground for odds and ends is not a suitable purpose! Instead, decide if you want each shelf to serve a functional purpose, like a place to display and store your stationary or your jewelry. Or decide if you want each shelf to serve a more decorative purpose, like a creative display of your books or your favorite photos. It's fine for the shelves to be a combination of both functional and decorative as long as they remain clutter-free.
Step Two: Clear and Sort. Remove the items from each shelf, and group similar items together in piles (or in boxes) on the floor. If your bookshelf includes paperwork as well as a random assortment of stuff, then you'll want to sort items or papers into boxes: to file, to trash, to shred, to recycle, and to move to another area in your home.
Step Three: Purge. Now it's time to really give some consideration to items you have left in piles to go back on the bookshelves. Your goal is to purge items that don't support the purpose you've determined for each shelf. As you review each item in the piles, ask yourself:
- Does this item support the purpose I've determined for any shelves?
- Do I use this item?
- Why am I keeping this?
- Is there another place it would be better stored than it's current location?
Remember to only keep books that you truly enjoyed and know you will read again. Also, determine how much space you want to give to books on the shelves and only keep books that you have room to display.
Step Four: Dust and Decorate. Before you start to decorate, dust the shelves and the items you've removed.
Decorating, or styling, is the fun part where you get to show your personality through the items you showcase on your bookshelves. If you are a book lover, think of creative ways to group books together. It might be based on color, alphabetical by author, genre, or by size.
Here are a couple other basic decorating tips:
- Use different containers, like decorative boxes and baskets, to keep like items together and out of sight.
- Remember to use large accessories with colors that complement others in the room.
- Small accessories tend to look cluttered and collect dust.
- Group items in odd numbers.
Step Five: Schedule the donation. It's likely you've decided to get rid of a number of books and other random items. Pick your favorite charity (almost all take books) and make an appointment on your schedule now to drop everything off. Rest assured someone will enjoy the books as much as you did.
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Chapter 4
This page Guides you to create a Blog website. Your blog website will have the name
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Category: "Petite Sirah"
2007 Stags' Leap Winery Petite SyrahOctober 3rd, 2011
Petite Syrah is a wine that has become synonymous with Stags' Leap. The 30-year old Petite Syrah vineyards located in front of the Manor House on the estate's deep, rocky soils form the backbone of this blend, to which we incorporate fruit from our established grower-partners throughout the Napa Valley.
-Stags' Leap Winery
This wine is awesome. Great thick and velvety texture; it is nearly a meal by itself. There is a big, punchy flavor without too much heat, spice or tannins. This is a well-crafted wine that you should find retailing around $38, so it is more affordable to maybe take to a dinner party (or buy for your favorite reviewer...ahem).
And here I thought that the Elyse Winery Petite Sirah would reign unopposed as my favorite Petite Sirah. Please don't make me choose.
2007 Elyse Petite SirahSeptember 15th, 2011
I went to some amazing places on my trip to Napa Valley and Elyse Winery was a particular delight. I remember the puzzled look on the young man's face when we showed up at about 10:30am for a tasting...but hey, he was open, right? I believe we sampled all of the wines they offer and each was better than the last. Since then I have stared at this bottle of Petite Sirah at the wine shop, daring myself to spend the money (about $40) to relive that morning, even a little bit. I finally broke down. This was quickly noted to be far and away my favorite Petite Sirah. I like the varietal for its boldness and the Elyse is that boldness with a level of class I've not seen matched. I am thirsty for any challengers.
On a rare personal note, we went to Elyse Winery on the recommendation of a friend. I did not have any way to keep in touch with her and her husband after she and the company where we worked went different ways. I think she would be thrilled to know how much I still enjoy Elyse and will continue to enjoy Elyse (when I can afford it). So, thank you, Sally. I hope you and Don are well, wherever you are.


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Get ready to celebrate Halloween in style with the latest update for Fieldrunners 2 and Fieldrunners 2 HD! The all new BOOM-kin Tower is guaranteed to destroy your foes thanks to flame throwing technology that's been incorporated into a lovingly crafted Jack O' Lantern. In addition to the ridiculously powerful BOOM-kin Tower, this update also includes cross device iCloud game save transfers, in app purchases for coin bundles, decreased loading times, and lots of bug fixes. Version 1.2 was launched this morning, so you can expect to see it in the App Store shortly.
Introducing: The BOOM-kin Tower!
The increasingly kooky weapons researchers at Suba Labs are at it again! With their favorite holiday rapidly approaching, they were determined to celebrate Halloween with a BOOM. By incorporating Pyro Tower technology into lovingly crafted Jack O' Lanterns, they've created flame throwing pumpkins that are real combo machines! These new BOOM-kin Towers attack by blasting flames in all directions. While they have a much shorter range than other area of effect weapons, their attacks are ridiculously more powerful.
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Commercial Director COMD/811/03
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- Barnaby Stewart Executive Search
- Location
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- Salary
- £120K Base, Bonus commensurate with success
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- 07 Feb 2018
- Closes
- 07 Mar 2018
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- Construction, Building Services, Property, Energy
- Function
- Operations
- Job Type
- Senior Executive
- Hours
- Permanent
Our client is a well-established Support Services Business within Planned Maintenance and Refurbishment Sectors. Due to continued growth they wish to appoint a Commercial Director to further strengthen their Senior Management team.
The Role
- Reporting directly to the CEO you will be responsible for an aggressive period of profitable growth within the business with particular emphasis on developing new revenue streams to support their existing business.
- The role will involve a high level of client interaction in both the Public and Private Sectors across the UK, establishing, building and maintaining commercial relationships, ensuring that the business resources are continually able to satisfy client demands, expectations and market change.
The Person
- Ideally of graduate calibre, you will have a significant track record of success in growing a business ideally in a construction related support services or projects environment.
- An entrepreneurial leader able to develop and deliver strategies and action plans which will enable the company to widen the scope of the business. You will be experienced in the negotiation of complex contracts.
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It is strange the different perspective one has on the world from a wheelchair.
My bookshelves have a acquired a new interest for me. My eye level has changed and a new range of titles are on their way to becoming familiar as I roll up the passageway to the study: Theological Aesthetics – did I really buy that? I must have, but I doubt I ever got past the introduction. Perhaps this is the time to renew the encounter ... perhaps; I make no promises.
Other concerns engage my mind at the moment, and they are connected to this wheelchair phase of recuperation. My surgeon was quite wise when he visited me at some ungodly hour in my room and said, 'you'll find this recuperating stage very hard: anyone with a demanding job does; it's hard to be away from the office for a long time.' I accept that part of our 'wiring' is our need to be around and available in our work environments because of what can go wrong when we aren't – 'when the cat's away...' as the saying goes.
Unhappily this worldly wisdom applies in the church as much as in any other environment: the church participates in the brokenness of this world no less than any other institution – except that (on a good day) we acknowledge our brokenness and resolutely seek God's grace to deal with it.
While organisational researchers often use systems theory to map and explain how organisations work, they don't usually cite the bible. Yet Paul's description of the church as the body of Christ (1 Corinthians 12: 12-27) is a superb image for the interconnectedness that systems theory maps. One phrase sticks particularly in my mind – 'If one member suffers, all suffer together'. The body imagery is utterly apposite. If there is an infection in a foot there will be a rise in temperature that will manifest itself throughout the body and may lead to other complications. Congregational life is very similar: you only need one person in any congregation to be harbouring a grievance and it is extraordinary how a kind of toxicity can spread through the community (especially now through technology - whether phone, email, or Facebook).
For me the real question is how a congregation responds to the one who is the 'suffering' member. If we ignore them, then we are actually doing damage to the rest of the body – because we are all affected, whether we are recognizing it or not. Equally, if we collude with them (whether passively or, God forbid, actively), toxicity spreads all the faster. For myself, I reckon the health of any congregation can be usefully checked by noting whether issues are brought out into the open or are allowed to fester. Of course the kind of robust openness that this requires is not simple but a spiritual discipline that requires a grace-filled and purposeful attention.
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Elephant poaching 'rife in Central Africa'
Elephant poaching is on the rise in Central Africa, according to a new study funded by the European Union.
Elephant numbers have dramatically fallen in the Central African Republic and Gabon because they are being killed for their ivory, the study says.
Five Southern African nations with large elephant populations want the ivory trade ban to be lifted to allow a limited sell-off.
But animal rights campaigners and countries such as Kenya oppose them, arguing that allowing even a limited trade in ivory will lead to an increase in poaching.
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The French news agency, AFP, reports that the ivory from one elephant tusk can fetch 15,000 CFA francs ($22) - more than many local people earn in a month.
Ivory prices have risen in recent years, the EU study said, from 2,000 CFA per kilo in 1997 to 8,000 CFA last year.
Ivory is smuggled from Central African capitals, such as Brazzaville, Kinshasa, Bangui and Libreville, to West Africa and Asia, where ivory ornaments are highly prized.
Poaching has almost cut Congo's elephant population in half, from 50,000 in the 1990s to less than 30,000, according to Dominique Nsoso from the environment ministry.
While in Gabon, poachers kill between 500 and 1,000 elephants a year out of a population of 20,000, the EU study said.
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"We have taken steps on a regional level to fight poaching in border areas, but the poachers still remain very active," Mr Nsoso said.
The ivory trade was outlawed in 1989 after poachers had decimated elephant populations, especially in East Africa.
In 1999, Botswana, Namibia and Zimbabwe were allowed to hold a one-off sale of 60 tonnes of ivory to Japan.
Now, South Africa and Zambia have joined their three neighbours in seeking to sell 80 tonnes of ivory from their stockpiles.
There are some 242,000 elephants in southern Africa and they say they should not be punished for their sound elephant-protection policies.
They argue that allowing elephants to "pay their way" by selling ivory is actually the best way of ensuring their survival in the long term.
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All-round sportswoman Clare Cryan had a tough choice over what to do this winter.
The international diver and diving coach at Ponds Forge could stay home in Sheffield and carry on playing centre forward for women's football team Socrates in her spare time - or spend nine months cruising the Caribbean!
Not surprisingly the Sheffield Hallamshire University graduate resisted the temptation to slug away in the rain and mud of South Yorkshire and flew out this week to take up the chance of a lifetime on the cruising option.
It's not a holiday. For the 22-year-old Scottish champion and British Championship silver medallist will be part of the 'cast' of a diving variety show on a luxury cruise ship, calling at ports including Haiti, Mexico and Trinidad and Tobago. First stop after landing was a 10-day training course in Florida: "It's a great opportunity," said Clare, a former SIlverdale School student. "I applied online when a friend drew my attention to the ad.
"Actually, I'll miss playing football but it's probably best to have the season off."
She badly injured her ankle in the last match of last season - at Worksop Town in May.
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Game of Queens: The Women who Made Sixteenth Century Europe
By Sarah Gristwood
Oneworld, £20, 416 pages, hardback
It's a regrettable fact that much of history – or, at least, much of our view of it – remains dominated by men. But not in this new book from Tudor historian Sarah Gristwood, which documents an age when a group of high-profile women held positions of power across Europe. Some, such as Anne Boleyn and Elizabeth I, are familiar – others, including Isabella of Castile and Jeanne d'Albret, may be less so. Gristwood brings them all to life with her usual mix of character study and pacy narrative, charting their (often familial) relationships as they weathered religious strife and personal opposition.


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Have you ever been told that you work too hard? Or that you spend too much of your time on a computer?
So is it the computer that draws our attention away from what's going on around us? Or is it the designing?
I think it's probably a mixture of the two, though I do know people who work on computers all day who can't wait to get away from them at the end of the day; which seems to suggest that the designing is probably the main cause, especially if it involves making patterns.
What is it about pattern-making that is so absorbing, almost to the point of 'addiction'?
Is it the fact that our brains are hard-wired to make patterns? Partly.
Is it the fact that, unlike most other forms of art, pattern-making can constantly surprise us? I may think I am in charge of the plan for a pattern but what actually happens is that, at some point in the pattern-making process, unexpected effects, 'happy accidents', seem to occur quite frequently! I don't think I ever create a pattern without being, at least once, 'surprised by joy!'
And that's another thing - the designer, aided and abetted by sophisticated designing software, can experience pure joy whenever a pattern comes together in just the right way.
But so can a landscape painter, a photographer or any creative person whatever creative activity they pursue . . .
So what is about pattern-making that is different? What makes is so absorbing that the hours disappear and nothing else seems to matter?
I think it is the 'what if?' element.
We know that curiosity and the willingness to risk failure are components of creativity. Small children will try all sorts of things in the spirit of wondering, 'what if . . .?' "what if I colour my bedroom wall with my crayons?' "what if I mix up all the spices in the kitchen cupboard?" "what if I put the cat in the drawer and close it . . .?"
When we are absorbed in creating our patterns, in a sense we are back in our early childhood - but with the advantage of having an adult's ability to use a computer to extend and enhance our original ideas. And time becomes as irrelevant as it is to a small child who can't understand the urgency of getting to school on time!
Some adult thought has probably gone into the original design - like this one that I painted a few weeks ago.
But then, after scanning it and the tedious process of tidying it up and making the background transparent on the computer, we enter the magical world of 'what if . . .'
What if I try different background colours?
What if I take one of the little blue flowers and make it into a 'polka dot'?
What if I take the individual flowers and 'toss' them around to make a completely different, but coordinating pattern?
Stripes maybe? And even a plaid or a matching check gingham?
And then - what if I put some of them together in mix'n'match designs?
Or even a faux patchwork?
Of course, I've made it look more straightforward than it probably is! It doesn't always run so smoothly.
As well as 'happy accidents', there are the unexpected results that are far from welcome too! Finding patterns that work together can take time . . . and that's when other things can get neglected, as we wrestle with the 'ingredients' that we know will eventually fall into place, if we just keep working at it!
How will the border look on a teapot? Can I use the mix'n'match to make a greeting card . . .? What will the faux patchwork look like on a laptop sleeve?
Here's a pillow/cushion that I think came out quite well -
Of course, I always hope that others will enjoy my 'creations' as much as I enjoy creating them.
So if you are one of those people who suffer from a friend or family member getting so caught up in their pattern-making that you feel neglected, please don't take it personally!
I very much hope that the process I have described here will go some way to helping you understand what's going on - and it may even, maybe, help you to share in the excitement and ultimately, the joy as well.
And if you are on the receiving end of grumbles about your 'obsession', don't let the negative remarks stop you doing what you love! Remember, nobody else can do what you do - your 'talent' is your gift to the world and, as Louise Hay said, 'somewhere, someone is looking for just what you have to offer'.
Try to accept that a 'balanced' life may not be for you - in fact, I sometimes think that the concept of the 'balanced life' is probably the handy invention of those who lack the courage to embrace their talents whole-heartedly, never daring to ask 'what if?' - and that could never be said of you, could it?
If Early Man had listened to his wife and led a 'balanced life', if he had never allowed himself to to wonder, 'what if . . . ?' the wheel might never have been invented.
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Rugby at the 1900 Summer Games: Next Summer Games
Host City: Paris, France
Venue(s): Municipal Velodrome, Paris
Date Started: October 14, 1900
Date Finished: October 28, 1900
Format: Round-robin tournament.
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Unlike soccer football, rugby football definitely had a small round-robin tournament scheduled. According to the Official Report, there were to be three games between the three entered teams, as follows: 14 October: France vs. Germany; 21 October: Great Britain vs. Germany; and 28 October: France vs. Great Britain. All three teams competed but the match between Germany and Great Britain on 21 October did not take place. The reason given was that the British and German teams were not able to stay in Paris for the entire 15 days that would have been required for them to play both matches.
The scoring system in 1900 was a bit different than in previous years, and also different than that used today. At the 1900 Olympics, a try was worth 3 points, as was a penalty goal. A conversion was worth 2 points and a dropped goal was worth 4 points. This scoring system was apparently devised by Coubertin, a rugby enthusiast and referee. We are indebted to Ian Buchanan (GBR), former ISOH President, who discovered this system and the scoring in the two matches which took place.
Rugby was interesting in that it attracted the biggest crowds of any event at the 1900 Olympics. As many as 6,000 spectators watched the second match of the tournament between France and Great Britain. In addition, the first known black Olympic athlete competed in the 1900 rugby tournament. This was Constantin Henriquez , who was of Haitian origin, and later became a doctor. A picture of him exists in the German sporting magazine from 1900, Sport im Bild.


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Ensimmäinen International Classical Guitar Competition of Finland järjestetään Tampereella 6.-9.6.2018. Vuoden 2018 kilpailu, kuten koko TGF 2018, on omistettu kuubalaiselle säveltäjä-kapellimestari-kitaristi Leo Brouwerille.
Kilpailun järjestää Tampere Guitar Festival. Mukana yhteistyössä ovat Tampereen konservatorio, Tampereen Musiikkiakatemia, Majaoja-säätiö sekä yrityskumppanit.
Kyseessä on kansainvälinen kilpailu, ja kaikki tieto ja säännöt ovat saatavilla ainoastaan englannin kielellä.
RESULTS OF 1st CLASSICAL GUITAR COMPETITION OF FINLAND
The 1st International Classical Guitar Competition was successful. It had 20 competitors from 10 countries and 4 continents. Competitors: Jonne Grans (FIN), Jose Casallas (COL), Agni-Sandia Hallik (EST), Taavi Kiviranta (FIN), Joona Lintunen (FIN), Dóra Cserenyec (HUN), Leo Sörlin (SWE), Kasperi Leponiemi (FIN), Tuomo Kupari (FIN), Yonatan Garmider (ISR), Santeri Rautiainen (FIN), Johannes Ali-Sisto (FIN), Campbell Diamond (AUS), Misael Barraza-Diaz (MEX), Ben Malinowski (SCO), Teuvo Taimioja (FIN), Aukusti Arjas (FIN), Otto Kentala (FIN), Henrik Holmström (FIN) and Taiki Matsumoto (JAP).
The winner of the 1st Guitar Competition of Finland is Misael Barraza-Diaz from Mexico. He won a concert guitar worth of 7 000 € made by Finnish luthier Keijo Korelin. The winner received also 2 000 € Majaoja Prize, concert tour as Young Star artists in European guitar festivals and permission to participate in EuroStrings competition in London next year. Winner of that will get a concert tour in China and US + 5 000 € cash prize. Barraza-Diaz will also perform in Finland in 2019 in his award concert.
The 2nd place was split between Australian Campbell Diamond and Finnish Otto Kentala. 3rd place was given for Hungarian Dora Cserenyec. All competitors received a gift back from D'Addario, Augustine and RC Strings. Leo Brouwer Special Award for the best interpretation of music by Brouwer was given to Campbell Diamond. The favourite artist of the audience was Finnish guitarit Otto Kentala. He won a concert guitar worth of 5 000 € made by Altamira Guitars. Junior Jury voted for their favorite competitors from Round 1. Ostinato Sheet Music Shop gift cards went to: 1st Prize: Misael Barraza-Diaz, 2nd Prize Dora Cserenyec and 3rd Price Taiki Matsumoto, Japan.
The main partners of the competition were Majaoja Foundation, City of Tampere and Tampere Music Academy. The head of the jury was Finnish producer and guitarist Seppo Siirala. Other members of the jury were Marco Tamayo (Cuba), Anabel Montesinos (Spain), Andrzej Wilkus (Sibelius Academy, Finland) and Timo Ruottinen (Alba Records, Finland). The honorary member of the jury was Cuban legend Leo Brouwer. The main partners of the whole festival are City of Tampere and Arts Promotion Centre Finland.
Registration has been closed for year 2018.
Schedule 2018
Opening ceremony
• Date: Wed 6th June 2018
• Time: 12.00
• Venue: Tampere Music Academy, Pyynikki Hall (Pyynikkisali)
All competitors are obligated to be at the Opening ceremony for media and lottery for the order of playing.
Round 1
Day 1 – Wed 6th June
• Time: 14.30 - 18
Day 2 – Thu 7th June
• Time: 9.30 - 13.30
Day 3 – Fri 8th June
• Time: 9.30 - 11.30
Venue: Tampere Music Academy, Pyynikki Hall (Pyynikkisali)
Results of Round 1
• Date: Fri 8th
• Time: 13.00
• Venue: Tampere Music Academy, Pyynikki Hall (Pyynikkisali)
All competitors are expected to be present.
• Date: Sat 9th June
• Time: 15 - 17.30
• Venue: Tampere Music Academy, Pyynikki Hall (Pyynikkisali)
• Date: Sat 9th June
• Time: 20.00
• Venue: Tampere Hall, Main Auditorium (Tampere-talo, Iso sali)
Accommodation, MASTER CLASSES, ORCHESTRA
Where to stay during the competition? Don't worry! We have rooms available at the official TGF accommodation Varala for the participants of the Round 1. If you get to Final, we have rooms available at Dream Hostel Tampere. If you want to secure your accommodation in case you are not one of the finalists, please inform us about this in registration form.
- Round 1 – Varala: Earliest from June 3rd until June 8th
- Final – Dream Hostel Tampere: June 8th - 10th
The competition takes place during the 14th Tampere Guitar Festival with master classes, lectures and concerts, and a special project: Leo Brouwer Guitar Orchestra. All applicants will be contacted with an email. When you are accepted to the competition, you can book accommodation and sign in also to all these other activities. For the schedule it is perfectly fine to play also in the orchestra and have master class lessons.
So first: register for the competition – book all the rest via our competitors form when you accepted as a competitor.
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Smile, Things Can't Be That Bad
Redzilla writes one of my favorite blogs. She has an Attitude. Her Bullshit-O-Meter is finely tuned. She hates Bush. (Are those last two sentences redundant?) She makes sweaters to keep her hairless cats warm in the winter. I enjoy almost everything she writes. But.
One recent post raised my hackles and put me into Rant Mode. She complains that "Professor Zombie," a colleague at an American University, wears a bitter, sour face every day and she wishes he'd put a bag over his head or kill himself in order to spare her the agony of having to look at him. I don't know if Professor Zombie spews venom at everyone around him while he's frowning. Redzilla doesn't say. She seems mainly to resent the fact that he scowls and doesn't join in the daily frivolity that is expected when one is in the company of another American.
Can you guess where this Rant is going? In the 12 years that I have lived in Germany, not one person has come up to me and said "Smile, things can't be that bad!" No German friend has informed me that the expression on my face is unacceptable. No German stranger has instructed me to change the look of my face.
"Smile, things can't be that bad!" I would be standing in line at an American grocery store, waiting to pay for my purchases, and the person behind the counter would say that to me. I would be lost in my own thoughts waiting for an acquaintance to show up for a date, and their greeting was "Smile, things can't be that bad!"
It used to really piss me off. I guess it still does.
Redzilla, I'd like to meet this Professor Zombie. I'll bet he acquired his permanent scowl because you and every other American he has ever met greeted him with "Smile, things can't be that bad!" I'll bet he has some interesting things to talk about. Have you ever asked him what's going on in his life? Have you ever asked him about his hobbies or his pets or his favorite television show or his opinions on politics? Have you ever asked him if things are ok in his life? Do you give a shit about him?
No, it's pretty obvious from your blog post that you don't.
Americans want other people to be pleasant and wear a smile at all times. If they don't, we get a scowl on our face and say unpleasant things about (and often to) them. No one is allowed to insult us to our face. But we insult other people with glee behind their backs. This, dear, is called hypocrisy. It pisses me off. It's unkind. It cuts off any possibility of real communication. It means that we will never be friends, because we will never get to know each other.
It's just one more reason why I'm glad I'm living in Germany.
[Addendum:] OK, in the interests of fairness and "it's different when I do it" and "the things that piss me off in other people are usually the things I don't want to admit in myself", I'm admitting that I make fun of certain people instead of — uh — what? accepting them as valuable human beings? But, when I make fun of them, they really are bozos, but when you make fun of them you're not being fair. Yeah.
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October 25th, 2007 @ 4:17 am
This also pisses me off about American culture. Usually when people tell me to smile, I have to refrain from punching that person in the face.
Recently, at school, one of the secretaries brightly informed me, "You're not allowed to sign out until you smile!" I was like, dude, you break up your second fight in a week and see how smiley YOU are. I said, instead of punching her, "I'll try." An administrator overheard this and chimed in, "You don't have to TRY to smile, just DO it!" Kill!
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October 26th, 2007 @ 5:35 am
What pisses me off:
People that hate people they don't know because they dislike things they do.
People that lump all people of a nation together as if every person is exactly someone they dislike.
Good Lord!
Give me a break!
November 11th, 2007 @ 7:21 am
I'm not much a smiling type at all… in fact, when I force a smile for a photo it looks more like a death grimace. My friends have learned that it's just me, and they've learned to read the more subtle indicators of my mood. Very few strangers tell me to smile anymore, and most of the ones that do get the "I am smiling… can't you tell?" response.
February 28th, 2011 @ 2:34 pm
Sad enough, that all bad rumors about Americans are true, isn't it? World-championates of faking everything? Yes, fake money (forgott Lehman?), fake equality of opportunity (still problems of poor and rich? eh?), fake believers (Bush pray and betrays in public, so what is there to believe in? In lies?), fake boobs (yes, we dare to write about it here!), fake friends (don't turn around, then they start talking 'bout you!) and a fake white pop-star who died recently (or was this fake, too???).
Sorry, when I'm not just "lumping up" but stacking You onto the pile of the rest: you have no opinion and there is just yawning, hollow emptiness as a sign of a fake encouragement to fight for fake fellows!
Just cut of Your last nerve to the common sense of the rest of the world an have a brake!
Have a Break – Have a KitKat!
or I could have written:
Have a Brake – Have a TikTak!
Doesn't make sense to You, but may be You find out, why it sounds funny to me, here in ol'Germany…
Greets, Snow!
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4/120 Mentmore Towers (formerly listed as Mentmore House) 26.9.51
Formerly a country house, now the British Seat of the World Government of the Age of Enlightenment. Built 1852-4 by Sir Joseph Paxton and G.H. Stokes for Baron Mayer Amschel de Rothschild. Ancaster ashlar, flat lead roofs. In the Jacobethan style, much influenced by Wollaton Hall. Main block of 2 storeys is almost square in plan with projecting 3-storey corner towers and single storey wings flanking entrance courtyard. Right wing masks service court to north. Main block is articulated by entablatures and pairs of lugged pilasters on plinths: ground floor is Doric with triglyph entablature; first floor is Ionic and has plinths with cartouches. Balustraded parapet with stone urns on plinths and, on N.E. side, a central scrolled gable with broken segmental pediment, clock and flanking obelisks. Towers have Corinthian pilasters on plinths with cartouches, entablatures with carved heads, and scrolled gables with small pediments, central open roundels, heraldic lion finials and corner obelisks. Groups of round stone chimney shafts with panelled capitals and linked cornice heads. Stone mullion windows with double transoms. N.E. front has 5-light windows in outer bays, and slightly projecting centrepiece with 2-light windows flanking 4-light. Towers have 4-light windows or elaborate strapwork cartouches. Central double panelled doors with large radiating fanlight. Single storey porch has semi-circular arch to each face with carved lion-head keystones, flanking pairs of lugged Doric columns, and triglyph entablature with central Rothschild crest. Flanking wings have rows of 6 arched niches, triglyph entablature and balustraded parapet, and terminate in similar 2-storey towers to front. Remainder is similar, the S.E. front with central heraldic crests and cyphers dated 1851, and keyblock dated AH1878. Service wing is of 2 storeys and a basement with a single Doric order and similar parapets, and is built around a small court with inner walls of white brick and entrance arch to N.W. Interior: central 2-storey hall is faced with Caen stone and has arcaded first floor gallery with marble balustrade. Glazed ceiling with wooden ribs, plaster coving with moulded strapwork cartouches. Ground floor of hall has large arched doors with early examples of plate glass, and fireplace, said to have come from Rubens' house in Antwerp, of black and white marble with large projecting entablature hood on scrolled sheep herms. Other ground floor rooms have heavy carved marble fireplaces with large mirrors above, carved skirting boards and door surrounds with panelled doors. Rooms in S.E. range have plaster ceilings with gilt Rococo decoration, some C18 imported from France. Dining room has very fine C18 boiseries and gilt ceiling from the Hotel de Villars, Paris, with C18 Genoese velvet in some panels and paintings by Van Loo over the mirrors. Small room to right of entrance front also has C18 french panelling with overdoors by Boucher. Stairwell is of Caen stone with Jacobethan plaster ceiling; single lower flight and double upper flights of stairs with marble balustrades. First floor has suites of bedrooms, also with marble fireplaces, and with bathroom fittings adapted from C18 french commodes. His Lordship's Room has plaster gilt Rococo ceiling. Mentmore is also notable as one of the earliest houses to have a hot water and central heating system. (SAVE Britain's Heritage, Mentmore for the Nation, 1977)
Listing NGR: SP9025119659
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Legacy System number: 42105
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Books and journals
Mentmore for the Nation, (1977)
Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England, Part 4 Buckinghamshire,
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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