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Social Justice and Equity Fellowship
The Social Justice and Equity fellows are students who spent two semesters researching challenges faced by specific populations and devising recommendations for how MiraCosta can address these challenges. The fellows received training and support from the Student Equity Department, as well as faculty and staff members across the college community. In May 2017, they gave presentations about their ideas for how to make MiraCosta more inclusive and accessible to all students.
The Fellowships will not be offered for the 2017-2018 academic year, although there are many other opportunities to get involved with social justice and equity. See http://miracosta.edu/sjec for more information about upcoming events and activities. For questions, please contact Jodi Mulhall at (760) 757-2121 x6918 or email email@example.com.
2016-2017 Fellows
Social Justice - Transgender Community
Jamila Huerta-Jimenez is an Honors student at MiraCosta College working for the Social Justice & Equity Center [room OC3445]. She is representing the Transgender Community and is currently working to create a program that will educate the youth community about the diverse existence of gender identities and sexuality that has been oppressed by strong social norms in society. Her major is Psychology with an emphasis of LGBTQIA+ Studies. With passion and encouragement from friends, faculty and staff, Jamila was able to educate approximately over 500 college/university students in the spring 2016 school semester. She is also part of the North County San Diego LGBTQ Resource Center as the Coordinator in Education for the Gender Advocacy Project. She is fluent in English, Spanish, and Italian, and loves to dance.
Access – Black/African-American Students
Asha Dunigan is a political science major emphasizing in international relations. She has received an Associates Degree from MiraCosta College in Behavior Science and she plans to transfer to a California State University in fall of 2017. She is a former Summer Bridge student, a current Umoja student as well as an Oceanside Senator for ASG. She wants use her research to create a project that will greatly improve the college experience and also increase the success rate for incoming black students. She hopes to positively impact her community by strengthen their preparedness for higher education.
Access – LGBTQIA+ Students
Van works to increase the equity of and visibility for the LGBTQIA+ community through educational and student outreach events including celebrating LGBTQIA+ achievements and history! Although their heart resides with LGBTQIA+ youth they diversify their humanitarian efforts both on campus and in the greater community, having received the President's Volunteer Service Award for their work. They are currently conducting research in order to develop a capstone project that will address the underrepresentation of LGBTQIA+ students in STEM courses and majors with the end goal of increasing LGBTQIA+ representation in STEM agencies nationwide. They are the Gender Sexuality Alliance Club President, an honors scholar, and a business major, having already received their Associates Degree in Social and Behavioral Sciences. Caring deeply about the plight and affliction of animals in factory farms, they educate others about this issue and are a proud vegan! Van has two Scottish terriers and is transferring in the Fall of 2017.
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Heather Sorgine is a second year physics major and Social Justice Research Fellow with focus on the economically disadvantaged. Heather was born in Seattle, WA and as the product of a tumultuous childhood has lived in many of the Western states. Her humanist values and sense of duty to serve her community were inspired by her early experiences and reinforced by the family that generously took her in as a young adult.
She has worked with many nonprofits in various capacities. She is currently a board member of the local non-profit, Feeding the Soul Foundation. This organization promotes creative generosity through advocacy and fundraising for other local nonprofit beneficiaries. Her work with this organization earned her the President's Volunteer Service Award for completing more than 150 volunteer hours within the community during the 2015-2016 school year.
Prior to attending MiraCosta as a re-entry student, she has had the opportunity to work in many fields including civil law and infrastructure construction. Rich life experience and the determination to continue learning push her to follow her imagination into the sciences. She acknowledges that although there is a rising trend of female involvement, women in STEM fields continue to be under-represented and their participation is paramount to the advancement of science and technology as a whole. She is eager to join her peers.
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Access – Formerly Incarcerated
Lucas is passionate about many things, but he is most passionate about education and social justice. He is currently working on increasing access to higher education for formerly incarcerated students. His research project seeks to create meaningful connections both on MiraCosta College's campus, and in the community with the end goal of empowering students who have experienced incarceration.


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Saturday, September 15, 2012
Stacking the Shelves (10)
Stacking The Shelves is all about sharing the books you are adding to your shelves, may it be physical or virtual. This means you can include books you buy in physical store or online, books you borrow from friends or the library, review books, gifts and of course ebooks!
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The Giving Quilt by Jennifer Chiaverini
"Why do you give?" asks Master Quilter Sylvia Bergstrom Compson Cooper in The Giving Quilt, the New York Timesbestselling author Jennifer Chiaverini's artful, inspiring novel that imagines what good would come from practicing the holiday spirit each and every day of the year.
At Elm Creek Manor, the week after Thanksgiving is "Quiltsgiving," a time to commence a season of generosity. From near and far, quilters and aspiring quilters—a librarian, a teacher, a college student, and a quilt-shop clerk among them—gather for a special winter session of quilt camp, to make quilts for Project Linus. (In real life, Chiaverini has long been active in this charitable organization, dedicated to providing handmade quilts and blankets to children in need.)
Each quilter, ever mindful that many of her neighbors, friends, and family members are struggling through difficult times, uses her creative gifts to alleviate their collective burden. As the week unfolds, the quilters respond to Sylvia's provocative question in ways as varied as the life experiences that drew them to Elm Creek Manor. Love and comfort are sewn into the warm, bright, beautiful quilts they stitch, and their stories collectively consider the strength of human connection and its rich rewards.
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Pulse Roll Label Products - Looking Forward to Labelexpo Europe 2015
Tuesday, July 28, 2015
Press release from the issuing company
Bristol, United Kingdom – Narrow web ink and varnish manufacturer, Pulse Roll Label Products Ltd is once again exhibiting at Labelexpo Europe, the world's largest event for the label and package printing industry. The show will be held at Brussels Expo over 4 days from 29 September to 2 October 2015, in 8 halls and with over 600 exhibitors.
During Labelexpo Europe 2015, Pulse Roll Label Products will unveil its new high strength UV flexo ink system which pushes the boundaries of what can be achieved in terms of ink vibrancy and colour. A range of mono-pigmented mixing bases will complement the process set, making it easier to achieve brighter and higher colour strength with substantially less ink usage.
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Liverpool to host Everton in FA Cup third round at Anfield
By Mark Crellin
Last Updated: 14/12/17 11:16pm
Liverpool will play host to local rivals Everton in the third round of the FA Cup next month.
It will be a second meeting in the space of a month for the Mersey rivals, who also lock horns at Anfield this Sunday, live on Sky Sports.
The draw was held on Monday night and cup holders Arsenal face a trip to Championship side Nottingham Forest while Manchester United will welcome Derby.
Premier League leaders Manchester City were drawn at home to Burnley and last season's beaten finalists Chelsea will be away at Norwich.
'The M23 Derby' between Brighton and Crystal Palace was contested in the Premier League for the first time last week and the duo will square off once again at the Amex in the third round of the Cup, while Championship sides Middlesbrough and Sunderland will meet in another eye-catching derby.
League One side AFC Wimbledon can look forward to a day out at Wembley, having been drawn away at London rivals Tottenham.
And League Two leaders Luton have also been handed an enticing away day - the Hatters will be heading to St James' Park for a clash with Newcastle.
Non-league Hereford will welcome 2016 Premier League champions Leicester to Edgar Street, if they can first win their replay against League One side Fleetwood.
And National League outfit AFC Fylde will make a trip to Premier League Bournemouth if they can upset the odds in their second-round replay at Wigan.
The third round has produced numerous upsets over the years and potential victims this season include West Ham, who are away at League One promotion-chasers Shrewsbury, and Premier League basement boys Swansea, who face a very tough trip to Championship leaders Wolves.
FA Cup third-round draw:
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Wolves v Swansea
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Egad !! We will have our very own teen in about 7 hours and a few minutes !! Ah Ha !! You're not officially a teen yet. You will be one – at 3.25 pm (Indian Standard Time). See how I'm desperately trying to hold on to your babyhood !!! :-)
Alright, getting down to the basics J. Aps, this is that time of the year yet again when I stare wistfully at time zipping past and I wonder where it flies to. Thirteen years back, I vividly remember that moment when the nurses handed me a bundle which had two arms, two legs, ten perfect tiny fingers and ten perfect tiny toes – not to mention a pair of huge eyes that were wide open and a beautifully bald head (well, almost !!). There ! Just like that !! My heart walked out of my body and was yours – that very instant. A part of me though, was thoroughly petrified. I was scared out of my daylights, for, I simply did not know what to do with that tiny little vociferous bundle in my arms. The thought that we (me and daddy) were now actually responsible for bringing up a life was thoroughly terrifying.
Thirteen years have flown past and you are, today, officially, at one of the most important crossroads of life. Thirteen, it is often said, is that threshold between being a girl and a young lady. You've changed – oh yes ! you have !! Who would know this better than us, who share your life and us, who share our lives with you – day in and day out.
I found myself looking at the family picture that I have on my phone as a wallpaper. Think it had been taken a couple of years back and I could not help but marvel at the changes in you. Gone are those chubby cheeks, which have been replaced with a chiselled face – with features and a strong character of its own. Gone is that wavy hair which has been replaced by these silky straight tresses that I openly admire. Gone is that tentative look in your eyes as you tried to figure out whether to step forward or not to and in its place what I see now is a newfound confidence in yourself and your ability to deal with situations, as they arise. Gone is the self-doubt that used to cloud your lovely eyes more often than we would have liked it to and in its place what I see very often now is a steely determination – to fight the odds and try and conquer them. Good on you, Aparna . Good on you !
It's hard to believe that it's just five more years before you hit college / university and the possibility being very strong that it would be some place halfway around this globe. The thought is exciting on the one hand because it would open up a whole new world for you but at the same time, a bit unsettling too, truth be told. So we'll cross that bridge when we come to it !!
Right now, for you, life is all about choices. It is scary but it is time to embrace them as well. I know you will – in your own inimitable way and if you need help along the way – I know I don't need to say it but I'll say it any way – we are always here for you.
When I see you nowadays, the thought that strikes me is just this – you do know a lot more about life and its ways than you did a couple of years back yet there are so many things that you still don't. Life, it is often said, is a great teacher and it decides to teach you lots of things along the way. It does ! You are still innocent enough to "not know" when someone is not being completely honest with you but that bit comes with experience.
As you discover "true friends" and learn to distinguish them from the "conniving ones", there may be times when you'll still get hurt and truth be told, I've never ever been good at watching you get hurt. When something or someone hurts you, you hurt, yes but we, as your parents who have to stand and watch you getting hurt (because life sometimes teaches people lessons the hard way), is doubly painful. We've been down this road before when you were in Primary School but what I would like you to take away from those painful memories of being bullied is the fact that it has made you a much stronger person, it has helped you evolve into a much tougher and a much more resilient individual.
As girls step into the "young lady" stage in life, the word "boys" usually takes on a totally different connotation J. Am not completely sure I'm ready for that yet. For that matter, I honestly don't know if you are, either J.
There have been numerous times when we've stepped and trodden on each others' toes and feet over the past couple of years. Though our relationship is on a much more even keel now there will be times in the future when I might intervene (what you might construe as an intrusion) and step on your toes. Do be patient with me then, for I too am learning to be a mom to a teen. Yes, I've been a teen before (though that was a completely different story) but never before have I been a mom to a teen. Now that is a different cup of tea, altogether. Even on days when we turn on each other, when we have our "stare each other in the eyes and dare each other to give up first" moments, on days when I give you a good piece of my mind (Oh yes – those days aren't over yet) I hope you do remember that whatever we do, we do with the best of your interest in our hearts. I hope you hang on to that, especially on days when I'm being hard on you.
I love the time we spend shopping together. Not only is it fun but it is when I see facets of you (just as I'm sure you see crazy facets of me !) that I've never seen before. That day when we spent a hour and a half in the perfume store still beings a huge smile to my face. It was time well spent together and added bonus – the boys had to wait outside the store for us !! You know what, let's do that more often !!! Oh that said, you are most welcome to spray my perfumes away to oblivion. What ? You think I've not noticed the rate at which my Gucci Envy Me and the Elizabeth Arden and many others have gone down a few centimeters ?? Seriously ?? Well, spray away, young lady. Perfumes are an integral part of a woman's wardrobe and you are most welcome to mine.
I hope and pray today, as I do every single day, that you see yourself the way I see you – kind, compassionate, creative, not –very-patient J, graceful, sure, strong, confident, crazy funny (what – did you not know that you are indeed a riot ?), gentle and passionate about your true friends and about what you do.
While you have officially finished your childhood, in terms of the numbers, don't quite run away from it. Keep that little child in your heart alive and kicking, now and for ever. Don't rush into being a grown up. I'd say be thirteen for a good while – maybe about a year or so J and then you can go on to being fourteen J. Life is a lovely journey, albeit with a few bumps along the way. Enjoy it, for life is indeed a great ride, speed bumps and all included.
Yes – I've not officially admitted this so far. I've always ribbed you about this. I've always accepted this – but in jest – whilst crouching down. But today, I officially admit that you are indeed taller than me. Yes, you are ! As I say that, I stand tall and I stand proud. Proud of what you are today, of what you have made of yourself as you stand at this crossroad in your life.
With all my love and then some,
Mom :-)


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Spielberg is looking to cast actor Sir Ben Kingsley in the drama, which will begin filming in June, a spokeswoman at his Dreamworks studio said.
The Israelis died after being taken hostage by Palestinian activists at the 1972 summer games in Munich.
Spielberg also plans a version of the sci-fi tale War of the Worlds, film industry paper Daily Variety said.
The Dreamworks spokeswoman said details of the Olympics film project had been kept shrouded in secrecy as Spielberg pinned down European locations for the production.
She said the screenplay would be written by Eric Roth, who won an Oscar for his Forrest Gump script and was nominated for The Insider.
The film is to be released by Universal and overseen by Dreamworks, although no release date has been set.
Sir Ben previously co-starred in Schindler's List, Spielberg's Oscar-winning Holocaust drama which was recently released on DVD.
The Munich Olympics killings were also was the subject of the 2000 Oscar-winning documentary One Day in September directed by Kevin Macdonald.
Spielberg's next movie, The Terminal, starring Tom Hanks as a Russian immigrant stranded in a US airport, is due for release in June.


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There are a wide variety of gift card deals going on right now, and eBay has a few that came out today / recently. The 3 that I am personally taking advantage of are:
All 3 of those are sold (limit of 5 each making 15 total) by Paypal Digital Gifts, which should code as 5x on a Chase Ink card. There are a few other gift cards on sale at eBay – Doctor of Credit has a good rundown
Not as lucrative as the good ol' days
These are still decent deals (and nice "pajama points"), but it's not as great as the good ol days when you would also earn eBay bucks on these types of promotions. Even many shopping portals don't track on eBay gift card purchases (though I would still recommend going through one just to be sure)
Other gift card deals going on right now
I've been focused a lot on gift card reselling lately.
(SEE ALSO: How to get started in gift card reselling)
(SEE ALSO: Another day, another $900 in profit from reselling gift cards)
Here are some other gift card deals going on right now that we are talking alot about on the Points With a Crew miles and points Slack channel
- Dollar General $10 off 2 cards
- ITunes and more on sale at Bed Bath and Beyond
- Ongoing gift card deals at Kroger
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The effective governance of any group or organisation is essential to its success. No matter if we are concerned with how to run a firm (corporate governance), a neighbourhood or city (local governance), a country (national governance), or an international body (global governance), we need to have the most reliable approach for ensuring that all those involved will act in pursuit of their common objective.
Political, management, and psychological theories all point to a spectrum of ideas with an authoritarian system at one end and an anarchic model at the other. Between the authoritarian (which places the power to decide and command in an unquestionable elite) and the anarchic (which relies on decisions and actions backed by the unanimous agreement of individuals at every turn), there are communitarian approaches that combine democratic cooperation for making rules with universal enforcement to tackle irresponsibility and free-riding.
Communitarian governance rejects both handing power irrevocably to a few to dictate to others, and granting everyone a veto to block anything that does not on a given occasion suit them. Instead it relies on three tried and tested principles for enabling people to work together, namely the principles of mutual responsibility, cooperative enquiry, and citizen participation (see 'Communitarians: an introduction' for an outline of the three principles; see 'Communitarianism: a new agenda for politics and citizenship' for a book-length exposition). And it applies these to the three key domains of group interaction, namely, problem-solving culture, power structure, and accountability system (see 'Together We Can' for further resources on how to develop a cooperative problem-solving culture; see 'Against Power Inequalities' for a historical review of power structures; and see 'Responsibility' for an analysis of the conditions under which people should be held responsible for their behaviour).
This gives us 9 essential communitarian elements for achieving the most effective governance:
Embedding mutual responsibility in the problem-solving culture, power structure, and accountability system of the group/organisation in question
1. Shared Mission
All members of the group need to have a shared understanding of their collective mission or purpose. They should see that the group is organised to enable them to join forces for their respective wellbeing.
* Measures of success: How widely is the core mission owned and appreciated by all members? How convinced are members that they have an organisation which has the rules and capacity to achieve their mission?
* Signs of weakness: Disorder – individuals sense chaos, insecurity, indifference, constant conflict, and the sum being notably less than its parts.
2. You-&-I Mutuality
The benefits/resources generated by the group are shared on terms of genuine mutuality, and no individual or section is at liberty to amass what comes from the group's collective endeavours to enrich themselves at the expense of others.
* Measures of success: Are there arrangements in place to prioritise, adjudicate & enforce the fair distribution of benefits? Are all members confident the arrangements will operate reliably and impartially?
* Signs of weakness: Exploitation – some members feeling that others have privileged access to what is produced by the group, and they are constantly marginalised and deprived of their share.
3. Nimble Membership
There is a responsive and transparent membership system that underpins who is brought into the group and who may be excluded from it, and makes clear to all those who are on board what their rights & duties are in relation to the group.
* Measures of success: Is there a sustainable and non-discriminatory process to recruiting, inducting, rejecting & expelling members? Do members know what is expected of them individually and that they will be held to account through appropriate reviews if they act irresponsibly? How clear is there a decision path for assessing membership issues such as merger/federation with other groups?
* Signs of weakness: Unsustainability – with too few/too many members to function effectively; having unsuitable members to utilise the resources; or members distrustful of the process of determining their membership, and/or that for accepting/excluding new ones.
Embedding cooperative enquiry in the problem-solving culture, power structure, and accountability system of the group/organisation in question
4. Educative Collaboration
All member of the group are able to learn together what they should do and what changes would be suitable to make.
* Measures of success: Is there a culture of lifelong learning? Are members supported to engage in deliberative exchanges to inform their beliefs, policies, and practices?
* Signs of weakness: Thoughtlessness – members detached from thinking through why things are done in their group; they casually accept or reject ideas & instructions. There is a lack of interest in learning from each other or from other sources.
5. Testing of Claims and Assumptions
The group does not privilege any doctrine or assertion as unquestionable, nor does it grant anyone the authority to make claims that others must accept without due evidence or reason.
* Measures of success: How confident are members in questioning claims put forward by those in more highly ranked positions? Is everyone aware that nothing (in the name of 'tradition' or anything else) can be ring-fenced from empirical analysis? Is open and critical discussion of current and new ideas encouraged and facilitated?
* Signs of weakness: Dogmatism – irrational beliefs taking hold & undermining intelligent considerations. Widespread feeling there is no point or scope in subjecting any activity to critical questioning.
6. Open Access to Information
There is a vibrant information system so nothing untoward is hidden and useful information is widely shared.
* Measures of success: How reliable are the communication channels in place to facilitate inspection, audit, whistleblowing, peer review to keep wrongdoing at bay? How easy is it for members to discover and access relevant and accurate information about the group's past performance and future options?
* Signs of weakness: Concealment – the systematic or regular shielding of irresponsible actions; the deliberate refusal or obstruction to members seeking to find out more about what has been done in the group and why.
Embedding citizen participation in the problem-solving culture, power structure, and accountability system of the group/organisation in question
7. Participatory Decision-Making
The group respects every member equally in being entitled to participate in the making of decisions that affect them, and enables all members to contribute to those decisions on an informed and deliberative basis.
* Measures of success: Are the procedures for decision-making clear to all members? How extensive are training and participation opportunities made available? And how effective are they in ensuring that no one will be ignored or disrespected? How well are joint decision-making facilitated so it is carried out rationally and inclusively? Does the joint decision-making apply to how to divide and distribute the surplus generated by the group?
* Signs of weakness: Disengagement – a significant number of members either lack the information or skills to make sensible decisions, or decline to become involved in decision making altogether. Insufficiently thought-through or biased decisions systemically harm the organisation & its members.
8. Impartial Distribution of Power
The group abides by the democratic ethos so that no one is permitted to possess so much power that they can intimidate or dictate terms to others.
* Measures of success: Are there safeguards in place to stop individuals or sections in the group accumulating power? Is there a regular and effective redistribution of power so that even concentrated powers for emergencies are only granted on temporary basis? Are there checks and balances so that no one can hold others to ransom by threats?
* Signs of weakness: Oppression – the suppression of dissent and pervasive enforcement of reluctant compliance. Fear, resentment, distrust of the leaders.
9. Accountability for Action
The group is protected by a robust accountability system so those entrusted with higher authority to act on behalf of all members are unlikely to take actions that are against the wider interest of the group or are to benefit themselves solely without due consent from the group.
* Measures of success: Are there transparent electoral or selection process to replace those with positions of authority? How easy is it to detect unjustifiable actions? Are there reliable mechanisms for all to trigger to summon potential wrongdoers to account for their actions? Are members supported in being vigilant in challenging decisions that appear to be illegitimate?
* Signs of weakness: Corruption – some stay in positions of power regardless of concerns raised; some are suspected of placing their own personal interests and/or those who bribe them above the collective interests of members in general, and subvert the group for the gains of a few.
Anyone interested in the theoretical foundations for the nine elements we have set out can refer to the supplementary resources cited above. For those who want to focus on their practical applications, they can cross-check each of the nine elements against their own organisation's governance, and mark each one out of ten. This will provide them with a snapshot of their relative strengths and weaknesses, and also how robust their governance is overall. Each element can be further specified with more detailed criteria. But for the purpose of offering a framework for assessing governance in general, this guide is a good place to start.


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It turned out to be a good thing that I got waylaid from beginning my portrait in the end. I decided to change surfaces from primed hardboard to canvas, and work larger, plus a different aspect ratio :-)
This original image was taken on my cell phone, not a great way of shooting a reference photo for a painting, but I just could not resist the shot. We were at a Mexican restaurant near my Dad's place in Toronto, and Shaun was sitting across from me and the light from the window I just loved on her. Her pose was just what she was doing and I asked her if she could just hold it, may I get a pic. My kids are used to that since they could walk so she agreed.
So, since the image is minus info I would have gotten with my Nikon, especially in the highlights, I will most likely need to keep this portrait more stylized, painterly, as opposed to highly detailed.
The thinking can often be that working from photos is somehow less than working from life, but that is a bit of a myth in many ways. I do have 30+ years of life drawing behind me which help plus I don't see well so reference images are better for me. Plus, no way can my daughter sit for this. In any event, to be quite honest, our drawings from life are still not a representation of real "seeing" because we artists tend to focus on each specific area of the figure/still life we draw, during the whole drawing time, therefore will draw everything in detail. If we were to draw exactly as the eye sees, then only one small area which our eyes are on should be in focus in our painting, and the rest just off that few inches where our eyes choose to specifically sit on the figure/object be a total blur. If I draw with no glasses, my whole image would just be abstract and blurred texture lol!
To work from a reference, one needs to be aware of the short fallings that the equipment may have caused. One, the lens will often create distortion beyond what the eye would create. One example is that a nose on a face in a pic can be too large as it being to close to the lens, or the particular lens and distance the figure was from the lens, will cause the nose to be larger in comparison to the face than it truly should appear to the naked eye. A forward arm can have the same issue.
In the case of my reference here, I had to reshoot her arm months later as it was not in a good position in my original photo. I mocked it up but when I have to draw and paint it, I'm going to need to pay close attention to melding the 2 references in the original drawing, plus make sure I don't make her arm and especially her hand too enlarged and focal. Right now, to keep the reference proper, I had to allow her hand too be too big in it and not foreshortened quite enough. Her face will be most focused, the rest will be less so, the background quite loose and blurred. It will all be played by ear as I paint lol! As well, the table wood will be the gnarled knotted wood of the original table, not the striped veneer of the 2nd ref image.
Most likely this portrait will take me 1 1/2 yrs to complete, on weekends, as I can only work during the day, before 2pm or so, because I work from natural light by my north facing sliding glass window.
I chose this portrait for her casual pose, the beautiful light and shadows on her face, as well as the warm spicy atmosphere and palette coupled with her porcelain skin tones.
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Here's a quick lowdown on volume 3 for those who haven't ordered from Juno:
01. Viewed From An Obscure Angle (3:10)
02. Summer's Dream (4:16)
03. Sunken Ships (3:40)
04. The Empty Land (5:40)
05. A Glitch In Cellular Memory (3:21)
06. Recollection (3:22)
07. Accompaniment For Melodious Expression (3:05)
08. Absolution (3:39)
09. The Oldest Lady (1:19)
10. A Diversionary Tactic (3:07)
11. The Silent Place (2:52)
12. Out Of Sync Child (2:00)
13. Hall Of Mirrors (1:34)
14. End Of The World (4:35)
15. Sense Of Being (1:50)
16. Surface Water (3:42)
17. Heart Sick Chord (8:10)
18. Repetition Is A Form Of Change (1:45)
Mood-wise, we can confirm what was long suspected (since the appearance of the cover back in '08): this is a very Dead Cities sounding record. Following Volume 2's epic spaciousness and possibly cold arctic sounds, this record is darker, more haunting and more sinister. The initial impression is 'the ruins of the Dead City' - that album's mood but more sombre and less violent. The warped/damaged photos of deserted architecture in the sleeve matches this.
On the whole the music is ambient, with a few of the group's recent neoclassical leanings (particularly the beautiful opening piece, and the astonishing string section in End Of The World); more percussion than the first two volumes but not so much to make it anything other than a true ambient record. All in all: utterly marvellous.
While the forum's down, feel free to use the comment button on this entry to discuss the record and volume 4!


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What first sparked your interest in cruising vacations? Did you know after your first that it would become a lifelong habit that you would not want to kick?
What first sparked your interest in cruising vacations? Did you know after your first that it would become a lifelong habit that you would not want to kick?
In our case, my parents cruised a number of times with a group of good friends so I had a good impression of it since around high school. My sister and BiL got bitten by the bug first. Finally, we decided to do a cruise honeymoon which departed from Boston. That was it. We were planning our next voyage not long after we returned. Then every year at least once since 2004(ish).
Cruising is something that I had always dreamed about. I finally got to do it on my honeymoon and new that I would be back. Unfortunately, it took me another 18 years for everything to come together to be able to do it. I now go at least once per year.
For Monique and I it was our 30th anniversary that prompted the cruise. Monique had cruised before with her Mom and sisters and I had only been on the ocean in large navy vessels.
Our first cruise was a long trip to Hawaii and back to L.A. It was also the first real holiday we had ever taken in 30 years, so it was kind of important.
Our target was ever odd year, and we did that 2009, 2011, 2013, but the economy and time frames collapsed here for 2015 and 2017.. so we are booked for the Cruiseline.com cruise in January of 2018.. and we will see what happens after.
I read a common theme of romance and special occasion in our respective stories, BDRebel and Johngold.
We were involved at the time with a group that enjoyed Country/western dancing. Our instructors floated an idea of taking a seven day cruise, which they would provide instruction during the cruise. We signed up and fell in love with cruising. The dance group is a distant memory, but our cruising is still going strong!
Two loves of my life -- the sea and my wife -- even better together
As a kid, I watched the Love Boat. Cruising seemed like such a glamorous thing, and I never dreamed that one day I would be cruising on a regular basis.
My kids wanted to take a family cruise and were going to make it our Christmas gift. I didn't want to go at all since I know that I get seasick on anything that moves on the water, but I agreed to go once to please the kids and DH. By that time, our two oldest girls had given up on Mom and started their families. In May, 2013 DH, youngest DD, and I went on a five day out of Port Canaveral on the Ecstasy. I was hooked from the moment I stepped on the ship and looked up in the atrium. Bonine takes care of my seasickness and I am the worst cruise addict of our entire extended family.
The family cruise finally happened in 2015, and we are planning another for 2017.
My sister worked on a couple of different cruise ships back in the late 70s and early 80s, but as a young family we couldn't afford to cruise with her, even at the cheap family rate. For years I tried to convince my new husband to cruise but he thought we'd be bored since we aren't party animals, yet he loves boating. Finally I convinced him to try a short cruise and then complete our spring vacation in Florida where we always go. He agreed, and loved it! We've only cruised 4 times so far due to the distance to the cruise port and our preference for vacationing in the warm climates in the late winter or early spring.
First while in my late teens my parents discovered cruises and enjoyed a number of them. Then a few years later when I was much younger and in a different life a friend had interested my wife and I in a cruise together but that fell through when the travel agency went under and there was a lot of negative fallout. After that cruising was not on my radar untill I remarried 10 years ago. My wife had cruised a few times and wanted to go on a cruise for our honeymoon. So we booked a 10 night and I was hooked. From the start of that cruise till the present day I am always thinking of our next cruise.
I was finishing my first year of grad school, and a friend from undergrad that lived in Jersey who has been a long time cruiser with his parents on just about every line messaged me and asked if I wanted to join him and his parents... I had to pay the 1,000 and get a passport, but I didn't know any better so I said hell yeah!
The next year I was surprisingly invited back! I loved it the first time, so I said yeah!
After that I finished my degree, and needed to get a job, which I did, relocated to MD, and had about an 8 year hiatus until I was invited by my BF's parents... and the obsession was re-sparked.
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Continuing our Friday-let's-forget-what-a-bad-place-the-world-can-be cuteness trifecta, here's a teeny, tiny little Scottish Fold Ninja kitten named Soy Sauce.
I'm not sure why he's such ninja – because he's all in black maybe? But who really cares? He's so adorable he'll make the most manly of men feel like his masculinity flew away on sparkly wings out the window to go on a shopping spree for a few hours. Seriously, this kitten is so adorable rocks and stones will turn to mush and go 'awwww.'
And don't you love how teeny kittens always seem to defy gravity with their leaps and bounds into the air? They jump up with virtually no weight holding them to the planet and then they waft down as if they could stay up in the air for as long as they want to, only they don't want to.
Hands up who loves Ninja kittens? Everyone, right? Right.


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Every Monday afternoon we have 'caravan'. Caravan is where all of the team go out and see first hand all the new properties that have come onto the market. My colleagues work hard to bring in new mandates, we then personally visit so that each one of us knows each property inside and out!
I find this very useful. Clients can then be assured that if they make an enquiry we have actually visited the property so can answer directly any questions they may have.
Apart from the serious side of caravan, I enjoy it so much because we take trips across the beautifully stunning countryside, where we may stop off for a coffee in a little village somewhere.... I never get bored with visiting the new properties myself either. The very old properties, typical of the Lot, are just so steeped in history. You get to meet some interesting people! You never know what you may find inside a property....
After 'caravan' I will post the new properties, only once I have seen them. That way, you can ask me any questions!


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It was a rainy night when I met photographer Hana Haley and her model, Lindsey, in the beautiful Westin St. Francis hotel. I've long admired Hana's beautiful 35mm film photography from afar - whimsical, gritty, feminine and haunting, her aesthetic and concepts lines up so well with my own. So I was immensely pleased and honored when Hana asked me to collaborate and style this shoot with her - I just knew it was a match made in pretty photo heaven. Miss Lindsey (the model) is, quite literally, an absolute doll (that hair! those lips!), wearing the clothes so well I almost just wanted her to take them all home. And there is just something about wandering in fancy hotels that has always held a huge place in my heart and imagination. Needless to say, helping with the creative process of this shoot was an absolute dream.
The concept was essentially a young girl wandering alone in a fancy hotel - playing dress up, exploring...very 1960's teenage -dream, valley of the dolls, wes-anderson-heroin influences as far as the styling went. And it was such a thrill, once the photos were developed, to see the concept so perfectly realized. There will be plenty more collaborations between miss Hana and I in the near future, and I couldn't be more excited.


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Sure, sure - we all know Mike Myers, Bryan Adams and Celine Dion are Canadian (don't we?). But we'd bet a small crate of Labatt beer that you didn't know and/or had forgotten that these stars were from the land of moose and mounties.
(And when we say 'you' we do of course mean 'we'.)
Click through our slideshow of unexpected Canadians below - and remember: if you don't like their work, you know what to do. That's right: this.


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WhatsApp, the most popular cross platform mobile messaging app has released its latest update. The most notable change in the newer version features formatting of font, WhatsApp Official Font Update 2016 makes chatting more fun. Users will now be able to send their messages in Bold, Italics and Strikethrough within the app. These changes have been implemented in WhatsApp version 2.12.539.
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FixedSys, the font style introduced is an iconic monospaced style which was actually first used in 1985 by Microsoft Windows 1.0.
App does not yet highlight how to make use of these new features but here are some tips which would help you understanding the features.
To send in FixedSys Style: Add three Apostrophe (') characters in front and end of the text. For example, '''Hello World''' would send this in FixedSys font style. This can be a little struggle for iPhone users as Apostrophe is tough to find on the keypad. You need to hit the 123 key and then press and hold the (') character to get the functionality.
Bold: Add an asterisk (*) before and after the sentence or phrase. For example, *Hello World* would result in Hello World.
Italics: Add an underscore (_) in front and end of the text. For example, _Hello World_ would result in Hello World.
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These attractive features have been introduced for better user experience and to improve the quality of messaging.
Apart from this notable font changes WhatsApp also made some improvements in displaying notifications. The name of the sender will now appear in bold which is aimed for better readability. You can also send PDFs through google docs in the recent version of WhatsApp. The ability to embed a previous text in your reply, like a Quote-Tweet on Twitter, and forwarding to other conversations has also been featured.
With its remarkable features and quality user interface WhatsApp has already won over a billion hearts. The newly added features set a bar for other similar apps. What are your comments on these new features? Do you like them? What would you want more in the upcoming updates from WhatsApp? Please let us know.


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Nearly two hours before Chris Brown's scheduled hearing in D. C. Superior Court his attorneys notified prosecutors that they were rejecting a plea deal they earlier agreed to. The plea deal would have meant no probation or jail time but included Brown pleading guilty to assault for allegedly punching a photograph-seeking fan outside the W Hotel in downtown Washington.
Kevin Chambers, Assistant U.S. Attorney, said although the deal called for no jail time, Brown would have had to agree to the details of the assault as outlined by prosecutors. Brown's attorney, Mark J. Geragos, said his client does not agree with the details of the assault the way the prosecutors described them. During a press conference outside of the courthouse, Geragos said, "If they want a trial that is what they are going to get."
Prosecutors alleged Brown and his bodyguard, Christopher Hollosy, hit their client, Parker Adams, after he tried to take a picture of himself with the entertainer. Brown's attorneys have maintained the singer and his bodyguard acted in self-defense. This is the second time a plea deal was rejected by Brown. A deal was also offered in January from the prosecutors; Brown rejected the plea deal and opted instead to go to trial. His trial has been delayed several times and his next scheduled court appearance is September 8.
Following a two-day trial in April, Superior Court Senior Judge Patricia Wynn ruled Hollosy was guilty. Attorneys for Hollosy and Brown said they have new information which could help both of their cases. Hollosy was originally scheduled to be sentenced in August, but Judge Wynn has agreed to delay his sentencing until November 7. Hollosy's attorneys have also requested a new trial, although prosecutors have objected Wynn said she would indeed consider the request.
Brown was originally charged with a felony assault after an altercation took place with a 20 year-old fan who wanted a picture with Grammy Award winning singer. The supposed assault occurred on October 27, 2013 outside of the post W Hotel in downtown Washington. Under disputed circumstances Brown and Hollosy were both charged by police with hitting the man around 4:30 in the morning follow a party at the Park at 14th nightclub. The charge was later reduced to a misdemeanor.
Leading up to this second plea deal Brown has been in rehab and incarcerated. The R & B singer had been ordered to an inpatient rehabilitation facility as part of his plea deal in connection with the 2009 conviction for the assault of Rihanna, his girlfriend at the time. In March, Brown was ordered to jail by a California judge for allegedly making threats about using guns while in rehab for anger management. The singer was incarcerated for more than two months before his release on June 2.
After two days of negotiations between defense attorneys and D.C. prosecutors, Chris Brown has rejected the plea deal. Nearly two hours before Brown's scheduled hearing in D. C. Superior Court his attorneys notified prosecutors that they were rejecting the deal they earlier agreed to. Although the plea deal would mean no probation or jail time it also stipulated that Brown plead guilty to the outlined assault for allegedly punching a photograph-seeking fan outside the W Hotel in downtown Washington. The troubled singer returns to court on September 8, 2014.
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Yue Wu - Yue Wu is an Urban and Regional Studies, and Music student. Here she presents "Seeing Sound," a conceptual sculpture that helps people hear the urban sound environment by seeing.
Anna Warfield - Anna Warfield is a Fine Arts and Communication student. She speaks here about how her art informs how she approaches communication, while her communication informs how she approaches art.
Emma Regnier - Emma Regnier is a Fine Arts and Environmental Science and Sustainability student. She speaks here about how she merges her interests in art and science through scientific illustration.
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Somerset regain top-spot by beating Unicorns
Somerset 213 for 4 beat Unicorns 208 for 5 by six wickets
Somerset regained the leadership of Group C with a comfortable six-wicket victory over the Unicorns in the Clydesdale Bank 40 match at Taunton.
The visitors posted 208 for 5 after winning the toss, Michael Thornely becoming the first Unicorns player to score a century in the competition this season. The opener was unbeaten on 105 at the end of the 40 overs, while captain Keith Parsons contributed 38. George Dockrell was the pick of the Somerset bowlers with one wicket for 24 runs from his eight overs.
The total was never likely to test Somerset's strong batting line-up. Marcus Trescothick (53) and Craig Kieswetter (45) put on 99 in 14 overs and after both departed James Hildreth (50 not out) ensured victory with more than five overs to spare.
Spinners Bradley Wadlan (two for 39) and Luke Beaven, who conceded only 34 from his eight overs, did their best to tie the home side down, but the Unicorns were 50 runs short of a competitive total. That was despite a tremendous effort from Thornely, who hit 11 fours in facing 115 balls. He gave one chance in the final over when he was dropped by Jos Buttler at deep midwicket off Alfonso Thomas.
By then Thornely was on 104, having paced his innings well. Former Somerset favourite Parsons leant good support in a fourth wicket stand of 53 and will have been disappointed to sky a catch to deep midwicket with his team 115 for three in the 26th over. Dockrell, who opened the bowling with his left arm spin, showed excellent control and variation to go for just three an over.
Trescothick and Kieswetter looked set to make light work of their target. But, on 45, Kieswetter drove a catch to cover off Luis Reece and it sparked a blip in the Somerset innings.
Trescothick soon followed, having hit seven fours in his 42-ball innings, bowled trying to reverse sweep Wadlan. And when Peter Trego was caught at cover to give Wadlan another wicket it was 116 for three. Nick Compton celebrated the award of his county cap at the interval with a steadying 25 off 43 balls, allowing Hildreth to go for his shots as he moved to a half-century off 50 deliveries.
When Compton was bowled by Andy McGarry with 27 runs still needed, Jos Buttler marched out to hit 23 of them off just eight balls, ending the game with a big six over midwicket off Glen Querl. A victory in one of their two remaining games should now be enough to put Somerset in the semi-finals.


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The fitness and bodybuilding communities lost an icon last weekend with the death of Joe Weider. A bodybuilding expert, fitness magazine publisher, and mentor to Arnold Schwarzenegger, Weider died of heart failure at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. He was 93 years old.
His age at death is a testament to his understanding of fitness and health. Like Jack Lalanne, who died in 2011 at the age of 96, Weider attributed his longevity to exercise and healthy living, and both men developed lucrative careers and fitness empires from their dedication to health and wellness.
Joe Weider was publisher of bodybuilding and fitness magazines and developer of exercise equipment and nutrition supplements. Weider Publications include top-selling fitness magazines Muscle and Fitness, Flex, Shape, Men's Fitness, Fit Pregnancy, Cooks, Living Fit, Senior Golfer, and more. He also authored Weider System of Bodybuilding and co-authored Brothers of Iron with his brother, Ben Weider. He was named "Publisher of the Year" by The Periodical and Book Association in 1983.
In the 1930's, the Weider family launched the first sports nutrition company, Weider Nutrition, now known as Schiff Nutrition International. The company produced and sold some of the best-selling and most widely-known nutrition bars and supplements on the market today.
In 1946, in the wake of World War II, Ben and Joe Weider founded the International Federation of Body Builders, the organization that sponsored Mr. Universe, Mr. Olympia, and other notable men's and women's bodybuilding competitions.
Known as "The Master Blaster" and hailed by his protege Arnold Schwarzenegger as "the godfather of fitness," Joe Weider was the fitness innovator behind several types of exercise equipment, including the As Seen On TV fitness equipment the Weider X-Factor and the Weider Powerbell adjustable kettlebell.
Joe Weider began his fitness empire as a mail-order entrepreneur but quickly grew to selling his products in retail outlets and through direct response marketing. By the 1990's, Weider America's Total Fitness Company was a global company, grossing hundreds of millions of dollars each year. In 2003, he sold Weider Publications and his magazines to American Media for a staggering $350 million.
In "Brothers of Iron," Joe Weider writes that his interest in fitness began in his teens, when, at only 5'6? and 110 pounds, he found himself continually bullied and having to walk away from trouble. By the age of 16, claimed Weider, he could bench press 330 pounds, and he began a life devoted to bodybuilding, fitness, and entrepreneurship. His legacy will not soon be forgotten.


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Live gaming: What's the buzz all about?
The first time I visited a website that featured live dealt games I have to admit I was a little underwhelmed. As a frequent online player, I was already used to the fast, random number generated casino games, and to have to wait for a dealer to take action was a little frustrating. But then the light went on.
I can play roulette or blackjack, watch the spin of the wheel and the cards come out of the shoe, and know that I am getting a fair "deal"! I can make my own decisions, and on some sites chat with the dealers and other players, and trust that my experience has not been pre-determined by a computer chip.
As a marketer I know the objections that some gamblers had to playing online, and the vast majority of these came down to trust. Live dealer games address that concern head on, and I quickly realized, and experienced, the much higher conversion and retention rates that live dealer casinos could generate. As an affiliate myself, as well as a casino manager, knowing that I could generate a significantly higher return on my efforts was great news indeed!
Having had experience in pretty much every facet of the online gaming industry since 1997, I am intimately familiar with click-through rates, conversion percentages, player life-time values, and of course the challenges of player retention. Working with live games has exceeded my expectations in all of these areas, and this is great news for affiliates.
Most large gaming operations have, or are acquiring, a selection of live games. They understand the value, and know that players are actively looking for them, especially the more mature, higher-wealth individuals. Likewise, most savvy affiliates have added live game casinos to their mix, and are starting to promote them more visibly.
It is early days for this vertical, but if the past few years are anything to go by, live games will be a big moneymaker for operators and affiliates alike. Take the time to look at some of the larger software providers, and their casinos, and select a few to promote. It may take a while for your current members / traffic to respond, but when they do, I feel confident that you will be pleasantly surprised.
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The Syrian Justice Ministry has denied accusations that President Assad's regime has conducted systematic torture and killing of opposition figures.

A team of internationally renowned war crimes prosecutors and forensic experts issued a report based on photographic evidence of dead bodies, allegedly tortured detainees. The CNN and The Guardian were exclusively given the report earlier this week.

The photographs were also shown at the opening of the Geneva-2 peace conference on Wednesday by the head of the opposition Syrian National Coalition, Ahmad Jarba.

The Justice Ministry called the photographs "fake" and the report "politicized and lacking in objectivity and professionalism", in a statement for the SANA new agency.

The experts' report was partly sponsored by the government of Qatar, the CNN reveals. Qatar and Saudi Arabia provide most of the outside support for Syria's rebel forces.

"The report aims to undermine the efforts to bring peace in Syria and put an end to the international sponsored terrorism in the country", the Ministry's statement concludes.

The Geneva-2 peace conference will continue on Friday, when representatives of the Assad regime and the opposition are set to meet in private, in the presence of UN negotiators.
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(WASHINGTON) - Two separate accidents on the US 50 bypass near Washington Wednesday slightly injured two people.
WAMW reports the first wreck occurred at 6:36 am.
43-year-old Scott Marvel, of West Terre Haute, fell asleep at the wheel of his 2008 Chevrolet Avalanche and collided with a 2002 Freightliner Tri-Axle owned by MaCallister Machinery and driven by 54-year-old Mark McCracken, of Washington.
Marvel complained of body pain and was taken to Daviess Community Hospital.
McCracken was not injured.
Then at 9:51 a.m. Wednesday at the intersection of US 50 and Highway 57, 60-year-old Tim Gregory, of Washington suffered minor injuries when his 2001 Dodge Dakota collided with a 1999 Mercury Sable driven by 46-year-old Sharon Keneipp, of Vincennes.
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Guardianships With Probates?
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In Mississippi, guardianships and divorces are recorded along with probate records such as wills and estate settlements.ReplyDelete
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YES, I found an apprenticeship for my Samuel Brooks ancestor of South Carolina in deed book record which seemed very strange to me at the time. Have others found such records among deeds as I did?ReplyDeleteReplies
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NEW YORK — Bergdorf Goodman has named Michael Crotty to manage its intensifying marketing efforts.
Crotty, 39, vice president of marketing and advertising for NM Direct for the last three and half years, was appointed BG's vice president of marketing and advertising. Among his priorities will be supervising BG's emerging online operation, which already is e-mailing customers about trunk shows, parties, designer appearances, book signings and other events at the store, and is planning to go transactional this fall.
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He also will oversee The Bergdorf Goodman Magazine, a quarterly with a circulation of 300,000, as well as all other areas of marketing and advertising. He reports to James Gold, BG's president and chief executive officer.
Crotty has been working at times on an interim basis at BG's since last February, when marketing chief Michael Calman resigned to become chief marketing officer of CitationShares, a fractional jet ownership company based in Greenwich, Conn.
BG last year loaded up its schedule of special events, staging two to three each week. In fall 2000, the magazine was launched.
"Great things have been occurring at Bergdorf's," Crotty said on Friday. "The store has had great success with its magazine and with a lot of special events, so it's positioned as a real destination with excitement. We just have to keep looking for new ways to keep things exciting and to talk to our customers."
Crotty said there could be more direct-selling vehicles, including small, focused catalogues that feature several designers within a classification, such as shoes or jewelry.
He also said the company has a "rich" database. "We know a lot about our customers. There is an opportunity to mine the data base and do more direct marketing than we have ever done."
In addition, the store could devise new advertising in the New York metro area, and advance its use of e-mail for communications, particularly to younger audiences, he said. Since the millennium, Bergdorf's has attracted younger customers, in particular, by recasting contemporary, beauty and jewelry floors in the women's store and certain assortments in the men's store.
At NM Direct, Crotty was responsible for promoting the online and catalogue divisions. Neiman's, NM Direct and BG are divisions of the Neiman Marcus Group. He held consumer marketing positions with CDNow.com, Sony and Time Warner. He serves as vice chairman of Shop.org, an association of retailers with online operations organized by the National Retail Federation. NM Direct has yet to name Crotty's successor.
Crotty was instrumental at NM Direct in establishing and expanding neimanmarcus.com and blending Neiman's catalogue and online operations. "Catalogues and online work together,'' he said. "One supports the other and there is really great synergy between the two. There's a greater focus on the brand."


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Sometimes you get lucky, sometimes not
I have wasted a fair amount of time today with a problem I solved the way I recommend to others: use a library. I needed to do a polygon offsetting in a program and I used what has worked for me in the past, the Java Topology Suite.
I did my thing and it almost worked perfectly:
I did my thing and it almost worked perfectly:
However, I noticed a minor artifact once in a while. After some time I found that offset would sometimes did not work well as a weird line would appear crossing (line between to small circles) my beloved pumpkin instead or remaining on the outside (horizontal crossing was expected though).
I as not trying to do a full offset but only of the part whose normals is between 0 and 180 degrees, as this project is related to 3d milling.
After a few hours of testing it all came down to a defect on the library (as far as I can tell) because with the same input data, but a smaller offset value, the operation was succesful as you can see below:
I was unable to find a proper forum to ask other users about this problem, so I will keep on using this library when the offset values needed are low but I will need to find a better choice for the future. If you know of a good choice I could use in Java I will like to know.
At any rate, here you have the data points in case you want to have a look.