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Air Force Lt. Col. Charles M. Walling identified
IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 494-12
June 14, 2012
Airmen Missing from Vietnam War Identified
The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) announced today that the remains of two servicemen, missing in action from the Vietnam War, have been identified and are being returned to their families for burial with full military honors.
Air Force Lt. Col. Charles M. Walling of Phoenix will be buried June 15 at Arlington National Cemetery. There will be a group burial honoring Walling and fellow crew member, Maj. Aado Kommendant of Lakewood, N.J., at Arlington National Cemetery, on Aug. 8 -- the 46th anniversary of the crash that took their lives.
On Aug. 8, 1966, Walling and Kommendant were flying an F-4C aircraft that crashed while on a close air support mission over Song Be Province, Vietnam. Other Americans in the area reported seeing the aircraft crash and no parachutes were deployed. Search and rescue efforts were not successful in the days following the crash.
In 1992, a joint United States-Socialist Republic of Vietnam (S.R.V.) team investigated the crash site and interviewed a local Vietnamese citizen who had recovered aircraft pieces from the site. In 1994, a joint U.S.-S.R.V. team excavated the site and recovered a metal identification tag, bearing Wallings name, and other military equipment. In 2010, the site was excavated again. Human remains and additional evidence were recovered.
Scientists from the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command and the Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory used circumstantial and material evidence, along with forensic identification tools including mitochondrial DNA which matched Wallings living sister in the identification of the remains.
For additional information on the Defense Departments mission to account for missing Americans, visit the DPMO website at http://www.dtic.mil/dpmo or call 703-699-1420.
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G Sweems / Tricorn + Queue "Split" (Housecraft Records housecraft no. 135, 2012)
Here's a few words about this hyper limited Housecraft split, released during the wet, wet summer of 2012…
G Sweems (aka Kaisha King) gets things underway with "From a Great Distance"- scuffed sounding backwards keyboard loops do their thing over cute '80s synth bass and bell-like tinkles, after which a phased steam train-esque huffing enters the zone, accompanied by low sustained notes and far off dream drift. Nice!! "Red Delicious" (a collaborative piece with Jeff Astin's Xiphiidae, apparently) is next- its combination of low bit rate electric piano, angelic rippling arpeggios and a simple three note bass loop is pitched somewhere between some forgotten slice of Tropicalia and old 16-bit computer game music and would make the perfect soundtrack to your next psychedelic holiday on a paradise island. As the piece winds on, the sound becomes more and more degraded, before a sun-warped Mariachi melody floats in, eventually joined by a heady drone, taking things to a weird good trip/bad trip netherworld. "Bayou" redresses the balance somewhat with its sweet, though clichéd New Age blend of held synth chords, water sounds and bird calls, followed by a stretch of Oriental sounding glitchy high tones. Good stuff overall, particularly "Red Delicious". I'm looking forward to checking out further Sweems for sure!
T+Q (the duo of Kane Pour and the aforementioned Jeff Astin) weigh in with the side-long opus "Mona Versa", which opens in a 'jazz fusion gone lo-fi' fashion with assorted electric piano noodlings underpinned by hollow, ethereal drones. Imagine a bootleg recording of a late night Mike Ratledge rehearsal circa The Soft Machine's "Third" album captured by his next door neighbour and you're somewhere close. After a good few minutes this section cuts out suddenly and is replaced by much closer and warmer sounding church organ-esque swirling drones with vague field recordings pushed way into the background…or am I just imagining them?! Following this stellar opening, unfortunately "Mona Versa" then turns into a disappointingly vanilla 'drone slideshow'- heavily blurred guitar loops and/or synth washes bob along in an inconsequential, anonymous 'background music for aquariums' kinda way right 'til the end, leaving me decidedly unmoved. As with certain pieces on the B-side of Pour's solo tape "Wand in the Beak of the Yellow Bird", this stretch feels pretty half-baked- perhaps a little more musical flesh on the skeletal ambient framework would've lead to a more satisfying listen? We'll never know now! So, not the greatest material I've ever heard, but I guess lopsided Tricorn is better than no Tricorn at all!
All in all, there's some cool music to be found on this split, but truth be told it does feel like a pretty minor entry in the vast Housecraft catalogue.
Aloonaluna "Bunny" (Hooker Vision HIV105, 2012)
Following a few releases on Concertina Records with an expanded lineup of performers, "Bunny" was the first Aloonaluna effort produced solely by founder Lynn Fister. It came out on the dependable Hooker Vision, the label with the dodgiest catalogue numbers this side of err, my own…
Despite a promising intro of warped fairground sounds and poignant piano arpeggios, "Southern Terns" doesn't get things off to the best of starts, the problem being the ensuing unappealing soupy mess of yowly vocals that hovers in and dominates the mix. Some way into the song a lone ray of organ light attempts to penetrate the gloomy grey vocal cloud, but its efforts are in vain. Thankfully the vocal excesses are pared back on the early Low-esque "Locusts Kiss", to the point where it's possible to make out some lyrics about "walking around in your underwear"- excellent!! This time the musical accompaniment comes in the form of a lone, chunky electric guitar chord and light sprinklings of xylophone. The track ends with a sleepy, mantric jam. "Bloodletting is So Boring" is a bit more animated than the opening tracks, with simple, light as a feather keyboard triads and dreamy, "Loveless"-style sighing vocals, all carried along by circuit bent Casio beats, while the following "Watercolor Rabbit" does the whole smeared, slow mo Grouper thing much better than "Southern Terns" managed. The A-side's closer is "Antarctica", which, for a minute or so, inhabits a strange electropop kinda place, with slightly tentative, cooing vocals over a brain-razzing two note synth figure, before a freeform section of improvised electronics floats in, then back out again all too soon. It's a shame that neither of these sections really gets the chance to develop- with a bit more work, "Antarctica" could've been a monster!!
"Boom Boom Porn Radio" opens the B-side in a spooked as hell, desolate kinda way with its 'wind blowing around a long, dark corridor' drones and vocals, minimal guitar picking and pitch-shifted animal noises (dogs, perhaps). Next up, "Saturday Came to Fly" is a shambling, bluesy number (with whistling!!), while "Seedling, Wait to Grow"- all muffled vocal lines and sparse beats- sounds like a field recording of a bunch of noisy spirits having a late night minimal techno party in the woods outside someone's house. "Fall Like Leaves" is a melancholy affair- a haunted vocal melody sits atop a two chord electric guitar pattern and a throbbing waltz beat. Brooding synths fade in eventually, but unfortunately the song peters out before they can really add much. Once its playful, skittery intro is over, the main portion of "Electric Firefly" consists of a nursery rhyme/folk song-simple vocal melody, backed by a watery drone and delicate drops of xylophone. The sweet, 'dozing off on the river banks' vibe I get from this song is spoilt somewhat by the ill-fitting guitar outro, though. Darn!! The combination of a cool, naive Casio beat and a truly lovely organ motif on the penultimate track, "Micah Across Silver Oceans", brings to mind the much underrated 1998 album "Pulse of the Rooster" by Richard Youngs and Simon Wickham-Smith. It's a shame Lynn didn't crank the vocals on this occasion, though- as a result they never quite interact with the music as much as I would like. "Bunny" goes to ground with the volume-controlled sine wave-y melody, nice vocal layers and ultra minimal beat of "Lost and Strange Creatures".
Ultimately this tape is a rather frustrating listen- don't get me wrong, there's some good stuff on here for sure…it's just that there's nothing GREAT, which is a shame 'cos the potential is definitely there for a clutch of the material, but due to the various flaws noted above re: the production/the arrangements of the songs etc, nothing quite makes it to that level.
Heatsick "Pre-Cum Fog Ballet / Total Afternoon Sundae" (Relax With Nature no catalogue number, 2008)
This handy little box bundles together two hard to find 'pre-fame' releases from the earliest days of Steven Warwick's Heatsick project, both of which were originally released on Alcoholic Narcolepsy in 2006.
"Pre-Cum Fog Ballet" begins with a primitive mono-chordal trance jam- all steadily strummed acoustic guitar, a featherlight synth drone and simple, looping raga guitar mini-melodies. It sounds a lot like something Siloah might've kicked around circa their 1st album and indeed- the 'zonked out hippies jamming eternally in a damp, dingy barn somewhere in Europe' vibe I get from the music is furthered by the warm, hissy sound of the tape. After some time, mewling alien kitten synth sounds enter and eventually begin to dominate the mix, thus concluding the side. The B-side of "PCFB" consists solely of what sounds suspiciously like further mutations of said alien kitten mewlings- the piece starts off sparsely with whooshing, gritty tones and gradually becomes more layered and ominous sounding as it progresses, though after a while it gets a little tedious. I dunno- maybe I was just hoping the cultic jam from the A-side would fade back in at some point??!! Yeah, that might've been nice…
The first piece from "Total Afternoon Sundae" ("Previously Unseen Brook") is another side-long affair. It melts forth from the speakers with yet more mewling, which sits atop a bed of 'power chord' organ goings on. Wobbly, swooshy, grainy noise then burrows through the heart of the drone action, eventually unmasking itself as a mid-register organ cluster, fading in and out like a mad bastard and eventually shifting its shape to that of an atonal Krauty shimmer, before levitating itself over proceedings for the final minutes like some kind of tormenting spirit. Cool!! The concluding side in this Heatsick double bill features four much shorter pieces ("Later Mirror", "Exactly, Exactly", "Singing Mist" and "Unspent Realisation of Dawning Release"), though I counted err…about five haha, so I dunno exactly which title corresponds with which piece. What I do know, however, is that Steve goes veritably backwards sound bonkers for the first few minutes, offering up a brief flurry of metallic Industrial tones, followed by warbly Far Eastern psych keyboard noodling, then a modal drone on the same voicing…hmm- so far, so underdeveloped, though I suppose the drone might be ok for practising yer scales over, if nothing else. Once this fit of sparse reversed-ness has passed, Warwick gives us something a little more substantial, first of all tinkling his keys in a naive fashion and coming over a bit like "Ralf & Florian"-era Kraftwerk or Cluster circa "Zuckerzeit" in the process. Before long though things descend into loop/delay pedal hell, the piece sounding uncannily like the soundtrack to your next 'stuck in Satan's toy shop' nightmare as a result. To finish, ol' Steve gifts us a further slice of the Orient in the form of a theme from an imaginary 1980s martial arts arcade game. 'Tis a sweet little tune for sure, but it might've been sweeter without all the drone malarkey that slithers in and clogs things up.
Nowadays Warwick's Heatsick material is more dance-oriented and is quite a hit in the clubs (from what I can gather he's particularly popular in Germany, where he's now based). Obviously the kind of music gathered on this compilation would go down like a shit sandwich in a club environment, though the loop-heavy, minimal approach found throughout the two featured releases is still apparent in his latterday shizzle…plus it's funny to think that Warwick still performs and records with the same knackered old keyboard that we can hear on "Total Afternoon Sundae"!!
Sylvester Anfang II "Van Stekene tot Zomergem" (Sic Sic sicsic045, 2013)
Sylvester Anfang II are- of course- the psychedelic improv offshoot group to the long dormant Silvester Anfang. "Van Stekene tot Zomergem" was released by the German label SicSic in a hand-numbered edition of 110 in early 2013 and sold out in what seemed like ooh, all of 20 minutes…
The tape opens with "Fakir van de geest"- a slightly murky/crusty Middle Eastern jam, located somewhere between Siloah (yes- them again, though the "Sukram Gurk" album this time) and something off the soundtrack to Jess Franco's "Oasis of the Zombies". Instrumentally we're talking cool snake charmer guitar, loose drumming with plenty of tom and splashy cymbal work, lolloping camel's head bass that occasionally breaks off into a nightmarish tritone trance pattern and an organ noodling away quietly behind a moonlit sand dune. The jam doesn't change much save for the guitarist adding touches of fuzz and/or wah to proceedings, but it doesn't much matter- 'tis a nice place to stay awhile.
The fresh, green "Undulatus Asperatus" is next- sonically it kinda opens a window and lets out some of the pungent smoke that "Fakir…" leaves behind with its dreamy and reedy out of focus loveliness from a melodica or accordion (?), ever-changing, cute IDM-type synth bass and assorted echoed percussion and guitar tinklings coming and going as and when they please. The track becomes much dronier as it progresses, but the sweet, pastoral, almost-but-not-quite melancholy feel remains. A violin subliminally enters the mix and solos away nicely towards the end.
The B-side commences with "De likkepot van de Duivel", which can be neatly summed up by the following description- "doomy booming bongos, rich medieval harmonium wanderings, sharp and twangy surf/raga hybird lead guitar and a smattering of flute for ten and a half minutes". Like "Fakir…" it sounds pretty darn 'vintage' and if you put it over some sort of weird sacrifice/ritual scene in a tripped out '70s horror film it'd fit perfectly (oh wait- they already did…see YouTube…the film is "Sisters of Death").
"Lof der zotten" closes the tape and consists of zoned out acoustic strumming, wah-goat mouthdrone action, moronically simple tambourine shaking and some pretty cool unpredictable/'selective' drumming. Said drumming doesn't quite manage to stop this being the least inspired jam on the album, though- on the whole it sounds like something SAII probably churn out in their deep, stony sleep.
As you might be able to guess, I find the A-side to be stronger than the flip, but overall "Van Stekene tot Zomergem" is not a bad effort- it's not the most significant of Anfang releases by any stretch, but if you already like what they do, then this is worth picking up for sure.
Weirding Module "Enter the Canyon Entrance Entranced" (Senseless Empire no catalogue number, 2010)
As well as being a kind of weapon in David Lynch's film adaptation of Frank Herbert's "Dune" novel, Weirding Module is also the name of Michael "Awesome Color" Troutman's solo electronics project. This tape came out in 2010 via Troutman's own Senseless Empire imprint.
The slow build 16 minute "Detroit, Michigan – Traveling" is the first track on offer- it begins with 'on the one' '80s tribal/industrial rhythms and croaky/bubbly acid basslines, followed by sulky single note synth interjections and eventually several overlapping minor key melody lines. With all these elements in place the track resembles Conrad Schnitzler at his most focussed and carries a distinctly chilly, dystopian mood- both good things in my books.
Distant conga patterings open "Atlas Drugged", to which Troutman adds a misty two note synth loop and a bassline ripe with urban melancholy. Some way in unsettled freeform synth squiggles and 'ghost in the machine' random static noise threaten to turn the piece into an industrial nightmare, but things never fully darken- the original loops and rhythms are never completely swallowed up.
After this duo of epic A-side tracks, the flip's palate cleansing curtain-raiser "Weapon of Choice" features catchy mid-paced Krauty bass pulses under frothy glitches and rusty gate loops- nothing much else, though it sets the scene nicely for the closer "Surfacing Thoughts"- a 20 minute plus monster of a jam. Like "Detroit…", "Surfacing…" takes its sweet time to build with a simple three note synth riff and various quiet loops/drones hovering in the background. Eventually the riff fades, after which we hear a loop of trumpets (??) in glorious 'on hold' fidelity, then an echoed bass pattern, which starts quietly, then gets meatier and altogether more neighbour unfriendly. Then, for what seems like FOREVER, Troutman teases out complimentary synth doodlings and spooky modified vocals on top of said pattern. It's all very minimal and subtle, but I think it's pretty cool- there's always just enough going on so that the piece doesn't stagnate.
I picked this tape up pretty much solely because I liked the artwork, so it's nice to report that the actual musical content doesn't disappoint- while it never gets as psychedelically lurid or gaudy as the cover may suggest, it still manages to take me to strange, intangible places, which is ultimately what I want from my electronic music!!


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Using weathered suitcases as a canvas, Israeli artist Yuval Yairi created a series of retro works called 'Memory Suitcases.' Yairi's artworks masterfully incorporate the nostalgia inherent in a well-traveled case while bringing out the unique medium. Inscribed on each suitcase is a sepia-toned scene that blends in with the stressed canvas. The paintings make the suitcases look like they hold miniature worlds.
Each of the intricate illustrations brings out the history behind the suitcase's use. Yairi's drawings emphasize the fact that the luggage accompany us on our journeys. Every scene looks back at a location where the owner may have traveled to.
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You can find the audio for this interview here.
Janine Jackson interviewed Ed Morales about Puerto Rico's recent filing for bankruptcy amidst its debt crisis for the May 12, 2017 episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited transcript.
Janine Jackson: A CNN story headlined "Five Facts About Puerto Rico's Utter Economic Misery" invited readers to marvel at the $74 billion in debt and $50 billion in pension obligations that led to the largest municipal bankruptcy ever filed. Puerto Rico owes $8 million to Microsoft alone, readers are told, but now they may be shielded by the court as they try to negotiate that settlement. "There's no established rulebook to shape what comes next" in Puerto Rico, said a recent Bloomberg report, which described fights around the debt as "about to plunge into the unknown."
There is much that is unclear about the way forward in Puerto Rico, but some things about how we got here are just not being much talked about. We're joined now to discuss the situation by Ed Morales, author and journalist and lecturer at the Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Race at Columbia University. Welcome back to CounterSpin, Ed Morales.
Ed Morales: Hi. Thanks for having me.
JJ: When we had you on the last time in 2015, in July, talking about Puerto Rico's debt crisis, you said that the moderate position is that Puerto Rico should be allowed to declare bankruptcy, but even if that happened, "there is still going to be a price paid by Puerto Rico." And you also noted at the time that the Puerto Rican government had its own committee looking at restructuring the debt, but that there was "noise from more right-wing Republicans, who want a US oversight committee that would take away a lot of the autonomy of Puerto Rico to determine its economic future." Well, that sounds a lot like where we're at about now. I can't imagine that you're surprised by the current situation.
EM: Yeah, I'm not surprised. I was always skeptical, unfortunately, about the Democratic position, about pushing for the bankruptcy provision that would be contained in the PROMESA bill that they wound up working out, because it's still going to involve a level of austerity in terms of budget cuts. And that's actually what's happening now, and causing a lot of political turmoil in Puerto Rico.
The university students have been on strike for about a month, and actually today, as we speak, they've had a court order to open up the gates of the university, which they've maintained closed, and they have refused to leave. And so now we're waiting to see if the government is going to send police or the riot squad. There's actually already been reports of police showing up around the perimeter of the school, but that's because students are engaging in street protests outside of the gates.
JJ: You know, I think that activism is almost off the page in US media coverage of the debt situation and the bankruptcy, so-called. And the Washington Post's editorial ended by saying that Puerto Rico is going to have to endure a difficult adjustment before it starts to see the results, and they actually talk about an "initial dose of austerity." In other words, some media accounts are making it sound as though Puerto Rico's going to try austerity now. But the reason that students are out in the street is because austerity has been happening and been happening, and has not led to what we're told it's going to lead to.
EM: Well, yeah, sure. I mean, even the IMF, in several reports issued over the years, have said themselves that austerity does not help economies rebound from debt crises like these. But the situation right now has come about because there are direct cuts that have been proposed for the university itself. There's also been an announcement of 178 public schools that are going to be closed. The thing is that measures of austerity may have something close to catastrophic effects on the average Puerto Rican, including a lot of taxes and fines and things like drivers' licenses all going up at the same time.
JJ: Let's talk about what's being presented as the reason for these draconian-sounding cuts and measures, which is the debt, the debt itself that Puerto Rico is said to owe. Now, even the Washington Post says some of those creditors are so-called vulture funds, who swooped in when there was already a crisis and were just looking for a big payoff. But you say that some of it is actually illegal debt.
EM: Yeah. I mean, it's not only me but, first of all, the independent debt audit commission, which was dissolved by the new Gov. Ricky Rosselló just a few weeks ago, found several irregularities having to do with the fact that Puerto Rico has a constitutional limit on the debt that it's allowed to issue, and that that may have been violated by these Wall Street practices of switching interest rate indices so that they don't really show up as going over the limit. The debt that's based on the new sales tax that they implemented several years ago, which is 11.25 percent, is also being legally challenged. But then there's also been a study by a public interest group based out of Chicago that has found similar irregularities.
JJ: It sounds as though what's needed is sunlight. I mean, it sounds as though, why don't we just open up the process of exactly who is owed this debt, and talk about it, and talk about which of it is illegal and which of it is odious, and all of those various categories. But it doesn't sound as though the political process is very transparent right now.
EM: Well, both sides-and what I'm talking about is the US financial sector and the US state apparatus in maintaining the status of colonialism, and on the other side, the Puerto Rican political and financial elites-have stuff that they want to hide. I talked earlier about the unsure payday loan Wall Street practices that has added really huge amounts, up to $18-$20 billion of just outrageous interest rates and underwriting fees. And then, on the other hand, it's the revolving door between the Puerto Rican government and the Puerto Rican financial sector, who also participated in these irregularities. And so both of those things stand to be exposed, the Wall Street abuse and the collaboration by corrupt Puerto Rican government and government bank officials.
JJ: Well, there's a tremendous amount of history that's difficult to get to in this short space of time. I mean, we can go back all the way to 1917, when the US law said that Puerto Rico could raise money by issuing tax-exempt bonds, and there are various laws and policies put into place from Washington, DC, that have curtailed Puerto Rico's ability to control its own economic destiny. And that is just missing from so much of the coverage of the situation now. And that history, it's complicated, it's long, but at the same time, it's not that complicated, and it so influences the present moment that you would hope that media, for example, would make it relevant to their coverage today.
EM: Yeah. Well, absolutely. I mean, going back to 1917, and the whole process of the US control over Puerto Rico has consisted of using it as a laboratory for various things. And I think I mentioned last time, the sort of NAFTA-like tax avoidance and lower wages that were used to use Puerto Rico as a dumping ground for a lot of US products, and also a source of cheap labor. And then, when you get up to 1984, and the mysterious ruling which took away Puerto Rico's right to bankruptcy, which no one has a way to explain. And so the fact that Puerto Rico was known not to have the bankruptcy option is what drove a lot of the sales of the bonds as well. And that's why a lot of the bondholders are angry with the process, because part of the reason they bought some of the bonds is because they were under the understanding that Puerto Rico could not declare bankruptcy, and they actually had that right until 1984.
JJ: Right. That's a fascinating footnote that we can't figure out: In 1984, an unknown person added a provision to federal law that explicitly barred Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia from sheltering from creditors in Chapter 9 bankruptcy. I mean, it's just rich with things that you would hope reporters would dig into and would talk about, but the question then is how they talk about it. And so in some ways, it's a very familiar story.
The Washington Post's editorial says, "What matters now for Puerto Rico is reasonably shared sacrifice by all-creditors, public employee pensioners, bloated government agencies-so as to restore financial order." There's this notion that everybody played and now everybody's got to pay, and it doesn't really divide up the actors in a way that, as a reader, you would really understand what's going on.
EM: Yeah. Well, I'm also part of this working group at Columbia that's studying the Puerto Rican debt crisis and comparing it to other ones, say like in Greece and Argentina. And one of the things we're trying to do is develop, what are the narratives about the debt crisis? And this is the narrative that is being used to justify what would seem to be the reasonableness of the bondholders' position, and the lack of fault that the US colonial policy has in Puerto Rico.
So, yeah, I mean there's a deliberate skirting around the issue of not only the history of the US involvement, but in a way what happened in Puerto Rico is emblematic of the excesses of these financial systems, the whole idea that betting on risk is something that actually happened in sequence from Argentina to Greece and Puerto Rico. A lot of the same hedge fund and vulture fund groups actually went in that sequence. They almost all have ties to both areas. And so it's part of the whole process that happened with the end of Glass-Steagall and the deregulation of the financial markets in general.
So it's almost even beyond just the colonial relationship. It's like the perfect ending point of this flight of risk capital investment, which is one of the few areas where profit is generated in the whole global financial system.
JJ: Well, I'm going to have to end you on that note, which is rich for further exploration, and ask folks, indeed, to seek out Ed Morales's previous interview on CounterSpin, which fills in a lot of the history that we've been alluding to here. Ed Morales is the author of Living in Spanglish and of the book Latinx, which is forthcoming from Verso. Ed Morales, thank you so much for joining us this week on CounterSpin.
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June 21, 2017
Political Report # 1255 Puerto Rico Is Emblematic of the Excesses of Financial Systems
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Much like any part of the body, the eyes have their own crucial role to play in people's lives. Caring for the eyes is an important yet often neglected matter though, and most people only seek for help when the problems have already reached a serious stage. If you have yet to see an eye doctor or are in the process of searching for one, these few reminders will help you find the right ones.
Ask for referrals – One of the best ways to find good eye doctors is to ask for referrals from trusted sources. These could be your attending physician, your parents or siblings, or even reputable professional organizations who have a database of eye specialists in different areas of the country.
Experience and credentials – Check on the track record and experience of the eye doctors you are planning to visit. Go for the ones who have been in the industry for several years. Check their licenses, awards, and memberships in key organizations as all of these add up to their reputation.
Make an assessment – After you have chosen a doctor and have gone through a check-up or treatment, assess and evaluate your visit. Did the doctor attend to you in a professional manner? Was he or she able to make you feel comfortable before and during the procedure? Was he or she able to treat your condition properly and effectively?


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The PLC (Professional Learning Community) will be providing the teaching tip of the week throughout the academic year in support of their goal of interdisciplinary collegiality.
Students can sometimes be overwhelmed by the sheer volume of textbook reading. They are busy with work, family, and outside lives in addition to completing required readings for their courses. One way to enhance traditional textbook readings includes the use of micro-learning and micro-content. Micro-learning is "learning on the go" that can be heard, viewed, read, or contemplated by the student in small and manageable segments of content. Instructors can create or locate micro-content to supplement course content; some of this micro-content can be accessed through a mobile device for convenience to the student. Some examples of micro-content include digital flashcards or short practice quizzes (e.g., through Quizlet), short podcasts (1-5 minutes in length), or short video clips (1-5 minutes in length).
Micro-content can cover tricky academic vocabulary, key concepts, review of material, and more. It can also be a way for the instructor to share her or his perspective and commentary on the materials, for instance, through a short audio or video clip. A tool within Blackboard that can be used to produce Professor-authored video content includes Kaltura. I prefer to use the free tool "Audacity" to record micro-podcasts on key terminology for the teacher candidates in my online courses. For each micro- podcast, I include the transcript for the podcast in addition to posting the link to the audio. An example of a professor-authored micro-podcast (an example of micro-content) is here. Another tool to create short pieces of content is the free screencasting tool, Jing.
An alternative to creating your own micro-content is to locate it online. Aim for quality and clarity of content. Students can also create micro-content for their own study, e.g., by creating their digital flashcards with the free resource Quizlet mentioned earlier. Micro-content can be an optional or required part of the course!
~Peggy Semingson, firstname.lastname@example.com, Associate Professor, Curriculum and Instruction, College of Education


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More today than ever before, students are opting to live in off-campus housing. This is partly because a good number of housing developers are finding out what amenities and services appeal to the millennial student population.
To satisfy both cost and quality of life requirements, most students have moved (or desire to move) off-campus into modernized student housing communities.
It turns out that there are several key factors surrounding this move including: communities close to campus, ample storage space, a fitness center, and individualized bathrooms and/or bedrooms. This is more so the case with females at 69% than males at 31%.
What it boils down to overall is that millennials are looking for luxury amenities that they can't get on campus at a reasonable price they can afford. Property managers are helping to make this possible.
Today's students prefer off-campus student housing to dorm life for a variety of reasons, such as cost, freedom and more space, but they appear to be most interested in the social opportunities these properties enable and encourage and the opportunity to be on their own for the first time.
Here are a few things that are important to millennials when it comes to off-campus student housing.
Internet, WiFi, and Cable Access
In an increasingly technological era, millennials don't like to be without connection. It's one of the worst feelings ever. They place a high value on having access to high-speed internet, WiFi and cable in their apartments.
Closet Space
By definition, an apartment has more space than a dorm room and less space than a full house. Many millennials have not accumulated a lot of furniture at this stage in their lives, but they still want more than enough room to keep their clothes and other belongings. Space also includes having big storage areas as well as full bathrooms and large kitchens.
Kitchen Space
As more millennials aim to keep their lifestyle high but their costs low, dine-in is becoming so old school and cooking at home is the latest trend. Wide open, modern kitchens can be a major deal breaker for the 61 percent of millennials who now cook their own food. A reasonably sized kitchen can also be helpful when there are two or three people living in the apartment.
Cost Effectiveness
With the cost of tuition skyrocketing, students could avoid the added headache of monthly rent. Many millennials are willing to pay a pretty penny for a decent place that includes amenities they care about.
Safety of Property
Seventy six percent of millennials report that safety is their number one priority when scouting out a new place.
Pet Friendliness
Seventy-six percent of millennials love their pets. Even if everything else is great about the apartment, they could still not choose to live there for the simple reason that their pet can stay with them. Property managers should consider this and have outside and inside space available for pets.
Outside Space
Millennials tend to place a pretty high value upon outdoor spaces for studying, chatting, or just hanging out alone or with friends. Take a little time to consider the outdoor settings with additions such as outdoor furniture and lighting to foster a sense of connection and community. If they are not living with friends, students can choose to get to know their neighbors by spending time outside, holding grilling sessions, swimming meets, or anything else deemed enjoyable. Since apartments lack the front yard/backyard atmosphere that a house has, students will find this an easy way to relax and enjoy the weather.
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Christmas at Petersham Nurseries
Monday, 11 December 2017
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A couple of weeks ago I went to a gorgeous garden centre and restaurant at Petersham Nurseries which is just by Richmond Park in London. Apart from having the most beautiful Christmas attire there were plenty of photo opportunities, so here's a little glimpse of the photos we took. If you live in south west London it's definitely worth a visit for all the Christmas feels you need..
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Coroner's Expenses - Notes and Explanation
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For the Isle of Wight two registers of Coroner's fees are held at the Record Office; for 1850 -1864 (AC92/13) and 1886-1906 (AC92/12). David Quigley produced an index of these some years ago and has kindly agreed to allow the index to be loaded to this database, the Index entries are shown with a source of "Quigley Index".
In addition to newspaper reports of inquests, reports of sudden deaths, funerals and trials and Boards of Inquiry arising from an inquest are also included, as are sudden deaths and inquests of Islanders which occurred elsewhere. The Coroner could only hold an Inquest where there was a body; often sailors were lost at sea and the body was never found, and these deaths have been included. For some deaths extracts from contemporary Gazettes and Almanacs are also included.
Ryde Social Heritage Group have been researching Ryde cemetery and have kindly allowed us to include a link, where appropriate, to their research.
Using a search engine to find inquest is not 100% reliable, so if members have IOW death certificates, for before 1914, which mention the coroner, please let us know at
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WEEKEND WEB: 'Our resolve in the face of evil must be unwavering'
HAYES IN THE HOUSE: By MP John Hayes
Last week's attempted terrorist attack in New York was, thankfully, foiled, but this latest outrage is yet another reminder of the unprecedented scale of the threat we face from terrorism.
Chillingly, the perpetrator had been granted his 'Green Card' – giving him permanent residency in the United States, highlighting the particularly insidious problem of so-called 'home grown' terrorists.
Since the start of the Syrian conflict, some 850 individuals with links to the United Kingdom have travelled to the region to join forces with our Islamist enemies.
Roughly half are believed to have returned. In that context, the new defence secretary Gavin Williamson was absolutely right when he said: "A dead terrorist can't cause any harm to Britain. I do not believe that any terrorist, whether they come from this country or any other, should ever be allowed back into this country."
Those who so cravenly choose to make themselves our enemies will face the overwhelming might of our Armed Forces and – as many foreign aggressors of the past have found to their cost – the Queen's soldiers, sailors and airmen should not be underestimated.
Under international law, a State is required to allow its citizens entry. But given that those who have travelled to Syria or Iraq have betrayed our country, any suggestion that they should be returning to a welcome home is patently absurd.
Instead, they will be subject to the full force of British law and brought to justice for their offences. The Treason Act of 1351 is still in force, making it a crime of high treason to "adhere to the Sovereign's enemies…in the realm or elsewhere." Convictions under the Act carry a life sentence, with the option for the judge to deny all possibility of parole.
Our resolve in the face of evil must be unwavering, so the police, security and intelligence services should have the powers and resources they need to keep us safe. Counter-terrorism spending has been protected, with particular investment in policing to bolster key capabilities. £144 million, for instance, will increase armed policing capability over the next five years.
A security minister, I was proud to steer the Investigatory Powers Bill though Parliament... now, as an Act, it provides the means to anticipate and count terrorist plots and the plans of other serious criminals
Doing all we can to unite in the fight against Islamism, we can take heart from the fact that, throughout our history, we have been in the vanguard of facing down tyranny and evil. We shall not be intimidated by this latest threat, to whom our message – like Churchill's to the Nazis – is clear: "We will have no truce or parley with you, or the grisly gang who work your wicked will. You do your worst – and we will do our best."
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Free printable storage labels.
The theme here being, organized. I just read a little post by Feng Shui and Beyond about clutter control, and how you actually sleep better when the clutter is gone. I believe it. Can't wait to de-clutter my life. Soon... so soon. I can see the light at the end of the tunnel.


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All most all unix/linux shells support a feature called aliasing. Using this feature you can shorten a complicated command with several options to a handy one.For example open a terminal and type in the following.
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Now typing l at the $ prompt will execute the command ls -l .
Similarly you can alias any command.
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Great presentations start with a great plan. That's why we have a library of customizable templates in Prezi Next that come with a predesigned structure of topics and subtopics to get you started. Choose by category, color, or by scrolling through the library to find the perfect template to make your content effective and memorable.
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You'll then see a variety of templates to choose from. Sort by category in the left sidebar to find templates designed for a specific topic. You can also click on a colored dot in the left sidebar to filter templates according to their theme colors.
Click on a template to open a preview, then use the left and right arrows to preview its content and style. Click Use this template to create a new presentation, or close the window to select a different one.
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Today I finished reading The Naked Face by Sidney Sheldon. It took me two weeks to finish it. If you see the book, you will realize that the book should not last more than four or five days, a week may be. But two weeks sounds a little stretched. But I enjoyed reading it. Took my sweet time and thought about Sheldon and his protagonist, Judd Stevens.
It's a murder mystery. Someone is out to kill Judd but who? Who could that be? The whole story revolves around it, exactly the way our pretty earth takes an inspection of the glowing sun. Somewhere the book is interesting. Sheldon has managed it well but over all? I am not sure. I did not like the book much. It felt Sheldon has tried to create unnecessary mystery out of nothing. Using big words of psychoanalysis (Judd is a psychoanalyst) does not work. At least for me. Thankfully I am not on any panel to judge this book or else...Sheldon's next murder mystery would be aimed at Me.
The only thing I liked in this book could be - the characterization of Judd's various patients. Sheldon has created an eclectic collection for Judd who seems to understand each one of them. Their problems and how Judd sees them and does the analysis is good. He is patient, understanding and his patients' privacy is his ulterior motive. There Sheldon has scored some points.
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I love this sixties retro look with the combed back hair.
It reminds me of Bridgette Bardot
~ one of my favourite style icons.
I'm always trying to re-create this look
but sadly, more often that not
it just looks like I forgot to brush my hair!
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I read some where that Cricket is a religion in India then Sachin is its God or something like that. I wouldn't go that far. But he is definitely one of the all time greats of this game and has served India well consistently for the past 16 years.
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Greg Chappell talks about the burden of being Sachin.. It is truly immense. He carries the hope and aspirations of one billion people who want him to score in every match / every innings. It is unrealistic and unjust to put that kind of pressure on him.
So, my request to the media and the public is simple.. Please leave Sachin Tendulkar alone.. He will bounce back..
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audiobook: Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert
- Publisher: Vallabh Papdiwala
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archetypal, the novel's true art lies in its details and hidden
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BEIJING, Jan 23 (Reuters) - Volkswagen on Tuesday said it expects China's passenger car market to rise around 4 percent in 2018, with the German carmaker's own sales in the country growing at a similar pace.
The comments were made by Volkswagen's China chief Jochem Heizmann at a media roundtable. (Reporting by Norihiko Shirouzu in BEIJING; Writing by Brenda Goh in SHANGHAI)


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Thibault Mathieu is an international startup consultant specializing in digital entertainment. He is currently in charge of innovation and VR at Webedia where he oversees virtual reality productions for major European brands.
Prior to joining Webedia, he founded WESAWIT, a technology startup in Los Angeles. WESAWIT is a social media aggregation solution for live-entertainment venues. As CEO of WESAWIT, he signed deals with major event organizers and producers : STAPLES Center, AEG, Hollywood Bowl, Walt Disney Concert Hall, The Roxy Theatre, and major artists : OneRepublic, TobyMac.
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PhD, California School of Professional Psychology; MA, Lone Mountain College; BA, California State University, Sonoma
Dr. Wigg has been affiliated with GSEP, Psychology Division since 1987. In addition to his duties as director of Community Counseling Center at the Irvine Graduate Campus he is also director of the Masters Program in Clinical Psychology, Evening Format Program. As both a licensed clinical psychologist and a licensed marriage and family therapist, Dr. Wigg's professional interests focus on the training and supervision of students in preparation for careers as clinical practitioners. He is particularly interested in contemporary clinical and theoretical issues in family therapy to include solution-focused and narrative therapies.
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Decision due on whether to close school attempting integration swap, court hears
The Department of Education is to take a new decision on whether to close the first Catholic school in Northern Ireland attempting a transformation to integrated status, the High Court heard on Friday.
A judge was told the Board of Governors at Clintyclay Primary in Dungannon, Co Tyrone and other interested parties will be given six weeks to provide updated information before the permanent secretary in the Department makes a fresh determination on its future.
The outcome brings an end to marathon legal action aimed at preventing the school from shutting.
The parents of a pupil at Clintyclay had launched judicial review proceedings after former Education Minister John O'Dowd approved a proposal to close it.
At the time of his announcement in October 2014 Mr O'Dowd said enrolment levels meant it was no longer sustainable.
With pupil numbers having dropped below 30 pupils at that stage, the Council for Catholic Maintained Schools (CCMS) had proposed that it should close.
An alternative proposal advanced by the school's Board of Governors to change its management to grant-maintained integrated status was rejected.
But lawyers for the parents argued that the closure decision should have been deferred until a full assessment of the transformation option was carried out.
In 2015 a High Court judge quashed the decision to shut the school.
He held that erroneous information about Clintyclay facing financial problems had made its way into the decision making process.
He said this may have originated from a CCMS parish review which was fiercely disputed by the school and parents.
However the error occurred, the judge ruled that it "infected" the Minister's decision.
Following an appeal the case was remitted to Lord Justice Treacy for reconsideration of his ruling.
He was set to re-examine the reasons behind Mr O'Dowd's decision until the alternative outcome was confirmed following negotiations.
Tony McGleenan QC, for the Department, told the court: "The Board of Governors, the applicant and the CCMS are to make representations to the Department within six weeks in respect of the development proposals.
"The Department will then make a fresh determination in light of those updated representations."
Mr McGleenan added: "The further decision that is taken will be based on the updated information, therefore there is no point in continuing these proceedings."
With all parties consenting to the outcome, Lord Justice Treacy agreed to bring an end to the case.
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Fort Worth, Texas Bed and Breakfasts
Home > Find a B&B > By City > Fort Worth, Texas
West of Dallas and south of the Oklahoma border, the North Texas town of Fort Worth offers so many interesting museums that it is no wonder it is known as the "Museum Capital of the Southwest". The American Airlines C.R. Smith Museum and the Amon Carter Museum of Western and American Art are two examples of what you will find. Ball-Eddleman McFarland House is an elegant example of a Victorian residence, while the Log Cabin Village has seven authentic pioneer homes from the 1850s. Ask your Fort Worth Texas Bed and Breakfast hosts about their favorite museums and you may find a treasure that you would otherwise have missed, like the National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame. When you are ready for a little fresh air, check out the Fort Worth Botanic Garden, the Zoo, or the Japanese Gardens. With spacious green parks and a surrounding network of major lakes, Fort Worth is a great place for outdoor recreation as well as cultural activities.
A stay at a Fort Worth TX Bed and Breakfast will give you a great home base from which to explore this fascinating city. Fill up on a home-cooked Texas breakfast and head out to a tour of the Fort Worth Stockyards National Historic District. Visit Sundance Square, one of the most dynamic downtown areas in Texas, for interesting shopping, cafes and restaurants. If you like spicy food, be sure to visit the Texas ZestFest in September, a three-day food competition that will invigorate your tastebuds. No matter what you choose to do, you will find a comfortable home away from home in your Fort Worth Bed and Breakfast.
Azalea Plantation B&BPhone: 817-838-5882
Toll Free: 800-68RELAX(73529)
Texas hospitality at it's finest; located in spacious historic home just 10 minutes from Stockyards Historic District and Downtown Sundance Square. Museums and Botanical Gardens - 15 min. drive. All rooms/suites have KING BEDS & WHIRLPOOL TUBS FOR TWO. Gourmet breakfast & freshly baked cookies.
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10 bedroom bed and breakfast inn located in Sundance Square and within walking distance of more than 25 restaurants, 3 live performance theaters including Bass Hall, numerous night clubs with live music venues, a movie theater and various Sundance Square events.
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Most Romantic B&B in Texas! There are HEART-SHAPED TUBS FOR 2 in all Mansion Suites & both cottages in the garden (w/fireplaces). Luxurious king beds and bedding, lots of candles, flowers, robes Full, gourmet breakfast delivered to your room @ requested time.
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A unique, boutique b&b with an art gallery and chef-driven meals. The b&b is in an historic home in the heart of Cowtown's historic Southside. Small events, up to 30 guests, held in the beautiful Star Gardens as well as the historic home. Each room has a private bathroom and boasts a different "feel" of Texas charm and hospitality.
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Bookreport: Catcher in the Rye 1. the author Jerome D. Salinger was born on the 1 january 1919 in New York City.
He published 4 books but his debut story turned into a classic.
Catcher in the Rye. After attending school in NYC and a millitary academy J.D Salinger went to the Columbia University without graduation.
J.D Salinger became a writer after joining Worldwar II Catcher in the Rye was published in 1951. He was divorced in 1967, and has 2 grown up children.
2. the book.
Even though Catcher in the Rye was published in 1951 it's an ageless story which is still understood by todays youth. The central theme of the narration is something we all can relate to: the methamorphosis of the being.
The protagonist Holden Caulfield is a typical teenager, he has fears and hopes, problems with his parents, school and girls.
The story is told by the protagonist which makes it easy to identify with Holden.
Starting with the first lines Holden leads the reader into his world. Instead of giving the reader a detailed explanation of himself Holden refuses to start with that " David Copperfield kind of crap"(page 1, chapter 1).
His lousy way of talking( his slang) shows Holden as somebody totally normal.
He is very sarcastic and loves to psychoanalyse people, as we can see in his very detailed characterisations he gives about anyone he meets, even a barkeeper is worth half a page just to give a vivid picture of Holdens environment.
Holden starts his story with his brother D.B who plays a central role next to his sister Phoebe. These are the only family ties we learn about in the first chapter. Holden attends the Pencey private school a place which "Since 1888 we have been molding boys...


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Mid-Scale Laboratory Tests on a Two-Dimensional Movable-Bed Sand Modelby J. E. Fowler, Coastal Engineering Research Cent, United States,
S. A. Hughes, Coastal Engineering Research Cent, United States,
Document Type: Proceeding Paper
Part of: Sediment Transport Modeling
A two-dimensional physical model was used to simulate wave-induced scour in front of a concrete dike sloped at 1:4. The tests were conducted at the U.S. Army Engineers Waterways Experiment Station during October - December, 1988. The primary purpose of the tests was to validate a proposed scaling relationship for movable-bed models by reproducing profile evolution observed in a large wave flume at the University of Hannover in the Federal Republic of Germany in 1985. The model was undistorted and was constructed at a 1:7.5 geometric scale as determined by the fall velocity parameter H/WT. Quartz sand with mean diameter 0.13 mm was used in the model to simulate prototype sand which had 0.33 mm mean diameter. Results indicated that scaling with the fall velocity parameter generates favorable profile replication for energetic processes such as scour or beach erosion.
Subject Headings: Two-dimensional models | Laboratory tests | Movable bed models | Sandy soils | Physical models | Simulation models | Scour | Fouling | Germany | Europe
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Matt Fraction
recently visited Leeds for Thought Bubble. (No, apparently not, my mistake) And it appears took a little of the lingo back with him in today's Fantastic Four #3.
"Pear-shaped" is British slang for something going wrong, no longer a circle – when you are looking at a European pear, anyway. Which, in Europe, we do all the time.
Wikipedia states that Margaret Thatcher used the term when talking to Ronald Reagan but a) it doesn't sound like her at all and b) outside if Wikipedia I've found no evidence that this is true.
But where did Mr Fantastic pick up the expression?
And hell, where did Ben Grimm? Too many late night sessions watching Peep Show? Will Reed start referring to his wife as Big Suze?
Comics courtesy of Orbital Comics, London.
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Goex Corp. Launches Sheetline Newsletter Printed On Carom 45 PVC
Tuesday, October 10, 2006
Press release from the issuing companyJanesville, WI, October 10, 2006 – GOEX Corp., the Janesville, Wis.-based manufacturer of custom plastic sheet, is pleased to announce the launch of the GOEX Sheetline, a quarterly newsletter designed to bring GOEX customers important information about GOEX and its products. The publication is part of a marketing and communications plan developed by Winther & Associates to build brand recognition for the company and its plastic substrates throughout the North American print media industry. Demand for GOEX products is growing rapidly because of their ability to deliver the best-engineered, highest quality plastic sheet available. Nevertheless, GOEX is eager to communicate its expertise and commitment to the broader graphic arts marketplace, where printing on plastics can be the gateway to profitable new markets for printers seeking to differentiate their products and services. "Keeping the lines of communication open and flowing is the essence of great customer service," says GOEX President Josh Gray. "We at GOEX take pride in our unique ability to work with our customers to develop product solutions tailored to their specific needs. The GOEX Sheetline is part-and-parcel of the creative dialogue that helps GOEX be the good, responsible supplier our customers deserve. We encourage readers to give us their feedback." Distributed free to GOEX customers and prospects, the GOEX Sheetline will cover company and product news, solution and services information. Produced in color on litho-grade CAROM 45 PVC, the newsletter offers both a visual and tactile experience of the company's high-quality plastic substrate as well as a demonstration of its superior printability. "The goal of our newsletter is to keep GOEX customers informed about new products, services and innovations at GOEX," says Bob Waddell, Vice President of Sales. "In addition to words and images, however, we are uniting style with substance by giving customers and prospects an opportunity to see and touch our high-quality plastic substrate in application." The first issue of the GOEX Sheetline contains a letter of welcome and introduction from GOEX President Gray, articles on quality control and cost reduction initiatives in place at GOEX, as well as interviews with customers and key personnel. To request a copy or to view the inaugural issue of the GOEX Sheetline, visit www.goex.com.
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I. Am. Discouraged.
I recently started up an online shop, and I was super excited the first two weeks, but this third week has been a doosy! {My shop is called Bishop Place Handmade}
I have been in the blog world for a few years now. Meeting new people, supporting handmade, and buying from online shops. I have been an advocate for online shops, sharing, pinning, and loving on some of my favorite handmade shops {for free might I add} simply because I loved the products and the people behind the products. Now that I have a shop, why is it that everyone needs you to pay for a little support. Shouldn't we share pages that we love? Shouldn't we advocate for handmade?
We are all in this game together. It should be fun and light, instead it's all about how many followers and readers you have. It's really hard to start from scratch, but I'm not giving up. I'm not going to stop supporting handmade. It's a worthy cause.
So, what do we do when we are discouraged? We think positive thoughts. We overcome. We keep on and keep calm as the overly used slogan goes.
I'm keeping my head up. I'm pushing on. This desire has been place in my heart, I have worked hard to learn my skill, and I will not give up. I will not.
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3 comments:
- Megan said...
You're having some of the same feelings I've been having. I wrote a similar post wondering why we can't just be more willing to share stuff we like instead of having people pay for it. Sure it might just be $10, but I don't want to spend $10 (usually much more for large blogs) to have someone promote my blog. I will definitely be willing to keep your button on my blog and help out the little bit that I can. :) I think I mentioned this to you, but we should definitely team up if they have the Crafter's Dream Giveaway at Christmas again this year. It's a great way to get your name out there.
- August 22, 2013 at 5:32 PM
- Em @ And Nothing Else Matters said...
Hi Megan! I know the feeling. It is the sole reason I started advertising options on my blog, to pay for my blog/shop advertising. I am deleting the paid advertising on my blog at the end of this month. It's only still there to finish out what people have already purchased. I love your pouches and your rosette necklaces. They are gorgeous! I would love to promote your shop on my blog if you are interested. Email me at email@example.com em xo
- August 22, 2013 at 9:05 PM
- Sarah Yoder said...
Seriously, your plea at the end about people feeling sorry for you cracke3d me up! Hang in there, babe! :)
- August 22, 2013 at 9:31 PM
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