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Keeping an existing customer is far easier than trying to bring in a new one for each sale, but ensuring your customers stay loyal to you isn't always easy
It costs more to find new customers than it does to keep the ones you already have, so it makes sense to do what you can to maintain those who are already happy with your services or products. Building customer loyalty is a step that many companies skip, because they are so focused on bringing in new ones. It is far more expensive to market to new clients than to sell to those who have already had experience with you and know what to expect from your brand.
Start Great and End Well
The beginning and the end of any customer interaction is what they remember most, so you need to make sure that no matter what happens in the middle of the conversation, it needs to begin and end pleasantly. The best way to do this is to ensure that every customer is greeted pleasantly and with a smile. Their problems should be dealt with as swiftly and efficiently as possible and when everything is complete, double check to make sure the solution is satisfactory.
A follow up note or phone call may be appropriate in some cases and can make all the difference in how a client feels about your business.
Be Consistent
When you eat at a restaurant every week, it's usually because you like the food. If the quality of the food is completely unpredictable, sometimes amazing, sometimes terrible, chances are you'll start looking for a new place to eat. The same goes for any business. When you provide great service one day and terrible the next, you risk losing customers.
Strive to always offer good customer service and quality products to keep people coming back. Not only will they be happy to continue purchasing from you, they will let their friends know about the great customer service, gaining you new customers without extra marketing.
Stay in Touch
Today, we have many methods to connect with customers, but the key to building loyalty is staying in contact over the long term. This can be done in a variety of ways:
- Email newsletters
- Birthday or holiday cards
- Printed newsletters
- Social media
By maintaining regular contact, either via email or snail mail, you keep your company fresh in the customer's mind. Each email will remind them of what you offer and that could easily result in sales. To increase the chances that they will buy again, you can include a coupon or a special sale just for prior clients.
Go the Extra Mile
Think of your favorite store or restaurant and then think about what it is that makes you really enjoy spending money there. Usually it's the little things that matter, like when the waitress remembers your name or the store clerk helps you carry packages out to your car: these are the little details that stick in your mind and make that business more enticing to you.
The same principles apply when you have your own business. Make sure you do go the extra mile for your clients and they will not only remember it, they'll even tell their friends and you'll find that you gain lifelong customers this way. Look for opportunities to give a little extra to your clients, even if it's just letting them leave their bag for a moment while they run into the shop next door.
Personalizing service will also gain you long term customers. When you notice that a client likes a particular product or has a specific interest, you can make sure that you always stock what they are going to be coming in for. If need be, set aside the product for them and call to let them know when you have a new shipment. They'll appreciate the gesture and will keep coming back.
Show Your Appreciation
It really takes very little to let your customers know that you appreciate them. There are a number of ways you can show this.
- Offer customer only specials
- Give coupons or vouchers for free product or services
- Send them samples
- Send cards or emails for special occasions
- Give them public recognition
These don't have to be great big shows of appreciation; even a simple thank you note can let the client know you are happy to be working with them.
Choose Your Employees Carefully
In most cases, you won't be directly dealing with clients. This task is left to employees, which means you not only need to ensure that you are selecting friendly people, but also giving them the motivation and training to make them great at customer service. This consists of training anyone you hire so that they are knowledgeable enough to actually help a client instead of turning them away, as well as keeping your employees happy. They will tend to treat customers the way they are being treated, so if you provide a good work environment, your clients will also be happy.
You should also have some guidelines in place. Is the customer always right or do you have limits as to how far you'll go to please them? Let your employees know what the limits are and be sure to tell them to go the extra mile to help customers and keep them happy. This will be far easier if you've chosen friendly people to work for you, since they will automatically be nicer and treat customers with extra respect.
Maintaining your existing customers is far easier than finding new ones, so take advantage of the resource at your fingertips and ensure that your customers want to come back. Friendly, comprehensive service and great employees are the keys to success in this area.

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Islamabad: A powerful car bomb on Monday went off in a crowded market in the restive Khyber tribal region of northwest Pakistan, killing 19 people and injuring 50 others, officials said.
The explosives-laden car, parked at Fauji Market in Jamrud area of Khyber Agency, went off with a loud bang.
The market was crowded at the time of the explosion, witnesses and security officials said.
The dead and injured included women and children.
Officials said 10 of the injured were in a serious condition. More than 10 cars were destroyed and several shops damaged by the explosion.
Footage on television showed a column of black smoke rising into the sky as ambulances rushed to the market to ferry the injured and bodies to nearby hospitals.
Security forces cordoned off the area as traders closed their shops. Troops conducted a search operation as officials scoured the site for clues.
No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
Several militant groups, including the Pakistani Taliban and Lashkar-e-Islam, are active in Khyber Agency.


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Eric Cantona
The volatile Manchester United star was banned for eight months for his kung-fu kick on Crystal Palace fan Matthew Simmonds during a league match at Selhurst Park in 1995. Watch YouTube video
Tie Domi
In 2001 Domi, an ice hockey player for the Toronto Maple Leafs, attacked a Philadelphia Flyers fan who had clambered over the barrier to confront him.
Watch YouTube video
The Pakistan batsman was playing in a one-day match in Toronto in 1997 when he charged into the stands to attack a man who had reportedly been calling him a "fat potato". He was banned for two matches.
Watch YouTube video
John Daly
After being repeatedly photographed by a fan at a tournament in Australia in December, the hot-tempered golfer snatched the camera and hurled it against a tree.
Ty Cobb
In 1912, the baseball legend attacked a disabled fan who heckled him. When told his victim had no hands, Cobb is reported to have snapped: "I don't care if he has no feet."


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It's been a couple of weeks since I last blogged. It hasn't been because I didn't want to . . . it's just been. . . well . . . . frenetic.
June 20 through 25, we were in San Francisco where I had meetings with both Bare Escentuals and with Crystal Palace Yarns. You can read all about the Bare Escentuals part of the trip in my post at BE Addicts Forum in this posting. It was an amazing trip and we were treated like royalty.
The CPY part of the trip was just as productive. As many of you know, I've been designing projects for Crystal Palace since the spring of 2006. The week before we went out there, I found out about a huge new project for which they want me to design some bags. So, I got busy and ended up taking 12 completed projects out to Susan. Some of them are the regular projects for free download on their website, and the rest were for the new project. I'll tell more about that when there's more definite information on the final details.
While we were there, we got a chance to go to Fisherman's Wharf/Pier 39. We took the kids to the aquarium there and they got to pet some fish. They had a great time, and we also got to see some sea lions, ride the carousel, and just enjoy the fantastic weather.
It was a hectic 5 days, but the travel went as well as it can when you are traveling with 3 kids (2 of whom are smack in the middle of potty training). We're glad to be home, and I'm still trying to catch up and make the house look like the luggage didn't throw up all over it.
On my knitting needles, or should I say just off the needles, is a new sock design that I think I'm going to offer for sale. Be watching for more particulars about how to order either a download or a hard copy of my new design called "Flambeau" using Crystal Palace Yarns Panda Cotton sock yarn.
Next for the needles? I'm not sure yet. I'm waiting for a box of yarn to arrive from CPY, and that'll give me all the raw materials I need to do several more bag projects for them. I guess I'd better get myself down to business sketching them out, huh?


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AN ABERDEEN housing company has created its own limited edition gin to give to buyers as a moving in gift.
Bancon Homes commissioned Simon Fairclough, director of Glenshee Craft Distillers in Perthshire, to develop an exclusive gin recipe.
The resulting Bancon Gin is a blend of botanicals including cassia, cinnamon, Macedonian juniper berries and cardamom to give a fresh flavour with top notes of warming spice.
A total of 300 50cl bottles have been produced for buyers who move into a Bancon Homes property across the North-east.
The company is also running a competition for collectors to win the first bottle, numbered one and signed by Fairclough.
Fairclough said: "Bancon Homes is always looking to be creative and innovative and to give their customers something back. I think they've captured that so beautifully in commissioning a gin. It's a new spirit, so it's about making an investment."


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Channing Tatum Goes Into Detail on Sex Life with Jenna Dewan
Channing Tatum is opening up about his "great sex life" with his wife Jenna Dewan!
The 36-year-old actor chatted with Cosmopolitan's editor-in-chief Joanna Coles in a Facebook Live chat on Wednesday (June 22) in Cannes, France.
When asked on the sexual positions he likes, Channing said, "I just lay there. I just lay down, sometimes I nap. Yeah, she's really athletic. We get down! Me and Jenna have a great sex life. We communicate very well."
"We truly have all different kinds of sex," Channing added. "Sometimes it's like, 'Look, you gotta get this done. I gotta go to work.' And that's a real thing. To me, that's us being completely open… Then you have full-on, just completely totally connected otherworldly connections."
Pictured inside: Channing doing interviews in Cannes on Thursday (June 23).


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Route: 40I, Local
Weather: Clear, 67 degrees, wind 150 degrees at 3 knots
Hard to believe, but Gina and I have already been married for almost six months! Ignoring our awesome sightseeing flight around Kauai with an instructor last month, we had not yet flown together as husband and wife. Perfect weather and the end of another workweek made for a great chance to finally go up together in a Cub again.
We took off and spotted a hot air balloon up ahead - I passed nearby and waved the wings to say hello just as I did with Rob last month. Then we turned and headed north towards downtown Dayton. Although I've flown over it many times in the Cessnas, I never had circled around in a J-3 until tonight. With the door open, Gina was able to snap some great photos of the city.
The Great Miami River and I-75 in downtown Dayton
The US-35 and I-75 interchange (currently under construction)
Looking directly down Main Street (OH-48)
The Oregon District's foliage stands out against the rest of downtown
Miami Valley Hospital and University of Dayton Arena in the distance
The closed runway and hangars at the USAF Museum
Having enjoyed the scenic portion of the flight, we both wanted to have a little fun. I climbed up nearly a mile as we flew towards Caesar Creek Lake. Out went a roll of toilet paper and... well, you know how this goes by now. It's always a blast and I sliced through it four or five times as we turned and descended over the lake. Insert usual disclaimer here.
You can see our route away from Stewart and back on the GPS track
Back in the pattern, I planned my usual three landings to extend my tailwheel currency another 90 days. None of the landings were great; the ground was a but bumpy and uneven but some of it was certainly me knocking the rust off. The second time around I caught a rut and was rewarded with a hearty bounce. I immediately added full power and went around - there's no reason to try and save that situation, especially in a taildragger. The final landing was intentionally long to aid in a short taxi back to the hangar.
Gotta love this time of the year... it's what Cub flying is all about.
Flight Track: Google Earth KMZ File
Today's Flight: 1.1 hours
Total Time: 214.1 hours


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Exports and removals from the United Kingdom
Supplies to visitors
The same basic pre-conditions for zero-rating set out in VRDP05000 apply to goods and services supplied in the UK, regardless of whether the purchaser is a disabled UK resident or a disabled visitor from abroad. Some goods supplied to visitors may not be eligible for zero-rating under Group 12, but businesses may still be able to zero-rate the supply under the retail export scheme see 'Notice 704 VAT retail exports'. That scheme applies only to people resident outside the European Community who are exporting the goods to a place outside the European Community.
For exports and removals of goods from the United Kingdom see 'Notice 703 Exports and removals of goods from the UK'.
Supplies to disabled people or eligible charities in another Member State
Where the value of a UK supplier's sales to citizens of any single Member State exceeds that state's threshold for distance selling, then the "distance selling" rules will apply to that supplier. This means that:
- the other Member State becomes the place of supply; and
- VAT on any sales to that State becomes due there at the rate applicable in that state.
However, in the majority of cases, sales by United Kingdom suppliers to individuals in other European Union (EU) countries will not breach distance selling limits, and so these goods will be subject to UK VAT. These sales will thus be subject to the conditions of Group 12 in the same way as any other sales, and will be zero-rated if the relevant conditions are satisfied.
Use of eligibility declarations for sales to EU Member States
The eligibility declaration regime applies to these sales in exactly the same way as it does to internal, UK sales. If a UK supplier sells to individual disabled people or eligible charities in other EU Member States, he should ask those customers to provide a declaration in the normal way see VRDP44000.
This means that:
- citizens of all Member States are treated equally,
- administration of the tax is simplified, and
- the risk of abuse and avoidance is minimised.


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When scandalous Texas tornado Miss "Texas" Guinan tried to take her burlesque review into Paris—France not Texas—the censors refused her entry into the country. She and her troupe of "30 really ravishing blondes" had performed their show for the entertainment of the passengers and crew of the steamship Paris in exchange for their passage across the Atlantic. The dance that drew the most attention featured the girls dancing nude except for high heels and two large fans, one held behind the back and one held over the front with the occasional fan closing "accidentally." Disappointed but not defeated, Miss Guinan chose to spin the refusal to her advantage. Her sexy revue would have a new name with implications that would ensure its success—she boasted that her show was so titillating that it was named "Too Hot for Paris." That got everyone's attention!
Miss Texas Guinan is just one of many larger-than-life personalities profiled in Outrageous Texans: Tales of the Rich and Infamous. From Janis Joplin to Racehorse Haynes and Joan Crawford to Kinky Friedman, Mona D. Sizer brings all of these colorful characters from the Lone Star State to life.
Mona D. Sizer has published over twenty books in addition to five for Republic of Texas Press including The King Ranch Story, now in its third printing. Her work has been translated into several languages, three screenplays, and numerous articles, short works of fiction, and poetry. She lives in Harlingen, Texas.


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How to Hack an Existing Business Model
Xerox ignored the personal computing movement. Kodak missed the digitization of film. Blockbuster was defeated by streaming. Taxi commissions never imagined they could be disrupted. All of these examples illustrate one simple fact: every business model fades. Companies which stand the test of time constantly experiment with new ways to capture, package, and distribute value to their customers–even at the expense of their current business model.
According to Tom Hulme and Colin Raney, former business designers at IDEO, existing companies should follow a four-step process to identify, evaluate, and test new business models:
- Understand your existing business model
- Understand your customers' needs
- Design the new customer experience
- Design your new business model
How to Understand Your Existing Business Model
To understand your existing business model, gather your team and use the framework above:
- Start with who your business currently serves and how it serves them. Under "Market Segments," list out the distinct groups that your business serves. Under "Value Proposition," write down what value you offer to those customer segments. Try to use the same language your customer would use to describe the benefit they receive from your products or services, rather than your internal lingo.
- Then, define how your value proposition is packaged and distributed. Under "Pricing Model," detail your pricing strategies. Are your customers paying a fixed price per unit, a variable rate determined by supply and demand (e.g. Uber's Surge Pricing), or a subscription? Under "Channel," describe how your value proposition reaches your customer segments (e.g. physical retail, online, etc.) and how those customers are directed to those channels (i.e. marketing).
- Next, specify how the business captures and/or creates value in the first place. Whom must you work with ("Partners"), what skills are required internally ("Capabilities"), and what expenses are involved ("Costs") in order to develop and distribute value to your customers?
- Finally, focus on how the business plans to grow and compete. How does your business plan to grow in the next five years ("Growth Strategy") and how do you plan to respond to current and emerging competitive threats ("Competitive Strategy")?
As you map out your existing business model, make a note of the following:
- Assumptions. Are you making a logical leap in what your customer's need or where they want to receive that value? Example: The recording industry assumed that people want to own music, when most simply want access.
- Tensions. Are there any obvious or burgeoning conflicts in how you create and distribute value? Example: Netflix wants to distribute new films as soon as possible, but their partners (studios) want some delay so they can rack up box office tickets, DVDs, and paid downloads.
- Trade-offs. In your business model, what tradeoffs are you making, and what sacrifices are you asking customers to make? Example: Zara can rush out new designs cheaply because they prioritize speed and price over product quality.
- Limiting Factors. What limits your ability to create, package, and distribute value? Example: Facebook can only reach people with internet access, which is only about 40% of the global population.
How to Understand Your Customers' Needs
After you've completely mapped your existing business model, move on to understanding what your customers need. Specifically, look for your customers' unmet and emerging needs. The best way to do this, of course, is to get out of the office and in front of your existing and potential customers. Conduct an intercept, recreate the customer experience, or track the startups in your space.
As you explore customer needs and generate new ideas, try to answer the following questions. We've used Netflix as an example to get you started.
- Are there customer segments or customer use cases we're ignoring or forgetting? Could Netflix offer a special subscription option to users that routinely travel abroad and can't access their favorite shows due to licensing restrictions?
- Are our assumptions about what customers need (and are willing to sacrifice) still true? Are customers still most interested in "professional" content, or should Netflix find a way to feature talent that you might find on popular YouTube channels?
- Is there a way to resolve a tension in our current business model? What if having a Netflix subscription included discounted movie theater tickets and/or you could pay an additional fee to see new releases sooner?
- How could we rewrite the limits of our existing business model? Could Netflix partner with Facebook to expand Internet access across the globe?
After you've generated new ideas and spent time directly with your customers, agree (as a team) on two to three new ideas to take the next step. These ideas should be the ones that are best aligned with 1) outside needs and 2) internal passion.
How to Design the New Customer Experience
Businesses are value creating systems that serve their customers.
– Colin Raney
When you're developing a new business model, it's easy to fall in love with an estimated profit margin and forget that success ultimately hinges on delivering the best experience for the customer. Before you break out the champagne and celebrate your ideas, it's critical to map out exactly how the customer will experience the product or service. Just as Airbnb did, take a page from the best storytellers on the planet and literally storyboard the planned experience step by step. This process will help you understand the customer experience, as well as which resources you'll need to deliver each step in the journey.
Once you've mapped out the ideas, it should become clear which are less valuable or less feasible. The surviving ideas are now ready for the final step.
How to Design Your New Business Model
Now that you've storyboarded new customer experiences, plug each remaining idea back into the business model framework. As you do so, ask yourselves:
- Why should we do it? Is there a clear path to growth and category dominance?
- What do we need to deliver? What value are we promising to customers, and how do they expect to receive it?
- How will this change our organization? Do we have the necessary capabilities and organizational structure to execute this idea?
- What are the risks? What happens if we fail? What unintended consequences could happen if we succeed?
- How can we prototype or pilot this? How do we learn as much as we can with investing as little as possible? What assumptions are most critical to test immediately, and how do we design that test?
The mistake that many organizations make at this stage is demanding an iron-clad business case before an idea can even be tested. Because so many variables are unknown and so many assumptions are still untested, any business case will be an exercise in showmanship, rather than feasibility or profitability. Instead of a business case, demand a safe-to-fail prototype. Or as Spotify would say, demand a skateboard.
Takeaway: The instant a new business model is implemented, it begins to become obsolete. Organizations should take a systematic approach to identifying, developing, and testing new business models long before their existing streams of revenue are threatened by upstarts.


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Rave, on Dec 1 2008, 02:54 PM, said:
I don't think we should limit graphics, programming and sound limitation to Genesis's capabilities. C'mon, we're doing a game for the PC, limitations will only cause more trouble among the development. However, about graphics, they don't need to follow a color or a pallette limitation, all that the pixel-artists need to have in mind is good sense. A sprite of a pallette of 40 different colors? Hell no.
Actually, I disagree, adding limitations to sprites created since it will set a style on how everything will look, this way, everything should all fit in the same style.


text: Sorry if this is a common problem. I've searched everywhere and can't seem to find the answer. I just got this phone three weeks ago. It was working fine until yesterday. But now my mobile data connection won't work. If, for example, I try to get the hourly weather forecast or get on the internet, I get a screen that says "You need a network connection to use this application. Please turn on mobile data or Wi-Fi in settings." I've tried everything I can think of. My Mobile Network is on. I've re-booted the phone, that didn't work. I've even seen suggestions that you should turn Airplane Mode on & then off. Tried that, that didn't work. Any ideas as to what's wrong?


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This USB air conditioned shirt finally here! Now there is finally a clothing solution to keep you cool in scorching summer heat. Sweat no more; this light polyester shirt has a tiny fan in the back of it which works when a powered USB is connected to it. Although not extremely discreet or unnoticeable, the fan is small and light and isn't an eyesore. The shirt itself is a plain, white-collared dress shirt with short sleeves. It can be dressed up with professional pants and a tie, or can remain casual with shorts.
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Doctor Who Character Building TARDIS Console Mega Set
Mega timelord fun
- Build your own TARDIS control room
- Clicking date display & central time rotor
- Four minifigures, 250 pieces total
If you drew a Venn diagram showing Doctor Who fans and brick construction toy fans, you'd see a pretty big overlap. Geeky folks are builders; geeky folks like Doctor Who. But up until recently, there were no Doctor Who themed construction sets. Creative geeks hacked their LEGO collections to create ersatz Doctor Who scenes, but it just wasn't the same.
Thankfully, Character has started a line of officially licensed Doctor Who construction sets, complete with minifigures! If you've ever dreamed of being in the control room of the TARDIS, now is your chance. This set lets you build the control room, complete with clicking date display, central time rotor, and all the controls you need to fly the old girl. Minifigures of the Doctor, Amy Pond, Rory Williams, and River Song are included in this 250 piece set.
Product Specifications
- TARDIS Console Room Mega Set from Character Building
- Compatible with most brick construction sets
- Features a clicking date display, central time rotor, and controls
- Officially licensed Doctor Who collectible
- Figures included: the Doctor, Amy Pond, Rory Williams, River Song
- 250 pieces in all


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A new four-story building featuring keyless entry, four-person suites and spacious studio apartments will be home to 144 returning RIT students this year.
The building, officially called Global Village 405, is similar to neighboring residential buildings 403 and 404.
Carla DiLella, executive director of Housing Operations and Global Initiatives at RIT, said the student residents, mostly sophomores, were assigned to the new housing last fall.
"I'm glad to see that RIT is expanding the options students have," said RIT Student Government President Farid Barquet. "Living on campus is more convenient, but we didn't always have the capacity to hold everyone, so I'm glad to see we're expanding more of the on-campus housing that we have to offer students."
Construction of the four-story building began in May 2016 even before final designs were completed. Changes were incorporated following feedback from students and various RIT departments.
The ground floor features spacious studio apartments for individuals, a vending area and laundry room.
DiLella said the second, third and fourth floors have four-person suites, each with individual bedrooms, two bathrooms and shared kitchens and living rooms.
All of the units are fully furnished and feature climate control and USB charging capabilities, as requested by students.
The building is also the first on campus to feature keyless entry. Residents use an app and Bluetooth technology to access their rooms with their phones.
Collaboration spaces are on the second and third floors, with mobile work tables and benches. A lounge featuring a 90-inch television is on the fourth floor.
DiLella said the building was constructed to help address the need for on-campus housing as RIT's enrollment steadily increases. More than 7,200 students live on campus, either in dormitory buildings or in about 1,000 existing apartments.
"We're meeting the needs of the students who like to be on campus," said Howard Ward, associate vice president for Student Auxiliary Services. "As our academic programs and the quality of student services increase, students want to stay on campus. We try to accommodate all the students who want to stay on campus."
The next new apartments on campus are likely to be built in the next two or three years where the existing Riverknoll apartments are located, Ward said. Plans are now in the discussion phase, but construction could begin in a year or two.
"The area around Global Village is prime real estate," Ward said. "The students want to be there and we're going to make sure the living arrangements are high level."


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When it comes to living an easy and convenient life, having an organized kitchen stacks high on the must-haves. Here are some ways you can design, or redesign, the room that we race into and out of every morning, spend family time in every night and enjoy lazy brunches and cooking adventures in
every some weekends:
1. Use open shelving. Not only is it easy to access frequently used items, it also forces you to keep things neat when out in the open. It's also great for small kitchens because it opens up the space.
2. Customize your cabinets. You can do this when you order cabinetry or you can do it yourself with existing cabinets thanks to all kinds of great organizational gadgets now available. Pull-out shelves, dividers for cookie sheets, custom recycling and garbage units, spice jar inserts and towel bars all keep things in their place and easily accessible.
|Better Homes and Gardens
3. Drawer organizers are a must. Every single utensil and kitchen do-dad has its place, and it is in a drawer organizer. Get one. Or many.
|Martha Stewart
4. Use hooks. Hooks for towels, utensils, pots and just about anything else are so useful and help you avoid throwing things on the counters.
5. Use counter space wisely. Keep counters open except for frequently used items. Store cooking utensils in pretty jars near the stove, and snacks in glass containers so you can clearly see what's there.
|Martha Stewart
6. Look up. Utilize the space between your cabinets and ceiling, and on top of your refrigerator by throwing lesser-used items in baskets or pretty bins. Or if starting fresh, customize your cabinets and take them all the way to the ceiling.
|Style at Home
7. Utilize awkward corners. Open shelving that goes all the way to the wall in a corner is a more efficient use of space than a corner cabinet (and adds interest).
|Style at Home
8. Make better use of lower cabinet space. Open shelving below the counter is convenient for everyday items.
|Style at Home
9. Gather appliances. Carve out a spot for all your small appliances to keep them together, ideally one that is handy to an outlet and behind a closed door. An appliance garage (yes, they have been updated) is fantastic for this.
|Style at Home
10. Give cookbooks their own space. Keep recipes and cookbooks together and handy on a dedicated shelf.


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Chapter One
There are all sorts of unflattering things I could say about my hometown. I know because I've practiced. You might even say it was my major course of study during my high school years.
Eventually I graduated and, finally, had the whole world in front of me and no obligations to hold me back. So, naturally, I immediately married a hometown boy with family ties deep enough to be genetically suspect.
It was not at all unusual to be in the Walmart with Gary only to find that every single person in the store was a relation of some sort or another. With no living family to speak of and only one half of one generation residing below ground, you can imagine how thrilled his family was to add me to their tree. When we got married, Gary's mother, Irene – an aggressively thin woman with hard gray eyes – told me that their family bible had been lost during hurricane Frederick, but I'd always suspected she'd hidden it rather than add my name to that most sacred of genealogies. That was actually fine with me, since I have terrible handwriting and never had developed a satisfactory trademark signature.
Everyone suspected that I was pregnant when we made the announcement (complete with short engagement period) about a week after I graduated, and my size did little to dispel that rumor. It was Mrs. Harris, my friend Jolene's mama, who convinced me to lose weight before the big day. She said that my wedding photos were the most important pictures I would ever have taken so it was important to look as much like the movie stars in the magazines as possible. She's a hairdresser and has been married three times, so has a lot of experience with weddings.
For the six weeks before the wedding I worked my ass literally off and, on the big day, I managed to close the zipper of that size twelve dress. It was the thinnest I had ever been. I thought my improved appearance might help ingratiate me with my stick-thin mother-in-law-to-be, but instead she'd been horrified by each dropped pound. My decreasing waistline could only mean that I was not, as she suspected, knocked up. Gary was not marrying me out of some noble, if misguided, sense of duty or responsibility. He had, as she saw it, simply settled.
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HUMIRA is licensed to achieve and maintain remission in patients with moderate to severe Crohn's Disease (it's also licensed for use in other conditions). I've been taking azathioprine now for nearly 10 years and over the last year I have had active inflammation despite my blood levels of azathioprine being in the correct therapeutic range. It's time to get this disease under control... I came back from Portugal and lost 9 lbs in just over a week. Not a good reason to be losing weight!
HUMIRA is an injection, and I will be trained by the IBD nurses to self-inject. Thankfully, I only have to administer the medication once a fortnight. Although for the first few doses I have to be in the hospital to be monitored. There are a lot of scary side effects, and before starting the treatment I've had to be screened for a variety of infections, viruses and the like. However if we don't get my Crohn's Disease under control, I then run the risk of serious complications.
Life has been very stressful lately which hasn't been helping, but I'm looking forward to having some down time this weekend as the kids are with their dad.
I've been neglecting my blog as I've been so busy with my day job, the kiddies etc and then in the evenings I've just been so tired that I've been in bed most nights from 8 or 9pm! I'm sure once my IBD symptoms improve I'll start to feel a bit more energetic.
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While I totally agree that money in itself can't make you happy, I would have to say that having money ensures you won't be unhappy. So often people complain and whinge and whine, it turns out that statistically speaking, a lot of people's problems revolve around the good old dollar, and more specifically, the lack of it.
Let's take a look at a simple, but common, scenario. Let me introduce you to Duffus. Duffus owns a car (like an EB Falcon in Australia). It's a pile of crap, the only car he can afford. Since it is a pile of crap, it keeps breaking down and he has to keep spending money on it. The car breaks down, the harmonic balancer needs replacing (so says the mechanic), it needs new shockies and the rego is for a 6 cylinder car. So Duffus (really, I could replace my name here) has these 'problems' because he did not have the money initially to buy a decent car.
Let's take a look at another scenario. Let me introduce you to Sparkly. Sparkly bought a Toyota Camry, the newest one he could afford. Sparky had no problems with this car, although he did have to look past the fact that it was designed to be bullet proof and made for grandmas.
So Duufus and Sparky, two, kind of different people, who bought cars. The one with slightly more money, not a lot more, just slightly more, is well out in front in terms of possible problems with cars. And in essence, that little bit more money and slightly better thinking was just enough to 'not cause problems'. I suppose the question is; if there is less problems, is there then more room for happiness?
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Over a barrel, city of Niagara Falls seeks life in new grads
The rapidly dwindling city of Niagara Falls, N.Y., has found a new way to attract people, and not just the temporary visitors who come to view the iconic waterfalls.
In danger of falling below the population 50,000 benchmark, which could cost the city federal funding, Niagara Falls has hatched an ambitious plan to lure recent college graduates by helping them pay off their student loans. So far, more than 200 people from as far as Hawaii have inquired about renting or buying a home in the city since New York officials unveiled the program last month, the Buffalo News reports.
"The conversation this has started, the attention, we didn't think we [would get]," community development director Seth Piccirillo told the newspaper. "That's been encouraging, because people are talking about Niagara Falls as a living destination, and obviously are interested in what we are doing."
Half of those interested are from upstate New York, with the others coming from California, Oregon, New York City and other coastal areas. Most are seeking a new place to live and relief from crushing student loan debt, the newspaper reports.
Just 20 people will be selected for the first round of buyers and renters, whom the city would pay up to $3,500 in annual student loan payments for two years. Preference will be given to those interested in community service and those who buy a home in the city, the newspaper reports.
Local officials have said the program could help ensure that the shrinking city doesn't dip below a population count of 50,000 for the 2020 Census, when it would lose key funding through the state and federal governments. In 2010, the city had a population of 50,193, down from 55,593 in 2000.


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Some years ago, a visitor to a major video installation in Portobello's Victorian swimming baths by the internationally-renowned, Edinburgh-born artist Michael Pinsky complained: "This is the kind of thing we should be able to see in the city centre. We shouldn't have to come out here to see work of this quality."
This is typical of comments Portobello's cultural groups have heard over the years from other Edinburgh residents as well as from the city's cultural institutions and council managers; the idea of culture outside the city centre is too often associated with low expectations in terms of quality or innovation.
Now, however, recent major reports, such as Thundering Hooves 2.0 and Desire Lines, expressing the concerns of the city's cultural community about Edinburgh's all-year-round cultural policies and practices, suggest that, with rising costs, alternative offers and increasing strains on the city's infrastructure, the tide of Edinburgh's pre-eminence in the cultural world might be changing direction. As befits a seaside community, Portobello, along with others, would like to see the tide shifting more in our way.
Culture in Edinburgh is a matter of feast and famine. The all-you-can-eat buffet is laid out in August and disappears in September. Most of the year we have a good offer of pre-packaged, touring productions and shows but, with notable exceptions, few places where art is actually made. Local artists, performers and cultural producers struggle to find the livelihoods they need to enable them to develop their careers. This is not the way to develop Edinburgh as year-round city of culture. The city managers do not recognise that they have to feed the goose if it is going to lay more golden eggs.
In Portobello, for example, contrary to a neighbourhood plan agreed by the wider community, a planning decision for the ScottishPower site is resulting in the loss of artists' studios and a recording studio used by musicians from across the city. Planning officials declared the community's views redundant and the chair of the planning committee said that if people wanted this kind of provision, someone could develop it elsewhere in the neighbourhood. No amount of cultural aspiration can survive this level of philistinism.
Portobello residents pay for cultural provision, including substantial subsidies to the festivals, through their taxes and they expect to see the benefits spread more widely through a joined-up process of cultural planning and development. This should include the creation and protection of spaces for making and experiencing culture year-round. We have ideas for cultural developments to benefit the whole city and we contribute our time and energy to maintaining our community's cultural vitality. We deserve to be heard above the din of Edinburgh's festive jamboree.
Damian Killeen OBE is chairman of Big Things on the Beach


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Pyongyang, May 11 (KCNA) — Actions were waged on May 8 across south Korea to denounce the shameless acts of the puppet regime in connection with the ferry Sewol sinking disaster, according to south Korean KBS, CBS and Yonhap News.
The bereaved families of the victims to the disaster thronged to the head office of KBS in Seoul and staged a sit-in strike, enraged at the fact that the news director of KBS made reckless remarks that the number of victims to the sinking accident is not much more than the one of those victims to annual traffic accidents.
They continued their sit-in strike till dawn of the next day, demanding the dismissal of the news director of KBS and an official apology of the head of KBS.
After the sit-in strike they headed for Chongwadae, shouting "We will meet President Park Geun Hye".
When the security authorities deployed 13 companies of police around Chongwadae to bar their way, they stubbornly fought against the police, shouting "Open the way".
Those concerned of KBS, who came to the incense-burning altar in Ansan, Kyonggi Province that day, were beaten and strongly protested by bereaved families.
Members of civic organizations of Inchon area including the Inchon Solidarity for Public Welfare and Health held a press conference in front of the building of the Inchon Agency of Maritime Police, demanding the introduction of the "government's" special investigation and a hearing of the "National Assembly" to probe the truth about the ferry sinking accident.
The Bar Association for Democratic Society in a press conference in Ansan, Kyonggi Province released 17-point task, saying that only the clear probe is the highest honorable treatment to the victims.
Religious organizations and opposition parties held meetings and press conferences for probing the truth behind the ferry sinking accident.
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Where are you based?
Mike's Donkeys is licensed and based in South Wales, however to ensure our transport costs are kept as low as possible and the donkeys don't spend too long travelling, we have bases in Somerset, Basingstoke and Peterborough. We supply donkeys all over the country and aim to be as competitive as possible, so no matter where your event is, ask us for a quotation and we will do our best to get to you.
Do you have the relevant paperwork in place?
We have public liability insurance up to five million pounds. We also have a licence for working donkeys, which is a legal requirement whenever a donkey is hired and payment is received. We are inspected by the Donkey Sanctuary to ensure the donkeys are in great health and we provide a generic risk assessment for each job and then conduct a more in depth one upon arrival on site as no two event locations are the same.
Are you VAT registered?
We are not currently VAT registered and so when we give you a quotation, there are no hidden extras. Our quotations are inclusive of transport, staff and insurance.
Do you provide helmets for the riders?
It is a condition of our insurance that we supply hard hats for all riders on our donkeys. We always bring a range of hats to ensure they fit a variety of ages.
What happens to the poo?
When a donkey leaves an unwanted gift, we always bring scoops so that we are able to clear it up and either find somewhere that needs fertilising or bring it home with us. We will always clear the hire area of anything generated by us or the donkeys but are not responsible for any litter left by visitors
Are there restrictions for riders?
In accordance with Donkey Sanctuary advice, all of our standard donkeys are restricted to carrying children under 7 stone/45 kilograms. We have four donkeys who are bigger and they are limited to 9.5 stone/60 kilograms. We strenuously enforce this limit because the welfare of our donkeys is of paramount importance to us. If a child is too heavy to ride a donkey, we try to include them by allowing them to lead one instead.
To comply with our insurance regulations, no child under eighteen months is able to ride the donkeys.
Do the donkeys mind travelling?
All of our horseboxes/trailers are adapted with the donkeys' welfare in mind. Partitions are removed and the donkeys always travel loose, enabling them to move around and choose whether to face backwards/forwards/diagonally. Hay is provided on all journeys and we regularly stop to offer water. The vast majority of our donkeys will load themselves. We unclip them at the bottom of the ramp and they walk in with no encouragement. We have cameras fitted so that we can monitor them on route and all of our staff drive slowly and carefully.
Do the donkeys enjoy their work?
It is vital to us that our donkeys are happy and we routinely get comments about how well and content they look. Donkeys are very intelligent and get bored left in a field. They love to meet people and they like to be given a job to do. Just like humans, an active donkey is a healthy and happy donkey. Providing their workload is carefully monitored (none of ours work more than four times a week and they have several months off each year), donkeys are healthier and happier when doing gentle exercise a few times a week. The more calories they burn, the more treats they can safely consume and the happier they are!
Each of our donkeys is treated as an individual and only asked to do what they enjoy. Charlie used to do rides but then started stopping and so we listened to what he was saying and trained him as an assisted-therapy donkey. He now does the bulk of our television and assisted-therapy work, which he loves. We are only happy if our donkeys are happy.
What size parking space do I need to provide?
Due to the volume of jobs we deal with and last minute bookings coming in, we often don't assign staff to jobs until a few days before the event. This means we can't guarantee which vehicle is coming to you. The biggest vehicle is Mike's 7.5 tonne lorry which requires a space of 3 metres wide by eight metres long. If you allow enough space for this, the 3.5 tonne lorries or the jeeps and trailers that our other staff drive will easily fit. Please note that for welfare reasons, we need the vehicles to be parked in close proximity to the donkeys.
What time will you arrive?
We aim to be at each event no less than half an hour before we are due to start. In most cases we will arrive an hour before.
Do the donkeys have to be on grass?
We can work the donkeys on any surface as long as it is not slippy. Concrete is fine, as is grass. If the donkeys are working inside, we can't take them on polished floors. Please note that most of our donkeys won't like walking on tarpaulin or over leads.
How much space do you need?
For petting jobs, our pens are 12 feet square. For rides, we need a minimum area of 20m by 30m but the ideal is a long straight run of around 80m by 15m, so that we can go up and down without having to turn. We try to be as adaptable as possible.
What are the donkeys scared of?
All of our donkeys have been trained to be calm in crowds, around loud noises and in a fairground type environment. What they will not tolerate is anything moving around their feet, therefore we will not work them anywhere near ball games and we can't be positioned next to balloon stands.
How long can the donkeys work for?
When doing rides, the donkeys need a ten minute break every hour but it's normally easier for us to do a half hour break after three hours. We are happy to try and accommodate clients' wishes regarding the timing of breaks but the fact that the donkeys have to have that amount of time off is non-negotiable. The maximum time a donkey can work in a day is five hours with breaks. If your job requires more than this, you will need to book additional donkeys so that some can work whilst others are on breaks.
How many donkeys will I need?
When doing rides, we provide a minimum of two donkeys, as they are happier working in pairs. For assisted-therapy, parades and television work, we have donkeys who are happy to work alone. A rough guide with rides is if you have up to 200 potential riders, two donkeys should be sufficient. Between 200-300 riders would require three donkeys and 300-400 would need four donkeys. We can provide however many donkeys you need (within reason). The most we normally do for one job is twelve but we can be flexible with this.
Do you provide staff?
Yes. We never just drop a donkey off or allow them to be picked up. Our staff know each donkey and are fully trained in how we look after them. All of our staff are excellent with both the donkeys and the riders/parents. We only employ people who we trust 100% to look after our animals, keep the public safe and work with our clients to do the best job possible. When a staff member is assigned to a job, they have all the details provided on a job sheet and they will contact the client the day before the event to clarify everything. Most of our staff are parents themselves and their interaction with children is frequently reported as being excellent by clients. We decide on the amount of staff each job requires, based upon the donkeys that are being used and the environment we are working in.
Do we need to provide anything?
All we need at each event is a space to park our vehicle close to the donkeys and a safe area in which to work. The area doesn't have to be fenced off but, if your event is very busy, this is advised so that the area can be closely controlled. We bring our own water but it is always nice to have access to a tap so that we can refill. We bring our own hay, poo scoop and first aid equipment for the donkeys.
Can the donkeys work inside?
We have specially-trained donkeys who are happy to go into buildings. If you require a donkey to do this it is vital that you make us aware at the time of booking, so that we are able to reserve you a suitable donkey.
What do you do with the donkeys when they retire?
Sometimes we train a donkey up and then find he/she isn't enjoying the work. At this point we may decide to find the donkey a new 5* home as a pet/companion. All of our main working donkeys that have been part of the team long-term are guaranteed a home for life with us. We monitor our older donkeys closely to ensure the work they are doing is suitable for them and adjust it accordingly. When they need to retire completely, we have acres of good grazing with 24 hour access to shelter and other donkeys for company.
How do I make a booking?
To get a quotation for a job, you need to either email firstname.lastname@example.com or call Kelly on 07813 165755 or Mike on 07779 692092. You need to tell us where your event is, what date it is on, what you require the donkeys for and ideally how long you need them. Once you have a quotation and want to go ahead, please email to confirm the event date, how many donkeys you wish to book and the price you have been quoted. Annie will then send you out our booking form and take a deposit to secure the booking. Once we have the booking form and deposit, your booking is confirmed. The booking form is your way of telling us the exact details of your event and if we have any issue with what you have requested, we will contact you to discuss it. With your booking confirmed, you can rest assured that we will honour it and be in touch shortly before to go over last minute details.
The booking email from Annie will have the date and location of the event in the subject title. We get hundrends of emails so please make sure that all those you send to us have this as a subject title so that we know which event they relate to.
Do you take a deposit?
For all bookings under £500 we take a £50 deposit. For bookings over £500, we take a £100 deposit. The deposit is payable either by cheque or BACS. It is vital when paying by BACS or sending a cheque, that you quote the reference number on the invoice. We receive hundreds of payments and without the reference, we have no way of linking the payment to your booking.
What is your cancellation policy?
If you cancel us up to 24 hours before the event, all you forfeit is the deposit and there is nothing more to pay. If you wish to cancel later than that, the full amount is payable. Our staff are excellent and we look after them, so if you cancel with less than 24 hours' notice, they still get paid. We try to reschedule where possible but can't guarantee this as an option. If we cancel an event (this very rarely happens) due to traffic issues, extreme weather, staff or donkey illness, we will refund everything you have paid.
Do you work in all weathers?
We can work in most weather conditions but don't like to work the donkeys in heavy rain. If it is very wet, we normally try to do what we can but in the worst case scenario, the children can come into the lorry to pet and sit on the donkeys under cover, until the worst of the weather passes.
Live animals are always unpredictable and so we can never guarantee that the donkeys won't bite or kick. What we do ensure is that we only select animals with good temperaments and that they are happy and comfortable in their surroundings, giving them less reason to get irritated. Every one of our donkeys is checked for it's suitability to work with children by a qualified vet when we are licensed each year and they are only allowed to work if the vet is happy that they are suitable be around children. We would never use a donkey with a tendency to bite or kick.


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In Truther Talk Episode 27: It's the End of World.. As we know it.. April and Virstyne are feeling fine when discussing the Mayan Calendar end of the world prediction on December 21, 2012.
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I have recently completed a new series of collage, the Blue series. Thirteen of the eighteen works will be sent to the International Collage Exchange in New Zealand this spring.
Sunday, January 9, 2011
BLUE Collage Series
Posted by Mary Ellen Long at 1:50 PM
3 comments:
- Ian Foster said...
Wonderful work, I am speechless. Congratulations!
- January 10, 2011 at 1:36 AM
- Outside The Lines said...
Beautiful work....Blue is my infatuation lately it seems, so I am just drawn to these pieces!
- January 12, 2011 at 11:44 AM
- Jo Murray said...
These are beautiful restrained and peaceful collages. Hope I get one in the exchange. Love your work.
- March 7, 2011 at 9:46 AM
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We knew we wanted Crate & Barrel. Just walking in that store makes shoppers want to get married, so they can get all that really cool stuff without having to pay for it all at once. But I was worried about taking the Mister to a place with so many fragile things. He's . . . hard on stuff. In the past year, he has broken five (yes, five!) shower heads. I gave away my lovely crystal wine glasses to a friend, because I didn't think they'd survive a week in the hands of my incredible hulk.
He acknowledges that he is rough on things. In fact, he calls himself "a bull in a china cabinet." I think the proper turn of phrase is "a bull in a china shop," but the image of a bull trapped inside a china cabinet always makes me chuckle, so I've adopted this new epithet for him.
He'd have snapped me like a twig already, except that I'm relatively strong and not easily broken. My baby book says that I am "a sturdy little Dutchman." Ouch.
So, I had a plan. I'd take the Mister to C&B, sit him down in the corner of the store, and bring him plates and glassware to examine. This plan worked. Until I realized that I had placed him within reach of a precarious tower of wineglasses at least four glasses high. Like this:
He saw what I didn't -- that the layers of wineglasses were separated by clear plexiglass, and that one glass on the edge wasn't actually supporting the gravity-defying spire. He waited until I was across the store, selecting another platter for him to consider, and he gave me his evil grin. Slowly, he pulled out that single wineglass.
My. Heart. Stopped. I had visions of an avalanche of glass shards and the accompanying bills we'd have to pay. For the injuries to other shoppers. For every broken glass. For the attorney's fees to cover my defense for the intentional (but justified) murder of the Mister.
When I realized that disaster had been averted and I started breathing again, I said to the Mister, "I hope that was worth the year of my life you just stole from me." I think he winked at me. Cheeky bugger.
After that experience, I knew I couldn't handle another in-store registry experience, so we started looking online. But we didn't want to register at a whole bunch of stores to get all the diverse things we hoped to receive, which included bed sheets, movie tickets, a cherry pitter, and artwork. Fortunately, I stumbled upon a great registry site, wishpot.com. It creates a wish list of everything you want from every store on the web. It even allowed us to add donations to several charities, like Big Brothers Big Sisters, the Nature Conservancy, Habitat for Humanity, and local charities too!
Wishpot's not just for registries, it can be used to send next year's wish list to Santa, or to keep a list of the things you want to buy when the economy isn't in the tank. Check it out. And for readers who know the Mister and me in real life, feel free to check out our registry by clicking on "Looking for People" near the top of with wishpot homepage, then entering my last name.
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Been awhile since I was on again and thought Id say hello. Lots goin on in my life…
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well new issues have developed…had to have blood tests today for something else going on. It is VERY serious but dont want to say anything yet tilll the blood test confimrs it. It has been sooooooooooooooooooooooo hard keeping this in when I learned of it on friday while at work. Needless to say I couldnt stop crying so left early. No one knows of my secret…well I take that back I had to call the gastric doc and ask if I could still do my gastric surgery in light of the new news. He says it is up to me but medically I can go thru that and do the surgery so well see…it all depends on the blood test. My family doesnt even know. I so wanna talk to someone about it but cant…
thanks…just been busy and going thru a lot. My Mom had another stroke and really is in left field a lot. Im still blind in my left eye, not sure when that will be resolved lol. Have an eye appt the 28th so might know more then. Had an upper gi recently and found out the reason I am having so much tummy trouble and comstipation and what is due to nerve damage in my stomache and intestines from good ole diabetes. So because of this new found joy I am haveing the Gastric Sleeve surgery on Sept 13th…I do eat right now…still excellent sugars but I have been doing water excerise and workin out almost daily. Have lost at least 25lbs. That water excerise kicks my butt…makes my sugar dip into the low 60's and 70's…but so worth it!!!
welcome back! sorry about your health problems, and your mom. I take care of my elderly mom so I sure know what that is like, and how it can be stressful. I hope that somehow, your eyesight in that eye will come back. I hope the surgery goes well and that you will be over those tummy problems for good. yes, that exercise is worth it.
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No. 6 Kansas gets by Texas TechJan 13, 2013 - 1:57 AM
Travis Releford and Jeff Withey added 12 points apiece for the Jayhawks (14-1, 2-0 Big 12), who have not lost since a 67-64 setback to Michigan State on Nov. 13.
Jamal Williams posted 11 points for the Red Raiders (8-6, 1-2), who have dropped two straight.
An early second-half burst allowed Kansas to take control for good.
Up by one, Withey kicked off a 12-0 run with a layup, followed by a bucket from Young. Releford added a shot off the break, then Young added back-to- back scores before Releford ended the surge with two free throws for a 41-28 contest.
"I was disappointed in our play in the first half. That's as miserable as an offensive team can play, I think," Kansas coach Bill Self said. "But I thought their defense was good, and they kind of punked us, without question, on the glass and being physical.
"We had to decide whether or not we want to be here or not. I thought the second half, though we didn't play great, I thought we played with more energy and played much better."
The Jayhawks eventually expanded their lead to 46-32 thanks to a Naadir Tharpe shot from beyond the arc with 9:36 to play, but the Raiders briefly counterpunched.
A three-pointer from Josh Gray pulled Texas Tech within nine at 46-37 just over a minute later -- but it was the last time the hosts saw their deficit in single digits -- then Withey began a 12-3 burst by hitting 1-of-2 from the line.
Tharpe again connected from long distance during this run, which ended on a Releford slam with 4:25 to play which gave the Jayhawks a 58-40 advantage.
The Raiders had nothing left in the tank for the remainder of the contest.
"In the second, half I felt like we got too comfortable, and they noticed we got comfortable, and that's when we took the first punch," Williams said.
Williams' basket provided the hosts with a 10-9 edge with just over six minutes played in the first half, but Withey's two from the line keyed an 8-0 run for the visitors.
Kader Tapsoba's layup pulled Texas Tech to 22-19, but Ben McLemore and Withey converted all four free-throw tries to extend Kansas' edge to seven as the clock ticked under four minutes left. The Red Raiders fought back before the end of the half, closing to 27-25 after Williams was fouled on a three-point try and made his free shots.
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Artists Solve Problems
We started this unit with a Tantamounter and a clothespin challenge. Then looked at how limitations are used by artists to create works of art. These limitations might be physical or material or conceptual. Each artist at South B was encouraged to pick a limitation and create a final work of art.
Some students chose strange materials such as actual jelly to create a painting of a jellyfish. Other students tried new concepts such as anamorphosis or creating a work of art using only white paper. Still other students attempted techniques that they had never tried before including lino cut printing and ink on silk.
Here is a look at some of the projects, many still in the works...
More Clothespins Inspired
As part of our unit, Artists Solve Problems, we took on the challenge of creating an extraordinary work of art inspired by an ordinary object... in this case, a clothespin.
Each artist was given one clothespin to use as inspiration. they didn't have to use the actual clothespin. however, some artists did and well, Walmart in Southport is now sold out of clothespins.
here are a few of the final challenge solutions...
Clothespin Inspired
How do you take the ordinary and turn it into extraordinary? What if that ordinary object was as simple as a clothespin?
As our second challenge for our first unit, Artists Solve Problems, we stole a project that was part of a presentation we saw at NAEA16 in Chicago. The concept was simple. Create an original work of art inspired by the very ordinary. The work does not need to incorporate the actual clothespin. The clothespin can simply be an inspiration. Here is a look at a few of the works in progress.
Day One : Tantamounter
For our first unit together at South Brunswick High School, we decided to start with Artists Solve Problems. The basic concept behind this unit is that artists are faced with limitations. Some of these limitations can not be controlled, as is the case for Phil Hansen. In fact, we started the day by seeing how Phil dealt with his limitation by watching his TED Talk, Embrace the Shake.
At the end of the video, Phil mentions that his next goal is to create art that others can replicate. With that concept in mind, we took a look at the Tantamounter Project. A group of artists in NYC would collect an object from the public. in about 45 minutes, they would return the object with a work of art that was tantamount to the original. View the project here.
Today's Challenge: Select an object and in groups or alone, create a work of art that is tantamount to the original. You will have less than an hour to complete the piece.
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Art of South B
This blog contains the work of Visual Artists, Computer Graphic Designers, Animators, and Street Artists from South Brunswick High School, NC
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i'm sorry i took a long time in reviewing SP but i merely don't have the time to do this delightful Zack Snyder's piece a justice it truly deserves. besides, i'm true to this blog's name: Slow-Poke!
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based on Wiki, "Babydoll" (Emily Browning), is institutionalized by her stepfather (Gerard Plunkett) at the Lennox House for the Mentally Insane after she is blamed for the death of her younger sister. Blue Jones (Oscar Isaac), one of the asylum's orderlies, is bribed by Babydoll's stepfather into forging the signature of the asylum's psychiatrist, Dr. Vera Gorski (Carla Gugino), to have Babydoll lobotomized, so she cannot inform the authorities of the true circumstances leading to her sister's death.
In the seconds prior to being lobotomized, Babydoll retreats into a fantasy world in which she is newly arrived in a brothel owned by Blue, whom she envisions as a mobster. She befriends four other dancers – Amber (Jamie Chung), Blondie (Vanessa Hudgens), Rocket (Jena Malone), and Rocket's sister, Sweet Pea (Abbie Cornish). Dr. Gorski is envisioned as the girls' dance instructor. Blue informs Babydoll that her virginity will be sold to a client known as "The High Roller" (Jon Hamm). The "High Roller" is actually the doctor scheduled to perform the lobotomy. After Babydoll saves Rocket from a rape attack from the Cook, Gorski encourages Babydoll to perform an erotic dance, during which Babydoll fantasizes she's in Feudal Japan, meeting the Wise Man (Scott Glenn). After she expresses her desire to "escape", the Wise Man presents Babydoll with weapons. He tells her that she would need to collect five items in order to escape: a map, fire, a knife, a key, and a fifth, unrevealed item that would require "a deep sacrifice". Before parting ways, she is confronted by three demonic samurai giants, which she defeats. As her fantasy ends, she finds herself back in the brothel, her dance impressing Blue and other onlookers.
The Review:
the most integral part of SP is that it doesn't have to show us how erotic the dances were, instead Babydoll and her friends were simply kicking ass in their tasks, as a metaphor of how good they were at dancing. i love this technique. it saves the time of catering to one's whim of how erotic the dance is and credits one's intelect of being able to accept the director's word for it. No rolling in the bed a la Hariz and Izzah of Ombak Rindu. No hacking people into pieces to show how violent you are (and somehow giving people ideas on how to be violent and hide the crime). i mean, the movie allows you to be creative, to give your imagination its free rein.
i enjoy this movie, truly. the opening score hooked me right in. and i was interested in the lobotomy proccess. how do they do it ?
anyhow, give this movie a spin ya. even though it performed so-so in financial earnings aspect, it is fast becoming a cult movie :)
i gave this one a 4 and half star, just because i was lost in the sequence. yup, i'm not that imaginative yet to piece things together, that is, to relate the real sequence with Babydoll's fantasies. but then that doesn't mar the movie at all. i love it just as it is and i hope you love it too.


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A green-fingered grandma was left stunned when she had the visitor that every gardener dreams of – Alan Titchmarsh.
The former Ground Force star visited Maureen Allen after her garden was handpicked as one of the 30 best in the country for his new TV show.
Maureen from Walsall beat off competition from more than 400 applicants to be part of the ITV programme called 'Britain's Best Gardens', to celebrate Titchmarsh's 50 years in horticulture.
"I've always been a fan of his gardening programmes" admitted Maureen, a keen gardener for 20 years. "He's just so knowledgeable.
"He told me that he loved my garden, and he loved the way I had shaped it and the colour combinations.
"I couldn't believe that he was complimenting me, I thought, 'does he really mean it'?
"He was so lovely, and a really genuine person.
"At first it was a bit strange, but after a while I relaxed and forgot that the cameras were even there."
"The producers said that he didn't visit every garden, but he had chosen to come and see ours."
Retired care worker Maureen took up gardening 20 years ago, and over the years has been won countless local and national competitions.
The 66-year-old self-taught sower was put forward by the National Gardens Scheme, which raises millions of pounds a year for Macmillan Cancer by opening private gardens to the public.
Each year Maureen, who lives in her terraced house in Pleck with husband Sid, opens her garden to the public to raise money for charity.
The paradise plot includes flowers, shrubs, tropical trees, fruit tress, and a pond which Maureen even dug out herself.
"I have had a little go at vegetables, but my real passion is flowers.
"In the summer I spend most of the day in the garden. My husband is allowed to mow the lawn, but otherwise he's not really interested.
"It's really all down to me."
Britain's Best Gardens is due to air next year on ITV1.
Speaking about the show, Alan said: "These gardens will represent what gardening means in the country. They are our gardens that say as much about us and who we really are as they do about the blooms, lawns and fragrant borders."


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Fresh off appearing on "Lookin' for a Fight," Randy Brown will make his Octagon debut this month at UFC on FOX 18.
Brown will face Matt Dwyer on January 30 from the Prudential Center in New Jersey. The card features a main event between Ryan Bader and Anthony Johnson.
After being spotted by UFC president Dana White on his reality series, Brown will put his unbeaten record of 6-0 on the line against Dwyer. He recently competed at Ring of Combat, earning his sixth career stoppage.
Dwyer (8-3) owns a 1-2 UFC record, losing to Albert Tumenov and Alan Jouban around a win vs. William Macario.
Below is the current lineup:
Light Heavyweight: Anthony Johnson vs. Ryan Bader
Heavyweight: Josh Barnett vs. Ben Rothwell
Welterweight: Tarec Saffiedine vs. Jake Ellenberger
Lightweight: Sage Northcutt vs. Andrew Holbrook
Lightweight: Diego Ferreira vs. Olivier Aubin-Mercier
Welterweight: Alexander Yakovlev vs. George Sullivan
Lightweight: Felipe Olivieri vs. Tony Martin
Featherweight: Alex Caceres vs. Masio Fullen
Bantamweight: Iuri Alcantara vs. Jimmie Rivera
Featherweight: Damon Jackson vs. Levan Makashvili
Middleweight: Kevin Casey vs. Rafael Natal
Welterweight: Matt Dwyer vs. Randy Brown


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How children use ICT at school:
Many activities involve computer software that is not connected to the internet and is produced in the same way that books are written, i.e. to be appropriate for particular age groups. Using ICT in school is important as it can:
Children are not given individual e-mail addresses while at Barming. They will learn about e-mail and in Year 3 use a computer program that is similar to e-mail but is not connected to the Internet at all. Some classes will be able to e-mail homework or other tasks to an e-mail address at school, but the children are told to ask their parents for permission to do this and parents may want them to use their e-mail address. E-mailing a homework is helpful in that it can save the cost of printer ink.
Internet Use:
For most tasks where children need to go on the internet they will be given a link to click on to a particular site. Some of these links are in our Year Group pages on this website and the children can then access these sites at school and at home. Whenever children are using the Internet at school they are supervised. Older children do learn to use Search Engines as part of their ICT and E-safety education, but they are directed to particular searches. The school makes use of a very strong filtering system which will not allow access to any social-networking sites and also filters out any sites which might be inappropriate.
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White-tailed deer jumps into cheetah enclosure at National Zoo, killed by carnivorous big cats
WASHINGTON – Two cheetahs at the Smithsonian's National Zoo came across unexpected prey and the result was predictable.Maybe I'm a bad person, but I can't help but chuckle at the poor deer here. Who knows what it was running away from? Maybe a dog, maybe some random noise that spooked it, whatever. Here it sees this big protected area, clears the fence in one graceful arc, and lands smack dab in the middle of a cheetah enclosure at the National Zoo.
Zoo officials say a white-tailed deer was killed by the cheetahs after it apparently jumped into their enclosure on Friday. A spokeswoman calls it "a normal and expected reaction" by the carnivorous big cats.
I'm trying to look at this from the cheetah's perspective, too. This would be like you or I sitting at our computers when all of a sudden a bacon cheeseburger just comes flying in from over our shoulder and lands on a plate in front of us. Food! From Heaven! Those cheetah are going to be talking about this event for the rest of their lives, man.
[cheetah #1] "Bill, you remember that day?"
[cheetah #2, rolling his eyes] "Yes, Fred, I remember"
[cheetah #1] "Big ol' deer, just come up outta nowhere..."
[cheetah #2] "Yes, Fred, it just..."
[both, in unison] "...landed in our laps!"
I know, I know, I'm a terrible person for laughing at the deer's misfortune...
That is all.


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BOSTON – Coach Claude Julien could feel his Boston Bruins improving even though the results didn't show it.
They did once the playoffs began.
Nathan Horton scored the go-ahead goal late in the first period, and the postseason-tested Bruins used a revived offense to beat the inexperienced Toronto Maple Leafs 4-1 in their series opener Wednesday night.
"There were some signs probably the last four games or so (that) we seemed to be turning the corner," Julien said. "We were playing better. We weren't getting rewarded with wins."
The Bruins had lost seven of their previous nine games, never scoring more than three goals. They played six games in the last nine days of the regular season. Two games in the final week were postponed because of the Boston Marathon bombings and the search for suspects.
So after two days off and a new series starting, Julien believed his players' minds and bodies were refreshed.
"It's been draining for players to deal with that stuff," Julien said. "We're all sentimental to what happened to this city. It was just a matter of turning the page and getting a fresh start from the regular season.
"I think, mentally, that was a big difference. I think that's why you saw a big change in our team. We've been through this as a group."
The Bruins still have 17 players who were on the team that won the Stanley Cup in 2011. The Maple Leafs are in the playoffs for the first time since 2004 and have 15 players making postseason debuts.
"It's a new experience for a lot of guys," Toronto forward James van Riemsdyk said. "That's a telltale sign how different the level is and how things can come back to bite you."
Game 2 is scheduled for Saturday night in Boston, where the Bruins have won six straight against the Maple Leafs.
The Bruins' late-season skid dropped them to the No. 4 seed in the Eastern Conference.
That set up a first-round matchup with fifth-seeded Toronto, the first time the teams have met in the postseason since 1974. The Maple Leafs lost four of their last six regular-season games.
Their shaky play continued after van Riemsdyk gave them a 1-0 lead in the first two minutes. They never scored again.
"We just self-destructed," Toronto Coach Randy Carlyle said. "We didn't do a lot of things right. I've never seen so many people fall down with nobody around them. Like we said, we knew this is going to take more than an ordinary effort and tonight it wasn't good enough effort."
Wade Redden also scored in the first period for Boston, and David Krejci and Johnny Boychuk added goals in the second.
"That was a tough one to lose, especially with the start we had," Nazem Kadri of Toronto said. "Undisciplined turnovers played a factor as well. We are just killing ourselves when we do those types of things."
Toronto took a 1-0 lead on a power-play goal by van Riemsdyk just 1:54 in. Redden tied it at 16:20. Horton gave the Bruins a 2-1 edge 3:28 later.
Redden took a shot from the top of the right circle. Horton, sidelined the last five games with an upper body injury, lifted his stick and deflected the puck past goalie James Reimer.
After video review, it was determined that Horton's stick stayed below the crossbar.
"To get that one was huge going into the second," Redden said. "We didn't really let off the gas, I don't think, a whole lot. We kept going at them and got a few more big ones."
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text: IT IS Sara Aleksandersen's job to stir the blood. As Issat Turi, her uncle, cuts up the reindeer he has just slaughtered with a knife stroke to the throat, she kneels down, the cream of her reindeer-skin coat only a few shades darker than the snowy tundra around her. Sara is 15. Like generations of Sami youngsters before her, it is her responsibility to keep the blood in the bucket moving, to prevent the precious crimson fluid from coagulating. "For us, the reindeer is everything," says Turi. "We don't waste a bit."