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|Subtitle translated reads "Queen for a Day".
|Translated, the title and caption read "Blue, White, Red" - "The Cockade of Mimi Pinson".
|Love this!
|"The Last Preparations for Spring" - "Love Rejuvenates Nature"
|Oh god, those muttonchops need to go. I feel like this is a funny example of that "sinful French" style that gave France (especially Paris) such allure to thrill-seekers in the early 20th century.
|"Dethroned". I love this color scheme.
|"A Gust of Wind and a Lightweight Lady". This may be my favorite of the bunch!
|Currently my desktop background.
|One of the leg paintings.
|Another legs painting.
|"Unmasked" or "Uncovered". I like the double-meaning in the fact that she's taken off her mask and is showin' a little leg.
|Strange but beautiful.
|"The Daisy"
|"Painting Without Restraint" or "Painting Without a Mistress". The subtitle is a pun - on the "Academie des Beaux-Arts", a French art society and "Fards", meaning makeup. It reads "A Prime Candidate of The Academy of Fine Makeup".
|"A Dip in the Water" - "Progressive Training in Sea Baths"


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Burst of Summertime with Purple Lace
April 3, 2017
Nothing is more inspiring than a vase of fresh cut flowers from my garden! These gladioli and small sunflowers smelled wonderful, and their myriad colors and intricate shapes of petals and leaves inspired me to paint them. In the winter I plan and dream about what new varieties to add to my garden. Painting still […] more »

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If you have ever installed an instance of Oracle WebCenter Content on a Windows server you probably stepped into this error:
The weblayout directory is on a filesystem with 8dot3 semantics. Legacy 16-bit 8dot3 filenames conflict with revision labels and will cause file loss. Disable 8dot3 semantics by running "Installer DisableNtfs8dot3" and then restarting Windows.
This can be solved in two ways:
1)Using Oracle suggested procedure
This is done running Installer.exe with DisableNtfs8dot3 parameter.
To do this open command prompt (Start -> Run -> cmd) and go to:
<DomainHome>\ucm\cs\bin\Installer.exe DisableNtfs8dot3
In my server it was:
E:\Oracle\Middleware\user_projects\domains\ecm_domain\ucm\cs\bin\Installer.exe DisableNtfs8dot3
2)Editing a registry key
Open regedit (Start -> Run -> regedit) and go to:
Edit NtfsDisable8dot3NameCreation key and change its value to 1 (default value is 2).
After this restart UCM instance (if you edit registry also a server reboot would be necessary) and alert message will disappear.
That's all!!


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Come celebrate the release of S, a chapbook, by drinking some good beer and listening to a great line-up of readers:
TIMOTHY DONNELLY's THE CLOUD CORPORATION was published last year by Wave Books and in the UK by Picador this fall. His TWENTY-SEVEN PROPS FOR A PRODUCTION OF EINE LEBENSZEIT was published by Grove Press in 2003. He has been poetry editor of Boston Review since 1995. His poems have appeared in numerous magazines and journals, including Fence, Harper's, The Iowa Review, Jubilat, Lana Turner, The Nation, The New Republic, The Paris Review, Ploughshares, and A Public Space. He teaches in the Writing Program of Columbia University's School of the Arts.
FLORENCIA VARELA's work has previously appeared in journals such as Diagram, Drunken Boat, Gulf Coast, The Malahat Review, and Washington Square Journal, among others. Her chapbook, OUTSIDE OF SLEEP is forthcoming from Dancing Girl Press. She currently lives in Brooklyn.
and of course...
SARAH V. SCHWEIG's poems have appeared in BOMB Magazine, Boston Review, Painted Bride Quarterly, Western Humanities Review, and Verse Daily, among others. She is a graduate of the University of Virginia and Columbia University, where her MFA manuscript was the recipient of the David Craig Austin Memorial Award. Her chapbook, S, is available through Dancing Girl Press. She lives in Brooklyn.
Monday, October 17, 2011
Awesome poetry reading November 2 at 7 pm.
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Monday, April 23, 2012
The Nursery Child
I'd like to think it went well, but it doesn't matter so much what I think at this point, right? :)
In any case, it was a wonderful experience for me to interview and answer questions.
I had a terrific time presenting my circle and story to the children, and I believe they liked it, too. A few of them came up to me afterwards and remarked how much they enjoyed it. That's really all that matters to me!
It's hard, hard, hard not to be nervous when so much is at stake. A fulfilling job...becoming a part of a community...a bit of financial ease for our family...among other things. I'm a bit of a motor mouth, and I really get going when I'm excited. This past Thursday, I was *very* excited. I was elated all day long and I barely remember the moments leading up to walking through the door to the interview. There was just so much building up to this moment and I couldn't believe it was happening.
One of the questions they asked was the difference between a nursery vs. kindergarten child....
{a few scattered reflections on this question}
*A nursery child (2.5-about 4) is in need of a home-like environment and all of the surroundings and work that come with it. Steiner asserted that children might begin school with kindergarten at about the age of 5 or 6...Nursery programs came much later as parents both needed to return to the workplace. Caring for young children in a group setting takes unaffected love and an understanding of development. They aren't "little people" who can reason or debate. They need to be surrounded by adults who are striving to be worthy of imitation; an ongoing journey. Think of a nursery room as a "home away from home." It is a place where the senses are nourished and beauty and order prevail.
Consider this passage from Steiner's The Kingdom of childhood regarding the gesture, speech, and attitude of the teacher:
These are the things that matter most for young children. What you say, what you teach, does not yet make an impression, except insofar as children imitate what you say in their own speech. But it is what you are that matters; if you are good this goodness will appear in your gestures; and if you are bad tempered this also will appear in your gestures, in short, everything that you do yourself passes over into the children and makes its way within them. This is the essential point. Children are wholly sense organ, and react to all the impressions of the people around them. Therefore the essential thing is not to imagine that children can learn what is good or bad, that they can learn this or that, but to know that everything that is done in their presence is transformed in their childish organisms into spirit, soul, and body. The health of children for their whole life depends on how you conduct yourself in their presence. The inclinations that children develop depend on how you behave in their presence.
*A very young child needs warmth, both physical and emotional. Warm and weather appropriate clothing keep a child from using energy to make up for lost body heat. I focus especially on the head and chest. This could also apply to a kindergarten child, of course.
*Great care is taken in regards to personal care....hand washing and toileting are done with loving guidance and ample time. There is no rush. Independence in this area is the goal, but this will happen in time! I have found that the 3.5-4.5 children I care for still need some help or at least the presence of an adult when it comes to toileting and hand washing.
*Time for rest and quiet is crucial....even if it is for just 20 minutes. A time to be still, to exhale, to be silent.
* Stories are from a familiar place, such a nature or life experiences. Repetition plays a large role in these stories, helping the children live into the content. (meaning, the story is repeated over the course of about a month and there are elements of repetition within the story, as well.)
*Discipline is also lead by imitation....if a child is hurt by another's hand, we care for the child who has been "wounded". Shaming or punishing removes a child from the situation and therefore he or she will not view the effects of his actions. Your hand hit this person. Let's help this person feel better. Please hand me some boo boo cream or an ice pack. Our hands are gentle. At this young age, children are still experimenting with the outcomes of their actions.
*As a teacher, our words are few. I try not to be directive with the young children, rather I use hand or body language to express where I want them to be (think of stroking a pillow or blanket during rest time when a child has sat up...) I don't really "step in" during scuffles, unless someone is being hurt physically....most of the time, I have found that children really do work things out on their own, in their own way.... My adult solutions usually offer very little and I try to keep them to myself.
*Playthings are made unformed and natural materials; toys in which the "details" can be filled in by a child's imagination.
*Seasonal festivals, such as the quiet of Advent or the joy of May Day, bring about a connection to the cycle of the year. Through such yearly revisited activities, a child's feeling for the cycles of life and of nature is strengthened.
...there is much more to say and I've only touched on some large topics. Thank you for reading; this is a helpful way for me to organize my thoughts and to think more on these important ideas!
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Good luck to you and the Waldorf School. Ours here is just lovely. I home school and for some time the school was open to us during the festivals.ReplyDelete
I really enjoy using the gentel loving ways of Waldorf in my home.
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Carrie "The Handmade Homemaker"
Ooh, you distilled so much here. There is so much that seems similar between kindy and nursery, and I think you really brought into focus the emphasis in caring for very small children, for those of us mothering them. Thanks!ReplyDelete
This is such a beautiful overview of Steiner's philosophy.ReplyDelete
Thank you so much for sharing your insights:)
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thank you for this post, I am thinking of training to be a steiner teacher (I at the moment am homeschooling my two daughters) but I am wavering between wanting to do it, and being very afraid ! your post gave me a little more of a push towards 'YES' this morning - I have signed up to fly to the open day on 19th May in the UK and check out the course, it is part time for two years and involves a huge commitment, but I think it is going to be worth it. Anyway, I am so glad to have found your blog,ReplyDelete
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text: As you may have noticed, I really like the ruffled lei necklaces I've been making for the past few months. It occurred to me that it would be fun to make a set of ruffled lei beads that incorporated the concept of a Skinner blend. With spring colors just starting, and summer coming, I decided to try a blend that would move from the bright corals and yellows of spring into the more cool greens of summer. The core of the ruffles is made with translucent clay, embossing powders, and a gentle tinge of color, while the edges are solid clay colors following the Skinner blend I chose. The ruffles on this necklace are separated by honey gold Swarovski pearls. Their glow just seems to reflect the glow from the translucent clay. I made this necklace longer than usual since I think it will be a perfect piece to wear with a variety of clothing styles.


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Im sorry for beeing so quiet lately.
You know how it sometimes just comes and takes over everything, that thingy called life.
So lately i havent had hardly any crafting time at al. Oooh, i miss my craft room so much!:(
Well, hopefully life will soon be over. No wait, that sounded so totally wrong,lol.
I ment al those little nasty "things" in life that takes away al my crafting time. I hope that the "things" in my life will be over and sorted out really, really soon. Sometimes i feel like just screaming. Shut up! Stop nagging! Stop bothering me! cant you see im trying? Im doing the best i can with what i got. You know...?
Just tell life to give you a little brake. At least for a little while so that you have time to gather your self up for the next little "thing". But sometimes life just hits you with one thing after another. It doesent matter how much i scream, im just wasting my time and energy
Im sorry for ounding so down,but i kinda guess i am a little bit.
But on the bright side i know that when this al is over im leaving behind yet another milestone in my life, and i will be so much braver, wiser, stronger and more beautiful than ever, ha, ha, just kidding:) No way this will make me more beautiful. I wisch!, lol. But i will for sure be stronger then ever.
So, enough with the winying and off to talk about something so much funnier...Crafting!
Iv had a little tutorial up over at the Copicmarker Europe blog. Coloring clouds.
Theres so many ways to do this and i think i will call this the Annica way, cause i learned it from her.
The copics im gonna use is B0000, B000 and B23.
Im gonna concentrate on this background image from Make it crafty.
and at the end im going to mount on this pre colored Tilda image.
oki doki, lets get on with it shall we :).
Im going to do the whole coloring process on a piece of mic blending card.
The first color im using is the B 0000.
Just be really "shaky" in your hands while doing it.
Clouds arent perfect in real life, they are al different looking, so no need to feel that you are doing wrong. There is no right or wrong way to do it. The only pinpoint i can give you is to go slightly in zic zac when coloring.
The next color im using is the darkest blue. B 23...
Looks kinda funny huh? but it will get better. (i hope,lol)
Then im gonna use the B 000...
Im kinda dabbing it on to the darkest blue, going a little bit on to the lightest blue, not too much tho.
Then im taking B0000 again and starting from the darkest blue again and blending it upwards, but not al the way over the lightest blue (B0000).I wanna keep the first layer of B0000 untouthched. Cause if I go all over it one more time, the second layer will make it darker.
Of course you can do that also if you want to, and you can use different colors also.
Make the clouds darker or lighter, ad some greys to it.
Well, its totally up to you how you want you clouds to look.
Well, we are finished!
Wasn't that really easy?!
This is how the finished image looks when Tilda is mounted on to it...
Well, thats it from me today. I hope i could inspiere or help someone with my little tut.
Have a wonderful week everybody!
Hugs Bettina.
Copics used on the background/
Clouds: B0000, 000, 23
Flowers: Y15, 17, 35, R02
Leaves: G40, 28 YG63
Ground: E000, 00, 34, 47, 57, 49, 59


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Bit tired today. I was up until 2am with Genesis, who were on the programme yesterday. Technically, I wasn't actually with the band - just in case you had visions of me, Tony Banks and Mike Rutherford in some Soho club 'til the early hours. But after the thrill of meeting them yesterday, I went home and started to work my way through their back catalogue. Ok, so it wasn't actually 2am either, it was more like quarter to eleven...not a great story that, sorry! On to tonight's programme then, no classic prog rockers unfortunately, but plenty of other stuff:
On the news front: as a 16-year-old boy fights for his life, the latest victim of knife crime in the capital, the number of primary school children stopped and searched by police has almost doubled in the last year. According to new Met figures, officers detained more than 750 ten year olds in the twelve months to April. Some say police are in danger of adding to the problem by alienating young people, others argue that anything that reduces the number of knives on our streets has got to be worth doing. We want your thoughts later.
Elsewhere, we'll have more on the political row brewing in Romford after a Labour politician described The Queen as "vermin" and a "parasite". They were made on the Facebook page of local Tory MP Andrew Rosindell, by Labour's Peter White, who's due to stand for election to Havering Council next year. Mr White has been told to explain the comments by Party officials and faces the sack.
Also on the programme: two of the worst train stations in the country are right here in London. We sent Murray Dron to investigate, but he hasn't come back yet; the Beatlemaniac who's unearthed some photographic gems in his loft; and two become one when a couple were inspired to become half the people they used to be after they broke their bed. Oh, and Robin delivers the weather forecast whilst skating. Dancing on isobars, you could say?!
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Whatever its true definition, I delight in the term as I imagine experts in the field gleaning all sorts of valuable information by tracking what's trending at any particular moment. My method of gathering information is more random and haphazard. A Plot Whisperer tweet is retweeted numerous times. The "total reach" is double or triple the usual on Facebook.
Based on those indicators, I make the assumption that writers are eager for that particular plot support.
One such post that recently trended on FB:
Eight plot tips for a mythical middle:
1) call in the antagonists
2) create an exotic world
3) begin middle with overarching conflict or suspense plot point
4) ask yourself: because that happens, what happens next?
5) add a great subplot
6) know the crisis
7) know the climax
8) begin filling in and deepening character flaw
For an in-depth resource to all the questions to ask about conflict when writing a novel, memoir, screeplay, refer to The Plot Whisperer Workbook: Step-by-Step Exercises to Help You Create Compelling Stories.
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How to Start an Online Business
Starting an online business is not a simple task. It requires you to identify the right business that you can comfortably undertake. This guide is broken down into sub-endings to enable you to understand how to start a small online business. In this guide, a chapter per chapter discussion points are given and its conclusion. Furthermore, you will learn how to start and operate your e-commerce store.
The following nine steps are very helpful to enable you to build and grow your own successful online business.
Identify a niche
Find the right product with the potential of getting a good profit before you start selling. It is necessary also to do more research with different niches and do examine yourself to find problems that can easily be solved.
Evaluation of the market viability
At this point, you need to dig deeper because you have the business idea. Do an assessment of the factors that can make your business succeed or fail.
Carry out thorough market research
Evaluating trending products and validate your product using techniques like keyword research
Competitive analysis
There are many competitors in this market. Find out the best strategies that can work better for you and determine what should be improved especially from your biggest competitor. This information will tell you how to position and brand yourself in the market.
Online business laws
Internet business laws such as zoning laws shipping restrictions and trademark considerations need to be learned because they can either break or make your business.
Target market
Carry out market target analysis to better understand deeper who your perfect shopper is. What are their needs and wants? How to change your website and product to appeal to your customers.
Product source
Having known how to build your business, choosing right products and how customers can get the physical products; the physical product you are looking for should have the right features that can appeal to the customer.
Develop your store
Build an online store using very powerful e-commerce software to sell your product. You need to make your customers want to come back, and you can achieve this by providing a great shopping experience.
Be productive
Being productive is one aspect that leads to the success of online business. To master man's greatest nemesis is just a matter of knowing the difference between operation and success. Find more information from successful online-based entrepreneurs.…


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Next Episode of Viewtiful Joe is
not planed. TV Show was canceled.
The series follows a similar plot of the games, but there are many differences. The series was shown every Saturday on the Japanese TV station TV Tokyo from October 2004-October 2005. It has been licensed by anime disturbor Geneon, and currently airs in the USA on Kids WB every Saturday at 8:00 AM.
Following the game's storyline, movie lover Joe and his girlfriend Silvia enjoy a seemingly normal trip to the movies to see an action flick starring Joe's idol, Captain Blue, when suddenly the leader of the evil Jadow force reaches out of the screen and takes Silvia into the movie. Joe is forced to follow her by Captain Blue's mecha, Six Majin, and meets Captain Blue in the flesh who grants Joe the power to become an action movie hero in his own right, Viewtiful Joe.
Joe and his girlfriend Silvia went to the movies to watch his favorite superhero Captain Blue. But when a evil doer drags Silvia into the movies. Joe must now find her through Movie Land with the help of Captain Blue Junior and his V-Watch that transforms him into an elite superhero, Viewtiful Joe.
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Mexico inflation highest since 2014 in November; rate hike seen
Mexico's annual inflation reached its highest in two years in November, and the data supported economists' expectations that the central bank will raise interest rates again to offset a weaker peso.
Consumer prices jumped 3.31 percent since November 2015, national statistics agency INEGI said on Thursday.
This was the highest since December 2014 and in line with the 3.32 percent that analysts estimated in a Reuters poll.
Last month Mexico's central bank raised interest rates for the fourth time this year, to 5.25 percent for the main rate, after the peso slumped on Donald Trump's win in the U.S. presidential election.
Mexican policymakers have been concerned that the weak peso was driving up inflation.
If the U.S. Federal Reserve raises rates next week, Mexico's central bank is widely expected to follow suit in its last monetary policy meeting of the year on Dec. 15.
In a Reuters poll, more than 100 economists forecast that the U.S. Federal Reserve would raise rates at its meeting next week.
Goldman Sachs said in a Thursday research note that Mexico's central bank was likely to raise interest rates by 25 to 50 basis points following the Fed decision if the peso remains weak.
Other economists share that view. Monthly inflation rose 0.78 percent in November on surging electricity prices, according to non-seasonally adjusted figures.
The core index, which strips out some volatile food and energy prices, gained 0.22 percent during the month


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Singapore – city with a peculiar destiny
Once, part of Malaysia, Singapore boasts splendid nature and affluence. That is why artists liken this city to the beauty sleeping on the seashore. Singapore that attracts tourists from around the world is also known as the amber city. Majestic nature helps one forget the troubles by taking the person somewhere magical. The city makes one feel free and safe. On the other hand, worldwide, Singapore is acknowledged as all-around highly advanced, unique destination.
Ancient and modern city
Considered one of the cradles of civilization, the city-state of Singapore has a distinctive destiny. Until early XIX century Singapore used to be a part of Malaysia. Recognizing strategic geographic location of Singapore and being the gateway to the South-East Asia, the British started to consolidate their presence here. As of then, the city began its dynamic development and transformation into the regional trade hub.
During the World War II, the Japanese invaded Singapore. In the wake of the war, the British turned the city into a UK dominion. Nevertheless, Singapore joined Malaysian Federation in 1963 and declared its independence in 1965. Since then, the city started to develop at a higher pace. With scarce natural resources, authorities managed to attract foreign investors that in a short time made Singapore one of world's most developed industrial centers of the world.
Singapore is a modern city. Almost entire population is well-housed and employed. Electronics industry in the country is highly advanced. Most leading manufacturers or their subsidiaries are present in the country. Albeit a tiny state, most advanced nations could only dream of the foreign trade volumes of Singapore – estimated at 460 billion USD, with a good half of those products comprised of electronics.
Singapore is also one of Asia's biggest commercial, financial and industrial centers; hence, the name Switzerland of the South-East Asia. The title is well justified because Singapore hosts 130 major banks with extensive clientele – world's richest people prefer Singapore to Switzerland.
Favorable strategic and geographic location, sitting at the crossroads of maritime routes, made Singapore a leading trade center of the world. This destination has become a trading arena for different countries. Moreover, Singapore is one of the largest port cities in the world. It handles some 150-200 (mainly cargo) vessels per day. That makes it the second largest port in the world in terms of volumes of cargo processed.
Cultural hub
Currently, the Chinese account for 75% of the population while the Malays are 14% of the general population. Religious composition of the population is as follows: 32% Buddhist, 22% Daosist, 17% Muslim, 13% Christian and 3% Hindu. Despite the variety of ethnicities in the country, the principal language in the country is Malay. English, however, is considered an unofficial language on the island. Classes in higher education institutions are taught in English. In secondary schools, English is taught as one of mother tongues. Nevertheless, Malay and Chinese are used as official languages. In the areas of residence of ethnic minorities classes are delivered in native languages along with English and Malay. In a nutshell, a person without proper command of English would be difficult to come across.
Splendid nature contributes to the longevity of Singapore's citizens. People leave well into their 70s and 80s. Birth rate is quite high; 7.91 births per every 1000 citizens. Conversely, death rate is just 3.41 per every 1000 population.
Tourism destination
Singapore's climate is tropical but with peculiarities of its own. Average yearly temperature is 28-36 degrees. Mildness of the climate attracts tourists all year round. Singapore gets rainy weather in October-February, but it only adds to the beauty of nature. Splendid nature and world class leisure facilities appeal to tourists. According, to recent estimates some 12-15 million tourists visit Singapore annually. Singapore is also a city of nature reserves. 70 hectares Bukit-Tima Reserve, boasting virgin tropical forest, and 20 hectares Jurong Bird Park are the most popular among tourists. Its animal sanctuary is also probably one of a kind while Sentosa and other islands offer various leisure facilities. In a word, Singapore is one of the most captivating and picturesque destinations, Asia's amber city-state.


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Each and every month we bring you a list of the top incentive deals going on. This month shows almost completely new cars, with cash incentives ranging from $3,000 to $1,500 on a full range of vehicles. The month of May has an offer on a car to not only fit with any budget, but with almost any lifestyle. If you're looking for your next pickup, minivan, sedan, or SUV, this is definitely the month to head over to your local dealership.We've combed through each and every incentive offer for the month to bring you the best of the bunch. As always, there will be bigger and better deals out there, but the car they're associated with probably isn't worth your time or money. With summer right around the corner, we did the work for you so you can sit back, relax, and possibly pick your next car from the list below.
Here are some great deals on cars for November 2013.
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A new loyalty program. A new design. Brandimage creates new cards for the Europcar Privilege program.
Brandimage, a leading global consultancy of brand equity architects and designers, announced that it has created new design for the Europcar Privilege program. The European leader in vehicle hire, Europcar is extending its loyalty program to include new advantages and is launching a new "Elite VIP" category to reward its most loyal customers.
High-performance and premium design illustrate the upscale move
Brandimage designed and developed the brand's new territorial codes. To achieve the objective of a more status-oriented expression, the agency created a new graphic range that highlights the program's different categories. "We paid a great deal of attention to the rendering of the Elite VIP card, rooting it in exclusivity in particular through its sophisticated visual identity, which we developed as an icon for Europcar," explains Loïc Prat, Brandimage Paris Art Director.
Increased segmentation for greater accessibility
The new generation of cards provides more clarity and proximity, whilst reinforcing the brand's innovative spirit: "moving your way". The program's personality and character stem directly from its identity, its DNA. "We designed and created the brand's alphabet to showcase Europcar's spirit. The roundness of the letters is a new expression of the brand's proximity and vitality," comments Alain Doré, Brandimage Paris Creative Director. Brandimage's creative scope included overhauling the program's design codes completely, redefining the loyalty cards and the associated communication media.
EUROPCAR and BRANDIMAGE
Brandimage has been working with Europcar on its identity and signage projects since 2011. From creating its corporate identity to completely redefining its brand architecture to signage and vehicle branding, all of Europcar's customer touch-points have been energized with new graphic codes.
Brandimage is a global consultancy of brand equity architects and designers. Brandimage creates brands that drive brand performance. Brandimage is part of the brand development group of SGK. For more information visit: http:///www.brand-image.com
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Since the start of spring training, no player in baseball has been
scrutinized as often, and criticized as much as Derek Jeter. Despite
being on the doorstep of 3,000 hits and stamping a career .314
average on the back of his baseball card, the Yankees captain
is being treated by fans, media, and the so-called "experts"
like he's Julio Lugo.
When Jeter, who has more hits than any player to ever slip
on the pinstripes, got off to a dreadful start, the fans pounced on
him like he was the second coming of Milton Bradley. He was
hitting in the low .200's with no power and no spark. It was as
if he was hitting with a wet newspaper and never played the game.
Critics said at 37-years old, Jeter's bat was too slow and his
reflexes were shot.
Vinny Bagadonuts from the Bronx called into WFAN in New York
and implored the Yankees to trade for Jose Reyes of the Mets.
Mario from Manhattan said that Jeter should just retire and the
Yankees should find a shortstop like Hanley Ramirez of the Marlins.
But Jeter has been down this road before, hasn't he? In 2004, he was
on the cover of Sports Illustrated for a feature the magazine was doing
on "Solving the Slump: The greatest mystery in sports." On May
25th of that year, Jeter was hitting .189. That's right, .189! Under
the Mendoza line with more than 150 at-bats in the books. He
finished the year hitting .292 with 23 home runs. What's today's date?
What's Jeter hitting?
Yet, the so-called "experts" of sports talk radio, the guy's who were
most likely to be the last guys picked for the elementary kick-ball teams
at recess, were declaring Jeter DOA. I do get a chuckle when these
rabid fans and talk show hosts suddenly forget all that Jeter
has done and get amnesia when it comes to their baseball skills
growing up. They couldn't make their Babe Ruth team, yet feel they
have the right to critique and criticize the most popular Yankee since
the Sultan of Swat.
Oh, did we forget that it's not even mid-May and that baseball is
a marathon and not a sprint? So what if Jeter hits .200 in May, if he
finishes at .290 when the leaves turn brown? The Yankees shortstop
does have a higher average than teammates Mark Texiera and Alex
Rodriquez, yet no one is saying peep about them. Jorge Posada is
hitting an anemic .152 but nobody is paying much attention to
a guy whose bat speed has become slower than molasses in the winter,
and an automatic out in the Yankees line-up. Up north, Dustin Pedroia
is hitting under .240, but nobody is bailing on the former AL MVP.
On Sunday, Jeter had four hits, two of them going for round trippers.
He raised his average from .251 to over .276. The next day, Wally
from White Plains calls into WFAN and says, Jeter is "The Man"
once again. Rocco in Rockland says number 2 is the number 1 Yankee
forever. The tide had turned overnight. To the fellowship of the miserable,
Jeter had made a few adjustments, and all of a sudden, he's that
future hall of famer, they all thought he was. He's the pride of the
Yankees, the face of the organization, the man who suddenly rediscovered
his bat speed like Marie Osmond surprisingly found her love for
the husband she divorced more than two decades ago. That was after
ONE game. One game out of 162.
Sports fans in New York, what is wrong with you? Before Sunday,
Jeter was Roy Smalley. After his two-HR game against Texas, he
was Roy Hobbs. Relax, get a grip, and realize that the season is
162 games long, not 30. Get it into your head that hitting a baseball
consistently is tough as hell. Don't you remember that's why you never
made it past Pony League? The great Albert Pujols is even struggling,
hitting under .250 despite being a LIFETIME .331 hitter. Hitters go
through slumps and streaks all the time. It's part of baseball. Nobody
gets crowned with a batting title on May 15th.
Jeter and Nomar Garciaparra came into the league at virtually the same
time. They, along with A-Rod, were the three kings at shortstop. Only
Jeter is still playing the position and Nomar is no longer playing the game.
Garciaparra was productive until he was 32 and finished with a .313
career average, a point behind Jeter. He broke down with injuries while
Jeter continued to play 155 games a year. And it was only two years ago,
that the Yankees captain hit .334 for the season. Has he lost a step?
Of course, most people his age do, unless they're pumping fraud
into their body.
I've heard people say that Jeter is overrated, which is an absolute joke.
No hall of fame shortstop with five rings, who will finish with more than
3,300 hits and a 3-something average can be put in that category. And
Jeter has done it while playing under an intense microscope every day.
Overhyped? Absolutely. That happens when you're the captain of the
crown jewel in all of sports that sits in the media capital of the world.
If he had played in Seattle, Jeter would still have been a great player,
but not the icon he is now. If Willie Mays had been a Yankee, he'd
probably be considered the greatest player of all-time. More hype,
more exposure, more attention, and a lot more credit when you win.
It's all goes with being a Yankee and playing in the Big Apple.
Jeter has three and half more years to go on a four-year contract.
Yankee fans, Jeter is not going anywhere, deal with it. Oh, he might
be moved to the outfield in two years, but he's staying in pinstripes
at at the top of the Bronx Bombers line-up. Remember that Jeter
knows how to bust a slump and repel the negativity that comes with
it. Will he hit .334 like he did two years ago? Probably not. But
let him get his 600 at-bats before you shovel more dirt on his grave.
The man is, has been, and always will be a great player, just give
him the chance to prove it---again.


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High-profile architecture continued to find its footing in 2015, to reassert itself after the fallow years of the recession. Big-ticket buildings are once again coming in a rush. This year we saw the opening of the Broad museum in downtown Los Angeles (by Diller Scofidio + Renfro), the remodeled Petersen Automotive Museum on Wilshire Boulevard (by Kohn Pedersen Fox) and the new Whitney Museum on the far West Side of Manhattan (by Renzo Piano).
Next year will bring the remade San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (by Snohetta), the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture (by David Adjaye and Philip G. Freelon) and a clutch of other important designs, as well as an announcement about where in Chicago President Barack Obama plans to locate his presidential library and archive.
But it is hard to summon the same sense of urgency about buildings like that as we once did. Sure, the Petersen is aggressively bad, an example of New York architects conjuring some dated and ultimately lazy idea of what Los Angeles means — and then forcing Los Angeles to live with the result.
Yet in the face of mushrooming homeless encampments and grainy videos of police shootings, that kind of architectural excess seems more comically misguided than offensive. In the face of the Bataclan and San Bernardino it seems practically meaningless.
Not that architecture hasn't produced compelling efforts to close the gap between a building like the Petersen and the real world, between a cartoonishly tumultuous facade and actual tumult. This year's Turner Prize, a much analyzed honor in contemporary art, went to Assemble, a young London-based collective that sees its work as a combination of art, architecture and political engagement and has helped bring vacant Victorian row houses and other abandoned buildings back to life.
In October the first Chicago Architecture Biennial made its debut with a similarly broad-based agenda. Its curators, Sarah Herda and Joseph Grima, went out of their way to stitch connections between the show and the city of Chicago — and between the profession and issues such as police shootings and inequality. The exhibition was thoughtful about racial politics, the specter of climate change and the perils of urbanization.
And yet it was somehow not enough. Or maybe it's better to say that the show, for all its intelligence, merely illuminated the size and the depth of that gap. After all, during the three days I spent in Chicago covering the opening of the biennial, the most striking image I saw was not part of the exhibition.
It was a sticker, visible on storefronts across the city, showing a handgun with a red circle around it and a red line through it. In the corner, in small type, were the words "Pursuant to 430 ILCS 66/65," a reference to the Illinois state law that prohibits concealed weapons in certain buildings, including schools, day-care centers and museums.
To the extent that the overlap among guns, violence and the contemporary city is in some small part an architecture story — and I believe strongly that it is — it's not at all clear what the response from architects, critics and curators of exhibitions like the biennial ought to be. The point is not that Herda and Grima should somehow have anticipated the bloodiness of the weeks that followed the opening of their wide-ranging show. The point is not that buildings need to be more thickly armored, or that every corner of every quasi-public space needs armed guards. It's not about memorials and rebuilding.
It is simply that the phrase "soft target," an architectural phrase if there's ever been one, has come, in all sorts of horrific ways, to define the year. In 2001 the images that terrified us were of skyscrapers on fire and then collapsing. In 2015 the pictures showed a different, more tragically mundane kind of architecture: a multipurpose room set up to hold a holiday party, a nightclub, a cafe, a restaurant — the kind of place that might carry a red sticker on the door, and that this time last year we might have walked by, or into, without a second thought.


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2011 Annual Report – Statements
Notes to condensed financial statements for the years ended June 30, 2011 and 2010
The St. Paul and Minneapolis archdiocese is an ecclesiastical division of the Roman Catholic Church comprised of 12 Minnesota counties. It was established in 1850 and elevated to an archdiocese in 1888.
The Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis (the "Archdiocesan Corporation") was incorporated under the laws of the State of Minnesota as a religious corporation in 1883. The Archdiocesan Corporation exists as part of the jurisdiction of its archbishop over the spiritual and temporal affairs of the ecclesiastical division. While the Archdiocesan Corporation owns temporal goods (personal and real property) and conducts spiritual and charitable activities of its own, it does not own parishes, schools, and other separately administered and organized operations of the Roman Catholic Church within the geographic area.
Basis of presentation
The financial statements include all administrative and program offices and departments of the Archdiocesan Corporation. The financial statements do not include the assets, liabilities and operations of the parishes, schools, and other separately incorporated and administered operations of the Roman Catholic Church within the archdiocese. The Archdiocesan Corporation is related to these organizations and entities through some common board members.
The financial statements recognize restrictions on certain net assets of the Archdiocesan Corporation. Where contributions carry temporary or permanent restrictions on use, the related net assets are carried separately.
The Archdiocesan Corporation secures coverage and comprehensive, uniform risk protection for affiliated entities throughout the archdiocese, including parishes and schools through an activity known as the Archdiocesan General Insurance Program. The program has a separate committee of advisors. In addition to the accounts identified in the condensed financial statements, the program has $13.5 million of funded reserves that are co-invested with other funds of the Archdiocesan Corporation. While assets and reserves for the program are shown on the financial statements of the Archdiocesan Corporation, they are held for the benefit of the program and its participants.
Financial statements
The financial statements of the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis for the above periods were audited by independent certified public accountants who rendered unqualified opinions on the financial statements. The accompanying condensed statements of financial position and activities are prepared from the audited financial statements but, in the interest of brevity, do not contain a similar level of detail and are not accompanied by complete explanatory footnotes. Accordingly, the opinion of the independent certified public accountants is not presented.
Other related entities
The Archdiocesan Corporation administers several independent activities that are organized as trusts for pensions and other benefits for affiliated entities throughout the archdiocese. There are individual trustee boards for these functions, namely the Pension Plan for Priests of the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis, Pension Plan for Lay Employees of the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis, and the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis Medical Benefit Plan Trust. At December 31, 2010, these plans had actuarial present value of accumulated plan benefits of approximately $193 million which is calculated at an interest rate of 8 percent; earlier years were calculated at 9 percent. The value of the underlying invested assets were adversely effected by the severe general market decline which began in mid-calendar 2008 and partially corrected in calendar 2009 and 2010, such that the pension plans were underfunded by approximately 40 percent at Dec. 31, 2010. The funding obligation is of a multi-employer nature and is expected to be satisfied by 2025. Current contributions and cash investment income are adequate to fund current obligations. The contribution rate to pension plans was significantly increased effective July 1, 2010. Effective Jan. 31, 2011, participation in the Lay Employees Pension Plan was frozen.
Other programs
The Archdiocesan Corporation acts as a conduit for special collections in the parishes designated by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops ("USCCB National Collections") or for local purposes. During 2011, $5.1 million was contributed by parish communities for such collections and sent to the Archdiocesan Corporation for remittance. This amount includes $3.4 million for retirement of debt at the Cathedral parish resulting from building restoration.
The Growing In Faith Campaign was initiated in 2001 and is currently in the collection phase. While the Archdiocesan Corporation is not a direct beneficiary of the campaign, its development department manages the campaign effort and a separate cash function. The goal of the campaign was $115 million and as of June 30, 2011 approximately $110 million was pledged which, after allowances and discounts, had an estimated realizable present value of $90 million. Pledges of approximately $210,000 were collected in 2011 and $1.6 million is expected subsequent to June 30, 2011.
The Archdiocesan Corporation acts as agent for The Catholic Spirit in collection and transmittal of an assessment on parishes for subscriptions to the newspaper. During 2011, $1.1 million was paid to the newspaper.
The Archdiocesan Corporation has entered into a number of contracts with lending institutions to assist affiliated parishes and schools with credit for facility additions. This includes loan guarantees that aggregate approximately $57 million at June 30, 2011.
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There are many rumors of secret, underground tunnels with MagLev trains hurtling through them. Is there truth behind the rumors?
Underwater and Underground Bases carefully examines the evidence and comes to a thought provoking conclusion!
Bases big enough to secretly dock submarines! Official United States Navy documents, and other hard evidence, raise many questions about what really lies 20,000 leagues beneath the sea.
Many UFOs have been seen coming and going from the world's oceans, seas and lakes, implying the existence of secret underwater bases.
Secret Underground Bases and the True Story of Philip Schneider
He was reportedly strangled by a catheter found wrapped around his neck – the bizarre death being dismissed by the authorities as suicide.
If the circumstances of his death seem highly controversial, they are matched by the controversy over his public statements uttered shortly before his death.
Philip Schneider was a self-taught geologist and explosives expert. Of the 1,477 underground bases around the world, 129 deep underground facilities of which were located in the United States, he claimed to have worked on 13.
At Dulce, Schneider maintained, "gray" humanoid extraterrestrials worked side by side with American technicians. In 1979, a misunderstanding arose. In the ensuing shootout, 66 Secret Service, FBI and Black Berets were killed along with an unspecified number of "grays".
It was here he received a beam-weapon blast to the chest which caused his later cancer many have confirmed that a large scar indeed existed.
Philip Schneider recounts his encounter with extraterrestrials in the following excerpt:
"As I was headed down there, we found ourselves amidst a large cavern that was full of outer-space aliens, otherwise known as large Greys. I shot two of them.
"At that time, there were 30 people down there. About 40 more came down after this started, and all of them got killed. We had surprised a whole underground base of existing aliens.
"Later, we found out that they had been living on our planet for a long time, perhaps a million years. This could explain a lot of what is behind the theory of ancient astronauts."
In the ensuing shootout, 66 Secret Service, FBI and Black Berets were killed along with an unspecified number of "grays". It was here he received a beam-weapon blast to the chest which caused his later cancer; many have confirmed that a large scar indeed existed.
Schneider maintained that numerous previous attempts had been made on his life, including the removal of the nuts from one of the front wheels of his automobile.
He had stated publicly he was a marked man and did not expect to live long.
1) The American government concluded a treaty with "gray" aliens in 1954. This mutual cooperation pact is called the Grenada Treaty.
2) The space shuttle has been producing special alloys in orbit. A vacuum is needed for the creation of these special metals, thereby justifying the mandate for a large, permanently manned space station.
3) Much of our stealth aircraft technology was developed by back-engineering crashed alien craft.
4) AIDS was a population control virus invented by the National Ordinance Laboratory, Chicago, Illionois.
5) Unbeknownst to just about everyone, the US government has an earthquake device. Neither the 1995 Kobe earthquake nor the 1989 San Francisco quake had a pulse wave.
6) The World Trade Center bomb blast and the Oklahoma City blast were achieved using small nuclear devices. The melting and pitting of the concrete and the extrusion of metal supporting rods indicated this. (Schneider's forte, he claimed, was explosives.)
Finally, Phil Schneider lamented that the democracy he loved no longer existed: we had become instead a technocracy ruled by a shadow government intent on imposing their own view of things on all of us, whether we like it or not.
He believed 11 of his best friends had been murdered in the last 22 years, eight of whose deaths had been officially explained as suicides.
Whatever one might think of Phil Schneider's claims, it's clear that he was of particular interest to the FBI and CIA.
His widow has stated that intelligence agents thoroughly searched the premises shortly after his death and made off with at least a third of the family photographs.
In the following video Philip Schneider talks about his experience and what the government is trying to hide, furthermore, the history of underground bases told by Richard Dolan and Richard Sauder.
In closing, I will reiterate what Phil said to a close friend:
"If I ever 'commit suicide', I'll have been murdered."


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|My cousin Debra, visiting me during a chemo infusion
|The main hall at CTCA called the Gallery
|My chemo infusion suite!
|Infusion lobby
|Driving up to CTCA's front entrance
|Main entrance at CTCA (entrance to kitchen-left, entrance to dining room-right)
|Guest Services desk (left)
|Nurse friends from Pulmomology
|My care manager (left) and my oncologist (right)
|My nutritionist
|My personal scheduler for all appointments! She is a bright ray of sunshine!
|My tech (left) and nurse (right) for chemo infusion. You may notice Joey, the tech, from the CTCA commercials.
|Kathy delivers meals to the patients if they aren't able to get to the cafeteria due to their infusions. My infusions lasted approximately six hours!
|My tall friend, Jeannie. She treats me like a queen. I always look for her smiling face when I'm at CTCA.
|My son, drove three and a half hours to visit me at CTCA in August.


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From the LA Times:
Dueling portraits emerged Friday of the two men arrested in connection with the brutal beating of a baseball fan at Dodger stadium as court records reveal criminal pasts and neighbors described the men as friendly, baseball-loving fathers.
The men are Louie Sanchez, 29, and Marvin Norwood, 30, who were taken into custody Thursday morning in raids on two Inland Empire locations. Both are being held on suspicion of committing mayhem and remained in custody Friday morning in lieu of $500,000 bail, according to police records.
A third suspect in the case, Dorene Sanchez, also was arrested Thursday on suspicion of being an accessory after the fact to a felony, police records show. A neighbor and a relative of Norwood's said Dorene Sanchez, 31, is the sister of Louie Sanchez and either the wife or longtime partner of Norwood. Full article
Back in May, almost two months after the assault, police arrested Giovanni Ramirez, 31, on suspicion of being one of Stow's attackers. However, he was never charged in the case, and was kept in custody only by virtue of being sent to prison on a parole violation, which stemmed from the discovery of a gun at his residence during the Stow investigation. From the LA Times:
The investigation into Ramirez...stalled almost immediately as detectives scoured mobile phone records, thousands of images from surveillance camera footage, financial records and hundreds of other possible links and tips, but failed to link him to the beating.
Yesterday, both the Times and AP, citing unidentified law enforcement sources, said police no longer believe Ramirez was involved in the incident.


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A state Senate committee Thursday approved a local senator's bill that would require those convicted of human trafficking, or pimps, to register as sex offenders.
But approval came after considerable debate over the scope of the sex offender registry. Several senators expressed concern about adding the crime to the registry because it places offenders not convicted of sex crimes on the list.
"Sex offenses are unique," said Democratic Sen. Dan Blue of Raleigh. "We need to keep them separate as much as possible.
Sen. Thom Goolsby, R-New Hanover, filed his Sex Trafficking/Sex Offender Registration act last week. Goolsby said he understood Blue's concern, and he was open to creating a separate registry, but wasn't sure if that was possible. Goolsby argued during Thursday's committee meeting said he'd rather err on the side of victims.
"This is the only registry we have," Goolsby said. "If someone enslaves another human being, we still want those people registered."
North Carolina ranks among the eight worst states for sex trafficking because of the prevalence of major interstates, ports, military bases and a transient workforce, Goolsby said. He said the bill will be a big deterrent because it will put offenders in a database that is open to the public and subject them to GPS monitoring, which will "put an end to a pimp's career."
Despite the debate, the bill passed unanimously. It will now be considered by the full Senate. No date for a Senate vote was available. Goolsby said during the committee hearing he is anxious to get the bill over to the House. Reps. Susi Hamilton, D-New Hanover, and Ted Davis, R-New Hanover are expected to introduce companion legislation in the House.
Hamilton joined Goolsby in calling for the need to address the issue last year.


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September 8, 1864
Grand Ratification Meeting at the Court House ? Lincoln and Johnson. ? A grand ratification meeting was held at the Court House last evening. The meeting was very large and the utmost enthusiasm prevailed throughout the assemblage.
On motion of Mr. John Hubbard, Mr. James Wilson was called to the chair and Mr. John E. Wilson was appointed secretary.
The President stated that the object of the meeting was to ratify the nomination of Lincoln and Johnson and to take steps towards the organization of a Union Campaign Club. He regarded the coming political campaign as one of the most momentous that had ever been fought in this country. The campaign had been opened by Sherman at Atlanta and Com. Farragut at Mobile and the death knell of the so called democratic party had been rung. ? West Virginia must not forget her friends. We must organize and go to work at once.
On motion of Mr. Hubbard a committee of five was appointed to draft resolutions and recommend a plan for the organization of a Union Club.
At this juncture Gov. Boreman was called but he was not in the house.
Mr. Lorenzo Danford, of Ohio, was then called upon and made his appearance amid much applause, being introduced by the President as having served long and gallantly in the army of Tennessee. He proceeded to discuss at some length the Chicago platform and the various means proposed to bring about peace, all of which he characterized as humiliating and shameful in the highest degree. He said the copperhead party was nothing more than a rebel Aid Society. The mouths of their orators and their journals were full of excuses for the rebellion and abuse of the Government and the loyal people. In their platform they have no word of comfort for our army and no word of censure for the giant rebellion which of the loyal people are straining every nerve to crush. They had no war paint on their faces when they came out of the wigwam. They cry peace, peace, to all the land and good will to rebels and traitors. The rebellion had received more aid and comfort from this Chicago Convention than it has ever received from any other source. Mr. D. said he did not known what West Virginia would do if McClellan should be elected. The Copperheads do not recognize this State. ? They say it ain?t on the map and if they get the power it never will be. They say it is all unconstitutional and you will have to go back to the old desolated mother State. In conclusion the speaker made an urgent appeal to the loyal people to stand by Abraham Lincoln as the only hope of the country.
Mr. John Hubbard, from the committee on resolutions and organization, made the following report which was unanimously adopted:
Preamble and resolutions proposed by the Committee on Resolutions.
WHEREAS, the Union party of the United States through its delegates assembled at Baltimore, have presented to the people of the United States, for their suffrages at the ensuing election, for President and Vice President, candidates in the persons of Abraham Lincoln and of Illinois, and Andrew Johnson of Tennessee; and, whereas, the time is approaching when the people will be called upon to decide for themselves and posterity, whether this nation shall retain her position in the front rank, with the other nations of the earth, or be humbled at the footstool of rebellion, and traitors be permitted to wrest from them their inheritance of a ?more perfect union,? headed down to them in charge ?that the blessings of liberty may be perpetuated to them and posterity;? and, whereas, the modern ?so called? Democratic party, has placed candidates for President and Vice President, in the field upon a platform, which we believe means a dishonorable peace with rebels in arms, and who if successful in the coming election, will fail to maintain the integrity of the Union, and the only government holding out good hope to man, the doctrine asserted by the ?Fathers? in the Declaration of Independence that ?All men are created equal and endowed with certain inalienable rights, amongst which are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.?
Therefore, be it
Resolved 1st, That we cordially and heartily ratify the nomination of Abraham Lincoln for President, and feel satisfied that the head which has guided the ship of State through three years of the war so triumphantly, will prosecute it still with vigor to the end, and will establish Peace and Union on a basis honorable to the nation and lasting in its effects.
Resolved, That in Andrew Johnson, our candidate for Vice President, we have a Statesman tried and found true in the time that ?tries men?s soul?s? ? Loyal to his State, and loyal to the Union.
Resolved, That the nominations made by the Grafton Convention for the State officers of West Virginia, are eminently worthy of our support, and that the excellent administration of Gov. Boreman will ensure him the unanimous support of our loyal citizens.
Resolved, That we endorse the recommendations made of our townman, C. D. Hubbard, Esq, for representative in Congress from the 1st district; assured that his unswerving fidelity to the Union, both in the Richmond Convention and throughout his subsequent career, is a guaranty that he will be a true representative of the loyal State of West Virginia.
Resolved, That while the nominations of the Chicago Convention are those which the American people can never ratify, so long as they are true to their honor, yet let them be the signal, to summons every freeman to his duty, and laying aside all personal dislikes, all private aims or purposes, we will rally once more to the rescue, and succor our old flag, and with our country?s good in view, elect our standard bearers in the coming election.
The committee also submitted the following, which was adopted:
Resolved, That a Union Club be formed to be called the Central Union Campaign Club, the executive officers of which shall??THE REST OF STORY NOT HERE?
September 10, 1864
Union Campaign Club. - The officers and Executive Committee of the Union Campaign Club, appointed at the mass meeting on Wednesday evening, are called to meet this evening at Hayes & Co.'s wareroom on Quincy street. There are only seven weeks now in which to work, and it is important that an organization of the Club should be effected at once. Let every member be present.
Timeline of West Virginia: Civil War and Statehood: September 1864


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I love this coral maxi skirt and those sandals are awesome! Thanks for your nice comment on my blog, too. You have lots of great outfits!ReplyDelete
Super cute! I think I might give it a try! Also, we might be foot twins.lol!ReplyDelete
Ooooh super cute! And I love your skirt, is that one you made or no?ReplyDelete
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This week I once again used a powerful tantrum-stopping sentence…
Florence (two and a half) was tired, it was coming up to dinner time, and she hadn't seen Ben or myself since that morning. It was a recipe for meltdown. As she dived on the sofa face down insisting that she wanted Daddy. I asked very calmly "what choices do you have in this moment?"
The whingy voice became one of intrigued confusion: "huh?" I continued: "Let's look at them together; you can continue to lie on the sofa and feel sad, you could go upstairs and look for daddy, or you could play with mummy". The look on her face was a picture, from contorted to happy in just seconds. She looked up as she thought about it with a big smile on her face before exclaiming "play with mummy!" When I asked if she wanted to play downstairs or upstairs she looked as if she might explode with excitement.
I know this won't work every time but it proves that kids LOVE choices. I believe a lot of tantrums are a result of children feeling that their choices have been taken away. Think about tantrums you've seen or experienced, we've nearly always just said "no". Sometimes we must say no, but if we think about it, there might also be a choice. Instead of "we must leave now" we could ask whether they would like to wear their jacket to the car or carry it. Instead of "no you can't have chocolate", we could say chocolate isn't very good for you, which of these snacks would you like this morning?
When we're tired, stressed or anxious it's almost impossible to think of a choice. I was all of these (and super embarrassed) when Florence pooped on a friends floor and refused to put her trousers on afterwards. In that moment I couldn't quite think straight but I have thought since about possible choices or consequences which I will use if a similar 'accident' occurs. That's how we learn right? Child embarrasses us, we feel anxious, resort to punishment, feel bad, do better next time.


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What to do When Family Members are the Abusers
An all-too-common situation of one adult child trying to protect his elderly father from siblings and their spouses is described in a recent article, "To help elderly dad hold off mooching adult kids, call in the experts," appearing in the Los Angeles Times.
The son is trying to get his father to move out of his house to a senior care facility. The father has adequate financial assets to cover these costs. However, the son's two sisters' husbands overspend and are in debt. They pressure his sisters to ask their dad for money for their mortgages, children, and credit card debt.
The sisters, in their 50s, are unwilling financially or otherwise to assist with their dad's care. The son told them that the financial assistance can't continue, because their dad will need his money to pay for his own care.
The family pressure on the dad is really elder financial abuse. It involves milking an elderly, sympathetic parent to the point of evaporating his own accounts. In this case, both sisters have children, so the dad feels for them and helps them out. The son, who is his primary care giver, is single with no children and is treated differently, struggling to make ends meet. This type of inequity and stress can split families apart. These family members may not see what they're doing as abuse.
An Allianz Life Insurance Company survey found that the average victim lost $30,000 and one in 10 lost more than $100,000. Some family members believe they're entitled to the money as an advance on a future inheritance. They also know that Dad won't say no. Therefore, they keep pushing him for money, until it's gone.
In this type of situation, the son and dad should visit with an elder law attorney to discuss ways the dad can be protected against predators. One option is for the dad to give his checkbook to the son. However, the son would then have to confront the brothers-in-law. The dad may also not be willing to give up control.
There are other options. One option is to hire a geriatric care professional who would be able to oversee the father's health, as well as his financial and living situation. She or he would create a plan to help the father undertake the sale of his home in order to move into an appropriate residence. A daily money manager could be hired to be in charge of personal finance and bookkeeping services. Most estate planning attorneys are familiar with this scenario and have access to a wide network of professional geriatric resources to help the adult son navigate these tricky waters.
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In the Sweet Chestnut condition there is often a sense of tumult and chaos; it is as if the interior emotional landscape is the scene of a hurricane or tornado. The individual feels despair and anguish, and the sense that the circumstances of life have become intolerable.
People feel a sense of hopelessness (always more deep and acute than in the Gorse state). The ability to take comfort from memories of the past or in hopes for the future disappears; there is only the impossible present.
This condition, which is usually temporary, often represents the surfacing of awareness. A woman who has endured beatings by her husband for months or years may one day wake up and realize the horror of her situation. Someone who has denied the expression of a creative gift or stayed too long at a job he hated may have a similar awakening.
Sometimes the destructive relationship is with oneself. Maybe one has harmful mental or physical habits, negative and damaging thought patterns, which are creating anguish.
Sweet Chestnut is also often a state which comes to people just prior to the initiation of a period of spiritual development. The anguish of this state often leads one to ask, "Why is this happening?" "What is the meaning of my life?" Many searching questions may be asked, many illusions stripped away.
Thus, intensely painful though it is, the Sweet Chestnut state has the potential to be transformative. We might think of the person who's experiencing it as being similar to the butterfly just about to burst out of its cocoon. All is dark inside; there is no place to turn. Only if the protective illusion of beliefs about oneself and one's life are torn asunder can the individual discover the spaciousness of a new life.
In my experience Sweet Chestnut can also be used effectively on a preventative basis. When you feel the tumult of change beginning to swirl around you, when you begin to feel as you can't go on with your present life, when you experiencing the longing for a new one"these are all excellent times to take this flower Essence.
This is particularly true when you are aware of your fears and resistance, when you are conscious that a part of you is resisting transformation with all its might. Then Sweet Chestnut helps to lead you gently out of the darkness and into the dawn of a new self.
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Suomi/NPP overflew the developing tropical depression #1 (now Tropical Storm Arthur) east of Florida early in the morning on July 1st. The CrIS and ATMS instruments on board S/NPP provide data for NUCAPS soundings that are routinely distributed to AWIPS II. The image above is an overlay of the 11.35 µm infrared imagery with the sounding locations plotted as green dots. Seven sounding locations are indicated on the image above (Here is the image without the seven sounding locations) How well do NUCAPS soundings represent the tropical atmosphere that is supporting the development of Arthur?
The 7 soundings indicated in the plot above are: 1 (Just south of Pensacola, FL), 2 (Off the coast of Georgia), 3 (northeast of Arthur in the tropical Atlantic), 4 (Cape Canaveral), 5 (north of Tampa Bay), 6 (the western tip of Cuba) and 7 (northeastern Cuba).
How does Precipitable Water from the NUCAPS soundings compare to observations from other satellite-based systems? GOES Sounder DPI TPW from 0800 UTC shows values around 50 mm over interior the southeast United States, and over the tropical Atlantic to the northeast of the tropical system. A corridor of lower values, around 30-35 mm, extends northeast of Jacksonville, FL. Smaller values (30-40 mm) also extend southeastward from the lower Mississippi River valley into the Gulf of Mexico. A similar pattern in the precipitable water is evident in the blended product, here. Precipitable water values from the NUCAPS soundings appear, for this case, to be too low. The value at Cape Canaveral (point 4), for example, is 1.59″ (40 mm, versus close to 50 mm from the Sounder and the Blended Product); off the coast of Georgia (point 2), 1.30″ (33 mm vs. close to 41 mm from the Sounder and Blended Product); south of Pensacola (point 1), 1.25″ (31 mm vs. 35 mm from the Sounder and the Blended Product); north of Tampa Bay (point 5), 1.46″ (37 mm vs 47 mm from the Sounder and the Blended Product); northeast of the tropical system (point 3), 1.84″ (47 mm vs 49 mm from the Sounder/Blended Product); western Cuba (point 6), 1.70″ (43 mm, similar to the 44 mm from the Sounder/Blended Product); and northeast cuba (point 7), 1.22″ (31 mm vs. 39 from the Sounder and 34 from the Blended Product). The lowest 3 kilometers of the atmosphere (where most of the moisture resides) is the most difficult part for a satellite-based sounding, but there do appear to be differences between the two satellite-based sounding products (GOES and NUCAPS) in this case.