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Auckland print company Logick wins NZ award
Press Release – Pride In Print
The "wow" factor of a logo sheet so complex many printers would have baulked at the challenge saw the 2012 New Zealand Pride In Print Awards Supreme Award deservedly won by Auckland's Logick Print & Graphics.
Earned through a partnership with Panprint, the Jacob's Creek Logo was an experimental job, showing the wine maker what could be achieved by printing its logo with different embellishments to achieve the greatest impact with the consumer.
Combining such different effects as a wax seal, metal badge, blind embossing and foiling in gold and silver, the sheet was produced on two different paper stocks in order to highlight the different look each process would create.
Skill levels were tested to a new height as the job went through repeated passes on the press. The foiling and embossing was done on a platen dating from the 1960s. A total of 50 copies were printed.
With the win coming just days before his five-person team was due to celebrate its ninth anniversary — and with six Gold Medals in hand from six entries in this year's event — Logic Print's David Gick was ecstatic.
"It is good to see that our continual improvement programme, what we see with moving forward with every job we put out, is similar to what the Pride In Print Award judges are seeing as well," he said.
"The market is a very tough one, so if you are thinking about sitting on your laurels and not moving forward, you are in a bad position — what was acceptable before is not acceptable now. It is the way we train people — every time we do a job it has to be equal or better than previous.
"This job was a proof for how Jacob's Creek see their logos, that's why there are so many on the page. To keep the price of the job down for the end customer, all of the images on the A4 page were purely a two-up foil block or embossed block.
"From memory, there were about 32 passes on this A4 sheet, which all had to be kept in register. But some jobs you take on because you believe in what the end result is and you are prepared to put the effort in to get the end result for the customer."
Mr Gick described the job as "absolutely" being both a technical and labour challenge.
"They go hand in hand. If you think about the sports field, it is about the top two inches. In business it is exactly the same. It is about how we motivate our team and it is a hard gig — they can work five to seven days a week, anything from 40 to 80 hours a week.
"We are very blessed with some very good people."
Asked for a final thought, Mr Gick responded: "I'm just all keen on partying at the moment … !"
Comments from judges included: "Wow! An amazing exploration of print and processes" … "clearly a Gold winner" … and "fantastic result."
Senior judge Damian Fleming said that as a combination of sheetfed and letterpress, the proof sheet was a beautiful piece of craftsmanship.
"This was such a complicated job that many printers would not have taken it on because of the high risk of making an error. The metallics, the foiling, the finishing — it is all mint. It is an incredible achievement," he said.
The Supreme Award tops off an astonishing run of success for Logick in the Pride In Print Awards. Over the last six years the company has won 15 Gold Medals, been a Supreme Award Contender twice, a Supreme Award Finalist, a contender for Best in Process and now the Supreme Award Winner.
Pride In Print Partners and Sponsors' Technical Information:
The Jacob's Creek Logo Sheet was printed by Logick Print & Graphics of Auckland with the print buyer being Panprint. Landor Finished Art was the designer and B & F Papers supplied the Neo Gloss 170gsm and Knight Pure White 180gsm stocks. The logo sheet was printed on a Heidelberg GTO 52 4 Colour and a GTP Platen press, using Hostmann-Steinberg inks, Agfa N9ZV-CP plates and Fujikura blankets.
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Logick Print & Graphics
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Supreme Award and Category 6 — Promotional Print Winner
Auckland's Logick Print & Graphics, the Jacob's Creek Logo.
Category 1 — Publications and also Sheetfed Process Winner
Rugby a Winner Both on the Field and in Print
A Rugby World Cup book that beat off competition from Asian printers and stayed in New Zealand has carried off both the Publications Category of the 2012 New Zealand Pride In Print Awards and the "best in process" award for sheetfed printing.
DHL — Delivering Rugby to the World was printed by Wellington's Service Printers for courier and logistics firm DHL as a celebration of the Rugby World Cup in New Zealand last year.
A total of 5000 sheetfed books complete with slip case and dust jacket. were produced. The key element was that DHL required 300 personalised copies pre-Christmas.
Service Printers competed with an international printer to get the job, with the tight timeframe and usual Christmas workload being major considerations. Quality and timing were the deciding factors.
The New Zealand designer and photographer liaised with the international client, assuring them of getting sign offs at each stage of production planning, to ensure the client had confidence in having the work done locally. This often meant dealing with late sign offs due to time differences.
In addition, no supplier was able to complete the 300 slip cases in time so the printer rose to the challenge and it was handled in house. The customer was rapt with the final outcome.
Judges said it was "good to learn that being local won the job, in order to meet quality control and timing requirements". They also praised the "beautifully executed bindery work".
Senior judge Damian Fleming said the book was perfect throughout — "The images are vibrant. You would imagine the New Zealand printer was competing with Hong Kong and China to get this work. It is a great job," he said.
Pride In Print Partners and Sponsors' Technical Information:
DHL — Delivering Rugby to the World was printed by Service Printers of Wellington with the print buyer and the designer being Carlos Ricardo Constable. Spicers Paper supplied the Satin Matt 150gsm and Impress Offset 150gsm stock. The book was printed on a Heidelberg CD 74 press, using Hostmann-Steinberg inks, Kodak plates and Hostmann-Steinberg blankets.
Category 2 — Business Print
"Fussy" Card Wins Business Print Award
A labour-intensive business card described as "fussy" that is also an exceptional example of craftsmanship has won the Business Print Category of the 2012 New Zealand Pride In Print Awards for Panmure printer Permark Industries.
The TSL Group Business Card is printed black, pearl then white on the front and blue, pearl, gold then blue on the back. Registration and colour matches were critical. Dust had to be kept to a minimum to ensure high-quality halftones and a vinyl mask was applied to reduce scratches.
A total of 1000 of the cards were produced.
The labour-intensive nature of the card impressed judges who said it showed perfect crisp, sharp registration and was an example of "exceptional printing with solvent inks". — "A nice subtle reproduction of halftone image with good dot reproduction … perfectly-even borders."
Senior judge Bill Ashworth described the card as a "very fussy little job".
"It is done with a screen print process forcing ink through a mesh, with several colours on both sides. You can inspect every inch of it and it is a terrific example. To get this level of reproduction with that process is a fantastic effort."
Pride In Print Partners and Sponsors' Technical Information:
The TSL Group Business Card was printed by Permark Industries of Panmure for the TSL Group. Creative Creature was the designer and print buyer. Agfa film was used and inks were supplied by Blue Print Imaging.
Category 3 — Packaging and also Flexography Process Winner
Top Packaging Awards go to Hamilton
Sealed Air Hamilton has won two awards with a single entry at the 2012 New Zealand Pride In Print Awards — carrying off both the Packaging Category and the "best in process" award for flexography printing — with its Regal Smoked Salmon package.
The win is especially pleasing because the customer, New Zealand King Salmon, chose to keep the job in New Zealand rather than go offshore.
The company had entered the thermo-formed twin pack market where many products have gravure packs done overseas. The overseas print standards set the benchmark for quality, density of colour and reproduction.
In this case the customer wanted to maintain a short-run local supply so agreed to stay with a flexographic-produced product as long as it could be shown to compete with gravure-printed products in the marketplace.
In liaison with the customer, the designer Curious Design used new Kodak plate technology to allow for a fine-screen ruling while still maintaining colour density.
The outcome was a strong retail presence with dense colour and a strong vibrant gold ink. A very dense white was printed to prevent product show-through.
Judges said the excellent choice of screen count, plus solid densities and ink lay-down had achieved quality similar to gravure.
Senior judge Frank Brokken said that these jobs are usually done with gravure printing to achieve colour density and vibrance. "Here, a 150-screen ruling has been used to match that effect, which is high for flexo. By using new technology in the plates the printers have been able to complete an eight-colour job, with a high degree of difficulty, to an exceptional standard."
Pride In Print Partners and Sponsors' Technical Information:
The Regal Smoked Salmon package was produced by Sealed Air Hamilton for New Zealand King Salmon. Designer was Curious Design and Ink Box the reproduction house. Inks were by D.I.C and Kodak NX plates were used.
Category 4 — Labels
Wine Label with Shelf Impact Wins for Auckland
A wine label that encapsulates print craftsmanship with high shelf appeal has won the Labels Category of the 2012 New Zealand Pride In Print Awards for Auckland printer Rapid Labels.
Wine labels are a major source of design innovation as producers aim to get maximum shelf impact, and the Colour Pinot Noir 2009 (Embossed) label brought together printing craftsmanship to help achieve the designer's concept.
The label was designed by Grant Blazey of Periscope Design and featured hot foil over which was printed a highbuild screen to give a tactile finish, along with embossing and both gloss and matt varnishes.
The printer faced a challenge to get all components perfect at the same time. The registration of the job had to be flawless in order to emboss the seal.
Judges saw the label as being a very technically-challenging job in which "fabulous use was made of the letterpress process for the seal".
Senior judge Mark Sullivan said the job was a lovely example of self-adhesive label printing. "A lot of pride has gone into completing this. They have used screen printing, flexo and letterpress along with fine embossing and three varnishes. It epitomises pride in craftsmanship."
Pride In Print Partners and Sponsors' Technical Information:
Designed by Periscope Design, the Colour Pinot Noir 2009 (Embossed) label was printed by Auckland's Rapid Labels on Kantac Mirrorkote stock supplied by Spicers, using Blue Print Imaging inks.
Category 5 — Display Print — also Screen Process Winner
Wella Poster Vibrance Wins Display Prize
Success in overcoming major technical challenges has seen Auckland's Original Print carry off not just the Display Print Category of the 2012 New Zealand Pride In Print Awards but also the "best in process" award for screen printing.
Original Print's poster of a Wella model was a prime example of the challenge to process these type of images to screen, and to achieve soft tones.
A fluoro pigment was used in the process set because this quality of impact of colour and dimension is not obtainable using standard CMYK pigments.
The end product gave interesting results depending on how the light was viewed. The fluoro ink heightened the reflective qualities of the print and made it more magnetic to the eye.
Judges said it was a "superb result" that showed great detail as well as beautiful finishing. One commented: "It was so good I thought this was a one-off inkjet product until I saw 250 had been produced!"
Senior judge Bill Ashworth said the Wella print was so good it was "scary".
"This is an incredibly-clean reproduction at very fine resolution for this process. When you think this is achieved with a squeegee pushing ink through a screen mesh, it is a wonderful achievement for a process which is relatively-fundamental."
Pride In Print Partners and Sponsors' Technical Information:
The SP Wella print was produced by Auckland's Original Print for Wella, with Sugar the print buyer. Yupo stock from BJ Ball was used. Blue Print supplied the inks.
Category 7 — Specialty Products — also Finishing Process Winner
Expert Finishing Answers Prayers for Sentra
A CD of hymn and prayer that features a combination of multi-layers of finishing and great visual effects has won the Specialty Products Category of the 2012 New Zealand Pride In Print Awards and also the "best in process" award for finishing.
The Matins Vespers CD of hymn and prayer was produced by Auckland's Sentra Printing for Parachute Records.
The CD pack features gold foiling in both the book and case, which judges felt were "fabulous" and the excellent die-cutting also took their eye.
A print run of 9000 was produced.
Finishing judge Chris Woodhead said the CD sets brought together numerous processes including printing, die cuts, folding, foiling and then further finesse was achieved in collating the units into an attractive pouch.
"There is foiling on every page. Getting a lot of these processes right would have been extremely difficult and they have done it very well."
Pride In Print Partners and Sponsors' Technical Information:
The Matins Vesper CD Pack was produced by Auckland's Sentra Printing for Parachute Records with SMP Solutions being the print buyer. The Worx was the reproduction house and Artnes Print Finishing was the finisher. BJ Ball Advance Laser 240gsm and 140gsm stocks were used, along with Hostmann-Steinberg inks. The job was printed using Fuji plates.
Category 8 — Industry Development
Printstop Gives New Life to Newspapers
A Wellington company that has boosted the relevance of newspapers in a digital age has won the Industry Development Category of the 2012 New Zealand Pride In Print Awards.
Printstop's version of the British newspaper The Guardian — printed digitally in New Zealand — was entered in the Innovation in Print section and represents a bringing together of print and marketing initiatives to find a new niche for selected newspapers.
The concept is to reproduce overseas titles such as The Financial Times and Washington Post as newspapers in New Zealand, at the same time as the originals are being printed overseas. The layout is supplied digitally and within minutes it is on the press in New Zealand.
This means the target market, including ex-pats and visiting business people, can see exactly what they would have seen had they bought the newspaper in their own country, without the need to ship the original edition halfway around the world.
Print runs can be varied to suit the desired audience.
The market potential of the idea has already been proven during the Rugby World Cup when there were many overseas visitors in NZ. An agreement with a marketing company was concluded to allow for distribution and it was launched successfully.
Judges felt it was an excellent concept as well as a good print job — "This breathes life into tactile newspapers."
Design judge Kerenza Smith said the creation of The Guardian in New Zealand met a commercial need in the marketplace.
"This could reinvigorate newspaper production in an age where all newspaper runs are reduced and people are getting lots of their news online. The success in the Rugby World Cup proved the concept and it has shown there is a commercial niche for this kind of innovation," she said.
Pride In Print Partners and Sponsors' Technical Information:
The Guardian newspaper was printed by Printstop for The Magazine Marketing Company. The newspaper was printed on Octane stock from BJ Ball, on a Truepress machine.
Digital Process Winner
Soar Printing -The Olympus Fan Swatch
Auckland printer Soar Printing won the Digital Process prize in the 2012 New Zealand Pride In Print Awards with the Olympus Fan Swatch. The swatch was produced for Dictation Distributors who were also the designers. Spicers supplied the Splendorgel stock, and the job was printed on an Indigo 5000 press.
Inkjet Process Winner
GEON Kingsland — Rubi Struted Boards
GEON Kingsland of Auckland has carried off the Inkjet Process prize in the 2012 New Zealand Pride In Print Awards with its Rubi Struted Boards point-of-sale material. The boards were made for Rubi Stores with the Cotton On Group being the print buyer and Prolam the print finisher. The job was printed on 5mm Foam Board supplied by Blue Print and the press used was a Blue Print Vutek QS 2000.
Letterpress Process Winner
GTO Printers — Marguerite Luker Wedding Invitation
Birkenhead printer GTO Printers won the Letterpress Process prize in the 2012 New Zealand Pride In Print Awards with the Marguerite Luker Wedding Invitation. The job was printed for Marguerite Luker and designed by Katie Webb. BJ Ball Crane Lettra Fluro White 600gsm was used, and the invitation was printed on a Heidelberg Platen.
Web Process Winner
APN Print Hastings — Hawke's Bay Today
APN Print Hastings won the Web Process prize in the 2012 New Zealand Pride In Print Awards with the December 17, 2011 edition of Hawke's Bay Today. The newspaper was printed for Hawke's Bay Today, on Norske Skog Nornews 42gsm stock. Plates were Agfa N91V and D.I.C supplied the inks.
Reel-fed Offset Process Winner
Panprint — Greywacke Pinot Noir
Auckland printer Panprint won the Reel-fed Offset Process prize in the 2012 New Zealand Pride In Print Awards with the Greywacke Pinot Noir wine label. The label was printed for Greywacke Vineyards using Hostmann-Steinberg inks and plates by Fuji.
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Winter Walking in Knoydart, on the west coast of Scotland
Jan - Mar - min group size 3 people
6 days, 7 nights
Meeting Points
We advise all our guests to try to arrive by 7pm on the evening before the walking starts if possible. by car: from the south - follow the A9 until past Aviemore; turn off on to the A95 following signs for Carrbridge and Boat of Garten. Turn right to Boat of Garten, Fraoch Lodge is on the right 150 metres after the 30mph sign. by train: take the train to Aviemore station. Notify us in advance of your arrival time and we will meet you at the station by plane: fly to Inverness and notify us of your arrival time in advance so that we can co-ordinate pick-ups
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Tabled as the least accessible part of mainland Britain, the wild bounds of Knoydart in summer feel remote enough, but in winter the sense is magnified several times over. Knoydart is justifiably regarded by some as the epitome of west Highland magnificence. Bound by sea lochs to the north and south, this deeply glaciated peninsular is a labyrinth of hidden valleys, coires and distinct mountain ridges giving the prospect of the most sensational winter mountain scenery anywhere.
We start the week by rendezvousing at our easy to reach base of Fraoch Lodge in the Cairngorm National Park. Try to aim for between 5 and 7:30 pm so that you have time to settle in and meet the other members of the group before dinner at 8pm.
Day 1:
We start the week with a day of winter skills training/refreshment high on Cairngorm.
2200ft (885m) of ascent and 4.5 miles (7 km) on snow and footpaths with mainly moderate gradients. Approx walking time excluding breaks and training: 3:30
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We hit the road and strike west along a remote 22 mile single track road to the head of arguably Scotland's most beautiful sea loch, Loch Hourn.
1900ft (600m) of ascent and 6.5 miles (11 km) on a generally good footpath with some moderate gradients. Approx walking time excluding breaks: 5:00
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Standing in the entrance your attention is immediately drawn to our day's aim, the bold peak of Luinne Bheinn. A fine and complex Munro standing guard over Barrisdale Bay.
3500ft (1050m) of ascent and 7 miles (11.5 km) on good footpaths and snow covered mountain terrain with mainly moderate gradients. Approx walking time excluding breaks: 5:30
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Although Slat Bheinn is the smallest peak of the trip, it by no means lacks entertainment. Hidden from view this pleasingly pointed peak stands guard at the head of Glen Barrisdale.
2850ft (870m) of ascent and 8 miles (13 km) on snow and footpaths with mainly moderate gradients. Approx walking time excluding breaks: 5:30
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Our route into Slat Bheinn's neighbour, the Corbett of Sgurr a' Choire – bheith is the same but on reaching the hidden coire we turn right to gain the beautifully arching NE ridge.
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With lighter packs we reverse the walk-in for a different perspective on Loch Hourn and its mountain bounds. Then we head back to Fraoch Lodge to complete the trip in the relatively urban surroundings of Boat of Garten and possibly a pint at the Boat Hotel to round of the trip after a slap-up dinner at Fraoch Lodge
1900ft (600m) of ascent and 6.5 miles (11 km) on a generally good footpath with some moderate gradients. Approx walking time excluding breaks: 5:00
Departure day: most guests head off after breakfast from Aviemore station but we can also drop you off in Inverness for a flight south.
Fraoch Lodge is our home base in the Cairngorms National Park. You'll stay here at the beginning and end of your trip. Our lodge has twin rooms each of which has its own hand basin or they have en suite bathrooms.
The Stable is a private bothy comprised of one main room incorporating kitchen (including gas cooker, fridge, eating and cooking utensils ), sitting /dining area and sleeping quarters ( 1 double , 3 singles ). A coal stove is provided for heating and hot water. Outwith the main room is a bathroom and entrance area with room to hang wet clothes etc! Lighting is by either water turbine, diesel generator or candles.
We have achieved Gold Star Awards from the world's most highly respected green accreditation scheme, Green Tourism, and were awarded Highly Commended in their Green Star Awards 2013 for both Scot Mountain Holidays and Fraoch Lodge. We offer a Green Travel Discount of £15 to any guests who travel to us by public transport. Our primary aim is to minimise the carbon footprint of our holidays, and to this end we donate 1% of the price of our tours to the RSPB's Abernethy Reforestation project.
It is a holistic approach we have to the care of the environment. Andy your adventure guide has a passion for the natural world – whether it's the flora, fauna or fungi. He has a background in geology and a lifelong interest in natural history, as well as being a keen gardener. He knows a Golden Plover from a Dotterel, a Green Shank and a Dunlin. He also makes no apologies to being very excitable upon spying a Golden Eagle!
For further information, please don't hesitate to check out our Environmental Responsibility page, or contact us directly at email@example.com.
Departure Guarantee
We are proud to continue to offer our unique departure guarantee*. If your booking is confirmed by Scot Mountain Holidays you can be assured that your holiday will run. We can offer this guarantee as we are unique amongst walking holiday operators in Scotland by providing all the parts of your holiday (guiding, accommodation and catering) in-house.
* Scot Mountain Holidays reserves the right to alter the venue and itinerary of holidays advertised as based away from Fraoch Lodge.
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A deposit of 50% is required at the time of booking unless you are booking less than 28 days before departure. In this case, full payment of the trip price is required
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In compliance with the UK Package Travel, Package Holidays and Package Tours Regulations 1992 a client deposit account has been arranged with the Royal Bank of Scotland to protect monies paid in respect of travel arrangements offered in the Brochure and to cater, where necessary (and subject to the terms of the insurance policy), for a refund of such monies in the unlikely event of our financial failure. The balance of payment is due 28 days prior to the commencement of the course. Credit/debit cards accepted are: Visa, Visa Electron, Mastercard, Switch, Non-refundable deposits will be debited on receipt of the booking form. Balance of payment reminder will automatically be sent out to you. Please be prompt in paying the balance. If you decide to pay by internet bank transfer please use your own name or booking number as a reference for the payment so it can be reconciled.
It is a condition of booking that you are insured against medical and personal accident risks. This must include cover for the activities to be undertaken during the trip. We also recommend that you take out insurance which includes cancellation and baggage cover.

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House Republican Leader John Boehner on Obamacare and GOP prospects next fall
HH: Joined now by the leader of the Republicans in the United States House of Representatives, John Boehner from the great state of Ohio. Leader Boehner, welcome back to the program, good to have you on the Hugh Hewitt Show.
JB: Hugh, it's always good to be with you.
HH: Hey, you have turned things around here. It seems like the Republicans are winning this health care debate. Is that your sense?
JB: Well, I think it's the American people who are winning this debate. They've looked up at this program, this giant government bureaucracy that the Democrats want to create in Washington, and said enough is enough. And while most of this is about health care, it's really about a much bigger issue, and that is just the growth and size of government. You know, after the $1 trillion dollars stimulus bill that didn't create any jobs, and the trillion dollars deficits for as far as the eye can see, their cap and trade proposal that'll ship millions of American jobs overseas, and now they see this health care proposal, and they're saying whoa, this is not what we voted for. And Hugh, we're in the middle of a modern day rebellion in America.
HH: Now there have been some heated exchanges, but I have thought by and large the points being made are not in any way fringe points. They are deeply felt and very rational objections. But it doesn't seem to me like your colleagues across the aisle want to deal with the objections.
JB: Well, I think those that are vulnerable, those who aren't the most liberal Democrats, I think they've gotten the message loud and clear. And yes, there have been some outburst at some of these events, and people ought to be respectful, but the level of engagement, not just at these Democrat town halls, but at Republican town halls, the numbers of people showing up have never been seen before. Nobody has ever seen anything like this, not in our lifetime.
HH: Well, we are, Salem Radio Network, I'm coming to town in a couple of weeks with Mike Gallagher and Dr. John Goodman of the National Center for Policy Analysis, Pete DuPont from the Center, and we're going to give at least a million, three hundred thousand signatures over to you folks in a petition which is available at Hughhewitt.com. Does that kind of stuff matter? Should people sign petitions like that, John Boehner?
JB: Any way to get involved, to show your opinion, to show your angst or your concern, any way you can do this is helpful – signing the petition, calling your member of Congress, showing up at a town hall meeting. All of these send a loud message to lawmakers in Washington that my goodness, the American people are concerned about this, they're engaged, I better be careful.
HH: I just had Tom Lucero who is challenging Betsy Markey in the 4th Congressional district, liberal Betsy Markey, on the program. He's had a great response after she said Medicare is going to be rationed Wednesday night. Are you having an easier time with candidate recruitment now that the President and the Democrats have committed themselves to this huge lurch to the left?
JB: Well, we've had a pretty good year on recruitment thus far, and I've got to tell you, though, the last month, we've been able to interest a lot more people into doing their Constitutional duty, and that's just to stand up and run for a seat in Congress. You know, there are about 80 Democrat Congressmen who sit in districts that George Bush won in 2004, and John McCain won in 2008. And these districts, these members are vulnerable. But if we want to put a stop to all of this nonsense, the best way to do it is to elect a Republican Congress. I want Nancy Pelosi to hand that gavel to me, instead of me handing it to her like I did the last two Congresses.
HH: What an enormous relief that would be. Let's turn to foreign affairs while we have a chance, Leader Boehner. Is there bipartisan support for the engagement in Afghanistan? Or are we losing the left side of the Democratic Party for this vital fight?
JB: Well, we lost the left side of the Democratic Party before whatever started. And I think the President has made sound decisions when it comes to his policy in Afghanistan. I think there are two thirds to three fourths of the Congress supporting his policies. And it's going to be interesting to see what happens this fall, because it's pretty clear we're going to need more troops there, and I hope the President will do the right thing, because I believe there's a majority in Congress willing to support him.
HH: Last question, John Boehner, the budget revision this week was stunning, to $9 trillion over ten years. Is the scale so large that the average American is losing sight of what we're talking about with a $2 trillion dollar deficit uptick?
JB: Hugh, the numbers we've been talking about all year are difficult for members of Congress to deal with, and we deal with hundreds of billions and trillion dollars on a regular basis. But these numbers, you can't comprehend. But to miss the ten year budget window by 27% over the last six months gives you some idea that if their national health care plan were to go forward, their estimate of what it's going to cost, they're not even in the ballpark. We've got a serious budget problem, it's time for us to hold the line on spending. We've got to cut spending, actually.
HH: Leader Boehner, thanks. By the way, you'll want to check the new Sports Illustrated out for a great article on the 1975 Big Red Machine, very close and near and dear to his heart and that district. It's a great article. John Boehner, always a pleasure.
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Good morning! Just sharing a card that posted last week on the Eyelet Outlet blog!
I used some of the cute hammers from the Tool Brads set as well as some of the fun new Enamel Dots - SUCH a fabulous deal on those! I'm addicted to enamel dots, and these are amazing!!! You can see it peeking out a little on the first card, but I also added some strips of two different washi tapes (HERE and HERE) to the inside to make that coordinate with the front. Pattern paper is from Crate Paper, and I used MFT inks with a combination of Paper Smooches, Avocado Arts, and Unity Stamps.
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Yesterday, the Illinois House of Representatives provided essential long-term assurance to community colleges in the state by passing HB 4675, which would ensure that all future federal dollars distributed to the State of Illinois for Adult Education and Career and Technical Education are timely appropriated to community colleges, even in lieu of a state budget. Currently, these funds are coded within the Comptroller's Office as "special funds" rather than "federal funds," which had previously compromised their ability to be distributed in lieu of a higher education budget. Other similar technicalities within the fund distribution process were addressed by previous bills, but did not include the funds outlined specifically by HB 4675.
Community colleges in Illinois have been especially impacted by the now ten-month absence of a state budget. In Representative Unes' District, these colleges include Illinois Central College (East Peoria) and Spoon River College (Canton).
"Having these federal funds not be held up by other budget discussions allows our community college to plan for future offerings of Adult Education and Literacy Programming. In addition, we are better able to budget for expansion and enhancement of our Career and Technical Education programs. Each of these programs has a direct impact on our regional economy and enhances Spoon River College's ability to have an educated workforce available for our region's employers. Not having a hold on these funds allows us to put those federal dollars to work immediately," said Curt Oldfield, President of Spoon River College.
Currently, 45% of Spoon River College's budget for its Adult Education programs is comprised of federal dollars, and amounts to about $65,000 annually. They also receive approximately $79,965 in federal Perkins funds, which support their Career and Technical Education programs.
According to Illinois Central College (ICC) Interim President Bruce Budde, ICC receives roughly $400,000 annually in federal subsidies for its own programs of this kind.


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A great funny over view of this year's NAB and the state of NLE's.
A great funny over view of this year's NAB and the state of NLE's.
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When a bunch of 800X480 VF cames out a while ago, I wasn't impressed. They were less then what is on the back of most dslr's. So far only the RED VF with 1280X720 res has impressed me until this one came along.
1920X1080 ! Thats what I'm talking about. Its made by Astro Design, and distributed by Band Pro. This is one we all want. Too bad at $13K it may cost more than all your gear combined. Well unless you have a F35 or F65 which is the camera this was designed for ( also ARRI / Phantom / RED ). The only problem of course is that everyone else wants one too but its jus out there pricewise. The real question is why we don't have an affordable VF of this res for $1k.
All too often as new cameras and gear come out, we forget about what was once, even months ago the greatest ever. I present to you today a state of the art consumer image acquisition unit. Ok, whats left of it I present to you.
In 1960 something the new owner would of cried at this sight. Today its interesting junk.
We have a range of cameras now from cheap to very expensive that all make great images. In fact the differences between those cameras at times are pretty small. Plan you next purchase wisely so that when your new today expensive camera looks like this 20 or even 10 years from now, you'll enjoy the peak inside at the quaintness of the technology inside. Who am I kidding, this could be your new camera a year or two from now the way things are going.
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According to this rumor Apple may be planning to drop the 17" model from the product line. The quick info is that while apple makes millions of 13" and 15" models, the 17" models may of only sold 50K units if the article is accurate. I could certainly see why apple could and would drop the product except its yet another blow off of pro users. Lets face it, its mainly power users who are getting 17" machines. I'm one of them. In fact if they made a 19" model I'd buy it. Yes I travel and no I don't find the size to be a problem at all. I need that screen space !
Now they are potentially dropping 17" machines ?
Seems like apple is simply forcing me off the platform, I'm very sorry to say because they are drying up the hardware I depend on. Of course lots of rumors of the demise of the tower also doesn't help my mindset either. I'd like to keep Mac as my primary system, but I don't think thats going to happen.
Add on the fact I've been working on a super fast loaded Z800 and its hard. I'll be honest, while Win 7 is a big step forwards for MS, its still in many respects still XP with a nice paint job. It has some serious problems with QT + codecs, networking and of course security concerns. The reality is that over the next 1-2 years I'm probably going to be forced into using PC's simply because I can't get the big hardware ( screens, CPU's, GPU's ) to get the work done. Time will tell.
If booth attendance says anything this is what I saw :
Apple and FCP X ? nada. ok, some vendors were showing FCP X with their product, but at least as many still had FCP 7 running... for now.
Avid : about 1/3 the seating space of Adobe. When I went by it was usually 1/2 empty.
Adobe : Packed ! Even on thursday at 1PM is was still very full. In fact at some point during the show NAB officials asked adobe to do some crowd control because they thought too many people where grouped up there and it was a fire hazard.
Autodesk Smoke : Small seating area but generally about 75% full plus folks standing and watching. They have their niche and it still has interest. A while ago they cut Flame to $125K from $250K. I didn't hear if they cut it at NAB this year. The big news is that Smoke 2013 has a new revamped UI that looks something like Premiere Pro + FCP X + smoke. Use the Beta until the product is released, and they cut the price to $3495 ! Crazy. However it may be the only way they stay alive in the marketplace.
Another NAB as come and gone. I made it home today. Internet access in Vegas was the worst its ever been this year. If I didn't have a tether app for my phone I'd of had almost no net access.
So fair enough, all the other blog sites are going crazy about the new gear... GREAT ! What about the people ? In the shot above, over a few cocktails Dan Spiess of Florida chats with Steve Griffiths of Austrailia. I've known both of these guys forever. Its only at NAB that we get to share a few minutes or hours together. Thats what its about.
The gear is cool, its the people that count. Its what meaningful things you do with that gear which counts. Then there is the cool stuff you DON"T get to see on the show floor. Sometimes they are in suites for invitees only, sometimes you just have to look hard. Here I am with one of those SUPER COOL THINGS you did not see on the floor, its a prototype. That's as much as I'm giving up for now.
Over the next week or two I'll share with you some of my cool findings while wandering around in vegas under the bright lights. Yes 4K is last year's 3D in terms of what was big news. The difference is I expect 4K to take hold over the next couple of years while 3D remains a small niche and a bit of a gimmick in the market place. I'm not saying I don't like 3D, I do for a few things but its not suitable for all things. Right Tool For The Job™ ! ok ?
All shots taken NOT with some expensive lens and camera, but a cheap simple GoPro HD ( original ). A great little stills camera that travels light.
I'm off to NAB today ( Sat ). Got some gear with me to do some shooting. I'm not intending to run around like mad doing 100 on the floor show interviews, but I may do some. We'll see whats interesting. My schedule will be pretty intense while I'm there and internet connections are usually expensive and slow so we'll see what I get to post.
If you are out there, say hello. The MediaMotion Ball is solid out again, I'm more than likely skipping the SuperMeet, and have several private events to go to. Should be fun !
Its official ! CS6 has been announced. Yes SpeedGrade is part of the Video suites ! Adobe Preview VIDEOS Here
New UI - or should I say updated and made much cleaner and more modern. Dig the new GIANT size clip icons. They are fully scalable from small to pretty huge. But wait there's more ! They are scrubable. If you swipe the mouse over the image you can scrub through it. You can also set In and Out Points while doing to. This changes the way I edit ! As an option you can toggle scrubbing to be active only with the alt / option key held down. Very nice, everyone is happy.
Also as part of the new icon view is a mini-icon in the image that indicates clip usage by turning yellow.
Timeline : there are many improvements here. Better trimming tools, easier transition application, and... Just Play. A lot of operations that used to stop play no longer do so. You can toggle tracks on and off, trim clips, ect.. A lot of operations can now be performed and the TL will continue to play.
Send to SpeedGrade ! Enough said, get your project over there for grading painlessly.
More CUDA powered support and new hardware support.
Warp Stabilizer is now part of Premiere Pro. Its got CUDA goodness ! You can now directly smooth or stabilize shots right in the TL. The analyze part is quick, the warp is CUDA rendered for super fast performance.
New API for 3rd party video hardware that's low latency, low overhead and pretty much autoc onfigures. Just set your project to use the hardware output and you can jump from SD to 720 to 1080 timelines and the hardware matches your moves without changing ANYTHING ! The new playback infrastructure is fast and fluid as if you were using hardware dedicated to the NLE. This brings the level of performance for output from your 3rd party card to where it should be.
Audio Meters & Mixer : New fully scalable audio meter for the timeline. YES ! the audio mixer has also been fully redone to match the greatness of Audtion's mixer. It too is scalable. It's really a great sight.
Improved Audio Handling in the Timeline : You can now place mono and stereo clips into the SAME audio track ! this greatly simplifies audio handling and editing. You should be able to also place 5.1 clips in as well, but I haven't tried it. All around improvements in audio clip handling.
Improved Multicam Editing : Expanded multicam support, allowing you to work with as many cameras as you want. In the past the limit was four cameras. Now the only limitation is the formats you're working with and the power of your machine. The MultiCam monitor plays the footage from each camera in a grid that automatically adjusts to accomodate the number of cameras in your shoot and a preview of the recorded sequence. After you've created a multicam edit, you can refine it either by re-performing sections of your edit from within the Multi-Camera Monitor or by using normal editing tools, applying effects, or correcting color.
Global Performance Cache : This is a persistent disc cache. That means after you quit the app the cache is still there so that next time you start AE up, you are REALLY back where you started. This calls for a super fast disk array or SSD and it flies. This breaks the limits of what RAM alone in your machine can handle.
3D Camera Tracker : A solid general purpose 3D tracker. It works great for integrating 3D text from the next feature into real world shots like the titles in Fringe.
Ray-traced, Extruded text and shapes : Stop and read that one again ! If you watched the In Production series we produced those 3D titles came out of AE CS6. Ok, we haven't done anything yet for CS6 !
The 3D output is super sexy amazing. This isn't CPU rendering either although you can do it that way... but you won't want to. Ray tracing is being rendered with CUDA on the GPU's. Yup, multiple GPU support! This version of AE can and will use your hardware to the limit. Render times on suitable GPU's are an order of magnitude faster from the likes of many hours down to minutes. You REALLY want a nVidia CUDA capable GPU. That means for Macs it's a Quadro 4000 as an excellent choice. PC cards with flashed BIOS to work in a Mac is another option, but YMMV. Apple seriously needs to get their act together on graphics card support.
On PC there is the insane Maximus config using a Quadro 2000 or 4000 PLUS a Tesla C2075 card with 442 cores on it alone. If I have the number rights thats nearly 700 CUDA cores between the two cards. This setup is just smoking fast over anything else for AE 3D ray traced rendering.
Reflections, transparency, bevels. All the good stuff and a great look because there is plenty of control of various 3D parameters per layer.
Conversion of Illustrator vector graphics to shape layers : Ok cool. not something I ever use but I know plenty of people who will be thrilled with this.
Variable-width mask feathering : another long standing thing I've wanted. Its really great and about time ! One word here - it's also different. rather than using expect splines, it uses node points more like hybrid B splines.
New Cycore (CC) effects and upgrade of dozens of effects to 16-bpc and 32-bpc color depth
Pro Import After Effects functionality based on technology from Automatic Duck for importing projects from other applications, including Final Cut Pro and Avid software
Improved integration with mocha-AE
New and greatly improved GPU acceleration features for previews and final-quality rendering
Rolling Shutter Repair effect
Adobe's official AE announcement is here.
My longtime friend Chris Meyer already has a review up a minutes after this was announced at PVC... talk about speed of the internet !
Not to be out done, John Dickinson also has some material already up
After Effects: New 3D Features in CS6 and
After Effects: CS6 3D Material Template
New App : Prelude
This is Adobe's new app for card dumping and metadata entry. A big feature of this app is its ability to copy cards to more than one place at a time. It can also TRANSCODE clips. There is also the ability to pull clip selects and output that as a rough cut to premiere pro. Metadata entry is of course also part of this new app.
Many improvements including better BluRay support, FLASH output, and better integration with the other Adobe apps. Example - you can place your Premiere Pro TL into Encore via dynamic link. Changes in your Prem Pro TL ripple into Encore.
More to come over the next few days !
Not happy news today for Avid right before NAB. Stock is down 17% to $8.50 after a poor quarter. Read more here. As others have said, their editing products are actually a small part of the company's revenues. Much comes from shared storage hardware and software as well as their other product lines like M Audio and ProTools. While they have made great efforts to turn their business around over the last 2 to 3 years, the marketplace doesn't seem impressed. Perhaps crapping on your customers for years is a hard thing to wipe off.... While the New Avid isn't the old one, time will tell how things works out.
More pre NAB news. Fujinon has a 19-90 T 2.9 ZOOM lens in PL mount. Its got a conventional handgrip with zoom control. It covers the full APS-C / S35 image area. How many folks have been wanting some glass like this ? Lots. To bad that all those people who want and need this lens still will be. MSRP is $38,000 !... um right. Anyone involved with ENG / Doc style shooting isn't going to be using this lens unless its a rental... and even then it will be a pricey rental. Knock of zero off the price and then we have a conversation. Painfully over priced. Where as the dslr revolution brought increbile images for low cost, clearly there has been tries at going back to the very expensive model of gear over the last 6 months. I think I know how people are voting....
More bits continue to surface surrounding this years push, 4K. Sony has already announced 1 camera so far just to get things going. Canon has their sunday event ( invites ????? ) and now bits are surfacing about Panasonic also being in on the game.
Just great. Just when our computers / NLE's could easily handle a couple streams of 1080 like our old machines handled SD, just redo everything. Anyone who has worked with RED 4K knows what I mean. However with RED you are debayering / color managing / decoding the frames which is a lot more work than just decoding the frame and maybe doing a basic gamma conversion. Realistically, you need to decide if 4K makes sense for you. If your material has future value, then 4K makes sense. If your material has a short lifetime value, 1080 or even 720 will be just fine. I won't even get into a web streaming thing I'm dealing with right now where I have to break it to them that SD composite video just isn't good enough....
So I'll be out there in Vegas saturday. If your there, give me a shout. I will also be shooting monday testing this rig I talked about before & you see above. I think its gonna work pretty well and give a dslr camera back the mass and handling they have lacked. I'm also liking its NOT made of all sorts of odd bits clamped together that take forever to assemble or you have to just leave built all the time. Well NAB will tell ! Back to the past to a time when it just worked.
A nice behind the scenes look at the QA process at Zeiss - vibration, shock, thermal extremes. Good stuff and part of the reason why they cost as much as they do.
Usually by this time I"ve had another post or two out, but things have just been busy. With local elections going on I've been out working, which is great. That last lens review also took a LOT of time, and there is more I'm working on if I can ever get back to it. Here's proof I've really been working ! Photo courtesy of Chris Hibben.
I've also been watching all the news coming from pre NAB which has been interesting. Thankfully 3D is maybe not quite dead, but just a little blip on the radar now as I had pretty much expected it would be. While cool, it just didn't get consumers to go on a buying spree replacing their new and perfectly good screens with 3D ones. Lets face it, if your viewers don't have 3D screens whats the point...
So 4K is this year's NAB gear theme. Thats cool, but 4K is gonna just be a very slow adoption. However, unlike 3D I expect it will gain traction. The difference will be that the gearheads who always have to have the latest and greatest will start the adoption. The rest will slowly follow. While an $8k Sony FS700 is amazing and cool, its still a bit expensive for a lot of shooters out there. The difference these days is that a LOT of content is being shot on cheap cameras, not the $25K-$50K+ cameras we all used to use. I'm no per se complaining about the price at all.
If consumer demand fuels production lets consider this : in the 90's when HD first became a standardize spec, and production gear first started to become available, it was a big step up in quality. The average consumer could see the difference even if they couldn't afford it yet. It wasn't until there were sub $2000 and eventually sub $1000 HD screens that mass adoption took off. To the average consumer the price point to quality ratio was finally hit. Its easy to see the HD picture quality difference, never mind a 42" screen sure looks pretty all on its own. So prices had to fall into line with consumer demand , which really only happened in the late 2000's.
4K is incremental to the consumer but there is also reality. There are almost NO panels at any price with 4K native screens, never mind consumer priced ones. There is also no distribution - not youtube or netflix, no transmision standards, nothing. In fact the video card in your computer in DVI / HDMI is limited to someting like 2550X1600 or so.
The visual difference between 4K and 1080 is also going to be another it depends thing. If you are far enough back you'll never see the difference. This will be especially true if the image is heavily compressed in effect pretty much turning it into a 1080 image anyway.
Don't get me wrong, I think 4K will become standard for SOME productions. It already is for large budget entertainment projects. However lots of big budget projects have been shooting in 1080 / 2K. Thats probably a mistake. Mass consumer adoption of 4K isn't going to happen anytime soon unless some LCD panel maker has a way to make them in mass and affordable. There will be use for projection in movie houses, but that is just such a small amount of work that winds up there. However if you go 5 to more like 10 years out consumers with 4K and more likely 8K res screens will be the norm. Lets also consider, 4K may be the stepping stone incremental format to get to 8K. Yes I've seen 8K and its AMAZING. It makes 1080 look like ratty VHS in comparison.
So should you rush out to start shooting 4K ? maybe. It all depends on if your work REALLY has future value or you are shooting a lot of green screen where the extra res is very helpful. After that, I still know people just making their move to HD 10 years into the era. Evaluate your needs carefully, then decide.


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my lips are puffy and my throat is itchy. I had shrimp at dinner I guess I'm allergic apparently...I don't have benadryl is there anything else I can take?
Edit: my mom is mildly allergic to the shell part so I think that's what it is but she's not epi pen allergic. Also I think it's because it was in like a frozen dinner thing and not fresh caught. I had an allergic reaction in Mexico same way but I'm not allergic all the time. Same with lobster my hands started to itch so I just stopped eating it . I took Benadryl so hopefully I'll be okay.
Update: I took 50 mg of benadryl half an hr ago and am feeling okay. No other swelling or coughing has occurred.


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MOTORISTS feared for their lives after a depressed drink-driver sped along the region's roads.
An inquest at Flint heard how Dennis Bernard Stockwell, 52, was killed when he eventually lost control of his red Vauxhall Cavalier. It veered across the A55 near Holywell, collided with a tree on an embankment, then rolled over.
North East Wales Coroner John Hughes yesterday said it was "only the utmost good fortune" that no-one else was injured or killed.
Witnesses travelling along the M56 in Cheshire and then along the A55 described how Mr Stockwell overtook fast-moving traffic on the hard-shoulder and on a slip-road. He drove at speeds of up to 85mph only a metre behind other cars, flashing his headlights and continually sounding his horn.
Mr Stockwell, of Marlborough Road, Sal-ford, Greater Manchester, forced one driver off the road, threatened a second and weaved in and out of traffic across three lanes.
"This is a bizarre sequence of events, to say the very least," said the Coroner.
Recording a verdict of accidental death, he added: "I am very concerned that the verdicts available to me do not really describe what was going on. Indeed, one can almost contemplate him having had a death wish."
But although there was evidence Mr Stockwell had taken an overdose in the past, there was not enough evidence that he intended to kill himself through his erratic, reckless driving. A post-mortem examination revealed he had 142 millligrammes of alcohol per 100 millilitres of blood, the legal limit being 80.
Clive Lloyd, a friend and neighbour of Mr Stockwell, described him as a "binge drinker" who was suffering from depression. He said he had given up driving 20 years ago and restarted only a month before his death so he could travel to North Wales where he enjoyed camping and walking.
But Mr Lloyd said he was a very aggressive driver who always spun the wheels of his car even when leaving his house.
Self-employed builder Phillip Barker, of Mostyn Road, Colwyn Bay, said he was driving home from Warrington along the M56 on September 15 when a red Vauxhall Cavalier passed him at 80-85mph.
"It was totally erratic," he said. Later, as Mr Barker passed the junction with the A55, at Ewloe, the Cavalier shot out in front of him, forcing him to break hard and the driver gestured wildly at other motorists as he tried to overtake them.
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"It was travelling at high speed and the driver was quite clearly agitated, waving his arms about," he said.
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Mr Henderson drove on but the Cavalier caught up with him, and as he pulled alongside the other driver pointed at him.
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Entries are open for the 2019 Black Mountains Classic Tour
Elsewhere the club thrives with the SGC Printing Harry Flatters Rally, which runs on the infamous Epynt ranges, counting as a round of the highly prestigious British Historic Rally Championship. The Dennis Motorsport Epynt Hillclimbs are a fantastic weekend out with a huge variety of cars competing from standard road cars to highly tunes specials. More sedately the club has recently moved into the Classics with a successful Classic Motor Show held in 2014 and a new event, the Black Mountains Classic Tour was held in June 2015.
Most importantly we marshal on other clubs events, under the leadership of Nigel Chappelle our chief marshal the club is represented at a large number of events in the year, the Red Kite Stages, the Wyedean Stages, the Tour of Epynt, the MSA Spring Classic, Leukemia Rally, the Quinton Stages, the Mewla Rally, the Summer Trial, Rally of the Tests, Wales Rally GB, LEJOG and many more where individuals represent the club in various roles.
The club meets at the Castle Hotel in Brecon on the first Wednesday of every month and new members are more than welcome.


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Let's Paint Something.Reviewing: Color Place Int/Ext Spray Paint | Rating:
It's finally summer time my favorite time of year. Time to break out the grill and wade pool for the boy. And the best part of all is when I get the swing and outdoor chairs out of storage. Then it happens ....spray paint fever sets in, I start thinking ..you know this chair looks a little sun faded . So we get out the spray paint and freshen up everything.
My first choice of spray paint is Color Place fast dry spray paint it works really well, it cover great it really is fast dry and unless your changing colors drastically it covers in only one coat . I used more expensive paints before and found them to be really thin and run easily. With Color Place you can put on a fairly heavy coat before it runs, just right for those with little experience with spray paint. Just make sure you are in a well ventilated area because it does smell like paint kinda strong.
Color Place comes in a rainbow of colors and variety's cost from .97 cents to 2.97 at Wal-Mart.
As any other spray paint the cap indicates the color and or texture, they are very true to color so get creative with the paint its a lot of fun to mix up the colors and hold it high up and let it mist over an existing color and it makes a cool design .Its an inexpensive way to dress up your yard furniture and a lot of fun too.


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Supervisor of Elections Donna Bryant said such referendums rarely generate a large turnout unless there is considerable controversy. The June 3 referendum on the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's plan to raise taxes for roads brought out about 39 percent of the county's registered voters.


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Andrew Doukas
Hello, Budget Travel Readers!
Traveling as a dance host to 40 countries in the past 10 years, I've learned how to pack everything I need for formal, semiformal, casual, and expedition gear—and how to get it all into one rolling case and a backpack!
Dance hosts must be prepared to show up at the cruise ship dock and be ready for that evening wearing an unwrinkled tuxedo, a blazer and tie, or, on Cunard ships, even a white dinner jacket. I can carry my wardrobe aboard and be completely unpacked, enjoying the ship, while my fellow hosts pace their cabins, waiting for their cumbersome suitcases to be delivered.
But often I like to arrive in my country of departure a week ahead of time, or I might stay for another week in my city of debarkation, backpacking, traveling on buses, subways, and trains, and staying in hostels. This requires hauling minimal luggage and a whole different style of duds!
Often my monthlong cruise, with an extra shore week or more on each end, will stretch to six to eight weeks in length. I can pack for the entire trip, from studs and cuff links to hiking boots, and get it all into my Timberland rolling Ute and my L.L.Bean Escape backpack! [PHOTO]
Here's how I do it:
I use lightweight travel bags with zippered mesh covers, sold by L.L.Bean and Eagle Creek, to organize and store enough clothes to last eight days. [PHOTO] The bags allow me to roll and compress my tux, dinner jacket, blazer, and trousers, as well as casual shirts, into incredibly small spaces. Dress and collared shirts go into an Eagle Creek press pack [PHOTO], which holds at least 10 shirts; I pack two tuxedo shirts, three dress shirts, and five collared polo shirts. [PHOTO]
I take three pairs of dress trousers: a striped tuxedo, a black, and a khaki, and I take two pairs of nylon hiker pants, one of which has zip-off legs, along with a bathing suit and padded bicycling shorts and gloves (I often like to go biking in the different ports, and I wear them on the trainer in the ship's fitness studio as well).
One mesh bag holds eight to 10 collarless shirts, rolled and packed tight, for workouts, hiking around town, or port visits. Another holds eight pairs of underwear, five pairs of dress socks, and five pairs of athletic socks (which are quarter-length, ankle-high, and take up little room). Three bow ties and six color-matched ties go over the top, folded into thirds to prevent creasing.
One rule for everything: no cotton! All the shirts are some type of microfiber or polyester blend, as are the dress trousers, the socks, and the underwear. Jeans are out of the question. Cotton just does not pack small, wrinkles way too fast, absorbs sweat, and takes too long to dry. I previously used worsted wool formal wear, but on a recent trip to Singapore, I had custom tailored jackets and trousers made from microfiber specifically for traveling and dancing. They are lighter-wearing, pack tighter, and don't wrinkle. My blazer is an L.L.Bean Traveler, also made from microfiber. Cummerbund? I threw it away. [PHOTO]
I pack a flattened Panama hat, purchased in Ecuador for $10, for sun protection. [PHOTO]
Which footwear to choose is important because shoes take up a lot of room—especially since I wear a size 14! I pack my dance/formal shoes, which are relatively thin and light and are worn only onboard the ship, and I wear sturdy dark-colored hiking shoes while traveling. The hikers double as sneakers for workouts and as port shoes, and they even look reasonable at museums and in restaurants when worn with dress trousers.
I use one belt, a black nylon web with the D-rings also made of nylon. It goes with everything, and there is no metal to set off airport or ship detectors.
My rolling Ute has about 15 years on it and is beginning to show its age, although the large inline-skate-style wheels have never failed me and track well even over rough terrain. The worst wear seems to be the nylon corners wearing out from brushing against airport conveyor belts. In situations where I need to navigate long stairways, subways, or gangplanks, it converts into a backpack; I put my smaller backpack on my chest, and the larger Ute goes on my back. This setup is actually pretty balanced and comfortable, but I wouldn't want to climb mountains this way! [PHOTO]
My Escape backpack is not large, but it carries everything I need to survive for a few days of travel if needed, and it is a good size to use around cities, hiking, and on a bike. It is narrow enough so that it doesn't interfere with arm and shoulder movement, and it has a decent waist-belt support to carry most of the load. I use it as my carry-on, and often it packs in quite a bit of weight, so the waist-belt support is important. Usually it holds my 10-inch Toshiba netbook (fits into a built in sleeve), grooming kit, sunglasses, two shirts, two pairs each of underwear and socks, guidebooks, novels, notepad, pens, calculator, nylon fork and spoon, cap, cuff links and studs, camera, iPod, earphones, Magic Jack (for Internet calls with the netbook), passport, and food. I stick plastic bottles in the side pockets and fill them at a water fountain after I pass through airport security lines.
In addition to wearing the hiking shoes and one of the pairs of nylon pants to the airport, I wear a full-zipper fleece jacket and a breathable rain jacket with a hood. Both of these can be lashed onto the backpack if necessary, but there have been several times when I was awful happy to have them available on the plane or while camped out at the terminal—good luck getting blankets these days!
If I'm traveling to a cold climate, like when I went to London a week early in January to board a world cruise, I pack a set of microfiber long underwear and gloves. That basic layer, along with my regular clothes, fleece, and rain jacket, makes all the difference and eliminates the need for a heavier winter jacket.
When I'm off the ship, I make sure everything of value is in my backpack—and that stays with me. Always. Everywhere. In Singapore, staying at a hostel, the pack came into the shower stall with me, hanging inside the door. Backpack sizing is important if this is your mode of operation—you don't want too big or too little. For security, I always make sure both zipper tabs are in the lower right corner, making it hard for someone to get into the pack from behind me without my noticing. (Once in Valparaíso, someone unzipped my pack on the street and took my toiletry bag—go figure!)
So bring on Egypt, Budget Travel! I'm packed and ready, and won't even need the tux for this trip!


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Here's another incredibly unique idea for your home, build your own rope headboard!
Ninemsn.com.au have put together a great tutorial on how you can build this great rope headboard in a few hours. While it looks like they've used nylon rope in this project, we think you could easily use the Manila rope wall project as an inspiration here as well.
Make sure to double-check the measurements on your bed to ensure a proper fit!
Take a look at our decorative ropes category for all the options for this one-of-a-kind project.


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Since we have had a few things about bats and masked heroes going on around these parts recently, I thought it would be a good time to introduce you to Kaiketsu Zubat via a YouTube play list.
Zubat is an odd hero that goes around in cowboy attire, impressing ladies with his songs and skills, which always happen to defeat whatever guy is calling himself #1 that week. Then he has a red spandex suit with a mask and a proper jet car. This garb is also the what the Viewtiful Joe games parody.
If you want more masked hero action, may I suggest this post, which covers Gekko Kamen and Tiger Mask?


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Subject: Re: [ecasound] Cannot make cvs.
From: Patrick Shirkey (pshirkey_AT_boosthardware.com)
Date: Sat Sep 28 2002 - 20:09:39 EEST
Kai Vehmanen wrote:
> On Sat, 28 Sep 2002, Patrick Shirkey wrote:
>>I get this with the latest cvs. Compiling with gcc-3.2
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Doh. The last time I compiled I used 3.01. make clean fixed it.
Sorry for the bandwidth and your time.
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The BCA Summer market seeks to contribute unique, contemporary and diverse artisan products to the vibrant City Hall market. We are looking for artists who exhibit professionalism and quality to the consumer, have a clear brand identity, and strive for diversity in their product offerings and price points.
Application fee: There is a non-refundable $25 application fee. Following your online submission, you will be directed to an online payment page.
- Please note that all BCA communication regarding the market will be conducted by email.
- We will only charge your card for the application fee. If you are accepted into the market you will receive separate payment information.
- Applications will be considered until June 2018.
- All applications will be reviewed by an independent jury of 4-6 community members.
- If you choose to apply to the BCA Artist Market as an artist group or a collective, please note that each group member must apply to the market as an individual (group applications will not be accepted).
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Wednesday, January 29, 2014
Who's Afraid of The Big Bad Wolf?
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Ewww, that is a very scary shadow Wesbster! lol By the way, I'm going to give up trying to paint and just use that app. I can't believe they are not watercolours.
- January 29, 2014 at 7:47 PM
Yes, very scary. It's no wonder Goldilocks is nowhere to be seen.
- January 29, 2014 at 8:32 PM
- Candice said...
Webster's alter ego?
- January 29, 2014 at 8:53 PM
- helene said...
That is a hilarious photo! How scary! But it's just dear old Webster! Who does he think he is, scaring us all like that?
- January 29, 2014 at 9:59 PM
- JudyMac said...
If weather like we've had the past two days happened more often, perhaps we might work our way through such an event in a more professional manner, and not have the rest of the country laughing at us. But it has really been horrendous for a lot of people. It's supposed to be in the 60's by the weekend, so there is light at the end of the tunnel. :-)
- January 29, 2014 at 10:29 PM
- tammy j said...
oh my gosh! how funny!
i think it's his other ear we're seeing... but it is scary!! LOL.
and then i see the real beautiful boy there
and i just want to HUG HIM! xo
- January 29, 2014 at 11:25 PM
- Cindy at enclos*ure said...
Great photo!
- January 30, 2014 at 3:24 AM
- Content in a Cottage said...
JudyMac....I have been thinking about you these last couple of days. I know the ice and snow can cripple the South having lived there. Everyone has been concerned and I don't think anyone is laughing. It's not funny one bit. It's only 3° here right but we will be getting warmer by the weekend too.
I know the weathermen have been rough on Atlanta telling you they predicted what happened. Yes they did, but they aren't always right. If weathermen were always right, they would all become travel agents. :)
xo, Rosemary
- January 30, 2014 at 8:16 AM
- Content in a Cottage said...
Tammy J...If you look at the enlarged photo, you will see that the scary wolf mouth is partly Webster's collar and ID tags. Right now, he's sleeping with his stuffed Zebra. xo, Rosemary
- January 30, 2014 at 8:18 AM
- JudyMac said...
Thanks, Rosemary, your thoughts are greatly appreciated. We will be continuing to "de-ice" today, thanks to a big, bright sun this morning, and things should be mostly back to normal tomorrow. Until I can get more seed, I'm fixing Bisquick biscuits for the birds today.
- January 30, 2014 at 8:44 AM
- Content in a Cottage said...
JudyMac...Lucky birds. That's so sweet of you.
xo, Rosemary
- January 30, 2014 at 9:25 AM
- Karen said...
Webster is ready for his horror flick cameo! He's such a sweet gentle dog, if you didn't know him you might be scared.
- January 30, 2014 at 7:10 PM


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We love the assortment of both basic items like rice and more distinctive foods like the spanakopita that Costco carries. While I was doing other chores, my wife threw half a package in the oven for refreshments for my Toastmasters meeting.
The spanakopita went over great, it was all gone by the time the meeting was over. It is tasty, easy to eat and fun.
The holidays and their associated parties are coming up, so we will definitely buy some more of this. The coupon has no limit, so we will get some and store it in the freezer. At $3.50 off per package and no limit, this is truly a great opportunity.
Monday, November 15, 2010
Les Plats du Chef All Natural Spanakopita-Great Tasting, Fun And On Sale
4 comments:
- AnonymousNovember 24, 2010 at 7:46 AM
Just had a sample yesterday and bought some for Thanksgiving. Truly delicious.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 17, 2011 at 5:52 PM
I am having a birthday party in March and want to buy the Les Plats du Chef appetizers. Costco only carries it during the holidays. What! People don't party the rest of the year!! Now what will I serve.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 10, 2011 at 5:02 AM
We buy your spanakopita during the holidays but want to have them year round. Can we order some from your company or do we have to wait until December this year? We haven't been able to find them anywhere in our area except Sam's Club.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 10, 2013 at 11:56 AM
Why did you discontinue this excellent product in Denver area?ReplyDelete
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ORIGINAL POST: Big economic news of the morning: May New Home Sales.
Analysts expect the number to come in at a 347K annualized rate.
That's up just a little from the previous month's 343K.
It's a beat...
New homes sales surge past expectations from 343K last month to an annualized 369K this month.
The 7.6% jump is well above the expected 347K.


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Co-Director, Opportunity Campaigns
Position Location: Brooklyn, NY or Washington, DC preferred; other locations considered
The Center for Popular Democracy (CPD, c3) and CPD Action (c4) are a national network of over fifty community-based organizations in 35 states that build organizing power to transform the local, state and national policy landscape through deep, long-term partnerships with leading community organizing groups and progressive labor unions nationwide.
We seek an experienced and energetic organizer and campaign strategist to help the network develop, run, and win fights that advance justice for immigrant and Puerto Rican communities across the United States at the state and local level, as well as move defensive and proactive fights on the federal level. Also, the Co-Director of Opportunity Campaigns will help develop and execute a leadership support program for Latinx leaders within the CPD Network.
The Director will work closely with our affiliates to understand their existing priorities and opportunities, support the campaigns they are driving, and develop a national program to advance a shared opportunity agenda on a range of issues. Core campaigns could include an end to mass deportation and criminalization of immigrants, holding Wall Street actors accountable for their role in Puerto Rico's economic crisis, ensuring adequate federal and state action to support Puerto Rican families displaced by Hurricane Maria and a Just Recovery for Puerto Rico. The Director will also work closely with our other lead campaigners to connect and elevate the foundational commitments that run through all our campaigning (racial justice and economic fairness, etc.) work.
A strong candidate will have significant experience working at the community level driving campaign work, as well as experience building broad multi-racial and multi-stakeholder (labor, philanthropy, etc.) support towards victory. The ideal candidate will have deep alignment with CPD's theory of change, which focuses on building strong people's institutions, as a core priority for our social justice movement, strategic campaigning, and facility moving between institution-building spaces and "movement moments." Strong candidates will also have experience in shared and collective leadership models and a deep commitment to the leadership of women and people of color.
Primary Responsibilities
The Director will have primary responsibility for work including:\
Building deep, close relationships with core CPD affiliates who are focused on driving opportunity campaign work;
Providing strategic campaign and organizing support to affiliates, and to work with CPD's Organizing & Capacity Building Team which focuses on organizing effectiveness;
Balancing support to affiliates on their priority work with work to build an integrated national agenda grounded in the priorities of our affiliates;
Representing CPD and the network at key national spaces and tables;
Staying updated on the most cutting edge research and policies that advance our opportunity agenda;
Carrying primary responsibility, with other senior CPD staff and CPD's Development Department, to fundraise to cover the existing expenses of the Opportunity Campaigns Team, expand funding, and raise/leverage real resources to the field;
Working with other CPD campaigning staff to develop effective intersectional campaigns (e.g., linking organizing of the Black community behind a policing justice campaign with organizing in the immigrant community on over-enforcement of immigration laws, etc.);
Helping to build the in-house Opportunity Campaigns team to include junior campaigners, policy advocates, and researchers as we succeed at raising resources.
Job Requirements
A demonstrated commitment to social and racial justice issues and understanding of challenges facing immigrant communities, communities of color, and low-and moderate income families;
At least 10 years' experience in progressive campaigns with community-based organizations, primarily on issues with explicit racial justice framing;
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Willing to have moderate travel schedule.
Preference for candidates based in Washington, DC or New York. Exceptions may be made for exceptional candidates.
Generous salary and benefits package, depending on experience.
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January 19, 2012 06:33:00
Posted By Opening the Heart
Sophie Glikson, one of our gifted Opening the Heart Workshop therapists, is also a talented artist. Here we feature two of her recent works. Above is a tryptic - Ahh....Yes....Om..
Below is a detail from the work Precious Soul Center:
Sophie joined the leadership team for our recent Opening the Heart Workshops at Kripalu in Massachusetts and at Avow Hospice in Naples FL. I know that the participants at thosewho worked with Sophie at those workshops will enjoy seeing another facet of her creativity.
Sophie practices Psychotherapy and Creative Medicine in Medford MA and is also an Expressive Therapies Clinical Instructor at Lesley University in Cambridge MA. She can be reached at email@example.com
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|The Water Thief
Process 1 - The Thumbnails
Process 2 - Experiment
Process 3 - Refinement of Ideas
To be honest I skipped these steps as I was inspired while working on the Little Mermaid
Process 4 - Rough
Process 5 - Cover Rough
Process 6 - Detailed Pencil Drawing
Unfortunately I didn't have access to a scanner at this point so I had to make do with my cheap digital camera and bad lighting... plus I forgot to take a photo of the detailed sketch so this image is the earliest capture I could get. As you can see, I originally painted the nymph as only clad in a leather thong.
Here are some progress shots.
Process 7 - The Finished Painting
Process 8 - With Text Treatment
This is what I ended up submitting to the Artorder Challenge. The text submission divided the juror's opinions;
hmm i guess i am the voice of dissension on this topic, but i disagree, i don't think you should put type on pieces unless you want to be judged on the type as well as the art. in this case it would be fine to have done the blue framing because it is important to the layout of the bubbles, and have left it at that.
Lauren Panepinto
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I think it really helps sell the image as a book cover when you take the time to mock it up.
Jeremy Cranford
I particularly like the effort made for the cover layout. It makes for a very interesting graphic design.
Daren Bader
Next week - Asteria Nymph of the Stars.